25/11/2013 South East Today

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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. I'm Rob Smith.

Tonight's top stories: The Sussex woman terrorised by her former

partner says not enough is being done to enforce the new stalking

laws. He followed me everywhere I went. He knew everywhere I was. I

had to go and live with my parents for six months.

Standing down ` the Kent MP Laura Sandys says its been a

heartwrenching decision, but she had to put her family first.

Also in tonight's programme: He disappeared overboard ` grieving

family of a man who vanished mid`Channel call for all ferries to

be fitted with CCTV. She nailed it ` the Brighton mum

who's been named the best nail technician in the country.

Monty Python is still hot stuff and Sussex actress Carol Cleveland will

be joining the boys for their reunion gigs.

Good evening. A Sussex woman who was stalked for

four years by her former partner but then helped bring about a change in

the law, says the authorities still need to do more to combat the crime.

Sam Taylor, from Brighton, went to Downing Street to talk about her

experiences. It led to tougher stalking laws being introduced a

year ago, but one organisation which helps victims says the police and

the justice system aren't doing enough to enforce the legislation.

Mark Sanders reports. Sam Taylor knows what it is like to

live in fear, fear close to home. Threat and abuse from her ex. One

night after it with the children to bed he attacked me with a knife and

tried to break my neck. That was just the start. I would be walking

through the town centre any would suddenly appear in front of me. He

would have letters through the door, endless tech, endless calls. While

Sam is pleased to offer stalking laws are in place, she feels the

justice system is not doing enough. There hasn't been enough training,

specifically for police officers, and in my experience these officers

are really restrict did in what they can do and how much they can protect

the Vic them when you haven't got the Crown Prosecution Service and

judges on board. The first`ever servers for stalking victim says

that from December last year to June 320 people were arrested for

stalking in England and Wales. In Sussex, 14 people were arrested with

it people charged and three people jailed. This man stop his eggs in

the Sussex Hospital discovered `` described as a doctor. The charity

says that sentencing guidelines have not been updated and only one in

four police officers received training to understand the new

legislation. This is the area were most women and children die.

Stalking has serious physical consequences. This comes as Sussex

launched its White ribbon campaign to deal with domestic violence. It

is an area we are still exploring. At last we have specific legislation

that we can apply to the stalking community, if you want to put it

that way. I am confident our staff are well trained and prepared. We

are keen that this training is given to all officers. It is something we

are very alive too. You have had a dear. Rome wasn't built in the dear,

either. Sam Taylor feels that some progress is being made in dealing

with stalking, but attitudes still need to change in the criminal

justice system. Mark Sanders reporting there. He

joins us from Brighton. There has been another development in the law

today that aims to protect women from violence. The Home Secretary

announced the roll`out of a pilot scheme called Claire'slaw, named

after Claire would he was murdered by her ex`boyfriend. It entitles

people to ask the police to CF their partner has a violent history. `` to

CF their partner has a violent history.

The MP for South Thanet has announced she won't stand at the

next General Election. Laura Sandys, the Conservative who has represented

the seat since 2010, said this morning that a wide range of family

demands meant she couldn't continue in the role after 2015. However,

UKIP have today said they believe Mrs Sandys knew she would lose if

their leader, Nigel Farage, stood in the constituency. Our political

reporter Ellie Price joins us from Ramsgate now. Ellie, this has come

as a bit of a surprise? It most certainly has. Everyone I spoke to

today was very surprised. Even the local Conservative Association, who

now have the task of finding another candidate. It took six months to

make this decision and she announced that with great sadness and regret

today. She won the seat from Labour in the last election with the

majority of more than 7,000. It will be her last. It is a great Rutledge

to have been elected. In a statement, she said:

