:00:13. > :00:16.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith. Can I stop stories.
:00:16. > :00:19.Victory in the battle to recover �50 million lost in the Icelandic
:00:19. > :00:22.banking crash. Kent County Council looks set to get it's money back.
:00:22. > :00:28.An inquest hears of the living nightmare of a nurse's last month.
:00:28. > :00:32.She died, after weight-loss surgery. Also tonight, why the Sussex them
:00:32. > :00:36.he is considering compulsory eye tests for mobility scooter drivers.
:00:37. > :00:41.100 miles an hour in the lorry - the British truck Grand Prix comes
:00:41. > :00:50.to Brands Hatch. And they covers a programme, the Eastbourne
:00:50. > :00:58.grandmother who can lift three times her own body weight. -- they
:00:58. > :01:02.collar Super Gran. �50 million which was feared lost during the
:01:02. > :01:06.Icelandic banking crash might now appear to alter Kent County Council
:01:06. > :01:10.following legal action. The council took their fight to recover the
:01:10. > :01:13.money to the Icelandic Supreme Court. They have been granted
:01:13. > :01:19.preferred creditor status and go to the top of the queue for any
:01:19. > :01:24.repayments. Pens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money, that it
:01:24. > :01:29.was you may never be seen again. Today, news that the cash might be
:01:29. > :01:34.coming back after all. Kent go because will have deposited �50
:01:34. > :01:38.million in three Islamic banks but those investments were frozen when
:01:38. > :01:43.the banking system their cash. In October 2,000 and the, the
:01:43. > :01:49.Icelandic banking crisis came to the World's attention as its top
:01:49. > :01:53.three banks were nationalised by the country's Government. They what
:01:53. > :01:57.six-times the country's domestic dross brother. Local a authorities
:01:57. > :02:01.in Britain have �900 million invested in these banks, with Kent
:02:01. > :02:04.County Council having the most to lose. The Audit Commission
:02:04. > :02:09.criticised various councils for net like initially investing large sums
:02:09. > :02:12.of money Indies failed banks, after warning signs began to emerge also
:02:12. > :02:18.of Kent County Council replied that the Audit Commission itself had
:02:18. > :02:22.money tied up in Iceland, and was in no situation be comic. The
:02:22. > :02:27.Icelandic Supreme Court has confirmed Kent County Council will
:02:27. > :02:33.get preferred creditor status. This means they expect to get all but
:02:33. > :02:38.�1.2 million back. Next year we have defined �65 million worth of
:02:38. > :02:44.savings and the following year, a similar sum, so, whilst this is
:02:44. > :02:47.welcome, it does not mean that we do not face an enormous challenge
:02:47. > :02:52.to find significant savings. K it County Council have invested the
:02:52. > :02:59.most of all UK councils in Iceland, and the three-year fight to get it
:02:59. > :03:03.back seems to have paid off. The Government is considering making it
:03:03. > :03:08.compulsory for anyone using a mobility scooter to have an I test
:03:08. > :03:11.before taking it onto the street. The Prime -- the transport minister
:03:11. > :03:16.Norman Baker says it could help to reduce the number of dangerous
:03:16. > :03:20.incidents involving the wickets Coopers. Other changes include
:03:20. > :03:24.introducing licences, insurance and the physical fitness test and
:03:24. > :03:32.Stobbart some fear that too many restrictions could jeopardise the
:03:32. > :03:37.freedoms offered by mobility scooters. Hilda's life changed when
:03:37. > :03:42.she got her foster ability scooter three years ago. Aged 80, suffering
:03:42. > :03:50.from arthritis, it has rejuvenated a social life. Trips to the shops
:03:50. > :03:56.and restaurants are now possible. If I didn't have my scooter I would
:03:57. > :04:01.be tied to the House. Whilst such scooters have been life-changing
:04:01. > :04:06.for some, occasionally, Leeds have been put at risk. Police had to
:04:06. > :04:11.rescue and 89 year old man who took a wrong turning on to a mortar way.
