:00:09. > :00:12.Welcome to South East Today. Tonight's top stories: a for the
:00:12. > :00:17.deadline for managers of the Port of Dover to decide whether to
:00:17. > :00:21.privatise or not. We are live in the town tonight with the details.
:00:21. > :00:27.Two years out of their homes - anger and frustration from the
:00:27. > :00:31.families whose street began sinking into the ground. Also tonight - the
:00:31. > :00:40.Brighton travel firm that has gone bust leaving 12,000 people in the
:00:40. > :00:47.lurch and putting local shops -- jobs at risk. In has been a sad day.
:00:47. > :00:55.A bright future for green energy - well at Thanet's a new solar park
:00:55. > :01:02.remain a unique experiment? And how artists are inspiring an ancient
:01:02. > :01:06.art form at Bedgebury Pinetum. Good evening. Bosses at the Port of
:01:06. > :01:09.Dover have been given four weeks to decide if they want to make changes
:01:09. > :01:12.to their plans to privatise the Port, continue with them, or even
:01:12. > :01:15.abandon the scheme all together. It comes as the government alters the
:01:15. > :01:25.rules for any sell off, saying the community must be guaranteed a
:01:25. > :01:29.significant role in the port's future.
:01:29. > :01:34.Privatisation could raise hundreds of millions for the government, but
:01:34. > :01:40.today they are saying it is not just about cash, it is about the
:01:40. > :01:48.community as well. Those opposing the privatisation of the Port of
:01:48. > :01:55.Dover, say it is a significant development. I hope it will sink
:01:55. > :01:59.their privatisation plans. It is not what they expected. We why is
:01:59. > :02:03.it good news for you? The it is good news for us because it puts
:02:03. > :02:08.community at the heart of the future of the port. Under new
:02:08. > :02:13.criteria, the government says it will only approve the sale if it
:02:13. > :02:19.delivers an enduring level of community participation. That could
:02:19. > :02:27.take a variety of forms, but must influence the port's long-term
:02:27. > :02:32.development. It might include sharing the profits of there pot or
:02:32. > :02:37.the increase in its value. insisting the local community has a
:02:37. > :02:42.part of it means it gets less money, but is the better way of doing it
:02:42. > :02:52.because you are involving the community in the Business. The Port
:02:52. > :02:59.
:02:59. > :03:06.of Dover is a massive development. No-one would be interviewed from
:03:06. > :03:13.the board, but in a statement they said that their plans are
:03:13. > :03:20.innovative and Brown breaking. -- ground-breaking. They should
:03:20. > :03:24.reverse the money they get from it into the community. It would be
:03:24. > :03:31.nice if people had something to actually stay in Dover for.
:03:31. > :03:35.consultations continue. Simon Jones his life in Dover. When
:03:35. > :03:39.will the Government make a decision regarding the privatisation?
:03:39. > :03:47.Well, bosses have four weeks to decide whether they want to abandon
:03:47. > :03:51.their plans completely. If they changed and though, there will be
:03:51. > :03:55.further time to do that and then there will have to be a new
:03:55. > :03:59.consultation. Even if they decide to make no changes at all, because
:03:59. > :04:04.the criteria by which they are being charged has been changed,
:04:04. > :04:08.there would have to be a consultation on that as well. It
:04:08. > :04:13.will not be quick. The key thing for the bosses at the port is to
:04:13. > :04:17.clarify how much community involvement there would be. The
:04:17. > :04:23.Community Trust would be run as an independent organisation, but how
:04:23. > :04:27.much influence would it have on the future here?
:04:27. > :04:34.Frustrated, angry and homeless. That is how a woman from
:04:34. > :04:37.Broadstairs has described her situation after her home started
:04:37. > :04:42.sinking into the ground two years ago.
