:00:02. > :00:06.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:06. > :00:09.Tonight's top stories. The prime minister pledges his
:00:09. > :00:12.support to the family of a woman believed to have been beheaded by
:00:12. > :00:16.kidnappers in India. We'll have the latest on the Surjit Kaur case live
:00:16. > :00:19.from chatham. The family of Keith Brook, who
:00:19. > :00:26.drowned in the River Medway yesterday, say they can't
:00:26. > :00:30.understand how it happened. I had to wait to ID him. And it's not
:00:30. > :00:33.very nice when you have to ID your own son.
:00:33. > :00:37.Also in tonight's programme. The financial strain of taking the
:00:37. > :00:42.train. Labour urge the government to tackle rising prices for road &
:00:42. > :00:46.rail commuters. Keeping a watchful eye on the
:00:46. > :00:48.birdies. A Kent cameraman's mission to protect wildlife on the golf
:00:48. > :00:58.course. And swapping four wheels for two,
:00:58. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.the Sussex school mums' scooter Good evening. The Prime Minister
:01:08. > :01:11.has promised to do everything he can to help the family of a Kent
:01:11. > :01:14.woman who's believed to have been kidnapped and beheaded while on
:01:14. > :01:17.holiday in India. Surjit Kaur, a 67-year-old mother-of-three from
:01:17. > :01:21.Chatham, was killed during a trip to the Punjab region of her
:01:22. > :01:29.homeland. Two men are awaiting trial on kidnap and murder charges.
:01:29. > :01:34.Simon Jones reports. A son who needs to know why his
:01:34. > :01:41.mother was found dead, some 800 miles from the area she was staying
:01:41. > :01:46.in, while holidaying in India. numb. Absolutely numb. Totally numb.
:01:46. > :01:52.Just couldn't believe it. We still don't really believe it now. She
:01:52. > :01:57.was always there for us, you could always turn to her. Day or night.
:01:57. > :02:05.This is just terrible for us. We have got no want to give us advice
:02:05. > :02:09.and stuff these days. The family's concerns have now been taken to the
:02:09. > :02:13.top. Can I ask the British Government to urge the Indian
:02:13. > :02:16.authorities to carry out a full, transparent, thorough investigation
:02:16. > :02:20.and bring to account those responsible for this horrendous
:02:20. > :02:23.murder so that my constituents and his family can get some justice
:02:23. > :02:27.format -- for their mother? Foreign Office has been providing
:02:27. > :02:31.the family with support. I have to say to him, responsibility for
:02:31. > :02:36.investigating crime committed overseas have to rest with the
:02:36. > :02:46.police and judicial authorities in that country. Punjab journalist
:02:46. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:58.told us the latest on a two men So the Prime Minister says he is
:02:58. > :03:03.going to give you what help he can. What do you make of that? Just give
:03:03. > :03:07.us help and support with it, really. We have never been in this
:03:07. > :03:12.situation before. I would just like to get the best hope I can, really,
:03:12. > :03:16.to get justice. We have put diplomatic pressure on the Indian
:03:16. > :03:20.authorities to say they have to investigate this fully, thoroughly
:03:20. > :03:27.and fairly, and bring those to account. Beyond the horror, now,
:03:27. > :03:30.the fight for justice. Simon Jones reporting, he joins us
:03:30. > :03:34.live now from Chatham. I understand the Foreign Office has promised to
:03:34. > :03:39.meet the family? That's right. The family feel they have had very
:03:39. > :03:41.little support from the Foreign Office has so far, particularly as
:03:41. > :03:47.they have been here in Chatham and that events have been unfolding so
:03:47. > :03:51.far away. They welcome this offer of a meeting. David Cameron is keen
:03:51. > :03:57.to stress there is only so much the British Government could do. That
:03:57. > :04:02.attack elite -- the family were particularly upset that they were
:04:02. > :04:04.unable to get to conjure up before the body was cremated, and they
:04:04. > :04:07.will now be holding their own memorial service.
