:00:02. > :00:04.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:04. > :00:08.And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories:
:00:08. > :00:17.Jail for the couple who tortured a young man, making him drink bleach
:00:17. > :00:21.and attacking him with a hammer in a row over unpaid rent. In the end,
:00:21. > :00:24.the event became so extreme for him that he took a knife and stabbed
:00:24. > :00:27.himself to make sure they would have to call an ambulance.
:00:27. > :00:29.Emergency crews are still battling with the aftermath of the Lingfield
:00:29. > :00:32.factory explosion, with concerns over chemicals getting into local
:00:32. > :00:35.rivers. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:35. > :00:38.These men's postcodes will have a dramatic impact on their life
:00:38. > :00:44.expectancy - why men in parts of Medway die ten years earlier than
:00:44. > :00:48.average. We're live with the details of an unsettling report.
:00:48. > :00:58.Roll up for The Kiss in Margate. Rodin's famous sculpture is
:00:58. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.unveiled at the Turner Contemporary. Good evening.
:01:12. > :01:16.A married couple who helped a gang torture a man in Crawley - forcing
:01:16. > :01:19.him to drink bleach, and breaking his foot with a hammer - have been
:01:19. > :01:22.jailed. The 21-year-old victim became so desperate to end his
:01:23. > :01:26.ordeal that he stabbed himself in the chest five times.
:01:26. > :01:29.Anna Wibrew was sentenced to six years in prison. Her husband Simon
:01:29. > :01:34.Weller was sentenced to five years. During his ordeal, the 21-year-old
:01:34. > :01:41.Sussex man was also beaten, whipped and sexually assaulted. Lynda Hardy
:01:41. > :01:47.reports. This is a married couple now jailed
:01:47. > :01:53.for a total of 11 years for their part in what was described in court
:01:53. > :01:58.as the torment and torture of a 21- year-old man. The victim was lured
:01:58. > :02:02.to a flat in Crawley where he was imprisoned and tortured over four
:02:02. > :02:07.days more than two years ago. Almost exactly a year after the
:02:07. > :02:12.assault, five members of the gang were given jail sentences each of
:02:12. > :02:18.between 5 and 11 years. Today, Simon Weller and Anna Wibrew were
:02:18. > :02:23.sentenced for their part in the crime. It was that a flat on this
:02:23. > :02:28.road in Crawley where the torture took place. The horrific ordeal
:02:28. > :02:34.included beatings and whippings and then sold was rubbed into open
:02:34. > :02:37.wounds. -- sold. He was sexually assaulted and then smashed on the
:02:37. > :02:41.food for the claw hammer so hard that his toe nails ripped off in
:02:41. > :02:46.the process. He was made to drink bleach, given beer with paracetamol
:02:46. > :02:51.ended, he was whipped with a cane that had been dipped in water, he
:02:51. > :02:54.was hit with a hammer, breaking his toes, and in the event, events
:02:54. > :02:57.became so extreme for him that he took a knife and stabbing himself
:02:57. > :03:02.to make sure they would have to call an ambulance and his ordeal
:03:02. > :03:07.would come to an end. The vicious and prolonged assault was
:03:07. > :03:10.apparently because of a dispute over unpaid rent. Speaking after
:03:10. > :03:14.this afternoon's sentencing, the detective in charge of the case
:03:14. > :03:20.described it as the nasty if he had ever dealt with in his career to
:03:20. > :03:28.date -- nastiest. And that seven people could inflict such hideous
:03:28. > :03:33.acts against another person simply divide -- defies belief.
:03:33. > :03:36.We are Live Earth Hove Crown Court now. Clearly a disturbing case but
:03:36. > :03:42.in the sentencing, the judge recognised that this couple played
:03:43. > :03:47.a lesser role. That is right. Judge Kent said that
:03:47. > :03:52.he was aware that some of the most indecently crawl assaults happened
:03:52. > :03:55.before the couple joined and then after they had left it but he added
:03:55. > :03:59.that they were willing participants for 24 hours, it which they held
:03:59. > :04:05.the victim captive in their flat as a prison that before taking him to
:04:05. > :04:11.a second property. Anna Wibrew was jailed for a year longer than her
:04:11. > :04:15.husband because she had forced the victim to drink bleach. In total,
:04:15. > :04:20.this gang had been towed -- sentenced to over 50 years but at
:04:20. > :04:23.the court were reminded that it was in part captured on a mobile phone
:04:23. > :04:27.and the judge described that footage as a chilling piece of
:04:27. > :04:31.video in which the victim be seen handcuffed and cowering in a corner
:04:31. > :04:34.while he is beaten and while his attackers cheered.
