:00:00. > :00:13.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Chrissie Reidy. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:14. > :00:17.Tonight's top stories. Disbelief and anger from the Kent dad locked in a
:00:18. > :00:23.police cell and accused of fraud ` after buying an iPad that turned out
:00:24. > :00:29.to be a lump of clay. Everything just went from being
:00:30. > :00:33.happy just down to being absolutely shocked.
:00:34. > :00:35.Two South East doctors lead the UK's effort to help 11.5 million people
:00:36. > :00:39.affected by the Philippines typhoon calamity.
:00:40. > :00:42.Also tonight. Living with multiple sclerosis, a new programme
:00:43. > :00:48.highlights how the disease is affecting the young.
:00:49. > :00:55.Why battling the crush on the High Street this year could be good for
:00:56. > :00:58.you this Christmas. And while horses were sent into
:00:59. > :01:11.conflict during the great war, how elephants stepped in and gave
:01:12. > :01:15.farmers a helping hand. Good evening. A Kent man says he's
:01:16. > :01:18.angry and is demanding an apology from the supermarket Tesco, after
:01:19. > :01:22.paying ?470 for an iPad, only to find the box contained a slab of
:01:23. > :01:29.clay ` and then be treated as a criminal, accused of fraud and held
:01:30. > :01:32.in a police cell for hours. Colin Marsh's case has come to light after
:01:33. > :01:35.police forces worldwide investigate a scam run by organised gangs that
:01:36. > :01:40.buy computers with cash, replace them with clay, and then return the
:01:41. > :01:49.resealed boxes to the shop for a refund. Piers Hopkirk reports.
:01:50. > :01:55.The Marsh family finally have an iPad but this gift came at a high
:01:56. > :02:01.price. When dad Colin brought home the 400 and ?80 original as a
:02:02. > :02:07.surprise gift, the surprise was on all of them. The box contained
:02:08. > :02:13.little more than an of clay. I opened it and started going through
:02:14. > :02:19.the packaging. Is it under their? What is going on? Just disbelief.
:02:20. > :02:25.Everything just went from being happy just down to being absolutely
:02:26. > :02:30.shocked. Worse was to follow. When Colin attempted to get a refund from
:02:31. > :02:38.Tesco he found himself arrested by police, accused of fraud. I knew
:02:39. > :02:41.that all I had got was a lump of clay. So I then had to
:02:42. > :02:48.police that I would not do a thing like that. The family where big
:02:49. > :02:58.teams of packaging fraud that has exposed in Canada. Fraudsters by
:02:59. > :03:03.iPads, remove them and replace them with an exact weight of clay. There
:03:04. > :03:08.may be sealed box and return it for a full refund. With Christmas coming
:03:09. > :03:14.up it is especially important that people the alert to the fact that
:03:15. > :03:17.this can happen. So they should buy from authentic sources so they do
:03:18. > :03:25.have some right. That is the key lesson to take away. The police have
:03:26. > :03:30.cleared Colin Marsh of any wrongdoing. While Tesco said today
:03:31. > :03:35.in a statement, we were disappointed to learn of the product was sold to
:03:36. > :03:40.Mr Marsh had been tampered with. We of course would never have knowingly
:03:41. > :03:47.sold it to Mr Marsh and we apologise sincerely for the problems this has
:03:48. > :03:52.caused him. I need a public apology from a senior member of Tesco. To
:03:53. > :03:57.explain why every time I go there I feel bitter and angry.
:03:58. > :04:02.For the Marsh family this is one tablet that has proved a bitter
:04:03. > :04:06.pill. A 12`strong UK medical team led by
:04:07. > :04:09.two South East doctors has flown out to the Philippines where 11.5
:04:10. > :04:16.million people have been affected by one of the region's worst ever
:04:17. > :04:19.typhoons. Dr Amy Hughes who worked for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air
:04:20. > :04:21.Ambulance and Dr Andrew Taylor, a consultant anaesthetist from
:04:22. > :04:24.Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, say their team arrived this
:04:25. > :04:34.afternoon and will start work right away. Ellie Price reports.