:04:42. > :04:46.Jill Roach's ordeal began just before Christmas in 2009. She moved
:04:46. > :04:54.out, as did her neighbours. The family do not know when or if they
:04:54. > :05:01.will ever be able to go hang. With a sense of deja-vu, Jill leads
:05:01. > :05:07.me through her front garden and her and boarded up home. Almost two
:05:07. > :05:11.years after these homes partially sunk into the ground, Jill it is
:05:11. > :05:15.still at in temporary accommodation. A I am still paying the mortgage
:05:15. > :05:25.and building insurance. How worried are you that you will lose your
:05:25. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:31.home? Ferry. It is an inevitability. -- the very. This was the moment in
:05:32. > :05:37.2009 when the families left with their possessions. Their homes had
:05:37. > :05:40.started sinking, walls were splitting and cracks appeared in
:05:40. > :05:46.the ground. In January this year I met Jill again and she was annoyed
:05:46. > :05:52.that they have been no progress. She was still homeless. It is now
:05:52. > :05:56.August and nothing has changed. have six properties, so six
:05:57. > :06:00.different insurance companies and the Highways Agency doing their own.
:06:00. > :06:06.We thought it would be longer trying to co-ordinate all those
:06:06. > :06:10.people. Since January, nothing has been done. That is because the main
:06:10. > :06:15.players cannot decide who is at fault and what to do next. Some are
:06:15. > :06:21.waiting for the insurers to make a decision, whilst the insurers are
:06:21. > :06:25.waiting for the council and the water board. I am trying hard to
:06:25. > :06:34.take things forward, but when you have got the resistance we are
:06:34. > :06:39.facing, we will have to go to the ombudsman and look at legal action.
:06:39. > :06:44.But in her darker moments, Jill does not believe she will live here
:06:44. > :06:52.again. For her, it does not feel like home, despite the fact she is
:06:52. > :06:56.still paying for it. In a moment, what to do with our
:06:56. > :07:05.waste - controversy over the sites proposed for the next generation of
:07:05. > :07:11.landfill. A Sussex tour operator which
:07:11. > :07:16.currently has 12,000 British holidaymakers abroad has gone into
:07:16. > :07:21.administration. Holidays 4 U has gone into administration and is
:07:21. > :07:25.based in Brighton. The Civil Aviation Authority is
:07:25. > :07:31.responsible for getting most of those people home. Weaker across to
:07:31. > :07:36.our reporter in Brighton. I understand the company have 18
:07:36. > :07:39.employees who are facing an uncertain future. Yes. They turned
:07:39. > :07:48.up for work this morning and were greeted with the news that the
:07:48. > :07:57.company was going out of business immediately. It was a complete
:07:57. > :08:02.surprise to staff. Many of them who work for Holidays 4 U were made
:08:02. > :08:08.redundant immediately and went home. Some of the staff had stayed on to
:08:08. > :08:14.help with the administration process. -- have stayed. It is a
:08:14. > :08:18.sad day for the company. It has been going for 17 years. Many of us
:08:18. > :08:25.have been here a long time. What more do we know about the company
:08:25. > :08:28.and its customers? From that outside, it looks like a low-key
:08:28. > :08:36.company on a small industrial estate in Portslade, but it was a
:08:36. > :08:41.big hitter in terms of the holiday market. It had an annual turnover
:08:41. > :08:48.of �35 million a year and there are currently 12,800 people on holiday
:08:48. > :08:53.with them. Of those, 25 % have booked the the full package which
:08:53. > :08:59.his flight and hotel. 75 % booked a flight early deal. Those will all
:08:59. > :09:05.be repatriated because of the ATOL promise. However, those who have
:09:05. > :09:09.booked a holiday will not get it. They will get a refund and had been
:09:09. > :09:12.advised to look at the company website.
:09:12. > :09:15.A teenager from Brighton is among four people killed when a minibus
:09:15. > :09:18.her father was driving crashed in Jamaica. 17-year-old Caisie Muller
:09:18. > :09:21.died when the vehicle she was a passenger in was in a collision
:09:21. > :09:29.with a pick up truck between Kingston and Montego Bay on Sunday.
:09:29. > :09:33.Her father, Gary Bamford from Ludlow, was also killed.
