:00:08. > :00:10.Welcome to South East Today with John Young and Polly Evans.
:00:10. > :00:14.Tonight's top stories: A hospital defends plans to make
:00:14. > :00:19.nurses wear "do not disturb" signs. Critics say it may leave vulnerable
:00:19. > :00:22.patients too scared to ask for help. Befriended by a conman, a Kent
:00:22. > :00:25.pensioner swindled out of hundreds of pounds says she'll never trust
:00:25. > :00:34.strangers again. I am so cross with myself and with people, I just want
:00:34. > :00:37.to hide myself away. And screen at "go away".
:00:37. > :00:40.Also in tonight's programme, sitting tight on a landfill site in
:00:40. > :00:43.Sussex. We meet the residents who say their lives are being ruined.
:00:43. > :00:46.Keeping the Girl Guide tradition alive. Meet the twins with so many
:00:46. > :00:56.badges, they've run out of room. And meet Princess Tia in pink and
:00:56. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.Baby Gracie in yellow. Are these Good evening. A hospital in Kent is
:01:08. > :01:13.defending its decision to ask nurses to wear "do not disturb"
:01:13. > :01:15.signs when giving out drugs to patients. Managers at the Queen
:01:15. > :01:20.Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate say the red tabards
:01:20. > :01:24.prevent nurses from being distracted. They say that that, in
:01:24. > :01:26.turn, reduces the number of mistakes on the hospital wards. But
:01:26. > :01:33.as Simon Jones reports, some critics fear it could lead to
:01:33. > :01:40.vulnerable patients being too scared to ask for help.
:01:40. > :01:44.It can be a matter of life and death administering the right drugs.
:01:44. > :01:50.The Tabata and designed to allow the nurses to avoid distractions
:01:50. > :01:53.and get things right. I understand that misses need to be able to
:01:54. > :02:00.communicate well and the caring and sympathetic. This is not what this
:02:00. > :02:07.is about. This is designated time with that individual. But some
:02:07. > :02:13.patients believe the warning could send out the wrong message. It is
:02:13. > :02:19.not the right kind of message. Not from my point of view. I have been
:02:19. > :02:26.in here for years. It is like a traffic sign, that is what I think
:02:26. > :02:34.anyway. I think it is a very good idea because people might disturb
:02:34. > :02:37.them. When they are handing out important drugs. There are only
:02:37. > :02:42.warm for three daily trips around the hospital but that is not to
:02:42. > :02:46.everyone's liking. How would you know as a patient that you could
:02:46. > :02:51.talk to somebody? It might be a couple of hours before somebody
:02:51. > :02:57.else comes round. We would not want it to be seen as a way to reduce
:02:57. > :03:01.the number of qualified nurses on duty. We also like to see it as not
:03:01. > :03:05.a way that patient will be ignored. There are around 600 incidents a
:03:05. > :03:12.year at East Kent hospitals where patients are given the wrong drugs
:03:12. > :03:16.and 85% of cases involve no harm. They say since nurses have started
:03:16. > :03:22.wearing these garments, the number of times they are being disturbed
:03:22. > :03:26.has dropped by 70%. It is about encouraging other staff and
:03:26. > :03:30.visitors not to disturb the nurses when they are doing their round. It
:03:30. > :03:37.is not about patients not being able to talk to nurses when they
:03:37. > :03:44.are on their round for stopping off Bull said -- the hospital said it
:03:44. > :03:47.may decide to take the garments off There are warnings of a crisis in
:03:47. > :03:49.the housing market in the South East over the next five years. The
:03:49. > :03:52.National Housing Federation, which represents housing associations in
:03:52. > :03:55.England, says more and more people will be locked out of the housing
:03:55. > :03:58.market as prices rise and mortgage providers remain nervous about
:03:58. > :04:01.lending. The problem is made worse by a shortage of homes. 750,000 new
:04:01. > :04:07.houses are needed in England by 2025 according to a study, earlier
:04:07. > :04:10.this year, from the Institute of Public Policy Research. 77,000 of
:04:10. > :04:13.these are needed in the South East, which leaves local councils facing
:04:13. > :04:23.major housebuilding projects. In the borough of Tunbridge Wells, up
:04:23. > :04:27.
:04:27. > :04:32.to 6,000 houses are said to be This is the bedroom for Luke and
:04:32. > :04:36.Isabelle. Luke is nearly 10, Isabel is eight. They share this room. I
:04:36. > :04:40.would love nothing more for them to have their own space.
