:00:02. > :00:05.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:05. > :00:11.And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories. 10 years jail for the
:00:11. > :00:13.mastermind of a multi million pound cannabis ring in Kent.
:00:14. > :00:16.We're live in Dover where two of three cannabis factories was
:00:16. > :00:19.discovered. The chancellor comes to Kent to
:00:19. > :00:23.announce that the Pfizer site WILL be an Enterprise Zone - but who
:00:23. > :00:26.will take it on? Also in tonight's programme.
:00:26. > :00:28.Thousands of pounds raised, but eight years on, a family say
:00:28. > :00:34.they're still waiting for the bereavement room they were promised
:00:34. > :00:37.at Eastbourne Hospital. Tales of bravery - the Kent police
:00:37. > :00:41.officers who saved a woman from drowning in her car are among
:00:42. > :00:44.others rewarded for their work. And 60 sensible things to celebrate
:00:45. > :00:54.turning 60 - the Kent woman whose wish list means finding excitement
:00:55. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.Good evening. It's one of the biggest ever cannabis seizures Kent
:01:05. > :01:07.Police have ever made. Three factories discovered in Dover,
:01:07. > :01:13.Whitstable and Wootton, together capable of producing two-and-a-half
:01:13. > :01:15.million pounds' worth of drugs each year. Today a Whitstable
:01:15. > :01:23.businessman, John Read, was jailed for 10 years for organising the
:01:23. > :01:30.criminal enterprise. Simon Jones reports.
:01:30. > :01:36.This is what Canada's with a street value of �1 million looks like.
:01:36. > :01:41.1443 cannabis plants being grown. One of three locations discovered
:01:41. > :01:48.run by the same gang. In two of them, four Vietnamese people lived
:01:48. > :01:53.there to attend the plants. It is equal to being one of the largest
:01:53. > :01:58.discovered in this county. What you think about seen so many plants
:01:58. > :02:03.like that? It was incredible. I have seen many during my service,
:02:03. > :02:07.certainly, that is the largest I have seen personally, and to be in
:02:07. > :02:13.such a large premises built with the cannabis plants, it is quite
:02:13. > :02:20.something. Jailed for conspiring to produce the plants, John Read sort
:02:20. > :02:24.out locations tubing uncertainty owners. In 20th April 10, cannabis
:02:24. > :02:30.was found at industrial units in Coombe Valley Road in Dover. The
:02:30. > :02:34.following month, another one was raided. This building and
:02:34. > :02:40.Whitstable was leased from the supermarket, Tesco, next door. The
:02:40. > :02:47.front of it was partitioned off and avenue of respectability was given.
:02:47. > :02:53.But unknown to locals, behind it was a cannabis farm with thousands
:02:53. > :02:58.of plants discovered. Earlier this year, an investigation by this
:02:58. > :03:01.programme showed how dangerous varieties of cannabis were being
:03:01. > :03:07.grown in Kent and Sussex with chemicals that cause psychotic
:03:07. > :03:12.episodes. One worker said getting this hall of the streets was a good
:03:12. > :03:19.thing. We have the younger ones getting started at 13, 14 years old
:03:19. > :03:26.and they are missing school. Their intention spans are dropping. --
:03:26. > :03:29.attention. A second man, 70-year- old Roger Coombs from Crawley, was
:03:29. > :03:34.given a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice.
:03:34. > :03:41.He was not knowingly involved in the production of cannabis. The
:03:41. > :03:44.police say the war goes on. Simon Jones is live in Dover and we
:03:44. > :03:48.understand police are looking for others that were involved in the
:03:49. > :03:53.operation? John Read was described as the
:03:53. > :03:57.organiser but he was not the mastermind. That man is still at
:03:57. > :04:02.large and the Kent police are still investigating. The number of
:04:02. > :04:06.cannabis farms and in Kent has come up to 100 compared to 70 in the
:04:06. > :04:11.previous years. The police say they are winning the drugs war saying
:04:11. > :04:15.that they have 15 Class A drug dealers and he spurned jailed for a
:04:15. > :04:20.total of 30 years following a recent operation. -- dealers in
:04:20. > :04:26.Eastbourne. Coming up in a moment, Crawley
:04:27. > :04:29.notch up another win, we have all of the football news.
