08/06/2014 South East Today

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The Government's being urged to make a decision on a second Dartford

A free flow system will be introduced on the toll bridge

But critics say another crossing is the only long term solution.

The Dartford crossing carrids around 165,000 vehicles a day.

That figure is expected to rise by 20%.

Matt Smith uses the road several times a dax.

Caught it on a good day, but this can be solid for miles.

The Kent crossing is soon to become Britain's first

The new system will use automatic number plate recognition.

The Highways Agency says the measure will improve journey

A second crossing is due to be completed in 10 years' time

Option A runs alongside the existing crossing.

Option C links Kent to Essex near Gravesend.

Kent County Council favours option C.

If it gets the go`ahead, it'll be built to the east

built to the east of Gravesend, just behind me. Some say the govdrnment

That decision has to be made imminently,

Dartford really can't afford any more delay on this decision.

People in Gravesend gave a mixed reaction to option C.

I don't know if I'd really want it there.

Cos obviously, a lot more traffic going through it.

I think it'll open up a lot more area for development or

But I know a lot of people are probably against that.

Because of the wildlife and all the rest of it.

A decision on the Lower Thales crossing is expected by the end

Hundreds of people gathered on the outskirts of Brighton this

afternoon for a service to remember Indian soldiers who died

It took place at The Chattri, a memorial built on the South Downs

where Hindu and Sikh servicdmen who died in Brighton's war hospitals

Around 200,000 people have spent the weekend at the Folkestone Ahrshow.

The free event ran into trouble last year due to a lack

of sponsorship, and has now been taken over by a private company.

Last year, the Red Arrows ddcided to put on their own display over

Folkestone when the airshow they were headlining was cancelldd.

But the new management team are confident.

Because this is a free event, and as long as people buy the raffle

tickets, have used our car parks, buy our programmes, then yes, we are

confident that we will make enough money to cover our costs and then

Visitors were glad to see a large event such as this back

I think it's brilliant, because it brings a lot mord people

back into Folkestone, like all towns along the coast,

I think would be ideal if it went around all the seaside areas.

So one has it one year, perhaps Margate,

Because the airshow is now run by a private company, it is all the

trade stands that you see now which are helping to keep it financially

viable, which the company s`ys is securing its future for the public.

With temperatures today in the low to mid 20s Celsius, it has felt like

summer. Plenty of sunshine today. The next few days, are pretty fair

as well. Tomorrow, another norm `` warm or very warm day in prospect.

Mainly dry although we will start with the remnant of overnight rain.

Behind it for the bulk of the day across Sussex and Kent, a lot of dry

weather. The risk of a strax shower weather. The risk of a stray shower

in the afternoon. The heavidr in the afternoon. The heavidr

showers will be towards the London area, to bear in mind if yot

showers will be towards the London area, to bear in mind if you are

area, to bear in mind if yot are headed that way in the afternoon.

Here, we will have some lively Here, we will have some livdly

downpours in the afternoon. For Sussex and Kent, it is dry with good

spells of sunshine. Overnight tomorrow night into Tuesday, we have

more wet weather spreading its tomorrow night into Tuesday, we have

more wet weather spreading hts way more wet weather spreading hts way

towards us from the near continent. You can see on the map that some of

it will be heavy and persistent for a time. Largely clearing aw`y by

breakfast on Tuesday morning. Pressure building across the south

of the UK meanings the rest of of the UK meanings the rest of

Tuesday and the middle part of the week will be dry and warm.

That is it for the moment. We will be back at ten 40 5pm. Join us then.

Good evening. We got to 25 Celsius this afternoon. There were some

heavy showers elsewhere. Low pressure to the west of the United

Kingdom, anticlockwise winds around that, dragging in some warm air from

the near continent. The showers will tend to fade away from Scotland and

Northern Ireland overnight. Further showers drifting up. 8.00am, in the

South West, it is largely fine and dry. Fairly warm, though. Could be

17 or 18 at 8.00am. So quite a warm start to the day. Maybe one or two

showers in the south. A much higher chance of seeing some rain in the

morning. Largely dry early on in Northern Ireland and in Scotland. We

have those showers further south. We have the breeze coming up from the

south, so we