12/04/2012 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith. And I'm Polly Evans.

Tonight's top stories. The father of a teenager stabbed to death in

Hastings say he was the best son they could have wished for. Accused

of wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers money - does a Sussex

Council's electric car scheme need a jump start? We're live in

Brighton, where it's claimed one charging point was used three times

in seven months. Also in tonight's programme: The elderly woman still

defying council orders to clear up her garden, declared a health

hazard. It is a hobby, I have done it arose since I was a child. For

when I was at school we would take jam jars to the rag-and-bone

merchant. Paralysed from the neck down, but living life on the edge -

we talk to Barry West about his next challenge as an Olympic

torchbearer. And thousands turn out to watch celebrity chefs do their

thing with Kentish produce at the BBC's Good Food Show Live. Good

evening. A Sussex pensioner, told to remove piles of rubbish from her

garden that are 4 feet high, is still not co-operating with the

council. 87 year-old Olive Taylor was given until April the 10th to

comply with Brighton and Hove City Council's order. Ms Taylor says

she's raised nearly �100,000 for charity by collecting cans from the

city's streets and recycling them over the last 60 years. She claims

she is the original at recycling, that is why Auld Taylor is fighting

Brighton and Hove council were trying to force her to clean up to

a gut and. She says that the recycling is a hobby and help raise

money for charity. I do not watch TV, it is an occupation. It is a

hobby. Why have done it ever since I was a child. Brighton and Hove

council disagreed, and, in a All of Taylor has been recycling

for money since 1946. She has raised more than �90,000 for

charity. In 99-3, 8 lorry-loads of rubbish were removed from her

garden. In 2012 she was granted a reprieve until a court hearing, in

May. Some neighbours say they don't have a problem with all of's recite

with. Others say that she needs help. It is a behaviour that is

difficult to stop in one's self, it is difficult, even have a lot of

help, to stop, so I think she needs sympathy. She admits that the

situation has got worse since she went into hospital and that is why

she is asking the courts to give her extra time to clear her garden.

Peter Whittall c joins us from outside the house in Brighton. Is

she likely to comply this time? us is what the row is all about.

Brighton and Hove say that this is rubbish, Mrs Taylor says that it is

recycling in progress. The Council were going to come and clear the

garden and charger �2,000. She challenged that in the course. She

says this is all about recycling. Sugar's 40p for Foyle, 45p for

aluminium cans, and 35p for a tin can. She says that of this money

that she generates goes to charity and of the council was really green,

it would come at the opera sort that all-out, or rather than take

it to court. -- it would come up here and help her sort it out.

parents of a boy stabbed to death outside a Hastings pub have said he

was the best son they could've wished for. Jacob Woudstra, who was

17, died a week ago, after being stabbed once in the chest. In their

first television interview his father say they are still coming to

terms with his death. A 42 year old man has been remanded in custody

charged with the teenager's murder. Our Home Affairs Correspondent

Colin Campbell has the story. is one overriding thing. When you

look at these photographs. He is smiling. He was loved by his mum,

his brothers, everybody who came on to contact with him. He was a

smiling young man. Jacob Woudstra by the outside a pub in Hastings

last does that. A post-mortem revealed he died from a single stab

wound to the chest. On Sunday, 42 year old man was just with his

murder. Jacob was studying for his A-levels at sixth-form college, and

his friends paid tribute to a much liked teenager. He always liked to

play football. He was very active. He had so much potential, he had so

much to live for. I, believe that it is a week, already. There has

been so much to do, so many people supporting me, my family, we have

had a phenomenal amount of support. People are just coming out of the

woodwork and everyone close to me and my family, it is overwhelming

support. Adam Skelton from the Excellency is accused of killing

Jacob Woudstra. At 31 year old man has been released pending further

inquiries. Police say they would like to hear from anyone who has

information, but who has not yet come forward. Coming up : the

ongoing tragedy of the disappearing honey bees and how farmers will

struggle to cope. A scheme to boost the use of electric cars in

Brighton has been branded a waste of money by the Taxpayers Alliance.

