:00:08. > :00:13.We are live tonight in Dover as the Olympic torch arrives at the iconic
:00:13. > :00:19.white cliffs. It is day 61 of the torch relay and the crowds have
:00:19. > :00:28.turned out across Sussex and Kent to celebrate. I feel like I am
:00:28. > :00:33.going to explode. It is hard not to cry. The flame was carried to Dave
:00:33. > :00:40.on a historic tall ship. These are the latest pictures as it heads
:00:40. > :00:44.into town. Also tonight, the verdict on G4S
:00:44. > :00:48.from an employee who told him the company didn't have time to sit --
:00:49. > :00:54.to train him as a security guard. No one knows what is going on. No
:00:54. > :01:01.one gets back to you. Celebrations in East Sussex after plans for a
:01:01. > :01:11.wind farm of withdrawn. And a war of words, be fight to
:01:11. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:23.save Canterbury's collection of Welcome to South East Today live
:01:23. > :01:30.from a wet and windy Dover. I can guarantee you it is not dampening
:01:30. > :01:37.the spirits here. One day 61 of the torch relay, it is due to arrive at
:01:37. > :01:42.the White Cliffs. It is a crowd of around 16,000 people. It looks like
:01:42. > :01:52.there may be more of them. There is plenty of umbrella as. Where has
:01:52. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:58.the torch beam today? It has been to Ashford, Sandgate and Riley. It
:01:58. > :02:07.will come here where the torch will be lit up just before 8pm. Sara
:02:07. > :02:14.Smith has been following the torch on its route today.
:02:14. > :02:23.Less running, more riding as the torch set off today making its
:02:23. > :02:32.descent in Hastings. From then on, it was a more traditional mode of
:02:32. > :02:40.transport, carried by the people it visited. By the time it reached
:02:40. > :02:47.right, enthusiasm was as high as ever. It is as old as the Olympics.
:02:47. > :02:57.We are proud to be part of it. EC's Hamstreet. There have been
:02:57. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:10.people here for more than two hours Beautiful, brilliant, great.
:03:10. > :03:20.can't believe they're so many people in Hamstreet. The stars of
:03:20. > :03:30.the show whether torch bearers. am looking forward to it. Bigging
:03:30. > :03:30.
:03:30. > :03:37.up the crowd. He sets off. It is a great feeling. Historical moment.
:03:37. > :03:40.It was great to see that flame. Relatively few crowd members will
:03:40. > :03:50.remember the last British Alan Pakes. Even if you're would have
:03:50. > :03:55.seen the last torch relay at. last time, there was 20 people and
:03:55. > :04:03.one person with the torch. Was it different this time? Much different
:04:03. > :04:13.but better. Each torchbearer was greeted with the same cheers. In
:04:13. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:24.Hythe, it was Olivia Willard's 10. Reward for her fund-raising. Just
:04:24. > :04:32.as you thought the crowds couldn't get any louder, the procession
:04:32. > :04:35.arrived in Sandgate. What a contrast when it dipped into the
:04:35. > :04:45.Channel tunnel before emerging into the light and the noise once again.
:04:45. > :04:47.
:04:47. > :04:53.For his last journey of the day, it took to the Channel again on a tall
:04:53. > :05:01.ship before it moves on to light the cauldron.
:05:01. > :05:11.Where exactly has it been today? Day 61, it started this morning in
:05:11. > :05:13.
:05:13. > :05:19.Hastings. It went to Hamstreet, Ashford, Sandgate, Ashford and
:05:19. > :05:27.Folkestone. Tonight it is being hosted by a Dame Kelly Holmes and
:05:27. > :05:32.Rob Smith. What a privilege. What can we expect tonight? It is going
:05:32. > :05:42.to be amazing. The crowd is very excited. We are looking forward to
:05:42. > :05:48.it. It is a great atmosphere. It is miserable weather. People are still
:05:48. > :05:58.absolutely loving yet. They have tested the torch so it can
:05:58. > :05:59.
:05:59. > :06:03.withstand conditions like this. it can stand being in Dover Harbour,
:06:04. > :06:13.a can withstand anything. doesn't dampen their spirits. They
:06:14. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:19.are out in force. All throughout today it, people have been out on
:06:19. > :06:23.the route with smiles on their faces despite the weather. Before
:06:23. > :06:28.this started, they thought this would lose enthusiasm as it has
:06:28. > :06:34.gone round. Not a bit. It is building and building. They got
:06:34. > :06:38.here at 2pm and they were already lining up at the front of the stage.
