:00:02. > :00:12.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Neil Bell. And I'm Polly Evans.
:00:12. > :00:17.
:00:17. > :00:20.Tonight's top stories: Calls for an investigation into
:00:20. > :00:23.claims thousands of coach passengers were allowed into the UK
:00:23. > :00:27.through Dover without proper checks for four years. We're live in the
:00:27. > :00:29.town with the details. A controversial doctor dubbed Dr
:00:29. > :00:32.Death gives the South East's first suicide seminar in Sussex.
:00:32. > :00:35.Also in tonight's programme: The Kent family with grave concerns
:00:35. > :00:38.about plans for a neighbour to be buried in her back garden.
:00:38. > :00:40.A Kent teenager is one of hundreds in the south east to benefit,
:00:40. > :00:43.thanks to last years Children in Need appeal.
:00:43. > :00:53.Now chickens get the pampered pet treatment as the first hen hotel
:00:53. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:11.Good evening. Members of Parliament are calling
:01:11. > :01:14.for an investigation into claims that millions of coach passengers
:01:14. > :01:17.were allowed into the UK through the Port of Dover without being
:01:17. > :01:20.properly checked at busy times for four years. A national newspaper
:01:20. > :01:22.claims that immigration checks were relaxed as part of a policy to
:01:22. > :01:29.reduce queues in 2007, but ministers were never told. Well,
:01:29. > :01:38.let's cross to the port and our reporter Simon Jones. Could Dover
:01:38. > :01:43.have been the port of entry if for criminals? Relaxing our border
:01:43. > :01:47.controls is not good news for security. We do not know if the
:01:47. > :01:53.country has put in danger. That is part of the problem. Those cheques
:01:53. > :01:57.should have been carried out. The this is what should have happened -
:01:57. > :02:04.coach passengers heading for Dover asked to get up at Dover to get
:02:04. > :02:11.their passports and. -- scanned. It is feared that only their past but
:02:11. > :02:18.we looked at -- passports were looked at. The should be doing
:02:18. > :02:26.their job properly. God knows why they relax the Czechs. It is very
:02:26. > :02:34.worrying indeed. I think security should be upgrade it. By Bill Smith,
:02:34. > :02:40.who worked at the docks in Dover, is surprised. It is beaky to see
:02:40. > :02:45.when they start tipping out cars and lorries and all that. It is
:02:45. > :02:51.just something that has been blown out of all proportion. I agree you
:02:51. > :02:54.could do with more immigration officers and border force agency
:02:54. > :03:04.workers there, but the guys who work there are doing a fantastic
:03:04. > :03:06.
:03:06. > :03:11.job. The Home Office say investigations are continuing.
:03:11. > :03:17.immigration is the key issue than the public need to have confidence
:03:17. > :03:23.of the border is secured. whilst investigations continue,
:03:23. > :03:33.coach companies with nothing to hide can expect longer, but a more
:03:33. > :03:40.
:03:41. > :03:46.thorough checks. Pressure on the Home Office will
:03:46. > :03:53.increase, won't it? Yes. Brodie Clark, the former head
:03:53. > :03:58.of the UK Border Agency who quit last week, will be speaking
:03:58. > :04:08.tomorrow. What happens here though it dates back four years to the
:04:08. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:38.previous government. So the key A controversial doctor has held a
:04:38. > :04:43.press seminar in Eastbourne. He was detained in 2009 when he flew in
:04:43. > :04:51.for as speech in Brighton. Dozens turned up today to hear him speak.
:04:51. > :04:56.The controversial doctor. Dr Nitchke says he know how -- knows
:04:56. > :05:01.how people can kill themselves without pain. EU get to the stage
:05:01. > :05:05.where you are desperate for a peaceful death and you crave a
:05:05. > :05:10.peaceful death, if you are in a position to take that step and you
:05:10. > :05:18.have everything in place, you can take that step and had the peaceful
:05:18. > :05:24.death here in England -- have the peaceful death here in England, but
:05:24. > :05:31.you have to know what you are doing. It has been a journey of obstacles
:05:31. > :05:37.for Dr Nitchke. In 2009, seminars were cancelled after the venues
:05:37. > :05:44.cancelled. He was detained by immigration in May 2009. In
:05:44. > :05:47.February this year at two venues in Eastbourne cancelled the seminars.
