:00:02. > :00:05.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:05. > :00:08.And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories.
:00:08. > :00:11.Pie in the sky or a glimpse of the future? Plans for a �50 billion
:00:11. > :00:20.airport on the Isle of Grain are unveiled by renowned architect Lord
:00:20. > :00:24.Foster. Doing nothing threatens quality of life, threatens
:00:24. > :00:27.competitiveness, and the global economy. Cuts of vital trade links.
:00:27. > :00:33.But campaigners fought off proposals to build a Thames Estuary
:00:33. > :00:37.airport nine years ago - they vow they'll fight again. I don't think
:00:37. > :00:40.it'll be a case of opening jobs up for us in the village, because it
:00:40. > :00:43.is too close, and basically, there will not be a village.
:00:43. > :00:44.We'll be reporting live on the story from Westminster and the Isle
:00:44. > :00:47.of Grain. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:48. > :00:50.The next 24 hours are crucial - as a Sussex teenager lies critically
:00:51. > :00:54.ill in hospital, his parents make an emotional appeal.
:00:54. > :00:57.Risking his life to record events - a new exhibition of work by the
:00:57. > :01:00.photographer who lost his limbs in Afghanistan.
:01:00. > :01:10.And it's moving day at the sealife centre as hundreds of underwater
:01:10. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:21.creatures leave home to allow for a Good evening. Ambitious plans for a
:01:21. > :01:26.�50 billion airport and rail hub that would transform the Kent
:01:26. > :01:29.landscape dramatically have been unveiled today. They've been drawn
:01:29. > :01:33.up by the world-renowned architect Norman Foster, who wants to create
:01:33. > :01:36.a huge new four-runway airport on the Isle of Grain.
:01:36. > :01:40.It would have double the capacity of Heathrow, and would be linked
:01:40. > :01:43.via high-speed rail lines to the rest of the UK and the Continent.
:01:43. > :01:53.But it's been dismissed as "pie in the sky" by local campaigners,
:01:53. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :01:59.who've vowed to fight the plans. The Isle of Grain, a mixture of
:01:59. > :02:04.Industry, grazing marsh, and at village. As single road gets you
:02:04. > :02:08.there, and all that would change if Lord Foster's master plan
:02:08. > :02:13.materialises. Of vision to take British transport through the rest
:02:13. > :02:18.of this century, and beyond. The proposals would see the creation of
:02:18. > :02:22.a Thames Harbour on the island at a cost of at least �50 billion. The
:02:22. > :02:27.centrepiece would be a new airport with four runways, that would be
:02:27. > :02:32.capable of handling 150 million passengers a year. The plans also
:02:32. > :02:36.include huge investment in rail infrastructure to accommodate
:02:36. > :02:40.300,000 arrivals and departures every day. The airport is so huge,
:02:40. > :02:44.it wouldn't all fit on to the Isle of Grain, so around half of it
:02:44. > :02:49.would be here, on this land, much of it is marsh land. The rest would
:02:49. > :02:54.be out and its -- out at sea on reclaimed land. There is a question
:02:54. > :02:58.mark as to whether the liquid gas terminal could remain. With no end
:02:58. > :03:05.in sight to the current economic crisis, will anyone invest? There
:03:05. > :03:11.is always, globally, quite a lot of money flowing around. There are not
:03:11. > :03:16.many good ideas that are worth investing in. This, as a proposal,
:03:16. > :03:20.can be subjected to minute scrutiny. It has been exceedingly well
:03:20. > :03:25.researched. If anybody wanted a good investment, this would be a
:03:25. > :03:30.fantastic investment. So they run out two airport plans for the
:03:30. > :03:34.south-east. In 2009, Boris Johnson unveiled his scheme for an airport
:03:34. > :03:41.in the Thames Estuary. Critics of that plan say it is too ambitious,
:03:41. > :03:46.so what do they think of Lord Foster's idea? Today, we see these
:03:46. > :03:50.architects, or rehashing the same proposal they pushed before, which
