:00:04. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith. And I'm Natalie Graham.
:00:07. > :00:11.Tonight's top stories: Could the public sector strikes
:00:11. > :00:21.close Gatwick? Passengers are warned of major delays when border
:00:21. > :00:25.staff take industrial action next week. I certainly hope it would not
:00:25. > :00:28.mean the airport closing for a period of time. But it would be
:00:29. > :00:31.foolish of anyone to rule that Act. Highlighting domestic violence, as
:00:31. > :00:35.shocking figures show 15,000 women were abused just in Brighton last
:00:35. > :00:38.year. We report live from the city. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:38. > :00:42.Hoping they'll meet again - Dame Vera Lynn offers a reward, and high
:00:42. > :00:45.tea, for anyone who can find her treasured Remembrance brooch.
:00:45. > :00:50.The Sussex animal chairty working to free the bears kept caged in
:00:50. > :01:00.India. And ice dancing in the open air - a
:01:00. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:14.new attraction brings a touch of Good evening. Gatwick Airport could
:01:14. > :01:18.be forced to close because of next week's planned strikes by public-
:01:18. > :01:25.sector workers. That is Lydia of the call MP Henry Smith. He says
:01:25. > :01:29.the passengers, already likely to face significant destruction, could
:01:30. > :01:34.end up finding the airport closed. Tonight the UK Border Agency says
:01:34. > :01:39.it is examining all options to keep our borders saved and that the army
:01:39. > :01:44.could form part of the response. Delays seem inevitable for arriving
:01:44. > :01:48.passengers at Gatwick on Wednesday and that the area's MP thinks the
:01:48. > :01:52.area could, in the worst case, be forced to close. I certainly hope
:01:52. > :01:57.it would not mean the airport closing for any period of time but
:01:57. > :02:01.I think it would be foolish of anyone to rule that out. I have
:02:01. > :02:06.confidence in Gatwick Airport to manage these contingency problems.
:02:06. > :02:09.They are working closely with the Home Office and Department of
:02:09. > :02:14.Transport to ensure that airport operations remain as smooth as
:02:14. > :02:18.possible despite what I think is quite reckless strike action.
:02:18. > :02:21.the airport says it is creating extra at space and seating for
:02:21. > :02:25.arriving passengers and says it will be on hand to help the most
:02:25. > :02:29.vulnerable. Gatwick managers today did not raise the prospect that the
:02:29. > :02:32.airport may have to close but they did admit that it is going to be a
:02:32. > :02:36.challenge if the strikes go ahead and that they are preparing for the
:02:36. > :02:40.worst. They are drafting in hundreds of volunteers. They will
:02:40. > :02:46.not be able to staff the border but they will be able to manage any
:02:46. > :02:50.queues. The Government should pull out all the stops and bring in
:02:50. > :02:54.anyone who can help prices people and because, frankly, it is bad
:02:54. > :03:00.enough for foreign visitors getting through Heathrow anyway. If they
:03:00. > :03:05.are going to be subjected to delays unprecedented scale, and trapped in
:03:05. > :03:09.planes while it is happening, it will be awful. Not only is
:03:09. > :03:12.disruption expected at the UK border at Gatwick Airport,
:03:12. > :03:16.passengers at the port of Dover could face disruption and workers
:03:16. > :03:19.at the Dartford River Crossing may walk out, also. I think a lot of
:03:19. > :03:25.things will grind to a halt, particularly if you are going
:03:26. > :03:31.abroad. There will be chaos. understand that they want to get it
:03:31. > :03:35.all sorted but for God's sake, don't keep on going on strike. It
:03:35. > :03:38.upsets the whole country. The UK Border Agency says it is bring the
:03:39. > :03:42.managers, contractors and staff from overseas to help keep the
:03:42. > :03:49.borders running and they are even considering asking the army for
:03:49. > :03:53.help. Almost 15,000 women in Brighton and
:03:53. > :03:57.Hove experienced domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking in the
:03:57. > :04:01.last year according to the latest Home Office figures. Today the city
:04:01. > :04:05.hosted an event to highlight the issue. The White Ribbon Campaign is
:04:05. > :04:08.calling for the elimination of violence against women. Activists
:04:08. > :04:12.say it is the biggest issues affecting women today. They are
:04:12. > :04:16.calling for the Government to do more.