:09:33. > :09:42.Two brothers who terrified rail passengers in Kent and tough London
:09:42. > :09:51.were caught after being identified from CCTV images. They punched and
:09:51. > :09:57.kicked their victims whilst stealing mobile phones and wallets.
:09:57. > :09:59.They had been jailed for five years and two years respectively.
:10:00. > :10:02.The company that's building a new incinerator in Newhaven is fighting
:10:03. > :10:05.its corner over criticism from the local MP, who has called for
:10:05. > :10:07.compensation over the way in which planning application was been
:10:08. > :10:14.handled. Veolia says its contribution to the town has been
:10:14. > :10:15.worth about �8 million in jobs and community involvement. The plant is
:10:15. > :10:18.due to become fully operational this autumn.
:10:18. > :10:21.The former cleaner of the MP for Wealden Charles Hendry has admitted
:10:21. > :10:24.stealing up to �90,000 worth of jewellery from his wife. Barbara
:10:24. > :10:27.Kuligowska took the items from the London home of the Energy Minister.
:10:27. > :10:30.She will be sentenced at the end of the month.
:10:30. > :10:32.Closing speeches have begun in the trial of a woman accused of
:10:32. > :10:34.murdering her two young children. 45-year-old Fiona Donnison is
:10:34. > :10:37.accused of suffocating three-year- old Harry and two-year-old Elise.
:10:37. > :10:40.Their bodies were discovered in the boot of her car at Heathfield in
:10:40. > :10:50.January last year. Brighton and Hove Albion striker Craig Mackail-
:10:50. > :11:11.
:11:12. > :11:16.The court 12 silent as the QC addressed the jury.
:11:16. > :11:24.The children were killed because their mother was depressed,
:11:24. > :11:34.triggered by the breakdown in her relationship with their father. But
:11:34. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:06.Fiona Donnison of words functioning There has been an engrossing --
:12:06. > :12:16.increase in the number of children going into care. In Medway it has
:12:16. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:44.gone up by 18 %. Why is there such a marked increase? ABP has meant
:12:44. > :12:53.that members of the public realise they have a responsibility to
:12:53. > :13:00.report incidents. -- Baby P. We have taken children into care
:13:00. > :13:04.because of these concerns. There was a High Court judgment against
:13:04. > :13:07.the London borough that made a point that when a young people come
:13:07. > :13:12.to housing and say they are homeless, they need more than
:13:12. > :13:18.housing. They need a care package. Those are two of the big reasons
:13:18. > :13:24.for the rise, which is being felt across the region and nationally.
:13:24. > :13:29.Is there any truth in the criticism that since the Baby P case, social
:13:29. > :13:34.workers are more nervous and are being more careful and children are
:13:34. > :13:39.going into care that otherwise would have not? I do not think so.
:13:39. > :13:47.We are learning more and dealing with concerns. It is not just
:13:47. > :13:52.social workers, it is a multi- agency approach. Also, you do not
:13:52. > :13:57.just instigate putting children into care. You look at all the
:13:57. > :14:04.issues, may be assessments, will work with the family to see if it
:14:04. > :14:14.can work, but the bottom line duty is you have a responsibility to
:14:14. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:19.keep children safe. Our top story tonight - managers at the Port of
:14:19. > :14:22.Dover have been given four weeks to decide whether or not they want to
:14:22. > :14:27.go ahead with their plans to privatise the port. The government
:14:27. > :14:33.has now said the Community must be guaranteed a role in the port's
:14:33. > :14:37.future if any sell-off takes place. Also tonight - pining for the great
:14:37. > :14:41.outdoors. How Bedgebury has been transformed into an open air
:14:41. > :14:51.artist's studio. If it has been a hot and humid day,
:14:51. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:57.but it is set to change over the next 24 hours. More details later.