:06:38. > :06:44.I will be down there later. You will be talking to some of the
:06:44. > :06:52.torch bearers that will be taking part. Absolutely. Also talking to
:06:52. > :07:00.Steve Backley and Hugh Robertson. get to have a chat with Dame Kelly
:07:00. > :07:05.Holmes. We are looking forward to it. From the very blustery day over,
:07:05. > :07:11.we will hand back to the studio for now.
:07:11. > :07:15.A man who was offered an Olympic job by G4S says he is now being
:07:15. > :07:18.turned away because a security company says it hasn't got time to
:07:18. > :07:23.train him. Dan Corke passed the screening
:07:23. > :07:27.process, got a contract and a pay roll number. He has described the
:07:27. > :07:30.situation as a fiasco after the firm said it cannot provide enough
:07:30. > :07:34.guards for the Games. After months of trying to find out
:07:34. > :07:37.what was happening, Dan Corke went to Stratford on Monday for final
:07:37. > :07:43.training and to get his accreditation. Only to be turned
:07:43. > :07:51.away because the company was overwhelmed. It is a fiasco. No one
:07:51. > :08:00.knows what is going on. There is no organisation whatsoever.
:08:00. > :08:06.important was that job? I put a lot of effort into it. Months of work.
:08:06. > :08:12.As far as wanting to work, it has been a nightmare. He applied for
:08:12. > :08:15.the job in December and was told he qualified when he chased things up
:08:15. > :08:23.and he received an e-mail telling them to give us time over this busy
:08:23. > :08:27.period. G4S do not have enough staff ready, leading to an
:08:27. > :08:33.admission to MPs yesterday. It is a humiliating shambles for the
:08:33. > :08:40.company. Yes or no? I cannot disagree with you. G4S has said it
:08:40. > :08:43.has run out of time to process all applicants. It seems like this
:08:43. > :08:47.organisation has behaved incompetently. There must be
:08:47. > :08:53.something we can do to punish the company for its incompetence.
:08:53. > :08:58.parts of Kent have been caught up in the G4S debacle. Troops here in
:08:58. > :09:03.Canterbury have had to go up to London to fill in security roles
:09:03. > :09:08.that the company itself was -- for the company that was unable to
:09:08. > :09:17.provide. It is frightening if they can't find people's paper work,
:09:17. > :09:21.can't find contacts. Dan Corke was unable to get answers today. They
:09:21. > :09:31.company told us it is sorry it some people have experienced
:09:31. > :09:36.
:09:37. > :09:42.Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in
:09:42. > :09:44.Brighton and left with a blood clot on the brain. The 29 year-old was
:09:44. > :09:48.attacked on North Street just before 6 o'clock on Saturday
:09:48. > :09:54.morning. He was taken to hospital in Haywards Heath for treatment to
:09:54. > :09:57.his head and facial injuries. Two men aged 23 and 24 from Brighton
:09:57. > :10:02.and 27 year-old man from Lewes has been arrested.
:10:02. > :10:05.The unemployment late in the wider south-east has remained unchanged
:10:05. > :10:10.at 6.3% this month. One of the lowest in the country according to
:10:10. > :10:16.figures released this morning. The proportion of unemployed people
:10:16. > :10:19.aged 16 and over was 8.1% for the same period.
:10:19. > :10:23.Plans for one of the South East's largest wind farm suffered a
:10:23. > :10:27.setback today when developers withdrew their application.
:10:27. > :10:33.Campaigners near Polegate in the Sussex said they are delighted that
:10:33. > :10:35.the company behind the plans are having a rethink and it has been
:10:35. > :10:40.known that they are going to try again.
:10:40. > :10:46.For one man, this is good news. The five turbines will be in a road
:10:46. > :10:51.over her from his house. The test mast is in place and the turbines
:10:51. > :10:56.will be half as tall again. There are family homes here that would be
:10:56. > :11:00.deemed unsuitable for living accommodation which will in effect
:11:00. > :11:06.evict those families from those homes. We are not against Green
:11:06. > :11:11.Energy Solutions, we are against the location. It is the power of
:11:11. > :11:15.the turbines that makes them so effective. Twice the height of
:11:15. > :11:23.Nelson's Column, almost the size of the London Eye, producing enough
:11:23. > :11:33.energy to power nearly 7000 houses a year. A report into this runs to
:11:33. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:36.70 pages but its conclusion can be turbines would be too big. That his
:11:36. > :11:41.wife are now council officers have said they don't want these plans to
:11:41. > :11:45.go ahead. -- that is why. The developers need to come back
:11:45. > :11:50.with any plans taking into account the views and their houses.