:04:34. > :04:36.Three people are still in hospital after a huge explosion at an
:04:36. > :04:39.industrial estate in Surrey yesterday.
:04:39. > :04:42.Emergency teams have been working through the night at the scene of
:04:42. > :04:49.the fire on the Hobbs Industrial Estate in Newchapel near Lingfield,
:04:49. > :04:52.from where Alex Beard reports. The explosion and fierce fire that
:04:52. > :04:55.ripped through this industrial estate that the building so
:04:55. > :05:00.unstable that fire crews are still unable to put out the fire
:05:00. > :05:04.completed. We have been looking at a hot spots, the small area still
:05:04. > :05:09.left that we cannot gain access to because of the unsafe structure.
:05:09. > :05:14.The roof has partially collapsed. That is stopping us getting today's
:05:14. > :05:19.hot spots. Until we get those clear, we cannot get the fire crews in.
:05:20. > :05:23.This year volume of water required to fight the flames has meant the
:05:23. > :05:27.Environment Agency has worked through the night to stop the local
:05:27. > :05:30.waterways from being contaminated. The poison has run away -- run-off
:05:30. > :05:36.has caused some fish to died already. We are not anticipating
:05:36. > :05:39.any more. We have people out around the clock increasing the oxygen
:05:39. > :05:43.levels and improving the water quality of the area, so hopefully
:05:43. > :05:47.we are limiting the impact on the environment and the wildlife as
:05:47. > :05:50.much as possible. The industrial site remains closed although some
:05:51. > :05:54.employers from surrounding businesses have returned. Currently,
:05:54. > :05:58.a demolition company is removing the roof of the unit to make it
:05:58. > :06:02.safe for fire crews to enter and put out the rest of the fire and
:06:02. > :06:07.start investigations. Eight people were hospitalised after the fire
:06:07. > :06:14.took hold. 6th -- 5 have been discharged but three remained in
:06:14. > :06:20.Kent -- serious conditions. Two are in East Grinstead and one is being
:06:20. > :06:23.treated in London. In a moment: Iraq veteran Colonel
:06:23. > :06:28.Tim Collins wants to shake up the police, are starting by running for
:06:28. > :06:32.the job of Kent Commissioner. -- starting by.
:06:32. > :06:36.Men who live in the most deprived parts of the Medway Towns die, on
:06:36. > :06:38.average, ten years earlier than their wealthier neighbours. A
:06:38. > :06:42.report by the Public Health Observatory also shows that women's
:06:42. > :06:46.life expectancy is more than three years shorter than average.
:06:46. > :06:49.The local council is looking at the findings which show that while the
:06:49. > :06:59.better-off in the area live to be 77 on average, those in the poorest
:06:59. > :07:03.wards are unlikely to even make it to 70. Sara Smith reports.
:07:03. > :07:07.They may have less than four miles apart but their lives are very
:07:07. > :07:11.different. Gordon Baker is on a good pension after 40 years with
:07:11. > :07:19.the electricity board. Security guard then struggles to make ends
:07:19. > :07:22.wait on his mages for -- making us meet on his wages. The disparity
:07:22. > :07:28.between their life expectancy is is 10 years. One of the main reasons,
:07:28. > :07:32.poorer people are more likely to smoke. I smoke about 20 a day, may
:07:32. > :07:36.be because I am addicted to smoking, but I find it hard to give up
:07:36. > :07:40.because of the stress of work, coming home and trying to sort
:07:40. > :07:44.money out, living expenses. Smoking doesn't just cause lung cancer but
:07:44. > :07:48.heart disease, as well as adding to a host of other health problems.