:04:35. > :04:39.It is thought to be one of the worst storms to ever hit land. The Typhoon
:04:40. > :04:44.lead to total devastation in many areas. The UN says some 11 million
:04:45. > :04:48.people have been perfect it. This morning a team of British medics
:04:49. > :04:55.including two from the south`east prepared to fly out to play their
:04:56. > :05:02.part in the rescue effort. We have got surgeons, and this is, general
:05:03. > :05:07.practitioners and emergency nurses. Those people together can bring a
:05:08. > :05:11.number of services to the community. Amy Hughes says she will draw on her
:05:12. > :05:15.experience in emergency medicine in the south`east. The team also
:05:16. > :05:23.includes Andrew Taylor whose day job is in Maidstone. The hospital is
:05:24. > :05:29.very proud of Doctor Taylor. He is an excellent colleague. He is very
:05:30. > :05:37.experienced. He predominately works in oncology but also within the
:05:38. > :05:41.trauma department as well. I think his expertise will be invaluable in
:05:42. > :05:45.this dire situation in the Philippines. The team arrived in
:05:46. > :05:50.Manila a few hours ago. They will get some sleep and then head south
:05:51. > :05:55.west to the battered city of Tacloban early tomorrow morning.
:05:56. > :06:00.Their arrival comes as an appeal by UK charities raised more than ?23
:06:01. > :06:04.million in just two days. There are likely to be the first of a number
:06:05. > :06:10.of British medics using home`grown skills to help people in the most
:06:11. > :06:13.need. Well let's cross live to the
:06:14. > :06:20.hospital where Dr Andrew Taylor works. Yvette, this is quite an
:06:21. > :06:25.operation he's undertaking? Absolutely. Doctor Taylor and his
:06:26. > :06:29.team will have had specialist training in working in appalling
:06:30. > :06:33.conditions and some of his team will have worked in disaster zones
:06:34. > :06:37.before, these will no doubt be some of the most challenging conditions
:06:38. > :06:41.they will ever face. The first edition medics to arrive at the
:06:42. > :06:46.scene, before they can do anything else they will assess the situation,
:06:47. > :06:49.looking at how they can help transfer the skills that they use
:06:50. > :06:53.here in these high`tech hospitals to the very basic conditions they will
:06:54. > :06:57.have there. They will stay for around two weeks and after that it
:06:58. > :07:01.is expected there will be a relay of British medics going out there. Many
:07:02. > :07:06.no doubt from the South East. The government wants a list of 400
:07:07. > :07:12.medics fully trained up to help ease the suffering.
:07:13. > :07:17.And if you would like to find out how to donate to the Typhoon relief
:07:18. > :07:28.appeal you can log onto the disasters emergency committee
:07:29. > :07:32.website. In a moment, the Sussex architect
:07:33. > :07:41.behind some of the greatest designs in the world tells us about his
:07:42. > :07:45.doubts over Boris Island. Charlotte Ealham from Ashford was
:07:46. > :07:54.just 24 when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She has now been
:07:55. > :07:59.living with the disease for 18 years. She says she's still shocked
:08:00. > :08:03.more people don't know enough about it. That's why she's decided to take
:08:04. > :08:06.part in TV appeal with personality Jack Osbourne, son of the X Factor
:08:07. > :08:08.judge Sharon Osbourne. Multiple sclerosis affects the central
:08:09. > :08:11.nervous system. The coating of the nerves become damaged, resulting in
:08:12. > :08:15.a variety of symptoms including vision, speech and balance problems.
:08:16. > :08:19.This means that MS is different for everyone, with some going into long
:08:20. > :08:25.periods of remission. Ian Palmer has tonight's special report.
:08:26. > :08:28.Charlotte Ealham was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 24.
:08:29. > :08:36.When she gets an attack, the symptoms are severe. It feels as
:08:37. > :08:43.though you are really drunk. Complete the paralysed. ``
:08:44. > :08:49.completely. I need help getting out of bed, getting to the bathroom. At
:08:50. > :09:00.times I have had to be fed. Even for a cup to be lifted to my mouth. I
:09:01. > :09:04.need 24 hour care which people just do not understand.
