:00:09. > :00:11.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:11. > :00:14.And I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories.
:00:14. > :00:23.She scared off a hammer-wielding burglar with an air rifle - a
:00:23. > :00:26.pensioner tells us tonight she'd do it again. I would do it again
:00:26. > :00:29.simply because it's my home. You know, how dare they?
:00:29. > :00:38.A mother fights for her life in hospital after being run over by
:00:38. > :00:43.her 17-year-old daughter as she was practising reversing. We're live
:00:44. > :00:46.tonight in Cuxton with the details. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:46. > :00:49.The restaurant accused of demonising children for using a
:00:49. > :00:52.mosquito alarm to make groups of youngsters buzz off.
:00:52. > :01:00.A real case history - the cigarette holder used by high-speed record
:01:00. > :01:08.breakers Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell is up for auction. They
:01:08. > :01:11.never turned on the central heating it's like having to work in a sauna.
:01:11. > :01:21.And the instantly recognisable Sir Donald Sinden is made an honorary
:01:21. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:31.Doctor by the University of Kent. Good evening. A pensioner who
:01:31. > :01:33.scared off a hammer-wielding burglar with her husband's air
:01:33. > :01:36.rifle says she wouldn't hesitate to do it again.
:01:36. > :01:39.Mavis Britcher from Saltwood near Hythe helped to secure a five-and-
:01:39. > :01:41.a-half-year jail term for the intruder Malcolm Haben. But the
:01:41. > :01:44.stress of the experience left her needing treatment for a serious
:01:44. > :01:46.heart condition. She's been speaking to our reporter Simon
:01:46. > :01:50.Jones. She says she instinctively reached for the rifle when she
:01:50. > :01:55.heard a window smash downstairs, and 73-year-old Mavis Britcher
:01:55. > :01:59.didn't hesitate to confront the man, who was trying to get in through
:01:59. > :02:05.the window. I was terrified. I was angry. I think it was rage, not
:02:05. > :02:10.anger. It was pure rage. It just he went whoof! I don't know why I
:02:10. > :02:15.picked it up, really. It was just there, and I grabbed it.
:02:15. > :02:19.husband owns the rifle legally to shoot Jermyn. If it had been a few
:02:19. > :02:23.seconds later, the guy would have gained access to the house, and who
:02:24. > :02:30.knows what would have happened then. I mean, he did have a hammer in his
:02:30. > :02:35.hand. After being confronted, the burglar fled empty handed. He had a
:02:35. > :02:41.bike around the corner, but Mavis Britcher got a good look at him.
:02:41. > :02:47.Her description helped get him to court. Malcolm Hayburn was jailed
:02:47. > :02:50.this week for a string of burglaries. She was a brave lady.
:02:50. > :02:55.Her actions helped us find that criminal. I wouldn't advise people
:02:55. > :02:58.to follow the same actions she did, but I would say help us. Gather
:02:58. > :03:03.intelligence. Remember faces, vehicles if they're used, and
:03:03. > :03:09.remember to call police - 999 - straight away. The ordeal has left
:03:09. > :03:14.her needing treatment for a rare heart condition, which is caused by
:03:14. > :03:17.stressful events. I'm very angry that he - a complete stranger -
:03:17. > :03:22.should cause a health problem like this, because it's going to be -
:03:22. > :03:27.I'm at 73. It's going to be there for the rest of my life. It's not
:03:27. > :03:33.going to go away. I want to live as long as possible. I don't want to
:03:33. > :03:37.be cut short by some person breaking into my home. Kent Police
:03:37. > :03:45.say they're winning the war on burglary with 83 arrests in one
:03:45. > :03:52.week in a new crackdown. A mother is fighting for her life
:03:52. > :03:55.after being hit by a car driven by her 17-year-old daughter as she
:03:55. > :04:01.practised reversing. Sue Duke is in critical condition in a London
:04:01. > :04:05.hospital after suffering serious injuries in a car park of Cuxton
:04:05. > :04:08.Social Club. Ria, what do we actually know about what happened?
