25/09/2014 South East Today

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

The mother of a Sussex teen`ger killed in Syria says he shotld never

have been allowed to leave the country on someone else's p`ssport.

We're live in Ibrahim Kamar`'s hometown of Brighton.

Nine years jail for the Police Community Support officer who

stole thousands from travellers at Gatwick airport.

On the eve of the UKIP partx conference, we talk to Nigel Farage

about his plans to field candidates across the south east.

Why they're laying traps for potentially deadly

Eastbourne partially reopens its fire damaged pier, just three

The mother of a Sussex teenager who was khlled in

Syria says she's angry that her son was able to travel to the country

It's believed that Ibrahim Kamara, who was 19, was killed

It's thought that he travelled using his younger brother's passport.

Today, his mother said the authorities need

to do more to support the families of young men who are

being targeted by individuals intent on radicalisation.

Tonight, local MPs say that they do not believe there is a problem with

radicalisation in Brighton. We'd been speaking to the teenagdrs

mother. They let youngsters do their dirty

job for them. His mother doesn't know why he was

radicalised stop she said there were no signs.

When they grow up, you think it is time but then to help you, but you

don't know where it comes from. He looks at me and looks at his brother

and has turned his back on ts. He doesn't know what he has done.

The community have said that they are deeply saddened by his death,

but denied that there is a problem with radicalisation among young

Muslim men, in Brighton. The need for humanitarian ahd is

there. The youngsters expressed a need for humanitarian aid. They

involve themselves in charitable work will stop the signs were not as

visible to us. Facebook post implied that he had

joined the jihadis. But his mother feels that he shouldn't havd been

allowed to reach Syria in the first place.

He was a minor. They didn't even become suspicious.

Do you worry about your othdr three sons?

No. They've got a brain. Thdy know better.

His mother still wondering why her son left his family and comlunity

Ibrahim Kamara travelled from the UK to Syria earlier this year. It's

thought Ibrahim was killed hn one of the airstrikes, on Aleppo, by the

US. His mother said that he travelled there with two other young

men from Brighton. One is rdported to have been Jaffa Deghayes, whose

brother was killed in the country in April. Unconfirmed reports say all

three teenagers were fighting for an offshoot of Al Quaeda, Jabat al

Nusra. An anti`extremist thhnk`tank believes young men like Ibr`him and

Jaffa are ideal targets for extremism.

Predominantly there between 18` 5. They are often from an educ`tional

background, higher than the average. Having spoken to some of thdm and

looking at their cases, there are as many personal quirks as there are

people out there. The fact that two young men from Brighton havd been

killed in Syria is a cause for concern.

It makes me ask what more c`n we be doing about having conversations

about this and stopping radicalisation from happening. The

Muslim leaders are reflecting this back to me. It raises the qtestion

again and we need to be surd that this isn't happening in our city.

The Muslim community are insisting that there isn't a problem?

Yes. They insist that number is as well as Muslims travelled to Syria

for humanitarian reasons. They believe that once they are

across`the`board in Syria then they become vulnerable to radicalisation.

There were no obvious signs that he was going there for humanit`rian

reasons, though. The Foreign Office has said that it is aware that a

British national has died in Syria but has no further informathon at

the moment. A police Community Support Officer

who stole thousands of pounds from air passengers at Gatwhck

airport, after telling them they were carrying too much cash, has

been jailed for six and half years. Alexis Scott convinced departing

travellers that they were c`rrying more than

the maximum amount allowed, Officer Alexis Scott used hdr

uniform and status to dupe passengers into handing over cash.

Today, she was jailed for shx and a half years. A strong messagd has

been delivered today that there is no getting away with this khnd of

behaviour from someone in this position. Scott preyed on p`ssengers

who were seconds away from boarding their flight. The judge said that

Scott had used charm and persuasion, bowling people that they cotldn t

take more than ?1000 of cash out of the country. She conned thel into

handing over as much as 13 `nd a half thousand pounds.

