:00:06. > :00:08.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:08. > :00:11.Tonight's top stories. The worker who disappeared with
:00:11. > :00:14.�20,000 of money intended for the leader of Kent County Council gives
:00:14. > :00:18.us an exclusive interview from china to insist he's done nothing
:00:18. > :00:22.wrong. The British sniper who may have
:00:22. > :00:27.fired the shot that killed a Sussex soldier tells an inquest he'd never
:00:27. > :00:30.been trained to shoot in the dark. Also in tonight's programme.
:00:30. > :00:33.A warning patients are being put at risk as the time ambulances spend
:00:33. > :00:38.waiting outside accident and emergency goes up 50% in three
:00:38. > :00:42.years. We're live with the details in Brighton.
:00:42. > :00:45.31 miles of thread, half a million gold buttons. The team from Margate
:00:46. > :00:49.creating a jubilee banner fit for a Queen.
:00:49. > :00:59.And Sing 4 England is the call from a Kent songwriter picked to pen the
:00:59. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:13.team anthem for the Euro 2012 Good evening. He's left Kent for a
:01:13. > :01:16.remote region of China, accused of running off with more than �20,000
:01:16. > :01:19.of taxpayers' money. But tonight, former county council maintenance
:01:19. > :01:24.worker Paul Carter has given us an exclusive interview to insist he's
:01:24. > :01:27.done nothing wrong. As we reported on Tuesday, he received seven
:01:27. > :01:31.months of allowances intended for a different Paul Carter, the leader
:01:31. > :01:40.of Kent County Council. When the mistake was discovered, he
:01:40. > :01:45.disappeared. Glenn Campbell has the details.
:01:45. > :01:51.4000 miles away from Maidstone, in a remote corner of north-west China,
:01:51. > :01:55.Paul Carter, the former Kent County Council maintenance man prepares to
:01:55. > :02:02.tell BBC South East Today his side of the pay packet story. Where is
:02:02. > :02:06.the tax payer's money, this did �1,000? If I only -- at only I knew.
:02:06. > :02:11.Someone from the offices called me and told me they have overpaid me
:02:11. > :02:21.by �20,000 and would I mind paying it back. I said, of course. One I
:02:21. > :02:25.got home, I checked my bank account and I could not see any overpayment.
:02:25. > :02:30.It seems they have been overpaying me from the first day I started, so
:02:30. > :02:34.I did not notice any discrepancy. On Tuesday, we revealed how Kent
:02:34. > :02:39.County Council accidentally paid if the council leader, Paul Carter's
:02:39. > :02:43.salary allowance of more than �21,000 to this 54 year-old Paul
:02:43. > :02:51.Carter, who at the time was employed as a vehicle fitter at
:02:51. > :02:57.their Aylesford pepper. The do state -- the mistake went are not
:02:57. > :03:00.deprived -- went on rectified for seven months. It was only spotted
:03:00. > :03:05.when council leader's Paul Carter bank account went into the red.
:03:05. > :03:10.has gone with the council tax payers money, and it needs to be
:03:10. > :03:15.paid back. In stead of paying back the council leader's money, Paul
:03:15. > :03:19.counter -- Paul Carter the maintenance man banished. This is
:03:19. > :03:25.not running away, it is just where the worker taken me. So to clarify,
:03:25. > :03:29.you did not run off with �21,000 of taxpayers' money? Certainly not.
:03:29. > :03:34.Kent County Council have my address in Tunbridge Wells, I lived there
:03:34. > :03:40.for well over a year. Four after this dispute came to light. Why did
:03:40. > :03:45.you ask Kent caddie council why don't they take up my author of
:03:45. > :03:51.going to the county court to settle this? They refuse. Black. Paul
:03:51. > :03:55.Carter in China sticks by the story that he was paid for the extra
:03:56. > :04:05.money but thought it was right he has. This afternoon, the director
:04:06. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:22.of human resources at Kent County A British sniper who's believed to
:04:22. > :04:28.have shot a comrade he'd mistaken for a Taliban insurgent has told an
:04:28. > :04:30.inquest he had not been trained to fire the rifle he used in the dark.
