02/03/2017 South East Today

We exclusively reveal how the future of the service has been

The 11 families of the Shoreham Airshow victims are being shown

the final report into the cause of the crash the day

The shocking moment a speeding driver lost control on a Kent

motorway sliproad, crashing onto the roundabout, viewed almost

What do Willy Wonka, Norman the caterpillar, and how my only from

Harry Potter have in common's thousands of children have been

dressing up to celebrate world book Dave.

# There's too many lonely hearts in the world

# Too many dreams can be broken... #.

And, especially for you - we chat with Jason Donovan ahead

of his latest musical appearance on stage in Canterbury.

The Kent, Sussex and Surrey Air Ambulance could have to stop

operating completely if it's forced out of its current home at Redhill.

Funded largely by charitable donations, its chief executive

has told this programme that the service's future

is in serious doubt because of plans to redevelop the aerodrome.

Last year, the service attended over 2,000 missions.

But they say there are very limited options for alternative sites

because the helicopter has to be able to reach all parts

Our Health Correspondent Mark Norman has this exclusive report.

This is the positive future of the air Ambulance Service in Kent,

Surrey and Sussex. A brand-new bigger, faster helicopter that will

save lives once it comes into service in a few weeks' time. It is

like bringing resuscitation to the patient. You can bring the patient

inside and deliver treatment. That could save a huge amount of our

time, and for our patients, that time is saving lives, that is a huge

thing. As you have heard, this helicopter is a game changer for the

Ambulance Service, and the first in the country. They want to develop

their operational centre in Redhill for the next 20 or 30 years, but

there plans to build 4500 homes in the aerodrome. That raises a huge

question mark over the future of our air Ambulance Service. The air

Ambulance Service has had plans to convert this hangar in Redhill into

its main operating base. But what about those are the plans to build

homes here? Their plans to build 4500 homes on that runway. Where

does that leave the service? With an uncertain future. And whilst in one

sense we are really looking forward to moving in here and doing all that

we need to do here, the new aircraft and all that means, uncertainty, a

question mark over our future, is not a nice place to be. Somebody's

got to look at the strategic picture and say, are we going to deprive the

region of a very, very much-needed asset? If planners remove that

capability from us, people well so far. HM Bell has been speaking to

local councillors and developers, they are very aware of the possible

consequences of any decision. It is a huge local decision-making

process, but the air ambulance is a regional service. Does that impact

on your bot process? It will do, because it is a material

consideration the planners will need to take into account. What we are

looking for is an improved mix of housing, better than the current

mix. It has got to be more affordable, because house prices are

14 times average earnings. Last year, this person's life was saved

by the Ambulance Service. Here's an example of why they have invested 7

million euros in this new helicopter, and they want more of

them to improve the capability and availability of their service. And

they want to main operating base to do that.

The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance currently

flies two helicopters, which can fly at speeds of up to 150

mph, which means they can reach any part of Kent,

Last year, the project received a ?1.5 million Government grant,

and the rest of its funding is raised by donations.

Our Health Correspondent Mark Norman is at the Air Ambulance

Does it realistically mean that the service could" yellow -- code"

yellow it still has its base, its spiritual home in Kent. You can see

one in stand-by or no Redhill, that was up in the air on a shout just

under an hour ago. This operates 24 hours a day and at night, not all

air Ambulance Services do that. They want more flights available, to have

more capability to save more lives. They say they need a main operating

base to do that, they want it here at Redhill. If that can't happen,

they say they are not sure what will happen. They will have to scale back

things, nobody wants to see that. Thanks, Mark.

It was a disaster which killed 11 men from Sussex, and tonight,

18 months after the Shoreham Airshow crash, the families of the victims

are being shown the final conclusions of the official report

The Air Accident Investigation Branch will publish

Meanwhile, the pilot of the vintage jet, Andy Hill -

who survived the crash onto the A27 - is still under investigation

Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has this report.

It is a report into the deadliest civilian airshow disaster in 60

years. Families of the 11 who lost their lives hope it will make safety

recommendations to prevent further tragedy and explain what caused the

crash. This is an important step in achieving closure for the families

of the victims. They have waited 18 months now to get to the heart of

what exactly happened on that fateful day in August. The crash

happened on the first day of the popular two-day Shoreham Airshow.

