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on settling down and turning warmer. That is all from the BBC News at

Six. Goodbye He goes up

for selection to represent TKIP Our political editor is livd

in Ramsgate ahead of the vote. A lorry driver is arrested `fter 13

illegal immigrants are found in I don't figure is people will give

up, they are driven and exploited by crilinal

gangs. Also in tonight's programme,

A majority of Kent businessds support the idea of a Thames Estuary

airport says a new survey. We'll be talking to Boris Johnson's

aviation advisor. There's no business

like show business, as Annid Get And it could be a night of Giant

killing. Gillingham take on the might of the

Toon Army in the CapitalOne Cup Nigel Farage tonight faces selection

to represent UKIP in South Thanet He faces three other candid`tes and,

although he says he's "no shoo`in" and that "rank means

nothing" in UKIP, his high profile makes it highly unlikely th`t

members won't pick their Party (Mr Farage ended months of

speculation earlier this month by saying he had thrown his hat

in the ring and will vie to be the Kent seat's

prospective MP at the 2015 contest. In a moment we'll speak livd to

our Political Editor but first He says it won't be a shoo`hn

in South Thanet, but what p`rty would reject its leader?

Nigel Farage has had his party's sights on East Thanet for some time.

You haven't got to be rocket scientist to work out that

Grimsby, Boston, Yarmouth, Thanet, Grimsby, Boston, Yarmouth, Thanet,

Folkestone, Portsmouth, Plylouth, oh we do like to be beside the seaside.

There are three other candidates joining UKIP's leader,

all vying for the party's gdneral election endorsement here.

But would it make any difference to voters whether

Nigel Farage is chosen or not? Personally, I'm gonna vote TKIP

anyway, wherever he stands. I think it would make

a difference to some of the voters if they have Nigel

Farage, who is head of his party. He is a character,

he gives you a feeling that you can believe what he says.

I'm not sure, I don't reallx know any of the others.

If he isn't chosen as a candidate for

the general election here, xou would be less inclined to vote for UKIP?

UKIP has come a long way UKIP has come a long way

since their last general eldction here, in 2005 they came fourth,

but last year, UKIP became the largest opposition party on Kent

County It is not just kept his Mrs. From as

far afield as Cornwall and the Highlands on the islands, places

have been cut off from their main hub airport and are not getting a

proper service from Heathrow even if there is national support for the S

Toure, you have political opposition down here with the County Council

and the local MP 's probablx saying that they were opposed to that? Yes,

well, I think there is a slhght balance to the toll with thd

revelation that the business community is so strongly in support.

I completely sympathise and that this would go ahead, it would mean

changes in Kent and the esttary and some people might have concdrns

about that but it must be the case also that if somebody comes along

and says we're willing to invest whatever it is, tens of billions, in

your area to create jobs and opportunities, there might be

positive things as well. Thdre should be a case of local

politicians considering and expressing the Alencon I thhnk this

report from the business colmunity does that. One of the local

politicians I spoke to recently pointed out the fact that it was not

just the airport, was a massive amount of infrastructure gohng

around that. Housing, power lines, you name it. He said the peninsula

would have to be built to a common it the airport? I do not know if he

has looked carefully at these plans. it the airport? I do not know if he

has looked carefully There would be roads and railway and in other parts

of Kent, people are crying out for better

roads and railway and in other parts of Kent, people are crying out roads

and better rail connections, not least into the capital but

elsewhere. Yes, there will be better roads and rail but the question of

where you actually have the housing and the development and the

businesses, that is one that is still open because the important

thing is not necessarily phxsical proximity, it is actually the

question of how long it takds to get there and with the right ro`ds and

railway, most of this could be in London. If you wanted it. Clearly we

will not make the same mist`ke and I hope we will not make the s`me

mistake of allowing developlent to be taken right up to the perimeter

fence, as happened at Heathrow. There will clearly be the cord and

around the new airport and would not be development and how that

development is planned, that is a matter for local discussions I would

be surprised any MP has really got that plan worked out? We have to

leave that. Thank you. A helicopter which crashed on take`off in

Afghanistan and killed a soldier from Kent was not suitable for

mission, an inquest heard. Captain Ben Brown from Maidstone, who served

with the Royal Engineers, w`s killed along with two Canadian servicemen

in 2009. The inquest heard that the weight of the aircraft, the altitude

and temperature meant it was not the correct helicopter for that mission.

Sussex police have now finished their forensic work into thd death

of the worker on Eastbourne Pier, the Victorian landmark has been

sealed off since Stephen Penrice died last week. The investigation

between police and the Health and Safety Executive continues `nd

contractors repairing damagd caused by last month's fire is expdcted to

resume soon. The Sevenoaks district is one of the most unafford`ble

rural areas in the country to live in. That is according to new

figures. Research by the BBC find the average house price to be nearly

?400,000, 17 times the aver`ge wage paid to those working in thd time,

which is around ?23,000. Today thousands of South East

commuters using London Bridge station have got their first

experience of trying to get to work with a large section of the station

closed, something they'll h`ve to Major works are being carridd out

as part of the multi`billion pound Thameslink upgrade,

it means no First Capital Connect or Let's cross to Pier Hopkirk

at Brighton Station. Piers, how have commuters

found today's journeys? And today. Of that. And, was to go

ten minutes. The a lot of pdople travelling.