:04:07. > :04:10.The family of a man who died after falling into the River Medway say
:04:10. > :04:12.they simply can't understand how it happened. 42-year-old Keith Brook,
:04:12. > :04:16.from Snodland, drowned yesterday afternoon. In an emotional
:04:16. > :04:20.interview today, his mother told us he was able to swim. Our reporter
:04:20. > :04:27.Jon Hunt is at the scene of the incident in Maidstone. Jon, what
:04:27. > :04:31.more do we know about Mr Brook's death?
:04:31. > :04:35.Police have given nothing more or way, but accounts I have been
:04:35. > :04:39.hearing suggests that Keith may have been with friends, may even
:04:39. > :04:42.have been joking around before falling into the river. Now with
:04:42. > :04:46.Keith's mother saying that he could swim, combined with the speed of
:04:46. > :04:50.his demise, it raises more questions.
:04:50. > :04:56.Pat was there when Keith was pulled from the river. And had to confirm
:04:56. > :05:05.to police that it was her son. is not very nice when you have to
:05:05. > :05:12.ID your own son. The only thing I am thinking, because he could swim,
:05:12. > :05:18.I don't know why he didn't get out. I can't say any more, and just
:05:18. > :05:22.going to miss him, sorry. Emergency services on the scene in minutes
:05:22. > :05:25.after reports Keith had fallen into the river. Eyewitnesses say
:05:25. > :05:33.strangely he seemed one minute to be swimming, the next minute,
:05:33. > :05:38.lifeless. I didn't think I would find my son drowned. I haven't had,
:05:38. > :05:46.the police haven't told us what he has died of or anything. He was on
:05:46. > :05:49.a lot of tablets. He was not a very well man. He wasn't very well.
:05:49. > :05:55.family and friends say he was a happy man who like a joke. It is
:05:55. > :05:57.possible his death was because of the debt -- a joke gone wrong.
:05:58. > :06:01.looked over to see two people pursue each other next to the world
:06:01. > :06:06.-- next to the river. I didn't think anything of it, I walked back,
:06:06. > :06:09.but as I was coming back from where I had been, I saw them pushing each
:06:09. > :06:14.other and the next thing I knew they were both in the river. The
:06:14. > :06:18.girl was screaming and panicking. Then the man, whoever it was, just
:06:18. > :06:23.did not come back up. It is clear it Keith like to drink. Whether
:06:23. > :06:27.that was a factor here will be a matter for the coroner. His family
:06:27. > :06:33.will miss his humour. He always laughed, no matter what he said to
:06:33. > :06:37.him. When he was drunk, if you said something, he would laugh at you.
:06:37. > :06:41.Even when you had a go at him, he would laugh at you, trying to make
:06:41. > :06:48.a joke. That was Keith. I will just remember that he was a cheerful
:06:48. > :06:51.bloke. Cheerful is how two of Keats
:06:52. > :06:55.friends have described in this afternoon, Gary and John say they
:06:55. > :06:59.went to school with him and known him all his life. His death of the
:06:59. > :07:02.River Medway here, the third in eight weeks, appears to have been a
:07:02. > :07:05.tragic accident. In a moment: From boom to bust. The
:07:05. > :07:15.Ashford businesswoman who used to turn over �1 million a year on
:07:15. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:19.bankruptcy and the struggle for Rising prices on the roads and
:07:19. > :07:22.rails are hitting commuters in the pocket, and tonight the Shadow
:07:22. > :07:28.Transport Secretary Maria Eagle is in Chatham to urge ministers to
:07:28. > :07:33.rethink their plans to increase train fares. Prices are set to rise
:07:33. > :07:38.by inflation plus 3% every year for the next three years. At the moment
:07:38. > :07:41.that means a rise of 8.2%. For a commuter travelling up from Chatham
:07:41. > :07:47.to Victoria, the annual season ticket would go up by �273, to just
:07:47. > :07:57.under �3,600. The commute from Hastings to Charing Cross would go
:07:57. > :07:59.
