15/03/2017 South East Today

And we will ask why so many more people over the age of 65 are

getting married these Today's main headlines

in the south-east: Aslef and Southern agree a new deal

to try to end their dispute over We're live with the

latest this evening. The super scaffold is up

as Canterbury Cathedral's And it was the warmest

day of the year so far, A fresh deal has been agreed, aimed

at resolving the bitter industrial dispute between Southern Railway

and Britain's biggest train drivers' union, Aslef,

over driver-only operated trains. The offer, details of which have

not been made public, will now be put to Aslef members

in a referendum. A previous deal between the two

sides was rejected in February, but union leaders say they believe

the new agreement offers solutions It has been deal then no deal,

now it's back on again. Leaders of the train drivers' union,

Aslef, say the new agreement offers solutions to all the

concerns after a previous proposal was turned down

by their members last month. Commuters tonight still

expressed concern. For God's sake - they really ought

to get on and agree it. They've had enough

time to debate it. This is just history repeating

itself, over and over again. Yeah, I don't know if the end's

in sight - it's probably not. People are getting very despondant,

very annoyed with the whole affair. And I think it's great - if the end

is in sight, then brilliant. The director of Govia

Thameslink Railway, the company that runs Southern,

said today, " We've had constructive talks with

Alsef and pleased we are able to He said it has been an

extraordinarily difficult period for passengers and said we look forward

to restoring good industrial I earnestly hope now they have

done enough to persuade their drivers that this style

of operation driver-only is safe and they can vote this deal through

and we can get back to a reliable You can bring this to an end,

you can stop the strike. It has been and remains

an fierce fight, For the conductors' union

and the RMT it has been a long-running dispute

with the union having now taken 30 days of strike action over the past

year, the most recent But it will not be

involved in the talks. If it is a safety requirements

and it's critical, then I feel quite bitter about what has

happened, but I can only assume some of the Aslef drivers who have been

very supportive of my members feel The RMT said tonight they had

not seen the details of the proposed outline agreement,

and are requesting a full copy as it goes to the heart of their

dispute with the company. In the meantime, they say,

they are pressing yet again for their own urgent talks

with Southern. Let's cross live to Simon,

outside East Grinstead station. Simon - fresh hope tonight

for commuters, but how likely is it Don't forget we have of course been

here before. Bosses at Aslef Aachen vent convinced it is the right deal

and should be accepted. But we don't know what is in the deal. The last

time there was an agreement there was a news conference to announce

it. Today just statements and they said they would say nothing more

until the route results of the ballot on April three. But even if

this dispute is resolved, the dispute with RMT is still ongoing.

An open verdict had been recorded over the death of a 36-year-old

Sussex woman which had been investigated as murder.

Emma Crowhurst, who was addicted to drugs and alcohol,

died after being found with serious head injuries in

Despite witnesses reporting hearing her argue with a man

before her death, the coroner said there was not enough

evidence to prove she had been unlawfully killed.

A teenager from Kent who claims she was beaten up

by her ex-boyfriend has made a formal complaint to Kent Police,

after they failed to bring assault charges against him.

Melissa Caffell says she suffered head injuries during an incident

at her home near Faversham, two years ago.

Sean Cheeseman was convicted of criminal damage,

But he never faced prosecution over her injuries,

because the police investigation wasn't completed within

Melissa was just 17 years old when she says her boyfriend lost his

temper, punched her in the face and smashed up her bedroom.

I went to bed and he came upstairs and he started screaming

Two years later, she is receiving counselling for

PTSD and still suffers from a lazy eye.

I didn't want to go out, I just wanted to stay in.

While her boyfriend Sean Cheeseman was

convicted of causing criminal damage, no

connection with the alleged assault which he previously said was in

Melissa was told the police officer involved missed the

deadline for a common assault charge.

They said that because he didn't put the evidence in

within six months, that's why they couldn't.

This is a particularly unfortunate case where the officer

has made a very honest and very genuine mistake.

And as a result, we have missed the opportunity to

charge someone with the common assault offence.

Melissa has been so distressed by what happened at home,

here on this street in Teynham, that she had her mum

have decided to move to Wales to try and build

But finding closure has been difficult, particularly as

she feels her opportunity for justice has been denied her.

I have come across quite a lot of these cases

where the criminal justice system, particularly since 2010, has been

creaking under the weight of work and with a lack of resources.

Kent Police and the Crown Prosecution Service

Melissa says she wants to make sure other people

aren't put off by her experiences from reporting

Normally All Access Scaffolding in Margate would be involved

in helping people re-point a chimney, or install

But they're currently working on a project in Canterbury that

It involves some eight and a half miles of tubing and covers an area

It's all for a ?24.7 million conservation project to protect

and restore Canterbury Cathedral - inside and out.

This is one of the more unusual building sites you'll ever see.

More than 50 feet above a working cathedral, the team of Margate

scaffolders pause to allow a moment of peace.

Then they continue on with their task of building a

giant working platform the size of a sports

pitch, another day in an

No one has seen this up here before in our lifetime.

Apparently I am the first geezer up here to have a selfie.

So you aren't going to do that anywhere else, are you?

You clearly need a cool head for heights,

clambering amongst the miles of steel poles up here.

It is atmospheric, surroundings which would

encourage anyone to enter into the spirit of the place.

The cathedral's open for business so we've got to take that

into factor to make sure everyone can

still do what they need to do in the cathedral.

We are as close to these wonderful vaulted ceilings

in Canterbury Cathedral as the builders were - so

Through the efforts of the scaffolders, we have a room,

I have been up on the deck 20 or more times but every

time I come up here it is extraordinary.

It is such a privilege to have this once in a many,

many generation's opportunity to see it.

?24.7 million - the knave roof is one aspect, conservation

of Christ Church Gate, re-landscaping the precincts,

western towers, along with lots of learning

It is about heritage but it is also about people

and communities and actually engaging people with the building -

It is more than just the work itself, it's

Future generations may well look back on our time as

the era when the Cathedral was saved and wonder how

That's it from me, your national weather forecast is coming up,

but first let's get the picture in the south-east

Good evening. It was the warmest day of the year so far. We had 19

degrees in Gravesend in Kent. For tomorrow temperatures not quite

reaching 19 but it does stay mild. There will be some sunshine. It is

all change so as we look towards all change so as we look towards

Friday on the weekend. It will be cooler. The wins will pick up and it

will be wet at times. Trish might we will stay dry, a mile night,

overnight temperatures of just six or seven. We'll see clearer skies

and mist or fog. A cloudy, misty, murky start to tomorrow. Eventually

we will see this cold front tracking eastwards. First thing there will be

a good deal of cloud then it brightens up for a time. During the

afternoon the cloud thickens and temperatures will be widely 12 or 13

degrees. We could see 14 or 15. Into Friday we see outbreaks of rain and

behind the cold front things starting to feel fresher.

Temperatures into Friday dropping to four or 5 degrees. A cooler feel to

the start of Friday. By the afternoon temperatures in the low

teens and eventually, as we look to the weekend, it will turn wet and

windy. Here is the been. The outlook, rain around, if

it stays dry I will be surprised. Here is Nick with the national

headlines. For large parts of Wales and England

there was blue sky and warmth. Warmest day of the year, a clumsy

way of saying the UK had the highest temperature