:04:11. > :04:16.And in Essex, the man driving the scooter escaped death after being
:04:16. > :04:20.hit by a train at a level crossing. Incidents like this have fuelled
:04:20. > :04:25.the debate over mobility scooter safety and whether there should be
:04:25. > :04:29.physical fitness and sight tests for almost. We have to get the
:04:29. > :04:33.balance right between general public safety and the lifeline this
:04:33. > :04:38.provides for older people. One of the largest suppliers of mobility
:04:39. > :04:44.scooters and the South East agrees. We assess their site, as not being
:04:44. > :04:48.good enough so we can say to him, we have to calm them down but where
:04:48. > :04:55.they go after that, they might go off and buy a second-hand one,
:04:55. > :04:59.something like that. Some feel that more than an eyesight test could
:04:59. > :05:04.put an end to the scooters provide. A physical test would be not a good
:05:04. > :05:09.thing, because people are acquiring these cookers because they are not
:05:09. > :05:14.able to walk up to the bus-stop or to the town, so that is why they
:05:14. > :05:18.want them. There is no way that you could take them on the road,
:05:18. > :05:22.because they do not go fast enough. With the road and abilities good as
:05:22. > :05:29.going at twice the pace, it might be that finding rules to suit
:05:29. > :05:38.everybody will take some time. Coming up : twenty-five years old,
:05:38. > :05:44.but has the M25 ever managed to do the job it was a poster? -- it was
:05:44. > :05:49.supposed to? An inquest into the death of and asked who died after
:05:49. > :05:55.losing 10 stone in six months after gastric bypass surgery was her
:05:55. > :05:58.budget older daughter her life had become a nightmare. She had a
:05:58. > :06:01.gastric bypass to tackle diabetes and high blood pressure. Surgeons
:06:01. > :06:04.at University College Hospital in London failed to notice she had
:06:04. > :06:09.become more nourished in the months following the procedure, and she
:06:09. > :06:15.died in May. It was Kevin Humphrey who found his mother collapsed on
:06:15. > :06:19.the floor of the Home they sure. In pain, confused and dehydrated.
:06:19. > :06:24.Virginia Humphrey had appeared to respond well to the gastric bypass,
:06:24. > :06:29.losing weight and feeling for Turk, but, with informants, her condition
:06:29. > :06:33.was declining. She felt they are mentally unwell and could not keep
:06:33. > :06:37.down food or Liz. When she was taken by ambulance to Royal Sussex
:06:37. > :06:41.in their hospital, eight months after the operation, the surgeon
:06:41. > :06:48.who try to say polite, was surprised at what he found. The
:06:48. > :06:52.gastric bypass creates approach to reduce the in sake of food. But the
:06:52. > :06:56.operation had left too short a length of small bowel, called the
:06:56. > :07:02.Common Channel, to properly absorbed food. That meant that she
:07:02. > :07:07.was starving, and malnourished or such a long time, she suffered
:07:07. > :07:15.multiple organ failure, and died. The bypass are taking place at
:07:15. > :07:21.University College Hospital, London, answered is to carry that out said
:07:21. > :07:24.that it appear to go smoothly. When the patient came back they have not
:07:24. > :07:30.realised that she had become malnourished. It became apparent,
:07:30. > :07:36.after collapse, but it was too late. Sarah Smith joins us live from
:07:36. > :07:41.Brighton. We know that Mrs Humphrey had this operation to improve her
:07:41. > :07:45.health. What would have happened if she had not gone ahead with it?
:07:45. > :07:49.it was clear that she was unwell. She had diabetes and high blood
:07:49. > :07:54.pressure. But there was little doubt from the doctor retreated
:07:54. > :07:56.part in Brighton and the pathologist who carried out past
:07:56. > :08:00.mortem that she died from the effects of the operation and
:08:00. > :08:05.because of that, she was malnourished. This inquest will
:08:05. > :08:08.continue next week and then, the coroner will deliver their verdict.
