14/06/2014 South East Today

on to more than 400 communities before the start of

More needs to be done at thd Port of Dover to tackle tobacco

smuggling, according to Kent MP and Home Affairs Select Committee

His comments come as a new report by the committee criticises

Dover is on the frontline of the battle against tobacco smuggling.

That is the view of a Kent LP and member of the influential Home

Affairs Select Committee, which accused British tobacco companies of

oversupplying foreign markets, which results in the tobacco coming back

I would like to see our border force people at Dover assisted by seeing

much more done to prevent the flow of tobacco initially out of the

country, but also to places where we know and suspect it is coming back

It is estimated that one in ten packets of cigarettes and one in

three pouches of tobacco sold in the UK are smuggled into the country.

That is why businesses clail that they are being hit hard.

And that, combined with large amounts of counterfeit cigarettes,

which an investigation showdd are widely available, damages the

I would say that 40% of our business we have lost.

They are also selling to underage people.

Meanwhile, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs says that it has more

than halved the illicit bushness in cigarettes from 2000.

Two divers have been airlifted to hospital after they experienced

difficulties underwater sevdral miles off the Sussex coast.

The divers, who were taken from the boat by the coastguard helicopter,

are being treated at the Eastbourne District General Hospital.

Up to 40 residents had to be evacuated from a Sussex card home

Emergency crews were called to Windlesham Manor in Crowborough

Two people were treated for the effects of smoke inhalation

A family from Sussex are raising awareness

about altitude sickness, after their 25`year`old son died unexpectedly

Adam Savoury's family are r`ising money for a charity they've set up,

by cycling from Eastbourne to Belgium.

Adam Savory died after developing altitude sickness

He got very unwell very, very quickly, very rapidly.

I spoke to the doctor and hd said that my son was very critically ill.

Then, half an hour later, Adam passed away .

Attitude sickness is really unpredictable.

There is no way of knowing until you are at some height abovd 12 or

It can strike young men just as easily as it can anyone else

Adam had been travelling in Cusco when he became ill.

His family have set up a charity to raise awareness

You can look at our website where we have a lot of information about

signs and symptoms of altitude sickness, how to prepare, what to

And the most effective thing to do is to go down from the altitude that

People don't think that and maybe go away and they don't know.

Adam's family say that 18 months on they are still coming to terms

But they have decided to do a charity bike ride from Eastbourne to

Now with England's footballdrs kicking`off their World Cup campaign

against Italy later this evdning, flags and decorations are being put

up at venues across the South East, as fans prepare to cheer on

Kent Police say officers will be available to help with higher

Let's see what the weather will be doing.

A bit of a dull day today. A a few bright spells for some people. That

cloud will build through the bright spells for some people. That

cloud will build through thd night. cloud will build through thd night.

It should be dry and mild with It should be dry and mild with

temperatures at 11 or 12 Celsius. Today was colder than it has been

recently and it is much the same tomorrow. Dull skies in the morning,

any sunshine later in the day tomorrow. Dull skies in the morning,

any sunshine later in the d`y or tomorrow. Dull skies in the morning,

any sunshine later in the day or in any sunshine later in the day or in

the evening and stop the temperatures are average for this

time of year, 18 or 19 Celsius. time of year, 18 or 19 Celsius.

Cooler on the coast of Kent with that breeze. With the beginning of

next week, much the same. From Wednesday, those temperaturds start

Wednesday, those temperatures start to rise.

I will be back same time tomorrow. Enjoy the football. Goodbye.

But from all of us on the team, goodbye.

Good evening. We don't have any of the sultry heat they have in Brazil,

but it is a warm evening for many. A few showers in eastern parts of

Wales. Most having a dry