:11:50. > :11:53.A last February, plans for a wind farm of the Brighton coast were
:11:53. > :11:59.unveiled but it emerged parts of the South Downs National Park would
:11:59. > :12:06.have to be dug up for the cabling. Last winter, the wind turbines off
:12:06. > :12:10.the Thanet only renting half its capacity. There is pressure to save
:12:10. > :12:16.money by cutting subsidies to companies that built them. We will
:12:16. > :12:21.not give up. This is a beginning of how we think about the production
:12:21. > :12:26.of energy and we want to be part of that movement of change. This is
:12:26. > :12:31.Polegate producing energy for the rest of Britain. It is fabulous.
:12:31. > :12:36.They hope to come up with new plans in the next six months.
:12:36. > :12:41.Our top story: Thousands of people have gathered on the streets of
:12:41. > :12:51.Sussex and Kent to watch the Olympic torch relay. On day 61 of
:12:51. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:58.its journey, the flame has been to Hamstreet, Ashford, Hythe, Ramsgate
:12:58. > :13:01.and Sampfire Hoe. Also, a war of words: The fight to save
:13:01. > :13:08.Canterbury's unique collection of it -- many scripts.
:13:08. > :13:12.A it has been a cloudy and breezy day. Well it's stayed dry for the
:13:12. > :13:22.lighting of the cauldron? If you have a story you think we
:13:22. > :13:41.
:13:42. > :13:45.should be covering, we were glad to An academic from the University of
:13:45. > :13:50.Kent says the sale of a collection of historic documents would punch a
:13:50. > :13:52.heart-breaking hole in its resources. Parts of the Mendham
:13:52. > :13:57.Collection, which is kept at Canterbury Cathedral, is due to be
:13:57. > :13:59.sold off by the Law Society later this year. But the University and
:13:59. > :14:08.the Cathedral say the collection should be kept together. Ellie
:14:08. > :14:13.Price reports. A collection of medieval
:14:13. > :14:17.manuscripts and rare books that up until today contain around 5,000
:14:17. > :14:20.items. It deters 400 years of the development of the Christian church
:14:20. > :14:25.and has been kept under the custodianship of Canterbury
:14:25. > :14:28.Cathedral and the University of Kent for 30 years. This collection
:14:28. > :14:34.is incredibly important as a witness to the development of
:14:34. > :14:38.Christianity in England and on the Continent. What happened today is
:14:38. > :14:44.that the most valuable items from that collection, about 300 of them
:14:44. > :14:49.were taken from these shelves, and you can see the gaps beside me.
:14:49. > :14:53.cathedral houses around 35,000 items and the Mendham Collection
:14:53. > :14:57.made up around one-seventh of that. To lose so many books and
:14:57. > :15:01.manuscripts is a massive blow to anyone interested in four centuries
:15:01. > :15:07.of Christianity. The collection starts with texts that might have
:15:07. > :15:12.been read by Martin Luther in the late 15th century. Martin Luther
:15:12. > :15:18.really did come up for the idea of the Protestant church on the toilet.
:15:18. > :15:22.It paved the way for the Church of England many years later. For more
:15:22. > :15:28.serious scholars the collection is a valuable resource. What is
:15:28. > :15:34.interesting about this book is the number of very fine illustrations
:15:34. > :15:40.but what has been removed it today were missals with an even larger
:15:40. > :15:50.and more interesting illustrations. In a statement today the Law
:15:50. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:56.Both say they will consider the offer but with some of the most
:15:56. > :16:03.valuable items already at the auction house, they fear they may
:16:03. > :16:06.be too late. Let's return to the subject of the
:16:06. > :16:09.Olympic Torch. All day you've been sending us some
:16:09. > :16:19.fantastic pictures of the Torch Relay. Please keep them coming.
