:00:11. > :00:14.Welcome to South East Today. Tonight's top stories: 1,000 more
:00:14. > :00:19.protesters are expected at an oil drilling site despite company claims
:00:19. > :00:24.production in Sussex is unlikely. The Kent cricketer facing corruption
:00:24. > :00:34.charges in an investigation into match fixing in Bangladesh.
:00:34. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:41.Saved by his own fat. The man who survived a deadly flesh-eating bug.
:00:41. > :00:44.I think it would've been more dangerous if I was smaller.
:00:44. > :00:51.The 92-year-old Korean War veteran fighting for a medal to recognise
:00:51. > :00:54.his bravery. And we did like to be beside the
:00:54. > :01:04.seaside. How Kent company Sunbeam captured memories for millions in
:01:04. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:16.the decades before digital. Good evening. Up to 1,000 more
:01:16. > :01:20.anti-fracking protesters are expected to gather in Sussex despite
:01:20. > :01:22.the oil company Cuadrilla announcing it is unlikely to move to full scale
:01:22. > :01:25.production at its exploratory drilling site there. On this
:01:25. > :01:28.programme last night we broke the news that the company believes other
:01:28. > :01:30.sites will have better transport links and infrastructure. Our
:01:30. > :01:34.reporter is in Balcombe now. Despite Cuadrilla's statement, the
:01:35. > :01:39.campaigners are vowing to keep the pressure on.
:01:39. > :01:45.Absolutely. Anyone expecting to see street parties as a result of this
:01:46. > :01:50.announcement, there are some way off the truth. The announcement from
:01:50. > :01:58.Cuadrilla has been met with universal cynicism here. Protesters
:01:58. > :02:08.say they remain here and the protests continue.
:02:08. > :02:08.
:02:09. > :02:14.Campaigners lead the line. Doubt may have been cast over full production
:02:14. > :02:23.here, but the protesters say nothing has changed. They have said the word
:02:23. > :02:30.unlikely. We think they are scared because of opposition. If we don't,
:02:30. > :02:35.as a country, agree and make a stand that we believe this is
:02:35. > :02:43.unacceptable, this could go anywhere. That was the message from
:02:43. > :02:47.many today. Is not here, then where? Often when there are public
:02:47. > :02:53.relations issues, you often get legal challenges. Bid could be that
:02:53. > :02:58.the path of least resistance is to go somewhere where the opposition is
:02:58. > :03:08.not as strong. This is the area they currently have an exploration
:03:08. > :03:14.licence for. It is not a great site for production. That is a different
:03:14. > :03:20.thing from exploration. Exploration for oil is a short-term project. If
:03:20. > :03:29.the protesters would let us get on and do our work, we would be
:03:29. > :03:39.finished in a few months. 1000 extra activists are expected for the start
:03:39. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:46.of a five-day action camp on Friday. One campaigner today was a Dutch MP.
:03:46. > :03:49.There was a town in the Netherlands that knew nothing about shale gas or
:03:49. > :03:56.fracking. There was no information from the government. Together with
:03:56. > :04:02.local residents, I got a moratorium on shale gas drilling in the
:04:02. > :04:07.Netherlands. I am here to support the local people. I am here to
:04:07. > :04:14.learn. I am interested in the strategy and tactics from the local
:04:14. > :04:20.groups. Now the eyes of Europe are turning to Sussex.
:04:20. > :04:27.I am joined now by a local resident. You have protested against
:04:27. > :04:34.the site being here today. What are your principal concerns, as a
:04:34. > :04:36.villager? I am concerned for our world water, for a, our safety. I am
:04:36. > :04:45.also concerned about the industrialisation of a beautiful
:04:45. > :04:49.part of England. There are licenses sold all over this country. This
:04:49. > :04:58.could spread like wildfire. David Cameron says we need to get behind
:04:58. > :05:02.fracking. The people behind you need to get behind this. The first thing
:05:02. > :05:07.he said in the Telegraph was that it would bring down the price of gas
:05:07. > :05:15.for consumers. That is simply not true. Everyone says that is not
:05:15. > :05:22.true. Deregulator says that is not true. I think he has been badly
:05:22. > :05:27.advised. His assertions are essentially not right. We cannot sit
:05:28. > :05:32.in the dark. We have a good arrangement with no to supply gas.
