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A reminder of our main story. Thousands of protest to remain in | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Welcome to South East Today. I'm Independence | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Welcome to South East Today. I'm Natalie Graham. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Tonight's top stories. It was preventable. The expdrts who | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
blame short`term thinking in Government for the recent flooding. | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
Seven years' worth of erosion in a matter of weeks. The Nation`l Trust | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
says it's frightened by the amount of cliff falls happening along the | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
Kent and Sussex coast. We'rd live in Hastings, where one of the lost | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
dramatic falls took place l`st month. | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
My words were taken out of context. The Kent minister defending her | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
comments about women wanting to take part in "feminine" sports. | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
I think that women should bd able to take part in all different types of | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
sport, I get hot and sweaty here, people should not worry abott that. | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
We are getting reaction at ` women's rugby club. It could save | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
hundreds of lives. The country's first state`of`the`art | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
lifeboat is launched off thd south coast. | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
And, we're all going crazy for curling, especially at Engl`nd's | :00:59. | :01:00. | |
only curling rink, in Tunbrhdge Wells. | :01:01. | :01:10. | |
Good evening. A group of experts has strongly | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
criticised the lack of Government action taken to prevent flooding. | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
The group, led by the Landscape Institute, says the national | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
approach to flood management is too focused on short`term results. It | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
says the recent floods could have been prevented if the correct | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
water`management techniques had been used in parts of southern England. | :01:28. | :01:38. | |
It was officially the wettest winter on record, flooding in the | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
south`east leaving in its w`ke untold misery and a repair bill in | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
the multimillions. Now, a group of experts has risen to be Prile | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
Minister, saying it could h`ve been avoided. They are urging hil to find | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
and fund a long`term fix. Wd would like to see a long`term comlitment, | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
both through this government and through successive governments, to | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
deal with this comprehensivdly. There is no quick fix. The dxperts | :02:07. | :02:14. | |
call for new measures for more dredging and more resilient homes, | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
and a commitment to long`term plans to limit future flooding. Thm | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
Chapman was one of the victhms, he urged the Prime Minister to listen. | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
It is vital, beyond belief, it must be costing the insurance colpanies a | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
fortune, the damage to the hd economy, it is a no`brainer as far | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
as we can see. Down the road, this woman's home has flooded twhce since | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
2000. Both events described to her as once in a lifetime. She says | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
pressure for change must mahntain. The sun is shining today, wd will | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
move towards summer, hopefully. We must not let the focus go of the | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
issue. For many, the floods have been devastating, nobody more | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
desperate for a solution. Hdalth is suffering, those who cannot move out | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
or having to live in the dalp, and suffer the contamination. A | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
long`term solution would be better. What are you believe done to try to | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
secure yielding in the long`term? Local differences, or the extension | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
of the barrier, but that cotld exacerbate the problem we h`ve. In | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
the village, sandbags remain in place. What they want is more | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
substantial, peace of mind `nd the chance of a flood free future. | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
Well, the huge storms and powerful winds that have been batterhng our | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
coast have caused several ydars worth of erosion and damage in just | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
a few weeks, according to the National Trust. The organis`tion, | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
which manages much of Britahn's most scenic coastline, said at Bhrling | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
Gap on the Sussex coast, thd speed of erosion has been breatht`king. | :04:01. | :04:10. | |
This stretch of coast has always been at the mercy of the eldments. | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
The cottages here have becole a symbol of the retreating clhffs | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
With only half an remaining, this was them a safe distance from the | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
edge in 1912. But even for here this winter has been excepthonal. | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
These clips are spectacular, beautiful, but they are also | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
unpredictable. Although we can guess at how far they are going to roll | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
back, we really don't know. The storms, the wet weather, thd wind, | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
that has had an impact, so we have had dramatic falls in a short time. | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
Part of the National trust's building has been lost. The speed of | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
the erosion this year taking everybody by surprise. This is as | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
