:00:06. > :00:14.Welcome to South East Today. Tonight's top stories. A man has
:00:15. > :00:20.died after gale force winds sent a tree crashing onto his van in Kent.
:00:20. > :00:23.He has a wife and children, it is a tragedy.
:00:23. > :00:26.The port of Dover was closed as severe weather disrupted sailings.
:00:26. > :00:28.Dartford's QE2 Bridge also had to shut and a pensioner was
:00:28. > :00:31.hospitalised after a tree fell through her roof.
:00:31. > :00:34.We're live with the latest from Tunbridge Wells.
:00:34. > :00:37.Also in tonight's programme: Her breast implant ruptured three years
:00:37. > :00:42.ago leaving her in permanent pain - the Kent woman campaigning for
:00:42. > :00:46.government help for women affected. The Sussex mum who would rather go
:00:46. > :00:54.to court than pay a �50 fine for taking her daughter on holiday
:00:54. > :00:58.during term time. And the panto featuring Ugly
:00:58. > :01:08.sisters Beatrice and Eugenie. It's royally bad taste say critics - oh
:01:08. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:22.Good evening. A man has died after a tree crashed into his van in gale
:01:22. > :01:25.force winds. It happened this afternoon in Tunbridge Wells, as 70
:01:25. > :01:28.mile an hour gales battered Kent and Sussex, bringing with them
:01:28. > :01:32.severe disruption. In Chipstead a pensioner had to be taken to
:01:32. > :01:36.hospital after a tree fell on her roof. Meanwhile the QE2 Bridge was
:01:36. > :01:38.closed for hours and the crew of a yacht had to be rescued and towed
:01:38. > :01:43.into Ramsgate, after getting into difficulties in Storm Force 11
:01:43. > :01:46.winds. In a moment we'll cross live to Alex Beard in Dover. But first,
:01:46. > :01:54.Simon Jones is live at the scene of that fatal accident in Tunbridge
:01:54. > :02:00.Wells. What more do we know about what happened there, Simon?
:02:00. > :02:07.This happened at around 12:30pm. The man was in his 50th from
:02:07. > :02:10.Tonbridge. The banners at the side of the road when the tree came down.
:02:10. > :02:15.Another man that was in the van emerged unscathed. The police are
:02:15. > :02:20.still here and the road was closed, and the council have arrived to
:02:20. > :02:24.remove the tree in what has been a busy day for the emergency services.
:02:24. > :02:28.You can see how this the van was covered by the green tarpaulin is
:02:28. > :02:35.lying under the weight of the big oak tree. The driver was crushed to
:02:35. > :02:42.death. For those in the area, how devastating scene. It is a tragedy.
:02:42. > :02:47.First day back to work. When he goes home, he has got a wife and
:02:47. > :02:51.kids, they will not see their dad or their husband, it is a tragedy
:02:51. > :02:56.for the family and friends. Investigations are continuing. In
:02:56. > :03:02.Sevenoaks, a couple are lucky to be alive after retreating down on
:03:02. > :03:07.their howls early this morning. There was a tremendous crash and I
:03:07. > :03:11.thought, oh, we're that he did not come through the bedroom. I thought
:03:11. > :03:17.it had gone somewhere else on the property, and that's when I came
:03:17. > :03:23.and looked around. In Ramsgate, a dramatic sea riskier. This yacht
:03:23. > :03:27.returned to the port buffeted by the weather her company to buy two
:03:27. > :03:31.lifeboats. Two of the crew were winched to safety by the RAF and
:03:31. > :03:38.three of the other crew were very relieved to be back on dry land.
:03:38. > :03:44.How are you feeling? Cold, wet, tired, lack of sleep. But we are
:03:44. > :03:48.believed to be back on dry land again. How scary was about there?