:05:32. > :05:37.It is working well. There is no problem with political difficulties
:05:37. > :05:42.as they might be worth some other suppliers. It is going well. We are
:05:42. > :05:48.not in a crisis. We have fossil fuel coming through to bridge the gap
:05:48. > :05:53.until we can get alternative technologies into place for when the
:05:53. > :05:57.fossil fuels run out. Thank you. Opposition here remains as strong as
:05:57. > :06:01.ever. The Kent cricketer Darren Stevens is
:06:01. > :06:03.facing charges of failing to report a corrupt approach as part of a
:06:03. > :06:06.major investigation into illegal betting and match fixing in
:06:06. > :06:09.Bangladesh. The 37-year-old all rounder denies any wrong-doing while
:06:09. > :06:14.playing for the Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League in
:06:14. > :06:24.February. The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption and
:06:24. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:35.security unit is investigating. Here's not in the class of Freddie
:06:35. > :06:39.Flintoff or Ian Bolton, but Darren Stevens is a respected cricketer. He
:06:39. > :06:49.is now being investigated by cricket authorities for match fixing.
:06:49. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:06.Earlier today, he issued a scrupulous. Following a
:07:06. > :07:11.comprehensive investigation carried out recently, nine individuals have
:07:11. > :07:17.been charged with various offences that are alleged to have been
:07:17. > :07:24.committed under the anti-corruption court. Potentially, this is very
:07:24. > :07:30.serious and could carry a five-year sentence or ban from the game. He
:07:30. > :07:36.has not been charged with spot fixing. We have to be clear on that.
:07:36. > :07:42.He has been charged with failing to report an approach. Darren Stevens
:07:42. > :07:47.is expected to play for Kent tomorrow. His career, however,
:07:47. > :07:50.remains under threat. In a moment, why a former MI6 agent
:07:50. > :07:59.is going on hunger strike in Sussex in support of a Guantanamo Bay
:07:59. > :08:03.prisoner. Doctors say a man who was almost
:08:03. > :08:12.killed by a flesh eating bug may well have survived because he was
:08:12. > :08:16.clinically obese. Russell Kimble from Chatham weighed 27 stone when
:08:16. > :08:18.he went to hospital for a routine operation, and picked up the highly
:08:18. > :08:22.dangerous infection necrotising fasciitis. He very nearly died,
:08:22. > :08:25.having to undergo 20 operations to cut away infected layers of skin. He
:08:25. > :08:28.spent nine days in a coma. But he has now recovered, and is getting
:08:28. > :08:38.married later in the year. This report does contain some graphic
:08:38. > :08:43.photos of his injuries. Russel Kemble weighed 27 stone when
:08:43. > :08:50.he went into hospital for a routine operation. Within 24 hours, he
:08:50. > :08:53.picked up a potentially lethal flesh eating bacteria. The hospital ran
:08:54. > :08:59.some tests. They were not sure of what was going on. I went through
:08:59. > :09:04.the CT scanner. A surgeon took one look at me and realised there was
:09:04. > :09:10.something wrong. That is the last thing I remember. He was rushed to
:09:10. > :09:18.the operating theatre where he took nine days in -- where he spent nine
:09:18. > :09:28.days in an induced coma. The bug was cutting away three centimetres of
:09:28. > :09:28.
:09:28. > :09:35.flesh every hour. If they found more dead skin, they were taking me back
:09:35. > :09:45.to the theatre and cutting me away. I believe I had 20 operations.
:09:45. > :09:46.
:09:46. > :09:56.Necrotising fasciitis attacks the soft tissue that surrounds organs.
:09:56. > :09:58.
:09:59. > :10:06.Sometimes there is no obvious entry point. The bacteria can take five
:10:06. > :10:12.days to take effect. Russell is now campaigning to raise awareness. He's
:10:12. > :10:19.working with a charity who lost her son to the condition. I have been
:10:19. > :10:22.aiming for 14 years to educate all levels of clinicians on the early
:10:23. > :10:32.onset of necrotising fasciitis. How an everyday incident can develop
:10:32. > :10:38.into necrotising fasciitis. One day feeling very well and within three
:10:38. > :10:43.days really struggling to be alive, basically. Russell is getting
:10:43. > :10:47.married in October. He says he now has a second chance at life. I think
:10:47. > :10:57.it could've been much more dangerous if I had been smaller frame. For
:10:57. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:02.once, being flat has done me a favour. -- being fat.
