27/07/2011 South East Today


27/07/2011

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 27/07/2011. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Welcome to South East Today. Tonight's top stories: a for the

:00:09.:00:12.

deadline for managers of the Port of Dover to decide whether to

:00:12.:00:17.

privatise or not. We are live in the town tonight with the details.

:00:17.:00:21.

Two years out of their homes - anger and frustration from the

:00:21.:00:27.

families whose street began sinking into the ground. Also tonight - the

:00:27.:00:31.

Brighton travel firm that has gone bust leaving 12,000 people in the

:00:31.:00:40.

lurch and putting local shops -- jobs at risk. In has been a sad day.

:00:40.:00:47.

A bright future for green energy - well at Thanet's a new solar park

:00:47.:00:55.

remain a unique experiment? And how artists are inspiring an ancient

:00:55.:01:02.

art form at Bedgebury Pinetum. Good evening. Bosses at the Port of

:01:02.:01:06.

Dover have been given four weeks to decide if they want to make changes

:01:06.:01:09.

to their plans to privatise the Port, continue with them, or even

:01:09.:01:12.

abandon the scheme all together. It comes as the government alters the

:01:12.:01:15.

rules for any sell off, saying the community must be guaranteed a

:01:15.:01:25.

significant role in the port's future.

:01:25.:01:29.

Privatisation could raise hundreds of millions for the government, but

:01:29.:01:34.

today they are saying it is not just about cash, it is about the

:01:34.:01:40.

community as well. Those opposing the privatisation of the Port of

:01:40.:01:48.

Dover, say it is a significant development. I hope it will sink

:01:48.:01:55.

their privatisation plans. It is not what they expected. We why is

:01:55.:01:59.

it good news for you? The it is good news for us because it puts

:01:59.:02:03.

community at the heart of the future of the port. Under new

:02:03.:02:08.

criteria, the government says it will only approve the sale if it

:02:08.:02:13.

delivers an enduring level of community participation. That could

:02:13.:02:19.

take a variety of forms, but must influence the port's long-term

:02:19.:02:27.

development. It might include sharing the profits of there pot or

:02:27.:02:32.

the increase in its value. insisting the local community has a

:02:32.:02:37.

part of it means it gets less money, but is the better way of doing it

:02:37.:02:42.

because you are involving the community in the Business. The Port

:02:42.:02:52.
:02:52.:02:59.

of Dover is a massive development. No-one would be interviewed from

:02:59.:03:06.

the board, but in a statement they said that their plans are

:03:06.:03:13.

innovative and Brown breaking. -- ground-breaking. They should

:03:13.:03:20.

reverse the money they get from it into the community. It would be

:03:20.:03:24.

nice if people had something to actually stay in Dover for.

:03:24.:03:31.

consultations continue. Simon Jones his life in Dover. When

:03:31.:03:35.

will the Government make a decision regarding the privatisation?

:03:35.:03:39.

Well, bosses have four weeks to decide whether they want to abandon

:03:39.:03:47.

their plans completely. If they changed and though, there will be

:03:47.:03:51.

further time to do that and then there will have to be a new

:03:51.:03:55.

consultation. Even if they decide to make no changes at all, because

:03:55.:03:59.

the criteria by which they are being charged has been changed,

:03:59.:04:04.

there would have to be a consultation on that as well. It

:04:04.:04:08.

will not be quick. The key thing for the bosses at the port is to

:04:08.:04:13.

clarify how much community involvement there would be. The

:04:13.:04:17.

Community Trust would be run as an independent organisation, but how

:04:17.:04:23.

much influence would it have on the future here?

:04:23.:04:27.

Frustrated, angry and homeless. That is how a woman from

:04:27.:04:34.

Broadstairs has described her situation after her home started

:04:34.:04:37.

sinking into the ground two years ago.

:04:37.:04:42.