:03:50. > :03:54.was largely dismissed in 2003. There is no proposal for how on
:03:54. > :04:00.earth they're going to pay for it. The new plan is for how much more -
:04:00. > :04:06.- are much more than an airport. They also envisage a new Thames
:04:06. > :04:12.barrier, over North West to Essex. It would only be used for emergency
:04:12. > :04:15.blood situations, it would also be the tool of tidal power. It is
:04:16. > :04:19.difficult to envisage a transformation into a transport hub,
:04:19. > :04:24.but Lord Foster argues it is what is needed for Britain to remain
:04:24. > :04:28.competitive in the world economy. So who is Lord Foster - and how
:04:28. > :04:30.serious are his plans? He's the architect behind a string of
:04:31. > :04:34.international landmarks - such as the new London skyscraper known as
:04:34. > :04:36.the Gherkin. But he has a significant track record in
:04:36. > :04:39.aviation, having created Stansted Airport and the Chek Lap Kok
:04:39. > :04:49.airport in Hong Kong, which was built on an artificial island
:04:49. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:56.reclaimed from the sea. It is a massive idea. Lord Foster thinks
:04:57. > :04:59.big, and this one of his biggest ever pieces of planning, really. It
:04:59. > :05:05.undoubtedly goes some way to answering the question, how is
:05:05. > :05:10.London going to compete with other cities in Europe who are able to
:05:10. > :05:13.expand their airports, where London frankly isn't any longer?
:05:13. > :05:16.As we've heard, this project would cost �50 billion, but where would
:05:16. > :05:19.that money come from, given the economic crisis? Well, supporters
:05:19. > :05:22.say most of it would come from private investors, rather than the
:05:22. > :05:25.taxpayer. They claim the cost to the UK economy of doing nothing
:05:25. > :05:28.could be as high as �14 billion in lost business opportunities over
:05:28. > :05:30.the next 10 years, but they believe the investment would make the UK
:05:30. > :05:36.more competitive internationally, and deliver �150 billion worth of
:05:36. > :05:45.benefits. Our Political Editor Louise Stewart joins us live from
:05:45. > :05:49.Westminster. These art usually ambitious plans. Absolutely. They
:05:49. > :05:54.say this new airport could handle 150 million passengers a year, that
:05:54. > :05:58.is more than Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted put together, making it
:05:58. > :06:02.the biggest airport in the world. The new transport secretary
:06:02. > :06:08.declined to be interviewed by us today, but speaking last week to a
:06:08. > :06:12.conference of the airport leaders, she didn't rule out the idea of a
:06:12. > :06:17.new Thames estuary airport. She said that all options were being
:06:17. > :06:20.looked at two increase airline capacity. This is an issue that has
:06:21. > :06:25.been raised several times, David Cameron has said he was happy to
:06:25. > :06:29.look at the plant commissioned by the London Mayor Boris Johnson. He
:06:29. > :06:34.has kept saying they arrive no plans, hasn't quite ruled it out
:06:34. > :06:39.altogether. There will be a government proposal, outlined in
:06:39. > :06:45.the springtime, into aviation. They say they will look at the Thames
:06:45. > :06:47.estuary airport as well as all other potions. -- proposals.
:06:47. > :06:51.The Government's been inviting people to put forward their views
:06:51. > :06:53.on the future of aviation policy, and the next step is publication of
:06:53. > :06:55.draft proposals that will go out for consultation in spring next
:06:55. > :06:58.year. Lord Foster's plan would bring
:06:58. > :07:01.much-needed jobs and investment to the Medway Towns, but it would also
:07:01. > :07:04.see the destruction of historic villages and wildlife habitats in
:07:04. > :07:14.one of the South East's least populated areas. Katherine Downes
:07:14. > :07:18.is live on the Isle of Grain. How are people there reacting to this?
:07:18. > :07:22.One word that has come up again and again today has been exasperation.