:11:02. > :11:05.A convicted murderer who walked out of an open prison in West Sussex is
:11:05. > :11:08.wanted in connection with a series of burglaries in Brighton and Hove.
:11:08. > :11:12.Paul Flint, who has convictions for murder and burglary, absconded from
:11:12. > :11:13.Ford Prison on the first of July. Police say he should not be
:11:13. > :11:23.approached. Emergency services were called out
:11:23. > :11:27.
:11:27. > :11:32.to rescue a man from a ditch. He was trapped for 14 hours. The man was
:11:32. > :11:42.treated by paramedics and a doctor. He is currently in a stable
:11:42. > :11:45.condition in hospital in Ashford. A former MI6 officer from Sussex is
:11:45. > :11:48.staging a week long hunger strike to highlight calls for the release of
:11:48. > :11:51.the last British detainee at Guantanamo Bay. Harry Ferguson has
:11:51. > :11:54.joined the campaign to free Shaker Aamer who's been held at the
:11:54. > :12:04.controversial US detention centre in Cuba for 11 years since he was
:12:04. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:18.arrested in Afghanistan. Harry Ferguson used to be a spy.
:12:18. > :12:22.are briefing against him. They don't want him in the UK because UNIX
:12:22. > :12:26.expected to give evidence that British intelligence officers were
:12:26. > :12:36.present when he was tortured. From me, that is something which is
:12:36. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:47.beyond the pale. The prisoner was placed in Guant?namo Bay despite
:12:47. > :12:57.never having been charged with any crime. He was cleared for release in
:12:57. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:03.2007. David Cameron raised the case with Barack Obama at the G8 summit.
:13:03. > :13:11.98% of the people in Guant?namo Bay have either been released or cleared
:13:11. > :13:18.for release. In this case, he has been cleared for release, so proven
:13:18. > :13:22.innocent. It is unlawful and immoral to keep him in detention. Others say
:13:22. > :13:26.there is a more complex picture regarding his activities in
:13:26. > :13:32.Afghanistan. Who he knew, who he was connected to and the reason for his
:13:32. > :13:42.detention in the first place. separate sources at Guant?namo Bay
:13:42. > :13:51.all identified him as an extremely close to -- as an individual
:13:51. > :13:55.extremely close to Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. One person has
:13:55. > :14:00.identified him as a recruiter for Al-Qaeda. We don't often see that
:14:00. > :14:03.picture here. But I think that is something we should consider.
:14:04. > :14:12.Foreign Office say the case remains a high priority for the UK
:14:13. > :14:16.Government. Harry Ferguson is now joining the hunger strike for a week
:14:16. > :14:19.to show support. A new policing system in which
:14:19. > :14:22.officers use computer analysis to target potential hotspots before
:14:22. > :14:25.crimes have been committed is being rolled out across Kent. On last
:14:25. > :14:28.night's programme, we showed you how the predictive policing system works
:14:28. > :14:31.in Los Angeles, the US city where the system was created, analysing
:14:31. > :14:35.data on previous crimes to predict where officers should focus their
:14:35. > :14:43.patrols. After trials in North Kent, officers say the method has
:14:43. > :14:46.successfully cut street violence. But some critics have questioned how
:14:46. > :14:56.effective predictive policing will be against a backdrop of budget
:14:56. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:07.cuts. On patrol in a hotspot identified by
:15:07. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:15.computer somewhere crime is most likely to occur. We are trying to
:15:15. > :15:21.reassure the public. The computer uses advanced maps, historic crime
:15:21. > :15:30.data and analysis of human behaviour to make predictions. The research in
:15:30. > :15:34.the United States has shown that crime is not displaced. These
:15:34. > :15:44.sisters say it took officers two days to respond to a problem with
:15:44. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:51.their neighbours. You would like to see more police on the ground?
:15:51. > :15:57.we would. The Police Federation here have given the system a cautious
:15:57. > :16:02.welcome, but with some concerns. there the right number of officers
:16:02. > :16:12.to go and police these patrol areas? Either too many patrol areas for
:16:12. > :16:14.them to go to? In America, the targeted theft of motor vehicle
:16:14. > :16:19.break-ins to house his. Intent, we have taken more of the shopping
:16:19. > :16:27.approach to this and have targeted all crime and anti-social behaviour.
