19/09/2014 South East Today

But for Scotland, the campaign continues. The dream shall never

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

Misconduct notices for four Sussex police officers over

the way they handled allegations about Jimmy Savile.

We're live tonight at police headquarters in Ldwes

24 suspected illegal immigr`nts are found in the back of a lorrx

He's lived with his family hn Kent for 12 years, but Fred Buen`vista

has been forced to fly to the Philippines to avoid deport`tion.

Does not feel like I am going on. I am being sent away from my home and

family. In the wake of the Scottish

referendum, the Prime Minister What will that mean for us

in the south east? And a huge barge, last used to help

right the Costa Concordia, moves alongside Hastings Pidr as

restoration moves to the next stage. Four Sussex Police officers have

been served with misconduct notices over the way an allegation

of a sex offence involving A woman came forward in Sussex

in 2008, claiming the TV prdsenter The Independent Police Complaints

Commission is considering whether Those who investigated allegations

of Jimmy Savile's predatory sexual behaviour are now, themselvds, under

investigation. Two Sussex police detectives who visited a wolan who

said she had been indecentlx assaulted by Jimmy Savile in 19 0

will be scrutinised for gross misconduct. I think this is further

evidence of the failures on the part of many of the police officdrs

around the country to adequ`tely tackle Jimmy Savile and his

offending behaviour, even when it was reported. Not enough was done to

stop him and this would appdar to be another example of that. Whhch made

the allegation against Jimmx Savile was referred to prosecutors, along

with three other allegations against the performer received by Strrey

Police. In 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service decided no

action could be taken. The problem with this case is that thesd

officers are accused of failing to investigate the case at a thme when

Jenny Savile was still alivd. It is too late, obviously, for wh`t the

alleged victim once, which hs for proceedings to be taken agahnst

Savile. `` Jimmy Savile. All that can be done is look at what went

wrong, if anything did, in this particular case. The IPCC s`ys it is

examining whether all lanes of inquiry were properly pursudd. If

found guilty, the police officers could be sacked.

Our reporter Jon Hunt joins us live from Sussex Police headquarters

Jon, this is part of a wider national investigathon into

the way police forces dealt with claims about Jimmy Savile's crimes.

Yes and Sussex police today said some more details about this, seeing

that the woman who reported this indecent assault allegation against

Jimmy Savile, in 2008, did not want to testify in court and with the

absence of any corroborating evidence senior supervising

detectives decided to take no further action. Suffolk polhce

tonight say that a CPS report last year found that the enquiry has been

handled by experienced and committed detectives, who had acted in good

faith. They do accept that lore could have been done to reassure the

woman that she would have bden supported through any prosecution

and they say that there shotld have been a more proactive appro`ch to

looking at the intelligence that was available about Jimmy Savild. Will

smack thank 24 suspected illegal immigr`nts have

been found in the back of a lorry Kent Police were called to Dover

just before midday, and arrested a man on suspicion of

facilitating illegal immigr`tion. People who heard screaming coming

from the lorry felt they had to act. One of them was a garage owner

having breakfast in a nearbx cafe. We could hear banging and it sounded

like young children and womdn seeing oxygen. So we cut the tag and opened

the doors to get them out btt we were at that surprised at how many

there was! 24. What did you think when you saw that? We expect it to

find 45 and I asked them and they said there were 22 but we counted

24. It was a refrigerated lorry that had come to Dover to Calais. You do

not know what you're going to find. I do not know how long they

travelled for what I would not like to be in there. When they c`me out,

there were two people who wdre very poorly and lying on the floor.

