08/07/2013 South East Today

Smith. I'm Natalie Graham. Tonight's top stories: The Archbishop of

Canterbury signals he'll support calls for a full public inquiry into

child sex abuse by Anglican priests in Sussex.

Killed outside his public school -- an inquest opens into the death of a

Sussex pupil who was crossing the road to play rugby. Also in

tonight's programme: Vandals deface one of the oldest windmills in the

country on the Sussex Coast. The man who invested in his own rail

infrastructure project -- now up for sale.

He's done it! But why has it taken 77 years to find a successor to Fred

Good evening. The Archbishop of Canterbury has today signalled that

he will support calls for a full public inquiry into child sex abuse

in the Church of England. It comes as the Bishop of Chichester said

many more victims of abuse have now come forward. Speaking at The

General Synod, the Right Reverend Doctor Martin Warner commended BBC

South East Today for helping to expose failings surrounding the

sexual abuse of children by Church of England clergy. Our Home Affairs

correspondent, Colin Campbell, who's led that investigation from the

start, reports. These are Church of England clergy

who have been jailed for child abuse in Sussex. Others have been

convicted, some exposed publicly as paedophiles. The full extent of the

abuse within the Church of England remains unclear. How we respond is a

massive challenge. So, you will support an independent public

enquiry? That was one line in the statement. If they wanted.What they

want, they will get. Those abused as children said they are encouraged by

the comments. What the victims once is a proper full independent public

enquiry with full legal powers. That is can be sanctions against people

who don't tell the truth or who are in contempt. Yesterday the Church of

England endorsed an apology by the Archbishop of Canterbury for sexual

abuse by Anglican priest in Sussex. We did not acknowledge the wrong

done and we protected the institution at the expense of the

person abused. The apology follows a church led investigation into

feelings in the dioceses of Chichester. In April this year,

Doctor Martin Warner admitted that child abuse had in the past been

covered up. A month later, the church investigation identified

dreadful feelings in child protection in Sussex church is.

Across Sussex, new victims continue to come forward. It has been very

demanding on our safeguarding staff. Many more people have come forward.

It is very important but at this stage the story is told. They then

saved it is very important but at this stage the story is told. They

can save the UN way the full -- they say night it is important that the

full story comes out. I'm joined now by Ed Thornton from

the Church Times newspaper. Mr Thornton, how significant a

statement is this from the Church? They are very significant. It was

unanimously agreed that the church had apologised unfailingly for its

problems. The mood at the debate was very sombre. The Archbishop of

Canterbury called it agonising at times and high in adequate it

safeguarding failures had been. It is also important that the church is

taking action. This safeguarding besiegers will be toughened up,

bringing in new roles and legislation to make sure that

processes are reviewed, and bishops are given more powers to sustain --

to suspend priest suspected of abuse. This is what Dr Martin Warner

had to say to the synod about the investigation. I would like to

commend the works of Colin Campbell, the journalist, whose

working has been fearless. I would like to commend the other

survivors. What is your reaction to that? I would agree with him in

paying tribute to be busy side. They had carried out vital work. It is

shameful for the charge that it required this kind of journalism to

uncover what was needed to be uncovered. Hopefully in future, the

church will be transparent and besiegers would be at that will be

in place. How is this situation in Sussex being viewed across the rest

of the country? Are you looking at dioceses across the country and

examining their child protection systems? Absolutely. The judges

reviewing its child protection policies. It used this report to

draw lessons for the whole Church. People were saying yesterday that

safeguarding training in their own diocese wasn't adequate. People have

the message know that they do have to raise their game on this, that it

is vitally important. It has shaken a lot of people up and it is

realised might have to be at the top of the agenda for the church.