:14:57. > :15:01.It will shape the future of waste disposal in Kent and the public
:15:01. > :15:05.have until next Tuesday to have their say in where sites are
:15:05. > :15:15.located over the next 20 years. The county council has to draw up a
:15:15. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:23.list of provisional sites. It includes sites where quarrying and
:15:23. > :15:30.mineral extraction can take place. In tonight's special report,
:15:30. > :15:38.proposals have not gone down well. Lorries roll through a regular
:15:38. > :15:48.basis and if these lakes are turned into landfill sites, there is
:15:48. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:54.concerned the impact on the town will be huge. This town has a lot
:15:54. > :15:59.of listed buildings. The vibrations we get from the lorries will affect
:15:59. > :16:03.our listed buildings. The company who own this side were asked by
:16:03. > :16:08.Kent County Council to provide information on its landfill
:16:08. > :16:14.potential. Residents are concerned about the question of pollution and
:16:14. > :16:18.tourism. What we provide here is something different. It is a series
:16:18. > :16:26.of independent shops. It is a BT cafe society and we are lucky
:16:26. > :16:31.because we have a lot of visitors. Who would want to visit it? It will
:16:31. > :16:36.be dangerous. Noise pollution is one thing, but we already have a
:16:36. > :16:40.problem with air quality. We are the worst place in Kent for air
:16:40. > :16:45.pollution. Once the people of West Durham are keen to stress the
:16:45. > :16:51.impact it could have won the town, Kent County Council are keen to
:16:51. > :17:01.stress it is a lengthy process. The consultation period ends next week
:17:01. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:10.and there will have to be a lot of involvement from the community.
:17:10. > :17:15.understand people's concerns and that is why it there is an
:17:15. > :17:18.extensive consultation period. than 2,000 people have signed a
:17:18. > :17:28.petition and the residents have shown their hand. Now it is a
:17:28. > :17:35.
:17:35. > :17:45.matter of waiting for the council to show theirs.
:17:45. > :17:48.
:17:49. > :17:53.One of the first solar power to Parkes has opened in North Thanet.
:17:53. > :17:58.With the withdrawal of subsidies for major projects like this, is
:17:58. > :18:07.there any realistic prospect of more like it being built elsewhere?
:18:07. > :18:16.In the shadow of a redundant plant lies a clean way of power bring our
:18:16. > :18:25.homes - a solar farm that captures the sun's raised. Silicon has been
:18:25. > :18:32.treated with chemicals. When sunlight hits it, it releases
:18:32. > :18:40.electrons which gathered together in the Silver wires, collect it and
:18:40. > :18:44.generate direct current. Spread over 35 acres, there are 20,400
:18:44. > :18:54.panels, generating enough electricity to power a small
:18:54. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:02.village. We can become an area of specialisation. That means jobs and
:19:02. > :19:12.wealth for their area. government gives subsidies for
:19:12. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:34.green projects, but none has -- but has now reduced it. You can still
:19:34. > :19:44.make reductionist in your outgoings if you have solar panels. This man
:19:44. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:58.installed them at a cost of �14,000 and it is earning him money.
:19:58. > :20:03.have earned about �12,000. quarter of this century is the
:20:03. > :20:13.expected lifespan of the panels and the owners expect to make money for
:20:13. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:18.Brighton and Hove Albion striker Craig Mackail-Smith has been named
:20:18. > :20:21.in the Scotland squad to face Denmark next Wednesday, just 24
:20:21. > :20:23.hours after the club's Carling Cup tie with Gillingham at the Amex
:20:23. > :20:26.Stadium. The Seagulls' record signing, who qualifies for Scotland
:20:26. > :20:28.through a grandparent, made his international debut in a friendly
:20:28. > :20:30.against Brazil in March. And the Gillingham striker Adam
:20:30. > :20:33.Birchall says he is staying positive after undergoing surgery
:20:33. > :20:35.to repair knee ligaments damaged during a pre-season friendly. The
:20:35. > :20:38.26-year-old, who joined his team- mates for a club photo yesterday,
:20:38. > :20:48.has thanked Gills fans for their messages of support. Birchall is
:20:48. > :20:53.expected to be out until the new year. The operation was a big
:20:53. > :20:59.turning point. I have a long recovery ahead. But now it is done,
:20:59. > :21:04.I can really start doing my exercising. I need to strengthen my
:21:04. > :21:08.knee. I have just got to look at what I have to do rather than what
:21:08. > :21:11.could have been. Now, it's best known for its
:21:11. > :21:14.conifers and leaves, but today Bedgebury Pinetum in Kent has been
:21:14. > :21:17.turned into something of an open air artists' studio. One of their
:21:17. > :21:24.aims is to record all the cones and needles that make up the world's
:21:24. > :21:34.best conifer collection. Bhavani Vadde is there. Some task there,
:21:34. > :21:40.Bhavani? They do. A single painting can take
:21:40. > :21:49.between 30 and 100 hours to complete. But a quip of specialist
:21:49. > :21:59.artists are taking up the challenge and their paintings will show the
:21:59. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:07.intricacies of flora and fauna found here at Bedgebury Pinetum.