Eight charging points have been installed across the city, costing

on average �8,000 each. But the campaign group claims that that one

of the points was used just three times in a seven-month period. Our

reporter Ellie Price is in Brighton for us now. Ellie, the Council say

this is a long term plan to promote green energy - but it hasn't really

caught on with the wider public yet. Yes, that's right. This is what

we're talking about. Electric car drivers can park your, for free,

plug-in to one of these charging days, and recharge their car, for

free. But the problem is that this is one of just 33 cars like this

registered in the Brighton area. It is asking that benefits very few

people. Kerry says that his electric car saves him a fortune,

especially when he can recharge it here, for free. There was a lot of

publicity about electric vehicles, you have a problem with the range

and you might run out of energy, and knowing that you can charge it,

was at the side of tow of getting the car. He does work for a company

that makes the charging stations. Around Brighton, other people were

making the most of free electricity and they have the pick of eight

charging points across the city goes up one of those cost �16,100

to install, but the average cost of installing the charging points is a

dozen puzzles up one of them was used just three times in seven

months, and that was at the Brighton and Hove City Council

offices. It is a green vanity project, and of the council were

not making use of these charges, while they making so much use of

taxpayers' money when they are not using them, themselves? The council

says that if it did not have the charging points, nobody in the City

would buy electric cars, but can this chicken and egg situation be

resolved? Would you buy an electric car because of that? To be honest,

no. Our that was available to be charged locally, I would. The have

they were in every city, definitely, yes. Not yet. It is a little bit

too early. The council says that getting in early is exactly what

needs to happen and that charging points like this one will attract

more and more users. We spoke to Caroline Lucas, the leader of the

Green Party, to run the council here in Brighton and Hove. She said

that the charging point outside the council offices were only used

three things because the council had not yet got its fleet of

electric cars. The charging points are have funded by the European

Union, and she said, as petrol prices go up, charging your car

with one of these will make a lot more sense. There's been a bomb

alert this afternoon at East Sussex Fire and Rescue's training centre,

after a suspected world war 2 hand grenade was brought in by a member

of the public. A safety cordon was set up until a bomb disposal team

arrived to examine the device. It was taken away from the centre near

Maresfield after they confirmed it was harmless. A cyclist hit by a

lorry in East Sussex this morning has died from his injuries. The

incident, involving a 41 year old man, happened at just after 7 this

morning on the De La Warr Road in Bexhill. A 60-year-old man from

Leeds has been arrested in connection with the collision. Kent

Police have issued a strongly worded statement insisting that

Gillingham Football Club pay for policing inside the Priestfield

Stadium next weekend or face safety being compromised. The row over

policing levels and costs could mean a Gills home game against

League Two leaders Swindon is played behind closed doors. Medway

Council says fans won't be allowed into the ground until an agreement

is reached between Kent Police and the club. Jon Hunt reports. Every

time these clubs meet, pension ones higher. Last time they clashed on

the pitch and Kent, the scenes in the terraces were not that it'll

stop Gillingham don't usually need many police, but when Swindon Town

visit, it becomes a major operation. That club's chief-executive says

that he does not know why. Gillingham and son -- Swindon

seemed to have this rivalry, and not sure where it stems from, but

it has been around for quite some time. Previous fixtures have not

been quite so fraught. Medley Council says that it is worried

about the next time these clubs media, a week on Saturday. It could

be a crucial picture for both teams, and because of a dispute between

the clubs and the police about the number of officers required, it has

issued a prohibition notice, meaning the players could be forced

to play in front of an empty stadium. I have been privy to

intelligence reports by the police and I am satisfied from the

information they have given and the questions I have asked that there

is a danger that, if we allow the club to go ahead with this game,

with spectators within the ground without adequate policing, there