Earlier this week, hundreds of migrants desperate to cross the

Channel where involved with violent clashes with the police. It follows

an earlier attempt to storm a ferry. This shows that some are

still getting through. With so many people at Calais, every now and

again some people will slip through. The more people there, the lore

people who will slip through. That is why we have got to deal with the

root of the problem there, deal with the problem of open borders and the

problem that Italy is not t`king responsibility. The driver of the

lorry has been arrested. How many stowaways are getthng into

Kent? The Home Office is refusing to give a running commentary btt we

know that on Wednesday at 5 stowaways were discovered in the

Port of Dover in a grim lorry and last month, 13 were at the Dartford

Crossing. We are also heard stories of stowaways clinging to thd bottom

of mortar wrongs, and one in somebody's boot. We know of at least

50 in the past 3 weeks alond. As for today, the people were from Eritrea

and were checked over by thd ambulance service, who have handed

them over to immigration. The hope for people in Sandwich

as new flood defences are A young man who's lived in Kent with

his family for more than 12 years is flying to the Philippines on Monday

under a deportation order. Fred Buenavista left the cotntry

of his birth, aged four, whdn But while his mum and two h`lf

sisters have British citizenship, he He was locked in Dover's imligration

centre for a week and only released On Monday, Fred has to fly to

the Philippines, a country he does

not even remember. It does not feel

like I am going home. I am getting sent away

from my home and my family. His mother and British stepfather

married when he was four ye`rs old. He has travelled with them

and his two half sisters They settled in Kent when hd was 19,

and he has lived, studying `nd But his leave to remain

has been refused. I told him that I understand

immigration laws but he has been with us all this time,

he has made his contribution and proved that he can work hard and pay

taxes and they will be reasonable. And they are just not reasonable

at all. Last week, his friends gathdred

outside Dover detention centre He was only released

on the condition that he booked His MP requested a review

but it was turned down. I felt that in these circumstances

that Fred's case was excepthonal and unique and they should have

considered it in light of hhs right to family life and the fact that he

is working here and paying his taxes But in three days he will bd leaving

Kent with no idea as to when or

if he will be allowed to return An 18`year`old woman has bedn

charged over the death of a cyclist Christian Smith, from Boughton Aluph

near Ashford, was killed in March, and donors have raised more than

?80,000 in his memory. 18`year`old Bethany Mackie hs due

before Canterbury Magistratds in November,

accused of causing death by dangerous driving, drink drhving and

failing to stop after a collision. A new payment system to use

the Dartford crossing is dud to Motorists will no longer have to

stop to pay, with new technology Charges will increase to ?2.50

for a car and ?6 for HGVs. It's hoped the new free flow

system will reduce congestion. Union leaders have announced three

new dates for strike action by refuse collectors in Brighton,

after talks with the city council Rubbish was left piled up in the

streets during a week`long strike Binmen will strike again

on September the 25th, Septdmber The UKIP leader and

South East MEP Nigel Farage says the time has come to create

an English Parliament, following a Meanwhile, the Prime Ministdr has

said he believes English people must now have a bigger say over

their affairs, with ministers hoping for an agreement before next year's

General Election. In a moment we'll speak livd to

our Political Editor Louise Stewart in Westminster,

and the MP for Rochester and Strood, But first, Ellie Price has been

finding out what Scotland's No No. 194,000...

No to an independent Scotland but yes to more powers there and in the

English regions, like the south east. But what might that look like?

Nigel Farage this morning posted letters to Scottish MPs, urging them

not to vote on English mattdrs. He wants an English parliament and more

power locally. Once we have sorted out the structure of the Unhted

Kingdom, maybe there is an `rgument for more devolution down to county

council. I personally would be in favour of that. The main issue for

critics of the existing system is the allocation of public funds

across the UK. For every ?100 spent on ahead nationwide, the avdrage

person in the south`east has been getting just ?87. Whereas, the

average Scot has been getting around about 100 and 15p. That means that

people in Scotland get around ? 600 per year per head more than people

in England. What it means for people in the south`east is that wd will

have to address the issue that if we give more powers to the Scottish

Parliament then we have to lake equally sure that we have a fairer

and more balanced settlement that protects the position in England.

There was not much of an appetite for a devolved south east. Ht is a

load of rubbish. It would bd nice if they could have their own powers.

The more connected, the better off we are. One government, one roof. In

the Southeast I think it is more difficult to establish and the

north`east, Devon and Cornw`ll, where the north London identity is

stronger. But even here, I think it is legitimate for people to have

more others say over their health service than a presently do, less

central covered mint control over education and transport. Dash`mac

government control. The refdrendum may be over but the discusshon on

where to go now has only just begun. The Conservative MP for Rochester

and Strood Mark Reckless is I know you have

a strong personal interest on this I certainly do. My wife is Scottish

and her family are stylishlx Unionist so we are very ple`sed with

the result and that our country is staying together. But we did about

not having to tell your children that money is a foreigner.

On twitter today to reply to SteveC, who said "Hi, I am a Tory voter

in your constituency ` Englhsh MPs voting on English matters and

an end to inequitable Scots subsidy please," you said "I agree."

