21/06/2014 South East Today

Good evening. evening on the BBC News Channel

A man's been left with serious injuries after reports

of a collision between a car and a pedestrian in Folkestone.

Police officers were called to the Stade this morning just before 1am.

The man was airlifted to a London hospital,

A Kent rower has been rescudd after his boat started sinkhng

Fraser Hart from Tunbridge Wells was part of a four`man team aimhng to

row nearly 2500 miles from California to Hawaii

But yesterday evening they had to make a mayday call to coastguards

after their vessel started taking on water.

All crewmembers are reported to now be safe and well.

A man's been jailed for thrde years, after Kent Police caught hil

smuggling cocaine and heroin through Gillingh`m.

Dwain Heywood from Grove Park, London was pulled over in April

after officers noticed he w`s driving erratically.

Ten wraps of cocaine and fotr of heroin were later found

Homeless people have pitched tents close to Brighton seafront,

fuelling fears about the nulber of rough sleepers in the city.

Four years ago there were bdlieved to be 30,

now it's believed about 150 men and women have nowhere to sleep

This figure is predicted to rise to 300 if more affordable

Traders have complained that the mess is bad for business

The traders don't like it, the tourist chiefs don't like it,

I, someone who has worked for a homelessness charity

Because in this day and age, in one of the wealthiest cotntries

in the world, we are seeing people in 2014 sleeping on the strdets

We have to ask, Is is a five is a five if if if

around and on and why aren't we doing much, much better than that?

A man from Bexhill who suffdred brain damage after being attacked

by a group of men nearly a xear ago has spoken his first word.

Friends and family of 26`ye`r`old Alfie Peak didn't think he would

Medical staff say it's major breakthrough in his recoverx,

Alfie Peak has not been abld to talk since the attack nearly a ydar ago.

His girlfriend asked if he wear a certain pair of shorts.

I never knew if I would ever see the day where he even said one word,

let alone trying to do it a lot more, so, for me, it is just...

It has given both of us hope that we will be `ble to

Just to have a chat like a normal couple would.

I would love, love, love to be able to hear you say that you love me.

Four men were arrested following the attack on Alfie Peak last July.

But has been undergoing different therapy to help stimulate

The problem with any kind of brain injury is that you really

don't know exactly how much is going to be recovered through therapy

The most important thing is the therapy, and the intenshve

therapy really makes a big difference, particularly early on.

Alfie moved to a new rehabilitation centre in Surrey this week.

His family say it is all progress, and hope one day he will be able to

Ellie Price, BBC South East Today, Surrey.

A former Gillingham and Charlton footballer who was left fighting

for his life after a car cr`sh in South Africa has told fans he's

George Howard, from Rainh`m, was in a coma for several d`ys

It's thought doctors gave the former goalie the go`ahead to travdl back

Fundraisers have donated thousands of pounds to help his recovdry.

Now here's a look at the weather with Wendy Htrrell.

The longest day of the year may as well be filled with lots

of sunshine, and the fine wdather is going to continue through the

So dry overnight, patchy cloud around, and there will be a bit

For this evening, long clear spells, lovely sunshine,

Still some light in the sky at 10:30pm,

and overnight, breaks in thd cloud, not falling too far in terms

of temperatures, 13 or 14 Celsius along the coast

So, through the day tomorrow, I think generally, though,

And certainly further east, on the north Kent coast,

The south coast will be farhng a little bit better.

We will still have decent temperatures, though, 23 Celsius,

Risk of a shower as the day goes on, but I think we will escape

And it cools off with generally fine weather as

Obviously, the pollen levels are going to be

For the majority of the British Isles, today has wrought long spells

of warm sunshine and it is the longest day. There is plenty more to

come this evening, and yet more