:09:05. > :09:07.The mother`of`three helped set up a support group for young MS
:09:08. > :09:14.sufferers. On Sunday, she'll tell the country about her condition on
:09:15. > :09:20.national television. The MS helpline is excellent. I could phone that
:09:21. > :09:25.number, off load, have a few tears and a rant. Put the phone down and
:09:26. > :09:28.feel better. There are 100,000 people in the UK
:09:29. > :09:32.diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Most of those living with the
:09:33. > :09:34.condition are in their 20s and 30s. The debilitating nerve condition
:09:35. > :09:39.affects almost three times as many women as men.
:09:40. > :09:42.The appeal is presented by the personality Jack Osbourne, who
:09:43. > :09:50.speaks about being diagnosed with MS as a young father.
:09:51. > :09:54.I think the scariest moment in my life is when I was diagnosed with
:09:55. > :10:02.multiple sclerosis. It was a real shock to my family. I hope people
:10:03. > :10:08.will watch the appeal on Sunday and perhaps donate some money towards a
:10:09. > :10:16.possible cure because there still isn't one. You can see the film on
:10:17. > :10:20.BBC One at five minutes past five on Sunday afternoon.
:10:21. > :10:23.A 61`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman
:10:24. > :10:26.was found dead in Hastings. Police found the woman's body in the
:10:27. > :10:32.communal area of flats in George Street last night. Sussex Police
:10:33. > :10:49.said the man and the woman, who has not yet been named, were known to
:10:50. > :10:55.each other. The Wilton MP has written to the
:10:56. > :10:59.Health Secretary to try to get management of programme birthing
:11:00. > :11:03.centre transferred from Sussex to Tunbridge Wells. He is backing calls
:11:04. > :11:08.from campaigners for the unit to stay open following recent short
:11:09. > :11:11.term closures. They have the power to set policing
:11:12. > :11:15.priorities and force budgets. They also hire and fire chief constables
:11:16. > :11:18.` and today marks the first year of Police and Crime Commissioners. But
:11:19. > :11:22.they were elected on a turnout of only just over 15%, and today a BBC
:11:23. > :11:25.poll has found 38% of adults who live in regions with Police and
:11:26. > :11:28.Crime Commissioners do not know they have them in their area. Ministers
:11:29. > :11:37.are now hoping to boost innovation in the role with ?20 million of
:11:38. > :11:42.extra funding. I think the fact that two thirds of adults know about
:11:43. > :11:45.police and crime in addition it `` Police and Crime Commissioners is
:11:46. > :11:48.progress. There are 41 Police and Crime
:11:49. > :11:51.Commissioners across England and Wales. Surrey and Kent have Kevin
:11:52. > :11:53.Hurley and Ann Barnes, who are both independent Commissioners. Sussex
:11:54. > :11:56.has Katy Bourne, who's a Conservative. The government says
:11:57. > :11:58.PCCs give people more control over policing, but opponents claim the
:11:59. > :12:07.changes are politicising the service.
:12:08. > :12:13.We are one year into the term. They have two and a half years left
:12:14. > :12:17.before they go up for the election. They need to demonstrate that they
:12:18. > :12:22.are actually delivering. Making a real difference. There is no
:12:23. > :12:26.evidence so far that they are making a substantial positive difference.
:12:27. > :12:29.Our Political Editor Louise Stewart joins me now. Louise, lots of
:12:30. > :12:32.challenges for our Commissioners this year, not least getting
:12:33. > :12:40.recognised at all. Many people simply don't know they exist.
