06/08/2014 South East Today

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Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.

A 22`year`old medical student from Kent is stabbed to death in Borneo,

We're live in Aidan Brunger's hometown, Gillingham, tonight.

A mother is arrested after her one`year`old baby

fell from a first`floor window, suffering serious head injuries

She was bleeding, she had a bump on her forehead. It was getting bigger

and bigger. Demands for safety improvemdnts

on the Sheppey crossing ` grieving relatives of a young mum

and her eight`year`old son say they'll never

get over their loss. They call her the bionic wolan `

the Sussex model who had almost all the bones

in one leg replaced with titanium. And hundreds gather

to pay tribute to the celebrated actress Dora Bryan,

with a funeral in Brighton described as joyful

and laughter`filled. A medical student

from Kent has been stabbed to death following an argument with local

men on the island of Borneo. 22`year`old Aidan Brunger,

from Gillingham, was one of two British studdnts

attacked by a gang of four locals this morning

in the town of Kuching ` he'd been working

in a hospital there. Described as an outstanding student

with a passion for helping others. Aidan Brunger was 22. We had been

studying medicine for four days and had hoped to move into the field of

medical research. He and Nehl Dalton have been on a night out whdn they

were attacked. A local rest`urant owner gave us this account. One of

my waitresses was outside. She noticed a car stopping and ` guy

came out of the car and was stabbing the boys. Those two boys, one of the

managed to run away and the other collapsed on the road. He w`s not

speaking, he was grasping for breath. To reassure him, I told him

we had called for help. I told him to hang in there and that hdlp

should be coming shortly. These exclusive pictures showed the scene

of the attack, they are too graphic to show in full.

This is how Malaysians television announced the news. They had been

involved in an altercation `t around 4am. The police say four men have

been arrested and they have also retrieved a knife. The studdnts had

been on a six`week placement in Kuching. We were shocked to hear

this morning that two students, who were doing their collective is out

in Kuching, were very sadly stabbed and fatally wounded in the process.

They were just doing what thousands of medical students do everx year,

they were practising clinic`l medicine in a different setting to

learn more and to enhance the practice when they came back. Hayden

had been a pupil at this school Tonight, the curtains were drawn at

his home. His parents will have to face a future without him.

Our home affairs reporter, Rebecca Williams,

joins us from from Hempstead in Gillingham,

How have people been reacting tonight

People have commented on thdir shock. Many neighbours say they did

not know the family that well but it understood the local car de`lership

a view miles down the road was owned by them. Many of the family are

clearly shaken, others in tdars None of them wanted to commdnt on

camera today but tributes h`ve been pouring in on social media. On

Twitter, one person wrote, two medical shins to do good in the

world, taken from it so soon. A group of students today havd set up

a group in Borneo, warning others to be vigilant in the country. They are

also offering counselling to anyone affected by this tragedy.

A mother has been arrested `fter her baby suffered serious head hnjuries

when she fell from a first`floor window in Rainham

The one`year`old girl is in a serious

Her 30`year`old mother, who's been named locally as

Karen Sennett, was arrested on suspicion of child neglect.

Tonight, dramatic CCTV foot`ge of what happened after the child fell

These exclusive pictures show Karen Sennett, the gull's mother, trying

to comfort her child, moments after she had fallen from a first`floor

window to the pavement outshde. A baby, who is one`year`old, hs

bleeding and crying. One passer`by saw her for but she did was a doll

until she started crying. I just did their and realised it was a baby. I

stood there blankly for a vhew second is and then picked up because

I could not live on the floor `` because I could not leave hdr on the

floor, screaming. She was bleeding, she had a bump on her forehdad that

was getting bigger and biggdr. That had a graze on it and her nose was

bleeding and her mouth was bleeding. The one`year`old girl fell from this

window. She bounced on the corner of the shop awning and struck `n

elderly man on the shoulder before landing on her front on the pavement

below. I did not know until yesterday, when the police hnformed

us that the baby was right beside the window. That is dangerots. You

would not think this would happen. God only knows what made her topple

over but she is a child, shd's a very young child, very delicate The

baby was rushed to hospital. Those that know the family say shd

fractured a `` she suffered a fractured skull. The mother has been

named locally as goal macro but the police have refused to commdnt. The

mother has been accused of child neglect while the police investigate

the full circumstances. The lady has been questioned and released on

bail. This morning, Karen Sdnnett spoke to some of the traders. She

was upset, they said, and w`s on her way to the hospital. The police say

the child's condition is serious but stable.

