:00:03. > :00:04.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:04. > :00:07.And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories:
:00:07. > :00:16.Lawful killing - Sussex police are told they were justified in
:00:16. > :00:20.shooting Michael Fitzpatrick dead on a Brighton street. They had a
:00:20. > :00:23.moment to make that decision and they made absolutely the right one.
:00:23. > :00:25.An apology to the man sent home from hospital untreated - even
:00:25. > :00:27.though he was having a stroke. Also tonight:
:00:27. > :00:35.Bracing themselves - how our soup kitchens and hospitals are
:00:35. > :00:40.preparing to look after people left out in the cold.
:00:40. > :00:43.I cannot believe that I skied across Antarctica. It is ridiculous.
:00:43. > :00:46.The emotional moment Felicity Aston made it across Antarctica. The Kent
:00:46. > :00:49.explorer is live in the studio to tell us about her record-breaking
:00:49. > :00:59.adventure. And fine-tuning - the restorer
:00:59. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.who's been appointed to care for Good evening. Sussex Police took
:01:08. > :01:10.absolutely the right decision when they shot dead a convicted armed
:01:10. > :01:15.robber in broad daylight in Brighton a year ago, according to
:01:15. > :01:18.the coroner at the end of an inquest today.
:01:18. > :01:22.This afternoon, a jury returned a verdict of lawful killing after
:01:22. > :01:25.Michael Fitzpatrick was shot dead in the street. He'd been pointing a
:01:25. > :01:33.replica gun at officers who were about to arrest him. John Young
:01:33. > :01:38.reports. On A Brighton St one February
:01:38. > :01:41.lunchtime almost exactly a year ago, a convicted armed robber about to
:01:41. > :01:45.raise an unloaded replica gun at the police before being shot dead
:01:45. > :01:49.himself. It was something that could not be avoided, a jury
:01:49. > :01:55.decided today. They had a moment to make that decision and they made
:01:55. > :02:02.the right one. Was there no alternative? A case that perhaps?
:02:02. > :02:04.This inquest has gone through the details and shown unequivocally
:02:04. > :02:09.that the detail and the plan had they used was absolutely the right
:02:09. > :02:14.one, tragic though the outcome was. Michael Fitzpatrick was a very
:02:14. > :02:17.dangerous man, convicted of armed robbery and hostage-taking and had
:02:17. > :02:23.admitted conspiracy to murder Diana Goldsmith, who vanished from
:02:23. > :02:28.Sevenoaks in 1995. He was out in Brighton, released on licence after
:02:28. > :02:32.serving 17 the -- seven years of a 17 year sentence. Police suspected
:02:32. > :02:35.him of several other armed robberies. On the day he died, the
:02:36. > :02:40.coroner said the police officer had just two or three seconds to
:02:40. > :02:44.respond. The coroner made clear that there was no evidence Sussex
:02:44. > :02:49.Police had done anything wrong. The IPCC had in fact investigated and
:02:49. > :02:52.concluded they had done everything pretty much right. She went on to
:02:52. > :02:57.tell the jury that for those reasons she would not accept the
:02:57. > :03:03.verdict of unlawful killing. The verdict they unanimously returned
:03:03. > :03:07.was lawful killing. Police had been on standby to try and save
:03:07. > :03:13.Fitzpatrick's like before paramedics arrived but he died in
:03:13. > :03:17.minutes. John Young reporting and he joins
:03:17. > :03:21.us from the scene of the shooting. John, clearly an extremely
:03:21. > :03:25.sensitive inquest. It was, at one point I tried to go
:03:25. > :03:28.to the front of the courtroom to have a word with the clerk but
:03:29. > :03:32.found a plainclothes policeman telling me to not come any further
:03:32. > :03:36.forward, which has never happened to me in court before. All of the
:03:36. > :03:42.police there -- officers who gave evidence had to give so anonymously
:03:42. > :03:45.behind a screen. His sense a lot of sympathy for the police. The jury
:03:45. > :03:49.described their actions as exemplary and the coroner expressed
:03:49. > :03:52.sympathy not only for Mr Fitzpatrick's family but also for
:03:52. > :03:55.the police officers who were involved in this.