An inquest into the death of a schoolboy has heard how he cried out

before he was fatally hit by a Land Rover outside his school near

Crawley. 13-year-old William Avery-Wright was crossing the road

on his way to Worth School's rugby field last November when the

incident happened. The boy's parents are suing the school, claiming

teachers should have supervised him crossing the road. They are also

angry that the school announced the news of his death on its website

before his father had been informed. Our news correspondent Paul Siegert

reports. One macro was a teenager he excelled

at most sports. On the 30th of the member 2000 -- 2000 and love --

2011, when he tried to cross this route, he was head by a white Land

Rover. Although he was airlifted to hospital, she died from his

injuries. Today we heard from the driver of that white Land Rover. He

told the inquest he was driving along the road at about 40 miles an

hour when Williams stepped in front of his car. He had no chance to

stop. The court heard that the speed limit was 60 and that he did not

face any charges. Much of the Saddam was taken up with discussions over

exactly what the policy of the school was crossing the road. The

deputy headteacher told the inquest that pupils are regularly told they

could not cross the road unless they were supervised. Several statements

read out from pupils contradicted this. The people saying that they

understanding was that they could cross the road unsupervised as long

as they took due care. Asked by the solicitor representing the family of

the dead boy, if they were running late, what would he expect the boys

to do. He said he would accept at expected them to be later go to

In a moment: No more scrabbling for cash when you cross at Dartford, but

the new charging system could cost the taxpayer millions of pounds.

One of country's oldest windmills has been vandalised after graffiti

was scrawled over much of the structure. The damage appeared late

last night on the Smock Mill, a 200-year-old landmark on the edge of

the village of Rottingdean, near Brighton. John Young has more.

For 211 years it has watched over its village, survived lightning,

wind and arson. Absolutely shocked. Why would somebody do that in such a

lovely village? It is horrible that people would want to do fear

something as beautiful as that. As Windmill school, it has stories to

tell. One of the most recognisable in the world, it is claimed. It is

unmissable as you drive east out of Brighton, the symbol of a Sussex

village. Yet last night that the -- a resident of that village almost

caught the culprits. I recognised it was graffiti. I looked outside to

see a vacancy anyone. Just as I was looking, two heads popped up from

behind the wall. I rushed out through here and in the meantime

they had run up the side of the wall and grind here. They got away, not

before leaving Denmark elsewhere. Two men in their late teens or early

20s, at high speed in a mini. It was the talk of the village today.

pure vandalism. We spend a lot of money keeping this monument nice. It

matters because at the faces one of the major sites here. You can see

the windmill from miles around. parish council hoped to have the

graffiti removed in the next couple of days.

A 47-year-old man has been arrested by Metropolitan Police in connection

with racist comments sent to a former Gillingham Football player on

a social networking site. Threatening messages were sent to

Mark McCammon who won a tribunal against Gillingham last year over

racial victimisation. The man has been released on bail pending

further enquires. A meeting is being held tonight in

Sevenoaks to discuss plans for what would, in effect, be the first new

grammar school in 50 years. Weald of Kent Grammar in Tonbridge is

presenting its plans for a satellite school to parents in the Sevenoaks

area. Kent County Council signed an agreement in March with Maidstone's

Invicta Grammar School to run the annexe, but Weald of Kent announced

a rival bid last month. The Conservative MP for Crawley,

Henry Smith, has written to Sussex Police asking them to investigate

whether there have been any irregularities in the way Labour

parliamentary candidates in the South East have been selected. It

comes less than a week after the Labour leader, Ed Miliband,

instructed his party to hand over evidence to police in Scotland, in

response to claims that the Unite union tried to fix the result of a

candidate selection in Falkirk. Our political reporter Ellie Price joins

us now from Brighton, where Labour have just selected two candidates

for the next General Election. Ellie.

Crawley is 450 miles away from Falkirk, yet the MP there says what

allegedly happened in the Scottish consistency is closer to home than

he is comfortable with. Although the Labour candidate for Crawley will be

selected until Sunday, he said some of the same practices that happened

in Scotland could be happening here. There are a number of constituencies

in Sussex and East Sussex were Labour are selecting. Crawley there

is a big Unite union office, therefore I think it is worth

shining a light onto the Labour selection process just to make sure

that wrongdoing is not going on in their selections in Sussex.