she is one of the brightest of a very bright intake in 2010. She

would have made a superb minister. At the end of the day, I know she

has agonised over this, and she has had to make a decision and she has

chosen to put your husband first, and you have to respect for doing

that. Because of the way that society expect women to be the main

caregivers, EDIFACT women's careers more than a doors on their male

counterparts. Well she says her decision is a personal one, UKIP

says it is entirely political. The party won seven out of the seats in

Thanet. There is speculation that Nigel Farage would stand here. She

has probably looked at the county elections, realise there is a fight

on her hands, and may well have decided, along with personal

reasons, not to fight the seat. People here are surprised to find

themselves in the middle of this fight. I think of it is good for the

time, it is good for us, no matter what colour they are. She has been

very good. I am disappointed. I thought she did really well. I would

like to see a big shake`up right year to get the job done. Lots of

speculation about the next move forward Nigel Farage. He did stand

here in South Thanet in 2005. I asked him a few weeks ago if it

would be here that he would stand as a mP, but he said that the final

decision would not be made until after the European elections next

year. What is clear tonight is that there will be a new MP come May

2015. In a moment: The ground`breaking

therapy that is helping a young autistic boy overcome his condition.

The family of a man who went missing on board a cross`Channel ferry six

months ago, and is presumed dead, wants CCTV cameras installed to

prevent other tragedies. 30`year`old Richard Fearnside, from Whitstable,

went on deck for a cigarette, but never returned. His family say they

don't know whether he fell or jumped because there were no cameras. Simon

Jones reports. Their son is missing presumed dead, but they say there

will never know what actually happened to Richard because of a

lack of camera coverage. Their online campaign is calling for CCTV

on all passenger deck `` decks. It is tragic. He was a lovely person.

Very kind. It is a terrible, terrible loss. Richard was returning

home on this very. His parents believe CCTV footage could have

alerted the crew for a potential man overboard earlier and alerted them

as to whether he jumps or sell. Not only would CCTV help identify when

people go missing, but it could also be a tool for the crew to alert

crewmembers to get people off the deck of the resistor and coming up.

It could be a tool for passenger safety. Because he just vanished,

and that shouldn't happen that somebody can just vanished and the

ferry company more or less dismissed that saying, that is a shame, well,

it is more than that. It is tragic. PM Goh say they have some external

cameras, but that would be impossible to cover all of the

outside decks, impossible to monitor the cameras in real`time, and

impossible to records the images in perpetuity. The cameras would need

to be wiped regularly, stored well, video screens to monitor it.

Personally, I don't think it is practical. P and O tonight extended

its deepest sympathy to the family. Lets talk to Simon, he's at the Port

of Dover. Simon, this case has now been raised with the Transport

Minister? That was done by the family'sMP. The minister said that

when carrying out risk assessments for particular ferries, companies

should consider the use of technology, including CCTV, but it

is up to each company to decide if they want to do that. The ending

stairs as soon as he went missing they raised it with the

authorities, a big search to place and they have worked closely with

the police. Because a body hasn't been discovered an inquest cannot

take place. That has only added to the confusion for the family.

The question of whether a new grammar school annexe in Sevenoaks

would be legal has been raised with the Education Secretary. In a letter

to the town's MP, Michael Gove says he needs to find out whether this

constitutes a new school, which would be illegal, or an expansion,

which wouldn't be. Sevenoaks has been waiting for months to hear if

it will get the country's first new grammar provision for 40 years.

A free school in Crawley, one of the first of its kind to open under

England's free school programme, is facing closure if it doesn't come up

with a convincing improvement plan in the next two weeks. The Discovery

New School was put into special measures in June, just 20 months

after it opened. It has been reinspected by Ofsted this month and

could be shut if things don't get better.

Most parents spend their time trying to stop their children from

fighting, but eight`year`old Nico from Sevenoaks has just started to

defend himself against his little sister ` and his mum couldn't be

happier. That's because she realised her son, who suffers from autism,

was finally getting better. She believes its all down to an unusual

therapy which involves listening to classical music through special

headphones while doing some kind of physical activity. Charlie Rose has

been to find out more. As a child with autism, yet you old

Nico Mac `` it you old Nico hasn't always been the site going. He has

been having a special kind of therapy called the integrated

listening system in the last few months which apparently has brought

about some significant changes. The main changes are the social skills.

