:00:02. > :00:08.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:08. > :00:11.And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories. An inquest hears how two
:00:11. > :00:15.boys died in a fire while their mother was drunk.
:00:15. > :00:18.How did a man fall to his death from a moving Eurostar train after
:00:18. > :00:21.apparently opening a door? We'll have the latest on the
:00:21. > :00:25.investigation live from Folkestone. Also in tonight's programme: It's
:00:25. > :00:34.quite a catch - how two fisherman landed a 400 pound bomb a mile off
:00:35. > :00:39.Margate. It is dangerous. We treat them all exactly the same, that
:00:39. > :00:42.they could function, so we have operating procedures for all
:00:42. > :00:46.devices. It is potentially very dangerous.
:00:46. > :00:48.A black gold-rush in the South Downs. We follow the Sussex woman
:00:48. > :00:51.who makes money foraging for truffles.
:00:51. > :00:54.And we speak to legendary star of stage and screen Vanessa Redgrave,
:00:54. > :01:04.who's teamed up with Kent's Wildwood Trust to help protect our
:01:04. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:15.Good evening. Two young brothers died in their Sussex home when a
:01:15. > :01:20.fire broke out in a Tendayi had created while their mother was
:01:20. > :01:24.drunk, an inquest heard today. Lewes Jenkins and his brother
:01:24. > :01:29.Taylor died from smoke inhalation at a house in Eastbourne in 2008.
:01:29. > :01:35.The court heard their mother Denise Goldsmith was one-and-a-half times
:01:35. > :01:39.over the legal drink-drive limit. Leaving court this afternoon, a
:01:39. > :01:44.mother who not only lost two sons in a house fire, but the court
:01:44. > :01:48.heard today she was almost certainly drunk when they died. The
:01:48. > :01:53.fire had appal the community. It emerged this morning the two boys
:01:53. > :01:58.may have been trapped under the stairs. They had a cigarette
:01:58. > :02:02.lighter and candles at the scene. The following month, the funeral,
:02:02. > :02:07.their father unable to attend, because he was behind bars from an
:02:07. > :02:11.earlier crime. Months later, their mother was told she would not face
:02:11. > :02:17.charges of child neglect or manslaughter. The Karen are said
:02:17. > :02:23.this would be a delicate inquest. - - the coroner said. They heard from
:02:23. > :02:28.30 witnesses. They spoke about the chaotic lifestyle the family lead.
:02:28. > :02:32.They heard a drunken parties, loud music, the children out of control,
:02:32. > :02:38.of most of the night, and the boy's father often of violent and abusive
:02:38. > :02:42.towards his partner. Five witnesses described a mother who loved her
:02:42. > :02:50.boys Dili, who doted on them, one said, he tried to do the right
:02:51. > :02:55.thing. -- love for boys Dili. The police are looking for an
:02:55. > :02:59.investigation into how an Albanian man was able to open a door on a
:02:59. > :03:03.Eurostar train and four to his death. An MEP was on board the
:03:03. > :03:07.train when the accent happened yesterday evening at Cheriton near
:03:07. > :03:15.Folkestone close to the Channel tunnel entrance. The line was
:03:15. > :03:19.closed after the death. London to the Continent at up to
:03:19. > :03:23.124 mph. And now, there are questions about safety after an
:03:23. > :03:29.Albanian man who had been refused entry to the UK fell from a moving
:03:29. > :03:33.train. How can somebody open the door of a high-speed train and jump
:03:33. > :03:38.out when the train is in motion? There has got to be technical
:03:38. > :03:42.issues that need to be resolved. After 5:00pm yesterday evening, the
:03:43. > :03:48.Eurostar service left St Pancras station in London. At 5:50pm, the
:03:48. > :03:52.man fell from the train at Cheriton. Passengers had to wait until after
:03:52. > :03:56.10pm before the train pulled into Ashford and they returned to London
:03:56. > :04:00.on a different service. Eurostar criticised because of communication
:04:00. > :04:04.with passengers last night and were also told that it defies logic that
:04:04. > :04:08.a man could open the door on a moving train. Experts say that
:04:08. > :04:15.Eurostar have done nothing wrong in terms of safety. It is difficult to
:04:15. > :04:19.see how you could prevented without also losing the essential feature
:04:19. > :04:21.of any emergency escape that it works when it needs to. The River
:04:22. > :04:26.point very have to make it reasonably difficult, you have to
:04:26. > :04:33.be determined, but it has to be possible. -- there is a point.
