:00:18. > :00:20.We can exclusively reveal that the Pfizer site at Sandwich is to
:00:20. > :00:23.become one of the government's new enterprise zones. Our business
:00:23. > :00:26.editor is live at the site in East Kent with the latest.
:00:26. > :00:29.Rail fare hikes of 8% on average but the Transport Minister says
:00:29. > :00:34.south east commuters will be winners from more investment in the
:00:34. > :00:37.network. The prices have just been going up incessantly over the last
:00:37. > :00:39.couple of years, and it's become harder and harder to actually make
:00:39. > :00:41.a living. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:41. > :00:44.The chair of Kent's police authority criticises the government
:00:44. > :00:47.for bringing in an American supercop to advise on gang culture.
:00:47. > :00:50.The youngster who has biked 500 miles to raise money for deprived
:00:50. > :00:53.youngsters in Africa. And it's the Eiffel flower, 21 feet
:00:53. > :01:03.tall and still growing. We meet the Kent grandmother who's accidentally
:01:03. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:13.Tonight we can exclusively reveal that the Pfizer site at Sandwich is
:01:13. > :01:16.expected to become one of the Government's new enterprise zones.
:01:16. > :01:19.An announcement is due to be made tomorrow and BBC South East Today
:01:19. > :01:23.has learnt that the site, now known as Discovery Park, will be given
:01:24. > :01:27.the status which aims to encourage economic growth. Companies which
:01:27. > :01:32.move to the new zone will benefit from five years' worth of tax
:01:32. > :01:35.breaks. But will this be enough to replace the thousands of skilled
:01:35. > :01:37.jobs that will be lost when Pfizer, the international drugs company,
:01:37. > :01:47.leaves Kent at the end of next year? Our business correspondent
:01:47. > :01:50.Mark Norman reports. Pfizer are getting out of Sandwich.
:01:50. > :01:55.They will leave behind a multi- million-pound investment, 3 million
:01:55. > :02:00.square feet of office and lab space, and almost 5000 skilled staff will
:02:00. > :02:05.be moved on or made redundant. Replacing all of that, Discovery
:02:05. > :02:10.Park, at the same site but renamed. From tomorrow, it should become the
:02:10. > :02:13.government's newest enterprise zone. Let's see whether we get it
:02:13. > :02:17.tomorrow, that is the most important thing, that we are clear
:02:17. > :02:21.when we get it that the strategy around it works for everyone. We
:02:21. > :02:26.are only talking about 23 enterprise zones in the country,
:02:26. > :02:31.and if East Kent can stickier one, it'll be good for businesses right
:02:31. > :02:35.across the board, whether they are located on the site or in the area.
:02:35. > :02:39.The new zone will be based on the existing Pfizer site. It was
:02:39. > :02:46.thought it might extend north, but I understand that will not be the
:02:46. > :02:52.case. A bigger impact will be on other towns, how will it affect the
:02:52. > :02:56.Thames Gateway and other towns? Some economists think the
:02:56. > :03:01.enterprise zone is the wrong answer. I do have reservations, and I hope
:03:01. > :03:05.I am wrong. The location, I think there are other more attractive
:03:05. > :03:11.locations in the UK and the world for companies that wants to set up
:03:11. > :03:13.hi-tech, high-growth businesses. There is also something called the
:03:13. > :03:18.displacement effect when established local companies choose
:03:18. > :03:22.to move to the new enterprise zone, taking advantage of the deals on
:03:22. > :03:27.offer. That will not help its surrounding areas and their economy.
:03:27. > :03:30.We must be very careful on this. If people are about to renew their
:03:30. > :03:38.property leases in and around Sandwich, will they do that or will
:03:38. > :03:42.they think, I can get money if I moved here? Businesses will look
:03:42. > :03:46.very carefully at the cases. We do not want to take away business, we
:03:46. > :03:48.want to generate it. announcement from the Treasury and
:03:48. > :03:53.the Department for communities and local government will be made
:03:53. > :03:58.tomorrow morning. It will be then up to the Local Enterprise
:03:58. > :04:01.Partnership to attract new business to the new enterprise his own.