:12:41. > :12:44.Absolutely. Some have been more successful in raising their profile
:12:45. > :12:48.by others. Ann Barnes has hit the headlines several times not always
:12:49. > :12:53.for the right reason. She made front`page news in April when they
:12:54. > :12:57.use commissioner she appointed had to resign after just one week. In
:12:58. > :13:03.the Sussex Katy Bourne has had to deal with a huge cost of the
:13:04. > :13:09.anti`fracking protest. And in Surrey there have been questions over the
:13:10. > :13:13.deputy appointed without any due process. But they now have another
:13:14. > :13:20.three years to prove that they are making a difference to policing and
:13:21. > :13:24.bringing down crying. `` crime. If you'd like to see all the results
:13:25. > :13:34.from the BBC survey on Police and Crime Commissioners, then log on to
:13:35. > :13:40.our website, bbc.co.uk/politics. A Hungarian woman forced to work as
:13:41. > :13:55.a prostitute has told the court that she had built up evidence. Rebecca
:13:56. > :13:58.Williams was in court. Today the court heard how one member of the
:13:59. > :14:05.group threatened a young woman when she wanted to return to hungry. A
:14:06. > :14:09.witness said she built up evidence against the gang to escape working
:14:10. > :14:13.in Brussels in Eastbourne and London. She said that her family had
:14:14. > :14:15.I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% been London. She said that her family had
:14:16. > :14:19.been threatened. She said she pretended to fall in love so she
:14:20. > :14:25.could record conversations that she could later use. But in court the
:14:26. > :14:30.barrister put it to her that by making herself out to be a bit of
:14:31. > :14:33.trafficking, she knew she would be entitled to extra funding and
:14:34. > :14:38.support. He said is there any benefits you are entitled to that
:14:39. > :14:41.you did not claim by making out your controlled and trafficked? She said
:14:42. > :14:46.I felt I needed a little amount of money to keep me going and make me
:14:47. > :14:50.who I am today. I pay national insurance and tax. It means I will
:14:51. > :14:55.not go back into the work I was in before. He said everything you did I
:14:56. > :15:01.suggest you engaged in voluntarily to get as much benefit as you could.
:15:02. > :15:04.I deny this, she replied. All five defendants are alleged to have
:15:05. > :15:16.trafficked women into a and within the UK. The case continues.
:15:17. > :15:21.This is our top story tonight. Kent man is demanding an apology from the
:15:22. > :15:28.supermarket chain Tesco after paying for an iPad only to find that the
:15:29. > :15:32.box contained a slab of clay. Colin Marsh said he was then treated like
:15:33. > :15:38.a criminal, and held in a police cell accused of fraud.
:15:39. > :15:43.Also in tonight's programme. How elephants stepped in to give farmers
:15:44. > :15:47.a helping hand during the war. And they have been rumours of wintry
:15:48. > :15:52.showers. Find out if they will make it into the South East.
:15:53. > :15:56.One of the Britain today, Hove`born Sir
:15:57. > :16:01.Nicholas Grimshaw, now has a major London practice designing buildings
:16:02. > :16:05.for international clients. His most famous work is probably the Eden
:16:06. > :16:10.Project in Cornwall. His firm has also designed railway stations and
:16:11. > :16:14.airports around the world. But there's one Kent project he's pretty
:16:15. > :16:17.convinced won't get off the ground, despite consistent and heavy backing
:16:18. > :16:24.from as big a political figure as the mayor of London. Sara Smith has
:16:25. > :16:34.tonight's Special Report. From the instantly recognisable Eden
:16:35. > :16:38.Project to a new glass sea for the Cutty Sark to float upon, the
:16:39. > :16:44.influence of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw reaches across the world. Many of
:16:45. > :16:47.his works are glass and steel struck trees and he makes no apology for
:16:48. > :16:52.that. I would rather see a completely contemporary
:16:53. > :16:57.well`designed building than something trying to ape the past
:16:58. > :17:03.rather poorly. Without the elegance and finesse of the detail of the
:17:04. > :17:08.original buildings. With his practice of more than 100
:17:09. > :17:12.architects, transport hubs are something as a speciality. But there
:17:13. > :17:18.is one thing he is not convinced has a future `` Boris Island or the
:17:19. > :17:23.Thames estuary airport. I think it is probably pretty unlikely to
:17:24. > :17:27.happen just because of the vast infrastructure costs. The other
:17:28. > :17:33.thing is the long period it would take to get anything like that up
:17:34. > :17:37.and running. The Turner contemporary in Margate meanwhile is an example
:17:38. > :17:43.of how architecture can draw people in. But whatever the project, those
:17:44. > :17:50.who use it or dip near it must be involved. Maybe a building has to
:17:51. > :17:55.appeal to the local population. You cannot just ignore them in any way.