:07:48. > :07:53.Poorer people also have a worse diet added Medway, the number of
:07:53. > :07:57.those classed as obese are well above the country's average. -- and
:07:57. > :08:01.the Medway. Gordon goes to the gym three times a week and eats
:08:01. > :08:05.healthily. Even as a young man, he stayed away from cigarettes and too
:08:05. > :08:10.much alcohol. We used to meet as a group, a good bunch of friends,
:08:10. > :08:13.have a drink on a Friday night, but that was about all. The rest of the
:08:13. > :08:18.time more sport. If I wasn't playing that, I would be watching
:08:18. > :08:22.and I encouraged both my children to be the same. But the difference
:08:22. > :08:28.between life expectancy in rich and poor is much less pronounced in
:08:28. > :08:32.women, just three years. Us men are much less good at visiting the GP.
:08:33. > :08:37.We lead riskier life styles, so we tend to be more likely to smoke,
:08:37. > :08:42.drink more, we take greater risks, we tend to die a bit more early
:08:42. > :08:46.from accidents, unfortunately, and all of this leads up to that kind
:08:46. > :08:50.of inequality. Tonight, the statistics are being scrutinised by
:08:50. > :08:54.Medway councillors. Life expectancy is improving overall, but there is
:08:54. > :08:59.still more to be done. And Sara is in Medway for us this
:08:59. > :09:01.evening. Why is there such a big gap in life
:09:01. > :09:05.expectancy between rich and poor people?
:09:05. > :09:10.I should say first of all that it has been narrowing over the past 10
:09:10. > :09:13.years. As a whole, people are Medway are living longer than ever
:09:13. > :09:17.before but the gap is still too big and getting to the heart of that is
:09:17. > :09:22.difficult. It seems that people know they need to stop smoking, eat
:09:22. > :09:27.more carefully, but that the less control they feel they have over
:09:27. > :09:31.their lives, over money and Employment, housing, the less
:09:31. > :09:35.control they seem to be able to exert over their health. So the
:09:36. > :09:40.approach is to be two-pronged. They need support as families, to adopt
:09:40. > :09:43.a healthier lifestyle, but they also need support in the general
:09:43. > :09:50.environment in which they are living and councillors will tonight
:09:50. > :09:53.be discussing some of those issues. A driver has died in a crash on the
:09:53. > :09:56.A23 north of Brighton this morning. A van crossed the central
:09:56. > :09:59.reservation, hitting a lamppost which then fell on a vehicle coming
:09:59. > :10:01.in the other direction. The man in the second vehicle, who was in his
:10:01. > :10:05.fifties, was pronounced dead at the scene.
:10:05. > :10:06.A health trust in Kent has been told it must train staff in Data
:10:07. > :10:10.Protection laws after it accidentally destroyed 10,000
:10:10. > :10:14.patient records. The Information Commissioner has ruled that staff
:10:14. > :10:18.at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust were wrong to put the records in a
:10:18. > :10:23.disposal room because there was no other storage space. The mistake
:10:23. > :10:26.wasn't spotted for three months. The brother of a woman from Kent
:10:26. > :10:29.murdered by her husband has called for police to be more victim-
:10:29. > :10:31.friendly as he addressed members of the Scottish Parliament. Peter
:10:31. > :10:36.Morris now campaigns for improved victims' rights, following the
:10:36. > :10:40.murder of his sister Claire by He told MSPs about the impact the
:10:40. > :10:45.case had on his family as he put forward a petition aimed at
:10:45. > :10:48.improving support for victims of crime and their families.
:10:48. > :10:53.Iraq War veteran Colonel Tim Collins has confirmed he wants to
:10:53. > :10:56.stand as Kent's first police commissioner. Under new proposals,
:10:56. > :10:59.commissioners would replace police authorities.
:11:00. > :11:02.They would also have the power to hire and fire chief constables. As
:11:03. > :11:09.Jon Hunt reports, Colonel Collins says he believes he has the energy
:11:09. > :11:15.and know-how to do the job. Ordered for leading his men in Iraq,
:11:15. > :11:20.made famous by his motivational speech to them on the eve of their
:11:20. > :11:26.tour and today revealed by the Home Secretary as the person the
:11:26. > :11:31.Conservatives are backing to become police crime Commissioner for Kent.