:07:59. > :08:03.up by �324, to almost �4,300. is about covering a financial gap
:08:03. > :08:07.that the government have politically chosen to create. And
:08:07. > :08:11.so instead of cutting the deficit at a more sensible pace, over the
:08:11. > :08:15.next four years, they have decided to do it all at once, and as a
:08:15. > :08:18.direct result of that choice, hard- pressed families here in Chatton
:08:18. > :08:22.are going to pay the price in massively increased rail fares at
:08:22. > :08:25.the next three years. But rail passengers faced big rises under
:08:25. > :08:31.Labour too. In 2008 the cost of regulated season tickets rose by
:08:31. > :08:34.4.8% on average. In 2009 they went up 7%. There was an average
:08:34. > :08:37.increase of 1.1% last year too. And fares on some unregulated services
:08:37. > :08:47.went up by far more, leaving commuters at Chatham Station
:08:47. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:52.struggling to afford their tickets. It has gone up, and it has affected
:08:52. > :08:56.the amount of spare money I have especially on proper childcare
:08:56. > :09:00.bills. Everything else at the moment, with a young family. With
:09:00. > :09:05.the job do -- the job I do, there is no or else to work but London.
:09:05. > :09:10.It is expensive to travel up, nearly �4,000 per year. Mind has
:09:10. > :09:14.gone up �400 in one go, but I have had a pay freeze in the last three
:09:14. > :09:20.years. With the cost of petrol, it is no cheaper to drive, it is
:09:20. > :09:24.almost like I can't afford to go to work. Whatever government have to
:09:24. > :09:28.say about these inflation-busting fares in the south-east? I spoke to
:09:28. > :09:33.the rail minister earlier, and she said that basically, they have had
:09:33. > :09:37.to increase prices on the railways to improve the rail infrastructure
:09:37. > :09:41.and increase capacity because of overcrowding. She said that is all
:09:41. > :09:45.a necessary thing they have to do. She also pointed to the fact that
:09:45. > :09:49.3% above increasing -- and the 3% above inflation increase was
:09:49. > :09:53.introduced by the previous Labour government. Next year's fare rises
:09:53. > :09:56.will be based on the July inflation level, so we'll have to wait a few
:09:56. > :09:59.weeks until we find out the exact figure. In the meantime, passenger
:09:59. > :10:05.groups say they will continue to lobby the government to try and
:10:05. > :10:10.keep fare rises to a minimum. Four men have been arrested after
:10:10. > :10:13.an attempted armed robbery at a bank in Surrey. They were captured
:10:13. > :10:15.outside the Santander Bank in Oxted yesterday evening. Police say a
:10:15. > :10:18.gang armed with hammers smashed their way into the bank and
:10:19. > :10:23.assaulted two security guards. Officers used a Taser gun to
:10:23. > :10:26.disable two of the men. Campaigners fighting plans to
:10:26. > :10:29.extend a quarry in woodland near Maidstone are calling for a public
:10:30. > :10:33.inquiry. The Woodland Trust says if ministers allow the plans for the
:10:33. > :10:37.33 hectare site in Barming to go ahead, they'd be breaking a pledge
:10:37. > :10:40.not to allow developments on ancient woodland.
:10:40. > :10:50.The retailer John Lewis has announced plans to create 160 jobs
:10:50. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:53.by opening a new superstore in Ashford. It will open in autumn
:10:53. > :10:55.2012. It follows the opening of a similar store last year in
:10:55. > :10:58.Tunbridge Wells, which created 190 new jobs.
:10:58. > :11:01.Claire Morris was murdered by her husband, who drugged her and faked
:11:01. > :11:04.a car crash to claim the life insurance money. Now her brother is
:11:04. > :11:07.hoping to create a foundation in her name that would provide year-
:11:07. > :11:09.round support for the families of murder victims. Peter Morris, from
:11:09. > :11:18.Gillingham, wants to build a retreat, where grieving relatives
:11:18. > :11:21.could receive support and therapy. Sara Smith has more.
