:00:07. > :00:15.Putting tenants' lives at rhsk ` Emma Thomas investigates.
:00:16. > :00:17.In the flat downstairs therd is a fire.
:00:18. > :00:20.We are effectively trapped hn the property, we are trying to get out.
:00:21. > :00:21.Should we exchange crops for kilowatts?
:00:22. > :00:24.We examine the pros and cons of solar farms in the South East.
:00:25. > :00:28.I think it's really easy for people to just jump on the NIMBY b`ndwagon.
:00:29. > :00:31.And 150 years of the Seaford railway line.
:00:32. > :00:34.People who lived in the little town, to suddenly find themselves
:00:35. > :00:39.connected to this big national rail system.
:00:40. > :00:41.I'm Natalie Graham, with untold stories, closer to home.
:00:42. > :01:08.From all round the South East, this is Inside Out.
:01:09. > :01:10.Tonight we're in the market town of Faversham where I'll be back
:01:11. > :01:15.With property prices so high, many people in the South East have
:01:16. > :01:20.But the increase in demand hs also leaving many people vulnerable to
:01:21. > :01:30.More and more of us are livhng in rented homes,
:01:31. > :01:36.But the rise in renting has also brought with it a rise of the rogue
:01:37. > :01:41.landlord, and their behaviotr can range from reckless and unscrupulous
:01:42. > :01:49.What was going through my mhnd at the time was that I might die,
:01:50. > :01:55.We will be investigating the landlords taking risks with
:01:56. > :02:02.It was a serious fire, and fundamentally he had known
:02:03. > :02:08.And we ask, how safe are these homes?
:02:09. > :02:13.I wouldn't like to say what would happdn.
:02:14. > :02:16.Quite simply, a rogue landlord is somebodx who
:02:17. > :02:20.rents out a property that is not in a fit state to live in.
:02:21. > :02:25.They might avoid doing repahrs, deliberately put people's lhves
:02:26. > :02:34.at risk by failing to carry out the most basic of safety chdcks
:02:35. > :02:38.Richard Hopkins is from Thanet District Council.
:02:39. > :02:41.It's his job to drive the rogues out.
:02:42. > :02:46.It is an area of Margate that has quite a high
:02:47. > :02:52.Some of the conditions in the properties is not quite as dxpected
:02:53. > :02:59.We could have things like no fire alarms, dangerous electrics,
:03:00. > :03:02.live cables hanging out of the walls, gas appliances that haven't
:03:03. > :03:10.been tested, and perhaps thdre were issues with carbon monoxide.
:03:11. > :03:17.Things that can cause some serious harm.
:03:18. > :03:22.Richard's joined by his teal of housing officers for the inspection.
:03:23. > :03:27.It's part of a new scheme hdre in Cliftonville where landlords
:03:28. > :03:31.must pay for a licence before they can rent their properties.
:03:32. > :03:33.It funds on the spot inspections likd these.
:03:34. > :03:38.This flat has four adults and eight children living hdre.
:03:39. > :03:43.We are here today to offer an inspection of your flat to make
:03:44. > :03:57.It's not long before officers find a problem with the front door.
:03:58. > :03:59.If I was to close it, we couldn't open it?
:04:00. > :04:13.Certainly we can see that there is something wrong with that
:04:14. > :04:29.We have another door, it appears to be another door for getting into the
:04:30. > :04:35.It appears to have been sealed shut in some fashion,
:04:36. > :04:42.The kitchen is the highest fire risk in any dwelling, this hs
:04:43. > :04:46.where most fires start, and what concerns me is there is no door
:04:47. > :04:49.If there was a fire here, the smoke from the fire would spread
:04:50. > :04:53.very quickly through that door and into the lounge.
:04:54. > :04:59.I wouldn't like to say what would happdn.
:05:00. > :05:02.There is no working smoke alarm outside the kitchen.
:05:03. > :05:06.Smoke would spread very quickly up to the stairwell to where
:05:07. > :05:14.Near the bedrooms, the main smoke detector is broken.
:05:15. > :05:25.I am concerned because of the means of escape and ` lack
:05:26. > :05:32.If a fire were to start in the kitchen,
:05:33. > :05:36.By the time perhaps people were woken from sleep,
:05:37. > :05:40.it might be too late to be `ble to get down the staircase and get out.
:05:41. > :05:51.At the very top of the building is a children's bedroom.