From January to August next year, services into charring Cross would

stop as London Bridge. Then, trains would stop at London Bridge on their

way to Cannon Street. One commuter said to me, I hope it is all worth

it. UKIP members in South Thanet are set

to vote on whether Nigel Farage will be their candidate

in the 2015 general election. The party leader is facing three

other contenders in a hustings shortly to decide who will

contest the Kent seat next Lay. Also interact's programme. How

fiction follows fact in Brighton where the real life Buffalo Bill

came to town a century ago. Tomorrow will be a much better day than it

was today, but how long will this rest last four. `` how long will

this rest from the rain last for? Badgers in East Sussex have been

vaccinated for the first tile, in an effort to stop the spread

of bovine tuberculosis. Volunteers have baited traps to

round up the animals and they began vaccinating

at first light this morning. For tonight's

Special Report Ian Palmer examines how it's hoped the program will

prevent a mass cull from nedding to Badgers vaccinated in East Sussex

at first light this morning. They trapped four animals

on two separate sites. We aim to vaccinate

about 80% each year, so that eventually, any badgers with

TB die off, the other badgers should build up the herd immunity

so that the risk of spreading TB is Bovine TB is

an infectious disease of cattle It is caused by bacteria

which also leads to TB badgdrs How the disease is transmitted

between animals is uncertain. Some farmers say they must be

culled, the government agredd, but the measure has been postponed

until next year at least. In Sussex, there are around five

cases of TB each year, in So why vaccinate in east Sussex when

the prevalence of TB is so low? All businesses,

whether they happen to be other businesses want to have their

risks managed as well as possible. Seeking to eliminate bovine TB

from this part of Sussex is Badger culling

and other measures to tackld TB divide opinion, the nocturn`l

mammal has some high`profild The National Union of Farmers say it

supports vaccination, Trevor says vaccinating badgers

is more efficient than cullhng. By killing a territorial population

that doesn't expand outside of its territory, as soon

as you get rid of that terrhtory, you get badgers going into `reas

they wouldn't have gone to before. You are potentially going to cause

a spread of TB by culling. Weather permitting, Trevor `nd

his team will return this evening. The vaccination programme

could last up to five years. If one thing defines the rolance

of cup football, it's undoubtedly famous talds

of giant`killing acts and tonight League One Gillingham will

in the next hour be taking on the might of Premier League big

boys Newcastle United in thd second It hasn't been a great start to the

season for gelling. With just one win from four league games so far.

But can they turn things around tonight `` gelling. Gillingham. We

are expected to lose, it is a great opportunity for our players to see

what they can do against a premiership team. You could say that

Newcastle and Gillingham ard at opposite ends of the football

tables. At Gillingham 11,000 fans are catered for, many more `t Saint

James's Park. Gillingham have gone 13 league cups without a cldan

sheet. Newcastle have won their last seven second round games. Tonight,

Newcastle's manager says he wants to make up for missing out on last

year's FA Cup. We lost against Cardiff in the last eight or nine

minutes, we need to react to that and get a win. Sometimes, the

seasons drifted by, these are the highlights of the season in a way.

They will be looking for a performance that they can t`ke

something from. Gillingham have their work cut out, but can they

make tonight's game against Newcastle count?

The rest of our major South East teams are also in Capital One Cup

action tonight Charlton Athletic travel to

take on Derby County, while Crawley Town go to Norwich.

And Brighton and Hove Albion will take on

A rare collision of fact and fiction. The story of Buffalo Bill

and Annie. Jason Donovan opens tonight

at Brighton's Theatre Royal as the target for the affections of

Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. He's grown familiar with thhs sort

of role from Neighbours the Aussie soap which launched his carder

and Kylie Minogue's. It is a show awash with somd of

Irving Berlin's best songs. Anything you can sing I can sing swedt.. The

recognition for those peopld out the, it is the one, the mondy shot.

The one that people say, th`nk God we got there. Jason Donovan is no

stranger to heart`throb status. From a pop career with Kylie Minogue

Hateley is in Annie Get Your Gun `` here she is. It is a tug of war

really. It is amazing that Buffalo Bill and his famous wild West show

really did come here. Maybe Annie really did get her going out in

Brighton. Here is early fill of Annie and her done. Buffalo Bill was

an astonishing man, he fought for Native American rights and women's

writes. He was on record saxing if a woman did a job as well as ` man she

should be paid equally. That was astonishing in 1886. This show works

in a place like Brighton, bdcause it is a small theatre, it plays like a

play with music. Annie Get Xour Gun opens tonight and runs until

Saturday. A new take on a classic. Let's get a check on the we`ther.

Could it have been any more miserable? No, yesterday was the

pregnant. I was trying to kdep the pregnant. I was trying to kdep the

gender secret, but I keep c`lling her ace she am so I think it is out.

She is due end of November. But is it for now, goodbye.

You want to do the best you can as a parent.

And we're not in a position to do that.

It does kind of break your heart a little bit.