:11:21. > :11:25.It was just eight months after Claire Morris married Malcolm
:11:25. > :11:30.Webster that he would kill her. This car crash are assumed to be an
:11:30. > :11:34.accident. For Claire's family, morning her death at the time was
:11:34. > :11:38.bad enough. When years later it was revealed as murder, it was like
:11:38. > :11:42.losing her again. Now her brother wants to help others cope with what
:11:42. > :11:46.they are going through. I think it would be a good thing for people to
:11:46. > :11:51.be able to go to a good, homely, holiday environment, where they can
:11:51. > :11:56.recharge their batteries and also, if I was able to, to re-inspire
:11:56. > :12:00.them to get their lives back together. I hear so many stories of
:12:00. > :12:04.people who feel that they suffer themselves a life sentence, even
:12:04. > :12:09.though they are not the criminal. He it is 17 years since the crash
:12:09. > :12:13.which killed his sister. Five years later, Malcolm Webster, a former
:12:13. > :12:17.nurse, would try to kill his second wife in a similar plot in New
:12:17. > :12:24.Zealand. Last month he was found guilty of Clare's Berger and the
:12:24. > :12:28.attempted murder of his second wife. While make -- while Malcolm Webster
:12:28. > :12:34.will be spending a long time in jail, Clare's brother is planning
:12:34. > :12:39.the retreat. Do you understand what it is like to have your loved one
:12:39. > :12:42.kept in a mortuary for three or four months? Do you have an
:12:42. > :12:47.understanding of having your loved one have three post-mortems?
:12:47. > :12:51.Somebody who has been through that, understand, you do not have to go
:12:51. > :12:55.through great detail, it is just that immediate empathy. If he and
:12:55. > :13:01.other people had somewhere to go, just to try and get back into
:13:01. > :13:03.normality, to us to try and build himself back up so that they can go
:13:04. > :13:13.out and deal with the big wide world.
:13:13. > :13:15.Peter is now trying to raise the funds for his plan to do just that.
:13:15. > :13:18.Our top story tonight. The Prime Minister has promised to do
:13:18. > :13:21.everything he can to help the family of a Kent pensioner who's
:13:21. > :13:24.believed to have been kidnapped and beheaded while on holiday in India.
:13:24. > :13:28.Surjit Kaur, a mother-of-three from Chatham, was killed during a trip
:13:28. > :13:31.to the Punjab. Two men are awaiting trial on kidnap and murder charges.
:13:31. > :13:35.Also in tonight's programme. Giving wildlife a fair chance on the
:13:35. > :13:42.fairways. The Kent camerman on a mission to let nature thrive on the
:13:42. > :13:46.golf course. And are we going to get a lunar
:13:46. > :13:49.look-in with the total lunar eclipse tonight? I am going to let
:13:49. > :13:57.you know when and where to look, and if the cloud will actually
:13:57. > :14:02.For the last 30 years they've operated as a family business,
:14:02. > :14:05.making bespoke animal shelters near Ashford. Forsham Cottage Arks had
:14:05. > :14:11.an annual turnover of more than �1 million and employed 35 people, but
:14:11. > :14:15.this month they've gone bust. Across the UK almost 280,000
:14:15. > :14:21.businesses go under every year. The figure in Brighton, Sussex and
:14:21. > :14:23.Surrey was almost 15,000 in 2009. And more than 7,000 in Kent and
:14:23. > :14:31.Medway. Our business correspondent Mark Norman has tonight's Special
:14:31. > :14:35.Report. We were a big family, we enjoyed it,
:14:36. > :14:41.it was a lovely place to be. They made posh chicken cooks and kennels,
:14:41. > :14:46.exhibited at Chelsea Flower Show, and won prizes from BBC's
:14:46. > :14:50.Gardeners' World. This is now a family business that has gone bust.
:14:50. > :14:57.Mortgaged to the held, they owe the taxman and the Bank huge amounts.
:14:57. > :15:00.After 33 years, this is hard. had a magic Ward, -- magic wand, I
:15:00. > :15:08.would still borrow against my house and I would still have my company.
:15:08. > :15:12.We love it and we leave it. I am going to cry. Yes, it is a problem.