Remembering the conscientious objectors `

the Sussex men who wouldn't kill in World War One.

The family of a mother and son who died in a crash on

the Sheppey crossing are delanding safety improvements on the bridge.

Deborah Roberts and her eight`year`old son, Marshall,

It happened just months aftdr a 150`vehicle pile`up in fog,

which also raised serious safety concerns.

Tonight, Deborah's family s`y they will never get over their loss.

Simon Jones has our exclusive report.

Yesterday, the funeral of Ddborah Roberts and her son, Marshall, took

place. They were a big part of my life. It was bad enough being told

about my sister but when I was told about Marshall as well, I jtst felt

like my world had ended. I don't know how I will ever get ovdr it, to

be honest. Deborah's car was involved in a collision with a van.

What happened is still under investigation. Last Septembdr, 50

vehicles collided in fog, which resulted in calls for a redtction in

speed and other safety rejections. This has shown that there is

something wrong with the brhdge if it is not just... Hammy Timds is a

need to happen before something changes? `` how many times does it

need to happen? How many more lives need to be lost? The Highwaxs Agency

has insisted the bridge meets safety standards. The question is how many

fatalities before something is done, before someone takes responsibility.

I hold the Highways Agency responsible for this and thdrefore

it is wrong, as far as I'm concerned. ten to's brother survived

the crash. `` Marshall's brother survived the

crash. Simon Jones is live

near the Sheppey crossing. A 31`year`old man has been `rrested

on suspicion of death by dangerous driving. A local MP has raised

concerns himself about this crossing. He raised it with the

Transport Minister. He has just received a letter of reply `nd in

that, the Transport Minister says he wants to wait and to the outcome of

the police investigation before drawing any firm conclusions. The

Highways Agency offered its condolences to the family.

Four men have been arrested as part of an investigation

into allegations that more than ?18 million worth of Brighton

and Hove City Council contr`cts were improperly awarded.

Police are investigating contracts given to

a property management company providing accommodation

for homeless people over the past ten years.

The men have been arrested on suspicion of misconduct

A Sussex NHS trust was given a government bailout

a sum that's equivalent to lore than 10% of its turnover.

The East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,

which runs the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards and Eastbourne

District General, was given the money by the Department of Health

One in four hospital trusts across the country

The Highways Agency has announced major road improvements

A three`week resurfacing scheme to repair the A20 around thd

Eastern Docks and Western Hdights roundabouts will begin next month.

The work will involve overnight closures.

When she was diagnosed with bone cancer as a teenager,

Elesha Turner was warned shd might have to have her leg amputated.

Instead, doctors managed to save it

by replacing her bones with titanium implants.

Now the 20`year`old from St Leonards in East Sussex,

who's been nicknamed The Bionic Woman, is recovering so well

that she's even been signed up by a modelling agency.

Claudia Sermbezis has been to meet her.

Just over a year ago, Alici` `` Elesha Turner was on holidax in

Egypt. She had pain in her leg and when she returned, her GP told her

she had cancer. There are no words. It is one of those things that until

you experience it, it consules you, you do not know nor `` you do not

know what to do or what to think. It feels like your world has started

crumbling. Because her GP w`s so vigilant, the cancer was catght

early. Her leg was saved but her femur, knee and top of her tibia was

replaced by titanium. Two m`jor muscles were also removed. She woke

up one morning and said she did not want to die. In my head at that

point, I did not know how b`d it was or where it was. It was such a

horrible feeling. Osteosarcoma is a cancer that usually develops in

growing bones was any bone can be affected. Every year in the UK and

Ireland, there are 1600 people who are diagnosed with this forl of

cancer. It is devastating. This limb saving surgery that she has

undergone is a way of saving a limb at any cost. This particular form of

cancer would not have responded to chemotherapy, so this was the only

way to remove the cancer. I have started to do things I never thought

I would do, I have got into modelling, which I would not have

done before the cancer. Elesha Turner is taking part in a campaign

to raise awareness. Claudia Sermbezis is live

in Hastings for us. She had to go back into surgery

Parts of the titanium startdd loosening, so it was causing pain.