:04:33. > :04:36.Otherwise, the vehicle could become a death trap. Eurostar says in 17
:04:36. > :04:39.years of operation this is the first time a passenger has
:04:39. > :04:45.deliberately breached the safety system and forced an exit from a
:04:45. > :04:49.moving train. Catherine joins us now from
:04:49. > :04:55.Cheriton Bridge the incident took place. I understand that Eurostar
:04:55. > :04:58.have defended their safety systems today? Yes, they say that systems
:04:58. > :05:03.on trains are robust and they comply with European legislation,
:05:03. > :05:07.but that is not enough to stop Richard Ashworth are calling for an
:05:07. > :05:11.internal inquiry and to examine whether changes need to be made to
:05:11. > :05:16.the trains to prevent this happening again. However, as we
:05:16. > :05:19.have heard from experts, there is not much Eurostar can do to stop
:05:19. > :05:23.people opening the doors on a moving train at they are determined
:05:23. > :05:28.to do so. Unless they install locks which experts say could put people
:05:28. > :05:33.at risk in a genuine emergency. Thank you.
:05:33. > :05:43.Coming up: East Kent NHS Trust has one of the highest rates of patient
:05:43. > :05:44.
:05:44. > :05:49.complains in the country, we will be asking why?
:05:49. > :05:53.Two Fischer man landed a 400 pound catch only to discover that it was
:05:53. > :05:58.a Second World War German bomb. The expose of experts were called in to
:05:58. > :06:03.blow up the bomb that was caught in the nets a mile off Margate.
:06:03. > :06:10.It was not quite a catch that the fishermen were expecting, a bomb
:06:10. > :06:15.capable of blowing a hole in a battleship. This is the moment that
:06:15. > :06:24.the Royal Navy came to the scene and made it says. It is unusual to
:06:24. > :06:27.find this kind of bomb, because they have a very thin case and they
:06:27. > :06:34.rot away in the sea bed leaving just the charge case which we do
:06:34. > :06:38.not see very often. We deal with quite a lot of incidents like this,
:06:38. > :06:43.over 300 call-outs this year, but not many of them are to contact
:06:43. > :06:48.minds. This was the unfortunate trawler that caught the mind.
:06:48. > :06:53.Experts say there are still at huge number of bombs in the water
:06:53. > :06:58.waiting to be discovered. Many have been there for many years and years.
:06:58. > :07:01.But they are still in perfect working order. Explosive reminders
:07:01. > :07:11.of the two world wars have been turning up on the Kent coast for
:07:11. > :07:16.years. In 2003, the bomb squad had to do with the World War bomb.
:07:16. > :07:21.Later in the year, two more bombs showed up in Whitstable. How lucky
:07:21. > :07:25.we these fishermen not to be hurt? Firstly, they were unlucky to have
:07:25. > :07:30.founded in some respects. They are usually quite stable. They are
:07:30. > :07:33.usually quite stable. They did what they should have done, reported it
:07:33. > :07:40.immediately and took instructions from the Royal Navy disposal units
:07:40. > :07:44.that came from Portsmouth, they got in touch with the porter authority
:07:44. > :07:48.so that other ships did not go anywhere dangerous, and then they
:07:48. > :07:56.came up as quickly as possible and as we have seen and heard, because
:07:56. > :08:02.there was a large explosion, it was detonated safely. A wartime danger
:08:02. > :08:05.finally dealt with. The funeral has taken place of
:08:05. > :08:11.three generations of the same family better killed in a house
:08:11. > :08:17.fire in Chatham. 20-year-old Melissa Crook, her son, Noah, and
:08:17. > :08:20.her father, Mark, 49, died last month. Paris arranged husband,
:08:20. > :08:25.Danai Muhammadi, and another man have been charged with murder and
:08:25. > :08:29.attempted murder. -- her estranged husband.