:04:30. > :04:35.Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard from Eastbourne was shot dead on
:04:35. > :04:37.his first tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009. The inquest is
:04:37. > :04:47.considering whether the 22-year-old was killed by so-called friendly
:04:47. > :04:47.
:04:47. > :04:52.fire. Roz Upton reports. The night Lance Corporal Michael
:04:52. > :04:56.Pritchard was killed in Helmand province was the fast -- first time
:04:56. > :05:02.lance-corporal Michael Graham had shot his sniper rifle during --
:05:02. > :05:06.using his night vision site. He said he was called from his bed to
:05:06. > :05:11.an observation post where sentries were observing two heat sources. He
:05:11. > :05:16.said the soldiers told him there were people digging improvised
:05:16. > :05:20.explosive devices into the road. He said he was told British servicemen
:05:20. > :05:27.were manning an observation to Fash post in the area but was not giving
:05:27. > :05:34.their exact location until after the tragedy, nor had he polled
:05:34. > :05:44.about Arab -- a firing line which had been drawn up to protect the
:05:44. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:56.soldiers from Freddie fire. -- Lance corporal Pritchard's mother
:05:56. > :06:00.was visibly upset and left the room before the sniper said he fired two
:06:00. > :06:10.warning shots and for warning -- lethal shots before he sought the
:06:10. > :06:18.
:06:18. > :06:24.The inquest has heard port Radiocommunications played a major
:06:24. > :06:27.role in the incident. -- poor radio communications.
:06:27. > :06:36.In a moment: Recognised for his bravery, the lifeboatman who risked
:06:36. > :06:39.his life to save seven people in a storm in the English channel.
:06:39. > :06:41.Ambulances across the South East are being forced to spend an
:06:41. > :06:47.increasing amount of time queuing outside hospital Accident &
:06:47. > :06:49.Emergency departments. The body that represents paramedics says the
:06:49. > :06:54.situation is dangerous and unsustainable, putting patients at
:06:54. > :06:58.risk. It should take no more than 30 minutes for paramedics to
:06:58. > :07:02.handover a patient to A&E staff, then get back on the road to
:07:02. > :07:04.respond to emergency calls. But over the last three years the
:07:04. > :07:07.number of hours ambulances are spending waiting outside our
:07:07. > :07:11.hospitals has increased by 50%, with waits of several hours in the
:07:11. > :07:21.most extreme cases. The South East Coast Ambulance Service say it's
:07:21. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:25.the highest risk they're facing. is a serious issue, number one on
:07:25. > :07:29.our risk register, an indication of how seriously we take it as a trust.
:07:29. > :07:34.It is a system wide issue, a problem for the whole health
:07:34. > :07:38.service. We cannot resolve it on our own. It is an issue of patient
:07:38. > :07:43.safety and experience. Also of staff morale, and all those reasons,
:07:43. > :07:47.we as a healthcare system have to sort this out. So where are the
:07:47. > :07:49.biggest blackspots for ambulance waiting times? In Sussex,
:07:49. > :07:52.ambulances queued outside the Eastbourne District General for
:07:52. > :07:55.over 4,500 hours in the last financial year, a 41% increase
:07:55. > :07:58.compared to three years before. There was a 100% increase over the
:07:58. > :08:03.same period at the Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, with waiting
:08:03. > :08:06.times totalling over 1,600 hours. And the highest increase in our
:08:06. > :08:16.region was at the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, up 117%, with
:08:16. > :08:17.