:05:47. > :05:55.This woman says people in Eastbourne have a right to be
:05:55. > :06:01.informed. I think it is all for four people who just can't work it
:06:01. > :06:07.out. What often happens is people take a lot of pills. You don't know
:06:07. > :06:11.how many to take because you do not have the right information. Then
:06:11. > :06:21.they end up with damaged organs. Why asked assisted suicide is
:06:21. > :06:22.
:06:22. > :06:26.against the law, suicide is not. -- whilst assisted suicide. I am sure
:06:26. > :06:32.he is taking care to stay within the law because I'm sure he is
:06:32. > :06:39.aware that if he encourages someone to commit assisted suicide, he is
:06:39. > :06:49.at risk of prosecution. The law is undoubtedly flawed. We need
:06:49. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:57.guidelines over assisted suicide. But given people information out of
:06:57. > :07:03.context is irresponsible. A after the meeting, those gathered gave
:07:03. > :07:07.their reaction. A vivid is about time people had the right to have
:07:07. > :07:11.this information available to rent. -- I think it is about time.
:07:11. > :07:17.father died from lung cancer and he suffered greatly. He was a strong
:07:17. > :07:21.man and I don't think I could suffer as he did. Reaction about
:07:21. > :07:25.the workshops were mixed. If you were going to put down a cat or dog,
:07:25. > :07:31.you would be it was right to end their life and a pink it is the
:07:31. > :07:36.same thing with humans really. is probably safer as a blanket
:07:36. > :07:40.argument to say that is not a good idea. I would not like people to go
:07:40. > :07:46.to jail because they have help someone he is dying. In the past,
:07:46. > :07:56.news of the doctor's presence has led to demonstrations. The
:07:56. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:06.Australian quietly arrived and then he quite the left again.
:08:06. > :08:13.Did anyone object to him being there?
:08:13. > :08:17.Not really. There was no controversy. That means either Dr
:08:17. > :08:23.Nitchke flew under the radar or the debate has moved on. But given how
:08:23. > :08:27.polarised this particular debate is, it's likely to be the former. Dr
:08:27. > :08:32.Nitchke will move on to the York and then Edinburgh where he is
:08:32. > :08:35.expecting some controversy and some opposition.
:08:35. > :08:43.In a moment, the Kent woman who's one of a small band of altruistic
:08:43. > :08:46.donors giving up organs for complete strangers.
:08:46. > :08:50.The neighbours of a Kent woman who died last week say they are against
:08:50. > :08:53.her final wishes to be buried in her garden. Julie Young from Capel-
:08:53. > :08:55.Le-Ferne claims the garden of a semi-detached bungalow in a
:08:56. > :09:05.residential street is not a suitable place for someone to be
:09:06. > :09:06.
:09:06. > :09:11.buried. Julie Young is a keen gardener who
:09:11. > :09:13.grows her own vegetables. She was alarmed when her next door
:09:13. > :09:18.neighbour's relatives told her they plan to bury their late mother in
:09:18. > :09:21.the garden. At first I did not believe it and then it was just
:09:21. > :09:26.horror as I realised the implications. I'm worried about the
:09:26. > :09:30.pollution issues because although it is a body, it is still classed
:09:30. > :09:35.as clinical waste. The thought of having a dead body a few feet away
:09:35. > :09:40.from us is just horrific. according to natural burial groups,
:09:40. > :09:45.more and more people are including their final resting places in their
:09:46. > :09:50.wills. It really isn't that unusual. I'd like to appeal to the
:09:50. > :09:54.neighbours to say look, this elderly lady was your friend and
:09:54. > :09:58.this was her dying wish. It is not going to do any harm. The estate
:09:58. > :10:01.agents say if the person is buried in a garden it has to be written
:10:01. > :10:06.into the deeds of the property, but it should not affect neighbouring
:10:06. > :10:10.house prices. I do not think it affects the price. It is down to
:10:10. > :10:20.personal preference. If you have not got a problem with it, then you
:10:20. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:31.will carry on with the purchase. The family of the late relative
:10:31. > :10:34.were not available for comment. A care home worker walked free from
:10:34. > :10:37.court today after the jury failed to reach a verdict about whether
:10:37. > :10:39.she killed an elderly woman in an arson attack. In 2009, Irene
:10:39. > :10:44.Herring was rescued from Ancaster Court in Bexhill by firefighters,
:10:44. > :10:48.but died in hospital the next day. Rebecca Reasbeck, who was 17 at the
:10:48. > :10:51.time, always denied starting two fires in Mrs Herring's room.
