24/04/2012 South East Today

Shock as a 14 year-old girl collapses and dies during a p class

at a Kent school. Where live at the Angley School.

The family of the businessman Christopher Tappin said they are

grateful and relieved as he is granted bail in the US.

Also tonight, a shocking rise in animal cruelty. New RSPCA figures

showed that cases are up by a quarter.

The Sussex man so desperate to find a kidney donor he is appealing on

the Internet. And at home on the front line or in

the front row - the Kent photographer whose career spans war

We start tonight with breaking news. A 14 year-old girl has died at a

school in Kent. She collapsed during a key lesson at the the

Angley School. How much do we know about what happened?

The girl has been named locally. She was taking part in a PE lesson

at about half-past 11 this morning when she collapsed. Efforts were

made to revive her. She was raised to the hospital in Ashford but she

could not be saved. Many pupils were worried, they were called for

a special Assembly later in the day where it was announced that she had

died. Tonight, some of her friends have been talking about what

happened. Everyone was crying, everyone was shocked. No one was

talking at all. It won't be the same. It was quiet. Everywhere was

silent. Everybody was in shock. No one could believe it. The she was a

really nice person. She was really excited about everything. She was a

really good dancer and singer. The police have been called in to

investigate. What have they said? The police say they are treating

the death as unexplained, although they do not believe it is

suspicious. Be around 900 pupils at the school. It is a specialist

sports college so what happened here has caused a great sense of

shock and upset. The family of a Kent businessman

extradited to the US to face arms dealing charges says the news that

we he has finally been granted bail has come as a huge relief.

Christopher Tappin was flown to Texas in February accused of

selling batteries for Iranian missiles. He has been held in jail

ever since then but will be released later this week. In a

moment, we will speak to his son. First, this report.

This is Christopher Tappin with his wife Elaine at Heathrow just before

he was deported to the US in February. He was initially held in

solitary confinement for 23 hours a day in jail in New Mexico. He has

now been granted bail with his family having to pay 50,000 US

dosser -- $50,000 and pledged a bond to secure his release.

It is obviously a great relief for his family and 10. There was no

reason why he should not be granted bail. There was a concern that he

might have been a slight risk and that he may not have had the means

to escape. -- a risk of flight. His bail comes with a number of

At least he will be uncivilised conditions with access to the radio

when newspapers and some degree of normality and in that environment,

he can now make a big decision - does he accept the American system

of plea bargain or does he plead innocent and go for a full trial?

Issue of the extradition treaty between the UK and the US was

discussed by David Cameron and Barack Obama during the Prime

Minister's recent visit to Washington. Having looked at

Christopher Tappin going voluntarily to the United States...

It was raised again with Theresa May at a home affairs select

committee today. His MP says he has been lobbying hard. I have made

appeals to the Foreign Office. We discussed his case in great detail

with the Foreign Office minister responsible. The Foreign Office is

following it extremely closely. may be able to walk free eminently

but still faces a trial on offences which carry a sentence of up to 35

years in jail. A I am joined by his son, Neil.

Thank you for being with us. Do you know when your father is likely to

be let out of jail? We do not know the details as to when, Bobby

expected to be tomorrow or Thursday. -- but we expected to be tomorrow.

He does not have a passport. He needs to get himself to Texas from

New Mexico. He needs to get a flight or have a very long car

journey. We need to figure that out. He has spent quite a lot of time in

solitary confinement, how has he been coping? The answer is, I am

not entirely sure. We have had very limited contact with him. That has

been one of the most distressing things for us. Not only that, he

had no reading material, he had no watch to tell the time and the

lights were left on 24 hours a day, so mentally, it is very very

difficult to go through. We were concerned about that, so we

sentence and crosswords in the post. They never appeared in the prison.

The envelope appeared but nothing was inside. Your father, as we

heard in the package, he is friends with the leader of the UK

Independence Party, he is suggesting you should go down the

plea bargain route. Is that likely? It is not likely, as far as I know.

The last conversation I had with him before he left, he is adamant

he will return home as an innocent man. He is adamant that he will

have his day in court and fight these charges. I tend to believe

him when he says that. He's going to work hard now that he is out on

bail. Thank you.