:03:48. > :03:56.Scary! Very scary! But they have every confidence in the RNLI, and
:03:56. > :04:02.they did a wonderful job. A large wave, almost a freak wave, it
:04:02. > :04:07.picked up over the back of the boat, it pulled the helmsman for word
:04:07. > :04:11.straight into the wheel. He had been traced to his face and chest,
:04:11. > :04:15.they are not too bad, but it buckled the wheel and destroys the
:04:15. > :04:20.steering system. The captain reckoned he would have got back to
:04:20. > :04:24.safety alone without the freak wave. The coastguard recommended everyone
:04:24. > :04:29.stay off the water. The ropes would be flying around, it would be very
:04:29. > :04:33.cold because of the Winshill, it is not very nice at all. As an
:04:33. > :04:37.ambulance removes the body from the crushed van of Tonbridge Wells, it
:04:37. > :04:41.is a reminder of the danger of the weather.
:04:41. > :04:45.The process has begun at chopping up the tree to remove it from the
:04:45. > :04:49.road and it will take a couple of hours. We have just heard that this
:04:49. > :04:54.afternoon, had treated him down on a house in Medway, but fortunately,
:04:54. > :04:57.there were no injuries. The police are now trying to figure out what
:04:57. > :05:02.happened. Alex Beard is live in Dover. And
:05:02. > :05:07.Alex, the weather has caused real disruption there today, hasn't it?
:05:07. > :05:11.Yes, the port had to close down for several hours because of the severe
:05:11. > :05:14.weather conditions. It was unprecedented, but it was necessary
:05:15. > :05:22.because the wind speed in the south-east was reaching up to 80
:05:22. > :05:25.mph. That meant for and miserable and disruptive start to the working
:05:25. > :05:29.week. The effects of closing the QE2
:05:29. > :05:33.Bridge were felt by everyone today with traffic forced to share the
:05:33. > :05:38.Dartford Tunnel. It was not long before there were tailbacks on the
:05:38. > :05:42.M25. With gale-force 11 wins in the Channel, the Port of Dover close
:05:42. > :05:47.completely for several hours. The harbour was too dangerous to enter.
:05:47. > :05:51.It is very unusual, about once every 18 months, something like
:05:52. > :05:59.that happens. It is quite were rare. The mother and ships that we have
:05:59. > :06:03.are very well designed. -- the modern ships. They put out
:06:03. > :06:09.stabilisers and people are given tea and coffee on board and we look
:06:09. > :06:14.after everybody as much as we can. There were huge waves in Sandgate
:06:14. > :06:20.as well. Back on dry land, difficult driving conditions on the
:06:20. > :06:25.M20 as the wind and the rain reduced visibility. At the
:06:25. > :06:31.aerodrome, this plane was attended by the storm. And the gales ripped
:06:31. > :06:38.up the trees and pulled down over head cables and Crawley. The winds
:06:38. > :06:43.left little untouched. Why Dover is fully open this evening, no real
:06:43. > :06:48.reported to lazier. The QE2 Bridge is open again and traffic is
:06:48. > :06:57.flowing but there are still some delays on the M25 anti-clockwise
:06:57. > :07:00.Now many of you have been sending Now many of you have been sending
:07:01. > :07:03.your pictures of the storm. Colin Miles took this picture of the
:07:03. > :07:06.shoreline at Folkestone being battered by waves. Phil Ridgeon
:07:06. > :07:09.spotted this bus trapped behind a fallen tree in Mayfield in East
:07:09. > :07:13.Sussex. Denise Body ventured out into her own garden in Meopham to
:07:13. > :07:16.survey the damage there. Ian Batten said a mini tornado took the roof
:07:16. > :07:20.off his summer house in Herne Bay and deposited against the back of
:07:20. > :07:24.his bungalow 50 feet away. Steve Morris came across this tree around
:07:24. > :07:26.lunchtime blocking the road on the outskirts of Crawley. And Anthony
:07:26. > :07:36.Fairhall photographed the damage done to the roof of Chartham
:07:36. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:41.Primary school near Canterbury. Still to come: They can't
:07:41. > :07:47.scientists offering new hope to people that cannot recognise their
:07:47. > :07:50.own face. -- the scientists in Kent. A mother from Dartford whose breast
:07:50. > :07:53.implant ruptured over three years ago says she's still in pain after
:07:53. > :07:56.silicone leaked into her body. Catherine Kydd, was given implants
:07:56. > :08:01.made by the French company PIP, which used industrial grade
:08:01. > :08:04.silicone. The French Government has agreed to fund the removal of
:08:04. > :08:10.implants from women affected there but the UK Government says there's
:08:10. > :08:18.no evidence to suggest it's necessary here. Catherine is now
:08:18. > :08:22.campaigning for that to change, as Fiona Irving reports.