close as we are allowed to go to the edge, you can see that the ddge is | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
just over there. What is extraordinary, just two months ago, | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
it was six metres further ott. At the nearby boat house, they have | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
already had to take evasive action. Five years ago, they moved the house | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
50 metres back from the cliff edge. Geoff Nash is trying his best to | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
accept that erosion is part of life here. My sister lives in thd | :05:28. | :05:35. | |
village, but when you live on the cliff edge, it is a job to `ccept | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
it. You could build a village on the land we have lost. This was Hastings | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
at the beginning of January. Around seven years of erosion has taken | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
place in just two months, s`ys the National Trust. Even the shhngle has | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
been swept away, the chalk left exposed. You do not have to look too | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
far to see just how precarious the cliffs remain. | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
The Sports and Equalities Mhnister Helen Grant has defended her | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
comments about women partichpating in "feminine" sports. The Kdnt MP | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
had told reporters women worried about feeling unfeminine should | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
consider taking up ballet, cheerleading or roller`skathng. | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
Today, she said those comments were taken out of context. | :06:20. | :06:29. | |
Helen Grant insists her main objective is to get more wolen and | :06:30. | :06:37. | |
girls into sport, the use of the words feminine and unfeminine is | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
irrelevant. Getting more wolen in is not something I have a problem with | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
here, they have 50 women in the team, and 25 girls in the jtnior | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
team. They play in the premhership, which is a better league th`n that | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
of the boys. All of the womdn I have spoken to say they feel femhnine | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
playing rugby, and if you look closely, you will even see some | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
painted nails. We need to get more women and girls | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
playing sport, but for thosd who do not fancy this, how about something | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
more feminine, like cheerle`ding or ballet? The suggestion from Helen | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
Grant, who told the BBC, wolen needed to be given what thex want | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
when it comes to sport, addhng, they can still not absolutely radiant. | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
Radiant. It is not a word you would use for men. I have seen sole | :07:30. | :07:38. | |
radiant performers, women and men. I see sport as a force for good. If | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
you are sweaty, that is not the most important thing, but for sole women | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
and girls, it matters, and we should not ignore it. The comments have | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
caused some controversy. Thd use of the feminine is not relevant, it is | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
about what people can achieve. We are trying to get away from a focus | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
on women's appearances and to try and focus on women's achievdments. | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
The issue of body image is rarely far from the headlines. Despite | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
being Britain's most successful swimmer ever, Rebecca Adlington said | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
she felt insecure about her body following comments on social media. | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
Another medallist Macbeth toddle, is also the target of cyber bullies, | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
who made comments about her looks, and the women's curling teal were | :08:30. | :08:37. | |
described as housewives and broom pushers in 2002. Despite negativity | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
at the top level, these womdn say body image is not always an issue. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
You see people with their h`ir down, and make`up on, but I would | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
not care about that now. Yot think that people are judging you a bit. I | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
try to enjoy the sport, rather than thinking what I look like. Ht is | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
that approach the Minister hopes will prevail. | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
He came to rugby late in yotr life, what made you choose rugby? I was | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
down with my son, who was shx, I brought him down to do some | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
training, some of the other mothers approached me and suggested I might | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
like to try, I had always played sport at school, and it was the | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
right time for me, I had sole time to take up a new sport, and it | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
fitted in. Do you feel unfelinine when you play? Not at all, H am | :09:33. | :09:39. | |
choosing to believe that Helen Grant's comments have been taken out | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
of context, because I would hope that any sports Minister wotld come | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
to understand that the definition of femininity is changing and | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
evolving, and sportswomen are helping to achieve that. Wolen need | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
to appreciate that they can take part in sport without being | :09:57. | :10:04. | |
stereotyped. 1.8 million more men play sport a week and women, and it | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
is that gap that the governlent is trying to shorten. They say anything | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
they can do to do that has got to be a good thing. | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
Well, many of you have alre`dy been sharing your thoughts on thhs story. | :10:16. | :10:17. | |
Catherine Crowhurst commentdd on this story on Facebook, and said she | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
believes Ms Grant's comments have been taken out of context. @nother | :10:22. | :10:29. | |
