11/08/2011 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.

And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories... A cold case appeal - who

were the couple seen at the grave of murdered baby April, 16 years

after her death? People who have been described as visiting the

grave site, it could be very important, they may be innocent

parties. A �6,000 fine for the fly tipper

caught red handed by a police helicopter camera.

Also in tonight's programme: Pride in Brighton. The annual festival

WILL go ahead despite fears it would be cancelled because of riots

elsewhere. Ian Palmer is alive tonight there.

My Folkestone. Very personal stories in a very public new

guidebook about the town. And how three separate emergency

calls dragged a Sussex lifeboat Good evening. She was found

strangled in a bag by a lake in Ashford 16 years ago. But the

killer of a baby girl - named April by police - has never been found.

Now detectives are issuing an appeal to trace a couple who were

seen visiting the grave earlier this year, in the same month her

body was exhumed as part of a cold- case murder investigation. Simon

Jones reports. Could the reopening of the unsolved

case of baby April, her body exhumed this year to take a DNA

sample, have prompted her parents to visit her grave? 16 years on

after her death. This is what the police are trying to establish

setting up a hunt for a mystery couple seen at a graveside.

could be very significant. We have an unidentified and found that died

in childbirth or shortly afterwards. -- unidentified infant. These

people may be innocent parties, we do not know, but we need to

establish their identity. They be a pro was found -- beat the April was

named after them and she was found. Should is exhumed and reburied on

12th May. DNA is remarkably stable in bone samples, so the baby to be

significant decomposition before you could get their DNA profile. We

could get a full profile of the baby and that should be hopefully

helpful to the police in investigating. The man seen at the

graveside was in his 30s, balding with a moustache and around 5 ft 10.

The woman was of a similar age with medium length brown hair and of

slim build. The police had made a direct appeal to the mother of the

baby, buried here at the cemetery. They say they want to hear from her

and hear her side of the story. They understand that she may be

frightened or worried, but they will be dealt with compassion and

sensitively. The police say they are still determined to find

answers. A man caught on camera by a police

helicopter fly-tipping tons of waste on natural beauty spots in

Sussex has been fined more than �6,000. A Sussex Police helicopter

crew observed Billy Tom Fury, who's from Slough, emptying waste from a

tipper truck at Devils Dykes in Brighton. Jon Hunt reports.

The Sussex police helicopter, monitoring last year's gay pride

event in the city. The crew were on their way back to Shoreham airport

to refuel when they spotted this. A man, and a van, surrounded by an

awful lot of rubbish. Not all of it is his. But what's coming off his

van, is certainly his responsibility. Metal, carpets, bin

bags. All sorts of waste. He's dumping it next to an illegal

travellers' encampment on a section of the South Downs National Park.

His name is Billy Fury, and a year, almost to the day after this video

was recorded Mr Fury was fined �5,000 after pleading guilty to fly

tipping. He was ordered to pay costs of more than �1,200.

police helicopter saw him fly- tipping from the back of his fan in

August when returnee back to Shoreham Airport. They knew we were

working with trading standards and the local authorities to reduce

fly-tipping in the area at and eight filmed it for us and gave us

the evidence. Today, as it was a year ago, this field is again

occupied illegally by travellers. When this incident was caught on

camera by the police helicopter, the field had been repeatedly

blighted by fly-tipping, but as a result of this large fine, it now

seems relatively tidy. After dumping his waste, Mr Fury was

tracked by the helicopter to the adjacent travellers camp. It wasn't

long before a local patrol was directed in to let him know, they'd

been watching him all along. Coming up: Investing in the future,

British Airways announces plans to take on 800 new pilots for training.

Brighton's largest annual event - the gay Pride Festival - IS going

ahead this weekend despite fears that the rioting seen in other

parts of the country could lead to its cancellation. As many as

160,000 people are expected to turn up for the event. However, this

year for the first time, the official party, in Preston Park

will be a charged event - leading to concerns that people will try to

organise "unofficial" or "fringe" events. Sussex Police are warning

that they will shut down any illegal raves. Ian Palmer is in

Preston Park for us now. Ian, do the organisers have extra concerns

about security at Pride this year? According to them, they do not, and

there two reasons. Firstly, they were liaising with the police

throughout and secondly, because this would be a closed event on

Saturday, it means there would be fewer police needed to police it,

releasing other officers to carry out duties in other parts of the

city. Created for the Lesbian Gay and

transgenic community, loved by many and attended by everybody. After a

difficult week for the police nationally, will brighten the safe?