:07:22. > :07:25.People here feel the threat of an airport in this area just will not
:07:25. > :07:30.go away, and the Thames estuary is being used as a dumping ground by
:07:30. > :07:35.people in London, coming up with hare-brained plants, plans they
:07:35. > :07:39.said they are determined to fight. This is a landscape dominated by
:07:39. > :07:43.power stations and gas plants. People here right used to
:07:43. > :07:47.controversial developments, but they say this is a step too far.
:07:47. > :07:52.might give loads of people jobs, but not people like us, it is just
:07:52. > :07:55.going to me but out of alive, and it isn't fair. Basically there is
:07:55. > :07:59.not going to be a village, they cannot keep a village so close to
:07:59. > :08:03.the airport. People are not going to want to live here. Campaigners
:08:03. > :08:07.have already seen off the threat of one airport here. In 2002 they were
:08:07. > :08:12.told plans for an airport had been dropped. The local people, the
:08:12. > :08:15.promise of new jobs, new investment, was not tempted enough, and the
:08:15. > :08:20.promise of even more jobs and investment isn't working this time,
:08:20. > :08:25.either. At the end of the day, it is sustainable employment that we
:08:25. > :08:33.are bringing to the area now, without some pie-in-the-sky scheme
:08:33. > :08:39.that is going to suggest it will come in for 50 years' time to stop
:08:39. > :08:45.conservationists are preparing to fight as well. The Thames estuary
:08:45. > :08:47.is one of the Big five, so it is hugely important as the wintering
:08:47. > :08:53.destination for hundreds and thousands of waders, ducks and
:08:53. > :08:57.geese. It is just the wrong place to but an airport. But just half an
:08:57. > :09:01.hour wait in Chatham, views on the proposed airport are more positive.
:09:01. > :09:05.It would create a lot more jobs, bring more tourists in, that could
:09:05. > :09:10.help boost the economy. Depending on the noise, they will be flying
:09:10. > :09:15.in over the estuary, it will create jobs. I think it will bring a lot
:09:15. > :09:20.into the area. For those whose homes will be bulldozed, this is a
:09:20. > :09:25.potential nightmare. For others, it is a lifeline, hope for Medway.
:09:25. > :09:29.That is another reaction I've been seeing a lot off. Some people do
:09:29. > :09:32.not believe this scheme will even make it off the drawing board, but
:09:32. > :09:36.even from the drawing board, this plan is enough to make some people
:09:36. > :09:39.around here very worried indeed. You can find out more about the
:09:39. > :09:49.plans by watching an extended interview with Lord Foster on our
:09:49. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:08.We'll hear your views later in the programme.
:10:08. > :10:15.In a moment, the foreign language schools saying the Government has
:10:15. > :10:19.tarnished their reputation by naming them in a crackdown on
:10:19. > :10:23.The family of a Sussex teenager who's critically ill in hospital
:10:23. > :10:26.after being attacked as he walked home from a party, say the next 24
:10:26. > :10:29.hours will be crucial to his chances of recovery. Mohammed
:10:29. > :10:33.Bourner, who's known to his friends as "Mo", suffered a serious head
:10:33. > :10:42.injury in Bexhill in the early hours of Saturday morning. Jon Hunt
:10:43. > :10:48.has been speaking to his parents. This is Mo, doing what he loved
:10:48. > :10:52.most. Riding is BMX with friends. But now he is critically ill, on a
:10:52. > :10:57.life-support machine. His parents are by his bedside. We have been
:10:57. > :11:02.here since we had the dreaded knock on the door from the police at 2pm
:11:02. > :11:06.on Saturday morning, which no parent wants to have. We are
:11:06. > :11:10.begging anybody with a heart, with a conscience, to stop this sort of
:11:10. > :11:17.thing happening again, and for it to happen in Bexhill is just
:11:17. > :11:22.absolutely outrageous, that nobody has been caught. We deserve justice
:11:22. > :11:27.for our son. Mo was leaving a beach party at the weekend in Bexhill,
:11:27. > :11:31.according to the police, when Amman shattered from across the road. He
:11:31. > :11:38.went over, but was punched to the ground. He is being treated in
:11:38. > :11:43.hospital. The next 24 hours are going to be quite decisive, I think.