:04:30. > :04:32.The Pfizer site at Sandwich HAS been named as one of the
:04:32. > :04:37.Government's 11 new Enterprise Zones, as exclusively revealed on
:04:37. > :04:41.BBC South East Today last night. Both the Chancellor and Minister
:04:41. > :04:43.for Science travelled to East Kent to make the announcement. The new
:04:43. > :04:47.enterprise zone aims to retain a focus on life sciences,
:04:47. > :04:54.pharmaceutical and bio-tech industries. Our business
:04:54. > :04:57.correspondent Mark Norman was at this morning's announcement.
:04:57. > :05:05.The Chancellor was being shown around the Pfizer facility this
:05:05. > :05:11.morning. Pfizer will leave 300 staff from the end of next year,
:05:11. > :05:15.but now this site is a new enterprise zone. I know how bleak
:05:15. > :05:21.it was a few months ago and how difficult things were for the local
:05:21. > :05:25.workforce. I hope we can see a brighter future. Enterprise zone
:05:25. > :05:29.status means companies that move here will not have to pay rates for
:05:29. > :05:35.five years and will benefit from relaxed planning rules and tax
:05:35. > :05:39.breaks as well as fast broadband. It should make the site more
:05:39. > :05:44.attractive to investors and negotiations to sell the property
:05:44. > :05:49.are going well. It is the desire to sell this site to a single buyer
:05:49. > :05:52.and to interest investors and other businesses to come here and we are
:05:52. > :05:57.making good progress. The formal announcement this morning was
:05:57. > :06:02.welcomed by local politicians and representatives. We have the
:06:02. > :06:07.crucial elements in place for economic growth in this area.
:06:07. > :06:13.all sides agree the site and then use their own need to be marketed
:06:13. > :06:19.globally to make this work. We have got all have the right ingredients,
:06:19. > :06:23.low rates, probably companies that would like to acquire this with a
:06:23. > :06:28.reduced rent facility, we now need to make this happen. There are
:06:28. > :06:31.people that think an enterprise zone is not such a bright idea.
:06:31. > :06:36.was bold for a purpose and I think it will only be suitable for that
:06:36. > :06:41.purpose, because I cannot see any body taking it in units. What will
:06:41. > :06:45.they do with it? Nobody knows what will happen to it. Pfizer brought a
:06:45. > :06:50.lot of their staff with them, and that is what they do, they don't
:06:50. > :06:54.employ local people here. Enterprise zones did not work in a
:06:54. > :06:58.1980s, the money they spend was wasted and the jobs were taken from
:06:58. > :07:02.somewhere else, so they will have to work hard to make it work that
:07:02. > :07:06.had this time. It is everyone's intention to work
:07:06. > :07:10.hard to find a buyer for the site and get new tenants for the newest
:07:10. > :07:12.enterprise zone in the country. Enterprise Zones aren't a new idea.
:07:12. > :07:16.The Conservatives set up dozens under the Thatcher and Major
:07:16. > :07:18.governments, including in North Kent. In the '80s and '90s,
:07:18. > :07:21.Enterprise Zones were focused on physically regenerating and
:07:21. > :07:23.rebuilding disused industrial sites, such as in Gravesend where they
:07:23. > :07:30.turned a former paper mill into what's now the Imperial Business
:07:30. > :07:33.Estate. So how are these different? The new zones are aimed at keeping
:07:33. > :07:38.existing sites, and the type of work carried out there, in
:07:38. > :07:41.operation. But critics say Enterprise Zones don't bring long-
:07:41. > :07:50.term investment, and are especially unsuitable for locations like the
:07:50. > :07:55.Pfizer site. If the enterprise zone in five years' time, have the
:07:55. > :08:01.incentive expires, will the new company's stake? The answer is no,
:08:01. > :08:04.unless something gives them a lasting reason to stay in the place.