:04:01. > :04:05.What's his is actually going to mean for the site itself and the
:04:05. > :04:12.businesses that might move there and the wider economy of East Kent?
:04:12. > :04:16.It could energise the site and any potential sale. Pfizer have been
:04:16. > :04:21.working very hard behind the scenes to sell the facility. There have
:04:21. > :04:25.been some concerns raised, and I have also been talking about --
:04:25. > :04:30.talking to a businessman who owns a lot of business space across the
:04:30. > :04:35.south-east. He is angry because he has to pay a lot of business rates
:04:35. > :04:38.to pay for the empty office, and people here will not have to pay
:04:38. > :04:41.any business rates for five years. Rail passengers are facing average
:04:41. > :04:50.ticket price rises of 8% next year. It comes as the latest inflation
:04:50. > :04:53.figures are released today, putting RPI at 5%. RPI is the retail price
:04:53. > :04:56.index. Under government regulations, train companies are allowed to
:04:56. > :04:59.raise their fares by RPI plus 3%. On top of that, they're allowed to
:04:59. > :05:03.increase prices by another 5%, as long as that's balanced by equal
:05:03. > :05:11.price reductions on other routes. Meaning some selected fares may go
:05:11. > :05:15.up by as much as 13%. Many people are experiencing a squeeze on their
:05:15. > :05:21.wages, or are worried about their jobs and nobody wants to pay more
:05:21. > :05:26.to go to work. There is no other choice. There is no other cock --
:05:26. > :05:29.option. Of the railways are funded by passengers and tax payers, and
:05:30. > :05:33.the government has said that taxpayers should pay less which
:05:33. > :05:36.means fares will go up. Many commuters will be concerned by
:05:36. > :05:39.today's announcement. Our reporter Jon Hunt is live outside Tunbridge
:05:39. > :05:42.Wells train station now where hundreds of them are arriving from
:05:42. > :05:46.their daily commute. Jon, how do train travellers in in Kent and
:05:46. > :05:50.Sussex fare? The train companies have yet to
:05:50. > :05:55.reveal exactly what they intend to charge on which routes, we will
:05:55. > :05:58.know more about that in November. Here are a few worst-case scenarios.
:05:58. > :06:07.If you have a season ticket between Bexhill and London Victoria, it
:06:07. > :06:15.could cost you an additional �518. Four ticket between Brighton and
:06:15. > :06:18.London Bridge, the season ticket could cost a further �428. And
:06:18. > :06:26.season-ticket holders travel -- travelling between Chatham and
:06:26. > :06:29.under Victoria could see their bills rise by �445 per year. These
:06:29. > :06:34.are the worst case scenarios, but commuters arriving here tonight are
:06:34. > :06:40.preparing for the worst. A lot of commuters are looking to get
:06:40. > :06:43.alternative transport into London such as coaches. Some are looking
:06:43. > :06:48.to drive and some are looking for jobs in Kent which will not involve
:06:49. > :06:52.rail travel. Unless there are visible changes, the customer or
:06:52. > :06:57.can feel the change, it is not right. With everything else that is
:06:57. > :07:02.going on, the austerity, it is not really another expense that I can
:07:02. > :07:07.afford but I will have to because there is not another choice.
:07:07. > :07:12.many people, the cost of their travel, getting to work, is their
:07:12. > :07:16.single biggest monthly outgoing. Believe it or not, according to the
:07:16. > :07:22.train operating companies, once you take inflation into account, the
:07:22. > :07:25.cost of the season ticket today is cheaper than it was 15 years ago.