:03:55. > :03:58.Thank you, John. A Kent hospital has apologised to a
:03:58. > :04:01.man after he was turned away from its accident and emergency unit
:04:01. > :04:03.because the doctor failed to diagnose he was having a stroke.
:04:03. > :04:07.Damien Fawsett waited for five hours at Darent Valley hospital
:04:07. > :04:10.before being sent home without being treated. The next day his GP
:04:10. > :04:18.sent him straight to Medway Maritime Hospital where he was
:04:18. > :04:21.given appropriate treatment. Steve Gaisford reports.
:04:21. > :04:27.Damien was playing a geek at a Maidstone puddle when he suddenly
:04:27. > :04:30.collapsed on stage -- a concert at the Maidstone pub. He was rushed to
:04:30. > :04:35.Darent Valley Hospital. I couldn't remember my name or my date of
:04:35. > :04:38.birth or anything like that, Susan had to answer questions for me.
:04:38. > :04:43.They assessed the in-tray arch, gave me blood pressure, asked me a
:04:44. > :04:49.series of questions and left me on a bed for five hours -- a tree arch.
:04:49. > :04:54.Despite slurred speech and leading -- losing feeling in his body, he
:04:54. > :04:58.was discharged. The next day, his GP sent him to Medway Maritime,
:04:58. > :05:02.where he continues to receive treatment. To spot the signs of a
:05:02. > :05:06.stroke, you have to act fast. to campaigns like this, more people
:05:06. > :05:11.can spot the tell-tale signs of a stroke. Should we be concerned that
:05:11. > :05:14.a trained doctor failed to diagnose Damien Fawsett? Things are
:05:14. > :05:19.improving all the time, but what is important is that if people are
:05:19. > :05:26.Rattle confused by the symptoms being present board not, they
:05:26. > :05:36.should treat it as an M -- a medical emergency. Darent Valley
:05:36. > :05:45.
:05:45. > :05:50.But Dr's excuse at the time was that at Damien's age, he is too
:05:50. > :05:56.young to have a stroke -- but the doctor's. But it is quite common
:05:56. > :06:00.now for people in their 30 and forties. I am lucky that the stroke
:06:00. > :06:05.was quite minor. If I had had a plot borrowed lead on a brain,
:06:05. > :06:10.which most strokes do occur from, I wouldn't be talking to you now -- a
:06:10. > :06:14.clot or a lesion. Damien is already back performing with his band.
:06:14. > :06:18.Despite the ordeal, they are thankful he did finally get the
:06:18. > :06:21.treatment he needed. In a moment:
:06:21. > :06:31.Sailing by - the Medway boats joining a huge Thames flotilla to
:06:31. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:35.celebrate the Queen's Diamond The first snow of the winter is
:06:35. > :06:38.forecast to land this weekend, and organisations that look after the
:06:38. > :06:41.elderly and the vulnerable are already gearing up to deal with the
:06:41. > :06:44.problems the freezing temperatures may bring.
:06:44. > :06:47.Last winter, there were significant problems caused by the prolonged
:06:47. > :06:52.icy conditions, with hospitals having to deal with a huge rise in
:06:52. > :07:01.injuries from slips and falls. Our social affairs correspondent Yvette
:07:01. > :07:06.Austin reports. 20th December 10, and a prolonged
:07:06. > :07:13.period of snow and ice cost individuals and local authorities
:07:13. > :07:18.deer -- 2010. With snow predicted in the next few days, preparation
:07:18. > :07:22.is key. Some of the most reliable are the elderly. Cheery now, but
:07:22. > :07:26.behind the scenes, carers are gearing up to keep it that way.
