03/06/2013 South East Today

Natalie Graham. And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories. The

Archbishop of Canterbury comes out against gay marriage - telling the

house of lords the change would be "neither equal nor effective".

idea of marriage as covenant is diminished. Also in tonight's

programme: A man is in hospital with serious head injuries after

apparantly falling through a skylight in Brighton. We're live in

the city with the latest. It's the end of an era at Gatwick airport, as

part of the original South terminal is demolished. And the Sussex

lifeguard who's become a Hollywood success story after writing the

script for Ironman three. -- Iron Government's gay marriage bill, the

Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out against the bill, saying that

gay marriage would "abolish" the existing institution and replace it

with a weaker option. Archbishop Welby said that the plans would be

"neither equal nor effective" - but he would strongly support a "new and

valued institution" for same-sex relationships. Jon Hunt reports.

Justin Welby's opposition to equal marriage has been known since his

enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury, in March. He chose the

House of Lords to explain his position in the clearest terms.

new marriage of the bill is an awkward shape, with same gender and

different gender categories scrunched into it. Neither of them

fitting well. The concept of marriage is a nominative place where

procreation is lost. The idea of marriage as covenant is diminished.

The value of its normal since predating the state and the base of

community and society is weakened. Same-sex couples have been able to

enter into civil partnerships in the UK since 2004. The House of Lords is

debating a correlation bill to allow them to marry. That bill was passed

in the Commons last week despite opposition from some MPs in this

region. I would hope that the archbishop would defend the Church

of England position which is that marriage is between one man and one

woman. That is what he has done, and I hope that the House of Lords will

spare her Majesty the embarrassment of the head of the Church of England

of having to possibly give Royal assent to a bill that I've suspect

she would find profoundly distasteful. The first French gay

couple married in Montpelier last week after equal marriage was

legalised there. So was the archbishop right to intervene?

don't think he has got quite grasp of whether broad society of people

would on that point. I think he has the right to make that statement, in

a way. Equal marriage is an important step in the legislative

jigsaw for equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain.

Seven in ten people in Britain support this proposal. Whilst saying

he could not support the equal marriage Bill, Justin Welby did

express regret for the way that the church had treated homosexual people

in the past. Ellie Price, our politcial reporter joins us now.

Ellie, how significant is this intervention? His position is not

that surprising. But it is the timing of such robust comments. This

bill has gone through the Commons. It has gone through the democratic

rosettes, albeit causing a major row within the Tory party on the way,

and we have a senior figure who has come out against the wishes of the

majority in the Commons. It will add fuel to those who would say that

there should be some separation between church and state. That is

part of a wider debate about reform of the House of Lords. This is the

first major foray that the Archbishop of Canterbury has made

into politics, and it could be a sign of things to come. He also

apologised for the way that the church has treated homosexual people

in the past. Yes, he did that, as well as apologising for some of the

language used in the past. He said there had in considerable failure.

He said that the love between two gay people is no less than the love

between two straight couples. I'm sure that that -- he took his job

with a description as a progressive, and band I'm sure that that there is

a description he would wish to hold onto. A man who put 27

anti-depressant tablets in his friend's drink is standing trial for

his manslaughter. Jason Wood, who was a dwarf, died after a night

drinking with friends in Thanet. Lee Webster admitted putting the

prescription medicines in his beer as a prank - but denies any

intention to harm him. Sara Smith reports. It was this shared in

Ramsgate that the defendant, another resident and their friend, Jason

Wood, spent three days together last over. According to witnesses,

drinking heavily. In the early hours of Monday the 22nd, Jason Wood, who

had the authors and suffered from sleep apnoea, which affected his

breathing, went to the bathroom. When he returned, Lee Webster had

put 27 of his own prescription antidepressant tablets into his

beer. The next morning, Jason Wood was found dead in an armchair. His

sister said today her brother was a funny man but said that he drank too

much, but she would have described him as an alcoholic. The court heard

that she had received a Facebook message from the defendant a month

after the death of her brother, tablets into his friends drink,

thinking that it would be a laugh. Today the jury were told whether

they were told to decide whether they think the drugs made a

significant contribution to Leigh head injuries this evening, after

plunging through a roof skylight and landing in a concrete basement 20

feet below. The incident happened in Brighton this morning. He was a

resident at a backpackers' hostel in the city. John Young reports from

the scene. Emergency crews were called just before ten o'clock this

morning to a street near the seafront popular with backpackers.

They had received reports of a man found on the concrete floor of a

basement, having fallen about 20 feet, crashing through a skylight.