extraordinary rare in this country, so it deserves a tough sentdnce in

order to send a message that it is unacceptable and is still

unacceptable. Scott stole money from passengers she was supposed to

protect. We travelled to Calais to see the migrants who travel here

every year. Tomorrow sees the start of TKIP s

party conference in Doncastdr, and after the party's recent success

in local and European electhons they will be looking forward to the

general election next May ,with high hopes of returning an MP

for the first time. UKIP ard the main opposition at

Kent County Council after whnning 17 They currently have four MEPs

in the South East, including party leader Nigel Farage,

and will be fielding candid`tes in all 29 seats in the South East

at next year's General Election Our political editor, Louisd

Stewart, met up with UKIP p`rty The one of the biggest issuds in

the south`east at the moment is the number of illegal migrants trying to

cross from Calais to Dover. The government says it is t`king

heed and giving ?12 million Nick Clegg, just a few years ago,

committed the Liberal Democrats to giving

amnesty to illegal immigrants. Boris Johnson, the heir app`rent to

the Conservative party, was very recently advocating amnesty

to illegal immigrants. All of us know that

when people are found to be in the country illegally, about one

in 10 actually get sent back. So, the message that comes

from the British state is that we are softies, we don't reallx mean it

and spending another 12 million doesn't change the message that

the Britain is a soft touch. We say that people who are

found to be here legally should It is not beyond the wit of man

for us to behave as an island, to control our borders

and say to the world that there is going to be a completely new culture

in terms of immigration, And,

actually in future we are going to go very strict in terms of puality

and quantity who comes to Britain. Now, you've talked since thd

Scottish Referendum about Scottish What does that effectively lean

because they fear is that in places like Kent and Sussex,

further English devolution will mean for things like cities like

Manchester, not large counthes? The first thing we need to sort out

in terms of the shape of thd Once we've done that, we can then

talk about devolution in England. I don't want it to be regional

or just focus on our cities. I actually think the county councils

should be given back a lot more control over fundraising,

business rate and things like this. I think we can revive

local democracy in the UK. You've made great gains in Kent and

Sussex. You just named Piers Wauchope to be the North and its

candidate. It was Janet Atkhnson, until she called a constitudnt of a

ting`tong. Well. That's lifd. So you didn't punish?

Well, whether it is parties punishing us or the public `nd `` a

price is always paid. A nurse

from Canterbury has been jahled for 9 years after arranging to leet a

14` year`old girl via the internet Dale Bolinger bought an axe from

a DIY store, in Broadstairs, the day before he attempted to leet the

teenager, who he groomed online The judge said the 58` year` old's

behaviour was "abhorrent, Motorway service stations in Kent

are being monitored by public health experts trxing to

find mosquitoes that can carry The Asian Tiger Mosquito is known to

spread Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever It?s believed they can be spread

by their eggs being laid in stagnant water

in trapped stacked tyres, which is why service stations along routes

where vehicles enter the cotntry are Our environment correspondent,

Yvette Austin, reports. A simple but effective trap. A trap

is on across Kent. This is for a mosquito which is capable of

spreading serious diseases. Here, we have a booby`trapped and we are

looking for some small, black, shiny eggs. The ex`belong to thesd insect,

the Asian Tiger Moth veto. `` musky toe. The concern is that it can

spread dengue fever and yellow fever. It is very Syria and their

are no vaccines for dengue fever will stop `` serious. There are

other insects that can bring in disease, which are already here

West Nile virus could be a problem. It feels like having the cold or the

flu. Experts are keen not to alarm the public, and they are interested

in preventing these things from happening at all. Tonight 's top

story: Ibrahim Kamara left the country on his brothers ``

brother's passport and was killed in Aleppo, in Syria. And: Photographs

capturing some of the world's rarest tried. And: The weather upd`tes

Over the last few months, the issue of hundreds

of migrants arriving at Cal`is, desperate to cross to the UK,

Many of them have travelled across Europe, after landing in sotthern

But two thirds of them are choosing not to claim

asylum there because they w`nt to head to other countries,

Yesterday, our special correspondent, Colin

Today, he has travelled to Catania, in Sicily,

to see how the authorities cope with the numbers arriving.

Colin, we are talking about very large numbers?

There is no clear and precise picture, but it has been suggested

that the two birds that havd arrived our making their way to othdr

countries. England is a poptlar choice but it is not the nulber one

destination. Thousands of mhgrants are arriving in Sicily from

overcrowded boats. We are sleeping in the stredts. We

don't have any shelter. I found some of these migrants sleeping `t the

railway station. Where are xou trying to go now? We want to go to

England. We need a teacher. We need a school.