:07:26. > :07:30.Because the bus will skid around too much, we cannot go out on the
:07:30. > :07:33.tiny roads in Canterbury where we pick people up from. It will mean
:07:33. > :07:38.people will be isolated and not be able to get out and have this hot
:07:38. > :07:41.meal, which will have warmed them up well. So we will have to ring
:07:41. > :07:45.all those people and be absolutely confident that they do have
:07:45. > :07:52.provisions for themselves and if they don't, we will take meals to
:07:52. > :07:55.them. All hospitals and health workers, it is a tough period. -- 4.
:07:55. > :08:01.Around 27,000 more people die in England during the winter months
:08:01. > :08:06.than at other times and in severe weather, the number rises. In 2008-
:08:06. > :08:10.2009, 34,000 more people died, mostly down to heart disease,
:08:10. > :08:14.strokes and breathing problems. In East Kent, the hospitals have an
:08:14. > :08:19.action plan. We had tractors and a snow plough and a vehicle Macro to
:08:19. > :08:28.make sure the sites are clear to allow ambulances to commend -- and
:08:28. > :08:32.gritter. We also have vehicles to bring in staff members and bring
:08:32. > :08:36.them in to ensure patients can still have their treatment.
:08:36. > :08:40.shelters are preparing to taking the homeless. We are running a
:08:40. > :08:43.winter shelter from the three months, December, January and
:08:44. > :08:49.February. I don't think I am overstating it when I say that
:08:49. > :08:53.without us, some people would die. In fact, I know I am not. At least
:08:53. > :08:58.with the snow predicted to fall at the weekend, commuters will be
:08:58. > :09:00.spared the worst, although Network Rail says this year, it has an
:09:00. > :09:03.armoury of snow trains to keep lines clear.
:09:03. > :09:08.Yvette Austin joins us now from the Catching Lives day shelter in
:09:08. > :09:12.Canterbury. Yvette, how are people coping there?
:09:12. > :09:17.Well, it is cosy and warm in here and people are getting a good meal,
:09:17. > :09:22.but this is just a day centre, no one can sleepier. So what is going
:09:22. > :09:28.to happen is people will be taken to church halls across the city.
:09:28. > :09:33.Each night, a church hall opens its doors, Baxter volunteers and it
:09:33. > :09:38.takes and the homeless. -- takes in. Lee, you have slept rough before,
:09:39. > :09:43.what is it like our notes like this? It is quite cold, it is a
:09:43. > :09:47.place like this that we all depend on. The staff, the people,
:09:47. > :09:52.everything, because without them and without this place, we would
:09:52. > :09:59.all be really cold, sleeping rough and we would have nowhere to go. We
:09:59. > :10:07.all depend on coming to this place to wash our clothes, to wash, had
:10:07. > :10:13.showers, and usually, we would have blankets to go out with if we
:10:13. > :10:16.needed to. Thanks very much. We also have Helen. You don't look
:10:16. > :10:21.typically homeless, it has done a lot the year. I did this morning
:10:21. > :10:26.when I came in, I love really terrible. -- it has done a lot for
:10:26. > :10:31.you. Our I have had a shower, and clean clothes, done all my washing.
:10:31. > :10:41.Good luck, thank you very much. We have a happier that the snow does
:10:41. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:49.not materialise. A new ferry service from Dover to
:10:49. > :10:52.Calais will open in two week's time, but the 300 jobs it will create
:10:52. > :10:54.will mainly go to French workers. DFDS have joined forces with LD
:10:54. > :10:56.Lines to take over the route previously operated by SeaFrance,
:10:56. > :10:58.which went into liquidation in January.
:10:58. > :11:04.A French ship flying under the French flag and employing French
:11:04. > :11:08.seafarers. The Norman ferries will take people from Calais this month.
:11:08. > :11:12.A boost for the port of Dover, but there is disappointment that the
:11:12. > :11:17.jobs will not go to the British. Why can't the people who have been
:11:17. > :11:20.based with DFDS here be relocated over the site? When you have a
:11:20. > :11:30.specialised industry, as with shipping, where else will they find
:11:30. > :11:35.them? They cannot go to Margate. January 9th, 100 and -- several
:11:35. > :11:39.hundred workers were made redundant when SeaFrance went into
:11:40. > :11:47.liquidation. Aberdeen and back row company announced a deal to take
:11:47. > :11:53.over the group and they announced their new schedule today -- to DFDS
:11:53. > :11:58.and LD Lines. Plenty believe this announcement is political.