:15:12. > :15:15.Some of the most common reasons for businesses to fail include failing
:15:15. > :15:21.to control the cash going out and coming into the business, failing
:15:21. > :15:25.to control costs, ruthlessly, and failing to pay Crown taxes,
:15:25. > :15:28.including PAYE and VAT. Experts believe many people who run
:15:28. > :15:32.companies do not recognise when they are getting into trouble and
:15:32. > :15:36.do not ask for help soon enough. they face a bad month, they
:15:36. > :15:40.recognise that head for the next month will be better. One month
:15:40. > :15:45.sometimes becomes three months, it becomes two quarters of VAT they
:15:45. > :15:52.have not paid, becomes, shall we remortgage the House? So they are
:15:52. > :15:55.optimists and it is fine at the right time when they seek advice.
:15:55. > :16:01.Despite a bulging order book, despite -- every pin it represents
:16:01. > :16:06.new work, Cindy has found that bird flu and the recession has brought
:16:06. > :16:11.her business to the end. You get behind with your bills, you can't
:16:11. > :16:16.pay your tax. We are up-to-date with paperwork, but we cannot claw
:16:16. > :16:21.away out. Although you try, and to beg and control and ask for time,
:16:21. > :16:24.in the end, time runs out. Cindy feels not enough is being done to
:16:24. > :16:28.help people in her position. Time has now run out. She is now
:16:28. > :16:32.personally bankrupt, and in the next few weeks, she will likely use
:16:32. > :16:39.Bath lose her home, her business and any hope she might have had of
:16:39. > :16:43.saving her company. Lots of these businesses that fail
:16:43. > :16:47.are sole traders of family firms. How tough this -- how tough is it
:16:47. > :16:51.for them in the current climate? They are quite vulnerable. Three
:16:51. > :16:55.and a half million people run small family businesses, and retell is
:16:55. > :16:59.one of the most popular ways of opening a new business. Even here
:16:59. > :17:05.in a vibrant economy of Brighton, they go under. Just behind me, a
:17:05. > :17:09.kebab stall has gone down, and here, a town store. Many small businesses
:17:09. > :17:12.use their house as collateral to finance the business, so when it
:17:12. > :17:15.goes wrong, they lose their business, their income and their
:17:15. > :17:19.home. As we saw with Cindy, we saw how distressing that whole
:17:19. > :17:23.situation can be. Cindy Pellett did contact us with
:17:23. > :17:33.her story. If you have a story you think we should be covering,
:17:33. > :17:41.
:17:41. > :17:45.Next month the eyes of the world will be focused on Kent for the
:17:45. > :17:47.Open Championship at Royal St George's near Sandwich. But one
:17:47. > :17:50.local cameraman has been looking beyond the finely manicured greens
:17:50. > :17:55.and carefully tended fairways to focus on the wildlife that thrives
:17:55. > :17:58.there. Across the UK, golf courses cover more land than all of the
:17:58. > :18:00.RSPB's nature reserves put together, and as part of the BBC's
:18:00. > :18:10.Springwatch series, Kent cameraman Richard Taylor-Jones has been
:18:10. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:24.finding out if sport and nature can Gosh! Literally, a minute ago,
:18:24. > :18:33.nothing. Then suddenly, the air is just alive with skylarks singing.
:18:33. > :18:37.Well, there is one. A bit of a territorial dispute. Saying, this
:18:37. > :18:43.is my patch, go back to your patch. Golf courses often get blamed for
:18:43. > :18:48.whipping up good habitat. Clearly here, this is good skylark habitat.
:18:48. > :18:52.I think they realise -- the reason for that is because you have got
:18:52. > :18:57.this rough area where the birds like to nest in, next to the very
:18:57. > :19:04.short fairways and greens of which are ideal skylark landing pads.
:19:04. > :19:10.There is a wheat beer. Sorry, got distracted by another bird. A
:19:10. > :19:17.female hen harrier. Well I never! I have to say, I was not expecting to
:19:17. > :19:21.see a hen harrier on the golf course. Gosh! Ay sound surprised at
:19:21. > :19:25.all this wildlife, but I should not be. These courses are amongst the
:19:25. > :19:30.best in Britain for Nature. Classified as European Special
:19:30. > :19:34.Areas of Conservation. Golf courses are nature reserves in my opinion.