:07:25. > :07:29.Earlier I spoke to the transport minister at Theresa Villiers and
:07:29. > :07:34.asked her whether she thinks it is fair that commuters will see their
:07:34. > :07:41.fares rise by up to 13%. It is a tough decision we have taken up to
:07:41. > :07:47.see fair raises up 3% per year in real terms for three years. The
:07:47. > :07:53.reason we are doing that is in able to fund a huge programme of rail
:07:53. > :07:57.improvements with around two hulls and 700 carriages, -- 2700
:07:57. > :08:00.carriages and big projects like Thameslink and CrossRail. And yet,
:08:00. > :08:04.the South East has had some big increases to pay for high-speed
:08:04. > :08:08.rail for example, which is a service which lots of the commuters
:08:08. > :08:13.around here do not get to use. London as a south-east as a whole
:08:13. > :08:17.are going to get some very significant benefits from the rail
:08:17. > :08:20.improvement programme, directly for passengers travelling and
:08:20. > :08:26.indirectly in terms of the economic boost that the improvements will
:08:26. > :08:30.provide. Are we going to scrutinise individual routes? We have
:08:30. > :08:36.commuters who use the roots that the high-speed trains are run on
:08:36. > :08:40.saying that classics services have slowed down, subject to delays, and
:08:40. > :08:45.the knock-on effect almost metres is not an improvement in services.
:08:45. > :08:49.How will you scrutinise how the money is spent? We will scrutinise
:08:49. > :08:54.every penny spent on rail improvements. They are essential
:08:54. > :08:57.and will make life much better for many passengers across the network.
:08:57. > :09:03.They are focused on some of our busiest routes. The south-east will
:09:03. > :09:06.be one of the major winners in the rail investment programme, both in
:09:06. > :09:10.terms of its economy and passengers. It is essential that we deliver
:09:10. > :09:14.this programme, but at a time when budgets are under extreme pressure,
:09:14. > :09:19.we have to look to other sources of funding as well as the taxpayer.
:09:19. > :09:22.Let's look at the situation in the South East, we have the third rail,
:09:22. > :09:26.every winter when it snows it seizes up and there is nothing
:09:26. > :09:30.effectively that can be done about that rather than -- other than
:09:30. > :09:33.manage the chaos that ensues. They will not get rid of the third rail,
:09:33. > :09:35.so the extra money people are paying is effectively going down
:09:35. > :09:41.the drain because they are still going to see massive delays in the
:09:41. > :09:44.winter. Certainly, every effort is being made to try and make the
:09:44. > :09:50.third rail system more resilient with things like conductor rail
:09:50. > :09:57.heating. It is clear we need to do better in terms of dealing with a
:09:57. > :10:02.winter crisis like this no episodes we have had a last winter. We can
:10:02. > :10:06.see -- you can see the full interview on our website. We want
:10:06. > :10:11.to know what you think. How will more expensive train ticket affect
:10:11. > :10:21.you, and have price rises so far had an impact on your travel
:10:21. > :10:25.
:10:25. > :10:31.experience? E-mail us, contact us Coming up, is this the dream will
:10:31. > :10:33.work placement, the pub is offering an apprenticeship.
:10:33. > :10:36.He's been dubbed the American supercop, a no-nonsense law
:10:36. > :10:40.enforcer coming over here to tell British police how to prevent more
:10:40. > :10:43.riots breaking out. But tonight the government's decision to appoint
:10:43. > :10:47.Bill Bratton as an advisor to the Prime Minister on gang culture is
:10:47. > :10:50.being questioned by the Chair of the Kent Police Authority. Ann
:10:50. > :10:57.Barnes has criticised what she calls the fascination with all
:10:57. > :11:02.things American. Simon Jones reports.
:11:02. > :11:07.The former New York's commissioner credited for cutting crime by
:11:07. > :11:10.flooding the streets with officers. He is coming here, but the chair of
:11:10. > :11:15.the Kent police authority which scrutinises the work of the Police
:11:15. > :11:19.says it may not go down well with officers. The Prime Minister it
:11:19. > :11:24.seems very keen on Bill Bratton, who is a very successful former
:11:24. > :11:29.police officer from the States coming over to advise our police.
