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Welcome to South East Today. I'm Bryony MacKenzie. | :00:08. | :00:16. | |
I'm John Young. Five children in one street, five rare birth defects. | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
An MP demands an investigation. Too low by half - why Bewl Water | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
may need to be topped up from the river after one of the driest | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
winters on record. To permit will enable us to drop | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
the level to end at -- enable us to take excess water. | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
For the little boy who struggles to walk, but not enough for the | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
officials, who have removed his benefits. | :00:43. | :00:51. | |
The Sussex swimming club celebrating its 100 anniversary. | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
And the amateur angler who managed to land the biggest cod ever caught | :00:56. | :01:06. | |
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by road in the English Channel. -- An MP from Kent is calling for an | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
investigation tonight, after it emerged five babies in the same | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
street had suffered the same rare birth defect. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
The Gravesham MP, Adam Holloway, made his request to the Department | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
of Health after hearing the children had gastroschisis. It | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
means part of the bowel protrudes through the stomach wall. Simon | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
Jones has been to meet the affected families, who also want answers. | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
These mothers thought the birth defect affecting their children was | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
something they were going through a loan, until they began talking to | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
each other. I had convinced myself it was | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
hereditary because it was only my little boy and my sister. When my | :01:49. | :01:57. | |
mate Chantelle ran me, I was shocked. I knew that Sonia had had | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
the baby would it, but you never know. I don't think it is a | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
coincidence any more. This baby was the first case 10 | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
years ago. Now the defect has been identified with this baby, about to | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
be born. It is devastating, because if it is | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
something that could be stopped, they will stop at. | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
At gastroschisis is a small opening in the front of the stomach, to the | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
right of the umbilical cord. the defect allows Loubser of bowel | :02:30. | :02:40. | |
to protrude through the opening. It affects around one in 4,000 babies. | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
We let the bowel settle and regain its function, which can take many | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
weeks. Sometimes there was damage to the bowel from that process of | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
the bowel coming out of the added on -- the abdomen. | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
The mothers want an investigation to see if there is a link to the | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
street they share and to see what the future holds. | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
In it is worrying. You think, is it something that could have been | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
prevented? We don't even know if these children are going to have | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
further problems later on in life, we don't know if she is going to be | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
able to have children herself. It could affect her for the rest of | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
her life. A Water Bay and the local MP now | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
want is some clarity. -- what they and the local MP. | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
Is it any clearer whether these cases could be linked? The simple | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
answer at the moment is no. Expert opinion suggests this can be linked | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
to underweight babies, which can be linked to lifestyle choices of the | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
bait -- the parents. I asked if the parents whether they thought | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
smoking could be an issue and they said no, because some smoke and | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
some do not, but the local MP has asked the Department of Health to | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
investigate, but experts say it is far too early to for -- to draw any | :04:04. | :04:12. | |
firm conclusions before an investigation takes place. | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
We have just had the driest 10 months since 1888, according to one | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
of our major water companies, which is to take emergency action to | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
prevent water restrictions in the summer. | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
Southern Water says Bewl Reservoir, on the Kent/Sussex border, is only | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
41% full. The long-term average is almost 90% full. As Peter | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
Whittlesea reports, the company has applied for a drought permit which | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
would allow it to fill up the reservoir by taking more water from | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
the River Medway. At its lowest level ever - that is | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
what has prompted Southern Water to apply for a drought permit. The | :04:41. | :04:48. | |
company wants to take Water to replenish Bewl Reservoir, which | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
gives water to homes as far away as Hastings. | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
Have the permit will enable us to drop the level in the River Medway | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
to take excess water out. It is a long way removed from a drought | :05:01. | :05:08. | |
order, which sees things like car washing prevented, so it is a long | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
way from that but it is the first stage to make sure we have enough | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
water for the summer. The residents can take as much | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
water as they can carry. At the worst drought in living | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
memory but, since 1976, a lot has been done to encourage people to | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
use water wisely so a lot are aware of the impact of a dry winter. | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
A bit shocked, but we have not had a lot of rain. Do you do anything | :05:34. | :05:43. | |
to save water? Yes, I turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, shared | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
baths with my son. My mother told me there would be a | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
water shortage and it would be bad this summer but I am sure we are | :05:51. | :06:00. | |
not going to dehydrate. Make more provision for other reservoirs, | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
because motor of -- most of the infrastructure was done in | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
Victorian times. If water companies claim they are | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
playing their part by tackling leaks but the Environment Agency | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
says the problem is low rainfall. Two consecutive dry winters are, so | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
we have large parts of the south east of England in deficit. They | :06:21. | :06:27. | |
have not had enough water to recharge for the summer. Farmers | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
and the environment are feeling the effect already in February. | :06:32. | :06:41. | |
At the All reservoir, every week without rain sees the water levels | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
drop. -- Bewl Reservoir. Does Southern Water think this | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
action will be enough? They think it is crucial to act quickly | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
because Bewl Reservoir is only 41 % full and they also say that what is | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
crucial is the amount of water we use. Fortunately, although the | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
reservoir is alarmingly low, the majority of the water supply here | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
in the South East comes from underground chalk aquifers, and | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
they are at normal levels. Nobody is predicting a return to the | :07:14. | :07:22. | |
drought conditions of 1976 yet. One month after he lost his job, | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
one -- good news for 110 steelworker who has just got a job. | :07:27. | :07:37. | |
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How did you feel when you heard that? Ecstatic. Very happy. Keith | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
a single mother from Kent whose son's disability means he struggles | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
to walk has been told the family will lose their specially adapted | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
car, because the little boy's needs no longer meet the criteria. | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
Seven-year-old Cameron Gibson from Gillingham is severely autistic and | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
has cerebral palsy, but the Department for Work and Pensions | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
say he is no longer entitled to a higher rate of mobility allowance. | :07:55. | :08:05. | |
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Our reporter Alex Beard has been to meet the family. | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
Calm down, we are going to get ready. | :08:08. | :08:15. | |
The Cameron Gibson will never lead an independent life. At his mother | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
says a relatively normal life is achievable thanks to a car catered | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
to his disabilities. He screams and bites himself and | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
people look and he gets very upset and annoyed. | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
Cameron's cerebral palsy means that he has to wear splints on his legs. | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
He has no language skills and often gets frustrated. The Department for | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
Work and Pensions, who provide the funding for the car, believe he is | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
no longer eligible for the high rate of mobility benefits and the | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
car will be collected at the end of the month. | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
It would mean that I would not be able to get Cameron to his four | :08:54. | :09:01. | |
hours a week respite, we would not be able really to get out of the | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
house to go anywhere. A family is eligible for a higher | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
rate of mobility if the child can only walk short this be -- | :09:10. | :09:19. | |
distances without discomfort or has severe behavioural problems. | :09:19. | :09:25. | |
We need assessments that gather all the in -- the information about an | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
individual and what a set -- what impact an assessment has on he -- | :09:30. | :09:37. | |
on him or her. As Cameron's full-time carer says, | :09:37. | :09:47. | |
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she could not afford the car by any other means. -- full-time carer, | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
Gemma. Any child wants to go out to the | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
river and see the boats and the pirate ship. Why should he have to | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
live differently from any other child? | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
In two weeks' time the car will be collected, but Jana says she plans | :10:02. | :10:07. | |
to appeal the decision. -- Gemma. What have the Department for Work | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
and Pensions had to say about the case? They said in a statement that | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
the disability living allowance is paid to people who are unable or | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
virtually unable to walk or dress or clean themselves. They say that | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
if a person's circumstances change they may not receive the benefit | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
any more. In the case of the Gibsons, the benefit is the car. | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
Gemma says that she will appeal the decision but she knows it will take | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
too long to stop the car being removed at the end of the month, | :10:36. | :10:44. | |
but she hopes to get it back in the future. | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
A retired businessman from Kent who has failed in his appeals over | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
extradition has now been told he will be sent to the United States | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
on Friday next week. Christopher Tappin, who is accused of | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
conspiring to sell components for Iranian missiles, has been asked to | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
be at Heathrow Police Station on February 24th, when US marshals | :10:58. | :11:00. | |
will escort him in custody to America. | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
Police have identified a Lithuanian man who died after injuring himself | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
with a broken bottle at Gatwick Airport railway station eight days | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
Anikinas after he was seen inflicting serious neck injuries on | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
himself. First aid was given by police officers, paramedics and | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
airport staff but he later died. The trust that runs hospitals in | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
Eastbourne and Hastings says they are confident they can improve | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
standards, following a warning from the health watchdog. The Care | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
Quality Commission found that East Sussex Health Care NHS Trust's | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
monitoring standards were not robust and there was still an over- | :11:32. | :11:34. | |
reliance on locum staff to cover middle grade doctors and | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
consultants. It is almost a month now since the | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
steel makers Thamesteel closed in Sheerness, with the loss of nearly | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
400 jobs. Today the task force set up to help | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
them find new jobs began the challenging task of sending letters | :11:50. | :11:53. | |
to businesses asking if they could help, but, as Katherine Downes | :11:53. | :12:01. | |
reports, one man has had good news already. | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
Shocked and devastated. That is how Mark Conium felt when Thamesteel | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
closed last month. But after three weeks of searching he is the first | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
former apprentice to La -- land a new job. | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
I knew the boss so I gave him a call and asked for a reference and | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
he said, I will go one further and I will be able to use you for work. | :12:22. | :12:31. | |
How did you feel? Ecstatic. I am saying that my business is | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
growing to the point where I can take an apprentice to further | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
development might -- develop my business. Companies in this day and | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
age need to look at their business and how it will survive in the | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
future. I think that apprentices are a good means of developing | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
businesses. Following the closure of Thamesteel | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
there are now 400 highly-skilled workers out of a job, along with | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
seven fully trained at British -- apprentices and eight Filey - | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
Raphael year apprentices. A push has started to get them back into | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
work. Thamesteel went into administration | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
last month and last week a task force went -- met for the first | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
time and sent letters to Kent businesses asking if they have any | :13:15. | :13:22. | |
vacancies for former employees. I am so chuffed because my inbox is | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
starting to steam up with e-mails from businesses, saying, yes, we | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
have some vacancies. We are not saying this is a silver bullet but | :13:32. | :13:35. | |
it is just really heart-warming to see Kent businesses rising to the | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
challenge. Pressure is also mounting on the | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
government to process redundancy payments of former Thamesteel staff. | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
They have not been paid in weeks but now there is hope that some at | :13:47. | :13:57. | |
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least will find a new job almost as It is 17 minutes to seven. Our top | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
story tonight: An MP from Kent is calling for an | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
investigation after it emerged that five babies in the same street had | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
suffered the same rare birth defect. Adam Holloway, the MP for Gravesham, | :14:08. | :14:10. | |
made his request to the Department of Health after hearing the | :14:11. | :14:13. | |
children were born with a condition that left their bowel protruding | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
through their stomach wall. Also in tonight's programme: | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
Whether it is rain, sun all wind you are after, there is something | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
for everyone. Find out your forecast later on. | :14:24. | :14:34. | |
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And colossal catch. We're speaking to the man who landed the biggest | :14:36. | :14:38. | |
cod ever caught in the English Channel. | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
If you have a story you think we should be covering on South East | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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should be covering on South East A few years ago, the idea of an | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
airport in the Thames Estuary seemed pie in the sky. And yet | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
within a matter of weeks, the Government's expected to announce a | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
formal consultation looking at not one, but three different sets of | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
plans. The proposal for an airport on the Isle of Grain by the | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
architect Sir Norman Foster, which was unveiled last year, will now be | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
looked at alongside expansion ideas for existing airports - and an | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
alternative in the estuary, dubbed Boris Island. For tonight's Special | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
Report, our Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin looks | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
at why some fear their village will disappear and the wildlife will | :15:29. | :15:37. | |
vanish. At first sight, you might think it | :15:37. | :15:43. | |
is a dull and muddy, unproductive expanse of waste land, but look | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
closely and the north Kent marshes are rich in wildlife. The last | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
remaining expanse of wilderness in the south-east, and it is under | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
threat. An airport out in the Thames Estuary or an airport on the | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
Isle of Grain. Conservationists argue either would destroy this | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
haven. It has been designated for international importance, we have | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
12 species of birds that the area is particularly noted for. One of | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
them is a species that 70 years ago was extinct as a breeding bird. | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
all, more than 50 different species of waterfowl, waders and goals can | :16:21. | :16:28. | |
be found here, an estimated there - - 80,000 birds. Experts think that | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
Sir Norman Foster's plans for Arron Large is the most serious scheme | :16:32. | :16:38. | |
and would mean the birds being moved on -- before Grain. In 2009, | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
a US Airways Airbus pitch into the Hudson River in New York after | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
colliding with a flock of birds before take-off. All of the | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
proposed runways stretch out to sea. We are in the Thames Estuary in | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
shallow water, about five metres under here. But if Norman Foster's | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
plan goes ahead, we wouldn't be floating on water, we would be on | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
tarmac at the end of the four runways which would extend back on | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
to Grain. And the habitat the wildlife that so enjoys would be re | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
created elsewhere. We know it is an important place, just by looking at | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
the variety of life, but to think we can recreate it somewhere else, | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
I don't think it is possible and any suggestion that it is is | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
irresponsible. Legislation requires had it had to be created because | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
the plan would damage internationally protected areas. A | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
number of nature reserves are also close by. Boris Johnson's idea is | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
further out in the Thames Estuary, but Lord Foster's proposal would be | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
built directly on the salt marsh and mud flats, with rail links | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
coming through more of the countryside. So it is far more than | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
just birdlife that could suffer. The underwater world is a fragile | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
Eacott -- fragile ecosystem which intertwines with the marshes and | :17:59. | :18:03. | |
its mammals, like the water vole and the water shrew. More salt | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
marsh is being lost in this country than any other kind of habitat, so | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
we are choosing to build a huge airport, destroying one of the last | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
bits of world and as we have got, so it is wrong. We need to stop | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
destroying our wilderness and develop areas that have already | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
been developed. In addition to environmental costs, the economic | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
one. Environmentally it would be devastating but also the economic | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
costs would be enormous. A new airport, you are talking up to �80 | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
billion, and that will add another 60-�80 to every plane ticket, so it | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
doesn't make any sense economic the and his devastating environmentally. | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
It is early days in his battle to save at the north Kent marshes. -- | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
this latest battle. And on Thursday next week, we'll be | :18:51. | :19:01. | |
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looking at the arguments in favour There aren't many clubs that can | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
say they've been around for 100 years and have members that range | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
in age from six to 93. But there's one in East Grinstead that can make | :19:10. | :19:12. | |
that claim this year. The town's swimming club was | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
originally founded to make sure its youngsters could cope in the water. | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
Today, as Ian Palmer's discovered, the pool is a bit warmer but the | :19:20. | :19:29. | |
aim remains the same. Some of the original members of | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
East Grinstead Swimming Club. This picture was taken in 1898, 40 years | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
before it officially started. The years may change, but each member | :19:38. | :19:48. | |
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100 years on, East Grinstead Swimming Club is still teaching the | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
young and not-so-young all about water safety. This club has always | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
taken people that can only just swim. So you haven't got to be | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
magnificent swimmers to join in. It is a really friendly club and ride | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
from the beginning, we used to teach all of the children in the | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
town how to swim. It wasn't done in schools in those days. The at Ball | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
Paul -- the outdoor pool eventually closed down. Some members can | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
remember how it was an advantage against visiting clubs. They didn't | :20:28. | :20:35. | |
heated until about 1970, so you were swimming in 50, 60 degrees, | :20:35. | :20:41. | |
but you got used to it. I joined seven or eight years ago and it has | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
become part of my life. I have grown up around it and I have made | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
so many friends from it and I have also achieved quite a lot from my | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
fitness level and by social level as well, with all of us, to be | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
honest. Recently, somebody discovered the club's original | :20:57. | :21:05. | |
notebook. It goes through to about 1924, missing out part of the World | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
War years. The spite of its popularity, the club are still | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
looking for new members -- in spite. To celebrate its centenary, as | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
willing spectacle will be held in the 10 High Street. They say it | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
will be taught about for the next 100 years -- a swimming spectacle | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
will be held in the town high street. | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
And if you are wondering what that amounts to, it is a sort of Jacuzzi | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
thing in the High Street. Quite hard work, I would think. We look | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
forward to it. Despite being injured, a small dog | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
had a lucky escape this morning after it fell over a cliff in | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
Ramsgate. The dog, called Molly, fell several feet down a sheer drop | :21:42. | :21:47. | |
on the West Cliff. It was rescued by a passing police sergeant who'd | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
seen its owner, a woman in her seventies, very upset. | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
This morning, while I was policing the Animal protest at Ramsgate port, | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
a lady informed me that her dog had fallen through the railings and | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
down part of the cliff. I went and assisted with the recovery by | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
jumping over the railings and sort of holding on with a tray and | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
grabbing hold of the dog's collar and pulling it up -- a tree. | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
It took 30 minutes to land but little did Chris Proctor know that | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
he'd landed what's thought to be the biggest cod ever caught in the | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
English Channel. And that's not all - keen anglers may wish to cover | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
their ears at this point - it happened on his first ever sea | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
fishing trip. The drama unfolded off Pevensey Bay last week and | :22:29. | :22:32. | |
since then, Chris tells us he's had pan-fried cod, cod in batter, a | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
fish stew and a fish pie. His catch weighed 43lb, 9oz - | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
beating the previous record of 35lb, which was set in 2000. But the | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
British record is 58lb, which was landed off North Yorkshire. Lucinda | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
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Adam's heard the story. You are not going to believe it. | :22:59. | :23:06. | |
40lb. Yes! Celebrating their record-breaking catch. Chris | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
Proctor and his friends can hardly believe their eyes. Not bad for | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
their first trip catching cod. see this being the coming up from | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
the abyss and that is that magic moment, when you see this huge | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
creature surfacing. It is also that moment when you realise it is | :23:22. | :23:26. | |
literally about to get in the boat. Until it is in the boat, you | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
haven't caught it. That is the exciting part of it, the sense of | :23:30. | :23:38. | |
not knowing. I was lucky enough to catch at 21lb and I was fighting | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
that while Chris was with the biggest fish. The C minor against | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
the 43 was an absolute joy. Already the envy of his fellow anglers, by | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
the time he reached the shore for the official weigh-in, rumours were | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
already causing a stir. He got the scales said, and you have two guys | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
holding it either side. -- out. People were filming it and | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
everything and it went to 43, nine, which is a dead weight, and when it | :24:08. | :24:15. | |
was caught on the scales on the boat, it went to 46, 5. It is the | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
biggest catch fishermen here have ever seen but it does come amid a | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
spate of several catches that have been larger than average, with | :24:23. | :24:29. | |
fishes topping-up 30lb. So much so, there is a wall of fame of colossal | :24:29. | :24:35. | |
cods. And Chris's is right at the top. | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
That is what camera funds are for, you never get bored of watching | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
that footage -- phones. Is it weather for a fishing | :24:44. | :24:52. | |
expedition? No, it is not really fishing | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
weather, but we have a mixture, a dolly mixture for your delectation. | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
Whatever whether you fancy, we have Whatever whether you fancy, we have | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
a flavour of everything. Tomorrow is going to be fairly cloudy and a | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
bit of a dull day, but on Saturday the wind is picking up, some wet | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
weather coming down, we do need some rain, and on Sunday we get | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
this sunshine back again, though it will start to feel a bit cooler for | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
Sunday and into Monday before the mild air pushes back again. Quite a | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
mixture for the next few days, but one thing is for sure, but tonight, | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
tomorrow and into Saturday, it is very mild. Even with the chinks of | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
clear sky, we are going to find the temperature very mild, six or seven | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
degrees and not a hint of frost overnight. Tomorrow, not much | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
chance of getting any kinks in the cloud at all, it is just going to | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
be a very cloudy and bowled day, and once again, it will be thick | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
enough to give some spots of drizzle -- bowl. It is not going to | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
affect temperatures, still getting up to 10 or 11 degrees, so above | :25:58. | :26:03. | |
average. As we go into tomorrow evening, we will start to detect a | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
change. Firstly, the wind will be increasing the, that will be | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
happening all through tomorrow night. Saturday start of mild, | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
those winds will be quite strong, a few showers first thing and some | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
sunshine in the middle of the day but later on this cold front comes | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
down and that will bring not only some heavy bursts of rain at the | :26:24. | :26:30. | |
end of the afternoon, but also the cold air into Saturday night. An | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
icy start to Sunday but beautiful sunshine. But we will notice the | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
drop in the temperature. We have got some cloudy conditions for the | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
next couple of days, Saturday that rain, particularly at the end of | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
the day and Sunday, it turns colder but with some beautiful sunshine | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
for Sunday and Monday. The cold snap will last just 48 hours. By | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
Tuesday, the milder air will win Tuesday, the milder air will win | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
again. That is good, thank you. Let's have | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
a quick recap of the headlines. David Cameron has said he would | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
consider devolving more power to Scotland so long as there is a no | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
vote in a future independence were from. He made the comments before | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
talks with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond. | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
An MP from Kent is calling for an investigation after it emerged five | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
babies in the same street had suffered the same rare birth defect. | :27:22. | :27:28. | |
And Southern Water has applied for a drought permit because it is only | :27:28. | :27:33. | |
41% fall in this reservoir. More water would be allowed from the | :27:33. | :27:36. |