:08:22. > :08:28.Catherine says it was low self- esteem that led her to get breast
:08:28. > :08:34.implants. Within months of surgery, one of for implants ruptured.
:08:34. > :08:40.felt like it was a slip to the site. I just used to constantly wear a
:08:40. > :08:44.bra, so you don't feel uncomfortable. In 2004, she paid
:08:44. > :08:50.�4,000 for breast augmentation and was given PIP breast implants.
:08:50. > :08:54.Months later, her breasts felt uncomfortable. It was only in 2009
:08:54. > :08:58.that an ultrasound revealed when a free implants had ruptured. She had
:08:58. > :09:03.them removed, but has told some of the silicone had spread to her
:09:03. > :09:08.lymph nodes. It is uncomfortable all the time and you can feel it.
:09:08. > :09:12.It is like a burning. Concerned over an increase of rupturing, the
:09:12. > :09:17.French government is paying for women to get their PIP implants
:09:17. > :09:22.removed. After a review by the UK government, the Health Secretary
:09:22. > :09:26.said they will follow clinical advice for Britain and overseas.
:09:26. > :09:31.That clinical advice has consistently been that it is not
:09:31. > :09:35.advisable for women routinely to have the implants removed, because
:09:35. > :09:40.the risk associated with an operation of that kind would
:09:40. > :09:44.outweigh the benefit of removing these implants. Catherine has set
:09:44. > :09:49.up a Facebook side to support the thousands of other women that are
:09:49. > :09:53.worried about the implants. If I was told I would have industrial so
:09:53. > :09:57.let them put in me, I would never have had it done, as would none of
:09:57. > :10:01.the 50,000 women. If that is what you knew you were getting, you
:10:01. > :10:06.would not sign on the dotted line. I would not recommend anyone having
:10:06. > :10:09.it done at all. The Prime Minister has given his
:10:09. > :10:12.backing to a family from Biggin Hill who are campaigning for
:10:12. > :10:15.tougher action against people who drive under the influence of drugs.
:10:15. > :10:18.14-year-old Lillian Groves was run over and killed last year. Her aunt
:10:18. > :10:21.Michaela Groves has been lobbying David Cameron since, and the Prime
:10:21. > :10:26.Minister says he now wants to see drug testing kits in every police
:10:26. > :10:29.car so that drivers can be tested at the road side.
:10:29. > :10:31.A decision on whether to allow a workers' co-operative to take over
:10:32. > :10:36.the ailing cross-Channel ferry operator SeaFrance has been delayed
:10:36. > :10:40.until next week. The debt laden firm is threatened with liquidation
:10:40. > :10:43.after takeover offers were rejected last year. A French court had been
:10:43. > :10:48.due to decide today on the legality of the union-backed takeover bid,
:10:48. > :10:51.which is the last one on the table to rescue the firm.
:10:51. > :10:54.A Sussex coach company says demand for a sightseeing trip around the
:10:54. > :10:57.M25 has created more than twice the amount of interest they had
:10:57. > :11:04.expected. Brighton and Hove Buses began advertising the four-hour
:11:04. > :11:08.trip around the motorway in October. The firm is now having to add extra
:11:08. > :11:12.dates for the tour. A mother from Sussex who took her
:11:12. > :11:22.daughter out of school to go on holiday is preparing to go to court,
:11:22. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:26.after refusing to pay a �50 fine on Sarah Netley, from Peacehaven, says
:11:26. > :11:28.travelling during term-time was the only way she could afford a family
:11:28. > :11:33.holiday to Majorca. But the headteacher had refused permission
:11:33. > :11:37.saying it was not an exceptional case. Lynda Hardy has more.