Miller bunts was in full on Friday, and he said that Falkirk was a

one-off. Over in Hove, the prepared -- preferred union candidate was

Simon Burgess, but he lost out. This is a right that is likely to go on

into the next general election. They focus on these marginal seats, and

all political parties will be looking to score points off one

another. Our top story tonight: The

Archbishop of Canterbury has today signalled that he will support calls

for a full public inquiry into child sex abuse in the Church of England.

His announcement comes as the Bishop of Chichester commended BBC South

East Today for helping to expose failings surrounding child sex

abuse. Also in tonight's programme: I'm at

the local tennis club in Tunbridge Wells, whether people have been

inspired by British champion. Everybody is out and about enjoying

the sunshine, but is it set to last? Find out in my forecast later.

An investigation by BBC South East Today can exclusively reveal that

plans for the current Dartford Crossing to introduce a cash-less

charging system could cost millions of pounds in unpaid tolls by foreign

drivers. Last year, more than 50 million vehicles used the bridge and

the tunnel. The crossing generates more than �40 million in profit

every year, money which goes to the Treasury. From October next year,

the barriers will be removed and drivers will be charged

electronically. The Highways Agency says it will improve congestion but

it could cost more than �200 million in unpaid charges over the next

decade. Our Business Correspondent Mark Norman has tonight's special

report. It is a huge cash cow generated

millions of pounds, but it also gets heavily congested. In October next

year of the barriers will do, and you free flow system will be

introduced that everyone agrees will ease congestion. Drivers will pay

electronically. Would you see no people stopping and paying at the

barrier, those barriers will be removed and the charge will be

collected remotely. Number recognition cameras will check

vehicles against the records kept at the DVLA. Hi Will foreign lorry

drivers pay? Some motoring organisations say they will slip

through the net and that will cost the Treasury millions of pounds

every year. The high wage -- the highways agency reckons 70% of

people won't pay. That is about 3.5 million people. Statistics show that

foreign drivers are twice as likely not to pay, the majority at HDD --

it's cheap the drivers. That would come up to �210 million of lost

revenue. We know from experiences that nine payment of congestion

charge and parking fines is a real issue with foreign vehicles. The

situation will be far worse for the highways agency, given the high

volumes, particularly in the Dartford area. It is an issue and we

will be putting in place arrangements through our service

provider to detect overseas vehicles and we will have to put in place a

European debt recovery agency. Simply chasing the death is not the

solution, according to the RAC. there is a penalty charge for UK

drivers, there must be one for foreign drivers. It needs to be

levied somewhere. If that is nine at Dover, so be it. So, free-flowing

might solve the problem of congestion, but it will create

another. It is a problem the new Thames crossing might inherit, if it

Thames River crossing will be scrutinised tonight when BBC Radio

Kent hosts a community discussion Dartford. You can catch highlights

of the Big Crossing Debate in tomorrow's breakfast show with John

carefully restored by its owners, has gone on the market for over �1.2

million. But as if its panelled rooms, landscaped grounds and

swimming pool weren't enough to tempt you, there's one more

exclusive feature -- a steam railway in the garden. Robin Gibson reports.

It is an all Kentish house dating back to the 1600 is. Latticed

windows, beans, carvings, roses, although the discerning buyer.

has four floors. The plot is 5.5 acres. Beautiful position, glorious

gardens. The house is fantastic. What marks this property I'd is

this, your own railway. If the new buyer wants to buy a train from me,

yes, I will sell him one or two. regrets? Probably be a little bit of

hankering, but we have to make the move nigh well we can. A little more

than hankering after 45 years of house restoration and memories, it

began with a plea from a child's and band of volunteers. Bringing up her

children here, they all enjoyed it and had great times. They had plenty

of garden to play in. Drummond has been very happy here playing, as

well! It seems rather unthinkable that the end of the line might be

inside, but new owners with more than �1 million to spend might have

other ideas, a choice between taking it up, or taking it on. His

paintings are some of the most valuable and sought after in the

world but few are aware that some of John Constable's most acclaimed

works originated in a studio in Brighton. Constable produced around

200 paintings in and around his studio in the city at a phenomenal

rate. Sometimes he churned out a fresh work every couple of hours.