person said they thought shd should be sacked, because she is the | :10:30. | :10:31. | |
equalities minister. So, let us know what you think. Should women be | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
offered more sports where they can still look absolutely radiant, as Ms | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
Grant put it, or is it OK for them to take part in more aggressive | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
activities? You can join thd debate on Facebook, tweet us or send us an | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
e`mail. In a moment. | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
Terence Conran takes the pltnge with his plans to restore S`ltdean | :10:48. | :10:49. | |
Lido. The South`East's train comp`nies | :10:50. | :11:00. | |
should do more to offer compensation to delayed passengers. That's | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
according to the Office of Rail Regulation, which says more than | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
three quarters of commuters are unaware they're entitled to claim | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
it. Last year, Southeastern, Southern and First Capital Connect | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
paid out a record ?2.2 millhon. Now, the Office of Rail Regulation wants | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
a code of practice to persu`de more people to claim, but Southe`stern | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
says it's actively encouraghng passengers to do so. | :11:24. | :11:31. | |
Full details are available on our website, passengers will be checking | :11:32. | :11:41. | |
that area for updates, wherd their train is, what time it will get in. | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
We are also providing posters at stations, and leaflets, ``. | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
Despite this report, the three train operators in our region alrdady pay | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
out more compensation than other companies. Why? ?2.2 million last | :11:55. | :12:04. | |
year, first Capital Connect paid out 700,000. Interestingly, southeastern | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
told us that in the last fotr months, they have paid out ?1.5 | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
million, and have had 40,000 claims for compensation in the last four | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
weeks alone. But these are the busiest companies on BBC's network, | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
you would expect them to be paying out the most, but this report says | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
it is not enough, they need to do more to show customers how to claim | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
the compensation. That is something the passages I spoke to earlier | :12:32. | :12:34. | |
agreed with. I have been in the same sittation, I | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
have never claimed, I picked up the form, you take it home, you never | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
claim. You expect a queue ddlays, I have never claim. If you go online | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
and say, this train was latd, if it was easy, I would give it. There | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
should be something up in the station, placards or somethhng. If | :12:57. | :13:02. | |
you are dissatisfied, lodge a claim. The companies are doing everything | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
they can, first Capital Connect are introducing an electronic sxstem in | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
the summer. One thing that `nnoys passengers is compensation hn | :13:12. | :13:14. | |
coupons, but if you read thd small print, you can get the compdnsation | :13:15. | :13:17. | |
in cash. Thanet District Council has ended an | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
agreement with SFP Ventures UK to develop the Pleasurama site in | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
Ramsgate. The company was ghven planning permission in 2004 to build | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
a hotel, luxury apartments `nd shops on the seafront site now known as | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
Royal Sands. Ten years on, the area remains derelict, and last night the | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
council voted to end the agreement and seek advice on what steps to | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
take in the future. It's been claimed that a sex | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
attacker went on to assault two more victims after Kent Police f`iled to | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
take a DNA sample from a kex suspect. Two police officers are | :13:50. | :13:51. | |
being investigated for alleged misconduct in relation to the case. | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
Specialist anti`slavery teals will be placed at airports including | :13:57. | :13:59. | |
Gatwick to help spot potenthal victims of human trafficking. The | :14:00. | :14:04. | |
Border Force teams will try to disrupt organised criminal gangs and | :14:05. | :14:06. | |
collect intelligence on trafficked adults and children. | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
A lifeboat station in Kent has become the first in the country to | :14:14. | :14:16. | |
take delivery of a state`of`the`art vessel designed to improve the | :14:17. | :14:19. | |
ability to reach casualties in shallow waters. Hundreds of lives | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
are expected to be saved around the UK's coastline thanks to thd speed | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
and manoeuvrability of the new lifeboat. | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
You can tell by the way she elegantly landed at Dungeness today | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
that this lady is in a leagte all of her own. The Shannon class hs the | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
RNLI's next generation of stper boat, designed using | :14:48. | :14:50. | |
state`of`the`art engineering, you will not see any propellers. She is | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
powered by marine engine water jets, making her the most agile on | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
the water. When the boat gets launched and recovered, it hs | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
operating in shallow water, you want to make sure that you do not damage | :15:05. | :15:07. | |
the propellers, so by having the Jets, those bauble bits are inside. | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
She can reach speeds of 25 knots, making her 50% faster than her | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
predecessor. A key focus in the design of the Shannon was m`king her | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
more manoeuvrable on the water, a priority was also making it safer | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
for the crew, so the club `` so the whole does not slam on the water, to | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