He didn't start speaking until he was four and a half, and now he can

speak and sentences, which is brilliant. Before he would never say

no, he would just go along with people asked him to do. He is his

personality, becoming more assertive. The system claims to work

by using a combination of music and vibrations through a set of

headphones to reach in the brain and strength and numerological pathways.

By giving particular kinds of movements and activity, along with

the stimulation through the ears and through the bone, Nico is building

up those pathways that are so important for learning. I press play

and then the music goes on. That is how it works. As shown in the film

the King 's speech, similar attack weeks were used to cure King George

VI of the stammer. Integrated listening systems are unproven and

some experts say they are not for everyone. They might help them with

some things, manage other aspects of their autism, but I don't believe it

is a cure. Nothing is proven. It is bad for parents, because we have to

look forward to look for whatever we can define different ways. The

technology cost about ?800 and it has taken 18 months of therapy, the

equipment can also be hired, but they are convinced it has helped his

condition. Nico Our top story tonight: A Sussex

woman who was stalked by her former partner says more needs to be done

by the authorities to combat the crime. Sam Taylor from Brighton

helped bring about tougher stalking laws which were introduced a year

ago, but one organisation which helps victims says the police and

the justice system aren't doing enough to enforce the legislation.

It has been a cold start to the week, perfect skating weather, but

will it stay that way? Join me later to find out.

Some babies are particularly longed for and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

has been waiting nearly 30 years for the four cheetah cubs born there in

September. Today, those babies made their first public appearance.

Cheetahs are listed as vulnerable on the endangered species list because

of the high cub mortality rate. They are famously fast ` they can

accelerate to 71mph in about three seconds, quicker than most sports

cars. Here's something else most sports cars can't do! They are the

only big cat which can turn in mid`air while sprinting. Peter

Whittlesea has been along to meet the new arrivals.

Like all new mums, she has hands full, especially after having four

cups in her first letter. They are also the first sheet is to be born

in Port Lympne for almost 40 years. It has gone brilliantly. We couldn't

have asked for anything better. She chose which meal she liked it and

they headed straightaway, did the business home and her pregnancy went

really well. She is being a brilliant mum. She looked after them

really well. We didn't have to intervene. It has been great,

really. At 11 weeks old, the two boys and two girls are good fun, but

still very timid. They can be seen by the public yet. They are very

cute. It has been the highlight of the year for us. Watching them

getting older, playing around with each other, it is great to watch. We

will probably name them and they have some characteristics. The

keepers can tell them apart by the fact they have clipped a different

pattern into their further. Their confidence is growing. It will be

long before visitors get the chance to see the scabs. `` the Cubs.

If, like me, you are thinking of a getting a pre`Christmas manicure and

you are considering something a little different to go with the

party outfit this season, then you could do worse than visiting

Anieszka Ceesay in Brighton. The student and mother of two has just

won a national competition, so you could say she has nailed it! Her

elaborate designs range from witches to wildlife ` and some are more

practical than others. Juliette Parkin reports.

In the east of Europe, where they come from, there are different

styles of nails. They are much longer, much more advanced. I want

to be part of the revolution! An artist with the smallest of

canvases, but requiring the greatest of scale. Anieszka Ceesay is

training in beauty therapy, but her new designs stretch far beyond the

basic manicure. I think every woman should have their nails done. It is

just nice to look pampered. I have find that a lot of women were not

aware of what you can do with the brush and paint. Anieszka came from

Brighton `` came to Brighton from Poland two years ago. She taught

herself at home before signing up to I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% a co

herself at home before signing up to a course. She has just beaten top

male artists from all over the UK to win the world skills competition,

recognising real talent in trainees. We have been following her progress

and we could not have been more proud. Now Anieszka is looking for

opportunities to bring her art into look salons, and she says she is

hoping to be the worlds best at nail Olympics.

The nail Olympics? They do exist, apparently.