:05:52. > :05:54.What is the issue with this room? With children sleeping
:05:55. > :05:58.in it being so far from the means of escape, which is really poor and
:05:59. > :06:01.with no adequate fire protection, I would be concerned about anxbody in
:06:02. > :06:03.this room getting out in the event of a serious fhre.
:06:04. > :06:05.Back downstairs, even we can't get out.
:06:06. > :06:07.We are effectively trapped in the property,
:06:08. > :06:10.we have come to try and get out and the tenant is letting us out.
:06:11. > :06:16.We effectively can't open it from the inside.
:06:17. > :06:23.What will happen to the landlord now?
:06:24. > :06:25.In terms of what we consider to be considerable risk,
:06:26. > :06:28.in terms of the fire risk, if they do not do something quickly,
:06:29. > :06:37.Fire safety isn't usually top on the list of priorities
:06:38. > :06:42.for rogue landlords, and whdn it goes wrong, it goes seriously wrong.
:06:43. > :06:45.In the flat downstairs therd's a fire.
:06:46. > :06:48.I'm on the second floor, and I got no way out,
:06:49. > :06:56.Emma could have died after being trapped in a fire
:06:57. > :07:08.I've tried, but the lighting isn't workhng.
:07:09. > :07:11.I had just gone to bed, and there was the smell of smoke.
:07:12. > :07:18.I had a little flight of stairs inside my flat,
:07:19. > :07:27.What added to the panic was that there was no emergency lighting
:07:28. > :07:31.so when I opened my front door, all I could feel was smoke.
:07:32. > :07:35.Looking into the hallway, it was just pitch black,
:07:36. > :07:42.When I had to get myself out of the building, I was feelhng
:07:43. > :07:49.along the walls to make surd I didn't fall down the stairs.
:07:50. > :07:55.But beyond all of that was the fact that there was no fire alarm.
:07:56. > :08:05.If the fire is in the stairwell I'm going to have to go back to
:08:06. > :08:16.I know this is bad, but I don't know how bad.
:08:17. > :08:20.And if nobody gets here on time then I might die.
:08:21. > :08:24.The woman in the flat below and started the fire after
:08:25. > :08:31.Overcome with smoke, she died in her flat.
:08:32. > :08:34.Emma's ordeal could have been avoided.
:08:35. > :08:39.Two years before the fire, her landlord Alan Maltby
:08:40. > :08:42.of Maltby's Estate Agents, had been warned there were serious fhre
:08:43. > :08:46.Mark Hobbs is from East Sussex Fire and rescue.
:08:47. > :08:48.Was this an accident waiting to happdn?
:08:49. > :08:52.The lady trapped upstairs w`s affected by the lack
:08:53. > :08:57.In this case, the building was managed by a management agent who
:08:58. > :09:01.had done a risk assessment, in accordance with the law, and it did
:09:02. > :09:03.identify a significant numbdr of findings, including the need to have
:09:04. > :09:05.a fire alarm, emergency lighting, and proper fire doors.
:09:06. > :09:08.She wasn't given early warnhng because was no fire alarm,
:09:09. > :09:11.the fire doors were not such that the smoke would have been kdpt
:09:12. > :09:13.inside the flat, and there was no emergency lighting.
:09:14. > :09:16.It was the middle of the night, so she could not see.
:09:17. > :09:22.so absolutely, she needed those precautions.
:09:23. > :09:30.After the fire, the company was given six months to put safdty
:09:31. > :09:40.measures in, but it did not do it. It was eventually prosecuted for
:09:41. > :09:45.failing to comply and find ?20, 00. Someone died, and they still did not
:09:46. > :09:50.sort all of this out straightaway. What did it take for them to realise
:09:51. > :09:58.how serious it all was? And get these systems and everything else
:09:59. > :10:05.installed? But this was not a one`off.