Jill Roach's ordeal began just before Christmas in 2009. She moved

:04:42.:04:46.

out, as did her neighbours. The family do not know when or if they

:04:46.:04:54.

will ever be able to go hang. With a sense of deja-vu, Jill leads

:04:54.:05:01.

me through her front garden and her and boarded up home. Almost two

:05:01.:05:07.

years after these homes partially sunk into the ground, Jill it is

:05:07.:05:11.

still at in temporary accommodation. A I am still paying the mortgage

:05:11.:05:15.

and building insurance. How worried are you that you will lose your

:05:15.:05:25.
:05:25.:05:28.

home? Ferry. It is an inevitability. -- the very. This was the moment in

:05:28.:05:31.

2009 when the families left with their possessions. Their homes had

:05:32.:05:37.

started sinking, walls were splitting and cracks appeared in

:05:37.:05:40.

the ground. In January this year I met Jill again and she was annoyed

:05:40.:05:46.

that they have been no progress. She was still homeless. It is now

:05:46.:05:52.

August and nothing has changed. have six properties, so six

:05:52.:05:56.

different insurance companies and the Highways Agency doing their own.

:05:57.:06:00.

We thought it would be longer trying to co-ordinate all those

:06:00.:06:06.

people. Since January, nothing has been done. That is because the main

:06:06.:06:10.

players cannot decide who is at fault and what to do next. Some are

:06:10.:06:15.

waiting for the insurers to make a decision, whilst the insurers are

:06:15.:06:21.

waiting for the council and the water board. I am trying hard to

:06:21.:06:25.

take things forward, but when you have got the resistance we are

:06:25.:06:34.

facing, we will have to go to the ombudsman and look at legal action.

:06:34.:06:39.

But in her darker moments, Jill does not believe she will live here

:06:39.:06:44.

again. For her, it does not feel like home, despite the fact she is

:06:44.:06:52.

still paying for it. In a moment, what to do with our

:06:52.:06:56.

waste - controversy over the sites proposed for the next generation of

:06:56.:07:05.

landfill. A Sussex tour operator which

:07:05.:07:11.

currently has 12,000 British holidaymakers abroad has gone into

:07:11.:07:16.

administration. Holidays 4 U has gone into administration and is

:07:16.:07:21.

based in Brighton. The Civil Aviation Authority is

:07:21.:07:25.

responsible for getting most of those people home. Weaker across to

:07:25.:07:31.

our reporter in Brighton. I understand the company have 18

:07:31.:07:36.

employees who are facing an uncertain future. Yes. They turned

:07:36.:07:39.

up for work this morning and were greeted with the news that the

:07:39.:07:48.

company was going out of business immediately. It was a complete

:07:48.:07:57.

surprise to staff. Many of them who work for Holidays 4 U were made

:07:57.:08:02.

redundant immediately and went home. Some of the staff had stayed on to

:08:02.:08:08.

help with the administration process. -- have stayed. It is a

:08:08.:08:14.

sad day for the company. It has been going for 17 years. Many of us

:08:14.:08:18.

have been here a long time. What more do we know about the company

:08:18.:08:25.

and its customers? From that outside, it looks like a low-key

:08:25.:08:28.

company on a small industrial estate in Portslade, but it was a

:08:28.:08:36.

big hitter in terms of the holiday market. It had an annual turnover

:08:36.:08:41.

of �35 million a year and there are currently 12,800 people on holiday

:08:41.:08:48.

with them. Of those, 25 % have booked the the full package which

:08:48.:08:53.

his flight and hotel. 75 % booked a flight early deal. Those will all

:08:53.:08:59.

be repatriated because of the ATOL promise. However, those who have

:08:59.:09:05.

booked a holiday will not get it. They will get a refund and had been

:09:05.:09:09.

advised to look at the company website.

:09:09.:09:12.

A teenager from Brighton is among four people killed when a minibus

:09:12.:09:15.

her father was driving crashed in Jamaica. 17-year-old Caisie Muller

:09:15.:09:18.

died when the vehicle she was a passenger in was in a collision

:09:18.:09:21.

with a pick up truck between Kingston and Montego Bay on Sunday.

:09:21.:09:29.

Her father, Gary Bamford from Ludlow, was also killed.

:09:29.:09:33.

Two brothers who terrified rail passengers in Kent and tough London

:09:33.:09:42.

were caught after being identified from CCTV images. They punched and

:09:42.:09:51.

kicked their victims whilst stealing mobile phones and wallets.