:11:43. > :11:47.We have got for confident that he can pull through this, but at the
:11:47. > :11:54.moment, it is a very desperate situation. Police hope that those
:11:54. > :11:58.who attended the beach party with Mo can help it and by the attacker.
:11:58. > :12:01.We are really hoping that any one on the promenade in the early hours
:12:01. > :12:06.of Saturday morning, perhaps someone taking their dog out late
:12:06. > :12:10.at night, you might have seen it three teenagers, and thought
:12:10. > :12:15.nothing of it. But within a short space of time, one of them was
:12:15. > :12:20.subject to a brutal attack. At 20- year-old man arrested earlier this
:12:20. > :12:23.week on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, has been released.
:12:23. > :12:25.Three men from Kent have been jailed for raping a teenage girl.
:12:26. > :12:28.20-year-old Ryan King, from Dartford, Benjamin Millen, who's 23
:12:28. > :12:33.and from Upchurch, and 27-year-old Max Parker from Dartford, were each
:12:33. > :12:39.sentenced to eight years in prison. They attacked a 17-year-old in
:12:39. > :12:42.Dartford in September last year. Highways Agency managers say they
:12:42. > :12:47.did everything they could to alert motorists to yesterday's problems
:12:47. > :12:50.on the M25, which caused a 19-mile tailback from Surrey into Kent. A
:12:50. > :12:54.200-metre stretch of the motorway had to be resurfaced after a tanker
:12:54. > :12:57.spilled diesel near Reigate. Drivers were stuck for several
:12:57. > :13:07.hours - some complained there were no signs warning them of problems
:13:07. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:09.Fishermen in Kent and Sussex are being urged to join forces and take
:13:09. > :13:12.greater control of their quotas. The Fisheries Ministe,r Richard
:13:12. > :13:15.Benyon, is launching a pilot scheme for small fleets that would allow
:13:15. > :13:19.groups to manage a quota based on the amount they've landed
:13:19. > :13:21.collectively. Language schools in Sussex say
:13:21. > :13:27.their reputations have been tarnished by the latest Government
:13:27. > :13:30.crackdown on illegal immigration. Several have been named today on a
:13:30. > :13:34.Home Office list of colleges banned from issuing visas to foreign
:13:34. > :13:36.students. But some institutions say they've chosen to opt out of a
:13:36. > :13:46.prohibitively expensive inspection programme and that new rules are
:13:46. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:52.driving legitimate students away. At the Brighton language college
:13:52. > :13:57.they teach English to around 3,000 students a year. They are
:13:57. > :14:01.accredited by the British Council. Because they won't pay �10,000 for
:14:01. > :14:07.the Government's new inspection scheme, they can no longer offer
:14:07. > :14:13.long-term student visas. Instead, students who come here count
:14:13. > :14:17.advises us and can only stay for a few months rather than go on to
:14:17. > :14:21.university. I went to Korea and people told me they no longer deal
:14:21. > :14:26.with the UK for students. The students, with the internet are
:14:26. > :14:30.aware of what is going on through the education community. They put
:14:30. > :14:35.off coming here because they know within three to six months things
:14:35. > :14:39.will keep changing. The Government says student visas have provided
:14:39. > :14:44.the biggest single loophole in the immigration system. It was clear
:14:44. > :14:48.there were both bogus colleges, colleges who are not giving any
:14:48. > :14:54.educational value and also bogus students. People who knew they were