In a moment... Businesses call for the council to reconsider its 400%

rise in parking charges on the He has grown so frustrated after

waiting years for a kidney transplant that Nathanael Adams

from Eastbourne has turned to the Internet to try and find a donor.

He is now 28 but was born with effect of kidneys and first

received a transplant as a three- year-old. 17 years later, they

failed and for last nine years, he has been on the waiting list for an

operation. What compels a young man to trawl

the Internet looking for an organ donor? Doctors have said to me that

my best option of a transplant is from a live donor. I have a lot of

antibodies from my previous transplant, with a live donor, the

transplant can be arranged at a certain date and that gives an

opportunity for the antibodies in the to be removed. For the first

few years of his life, he was fed through tubes. Aged three, a kidney

transplant allowed him to do normal things. He could play football and

later became a windsurfing instructor. 17 years later, the

kidney failed. Now, he has to go to hospital three times per week for

powers of dialysis. He has been getting very fed up the last out --

the last couple of years. Just over 1000 living donor kidney

transplants were carried out in the More and more people are coming

forward and saying, I would like to donate a kidney during my lifetime.

More people are signing the organ Donor Register. At the moment,

there are a team 0.5 million people signed up on the organ Donor

Register. Obviously, we're always looking to increase that number

fools not his father believes the Government need to make it easier

for people to donate. Netted 10 people believe in it, but when it

comes to the crunch, seven out of 10 refuse the harvest of the organs.

The 28 year-old want his life back. Someone has the power to give it to

him. It would be a precious gift. For now, the waiting goes on.

The man accused of murdering a Sussex supermarket worker that he

met for sex told his girlfriend in prison letters that he had wanted

his victim to confess to being a paedophile. Christopher Hunnisett,

seen here at an earlier hearing, wrote the letters after being

charged with the murder. He claimed he had done them order to prevent

him from putting children. The Crown Court heard there was no

evidence that he was a paedophile and the trial continues.

There have been significant delays for motorists in East Sussex after

articulated lorry overturned at a roundabout. The emergency services

were called to the incident this morning.

A bus driver accused of murdering a 22 year-old Sussex Women in Poland

has apologised in court to her family. Catherine Zaks from steeple

cross was a student at the University of Kent when her body

was found by a railway embankment in Krakow. 44 year-old Miroslaw L

told Katharine's parents in court that he had got into an argument

with her after he fell asleep -- after she fell asleep on his bus

and would never forgive himself. We are joined live by a Polish

reporter from Krakow. What can you tell us about what happened today?

The court to the testimony of Miroslaw L today. The driver said

he is very sorry for what he had done. He would do anything to undo

what happened, but it is not possible. He said he never planned

to kill anyone, especially not a girl he had never met before. The

girl who took his boss that fatal night last summer. He said that he

had lost his temper, he had had a bad shift, he had some family

problems, financial problems, and then the girl did not want to exit

the bus, Catherine Zaks fell asleep. She wanted the driver to give her a

ride back home. He did not want to do it. Finally, when she left the

bus, he went after her with a pike and started to punch her. Then, he

said, he panicked and ran away. The trial can be complicated and take

several months but after all, Miroslaw L and face a very tough

punishment. He can be imprisoned for life.

A jury has been shown dramatic footage of a fire that claimed the

lives of three generations of the same family. Three people are on

trial for the murder of the women. The jury at the court also saw CCTV

pictures which appeared to show two of the defendant filling petrol

cans before the fire started. 2:30am and the fire brigade is

answering a call to a house fire. People have gathered outside, many

trying to help. In the upstairs bedroom, smoke pouring from the

window. It is here that the mother and child are trapped. Despite

death from -- despite desperate efforts to save them, we said Crook

and her son no one were overcome by smoke and died. -- her son, no one,

-- Noah. The prosecution said that he and his co-defendant were Ns

garage, filling up cans of petrol, minutes before the fire started.

CCTV then tracked the car making its way towards the home. The jury

also heard a 999 call made by the third defendant, one of the

She was said to be waiting at a house in Maidstone, and was told

when to ring and a call from the two defendants on their way back

from Chatham. The only two survivors that night were Melissa's

mother and her brother. All three Ambulances had to be diverted away

from a Sussex hospital this afternoon after it ran out of water.

Tanks at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath ran dry

after the system that should have automatically refilled them failed.