:11:29. > :11:34.Who, I think, were rightly concerned that he was being brought
:11:34. > :11:38.over as if he was being brought over to tell them what to do. I do
:11:38. > :11:41.not understand the fascination with all things American. We have a
:11:41. > :11:45.different kind of policing here in our country, it is policing by
:11:45. > :11:49.consent, not policing by enforcement. Following the riots,
:11:49. > :11:56.Bill Bratton has already said communities cannot arrest their way
:11:56. > :12:00.out of gang crime. My assignment is to focus more on the issues of the
:12:00. > :12:08.American experience dealing with gangs, and what we may be able to
:12:08. > :12:13.share with them. This is complete and utter chaos. This was looting
:12:13. > :12:18.in Orpington. Kent itself suffered only low levels of vandalism and
:12:18. > :12:23.violence. Some MPs are welcoming Bill Bratton's role. I think it is
:12:23. > :12:27.good to get advice in from outside, and I think Bill Bratton has got a
:12:27. > :12:31.lot of experience with policing gangs. But after a week of violent
:12:31. > :12:36.disorder, the chair of the Kent Police Authority says it is wrong
:12:36. > :12:40.to court -- talk about a crisis in policing. It is more a crisis in
:12:40. > :12:44.Society. Simon his line in Chatham for us
:12:44. > :12:49.now. I understand police there are renewing their appeals for
:12:49. > :12:53.information about the disturbances that happened in Chatham? Last week,
:12:53. > :12:56.over an eight-hour period, there was violence and vandalism on the
:12:56. > :13:01.streets of Medway with Ince being set alight and confrontations with
:13:01. > :13:05.the police. Nothing like the scale of the disturbances in London but
:13:05. > :13:09.there were 11 events -- 11 arrests. One man has been charged with arson,
:13:09. > :13:12.10 more have been released on bail and police want to hear from
:13:12. > :13:15.further witnesses to bring people to justice. There was no comment
:13:15. > :13:21.from Kent police today about Bill Bratton, they say they do not want
:13:21. > :13:23.to get involved in a political role. -- a political row. They have
:13:23. > :13:27.described their policing as the best of British.
:13:27. > :13:29.A man's body has been found following the sinking of a tug boat
:13:29. > :13:32.from Kent in the Thames at Greenwich last Friday. The tug
:13:32. > :13:35.Chieftain, which is thought to be owned by Palmer Marine Services
:13:35. > :13:41.based in Gravesend, was carrying three crew members. Rescue teams
:13:41. > :13:44.are now preparing to bring the boat up within the next two days.
:13:44. > :13:47.Magistrates in Maidstone have banned comedian Jim Davidson from
:13:47. > :13:50.driving for a year after he failed to tell police who was driving a
:13:50. > :13:54.luxury car leased in his name when it was caught speeding. The Aston
:13:54. > :13:56.Martin DB9 Volante was photographed doing 39 miles an hour in a 30 zone
:13:56. > :13:58.last September. The ban was suspended when he announced he'd
:13:58. > :14:01.appeal. Sussex Police have bought a new
:14:01. > :14:04.sniffer dog with money raised by selling goods seized from a drug
:14:04. > :14:09.dealer. The seven week old spaniel called Cooper will be trained to
:14:09. > :14:11.search for drugs and explosives across the county.
:14:11. > :14:14.Now, if you've ever fancied following in the footsteps of
:14:14. > :14:18.famous fictional landlords Al Murray, Bet Lynch or Peggy Mitchell
:14:18. > :14:21.into the pub trade but didn't know how to go about it, you can now get
:14:21. > :14:26.a qualification in the industry. A new apprenticeship scheme has been
:14:26. > :14:34.launched today. Sara Smith has been to Lidsing near Gillingham to meet
:14:34. > :14:37.pub workers who are keen to sign up. Come on then, one at a time, please
:14:38. > :14:43.remember your manners, we have new staff and new rules.
:14:43. > :14:47.apprenticeship scheme could be just what they need in the Queen Vic.