the design of the seats. Thd seats had a lot of research done on them, | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
you do not realise how much the boat is moving around, then you `re | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
safely strapped in. Her deshgn is a mix of tradition with some of the | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
most advanced technology. Wd go back from a rowing boat with oars, | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
through the sailing Iraq, steam engines, and diesel engines. The | :15:57. | :16:04. | |
next stage is water jet propulsion. This is the first all`weathdr | :16:05. | :16:07. | |
lifeboat with this type of propulsion, and for the cruhse, it | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
is a massive step on from where they have been before. Today, those | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
living nearby were eager to get a close look. This boat is excellent, | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
the manoeuvrability is superb, very impressed with the way she came up | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
the beach. Apart from the r`in, it has been great, amazing to see it. | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
Dungeness is the first stathon to take ownership of this boat, it is | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
hoped its technology will enable crews to reach casualties qticker | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
and ultimately save more lives. This is our top story tonight. | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
A group of experts has crithcised the lack of government action taken | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
to prevent flooding. The group says the national approach to flood | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
management is too focused on short`term results. It says the | :16:59. | :17:01. | |
recent floods could have bedn prevented if the correct water | :17:02. | :17:03. | |
management techniques have been used in parts of southern England. | :17:04. | :17:05. | |
Also in tonight's programme. Beating the Scots at their own game. | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
Business is booming at Engl`nd's only curling rink, in Kent. | :17:09. | :17:19. | |
After a day of sunshine and showers, will it stage I and bright for the | :17:20. | :17:21. | |
weekend? Join me later for the forecast. | :17:22. | :17:24. | |
If you have a story you think we should be covering on South East | :17:25. | :17:26. | |
Today, we'd like to hear from you. Saltdean Lido, one of the country's | :17:27. | :17:48. | |
three remaining outdoor seaside pools, has formed a partnership with | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
the world`famous designer Shr Terence Conran. It's part of a bold | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
plan to reopen the complex with a warm`water pool and restaur`nts | :17:58. | :18:10. | |
For years now, it has been the bathing pool behind bars. Something | :18:11. | :18:17. | |
of an eyesore on the coast road between Newhaven and Brighton. The | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
vision before the Second World War had been so different, but `s other | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
like those on the Sussex co`st thrived, this one faltered, | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
abandoned for much of the 40s, all of the 50s, half of the 60s. The few | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
visitors this century, but no investment. In a couple of xears, | :18:36. | :18:40. | |
finally, seems like these m`y return. Outside and in. You have got | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
to have vision. This is going to be the exercise and that studio. This | :18:48. | :18:54. | |
is the original 1930s boiler room. There is a lot of work to bd done, | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
but the group of residents who have taken the reins told me thex think | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
they can do it. Especially now they have a big name behind them, a very | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
big name, Conrad Partners sorted out Embassy Court, and they are | :19:10. | :19:11. | |
working on the centrepoint building in London. It would be amazhng if we | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
could get the top part open. The view would be lovely, but wd have | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
the structural problems at the moment. That slab is at risk of | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
collapse. Also, heated water. Reopening a tunnel. And, a trendy | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
restaurant for when the kids are in bed. The place has been revhved many | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
times before will stop here is a government minister at the 0998 | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
relaunch. This is a good ex`mple of how the public and private sector | :19:43. | :19:48. | |
can work together, investment. It did not work out, so what is | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
different? The ownership with the community interest is different you | :19:55. | :19:57. | |
have got a load of people who are very passionate. We have a vested | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
interest, we look at this every day, this has to work, so failurd is not | :20:03. | :20:12. | |
an option. It will be a long haul to get it all done by the summdr of | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
2016. But hopes this sunny winter's they are once again high. | :20:18. | :20:22. | |
Football, and as Charlton prepare to take on QPR tomorrow, the Addicks' | :20:23. | :20:25. | |
new owner says he believes lanager Chris Powell can lead the club in | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
the long term. Belgian businessman Roland Duchatelet is reportdd to | :20:30. | :20:32. | |
have bought the club for ?20 million. He made his fortund in | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
electronics and owns a numbdr of clubs across Europe. | :20:38. | :20:45. | |
Charlton is a club which has many fans, and a very good history, and | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
so I think it is very important to try to continue, according to this | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
strategy. In the other Championship fhxture, | :20:58. | :21:00. | |
Brighton welcome Wigan to the Amex. While in League One, Gillingham | :21:01. | :21:03. | |
travel to Oldham, and Crawldy are also away, at Walsall. | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
Now, although Great Britain won silver in the men's Olympic curling | :21:09. | :21:11. | |
final this afternoon, the tdam was made entirely of Scotsmen. That s | :21:12. | :21:14. | |
because of the 23 curling rhnks in the UK, 22 of them are in Scotland, | :21:15. | :21:19. | |
and only one is in England. That rink can be found here in the South | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
East, just outside Tunbridgd Wells. It says it's now seeing a dramatic | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
increase in the number of pdople wanting to try out the sport since | :21:27. | :21:30. | |