:04:40. > :04:46.Liz has been trying to get on the housing ladder for 10 years so her
:04:46. > :04:50.two children can have their own bedroom. For now it is a bunk bed.
:04:50. > :04:55.We have to share bunk beds and we do not have our own spaces. When
:04:55. > :04:59.she tries to get to sleep, she snores and she wriggles and it is
:04:59. > :05:03.really annoying. Liz and her husband are key workers and rent
:05:03. > :05:07.this house just outside Tunbridge Wells. They cannot afford a deposit
:05:07. > :05:15.for a home and cannot afford shared ownership so they have to make do.
:05:15. > :05:20.Being able to buy a house is a dream of ours but it is completely
:05:20. > :05:25.out of our reach. There is no way that we can afford the deposit that
:05:25. > :05:30.we need to have at the moment. problem is not enough new homes are
:05:30. > :05:34.being built. In the Tunbridge Wells area alone, they need to build a
:05:34. > :05:40.further 6,000 to meet demand by 2026. But in an area where they
:05:40. > :05:47.want to build 600 of those, there is local resistance. Essentially
:05:47. > :05:51.3,000 homes here and 600 would be a huge increase. The infrastructure
:05:51. > :05:55.would not cope. Developers have struggled to get planning
:05:55. > :06:02.permission to build here in the past but reforming planning laws is
:06:02. > :06:08.a government priority. There are more at pick up the planning system,
:06:08. > :06:14.starting afresh by making it much more faster. The greater amount of
:06:14. > :06:19.land is available and we have released enough land to build the
:06:19. > :06:25.equivalent of two Leicesters. Government says affordable new
:06:25. > :06:28.We're joined now by Matt Griffith, from the Priced Out Group, which
:06:28. > :06:33.campaigns for first-time buyers. We've heard there that fewer people
:06:33. > :06:36.are now owning their own home, and not enough houses being built. The
:06:36. > :06:44.Government's answer is to build more houses, and make it easier.
:06:44. > :06:46.Where do you stand? We represent people who cannot afford houses.
:06:46. > :06:54.People in their twenties and thirties are finding it difficult
:06:54. > :06:58.to save up for a deposit. People are faced with a rather unenviable
:06:58. > :07:07.choice, greater debt to get themselves a house which has lots
:07:07. > :07:11.of long term consequences or in rented accommodation. And they can
:07:11. > :07:16.get kicked out at short notice. What do you consider to be the
:07:16. > :07:21.solution? Is the Government correct, more houses? We need to build more
:07:21. > :07:25.houses and it is great that the Government is doing that and it
:07:25. > :07:30.could improve how it is going to do that but it will help with the
:07:30. > :07:37.supply. But other issues like the fact that we have had a very large
:07:37. > :07:42.mortgage boom and the Government has intervened to stop house prices
:07:42. > :07:47.coming down so quickly. Could I pick up on one point, when the of
:07:47. > :07:54.our viewers may feel they like to live up in the green areas of Kent
:07:54. > :07:59.and Sussex, we do not want green areas been spoiled? It is right to
:07:59. > :08:03.put it into context. Only 9% of the ground is built on. You could
:08:03. > :08:07.release a small amount of land to build a few more houses which would
:08:07. > :08:12.make a fairly big difference to affordability. I grew up in a rural
:08:12. > :08:17.village and that has not had any housing since the end of the Second
:08:17. > :08:22.World War. Just small, incremental growth has been stopped by the
:08:22. > :08:32.planning system and it is really a release of further land that needs
:08:32. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:37.to happen. I am afraid we have to We'd like to know what you think.
:08:37. > :08:41.How should we help first-time buyers get on the property ladder?
:08:41. > :08:44.Should we be more like some Europeans and be happy to rent? E-
:08:44. > :08:47.mail us, or contact us via Facebook. We'll read some of your thoughts at
:08:47. > :08:50.the end of the programme. In a moment, 11 hours down, just
:08:50. > :09:00.five to go. The man hoping to become the oldest cross-Channel
:09:00. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:13.People living near a landfill site in Sussex say that the thousands of
:09:13. > :09:16.seagulls who are feeding there are making their lives a misery. Some
:09:16. > :09:18.residents in Magpie Close in St Leonards say the noise and mess
:09:19. > :09:21.from the birds sitting on their roofs is becoming unbearable. But
:09:22. > :09:24.the site managers say they're doing everything they can to address the
:09:25. > :09:32.problems. Our reporter Robin Gibson is live overlooking the site in St
:09:32. > :09:36.Leonards now. What's causing the problem? Quite simply, it is food.
