22/08/2014 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today. I'm Polly Evans.

Fears we're heading for Sangatte 2 ` an angry reaction to a call

from the Mayor of Calais for a new migrant camp.

The people of Calais will live to regrdt this.

The people of Britain will live to regret this.

Back in business ` three wedks after the Eastbourne pier fhre,

traders are thrown a lifeline as new pop`up shops open.

Commuters are braced for disruption as part of London Bridge St`tion

Golden girl Kelly Holmes relembers that life`changing moment at

And the beach battles that rocked Britain ` how mods and rockdrs

besieged the South Coast 50 years ago this weekend.

A new migrant centre, which is already being labelled Sang`tte 2,

The Mayor of Calais wants a shelter for 400 adults to be created.

It's more than ten years since the demolition of the original

Red Cross centre at Sangattd, which was seen as a magnet for

It comes as the Freight Transport Association has written to

the Government saying drivers are intimidated by would`be stowaways

Our political editor Louise Stewart reports.

And did want a hundred people, mainly from Eritrea, Sudan or

Afghanistan, are living in camps in this Calais port, trying to cross

into Britain illegally. As the city struggles to cope with growhng

numbers, the mayor has told a French newspaper she will ask the hnterior

Minister to hold a new shelter to appease residents. That is not a

popular move in Dover. I don't think a new Sangatte is the answer. It

costs `` it caused so many problems in the past. The way forward is for

the French government, maybd with help from the EU, to act decisively

to repay trade these people or process there asylum applic`tions.

In recent months, tensions have risen. We caught on camera some

desperate attempts by migrants to enter the UK. Men were shown running

towards trucks and claiming under the vehicles. The Sangatte camp

opened in 1999 to house reftgees who were sleeping rough. Numbers peaked

at about 2000. Concerns it was being used as a base for illegal

immigration led to its clostre. Campaigners say a new sheltdr is not

the solution. Giving shelter to people in Calais will do solething

but it is not the whole story. We also need to get at the traffickers

who are extorting large sums of money to get people to Calahs and

indeed beyond and putting their lives at risk. Now the Freight

Transport Association has written to the Foreign Secretary calling for

urgent talks with the French government, they say migrants are

making desperate and dangerous attempts to board UK bound lorries.

We see this as a groin problem which will grow for many months. ``

drawing problem. The mayor of Calais says she will press for a ndw centre

to house migrants on the outskirts of town but promises it will not be

a new Sangatte. Well, our reporter Simon Jones is

in Dover now. Simon, you've been speaking to

the Mayor's office about thd plans. The idea is already causing concern

here. The mirror's office s`y a new centre would only be set up in

Calais if there were similar centres across Europe, including ond in

Britain. The Maher feels Brhtain needs to do more to tackle this

international problem. The LP for Dover says Norway. `` there is no

way. Recently, migrants havd torn down makeshift `` recently

authorities have torn down lakeshift camps but migrants are still coming.

I have spoken to lorry drivdrs here and they feel that any new centre in

Calais would become a magnet for migrants determined to get here

Is it a good idea to build a new camp, or will it encotrage

They haven't been able to trade for three weeks after a fird tore

through Eastbourne Pier, destroying a third of the structure.

But today businesses affectdd by the blaze opened up new stalls

in temporary pop`up shops near the entrance to the pidr.

Our reporter Piers Hopkirk is there now for us.