Sussex police have banned unofficial parties using rave

legislation. We will police it in a similar way that people are

familiar with from previous years. There will be differences this year

because the Park event is paid so they be people paying to get in

there and other people may wish to take the opportunity to come to the

city and have events elsewhere. We are very clear that we're not going

to disrupt any private parties that people want to have with a few

people. But is that confidence well-placed? It started as a gay

protest in the 1970s. Last year, 160,000 people celebrated in the

City making it the largest festival so far. But this year's event will

be fenced off and ticketed for the first time. This weekend will be

many, many 14-year-old plus homosexuals celebrating their pride

on Brighton beach and I do not think that the brave legislation is

pertinent to them. With days to go, the organisers say they are working

very closely with the authorities to make sure that the event is a

success. We would like as many people to come to the park as

possible. We have fantastic entertainment for the people,

increased facilities, more than any other year that we have had. Over

half of the tickets have been sold or given away. Whatever happens

between now and the end of the week, Brighton pride would be different

this year. Just 12 officers will be used

inside Preston Park on Saturday. Nothing like this has ever been

tried before. What is certain is that many more police officers

would be needed in other parts of the city itself.

A 27-year-old Sussex man has appeared in court accused of using

the internet site, Facebook to incite criminal activity. Nathan

Gordon Sinden of Blackman Avenue in St Leonard's didn't enter a plea at

Hastings Magistrates Court this morning and was remanded in custody.

The Health and Safety Executive says no legal action will be taken

after a boy was impaled by a javelin in a PE lesson at a school

in Ashford in May. The javelin narrowly missed the lungs of Norton

Knatchbull pupil Edward Stuckey. The teacher taking the lesson

resigned. The HSE say there was no significant breach of health and

safety legislation. British Airways is planning to take

on more than 800 new pilots by 2016 and it's expected hundreds of them

will begin their careers flying out of Gatwick. The company hopes

around half of the recruits will come from a new programme aiming to

encourage people from different backgrounds into the profession.

The airline will help students fund the �100,000 needed to train. And

for the first time, a YouTube video has been posted to help the

recruitment drive. Here's our Business Correspondent Mark Norman.

We are on the runway at Gatwick and we have a typical take-off. I would

normally not speak during a take- off, but we are going to cab have

just got clearance from air-traffic control.

We are in British Airways' brand new �12 million pound simulator,

one of a dozen at their training centre. This is how and where new

recruits will learn to fly passenger planes. Looking down the

runway, keeping on the Central Line. Rotate. In BA's biggest pilot

recruitment drive for a decade, they will employ more than 800 new

pilots over the next five years. But as well as looking for ex-

military pilots and air crew from other airlines, they are offering

hundreds of places for people who thought they would never have the

opportunity or be able to afford to become an airline pilot. It takes

about �100,000 to train and as a consequence, many people have been

deterred from entering the profession. We guarantee access to

the funding that enables people to carry out training and get a job at

British Airways. It's been a turbulent few years for the airline

industry in Sussex. In May 2010, the Icelandic ash cloud caused

major disruption at Gatwick. A few months later and heavy snow caused

closed the runway. And this month, Sussex tour operator Holidays 4 U

went into administration. 12,000 holiday makers were affected.

day is different, flying with a variety of people to many

destinations. British Airways though are recruiting. They even an

advert YouTube. It is a glamourous job, but what you look for any new

pilot? To deal with the complexities that we deal with on a

daily basis, but there is another dimension, that is the passion that

will look for, not only for flying but for our customers. A passion

that might find you sitting in one of the world's most advanced

airliner simulators, landing your plane at Gatwick.

A van driver caught smuggling cannabis worth �200,000 into the UK

through Newhaven Port has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

50-year-old Shaun Rowbotham from Manchester claimed not to know that

the 68 kilos of herbal cannabis was hidden in the back of his van. He's

been convicted by a jury at Hove Crown Court.

15 bus services are under review in Kent as the county council tries to

cut costs. It says it loses �6 million a year supporting bus

services, but hasn't revealed which are being looked at. It comes as

the Transport Committee warns that cuts threaten the most vulnerable

in communities. The number of children and

teenagers being admitted to Kent hospitals after self-harming has

more than doubled in the last few years. Figures seen by the BBC show

542 under-18s deliberately hurt themselves so badly last year that

they needed medical treatment. But it could be just the tip of the

iceberg. One leading charity believes thousands more are self-

harming behind closed doors. Lynda Hardy reports.