:14:54. > :14:59.not coming here to study, they were coming to work. One such bogus
:14:59. > :15:06.college was run by this man, and revealed in a BBC investigation to
:15:06. > :15:09.be using the front of a language school to charge for visas. The
:15:09. > :15:13.genuine language schools say they are suffering and the student's
:15:13. > :15:20.friend has been caught by another new rule imposed on those wanting
:15:20. > :15:24.to study here. It you came here to learn English and have more
:15:24. > :15:29.opportunities. But he needs to learn perfect English to extend his
:15:29. > :15:35.visit. It is to double to get a visa. They put more conditions
:15:35. > :15:39.every year. Bettis a problem now for students. The Government says
:15:39. > :15:43.it must tackle illegal immigration. Language schools say all they are
:15:43. > :15:46.doing is driving business away. Sara Smith reporting, and she's
:15:46. > :15:56.live at the Brighton Language College. Sara, students can still
:15:56. > :15:59.come and study there can't they? They can, but only on a visitor
:15:59. > :16:02.visa, and that it lasts for less than the year. But they want to go
:16:02. > :16:08.on to university they have to go home and reapplied. The college
:16:08. > :16:13.says because of that hassle and expense students will go to Canada,
:16:13. > :16:16.America or Australia. They are furious at being on this band
:16:16. > :16:26.Alastair. They said they made a choice of opting out of this
:16:26. > :16:30.expensive system. Bass said being on a blacklist is bad for business.
:16:30. > :16:36.A �50 billion plan to build a for runway airport in Kent has been
:16:36. > :16:41.unveiled by Lord Foster his scheme would see a large chunk of land
:16:41. > :16:44.just into the estuary with high- speed rail links around the country.
:16:44. > :16:49.Opponents have condemned the idea as pie-in-the-sky.
:16:49. > :16:53.It came close to collapse - celebrating the angels who have
:16:53. > :17:00.restored Western anger Castle. How do you go about moving hundreds
:17:00. > :17:05.of underwater creatures out of their home? Brighton's Sea Life
:17:05. > :17:07.Centre go undergoes a renovations. Nine months ago the Sussex-born
:17:07. > :17:11.photographer, Giles Duley, lost his left arm and both legs in
:17:11. > :17:13.Afghanistan. He was lucky to survive, but today his remarkable
:17:14. > :17:19.road to recovery was marked by the opening of an exhibition of
:17:19. > :17:22.pictures he shot for international charities before the explosion.
:17:22. > :17:27.Giles worked as a barman in Hastings before he decided to set
:17:27. > :17:29.off as an independent photographer of conflicts and disasters. He was
:17:29. > :17:34.attached to the 75th US Cavalry Regiment, but in February he
:17:34. > :17:44.stepped onto an improvised explosive device. Robin Gibson has
:17:44. > :17:45.
:17:45. > :17:50.been to meet him for tonight's Special Report.
:17:50. > :17:55.He specialised in portraying the human face of conflict and disaster.
:17:55. > :18:02.Giles Dooley had pictured to its victims all over the world. But in
:18:02. > :18:07.February, he became a victim. Another statistic of war. I knew
:18:07. > :18:14.immediately it was a mine I have stepped on. From the angle I landed
:18:14. > :18:18.I could see my left arm and I could see the skin had ripped-off. I knew
:18:18. > :18:24.my legs were gone straight away. Amazingly you can remember just
:18:24. > :18:30.about every second of what happened. Can you tell me? The day was a
:18:30. > :18:34.beautiful day. The sky was gorgeous. It seemed like quite a calm moment.