That has had to be replaced. It is hoped that eventually things will

settle down, her body will `ccept it and her leg should work as normal.

She also has to work at trahning her remaining muscles, as two of her

muscles were removed. She h`s scans every three months, which is

stressful, to see whether the cancer has returned. It is hoped that in

time, it will seem as though she never had cancer in the first place.

A medical student from Gillhngham in Kent has been killed in Borneo.

22`year`old Aidan Brunger w`s working in a hospital there

as part of a university exchange trip when he and a fellow student

were stabbed to death, following an argument with local men.

Also tonight, the unforgett`ble Dora Bryan. A joyful, laughter fhlled

service in her honour in Brhghton. And it certainly wasn't likd this

will be woke up this morning. It should be tomorrow by Fridax

afternoon is a different story. More in the forecast later.

millions of young men joined up to fight.

millions more would be conscripted into the military.

But what about those who refused to fight `

Many of them ended up in prison or work camps `

and among the 16,000 who applied for exemption from military service

Sara Smith has been looking at the stories of the

conscientious objectors for tonight's special report.

Every year, they come to lax white flowers in remembrance. In ` country

scattered with war memorials, this stone in Tavistock Square in London

is dedicated to those whose conscience told them they mtst not

kill. Clement Attlee would fight at Gallipoli and would go on to become

a Prime Minister but his brother, Tom, so taking a life as

unforgivable. He felt a strong you for reasons based on the Gospel that

war was wrong. From the start of the First World War, he was detdrmined

not to fight at all or to hdlp the war effort. It was 1916, whdn a

desperate need for more men saw constriction introduced. But Henry

Sargent found that he could not kill under any circumstances. Thdy were

made to feel almost ashamed of themselves so it would have been a

difficult decision to make. But he was a man of conviction, he believed

that it was the wrong thing to do. So he would not do it. Desphte

offering to be a stretcher bearer, he was jailed, sent from Wormwood

Scrubs to Dartmoor. His tre`tment was extremely harsh.

After the war, he struggled to get work. Eventually, he got thd job of

curator at Bexhill Museum. Ht was a post he held for 63 years. Ht was

during those years that Bexhill got itself a new centrepiece, the

pavilion was can be `` was commissioned by the ninth E`rl of De

La Warr. But Herbrand Sackvhlle as he was then, refused to kill. He

instead served the war on a minesweeper. It is not an issue of

cowardice. It is the morallx repugnant is the morally repugnant

of being asked to kill somebody else will stop he is interested hn

preserving life rather than taking life. Refusing to kill by these men

deeply unpopular when millions were dying on the battlefield. Today

they may be judged less harshly It may be difficult for everybody, for

those who did join up and stffered terribly in the trenches, ftsion is

lost their lives, and for those who took a different stand. It hs a hard

time for everybody. World W`r I left its deep scars on those of `nd on

the battlefield. `` on thosd off and on the battlefield.

And there's more on the centenary of World War One

and the enduring impact of the conflict here in the South Dast

The funeral of the much`loved actress Dora Bryan

A star of stage and screen, she made a name for herself with rolds

And she continued to appear on hit TV shows throughout her life,

including Last of the Summer Wine and Absolutely Fabulous.

Jane Witherspoon is in Brighton for us.

It was a packed church. Thex must have been 200 people here this

afternoon. A lot of her famhly and a view familiar faces as well stop

this is the order of servicd. As you can imagine, it was a celebration of

her life. There was a lot of laughter and a lot of singing.

It is the role that one Dor` Bryan a BAFTA for `` that got Dora Bryan a

BAFTA for her appearance in A Taste Of Honey as a domineering alcoholic.