:04:16. > :04:21.I had been in their intimate relationship with my partner...
:04:21. > :04:26.Joanna is a survivor of domestic violence. I suffered a lot of abuse
:04:26. > :04:31.and it culminated in an attempt on my life, and rape. Over the last
:04:31. > :04:38.year in Brighton, it is estimated that 5,300 women experienced
:04:38. > :04:43.domestic violence. 2,700 were victims of sexual assault. 6,600
:04:43. > :04:49.experienced stalking. I have just got this. Don't talk to me like
:04:49. > :04:53.this. Hard-hitting campaigns have in recent years appeared more
:04:53. > :04:59.frequently on our screens. In Britain one organisation that
:04:59. > :05:04.supports victims of domestic abuse told us it's resources are being
:05:04. > :05:12.stretched. Things like poverty, unemployment, homelessness
:05:12. > :05:17.definitely have an impact on making it worse, exacerbating the problem.
:05:17. > :05:22.That is a fact. We cannot get away from the fact that these are issues
:05:22. > :05:27.at the moment. Joanna's experience of reporting her abuse was positive.
:05:27. > :05:32.It is a scary thing to do, to call the police. And I would like
:05:32. > :05:34.everybody to know that they are the most of where people right now.
:05:35. > :05:40.Celebrities like Keira Knightley have lent their support to raise
:05:40. > :05:45.the profile of the consequences of domestic violence, a crime said to
:05:46. > :05:50.affect one in four women. Sorry, we did not agree to that. That was not
:05:50. > :05:55.in the script. Our reporter is live in Brighton.
:05:55. > :05:58.Is it the same picture across the county? The charity that respect to
:05:58. > :06:02.here in Brighton are adamant that there has been an increase in the
:06:02. > :06:06.number of referrals here in Brighton. The figures Sussex Police
:06:06. > :06:10.have given us appear to show a slightly different picture. Over
:06:10. > :06:14.the last year 16,000 women have got in contact with Sussex Police to
:06:15. > :06:18.report domestic violence. The year before there were 17,000 calls.
:06:18. > :06:21.Sussex Police said this has nothing to do with a decrease in the ground
:06:21. > :06:26.but everything to do with the crime being and reported which is why
:06:26. > :06:32.they are urging victims to get in contact with them.
:06:32. > :06:40.Coming up, a huge imbalance in Kent's adoption services. The local
:06:40. > :06:43.authorities strongly criticised again.
:06:43. > :06:47.Dame Vera Lynn is offering a reward and the chance to have afternoon
:06:47. > :06:52.tea with her to anyone who helps find a much treasured bridge that
:06:52. > :06:56.she lost earlier this month, one which was given to her by Field
:06:56. > :07:00.Marshal Montgomery 35 years ago. Dame be read lives in Sussex and
:07:00. > :07:04.she was wearing the brooch at the Royal Albert Hall during the
:07:04. > :07:09.Festival of Remembrance before she noticed it was missing.
:07:09. > :07:14.This is the bridge that has gone missing. The number eight it stands
:07:14. > :07:18.for the aides army the Desert Rats and it was presented to Dame Vera
:07:18. > :07:24.Lynn by their wartime commander Field Marshal Montgomery. It is a
:07:24. > :07:29.little gold pin, an oblong, and amid on the front is a little eight
:07:29. > :07:33.in little diamonds. Monty had it made in honour of Dame Vera Lynn's
:07:34. > :07:43.role in boosting trips' morale during the vital campaigns in North
:07:43. > :07:51.Africa. She was known as the forces' sweetheart then and now.