:18:35. > :18:39.I'd just turned to talk to one of the Americans and stepped on the
:18:39. > :18:43.mind. I felt a click with my right foot and the next thing I knew I
:18:43. > :18:48.was flying through the air. He was conscious while he was treated at
:18:48. > :18:52.the scene by the soldiers. But at several moments during his recovery,
:18:52. > :18:59.his family were warned to prepare for the worst. Through it all, he
:18:59. > :19:05.has been determined to work again. This exhibition at London's KK
:19:05. > :19:15.gallery was an important moment. What you see is what you get. He is
:19:15. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:24.The show is a reminder of his work in trouble spots like Afghanistan,
:19:24. > :19:31.Angola, Bangladesh travelling under his own steam, finding untold
:19:31. > :19:35.stories. There is always a sense of guilt. You go somewhere and someone
:19:35. > :19:40.told you the story, let to photograph their soul, you have to
:19:40. > :19:45.pass that on. To have these pictures just stuck away in drawers
:19:45. > :19:55.means of a have failed on my job. It is a feeling that drives him to
:19:55. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:01.want to go back, no matter the cost. Once upon a time it was owned by
:20:01. > :20:04.Henry VIII, and it played host to the high society of 16th Century
:20:04. > :20:07.England. Westenhanger Castle near Folkestone was a Royal country
:20:07. > :20:09.house with an extraordinary barn featuring a hammerbeam roof, only
:20:09. > :20:14.usually found in palaces. After damage in the 1987 hurricane, the
:20:14. > :20:17.Grade I listed building came close to collapse. But years of
:20:17. > :20:27.painstaking work has restored it to its former glory and now the owners
:20:27. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:39.have been rewarded with an English It has a roof that would grace a
:20:39. > :20:43.baronial hall. The construction is the only one to be found in a bomb
:20:43. > :20:47.anywhere in the country, possibly the world. The craftsmen who
:20:47. > :20:52.restored it spent three years of is like putting it together. His work
:20:52. > :20:58.has been recognised with an English Heritage craftsman award. The one
:20:58. > :21:00.thing that is important to me is the recognition of craftsmanship in
:21:00. > :21:04.the conservation of historic buildings. It is something we don't
:21:04. > :21:09.get a lot of recognition for. The architects tend to take the cream
:21:09. > :21:13.of the recognition. The bomb was built by Thomas Smythe in the 15
:21:13. > :21:17.80s, a customs collector for Elizabeth The Thirst, he used it
:21:17. > :21:27.like a warehouse. Given its construction, he must have been
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:31.rich. -- Elizabeth the first. The standards of Crossman ship was so
:21:31. > :21:38.high that if they weren't good enough, they would simply be thrown
:21:38. > :21:44.away and they would start again. Terry Wheatley's ancestors owned
:21:44. > :21:51.the bomb before Henry VIII bought it. They say the �1.5 million bill
:21:51. > :21:58.to restore it is worth it. This type of construction is now only
:21:58. > :22:01.usually acting to Westminster Palace and places like this.
:22:01. > :22:06.next challenge is to restore another adjoining building. That
:22:06. > :22:10.one is older. This type of restoration is expensive, it is a
:22:10. > :22:17.labour of the heart. If you thought too long about the cost, you would
:22:17. > :22:20.never do it. Very impressive.
:22:20. > :22:23.Onto football, and Brighton and Hove Albion have now gone nine
:22:23. > :22:25.league games without a win. The Seagulls lost 1-0 at Watford last
:22:25. > :22:29.night in the Championship, substitute Troy Deeney scoring the
:22:29. > :22:33.winner in the 77th minute. When managers at Brighton's Sealife
:22:33. > :22:36.Centre decided they needed to get the decorators in, it wasn't just a
:22:36. > :22:44.question of putting a few dust sheets up for a couple of days. The
:22:44. > :22:47.hot salty atmosphere is rotting the stonework. So while the masons are
:22:47. > :22:50.putting things right, lobsters, crabs and even a 12 stone eel are
:22:50. > :22:59.going into temporary accommodation. It's not a removal job for the
:22:59. > :23:02.faint hearted. A reluctant a victory. This spider
:23:02. > :23:09.crab is one of hundreds of underwater creatures moving home.