:11:31. > :11:35.He says he wants to get tough on crime, tough on mediocrity and make
:11:35. > :11:40.it easier for officers to do their job. The bureaucrats have tied the
:11:40. > :11:45.hands of the police forces and the policeman will tell you that. If I
:11:45. > :11:49.am elected, I hope to open those handcuffs and give the police both
:11:49. > :11:52.hands to deal with crime. It is not going to be about reaction times,
:11:52. > :11:57.because by the time someone has phoned the police the crime has
:11:57. > :12:00.been committed. It is about driving a crime down. Kent Police is
:12:00. > :12:03.overseen by an authority of 17 members but next year that will
:12:03. > :12:08.change, with a single elected Commission are taking on that role.
:12:08. > :12:10.It is not popular with those representing Kent officers and
:12:11. > :12:16.while their respective Tim Collins, they wonder if he is the right bad
:12:16. > :12:20.for the job. That while they respect. He has a lot to learn
:12:20. > :12:24.about the police. Policing is not the army, it is a civilian
:12:24. > :12:28.organisation. He also needs to engage with policing to find out
:12:28. > :12:33.exactly what it is about and not listen to too many anecdotes that
:12:33. > :12:37.he then goes on to report in speeches. He may be the first to
:12:37. > :12:41.put his name forward but he won't be the last. The elections for
:12:41. > :12:45.police commissioners will be held in November last year.
:12:45. > :12:48.Our top story tonight. A married couple who helped a gang
:12:48. > :12:52.torture a man in Crawley - forcing him to drink bleach, and breaking
:12:52. > :12:56.his foot with a hammer - have been jailed. Anna Wibrew was sentenced
:12:56. > :12:58.to six years in prison. Her husband Simon Weller was sentenced to five
:12:58. > :13:08.years And setting the scene for a new era
:13:08. > :13:11.of theatre in Canterbury as the curtain goes up on the Marlowe.
:13:11. > :13:17.Added the heatwave is certainly over. Lots of cloud around but it
:13:17. > :13:19.has been a dry picture. Will it be lasting? Join me later fall of the
:13:19. > :13:29.details. And if you have a story you think
:13:29. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:46.we should be covering a, we would More than a million children are
:13:46. > :13:49.now being taught in academies. The controversial scheme allows state-
:13:49. > :13:53.funded schools to operate outside council control and have more
:13:53. > :13:56.freedom over what they teach and how much they pay their staff. Well
:13:56. > :14:01.today, a primary school in Smarden in Kent became the 1,000th school
:14:01. > :14:05.to do it. More than 200 failing secondaries were turned into
:14:05. > :14:07.academies under the previous Labour Government in England. But since
:14:08. > :14:10.coming to power, the coalition has widened the criteria for academies
:14:10. > :14:15.to offer successful schools the chance to gain more independence,
:14:15. > :14:25.and more than 1,500 schools have now applied for academy status.
:14:25. > :14:28.Louise Stewart reports. The children may be too young to
:14:28. > :14:36.realise the significance of today's change. This small primary has
:14:36. > :14:41.become the 1 thousandth to convert to academy status. Staff are under
:14:41. > :14:44.no doubt about the benefits. It is extremely exciting for us. We are a
:14:44. > :14:50.small rural primary school in the heart of Kent and Forrester be
:14:50. > :14:53.identified as the 1,000 academy that has been created -- for us,
:14:53. > :15:00.and for Lord Hill to speak to the children has been a real
:15:00. > :15:06.achievement. We now have 1,000 academies opened. Cynics questioned
:15:06. > :15:10.the timing of today's announcement, which coincided with the Education
:15:10. > :15:13.Secretary's keynote speech to the Tory conference. Michael Gove
:15:13. > :15:17.hailed the Academy programme as a success and said they were raising
:15:17. > :15:20.standards generally. The great thing is they don't just raise
:15:20. > :15:23.standards for the children in those schools, they work with schools
:15:23. > :15:28.that are underperforming to raise standards in those schools as well
:15:28. > :15:31.and they give people an example to emulate. But the policy has been
:15:31. > :15:35.controversial. Critics say many schools I converted to academy
:15:35. > :15:40.status because in the face of cuts to the education budget, they
:15:40. > :15:45.helped it would help them Secure more funding. That hope. It is
:15:45. > :15:48.about creating at hereof schools that are different from state
:15:48. > :15:54.schools and we will have an increasingly segregated education
:15:54. > :15:57.system. In Kent, you have a divided system because you have the 11 plus
:15:57. > :16:02.and recreating another division school -- between schools and where
:16:02. > :16:06.you have that, you have social segregation. I will never accept
:16:06. > :16:10.second best for this country. 1.2 million children are now being
:16:10. > :16:13.taught in academies and with 70% of schools in Kent applying to convert
:16:13. > :16:16.to academy status, they could soon be many more.