:09:51.:09:57.

They had been jailed for five years and two years respectively.

:09:57.:09:59.

The company that's building a new incinerator in Newhaven is fighting

:10:00.:10:02.

its corner over criticism from the local MP, who has called for

:10:03.:10:05.

compensation over the way in which planning application was been

:10:05.:10:07.

handled. Veolia says its contribution to the town has been

:10:08.:10:14.

worth about �8 million in jobs and community involvement. The plant is

:10:14.:10:15.

due to become fully operational this autumn.

:10:15.:10:18.

The former cleaner of the MP for Wealden Charles Hendry has admitted

:10:18.:10:21.

stealing up to �90,000 worth of jewellery from his wife. Barbara

:10:21.:10:24.

Kuligowska took the items from the London home of the Energy Minister.

:10:24.:10:27.

She will be sentenced at the end of the month.

:10:27.:10:30.

Closing speeches have begun in the trial of a woman accused of

:10:30.:10:32.

murdering her two young children. 45-year-old Fiona Donnison is

:10:32.:10:34.

accused of suffocating three-year- old Harry and two-year-old Elise.

:10:34.:10:37.

Their bodies were discovered in the boot of her car at Heathfield in

:10:37.:10:40.

January last year. Brighton and Hove Albion striker Craig Mackail-

:10:40.:10:50.
:10:50.:11:11.

The court 12 silent as the QC addressed the jury.

:11:12.:11:16.

The children were killed because their mother was depressed,

:11:16.:11:24.

triggered by the breakdown in her relationship with their father. But

:11:24.:11:34.
:11:34.:12:02.

Fiona Donnison of words functioning There has been an engrossing --

:12:02.:12:06.

increase in the number of children going into care. In Medway it has

:12:06.:12:16.
:12:16.:12:39.

gone up by 18 %. Why is there such a marked increase? ABP has meant

:12:39.:12:44.

that members of the public realise they have a responsibility to

:12:44.:12:53.

report incidents. -- Baby P. We have taken children into care

:12:53.:13:00.

because of these concerns. There was a High Court judgment against

:13:00.:13:04.

the London borough that made a point that when a young people come

:13:04.:13:07.

to housing and say they are homeless, they need more than

:13:07.:13:12.

housing. They need a care package. Those are two of the big reasons

:13:12.:13:18.

for the rise, which is being felt across the region and nationally.

:13:18.:13:24.

Is there any truth in the criticism that since the Baby P case, social

:13:24.:13:29.

workers are more nervous and are being more careful and children are

:13:29.:13:34.

going into care that otherwise would have not? I do not think so.

:13:34.:13:39.

We are learning more and dealing with concerns. It is not just

:13:39.:13:47.

social workers, it is a multi- agency approach. Also, you do not

:13:47.:13:52.

just instigate putting children into care. You look at all the

:13:52.:13:57.

issues, may be assessments, will work with the family to see if it

:13:57.:14:04.

can work, but the bottom line duty is you have a responsibility to

:14:04.:14:14.
:14:14.:14:16.

keep children safe. Our top story tonight - managers at the Port of

:14:16.:14:19.

Dover have been given four weeks to decide whether or not they want to

:14:19.:14:22.

go ahead with their plans to privatise the port. The government

:14:22.:14:27.

has now said the Community must be guaranteed a role in the port's

:14:27.:14:33.

future if any sell-off takes place. Also tonight - pining for the great

:14:33.:14:37.

outdoors. How Bedgebury has been transformed into an open air

:14:37.:14:41.

artist's studio. If it has been a hot and humid day,

:14:41.:14:51.
:14:51.:14:54.

but it is set to change over the next 24 hours. More details later.

:14:54.:14:57.