:10:51. > :10:55.Kent Police are appealing for information after an elderly couple
:10:55. > :11:00.were attacked in their home. Some viewers may find this picture
:11:00. > :11:03.upsetting. It shows the injuries that 70-year-old Ann Davis from
:11:03. > :11:05.Elmsted, near Ashford, suffered on bonfire night. Both she and her 77-
:11:05. > :11:11.year-old husband Gordon were badly beaten by three intruders, who also
:11:11. > :11:14.stole the couple's cash. A man with a grudge against the
:11:14. > :11:17.singer Shakin' Stevens caused a bomb scare at the Kent theatre
:11:17. > :11:19.where he was performing. 47-year- old Paul Starbuck called the
:11:19. > :11:23.Assembly Hall in Tunbridge Wells while drunk, claiming he had
:11:23. > :11:26.planted a device there. He told magistrates he did it because he
:11:26. > :11:31.didn't like Shakin' Stevens and has been remanded in custody ahead of
:11:31. > :11:33.sentencing. Plans for a council tax freeze in
:11:33. > :11:37.England for the second year in succession have been announced
:11:37. > :11:40.today, but Brighton and Hove's Council is bucking the trend. The
:11:40. > :11:44.national scheme will see the Government make one-off grants to
:11:44. > :11:47.local authorities which freeze or reduce council tax bills. The
:11:47. > :11:52.government has promised to give �3 million if council's keep the tax
:11:52. > :11:55.at last year's levels. But the ruling Greens in Brighton and Hove
:11:55. > :11:59.say they can make �4 million by increasing bills by 3.5%. That's an
:11:59. > :12:02.increase of �39 for the year on an average household in the city. Well,
:12:02. > :12:05.let's cross to the city and our reporter Paul Siegert. Paul, I
:12:05. > :12:14.understand this decision hasn't gone down too well with council tax
:12:14. > :12:16.payers there? The council say they have spent the
:12:16. > :12:21.last few weeks and months getting the message out there, explaining
:12:21. > :12:31.to people why this is important. What they are saying is the grant
:12:31. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:39.is only for one year. If it is frozen for only a year, it will
:12:39. > :12:49.have to increase by twice as much in the second year. The council say
:12:49. > :12:49.
:12:49. > :12:57.it makes more financial sense to increase by a small amount every
:12:57. > :13:02.year. A would proposal is to it increase council tax by 3.5 % and
:13:02. > :13:07.we are going to use that to protect the services that protect the
:13:07. > :13:12.elderly and vulnerable. The council spent a lot of time getting out
:13:12. > :13:17.there and explaining to people why this increases necessary. As you
:13:17. > :13:23.mentioned, for an average Band D property, it will be an extra �39 a
:13:23. > :13:30.year. If you have a bigger house, council tax could be raised by �100
:13:30. > :13:32.a year. There will be plenty of people that will not like it.
:13:32. > :13:35.An investigation is underway after seven people,including three
:13:35. > :13:38.children, were taken to hospital following a severe fire at a house
:13:39. > :13:41.in East Sussex. The blaze broke out in Eversley Crescent in St Leonards
:13:41. > :13:43.around two o'clock yesterday morning and destroyed most of the
:13:43. > :13:46.ground floor. Fire crews wearing breathing equipment searched the
:13:46. > :13:56.house for any other occupants before the fire was eventually
:13:56. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:02.There has been a sharp increase in the number of people admitted to
:14:02. > :14:10.Kent's hospitals for Larkhall related increase -- illnesses. In
:14:10. > :14:12.2006 there was... Last year there were 29,000 UN missions, for
:14:12. > :14:15.chronic liver disease and mental health issues related to alcohol
:14:15. > :14:19.abuse. Many of us like to do a good deed
:14:19. > :14:23.for others - but some coins in the charity box or take part in a
:14:23. > :14:27.sponsored run, but how about donating one of your kidneys to a
:14:27. > :14:31.complete stranger? That is what Helen Marston from
:14:31. > :14:35.Broadstairs has done so. She is one of just 67 from people in the UK
:14:35. > :14:39.brewer has undergone what is known as altruistic donation.