:22:07. > :22:15.From the world of nature to an artist's impression. The beauty of
:22:15. > :22:25.Bedgebury Pinetum has been the inspiration for these intricate
:22:25. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:34.paintings. The human eye will pick things up a camera went. Someone
:22:34. > :22:44.looking at it will say, have you ever notice this? A lot of the time
:22:44. > :22:46.
:22:47. > :22:52.I haven't. A lot of passion and energy goes into those pictures. A
:22:52. > :23:02.photograph can be taken instantly, but these pictures, it's almost a
:23:02. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:19.lifetime's work. A group of botanical artists were invited to
:23:19. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:27.capture all the minute details of plant life here. There are 430
:23:27. > :23:36.different species of conifers here and it is hoped that eventually the
:23:36. > :23:41.artists will pay them all. -- paint them all. So even though this type
:23:41. > :23:48.of art work originated in the 15th century, the dedication of current
:23:48. > :23:54.day botanical artists are still keeping that tradition alive. The
:23:54. > :23:58.completed paintings will eventually go on show as part of an exhibition
:23:58. > :24:03.at the visitor centre here. And later this month there will be a
:24:03. > :24:10.three-day workshop for any budding artists who want to get tips from
:24:10. > :24:20.the experts in creating those masterpieces.
:24:20. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:25.You need a lot of patience to do that. And now for the weather.
:24:25. > :24:30.Today was hot and humid with plenty of sunshine. Tomorrow marks a
:24:30. > :24:38.change in the weather. All of us will see a heavy rainfall and a
:24:38. > :24:47.fresher feel to the temperatures. Today though, at temperatures in
:24:47. > :24:51.the mid-20s and higher. Plenty of blue skies across the South East
:24:51. > :25:00.and even when we stop some cloud cover it did not affect the
:25:00. > :25:07.brightness. Clearer skies this evening and for most of the night.
:25:07. > :25:13.Cloud will thicken from the West ahead of the band of rain we will
:25:13. > :25:23.see tomorrow. It will still feel humid. Temperatures well into
:25:23. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:33.double figures and not dropping below 16 Celsius. But try it start
:25:33. > :25:43.tomorrow -- a dry start tomorrow, but the rain will arrive in the
:25:43. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:52.afternoon. There will be strong southerly winds as well. That brain
:25:52. > :26:02.it will clear it through the parks -- about rain it will clear during
:26:02. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:07.the first part of the evening. Quite a pleasant day on Friday.
:26:08. > :26:17.Temperatures around 22 Celsius. Most lead drive with variable
:26:18. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:27.amounts of cloud cover. Cloudy on Saturday, brighter on Sunday. A
:26:27. > :26:33.dramatic change to the weather tomorrow with plenty of rain. It
:26:33. > :26:43.tries up as we move towards the weekend, but we will hold on to
:26:43. > :26:49.
:26:49. > :26:54.that fresh it feel to the weather. -- fresher.
:26:54. > :27:04.When the sun is shining there is nothing better than getting out of
:27:04. > :27:11.