:07:51. > :07:55.Will meet again... Aged 94, she was wearing it at this year's Festival
:07:55. > :08:01.of Remembrance. I was out there with the boys and Montgomery
:08:01. > :08:06.presented it to me at the Albert for many years ago. And I was
:08:06. > :08:12.wearing in this year at the Armistice Night and it obviously it
:08:12. > :08:15.came off and was lost. distinctive, unique and of course
:08:15. > :08:21.highly personal. But the bridge is not particularly valuable in its
:08:21. > :08:26.own right. Dame Vera Lynn is offering a nominal award of �150
:08:26. > :08:35.but also something no amount of money could buy, afternoon tea with
:08:36. > :08:40.her to celebrate its return. A legal secretary from East Sussex
:08:40. > :08:45.has admitted stealing almost �500,000 from clients' accounts.
:08:45. > :08:49.25-year-old Leanne Harris from Whitesmith near Lewes worked at
:08:49. > :08:53.Arscotts Solicitors in Hove from 2008 until last year. Hove Crown
:08:53. > :08:57.Court was told one of her two victims was an elderly woman. The
:08:57. > :09:00.owner of the East Kent Gazette and Medway News has announced that both
:09:00. > :09:04.newspapers are likely to be closed down next month following an
:09:04. > :09:06.attempt to sell them to the Kent Messenger Group falling through.
:09:06. > :09:11.Northcliffe Media said it was no longer financially viable to
:09:11. > :09:14.continue publishing the papers. More than 35 people will be
:09:14. > :09:20.affected and closure is subject to staff consultation.
:09:20. > :09:28.A stolen van at dumped in -- dog dumped in Kent last week has been
:09:28. > :09:33.reunited with its owner. Staff at the RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre
:09:33. > :09:37.where it was treated said it was the theorist dog they had ever seen.
:09:37. > :09:42.Overall, young people in the South East of the least affected by
:09:42. > :09:49.unemployment in the UK, 5% compared to Archers % nationally, but there
:09:49. > :09:55.are areas that so that the worst rates in the UK. In one area, 11%
:09:55. > :09:59.of in people are unemployed. In Hastings it is 11.8 % and in Thanet,
:09:59. > :10:04.13.8 %, compared to places like Tandridge in Surrey, Tunbridge
:10:04. > :10:12.Wells and Canterbury, which have little use in Parliament. In Medway
:10:12. > :10:15.there are more than 2,300 people currently looking for work.
:10:15. > :10:19.Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, was there today
:10:19. > :10:25.and the Government have said they are going to put �1 billion into
:10:25. > :10:28.solving used in employment. -- youth unemployment. The young
:10:28. > :10:32.people I have been speaking to do not really understand the politics
:10:32. > :10:35.behind this scheme or how it will be paid but they understand the
:10:35. > :10:39.figures and they say if the Government is going to guarantee
:10:39. > :10:43.half their wages for six months companies will find that very
:10:43. > :10:46.attractive and employ them. For the last three years Luke
:10:46. > :10:52.Parsons has been unemployed. He believes the Government's plan to
:10:52. > :10:57.give employers pay a subsidy of �2,275 will help young people like
:10:57. > :11:03.him get a job. I would love it, so I am not sitting indoors doing
:11:03. > :11:07.nothing to. I would rather be in a job. Everyone would appreciate that.
:11:07. > :11:11.But the Labour Party says the devil is in the detail and only one in 20
:11:11. > :11:15.youngsters will qualify for the new scheme. The scheme that is being
:11:15. > :11:19.done on the cheap. But worse, I hear they're going to try to pay
:11:19. > :11:24.for it by squeezing working people's tax credits. That is all
:11:24. > :11:30.wrong. We should have a proper tax and bankers' bonuses to fund a
:11:30. > :11:33.proper skin to get 100,000 young people back to year. Gavin says a
:11:33. > :11:36.Prince's Trust work programme changed his life. The 12 week
:11:36. > :11:40.course gave him the skills he needed to get a job. Cash
:11:40. > :11:45.injections only work if they are backed up by training. When I
:11:45. > :11:50.started the course I was hanging around with a lot of gangs and
:11:50. > :11:53.stuff. On the streets all the time. I lived in a derelict house. I was
:11:54. > :11:58.panicking because I had got my girlfriend pregnant and I did not
:11:58. > :12:04.know what to do with no job. Very low income on benefits and most at
:12:04. > :12:08.forwards for me at all. I walked out of the cause with a full-time
:12:09. > :12:12.job. The course Gavin went on is not cheap. With one of career
:12:12. > :12:16.specialist for every job seekers. But the charity which runs them
:12:16. > :12:20.says the success rate is high so long term it is value for money.
