26/04/2014 South East Today

Good evening. through out the evening.

Good evening. A "significant potential investor"

may have been found to buy Lanston airport, according to the local MP.

Sir Roger Gale was speaking at a meeting attended by around 300

campaigners discussing ways to save the airport. Our political reporter

Ellie Price reports. Have an hour ago, I held in my hand

a letter from eight significant potential investor who I am

satisfied has the money to lake a bid. No bid has been made, but he

has the money to make the it. Cautiously delivered, but good news

for the hundreds of campaigners who came to the meeting in Marg`te this

afternoon. I think there is a real prospect that if they are whlling to

sell at a fair price, then ` fair price can be found. Manston 's

owners announced they were considering selling the airport in

March. Since then, several `irlines have pulled out. Some airline X

experts Western the Bailey `bility `and viability of the airport. We

have got to remain positive at all costs for our local residents and

the staff that are still employed there. 15,000 signatures can't be

wrong. It has got to make a difference. That is what we hope to

do. The report's owners werd invited here today, but declined. They said

the consultation was ongoing. In the meantime, Mr Gill said he would

bring up the issue in Parli`ment on Monday. That's right Mr Gald.

Onto some breaking news now and Dutch police have confirmed that the

body of missing British tourist Wayne Davies has been found in a

canal in the Netherlands. The 22`year`old apprentice plumber from

East Grinstead went missing after leaving a nightclub in Leiddn last

Saturday morning. A man has admitted murdering his

former boss near Sittingbourne. 56`year`old father of two Steve

Langley was shot dead last November, inside the tackle shop at the

fisheries he ran in Tonge. 54`year`old Simon Olsen of no fixed

abode pleaded guilty to killing him at Maidstone Crown Court. Friends

are now planning a special day to remember Mr Langley.

Andy Lovell remembers the events of the afternoon of the 29th of

November last year very cle`rly It was the day that his good friend was

murdered at the fisheries hd ran, by a former employee Simon Olsdn.

He walked into the shop, shtt the door and that was it. I heard a

muffled bang, obviously realised what had happened then he come out

the shop, opened the doors `nd fired the gun up in the air again and just

said he's dead and he'd obvhously shot Steve.

When police arrested 54`year`old Olsen, a former bailiff at the

fisheries, he was still in possession of the gun. Yestdrday in

court he pleaded guilty to lurder. Steve Langley, a former Kent

firefighter, is much missed and friends are holding a speci`l

memorial event at the fisheries next month.

Mr Langley's killer will be sentenced on the 12th of Max. He

treasured this place. He has bolted from scratch completely. Whdn he

first moved them, it was a tiny chalk stream. He has less `` left it

to us. Brighton Hove Albion are tonight

just outside the Championshhp promotion play`off positions despite

last night's win over bottol`club Yeovil at the Amex. A goal from

Kazenga Lua Lua followed by a right`footed shot from Jessd Lingard

secured victory for the Seagulls. Meanwhile it was a bad day for our

other teams. In the Championship, Charlton lost 3`1 at home to

Blackburn Rovers while in Ldague One Crawley went down 2`1 away `t

Bradford and Gillingham lost 3` away at Preston.

Now for the weather. Good evening. A few of us s`w some

quite heavy showers earlier on today. There are more on thd way,

but they will ease off overnight. One or two could still get to us in

the west of the county, but it will be a mild night. Ten or 11 Celsius

along the south coast there. Now, this is a low`pressure systdm, you

can see it spinning around there. This is going to track its way along

the south coast as we go through the day tomorrow, as well, and so we

will have further showers even from the word "go" tomorrow. Somd of them

slow`moving, heavy, thunderx even, and they are going to be sphralling

around on and off throughout the day. Hopefully with some sunny

spells between them. Temper`tures will get towards the mid`tedns. I

think we will probably hit 03 or 14 Celsius. Then as we go throtgh

Monday, still very the British Isles for this weekend.

There have been a number of showers today, particularly in the

south-west, and there is more to come overnight. You can see this

swirl of cloud, the centre of it in the south-west of England. Close to

the centre of that there will be some strong winds in the south-west

of England and some heavy showers as well. There will be some big waves

along the south coast as well. The rain will affect eastern Scotland

and the North East of England with low cloud and missed. The best of