:11:58. > :12:01.believe DFDS should consider having a UK flag and using the UK workers
:12:01. > :12:04.and we all understand about the French presidential election, but
:12:04. > :12:08.after that is out of the way, I hope they can look at it on a
:12:08. > :12:11.commercial rather than political basis and do the right thing.
:12:11. > :12:16.don't think it is fair to say that has been the main influence in
:12:16. > :12:20.Where the jobs have gone. The main influence is that there are 1,000
:12:20. > :12:24.French seafarers who have been made redundant and are available to
:12:24. > :12:31.imply in France and the joint initiative is with LD Lines, who
:12:31. > :12:35.are bad French company. DFDS will eventually run two ferries. They
:12:35. > :12:38.will have to see what jobs it brings the locals.
:12:38. > :12:41.Fiona Irving with that report and she joins us now in Dover. Fiona,
:12:41. > :12:51.is there any hope tonight for SeaFrance workers made redundant
:12:51. > :12:51.
:12:52. > :12:56.These extra ferries mean they will have to staff up the DFDS of this
:12:56. > :13:00.in Dover, but they do not know how many extra jobs that will mean.
:13:00. > :13:04.Earlier I spoke to the vice- president of DFDS who told me the
:13:04. > :13:08.ferry they are using is a French ferry, it is owned by the French
:13:08. > :13:12.company LD Lines, so they will have to have an operation in Calais.
:13:12. > :13:18.They do not know how many people they will meet. They will have to
:13:18. > :13:22.start from scratch. SeaFrance went into liquidation despite having to
:13:22. > :13:28.be bailed out by millions, so I think that there will be more jobs
:13:28. > :13:32.here in the future, we just do not know how many.
:13:32. > :13:36.This is our top story tonight, Sussex Police took absolutely the
:13:36. > :13:40.right decision when they shot dead a convicted armed robber in broad
:13:40. > :13:43.daylight in Brighton a year ago. That is according to the coroner at
:13:43. > :13:47.the end of an inquest. The jury returned a verdict of lawful
:13:47. > :13:51.killing over Michael Fitzpatrick who had been pointing a replica gun
:13:51. > :13:56.at officers who were about to arrest him.
:13:56. > :14:00.The piano man, how a Kent restorer was picked to fine-tune the Queen's
:14:00. > :14:04.musical instrument. Poles apart, Felicity Aston, the
:14:04. > :14:13.first woman to cross the Antarctic alone, joins us live in the studio
:14:13. > :14:17.to talk about her incredible achievement.
:14:17. > :14:21.In exactly four months, one of the largest public events ever held in
:14:21. > :14:25.London takes place, to mark 60 years of the Queen's reign. It is
:14:25. > :14:29.the Thames Diamond Jubilee flotilla, and it will sailed up the river on
:14:30. > :14:36.June 3rd. 1,000 boats will take part in the parade, which will
:14:36. > :14:44.measure seven miles long. It will be manned by a 20,000 people. Five
:14:44. > :14:50.boats will be coming from the Medway Maritime Trust.
:14:50. > :14:58.The Queen makes her way along the Thames, surrounded by a flotilla of
:14:58. > :15:03.boats to celebrate her jubilee year. This was 1977. The Silver Jubilee.