It is this kind of self-harm, cutting her aunt, that season has

been doing for the last 11 years. started self-harming when I was 16

and at college, due to an incident that happened. I had no wind to

speak to at the time, so it was that from nothing, really. -- I had

no one to speak to. It is like when he burst into tears and cry, it

makes you feel better, and self- harm is takes the pain away. I do

not feel the pain of self-harm. 2008, there were 233 admissions

after self-harming. From deliberate cutting and broken bones to drink

and drug overdoses. That figure doubled last year, but the Mental

Health Foundation estimated the number of UN reported cases of

young people self-harming is much higher with one in 14 deliberately

hurting themselves. Increasing pressure and expectation is being

blamed as well as more awareness about self-harm on the internet.

When I was doing it, there were about eight or nine other girls

doing it as well, so the school treated it as some sort of new

Krays. They thought it was something we were all trying to be

popular. So for the people that did need help, it wasn't available to

them. I find it very worrying that self-harming is becoming a normal

way of dealing West problems for young people. -- way of dealing

with problems. The greater concern is the fact that children, young

children are now finding ways to self-harm like stabbing themselves

with pencils and pinching themselves, scratching themselves.

Susan has and self-harm for the last eight months and hopes she

will never need to do this again. The top story tonight: Police

investigating the murder of a baby 16 years ago are appealing for help

in tracing a couple seen recently at the child's grave. The infant

was found strangled in Ashford 16 years ago. Earlier this year, her

body was exhumed as part of a cold case investigation.

Also tonight: Called away from a wedding three times, however RNLI

lifeboat's sailors guests had to jump ship to attend an emergency.

We have all of the latest weather for you in the programme later to

for you in the programme later to find out.

And if you have a story, we would Guidebooks to towns usually include

photos of the beauty spots, and lists of attractions the casual

visitor might want to take in. But an alternative guidebook to

Folkestone is proving a hit with locals and tourists alike, where

locals have contributed their own personal stories about their

favourite part of town. Peter Whittlesea reports.

These images form part of a new guidebook to Folkestone. But a new

pictures that tell a story have been included. -- only pictures.

found this coastal path a few years ago, came to sit here, and it is so

peaceful. All I can hear is the sea. I live in the town, so this is my

retreat. I bring my heart for it down here and meet friends. -- are

Brenac artwork. This is a personal look at that town, and some places

that he would never see any normal tourist trail guide. It is a lovely

piece of history. When I first moved down here in 2002, and has

really surprised to realise that Mackeson was brewed in the town. I

always thought it was brewed in a North, because be used to say it

was part of the North. If you think that is unusual, how about a

headstone very dog murdered in 1854 and also a dwarf and court jester

in the 15th century. He was born in 1619 and was presented to King

Charles's wife as a present. Reported the heat stepped out of a

pie. He was reportedly 18 inches high. They gave in to the Queen in

a pie and he became her court jester and was knighted. This is a

people's guide book as part of the Folkestone triennial, so the fact

that accompany this group of images is more about memories and special

places than anything else. The English Channel, with its ever

changing seascapes and shifting light has attracted artists for

generations. And its certainly been a source of inspiration for one

Sussex painter. Alexandra Leadbeater from St Leonard's is

staging her first solo show in Hastings - and its all about those

salty seascapes. Caroline Feraday reports.

Bracing. Exhilarating. Inspiring. We are all fascinated by the sea.

These paintings by a Sussex artist aims to capture wades in their many

different forms. -- waves. It is flicking and scraping back and they

cannot pass of paintings. The waves of the emphasise the fact that we

sometimes can only see what is absolutely in front of us and then

a wave comes in and another one comes in and it is something that

we know about is ongoing, nothing stays the same. It's her first solo

show as part of a wider project of work by local artists. It is that

they Hastings Art Forum charity. This has all come to me from these

wonderful waves. I live in Bexhill, but it's the same sea. It throws

this stuff up which enables me to make art. My form of art. I love

all of the things that I have collected here, the collar and the

form of them, the fact they are broken, cold, used, it doesn't

matter. It is the beauty, shape and the cholera. There is the history

here. Turner came here. There is something about the magic of the

seaside when you were young and to build sandcastles and suddenly, the

world was magic. Capturing the magic on canvas or on what is

exactly what this new wave of artistic talent intended to do.