:08:04. > :08:09.So how do others working in similar fields to Pfizer feel about the
:08:09. > :08:15.programme? There is no doubt that they will have their challenge as
:08:15. > :08:21.big as it is very remote. Over a period of time, the Government well
:08:21. > :08:24.sort those issues out in terms of being able to get there. Let's have
:08:24. > :08:29.a look at the positive side, this is all about preserving employment,
:08:29. > :08:32.good jobs and high skills bases for Kent as a whole.
:08:32. > :08:41.Mark Norman joins us now live from the new Kent Discovery Park. Mark
:08:41. > :08:47.lots of excitement at the Pfizer site, but there are concerns.
:08:47. > :08:50.A lot of hurdles to get over, Pfizer have to sell the site, but
:08:50. > :08:55.there is an indication they have spoken to an international company
:08:55. > :08:58.that buys and runs songs parks like this, what a new purchase or would
:08:58. > :09:01.have to fill up with tenants that would take advantage of the
:09:01. > :09:05.facilities here and the local partnership needs to make sure
:09:05. > :09:10.those companies come from outside the region and that this enterprise
:09:10. > :09:15.zone doesn't suck the life blood out of the economy locally. This is
:09:15. > :09:18.good news today, but there are a lot of its, butts and babies.
:09:18. > :09:21.Figures from The Work Foundation suggest that of the jobs created in
:09:22. > :09:27.the old Enterprise Zones, only 20% could be classed as new jobs - with
:09:27. > :09:29.the rest coming from company relocations and displaced workers.
:09:30. > :09:33.With today's unemployment figures showing a national rise in
:09:33. > :09:35.unemployment, the Pfizer site will be seen as a real test of the
:09:35. > :09:38.government's pledge that Enterprise Zones will help create jobs.
:09:38. > :09:41.A man who carried out a string of armed robberies across Kent and
:09:41. > :09:43.East Sussex has been sentenced to nine years in prison. 48-year-old
:09:43. > :09:46.William Hayton, who's from Tunbridge Wells, was also found
:09:46. > :09:50.guilty of supplying class A drugs. He carried a sawn-off shot gun
:09:50. > :09:54.which he'd load in front of staff to show it was real.
:09:54. > :09:57.The family of Andy Ruck, one of the group leaders mauled by a polar
:09:57. > :09:59.bear in the Arctic last month, have thanked medical staff. They've
:09:59. > :10:02.issued a statement from their family home in Saltdean, near
:10:02. > :10:04.Brighton, revealing that Mr Ruck has suffered permanent damage to
:10:04. > :10:07.his eyesight, but is slowly improving in hospital, and was
:10:07. > :10:11.reading in bed this morning. They put his recovery down in part to
:10:11. > :10:14.his experience as a boy scout. Campaigners fighting the planned 8%
:10:14. > :10:17.rise in rail fares have been joined by one of their local conservative
:10:17. > :10:20.MPs. Government regulations will see rises of 3% above the retail
:10:20. > :10:25.price index but Chatham MP Tracey Crouch, believes that another 3%
:10:25. > :10:29.rise is unfair on south east commuters. I have a different
:10:29. > :10:32.stance to the Government because that think it is important that the
:10:32. > :10:36.hard pressed south-east commuters will have not seen improvements in
:10:36. > :10:42.their services despite paying more than other parts of the country for
:10:42. > :10:45.their railway services, deserve, I think, a fairer price than they
:10:45. > :10:47.already get. A couple from Eastbourne who raised
:10:47. > :10:50.�7,000 for their local hospital after their daughter was stillborn
:10:50. > :10:53.say they want their money back because it hasn't been spent.