Now a blue plaque has been unveiled at the house, as Juliette Parkin

reports. The Brighton beach, painted in 1824.

The chain Pier in Brighton, 1827. This was a time when Constable was

at his most productive and adventurous. It was all happening

here, in what he called his painting room in Brighton. It has been a

mystery since 1850, no one knew where it has been. Lots of senior

art historians, none of them have been able to work it out. It has

been a great privilege to be able to find out. It was John Constable's

great-grandson who had the honour of unveiling a blue plaque to mark his

seaside retreat. Constable thought it would help ease his wife's to

bridge Eleusis. Because Mariah was not well, initially he took up to

Hamstead to get out of the map of London, which was very dirty at the

time. He used to bring the family dying here to get the sea breezes,

and make her feel better. The hey we was being sent to Paris at the time

he came to Brighton and many of his works from the painting room also

crossed the Channel to great critical acclaim. Fitting then that

today this Regency house is home and workplace tattoo artists who draw

inspiration from delightful studio just as Constable did. It is a

little bit intimidating! You are aware of it when you are working,

that kind of shadow over you. A good thing to live under and, hopefully,

it will spur us on to create masterpieces. As you are probably

aware, Andy Murray has done what no British man has done in 77 years,

and become Wimbledon Champion. It was an extraordinary moment when he

finally clinched the title, watched by more than 17 million people

yesterday afternoon. It is the way Later this week, Andy's mum, Judy,

will be coming to Tonbridge to encourage the generation of children

inspired by her son's achievement and to try and make sure we don't

have to wait another 77 years for a Wimbledon Champion. You play Fiona

Irving is at Tunbridge Wells lawn tennis club now for us. Fiona, how

long will tennis fever last for? courts are pretty packed night. I

think people have needed to get out and hit a few balls to get rid of

some of that nervous energy. Have they been inspired by his passion,

his grip, his determination? You bet they have. It was the moment the UK

held its breath. Then, I wonder when it's a bit mad. Here they have been

practising their topspin shots and their volleys. It just shows that if

you work hard enough at anything, you can become a champion. It has

motivated me to play more tennis. It has been great to watch it. It has

inspired me to watch more tennis. Maybe one day I could go to

Wimbledon! Here thousands of tennis fans crammed onto these grassy

slopes to cheer on their champion. The dust has only just settled, but

already tennis clubs across the South East are wondering how they

can capitalise on his historic win, to ensure it will not be another

three quarters of a century before another British man wins at

Wimbledon. Andy's mum is playing her part. This week and she will be

holding a tennis clean tech -- a clinic. Having coached her two sons

up to a really high standard. tennis in the South East still seen

as an elitist sport? Probably it is, because most of the decent

courts will be at sports clubs, and it will cost serious money to join.

We have local courts that you can just go and pay for at the cafe.

youngsters there are a lot of places to learn. I think it is in a fine

state at the moment, tennis in this country. He has captivated and

nation, neither so that the champion will inspire a generation.

People have been talking about and excitement in the country that we

got last year with the Olympics. In 2012 the world -- the word legacy

was used a lot, neither tennis clubs are hoping that the legacy of Andy

Murray will have that we won't have to wait so long for another

enjoying the great weather today in Brighton.

Georgina is out in the park for us now.

I'm sure nobody is going to regrets staying inside to watch the tennis

yesterday, but there is a change in the weather at the middle of the

week. It will be interesting at the end of the week and the weekend.

That's the today. Quite a pleasant day had by most of us today. Putting

things into perspective, the highest temperature in Kent yesterday was 27

degrees. Slightly cooler towards East camps. With the fine weather

comes the high pollen count. We will have a warm and dry night tonight.

There will be some missed on the north-east coast of Kent. For most

of us, quite a clear night ahead. There has been a strong

north-easterly wind today and that we will continue. We will have

north-easterly winds, but also some patchy cloud. Tomorrow, another

pleasant day ahead. We have the mist lingering along the north-east

coast, but as we head towards the end of the week, there will be quite