:10:06. > :10:09.that the state agent was letting on the same street. A fire risk
:10:10. > :10:16.assessment had been drawn up identifying feelings, but once
:10:17. > :10:21.again, nothing had been dond. This is a fire risk assessment, `nd in
:10:22. > :10:26.2005 became a legal responshbility for landlords to carry them out But
:10:27. > :10:31.the fire service told us thdy are concerned it has become a thck box
:10:32. > :10:37.exercise, with many landlords failing to act on the
:10:38. > :10:42.recommendations. I wanted to see of the rules were still being broken,
:10:43. > :10:46.so I decided to check out other houses on the street with a fire
:10:47. > :10:52.broke out. I discovered this could happen again tomorrow. I'm hn a
:10:53. > :10:57.property that is just a few doors down from where Emma was tr`pped in
:10:58. > :11:00.the fire. We found a risk assessment from 2008 recommending that
:11:01. > :11:05.emergency lighting and smokd alarms are put in communal areas, but none
:11:06. > :11:09.of this work has happened. That means it could be very diffhcult for
:11:10. > :11:14.people living here to escapd in the event of a fire. And having a quick
:11:15. > :11:20.look around the flats, we dhscover that is not the only risk to people
:11:21. > :11:26.renting here. This is supposed to be the fire escape. It is blocked. It
:11:27. > :11:31.is difficult to see how anybody would be able to get out of here in
:11:32. > :11:38.a hurry. But I discovered it is not always the landlord's fault. This
:11:39. > :11:42.estate agents in Bexhill on Sea commissioned the risk assessment.
:11:43. > :11:46.They are managing the property on behalf of the owner who livds
:11:47. > :11:52.overseas and is responsible for making sure it complies with fire
:11:53. > :11:57.safety. We asked them why, `fter seven years, nothing has bedn done.
:11:58. > :12:01.No one from the estate agent wanted to appear on camera, but thdy told
:12:02. > :12:04.us we have got quotes for the work and they are waiting for thd people
:12:05. > :12:12.who own the individual flats to pay to get it done. They said they were
:12:13. > :12:18.not aware of the blocked st`ircase, and boxes will be removed as it is a
:12:19. > :12:22.fire safety issues. But we spoke to a fire safety lawyer who told us
:12:23. > :12:27.that the managing agent has an obligation for fire safety hn the
:12:28. > :12:28.premises, and he does not bdlieve they can't evade their
:12:29. > :12:46.responsibilities in this wax. The company told us that thdy take
:12:47. > :12:51.fire precautions in the blocks that they manage extremely seriotsly and
:12:52. > :12:59.that the work will be carridd out soon. News that other landlords and
:13:00. > :13:05.agents are risking fire safdty is a blow for Emma.
:13:06. > :13:08.I don't think you can understand how serious that situation is until you
:13:09. > :13:13.are in it, until your life potentially depends on thosd items,
:13:14. > :13:19.fire alarms, fire extinguishers emergency lighting. What dods it
:13:20. > :13:26.take for someone to step up to their responsibility? Cos once soleone has
:13:27. > :13:34.died, it is too late. In a statement, Maltby's told us
:13:35. > :13:36.that the contract they took on before the fire went bankrupt and
:13:37. > :13:38.the delay afterwards was dud to having to wait for more mondy.
:13:39. > :13:49.However, our expert told us... are having some success
:13:50. > :13:54.in cracking down on rogues ` earlier in Margate, we filmdd
:13:55. > :13:57.the council inspecting a hotse with potentially life`threatening
:13:58. > :14:00.fire safety issues that had eight children livhng
:14:01. > :14:03.in it. The landlord is co`operating
:14:04. > :14:06.with the council and has now installed smoke
:14:07. > :14:10.alarms and fixed the doors. to bring the rest
:14:11. > :14:22.of the building up to scratch. A lot of excited children,
:14:23. > :14:31.all waiting to get on the train All the headmasters looked posh
:14:32. > :14:33.with their bowler hats on and we all put hats on
:14:34. > :14:36.and off we went to London. Going back up to London
:14:37. > :14:42.was very exciting. Well, despite the unreliabld
:14:43. > :14:44.weather, over the last few xears, solar parks have been sprouting
:14:45. > :14:47.up across the South East, So is the long`term forecast
:14:48. > :14:54.for solar power bright and sunny? Or are there storm clouds
:14:55. > :15:00.on the horizon? Human beings
:15:01. > :15:10.have always worshipped the sun. to day`trippers
:15:11. > :15:13.enjoying the South East. And now more and more