:11:37. > :11:41.Looking back at their holiday photographs, Sarah and her daughter
:11:41. > :11:45.Emily's happy memories of time awake has been tarnished by what
:11:45. > :11:49.followed. Last summer, Sera wrote to the school are looking for
:11:49. > :11:55.permission to take her on holiday with her grandparents at the end of
:11:55. > :12:00.the school term. That was refused due to Emily's sickness a week
:12:00. > :12:03.previously and that the request to take her out of school was not
:12:03. > :12:08.deemed an exceptional circumstance. But Sarah says they cannot afford
:12:08. > :12:11.to go away during the school holidays at nearly double the price.
:12:11. > :12:16.The price was a major issue, the other issue was that I suffer
:12:16. > :12:20.extreme anxiety and agoraphobia. I did not want to travel at peak time
:12:20. > :12:25.with lots of people around, so it was the perfect time to go after
:12:25. > :12:29.the exams are finished and they were ending the terms. But that
:12:29. > :12:33.five day absence from school resulted in a 50 pound find that
:12:33. > :12:37.Sarah, whose on benefits, says she cannot afford to pay and her
:12:37. > :12:41.parents that paid for the holiday should not have to pay.
:12:41. > :12:47.completely sympathise with parents and the additional cost that they
:12:47. > :12:53.incur. These are levied upon them by the travel agencies. However, he
:12:53. > :12:58.does not negate the fact that a day out of education could have
:12:58. > :13:02.significantly detrimental impact on their child's outcomes. She faces a
:13:02. > :13:11.court importance at the end of the month that could result in a larger
:13:11. > :13:13.fine. -- court appearance. It could be up to one as an pounds. --
:13:13. > :13:16.�1,000. Rail passengers travelling between
:13:16. > :13:20.Hastings and Ashford say they're angry that work to repair a tunnel
:13:20. > :13:23.will lead to the closure of a 26- mile stretch of line for nine weeks.
:13:23. > :13:26.The closure will begin on Monday, to enable maintenance work to take
:13:26. > :13:29.place on the Ore Tunnel. But MPs are criticising Network Rail for
:13:29. > :13:35.the disruption it will cause. Ian Palmer is live in Hastings and
:13:35. > :13:41.passengers there are unhappy, aren't they Ian?
:13:41. > :13:45.Yes, exactly, they are not celebrating a very happy new year.
:13:45. > :13:49.Rail users and the south-east, season-ticket holders have been at
:13:49. > :13:54.the head with a 6% increase in travel costs, and for that money,
:13:54. > :13:59.if you're on the Sussex coast, you get a very long bus journey.
:13:59. > :14:04.The tunnel is the only way of getting to Ashford by rail from
:14:04. > :14:09.Hastings. The MP for the Kent town says there isn't it for nine weeks
:14:09. > :14:11.is a disaster. We just had to two of the quietest weeks of the year
:14:11. > :14:17.on the railway, surely they could have started the work earlier when
:14:17. > :14:23.fewer people were travelling on the railways. Some of the inconvenience
:14:23. > :14:26.could have been mitigated. Plans to carry out work on the tunnel was
:14:26. > :14:30.revealed by Network Rail in September last year and it says the
:14:30. > :14:35.maintenance work is essential. Travellers will be offered a bus
:14:35. > :14:39.service instead, but at 18 minutes, the journey will be twice as long.