:15:03. > :15:09.In 2012, the Thames will once again be a focus for celebration, boats
:15:09. > :15:17.following the Queen's barge, others lining the route. Among them, this
:15:17. > :15:22.dhow. She belongs to a man who met the Queen was -- when she was
:15:22. > :15:26.Princess in 1951. Now the but he has restored over 25 years will
:15:26. > :15:31.play a role in her Diamond Jubilee. It is enormously exciting, not so
:15:31. > :15:39.much for me as for the dhow. It is the dhow that is the centre of the
:15:39. > :15:45.focus. I just happened to be the custodian. -- the dhow. Billed as a
:15:45. > :15:51.gentleman's yacht, his life as a leisure craft was soon interrupted
:15:51. > :15:54.in the war, armed with machine guns. She patrolled the Thames. While the
:15:54. > :15:59.ship was never built with war in mind, many others were. So
:15:59. > :16:02.desperate was the need for it tugs, ones like this were being made at
:16:03. > :16:06.the rate of one a week. It is a very special craft. It does not
:16:06. > :16:12.look like much but they had to build them in a real hurry in the
:16:12. > :16:17.war. They were not allowed to use shipyard labour so they built them
:16:17. > :16:22.in well we workshops. That is the way it has happened ever since. --
:16:22. > :16:28.railway workshops. This one was made too late for the Normandy
:16:28. > :16:33.landings. But she served the Navy until 1974. Could Chatham neighbour
:16:33. > :16:38.is also taking part in the River Festival. -- her Chatham neighbour.
:16:38. > :16:43.He takes two days to get this Steamboat on the move, but during
:16:43. > :16:47.her working life, she rarely stopped. Supplying ships up and
:16:47. > :16:51.down the east coast. It worked and served Chatham dockyard and to lead
:16:51. > :16:57.close in the early 1970s, then it was retired and when to do
:16:57. > :17:02.dereliction, we saved it about five years ago. Along with fellow took
:17:02. > :17:08.the Kent, she will be moored in London as the Queen's barge and its
:17:08. > :17:12.thousands of followers go by. And as part of the Jubilee
:17:12. > :17:22.celebrations, we are running a special series of My Photo. Do you
:17:22. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:41.have a photo or video of when you It took her 59 days in storm-force
:17:41. > :17:46.winds with temperatures dropping to minus 30, but Felicity Aston from
:17:46. > :17:50.Birchington has become the first woman to cross Antarctica alone.
:17:50. > :17:57.The 33-year-old explorer let her home last October and began her
:17:57. > :18:02.solo trip at the end of November. She skied for 1084 miles from the
:18:02. > :18:05.Ross Ice Shelf, arriving at the Hercules Inlet on January 22nd to
:18:05. > :18:09.achieve the record. She has returned to Kent now and we will be
:18:09. > :18:19.talking to her in a moment. First, let us take a look at the emotional
:18:19. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:32.moment she reached the end of an I cannot believe it. I cannot
:18:32. > :18:39.believe I skied across Antarctica, it is so ridiculous! I do not
:18:39. > :18:49.really know what I was expecting. It all seems to have come to an end
:18:49. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:57.a bit quick. The only thing I can think of that I want right now is
:18:57. > :19:07.the hub my father had to let him know I am here. -- hug. I am really
:19:07. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:12.shell-shocked that it is over. I am done. I am on my way home.
:19:12. > :19:17.It is an amazing achievement, and you said watching that, it was
:19:17. > :19:21.actually quite emotional. Yes, watching those pictures back again,
:19:21. > :19:26.it still makes me go a bit tearful. How do you feel now you are back
:19:26. > :19:33.and can step back and think about your achievement? I do not think a
:19:33. > :19:38.it has really sunk in yet. I had to focus on the day, day-by-day, I
:19:38. > :19:42.could not focus on how long the entire journey was, so when I look
:19:42. > :19:48.at a map of Antarctica and think I have skied across it, it still
:19:48. > :19:53.seems a bit silly. It is not just like skiing downhill, this is
:19:53. > :19:58.really seriously hard work. Particularly at the beginning. The
:19:58. > :20:03.South Pole sits at about 10,000 feet, so you have to climb from sea
:20:03. > :20:07.level right up to that height, then back down again. When you are going
:20:07. > :20:11.uphill into winds towards the South Pole, it is very hard work. And you
:20:11. > :20:15.were on your own for days on end, in this barren landscape. You
:20:15. > :20:20.describe your shadow has you on the companion and you were talking to
:20:20. > :20:25.the sun. How do you cope with it mentally? There is different ways.