:12:20. > :12:23.The careers specialists I have spoken to said they welcomed the
:12:23. > :12:27.subsidy companies will get for employing 16-24 year-olds but to
:12:27. > :12:31.ensure this is not just a short- term quick fix for six months it
:12:31. > :12:36.needs to be backed up by training and it also needs to be centred in
:12:36. > :12:39.the places where unemployment is the highest.
:12:39. > :12:44.Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, joins us now.
:12:44. > :12:47.As you know, there are many areas of deprivation in the South East,
:12:47. > :12:51.alongside the prosperous parts. There are many young people at
:12:51. > :12:54.their with few prospects. Who will take them on as a result of your
:12:54. > :13:00.incentives? For the first thing is you need to see this in the light
:13:00. > :13:04.of a few features. Using employment is not something that started when
:13:04. > :13:08.this Government arrived. -- youths unemployment. It was already at
:13:08. > :13:12.record levels so we have a big programme to resolve. If one of the
:13:12. > :13:14.things that we know is that employers tell us constantly it is
:13:15. > :13:19.a bit too expensive to employ somebody who has never had any real
:13:19. > :13:23.work experience, so the idea behind the package is to build on some of
:13:23. > :13:28.the stuff we are doing, first and foremost, CBI asked for a National
:13:28. > :13:31.Insurance holiday. This �2,275 will go wrong way to clear out that
:13:31. > :13:36.national insurance payment. They will not have to make that and
:13:36. > :13:40.there will be a bit of extra money besides. I agree about the training
:13:40. > :13:44.point made earlier. It is not enough to get somebody a job and
:13:44. > :13:47.subsidise it, which is why the Future Jobs Fund that the last
:13:48. > :13:52.Government did was such a disaster. You need to increase the number of
:13:52. > :13:59.work-experience places so people go into a business for two months
:13:59. > :14:01.are... I am afraid we have lost Iain Duncan Smith.
:14:01. > :14:04.A highly critical report into adoption services in Kent says the
:14:04. > :14:09.authority has lost its grip and that the deterioration in services
:14:09. > :14:11.should have been recognised. The report by the former head of
:14:11. > :14:14.Barnardo's, Martin Narey, pointed out a huge imbalance between the
:14:14. > :14:21.number of children waiting to be adopted and the number of families
:14:21. > :14:25.available to take them. Our social affairs correspondent
:14:25. > :14:30.reports. Ron Mills runs a successful dog
:14:30. > :14:34.kennels. Ten years ago, he and his wife wanted to start a family. They
:14:34. > :14:38.began the adoption process but gave up. It was too complex and lengthy.
:14:38. > :14:41.Three years ago they tried again, wanting a brother or sister for
:14:41. > :14:46.their daughter. It was very exciting to start with because you
:14:46. > :14:50.think, there is a chance of us getting a child. Hopefully, that
:14:50. > :14:55.would not take that long. But we were just totally disillusioned by
:14:55. > :14:58.the whole process. The time taken for a family to adopt a child he is
:14:58. > :15:03.just one of many criticisms contained in today's damning report.
:15:03. > :15:06.It highlights a desperate imbalance between the number of children
:15:06. > :15:11.wanting and the number of families waiting. The situation has been
:15:11. > :15:18.worsening. In the year ending 2007, the number of children adopted in
:15:18. > :15:25.Kent stood at 93. In 2009 it had fallen to 78. By 2011, the figure
:15:25. > :15:29.had plummeted to 57. The council had lost a grip. It is not my
:15:29. > :15:33.suggestion that staff are not working hard, but they are not
:15:33. > :15:37.working productively. There needs to be more urgency in getting
:15:37. > :15:40.parents in Kent to adopt the children in Kent who are waiting
:15:40. > :15:48.for adoption. If they do not do this there will BA prices.