:16:19. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:39.Here's a selection of some of the Holly Len's picture tells a 1,000
:16:39. > :16:49.words in Hamstreet. This one is from Hyde. This is the mood in
:16:49. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:09.The Torch is in Dover so let us return there now. Polly and a crowd
:17:09. > :17:11.of thousands of people are waiting for the final torch-bearer of the
:17:11. > :17:16.day. Polly I believe there's another Olympian to keep you
:17:16. > :17:20.company? I had indeed. A close to the Torch gets to London, the
:17:20. > :17:25.closer we are to the Olympic Games. Someone who knows about the
:17:25. > :17:29.excitement and anticipation is Steve Backley. He is a javelin
:17:29. > :17:35.thrower and a Kent-based athlete. How did it feel at this stage when
:17:35. > :17:42.you are approaching the Olympics? This is the home straight. It just
:17:42. > :17:47.gets more and more exciting. The athletes have had aimed for year
:17:47. > :17:51.planner and they have done all the hard work. It is all about getting
:17:51. > :17:54.your head right and not been distracted. You will not see them
:17:54. > :17:57.on the dance floor tonight. It is about getting your head right and
:17:57. > :18:05.staying out of the limelight a little bit until you dive into it
:18:05. > :18:10.fully. You just have to let yourself do yourself justice. Of
:18:10. > :18:16.course, for an athlete, if that is your first games, a home games will
:18:16. > :18:21.be enormous. Just walking out into a home stadium will be incredible.
:18:21. > :18:28.What do you think our hopes are metal wires? Everyone is optimistic.
:18:28. > :18:33.I am very wary of trying to predict medal hopes. 47 last time in
:18:33. > :18:39.Beijing, 19 gold. I think we can beat that. Maybe more than 20 gold
:18:39. > :18:43.and over 50 overall. That would be a huge target and we are capable of
:18:43. > :18:48.it. Thank you. The bidder taking are today are the Torch bearers. We
:18:48. > :18:53.have got have and Rachel. Thank you very much for joining us. You were
:18:53. > :18:57.both from Ashford, how was it when you took to the streets? It was
:18:57. > :19:01.really amazing, just to be able to be there with other family who have
:19:01. > :19:06.come from all over the country to support and all the friends along
:19:06. > :19:11.the sidelines who were cheering you on, it was amazing. Did you find a
:19:11. > :19:16.really amazing? It was incredible. Everybody came at and supported us
:19:16. > :19:20.on the route. The real thing about the Olympics as it is great to be
:19:20. > :19:25.part of it. When we were carrying our Torch, it was the only one in
:19:25. > :19:29.the whole of the world and we were the only one carrying a. It was a
:19:29. > :19:32.great responsibility. What we do with a Torch? I am taking it
:19:32. > :19:36.university to show all of my friends there and take it into the
:19:36. > :19:41.local hospital and I will show all my family and friends as well.
:19:41. > :19:45.Rach relations to birth of year. Thank you very much for talking to
:19:45. > :19:52.us. There are many, many Torch bearers taking part and many of
:19:52. > :19:58.them have a very moving stories, including a young man from Ramsgate
:19:58. > :20:02.who discovered that four members of his family had cancer.
:20:02. > :20:07.When I was first given the Torch on the coach it felt as though time
:20:07. > :20:11.stop. He handed me the Torch and said good luck to everyone on the
:20:11. > :20:16.bus. We cheered like mad. I stepped out and everyone on the Street
:20:16. > :20:21.roared. I felt tiny compared to the size of the crowd. The policeman
:20:21. > :20:27.said I had about 20 seconds and my legs turned to jelly. He said I
:20:27. > :20:37.would be fine. The lady came over and she put the Torch on mind and
:20:37. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:45.we had a hard and then I went off. My heart was just beating. We have
:20:45. > :20:48.had a very tough time. I find it very hard to talk about it. My
:20:48. > :20:53.sister and my mum, we have stuck together so well as a family
:20:53. > :20:57.despite everything bad that has happened, with all the cancer. We
:20:58. > :21:04.have always been very close and when I saw their faces, it fills me
:21:05. > :21:09.up and makes me so happy. Honestly, it is told not to cry. You feel all
:21:09. > :21:18.your emotions stirring up beside you and it is amazing. I will never
:21:18. > :21:23.forget it ever. Rizzle Kicks are entertaining the crowd here and the
:21:23. > :21:26.Torch is making its way to Dover. Our reporter is there now. It is
:21:26. > :21:31.expected imminently. Any sign of the lack?