:10:53. > :10:58.Monica and Aidan made the donation eight years ago for a special
:10:58. > :11:01.bereavement room to be created at the District General Hospital. The
:11:01. > :11:04.couple say they don't believe the NHS has any intention of carrying
:11:04. > :11:14.out their wishes - something the hospital denies. Natalie Graham
:11:14. > :11:20.reports. She now has three healthy children,
:11:20. > :11:26.but Monica's eldest daughter was stillborn at 35 weeks nine years
:11:26. > :11:34.ago. The family raised �7,000 race bezel room at the maternity
:11:34. > :11:39.hospital in Eastbourne. -- a special room. Many years later, the
:11:39. > :11:45.rumours still not been built. have no respect for us, they did
:11:45. > :11:50.not build the broom, because it was not gaining for themselves. As time
:11:50. > :11:53.goes by, it hurts more and more. The future of the maternity
:11:53. > :11:57.services in Eastbourne has been in doubt over the years since the baby
:11:57. > :12:01.died, but the trust is adamant the bereavement room will be created in
:12:01. > :12:06.the unit. Nobody was available for interview today but the hospital
:12:06. > :12:16.said this project will cost �53,000 in total, a lost more than
:12:16. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:30.originally anticipated. -- lot more. It is a case of too little too late.
:12:30. > :12:35.If our money is not enough for them and they have the money there to do
:12:35. > :12:41.a bereavement room, then please, do it, we will support you, but not
:12:41. > :12:46.with our money. We have waited nine years. It is not fair that 10 years
:12:46. > :12:50.later we still had nothing to show for the fund-raising efforts.
:12:50. > :12:55.Because the money was a charitable donation, it is unlikely it can be
:12:55. > :12:58.returned, but the family are hoping to make a formal request so they
:12:58. > :13:02.can spend the money on an alternative project to support
:13:02. > :13:05.bereaved parents. The top story tonight: 10 years
:13:05. > :13:09.jail for the mastermind of a cannabis ring caught growing drugs
:13:09. > :13:11.worth more than two and a half million pounds a year. John Read
:13:11. > :13:16.from Whitstable organised the construction of three so-called
:13:16. > :13:18."factories" in East Kent. Kent Police say it was one of the
:13:18. > :13:21.biggest ever cannabis seizures they've ever made.
:13:21. > :13:27.Also in tonight's programme: Reviving our wildflower meadows.
:13:27. > :13:30.The Sussex project banking on seeds to restore native species.
:13:30. > :13:40.Not asking for much - the Kent woman celebrating her 60th doing 60
:13:40. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:47.They all say that they were just doing their duty, but today 37 Kent
:13:47. > :13:51.police officers have been given awards for their outstanding
:13:51. > :13:54.conduct. Among them, two constables who saved a woman from drowning in
:13:55. > :13:58.a submerged car. Also receiving awards, two members of the public
:13:58. > :14:07.who bravely helped a man dying from his wounds after he'd been shot and
:14:07. > :14:12.run over. Fiona Irving reports. It has been as low recovery, but
:14:12. > :14:17.these men had the reason that she has made it this far. -- is slow
:14:17. > :14:21.recovery. When her car crashed into a lake last year she was 20 minutes
:14:21. > :14:25.underwater until she was pulled free. I could not get the door open,
:14:25. > :14:30.so I went to the back of the car and managed to get in through the
:14:30. > :14:37.passenger side door behind the driver. And then diving under the
:14:37. > :14:46.water, and managed to get her seat back so that she could be freed.