:08:29. > :08:37.No Newlands fell and greys sides will be built in Sussex if plans
:08:37. > :08:40.are approved. -- no new landfill and land raise site. They are
:08:40. > :08:44.proving a new plant for waste disposal in Sussex.
:08:45. > :08:49.Plans to demolish cooling towers and the chimney at Richborough have
:08:49. > :08:57.been submitted to Thanet District Council. They are dismantling the
:08:57. > :09:02.size over the last number of years and plans are in place to knockdown
:09:02. > :09:06.the Chinese. The buildings were not used since 1996.
:09:06. > :09:12.-- knocked down the chimney is. At trust in Kent has been named as
:09:13. > :09:15.one of them has complained about in England. Only five other trends
:09:15. > :09:19.received more complaints than the East Kent Hospitals University NHS
:09:19. > :09:25.Foundation Trust. There were 110 complaints made against that trust
:09:25. > :09:28.last year compared with the previous year of 89. In Sussex, the
:09:28. > :09:33.Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust had 80 patient
:09:33. > :09:37.complains. It is nothing for the patience to worry about in east
:09:37. > :09:41.Kent. We treat more people every year, so it is not surprising that
:09:41. > :09:47.there are some individuals that are unhappy with the care they receive.
:09:47. > :09:51.What have they been complaining about? Many people were concerned
:09:51. > :09:55.about levels of care and minor issues like telephones not been
:09:55. > :09:57.answered following complaints. Only three or quiet investigation by the
:09:57. > :10:02.ombudsman and another three complaints were resolved following
:10:02. > :10:06.the intervention of the ombudsman. Today, people using the hospitals
:10:06. > :10:09.in East Kent were divided on their experience. I never had any
:10:09. > :10:15.complaint, we got the treatment that we came for and were properly
:10:15. > :10:20.looked after. My experience was with my little boy. I contained in
:10:20. > :10:28.the past because they do not seem to do much for him. I had a very
:10:28. > :10:31.good service, we have had... Be looked after us very well. We are
:10:31. > :10:36.joined by Charlie Elphicke, the MP for Dover and Deal, is there
:10:36. > :10:39.something that is fundamentally wrong in East Kent with the NHS or
:10:39. > :10:44.our people back to write complaining? I would be concerned
:10:44. > :10:47.about the experience that the patients have had. Back in March,
:10:47. > :10:52.the Care Quality Commission did a survey bed indicated that this
:10:52. > :10:56.trust was in the bottom 20 % in terms of people making complaints.
:10:56. > :11:02.I flagged up this issue and matter with the Care Quality Commission to
:11:02. > :11:07.discuss my concerns with the trust. Add to the 110 complaints, the
:11:07. > :11:13.ombudsman only found in favour of three of them, so he would think
:11:13. > :11:20.that they are not that serious. -- out of the 110. This is a
:11:20. > :11:24.substantial rise of 20 %. Patience say to me that we need the trust to
:11:24. > :11:29.be better at the soft skills in terms of engaging with the patient
:11:29. > :11:33.and with accessibility of services. At the soft skills that get damaged
:11:33. > :11:37.when budgets are under pressure and people have less staff to do things,
:11:37. > :11:42.and it is budget restrictions that are part of the problem? We are
:11:42. > :11:46.talking about one of the biggest rises and the five worst in the
:11:46. > :11:50.country, so we cannot blame budget pressures, which is an old thing to
:11:50. > :11:54.blame for this issue, there are more substantial things going on.