The 1950s walk on tour was the first flight of the afternoon's session of

displays. -- hawk and. It started with a low pass along the runway,

turning for a second flyby. Behind the cordoned off official viewing

areas lies by a 27, a busy main road where the number of enthusiasts had

pulled over to get a good view of the flights. Nearing the airport and

directly above the 827, the Jet pulled up to perform a loop the

loop, but it went horribly wrong. The plane failing to pull out of the

manoeuvre and plummeting into the westbound carriageway. The pilot

Andy Hill was thrown free and survived. If he is at fault in any

way whatsoever, if you made an error of judgment, showing off, anything,

then I wanted to be a strong case brought against him. Igniting a huge

fireball, the plane broke into four parts, destroying a number of cars.

People in the town are anxious to know how it happened, why it

happened. Not out of idle curiosity, because it is part of our life.

Victims' families are today being given an advance briefing from the

air accident investigation bureau, the full report will be published

tomorrow at noon. Well, let's cross live to Shoreham

and our reporter Charlie Rose, who's at the memorial

to the victims. Charlie, the outcome of this

report will determine whether the pilot Andy Hill

is likely to be prosecuted? Well, this report is the culmination

of 18 months of work by the air accident investigation Branch. It

says the point of this report is not a blame game or a finger-pointing

exercise. Instead, what it sets out to do is to find out what caused the

crash and to make safety recommendations for the future. You

only need to look behind me to get an idea of what all of this means to

the families of the victims and the communities here in Shoreham. The

families have had face-to-face meetings with the accident

investigation Branch ahead of tomorrow's report which is expected

to be published at midday. Thank you, Charlie.

We'll have a special programme tomorrow looking

We'll also have reaction and analysis on our Facebook page,

Twitter and our live news page at bbc.co.uk/sussex.

In a moment: The happy family photos of an evil dictator -

unseen pictures of Adolf Hitler taken from his wife's bedside table

David Hill was born in Eastbourne, but sent to Australia as a child.

There, he suffered appalling abuse, including being publicly beaten

He's now given evidence to the child abuse inquiry that

Initially it will look at the cases of children in care who were sent

overseas between 1920 and the 1970s - more than 130,000 children

were sent to places like Canada and Australia.

The full inquiry is expected to take about five years to complete.

David Hill, who waived his right to anonymity, is urging the inquiry

to name and shame the abusers, even if they are no longer alive.

Returning to the docks where he left for Australia 58 years ago,

David Hill came back to Britain to tell the Child Sexual Abuse

Inquiry what happened to him and hundreds

And are permanently afflicted with guilt, shame,

diminished self-confidence, low self-esteem, fear and trauma...

Initially, everything was very promising.

David Hill and the other child migrants stayed

at a mansion near Sevenoaks, where they were fitted

VOICEOVER: The liner Astorius arrives at Freemantle from Britain

It was only after they were shipped across the world that the promise

of escaping poverty in Eastbourne for educational opportunities

in Australia turned into a living nightmare.

Using hockey sticks to beat up kids, public thrashings where all the boys

in the village had to turn up to witness the boys being flogged.

All of this was illegal, and I had no idea about that at the time,

although I witnessed it and indeed experienced it.

While at Fairbridge, David Hill was never sexually abused.

But he discovered many were while researching a book

Charities say lessons must be learned.

Many of the youngsters that were shipped abroad

And people have taken their own lives.

But at least at long last it's coming out now,

and I think that's got to be a good thing.

While giving his evidence, David Hill told the inquiry

that the brutality and sexual abuse have ruined lives.

And, even after all of these years, the perpetrators should

Peter Whittlesea, BBC South East Today.

A Parliamentary aide to the Conservative MP

for South Thanet has been charged with two counts of rape.

Samuel Armstrong, who was Chief-of-Staff to Craig Mackinley,

has been suspended since being arrested and bailed in October

following an alleged incident in Westminster.

He'll appear at Westminster Magistrates Court later this month.

A study commissioned by the Government has said

there is only a "poor" case for a second Brighton Mainline

to London to be built via Lewes and Uckfield.

The report found the best solution to rising demand on the route

between London and Sussex would be to improve the existing

Shocking footage of the moment a speeding driver lost control

of their car on the M2 in Kent, crashing over a roundabout

near the Bluewater Shopping Centre, has now been viewed almost

Kent Police are investigating the circumstances around

the incident, which was captured by a dashboard camera

Its journey is being captured by a camera on another car.