People working in a nearby office heard the commotion. We were in the

office, with heard a very loud bang, possibly like dustbin being

collected, and in the next thing we saw, there were lots of firemen

around and we heard that someone had fallen through Perspex, into a

sinkhole. The air ambulance was soon on the scene, and this afternoon,

Sussex police revealed that the man, a guest at the hostel, had been

wearing only a T-shirt. Police are investigating how and why you got

there. We got the gentleman stabilised and got them onto a

stretcher. We removed him from the building. He had injuries to his

back and head, which were serious. The air and has became involved

because of the seriousness of the man's injuries. He was flown to

treatment to King's College Hospital in London. John Young joins us now

from near the scene. This incident has caused some disruption. Yes, the

air ambulance landed on the beach on a warm summer 's morning. And the

main road had to be closed off whilst the ambulance and police

sorted things out. The owners of the hostel have said they would not give

any interviews. They have said they are helping the police as they carry

out their investigation. A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape

in East Grinstead. A woman in her 20s was walking through the cemetery

at Mount Noddy in the early hours of Saturday morning, when she was

attacked. Police are questioning a 27 year -old man from the town.

They're appealing for anyone with information to come forward. A lorry

fire caused severe delays on the M26 in Kent this morning. Four fire

crews were called to the scene on the westbound carriageway just after

nine o'clock, with traffic being diverted onto the M20. The road

didn't reopen until two o'clock. I thank police cars were damaged and

several other vehicles involved after a vandal to stop in Sussex

will stop the grey Ford transit was eventually stopped on the a 27

following a chase. Two men have been arrested in connection with the

incident. Work has begun to demolish Pier One at Gatwick Airport and

replace it with a new building. The Pier links the South Terminal to the

aircraft boarding gates and was the first in the UK when it opened in

the 1960s. The �200 million project includes new baggage systems to

allow luggage to be processed faster and is part of a �1.2 billion

investment being made by the airport's owners. Here's our

Business Correspondent Mark Norman. The story begins in 1958. We were

ahead of time even then, with the first structure allowing passengers

to board planes undercover. But nothing lasts forever. After 50

years, Pier one is being demolished. It is the latest stage in a big

redevelopment of the airport. upgrading the facilities here in the

airport. This is just the start of a new, major project with a further

�189 million of investment. As they start smashing up Pier one, it is

worth remembering it was first built in 1962, and last year, around 1.86

million passengers came through here. When it is reopened, it will

deal with around 4000 passenger suitcases each hour. The principal

was copied around the world. It will be replaced by a new building

handling more passengers more quickly. The old one consignment to

history and memory. I first came here in 1968 and I was one of three

electricians working on installing the power supply. It was just like a

glass box. It was freezing cold in the winter. It was like a glasshouse

during the summer. The new pier will open in two years time, expected to

deal with unexpected rise in passenger numbers from 34 million,

to a target of more than 40 million. The team trying to recover a German

World War II bomber from the sea off the Kent coast are back in Ramsgate

empty handed. They were forced to abandon their attempt to raise the

Dornier 17 during the night because of bad weather. Their budget of more

than �500,000 allowed them 35 days to complete the project. They now

estimate their original plan would take 50 days - longer if the bad

weather returned - and would cost tens of thousands of pounds more.

They say they'll wait for exactly the right conditions to attempt to

raise the plane off the Goodwin Sands. Robin Gibson reports. This

should have been the climax of an exciting night, but once again, wind

and waves conspired in the darkness, leaving the team no choice

but to give up. After years of planning and waiting for the perfect

weather window, this was a sight that no one involved in the project

wanted to see. The giant crane coming back with no aircraft

on-board. This effort has been protected by the Goodwin Sands and

difficult conditions for many years, so it was not going to be easy, but

we are determined to raise the aircraft and we will do it safely

when the conditions are right will stop by stash. The Dornier 17 was an

enigmatic aircraft, operated by the German air force from the start of

World War II. Many people will know the aircraft by that name. This is

the only one left in the world. there was an emotional link to his

personal history. His father might have piloted the RAF craft that

brought the Dornier 17 down. He was flying defiance with 264 Squadron,

and is believed that 264 Squadron shot this one down, and it could

have been my father, and has gone, Fred cash. My family never really

wanted to talk about any of this side of it. It is such an

extraordinary story that they came up with. And, you know, he felt for

the element that he was shooting down, basically. The salvage team

had to find more than half a million pounds from supporters and sponsors.