:16:27. > :16:35.In a pilot scheme, street violence was down by 6% and overall crime was
:16:35. > :16:38.down by 4%. The system costs �100,000 a year to run. We have
:16:38. > :16:45.fewer officers on the ground. With further cuts coming along, you have
:16:45. > :16:49.to look at more innovative ways of doing things. The police are
:16:49. > :16:52.predicting this initiative will work.
:16:52. > :16:54.Our reporter joins us live from Chatham, where several areas have
:16:54. > :16:58.been targeted. How successful has it been?
:16:58. > :17:04.Well, there have been more than 100 officers involved in this day of
:17:04. > :17:07.action. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of drugs
:17:07. > :17:11.offences. The police are keen to point out the whole idea of
:17:11. > :17:16.predictive policing is you stop crimes being committed in the first
:17:16. > :17:22.place. That is difficult to measure. In the coming months, they will look
:17:22. > :17:26.at the data to see whether crime has fallen in the areas they have
:17:26. > :17:33.targeted. If it has, expect to see this type of policing rolled out
:17:33. > :17:35.across the country. Our top story: Up to 1,000 more
:17:35. > :17:38.anti-fracking protesters are expected to gather in West Sussex
:17:38. > :17:40.this weekend, despite the oil company Cuadrilla announcing it is
:17:41. > :17:48.unlikely to move to full scale production at its exploratory
:17:48. > :17:51.drilling site there. 14 protesters appeared in court
:17:51. > :18:01.today, including the daughter of the singer with the pretenders, Chrissie
:18:01. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:07.Hind. Coming up: before the camera phone.
:18:07. > :18:09.Remembering how a Kent company helped millions take their holiday
:18:10. > :18:15.memories home. And I will have the weather
:18:15. > :18:18.forecast. UK haulage companies say they're
:18:18. > :18:21.angry that a new tax introduced by the French government charges lorry
:18:21. > :18:25.drivers using the country's roads. The ecotax will charge lorry drivers
:18:25. > :18:28.per kilometre, on top of any toll charges on French motorways and has
:18:28. > :18:30.led to protests over rising costs. After we broke the story yesterday,
:18:30. > :18:39.for tonight's special report, our business correspondent travelled to
:18:39. > :18:44.Calais to speak to a Kent firm facing huge increases.
:18:44. > :18:51.This haulage company is based near Canterbury. They have a French depot
:18:51. > :18:55.in Cali. They are angry because from October they will have to start
:18:56. > :19:05.paying a French government ecotax to use all the major routes in France.
:19:06. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:18.That is on top of the tolls they already pay. We are not happy about
:19:18. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:27.this because it will cost us 10% more for our turnover. Lorries will
:19:27. > :19:33.be fitted with an electronic box which will use GPS. Lorry companies
:19:33. > :19:38.will be charged by kilometre. The money raised will be split between
:19:38. > :19:44.central government and local authorities in France. But
:19:44. > :19:49.organisations representing hauliers in France and the UK are unhappy.
:19:49. > :19:52.This is an additional burden which some hauliers might not be able to
:19:52. > :19:58.claim back from their customers. It just drives down there revenue,
:19:58. > :20:05.their profit and the viability of the international road transport
:20:06. > :20:15.sector. The system has been designed purely to collect money. Around 1
:20:16. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:25.billion euros. Drivers in France are so angry that they recently cut down
:20:25. > :20:29.one of the gantries. In a statement, the French Embassy
:20:29. > :20:31.in London told us that the ecotax is simple, fair and efficient and will
:20:31. > :20:41.encourage carriers to opt for more sustainable methods of transport
:20:41. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:49.whenever possible. A campaign has been launched to
:20:49. > :20:55.ensure a 92-year-old Korean War veteran from Sussex receives a medal
:20:55. > :20:59.in recognition of his bravery. Billy Orr fought for the United Nations in
:20:59. > :21:04.the conflict in the 1950s. He now lives in a home run by the Blind
:21:04. > :21:08.Veterans UK charity in Ovingdean near Brighton. Many of his fellow
:21:08. > :21:17.veterans have returned to Korea to receive peace medals, but Mr Orr,
:21:17. > :21:22.who was a prisoner of war there, has never been back.