:15:14. > :15:16.of us are making use of it The Government hopes that
:15:17. > :15:24.renewable energy like solar power will help it meet
:15:25. > :15:26.its targets to cut CO2 emissions. But, in order to do that,
:15:27. > :15:37.do we need more and more of these? The Government wants 15%
:15:38. > :15:40.of all energy consumed To do that,
:15:41. > :15:46.it introduced subsidies for solar. As a result, there has been
:15:47. > :15:48.a boom in applications The Government realised that they
:15:49. > :15:56.probably set the subsidy level probably 50% too high and there was
:15:57. > :16:00.a massive spike in applicathons there was a massive boom in
:16:01. > :16:04.all sorts of cowboy builders and developers claiming to be installers
:16:05. > :16:06.and lots of poor installations and generally an unregulated market
:16:07. > :16:13.just exploding. The Government is soon going to
:16:14. > :16:15.lower the subsidies, hoping that this will reducd
:16:16. > :16:19.the number of applications. But, initially,
:16:20. > :16:21.it had the opposite effect ` it's created an even bigger demand
:16:22. > :16:25.for solar parks, often on f`rmland, But exchanging crops for kilowatts
:16:26. > :16:36.isn't turning everyone on. but they also generate friction
:16:37. > :16:43.and lots of it. This field near Faversham is prime
:16:44. > :16:48.agricultural land but, early this year, there were
:16:49. > :16:51.plans to build a solar park here that would have covered 48 `cres
:16:52. > :17:00.of countryside. Like many villagers, Gullivdr Immink
:17:01. > :17:05.protested against the proposals I think that to get rid of land
:17:06. > :17:09.and take it away, out of food production, is just
:17:10. > :17:15.going about it in the wrong way It is actually, when all is said
:17:16. > :17:18.and done, a power station ` it's a load of metal and pl`stic
:17:19. > :17:22.and chain`link fences. It is not agriculture,
:17:23. > :17:26.so don't call it a farm. and gets fed up when people
:17:27. > :17:32.accuse her of being a NIMBY. The development would have been
:17:33. > :17:35.on her doorstep. Obviously, they look at an `rea
:17:36. > :17:38.and they say, "Of course you don't want it
:17:39. > :17:41.in your back yard, why would you?" But I think
:17:42. > :17:43.the bigger picture is that this is an area that's been designated
:17:44. > :17:47.as a Special Landscape Area. It's protected because
:17:48. > :17:56.of its open landscapes. There have been two applications
:17:57. > :17:59.to build a solar park on thhs site ` the first one was
:18:00. > :18:02.withdrawn by the developer. The second application eventually
:18:03. > :18:08.got turned down on appeal in June. What's it left you feeling `bout
:18:09. > :18:12.the way the planning system works That it's stacked
:18:13. > :18:17.against the individual. Or they tend to `
:18:18. > :18:23.we've been lucky this time. This year, in Kent and East Sussex,
:18:24. > :18:26.the number of applications for large`scale solar parks
:18:27. > :18:29.is more than double the tot`l Critics say
:18:30. > :18:34.the Government just wasn't prepared the minister responsible
:18:35. > :18:41.for solar energy Many people in Kent and Sussex,
:18:42. > :18:46.traditionally Conservative voters, are very unhappy with the w`y that
:18:47. > :18:49.things have been put on thel. Well, then it's up to
:18:50. > :18:51.the local authorities to turn down those applicathons
:18:52. > :18:53.and I've been very clear ` local authorities have
:18:54. > :18:56.the powers to turn down applications You can't blame the developdrs
:18:57. > :19:01.for putting in, that's fine ` that's what the planning system
:19:02. > :19:04.is supposed to be about. We only want to see approprhately
:19:05. > :19:06.sited large`scale solar. That means a focus on brownfield
:19:07. > :19:10.sites, on industrial land, next to factories
:19:11. > :19:14.and commercial sites, where that electricity can have
:19:15. > :19:17.a direct use. And being very careful about
:19:18. > :19:21.putting it onto agricultural land, particularly where that has
:19:22. > :19:30.an impact on the wider landscape. One company which develops
:19:31. > :19:32.solar parks says there should be no need to put
:19:33. > :19:36.them on prime agricultural land We wouldn't go
:19:37. > :19:39.for grade one agricultural lands. There's no need to do it,
:19:40. > :19:42.there's enough bad land arotnd that's being used in
:19:43. > :19:46.intensive farming and we're going on to lesser
:19:47. > :19:48.grade farming, the amount of pesticides
:19:49. > :19:52.and the amount effort that's put in by the farmers to actually lake
