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suitable chairman of the Co-op. That is all from the BBC News at six. On

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BBC One we Welcome to South East Today, I'm

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Bryony MacKenzie. And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories: Three nurses

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and a doctor face an investigation over alleged failings at a brain

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injury unit in Kent. There isn't a caring bone in their

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body. There isn't a place in the caring profession for people like

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that. Scenes of unimaginable devastation `

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a Brighton couple start fundraising for their family's village destroyed

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in the Philippines typhoon. Also in tonight's programme:

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Secretive, corrupt and distant ` a council's damning report into how

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people view their own organisation. It's outdoor time come rain or

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shine. England's first ever pre`school with no buildings at all

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opens in Kent. On the move but not exactly into the wild ` the gorillas

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moving to a new animal park as part of a pioneering conservation

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programme. Good evening. Four members of

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medical staff are tonight under investigation following alleged

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failings at an NHS unit in Kent. Yesterday we revealed that Kent and

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Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust had apologised

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hip Trust had apologised to I Par Grant Clarke's family for the

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His partner, who set up a secret camera to capture the poor care he

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received, has tonight been told details of the allegations facing

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the medical staff. Chrissie Reidy has this exclusive report.

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Secret footage which would have shocked anyone whose loved ones were

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in hospital. Undercover film that exposed

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shocking lapse is unclear at the hands of health care workers. He was

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seen as a pest but he is there as a high level of nursing care. He

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really should have had 121 nursing care. He was not being kept clean.

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It was just not acceptable. Last night we revealed the Social Care

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Partnership Trust apologised for the care that Grant received. Tonight we

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can reveal that for health care professionals are under

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investigation. Allegations include...

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There isn't a caring bone in their body. There isn't a place in the

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caring profession for people like that.

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If the nursing and midwifery Council find that there is a case to answer,

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staff could be struck off. The law affords detection to vulnerable

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adults under an act which makes provision for criminal proceedings

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to be brought forward if there is evidence of neglect. I thought he

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was getting specialist rehabilitation. You cannot just ruin

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people like that. If you work in that profession and you really don't

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care, you need to go and find yourself another job.

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Grant has now been moved to a centre of excellence and they say his carer

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now couldn't the better. Well, Chrissie Reidy joins us now

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live. The unit was investigated following the intervention of Mr

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Clarke's partner. One of the issues raised was the

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fact that only one of the nursing staff was specially trained to care

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for brain`damaged patients. The Social Care Partnership Trust says

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the unit actually has 12 staff members trained for this and it has

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one of the highest ratios of therapists to nurses in the country.

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A Sussex woman originally from the Philippines is fundraising to

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rebuild her family's village after it was destroyed in the recent

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typhoon. Mona Webb from Brighton says the devastation caused is

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unimaginable. The death toll has now topped 4000,

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and four million people have been forced to flee their homes. Mona and

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her husband Harvey have just returned from Sebaste on the island

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of Western Visayas to start the campaign to help. Rebecca Williams

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reports. Filming the devastation as she

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returns to her hometown, they were staying one hour away when the

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typhoon hit. They were unharmed but stranded for three days. Very little

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was left standing. Our neighbours lost their houses. It

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was apocalyptic. I was shocked at the extent of the damage. I'd never

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seen anything like it. The Filipino people are quite resilient so they

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were just getting on with it but I nearly cried. I was saddened by it.

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Now back in Brighton, they are keeping up`to`date by watching the

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news. They decided to raise money to help rebuild the hometown.

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I was there and I saw it and I cannot ignore that. I can see the

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plight of these people and I know that they have nothing. They have no

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money. We hear stories of beds flying out of windows. Sliding doors

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got blown through. Beds got sucked out.

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Last week, specialist doctors from the south`east flew out to help.

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Thousands have died and many more are seriously injured.

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The challenges are primarily geographical. The logistics

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challenges of reaching different pockets of small communities make

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this a particularly difficult response.

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Mona won't see her family again for two years. She feels compelled to

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help those in her hometown as best she can from the UK.