:15:48. > :15:55.council admits improvements must be made. I think there has been a lack
:15:55. > :16:00.of brokers across the council to support in the adoption service.
:16:00. > :16:05.Seven years ago 135 children were adopted. Last year it was 59. With
:16:05. > :16:09.renewed energy, focus and forget we can get back to those numbers.
:16:09. > :16:13.comes a year after a highly critical Ofsted report into
:16:13. > :16:16.children's services as a whole left the council in shock. It has been
:16:16. > :16:22.working to put matters right since then and this latest report is part
:16:22. > :16:27.of that process of identifying the problems and tackling them. It is
:16:27. > :16:34.expecting a drop sheer numbers will increase significantly over the
:16:34. > :16:36.next few years. -- adoption numbers. This is our top story tonight:
:16:36. > :16:39.Gatwick Airport could be forced to close because of next week's
:16:39. > :16:41.planned strikes by public sector workers. Crawley MP Henry Smith
:16:41. > :16:48.says that passengers, who are already likely to face significant
:16:48. > :16:52.disruption, could end up finding the airport closed.
:16:52. > :16:58.Also tonight, the world powerboat champion and world speed record
:16:58. > :17:04.holder, and he is only 11! And will it be cold and icy or warm
:17:04. > :17:10.and spicy this weekend? If you want to know the weekend weather, join
:17:10. > :17:13.me later in the programme. A Sussex charity has begun a
:17:13. > :17:17.mission to rescue bears kept in appalling conditions in zoos in
:17:17. > :17:23.India. There are 198 zoos in the country and at least half contain
:17:23. > :17:26.captive sloth bears. Two years ago our reporter joined the team from
:17:26. > :17:31.International Animal Rescue as they went out to save the last dancing
:17:31. > :17:41.bears from the streets. Now they have turned their attention to
:17:41. > :17:41.
:17:41. > :17:49.malnourished bears kept in cramped cages.
:17:49. > :17:53.They were once a familiar sight on the streets of India. But years ago,
:17:53. > :17:58.once they stopped dancing, there was nowhere for them to go, so many
:17:58. > :18:03.ended up in zoos in very poor conditions. Like these two. When
:18:03. > :18:07.the team from Sussex and then there were severely malnourished. They
:18:07. > :18:11.should have weighed 85 kilos. has taken nearly a year to get them
:18:11. > :18:16.out. We had to go through all the rigmarole of going through each of
:18:16. > :18:19.the Government, getting permission to do it. These are four bears that
:18:19. > :18:23.we do go out at the weekend that are just living in a small box.
:18:23. > :18:28.They can't even get in the cage to clean the cage out so they are just
:18:28. > :18:32.living on their own faeces, which is awful. Now at the bears have
:18:32. > :18:36.been taken to a rescue centre. I travelled to India with Alan Knight
:18:36. > :18:42.two years ago to witness the end of a 400 year-old tradition of dancing
:18:42. > :18:48.bears. We said we would help you and we did. The handlers were
:18:48. > :18:53.offered new jobs, the best -- bears given freedom to roam in the
:18:53. > :18:58.centuries. I think you will remember when we arrested that last
:18:58. > :19:02.there. He has fitted in beautifully and there'll be pictures of him a
:19:02. > :19:06.romping around in the wonderful sanctuary. The charity has a lot of
:19:06. > :19:12.support from people in Kent and Sussex. We have a fantastic trustee
:19:12. > :19:17.in Sussex to is a dentist and he has been out to India and carried
:19:17. > :19:23.out a writ canal treatment on the up bears. One Kent benefactor
:19:23. > :19:29.recently donated half a million pounds. The charity now it hopes to
:19:29. > :19:32.rescue dancing bears in Nepal. It is just a month to go until
:19:32. > :19:36.Christmas and what could be more Christmassy than a real outdoor ice
:19:36. > :19:38.rink, all lit up like Santa's grotto? Rob has dashed outside the
:19:38. > :19:41.studios here in Tunbridge Wells into the Calverley Grounds, where
:19:41. > :19:45.they have built an ice rink, and they have some celebrity skaters to
:19:45. > :19:53.open it with a gala event this evening. Rob, it all sounds very
:19:53. > :19:59.glamourous. It is a bit chilly. I wish I had
:19:59. > :20:05.potato John! This is real ice. It is not a plastic ice rink. -- I
:20:05. > :20:11.wish I had a coat on. You can see how good the ice is because we have
:20:11. > :20:16.Jodeyne Higgins and so Sean Rice skating here. Jodeyne was Johnson
:20:16. > :20:21.Beharry's partner in the latest series of dancing on ice. Come over
:20:21. > :20:26.here and say hello. They reached the semi-finals in that competition.