It comes off the A2 in the direction of Bluewater,

The car goes into a roundabout, and into trees.

I think it is a classic example of somebody

They have come off the slip road at the wrong speed,

they haven't braked in time, and they ended up being very lucky

to walk away from the accident at that sort of speed coming off

We showed the footage to people in nearby Beam.

The state of driving today is just awful.

When you drive round the M25, you see so much of it,

You wouldn't believe some of the things that happen.

It is unclear when the crash here actually took place.

But the footage of it was posted online on Tuesday.

I understand though that Kent Police were aware of it before that

when they were contacted by the producers of a World's Worst

It's not thought the driver was seriously hurt.

Simon Jones, BBC South East Today, Beam.

Our top story... The air ambulance is facing an uncertain future if it

is forced out of its current home at Redhill. The chief executive of the

servers has told this programme its future is up in the air because of

plans to redevelop the aerodrome. It is the cat in the hat, fantastic

Mr Fox, and the buffalo. Fancy dress for children celebrating world book

day. The weather is looking pretty unsettled. I will have a forecast

but later in the programme. -- forecast view.

There are countless images of Adolf Hitler taken

during his rise to power and as German leader

He was often photographed in uniform, at huge rallies all with

his troops. -- all with his troops. But very few have been seen

like those going up for auction They're in a photo album said

to have belonged to his wife Eva Braun and removed

from the bunker where they both died That album is going up for auction

in Kent. Sara Smith has tonight's

Special Report. Quite unusual, because he's

actually in a casual pose, Its subjects reading,

smiling, relaxing. But the men featured here are those

who inflicted the greatest of horrors on the world,

before and during World War II. It's certainly quite

a contrast to how the Nazi I think we like to be able

to separate something that was evil by looking at the people and seeing

that they are different to us. But when we see an album that's full

of shots that might be in our draw upstairs,

that's a bit disconcerting. VOICEOVER: Outside Hitler's air raid

shelter at the Chancellory is the spot where the bodies

of Hitler and his alleged wife, Eva Braun, were said

to have been burned. It was in Hitler's bunker

here in Berlin at the end of the war that British press photographer

Dixie Dean is said to It was hidden in a draw

in the room of Eva Braun, filmed here at the so-called Eagles'

Nest with the man whom she would later marry just a few hours

before their joint suicide. We've got, you know, the description

and statement of the finder. We've got an article

with photographs taken just So there's absolutely no doubt

that it genuinely came from her room in the bunker,

from Eva Braun's cream. Who took these pictures

remains a mystery. The album is expected to reach

upwards of ?15,000 when it goes Sarah Smith, BBC South

East Today, Ashford. The tricycle Theatre is renowned for

being innovative and ground-breaking and keen to reach out to inspire new

generations of theatre-goers. Now it is getting to do it in amazingly

direct way by literally donating its auditorium to a school at Maidstone.

A teacher spotted an ad in a newspaper offering a chance for the

group to take away the old seats during their refurbishment. It is

literally an opportunity to recycle the tricycle.

This is the auditorium of the tricycle Theatre. World renowned as

a fringe stage in London. There have been many acclaimed productions here

such as red velvet, Adrian Lester's award-winning portrayal of Ira

Aldridge, the first white actor to play Shakespeare's of the loan. --

the first black actor. It's designer was so horrified that his pop up the

utter, Bill Daley 40 years ago, was due to be scrapped, that he asked

for it back -- his pop up the tour, built nearly 40 years ago. Education

is the heart of everything. To give it to a squall that will really

appreciate it and make good use of it seems to me a very good cause,

they would probably struggle to affordable to new Theatre. The plan

is to how it inside a soon to be replaced Jim at Valley Park. You

will have seating at stalls level, where we are stood now. The school

made its bid when the deputy head Fred the story in the Stage

newspaper. It is a major London fringe Festival. To be able to

rehouse it here, we are really looking forward to it. It's a bit

crazy, but I think it's going to be really good. And when it's done, we

will be using it all the time, hopefully. A lot of our school is

quite modern, it will be nice to have something different. This

theatrical dream lies here in one enormous flat pack. Like all flat

packs, sooner or later they have to work out how it goes back together.