:14:47. > :14:50.Enthusiastic staff, desperate to improve their skills. We had a
:14:50. > :14:57.delivery is morning, we have got quite a lot of gear here. Over this
:14:57. > :15:01.side, you will find a decade. Happily in Lidsing, they have got
:15:01. > :15:06.Chris, at the first new apprentice on the British innkeeper scheme. He
:15:06. > :15:10.is learning all he can about the business from cellar management to
:15:10. > :15:13.put in a perfect bite. There is a lot more to it. You have got to
:15:13. > :15:18.look after the cellar properly, you have got to tap it and make sure it
:15:18. > :15:24.does not go out, -- go off, and changed the barrels. You have got
:15:24. > :15:26.to check the till and the money. There is a lot more to it than
:15:27. > :15:34.people think. The manager here is a great supporter of the
:15:34. > :15:38.apprenticeship scheme. He wants to see the pub trade back as a trade
:15:38. > :15:43.with staff earning qualifications to show just how much money they
:15:43. > :15:46.have -- and knowledge they have gained. It can be a very rewarding
:15:46. > :15:49.career for people, and we need to push that forward. The
:15:49. > :15:54.apprenticeship scheme is a great opportunity for youngsters, at
:15:54. > :15:56.people in all ages, to get involved in the hospitality industry.
:15:56. > :16:00.Getting training through apprenticeships has been a common
:16:00. > :16:03.way to get into the building trade for many years, and a growing
:16:03. > :16:07.number of hairdressers are learning on the job. Earlier this year,
:16:07. > :16:11.small businesses were challenged to create more apprenticeships.
:16:11. > :16:16.Customers here do not see why pubs should not be included. People come
:16:16. > :16:20.out and spend their money, and they should be treated by people who
:16:20. > :16:23.know what they are doing. They have got to be trained in cellar
:16:23. > :16:28.management, how to behave with the public and front-of-house. It is
:16:28. > :16:38.only good if it covers everything. Everything about the pub trade is
:16:38. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:41.what Chris is determined to learn. It is just gone seven -- 6:45pm.
:16:41. > :16:44.Our top stories tonight: South East Today has exclusively
:16:44. > :16:47.revealed that the Pfizer site at Sandwich is expected to become one
:16:47. > :16:50.of the Government's new enterprise zones. An announcement is due to be
:16:50. > :16:52.made tomorrow. The status aims to encourage economic growth after the
:16:52. > :16:54.announcement of thousands of job losses. Also in tonight's
:16:54. > :17:02.programme: It's been nicknamed the Eiffel
:17:02. > :17:06.Flower. We meet the lady who's grown a 21 foot monster by accident.
:17:06. > :17:09.It has been increasingly cloudy for us all into this afternoon, but
:17:10. > :17:17.will the sunshine be back tomorrow? Join me later in the programme to
:17:17. > :17:21.In his lifetime, the great artist and sometime Margate resident JMW
:17:21. > :17:27.Turner painted hundreds of works. But ironically just about the only
:17:27. > :17:31.pictures we have of him are his self portrait and his death mask.
:17:31. > :17:35.Now a new bronze bust of Turner gives us a 3D view of his head and
:17:35. > :17:38.it has pride of place at a Margate art gallery. It's the work of
:17:38. > :17:48.Dominic Grant, whose other career has always been pop music. Robin
:17:48. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :17:57.Gibson has tonight's Special Report. Everything in here tells -- tugs a
:17:57. > :18:00.colourful forelock to Turner. The roses named after him. It is sort
:18:00. > :18:09.of a JMW Festival poor market, which has been born again as Tanner
:18:09. > :18:13.town. -- cannot town. With my style of photos realism, it would be
:18:13. > :18:22.great to resurrect him and people see what his -- what he look like
:18:22. > :18:27.if he was to have had a photo taken. Many eyes are focusing on this
:18:27. > :18:32.bronze, and they are talking it up. What we have here is a complete and
:18:32. > :18:37.unique aspect, which is worthy of world acclaim and recognition. I
:18:37. > :18:43.would hope that was the main focus of what we are trying to achieve as
:18:43. > :18:48.a gallery. I think he is quite a good-looking guy. He had away with
:18:48. > :18:55.the girls. The artist himself has quite a down-to-earth approach.