:08:18. > :08:21.ambulances queuing for 4,500 hours. The hospital last year did have a
:08:21. > :08:25.significant problem that the number of beds it had, our capacity was
:08:25. > :08:29.low. We have now opened two new wards which has increased capacity
:08:29. > :08:32.and we are going through a multi- million pound project to improve
:08:32. > :08:36.our emergency department. Now we are actually able to meet those
:08:36. > :08:39.targets much better, and at the moment our performance is extremely
:08:39. > :08:42.good. Our reporter Katie Inman's been following the story and joins
:08:42. > :08:48.us live from the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. What
:08:48. > :08:52.are the various hospital trusts doing about this problem? There was
:08:52. > :08:55.a magic word in that clip, that his capacity. Hospitals across the
:08:56. > :09:00.south-east say they are trying to create more space. It is happening
:09:00. > :09:04.here in Brighton hospital, they are extending the number of beds in A&E
:09:04. > :09:09.and increasing the waiting areas. It is not just about fixing A&E,
:09:09. > :09:12.they want to make more beds available on wards, which means
:09:12. > :09:15.working more closely with adult social care so that when elderly
:09:15. > :09:19.people are ready to go home, there is a bed for them in the community.
:09:19. > :09:23.It is also about working much more closely with GPs, so people do not
:09:23. > :09:26.turn up at A&E unless they need to. South East Coast Ambulance Service
:09:26. > :09:28.say that they're optimistic that action is being taken to improve
:09:28. > :09:31.the situation. But with our hospitals facing increasing demand
:09:31. > :09:38.for services and increasing pressure on budgets, some paramedic
:09:38. > :09:41.union reps say they don't share that optimism.
:09:41. > :09:45.Kent County Council is under fire tonight for continuing to invest
:09:45. > :09:48.tens of millions of pounds worth of pension funds in tobacco companies.
:09:48. > :09:52.The authority plays a key role in protecting public health, and a new
:09:52. > :10:02.report says cigarette manufacturers should be treated as pariahs. Our
:10:02. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:08.Political Editor Louise Stewart reports.
:10:08. > :10:14.Over 80% of cigarette smoke is invincible -- imitable... Hard-
:10:14. > :10:17.hitting adverts like this show the dangers of smoking. Kent county
:10:17. > :10:21.council promotes anti-smoking initiatives on its website. But the
:10:21. > :10:26.organisation has been criticised for investing �24 million of its
:10:26. > :10:29.pension funds into tobacco companies. The pension fund has to
:10:29. > :10:33.be independent of the political side of life, and the whole
:10:33. > :10:36.objective of the exercise is to get the maximum return to camp for the
:10:36. > :10:42.pensioners that other. It represents more than 300
:10:42. > :10:45.organisations. From next year, local authorities like Kent County
:10:45. > :10:48.Council become responsible for public health, taking on the powers
:10:48. > :10:53.from the National Health Service. Campaigners say any investment in
:10:53. > :10:56.firms like tobacco companies would then be ethically wrong. We are
:10:56. > :11:00.calling on them to we him -- reconsider its investment in
:11:00. > :11:04.tobacco companies. They have new responsibilities to protect and
:11:04. > :11:08.promote the good health of Kent residents, and there is no way this
:11:08. > :11:12.investment can achieve that, it does the reverse. That is the
:11:13. > :11:16.feedback from anti-smoking charities. You cannot both be the
:11:16. > :11:20.biggest shareholder in tobacco and protect your public out from
:11:20. > :11:24.tobacco companies. It has come at a time when they are thinking, we
:11:24. > :11:28.cannot square the circle any more, it is time to turn out of -- turn
:11:28. > :11:33.away from tobacco. But how concerned are people in Maidstone?
:11:33. > :11:38.Difficult, I am a smoker as well. I can see the moral side of it.
:11:38. > :11:43.don't think you should be putting money into an ethical product, be
:11:43. > :11:46.it tobacco or anything else. -- products which are not ethical.