It is a calculated risk, that they could be throwing money into the

sea. We are cautious about expenditure, but there is a little

bit of headroom, so without being too profligate, we are going to try

and stretch that. So the Dornier 17's last journey is turning into an

odyssey. Robin Gibson reporting, and he's at the scene for us now. Robin,

the big question now is, when is it going to happen? It is all down to

time, weather and money. Just like yesterday, the breeze has come up,

so they are still hoping for a right time with a slack tide over the

right spot. They say they have enough money to carry on, but of

course, the big question is, will they have the luck to be able to

raise this aircraft, before that money runs out? Our top story

tonight. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has spoken

out against gay marriage in the House of Lords. He said it would

abolish the Institute Gene of marriage and replace it with a

weaker option. Also tonight, the former Sussex lifeguard who has

written a script for the latest iron man film. And whilst some parts of

the South East have had a lovely, sunny 20 degrees this week, find out

later why some of us will remain at a chilly 12 Celsius. The chance to

record a single in a professional studio is the dream of many

teenagers. Back in 1953, two sisters from Kent were given just that

opportunity when they recorded a song written for them by their

father for the Queen's Coronation. But for years it lay lost and

forgotten - until it was re-discovered in time for the

weekend's 60th anniversary celebrations. Peter Whittlesea has

tonight's special report. It is a catchy chewing, written for the

Coronation, but for 60 years, the up. And how old were you at the

time? I was 13. And I was a bit older! George took it to Denmark

Street, London's tin Pan Alley, and was told he had left it too late to

produce a song for the Coronation. He sang it to someone who worked

with, who was a pianist, who wrote the actual music and then he would

offer with the guy, I recorded it. Quite nervous. As you can hear on

the record, we don't come in at the right time. Gripped by Coronation

fever, the song was put on the back burner, and forgotten. The Diamond

Jubilee reminded the family of their on people's special memories of the

coronation, you can, on our website. He started out as a lifeguard in

East Grinstead, but in between watching the swimmers and checking

the lockers, Drew Pearce was quietly working on his scriptwriting. And

it's paid off handsomely. He wrote the script for the recent box office

hit "Iron Man three", based on the popular Marvel Comic character. He's

also working on upcoming big-budget films - including the third Sherlock

Holmes movie. Rebecca Williams went to meet him. It has already made

over $1 billion at the box office and has been screened at cinemas

across the world. But the man who penned the script hails from humble

origins in East Grinstead. I work in a video shop and watched lots of

videos. And so, I may have got quite a lot of the videos for free. And so

I watched lots of those films. big break came following his

creation of this bash -- the sitcom, no heroics. It was based on my time

as a spectacularly unsuccessful musician. He would rehearse for an

hour, then sit around in the pub with a copy of NME, bitching about

everyone who is more successful than you, for the rest of the evening.

And I thought it was a bit boring to do it about people in a band, so I

did it about superheroes and my friends who were musicians, and

that's what saved no heroics, at the end of the day. It led onto

Godzilla. I would love nothing more than to tell you that I am a

millionaire, and that I flew in here on my gold in here on my golden jet.

I actually got paid very little in the relative scheme of things for

iron man three. What tends to happen is that a lawyer calls up your agent

and says we will offer you that much money, and the lawyer says, that is

just like three bags of grapes, then the agent says, you don't have to do

it. So how much did you get paid? Three bags of grapes! I think he

should be doing comedy. The new owners of Ebbsfleet United have been

talking about why they have invested in the club. The club were just days

from going into administration when a Kuwaiti investment group stepped

in to save them. Not so long ago, Ebbsfleet United where one of the

biggest clubs in the league but all, and their future looked assured. By

stash nonleague foot all. Nonleague foot tall. In April they were

relegated, broke and close to administration before new Kuwaiti

owners arrived just in time. Around January, February, we had no money

to pay for oil to heat the office. We were pretty much on our own.

Freezing to death. I think they were the things that make you realise,

that the football club is more important, but maybe we were not

going to succeed. So, why would support dwindling and the team

struggling, would anyone want to invest in Ebbsfleet United?

wanted to create something from scratch and build it up, and in an

area where potentially, there was going to be growth. We have the

railway connection across the road. And this is quite an exciting area

to be in. Like Peter Varney, the new management team of Steve Brown and

Steve Grit enjoyed success at Charlton athletic. It is a chance to

do a journey back into the blue Square Premier league and beyond,

hopefully. The ground will get a facelift as well, and after a few

grim seasons, supporters cannot believe their luck. Exciting times

for Ebbsfleet United. Let's see if it is going to be exciting times for

the weather. It is not a straightforward forecast. When you

have got high pressure, quite often it can be very settled and

straightforward, but it is down to the wind direction. We have that

nagging north-easterly, which means that occasionally, we get a beast

from the East. Today we had lots of sunshine, then this cloud started

coming in from the North Sea, and temperatures dropped from 17 Celsius

down to 11 Celsius in a matter of minutes. Some places will happily

have that sunshine and temperatures up to 20 Celsius, but if you have

that cloud coming in from the North Sea, and across the Sussex coast,

temperatures could be more like 11 or 12 Celsius. And it feels quite

chilly at times, as you will know, if you were under that cloud today.

Many places will be clear overnight. Temperatures, down to a chilly

for-5d in some places last night. Many of us having that sunshine, and

particularly, eastern parts of Kent, along the North Kent coast, there

will be a strong north-easterly wind, making it feel chilly, and

adding to that cloud, leaving us with a maximum temperature of 12

Celsius. Further south, we're looking at maximum temperatures of

18 Celsius. Going into tomorrow night and into Wednesday, more of us

will start to see that cloud coming in, and that is where we will see

the Sussex coast getting some loci, coming in, impacting temperatures.

-- some low C cloud. The same goes as we go into Thursday and Friday.

Many places will have sunshine and warm temperatures, but it is not

open to be as warm as the maximum temperatures suggest. Sunny for the

majority, but just watch out, under that cloud, and in a strong wind, it

will fear -- -- it will feel more chilly. I want you to watch out for

some rare clowns. At three or four o'clock in the morning, you will see