It will shape the future of waste disposal in Kent and the public

:14:57.:15:01.

have until next Tuesday to have their say in where sites are

:15:01.:15:05.

located over the next 20 years. The county council has to draw up a

:15:05.:15:15.
:15:15.:15:16.

list of provisional sites. It includes sites where quarrying and

:15:16.:15:23.

mineral extraction can take place. In tonight's special report,

:15:23.:15:30.

proposals have not gone down well. Lorries roll through a regular

:15:30.:15:38.

basis and if these lakes are turned into landfill sites, there is

:15:38.:15:48.
:15:48.:15:50.

concerned the impact on the town will be huge. This town has a lot

:15:50.:15:54.

of listed buildings. The vibrations we get from the lorries will affect

:15:54.:15:59.

our listed buildings. The company who own this side were asked by

:15:59.:16:03.

Kent County Council to provide information on its landfill

:16:03.:16:08.

potential. Residents are concerned about the question of pollution and

:16:08.:16:14.

tourism. What we provide here is something different. It is a series

:16:14.:16:18.

of independent shops. It is a BT cafe society and we are lucky

:16:18.:16:26.

because we have a lot of visitors. Who would want to visit it? It will

:16:26.:16:31.

be dangerous. Noise pollution is one thing, but we already have a

:16:31.:16:36.

problem with air quality. We are the worst place in Kent for air

:16:36.:16:40.

pollution. Once the people of West Durham are keen to stress the

:16:40.:16:45.

impact it could have won the town, Kent County Council are keen to

:16:45.:16:51.

stress it is a lengthy process. The consultation period ends next week

:16:51.:17:01.
:17:01.:17:06.

and there will have to be a lot of involvement from the community.

:17:06.:17:10.

understand people's concerns and that is why it there is an

:17:10.:17:15.

extensive consultation period. than 2,000 people have signed a

:17:15.:17:18.

petition and the residents have shown their hand. Now it is a

:17:18.:17:28.
:17:28.:17:35.

matter of waiting for the council to show theirs.

:17:35.:17:45.
:17:45.:17:48.

One of the first solar power to Parkes has opened in North Thanet.

:17:49.:17:53.

With the withdrawal of subsidies for major projects like this, is

:17:53.:17:58.

there any realistic prospect of more like it being built elsewhere?

:17:58.:18:07.

In the shadow of a redundant plant lies a clean way of power bring our

:18:07.:18:16.

homes - a solar farm that captures the sun's raised. Silicon has been

:18:16.:18:25.

treated with chemicals. When sunlight hits it, it releases

:18:25.:18:32.

electrons which gathered together in the Silver wires, collect it and

:18:32.:18:40.

generate direct current. Spread over 35 acres, there are 20,400

:18:40.:18:44.

panels, generating enough electricity to power a small

:18:44.:18:54.
:18:54.:18:56.

village. We can become an area of specialisation. That means jobs and

:18:56.:19:02.

wealth for their area. government gives subsidies for

:19:02.:19:12.
:19:12.:19:26.

green projects, but none has -- but has now reduced it. You can still

:19:26.:19:34.

make reductionist in your outgoings if you have solar panels. This man

:19:34.:19:44.
:19:44.:19:49.

installed them at a cost of �14,000 and it is earning him money.

:19:49.:19:58.

have earned about �12,000. quarter of this century is the

:19:58.:20:03.

expected lifespan of the panels and the owners expect to make money for

:20:03.:20:13.
:20:13.:20:15.

Brighton and Hove Albion striker Craig Mackail-Smith has been named

:20:15.:20:18.

in the Scotland squad to face Denmark next Wednesday, just 24

:20:18.:20:21.

hours after the club's Carling Cup tie with Gillingham at the Amex

:20:21.:20:23.

Stadium. The Seagulls' record signing, who qualifies for Scotland

:20:23.:20:26.

through a grandparent, made his international debut in a friendly

:20:26.:20:28.

against Brazil in March. And the Gillingham striker Adam

:20:28.:20:30.

Birchall says he is staying positive after undergoing surgery

:20:30.:20:33.

to repair knee ligaments damaged during a pre-season friendly. The

:20:33.:20:35.

26-year-old, who joined his team- mates for a club photo yesterday,

:20:35.:20:38.

has thanked Gills fans for their messages of support. Birchall is

:20:38.:20:48.

expected to be out until the new year. The operation was a big

:20:48.:20:53.

turning point. I have a long recovery ahead. But now it is done,

:20:53.:20:59.