could be a safety issue. disputed game is due to take place

on 21st April. The club and Kent Police have held talks over

security costs for the Games. If no agreement is reached, the match

could be held behind closed doors. Fans say that that could be a

tragedy and a financial blow to the club. They a likely to bring down

1500 people, and if you look at the costs of that for Gillingham,

you're looking at �30,000 worth of gate receipts. Of the game was not

staged, Gillingham would lose that money as well. Earlier today Kent

Police said that having the appropriate number of officers

inside the stadium was essential and that this course must be met by

the football club. They say that it has not acceptable for the taxpayer

to subsidise a commercial activity. Talks between the club and police

took place today, but so far, no agreement has been reset. --

reached. I understand that there is a lot riding on when the decision

between the police and the clubs is made. The problem is that the

significance of the game is as yet unclear, to the two clubs. If

Swindon win this weekend and Crawley Town lose, they will be

promoted. You could argue that less pleasing would then be required at

Gillingham but if they clinch promotion up the road, there will

be plenty of fans there wanting to celebrate. Are we are likely to get

the decision tomorrow? The last time there was a stand-off like

this was in January. That was all of us all 48 hours before kick-off.

There will be lots of football club chairmen around the country, eager

to see how this one plays out. man from East Sussex who was

paralysed from the neck down in a car accident is celebrating being

chosen as an Olympic Torch bearer in Rye. Barry West has undertaken a

series of daredevil challenges since his accident - including

paragliding and mountaineering - but says this will be one of his

proudest moments. Charlie Rose has been to meet him at his home in

Framfield. Barry West lost the use of his arms and legs when he broke

his neck in a car accident 60 years ago. Stroking the dog, shaking your

friends hand, you know what I mean? All of that is taken away. Brushing

your own teeth, when you get and etched in your ear, all that kind

of thing. Rather than allowing himself to be held back, Barry has

conquered some of the most difficult chances -- challenges in

the world, including skydiving and mountaineering. Away from the

adrenalin he is focusing on his next achievement. He will be an

Olympic torch bearer, in Rye. nervous, when I think about it.

does everything not for himself but to prove to others but they are --

but to prove to others that there is life after paralysis. A big part

of Barry's life now is painting. am just learning. I am being raided

in June for the mouth and foot painting organisation -- graded in

June. They have eight of my paintings at the moment, so I am

very excited about that. Barry is in bed waiting for an operation to

remove his daughter and his leg. After that, when that has been

completed, he's looking forward to taking on more challenges, and

making his name as an artist. The top story tonight, a Sussex

pensioner who was told to remove a 4 ft-high piles of rubbish from our

darkness still not co-operating with the council. The 87-year-old

was given until April 10th to comply with a Brighton and Hove

Council order. And in the Queen's Jubilee year, we meet the Lord

Lieutenant of Kent, the monarch's representative in that the county.

And thousands of people watch celebrity chefs using Kentish

produce to make good food, live. Farming in the South East is at

serious risk unless the Government adopts an action plan to save our

bees. That's the call from environmentalists, Friends of the

Earth who, in conjunction with scientists at the University of

Reading, say that ANI britain has lost over half the honey bees kept

in managed hives while wild honey bees are nearly extinct.ANI Without

bees, it would cost the UK one point eight billion pounds every

year to hand pollinate crops.ANI In the greater South East region, bees

pollinate around �137 million worth of total crop sales. Our

Environment correspondent Yvette Austen has tonight's Special Report.

The honeybee, seen as vital for the pollination of crops. But, numbers

have collapsed in recent years. More than half have been lost and

there is real concern for the future of farming. If we did not

have honey bees, pollinating crops, we would have to stump up �1.8

billion each year to replace that in labour, with pollination, so it

is critically important to the economy as well as the environment.

The loss of the honey bee is all a part of the story. There are 300

different species of solitary be and 30 species of Bumblebee.