:23:09. > :23:14.All inhabitants must they Kate to allow for restoration. It is a very
:23:14. > :23:19.humid atmosphere and the salt water is corrosive to the stonework. We
:23:19. > :23:22.have a very talented team of stonemasons who are used to working
:23:22. > :23:26.on Victorian buildings coming in. They will be repairing the
:23:27. > :23:31.stonework, stripping back the pains and returning the building to its
:23:31. > :23:36.former glory as it was when it was first built. Some creatures are
:23:36. > :23:43.staying put, others are moving to temporary housing. Those moving
:23:43. > :23:49.will be packed on to special fish lorries. Sometimes we use bigger
:23:49. > :23:58.pockets. We have specialised transport trucks. Some of them are
:23:58. > :24:03.sealed with a hole on the top of a flatbed lorry. Others are big fish
:24:03. > :24:10.tanks on articulated lorries. of the last time to the M Teague
:24:10. > :24:15.will be this one bats homes the Moray eels. One of them is Big
:24:15. > :24:19.Daddy and his head is the size of a dinner plate. When the staff
:24:19. > :24:24.entered this, they will have to work chain-mail gloves. Once the
:24:24. > :24:28.tanks had been empty, the work will begin but it will be five months
:24:28. > :24:31.before the public and the spider crabs will see the new look
:24:31. > :24:40.aquarium. I am not sure I would want to pick
:24:40. > :24:46.any of those things up by hand. I have to say, to put it bluntly I
:24:47. > :24:53.hope you like rain because there is plenty to come. It is about to get
:24:53. > :24:57.wet away you are. Overnight we will be seeing a wet picture. Very mild.
:24:57. > :25:03.We did see some areas of Clear Sky but this cloud his meaning business
:25:03. > :25:08.and it is creeping towards us and once the wet weather starts it will
:25:09. > :25:12.be here to stay. Overnight we will seek a lot of rain although the
:25:13. > :25:18.second half of the night and there will be more in the wake of calm
:25:18. > :25:22.weather. Temperatures down to about 13 degrees. Very mild for this time
:25:22. > :25:26.of year but throughout tomorrow the wet weather will be back. Just a
:25:26. > :25:30.few showers around throughout the morning, but by the after Mark --
:25:30. > :25:38.afternoon more substantial rain. At the same time we are seeing
:25:38. > :25:42.temperatures getting up to 17 degrees. These temperatures are
:25:42. > :25:46.impressive for November but the wetter weather will carry on. More
:25:46. > :25:51.wet weather to come and the next few days are not looking too
:25:51. > :25:56.promising. Even by Friday there is a lot of wet weather sitting to the
:25:56. > :26:00.south of the UK. By the evening, some of it should have eased, so if
:26:00. > :26:04.you have plans for a bonfire, Friday will be the night rather
:26:04. > :26:07.than Saturday because as you can see on the outlook, the next few
:26:07. > :26:12.days bringing us a lot more wet weather. Tomorrow those
:26:12. > :26:16.temperatures are still holding up but by Friday will see the figures
:26:16. > :26:19.drop and the wet weather will drop and the wet weather will
:26:19. > :26:29.continue throughout the weekend. I hope you are wrong for Saturday.
:26:29. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:38.Let's recap tonight's top stories: Ambitious plans for an airport that
:26:38. > :26:43.would transform the Kenzo landscape. Earlier we asked what you thought
:26:43. > :26:49.of the plans and lots of you have been ringing in.
:26:49. > :26:55.There has been a long debate raging on our Facebook site. Sandra Howard
:26:55. > :26:58.says "it is rubbish, why should such a tiny country need the
:26:58. > :27:04.biggest airport? Perhaps the Government should pay back their
:27:04. > :27:08.debts first". I must say she lives on the Peninsular and they've
:27:08. > :27:13.bought this a few years ago. It is polarising opinion. Chris
:27:13. > :27:19.Smith says "stop moaning about the airport and build it. It will
:27:19. > :27:26.create thousands of jobs, bring money into the UK economy and
:27:26. > :27:30.create the infrastructure needed". Someone else says up the world's
:27:30. > :27:33.population of 7 billion means this country relies on tourism. I am
:27:33. > :27:37.sure everyone wouldn't once an airport on their doorstep but it