:19:53. > :19:55.that land grow something, wdll, let's put a solar farm on it,
:19:56. > :19:58.turn it into a wild flower leadow. It's not going to be treated
:19:59. > :20:02.in any way for 25 years. But, as ground`mounted solar
:20:03. > :20:09.is so controversial, is there any other way we
:20:10. > :20:12.can meet the targets If we start building large`scale
:20:13. > :20:15.solar on top of large commercial buildings,
:20:16. > :20:17.which we've got to do, that's going to provide lots
:20:18. > :20:19.of energy. It's just very difficult
:20:20. > :20:22.at the moment. There's always a conflict
:20:23. > :20:25.between who owns the building and who works in the building, who owns
:20:26. > :20:28.the roof, who insures the roof. It's sorting out how the de`l works
:20:29. > :20:33.between people. So once we nail it,
:20:34. > :20:36.it will be brilliant. With the energy targets for 202
:20:37. > :20:40.in mind, the Solar Trade Association feels that the Government's policy
:20:41. > :20:44.has been erratic. The industry has been a victim
:20:45. > :20:48.of its own success. We have deployed
:20:49. > :20:51.a much higher rate that had been But that success seems
:20:52. > :20:56.a very poor reward for withdrawing We would like to work very closely
:20:57. > :21:02.with government to come out with a sensible mechanism to get
:21:03. > :21:04.into place by 2020. So we do feel hard done by
:21:05. > :21:09.in the solar sector. It's pleased with the way
:21:10. > :21:15.the solar sector is growing overall, like this one on top of
:21:16. > :21:21.Harvey's Brewery in Lewes. Beer and sunshine have alwaxs gone
:21:22. > :21:24.well together, but this community energy scheme
:21:25. > :21:33.takes things to a whole new level. Here at Harvey's Brewery thdy have
:21:34. > :21:36.a high energy use during thd day because they use coolers, so it made
:21:37. > :21:40.sense that we put solar on their roof, to offset their energx use
:21:41. > :21:42.particularly in the summer, when they use more energy to cool
:21:43. > :21:45.their beer and so that's how a community
:21:46. > :21:50.energy group would start. What happened was 240 local people
:21:51. > :21:54.put money into the project and they could see a return
:21:55. > :22:02.on their investment over 25 years. I'm very excited about the future
:22:03. > :22:07.of community energy, it's putting energy onto thd roofs
:22:08. > :22:10.of schools, community halls, It's about empowering local people
:22:11. > :22:15.to be more in charge There is, of course,
:22:16. > :22:20.nothing new under the sun. Over hundreds of thousands
:22:21. > :22:22.of years, people have made use of its
:22:23. > :22:26.energy in a huge variety of ways. So maybe the solar power debate
:22:27. > :22:29.is just a continuation of one
:22:30. > :22:32.of the oldest human traditions. As long as the sun rises tolorrow,
:22:33. > :22:48.that tradition will carry on. Now, back in the summer, thousands
:22:49. > :22:51.of people lined the railway track between Newhaven and Seaford
:22:52. > :22:53.to celebrate 150 years So we've been looking back
:22:54. > :22:57.at the dramatic effect that had on one particular corner
:22:58. > :23:06.of the South East. It's the anniversary of the
:23:07. > :23:15.Seaford to Newhaven branch line In the 1840s, the railway spread
:23:16. > :23:20.across Britain, bringing prosperity, so the people of Seaford wanted
:23:21. > :23:23.a piece of the action, to attract as many visitors
:23:24. > :23:26.as Brighton. The London, Brighton and Sotth Coast
:23:27. > :23:28.Railway agreed to extend the Lewes`Newhaven line
:23:29. > :23:34.as far as Seaford. On the first day of opening,
:23:35. > :23:37.there were free train trips And I think hundreds of people took
:23:38. > :23:42.the opportunity of travelling He did the journey
:23:43. > :23:48.from Seaford to Lewes and hd was so horrified about the journey
:23:49. > :23:50.in an open`air truck, he decided he was going
:23:51. > :23:57.to walk back from Lewes. 150 years ago, when the lind first
:23:58. > :24:01.opened, this would have been virtually the only way to gdt
:24:02. > :24:04.around and it would have bedn very exciting for the people who lived
:24:05. > :24:08.in the little town to suddenly find themselves connected to this
:24:09. > :24:13.big, national rail system. Seaside towns were the big
:24:14. > :24:17.new market for the railways were essentially created
:24:18. > :24:32.by the railway. It is really hard to believd it now
:24:33. > :24:35.at Newhaven harbour was oncd a very glamorous stop
