01/04/2014 South East Today

We're live tonight in Yalding, still feeling the effects of the winter

flooding. Something to remember her bx ` we

talk to the Sussex mother whth terminal cancer making memory boxes

for her daughters. It is incredibly difficult. Also in tonight's

programme: Bloodstains on the shop floor.

She can definitely her blow her own trumpet. Matilda Lloyd is n`med as

the young brass performer of the year.

Good evening. A new scheme offering thousands of pounds to homeowners

and businesses affected by this winter's devastating winter floods

has opened today ` but crithcs say it's just a kneejerk reaction by

ministers, and too little, too late. The Government's offering up to

?5,000 to fund for flood protection work ` but it won't pay compensation

for the damage people have `lready suffered across the South E`st. In a

moment we'll speak live to the Floods Minister Dan Rogerson. But

first, Simon Jones joins us live from Yalding, the Kent vill`ge that

bore the brunt of severe floods over Christmas. What's the reacthon there

to these new grants, Simon? The water levels have droppdd here,

but many say that ?5,000 will not go along way. Here is the postlaster 's

house. He had flood defences fitted that would cost around ?50,000, but

the water was high, it simply went over them. People here said that it

would be better to put the loney in a big pot and spend it on bhg

projects. A fund to help the fight ag`inst

future flooding. Erica Oliv`res famously confronted the Prile

Minister when he came to Yalding, saying they needed more help. Today,

despite the potential of ?5000 grant, she was taking her

frustration out on a wall in her home. Still damp from the floods. It

is not a lot. They need to do something for the community, do

something with the rivers hdre, but flood defences in, because hn the

end, ?5000 for each house is not going to go very far. Too lhttle,

too late? Way too little, w`y too late. The ?5000 can only be claimed

for protection against future flooding, such as new doors or

barriers, and cannot be used to cover damage already covered. ``

suffered. Funding should be allocated area by area according to

need, rather than a knee jerk reaction, let's give everyone ? 000.

Farmers still suffering frol waterlogged fields, such as here in

Littlebourne, will be able to claim from a ?10 million pot. Last time I

was in this field, it was completely underwater. Now the sun is out, some

of that water has cleared, but it has left a huge amount about

underfoot, and where that h`s cleared, the grass has been left

with a chalky coating. It could be another couple of months before this

field could be used again. This is the third time since 2001 that this

has happened, and we cannot let it keep on happening. But supporters of

the scheme say it will make a real difference. We are likely to get

flooded again, aren't we, so I think it is best to do our bets now,

rather than wait and hope. The government insists it will support

major projects too. I have come inside Erica Olive RS's house. She

is unable to use the ground floor, and she says that the floodhng will

cost ?20,000. She will have to foot the bill herself, and the grant

cannot be used for damage already done. We're joined now from

Westminster by the Floods Mhnister Dan Rogerson, we've heard there from

residents in Yalding that this money is too little, too late to lake any

real difference for them. First of all, my sympathies are with

them, as with all of the people who have been affected with these

extreme winter floods. The key thing is that we have put in placd and

number of different schemes to help people. We heard from a farler, we

have helped them. We have hdlped fishermen, businesses. The grant is

a contribution to helping pdople make their properties more flood

resistant in future. It is not there on its own, and goes alongshde the

biggest schemes. ?2.5 million `` two 5p. `` two 5p.

They need a proper flood defence scheme with lots of money invested

in it. Does not seem that that is on the horizon. We are spending more

than ever before on the big club schemes, but they have two `dd up.

There is a huge demand for them across country. As a contribution

towards things that people can do to their own homes, to make thdm more

resistant, we think by thousand pounds or make could be shown. There

are lots of good products ott there which will help people make their

properties more resistant. Ht is alongside the investment in the big

at community level schemes. Do people had to accept that when

government departments are tightening their belts, mondy

invested in big flood prevention schemes is not a per top prhority?

It is a priority, we are mahntaining what is already there. A further

?140 million in the budget. As I said, money being spent now. It is

more than ever before on new schemes. That is not to say that

people cannot do things to help their own properties. That hs why we

are making a contribution to those people who have experienced these

events this time. A Sussex mother who's been given

just months to live is creating memory boxes with her daughters to

help them prepare for life without her. Zoe McIvor, from Eastbourne,

has terminal cancer ` but she's determined to help her daughters

Keira and Millie make the most of the time they have left togdther.

They've been speaking to our reporter Ellie Price.

I remember getting this at the Spinnaker Tower. Gathering the

members `` memories. They are collecting things that remind them

of special times together. They will be put into a memory box. It really

does break my heart. What do you say? It is incredibly difficult I

know that I have helped thel, and they have got them, and therefore,

they will know in that lettdr, how much they are loved. So is 35 years

old, and wants to raise awareness of breast cancer in younger wolen. It

is a cause that her daughter has Woody taken up after she sh`ved her

head. We are going through our memories and going through things.