:14:39. > :14:43.It is a day she never thought would come, but finally she is about to
:14:43. > :14:49.undergo a kidney transplant so she can donate one of her healthy
:14:49. > :14:53.kidneys to a complete stranger. have been waiting quite a long time,
:14:53. > :15:00.and I have been through lots of things to get to this point.
:15:00. > :15:04.Finally, we are getting to the end of it.
:15:04. > :15:08.Her husband has had to watch from the sidelines, with just an hour to
:15:08. > :15:15.go before his wife goes into theatre of the reality is beginning
:15:15. > :15:19.to sink in. It is still taking a perfectly healthy person and
:15:19. > :15:23.putting her at risk, and I wish she had not decided to do it, but that
:15:23. > :15:28.will pass. Here at Guy's Hospital in London
:15:28. > :15:35.the loss -- operation will be carried out by highly-trained
:15:35. > :15:41.specialists. There should be some pain, and patients in pain after
:15:41. > :15:46.such an operation are at risk of complications, especially
:15:46. > :15:50.developing some sort of chest infection. By Helen will be the
:15:50. > :15:55.67th person in Britain to become an altruistic don't know.
:15:55. > :15:58.Those who benefit from donors like Helen say they get their life back.
:15:58. > :16:05.Having kidney failure and been on a dialysis machine for four years is
:16:05. > :16:09.not easy. So to get a transplant, to be given, especially an
:16:09. > :16:14.altruistic one from a live donor, is absolutely amazing.
:16:14. > :16:18.For Helen it is a pure act of giving, and hoping she can help
:16:18. > :16:23.someone, she does not even expect a thank you and she will never know
:16:23. > :16:31.who receives her kidney. For more on that story including
:16:31. > :16:35.how the operation went, to be into Inside Out at 7:30pm.
:16:35. > :16:39.It is 6:45pm. Tonight's top stories. Members of parliament are calling
:16:39. > :16:43.for an investigation into claims that millions of coach passengers
:16:43. > :16:46.were allowed into the UK from the port of Dover -- through the port
:16:46. > :16:50.of Dover without being checked at busy times for four years.
:16:50. > :16:54.Also tonight, Charlton lead the way as all three of the South East's
:16:54. > :16:59.top teams make it through to the second round of the FA Cup.
:16:59. > :17:02.All warm welcome for your favourite fowl, a hen hotel opens in Kent for
:17:02. > :17:12.your chicken's every knees when you are on holiday.
:17:12. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:32.If you think there is a story we Growing pains can be tricky at the
:17:32. > :17:37.best of times, but navigating your way through life when faced with a
:17:37. > :17:42.disability can make them even trickier. Thanks to the �14 million
:17:42. > :17:46.raised from last year's Children In Need, youngsters are receiving help.
:17:46. > :17:50.�45,000 has been given to Tonbridge Mencap which helps young people
:17:50. > :17:55.with learning difficulties. 14- year-old Emma Hurrell who has
:17:55. > :18:03.epilepsy and autism regularly joins the Teenz after-school group. If we
:18:03. > :18:07.joined her on a day out at the Paddock Wood Hop Farm.
:18:07. > :18:11.My mum must have found it in a magazine or newspaper, one day when
:18:11. > :18:16.I came back from school she suggested it to me, and told me all
:18:16. > :18:22.about what it said in the newspaper and I said it would be fun to join.
:18:22. > :18:26.So I joined it and they are very caring, funny, and kind to you.
:18:26. > :18:36.They do not say rude words or anything like that. That is why it
:18:36. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:56.is fun to come here. It makes me really excited, I care
:18:56. > :19:00.about them and they are really funny, they make me laugh and staff.