:20:25. > :20:28.It surprised me how instinctive it is that your brain finds coping
:20:28. > :20:33.mechanisms, the plane was not even out of sight and I was already
:20:33. > :20:37.talking to myself! If a very natural just to talk to myself and
:20:37. > :20:42.top myself through what I was doing. Further on in the journey, I was
:20:42. > :20:45.not doing that any more. I was having an internal conversation.
:20:45. > :20:51.You had to literally drag everything behind you.
:20:52. > :20:59.How much did it way? When I started, it was 85 kilograms. I had to
:20:59. > :21:05.sledges. That is a fully grown man. When you came in and he said you
:21:06. > :21:09.were wearing that jacket, we were quite shocked. That is what you
:21:09. > :21:14.were wearing. A lot of people are quite surprised when they see my
:21:14. > :21:19.jacket, that it is quite thin, there is no padding or insulation.
:21:19. > :21:23.Underrate, I would mostly where have thermal cagoule. That is
:21:23. > :21:27.because it goes against your intuition, even in those really
:21:27. > :21:31.cold temperatures, you do not pile on lots of clothes, because you do
:21:31. > :21:37.not want to sweat, because that is dangerous. The challenge was
:21:37. > :21:44.actually keeping cool in Antarctica, not necessarily keeping warm.
:21:44. > :21:48.sounds bizarre! And you have come back in one piece, congratulations.
:21:48. > :21:52.He has proven his credentials by restoring pianos once owned by some
:21:52. > :21:56.of the world's most famous composers, including Beethoven.
:21:56. > :22:03.David Winston has now been awarded the Royal Warrant as conservator
:22:03. > :22:05.and restorer of pianos to the Queen. His converted barn in Biddenden is
:22:05. > :22:11.a treasure-trove of antique instruments and Katherine Downes
:22:11. > :22:17.has been to see him at work. A century for special pianos.
:22:17. > :22:24.Unusual, beautiful, but ravaged by time into silence. Until David
:22:24. > :22:28.Winston brings them back to life. Then, they sing again. It is very
:22:28. > :22:34.personal, the relationship I have the these instruments. Each one has
:22:34. > :22:37.its own atmosphere and personality. And they gradually reveal
:22:37. > :22:41.themselves to you if you are sensitive. You have to believe in
:22:41. > :22:46.ghosts as well to work on these things. And David has restored
:22:47. > :22:52.piano as belonging to some of music's most famous ghosts. Chopin
:22:52. > :22:57.and Beethoven. Why was first taken into the room were Beethoven's
:22:57. > :23:02.piano was and they have a look at it, it was just sitting in this
:23:02. > :23:08.room on its own in a museum in Budapest. And really, it made my
:23:08. > :23:16.hair stand on end. The history of this piano and what stories it
:23:16. > :23:20.could tell. It is just mind- boggling. So, when concert pianist
:23:20. > :23:25.draw at -- Daniel Greenwood bought a piano that belonged to a famous
:23:25. > :23:29.19th century composer, he knew he had to leave it to David to restore.
:23:29. > :23:39.There are few people in the world like David in that there are very
:23:39. > :23:45.few people specialising to this level, so there are not very many
:23:46. > :23:49.more sought-after. It is a special thing. David has now been given the
:23:49. > :23:53.Royal Warrant, he has been working on instruments for the royal family
:23:53. > :23:57.for 11 years, to warrant his recognition of the quality of his
:23:57. > :24:02.work, though it means he cannot talk about as well commissions.
:24:02. > :24:07.are not allowed to say exactly what specific instrument you worked on,
:24:07. > :24:12.or where. Can you not tell me if any of these pianos belonged to the
:24:12. > :24:17.Queen? I cannot tell you anything. So which one do you think looks
:24:17. > :24:23.like the Queen's piano? David is not letting on.