She is never going to leave. She will always be with us. It hs nice

to know that. We have a laugh, because we remember the timds, the

funny moments we have done, when we look through them. Is it nice to

look back through although those happy times together? Take xes. It

is a good idea. It is a way of talking from beyond the grave, what

your children want to remember. It is a good thing, and it may help, it

may not, but I think everyone should try to do it. The family have a

lifetime of good memories together. But they are making the most of now

to make new ones. On the programme in a moment, After

the death of a talented teenage footballer ` his parents rahse

thousands to test other young people for heart defects.

A jury has been shown photographs this afternoon showing bloodstains

at a shop in Kent where a grandmother was assaulted and left

to die. Three workers at thd Sani Globe Grocery Store in Chatham deny

murdering 69`year`old Harjit Chaggar last September. She'd been lissing

for days before her badly ddcomposed body was found in the basemdnt.

Chrissie Reidy reports from Canterbury Crown Court.

Harjit Chaggar's decaying body was discovered 12 days after shd went

missing last September. Her corpse was found in the cellar of this food

store in Chatham. Today, we heard from the senior investigating

officer. He told the court There was a substantial amount of blood found

in the We also heard from a witness in

Bangladesh via video link. Through an interpreter, Abdur Rohim told the

court he used to cook for the defendants. He said he'd never met

Harjit Chaggar but in the d`ys leading up to when her body was

discovered, there was a horrible smell in the lower part of the shop

and that staff lit incense sticks to try get rid of it. The 69`ydar`old's

body was concealed in a bin bag under the floorboards. Her bag and

jewellery were missing. 38`xear`old Mershed Miah and 44`year`old Abdul

Hannan, brothers from Maidstone and Mohammed Islam who's 28 and from

Gillingam deny murder. They're also charged with preventing a l`wful

burial along with 28`year`old Rasad Miah from Chatham. All four deny the

charges. Two East Sussex police officers from

have been suspended over allegations about their behaviour with ` woman

while on duty. They're being investigated for gross misconduct,

following an incident in He`thfield in November. It's understood to have

involved officers taking photos of the woman.

The brother of a Kent woman murdered 20 years ago says he's shocked and

appalled by Government proposals that would treat the familids of

murder victims differently hf the crime happened before 2010, to if it

happened after. From October, victim support costs for most crimds will

be met locally by Police and Crime Commissioners ` except for lurder

cases which will continue to be funded centrally ` but only if the

crime took place after 2010. Peter Morris, whose sister Claire was

murdered by her husband in 0994 says it makes no sense.

To be proposing cutting that is before 2010, it suggests th`t before

2010, the murders do not matter any more. Also, it is penny`pinching. We

need to be putting more mondy into getting a really good basic

infrastructure for victims of crime. Peter Whittlesea joins us lhve from

Chatham. Peter, Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner Ann Barnds is

campaigning for a Government rethink on this, isn't she?

That is right. She says the change would not cost a fortune, m`ybe a

few thousand pounds. But it is a matter of principle. By havhng a cut

off, it is although the `` ht is although you are saying to the Vic

Tim, it doesn't matter. It needs to be reviewed. Meanwhile, Damhan Green

has said that no family before 010 will lose out. He has also said that

he will review the current proposals. Dozens of young people in

Kent have been tested for potentially fatal heart defdcts Six

years ago 17`year`old Jake Laddams died of a heart attack. The talented

sportsman was a fit and acthve young man. Since then his parents have

raised more than ?80,000 to help pay for heart tests. And as Ian Palmer

now reports the charity thex support has saved many lives.

This man is tested for heart problems which may stop him from

becoming a professional footballer or drop him off his life. Shx years

ago, Jack Maddams played for use scenes. He dreams are making it to

the highest level. He had an undetected heart condition `nd died.

All told, we have raised ?84,00 . Our big push was a bike ridd which

stood Kent. That raised six to ?1000. Every year, 12 appardntly fit

and healthy ?1000. Every year, 12 appardntly fit

people die of a heart condition Six of them `` 80% of them show no

symptoms. A heart scan has dropped thd death

rate by 90%. Early diagnosis has helped this man carry on pl`ying

football at a high level. Every time he was sprinting, he was putting

stress on his heart. He had open heart surgery, and they removed the

restriction, and he is back as fit as he can be. Following the test

today, he was given the all clear. Others like him are also helping for

good news. `` hoping for good news. I have had some problems, so I think

I should get it checked out. Jack Maddams's parents have recehved an

award for what they have done in memory of her head `` their son

They organised a charity football tournament. They say there would

never stop campaigning for the lives of other people's children.

This is our top story tonight. Homeowners and businesses affected

by the devastating winter floods across the South East can from today

apply for financial support from the government. The five thousand pound

grant can be used for flood protection work, but there'll be no

compensation for damage. Crhtics say it's too little too late.

Also in tonight's programme, she is officially the best brass player in

the country. We will be talking to Sevenoaks musician Matilda Lloyd.

Will the glorious weather continue? We will have a full forecast.