:08:08. > :08:13.But the Strasbourg police have targeted scrap-metal dealers and
:08:13. > :08:17.Sussex as part of the of action against Cable fair. Officers
:08:17. > :08:21.inspected yards with staff from British Telecom and the Environment
:08:21. > :08:25.Agency to see if they could find a evidence of stall and cable being
:08:25. > :08:30.stored at the propertied. The hundred and 50 metres of quality
:08:30. > :08:34.British Telecom Cable was discovered. A man has been arrested
:08:34. > :08:37.at a yard suspected of handling stolen goods. The people are
:08:37. > :08:40.stealing Cable it has got to go somewhere. The way to get rid of
:08:40. > :08:44.that is to go to scrap metal dealers. We're not saying that
:08:44. > :08:50.scrap-metal dealers are committing offences but there is a small
:08:50. > :08:55.proportion of people that are doing so, but the main scrap-metal
:08:55. > :08:58.dealers are being totally compliant with us. A 24 hour like that used
:08:58. > :09:04.in showing Sussex police at work went on line today. More than
:09:04. > :09:08.45,000 people have had a look. 1500 comments were posted by Dewar's
:09:08. > :09:17.during the day. They watch divers and forensic officers bring the
:09:17. > :09:21.work, streamed live from mobile phones and Wickham's. Marston
:09:22. > :09:26.International Airport has submitted proposals for might place. Bosses
:09:26. > :09:29.at the airport near Ramsgate wanted one place between 11pm-7am, saying
:09:29. > :09:34.that it would provide thousands of jobs and provide a long-term future
:09:34. > :09:37.for the airport. People living on private roads could be
:09:37. > :09:43.discriminated against when applying for primary school places, because
:09:43. > :09:47.the council computer system does not recognise their address. One
:09:47. > :09:50.man from Brighton found that his twins might feel -- based
:09:50. > :09:58.difficulty getting into the closest school to them. But there might now
:09:58. > :10:02.be a change in the rules. Here is the problem. Confused? That is
:10:02. > :10:07.because the most direct route to the school the children want to go
:10:07. > :10:11.to his along the road to the right. But the council's computer tells
:10:11. > :10:17.them to take a longer walk, heading left. That is the first thing that
:10:17. > :10:21.is thought about the situation. Of the children to the recommended
:10:21. > :10:26.council wrote, they would have to walk through this wall, to get to
:10:26. > :10:31.school. They try to answer questions but they are just
:10:31. > :10:35.sticking to their story and potentially, we do not want to open
:10:35. > :10:45.up the system to Queries because the moment they do they will get
:10:45. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:54.into a lot of trouble. The computer is telling them to do this, instead
:10:54. > :10:59.of the most obvious route, and that takes him through three brick walls
:10:59. > :11:03.and summon's back yard. That is because the children live on a
:11:03. > :11:07.private road, and until we got in touch, the council was adamant that
:11:07. > :11:14.the computers did not recognise private roads. It had battled an
:11:14. > :11:20.experienced local councillor, too. The us is quite ludicrous. They
:11:20. > :11:24.were very intransigent. It was a computer says no moment! The City
:11:24. > :11:29.Council refused an interview but sent as an e-mail said that if they
:11:29. > :11:34.are told about them, they to recognise private roads. The that
:11:34. > :11:40.is news to me. I have not help from them this before. They have said
:11:40. > :11:47.quite the opposite. That is good news for all children who live on
:11:47. > :11:51.private roads, overlooked by a computer. This is our top story :
:11:51. > :11:56.�50 million, feared lost during the Icelandic banking crash, might now
:11:56. > :12:00.be returned to Kent County Council, following legal action. They have
:12:00. > :12:05.been granted preferred creditor status at the Icelandic Supreme
:12:06. > :12:09.Court, which means they go to the top of the queue for any retainers.