:09:36. > :09:41.Domestic food waste and commercial waste comes here. The birds follow
:09:41. > :09:44.it. Despite efforts to control them, it seems the residents believe they
:09:44. > :09:48.are growing in huge numbers and the biggest problem then comes when the
:09:48. > :09:54.birds fly away from this site, descend on the roofs of houses
:09:54. > :09:58.nearby in their thousands, literally doing what the birds do,
:09:58. > :10:02.littering the place up. While some residents did not welcome the
:10:02. > :10:06.publicity, others said it was making their lives a nightmare and
:10:06. > :10:11.was a health hazard. You put up with it because it is there but
:10:11. > :10:19.they should not be there, really. Not any quantity that they are. You
:10:19. > :10:23.do not mind the odd dozens but we are talking thousands. That is not
:10:23. > :10:30.as many as you first saw when you came in. What would you like to see
:10:30. > :10:33.happen? We would like to see them in a different area, not a built up
:10:33. > :10:40.area like this because it is not healthy. What is being done to
:10:40. > :10:44.solve it? The company that operates here has a legal requirement to
:10:44. > :10:48.control the birds and it has done that. It has birds of prey that
:10:48. > :10:54.patrol the area and it has pyrotechnics to scare them off.
:10:54. > :10:58.Ironically it may be that problem. Transferring the problem, and the
:10:58. > :11:01.company wants to reassure the residents it is doing all it can to
:11:01. > :11:05.alleviate and it is in with discussions with the Environment
:11:05. > :11:08.Agency to see what they can do in the future.
:11:08. > :11:10.Patient safety has improved in a mental health hospital in Sussex,
:11:11. > :11:15.according to an independent report. Last year, four patients committed
:11:15. > :11:18.suicide at Mill View Hospital in Hove. But the NHS Trust says more
:11:18. > :11:21.than 30 recommendations have now been put in place since a review
:11:21. > :11:26.into safety. Some of the changes have included increasing the number
:11:26. > :11:29.of activities for patients and improving the supervision of staff.
:11:29. > :11:31.The River Darent has been named among ten of the most improved
:11:32. > :11:33.rivers in the country. The Environment Agency says efforts by
:11:33. > :11:36.farmers, businesses and water companies have reduced
:11:36. > :11:41.environmental damage so 35 million fewer litres are lost from the
:11:42. > :11:48.river each day. This has increased its flow, boosting populations of
:11:48. > :11:53.wildlife such as trout and pike. Parts of Kent have seen among the
:11:53. > :11:55.biggest rises in immigration in the UK in the last few years. The
:11:55. > :11:57.growth in the number of overseas nationals registered in
:11:57. > :12:01.Sittingbourne, Sheppey and Faversham is the sixth biggest in
:12:01. > :12:08.the country. In Swale, the number of migrants increased eightfold
:12:08. > :12:11.between 2002 and last year. A pensioner from Canterbury says
:12:11. > :12:15.she's been left terrified of strangers after being targeted by a
:12:15. > :12:18.conman she befriended while walking her dog. The conman, Christopher
:12:18. > :12:20.Telemaque, has been jailed for 44 months for stealing family
:12:20. > :12:30.jewellery and cash from Janet Hughes. She's now warning others
:12:30. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:38.not be taken in by strangers. Lynda He was a man Janet Hughes
:12:38. > :12:42.occasionally bumped into while walking her dog. Little did the 74-
:12:42. > :12:47.year-old widow realise he was gaining their confidence to steal
:12:47. > :12:54.hundreds of pounds and precious items of family jewellery. Now I am
:12:54. > :12:58.terrified. I am so cross with myself and with people, that all I
:12:58. > :13:04.want to do is scream "go away" if anybody comes to the door that I am
:13:04. > :13:09.not expecting. If I am out shopping, I am on age. Christopher Telemaque
:13:09. > :13:13.is starting a 44 month sentence after a court was told how he had
:13:13. > :13:23.conned Mrs Hughes after giving him cash with a hard luck stories.