:20:26. > :20:32.Jodeyne, what do you think of this? It is lovely to be outside skating
:20:32. > :20:37.like this. What a privilege and, to get to try it. You are Canadian by
:20:37. > :20:41.birth, so skating outside is how it should be done? I learned how to
:20:41. > :20:46.skate on the outdoor rink. Said to be right this when I am told it is
:20:46. > :20:52.amazing. Let's talk quickly about Johnson Beharry. He's a hero, isn't
:20:52. > :20:58.he? Unbelievable gentleman. To get a chance to work with him is
:20:58. > :21:04.incredible. He taught me a lot about life. Sean, you're a champion
:21:04. > :21:12.skater as well. U2 have competed internationally. You are also on
:21:12. > :21:16.the ice dancing tour. Wheat grew up together. We have been together for
:21:16. > :21:23.20 years. It is like we are brother and sister but not really! I love
:21:23. > :21:28.my wife. We have are the youngsters from one of the local schools
:21:28. > :21:33.singing carols here tonight. What do you think of this? It is really
:21:33. > :21:37.festive and Christmassy, isn't it? Yet, it is. There is the ice rink
:21:37. > :21:41.here and we have all the choir's singing here. It is very nice and a
:21:42. > :21:47.really good atmosphere. completely agree. It is all really
:21:47. > :21:51.great that they are opening an ice rink here in Tunbridge Wells.
:21:51. > :21:56.great hat as well. Some of these people have come down to watch. Why
:21:56. > :22:01.have you come down here tonight? is very exciting for Tunbridge
:22:01. > :22:06.Wells to have the ice rink. Really looking forward to going on it.
:22:06. > :22:10.Maybe not benedict! Tunbridge Wells is the place to be. We will be back
:22:10. > :22:14.here in three or four minutes because Kaddy is going to be doing
:22:14. > :22:22.the weather for us from here and it will be a first from SAD is today,
:22:22. > :22:25.the weather on ice. We cannot wait! Brighton and Hove Albion manager
:22:25. > :22:27.Gus Poyet admits that several of his players have been playing with
:22:27. > :22:30.injuries recently. The Seagulls suffered a demoralising defeat at
:22:30. > :22:32.south coast rivals Southampton last weekend and Poyet wants his team to
:22:32. > :22:35.respond against Coventry at the Amex.
:22:35. > :22:39.Crawley will be hoping to keep the pressure on League Two leaders
:22:39. > :22:44.Southend with victory at Rotherham. The Reds' 4-1 win over Oxford last
:22:44. > :22:51.weekend took their unbeaten run to 11 games. Tyrone Barnett and Matt
:22:51. > :22:53.Tubbs both now have ten goals for Frank Nouble and Jo Kuffour come
:22:53. > :22:56.back into contention for Gillingham's home clash against
:22:56. > :22:59.Bradford. The strike pair were unavailable for the FA Cup first-
:22:59. > :23:04.round replay as part of their loan agreement. Midfielder Chris
:23:04. > :23:08.Whelpdale may miss out after picking up a chest infection.