South East Water has pumped enough water into them to supply the site

for 24 hours while it investigates what went wrong.

The Highways Agency is investigating potential safety

improvements on the A259 in East Sussex, following four serious

accidents in two days. A cyclist was fatally injured in one of the

incidents in Bexhill earlier this month. City councillors in Brighton

and Hove say they are listening to the concerns of traders who say

their takings have suffered since parking charges in the city were

dramatically increased. The cost of seafront parking rose

from �4 to �20 a day three weeks ago. The Green-run council hopes

putting up prices in busy areas will encourage visitors to use

public transport, or park elsewhere. And we will consider adjustments

but we need to give it a longer so we have some real data to be going

on with. We need more than three- week this information.

Fiona, what have business leaders been saying to you today?

This is normally a busy part of the city, next to the seafront and

moments away from the beer but take a look down this road, hundreds of

empty spaces. Businesses say it has been like that all day since the

council doubled the tariff more than one month ago. Businesses so

it is having a massive impact on the trade. It seems like it will

finish the business off. There was nobody around. You can see the

shops are closing down. When I first moved to Brighton you could

park for a pound and now it is Dot Mac it is ridiculous. Everybody

would say the same. It is a bit steep. Have you seen this business?

Definitely. The council say they are listening to people and they

are listening about the complaints from businesses. They say it is

early days but say they have also introduced these new machines way

you can pay by card. Businesses say it is not enough to get people to

return here. This is our top story tonight:

A 14-year-old girl has collapsed and died during a PE class at a

school in Kent. Nicola Payne was a pupil at the Angley School in

Cranbrook. Also in tonight's programme:

From the troubles in Northern Ireland to the cream of the world's

music stars, the Kent photographer who's seen it all.

After another day of showers, it seems tomorrow will bring us even

heavier rain. I will have a full forecast at the end of the

programme. New figures released by the RSPCA

show there's been a significant increase in the number of animal

cruelty cases in the South East. Convictions under the Animal

Welfare Act rose by nearly a quarter last year, with some

shocking cases recorded. Alex Beard has tonight's Special Report. You

may find some of the pictures distressing.

The man seen here kicking a puppy was sentenced to eight weeks in

prison and banned from keeping animals for five years. The dog has

since been we homed but news of an increase in cruelty cases is

upsetting news to his owners. rage to be honest. You just do not

treat dogs like that. It was horrendous and we were concerned

about what he got but he has turned out brilliant. He has lovely.

people in Kent have been reported for animal cruelty than anywhere

else in the South East. In 2011 49 people in Kent were convicted for

the treatment of animals, seven in East Sussex and 17 in West Sussex.

The RSPCA say there is never an excuse for animal cruelty but

financial strain on households may be a contributing factor to the

number of animals needing we coaming. We have noticed more

animals being abandoned, whether they are tied to the gates of the

centre or left at beds or dumped other side of the road and we are

getting animals left in properties when people move out will go away.

There is definitely an increase in now. It is hard to tell at a local

level because we are always so busy. When Penny was found as a puppy she

was in a crate of her own field. Her owners were banned from keeping

animals for two years and fined. Prosecution is a last resort for

the RSPCA but some cases are so severe that they are left with no

choice. In a career spanning 50 years, Kent

photographer Brian Aris has taken evocative pictures of hundreds of

famous faces, from Bob Geldof to the Queen. Now a new exhibition of

his work at Whitstable Art Gallery traces the roots of his work, from

gritty photo journalism to rubbing shoulders with A-list celebs. Robin

If you have been alive any time from the 1960s up until now, he

will find pause for more than a few nostalgic thoughts in here. Whether

it was the Troubles in Northern Ireland or mingling with the

aristocracy of rock, pop -- pop and acting, Brian Aris has been in

amongst them. My art teacher suggested I joined the photographic

club and I loved it. I loved and started messing around with a

camera. It is magical. He is best known for his portraits of

celebrities looking somehow off- the-cuff casual and yet iconic at

the same time. I had that in my loo for years because I think it is

great. It is just cheeky. Some, like Debbie Harry and Paula Yates

became close friends. Paul Yates turned up one day and wanted to be

a model and I said she was too small. She was too short in height.