:19:34. > :19:44.We are looking at something in the order of 3200 golf courses in the
:19:44. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:49.UK, occupying 100,000 Heck tears of land. We need more of them to
:19:49. > :19:54.recognise the importance of managing wildlife. All's work shows
:19:54. > :19:57.his can be done. I hope more golf has become more aware of the
:19:57. > :20:01.wildlife that surrounds them. After all, long before mowers were
:20:01. > :20:07.invented, golfers had to rely on grazing rabbits to keep the grass
:20:07. > :20:15.short on their greens and fairways. Back then, golf needed later. In
:20:15. > :20:25.today's world, nature needs goal. - - back then, both needed nature. In
:20:25. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:32.They say it is like a good walk spoiled.
:20:32. > :20:35.Those little chicks were like the news run during the sandwich
:20:35. > :20:37.around! In cricket, there are few more
:20:37. > :20:41.frightening prospects than facing a genuinely quick bowler and having
:20:41. > :20:45.just a fraction of a second to decide whether to try and play a
:20:45. > :20:48.shot or get your head out of the way of the ball coming at you at 90
:20:48. > :20:51.miles an hour. But psychologists at the University of Brighton have
:20:51. > :20:55.come up with a new kind of training simulator that they claim can help
:20:55. > :20:58.a batsman anticipate what the ball is going to do, and buy a few
:20:58. > :21:03.valuable extra moments. Natalie Graham reports.
:21:03. > :21:08.In comes the legendary Pakistani bowler who also played for Sussex.
:21:08. > :21:11.Facing him at the crease, in a run in Eastbourne, is Jimmy Adams, the
:21:11. > :21:15.former West Indies captain. They have never played like this
:21:15. > :21:20.together before. It is a simulation developed at Brighton University to
:21:20. > :21:25.help batsmen make better split- second decisions. Maybe going back
:21:25. > :21:30.20 years, if I had more practice of this, maybe I might have played him
:21:30. > :21:36.a little bit better! Seriously, I think this is something which could
:21:36. > :21:40.probably help players of any ilk. Just because it is such a vital
:21:40. > :21:46.part of batting, the facts that you have to concentrate on particular
:21:46. > :21:50.areas, get information in from visual cues. The idea of this set-
:21:50. > :21:56.up is the player can train his brain. Anticipate how the ball will
:21:56. > :22:01.land by looking at the borders -- bowler's body movement. If you can
:22:01. > :22:05.find some fast bowlers, let us see how well they handle it. Getting it
:22:05. > :22:09.wrong can be catastrophic, as many batsmen will testify. The fearsome
:22:09. > :22:14.four, the West Indian bowlers who terrified their opponents in the
:22:14. > :22:19.Seventies and Eighties, inspired a recent film. He has hit him! That
:22:19. > :22:24.may have broken his jaw. simulator developed in Eastbourne
:22:24. > :22:29.will be used to train Sussex cricketers. It is also a good tool
:22:29. > :22:31.for players to get warmed up, drill their skills, it is a mental warm
:22:31. > :22:37.up, you're not necessarily hitting balls but you are getting the
:22:37. > :22:40.mental process. If I am getting ready to bat in a Test match, at
:22:41. > :22:48.next man in, I do not have time to get into the net but they could do
:22:48. > :22:52.five minutes and this in a quiet room. This could held top flight
:22:52. > :22:54.batsman fine-tune their sports -- response to spin bowling.
:22:54. > :23:01.Serena Williams' competitive comeback at the Aegon International
:23:01. > :23:05.in Eastbourne is over. The American, who's spent the past year out with
:23:05. > :23:08.injury and illness, has been beaten by top seed Vera Zvonareva by two
:23:08. > :23:11.sets to one. Most of us take on the school run
:23:11. > :23:14.on foot or by car. But increasing numbers of children get to school
:23:14. > :23:19.on two wheels, and some parents are travelling by scooter too in order
:23:19. > :23:22.to keep up. It's led one group of mums in East Sussex to form a
:23:22. > :23:32.scooter club and they say it's helping them keep fit. Alex Beard
:23:32. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:44.Exhaust fumes, traffic jams, the fight for a car parking space. A
:23:44. > :23:44.