:21:31. > :21:35.Yes, it came a few moments ago. It was up on the tower about five
:21:36. > :21:41.minutes ago. Graham Hutchison, a 52-year-old and a local man carried
:21:41. > :21:48.it up with 144 steps to the top of the keep and handed it over to a
:21:48. > :21:53.13-year-old, Sophie Waller, who is a national swimmer. They said back
:21:53. > :21:59.off again. It is are, of course very exposed and windy up here. It
:21:59. > :22:07.is cloudy as well. It is dramatic and there are more historic,
:22:07. > :22:15.dramatic and iconic landmarks -- there were few more historic
:22:15. > :22:19.landmarks than this. There is another Torch Relay being run by
:22:19. > :22:23.enthusiastic amateur runners who are going to run the whole distance.
:22:23. > :22:28.This is one of the local runners who will be doing now. In a few
:22:28. > :22:36.minutes' time you will take over your Torch Relay. Yes, I will run
:22:36. > :22:42.to Deal any moment now. Why are you doing it? This is a charity event
:22:42. > :22:47.raising money. We have run every step of the 8,000 miles of the
:22:47. > :22:50.Torch Relay with no buses or trains or anything. You're not taking
:22:50. > :22:57.anything away from the official relay but you want to do the whole
:22:57. > :23:07.thing? Absolutely. There are about 10 mile legs for each leg and we do
:23:07. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:18.it every day. Very best of luck. Here is there relay team. Travis
:23:18. > :23:28.full takeover in just a minute. Where have you come from? I have
:23:28. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:33.come from high youth. That is an excellent effort.
:23:33. > :23:38.They really are very special locations that the Torch has been
:23:39. > :23:42.visiting here in Dover. They are iconic locations. I am lucky enough
:23:42. > :23:48.to be here on the stage later on when it arrives here and the
:23:48. > :23:55.cauldron get slit. Join us for a special programme but for now I
:23:55. > :24:05.will hand you back to the studio. Five in a few moments time Dame
:24:05. > :24:05.
:24:05. > :24:09.Kelly Holmes will be presenting a special live programme from Dover.
:24:09. > :24:19.Tomorrow's is the relay's third full day in the South East. If you
:24:19. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:29.want to catch a glimpse of it, this BBC Radio Kent will be broadcasting
:24:29. > :24:35.live from Deal for their breakfast programme tomorrow morning. The
:24:35. > :24:40.court will travel towards Thanet, Canterbury and Maidstone.
:24:40. > :24:50.Throughout the week you can get involved in the Torch Relay on
:24:50. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :24:59.Let us get the all-important Let us get the all-important
:24:59. > :25:04.forecast now. Rachel, it is fair to say it has been pretty wet.
:25:04. > :25:09.It is a very great picture here now. It has been clouded throughout the
:25:09. > :25:15.day with outbreaks of rain. It is a cloudy and breezy picture with
:25:15. > :25:20.quite a muggy night. This is the satellite and radar Chard from
:25:20. > :25:25.earlier with plenty of cloud around and outbreaks of rain. Breeziness
:25:25. > :25:34.around. The torches heading from Hastings to Dover and at the moment
:25:34. > :25:38.it is a great picture.. It feels much cooler than the numbers
:25:38. > :25:47.suggest. Tonight the rain will ease. Plenty of cloud with a muddy field
:25:47. > :25:52.to the night. Tomorrow we start the day and it will be mostly dry but
:25:52. > :25:57.there is a chance of a shower from the word go. The Torch will travel
:25:57. > :26:07.to Canterbury and then to Maidstone. It is a breezy picture with
:26:07. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:11.westerly winds. Temperatures in the mid-teens. The best advice is to go
:26:11. > :26:21.out with a brolly. If you do get a shower where it will be pretty
:26:21. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:27.heavy but they are pretty hit and miss. The winds will ease off. The
:26:27. > :26:30.Torch will be leaving the South East and there is a chance of
:26:30. > :26:34.seeing a shower again. As we head towards the weekend we have high
:26:34. > :26:41.pressure building so in the next couple of days there is a chance of
:26:41. > :26:45.seeing a showers but the temperatures are increasing.
:26:45. > :26:49.Temperatures creeping up towards average for Saturday with plenty of
:26:49. > :26:54.sunshine and then through the weekend we could even see 22 on
:26:54. > :26:59.Sunday. Finally some much wanted sunshine. In the next couple of
:26:59. > :27:01.days the Torch makes its way through the South East and on to