:14:46. > :14:56.Thank you seems too small a word. They do an incredible job. They are
:14:56. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:04.very brave. Extremely brave. They are putting their lives at risk in
:15:04. > :15:09.every situation that the deal with. Also receiving awards today, the
:15:09. > :15:17.men that attended the scene. This man was run-down and his brother
:15:17. > :15:22.was shot in the leg. This family gave first aid to them, while the
:15:22. > :15:28.chaos continued around them. There was fighting, I remember, and
:15:28. > :15:34.somebody burnt at heart that blew up. It was pretty lively. All of my
:15:34. > :15:39.face was covered in blood. I was trying to hold part of his face and
:15:39. > :15:44.head together. It was not nice at all. But we did it for around 40
:15:44. > :15:47.minutes. It was a horrific time. The man died from his injuries and
:15:47. > :15:52.last year, three people were convicted of murder. Today, John
:15:52. > :16:02.and Michael were recognised for keeping their cool under
:16:02. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:10.Until the 1930's, farming methods allowed a huge range of different
:16:11. > :16:13.species to happily flourish in our fields and meadows. But in the 70
:16:13. > :16:18.years since, 98% of our wildflower meadows have disappeared, putting
:16:18. > :16:21.the very future of some of our native species at risk. Now a
:16:21. > :16:24.pioneering project is under way to re-establish some of those farming
:16:24. > :16:32.methods from the past, at Kew's country garden in Sussex. Our
:16:32. > :16:39.environment correspondent Yvette Austin reports.
:16:39. > :16:45.Ailing pet hate, but this is no ordinary long grass. -- harvesting
:16:45. > :16:50.behave. This is how our traditional environment would be before the
:16:50. > :16:56.Second World War. I can count at least six different wild flowers
:16:56. > :17:01.growing there. What we do with the grass, we gather it to prepare for
:17:01. > :17:05.the winter food. If you think about these beat the murders, they are
:17:05. > :17:09.not just a pretty face, they were here for important economic reasons.
:17:09. > :17:15.There is lots of grass available now, but as the winter goes on, we
:17:15. > :17:25.will need this grass and the sheep will open up patches in the grass
:17:25. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:32.to allowed the seeds to germinate. We cursed is experimenting with
:17:32. > :17:38.different ways to create Meadows. Last year, seed was collected from
:17:38. > :17:44.an important site near Battle. Bennett was brought here were we
:17:44. > :17:48.saw trial plots. This year, they flourished. And they're going
:17:48. > :17:54.further by growing some tricky flowers separately to be used
:17:54. > :17:58.diversity in the south-east. It is amazing how much seed you can
:17:58. > :18:03.harvest in a small bed. There are about 160 plants here but we can
:18:03. > :18:07.collect up to a million seats here from this one patch. The key issue
:18:07. > :18:11.is that we know where all of these wild species had been collected
:18:11. > :18:16.regionally and many of them have been collected locally and the
:18:16. > :18:19.south-east. This is the habitat that we know well. The flowers we
:18:19. > :18:25.have growing here are a good example of this. Their fans
:18:25. > :18:29.nationally and in some areas, more abundantly than others. -- they
:18:29. > :18:35.have found nationally. There are few places we can harvest the seed
:18:35. > :18:40.from. So by growing local seats here we can bump up the amount of
:18:40. > :18:44.seed available for habitat restoration in the south-east.
:18:44. > :18:52.will go to commercial growers with the ultimate aim of bringing back
:18:52. > :18:55.the natural grasslands. Football and Charlton's positive
:18:55. > :18:57.start to the season continued with a two-nil away win against
:18:57. > :19:00.Colchester, but Gillingham missed out on three points, conceding an
:19:00. > :19:03.injury-time equaliser at Barnet. Elsewhere two goals from Matt Tubbs
:19:03. > :19:07.helped Crawley beat Southend 3-0. Charlie Rose has all the action
:19:07. > :19:11.from last night. Maybe it's the players, maybe it's
:19:11. > :19:15.the opposition, or perhaps it's the team huddle. Whatever it is,
:19:15. > :19:19.something's going right for Charlton this season. Even their
:19:19. > :19:23.set pieces end up falling at their feet. Leaving the opposition with
:19:23. > :19:27.their backs to the wall. And when the pressure's on, mistakes are
:19:27. > :19:34.made. And this midfield blunder by Colchester was a costly one.