Germany is also good. Many of the migrants are Syrian

Many of them are passing through Cicely. They see it as the door to

Europe. The numbers are as follows: Far right politicians here say that

the Italian LAUGHTER Are offering too much.

`` government. Some have bedn in the country for months. They gave us

permission to film as long `s we didn't identify the child mhgrants.

What is it like living here? I want to go to Milan, in Atgust.

And then to England? Yes. M`ny migrant children are running away.

The conditions where they are staying had wished them to leave.

All of the teenagers here m`de this journey. Many have lost thehr

parents. They are now staying in this overcrowded school building

which some say it shows how unprepared Italy is for this influx

of migrants. The local council says it is

powerless to stop migrants leaving. We are helping them, despitd our

difficult financial issues. We are doing our best to take care of them.

The authorities described the situation as an emergency, but

denied that they are asking migrants to leave.

Immigration lawyers here sax that application's are overflowing. What

`ish Bushell is that Italy hs having issues coping with the numbdr of

Eastbourne's fire`damaged pher will be partially re`opened this weekend,

just 2 months after a third of it was nearly destroyed in the blaze.

The fire took hold on the afternoon of July 30th and quickly spread

The fire is thought to have started in the wood panelling

Our reporter, Nicola Haseler, is on the pier.

Nicola, what will visitors be able to see?

Well, here we are on Eastbotrne Here, which is still a building

site. The visitors will havd access to the end of the pier wherd the

shops and cafes are still intact. We can look through these windows to

see some of the fire damage up close. We can also go insidd and see

the old amusement arcade. The metal structure will have to be rdmoved,

due to the damage. All the slot machines fell onto the big when the

floor gave way! `` each. A tremendous amount of work h`s taken

place and it allows people to get onto two thirds of the pier. How do

you go about restoring this building? There will be a lot of

work that needs to be done but we will work with English Heritage to

make sure that this is propdrly restored. This shop owner h`s had

her shop since the 60s. How do you feel?

We've been in a marquee for quite a few weeks and we are looking forward

to getting back to normal, laking our glass ornaments again.

We wish you luck in the pier eyed pens again tomorrow morning. ``

Brighton and Hove Albion have set up a mouth`watering cup clash `gainst

Tottenham Hotspur, after victory last night in the Capital One Cup.

The Seagulls cruised past Btrton Albion 3`0, on what was an dxtremely

satisfying night for manager Sami Hyypia, despite a late red card

In the modern world of inst`nt communications, mobile phonds

and television, it is incre`singly hard to imagine a culture that can

And yet, there are still a very few isolated tribes still living exactly

the same way that their ancdstors have done for hundreds of ydars

Kent`born photographer Jimmx Nelson has made it his mission to capture

The images now being shown in an exhibition called

MUSIC They are striking, soletimes mesmerising. They are moments caught

on a dubious camera. Jimmy Nelson wanted to capture cultures `s they

are, and found himself learning lessons on the way. There is a very

narrow window on what is perceived as beautiful. There is a tendency to

try and regress back to the way that we were. However, they don't see

this. They see beauty as solething that lasts. People are

narcissistic, so as long as you learn that language of how to

communicate that you admire someone and you actually teach them that

they are strong then that is part of the process of development. Jimmy's

images will soon be available to the public. He admits though, that to

the tribesman, he must have seemed like a rare creature himself.

It is bringing respect to these people is by showing these photos.

Jimmy has returned to the tribes to show them how they were I to graft.

`` oaten graft. Now the weather There is a bit more cloud cover

around today. You might catch a show while, but there will also be some

sunshine. Here is a picture from Chatham: Send us your photos. The

weather over the next few d`ys will feel warm for a time, with cloud

cover around and highs of 18`20 Celsius. We will still see

temperatures in the mid to top teams. There may be some patchy

rain, but for the most part we will be staying dry. Tonight,

temperatures still in the mdat teams, with lows of 14`15 Cdlsius.

The rain will stay with us for the first part of Friday morning. It

won't bring much by way of sun. It used see some rain later, it will be

short lives. `` lived. What will be noticeable is the winds, thdy'll be

blowing in a westerly direction Temperatures dropping later to 3`14

degrees. There will be some early morning fog. Saturday, you lay catch

a shower which will be similar to Sunday. That's the weather.

That's it for now. We'll be back at 8pm.

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