100 years ago the vast majority of women across Kent and Sussex were

expected to stay at home, or work in domestic service. But when the men

went off to fight in the First World War they stepped into the jobs that

were left behind. From agriculture, to munitions work, to the elergency

services, many of them started completely new lives as part of the

war effort. Sara Smith has been looking at women at work in wartime

for tonight's Special Report. In training for jobs which lonth

earlier, they could never h`ve imagined. In Dartford, they prepared

for firefighting and rescue. On the fields of Kent, city girls got used

to strange equipment. But it would not take long before they would more

than prove their worth. Thex weren't always welcome, but for the

authorities, the mass was shmple. If women's `` if women could do men's

jobs, men could go to war. They faced great antagonism. Thex faced

it from the farmers who belheves that they could not do work on the

land. They could have faced antagonism for the workers wives,

because the men `` they werd being sent to the trenches. Today, it

deals with more recycling, but women donned uniforms, gas masks `nd

weapons here to send to the front line. They had their picturd taken

on stacks of munitions boxes. It must have been a horrible job,

because the uniforms must h`ve been covered in mud, blood and God knows

what. The state of the equipment they had to clean and repair gave

them an insight of the horrors of the front. But they were banned from

any sort of communication whth those fighting, in theory, at least. They

used to stitch little notes into the pockets of the uniforms. Good luck,

Tommy, come home safe! Dover docks was for the unloading of

confusion `` supplies. I think personally, what thdy did

must have been very influential with regards to gaining women thd vote

and things like that. In 1908, and minority of women would get the

boat. Debited tremendous amount of gratitude towards the women, and

there were feeling is that ht was the women that had played their part

in winning the war, which w`s absolutely accurate, but as soon as

the war ended, there was a campaign that the state `` `` the wolen to go

back to their prewar roles, and they should get back in their cages.

Adapting back to their prew`r lives would be difficult.

You can find out more about the centenary of World War One ` and the

enduring impact of the conflict to this day ` on our website:

bbc.co.uk/ww1 And if you have a special photo that tells yotr

family's story of the First World War, we'd love to tell your story in

our My Photo series. You send an email to [email protected] `

or get in touch via Facebook or Twitter.

Matilda Lloyd is a musician who really knows how to blow her own

trumpet. She's been a soloist for the Queen during the Diamond Jubilee

Pageant ` she plays with thd National Youth Orchestra ` `nd now

she's been named BBC Radio Two Young Brass performer of the year. The

18`year`old from Sevenoaks hs with us in the studio. The first

trumpeter to win the award, and only the second woman ever to do so.

Before we have a chat with her, let's hear her play.

MUSIC: Hayden's Second movelent Trumpet Concerto in E flat.

MUSIC: Hayden's Second movelent Trumpet Concerto in E flat.

That was a lovely sound. Cole and join us! Congratulations. How are

you feeling? You must be on a high from winning the award. I w`s

absolutely thrilled, completely surprised. It has been an alazing

experience. It was on Fridax night that you won the award, any had to

play live on Radio 2. I plaxed Hummel's trumpet Concerto whth the

Grimethorpe colliery band. Traditionally, the instrument is

played by men. Has it been ` male orientated word? To, it has been a

male profession, but recently, there are more female brass players out

there, which is great to sed. You got into it through your dad.

Indeed, he played trumpet at school, and when I was eight years old, he

got it out of the cupboard, and I made a decent sound with it Is this

your springboard to doing this professionally? Della macro I hope

so. There are a few opportunities from this award, such as like

playing on the radio and thhngs like that. Hopefully it will be `

springboard for my career. Xou have played in front of the Queen twice

already! That is right. Thank you for joining us. It has been a

fantastic lovely sunny day. This was the scene in Brighton. We h`ve been

seeing temperatures of 19 or 20 degrees. It has been a glorhous

afternoon. For tomorrow, it is going to be a little bit warmer than

today. Potentially some mist and fog first thing, but by the aftdrnoon,

warm and sunny. Potentially, we are going to see some high levels of

pollution, and if you suffer from hay fever, it is worth bearhng in

mind that we have a high pollen count over the next couple of days

as well macro. Some mist and fog which will be stubborn. Tempters

will be in the mid`teens. Tdmpters of 16 or 17 degrees. It may nudge up

to 19 or 20. Some south easterly winds, and we will be staying mostly

dry, initially. You may catch the odd sharp shower, but it will be

staying dry. Mostly. It will stay in double figures. Not

as much mist and fog. In our south`east corner it will bd staying

dry. A little bit of cloud first thing, but lots of sunshine on

offer. If anything, temperatures are a little bit higher. We could see as

I high as 20 or 21 degrees. Winds of ten to 15 miles an hour.

Temperatures only dropping to 1 or 12 tonight. On Thursday, a shift.

The rain, and it will be much drier when it ships out the way. Happy

days! That is good news. I will be back with the late bulletin. I will

be seeing you tomorrow. Goodbye All across the country, millions of

families are waking up to a Britain in which they find it harder to get

on. Whilst the Government keeps telling people everything is fixed,

many are finding that hard work no longer stops the pound in their

pocket getting smaller, or the bills getting harder to afford. Under

David Cameron, gas and electricity bills have increased by more than

?300 for an average family, whilst the energy companies are making huge

profits. Meanwhile, childcare, not a luxury but an essential for millions

of working families, gets harder to find and more expensive. Under David

Cameron, the cost of a nursery place has risen 30%, and there are 50

fewer Sure Start centres and 35 000 fewer childcare