:04:08. > :04:11.As we understand it, Sue Duke is still in a critical condition in
:04:11. > :04:16.hospital. Now, this is where the accident happened. Emergency
:04:16. > :04:21.services were called to the scene at around 11.00am Monday morning,
:04:21. > :04:26.and shortly afterwards, an air ambulance turned up and took Sue
:04:26. > :04:32.Duke to the Royal Thon Hospital. Police say they still haven't taken
:04:32. > :04:36.any formal statements from the family members as they're at Sue
:04:36. > :04:38.Duke's beckside. What kind of injuries did Susan Duke actually
:04:38. > :04:44.sustain? She was taken to the neurological unit of the hospital
:04:44. > :04:47.with very, very serious head injuries, and as I say, she's in
:04:47. > :04:51.critical condition. The social club here has been locked up all day. I
:04:51. > :04:55.haven't seen anyone coming or going. No doubt we'll learn more about the
:04:55. > :04:59.circumstances of this accident in the coming days. OK, Ria, thank you.
:04:59. > :05:09.In a moment, the decline of the honey bee leads Kent scientists to
:05:09. > :05:11.
:05:11. > :05:14.come up with an alternative to help pollinate our crops.
:05:14. > :05:16.A fast-food restaurant in Maidstone is being accused of demonising
:05:16. > :05:19.children and discriminating against young people after installing a
:05:19. > :05:23.controversial alarm which is only audible to teenagers to stop them
:05:23. > :05:26.hanging around the doorway. The manager of McDonald's says they
:05:26. > :05:29.only use the "mosquito" device, which emits a high pitched whine,
:05:29. > :05:39.as a last resort following complaints from other customers.
:05:39. > :05:40.
:05:40. > :05:44.Rebecca Barry reports. You can probably tell why it's
:05:44. > :05:49.called the mosquito. It rings in your ears, and yeah, it makes you
:05:49. > :05:53.stop, and then you're like - it does your head in. It's just a very
:05:53. > :05:58.high-pitched annoying sound like your ears are ringing. It does move
:05:58. > :06:02.you. It does the job, I suppose. It's just constant ringing in the
:06:02. > :06:06.ears. It's very annoying. It doesn't help when you're trying to
:06:06. > :06:11.have a conversation with your mates outside. We have adjusted the sound
:06:11. > :06:16.so we can all hear it, but usually people over 25 can't detect such
:06:16. > :06:19.high frequencies. When a group of people are seen to be making a
:06:19. > :06:26.nuisance outside, the manager inside can activate a high-pitched
:06:26. > :06:29.noise which only young people can hear, but charities say it's
:06:29. > :06:34.demonising children. This device is indiscriminate. Those young people
:06:34. > :06:38.who are doing some kind of an offence need to be possibly moved
:06:38. > :06:42.on, but this demonises young people who aren't causing any offence
:06:42. > :06:49.whatsoever, and it's just not acceptable. Paul Ashby is used to
:06:49. > :06:52.more pleasant sounds. He works at a high high shop next door. He says
:06:52. > :06:58.it helps to reduce anti-social behave euro in the area. On a busy
:06:58. > :07:02.day, there is loads of people hanging around, so it can get quite
:07:02. > :07:06.noisy, quite intimidating, and the effect of that noise being on, as I
:07:06. > :07:10.work here, you can see people reacting, without their knowing it,
:07:10. > :07:15.they just disperse. McDonald's say they only ever use it as a last
:07:15. > :07:18.resort. The company that makes the Mosquito says it's harmless. Until
:07:18. > :07:24.that's proven otherwise, young people here will just have to live
:07:24. > :07:29.with it. We have had lots of comments from
:07:29. > :07:35.you on our Face The Problem page today. Daniel Smith says, "I can
:07:35. > :07:39.see why they wouldn't want gangs of teens standing right outside the
:07:39. > :07:44.doors. They'd be intimidating to anyone who wants to go inside".
:07:44. > :07:49.Michelle says "What's the problem? It's a deterrent. If you were of a
:07:49. > :07:59.different age group, I am sure a different deterrent would be in
:07:59. > :08:09.