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In a moment: Starting a company with the help of a Start Up Loan. How

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entrepreneurs in the South East are realising their business dreams.

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Secretive and corrupt and distant from the people they are supposed to

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serve. Those are the damning criticisms of councillors in Thanet

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revealed in a new report, commissioned following an exclusive

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investigation broadcast by South East Today.

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Thanet District Council's own report says councillors have even made

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"personal threats" towards members of the public and recommends

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compulsory training to improve standards. Our Political Reporter

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Ellie Price is live in Margate now. This report hardly pulls its punches

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but it does stop short of naming names. It says party leaders have a

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role to play. What is going on here isn't as simple as the Ashes party

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politics. `` vicious party politics.

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This comes one year after our investigation revealed what was

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going on. I think the language of the report is so ambiguous that it

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alludes to all councillors being somehow corrupt. I can tell you that

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there is one sitting here who definitely isn't and I know over 50

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who I am certain are not. Is the council fit for purpose?

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Absolutely. There is a tiny minority that, for whatever reason and I do

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not understand it, wants to cause chaos.

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Just last night, one councillor was thrown out for trying to film the

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meeting. I am not a troublemaker. There are

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lots of things that need to be changed.

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The report found that some council members were less than respectful to

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members of the public. This has always been a

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confrontational council and one of the things that is vitally important

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is that we do not lose strong debate. It will not function

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properly with this problem. The report also states that the

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public's view of the council must be rehabilitated as a matter of

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urgency. Where does fighting get you? Do they

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need to go back to school? That gentleman could be onto

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something. One recommendation in their report is that all council

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members go through training. Some say it wouldn't work. The only thing

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likely to force work will be the next council election.

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The Government has approved plans to close a mental health facility at

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Medway Maritime Hospital despite opposition from some politicians and

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campaigners. The plans, which would see mental health beds moved to

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Dartford, had been referred to the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy

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Hunt after objections by a committee at Medway Council. But tonight the

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BBC has learnt that the Department of Health has agreed to the closure.

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The charity Shelter says it's bracing itself for an alarming rise

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in demand for help from people in the South East struggling to keep

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their homes this Christmas. It follows a record surge in callers to

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the charity's helpline over the holiday period last year when just

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under 1700 people from the region called them. That's the equivalent

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of over 420 callers every week. 1500 jobs could be created as part

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of an ?80 million revamp of Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne. 150

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new homes as well as shops and restaurants are also proposed as

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part of the scheme at six sites around the area. The plans have been

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sent to the Borough Council for approval.

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A verdict of accidental death has been recorded at an inquest into the

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death of a man who died after falling from a lorry at Gatwick

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Airport. Mike Miles from Lancing in West Sussex died in May.

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He worked for Gate Gourmet, the world's largest supplier of airline

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catering services, and died of head injuries after a fall of just a few

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feet. Well, our reporter Laura Trant joins us now live from Horsham where

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the inquest took place today. We heard from a colleague of Mr

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miles who was also a driver and loader and had worked with Mr miles

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for about five years. He says he didn't see what happened in the lead

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up but he saw him fall to the ground. He ran to him and cradled

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his head. He thought the accident was a minor one and he would be off

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for a few days. When he was airlifted from the

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tarmac to the hospital, the only major injury on his body was the

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impact on the side of his head which caused brain damage and his ultimate

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debt. His wife feel strongly that if he

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was wearing protective headgear he would still be alive today. The

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death was ruled an accident. Hundreds of Chagos Islanders who

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settled in West Sussex may be a step closer to being given the right to

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return home. They have been fighting a legal battle for years, after the

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UK Government evicted them to make way for a military base in the

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1960s. Many of them now live in Crawley.

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The Government has says it will continue to carry out a feasibility

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study to look at the issue of re`settlement to the British

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Territory in the Indian Ocean. This is a very important

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announcement because it will lead us to know what kind of return will be

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possible within this time frame that we looking at.

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We can cross now live to our Political Editor, Louise Stewart.

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Louise, how significant is this development?