It wasn't exactly a goal`fest for the South East's top clubs this

weekend. In fact, they managed just one goal between them. The good news

was that goal was enough to give Brighton a hard`earned victory at

Wigan. Neil Bell reports. No travelling team have won at Wigan

this season, but the confidence in Brighton is growing. When Grant Holt

dispossessed the goalkeeper, Google appeared at his mercy, but he put

the shop wide. Albion went ahead with this deft header. There were

seven plastic stop later on to make sure that the their one goal

advantage and give them the win. It is a good team, good squad and a

good manager. It is not easy to come here. No one has done it before this

season, to, when. For me, it wasn't our best performance. Charlton

battled hard at QPR omitted something special, in fact, very

special from Charlie Austen to take the points. Jill in'sthe

straightening the stop start season continued on Saturday. The only goal

came from all them. I am frustrated with them. We are not sure when what

we are capable of. I think players, we seem to be losing a little bit of

confidence to use a leaf. It is over a month since Crawley'slast league

win, but they dug in against Walsall and certainly deserved the points.

`` the point. She is known as the seventh Python `

Carole Cleveland appeared in many of the Monty Python and the Flying

Circus sketches from the late 1960s. The actress, who lives in

Shoreham`by`Sea, also starred in all four Python films. Carol's now going

to reunite with the boys for their five comeback shows at the O2. This

morning the first one sold out in 43 seconds. The other four then sold

out within an hour. Jane Witherspoon has been to talk to her.

Hello! Welcome, gentle sir knight. From cult classic, Monty Python has

been entertaining us for more than 40 years. As the seventh official

`, and the only women, Carol Cleveland has got more than you

still holding her room and it comes to those naughty boys. Do you want

to go upstairs? Or have you come to arrange a holiday? To arrange a

holiday. The first day at rehearsals, the boys were just

mucking about like schoolboys, being extremely silly. I sat there

thinking, well, I don't know. I was married at the time and I said to my

husband when I went home, I don't think this will last more than five

episodes. It is ridiculous! Tickets for the Monty Python comeback

performance were snapped up in less than a minute. The further forward

dates added have now also saw died. Someone was saying that's they would

receive ?1 million each for doing this. You said you would do it for

fun. Not entirely for fun! I do expect something. In the early days

of Monty Python, they did not have much to offer me. Michael came to me

and said, Carol, you're sorry we don't have more for you to do that

we are not good at writing parts for women. They really tried after that.

Rachel is out in the park. It is pretty perfect skating weather

right here. Earlier today we had clearer skies, lots of sunshine

around, and temperatures reaching highs of seven or eight degrees.

That is how we will stay gone into tonight. That will be a fair amount

applied, but it will stay dry and temperatures will stay close to

freezing. Three tonight, their pitchers will drop to three or four

degrees along the coast. Further inland with the clear skies their

pitchers will be getting close to freezing. With light winds and

clearer skies, there will be missed and Bob arches forming. That will

take some time to clear as we get through to tomorrow. That probably

won't appear until 11 or 12 o'clock tomorrow. We will start tomorrow

with a touch of frost. Still light winds, but from a northerly

direction. There will be decent spells of sunshine developing

through the afternoon. Doctor butchers will reach ice of 67

degrees. Any Mr Fogg that is there will linger into the morning. It

will be brighter in the afternoon. Three tomorrow nights, it'll be very

similar to tonight. Variable of cloud cover, temperatures further

west getting close to freezing. We will see mist and fog. That could be

a little bit of drizzle, but will stay mostly dry. Starting the day on

Wednesday, there will be a touch of frost and it will feel quite

different with more cloud around. The judge will be a better bond

today with highs of up to nine degrees. The could be some patchy

drizzle to end the day. Into Thursday, temperatures will get

close to freezing overnight. There will be some light rain on

Thursday, then will turn very wet and windy and cold as we head into

Friday. So, how pressure for the next couple of days, low pressure

back again for Friday, I'm afraid. Before we go, a big thank you for

all those who attended our Dr Who screening in Herne Bay on Friday. A

great time was had by all. If you would like to see some of the

celebrity question and answer session, it's now on our website.

That is all from us for now. Good evening.