:24:23. > :24:26.One of the best jobs of July, you just cannot talk about it! -- jobs
:24:26. > :24:30.of your life. The weather has already claimed a
:24:30. > :24:33.sporting casualty this weekend, Gillingham's home tie against
:24:33. > :24:39.Hereford has been called off. Despite the pitch being covered
:24:39. > :24:42.since Monday, it has frozen. For the games scheduled to go ahead,
:24:42. > :24:47.Brighton and Hove Albion could move closer to the Championship play-off
:24:47. > :24:50.places with victory over Leicester at the Amex. The Albion are
:24:50. > :24:53.undefeated in their last seven League and cup games and they will
:24:53. > :24:57.hope Will Buckley can continue his good form.
:24:57. > :25:00.A in League 1, Charlton going to their home game with Rochdale with
:25:00. > :25:03.a ten-point lead at the top of the table. There midweek draw ended
:25:03. > :25:07.their run of four successive league winds.
:25:07. > :25:10.Crawley Town will hope that the sale of top scorer Matt Tubbs will
:25:10. > :25:14.not derail their promotion challenge. They travel to Bradford
:25:14. > :25:17.having dropped out of the promotion play-off places for the first time
:25:17. > :25:22.since September. But will they get snowed off? That
:25:22. > :25:27.But will they get snowed off? That is the question.
:25:27. > :25:34.We can run but we cannot hide, winter is catching up. For the last
:25:34. > :25:38.few weeks, it has been galloping towards spring. Every week, we are
:25:38. > :25:42.gaining 25 minutes of daylight, in fact just today, we had just over
:25:42. > :25:47.nine hours worth of delight. In four weeks' time, he can add
:25:47. > :25:51.another two hours on to that. An extra hour in the morning and one
:25:51. > :25:55.in the evening, just in four weeks' time. But of course, winter is now
:25:55. > :26:03.slowly working its way into us. Last night was the coldest night we
:26:03. > :26:07.have had, for some of us, for 13 months. It got down to minus seven
:26:07. > :26:12.or minus eight. Similar temperatures tonight. You may also
:26:12. > :26:17.have heard the rumour of snow, it is not really a rumour any more.
:26:17. > :26:21.Tomorrow night, around eight or nine in the evening, we will see
:26:21. > :26:25.some snow falling, lasting all through the night and we could we
:26:25. > :26:29.Cup on Sunday to five to ten centimetres of snow. Because it is
:26:29. > :26:35.a weather front, it is likely to affect all of us in the south-east.
:26:35. > :26:39.That is Saturday night into Sunday. Before then, some thicker cloud,
:26:39. > :26:46.there could be the occasional flick or two. But many of us will her
:26:46. > :26:52.have clear skies and temperatures once again in towns, minus three or
:26:52. > :26:56.minus four. In the countryside, minus six or minus seven. Yet again,
:26:56. > :27:00.a bitterly cold start to the day tomorrow. We will still see some
:27:00. > :27:04.sunshine but there will be a bit more cloud tomorrow. You could
:27:04. > :27:08.still see the odd snowflake here or there. He it is tomorrow evening
:27:08. > :27:12.when the proper snow starts to arrive. It will be eight or nine
:27:12. > :27:17.o'clock tomorrow evening. It could turned to sleet or even rain
:27:17. > :27:22.halfway through the night, but by Sunday, it turns back to snow again.
:27:22. > :27:27.Starting to settle as well, up to ten centimetres. Through the day on
:27:27. > :27:32.Sunday, we could still see another couple of centimetres. This weekend,
:27:32. > :27:35.we could be needing to get the sledges out. If you are at all
:27:35. > :27:39.worried and need more information on the weather or travels where you
:27:39. > :27:46.are, tune into your local BBC Kent, are, tune into your local BBC Kent,
:27:46. > :27:52.Surrey or Sussex radio. I just feel cold thinking about it!
:27:52. > :27:57.On Monday, what happens when former EastEnders star Tamsin athlete went
:27:57. > :28:03.down to Gravesend to find out what people there had to say about
:28:03. > :28:12.Charles Dickens. We're trying to find out what
:28:12. > :28:18.people know about Charles Dickens. Do you know Oliver Twist?