:17:56. > :18:01.You have to try to take people with you. But equally if people come down
:18:02. > :18:06.from London to Margate to go to the show and they go to cafes and
:18:07. > :18:12.things, that is also good for the town. So there should be a mixture
:18:13. > :18:18.of appeal between people coming from outside and local people really
:18:19. > :18:21.liking it. After more than 40 years in the business, Sir Nicholas says
:18:22. > :18:25.he and his team still feel their buildings as their children and
:18:26. > :18:36.there nothing more satisfying than seeing other people love them as
:18:37. > :18:41.much as they do. For some, Christmas shopping is
:18:42. > :18:44.nothing more than a headache. Battling with crowds of shoppers,
:18:45. > :18:48.standing in lengthy queues, it's not everyone's idea of fun. But
:18:49. > :18:51.according to psychologists from the University of Sussex, getting caught
:18:52. > :18:58.up in crowds of Christmas shoppers can be good for you. Mark Sanders
:18:59. > :19:05.reports. He has spent the day in Brighton.
:19:06. > :19:10.Well this study by the University of Sussex suggests that in certain
:19:11. > :19:15.circumstances people can actually enjoy being stuck in a busy crowd.
:19:16. > :19:21.We put that theory to the test here in Brighton today with some shoppers
:19:22. > :19:25.and a former hermit. As we hurtle towards Christmas with its crush of
:19:26. > :19:30.consumers, there is research suggesting that some actually get
:19:31. > :19:39.pleasure from being in a crowd. Maybe there is a balance, a vibe
:19:40. > :19:45.going on. It messes up your head a little bit. Some research suggests
:19:46. > :19:51.some people like being in crowds. I think they are just confused! It is
:19:52. > :19:59.all part of the fun being with other people and seeing what they are
:20:00. > :20:05.buying. You are very jolly! I have reached that age, I do not care! A
:20:06. > :20:09.study of people at a concert in Brighton found that the more people
:20:10. > :20:15.define themselves as part of the crowd, the less likely they were to
:20:16. > :20:20.report feeling too crowded. The key seems to be identifying with others
:20:21. > :20:28.in the crowd. This has led to a family of theories that crowds or
:20:29. > :20:38.automatically as bursa. But many people do enjoy them and want to go
:20:39. > :20:43.there. It is amazing and you bump into in a crowd. This is Neal Ansell
:20:44. > :20:47.who were turned to Brighton after living in Wales as a hammock. He
:20:48. > :20:53.wrote about living for five years in total isolation. No phone, nothing.
:20:54. > :20:59.So what do you make of this research saying that people actively seek out
:21:00. > :21:03.crowds? I do not vertically like crowds although I can now socialise.
:21:04. > :21:09.When I came back from the mountains it did take me some time to adjust
:21:10. > :21:15.to being around people. It is a fact of life sometimes that this time of
:21:16. > :21:21.year. As a shop keeper it is great but as a human being, it sucks. So
:21:22. > :21:23.perhaps people should learn to embrace the Christmas shopping
:21:24. > :21:29.experience a bit more. Psychologists told me crowds can tend to come
:21:30. > :21:36.together when it with something to complain about. So do not forget the
:21:37. > :21:44.unifying powers of grumpiness! Something else that brings us all
:21:45. > :21:48.together is Children in Need. Well, tomorrow is the big day for Children
:21:49. > :21:52.in Need, which last year raised more than ?46million. More than ?50,000
:21:53. > :21:54.from that has already gone towards a Kent group which runs activities for
:21:55. > :21:57.young people with learning disabilities to help them develop
:21:58. > :22:01.skills and confidence to work and live in the community. One such club
:22:02. > :22:18.is Muddy Wellies, which operates from a farm in Smeeth near Ashford.
:22:19. > :22:34.We do some digging and planting and harvesting. We found some worms and
:22:35. > :22:44.we are going to use them for the winery.