What I would like to see is a fair amount of money spent on people in

Kent, but Scotland. There m`y be extra costs in terms of how sparsely

populated Scotland is but I think the sun should be an awful lot

closer `` fans should be an off a lot closer than they are now and I

do not believe that the Barnett formula should be extended `nd I

will be standing for my constituents and making sure that we get a fair

deal. Nigel Farage has said that he would like to be seen powers

devolved down to the local level, County Council level, is th`t what

you would like to see or wotld you prefer English Parliament or

regional assemblies? I would support more powers for Medway and Kent

County Council. But that is something I think is a good idea

anyway because we are very centralised country, at least as far

as how England is wrong. I do not think we can see that as a whole

solution to what has happendd in Scotland. What we have to ddal with

is the situation where Scotland are taking their own decisions for

themselves and in addition they are sending 40 odd Labour MPs to

Westminster to tell us how to make decisions for England. That cannot

be fair and I think it is that unfairness we have to deal with any

new system. Let's cross to our Political Editor

Louise Stewart in Westminstdr. But even so, we're set

for enormous political changes. I think so. I think what we have

seen today is that on the 1 hand it is the end of a process and this

clamour for Scottish independence and a decision by Scottish people to

remain part of the union but also the start of another process, which

the Prime Minister addressed this morning, the need for greatdr

devolution in England. He mdntioned particularly cities, as you heard

there from Nigel Farage and Mark reckless. I think Surobi a clamour

not just for greater devolution to English cities but counties like

Kent, which cover extensive areas of England. I think we are going to see

the Prime Minister coming under increasing pressure between now and

the next general election to deliver on what he has said today. Not just

greater devolution for Scotland but England also.

You've been commenting on this story.

Michael Chapman's in favour of devolution.

He says, "Local government has less power in the UK than any cotntry

in the western world and local authorities should be able to make

Would you like to see an English Parliament, and gre`ter

Or are you opposed to more devolution from Westminster?

Send us an email or join thd debate on our Facebook page or Twitter

We'll hear more of your views later in the programme.

It is 18:45pm. This is our top story. For Sussex police officers

have been served with misconduct notices over the way an alldgation

over a sex offence involving Jimmy Savile was dealt with.

Also coming up: We will be live at Hastings Pier, we

are a huge crane, used to hdlp write the Costa Concordia, is takhng

restoration work to the next stage. And it will be much calmer this

weekend. I will have the details of the weather in just a moment.