:21:22. > :21:32.His eyesight might have failed him, but Billy Orr's memories of being
:21:32. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:44.held as a prisoner of war are in full focus. I was in a camp and to
:21:44. > :21:49.pass the time we planned and escape. We had to be very careful to get the
:21:49. > :21:58.guard to realise that we were all right. Once we got him trained, we
:21:58. > :22:02.made a bid for the escape. Which we did. But we were recaptured. During
:22:02. > :22:08.the three-year long war, an explosion damaged his eyes.
:22:08. > :22:13.Subsequent poor diet in captivity led to him going blind. Now 92 years
:22:13. > :22:23.of age, he says he has no regrets and is humbled by the campaign to
:22:23. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:35.award him the Korean peace medal. would mean an awful lot to me. The
:22:35. > :22:37.
:22:37. > :22:41.president thanked me for my sacrifice. He loved the life. He was
:22:41. > :22:51.proud of becoming a Sergeant. Here's an unusual man, lovely man. It has
:22:51. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:04.been a real privileged to know him. Billy Orr says he bears no grudge
:23:04. > :23:14.against those he was fighting. people of North Korea are very nice.
:23:14. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:22.I get emotional. People were telling us that we were not the enemy.
:23:23. > :23:26.and his Gloucester comrades are an inspiration to all.
:23:26. > :23:32.Taking a holiday snap on your phone or digital camera is something we
:23:33. > :23:36.all take for granted these days. But it is not that long ago that if you
:23:36. > :23:39.wanted a photo to remember your summer break you had to rely on a
:23:39. > :23:43.professional. And one of the largest photographic companies in the
:23:43. > :23:46.country was based in Margate. And on a busy day Sunbeam's snappers could
:23:46. > :23:48.take as many as 35,000 pictures, across the country. Now Christ
:23:48. > :23:52.Church University in Canterbury is putting together an archive which
:23:52. > :24:02.really does capture a snapshot of the heyday of the British bucket and
:24:02. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:18.MUSIC if you remember the sweltering summers of the 1970s in Thanet, you
:24:18. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:32.probably paused for a holiday snap taken by this man.
:24:32. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :24:44.In 1939, they took 35,001 day. They were queued up for 200 yards --
:24:44. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :24:55.35,000, in that one day. The photo factory captured the highlights of
:24:55. > :25:00.family holidays through the decades. It was like a box camera.
:25:00. > :25:10.It was their job to take as many photographs as they could during the
:25:10. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:17.day. And sell as many as they could later on. They were not expensive.
:25:17. > :25:27.You would get four photographs for ten shillings. Researchers now want
:25:27. > :25:37.your sunbeam photographs. I think they are invaluable. An exquisite
:25:37. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :25:49.record of The Lives Of Others along the seaside. -- the lives of ours.
:25:49. > :25:53.It is amazing how many places are still so recognisable. Let's not
:25:53. > :26:03.forget the photographs from the 1960s when all the big bands were in
:26:03. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:14.Thanet. What you need is really good
:26:14. > :26:19.What you need is really good sunshine for a picture of the beach.
:26:19. > :26:23.Not much in the way of clear blue skies, but today was not too bad.
:26:23. > :26:29.Over the next few days, things turn humid and monkey. We have some heavy
:26:29. > :26:36.rain on the way for Friday morning. Earlier today, we had some clear
:26:36. > :26:40.blue skies. By the afternoon, we had some more cloud cover. We mostly
:26:40. > :26:49.stayed dry. Some light showers were around. Temperature is not bad for
:26:49. > :26:56.the time of year. We saw 22 degrees. There was a not much above ten mph.
:26:56. > :27:04.This evening, cloud cover will increase from the West. Look at the
:27:04. > :27:09.temperatures. Very muggy and close. Tonight, temperatures will not drop
:27:09. > :27:19.much below 16 or 17 degrees. Fairly uncomfortable for sleeping. Tomorrow
:27:19. > :27:20.
:27:20. > :27:24.will start with a warm front. By the afternoon, we start to see breaks in
:27:24. > :27:28.the cloud cover. Still the outside chance you could see some sharp
:27:28. > :27:38.shoulders. For the most part, we should stay dry. Temperatures up on
:27:38. > :27:42.
:27:42. > :27:49.today. It will feel warm in the sunshine. Tomorrow night will be
:27:49. > :27:54.initially dry. Another band of rain will then head of way. Friday will
:27:54. > :28:00.start wet. This band of rain slowly tracks its way eastwards. An
:28:00. > :28:08.unsettled picture should brighten up behind it. Mostly drive for