:23:44. > :23:47.familiar story for many parents But a group of mothers from
:23:47. > :23:52.Eastbourne may have found a more tranquil and healthy solution to
:23:52. > :23:55.the school run. You quickly realise you are either going to have to get
:23:55. > :23:58.a good pair of shoes to keep up with them, or you're just going to
:23:59. > :24:05.struggle to keep up with the school run. It is a great way of being
:24:05. > :24:10.able to do the school run and peace -- be fit with them. Taking a
:24:10. > :24:15.scooter to school has become such a success that a group of parents now
:24:15. > :24:21.week -- meet every week for eight per adult owner -- adult only
:24:21. > :24:25.session. It is great fun, really exhilarating, it is not hard work
:24:25. > :24:31.at all. It is not just the mums to enjoy the new school run. It is
:24:31. > :24:35.really fun. I can go really fast, going down hills. I go really fast.
:24:35. > :24:39.The usual complaints around school gates at drop-off time is too many
:24:39. > :24:43.parked cars. Not the issue here. The company that supplies the
:24:43. > :24:48.scooters have been so impressed with the ski to fit this group, it
:24:48. > :24:52.may now act as a blueprint to roll- out across the country. -- the
:24:52. > :25:01.scooter fitness group. It is going to roll out across the
:25:01. > :25:05.country! Do you see what she did We are all waiting in anticipation
:25:05. > :25:09.for the lunar eclipse, then the June weather comes a rank and you
:25:09. > :25:13.cannot see a thing! The SouthEast's will be the best
:25:13. > :25:23.place to see the longest eclipse, and by -- but we have got a lot of
:25:23. > :25:24.
:25:24. > :25:29.cloud. We might seat it later on. The total eclipse will be from 9pm
:25:29. > :25:32.till 10pm. Look towards the east or south-east any time after 9 o'clock
:25:32. > :25:37.and you are more likely to get the chance to see that total lunar
:25:37. > :25:41.eclipse in that -- if the sky is clear. After that, you will see
:25:41. > :25:44.just a partial lunar eclipse. Are we going to get these clear skies?
:25:44. > :25:48.This is the weather front I mentioned. It is bringing some
:25:48. > :25:53.drizzle and a few showers as well. You could not have timed this worse.
:25:53. > :25:57.It is across as just for me once the clear skies. Although there are
:25:57. > :26:01.not too many showers, there will also be a few breaks. Hopefully,
:26:01. > :26:07.some breaks between 9 and 10 and some of us could see the total
:26:07. > :26:14.eclipse. If you miss it to write, you get another chance at the end
:26:14. > :26:21.of this year, December tent, a ball that -- although that will not be a
:26:21. > :26:25.total lunar eclipse. If you share - - a few showers tonight. Tomorrow,
:26:25. > :26:29.we will see even more showers, particularly in the morning. Some
:26:29. > :26:34.of them will be heavy, thunder and lightning and Hell is possible. It
:26:34. > :26:41.will be heaviest in the morning, a little bit more sunshine in the
:26:41. > :26:46.afternoon. Some good sunny spells in the afternoon, but in the
:26:46. > :26:54.morning, a few showers. Definitely take a waterproof or an umbrella if
:26:54. > :26:59.you're heading off to the Antiques Roadshow at Hever Castle. There
:26:59. > :27:02.will be showers, and the showers will eventually fade away. Some
:27:02. > :27:07.such have and dry weather to end for some of us tomorrow, before on
:27:07. > :27:13.Friday, another complicated weather system. For the majority of us, the
:27:13. > :27:17.most of Friday will be dry with sunny spells to start. This area of
:27:17. > :27:21.rain could affect us later on on Friday. For the weekend, possibly a
:27:21. > :27:27.little bit more positivity to look forward to. Breezy on Saturday,