:14:39. > :14:43.According to the town's leader, visitors may avoid Hastings
:14:43. > :14:47.altogether. Ashford International is are linked to the Continent, and
:14:47. > :14:50.we will see travellers from all over Europe coming to Hastings and
:14:50. > :14:54.Britain and getting off the Eurostar at Ashford and being put
:14:54. > :14:58.on a country bus to Hastings and that is not the image you want to
:14:58. > :15:03.present of Hastings as a tourist town. Regular travellers on the
:15:03. > :15:07.Sussex liner not impressed by the imminent closure. The last time
:15:07. > :15:13.this happened a few months ago, a 45 minute journey to two-and-a-half
:15:13. > :15:20.hours. Network Rail could provide a service between Ryan - for it, but
:15:20. > :15:24.the company says this option would not speak cost-effective. --
:15:24. > :15:28.between right and Ashford. This option did not go down well
:15:28. > :15:32.with locals, and Network Rail say that drainage repairs that need to
:15:32. > :15:37.be done are essential and it will stop the need for any further
:15:37. > :15:43.repairs to be done at any time in the near future. It will make
:15:43. > :15:47.trouble much safer. The top story tonight: And man has
:15:47. > :15:51.died in Tonbridge Wells after a tree crashed into his car in storm-
:15:51. > :15:56.force winds and the south-east. A pensioner was hospitalised when a
:15:56. > :16:00.tree fell on our house near Sevenoaks. The bad weather caused
:16:00. > :16:04.the Port of Dover and the QE2 Bridge to close.
:16:04. > :16:07.Coming up later, in the wake of the stormy weather, we have all of the
:16:08. > :16:10.details for you for the wind speed in the next 24 hours and the
:16:10. > :16:18.weather forecasts for the rest of the week.
:16:18. > :16:23.Also tonight: It is royally offensive say critics, ho, no, it's
:16:23. > :16:29.not, the pantomime in trouble for calling the ugly Sisters Beatrice
:16:29. > :16:31.and Eugenie. For most of her adult life
:16:31. > :16:36.Jaqueline Aldridge has been unable to recognise members of her own
:16:36. > :16:40.family. That's because Jaqueline suffers from prosopagnosia or "face
:16:40. > :16:43.blindness". It's a condition that affects one in every 250 people. It
:16:43. > :16:48.can cause acute embarrassment and frustration and in the most severe
:16:48. > :16:51.cases, sufferers are unable even to recognise pictures of themselves.
:16:51. > :16:57.Now experts at the University of Kent are looking for volunteers to
:16:57. > :17:02.help develop a new type of therapy. Charlie Rose has our Special Report.
:17:02. > :17:12.Recognising the human face is fundamental to all our lives. It's
:17:12. > :17:18.how we know who someone is, who we love, who we hate and who we fear.
:17:18. > :17:27.Can you tell me he this is? imagine if that ability was taken
:17:27. > :17:33.away. I don't know, they're just all blonde. Jacqueline suffers from
:17:33. > :17:36.a condition called prosopagnosia or face blindness. To recognise faces
:17:36. > :17:44.quickly and efficiency, you need to integrate all the different parts
:17:44. > :17:49.of the face very rapidly. Many sufferers for some reason do not
:17:49. > :17:53.have that ability. When I met my boyfriend, I was attracted to him,
:17:53. > :17:58.and we started dating, but three weeks after we started going out, I
:17:58. > :18:04.introduced him to a friend, and she said, he's really good-looking! I
:18:04. > :18:08.had no idea! He was confident, funny, clever. I don't think deeply
:18:08. > :18:11.about people's faces, because they don't keep them in my mind. And in
:18:11. > :18:20.it's most extreme form - sufferers don't even recognise their own
:18:20. > :18:27.family or even their own face. is the nastiest one of all. This is
:18:27. > :18:30.me! It is a phase, not my face, it is a face. Well experts at the
:18:30. > :18:33.University of Kent are developing a special technique which they
:18:33. > :18:36.believe may help the condition. This small part of the brain
:18:36. > :18:39.highlighted in red is the area which is particularly important for
:18:39. > :18:41.face processing. The hope is by stimulating it with a small
:18:41. > :18:51.electric charge, the increased blood flow and activity will help
:18:51. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :19:00.restore some of that lost function. The next step is to seek some
:19:00. > :19:05.participants in the research, some volunteers to come to university to
:19:05. > :19:08.undergo some stimulation and see if their ability to recognise is
:19:08. > :19:18.changing. And the university is asking anyone who feels they might
:19:18. > :19:30.