:19:00. > :19:08.They organise really fun activities and they do not do the same each
:19:08. > :19:13.time. It is always fun. And every single activity I look at, I always
:19:13. > :19:21.want to do every single one of them. It is quite easy making friends at
:19:21. > :19:27.Mencap, and I would suggest it to everyone out there. I am usually
:19:27. > :19:32.happy for everything I do. I am happy at school, happy that I
:19:32. > :19:37.joined Mencap. I would like to become a chef and work at Jamie
:19:37. > :19:43.Oliver's cholesterol in London, maybe go out -- restaurant in
:19:43. > :19:50.London. Maybe go out to town and drive a car. I am sure my mum will
:19:50. > :19:53.be proud of me when I am older. And on Children In Need on Friday
:19:53. > :19:58.night we will be live at the Christmas light switch on at
:19:58. > :20:02.Bluewater in Kent. Our colleagues will be outside Marks & Spencer
:20:02. > :20:05.ready to direct you to our price Sice location, and you can watch it
:20:05. > :20:12.on South East Today and throughout the the cage -- throughout the
:20:12. > :20:15.evening. Football now, and Charlton and
:20:15. > :20:18.probably have bought had an excellent chance of making this
:20:19. > :20:22.third round of the FA Cup after victories at the weekend.
:20:22. > :20:26.Giving him will be hoping to join them after their rousing victory of
:20:27. > :20:31.the Bournemouth completed a good cup weekend.
:20:31. > :20:36.Charlton's irrepressible run of form shows no sign of ending. Matt
:20:36. > :20:42.Taylor's header put them in front shortly before half-time. But they
:20:42. > :20:46.had to wait for Johnnie Jackson to add No. 2. Their opponents then
:20:46. > :20:51.wilted, as Danny Hollands scored from close range and Bradley
:20:51. > :20:54.Pritchard scored his first goal for the club, giving them a home tie
:20:54. > :20:58.against Carlisle in the second round.
:20:58. > :21:03.Gillian's Jack Payne scored a goal against Bournemouth, but they were
:21:03. > :21:09.out of the Cup when the home side scored twice in a minute to go one
:21:09. > :21:14.up. Danny Jackman's free kick kept them in the game, before Danny
:21:14. > :21:23.Campbell c's crushing finish set up a brick the plate will be tomorrow.
:21:23. > :21:30.We are confident. We have had not a bad record, and I think it is a
:21:31. > :21:36.great opportunity for us to get ourselves into the next round,
:21:36. > :21:41.against Leyton Orient away. Craw they remain on course for the
:21:41. > :21:46.second successive season. They got a home tie against non-league
:21:46. > :21:49.opposition in round two. More of us keep chickens now than
:21:49. > :21:52.during the war. The return of the good life is more popular than ever,
:21:52. > :21:56.but what happens when you go on holiday?
:21:56. > :22:01.Got a bit of your dog at the kennels or your cap at the category
:22:01. > :22:08.is par for the course, but what about people who keep chickens?
:22:08. > :22:14.Julie Smith has opened the South East's first hen hotel.
:22:14. > :22:21.Here we are... Every morning, Julie Smith gets up
:22:21. > :22:26.at sunrise to check on her chickens. With 15 of her own she can offer a
:22:26. > :22:30.room and board to an extra eight. Some people have people stay at
:22:30. > :22:35.their houses, but it is not as easy people having to give up their own
:22:35. > :22:40.lives, so I keep the hotel open so they can bring their hens here all
:22:40. > :22:44.I can collect them. It is the appeal of the good life
:22:44. > :22:52.and the plight of factory-farmed chickens highlighted by TV chefs
:22:52. > :22:56.that has led to a rise in the number of people could keeping them.
:22:56. > :23:02.Any got her chicken's the summer before last, and this is their
:23:02. > :23:07.second trip to the hen hotel. I first got the chicken's, I had
:23:07. > :23:12.not really realised how much work they could be, so for all but a
:23:12. > :23:16.year I had not been a way even for a weekend or an evening! They king
:23:16. > :23:22.after chicken's is a big commitment. They need to be fed and watered
:23:22. > :23:26.twice a day. They cannot see in the dark, so they take themselves to
:23:26. > :23:34.bed at dusk. They are the closest living relative of a Tyrannosaurus
:23:34. > :23:39.Rex. Sitting in the garden of the summer
:23:39. > :23:49.with a chicken on your lap having a glass of wine is just bliss!
