28/12/2016 South East Today

The search for a missing fisherman off the Kent coast

has been called off after nine hours of scouring

the sea, involving lifeboats from Ramsgate and Harwich.

Dramatic new coastguard pictures show the hunt taking place

after a Belgian fishing vessel capsized early today.

One man was found clinging to the upturned hull

and was airlifted to hospital. A second has died.

This dramatic footage shows the moment a crew member is rescued

after clinging to the hull of his upturned fishing boat

It capsized at 11 o'clock last night but he wasn't spotted

until first light this morning by a passing vessel.

I mean, at this time of the year, in the south North sea,

water temperature at about nine and a half degrees, but probably air

temperature less than that, so yeah, a significant risk in terms

But he's in the proper care of the hospital

He was able to tell his rescuers that two of his fellow

crew members were missing, prompting a major response.

Two lifeboats from Ramsgate have been taking part in the search

which is also involved two divers and a doctor being flown

in from Belgium, the huge operation taking place around 17 miles off

After several hours, a second crew member was found

showing signs of life, but later died in hospital.

The search for the third man has now been called off for the day.

Although the Coast Guard says it's possible for people to survive

in the water this time of year for for 15 hours,

More than ?10 million was made by hospitals

in the Southeast from parking charges last year.

Five of our NHS trusts have provided their figures.

The trust which runs hospitals including the William Harvey

in Ashford and the QEQM in Margate raised

Almost half of that was from members of staff.

Generating more than ?3.5 million, the latest figures show

the East Kent hospitals trust is the second-highest in the league

table for raising money by charging staff and visitors to park.

It's too high. Too high.

You're not coming here out of the joy of it,

you're coming here because you've got to.

Don't think you should pay that much anyway.

I tend to park out there somewhere instead.

I know they need to raise money for the hospital in

all different ways but yes, it can be...

It can be a real hardship for some people, less for others.

I don't like paying car parking charges.

If I can park for free I will park for free,

and I do think hospitals parking should be less, yes.

Spread over five sites, the trust claims its income from parking

is high because it's bigger than other hospitals.

So, you're not topping the tables because you

Absolutely not, no, we look very closely

at our charges locally in

each of our areas because we cover the whole of east Kent, so

charges in Margate right across to Ashford and here, in Canterbury,

and we look carefully at those charges and our charges are

absolutely in line with what happens locally.

Parking charges are hospitals have long been a

Last year charges at the Kent hospitals trust

Four years ago, fees were introduced for disabled drivers

in the Medway Maritime Hospital, but in 2008, parking charges were

abolished at hospitals in Scotland and Wales.

Back in Kent, the trust says any profit from parking helps

Residents from six terraced houses in Tenterden are being evacuated

because a fire broke out and ripped through shared roof space.

Kent fire and rescue have eight engines at the scene battling

the blaze inside and outside the properties on Golden Square.

Doctors in Kent are warning people to "take it easy" on the alcohol

this New Year's Eve to avoid ending up in A and E departments.

The NHS South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group says

Christmas is the busiest time for emergency departments.

They say anyone going with alcohol related problems will clog up

the system and could delay treatment to others.

The Leader of West Sussex County Council has called for action

to sort out what she calls the 'huge detrimental effect' the current

Southern Rail strikes are having on the county.

Louise Goldsmith has written to the Secretary

of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, to highlight

the economic and social impact the industrial action is having

The national weather forecast's coming up in a moment,

but first let's get the picture in the Southeast, with Nina Ridge.

Thanks. Turning pretty chilly out there. More fog forming through the

night to night but we finished today with the beautiful scenes across the

south-east, plenty of which sent in to us similar to this one but our

main concern just like last night is going to be the fog. The Met office

issued another yellow weather warning because not just poor

visibility but with temperatures hovering about freezing it will be

icy as well. Travelling conditions expected through the night to night

is difficult, and into tomorrow morning. Clear spells, we will start

to see that visibility improving, the fog thickening through the night

by a and into the early hours. Overnight averages freezing, colder

in the country lies. A murky cold starts to the day and much mist and

fog taking time to lift in the morning and even then just turning

into low cloud. A grey afternoon, limited brightness, still feeling

cold with temperatures around for- 5 degrees. Similar picture on Friday

with perhaps not as quite as much of a problem but we are sticking with a

cold and dowdy things through the day with top temperatures of for-

five. As we head into