:08:09. > :08:12.place, so it's not discriminatory". Three people have appeared in court
:08:12. > :08:15.over an incident in Brighton on Saturday which left a 33-year-old
:08:15. > :08:17.man in hospital with serious head and chest injuries. Patrick Lyons
:08:17. > :08:20.is charged with attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm
:08:20. > :08:22.with intent. Louise Lyons is charged with grievous bodily harm
:08:22. > :08:25.with intent and actual bodily harm. Both were remanded in custody.
:08:25. > :08:29.Katie Lyons, who is charged with grievous bodily harm with intent,
:08:29. > :08:35.was released on bail. All three are due to appear at Lewes Crown Court
:08:35. > :08:38.on Friday. A mother told police her former
:08:38. > :08:41.partner had threatened to kill her days before she allegedly killed
:08:41. > :08:46.their two children, a court heard today. Fiona Donnison is on trial
:08:46. > :08:50.for the murder of Harry, who was three, and Elise, who was two.
:08:50. > :08:53.Their bodies were discovered in hold-alls in the boot of a car in
:08:53. > :08:56.Heathfield in January last year. The murder of a football coach who
:08:56. > :08:59.managed a team in a Kent league remains a mystery two years after
:08:59. > :09:02.he was shot dead in front of his team-mates. Ryan Musgrove was
:09:02. > :09:05.killed by a masked assassin at the team's training ground in Bromley.
:09:06. > :09:11.Two years on his inquest has been held, but nobody has ever been
:09:11. > :09:14.charged with his murder. Thieves have targeted an Eastbourne
:09:14. > :09:19.business set up by a soldier who nearly died while serving in
:09:19. > :09:22.Afghanistan. Chris Howard lost part of his hand and his lower leg in an
:09:22. > :09:26.explosion in Helmand province. He used his compensation payout to
:09:26. > :09:29.fund the funeral parlour which his mother now runs. But after two
:09:29. > :09:37.tonnes of roof lead was stolen, the premises have been severely damaged
:09:37. > :09:41.by rain. Sara Smith reports. This business was about a family
:09:41. > :09:45.taking a disaster and making something good come from it. When
:09:45. > :09:50.Chris Howard told his Army mates he was planning to use his injury
:09:50. > :09:54.compensation money to set up a funeral parlour, it raised a few
:09:54. > :10:02.eyebrows, but the business was going well - until this. Thieves
:10:02. > :10:07.had stripped the roof of its lead, letting the rainwater pour in.
:10:07. > :10:11.was just disrespectful not for just us, but also for the people what
:10:11. > :10:16.actually come here and want their husbands, wives, sons, daughters to
:10:16. > :10:20.rest. It's now two years since Chris was almost killed in an
:10:20. > :10:26.explosion while on duty in Afghanistan. But instead of giving
:10:26. > :10:31.up home, he used �80,000 of compensation money so his mother, a
:10:31. > :10:35.Mortition at Eastbourne Hospital, could set up this family business.
:10:35. > :10:38.She found the damage caused after two tonnes of lead had been
:10:38. > :10:43.stripped from the roof. It was horrible to see the business
:10:43. > :10:49.targeted, she said, "But this is a family which will cope." And for
:10:49. > :10:52.something like this to happen was such a knock-back, but we'll get
:10:52. > :10:57.over it, you know? We have had worse. I have had to stand there
:10:57. > :11:03.watching Chris dying in front of me. He had minutes to live, so this is
:11:03. > :11:07.nothing, really. We'll keep going. We'll keep on opening, no surrender,
:11:07. > :11:13.so we're going to keep going and going. We don't care. We're not
:11:13. > :11:17.going to back down to them. while police are appealing for any
:11:17. > :11:22.witnesses to the theft to come forward, it's business as usual
:11:22. > :11:25.here. As they say, they have faced and overcome much worse.