:18:55. > :18:58.did come from south-east London. So we have that in common. He sounds
:18:58. > :19:08.quite populist. Pop, that is something that Dominic Grant knows
:19:08. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:14.a bit about. Are there is a whole lot of loving just for you...
:19:14. > :19:20.was awesome, great times. Awesome. He is talking about his years at
:19:20. > :19:28.that -- he is in the charts. We are not known here any more, we are
:19:28. > :19:32.known in Europe. It is a strange life we have. We leave there, get
:19:32. > :19:36.all the attention, and could come over here, and it goes away. It is
:19:36. > :19:46.a story told in the pictures on the walls of his home. It is also his
:19:46. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:57.artist's studio. The artist is an You may remember back in January we
:19:57. > :19:59.were joined on this very sofa by an 11-year-old boy from Crawley who
:19:59. > :20:05.had given away virtually all his birthday and Christmas money to
:20:05. > :20:07.charity since the age of four. Then, three weeks ago, we told you about
:20:07. > :20:14.Charlie Doherty's latest fundraiser, cycling more than 500 miles to
:20:14. > :20:23.Glasgow. And today we're delighted to report he's done it! But as John
:20:23. > :20:27.Young reports in our story update, things didn't go entirely to plan.
:20:27. > :20:31.Journey's end, after 18 days on the road, come rain and shine with
:20:31. > :20:35.today's off. Destination, the headquarters in Glasgow of Mary's
:20:36. > :20:41.meals, a charity that provides food for children in South Africa.
:20:41. > :20:45.to meet you. Well done, we are so proud of you. Thank you so much.
:20:45. > :20:49.Mother and son set off from Sussex last month, unsure if they would
:20:49. > :20:55.make it be on the home can -- Home Counties. They did, but that
:20:55. > :21:01.camping trolley did not. But kindness breeds kind as. People
:21:01. > :21:07.took us into their homes. One lady stopped us and asked us what we
:21:07. > :21:10.were doing, and she ended up putting us up. So many people
:21:10. > :21:16.wanted to know about the charity. This is why they say they are doing
:21:16. > :21:23.it. �6.15, according to Charlie, will give much schoolchild in
:21:23. > :21:28.Malawi breakfast every day for a year. Two Scottish schoolboys were
:21:28. > :21:34.so impressed they gave him his football. It has been really fun.
:21:34. > :21:38.We have met some amazing people, it is amazing what is out there.
:21:38. > :21:42.Instead of sitting in your house, wire onto out there? Next up,
:21:42. > :21:47.swimming the Channel, once he has started in secondary school in
:21:47. > :21:51.September, of course! He is a model child!
:21:51. > :21:54.He is a human dynamo. It is a shame they do not make a
:21:54. > :21:57.Template. Football now and Charlton will be
:21:57. > :22:00.hoping to extend their perfect start to the season at unbeaten
:22:00. > :22:02.Colchester tonight. The Addicks, who could be unchanged for a third
:22:02. > :22:05.successive game, will go into the match with plenty of confidence
:22:05. > :22:08.after scoring five goals in their opening two league wins.
:22:08. > :22:10.In League Two, Crawley face their toughest test in the football
:22:10. > :22:13.league so far when they meet Southend tonight. Crawley boss
:22:13. > :22:16.Steve Evans has been delighted by the impact made by his summer
:22:16. > :22:23.signings, especially striker Tyrone Bennett who has scored in both
:22:23. > :22:27.their opening games. Gillingham have a few injury
:22:27. > :22:29.concerns before their game tonight. Curtis Weston is standing by to
:22:29. > :22:32.make his first appearance of the season.