:11:54. > :11:59.We need a proper hospital for Dover which has been promised but never
:11:59. > :12:02.delivered. You say building a new hospital at Dover, part of the NHS
:12:02. > :12:07.argument is concentrating specialism in one place and they
:12:07. > :12:11.had been concentrating in Ashford and Margate, if they cannot keep
:12:11. > :12:16.the specialism at Canterbury, what hope is there for getting a viable
:12:16. > :12:20.hospital at Dover? You need accessible services to deal with
:12:21. > :12:23.simple things really quickly and keep the acute issues and
:12:23. > :12:27.complicated expensive stuff elsewhere. It is more cost-
:12:27. > :12:32.effective to do this and would be sure accessibility of servers,
:12:32. > :12:36.faster treatment and happier patients. Thank you.
:12:36. > :12:39.If you want to find out more, you can go to the website and get more
:12:39. > :12:49.information on these complaints or you can't look at our political
:12:49. > :12:53.An inquest has been hearing how two young boys, Lewis and Taylor
:12:53. > :12:57.Jenkins, died in their Sussex home when a fire broke out in a den they
:12:57. > :13:00.had created while their mother was drunk. Denise Goldsmith was one and
:13:00. > :13:10.a half times over the legal drink- drive limit when her children died
:13:10. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:19.in Eastbourne in 2008. Also in tonight's programme.
:13:19. > :13:27.From the naughty groom in Four Weddings to mad King George. Actor
:13:27. > :13:34.David Haig, on his latest role at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre.
:13:34. > :13:36.The colt has taken hold. How long will this cold snap last four? I
:13:36. > :13:40.will have answers later in the programme.
:13:40. > :13:50.If you have the story we should cover, we would like to hear from
:13:50. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:02.An Oscar-winning actress has joined up with a Kent conservation park in
:14:02. > :14:05.a campaign aimed at saving the environment by changing the tax
:14:05. > :14:07.system. Vanessa Redgrave and Wildwood Trust, which is based at
:14:08. > :14:12.Herne near Canterbury, have produced a documentary film to
:14:12. > :14:15.spearhead a drive to change land taxation. Tonight staff from
:14:15. > :14:19.Wildwood will be on the red carpet as the film which champions their
:14:19. > :14:29.cause premiers in London's West End. Truffles are recognised as one of
:14:29. > :14:31.
:14:31. > :14:38.Highly prized of gastronomic She is famous for have acting.
:14:38. > :14:46.Today, Vanessa Redgrave came to support a campaign calling for a
:14:46. > :14:53.shift in the taxation system that this man argues would help save the
:14:53. > :15:00.Royal Academy from extinction. It is a partial documentary, arguing
:15:00. > :15:07.the case for replacing income and tax is with land tax. It was made
:15:07. > :15:14.by the son of Vanessa Redgrave. Because I am a grand mother, I
:15:14. > :15:20.suppose this film, which is about a work environment, the Wildlife and
:15:20. > :15:27.woods and Waters, and our children and grandchildren depend on the
:15:27. > :15:32.woods and the waters and the wildlife,. We have thousands of
:15:32. > :15:36.people protesting in the streets. They have occupied the Stock
:15:36. > :15:41.Exchange. And in other cities around the world they are
:15:41. > :15:49.protesting. Perhaps if they concentrated their energy on a
:15:49. > :15:52.solution, maybe politicians would pay attention. Peter Smith of the
:15:52. > :16:01.Dartford and Gravesham Trust in Kent is one of the leading voices
:16:01. > :16:11.in the documentary. -- of the Wild Wood Trust. He said economics and
:16:11. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :16:20.the tax system have affected wildlife. I realised it is the loss
:16:20. > :16:27.of land that is the problem. We put a value on land and water. Minerals
:16:27. > :16:33.that are extracted cost more to use. It does not cost society any more.
:16:33. > :16:39.You put real value on nature's assets. It's is never certain a
:16:39. > :16:42.film can change the minds of people, but the showing that took place in
:16:42. > :16:52.the viewing rooms of the 20th Century Fox film company, so it
:16:52. > :16:57.