:12:09. > :12:14.Not built for late in the slow lane - the British truck Grand Prix
:12:14. > :12:21.comes to Kent. And we meet the Sussex grandfather, who can lift
:12:21. > :12:28.the weight of three men. -- grandmother. It is the road that he
:12:28. > :12:32.loved to hate. The M25, the road to hell. The London orbital was
:12:32. > :12:36.completed 25 years ago, tomorrow. As soon as it was finished, are
:12:37. > :12:42.arguments over whether it was fit for purpose began. The M25
:12:42. > :12:47.stretches 170 miles. It has studied the junctions and 244 bridges. His
:12:47. > :12:55.busiest sections are used by 200,000 vehicles every day. Robin
:12:55. > :13:00.Gibson looks at the impact the M25 has had on our lives. Waterways are
:13:00. > :13:06.statistically among the safest of roads, but, out here on the M25,
:13:06. > :13:13.that is not how many drivers perceive it. I have seen trucks and
:13:13. > :13:19.caravans do it. I have seen cars tailgating, then, 20 ft, and doing
:13:19. > :13:25.70 mph. The busiest sections see up to 200,000 vehicles every day. An
:13:25. > :13:31.average of more than 1100 traffic related incidence each day. Many
:13:31. > :13:34.lead to tailbacks. But the motorway does have its supporters. We get
:13:34. > :13:40.traffic jams through the village and traffic generally has risen,
:13:40. > :13:44.but without the road, it would have been horrendous here. We can see
:13:44. > :13:49.that it could well be improved, and on days when it has turned into the
:13:49. > :13:54.proverbial car-park, we are not quite as keen, but without it we
:13:54. > :13:58.would be really flummoxed. freight businesses, this was an
:13:58. > :14:02.motorway that had to happen to keep his this moving. When it gets
:14:02. > :14:09.clocked up and things go wrong, the argument is that it has been a
:14:09. > :14:14.victim of its own success. Is it a victim of its own success? It is
:14:15. > :14:21.certainly serving well. There are conditions of stock-go traffic that
:14:21. > :14:27.we would rather not have, and a future we will deal looking to
:14:27. > :14:29.smarter vehicles, using telecommunications technology.
:14:29. > :14:33.There applies to wait and the busiest sections and use the hard
:14:33. > :14:40.shoulder during peak times, which is a new method of improving
:14:40. > :14:45.traffic for. But the idea of making it bigger might not make it better,
:14:45. > :14:50.or please many critics. It has become notorious. The road that we
:14:50. > :15:00.all love to hate. Its saving grace is that it can be the fastest way
:15:00. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:06.between two points, if you're lucky. We have been asking what you think
:15:06. > :15:11.about travelling the M25. A I have used it ever since it started being
:15:11. > :15:16.built and it helps you get round from officer. It is like a big car
:15:16. > :15:19.park, especially round about DUP board, you are always queuing up.
:15:19. > :15:28.Be it gets us into London more quickly saw that as a plus point as
:15:28. > :15:35.far as I am concerned. If you live here Horsham in Sussex, I have
:15:35. > :15:41.travelled on the M25 extensible, and it told me off so much that we
:15:41. > :15:51.have relocated to mid-Wales. mark the 25th anniversary you can
:15:51. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:02.Computers and the Internet have seemingly become an essential part
:16:02. > :16:08.of modern life. New BBC figures show the South East has the highest
:16:08. > :16:11.percentage of people in the UK who are online. Research also shows
:16:11. > :16:16.people over 55 rather less likely to have Internet access. Prompting
:16:16. > :16:25.fears that they did miss out on essential services. Stephen George
:16:25. > :16:31.went to meet a class of older online first-timers. How do you
:16:31. > :16:34.feel about that? I like it. year-old Angela is taking her first
:16:34. > :16:39.steps into the digital world. knew have not done it you're
:16:39. > :16:44.frightened of it. My friends can use it but I can't. Add they were
:16:44. > :16:47.getting into different things I could not get involved in that.
:16:47. > :16:53.There are 8.7 million people in Britain who have never used the
:16:53. > :16:59.internet. People aged 55 and over are thus likely to be online. In
:16:59. > :17:04.Kent and Sussex, 36% of that age group have no internet access. But
:17:04. > :17:07.there are fears that older people are missing out on the Internet age.
:17:07. > :17:12.They and the next few years there is going to be an acceleration in
:17:12. > :17:17.the use of the Internet to provide essential government services. You
:17:17. > :17:24.will be able to get your passport, driving licence, tax credits,
:17:24. > :17:28.pensions, benefits. Everything is Internet-based, these days, from
:17:29. > :17:35.shopping, to save me logging at home, so why don't have to take the
:17:35. > :17:40.bus. It is no different from picking up any other kind of gadget.
:17:41. > :17:47.When I was a bus driver you used an electronic ticket machine. Once you
:17:47. > :17:54.have got how to use it, it is there. The friendly approach seems to work
:17:54. > :17:59.well, and now this group has got a taste for the online world. To find
:17:59. > :18:09.out about beginners' courses near you, you can win our advice line.