Not bad, given that it's Frhday Traditionally a changeover day in

Eastbourne. The traders told me it has been pretty good. You c`n see

the pier behind me. These are the so called pop`up shops here. It primed

bit of real estate on the sdafront. Whether the bank holiday, they hope

to claw back some cash. Open to the public and back

in business. Holiday`maker Ann Sharp, thd

very first to dip into her pocket. I think it is really good for the

community and it is a lovelx set up. For the fire`hit traders, it's

hoped the recovery starts hdre. It's great to be back up

and running. It has really been hard

for everybody but everyone has pulled together and most of us

worked through the night to get up We just hope business is re`lly

going to turn round now. Nine traders

in all have been given free pitches It is a positive message

about Eastbourne. We are a can`do Council

and a can`do town. People have rallied together with

a bit of a blitz spirit. It is more than three weeks

since the blaze Sammy Morgan, who sold teddx bears

on the pier for a military charity, I think the town and the people

and the council have been alazing. I mean, they have all jumped

into action and put a spark back into us that wdre very

upset about it all and they couldn't This man ran the tackle store

on the end of the pier. Does it feel like there is some

light at the end of the tunnel? Why did you think it was

important to come today? To support Eastbourne and stpport

the locals and I like jellidd eels. Anything to help traders whhle

the pier is rebuilt as a good idea. So, after a first day back open

in a new home, how has it bden? A lot of locals have said how nice

it is to see us trading agahn. Most of them have spent a little bit

These pop`up shops can be hdre until the pier reopens.

A moment for them that can't come soon enough.

The traders had hoped to cole back to the pier at the end of Sdptember

but the tragic death of a workman is likely to push that back. They have

told me they have been hugely touched by the welcome they have

been given and by the volumd of cash coming through their tills.

Finding love in adversity ` the couple who went

in to hospital for liver tr`nsplants and lost their hearts.

Commuters travelling through London Bridge are set to face two

A partial closure of the st`tion means no First Capital Conndct or

Southern services will stop there, affecting 50,000 commuters.

Work begins tomorrow, but the biggest impact is likely to be felt

by people travelling to the capital to work over the next two wdeks

London's all this station, tsed by 55 million people. It is getting a

major upgrade. That means p`ssengers faced disruption until 2018. For

Southern and First Capital Connect customers, the disruption starts

tomorrow. Their trains will not stop at London Bridge for nine d`ys.

Passengers told me they accdpt short`term pain for long`term gain.

For a better station, you h`ve to put up with a bit of commothon.

These things are unavoidabld. I am more concerned with prices going up.

You might as well do it when everyone is on holiday. Network Rail

will close two platforms and reopen two new ones. It will demolhsh a

bridge and redeploy cyclical in `` signalling equipment. This hs one of

the times of lowest rail tr`vel during the year. Many peopld will

face disruption but it is one of the better times.

It is expected to last until the end of the month. Now First Caphtal

Connect our Southern servicds will call at London Bridge and there will

be no direct trains to Gatwhck or Luton airports from London Bridge.

Unfortunately we have to go along with it. We want to get cap`city up

at London Bridge and there to be a better, more punctual service. The

?1.6 billion project will sde London Bridge transformed. It will have

increased capacity and improved punctuality but it comes at a price

for computers. `` commuters. Yes, this is just the start. Even

more disruption will begin hn January. Around 50,000 passdngers

are likely to be affected bx this particular work will stop m`ny

thousands more will be indirectly affected on other services which

will be congested because those passengers will be displaced. The

scope of this disruption is vast. Service alterations, delays and

cancellations across the sotthern and First Capital Connect ndtwork.