:22:32. > :22:35.The new �8 million cycle park at Gravesend isn't due to open until
:22:35. > :22:39.next spring, but this afternoon the USA BMX team got the chance to try
:22:39. > :22:46.out the new track as part of their build up to this weekend's Olympic
:22:46. > :22:49.test event in London. They say you reap what you sow, but
:22:49. > :22:55.Eve Fielding from Margate got a bit more than she bargained for when
:22:55. > :22:58.she planted a sunflower seed, which has grown into a 21ft monster. The
:22:58. > :23:02.Kent grandmother expected it to grow about 12 foot tall. Now she's
:23:02. > :23:05.got a beast that's been nicknamed the Eiffel Flower. And it's not too
:23:05. > :23:15.far off being the tallest sunflower in the world. Claudia Sermbezis has
:23:15. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:22.This was the result of a leftover seed. Eve Fielding had decided to
:23:22. > :23:29.get her granddaughter interested in gardening by having a competition
:23:29. > :23:34.to see who could grow the tallest sunflower. We sowed the seeds, and
:23:34. > :23:39.she was winning, basically. She was winning. She is very happy about
:23:39. > :23:48.that. And then disappeared. The beast! -- this appeared. It is
:23:48. > :23:52.enormous. Eve Fielding is 5 ft tall, the beast is 21 for it. We did not
:23:52. > :23:55.think it would come to anything, and it grew! I have not faded
:23:55. > :23:59.anything. It is a nice thing to come out and look at, it is
:23:59. > :24:05.cheerful. The world record was growing in Germany and reached just
:24:05. > :24:09.over 26 for it. The sunflower is the national flower of Peru, Russia
:24:09. > :24:14.and Ukraine, and before modern materials were available, the pith
:24:14. > :24:18.within the Stork were used in lifejackets to provide buoyancy
:24:18. > :24:23.force. We have had quite a nice, consistently warm summer so things
:24:23. > :24:28.have grown well. The look -- the things that looks really write
:24:28. > :24:33.about it, it is in such a nice cosy spot. It has a war against that,
:24:33. > :24:41.there is no wind to take the top off, it has grown in a nice micro
:24:41. > :24:48.climate. She had a nice cheap -- she had a taller San fire but it
:24:48. > :24:57.snap when she tried to tear it -- tie it up. Another five ft, and she
:24:57. > :25:01.will smash the world record. It is a monster! Let's go back to
:25:01. > :25:07.work out our top stories. Earlier, we ask you how well more expensive
:25:07. > :25:12.train did it affect you? And how have price rises had an impact in
:25:12. > :25:16.your travel? People are not impressed. Keith says, it takes me
:25:16. > :25:21.longer to get the Victoria de my first me to make way 20 years ago.
:25:21. > :25:25.I have less trains to choose from but My Fair has gone up 100%. John
:25:25. > :25:31.says, my salary is not going up so why other train fares rising? We
:25:31. > :25:38.have the most expensive train fares in Europe which penalise people who
:25:38. > :25:47.go on peak trains. It is slower than last year. And Ashley says, it
:25:47. > :25:56.is 30% prepared for me to drive my Land Rover from Tunbridge Wells to
:25:56. > :26:06.Canterbury. Clare said, her National Express coach affair, --
:26:06. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:21.We saw the sunflower, what sunflower needs his son! -- it
:26:21. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:27.The best of the brightness is in the morning, sunshine likely in the
:26:27. > :26:32.morning, cloud thickening in the afternoon. Despite a lack of
:26:32. > :26:40.sunshine, temperatures today were not feeling too bad. We had south-
:26:40. > :26:45.westerly breeze is picking up to 20 miles an hour. The reason, a
:26:45. > :26:50.weather front has been spreading eastwards, a cloud thickening in
:26:50. > :26:54.front of it. It stays that way tonight, staying dry, quite a bit
:26:54. > :26:59.of cloud around. More in the way of clear skies towards the end of the
:26:59. > :27:03.night. As a result, fresher night, temperatures getting down to 10
:27:03. > :27:08.degrees. The best of the brightness is likely through the morning, the
:27:08. > :27:14.cloud cover thickening in the afternoon. A fresher feel to the
:27:14. > :27:20.day. Temperatures getting up to around 22 degrees. Mostly dry
:27:20. > :27:25.tomorrow, but whether cloud is particularly thick, we could see
:27:25. > :27:31.some patchy rain. Similar story tomorrow night. As we move into