If all goes to plan, opening-night should arrive late next year. Robin

Gibson, BBC South East, Maidstone. It's more than 30 years

since Jason Donovan got a part in the Australian soap opera

Neighbours, and, together with Kylie Minogue,

became a household name. He went on to have a huge pop

career, including four UK number one singles -

one of which was Especially For You, He sold 3 million records. That was

your favourite! In recent years, he's combined

acting and singing in a series of successful stage roles -

and tonight, he's treading the boards at the Marlowe Theatre

in Canterbury, where we can join Claudia, the show's called

Million Dollar Quartet, Well, it's all about one day in

1956, when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee-Lo is, Carl Perkins wrote blue

suede shoes and they got together and had an impromptu jam session at

his recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The record producer that

from the studios is a guy called Sam Phillips. In this production, he is

played by Jason Donovan. In a moment, we will be speaking to

Jason. First, let's have a look back at some of his career highlights.

# Everybody needs good neighbours

# With a little understanding

# You can find the perfect plan #.

# Just the way I am

# And all the love I have is especially for you

# A crash of drums

# flew out of sight

# Colours faded into darkness

# As long as I know how to love I

all my life to live # And I've got all my love to give #

And I will survive # I will survive #.

Jason is with me now. Jason, thank you for joining us. You are known

for the musicals with Joseph and Rocky horror. But in this, you don't

sing. Jason Cummings you have got -- we have got to hear using! -- Jason,

we have got to hear using! I guess in a way, acting really is my

spiritual home. I'm surrounded by musicians, wonderful musicians and

someone the four actors as well. You know, in this one, I didn't feel the

need -- some wonderful actors. I'm not hanging up my vocal box yet. I

mean, it's all about an impromptu jam session. Are you ever tempted to

jam with the guys? I do a bit of singing at the end. In terms of

coming out of the character, I play Sam Phillips, who was the father of

rock 'n' roll. To America and the rest of the world, these characters,

like Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, I guess in a way he was

like the Pete Waterman of his day. It's a wonderful story, great

musical, I'm excited to bring it to this part of the country. I hate to

remind you, but you started in Neighbours 31 years ago! Wow!

Exactly! Obviously you, by peers, Kylie, you have had these huge

careers. What made you so enduring? Was at the era you became famous in,

the characters you played? I don't believe in luck, you create your own

luck. But I certainly believe in hard work. I have continued to work

hard. And I have a passion, you know, I love what I do. And this

show is indicative of that. Jason, I'll let you go, I know you are

performing in about 30 minutes time on stage here.

Claudia, thank you. He sounds like he has a cold, but he is a true by!

-- he is a trooper. If you were out and about first

thing this morning, you might have seen a few interesting literary

characters on their way to school. From Hermione Grainger

to the Cat in the Hat. Thousands of children

across the South East have been Many of you have sent in pictures,

and here are a few of them... They left out the teachers! A few of

them dressed up too! Anyway, it was a lovely day for it as well, Sarah?

It was a bright and breezy day, quite blustery feel to the weather

but things are turning more unsettled as we had through the next

few days. Here is a reminder of today. Some weather watcher images.

And a similar scene Kent, too. You can see the blue skies and just a

bit of cloud around. As we move through this evening we still have

clear skies. Temperatures dipping down quite quickly to roundabout

5-6d. Cloud increases through the second half of the night and we see

the rain arriving through Friday morning. First thing Friday, a wet

and windy start to the day. If you head out onto the roads there could

be some surface water around. Not a very pleasant start of the day. That

rain should move through by the afternoon, and improving picture.

The winds will is, too. Temperatures 10-11d at best on Friday afternoon.

-- the winds will ease. Dry on Friday night and on into Saturday.

Some showers around through the first part of Saturday. It is a

frost free start of the day. Through Saturday, some outbreaks of rain

towards the east of Kent, uncertainty about the -- how far

west it will get. And improving picture through the afternoon, the

better day of the weekend, temperatures 9-10d. It is remaining

unsettled through Sunday. Low pressure the driving force of old

weather. More in the way of wet weather on the cards through Sunday.

It is a little bit of an unsettled outlook through the next few days.

We are getting used to it! Thank you!

Before we go, I'm delighted to say that BBC South East Today has been

given this rather special award from the Royal Television Society.

We have been named as the best Nations and Region's

programme in the country - our second win in three years.

We are feeling very proud of ourselves! Absolutely! I will be

back with the late bulletin. Bye-bye.

WHISTLING: Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II

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