:11:46. > :11:50.has got to be down to the conscience of the individual or
:11:50. > :11:52.organisation. Kent county council say they are holding an annual
:11:52. > :11:55.review of how to enjoy the best returns and considering these
:11:55. > :11:58.ethical issues. A Chatham woman allegedly murdered
:11:58. > :12:03.by her estranged husband sealed her fate when she refused to go back to
:12:03. > :12:06.him, a jury has heard. Danai Mohammadi is accused of setting
:12:06. > :12:09.fire to Melissa Crook's family home, killing her, their baby son and her
:12:09. > :12:12.father. Under cross-examination today, he denied the prosecution
:12:12. > :12:18.suggestion that a divorce would have caused him a loss of face, a
:12:18. > :12:21.loss of honour and a loss of control over her. He's one of three
:12:21. > :12:25.defendants who deny murder, and the trial continues.
:12:25. > :12:27.Plans to use private firms to carry out police roles in Surrey are
:12:28. > :12:30.being put on hold. The controversial privatisation plans
:12:30. > :12:36.will be delayed until after the Olympics, which will allow more
:12:36. > :12:39.time for a public consultation. Squatters have occupied a former
:12:39. > :12:42.supermarket in Brighton. They are protesting against a local
:12:42. > :12:47.Conservative MP who's calling for squatting in empty buildings to be
:12:47. > :12:51.made a criminal offence. Activists from across the country have taken
:12:51. > :12:53.over the former Co-Op store in London Road. But the MP for Hove
:12:53. > :13:03.and Portslade Mike Weatherley says squatters cause damage and
:13:03. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:08.disruption. Squatters and homeless people are two entirely de -- said
:13:08. > :13:11.that thing. Squatters tend to be anarchist to do not have a regard
:13:11. > :13:16.for the law, whereas homeless people, we need to recover the
:13:16. > :13:19.vulnerable in our society. If these squatters are so well organised
:13:20. > :13:24.they are able to mobilise people across Europe into a conference, we
:13:24. > :13:29.cannot call them attritional homeless people. Our Correspondent
:13:29. > :13:34.is in Brighton. The squatters have called for four days of actors and
:13:34. > :13:39.went -- axes and here, so what a police expecting? -- activism.
:13:39. > :13:45.are talking to the squatters and will monitor the situation closely,
:13:45. > :13:48.they are also talking to the MP. I think they were both expecting
:13:48. > :13:52.squatters to take over a building in this constituency, but instead
:13:52. > :13:56.they chose the supermarket, they plan to be here for four days over
:13:56. > :13:59.the weekend. This is a huge weekend for Brighton, the first weekend of
:13:59. > :14:03.the festival, a lot of visitors and a huge boost to the local economy.
:14:03. > :14:06.Everyone is hoping that the squatters lead at the end of the
:14:06. > :14:09.weekend having made their point. Our top story tonight.
:14:09. > :14:11.A maintenance worker accused of disappearing with more than �20,000
:14:11. > :14:18.of Kent taxpayers' money has contacted this programme from China
:14:18. > :14:21.to insist he's done nothing wrong. Paul Carter was wrongly paid seven
:14:21. > :14:28.months' worth of expenses intended for the leader of the council, also
:14:28. > :14:36.called Paul Carter. Also in tonight's programme:
:14:36. > :14:39.Damon Hill gears up to race out of retirement at Brands Hatch.
:14:39. > :14:48.And singing for England, the Kent songwriter whose tune has been
:14:48. > :14:51.picked as the team anthem for Euro 2012.
:14:51. > :14:54.He risked his life to save seven people in a force 11 storm in the
:14:54. > :14:58.English channel, and today Garry Clark from Dungeness has been
:14:58. > :15:01.recognised for what has been described as his exemplary bravery.
:15:01. > :15:04.He's been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for Gallantry, one of the
:15:04. > :15:07.highest honours they can give, for his work in helping rescue the crew
:15:07. > :15:17.of a yacht being battered by huge waves in January. Claudia
:15:17. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:22.Sermbezsis has our story update. The waves were described as the
:15:22. > :15:27.size of houses. The sea was violent, the swells were six metres high.