She will be amended for being herself. Around here, it is Dora.

Not Dora Bryan. There is no fame or anything like that. You comd to

these areas and you do not get hassled for a signature. Shd made

her debut in 1948 and, more recently, starred in favourhtes

Absolutely Fabulous and Last Of The Summer Wine. Is she the Wiltshire?

Her Coffin was carried into the church to the sound of her singing

Hello Dolly. And as an active member of the

community, she will be amended in an exhibition.

She was one of the kindest, most loving people I have ever

encountered. I would say we have lost a very dear person as well is a

great British actress. She was a star and it was wonderful to hear

her sing. It was tearful and yet it was very amusing and it was what

Dora was all about. A final applause for one of our best loved actresses.

You saw the clapping there. Was so lovely about when her Coffin was

brought from the church, th`t was spontaneous. It was a wonderful

sendoff for a style of stagd and screen. `` for a star.

So Kylie Minogue has taken off her black feathered hat,

the giant Tunnock's Tea Cakds have been put into storage

and the Glasgow Commonwealth games are over.

But for Steve Scott from Battle and Charlotte Kerwood

from Fletching, Sussex, the feelgood factor continuds.

The pair won gold medals for their shooting.

And, as Charlie Rose reports, they're still coming to terls

From winning gold to serving fry ups. Sussex shooter Steve Scott is

pretty down to earth for soleone who has just conquered the Commonwealth

Games. Very busy with the ptblicity they have been getting, so H have

been helping. He has been spending his time of at his home club after

getting a perfect score in the final. I watched the footagd last

night. There was probably a second delay before I celebrated. Ht just

sunk in a little bit. Also still buzzing from a gold`medal whn is

Charlotte Kerwood, her fourth in the Commonwealth Games. This is

different from any other competition, because we did not have

a final. I did not know if H had one or not. I was not feeling great

after my last round, which hs not great, and then the announcdment

came on and said they have ` new Commonwealth champion, and H was

begging for my name to be c`lled. He did and it was an amazing fdeling.

Congratulations to Charlottd Kerwood! The friend that was sitting

with us said it was her. I did not believe it until they called her

name out. It was amazing. And these competitors have to think of

everything to give themselvds every chance of winning. We have `

customised joke that was made in Italy that controls the recoil and

gives a more precise pattern when I shoot. It certainly paid off. The

next top? The Olympics. `` the next stop bastion?

It has been very changeable today. If we look at this photo th`t has

taken a queue hours ago, it is a beautiful sky with some clotd and

blue sky. Last night, you could see this wall

of water moving through. We had a pleasant afternoon, getting up to 24

Celsius. Quite breezy in sotth of the region, with a south`westerly

breeze. Temperatures overnight between 15 and 17 Celsius. Loral

spots, it gave `` it may get down to 12. Sunny spells tomorrow whth one

or two showers. They could be on the heavy side as well. We still see

those temperatures up to 24 murk, and 21 or 22 on the coast. Tomorrow

night is a decent night, with similar temperatures to tonhght

Friday, as I was saying before, is looking more problematic. The

further west you are, the more likely you will have a dry day.

However, there is a lot of rain coming from the continent. Ht passes

by Saturday, so that is not looking too bad for us. On Sunday, ht is

uncertain at the moment. Thdre is a tropical storm brewing off the

north`east coast of the US, called Bertha, it looks like it will reach

its maximum tomorrow and thdn come across the Atlantic. We're not sure

if it will reach the UK. If it does, it made caused some wet and windy

weather on Sunday. If not, ht will reach a continent instead and we

will have a pleasant day. Before we go,

let's recap tonight's top stories: The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,

has confirmed that he wants to stand for a parliamentarx seat

in next year's general election A medical student

from Kent has been stabbed to death, following an argument with ` local

gang on the island of Borneo. And a mother has been arrested

on suspicion of neglect after her one`year`old baby girl

suffered serious head injurhes in a fall from

a first`floor window in Rainham That is it from us.

There will be more on that `t ten hoodie 5pm to night. Goodbyd. ``

10:25pm.