It is impossible to give anx general advice. The companies say you should

check the websites. A man has been arrested on suspicion

of arson after 50 firefighters attended a

large blaze on the Isle of Sheppey. The barn fire near Elm Lane

initially covered 300 squard metres. Fire crews were alerted just

after one o'clock this mornhng. Smoke from the fire was thotght to

contain potentially irritant substances and householders were

told to remain inside their homes. A 36`year`old man is being

questioned by officers. Around 200 campaigners are dxpected

to attend a meeting on Newhaven's West Beach asking

for the area to be reopened. It was closed five years ago

by the company that owns thd Port. Last year the Court of Appe`l ruled

the public must be granted `ccess, but that decision is being

challenged in the Supreme Court Work to repair seafront arches in on

Kings Road in Brighton has overran. Work to repair seafront arches on

Kings Road in Brighton has overrun. It was due to take eight wedks

following a partial collapsd Traders say

the delay is affecting business Two liver transplant patients

from Kent say their lives h`ve changed unrecognisably becatse they

found love on the transplant ward. Shelley Flowers from Folkestone and

Wayne Boden from Belvedere `re now engaged to be married after meeting

at Kings College Hospital in London. up, but two years ago, Waynd Boden

was given 24 hours to live. He pulled through but waited nhne

months for his second liver transplant. But he had met Shelley

Flowers and after a was found she was the first thing on his lind I

remember waking up in intensive care and thought I would text her. My

life has not been the same since. We live off each other's excitdment and

pleasure at this great gift. Unfortunately there are famhlies out

of their which are still motrning the loss of loved ones in a

difficult situation. Shellex Flowers travelled to ours to visit him. They

dated in the local pubs and park. One year later he asked her to marry

him. He went down on one knde and asked me to marry him so I said yes.

After my transplant, I didn't think I would meet anyone else. I met him

and it is nice. They have both raise money for the hospital. It has been

used to redecorate and to `` and they have represented the hospital

at the transplant games. I have a silver medal. You want to ghve

people back their life and H think this is a great good luck story and

a happy story. It is fantastic and I love seeing them together. With

transplant surgery hopefullx behind him, their only major operation is

planning their wedding next July. All the hospital staff to whom they

or their lives are invited. Calls for a camp for migrants is

raising fears of a second S`ngatte. The Maher of Calais says shd wants

to move the migrants out of the town.

Also, experience a forest as you have never heard it before.

And after a cruel and bright week, a similar theme for the weekend. ``

cool. It's an image that has gone down

in sporting history. Eyes wide, arms outstretched, a

woman from Kent wins Olympic Gold. And for Kelly Holmes, who wdnt

on to become a Dame, it marked a 12`year`old Dame Kelly begins

training at Tonbridge Athletics At 18, she quits athletics `nd joins

the British Army, suffers a leg Going into Athens in 2004,

she was injury`free Tomorrow it will be ten years to the

day since the first of her two wins. She made it look so easy. Btt, in

fact, in the run`up to 2004, Dame Kelly Holmes overcame a host of

injury problems to win two Olympic golds, starting with the 800 metres.

I was in the best shape of ly life and was not injured that ye`r and I

decided I would risk my dre`m of being the 1500 metres champhon by

doing the 800 metres. I risked it because it would be fantasthc to get

two medals. I didn't believd I would win, hence the face of April. ``

hence my face. I went past the old people's home and everyone was

outside and then I went up the road and it was round. People were

hanging out of their windows. In the High Street, at the top of the

town, just before the River, honestly, we all started crxing

because it was heaving. Since then she has been busy on a numbdr of

projects, including mentoring other athletes and setting up a charity.

Now, she is opening her own cafe. I have wanted to do this for lany

years and this is finally, well I say finally, coming true. It has

been a two`year journey of building it up. Another dream coming to

fruition. It was

a culture clash that has become part The teenage gangs calling themselves

the mods and rockers who latnched And 50 years ago this weekend

they beseiged the South Coast. Phil Daniels,

who became famous after starring in the film Quadrophenia, fdaturing

those battles, picks up the story. Unlike the freezing cold Easter

the Whitsun bank holiday was with families on

the beaches enjoying the sunshine. The stage was set. All it

needed was the players ` the mods, the rockers,

and the extra police drafted in We still have mods and rockdrs today

but now we call them pensioners They flock to the seaside every

chance they get and they ard welcomed with open arms. But 50

years ago, these retired folk were We were bussed

down here to Brighton. We were sent to the railway station

and we saw lots of mods and rockers We arrived fairly early

in the morning and made our way It was probably about nine o'clock.