But I did not know porn at that time and she was a very tenacious

Lady -- Paula and she said she would hang on and do it. She

brought her boy friend in, bought from the brink and rats, suddenly

at found myself shooting pop. passion was in part forged on the

streets of Belfast which produced some of his favourite pictures.

just did not know much about the history or the politics. It was an

injustice and that sits with you very strongly through the rest of

your life once you have seen that experience. The exhibition is here

until June. The man with a photographic memory.

He really has seen it all. What a fantastic career!

One of this summer's brightest Paralympic medal hopes has begun

the season by breaking her own European record. Racing against

able bodied athletes in the 100- metres in Crawley, Sophia Warner

from Hove, who has cerebal palsy, came last, but was thrilled with

her time of 16.44 seconds. It is such a good sign. I just came

up from a standing start so I was not even in my blog so that is also.

I have got my 200 to do now but I am over the moon. I cannot really

speak. I'm speechless for the first time ever.

It was a truly memorable day in 1993 when the Queen visited

Ramsgate, the first time a lifeboat had been named and launched by the

current monarch. And it was an extra special moment for RNLI

crewman Colin Wimbush, who got to introduce his baby son to the Queen.

For the latest in our My Jubilee Photo series, this is Colin's story.

My photograph was taken on 16th July, 1993. I am on the left and my

wife is on the right holding my 16 week-old eldest son. The Queen

leant over and said he was totally oblivious to it all because he was

fast asleep. She asked if we would have his name down for the crews so

he could be a future crew member. You have the Queen coming to the

town is a live for everybody. It was a wonderful, momentous occasion.

It was amazing she is on our money and a coins and she's talking to us

about our son! My mother wrote to the Queen on his first birthday

sending her a copy of the photograph and inviting her to his

first birthday party. We received a letter back from the Palace saying

that they could not make it to the birthday Party but thank you for

the invitation. My photo is so special to me because my eldest son

is now 19 but he was 16 weeks at the time and a photograph with him

with the Queen looming over him and talking about them is just a

captured moment that will never leave me. Bless him in his little

sailor's hat! That was Colin Wimbush's story, and

staying with the Jubilee photo theme, we've got a project of our

own that needs your help. Would you like to take part in

creating a unique piece of art for the Queen's diamond jubilee and see

your photo hanging in an art gallery? We are making a photo

mosaic of Her Majesty. It is going to be a unique picture of the Queen

made up of thousands of pictures of you. This piece of art will be hung

here in this Gallery in Eastbourne throughout the Jubilee. Log on to

our website and send us your photo. They can be colour or black and

white, recent or from years ago. Very soon we'll be deciding the

picture of the Queen your photos will recreate. Go to our website to

find out how you can become part of the bigger picture.

That us check on the weather now. That us check on the weather now.

Surprisingly there was rain on the way!

That is right and quite a lot of it! There has been the odd glimmer

of sunshine this evening for many of us but it has not been all doom

and gloom. Tomorrow there will be a lot of rain and it will really mean

business. A yellow warning in place so you do have to be aware that it

can have impact on your day. Heavy rain throughout the morning for

many of us and at the same time some fairly strong winds. In the

meantime a few showers are heading our way this evening but they

should clear by the early hours of the morning and it will be

temporarily dried. As you can see on the mat behind me it will not

take long before it gets very wet again. By dawn tomorrow we will see

heavy rain heading our way and there will be gusts of up to 60 mph

along the south coast. Even in land we should see gusts of up to 50 mph.

The temperatures are not as low as last night, if you even notice

amidst all this wet-weather. Throughout the morning that rain

will continue. It will still be windy. By lunchtime the worst of

the rain should have cleared but still quite a few showers to come.

Just a few breaks and possibly the odd glimmer of sunshine. Come

tomorrow night it is still going to be a wet picture. More rain is

heading our way and as we move into Thursday, it is going to be rather

wet once again. A slightly less cold start to the day. The

temperatures are picking up the little but throughout Thursday, wet

weather through the morning until lunchtime but by later on we will

start to see clearer skies and possibly even some pleasant

sunshine in the South East. The temperatures are still remaining

quite similar to today and tomorrow. For the rest of the week, a lot of

wet weather still to come because the outlook is still rather gloomy.

As you can see here, a lot of rain to come but temperatures are

picking up. Thank you, it looks a bit like last