Scientists say that they have declined massively, too, and some

are better at pollinating than the honeybee. We are looking at a grove

of blackthorn and you can see the blossom, and without insects

pollinating bees you would not get the plants. If you did not get the

blossom, you would not get the fruit, and much of the food that we

have, and you would lose lots of other insects, other food for other

parts of the food chain, so taken to its conclusion it would mean a

kind of ecosystem collapse. Much of the decline is being put down to

the loss of wild flower meadows, with 197% have gone since the

Second World War. Scientists are looking at whether areas should be

set aside for wild flowers to help feed the insects once the blossom

season is over. This is an old, traditional pear orchard which has

been sprayed with herbicide. If you move out of the orchard,

historically this wardrobe would have continued a lawyer, but this

has been left fallow, and the plan is to plant a mixture of wild

flowers, farmers were cling to have clean how the side and did not want

any weeds anywhere on the orchard because Leeds had been seen as

competing with the trees in the orchard fornicate, but now it has

all gone, full circle. -- in the orchard, for the trees. Scientists

are now calling for a national Since the 1500's the Lord

Lieutenant of Kent has been the representative of the Royal family

in the county. The role once involved using military muscle to

protect their interests. Nowadays the Queen's man mainly looks after

royal visits and ceremonial duties. Robin Gibson has been to meet

Viscount De L'Isle at Penshurst Place. The man in the uniform is

the Lord Lieutenant of Kent. Philip Sidney is overseeing the Queen's

first visit to the county in his term of office. You have to be true

to yourself and follow the leader because they lead, I fall the Queen

because she says example, and she leads from the front. His family

have lived at Penshurst Place, for 450 years. He is just the latest

family member to take on the Lord- Lieutenant position. Loyalty to the

Crown has gone in his blood since he was born. He was first

introduced to the Queen as a small boy. The Queen was staying debate

Lord and Lady Abergavenny and the children had been asked to go over

and play with their children, so we got wheeled in after tea and

scrubbed up to the nines by a our nanny, and being told how to bow.

These are the letters patent, which officially make me Lord-Lieutenant.

He is usually proud of the job and naturally, a huge fan of the Queen.

She has very pleasant, piercing blue eyes. I think of the public do,

it is rather sad, I think, that the Queen's face in her paws, sometimes

looks a bit grumpy. -- her pose. She is not grumpy, it is just how

she is. Her Amman in Kent knows exactly just how she is. Fans of

celebrity chefs will be sampling and indulging themselves at the BBC

Good Food Show, Live, which has come to Kent for the first time.

Much of their progress used by chefs including James Martin will

have been drawn, all made, in Kent and Sussex. This is guaranteed to

get your tastebuds tingling. What is unique about the first Good Food

Show in Kent is that the focus is on locally sourced produce. This is

not margarine in this demonstration, it is proper but a. He might be a

Yorkshireman, but James Martin is well aware of the culinary delights

that the Garden of England has on offer. The pasture here produces

great vegetables, great apples, amazing apple orchards, better

weather than we have a Yorkshire. It is the place to be if you like

food. One of the suppliers hoping to reap the benefits is based in

Sussex. They of the fact that it is Sussex cows that are producing this

cheese, they know that the cows are there as they drive from Guildford

to watch him, and they can see those cows. -- killed four to

Horsham. With an abundance of cookery programmes like these on TV,

it is not difficult to see why there is an appetite to experiment

with more local flavours. Why not use the producers in Kent, to

encourage them to do more, to invest more money in what they are

doing, I think it is crucial. People should spend money locally,

it is as simple as that. We need to support, we need to realise how

good the produce we have here is. It is about understanding what is

really good on your doorstep. like cider, and it is nice to taste

the varieties from all the different apples that I am familiar

with. So, if it is inspiration that you're after Andy what to sample

some of the delights of Kent, the Good Food Show is on until Sunday.

We know that where there has been a weather event, this man is in the

building. We have had heavy showers, hailstones and thunder and that

sort of weather is going to continue for the next few days.

This is what we saw this afternoon, several centimetres of what looks

like snow but in actual fact was hailstones. Also 18 mm of rain in

the space of a few minutes. It was not steady rain, just to racial

downpours. We have had lots of showers around, developing and

moving on those winds over the latter part of the day. We have had

reports of trees blowing down in a strong winds in East Sussex. Those

showers of the Dudley later in the night. Then, with clearing skies

and the second half of the night before turn pretty chilly with a

patch of ground frost. Generally speaking, temperatures around about

four or five Celsius. Tomorrow, starting a chilly, dry and sunny,

but clouds will develop and build, and showers will come along. Not

quite as many showers as today but, having said that, some of those

showers will be heavy, with hail and thunder. Temperatures not

brilliant, at around 12 Celsius. Again, those will fade away

tomorrow evening and temperatures will dip down to five Sears is.