:15:27. > :15:33.But as the Dungeness lifeboat pulled alongside the stricken yacht,
:15:33. > :15:40.rescue a Garry Clark jump. We came up on the stern of the yachts, and
:15:40. > :15:44.I got a strip -- split-second where I was able to jump across. A split
:15:44. > :15:49.second later, they were apart again. I had a moment which was lucky so I
:15:49. > :15:54.got a board. A bundle of first aid was thrown to Gary, he had to help
:15:54. > :15:58.the seven people on board. One had smashed into the helm, four were
:15:58. > :16:03.seriously seasick. They thought they were going to die. The person
:16:03. > :16:09.that was sharing a cabin with me earlier in the night had sent it by
:16:09. > :16:12.text messages to her family. The RNLI to the most beautiful job.
:16:12. > :16:17.They are prepared to go out in all weathers. It was extremely bad
:16:17. > :16:20.conditions, they were seriously jeopardising their own lives.
:16:20. > :16:24.crew of the Dungeness lifeboat are used to rough conditions, but that
:16:24. > :16:31.day in January was the worse they have ever seen. In total, they were
:16:31. > :16:37.out on the altar for 11 hours. How scary was it out there? Scary, very
:16:37. > :16:43.scary. But I have every confidence in the RNLI, they. Wonderful job.
:16:43. > :16:46.Dover lifeboat and a helicopter team were also scrambled to rescue.
:16:46. > :16:51.This afternoon, Garry Clark was singled out for been especially
:16:51. > :16:56.brave and selfless. institution's silver medal for
:16:56. > :17:01.gallantry is awarded to crew member Garry Clark. Garry Clark received
:17:01. > :17:11.one of the RNLI's highest honours for what was described as an
:17:11. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:15.outstanding act which undoubtedly saved seven lives.
:17:15. > :17:18.It's been a real labour of love, but now a huge banner fit to
:17:18. > :17:22.decorate the Queen's barge during next month's Jubilee Pageant is all
:17:22. > :17:25.but finished. It took five seamstresses and one designer four
:17:25. > :17:32.months to sew on the half a million buttons incorporated into the
:17:32. > :17:35.banner's design, getting through 250 needles in the process. Peter
:17:35. > :17:44.Whittlesea has been to Margate as the devoted team near the end of
:17:44. > :17:48.their royal appointment. It is a familiar image that is on
:17:48. > :17:51.everything from your passport to the coins in your pocket. But you
:17:51. > :17:57.have to be on the bottom up to notice what is and different about
:17:58. > :18:03.this. It is a memorial coat-of-arms -- you have to be on at the bottom.
:18:03. > :18:07.A tiny section like this, you have to be about a couple of hours.
:18:07. > :18:11.selling on military buttons at the moment, they are very bright and
:18:11. > :18:15.give the piece a bit of depth. If you are trying to describe
:18:15. > :18:21.something three-dimensional, you have a lot of buttons, and when it
:18:21. > :18:25.is darker, you have less buttons. The banner will form part of the
:18:25. > :18:31.centrepiece of the Thames Jubilee pageant, flying from the spirit of
:18:31. > :18:36.Chartwell which will carry the Queen. The artwork was inspired by
:18:36. > :18:42.pearly kings and queens, combining two of the capital's traditions.
:18:42. > :18:46.would be nice to be make a piece about the royal family which is
:18:46. > :18:54.also about the alternative -- alternative royal family of the
:18:54. > :19:00.east end, so we have the two while families dovetailed. Well in a tree
:19:00. > :19:04.runs through her most popular works. They have -- or royalty. They have
:19:04. > :19:09.been snapped up by the likes of Elton John. On the day he itself,
:19:09. > :19:12.she will be watching just in case there are unforeseen problems.
:19:12. > :19:16.will be standing on the Millennium Bridge, hopefully it will be
:19:16. > :19:22.passing underneath us, I will be looking out for any buttons that
:19:22. > :19:32.might have be falling off, and I will chuck a sewing kit onto the
:19:32. > :19:38.boat! The buttons or also on by hand, and it was no quick fix. Even
:19:38. > :19:41.a humble button can be transformed into a gift fit for the Queen.