:23:49. > :23:50.
:23:50. > :23:54.And there is always the possibility of fresh eggs in the morning.
:23:54. > :24:00.I think we are in danger of a cute animal outbreak.
:24:00. > :24:05.You do not often see a family of ducklings in November, but this
:24:05. > :24:15.family of 13 ducklings plus mum and dad were seen swimming on a duck
:24:15. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:24.Yesterday it was really quite a mild picture. Temperatures up to 17
:24:24. > :24:29.degrees today the cloud cover and that cooler feeling whether. We
:24:29. > :24:34.hold on to that cloud as we move into tonight and tomorrow. A dull
:24:34. > :24:42.start, slowly brightening up, but that cloud cover a bit brighter.
:24:42. > :24:45.The reason for today's weather - high pressure in control, easterly
:24:45. > :24:51.breezes dragging in cloud cover from the north. Slightly cooler
:24:51. > :24:57.temperatures, highs in Dover not much about nine degrees, Brighton
:24:57. > :25:01.around 12 degrees, 54 in Fahrenheit. So a great picture, and as we move
:25:01. > :25:08.into tonight we hold on to that cloud cover, widespread rain and
:25:08. > :25:14.drizzle, some patches of Haile fog. Temperatures as a result, pretty
:25:14. > :25:19.mild for the time of year. Single figures, raised ranging between six
:25:19. > :25:23.and eight degrees. Among start today -- tomorrow, we are going to
:25:23. > :25:27.see those winds staying north- easterly, still fairly light but
:25:27. > :25:32.adding a cooling feel to the day. It will be a damp start to the day,
:25:32. > :25:36.some patchy drizzle. As we move into the afternoon, more into the
:25:36. > :25:41.way of brightness. Black cloud cover will be lifting and it will
:25:41. > :25:46.be brighter than we have seen today. Temperatures a shade down on today
:25:46. > :25:51.- highs of a round 11 degrees, 52 Fahrenheit. As we move into
:25:51. > :25:54.tomorrow night it will be staying Basle, a good deal of cloud cover.
:25:54. > :26:00.A slightly drier picture, more in the way of clearer skies throughout
:26:00. > :26:05.the morning, and temperatures a shade down, lows there of a run for
:26:05. > :26:09.degrees. So for Wednesday, are mostly settled picture. Brightening
:26:09. > :26:15.up a little, as you can see waiting in the wings we have rain making
:26:15. > :26:19.its way it towards Friday, and we have got high-pressure slipping
:26:19. > :26:23.away, no pressure moving in from the West, so things will brighten
:26:23. > :26:27.up a little, and we will see more in the way of cloud cover and
:26:27. > :26:34.outbreaks of rain or overnight into Friday. The Clyde back again for
:26:34. > :26:39.Friday, but the winds suddenly, highs of a round 13 degrees.
:26:39. > :26:42.Tonight we hold on to that cloud cover - a dull start to the day,
:26:42. > :26:47.brightening up in the afternoon. The cloud will be staying
:26:47. > :26:53.throughout the week. The best of any brightness likely on Thursday.
:26:53. > :26:56.Rain overnight into Friday. Temperatures a little bit milder.
:26:56. > :26:59.Tonight's top national and local news stories.
:26:59. > :27:03.The Appeal Court judge, Lord Justice Leveson has opened a public
:27:03. > :27:08.inquiry into media ethics set up in the wake of the News of the World
:27:08. > :27:10.phone hacking scandal. The MP for Dover, Charlie Elphick
:27:10. > :27:14.is calling for an investigation into claims that coach passengers
:27:14. > :27:20.were allowed into the UK from the town's port without being properly
:27:20. > :27:25.checked at busy times for forgers. And the controversial doctor Dr Dr
:27:25. > :27:29.Death has been given a seminar in Eastbourne or over how to take your