:19:30. > :19:34.suffer from face blindness, to get The South East's leading football
:19:34. > :19:36.clubs have ended the holiday period on a high, with three wins and a
:19:36. > :19:38.draw in yesterday's fixtures. The outstanding performance came from
:19:38. > :19:42.Brighton who beat Championship leaders Southampton 3-0 at the Amex.
:19:42. > :19:46.Neil Bell has our round-up of the action.
:19:46. > :19:53.It has not looking good for Brighton, a tough afternoon was
:19:53. > :19:57.suggested, but when Ricky Lambert was sent off, it all came good. The
:19:57. > :20:03.Albion went ahead. Mats Barrett doubled the advantage with an
:20:03. > :20:12.unstoppable shot. It was spiraea that created a fine victory after
:20:12. > :20:17.some pinball in the box. It popped up by my right foot and I put it
:20:17. > :20:21.away. A great feeling. But fans were brilliant. I am happy to do it
:20:21. > :20:26.for the fans. Charlton moved five points clear at the top with
:20:26. > :20:29.Michael Morrison's brave header putting the addicts in front and
:20:29. > :20:32.Denny Green making the game safe for the delightful finish before
:20:32. > :20:37.the whistle. Gillingham had to work hard for
:20:37. > :20:43.their lead, but some nimble footwork from Danny Jack man and a
:20:43. > :20:50.precise shot put them ahead. The Gills held on to maintain their
:20:50. > :20:55.promotion push. It is one of the best results of the season. We
:20:55. > :21:00.needed to bounce back from the disappointment on Friday. That is
:21:00. > :21:06.going down to 10 men which made it very difficult for us. Crawley got
:21:06. > :21:10.into a model allowing Oxford to go ahead. Not for the first time in
:21:10. > :21:17.recent weeks, Tyrone Burnett came to the rescue with an awesome folly
:21:17. > :21:20.in stoppage time. The weather is the big story of the
:21:20. > :21:29.day, so let's find out what is happening for the rest of the
:21:29. > :21:36.After today's severe storms, it will ease off. Some blustery winds,
:21:36. > :21:40.but nothing like earlier today. Tomorrow, must be dry. Until the
:21:40. > :21:47.first part of tomorrow, there will still be a weather warning for a
:21:47. > :21:52.severe winds. Even through tonight, 50-60 mph. Today, some deep low-
:21:52. > :21:57.pressure moving across Scotland. This brought along some very heavy
:21:57. > :22:04.rain with downpours of up to 10 mm in one Allah. Put the wind was
:22:04. > :22:10.gusting up to 80 mph on the south coast. Temperatures today, quite
:22:10. > :22:14.mild, and double-figure years, 12 degrees, 54 Fahrenheit. Feeling
:22:14. > :22:19.significantly cooler in the stormy weather. The rain during through
:22:19. > :22:28.the after being and it will be dry tonight. Temperatures dropping to
:22:28. > :22:32.three or four degrees. The winter but he's off. Still quite blustery.
:22:32. > :22:38.The best of any brightness across the UK, but tight isobars. Some
:22:38. > :22:43.blustery, a westerly winds. More cloud cover into the afternoon
:22:43. > :22:49.ahead of the further rain overnight into a Thursday. Temperatures,
:22:49. > :22:52.several degrees down, seven-eight degrees. At cool, blustery picture.
:22:52. > :22:58.Tomorrow night, further outbreaks of rain with the wind picking up
:22:58. > :23:04.and gusts of up to 60 mph again. With unsettled weather,
:23:04. > :23:09.temperatures reaching six degrees. A wet start for Thursday, the rain
:23:09. > :23:13.will increase and then it will be dry and bright into the evening.
:23:13. > :23:17.Drier start for Friday. The wind will ease off three tonight and
:23:17. > :23:19.into tomorrow. into tomorrow.