:19:41. > :19:44.That is a lot of buttons! Damon Hill became Formula One world
:19:45. > :19:48.champion in 1996 at a time when Michael Schumacher was at the peak
:19:48. > :19:52.of his powers, arguably one of the best drivers this country has ever
:19:52. > :19:55.produced. But for the last 13 years, he hasn't raced competitively. But
:19:55. > :19:58.this weekend, he is coming out of retirement to race at Brands Hatch
:19:58. > :20:04.in a special event to raise money to support young people with a
:20:05. > :20:10.learning disability. Neil Bell reports.
:20:10. > :20:15.Damon Hill is one of the most popular and respected drivers in
:20:15. > :20:20.British motor racing history. Bayman hell, it's world champion. -
:20:20. > :20:23.- Damon Hill, world champion. Against the odds, he rose to the
:20:23. > :20:27.top in the highly competitive world of Formula One. Today he was back
:20:27. > :20:32.on the track and he could hardly believe it was over a decade since
:20:32. > :20:36.his last race. I don't understand, it comes back like you have never
:20:36. > :20:41.been a way, that is the bizarre thing like this doing something you
:20:41. > :20:45.have done a lot. It is like no time has elapsed at all. It is good fun
:20:45. > :20:50.until you start to get competitive, then it starts to fall apart again!
:20:50. > :20:55.After a long apprenticeship, Damon Hill began his F1 career in 1992.
:20:55. > :21:01.He won the British bomb Prix at Silverstone in 1994, -- Grand Prix,
:21:01. > :21:06.and two years later, he was Formula One champion. Four Damon Hill is a
:21:06. > :21:10.huge they. He had to fight hard to get into Formula One, even though
:21:10. > :21:15.he had the name, he still had to get in and perform to become the
:21:15. > :21:18.world champion. I grew up watching him racing in Formula One so it is
:21:18. > :21:26.a hero, it is great to hear him racing here in front of a home
:21:26. > :21:31.crowd. He will compete in the Soroka Cup on Saturday. He will get
:21:31. > :21:35.a chance to compete with his mates, raise the money for charity, and
:21:35. > :21:41.drive round Brands Hatch once again. I know like -- I know this place
:21:41. > :21:49.like the back of my hand, I could go with it blindfold round. I have
:21:49. > :21:53.been coming here since I was a tiny child. I have raced here. So where
:21:53. > :22:03.better to finish an illustrious career, and just for a few minutes,
:22:03. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:07.relive some of the magic moment of your past.
:22:07. > :22:11.The Olympic Torch Relay starts tomorrow at Lands End, and details
:22:11. > :22:14.of how you can get a ticket for the live show when it stops at Dover on
:22:14. > :22:17.Wednesday 18th July have been released. Rizzle Kicks will be
:22:17. > :22:20.performing at the evening stage event on Marine Parade. A crowd of
:22:20. > :22:25.16,000 people is expected and the free tickets will be awarded by
:22:25. > :22:28.ballot. You can register on the Ticketmaster website from 31st May.
:22:28. > :22:31.And I'll be presenting a special live programme from Dover,
:22:31. > :22:36.alongside Kent's double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes
:22:36. > :22:39.that evening at 7pm. Over the years, it's fair to say
:22:39. > :22:42.that music and football have been uneasy bedfellows. In fact, some of
:22:42. > :22:46.the world's worst crimes against pop music have been committed in
:22:46. > :22:50.the name of the sport. But now Paul Baker, a songwriter from Kent, is
:22:50. > :22:52.hoping to change that. His tune Sing 4 England has been chosen as
:22:52. > :23:01.England's official anthem for the team's forthcoming Euro 2012
:23:01. > :23:06.campaign. Ellie Price has the story. A manager has been chosen, the
:23:06. > :23:12.squad is in place. Today came the last decision that could secure
:23:12. > :23:18.England European Cup glory. The right song. This is our time to
:23:18. > :23:22.prove them wrong, we'll win if we stand strong. This is it. It was
:23:22. > :23:25.penned by a man from Kent. thought it was about time that can
:23:26. > :23:30.write a really good song for the euro's. I thought, I need someone
:23:30. > :23:35.good to front the song, somebody inspirational, someone who has got
:23:35. > :23:43.that ability to sing. And here is my man! You may recognise the front
:23:43. > :23:47.man, he has got experience on the pitch and in the commentary box.