:13:23. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:30.opened the box and it was empty, all gone. She discovered she had
:13:30. > :13:33.engagement rings stolen. It seems my stupidity did not give my
:13:33. > :13:38.grandchildren the opportunity to be able to have the pleasure of them
:13:38. > :13:41.and look after them for their generation. When she confronted
:13:42. > :13:46.Telemaque, he persuaded her to buy back some of her jewellery from
:13:46. > :13:50.shops where he had pawned it for cash. Police say he was an
:13:50. > :13:55.experienced crook he had used classic techniques to gain her
:13:55. > :14:00.confidence. It is a terrible incident, really. He is obviously
:14:00. > :14:06.thinking about it and preyed upon her good nature, realised that she
:14:06. > :14:11.is kind and gentle, a kind lady and took it upon himself to rob her.
:14:11. > :14:15.am very cross with myself for being so gullible. I have not met anybody
:14:15. > :14:24.quite like this before. She has told the story as a warning to
:14:24. > :14:27.others not to be taken in by Our top story tonight. A Kent
:14:27. > :14:30.hospital has defended its decision to make nurses wear "do not
:14:30. > :14:33.disturb" signs while handing out drugs. Managers at the Queen
:14:33. > :14:36.Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate say it will prevent
:14:37. > :14:42.staff being distracted. But charities have raised concerns that
:14:42. > :14:44.vulnerable patients in need, will be scared to ask for help. Also in
:14:44. > :14:51.tonight's programme, the Girl Guide twins with so many badges, they're
:14:51. > :14:54.running out of room. And how the costs add up when
:14:54. > :15:04.you've got six pretty bulldogs to look after, all with a sense of
:15:04. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:11.At 12 years old, most children don't have a care in the world,
:15:11. > :15:15.other than maybe the latest computer games or upping their
:15:15. > :15:18.pocket money. But Alan Beckett isn't like other 12-year-olds. Alan
:15:18. > :15:21.spends much of his young life caring for his 10-year-old brother,
:15:21. > :15:24.who suffers from a degenerative condition. And he's one of the
:15:24. > :15:26.people from Sussex set to receive an award for their work and
:15:26. > :15:33.dedication in helping children with serious illnesses. Alex Beard has
:15:33. > :15:37.been to meet him for tonight's special report.
:15:37. > :15:41.Two months after this photo was taken, Craig Beckett on the right
:15:41. > :15:46.was confined to a wheelchair. He is unable to lift arms and legs and
:15:46. > :15:51.can no longer talk. His brother, 12-year-old Adam, was thrown into a
:15:51. > :15:57.caring role, a challenge he rose to. Mum it needs to have a rest at
:15:57. > :16:02.least once a day, at least one hour of rest a day. Otherwise I think
:16:03. > :16:06.she may not be able to cope properly. Both brothers were
:16:06. > :16:12.diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy. This means the fatty cover all
:16:12. > :16:16.nerve fibres is progressively damaged because of a faulty gene.
:16:16. > :16:20.It is affecting Craig much more than his brother. If Adam his not
:16:20. > :16:24.very well himself but takes everything in his stride. He helps
:16:24. > :16:28.that with Craig, Adam wanted to be there in hospital with him and
:16:28. > :16:33.learn about him. He is always on hand and keeps him occupied for all
:16:33. > :16:39.ages. Nominated by his mother for the World child awards, Adam has
:16:39. > :16:42.won the most caring child category. Joining him will be Martin from a
:16:42. > :16:46.local Heritage School, he has dedicated the last 20 years to
:16:46. > :16:51.improving the lives of children with his innovative creations.
:16:51. > :16:55.have known many young people and been inspired by young people I
:16:55. > :16:58.have worked with. They have endless patience in putting up with the
:16:58. > :17:03.crazy things that life has presented them. One of those
:17:04. > :17:09.inventions is a wheelchair tracking system. An underground network of
:17:09. > :17:13.wires follows the wheelchairs. Young people that have problems
:17:13. > :17:17.driving their wheelchairs, they can get around the environments and get
:17:17. > :17:27.to places on their own. All winners are meeting Prince Harry at an
:17:27. > :17:30.
