18/05/2014 South East Today


18/05/2014

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Good evening. One it's time for the news

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Good evening. Two men in Brazil will stand trial

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for the manslaughter of a woman from Kent. Gillian Metcalf was killed in

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a boat collision in South America last year. Her family has been

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urging the authorities there to prosecute those responsible, as Ian

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Palmer reports. Since his wife's death last

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September, Charlie Metcalf has been trying to get those responsible to

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be tried in court. This week, the authorities in Brazil confirmed this

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will happen. Well, we never stopped believing it would happen. But when

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it did happen, it came as a shock. Because they crumbled so suddenly.

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From telling us it could be months before even a decision is made

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about, would there be a prosecution who would be prosecuted. Gillian

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Metcalf was a mother of two daughters. A lawyer, she went to

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Brazil to celebrate her 50th birthday with her family. During a

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boat trip on the blackwater in Manaus, there was a collision. Mrs

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Metcalf suffered fatal injuries. Witnesses described a game of

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chicken between the captains of both vessels. In an interview for

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Brazilian televison, one of the pilots said he acted responsibly.

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The story has topped news bulletins in Brazil. Newspapers have

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highlighted every twist and turn. Some journalists in South America

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say, because the country is hosting the World Cup next month, the

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authorities have been forced to act quickly. They have a task. And that

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task is to see justice done. That gives us something to busy ourselves

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with. And I've got my two daughters, so we have stayed strong as a unit

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and we're focused on getting this done.

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The owner of Manston Airport is expected to hold a meeting in ten

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days' time with people who want to re`open it, BBC South East Today has

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learned. The new leader of Thanet District Council says she had a

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"positive" telephone conversation with Ann Gloag this afternoon. The

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airport closed on Thursday. Firefighters have been battling a

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blaze involving 100 tonnes of rubbish on an industrial estate in

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Aylesford today. They were called to New Hythe Lane in Larkfield at

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11:15am this morning. Crews have been at the scene for most of the

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day trying to prevent it from spreading.

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The Home Office has denied claims that several vehicles a day pass

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through border controls carrying children who may be victims of

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trafficking. The claims were made by a UKIP MEP candidate on the Sunday

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Politics. A UK border official told me this

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week that there is nine or ten coach loads a day coming through. They

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have got 12 to 30 minibus fulls and there is a load of children in

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there. And those children's surnames do not match up with the people who

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are actually in there. So, I am really concerned about people

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trafficking. And a reminder there's in`depth

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coverage of all the main parties' campaigns, plus information about

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all the other parties standing for election on our website,

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bbc.co.uk/news tonight the Home Office said border officials are

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trained to protect immigrants and check there is no wafer immigrants

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to come in. Police have described the theft of a

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bronze statue from a children's memorial garden as "despicable". The

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?10,000 statue was taken from the Kent and Sussex Crematorium. It was

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originally commissioned by a local charity, who support women after

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stillbirths. Now, Kent Police are making a fresh appeal for anyone

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with information to "do the right thing". Victoria Holland reports.

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A garden full of memories. When Louise Ellis gave birth to her

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daughter, nearly 18 years ago, she knew that she had already died. It

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was one of the hardest days of my life, I have to say, bittersweet

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memories. She was beautiful, absolutely beautiful, perfect in

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every way. Louise was supported by a local charity, Sands, they raised

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money to create a memorial garden in the Kent and Sussex Crematorium. But

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two weeks ago, the centrepiece, this bronze statue of two children

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dancing, was stolen. It has either been taken for its artistic value,

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which is very costly for the charity to have had commissioned. However,

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it is more likely that it has been taken for its value as metal, which

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will be considerably less than what the charity paid. It is understood

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that the statue was taken sometime between the first and fourth May. It

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used to stand on this round plinth. Now, all that is left is the holes

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from where it was ripped out. It's so sad that it's been stolen. It's

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such a special place and the theives that have stolen it must know that,

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they must know how special it is to us and to all the other bereaved

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parents that are local to Tunbridge Wells. Kent police are urging anyone

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with information to get in touch. For the parents who rely on this

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garden, the statue may be gone, but like their children, it's not

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forgotten. Good evening. Today was the warmest

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day of the year so far in the South and East of England. In fact, as we

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go through the next couple of days, it will still be quite warm and

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mainly dry for tomorrow. Certainly not a cold start. The temperature

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starts well in double figures in most towns. There are some good

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spells of sunshine as well and most of the day will be dry. There will

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be some fair weather cloud, always a bit colder towards the coast, but

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inland, like today, temperatures well are into the 20s Celsius.

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Possibly 24 degrees, the top temperature, 75 Fahrenheit. Mostly

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dry, later in the evening, just coming in from the near continent, a

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couple of showers to drift in potentially towards us. They could

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be thundery, but most of us will avoid them altogether. From Tuesday

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onwards, it will be more unsettled and cooler. Temperatures still

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respectable for this time of year. There will be sunshine, too.

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We will be back after the national news at 10:20pm. Goodbye.

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St James Park and Sheffield both hit 25 Celsius this afternoon. That

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gives us our warmest day in nearly nine months, since 5th September

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2013. It goes without saying that it is going to be a warm night. Look

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out for some showers clipping into eastern Scotland. Some of those

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could be heavy. Still some patchy rain for western Scotland. More

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persistent rain returning to Northern Ireland by the end of the

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night. Showers across Mid and North Wales. Temperatures no lower than 13

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degrees. We start Monday on a much more positive footing across western

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Scotland. Much drier than it has been through the weekend. Showers in

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the North East. Showers around for Northern Ireland. Brighter spells

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possible, too. Showers during the first part of the day for North

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Wales. One or two briefly glancing across the North West of England and

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