:11:25. > :11:28.Chris Howard's mother contacted us with this story. So if you have a
:11:28. > :11:32.something you think we should be covering on South East Today, we'd
:11:32. > :11:36.like to hear from you. Call us on 0845 300 37 47, send us an e-mail
:11:36. > :11:44.to South East Today at bbc.co.uk, or text us on 81333, making sure
:11:44. > :11:47.your text message starts with the letters "SE".
:11:47. > :11:49.The Conservative MP for Dover has told Parliament that the Prime
:11:49. > :11:53.Minister's pledge to publish details of all his meetings with
:11:53. > :11:56.the media since he was elected doesn't go far enough.
:11:56. > :11:58.This afternoon David Cameron defended his conduct in the phone
:11:58. > :12:02.hacking scandal, admitting with hindsight he wouldn't have offered
:12:02. > :12:04.the former News of the World Editor Andy Coulson the job of being his
:12:04. > :12:14.press chief. Our political editor Louise Stewart has been watching
:12:14. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:19.the debate in Westminster. Louise, so what exactly did Charlie
:12:19. > :12:24.Elphicke have to say? As you said, the Prime Minister has offered to
:12:24. > :12:27.publish all details he's had of meetings with the media over the
:12:27. > :12:31.past 15 months since he became Prime Minister, but Charlie
:12:31. > :12:37.Elphicke said that's simply not enough, and he has to - all details
:12:37. > :12:42.of meetings have to be published going back as far as the past
:12:42. > :12:45.decade. The Prime Minister has said that contacts with the media will
:12:45. > :12:48.be published since the general election. I have to say I don't
:12:48. > :12:52.think that's good enough. What we need to know is the contacts the
:12:52. > :12:55.Government has had for the last ten years with the media. We need an
:12:55. > :12:59.investigation into the Home Office and what Home Office Ministers are
:12:59. > :13:02.doing. Obviously, his point is it's not just David Cameron who has had
:13:02. > :13:07.close ties to News International, but Labour Prime Ministers too. Now,
:13:07. > :13:11.the debate is still going on behind me in the Commons. Many south-east
:13:11. > :13:16.MPs have taken part in it today. It's a debate about public
:13:16. > :13:19.confidence in the media and policing. The MP for Rochester and
:13:19. > :13:21.Stroud is a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. They have
:13:22. > :13:26.published a damning report today into the Metropolitan Police's
:13:26. > :13:28.handling of the hacking scandal. He's now renewed his call for
:13:28. > :13:32.locally elected police commissioners.
:13:32. > :13:36.Thank you. It's just gone 20 to 7.00pm. This
:13:36. > :13:40.is our top story tonight: The pensioner who scared off a
:13:40. > :13:44.hammer-wielding burglar with her husband's air rifle, has helped to
:13:44. > :13:49.secure a five-and-a-half-year jail term for the intruder. Mavis
:13:49. > :13:52.Britcher who lives near Hythe says she wouldn't hesitate to do it
:13:52. > :13:56.again. Also: celebrated actor Sir Donald
:13:56. > :13:58.Sinden is given an honourary Doctorate from the University of
:13:58. > :14:08.Kent. And a case of like father like son
:14:08. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:17.- Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell's cigarette holder is up for auction.
:14:17. > :14:27.Future fruit production in the garden of England has become a
:14:27. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:40.focus for studies on honeybees. The number of managed colonies has
:14:40. > :14:42.fallen by 54% in just two decades. But now a new five-year initiative,
:14:42. > :14:44.costing �10 million, is looking at identifying other species to help
:14:44. > :14:48.with pollination. Our environment correspondent Yvette Austin reports
:14:48. > :14:52.for the latest in our food chain series. The honeybee, the source of
:14:52. > :14:57.all our honey, but that's not all. More importantly, it's a key player
:14:57. > :15:01.in pollinating our crops, but honeybees are in decline. They have
:15:01. > :15:07.fallen victim over the years the disease and pesticides, so now some
:15:07. > :15:12.of the UK's leading researchers are looking at how pollination can be
:15:12. > :15:15.safeguarded in future. The idea of the study is to find out which
:15:15. > :15:19.pollinators are important to apple production. It's not just the
:15:19. > :15:23.honeybee. There is 300 species of solitary bee, 30 species of
:15:23. > :15:28.bumblebee, and any number of them could be important pollinators for
:15:28. > :15:33.apples. We want to find out which are important. Bumblebees are being
:15:33. > :15:41.studied closely, and the red mason bee, has been found to improve the
:15:41. > :15:45.final crop. It's all leading to a change in the way our traditional
:15:45. > :15:49.orchards look. What this trial has shown is actually a wide range of
:15:49. > :15:54.insects are responsible for pollination. This is a traditional
:15:54. > :15:59.orchard with grass strips up the middle. In the future we're looking
:15:59. > :16:02.at cult a VATing flowers up the middle to try to entice these
:16:03. > :16:09.insects in. Rather than strips of grass, we may have something like
:16:09. > :16:14.this, which is a more natural habitat nor pollinating insects.