:23:47. > :23:50.One I heard the song, Paul Baker wrote it, I thought, here we go, it
:23:50. > :23:54.will be another one of those that you hear it, you put your name to
:23:54. > :23:58.it and it is a load of rubbish. I thought I would listen, but the
:23:58. > :24:02.first 30 seconds, it was a proper football song. It had me gripped
:24:02. > :24:07.straight away. And everybody I played it to says it is exactly the
:24:07. > :24:17.same, brilliant, it is a wonderful, the fans can sing it on the
:24:17. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:23.terraces. Remember this? New order? John Barnes got the world in motion,
:24:23. > :24:28.as well as Gazza. What self- respecting England fan could forget
:24:28. > :24:34.this? The Lightning Seeds with a deal and Skinner with three lions.
:24:34. > :24:40.So popular, it was a pride in 1998. We never stopped believing. Then
:24:40. > :24:50.came England United, the Spice Guards, a cow and the banning them.
:24:50. > :24:53.It reached number nine in the chart. England got kicked out. This time
:24:53. > :24:59.the song is a little less ambitious, but it is good enough to go the
:24:59. > :25:04.whole way? It is surprisingly good. It is a chance for the terraces, --
:25:04. > :25:10.it is chanting for the terraces, it is catchy enough for the pop charts.
:25:11. > :25:16.It is rousing enough. The song is due for release in early June,
:25:16. > :25:25.which should give advance just enough time to learn the lyrics.
:25:25. > :25:30.Chris Kamara, cinder -- singer. The song has been launched today. How
:25:30. > :25:33.do we think the song is going to be received? I like it, and it is
:25:33. > :25:39.being launched tonight in central London. They obviously feeling
:25:39. > :25:42.quite confident, they had invited lot of celebrities. Singers,
:25:42. > :25:47.comedians and models to review it. I think the writer is pretty laid
:25:47. > :25:53.back. He wants this sum to do well, the proceeds will all go to Marie
:25:53. > :26:01.Curie cancer care. He thinks the sun has got all the crucial
:26:01. > :26:11.elements, the rhymes, the chanting, and that important word, England!
:26:11. > :26:14.We will get a cheque on the weather What a difference a day makes.
:26:14. > :26:18.Plenty of sunshine yesterday, it has been increasingly cloudy and
:26:18. > :26:23.unsettled through the afternoon today. Mostly dry tonight, a cloudy
:26:24. > :26:28.but dry start tomorrow. Increasingly unsettled through the
:26:28. > :26:33.afternoon, outbreaks of patchy light rain for us all. At the
:26:33. > :26:39.moment, we are seeing some rain clipping the south coast.
:26:39. > :26:44.Temperatures quite similar to yesterday bad feeling a bit cooler.
:26:45. > :26:50.Gentle southerly breezes. Those showers are lingering through the
:26:50. > :26:55.first part of tonight, plenty of cloud around, clearer skies by dawn.
:26:55. > :26:58.Temperatures not too bad for the time of year. A relatively mild and
:26:58. > :27:03.quite bright start of the day tomorrow, but low pressure is
:27:03. > :27:09.pushing up from the south. It will be increasingly cloudy and
:27:09. > :27:18.unsettled as well. Patchy light rain for us all. Those wins from a
:27:18. > :27:21.south-easterly direction. -- at those winds. The rain will
:27:21. > :27:28.eventually clear as to go through tomorrow night, plenty of cloud
:27:28. > :27:35.around. Again, a mild night, temperatures mostly staying in