Caroline is live in Hastings now, I take the two enjoyed the exhibition.

Yes, very interesting to see all of the different ways that waves could

look different. And Penny battles on that report, she goes down to

the beach and picks up everything that is the same colour on one

particular day and record them. The title of the exhibition is bed and

flow for Alexandra, and she gave me a lovely bit of inspiration, you're

meant to put it in your bedroom and all your dreams come true, it says,

the tide is turning, keep your rise on the horizon and the ways will

bring your dreams. That is beautiful.

What colour they are you having today?! -- what colour day?

A lovely day! For a group of guests at your

wedding to get up and walk out of the festivities would, in general

terms, be considered impolite. You might well think that if those

people then all came back and then walked out for a second time, it

would be unforgivable. But not however for volunteer lifeboat

helmsman Mark Bell, whose dedicated RNLI colleagues abandoned the fun

to respond to three emergency calls, before returning to his wedding

party. And as Fiona Irvine reports, the bride and groom even had an

honour guard of colleagues in full Lifeboat dry suits forming an

archway of oars outside the chapel in Brighton.

Sickroom is a lifeboat helmsman, the bride is a former crew member.

-- the groom. They had a guard of honour, but also many lifeboat

volunteers as guests and when there was trouble at sea, 12 of the

congregation had to swap their morning suits for dry suits. Three

of us, we were the last not to volunteer, we found ourselves

hurtling towards the marina to respond to the lifeboat call. When

you get in the kit room and start thinking about I have got my best

suit on, and I'm going to get sweaty and creased if I'm not

careful, it was a quick case of changing your close and getting had

to do what we have to do. The first call was at 1:30pm when they were

helping people struggling to get into the marina. After that they

had to toe the fishing vessel that broke down outside the marina. They

got back in time for the crew photo but recalled out just as the

speeches were about to start. This person got into difficulties after

jumping off the pure in Brighton. Adapted a third call, there was no

time for a shower, just some quick deodorant and back to the reception.

-- after the third call. They were back just in time for the applause

for the best man's speech. I missed the speeches, I understand the best

man's speech was fantastic. He is on the lifeboat crew also. I am

sure I ever see it on the video! is all part of being a volunteer

and as long as the groom got to stay and make his bows, the couple

didn't seem to upset about their absent guests. -- make his barrows.

They will all remember it! For once, the weather is a bit

disappointing for August. Not enjoying the brain. It will drive

into tonight. Tomorrow should be a dry picture. The wind that we saw

eased off. Not really so today, and unsettled picture for assault in

the south-west. 20 mph with gusts of 20 mph. 22 degrees, 72

Fahrenheit. The wind-chill factor feeling a bit cooler than the

numbers suggest. The reason for that, low pressure in control. The

tight isobars show the wind that we have seen and this rain spreading

to the east bringing a settled picture from the afternoon. The

wind would ease off into the evening. Scattered showers behind

the brain. They will dry out. Plenty of cloud and a muddy field.

Temperatures in double figures. 14, 15 degrees. Tomorrow, mild with a

cloudy start to the day. Some Brighton as around. Fingers crossed

for a festival Friday that we see some of the sunshine. Some patchy

rain and drizzle. Certainly, nothing like what we saw today. The

south-westerly breeze reaching 10 mph. Lighter than what we saw today.

A top temperature of 21 degrees, 70 Fahrenheit. Mostly dry today and as

we move into tomorrow night, a muggy night was temperatures not

much below 15 degrees. For the first part of Saturday, the rain

will clear. Top temperatures of around 20 degrees. Looking ahead,

once the rain clears on Saturday, it would be an increasingly dry day.

Greedy for Sunday, we can see this rain coming up to parts of the

south-east. A wet day, but we will seek from the south-west, an area

of high pressure. Certainly for Monday, more sunny spells and

temperatures starting to recover reaching around 23 degrees. Today,

unsettled, getting increasingly drive into tonight. Tomorrow,

cloudy but mostly dry. Rain into Saturday. A dry pitch up for the

afternoon. The rain is back on Sunday. Hopefully it will be better

for the new week. We need good visibility tomorrow.

Tomorrow, we are right Eastbourne in the second of our festival

Friday series. When the summer is in full swing,

there is nothing better than getting out of the office to the

seaside. That is what we have got planned for every Friday in August.

We are entering the festival spirit by going on the road to join you at

the biggest summer celebrations across Kent and Sussex.

We will be live on location each Friday and we would love as many of