:16:14. > :16:18.Other studies are look at doing the same with black currants.? When we
:16:18. > :16:22.were doing the studys of these crops across Kent, we didn't find
:16:22. > :16:26.any honeybees pollinating the crop. It was only wild bees. Those
:16:26. > :16:29.numbers are in decline. Although we're not seeing at the moment an
:16:29. > :16:33.effect on fruit yield, there is a worry if this decline continues,
:16:34. > :16:38.there will be an effect into the future. Introducing native
:16:38. > :16:43.bumblebees, it's thought, could be one solution. Whereas the normal
:16:43. > :16:46.honeybee doesn't work under a 15 degrees, the bumblebee will work at
:16:46. > :16:51.lower temperatures, and probably for longer hours and in poorer
:16:51. > :16:56.weather - in cloudy and wet weather. The bumblebee will work. Ultimately,
:16:56. > :17:01.the aim is for harvests like this to be guaranteed in the future, so
:17:01. > :17:11.there needs to be an insurance that if one species is lost, there will
:17:11. > :17:13.
:17:13. > :17:16.He's got one of the most recognisable faces - and voices -
:17:16. > :17:19.of the British stage and screen. And today Sir Donald Sinden was at
:17:19. > :17:23.Canterbury Cathedral to receive an honorary degree from the University
:17:23. > :17:26.of Kent. Now 87, Sir Donald grew up in Ditchling in East Sussex, made
:17:26. > :17:28.his stage debut in Brighton, and now lives in Tenterden in Kent.
:17:28. > :17:35.Claudia Sermbezis reports Three days after becoming the Open
:17:35. > :17:44.champion at Royal St George's, Darren Clarke has been back in Kent.
:17:44. > :17:48.I am certainly not loaded. You say my books are lousy. Can't I say
:17:48. > :17:52.you're a lousy butler? If you have said that who am I to disagree?
:17:52. > :17:56.Donald Sinden was spotted in an amateur show and asked to join a
:17:56. > :18:04.company entertaining the troops during World War II. This launched
:18:04. > :18:10.his career on stage, then film. Corral Sea, 1952, yes. That's a
:18:10. > :18:15.long time ago. I can't remember it, but I started working in 1942, yes.
:18:16. > :18:20.A couple of years ago, my only sea experience was mucking about...
:18:20. > :18:26.distinctive voice and commanding presence soon led to a seven-year
:18:26. > :18:32.contract as a rank film artist at Pinewood. Yours? From the Admiralty.
:18:32. > :18:36.Knighted in 1997, today Sir Donald Sinden received an honourary degree
:18:36. > :18:37.in Canterbury Cathedral from the University of Kent. Do I look
:18:37. > :18:42.stupid in this? LAUGHTER
:18:42. > :18:46.I thought they were joking, I am afraid. Suddenly, to be made a
:18:46. > :18:50.doctor - I thought they were going to say, "He's going to be
:18:50. > :18:57.doctored," not quite the same thing! But it's terribly exciting,
:18:57. > :19:01.as a matter of fact, and I follow a long line of illustrious
:19:01. > :19:06.predecessors, and it's very flattering. May I complement you on
:19:06. > :19:11.your malt whiskey? In 1975, Two's Company made Sir Donald a star on
:19:11. > :19:15.TV. See what I did - I played the butler in that, yes. You have a
:19:15. > :19:22.better memory than I have. His next big hit was playing a snooty
:19:22. > :19:29.antiques dealer in the '80s. I did that for eight years - no, 12 years,
:19:29. > :19:35.yes. I have forgotten that, you know? Oh, dear - never the twain.