:19:34. > :19:37.Bradley Wright-Philips never looked And the combination of this good
:19:38. > :19:46.cross and some poor marking allowed him to make it two. Colchester's
:19:46. > :19:48.keeper then had to be at full It was looking like three wins out
:19:48. > :19:51.three for Gillingham when Danny Spiller scored in the opening
:19:51. > :19:56.minutes against Barnet, and that lead lasted well in to the second
:19:56. > :20:01.half until this header made it one- a-piece. Soon after they were
:20:01. > :20:05.inches away from going behind. Just look at this. Off one post. And
:20:05. > :20:10.then the next. But the Gills hit back emphatically with this 30-yard
:20:11. > :20:20.strike from Jack Payne. But the agony was yet to come. Four minutes
:20:20. > :20:22.into injury time and a free kick. If you want to know how to deceive
:20:22. > :20:26.a goalkeeper, Dean Howell provided a fine example against Southend
:20:26. > :20:31.last night. It set up a strong second half for Crawley. Pressure
:20:31. > :20:33.brought about a penalty - with Matt Tubbs making it count. Southend had
:20:34. > :20:43.their chances but a second for Tubbs sealed a strong victory for
:20:43. > :20:46.Brighton and Hove Albion will be looking to make it three wins out
:20:46. > :20:49.of three in The Championship against Cardiff tonight. The
:20:49. > :20:52.Seagulls will be without the striker Will Buckley - who scored
:20:52. > :20:54.twice on his debut against Doncaster. He's out for two weeks
:20:54. > :21:03.with a hamstring injury. Kazenga LuaLua could return from injury
:21:03. > :21:06.however. 60 dreams for 60 years. But for one
:21:06. > :21:08.woman it's not the outrageous that she's searching for. Rather Lesley
:21:08. > :21:10.Evans from Sittingbourne is finding excitment in the everyday. To
:21:10. > :21:13.celebrate her impending 60th birthday, she decided to set
:21:13. > :21:16.herself 60 "sensible things" to do. The list includes driving a
:21:16. > :21:19.forklift truck, riding a tandem, and going to the races. And today
:21:19. > :21:24.Folkestone Racecourse had their very own surprise for her. Peter
:21:24. > :21:29.Whittlesea reports. Tonight is the first time Lesley
:21:29. > :21:34.Evans has ever been Horseracing. She was invited to Folkestone
:21:34. > :21:39.because going racing was on her list of 60 things to do it in her
:21:39. > :21:45.60th year. Because her goals were so achievable and because she is a
:21:45. > :21:51.school librarian, the list has been dubs, 60 sensible things. And she
:21:51. > :21:55.is loving every minute of it. think it's absolutely gorgeous and
:21:55. > :22:02.I have had an amazing piece of news that they have named a race after
:22:02. > :22:08.made which is fantastic! Had to define that out? Cade, were invited
:22:08. > :22:18.me to, just seen the Daily Telegraph article, she showed me
:22:18. > :22:20.
:22:20. > :22:27.the race card and there I am! 3! Four. Five on the shoulder. Six,
:22:27. > :22:32.five and one. This after one, she was learning to tick tack. But the
:22:32. > :22:38.media has gone mad over summer for a slightly mundane things to do.
:22:38. > :22:44.Everyone has been queuing up to help her complete the list. Next on
:22:44. > :22:53.the list! What about that one?! Why did riding a tandem naked and your
:22:53. > :23:02.list? I have ridden an ordinary bike and I have written a tricycle.
:23:02. > :23:06.-- why did riding a tandem make it onto your list. I heard that he
:23:06. > :23:09.wanted to go Horseracing and I knew that she lived in Sittingbourne and
:23:09. > :23:15.I got in touch with her and she was very excited and said she would
:23:15. > :23:21.love to come. With a beekeeping, karaoke, eating squirrel already
:23:21. > :23:26.ticked off, she has yet to do a handful of things. It is brilliant.