:24:36. > :24:50.the fastest route to the continent. Jenny, it is hard to believd,
:24:51. > :24:53.standing on this particular station platform today, that this used to be
:24:54. > :24:56.a very glamorous place, and no`one here
:24:57. > :25:03.realised she was here? It was a week before the abdication
:25:04. > :25:07.and she was escaping the prdss, so she left from Newhaven at night
:25:08. > :25:11.and headed for the South of France. There was a huge hotel here, wasn't
:25:12. > :25:14.there, that was very import`nt? Yes, it was
:25:15. > :25:16.the London Paris Hotel and it was named because th`t
:25:17. > :25:19.was the route people would take They were going from London,
:25:20. > :25:21.they were going to Paris. if it had been
:25:22. > :25:25.the Newhaven to Dieppe Hotel, so they definitely
:25:26. > :25:27.wanted a bit of glamour. Charles Wells, one of the most
:25:28. > :25:38.infamous guests who stayed here he was known as the man
:25:39. > :25:41.who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. So he was one of the world's richest
:25:42. > :25:45.men at the time, he could h`ve gone anywhere, presumably,
:25:46. > :25:46.and he stopped in Newhaven You can't imagine that todax,
:25:47. > :25:51.can you? # The man who broke the bank
:25:52. > :25:59.at Monte Carlo. # As the years went by, the r`ilway
:26:00. > :26:04.influenced the area it servdd. Seaford, where the line ends, saw
:26:05. > :26:09.its own special growth industry Seaford became Britain's
:26:10. > :26:14.boarding school capital. There were dozens of privatd
:26:15. > :26:18.educational establishments here together they employed around 7 %
:26:19. > :26:22.of the town's population. At the beginning and end
:26:23. > :26:24.of every term, special school trains would
:26:25. > :26:28.arrive at the platform. It was a very special train,
:26:29. > :26:32.it was 12 coaches long, about 400 people on it and ht went
:26:33. > :26:37.six times a year, for the three It was a good atmosphere
:26:38. > :26:43.and we really enjoyed it. The end of term,
:26:44. > :26:46.it was absolute chaos down here All the schools came and thdy
:26:47. > :26:49.all converged here, ready to go A lot of excited children,
:26:50. > :26:52.all wanting to get on the train and all the headmasters looked posh
:26:53. > :26:55.with their bowler hats on, and we all put hats on and
:26:56. > :26:58.off we went to London. Going back up to London
:26:59. > :27:00.was very exciting, the thought
:27:01. > :27:03.of seeing your parents again. And we squeaked with delight and we
:27:04. > :27:06.couldn't wait to get to Victoria and there they all were,
:27:07. > :27:09.waiting for us on the platform. Sometimes, there was a child left
:27:10. > :27:15.because Mummy and Daddy had not talked to each other about who was
:27:16. > :27:19.going to collect them and there you were stuck, so the rule was you went
:27:20. > :27:24.and sat in the Grosvenor Hotel. And rang up Mummy and Daddy
:27:25. > :27:29.and waited until somebody c`me. This year,
:27:30. > :27:32.crowds of people turned out to celebrate the 150th anniversary
:27:33. > :27:38.of the Seaford to Newhaven line It might just be an ordinarx
:27:39. > :27:40.commuter line today but people still fondly remdmber
:27:41. > :27:57.its history. Now, if you want any more
:27:58. > :28:00.information about tonight's show, then you can visit our
:28:01. > :28:03.Kent and Sussex websites, or you can watch the whole
:28:04. > :28:10.programme again on iPlayer. The man helping families
:28:11. > :28:18.run away from social servicds. Next year, we will probably have 100
:28:19. > :28:22.families that have come through me. Counting the children,
:28:23. > :28:25.a total of 400 expat British people We look back over his pledgd
:28:26. > :28:33.to improve Kent's economy. I'm not feeling heat
:28:34. > :28:36.underneath this. Years have gone by
:28:37. > :28:38.and nothing has happened. As I understand it, work will
:28:39. > :28:41.start in the next 18 months. And the World War I hospital ship
:28:42. > :28:48.sunk in the English Channel. That is it from us for tonight,
:28:49. > :28:56.from Faversham. Thank you for watching
:28:57. > :29:13.and see you next week. Hello, I'm Sophie Long with
:29:14. > :29:15.your 90 second update. A freeze on working-age benefits
:29:16. > :29:17.for two years. That's among the Chancellor's plans
:29:18. > :29:19.to cut welfare and the nation's debt if the Tories
:29:20. > :29:22.win next year's general election. Pensions,
:29:23. > :29:24.disability and maternity pay wouldn't be affected but Jobseekers
:29:25. > :29:29.Allowance and child benefit would.