I can really start doing my exercising. I need to strengthen my

:20:59.:21:04.

knee. I have just got to look at what I have to do rather than what

:21:04.:21:08.

could have been. Now, it's best known for its

:21:08.:21:11.

conifers and leaves, but today Bedgebury Pinetum in Kent has been

:21:11.:21:14.

turned into something of an open air artists' studio. One of their

:21:14.:21:17.

aims is to record all the cones and needles that make up the world's

:21:17.:21:24.

best conifer collection. Bhavani Vadde is there. Some task there,

:21:24.:21:34.

Bhavani? They do. A single painting can take

:21:34.:21:40.

between 30 and 100 hours to complete. But a quip of specialist

:21:40.:21:49.

artists are taking up the challenge and their paintings will show the

:21:49.:21:59.
:21:59.:22:00.

intricacies of flora and fauna found here at Bedgebury Pinetum.

:22:00.:22:07.

From the world of nature to an artist's impression. The beauty of

:22:07.:22:15.

Bedgebury Pinetum has been the inspiration for these intricate

:22:15.:22:25.
:22:25.:22:25.

paintings. The human eye will pick things up a camera went. Someone

:22:25.:22:34.

looking at it will say, have you ever notice this? A lot of the time

:22:34.:22:44.
:22:44.:22:46.

I haven't. A lot of passion and energy goes into those pictures. A

:22:47.:22:52.

photograph can be taken instantly, but these pictures, it's almost a

:22:52.:23:02.
:23:02.:23:09.

lifetime's work. A group of botanical artists were invited to

:23:09.:23:19.
:23:19.:23:22.

capture all the minute details of plant life here. There are 430

:23:22.:23:27.

different species of conifers here and it is hoped that eventually the

:23:27.:23:36.

artists will pay them all. -- paint them all. So even though this type

:23:36.:23:41.

of art work originated in the 15th century, the dedication of current

:23:41.:23:48.

day botanical artists are still keeping that tradition alive. The

:23:48.:23:54.

completed paintings will eventually go on show as part of an exhibition

:23:54.:23:58.

at the visitor centre here. And later this month there will be a

:23:58.:24:03.

three-day workshop for any budding artists who want to get tips from

:24:03.:24:10.

the experts in creating those masterpieces.

:24:10.:24:20.
:24:20.:24:20.

You need a lot of patience to do that. And now for the weather.

:24:20.:24:25.

Today was hot and humid with plenty of sunshine. Tomorrow marks a

:24:25.:24:30.

change in the weather. All of us will see a heavy rainfall and a

:24:30.:24:38.

fresher feel to the temperatures. Today though, at temperatures in

:24:38.:24:47.

the mid-20s and higher. Plenty of blue skies across the South East

:24:47.:24:51.

and even when we stop some cloud cover it did not affect the

:24:51.:25:00.

brightness. Clearer skies this evening and for most of the night.

:25:00.:25:07.

Cloud will thicken from the West ahead of the band of rain we will

:25:07.:25:13.

see tomorrow. It will still feel humid. Temperatures well into

:25:13.:25:23.
:25:23.:25:25.

double figures and not dropping below 16 Celsius. But try it start

:25:25.:25:33.

tomorrow -- a dry start tomorrow, but the rain will arrive in the

:25:33.:25:43.
:25:43.:25:45.

afternoon. There will be strong southerly winds as well. That brain

:25:45.:25:52.

it will clear it through the parks -- about rain it will clear during

:25:52.:26:02.
:26:02.:26:02.

the first part of the evening. Quite a pleasant day on Friday.

:26:02.:26:07.

Temperatures around 22 Celsius. Most lead drive with variable

:26:08.:26:17.
:26:18.:26:23.

amounts of cloud cover. Cloudy on Saturday, brighter on Sunday. A

:26:23.:26:27.

dramatic change to the weather tomorrow with plenty of rain. It

:26:27.:26:33.

tries up as we move towards the weekend, but we will hold on to

:26:33.:26:43.
:26:43.:26:49.

that fresh it feel to the weather. -- fresher.

:26:49.:26:54.

When the sun is shining there is nothing better than getting out of

:26:54.:27:04.
:27:04.:27:11.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS