:00:05. > :00:09.Welcome to South East Today, I'm And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top
:00:09. > :00:12.stories. How panic buying is actually costing our independent
:00:12. > :00:18.fuel retailers dear - where closed forecourts means no sales. Tonight
:00:18. > :00:21.we're live at one affected petrol station in East Sussex. Blueprint
:00:21. > :00:30.Margate - how Mary Queen of Shops' plan to revitalise our high streets
:00:30. > :00:33.is now backed by the government. Also in tonight's programme: As the
:00:33. > :00:37.30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict approaches, a Kent soldier
:00:37. > :00:47.who was blinded in the action remembers his fallen comrades.
:00:47. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :00:57.Three of their guys that I trained with were or cold -- all killed.
:00:57. > :01:01.Scientist's warning that the deadly Schmallenberg virus may be
:01:01. > :01:04.spreading from animal to animal and not via midges. And life in the
:01:04. > :01:14.fast lane; the ordinary Joe who got to take on Usain Bolt in his first
:01:14. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:27.Good evening. The owners of a family-run petrol station in Sussex
:01:27. > :01:30.say panic buying is costing them thousands of pounds. The service
:01:30. > :01:33.station they run at Telscombe Cliffs near Brighton has had no
:01:33. > :01:36.petrol or diesel since yesterday morning. They say they make very
:01:36. > :01:39.little on fuel, relying on their shop sales to make any profit - but
:01:39. > :01:44.with no fuel, there are no customers. Steve Gaisford is live
:01:44. > :01:48.there now. How badly is this affecting them? I am wearing the
:01:48. > :01:51.fluorescent jacket which means that a tanker has arrived in the
:01:51. > :01:58.forecourt and there should be fuel running through these farms once
:01:58. > :02:01.again soon. They have even taking the out of fuel tanks off the palms.
:02:01. > :02:06.Within the next four to five minutes, I should get your from
:02:06. > :02:11.this pump. But it has been a tough few days for this family business.
:02:11. > :02:19.No fuel for two day Plummer. Archie watches his business passing him by.
:02:19. > :02:25.There is nothing he can do after customers did panic buying of fuel.
:02:25. > :02:30.The margins on fuel, although they are slim, and bring the trade and
:02:30. > :02:37.the shop people in as well, so if we have no fuel sales, we have a
:02:37. > :02:41.very few shops sales. Were there is fuel, there are queues. Larger fuel
:02:41. > :02:47.stations are making this business but panic-buying continues. With
:02:47. > :02:52.was the same story across much of Kent and Sussex - people rushing to
:02:52. > :02:55.fill up their tax. We imagine that there is something to be anxious
:02:55. > :03:02.about when we are told not to panic. When we believe that other people
:03:02. > :03:11.are panicking, it makes perfect sense for us to act individualistic
:03:11. > :03:18.Glee, ourselves. There is no reason for it at all except people
:03:18. > :03:25.panicking and making life difficult for everybody else. That is causing
:03:25. > :03:31.unnecessary problems for everyone, I suppose. There are 31 million
:03:31. > :03:35.cars and the UK, consuming 123 million litres of fuel each day. If
:03:35. > :03:39.everybody filled up today, it would take a fortnight before the fuel
:03:39. > :03:45.ran out. But it is smaller, more independent businesses who are
:03:45. > :03:50.paying the price. Empty forecourts mean less customers popping in to
:03:50. > :03:55.buy daily essentials. Shops, laden with food, that is rapidly going
:03:55. > :03:58.out of date. It is all date marked and we will move it on if we have
:03:58. > :04:04.to pay to me that on but it will have to be written down and written
:04:04. > :04:08.off as a loss. For this event station in Max Seifert, much-needed
:04:08. > :04:14.supplies will not reach the forecourt until Sunday. That means
:04:14. > :04:21.fewer customers spending time and money in the shock and another
:04:21. > :04:25.independent business facing an uncertain future. -- in the shop.
:04:25. > :04:31.The Unite union has said there would be no strike action before
:04:31. > :04:41.Easter but they will continue talks, and there is no guarantee, and
:04:41. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:44.there could be a strike action after Easter. She's the retail guru
:04:44. > :04:48.brought in by the Government to help rescue Britain's ailing High
:04:48. > :04:51.Streets. Today ministers announced they're accepting virtually all the
:04:51. > :04:54.recommendations put forward by the "Queen of Shops", Mary Portas.
:04:54. > :04:57.Councils have been asked to bid for money to pilot her ideas. Meanwhile,
:04:57. > :05:01.as Sara Smith reports, four areas of Kent have been awarded �100,000
:05:01. > :05:04.each to start work improving their high streets. I am Mary Portas, and
:05:04. > :05:09.I want to find out whether the traditional high streets have
:05:09. > :05:13.reached the end of the road. She made a name at some of the most
:05:13. > :05:18.famous shops and the country. Now, she is helping to transform the
:05:18. > :05:25.more humble part of British retailing. This was Mary Portas, in
:05:25. > :05:32.market, having highlighted truck -- the trouble many high-streets were
:05:32. > :05:37.in the Government asked her to carry out a review. It is the pits,
:05:38. > :05:42.absolute pits, there is nothing worth coming into town for. There
:05:42. > :05:50.are a lot of pound shops and not much for the family. There are very
:05:50. > :05:56.few clothes shops. After 26 years on I stick, shop hours say that the
:05:56. > :06:01.key issue is parking. The out-of- town shopping, the car-park is free,
:06:01. > :06:05.and it cost a lot of money with in town centres, to park, but that is
:06:05. > :06:10.the only way you will encourage people back into the high street.
:06:10. > :06:15.Parking charges are covered in the review and other towns are bidding
:06:15. > :06:21.to become Palace to try at the recommendations. We need to make
:06:21. > :06:25.sure that individual localities, the people, the shop keepers, the
:06:25. > :06:31.councillors, are getting together and dreaming up a new vision for
:06:31. > :06:35.the High Street. Midway along with swill, great charm and Tonbridge
:06:35. > :06:41.are being given 100 doesn't pounds each from a high-street innovation
:06:41. > :06:50.fund. It will take some innovation for is some like that to make much
:06:51. > :06:55.difference here. -- a sum. How did they decide which towns would get
:06:55. > :07:02.the cash? The council has did not bid for this money and only found
:07:02. > :07:08.out they were getting it, and the last couple of days. Office blocks
:07:08. > :07:13.as well as empty shops have been targeted. So Tonbridge and Morland
:07:13. > :07:18.have got the cash, but Margate and Thanet, as a whole, known for
:07:18. > :07:26.having some of the highest rates of empty shops in the country, they
:07:26. > :07:30.have got nothing. Remembering the Oceana; the forgotten steamship
:07:30. > :07:40.that sank off Beachy Head just a few weeks before the Titanic went
:07:40. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:42.down. BBC South East has learned that the potentially deadly
:07:42. > :07:45.Schmallenberg virus, which affects sheep and cattle, could be
:07:45. > :07:53.spreading from animal to animal, rather than via midges as
:07:53. > :07:55.originally thought. There have been more cases of the virus in Kent and
:07:55. > :07:58.Sussex than anywhere else in the country, causing deformities and
:07:58. > :08:01.death among lambs and calves. Our Environment Correspondent Yvette
:08:01. > :08:07.Austin has this exclusive report. A healthy newborn lamb, but there are
:08:07. > :08:13.many others in the region which have fallen victim to Schmallenberg
:08:13. > :08:18.virus. Researchers at the Institute for Animal it are studying midges
:08:18. > :08:23.and mosquitoes to learn more about how this virus spreads. It was
:08:23. > :08:27.first identified in a small German town in November last year, and
:08:27. > :08:31.light the blue tongue virus which it farmers a few years ago or, it
:08:31. > :08:36.was spread by midges and possibly other insects from the Continent
:08:36. > :08:42.after the South East. It is thought that native midges biting infected
:08:42. > :08:45.animals spread the virus wider and now it seems the infective in sex
:08:45. > :08:49.half survive the winter and are causing you out race. Scientists
:08:49. > :08:55.are worried that the spread of the by this is different from Lipton,
:08:55. > :09:03.which makes them think that it has spread from animal to animal. --
:09:03. > :09:08.from blue tongue. Our images the only route of spread or has there
:09:08. > :09:14.are also some spread by contact or aerosol, or the more fecal route,
:09:15. > :09:19.there is some other group that is leading to this high-density spread.
:09:19. > :09:25.Whilst lambs have recently been born dead and with terrible
:09:25. > :09:30.deformities, the virus attack last autumn when sheep were becoming
:09:30. > :09:34.pregnant. Scientists want more data to chart what might happen this
:09:34. > :09:41.autumn, but there are concerns that many farmers with cases of
:09:41. > :09:49.Schmallenberg virus are not reporting them. Some farmers have
:09:49. > :09:54.had infected lands and have not reported it. Scientists think that
:09:54. > :09:59.the virus will spread further and that there will be more new threats.
:09:59. > :10:02.Global trade in lots of different victims is increasing so you are
:10:02. > :10:06.transmitting viruses into new areas and midges and mosquitoes have been
:10:06. > :10:11.found establishing themselves on the Continent which means that the
:10:11. > :10:21.potential range of some very nasty viruses is increasing. For now,
:10:21. > :10:23.farmers can only hope that Schmallenberg virus is dying out.
:10:23. > :10:26.The former Head of Energy Procurement at Kent County Council
:10:26. > :10:29.has been found guilty of a �2 million fraud. Ross Knowles forged
:10:29. > :10:32.invoices and diverted money that should have been paid to local
:10:32. > :10:35.authorities into his own bank account. A campaign against online
:10:35. > :10:37.bullying run by a father from Brighton has received support from
:10:37. > :10:41.celebrities including boxers Ricky Hatton and Sugar Ray Leonard. Scott
:10:41. > :10:44.Freeman's daughter Poppy suffered so badly she considered suicide. Mr
:10:44. > :10:54.Freeman and his Cybersmile Foundation have launched a website
:10:54. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:06.today to help others who are suffering. The family of Kent
:11:07. > :11:09.businessman Chris Tappin, who's been extradited to America have
:11:09. > :11:12.welcomed a new report criticising the extradition deal between the UK
:11:12. > :11:15.and the US. The Home Affairs Select Committee says high profile cases
:11:15. > :11:17.like that of Christopher Tappin, who's currently in prison in New
:11:17. > :11:19.Mexico awaiting trial, show the current arrangements are one-sided.
:11:19. > :11:21.Our Political Editor Louise Stewart reports. The retired Kent
:11:21. > :11:24.businessman Christopher Tappin is currently in prison in New Mexico
:11:24. > :11:28.awaiting trial, having been extradited to the US, last month.
:11:28. > :11:35.He is accused of selling batteries for Iranian the sales, charges he's
:11:35. > :11:39.a nice. This case and the case of the computer hacker Gary making in,
:11:39. > :11:45.have highlighted public concern at extradition arrangements between
:11:45. > :11:49.Britain and the US, being one-sided. It is easier for a British citizen
:11:49. > :11:53.to go to America than for an American citizen to be extradited
:11:53. > :11:59.here. We want to see the possibility of cases being tried
:11:59. > :12:04.here, but the evidence needs to be tested. MPs want the same test of
:12:04. > :12:12.extradition to apply to both countries, for a judged to decide
:12:12. > :12:15.that the person can be tried in the UK, and for a test for an initial
:12:15. > :12:20.assessment of someone's guilt. is good news they have come to that
:12:20. > :12:25.conclusion but we hope that the Home Office and the Government act
:12:25. > :12:32.now, and we stopped the talking and we start to change this treaty.
:12:32. > :12:37.everyone thinks the system needs to change. It is a country where you
:12:37. > :12:43.receive a fair trial, so I don't see a fundamental problem with that.
:12:43. > :12:49.Britain does not have the right, for only us to try a British person
:12:49. > :12:52.accused of crimes. The son of Christopher Tappin wants the
:12:52. > :13:01.Government to halt all expeditions until and how urgent review has
:13:01. > :13:06.been carried out. -- extraditions. Does this mean that there are
:13:06. > :13:11.likely to be reforms any time soon? There has been a lot of pressure
:13:11. > :13:16.and David Cameron to raise this issue in Washington. And they did
:13:16. > :13:23.agree to take a look at the treaty and review it, but campaigners say
:13:23. > :13:27.that it is unjust because the 2003 at made it easier for the US to ask
:13:27. > :13:34.for someone to be extradited from the UK because they did not have to
:13:34. > :13:38.provide evidence in a British court. MPs seem to have agreed with that
:13:38. > :13:42.in the report today and have called for an hour urgent review. But any
:13:42. > :13:52.reforms would not be able to help Christopher Tappin, who is
:13:52. > :13:54.currently in prison in the United States. Our top story tonight:
:13:54. > :14:00.Owners of independent petrol stations say the panic buying of
:14:00. > :14:03.fuel is actually costing them thousands. One family run business
:14:03. > :14:07.at Telscombe Cliffs near Brighton has told us they make very little
:14:07. > :14:09.on fuel, relying on shop sales to make a profit - but since running
:14:09. > :14:12.out of fuel yesterday, they've had virtually no customers. Also in
:14:12. > :14:15.tonight's programme: Could you beat Bolt? How one ordinary Joe got a
:14:15. > :14:25.starring role taking on the Olympic gold medallist. And find out
:14:25. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:32.whether the weekend weather will be brollies or ice lollies. Monday
:14:32. > :14:35.marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Falklands War,
:14:35. > :14:38.bringing back traumatic memories for a former soldier who almost
:14:38. > :14:42.died in the conflict. Steve Tuffen was shot in the head during the
:14:42. > :14:45.battle of Goose Green in 1982. He was just 18, and was not expected
:14:45. > :14:48.to survive. But he did - and is now a married father-of-two, living and
:14:48. > :14:53.working in Herne Bay. Ian Palmer's been to meet him for tonight's
:14:53. > :15:00.Special Report. The faults of friends lost in the South Atlantic
:15:00. > :15:10.hang heavy for Steve. Three of the guys that I trained with in three
:15:10. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:22.para were all killed on London. Two of them were 17. And one of them
:15:22. > :15:26.was 18, killed on his 18th birthday. He should not be alive. As a member
:15:26. > :15:32.of the second Parachute Regiment we shorten ahead in the attack on to
:15:32. > :15:37.screen. Healy injured for four hours before receiving help. I took
:15:37. > :15:46.my helmet off and my brains fell down the back of my neck, so I am
:15:46. > :15:51.lucky. You have to just adjust to these things after was. Several
:15:51. > :15:55.operations followed, his sight returned, and he got married. But
:15:55. > :16:02.today is registered blind. With the help of a charity called blind
:16:02. > :16:07.veterans UK, the father of two can do most things. I am able to be
:16:07. > :16:11.independent. I can choose what to do, I can choose to work, I am
:16:11. > :16:16.fortunate enough to be able to drive, when I am wearing spectacles,
:16:16. > :16:26.but Steve cannot do that, so our business is trying to find out what
:16:26. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:39.we can do to help him managers like better. In an ideal world I but
:16:39. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:42.like, my thoughts, on the stir to anniversary... The flow of battle-
:16:42. > :16:48.scarred from men coming almost non- stop, with wars in Afghanistan and
:16:48. > :16:58.Iraq, but, with some determination to help them, there is hope. Steve
:16:58. > :17:09.
:17:10. > :17:12.The Titanic may have dominated the headlines 100 years ago, but a few
:17:13. > :17:15.weeks before she went down, a smaller steamship built by the same
:17:15. > :17:18.company sank off the East Sussex coast, killing nine people. The
:17:18. > :17:21.Oceana sank in 1912 after a collision off Beachy Head. Today
:17:21. > :17:25.members of a local diving club have been putting the finishing touches
:17:25. > :17:29.to an exhibition at Newhaven Fort, looking at that wreck, and others
:17:29. > :17:36.in the Channel. Bryony MacKenzie reports. She was on a journey east
:17:36. > :17:41.on a clear march day in calm seas. But the fate of the Oceana would
:17:41. > :17:45.mirror that of the Titanic and be overshadowed by it. What ships were
:17:45. > :17:50.made at the same Belfast shipyard, Holland and role for and bought lie
:17:50. > :17:57.on the seabed today. Slowly, a history behind her is coming to the
:17:57. > :18:07.surface. She is quite bat are now because she has been down there for
:18:07. > :18:14.100 years. -- battered. Here we have some items for the general
:18:14. > :18:24.public to look at, cups and saucers. Oceana is not the only ship out in
:18:24. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:30.the Channel. There is the SS Seaford And a hundred other ships
:18:30. > :18:36.that were carrying every the victims. But the team discovered
:18:36. > :18:41.items linked to other ships that had sunk in the Channel. Showing a
:18:41. > :18:45.glimpse of everyday life on board. The Duchess is another Rec on the
:18:45. > :18:53.Sussex seabed, one that holds particular significance for one man,
:18:53. > :18:58.who lost his great uncle, when his transport ship was blown up by
:18:58. > :19:03.charges and sunk. I know that the photograph of the captain, through
:19:03. > :19:11.the work these divers are doing, is creating wider awareness of the
:19:11. > :19:16.RECs at the bottom of the Channel. Nine were lost on Oceana, over 1500
:19:16. > :19:24.on the Titanic, and that is a concise and poignant reminder of
:19:24. > :19:31.those fateful months of 1912. Onto football, and Brighton take on one
:19:31. > :19:34.of their promotion rivals Middlesbrough at the Amex tomorrow.
:19:34. > :19:39.The Albion are hoping to extend an impressive run of form that's seen
:19:39. > :19:42.them lose just once in the league in 2012. Charlton will be keen to
:19:42. > :19:45.end their recent slump, after picking up just four points from
:19:45. > :19:48.their last five games. The Addicks are still six points clear at the
:19:48. > :19:51.top of League One though, as they take on Leyton Orient at the Valley.
:19:51. > :19:54.Gillingham need to beat Macclesfield tomorrow in League Two
:19:54. > :19:57.- and win most of their remaining games - to keep their promotion
:19:57. > :20:00.hopes alive. The Gills have managed just one victory in their last five
:20:00. > :20:03.games and are seven points off the play-off places. And Crawley Town
:20:03. > :20:07.will have to put Tuesday night's dramatic finish at Bradford behind
:20:07. > :20:10.them as they travel to Burton Albion. The Reds will be missing
:20:10. > :20:13.Pablo Mills and Claude Davis, who both received red cards after the
:20:13. > :20:15.game ended in a mass brawl, but will still be confident of
:20:15. > :20:20.clinching their fifth successive league win. Finally good luck to
:20:20. > :20:23.Herne Bay, who are just one match from a Wembley final. They travel
:20:23. > :20:28.to the North East to take on West Auckland tomorrow for the second
:20:28. > :20:30.leg of their FA Vase semi-final, after a 2-2 draw at home. Now how's
:20:30. > :20:39.this for an actor's first appearance on the silver screen?
:20:39. > :20:40.Starring in a race against the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt.
:20:41. > :20:44.Maidstone student-turned-actor Anthony Glennon stars as the
:20:44. > :20:47.everyman racing the champion, in a new advert on our TV and cinema
:20:47. > :20:50.screens. But as Lynda Hardy reports - he had to keep reshooting scenes,
:20:50. > :20:59.as the Olympic gold medallist kept catching him up. He was the only
:20:59. > :21:04.man judged to be suitable to take on the fastest man in the planet.
:21:04. > :21:08.This shot were scary, I had to throw all this luggage in the way
:21:08. > :21:12.of the fastest man in the world, and I was concerned that I would
:21:12. > :21:16.break is tow, or something. former Maidstone student always
:21:16. > :21:21.dreamed of being an actor and this is by far his highest-profile and
:21:21. > :21:26.most energetic job. That is on location in Trafalgar Square.
:21:26. > :21:30.Trying to dodge the tourists. Coming out of the airport and
:21:30. > :21:35.waiting for the taxi, I have to get their first and that is only 10
:21:35. > :21:39.metres, and he can cover that in one second and I cannot, so we had
:21:39. > :21:44.to keep judging it's just right to give me enough of a head start to
:21:44. > :21:50.get there. It is not until you one next to him that you realise just
:21:50. > :21:55.how fast the is. I am very proud. It is my claim to fame. I shall
:21:56. > :22:05.tell everybody that my son can on afternoons -- run faster than Usain
:22:06. > :22:09.
:22:10. > :22:19.Bolt! It is a little bit so real, it is insane! -- surreal. Time now
:22:20. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:28.Of one of the Sun that we have had, the end had to come. Have you heard
:22:28. > :22:32.about what is just over yonder? This is what is coming along for
:22:32. > :22:36.Tuesday - which no further north of the UK. We will get that cold front
:22:36. > :22:42.and it is going to bring about some colder temperatures and much-needed
:22:42. > :22:48.rain. Huge change by next week and before that they just have the
:22:48. > :22:53.cloud coming down tonight. Before that we have a beautiful evening.
:22:53. > :23:03.Sunset at 7:30pm. Not as cold as it has been over the previous night's.
:23:03. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:12.I think we lost the -- they tossed re, down to six Celsius, -- we wil
:23:12. > :23:17.stay frost free. And forget those 22 Celsius temperatures - it will
:23:17. > :23:21.be down to around 11 or 12 that the best. There could be some bright
:23:21. > :23:29.the spoken true, but generally it is going to be cooler and more
:23:29. > :23:33.cloudy for Saturday -- broken through. The cloud will clear,
:23:33. > :23:37.leaving us with chilly Ayr, but at least getting the sunshine back
:23:37. > :23:43.again, so brighter and more sunny on Sunday but cool, again,
:23:43. > :23:53.temperatures average for the time of year. If you want to get up to
:23:53. > :23:59.some fun on Sunday is the Hastings Beatle day. All raising money for
:23:59. > :24:03.charity. More changes to come next week. Raining on Tuesday, and
:24:03. > :24:08.temperatures by Wednesday might not be much higher than eight services.
:24:08. > :24:16.It is my last day today and back foot to everyone at home for been
:24:16. > :24:24.wonderful and making it all so much fun. -- for being a wonderful. Come
:24:24. > :24:29.and sit down. Come and join us. We're gutted that you are leading,
:24:29. > :24:34.but we wanted to put a smile on everyone's trees. We have trawled
:24:34. > :24:44.through the archives for some special moments and some very
:24:44. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:16.Now the weather, starring Kaddy. The rest of all you want to know
:25:16. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:24.was whether it is going to last for I am delivering sunshine, that
:25:25. > :25:34.there's all right, but of course, we do still need some rain. You are
:25:35. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :25:52.joking! The most terrifying thing I Everyone has put on their T-shirt,
:25:52. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:30.and it is amazing. What you go Milder air, coming in from the
:26:30. > :26:34.South West but with the rest of the family, cloud, rain and wind. With
:26:34. > :26:39.this Baltic battering we have been getting, temperatures have had
:26:39. > :26:45.something of a karate chop. Looks like the Atlantic has been back on
:26:45. > :26:51.baked beans, too. Some of us will be seeing at dusting rather than a
:26:51. > :27:01.dumping of snow. We will have an Icesave Labour that we will be
:27:01. > :27:08.
:27:08. > :27:13.introduced to, in the next 24 hours. Those were our highways, what were
:27:13. > :27:20.your highlights? Every day has been different, and it has been great,
:27:20. > :27:24.going out and about. You are not going to make me cry! I will read
:27:24. > :27:28.out some comments from the viewers. Tony Travers says he is sure that
:27:28. > :27:32.you will move on to bigger and better things. Carl Christiansen
:27:32. > :27:42.says that it might as well rain until September. And Anthony
:27:42. > :27:43.
:27:43. > :27:48.Sanderson says No. Another pure has said that you make the weather fun
:27:48. > :27:56.and interesting and when you tell us about it, you can actually
:27:56. > :28:05.understand it. -- another viewer. I remember on radio broadcasting, on
:28:05. > :28:15.Radio Kent, Hugh Major dead you many moons ago. April 2001. It has
:28:15. > :28:18.