:23:26. > :23:33.I have read the enjoyed it. It has been fantastic. And the children at
:23:33. > :23:39.school have enjoyed it. It has been funds. It has enabled me to do a
:23:39. > :23:43.lot of the things I wanted to do. She still wants to good will
:23:43. > :23:53.Ireland and visit a prison cell, but this year, she would be
:23:53. > :23:59.
:23:59. > :24:09.enjoying the sport of kings. An extraordinary list! She has
:24:09. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:16.Plenty of cloud around today, not a lot of sunshine. Some patchy, light
:24:16. > :24:21.rain and drizzle which clears through tonight. A dry start
:24:21. > :24:26.tomorrow. The rain, never too far away, sinking to the south into the
:24:26. > :24:30.afternoon. Plenty of cloud around, some patchy, light rain and drizzle.
:24:30. > :24:37.A light, north-easterly breeze with a clear field two things.
:24:37. > :24:40.Temperatures not too bad. 21 degrees. 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The
:24:40. > :24:44.reason for that, we have a weather front which is pushing from the
:24:44. > :24:49.south-west at the moment. Moseley today we have seen cloud cover and
:24:49. > :24:56.patchy light rain and drizzle, but nothing to write about. That will
:24:56. > :24:59.clear to the first part. Still holding on to plenty of cloud. As a
:24:59. > :25:05.result, a mild night with temperatures in double figures and
:25:06. > :25:10.not much below 13 or 14 degrees. Tomorrow, initially dry for a time.
:25:10. > :25:15.You can see this problem that will bother us, this weather front with
:25:15. > :25:22.heavy rain. At the moment, staying well for the north of us for much
:25:22. > :25:28.of the day. Check the latest forecast. For much of the day, it
:25:28. > :25:32.will be dry with brightness along the south coast. By the rush hour,
:25:32. > :25:38.some heavy downpours particularly the further west and north you go.
:25:38. > :25:43.Top temperature tomorrow, 20 degrees, 68 Fahrenheit. The North
:25:43. > :25:48.East to be breeze reaching 15 to 20 mph. That rain will clear through
:25:49. > :25:53.tomorrow night and increasingly dry and were clearer skies. Under the
:25:53. > :25:59.clear skies, temperatures of around ten degrees, so slightly fresher
:25:59. > :26:06.for tonight. Into Friday, high pressure, so increasingly settled,
:26:06. > :26:09.warm and bright. Some thundery showers for Sunday. A top
:26:09. > :26:12.temperature of 26 degrees. Not too bad in the sunshine.
:26:12. > :26:15.bad in the sunshine. Thank you.
:26:15. > :26:18.The weather held out in Broadstairs and Eastbourne for the first two of
:26:18. > :26:26.our Festival Friday series and we're hoping for more of the same
:26:26. > :26:30.in Bexhill later this week. When the sun shining and the
:26:30. > :26:35.summary is in full swing there is nothing better than getting out to
:26:35. > :26:40.the seaside. That is what we have got planned every Friday in the
:26:40. > :26:44.month of August. We are entering the festival spirit by going on the
:26:44. > :26:49.road to join you at some of the biggest summer celebrations across
:26:49. > :26:53.the south-east. We will be on location live every festival Friday
:26:53. > :26:56.and we would love you too, and enjoyed a fund.
:26:56. > :27:04.We'll be live at Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion this Friday, and at
:27:04. > :27:08.the Herne Bay Festival on the 26th. Let's get to recap of the main
:27:08. > :27:12.headlines, and the Prime Minister has praised the quarter were handed
:27:12. > :27:17.out of sentences for some of those involved in the writing last week.
:27:17. > :27:21.Concerns were raised about the severity of some of the jail terms.
:27:21. > :27:24.There is a ten-year jail term for the Whitstable organiser of a
:27:24. > :27:28.cannabis ring growing drugs worth almost two-and-a-half million
:27:28. > :27:33.pounds a year. And zoning in an Pfizer, the