:23:08. > :23:11.He may not be old enough to drive a car, but Ben Jelf from Kent has a
:23:11. > :23:15.string of power boating championships to his name, at the
:23:15. > :23:19.age of just 11. He has been driving power boats since he was just eight
:23:19. > :23:26.years old. Now an old hand, he has won both the 2011 World and
:23:26. > :23:29.European Powerboat Championships in the under 16 category. And he is
:23:29. > :23:39.also the world speed record holder. He is the third generation of
:23:39. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:44.powerboat racers in the family. He may still need his father's help.
:23:44. > :23:50.But once 11-year-old Ben Jelf gets on the water, he is very much his
:23:50. > :23:58.own man. His racing has taken him all over the UK and now far beyond.
:23:58. > :24:04.This one, this is my world champion won. And this one up here is the
:24:04. > :24:11.European one. How I have been so successful is my father helping me
:24:11. > :24:18.and the whole of the team. And how I have won it is trying to be the
:24:18. > :24:22.best. Ben is following in the family's footsteps. His grandfather
:24:22. > :24:27.began the tradition and his father and uncle were both world-class
:24:27. > :24:33.powerboat racers, but the signs are that bent maybe the best in the
:24:33. > :24:37.family yet. -- Ben. He has grown up with it, the same as I did. As soon
:24:38. > :24:42.as he was old enough, I bought him his first boat, which was not a
:24:42. > :24:48.very good one, but he took to it very well. He has just gone on and
:24:48. > :24:51.got better and better. You must be very proud? Of course. For him,
:24:51. > :24:56.what he has done this year is fantastic. There is there more he
:24:56. > :25:01.could have won. Not content with winning the British, European and
:25:01. > :25:06.world titles, a couple of years -- weeks ago, he spent a new speed
:25:06. > :25:13.record. I met Gina Campbell while I was there and she was the daughter
:25:14. > :25:17.to might speed idle Donald Campbell. I never did it to him all my racing
:25:17. > :25:22.career and he is just setting new records all the time.
:25:22. > :25:26.remarkable achievements may well be unique. His goal in 2012 is to win
:25:26. > :25:31.the sailor of the year award at the Boat Show, then defend all the
:25:31. > :25:36.titles he won this year. That is all from me this evening
:25:36. > :25:46.but we did promise you weather on ice so let's go back to rock and at
:25:46. > :25:47.
:25:47. > :25:56.the elite Kaddy in Tunbridge Wells. The how is she getting on? I do not
:25:56. > :26:02.think I should have told the The weather across this weekend.
:26:02. > :26:10.The wind is going to be very strong. On Saturday nights they are going
:26:10. > :26:13.to be gusting up to 45mph or 50mph but the only time it is not windy
:26:13. > :26:17.is this evening and that is where the temperature is dropping very
:26:17. > :26:22.quickly. In the last few hours it has dropped about five degrees so
:26:23. > :26:27.it is getting colder. Could get mist patches, even a tiny hint of
:26:27. > :26:31.frost on the ground, but most places are going to be frost-free
:26:31. > :26:36.and by the end of the night the wind is increasing and the air will
:26:36. > :26:41.get mixed up and temperatures we only get down to 5-7 degrees. So it
:26:41. > :26:46.just a tiny chance of frost. Into tomorrow, it will be a lovely day
:26:46. > :26:51.if you can get out of the wind. The wind starts of at 50mph, by the end
:26:51. > :26:55.of the day it will be 20mph, by tomorrow night, even stronger. But
:26:55. > :27:00.it will be a lovely sunny day with temperatures getting up to even 14
:27:00. > :27:04.degrees, so it is still mild for the time of year. Into tomorrow
:27:04. > :27:08.night, this is when the wind will peak. This is when I am expecting
:27:08. > :27:14.gusts of even 50mph. Although we get a weak weather front and the
:27:14. > :27:17.end of the night, it will only give us a sprinkle of rain. Other than
:27:17. > :27:22.that, most places will stay dry and leave us with a lovely sunny day
:27:22. > :27:32.for Sunday. So windy for the next few days but plenty of sunshine and
:27:32. > :27:33.
:27:33. > :27:37.And you did not sit over at all! really like it! That is as before