:16:57. > :17:00.seems to have influential power. Truffles are recognised as one of
:17:00. > :17:06.the most highly prized of gastronomic delights. The world
:17:06. > :17:10.record for a single one was a �165,000. But you may be surprised
:17:10. > :17:14.to know that they don't only grow in Italy and France. The Sussex
:17:14. > :17:17.Downs are a pretty good spot for finding them as well. John Hunt
:17:17. > :17:27.reports on the woman with a dog called Zebedee, and his magic sense
:17:27. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:32.of smell. Melissa is foraging would land in Sussex. It is a secret
:17:33. > :17:40.location because she is looking for something valuable. How does one
:17:40. > :17:47.become a trouble Hunter? It started from my love of mushrooms --
:17:47. > :17:54.truffles Hunter. Truffles are extraordinary and rare. I thought
:17:54. > :17:59.it was the ultimate challenge to find them. Truffles are a rare type
:17:59. > :18:05.of wild mushroom that grows in would land. They are found using
:18:05. > :18:11.trained pigs and more recently dogs. They are an expensive delicacy. One
:18:11. > :18:18.Chinese millionaire paid more than �200,000 for two troubles at
:18:18. > :18:25.auction. They are traditionally found in France and Italy, but also
:18:25. > :18:32.in Sussex. The purpose of the truffle is to give that reporter.
:18:32. > :18:39.It attaches itself to the roots of the trees and allows it to have
:18:39. > :18:44.nutrients and water -- it gives the treat water. It gives it sugars and
:18:44. > :18:51.carbohydrates and starches. At this restaurant they are used regularly.
:18:51. > :18:58.And the taste? It is dark and rich. It is very nice. It gives a subtle
:18:58. > :19:02.hint to most dishes. It is not too strong. You do not want it in
:19:02. > :19:07.anything stronger in flavour because it would hide it. But the
:19:07. > :19:15.delicate flavour you get does not come cheaply. Depending on quality,
:19:15. > :19:20.prices range between �120 per kilo to almost �3,000. That is because
:19:20. > :19:29.finding a trough for is not easy. To prove the point, Zebedee did not
:19:29. > :19:39.find any today. To demonstrate his skill, Minister used truffle oil on
:19:39. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:47.cotton wool -- Millis it used. Brighton travel to Millwall looking
:19:47. > :19:52.to end their six-match run winless run up. They will hope to turn
:19:52. > :19:56.their former round against the struggling side that lie a fourth
:19:56. > :20:02.from bottom. Former Sussex cricket captain Chris Adams is cycling to
:20:02. > :20:11.every county cricket ground -- ground to raise money for charity.
:20:11. > :20:17.He will cover 868 miles over 15 days visiting all the first-class
:20:17. > :20:27.county cricket grounds. He joins us now. He is with his brother and
:20:27. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:34.fellow cyclist. What prompted you to do it? Last year, my father was
:20:34. > :20:43.diagnosed with a new form of cancer are not many people know about.
:20:43. > :20:49.Leukaemia and lymphoma research do. The treatment they gave him means
:20:49. > :20:57.he is with us today. We thought we should give something back. When
:20:57. > :21:06.you say that, it is a lot of cycling. We are 620 miles in, maybe
:21:06. > :21:16.more than that. About 660 miles into 15 days of cycling, which is
:21:16. > :21:22.horrible! Has all your legs!? legs are fine. Other areas of the
:21:22. > :21:30.body are not so good, I will leave that to your imagination! It is a
:21:30. > :21:37.fantastic at that. Did you do much training? David has been cycling
:21:37. > :21:42.for seven months. He is pretty good. He is always leading will stop
:21:42. > :21:52.because the county season -- he is always leading. I have not had much
:21:52. > :22:00.time because of the county season. The first hour is always the
:22:00. > :22:04.hardest. But Chris has a mantra that if you are in pain, think of
:22:04. > :22:09.the children. We will be in pain for a week and we will get better.
:22:09. > :22:18.After that, we will be fine. The children who have the disease will
:22:18. > :22:24.be in pain until they die. It tends to go away quickly. Both of you,
:22:24. > :22:28.the best of luck. He's one of Britains most versatile
:22:28. > :22:31.comic actors. Among other roles, he was alongside Hugh Grant in Four
:22:31. > :22:35.Weddings And A Funeral, played a devious politico in The Thick of It,
:22:36. > :22:39.and a policeman in The Thin Blue Line. Now, actor David Haig is in
:22:39. > :22:42.Canterbury recreating the role of a King, in The Madness of George III,
:22:42. > :22:52.the first drama on show at the city's new Marlowe Theatre, and
:22:52. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:05.winning rave reviews. Lynda Hardy caught up with him.