:23:19. > :23:21.When Beatrice and Eugenie stepped out in front of the worlds media at
:23:21. > :23:24.Prince Williams marriage to Kate Middleton this summer, they
:23:24. > :23:28.couldn't have been prepared for the international storm of ridicule
:23:28. > :23:31.over their choice of outfits - and their hats. But a pantomime in Kent
:23:31. > :23:34.is coming in for some serious criticism over its decision to call
:23:34. > :23:38.the ugly sisters in their version of Cinderella - Beatrice and
:23:38. > :23:48.Eugenie. Offensive and disloyal? Or just good clean fun? Peter
:23:48. > :23:50.
:23:50. > :23:55.Whittlesea reports. As first appearance as go, the
:23:55. > :24:00.abuses just make quite an entrance. But one line has made this
:24:00. > :24:06.pantomime not just, goal, but controversial. We are Beatrice and
:24:06. > :24:10.Eugenie. We have just arrived. is the only time that a name check
:24:10. > :24:18.each other, but one former royal correspondent says that this is in
:24:18. > :24:21.poor taste. I think it was a cheap and nasty joke against two young
:24:21. > :24:27.members of the Royal Family that have no way of hitting back at
:24:27. > :24:35.these people. Since last year's Roy Whiting, having a pop at the
:24:35. > :24:40.Princess's has almost become a national pastime. Guess so I am?
:24:40. > :24:45.Expect this reference to Beatrice's had crept into a comedy Christmas
:24:45. > :24:51.Special on BBC One. It is no wonder the stars at the pantomime can't
:24:51. > :24:57.understand what all fuss is about. Someone said that it is on Fox News
:24:57. > :25:03.in America. It has gone worldwide! It is incredible! But if people
:25:03. > :25:08.cannot take a joke, that is a real shame. But it's funny! This pair
:25:08. > :25:12.have performed as Witney, Britney, Trinian's Susanna, and say there is
:25:12. > :25:18.nothing personal about the names. What you think they would think of
:25:18. > :25:22.it? I think they would love it. younger royals are doing wonders
:25:22. > :25:27.for this country at the moment, you see that across Prince William,
:25:27. > :25:31.Prince Harry, the Princess of York, they are carrying on the family
:25:31. > :25:35.tradition, modern for the modern world and they would love the show.
:25:35. > :25:38.More than 50,000 people have come to seek the pantomime at the
:25:38. > :25:44.Marlowe Theatre and not one official complaint has been
:25:44. > :25:51.received. The writer is the say that this shows audiences
:25:51. > :25:57.understand the poking fun is part of any pantomime.
:25:57. > :26:03.Well you've been commenting on this story on our Facebook site. It is
:26:03. > :26:07.severely split. Marie says, it's only a pantomime.
:26:07. > :26:12.Lawrence says she saw the pantomime, it is brilliant, funny, it should
:26:12. > :26:22.not be taken seriously. Ian says that it in fares the
:26:22. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:27.Princess's are likely and it is -- ugly and it is not nice.
:26:27. > :26:31.Another reviewer says they are the best and pantomime dame they have
:26:31. > :26:34.ever seen, it is the spur to pantomime, and the theatre looks
:26:34. > :26:37.great! And other prisons says it is
:26:37. > :26:40.knowing where to draw the line and I think it is wrong, unkind and
:26:40. > :26:46.could be taken as insulting. If in doubt, leave it out.
:26:46. > :26:51.Thank you. We return to the top story, that is the news that a man
:26:51. > :26:56.has died after retreat crashed into his van in storm-force winds this
:26:56. > :27:00.afternoon and Tonbridge Wells. 70 mph gusts battered Kent and Sussex
:27:00. > :27:04.bringing severe disruption. Simon Jones is in Tonbridge Wells
:27:04. > :27:08.for us now. There are concerns tonight there could be more trees
:27:08. > :27:12.falling tonight. Yes, the reason the street is
:27:12. > :27:16.closed tonight is because the police fear that another tree could
:27:16. > :27:21.come down. In the last half an hour, they started chopping up the one
:27:21. > :27:28.that came down on this van and we have seen aid trucks take away the
:27:29. > :27:32.first load. We have also had trees coming down years have an axe --