:19:35. > :19:39.With such a full, varied career behind him, it's no wonder some of
:19:39. > :19:43.Sir Donald's biggest successes have slipped his mind.
:19:43. > :19:51.There's a plan that was born to wear a cape and a hat. Indeed,
:19:51. > :19:54.indeed, with aplomb. A silver cigarette case owned by
:19:54. > :19:57.speed record breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell is to be auctioned in
:19:57. > :20:03.Lewes. It was given away by his son Donald - another speed merchant -
:20:03. > :20:07.who was killed trying to break the water speed record in 1967. The
:20:07. > :20:09.case was given to Beryl Norris, from Hove, who was the wife of the
:20:09. > :20:15.chief engineer and designer of Donald Campbell's famous Bluebird
:20:15. > :20:21.craft. Robin Gibson reports. They were a 20th century speed
:20:21. > :20:25.dynasty. This is sir Malcolm Campbell, a heroic figure, who
:20:25. > :20:30.captured records on land and water for his country. His son Donald
:20:30. > :20:35.followed in his footsteps, only faster. With just one more step run,
:20:35. > :20:40.the water conditions were really beautiful, and the only ship
:20:40. > :20:45.behaved magnificently. So it's engraved with all the... Names of
:20:45. > :20:50.friends of his. It's a Campbell heirloom, a cigarette case passed
:20:50. > :20:55.from father to son. That's his name up there. It carries many
:20:55. > :21:02.signatures etched in the silver, friends of Sir Malcolm, a precious
:21:02. > :21:06.family memento. He said to me, "Come on, Beryl," always called me
:21:06. > :21:10.darling. "I have a present for you." I said, "I can't take that
:21:10. > :21:17.Don. It belonged to your father." He said, "You're the one that's
:21:17. > :21:21.going to have it. Now put your cigarettes in it." I said, "I
:21:21. > :21:27.haven't got any." Her husband designed the famous Bluebird cars
:21:27. > :21:34.and water craft for Donald Campbell. He says, "Will you design a
:21:34. > :21:44.Bluebird for me, a car?" He came and told me, "What do you think?" I
:21:44. > :21:51.said, "Go ahead. Do it." Seen here with Prince Philip, two Bluebirds
:21:51. > :21:56.and a boat were designed. A lot of people sit on their behinds in the
:21:57. > :22:06.comfort of their home and watch TV. What do they know? He broke eight
:22:07. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:15.records before his death on Coniston water in 1967. To bay,
:22:15. > :22:21.complete accident I'm afraid. Over. It's a piece of history. Having the
:22:21. > :22:27.connections to the Campbell family, then through to Lou's wife Beryl
:22:27. > :22:33.Norris and he playing such a major role in the design of the Bluebird,
:22:33. > :22:42.it ticks all the boxes. Memories never come cheap. The
:22:42. > :22:45.estimate at auction in September is A quick mention of a special
:22:45. > :22:50.programme being broadcast tonight to celebrate 50 years of regional
:22:50. > :23:00.television news. It's called Regional TV: Life Through a Local
:23:00. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:17.Lens, and it's on at 9.00pm on BBC Yesterday was fine enough, but it
:23:17. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:28.has been wet at times today. You probably don't like reminding that
:23:28. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:37.yesterday last year was the hottest ever temperature, getting up to 19C
:23:38. > :23:42.and 36C. Today, just a measly 19C, 66 in Fahrenheit, not even scraping
:23:42. > :23:46.into the 70s. Things aren't massively improving. I think we'll
:23:46. > :23:50.get better slightly for the weekend. It's not warming up. Neert getting
:23:50. > :23:55.a snifter of those temperatures. For the rest of this evening and
:23:55. > :23:59.tonight, we're looking at a lot of high cloud. That is producing a bit
:23:59. > :24:03.of rain. It's tending to evaporate as it hits the ground. A lot isn't
:24:03. > :24:07.reaching the surfas. You might see the odd little bit of rain here and
:24:07. > :24:10.there. It is certainly going to be cloudy for the rest of the evening
:24:10. > :24:14.into tonight. The rain not especially heavy. It's just a
:24:14. > :24:17.little bit drizzly in places. That's how it stays for the rest of
:24:17. > :24:22.the evening, overnight, into tomorrow. No huge improvements as
:24:22. > :24:25.we go into tomorrow. Temperatures will get down to about 13-14C.