:16:16. > :16:23.Louise Stewart is at the Conservative Party Conference now.
:16:23. > :16:29.I understand the Prime Minster also addressed the issue of acadamies.
:16:29. > :16:33.Yes, that's right. At the start of Michael Gove's speech, there was a
:16:33. > :16:38.live link-up to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who was visiting an
:16:38. > :16:43.academy in Manchester. I think the message is clear. Although as you
:16:43. > :16:47.heard in the report, this has been controversial, not only is it the
:16:47. > :16:50.education parts -- Education Secretary's flagship policy, at the
:16:50. > :16:54.Prime Minister gives it his backing. Tonight is the end of conference,
:16:54. > :16:59.after four weeks, and David Cameron would give his keynote speech to
:16:59. > :17:04.conference. Quite a gloomy week in terms of the economy and the lack
:17:04. > :17:06.of growth, and what he will want to do is talk up the achievement of
:17:06. > :17:16.the Conservatives and send them home on a high.
:17:16. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:31.They wanted to create a landmark building, at �25 million of temple
:17:31. > :17:35.to the dramatic arts in Canterbury and tonight, very rebuilt the
:17:35. > :17:39.Marlowe will open tonight. Prince Edward and the Countess of
:17:39. > :17:44.Wessex were the -- will be the special guests at a royal gala
:17:44. > :17:48.evening. Robin Gibson is there. And exciting evening in prospect.
:17:48. > :17:53.The champagne has been flowing at this royal gala performance. A
:17:53. > :17:58.couple of hours ago, the royal guests arrived, and a lot is
:17:58. > :18:06.hanging on this the Marlowe Theatre, at a bit like the Margate busy M.
:18:06. > :18:15.People are hoping this will somehow signalled away -- but Margate is
:18:15. > :18:24.the M. And -- Museum of Macro. But today has been all about getting
:18:24. > :18:29.The planning and dreaming is over, today, the Marlowe theatre goes
:18:29. > :18:34.live. Its first night. So everything has a feel of being a
:18:34. > :18:40.first. It is wonderful to be in on a project like this. It is
:18:40. > :18:44.fantastic. The Arts are in Fourie hard time, I am afraid to say, but
:18:44. > :18:49.this is an exception -- are in for a hard time. It is a wonderful
:18:49. > :18:56.building and I'm sure it will be very successful. The Philharmonic
:18:56. > :19:02.will be here regularly. Accompanied by the Philharmonia
:19:02. > :19:07.Orchestra, Sir John and soprano, and will be singing a wide
:19:07. > :19:12.programme tonight for the gala opera evening. There has been a
:19:12. > :19:16.keen sense of nervous anticipation around the building. Here we are at
:19:16. > :19:19.last, obviously we are feeling a bit apprehensive, but we have done
:19:19. > :19:22.the rehearsals, we have done the preparation and I think it will be
:19:23. > :19:28.a triumphant occasion and a fitting opening to this fabulous new
:19:28. > :19:32.theatre. It is all new and vivid, but the Marlowe has a lot of
:19:32. > :19:36.history for a lot of people, so the spirit of its past is important to
:19:36. > :19:42.them. Paul was wearing blue and yellow tights. I couldn't resist
:19:42. > :19:47.him. I wasn't on stage at the time. This was in the street. We met
:19:47. > :19:50.there and we started producing in 2005 and we have been doing it ever
:19:50. > :19:56.since then. I walked into that auditorium at the weekend for the
:19:56. > :20:00.first time and I genuinely got goose bumps. Some shows in the
:20:00. > :20:05.Marlowe's first season have already sold out. And this, the opening
:20:05. > :20:10.night with the royal guests, was never in question. Every one of the