:18:09. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:18.She is known as so programme. Angela McNamara enjoys nights out
:18:18. > :18:25.with her friends and looking after her baby grandson, J. But she is
:18:25. > :18:30.also a top-level body builder and his in preparations to defend a
:18:30. > :18:36.title. First, we can take a look at this caller from Catherine Downs,
:18:36. > :18:40.who has been to watch her in training. The week that Angela has
:18:40. > :18:46.lifted is more than three times its own body weight. Strength is in her
:18:46. > :18:53.jeans. When I was very young, my mother was a bodybuilder and my
:18:53. > :18:57.father was a boxer. My brother was a kick-boxer. Angela gets a pat for
:18:57. > :19:01.a end to meet her first meal of the the, then she's every two hours.
:19:01. > :19:09.Wishes weightlifting, it builds muscle, up to 3500 calories each
:19:09. > :19:13.day. And she is used to defending her appears. People have different
:19:13. > :19:15.opinions of the same thing. You have to go by what you watch
:19:15. > :19:20.yourself and follow your dream and don't let anyone changed your
:19:20. > :19:24.opinion. And that is what makes a world champion. It to be stingy
:19:24. > :19:32.defence of her title in Latvia. Her coach is a fight time world
:19:32. > :19:38.champion himself. She is going to take a medal, or win, or possibly
:19:39. > :19:42.breaks some more records. That is several current -- it is only in
:19:42. > :19:47.the gym, so it does not count, but that was several kilograms more
:19:47. > :19:53.than the current world record. Angela joins us in the studio now.
:19:53. > :19:59.That was an unofficial world record you did this afternoon. Yes. That
:19:59. > :20:04.is unbelievable. This is a family tree, isn't it? It is, definitely.
:20:04. > :20:09.I am making sure that it has passed down again. Your father was a
:20:09. > :20:13.strong and? Yes, and my mother and sister were bodybuilders. I do
:20:13. > :20:20.power lifting and body-building and my daughter is a national champion
:20:20. > :20:23.power live there as well. What are these trophies you abroad? These
:20:23. > :20:28.are for the overall championships in Ireland a time when, in March,
:20:28. > :20:34.and that is for the British qualifier, in which I came first.
:20:34. > :20:38.What do you get out of this? Just the satisfaction of lifting. Most
:20:38. > :20:42.people are sitting at home, watching TV, and I am out doing
:20:42. > :20:48.something. My daughter has grown up and moved out and I had nothing to
:20:48. > :20:52.do. I was bored. How much time do you devote to training? About four
:20:52. > :20:57.hours be a training session, four days a week. Even then, I would
:20:57. > :21:03.like to stay there longer, because I socialise at the germ as well.
:21:03. > :21:08.you prefer power the -- power lifting of body-building? I prefer
:21:08. > :21:12.to be strong rather than stripped down the, but when you put on
:21:13. > :21:17.weight, you can put on over two stone, we can eat what we want, so
:21:17. > :21:22.we will better about ourselves, over Christmas! I have never sat
:21:22. > :21:28.this close to so many gold medals, what are these? These are world
:21:28. > :21:38.championship medals that they won the last because last year. -- in
:21:38. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:47.Las Vegas. And these are Mike two first placed European medals.
:21:47. > :21:53.are off to Latvia for the World Championships? Yes. Are you copal?
:21:53. > :21:57.Definitely. I am training hard. My husband, my trainer, has been
:21:57. > :22:04.pushing me all the way. I am feeling good. Best of luck, and
:22:04. > :22:09.thank you for coming in. Football : Brighton have signed striker Billy
:22:09. > :22:13.Pinter on loan from originated until January. The 20s at New Road
:22:13. > :22:17.goes straight into the squad for tomorrow's match against Birmingham.
:22:17. > :22:23.Charlton Athletic travel to Hartlepool tomorrow in good form,
:22:23. > :22:29.with strikers Bradley Wright- Phillips having notched five goals
:22:29. > :22:33.between them this week. They hope to activity point cushion at the
:22:33. > :22:37.top of League One. Crawley their manager Steve Evans has want the
:22:37. > :22:40.say diggers complacency as they prepare for the match against
:22:40. > :22:44.Accrington Stanley in League Two tomorrow. The Sussex side are
:22:44. > :22:49.targeting their 8th straight that ripples of Gillingham was like a
:22:49. > :22:58.lucky to lose 2-0 away to Swindon this week, so the only addition to
:22:58. > :23:03.the squad tomorrow as defender, Joe Martin, who returns from suspension.