:22:45. > :22:54.I come here just to see the smiles on people 's faces when I am working
:22:55. > :23:05.with them. It gives them the chance to work on an actual farm and see
:23:06. > :23:10.how it works. There are is a group with a range of different
:23:11. > :23:18.disabilities and we just carry on. They help each other and work
:23:19. > :23:26.together. I get to see my friends and work with them. I like working
:23:27. > :23:34.as a team to get the job done. It is surprising when a little seed grows
:23:35. > :23:39.into a big plant. Where there is space they can run and help do the
:23:40. > :23:52.gardening. It gives them something to do. If they're able to do
:23:53. > :23:56.gardening, it gives them a helping hand in their later in life. It is
:23:57. > :24:00.nice to see them all smiling every day.
:24:01. > :24:04.All the tickets to our party at the Bluebell Railway have now gone, but
:24:05. > :24:09.do catch the action here on BBC One from 6:30pm tomorrow
:24:10. > :24:14.thank you to everybody at the Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells
:24:15. > :24:22.last night for allowing us to hold our comedy night there. I think we
:24:23. > :24:29.raised about ?2000 which was fantastic. My singing was a unique
:24:30. > :24:34.moment! Next spring is the centenary of the beginning of the First World
:24:35. > :24:39.War. A conflict which fundamentally changed the British way of life. Not
:24:40. > :24:44.least in farming. The military bought up the majority of working
:24:45. > :24:49.horses for use in the war. So one farmer near Gatwick turned to an
:24:50. > :24:49.exotic alternative to keep his farm going ``
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:24:58. > :25:03.going `` elephants. They are at the gentle giants of
:25:04. > :25:12.nature, used in a time of conflict. Britain 's courses were deployed in
:25:13. > :25:20.First World War. One circus owner found a unique way of getting the
:25:21. > :25:28.job done. Lord John Singer was an eccentric die and he owned a lot of
:25:29. > :25:35.fields. `` eccentric guy. He used his elephants to plough the fields.
:25:36. > :25:39.He was a regular sight back when the circus was running. These elephants
:25:40. > :25:44.were not just used for circus tricks. The Indian elephant has been
:25:45. > :25:56.used for generations because it is easier to train than if African ``
:25:57. > :25:59.and it's African cousin. Over 1 million horses and mules were used
:26:00. > :26:12.by the armed forces during the First World War. The pills dashed they
:26:13. > :26:19.pulled artillery. Mechanised transport was rare and so we went
:26:20. > :26:25.depending as we had in the Crimea on the horse as the main form of
:26:26. > :26:33.transport. The dreadful consequence of this was the depletion of horses
:26:34. > :26:39.on farmland. It was all hands on deck. Pigeons for carrying messages,
:26:40. > :26:49.horses on the front line, but none stranger sight when elephants
:26:50. > :26:58.ploughing the fields in Surrey. How is it looking weather`wise for
:26:59. > :27:05.tomorrow? Well it is getting colder over the
:27:06. > :27:12.next few days. Today has not exactly been worn in that keen wind. Tonight
:27:13. > :27:17.the wind begins to drop off. So we have clear skies around, good for
:27:18. > :27:24.stargazing but certainly a chilly night. We have fog patches also
:27:25. > :27:31.developing but it is a largely dry night for many. But there is a slim
:27:32. > :27:39.chance that tomorrow morning we could have some showers in the South
:27:40. > :27:45.East coast of Kent. Temperatures tomorrow similar to today. But
:27:46. > :27:53.feeling slightly better because we do not have quite as much wind.
:27:54. > :28:01.Tomorrow night is a very chilly night all in all. Widespread frost
:28:02. > :28:07.is on cards. So Saturday morning, a frosty start to the day. Some bright
:28:08. > :28:14.spells around as well. It does begin to cloud over in the afternoon. But
:28:15. > :28:22.on Monday we have sun rain joining in. `` some rain. Next week
:28:23. > :28:26.temperatures really start to drop and we are looking at the
:28:27. > :28:32.possibility of wintry showers. They may not make it down as far as the
:28:33. > :28:39.South East. But it is certainly going to be getting colder.
:28:40. > :28:44.You do not mean snow? It could mean snow but probably not. That is all
:28:45. > :28:45.from us. Have a good evening.