:20:10. > :20:12.theatre's plush Italian leather seat will be occupied. If that is a
:20:12. > :20:21.pattern for the future, then millions will be considered to have
:20:21. > :20:23.been well spent. This is a night for a lot of loyal
:20:23. > :20:27.supporters of the Marlowe to come forward, because a lot of money has
:20:27. > :20:32.been raised through a public donation. One who cannot be here
:20:32. > :20:38.tonight is a movie star and Canterbury by Orlando bloom. He is
:20:38. > :20:43.not able to be here, but he has given our message for me to read. -
:20:43. > :20:48.- a message. He says it is a wonderful prospect -- have such an
:20:48. > :20:51.exciting new theatre in Canterbury, particularly for actors to tour
:20:51. > :20:56.outside of London. I look forward to enjoying many performances there
:20:56. > :20:59.and I hope tonight's opening goes off with a bank. At the moment, it
:20:59. > :21:03.certainly looks as though it is going to. People are taking their
:21:03. > :21:09.seats. Just very quickly, do we know why
:21:09. > :21:12.he couldn't turn up? I don't. I believe he has some
:21:12. > :21:16.filming commitments. I think he was genuinely very disappointed he
:21:16. > :21:20.could not be here and hopes to be here in the future, that is the
:21:20. > :21:25.word on the street. Robin, thank you. It looks very
:21:26. > :21:35.swish. Very different to the old one.
:21:35. > :21:38.That move onto some football news. Gillingham will be hoping to put
:21:38. > :21:41.Saturday's defeat behind them when they meet Barnet in the Johnstone
:21:41. > :21:44.Paint Trophy tonight. It's the second time the sides have met so
:21:44. > :21:46.far this season. Back in August, they drew 2-2 in north London
:21:46. > :21:48.thanks to goals from Lee Spiller and Jack Payne.
:21:48. > :21:50.Spinner Monty Panesar has signed a three-year contract extension at
:21:50. > :21:53.Sussex. The 29-year-old was the second-highest wicket-taker in
:21:53. > :21:56.Division One of the County Championship this year. He's taken
:21:56. > :21:59.121 first-class wickets in two seasons since moving to Hove from
:21:59. > :22:01.Northamptonshire. When it first went on display a
:22:01. > :22:05.century ago, it provoked outrage and concerns that returning
:22:05. > :22:07.soldiers from the Great War would be unable to cope with the sight of
:22:07. > :22:10.two naked people in a passionate embrace.
:22:10. > :22:13.Since then, it's become the nation's favourite work of art, and
:22:13. > :22:17.Rodin's immediately recognisable sculpture The Kiss has gone on a
:22:18. > :22:26.year-long display at the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate.
:22:26. > :22:32.Ria Chaterjee reports. This particular version of a The
:22:32. > :22:36.Kiss has been on the move since it was first bought by a wealthy art
:22:36. > :22:41.collector in Lewes in the early 1,900. Now for a while at least, it
:22:41. > :22:46.home will be the Turner Contemporary. The Kiss is
:22:46. > :22:51.considered to be one of the great images of erotic love. The statue
:22:51. > :22:55.is depicting the story of two 13th century lovers, Paolo and Francesca,
:22:55. > :23:01.which was the original title. Francesca was an Italian noblewoman
:23:01. > :23:05.who fell in love with her husband's younger brother and Rodin is
:23:05. > :23:10.capturing these figures when they have their first embrace. When The
:23:10. > :23:16.Kiss went on display in Britain in 1914, it caused public outrage. So
:23:16. > :23:23.much so, it went into hiding in a garage for a number of years. It is
:23:23. > :23:27.said to be grabbing people's attention in Margate. But many are
:23:27. > :23:33.coming to the gallery just disappeared. It is so realistic.