:23:03. > :23:06.With 12 litre engines and speeds of more than 100 mph, they are some of
:23:06. > :23:13.the most scary thing she will see on a motor racing circuit, which is
:23:13. > :23:16.appropriate, for Hallowe'en! This weekend sees the final round of the
:23:16. > :23:20.Grand Prix Cup racing season, and that is taking place at Brands
:23:20. > :23:25.Hatch this weekend. Only when you see them up close, you realise what
:23:25. > :23:29.or some because these trucks are. They are designed to pull enormous
:23:29. > :23:33.loads, but unleashed on a racecourse they can provide the
:23:33. > :23:40.bride of a lifetime. The racing side of it, in the pits and paddock,
:23:40. > :23:46.the adrenalin, it is unbelievable. The noise, and how high up you are,
:23:46. > :23:50.when you are racing, it is amazing. We have been racing for 20 years.
:23:50. > :23:54.The Germans have an expression, diesel in the blood, and that is
:23:54. > :24:01.what happens to some of these guys, they get hooked on this type of
:24:01. > :24:05.racing. Accidents can happen in the sport with so many trucks on such a
:24:05. > :24:13.small strip of tarmac, which is why so many thousands of people come to
:24:13. > :24:21.watch. Here we are on the approach to Paddock Hill, at speeds normally
:24:21. > :24:28.approaching 100 mph. David Jenkins has achieved this final sheltered
:24:28. > :24:33.ambition of winning the British Grand Prix. My father won it and
:24:33. > :24:37.that was when the obit for me. This year we have won the British
:24:37. > :24:41.championship after 13 years of trying. You could possibly go on
:24:41. > :24:50.one of these things of a at traffic lights on your reward, but on the
:24:50. > :25:00.track these trucks are a very different proposition. Time now for
:25:00. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:04.It was cloudy and autumnal today, and moving through tonight, it will
:25:04. > :25:10.be increasingly dry. It will be quite a talking picture over the
:25:10. > :25:17.weekend. Mostly dry, and fuelling pretty mild. Today, I pressure in
:25:17. > :25:21.control of things. A good deal of cloud around. Mostly dry. Winds,
:25:21. > :25:28.fairly like, for us all, coming from a north-easterly direction, so
:25:28. > :25:34.slightly cooler keel. Temperatures not getting much above 15 Celsius.
:25:34. > :25:41.Moving into tonight, like, patchy rain and drizzle lingering, but it
:25:41. > :25:45.will become increasingly dry. As a result, it will be quite mild over
:25:45. > :25:52.night, but temperatures barely changing from they are daytime
:25:52. > :25:57.values. Ranging between 11-14 Celsius. Through the morning, we
:25:57. > :26:02.have a chance of brother like rain and drizzle. Into the afternoon, in
:26:02. > :26:06.police only bright with a chance of further rain. Through the morning,
:26:06. > :26:16.that cloud the picture, but into the afternoon, the best of that
:26:16. > :26:18.brightness, the average temperature around 16 Celsius. Holding on to
:26:18. > :26:22.that mixture of cloud and clear skies as we move into tomorrow
:26:23. > :26:28.night. We could see some light outbreaks of rain. Temperatures,
:26:28. > :26:34.quite mild for us all, mostly in double figures, lows of 12 Celsius.
:26:34. > :26:39.Moving into Sunday, cloudy and mild. The chance to see those wins backup
:26:39. > :26:46.as we move into the afternoon. Top temperatures towards London,
:26:46. > :26:52.getting as high as 18 Celsius, most of us seeing highs of around 16
:26:52. > :26:59.Celsius. We have low pressure moving in from the West. Brighter
:26:59. > :27:04.by the time we get to choose the next week. We have been featuring
:27:04. > :27:08.the in 25 on his 25th anniversary and you have been letting us know
:27:09. > :27:13.what thoughts you have on us. Angela has written into say when
:27:13. > :27:21.you have been stuck on a traffic or 3 and euros get only four
:27:21. > :27:31.junctions... Valerie loves it in capitals. It is as easy as pie to
:27:31. > :27:36.get on and gawp. -- get on and get off. We would be much worse off