:17:30. > :17:32.Two sisters from Gravesend have proved that a bit of healthy
:17:32. > :17:37.sibling rivalry can produce positive results, especially when
:17:37. > :17:40.you're twins, and you're both in the Girl Guides. Abby and Bethany
:17:40. > :17:44.Williams are thought to have become the first twins to gain every
:17:44. > :17:51.single Guide badge. That's 45 in all, covering everything from
:17:51. > :18:00.camping to circus skills. Rebecca Barry has been to meet them. Film
:18:00. > :18:04.lover. Team leader. Culture. Science. Water the Bethany can do,
:18:04. > :18:08.Abby can do better and that determination has secured these
:18:08. > :18:13.twins every single guiding bad, all 45 of them, each. Not many people
:18:13. > :18:21.have got them all. It is great to feel that we are the only twins who
:18:21. > :18:25.has been able to get them. We felt we had to get one before the other
:18:25. > :18:29.and do them at different times as well but we decided to finish them
:18:29. > :18:32.together. It has been three years of hard work and not just for the
:18:32. > :18:42.girls. Dad has to do all the driving.
:18:42. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:49.If what -- what Bagehot would you These pictures show some of the
:18:49. > :18:54.earliest recruits. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: The campfire
:18:54. > :18:59.cooking has changed as well! This is the first time that both girls
:18:59. > :19:05.have received a very bad. Every Wednesday when they have come back,
:19:06. > :19:10.they have got another badge. It is continuous. Bethany had to be a
:19:10. > :19:14.paramedic one day. Perhaps these achievements will help. It will be
:19:14. > :19:22.good on our CVs. Not many people will have done this. They will be
:19:22. > :19:32.unique. Well, almost unique! where on earth will we put this?
:19:32. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:44.Sometimes the trickiest thing is A lot of sewing for somebody!
:19:44. > :19:47.Dedication! They say we're a nation of animal
:19:47. > :19:50.lovers, but how much would you be prepared to spend to keep your pet
:19:50. > :19:53.happy? Because a woman from Kennington, near Ashford, has spent
:19:53. > :19:56.quite a small fortune on hers. Nearly �15,000 a year, to be
:19:56. > :20:00.precise - all to make sure her brood of six bulldog bitches look
:20:00. > :20:08.at their best. Oh, and the bill may be about to rise as she thinks one
:20:08. > :20:18.of them may be pregnant. Sara Smith met the family. This is a Lola,
:20:18. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:22.this is scarlet. Little bell... Angel sky, they beat Gracie and
:20:22. > :20:28.Princess Tia. These have a lifestyle to match.
:20:28. > :20:32.Fresh meat and vegetables is the diet. We have got the natural
:20:32. > :20:38.yoghurt, the goat's milk, fresh vegetables. Same as we would eat.
:20:38. > :20:45.Really good for them. Lots of iron. They even have their own dressing
:20:45. > :20:52.room. Stuffed with extraordinary outfits. Oh, Tia, back to the 80s!
:20:52. > :20:59.Carron at admits she cannot help treating them. You get up in the
:20:59. > :21:05.morning, wash them, take them for a walk, take them to the park. This
:21:05. > :21:10.is part of the family. It is not cheap though. �200 a month each on
:21:10. > :21:15.food and supplements, �100 on grooming products, and �75 on an
:21:15. > :21:21.outfit, not to mention insurance and vet's bills, it adds up to
:21:22. > :21:26.�1,200 per month. This is our hobby, our life. They
:21:26. > :21:32.are our kids and if I had more money I would spend more money on
:21:32. > :21:37.them. It is unconditional love. dogs go on regular modelling
:21:37. > :21:43.assignments and also competitions. But the family may not be quite
:21:43. > :21:53.complete yet. One of them is expecting puppies. Six Bulldogs may
:21:53. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:00.Barking... I am saying nothing! A retired breast-cancer surgeon is
:22:00. > :22:03.hoping to become the oldest man to swim the Channel. 70-year-old Roger
:22:03. > :22:10.Allsopp left Shakespeare Beach at Dover just after 8 o'clock this
:22:10. > :22:18.hours. He's hoping to complete the challenge by around 11 o'clock
:22:18. > :22:24.Let us speak to Mike who is on board the support boat. Is
:22:24. > :22:30.everything going to plan? Everything is going fine. Roger is
:22:31. > :22:37.swimming very strongly indeed. We are nearly 11 hours now into the
:22:37. > :22:42.swim, well over half way. Heading down the French shipping lane on
:22:42. > :22:51.the French side of the Channel. those of us who do not know how it
:22:51. > :22:56.works, is he getting food and drink regularly? Yes, we feed him almost
:22:56. > :23:01.exclusively liquid feed. High- energy drinks and we feed those
:23:01. > :23:09.every 30 minutes. He has tried to break the record before, why is he
:23:09. > :23:15.doing it again? I didn't quite hear that... He did swim the Channel
:23:15. > :23:24.five years ago, yes. What is motivating him? Could you say that
:23:24. > :23:28.again? What is his motivation most people would be terrified! If he
:23:28. > :23:34.completes the swim, he will be the oldest person ever to have swum the
:23:34. > :23:39.Channel but he has more motivation than that. He is trying to raise
:23:39. > :23:44.�750,000 to buy a new piece of equipment to help with cancer
:23:44. > :23:50.research. Something that he has been involved with when he was a
:23:50. > :23:58.surgeon before he retired. They need that sort of money to buy a
:23:58. > :24:03.new piece of equipment which will then help diagnose breast cancer
:24:03. > :24:07.and testicular cancer at a much, much earlier stage. A very worthy
:24:07. > :24:13.cause and we wish him the very best of luck. Thank you for joining us.
