:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. A Kent woman who put up �20,000 in bail money for the
:00:15. > :00:18.Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says she has no regrets, even
:00:18. > :00:21.though she may never see the money again. Assange spent months living
:00:21. > :00:28.with Sarah Saunders after she helped to free him from Wandsworth
:00:28. > :00:30.prison. But as Assange has now skipped bail and sought asylum in
:00:30. > :00:40.the Ecuadorian embassy, in London, the money could now be forfeited.
:00:40. > :00:44.This report from our News Correspondent Paul Siegert.
:00:44. > :00:48.United States must renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks.
:00:48. > :00:53.at the centre of one of the biggest news stories of the decade and is
:00:53. > :00:58.wanted for questioning in two continents. He had been staying on
:00:58. > :01:04.the outs guts of Tunbridge Wells women with Sarah Saunders, walking
:01:04. > :01:10.the dog and even doing the cooking. That is what I do for a living so
:01:10. > :01:14.it is nice to see someone else do it. He swapped the house in Kent
:01:14. > :01:18.for the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a move that came out of the
:01:18. > :01:27.blue for Sarah Saunders. I was at work and I came back and he just
:01:27. > :01:32.was not there, and I thought, it got to that time when things could
:01:32. > :01:38.have been going wrong, and I waited for the phone call. And then I got
:01:39. > :01:42.a text, to say that everything was OK. The decision to seek asylum in
:01:42. > :01:47.the Ecuadorian embassy means that Sarah Saunders might never see a
:01:47. > :01:52.�20,000 bail money ever again. is my kids' future, it is a
:01:52. > :01:56.sacrifice, but it is my obligation and I stand by it. It was the right
:01:56. > :02:01.thing to do, to put that money up at the time and it is still the
:02:01. > :02:07.right thing to do and I have to accept that loss. Despite facing
:02:07. > :02:11.charges of sexual assault in Max Weedon, Sarah Saunders is supporter
:02:11. > :02:17.of Julian Assange and hopes that he is not extradited to America before
:02:17. > :02:27.he returns to face any legal proceedings in Sweden. And you can
:02:27. > :02:30.watch an extended interview with The government is being urged to
:02:30. > :02:38.honour its pledge to safeguard green belt areas in the south East
:02:38. > :02:40.in the face of plans for thousands of new homes. The Campaign to
:02:40. > :02:43.Protect Rural England and local protesters claim green belt land
:02:43. > :02:46.around cities and towns across England is under threat, from bids
:02:46. > :02:49.to build more than 81,000 homes, as well as new roads, industrial parks,
:02:49. > :02:52.mines and airport expansion. In Kent, there's particular concern
:02:52. > :02:56.for parts of Gravesham. Our concern with in Kent has been not only what
:02:56. > :03:02.has happened at Gravesham, where the council decided it was too
:03:02. > :03:11.expensive to build within the brownfield area, which should be
:03:11. > :03:14.the first option, therefore going straight to the green belt.
:03:14. > :03:16.amount of railway capacity on the main Brighton to London line is
:03:16. > :03:19.reaching crisis point according to campaigners. The Brighton Main Line
:03:19. > :03:22.Two Project wants to reopen the Lewes to Uckfield line and build a
:03:22. > :03:24.new railway through the South Downs to improve transport links in
:03:24. > :03:29.Sussex. It believes the current Thameslink programme to increase
:03:29. > :03:34.capacity on the Brighton Line is inadequate. Rural businesses in
:03:34. > :03:39.Kent said they had been left out of pocket after Cable thieves
:03:39. > :03:44.attempted to steal copper wire and cut through internet lines. It is
:03:44. > :03:48.the second time that the village has been targeted. In -- it is
:03:48. > :03:53.rural businesses that suffer with an unreliable internet service.
:03:53. > :03:57.These holiday ones were full, no the large bunk houses empty and a
:03:57. > :04:02.small bunkhouse is it into, as is the bar and a lodge and the
:04:02. > :04:09.campsite has only two families. are certain that it is the loss of
:04:09. > :04:14.telephone and e-mail that has caused this. British Telecom has
:04:14. > :04:19.got to get a grip of this because it is the third time this year.
:04:19. > :04:24.crime in question is the theft of copper lines. Copper is highly
:04:24. > :04:29.prized on the open market. The theft means that e-mail inquiries
:04:29. > :04:33.cannot be answered and with a hit and miss Moore will signal even
:04:33. > :04:36.making a call can be put at risk, too. The owners of an art studio
:04:37. > :04:42.would hope to be full of customers on a Bank Holiday Monday, but not
:04:42. > :04:47.today. They do not think of the effect on anyone living in the area,
:04:47. > :04:52.it looks very remote and well and others like but there are lots of
:04:52. > :04:56.businesses and residents, and it affects everything that you do.
:04:56. > :05:01.days on, British Telecom have got things back up and running and a
:05:01. > :05:05.working with the police and using new technology to catch the
:05:05. > :05:13.criminals were over they strike but the problem is rural customers can
:05:13. > :05:16.never be sure when they will log on and find that it has happened again.
:05:16. > :05:19.The 100th anniversary of the opening of a Kent colliery is being
:05:19. > :05:22.celebrated at a festival in Aylesham in a bid to keep the
:05:22. > :05:25.miners' community spirit alive. The first coal was bought to the
:05:25. > :05:28.surface of Snowdown Colliery in November 1912. The Kent Miners
:05:28. > :05:32.Festival is in its fourth year, but it is being stepped up this year to
:05:32. > :05:35.make sure people remember the county's mining history. We have
:05:35. > :05:39.lost the collieries now, so it is important to remember the
:05:39. > :05:44.communities, and the mining communities are still here, and we
:05:44. > :05:48.have to remember them and all of the heritage that came with it. It
:05:48. > :05:55.is about remembering our fathers and grandfathers and all of the
:05:55. > :06:02.miners who have gone before us. are unsure -- Time now for the
:06:02. > :06:12.weather forecast. There is some rain on the way. If you are putting
:06:12. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:21.out the washing, bring it in It is slowly but surely creeping
:06:21. > :06:25.towards us throughout the evening. Some sunshine, before that main
:06:25. > :06:29.area of rain a rise. There will be a pit of brightness, maybe one or
:06:29. > :06:32.two spots of rain, but by the time we get too late evening that band
:06:32. > :06:39.of rain will come true. It is not going to be particularly heavy and
:06:39. > :06:45.has not want to last all night. It should be gone by the morning.
:06:45. > :06:51.Tomorrow, it will be a nice day with sunny spells. Winds will be
:06:51. > :06:55.light, temperatures getting up to 22 Celsius, so getting up in time
:06:55. > :07:01.to work, and the weather will be beautiful outside, surprise,
:07:01. > :07:05.surprise! The computer is overdoing the extent of the rain here, but it
:07:05. > :07:12.is going to be overcast on Wednesday, but still not cold,