the start of the Sochi Games, and it's currently hosting the Dnglish | :21:31. | :21:31. | |
Curling Association Championships. They will be 9`3 ahead. This signal | :21:32. | :21:47. | |
the end of Team GB's hopes of gold in Sochi. Meanwhile, in Tunbridge | :21:48. | :21:53. | |
Wells, the English can championship was under way. Teams battled it out | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
for a chance to play for thdir country. Alongside youngsters who | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
were getting a taste of the sport for the first time. Spurred on by | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
the Olympic effect. It is practical, it helps your memory. It is a good | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
game. It gets you in transit in the game, you are focused on th`t stone, | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
and nothing in the world matters. Being here for an hour, I h`ve | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
enjoyed the game, because it gets you energetic, it is actually easier | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
than you think. That is not how the Scottish players in Team GB felt | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
today. But if English players are going to break through to the top | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
flight, their talents will be nurtured here. The rink is | :22:46. | :22:49. | |
celebrating its 10th anniversary, don't by a Scotsman determined to | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
curl in the Garden of England. You are lucky to find a couple of | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
hundred people if you search in England, and most of them come here. | :23:00. | :23:03. | |
In Scotland, you have 30,000 people playing. In Canada, over a lillion. | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
No wonder their Olympic chalpions have mastered the subtleties of the | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
game. Have you import the spin on the stone is an important p`rt of | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
how you deliver it and rele`se it. Those skills are learned here, but | :23:22. | :23:25. | |
the challenge is to turn English players into Olympians. | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
Well, let's return to one of tonight's top stories. The Sports | :23:31. | :23:33. | |
and Equalities Minister Heldn Grant has defended her comments about | :23:34. | :23:35. | |
women participating in "femhnine" sports activities. The Kent MP had | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
told reporters women worried about feeling unfeminine should look at | :23:42. | :23:43. | |
taking up ballet, cheerleadhng or roller`skating. Well, we wanted to | :23:44. | :23:50. | |
know what you thought, and we had quite a response. Chris on d`mail | :23:51. | :23:59. | |
said, let's encourage any participation in any sport by | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
females or males, especiallx with the nation's obesity problels. Lots | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
of comments on Facebook, I do not mind aggressive sports, it hs the | :24:09. | :24:11. | |
clothes I hate, it would be good to encourage female MPs to do sport. | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
One person says, it is down to the individuals, why can't they be raked | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
their own lives? Peter said, when Dodds and snooker became sports it | :24:25. | :24:27. | |
opened the floodgates to anx old rubbish. He says it enabled the | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
deluded to think they are sportsmen or sportswomen. Sarah says, | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
cheerleading is not a sport, but she says, I honestly cannot see why | :24:39. | :24:45. | |
Lots of sunshine in salt te`m, but heavy showers as well. You knew if | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
you got caught in one of thdm, and they will continue as we go through | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
tonight. Over the weekend, `nd lots of dry, bright and windy we`ther, | :24:59. | :25:01. | |
the wind will stay strong through the weekend. The risk of rahn into | :25:02. | :25:09. | |
Sunday. Here in the south`e`st, it will mostly be a bright picture | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
Lots of sunshine around, ond or two hefty showers, they will linger as | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
we go through the first part of this evening. The temperatures are not | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
feeling too bad. The south`westerly wind stays strong. Much stronger | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
than that on the south coast. The showers stay with us, they could | :25:34. | :25:36. | |
turn heavy through the first part of this evening, but also, cle`r skies | :25:37. | :25:46. | |
around. Those showers stay with us during the first part of Saturday | :25:47. | :25:49. | |
morning. The temperatures on the coast are holding up. Slightly | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
milder as we start the day tomorrow. As you can tell, it will st`y windy, | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
and for us, not much blue on the map, clear skies, plenty of | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
sunshine, especially as we go through the afternoon. Fairly windy, | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
but the wind should be easing off as we go through the afternoon. Mostly, | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
a try and bright picture. S`turday is the brighter day to be ott and | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
about. As we go into Sunday, some outbreaks of rain, but it is fairly | :26:22. | :26:23. | |
light and patchy. Temperatures are much milder as a result. Only | :26:24. | :26:31. | |
dropping a degree or so frol Saturday. Into Sunday, slightly | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
overcast, and as we go into Monday, we will see the band of rain. It | :26:38. | :26:46. | |
stays windy. The temperaturds a bit of on Saturday, relatively lild for | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
the time of year. Into Mond`y, it turns wet, but the rain shotld not | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
be particularly heavy. It should be claiming, and behind it, a bit of | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
sunshine. Decent temperaturds for the time of year, but it is a brief | :27:01. | :27:06. | |
respite from the rain. It tdaches day, it will turn on settled, the | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
low`pressure pulls away. Further outbreaks of rain. The wind | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
eventually eases off. Over the weekend, Saturday is right `nd | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
breezy. More cloud cover into Sunday. It turns on settled for | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
Monday and Tuesday. For Sattrday, sunshine, it stays dry, enjoy it, | :27:28. | :27:29. | |
make the most of it. That is it from us for now. We are | :27:30. | :27:39. | |
here with the late news at 00:2 pm goodbye. | :27:40. | :27:43. |