A major flood protection scheme has been completed in the Kent town

of Sandwich today, some nind months after homes and businesses there

It should provide direct protection for hundreds of homes against a

tidal surge and is part of ` wider scheme hoped to safeguard the area

for 100 years. Local MP Laura Sands perforled

the opening ceremony, a key part of the town's long`awaited tidal

defence scheme, completed. It is high enough to protect

about 480 properties and it will do It is also part of the schele that

runs all the way around to Discovery Park and about another mile or

so upstream from where we are. The new wall is a welcome shght

for the owners of homes that were Whilst many properties were

protected by temporary barrhers and another section

of the defences further downstream, It came

in mainly through the front door. Across here and it covered `ll

of the floors By Easter, we were more

or less back to normal. In the meantime, we have bedn living

upstairs in our spare bedroom. The whole ?21 million schemd

involves a water storage arda, As the tide comes up the river into

Sandwich, it is allowed to spill over into this area here, which

reduces the level of the tide in the town, which means the walls do not

have to be quite so high but they do protect around 480 propertids

in the town. Work continues

on other sections of the defences. When finished, the Environmdnt

Agency says they will provide a protection level of the chance

of just one flood in 200 ye`rs. Full completion is due

by next summer. Engineering experts who helped

re`float the capsized cruisd ship the Costa Concordia are helping

to restore Hastings pier. The historic attraction was

virtually destroyed But overnight,

a giant barge platform has been floated into position next to

the pier to allow the latest phase Piers Hopkirk joins us live

from Hastings Pier. The work continues apace. A team of

engineers have spent the whole afternoon in a bucket suspended from

that crane you can see behind me. They have been knocking down bricks

and chopping away metal, as they seek to secure what remains of the

structure. They will be working 24 hours a day and when you le`rn that

barge costs in the region of ?5 0 per hour to rent, you begin to

understand why. Glimpsed through the fog, H`stings

Pier today has a new smaller twin. This 400 tonne barge and

crane floated into place ovdrnight. What we're going to do is use a man

basket, a little box where the guys get into, it will lift them off

the deck, swing them around towards As you can see, part

of the structure is hanging over. We are going to very, very carefully

cut away small sections, Storm damage in February saw large

parts of the structure making the area difficult

to access except by this wax. It will draw on the expertise of

engineers who have just completed We had never done anything

like that before. With Hastings Pier,

it is the same situation. A very unique,

sad incident that has taken place. With the barge costing ?13,000 per

day, work will continue Much of the work is an engineering

first and the reason for th`t, in the words of the pier ch`rity, is

that nobody has been mad enough to Today is the start of

a critical phase for the project. The next three months will determine

the outcome in terms of when the pier will be ready to reopen and so

today marks the beginning of a very As the fourth anniversary

of the Hastings Pier fire approaches, so today's oper`tion

sees the stripping away of the older in preparation

for the new. This part of the project will

continue for three weeks. Once they have finished cutting away on the

east side of the pier, the barge will be sold around and continue

work on the West. The Rugby Union World Cup trophy has

been on display in Brighton today, with exactly one year to go

until the city hosts two gales The matches will be staged

at Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex Stadium over

the weekend of September There'll be football action

at the Amex tomorrow, too. Brighton and Hove Albion host

Blackpool in the Championshhp, while Charlton Athletic travel to

Rotherham, In League One, Gillingham face Walsall and Crawley

go to Preston North End. And there's

a rather unusual touring te`m playing cricket at the St L`wrence

Ground in Canterbury this evening. A Vatican eleven are taking

on a team of Anglicans in a charity fixture arrangdd by the

Archbishop of Canterbury hilself. It was as a young soldier

on patrol in West Belfast in the 1980s that Stuart Grhffiths

first started taking photographs. Tonight, his exhibition opens

in his home town of Hastings, As well as gritty,

sometimes shocking images, the exhibition features readings

from his latest book, "He charges over to the grotp of

young men and whacks the gux who struck the man, knocking hil to the

ground. I run over with my whipping, anxious, as it could get Irdland in

this part of town. We are in an IRA council estate... . His prose pulls

no punches, like his picturds. It forms the centrepiece of his

latest exhibition, his life patrol in Belfast. This was a time before

drug testing came into placd. Raves were emerging. When everyond was

going on about the summer of Love in 1980, I was marching up and down the

square, learning to stick md in it in dummies. The photograph `voids

glamorising army life. To engage with young people and get them to

see an alternative viewpoint of a veteran's life and what it leans to

serve your country in conflhct and war, I think it is important in a

democracy. His experience c`me during one of the most volatile

periods of North Island's hhstory. Now he lives in Hastings and is

excited about bringing his show to the college, where he hopes to

inspire young photography students. To have it here is great. It is the

most natural place for this exhibition to be. Also in the

historical town of Hastings, it is home coming, if you like. The

exhibition runs until the 7th of October.

Good evening. There have bedn some intense thunderstorms over the past

24 hours but they will be e`sing as we head into the weekend. For the

most part, we stay dry and ht will be turning fresh and partictlarly

for Sunday, temperatures once again in the teens. Today, temper`tures

feeling warm for a time of xear This is a dog cooling off in her

splash pool in St Margaret's Bay. You can send your photograph into

our e`mail address. Or you can get in touch on social area. As we head

towards the weekend, we will see temperatures feeling a little

fresher. Despite the showers, we will see temperatures comfortably in

the mid` 20s. It will be st`ying monkey towards tonight. Still the

chance of a shower but for the most part, staying dry. Temperattres only

dropping to around 16 or 17 degrees. Perhaps not particularly colfortable

for sleeping. It will be a cloudy start tomorrow but should brighten

up by the afternoon. There `re a few showers there but for the most part,

you should see dry. We will be unlucky to see a shower and even

where we do, they should be fairly light. Temperatures before

Saturday, it will start to feel increasingly fresher as we head to

the weekend. More hazy sunshine are for Saturdays and clearer skies as

they get all rent asunder. they get all rent asunder.

Eventually, we will see a cold front but as they go into Sunday,

temperatures again are going to be staying in the mid teens, pdrhaps a

little fresher at 12d and in rural spots you make it 10 degrees. For

Sunday, in general, bright `nd settle. You are going to be noticing

temperatures feeling cooler. Lots of sunshine. It is going to be a very

pleasant day. Heading into next week, we are going to hold onto this

area of high pressure so it will be settled. Lots of sunshine btt

feeling pretty fresh for a time of year.

Let's recap one of our top stories tonight.

The Scottish people have rejected independence, but

the government says it's now time for Westminster to devolve greater

You've been telling us what you think about the idea of an Dnglish

parliament, and greater loc`l power where you live.

Jess says it cannot happen soon enough. Westminster need to

delegate, they cannot cope. Someone else says that local

government represents peopld far better than Westminster has

attempted to but any reforms will need to be careful or you could just

create another level of govdrnment which is not representative.

Dave e`mailed to say that hd could go for extra powers to Engl`nd for

that we are on a par after the next of devolution, though in thd case of

Brendan, I think he is talkhng about citystate, he would not let them

knew it as the current council cannot even maintain a rubbhsh

service. A lot of people are saying the

things. Ian says, "we already have too many different local authorities

passing of about, costing us money. Less, not more." And Jerry says that

the time has arrived to answer the West Lothian question.

Thank you very much for all of your questions will stop you can join on

the debate about Facebook p`ges Enjoy your weekend!

Everyone knows that Scotland has chosen to stay in the UK.

Actually, he?s right, because Diane and Kenny Andrew here