:24:13. > :24:17.You are very welcome. What a great achievement. I know he tried to go
:24:17. > :24:26.a few days ago but the weather has not been on his side. It was this
:24:26. > :24:29.I have got some Met Office statistics, I do not think anybody
:24:29. > :24:36.will be surprised because if you have not already had, it has been a
:24:36. > :24:41.fairly rotten summer for many of us. Certainly it is now looking like it
:24:41. > :24:46.will be the coolest summer since 1993 and also a crossed all this,
:24:46. > :24:49.most of us see 25% plus sunshine then we would normally. I am afraid
:24:49. > :24:56.that cloud layer has been with us for the past few days and is still
:24:56. > :25:02.with us. It still means temperatures less than average. It
:25:02. > :25:06.is just staying put for at least another 24-48 hours. Overnight
:25:06. > :25:11.tonight it stays cloudy. The high pressure remains but if you want it
:25:11. > :25:16.to stay dry, it least it will stay dry. Temperature should not drop
:25:16. > :25:22.below around 12 degrees. Like winds, lot of cloud to my staying dry but
:25:22. > :25:26.also not to chilly. Into tomorrow, the a similar day to today. If you
:25:26. > :25:33.get any sunshine at all, you will be very lucky indeed. Most of us
:25:33. > :25:36.will be staring at the grey all day long, maybe just a few glimmers of
:25:36. > :25:39.brightness particularly around the middle of the day when we could see
:25:39. > :25:44.temperatures getting up to around 17 degrees. However when it is
:25:44. > :25:47.fairly thick and cloudy, temperatures hover around 16
:25:47. > :25:52.Celsius, pretty rubbish for this time of year. It should be more
:25:52. > :25:58.like 21. Into Thursday, things are not improving too quickly but as
:25:58. > :26:03.the high pressure moves eastwards, we might start just moving in a
:26:03. > :26:08.little bit of dry air. That means we get less moisture and it means
:26:08. > :26:11.we will see some cloud brakes and that is how we may end the week.
:26:11. > :26:16.And that is where we have a dramatic effect on our temperatures.
:26:16. > :26:20.Although it is fairly cool at the moment, by the time of the weekend,
:26:20. > :26:30.we might be back up above average with more sunshine so hang in there
:26:30. > :26:35.
:26:35. > :26:40.Let's recap tonight's headlines. The figures and in their own homes
:26:40. > :26:44.is 70%. People are finding it more difficult to get on the housing
:26:44. > :26:52.ladder. We asked you what you thought the solution was. Pauline
:26:52. > :27:00.has e-mailed us from Whitfield in east Kent, I have listened to a man
:27:00. > :27:05.upset about 600 houses being built in Paddock Wood. I live in
:27:06. > :27:10.Whitfield, 1,800 houses and there are talk of another 8,000 houses.
:27:10. > :27:14.It has nothing to do with more homes or affordable homes, he
:27:14. > :27:17.thinks the problems is wage rises keeping up with inflation and the
:27:17. > :27:20.rising cost of utilities. The Government has restricted wage
:27:20. > :27:26.rises and if people wanted to afford a home at the current prices,
:27:26. > :27:31.they would need around �25 per hour. Her and Richard has warned us that