:23:05. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:11.Naughty little rabbit! Found it. From a startled bridegroom to a
:23:11. > :23:21.despised political fixer. Good morning, campers. Steve Fleming,
:23:21. > :23:23.
:23:23. > :23:26.hello. David Haig has often played the eccentric character. Did
:23:26. > :23:32.previous eccentricity help in recreating the Madness of King
:23:32. > :23:38.George? I suppose I'm redefine it as playing characters who are at
:23:38. > :23:47.the end of the -- their tether at the end of the play. Generally
:23:47. > :23:53.speaking, I do that and get comic pay back. I like the extremity of
:23:53. > :23:58.farcical plays. And the intensity. The way it leads to this play is
:23:58. > :24:07.that I am able to do on a more serious note all the things I have
:24:08. > :24:17.been given the chance to do, Klee. A matter of urgency has risen -- to
:24:18. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:30.Anything we can do to help, Derek. Perhaps we should buy you a
:24:30. > :24:37.straight jacket. I get into that Strait jacket. It is difficult to
:24:37. > :24:41.get it off when I come off stage. I have to get through to the other
:24:41. > :24:46.side and I sometimes imagine what would happen if they failed to get
:24:46. > :24:53.it off and I wonder on for the rest of the play locked.
:24:53. > :24:59.He was last here in the old Marlowe Theatre. He says he is delighted to
:24:59. > :25:05.bring some highly regarded madness to the new theatre.
:25:05. > :25:10.We were hoping not to turn the central heating on until November.
:25:10. > :25:17.central heating on until November. That might go out of the window.
:25:17. > :25:23.I was hoping to wait until December! But not a chance. The
:25:23. > :25:31.cold weather hasn't I c flavour we will be introduced to in the next
:25:31. > :25:36.24 hours. -- I c flavour. It will get frosty and we will have to
:25:36. > :25:42.scrape the ice and frost of the windscreens on Thursday morning, so
:25:42. > :25:49.turning colder. Tonight will be colder. The winds is not as strong.
:25:49. > :25:53.We do not have the cloud and the rain. Tonight temperatures will get
:25:54. > :26:00.down to four degrees. We should escape frost tomorrow morning. That
:26:00. > :26:06.will arrive for tomorrow night. Tomorrow morning, we will have
:26:06. > :26:10.sunshine. So it will be beautiful, but in the afternoon, cloud
:26:10. > :26:16.increasing and possibly some showers. The majority of places
:26:16. > :26:22.will stay dry. There will be some showers in the afternoon, but only
:26:22. > :26:29.a small risk of them. Temperatures up to 11 greens. The wind will be
:26:29. > :26:35.lighter but it will be coming from a cold a direction -- 11 degrees.
:26:35. > :26:40.The clear skies tomorrow night and the lighter wind is a perfect set-
:26:40. > :26:46.up for a cold night. Temperatures getting close to freezing. Many
:26:46. > :26:50.places will start with the 11 degrees as a maximum tomorrow. As
:26:51. > :26:56.soon as the sun sets, the temperatures will get close to
:26:56. > :27:02.freezing. It means the ground will hit freezing for most places,
:27:02. > :27:07.certainly a way it from the coast. It will be a very cold start for
:27:07. > :27:12.Thursday morning. We have the sunshine and dry weather, so it at
:27:12. > :27:18.least there will be bright weather on Thursday. It is when we get the
:27:18. > :27:23.change of wind direction that we will get the milder air back. As
:27:23. > :27:28.soon as we get to the weekend, temperatures will recover. Apart
:27:28. > :27:31.from the risk of the odd shower were, most of us, although it is
:27:31. > :27:33.were, most of us, although it is cold, will stay dry with some