:23:33. > :23:38.You can envisage them being alive. -- just to visited. The muscles and
:23:39. > :23:42.everything is so amazing. It is lovely. I walked in and there it is,
:23:42. > :23:46.it is wonderful. I think it looks nice and passionate, they look like
:23:46. > :23:52.they are enjoying themselves. So much then not even looking at the
:23:52. > :24:00.view. It is depicting the up -- young blood and I think it is
:24:00. > :24:03.fabulous. -- love. Only last month, it was on display at the gallery in
:24:03. > :24:06.Lewes for their Millennium Exhibition. Until the end of next
:24:06. > :24:12.year, this seemingly nomadic art piece will look out across the Kent
:24:12. > :24:19.coast. It is becoming a real cultural
:24:19. > :24:22.destination, the south-east. If you want high art, go to Margate.
:24:22. > :24:27.Or Canterbury. It was kind of breezy in Margate
:24:27. > :24:32.today, we could see that. Rachel is here to give us the details of the
:24:32. > :24:36.weather for the next day or so. The heatwave is well and truly over.
:24:36. > :24:39.Plenty of crowd around today and some breezy south-westerly winds. -
:24:39. > :24:42.some breezy south-westerly winds. - - cloud. Tomorrow, some decent
:24:42. > :24:45.spells of sunshine in the morning but the cloud will thicken into the
:24:46. > :24:50.after bid and it will stay dry through the day but it will be wet
:24:51. > :24:53.overnight. Temperatures today have been around 18 or 19 degrees.
:24:53. > :24:58.Cooler than yesterday but still above average for the time of the
:24:58. > :25:04.year. By the end of the week, temperatures returning to the mid-
:25:04. > :25:09.teens, so remark -- markedly cooler than the weekend. Low-pressure
:25:09. > :25:13.firmly in control, with his band of light rain sinking southwards.
:25:13. > :25:22.Mostly in the south-east just plenty of cloud, dry with the Spitz
:25:22. > :25:28.and spots of rain. Temperatures in the top teams, around 19 degrees
:25:28. > :25:32.four-star --. Very little changes as we move into tonight. Lot of
:25:32. > :25:37.cloud around, that when continuing, so fairly breezy, and temperatures
:25:37. > :25:41.not changing much from their daytime values, between 15 and 17
:25:41. > :25:46.degrees. As we move into tomorrow, a mild start to the day. Some
:25:46. > :25:48.decent spells of sunshine but in the afternoon, the cloud cover will
:25:48. > :25:55.Figov added that is ahead of this band of rain that is spreading
:25:55. > :26:02.eastwards. -- will thicken. A mostly dry start to the day, decent
:26:02. > :26:05.spells of such that through them morning, Bose South westerly winds
:26:05. > :26:12.picking up at -- spells of sunshine through the morning. Temperatures
:26:12. > :26:16.similar to today, ranging between 17 and 20 degrees, 68 in Fahrenheit.
:26:16. > :26:19.Tomorrow night will be dry for a time and then we will see that rain
:26:19. > :26:23.spreading eastwards. It is a wet and windy night, with temperatures
:26:23. > :26:29.overnight cooler than they have been receptive. Lows of around 10
:26:29. > :26:35.degrees but the rain will clear. Thursday, those temperatures not
:26:35. > :26:39.getting much above the 14 degrees, and mostly dry. As we end the week,
:26:39. > :26:42.high pressure starting to build from the South West. A mostly dry
:26:42. > :26:47.picture for Friday with decent spells of sunshine but the rain is
:26:47. > :26:50.spells of sunshine but the rain is going to be back again on Saturday.
:26:50. > :26:52.Thank you. That was all hot and sunny at the weekend.
:26:52. > :26:55.Tonight's top national and local news:
:26:55. > :26:58.The family of the British student Meredith Kercher, who was murdered
:26:58. > :27:02.in Italy four years ago, say the investigation into her death is now
:27:02. > :27:07.back to square one. They were speaking after an Italian court
:27:07. > :27:10.cleared Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito.
:27:10. > :27:14.A Sussex couple were jailed today for their involvement in the
:27:14. > :27:19.torture of a man who stabbed himself in the chest to try to kill
:27:19. > :27:24.himself after being kept prisoner for three days. The 21-year-old was
:27:24. > :27:28.beaten and made to drink bleach. And the new Marlowe Theatre opens
:27:28. > :27:31.for business tonight for the first time, with a royal seal of approval.