:24:25. > :24:28.We're keeping hold of the light winds as well. It will be light
:24:28. > :24:34.winds into tomorrow, but we'll start off fairly cloudy. I think if
:24:34. > :24:39.you're along the north and east Kent coast, you may see rain edging
:24:39. > :24:42.in again. Showery in east Kent. Further to the west, maybe a dry
:24:42. > :24:45.start. You'll get your showers later. On and off with the showers
:24:45. > :24:49.through tomorrow. They'll be dry in between. It's not going to be a
:24:49. > :24:53.wash-out through the day. Some places staying dry altogether and
:24:53. > :24:58.still some sunny spells. Where we get the sunshine, it will be quite
:24:58. > :25:01.warm. We don't get much of it - getting up to 18C-19C and light
:25:01. > :25:05.winds. Tomorrow, a few showers here and there, but the good news is as
:25:05. > :25:09.we go into Friday and the weekend, high pressure really is trying to
:25:09. > :25:14.push in, so I think it should be drier on Friday, with some sunshine,
:25:14. > :25:17.and even across the weekend as well. We're hope we'll hang on to the
:25:17. > :25:21.drier weather and that high pressure starting to spread its way
:25:21. > :25:26.in, but I think at best across the weekend, it will be fairly cloudy
:25:26. > :25:29.with just some sunny spells, but hopefully staying a little bit
:25:29. > :25:31.drier than it has done for today, tonight and tomorrow. So the
:25:31. > :25:40.weekend is looking a little bit better.
:25:41. > :25:45.David Cameron has admitted that with hindsight, he wouldn't have
:25:45. > :25:50.hired the former News of the World editor Andy Coulson. During an
:25:51. > :25:53.emergency debate, he told MPs he was extremely sorry for the furore
:25:53. > :25:57.caused. A pensioner who scared off a
:25:57. > :26:03.hammer-wielding burglar with her husband's air rifle says she
:26:03. > :26:08.wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Mavis Britcher from Saltwood near
:26:08. > :26:12.Hythe helped to secure a jail term for the burglary.
:26:12. > :26:22.A McDonald's in Maidstone has been accused of discriminating against
:26:22. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:27.young people by installing an audible alarm to fend off teens.
:26:27. > :26:36.We have had e-mails in. "Making young people disperse can
:26:36. > :26:42.only be a good thing, but does open up the prospect of authorities -
:26:42. > :26:46.for those to hang out there in the first place." Another, "Let me be
:26:47. > :26:50.clear - it is targeted, discriminatory. The problem is
:26:50. > :26:54.being dispersed elsewhere." He's unhappy. I think you would have a
:26:54. > :26:57.good argument with Adam. He says "In this maelstrom of political
:26:57. > :27:00.correctness, children have more rights than adults without any of
:27:00. > :27:05.the understanding of responsibility. In the long run, it does children
:27:05. > :27:11.and young people more harm than good not to show them what the
:27:11. > :27:15.boundaries are." Ray says, "Good for McDonald's. Having had a shop
:27:15. > :27:19.myself where there were lots of teens outside the door, it scarce
:27:19. > :27:22.off customers." "I think the Mosquito is a good
:27:22. > :27:29.idea. It's necessary to move youngsters on. More importantly,
:27:29. > :27:35.gangs of teens can be intimidating on their own for people who want to