Quite early. There were already a huge group

of rockers on the beach. But what happened over

the next hour and a half, two hours, So, by 11 o'clock or so, thdy were

surrounded by hundreds of mods. Meanwhile, on the North Kent

coast... I was

on the beach with my girlfrhend One of my mates called down to me,

can you come and help us? I don't know how many mods were

on the beach but there was ` hell I don't know what happened but I

ended up giving one a few slaps Quadrophenia added to the mxth of

the violent riots of '64 and it spawned a mod revival ` a

new wave of mod that evolved through the '80s and '90s and on into the

21st century. You can watch a full version of

Mods And Rockers Rebooted hdre In this weekend's league football

fixtures, Brighton Hove Albion Seagulls' boss Sami Hyypia has

to decide whether to hand a debut The Amex crowd will be hoping to see

another impressive performance after Hyypia's side recorded their

first win of season on Tuesday. And in the other games,

Charlton Athletic travel to While in League One Gillingham face

an away game at Barnsley and Crawley The real music of forest life

as interpreted by a composer and a computer expert will be heard

in Bedgebury Pinetum next wdek. Living Symphonies is to be played

through a network of computdr linked It's a novel way to experience

the eco`system of the world famous Composers have, through timd, made

music to evoke life in the forest. This 21st century take remahns a lot

about art but it has a big foot The most important thing is

the forest. It's really the concept

behind the piece, to really to allow people a platform

to explore the forest, to hhghlight It is a project which has

a background in months of work. They came to this little patch of

forest and surveyed it from up in All the creatures,

plants and trees have been given Behind all of this undergrowth

and up in the canopies, we have hidden 24 speakers and then from

a speaker next to a giant Sdquoia like we have here, you will hear

the sound that corresponds to it. Fluttering through the trees,

if it is a sunny day, you whll hear a musical motif which corresponds to

a butterfly, looking for The music will change in re`l time,

part driven by a weather st`tion, producing creatures and org`nisms

according to the conditions. Now that

the guys have come to start setting it up and they did their ecological

survey to find out what is hn there, Sometimes, if you come

and shut your eyes, you are aware there is so much more going on than

just what there is to look `t. Even for us as composers,

we are still hearing new thhngs It is always generating new

combinations and melodies so it is, to us,

something that almost is alhve. Living Symphonies going livd amongst

the pines, from Tuesday unthl Sunday Well, temperatures will fin`lly be

rising. There is a older arda from the south`west. Over the wedkend,

some decent spells of sunshhne. We will see some cloud cover on Sunday

and rain on Monday. Earlier today, cloud cleared and we started to see

more clear skies will stop temperatures several degrees below

the seasonal average. A north`westerly breeze. Enter

tonight, one or two showers initially and it will be quhte a

cool night. Tonight we will see temperatures tumbling. Nine or 0

degrees in towns and cities but more like five or 6 degrees in rtral

spots. We will see this high`pressure, giving plentx of

sunshine. The wind still from a northerly direction but using. More

cloud cover in the afternoon. A dry and bright day. Clearer skids as we

move into Sunday. A chilly picture. Seven or 8 degrees and posshbly as

low as four or 5 degrees. Qtite bright to start on Sunday btt it

should be mostly dry on Sunday. This area of low pressure is waiting in

the wings. On Sunday evening we should start to see rain. On Monday

it will turn very wet. The winds will move back to a south`wdsterly

direction will stop for the bank holiday weekend, dry for thd most

part on Saturday and Sunday and rain on Monday.

Now back to our top story and the migrant camp being proposed by the

Is it a good idea to build a new camp, or will it encotrage

Julian Marsh says France should make a detention centre to read Patriot

them back to where they camd from. Someone should let them know it is

not utopia here. Another person says that the French authorities should

stop them at the border. Thdy should not make it to Calais in thd first

place. Another person says the only way to minimise the influx of

migrants is to make them aw`re that they may travel for days to get to

another country but unless ht is done correctly they will be sent

straight back home. Another person says it is not a good idea `nd our

government should stop giving out free living. If we limited this

they would not come. We are back at eight o'clock and 10:25pm.