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It is significant. There are around 2000 Chagos Islanders living around

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Crawley and they fought a lengthy battle to go home. They were dealt a

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serious blow last year when the European Court of Human Rights

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throughout their case. At the time, the Foreign Office welcome that

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decision but said they would look again at re`settlement rights. They

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say today is an important step forward.

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This feasibility study is important because there are points of rentable

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over doors who were forcibly removed from the islands and have the right

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to return to their homeland. This legal battle has been going on

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for decades. How quickly would we expect to see a resolution now?

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I don't think will see a resolution any time soon. The government says

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it poses huge challenges, the resettlement, and it is now looking

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at the feasibility and cost. They have already taken 400 members of

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the community and they hope that those who do want to return home

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should finally be able to do so. This is our top story tonight: for

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members of Also in tonight's programme: Don't

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forget to pack their wellies. England's first ever outdoor

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pre`school with no buildings and a hole for a toilet opens in Kent.

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It is staying cold tonight. Join me later for the details.

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The Prime Minister says they're a key part of his plan to get

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Britain's economy booming ` Start Up Loans for small businesses who

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otherwise struggle to get some cash from the banks. In the past year

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10,000 Start Up Loans have been issued, totalling more than ?50

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million, almost 400 of them to new companies in Kent, Sussex and

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Surrey. One of them is a cafe in Gravesend for new parents to take

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their children, the brainchild of Ellie Whittaker. Ian Palmer has been

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to meet her for tonight's special report.

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She couldn't find what she and her daughter needed so she started one

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herself. With the aid of the government Start Up Loan, Ellie now

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runs a child friendly cafe. As long as it is viable and you sure

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you can make money from it, they are open to lots of ideas.

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It's good for her to let off some steam and we can have coffee and a

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chat. It's a fantastic place for the children and the parents because you

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can meet and greet and they can play as well.

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The classes are almost fully booked but without the ?10,000 to start the

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venture, she says it would never have happened.

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The key point is that they are not just getting money but also advised

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and mentoring and when they get to the end of their loan they will be

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able to go to the bank and continue the business.

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More than 300 businesses have got off the ground since the Start Up

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Loans were introduced. Ironically, it is said that entrepreneurs often

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do better borrowing the money than accepting grants they don't half to

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pay back. They are far more focused and

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committed. Because they have two planned their repayments, it focuses

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their mind on cash flow, on sales and revenue, and did things that are

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fundamental to is accessible business.

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Ellie has a full`time job as well as running this cafe. She is looking to

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expand the enterprise. On continental Europe, they're not

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unusual. In fact, there are hundreds of them in Norway and Germany and

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Sweden. But until now England has never had a completely outdoors

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pre`school. There will be no permanent buildings

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at Forest Garden near Sevenoaks. The bell`tent will be for the children

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to shelter in during torrential rain. And there's not even a toilet.

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Claudia Sermbezsis has been to take a look.

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Climbing trees, hunting for worms, making makeshift tents. They could

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soon be out in the woods all the time.

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I wanted to offer the opportunity to stay outside all day. We find that

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they are better able to concentrate. There are many distractions in

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doors. They achieve tasks for themselves.

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Forest schools began in Norway in the 1950s. Nearly one in ten of them

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now are outside. There is one in Scotland. The idea is that the

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children will spend their entire time outside, whether it is sunny,

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pouring with rain or snowing. Only strong winds would prevent class.

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The toilets are a hole in the ground.

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I made a necklace. We made a tent. If you want to climb up the tree,

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you have to get an adult, and that's all I know.

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You have to make sure they are safe and warm and fed properly. You have

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got to make sure that they do not end up ticking up things and eating

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them just because they happen to look nice on the floor but could

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actually be poisonous. This site will be on National Trust

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land and will be open to 3`5 `year`olds from January.

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I bet they are tired! The second artist to play a gig at

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Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex stadium next summer has been

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revealed as Rod Stewart. The 68`year`old will perform on June the

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13th next year, his first performance in Brighton since 1986.

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It'll be the first large scale music event at the home of the Seagulls

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since DJ Fatboy Slim performed there in June last year.

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England will wait until the last minute before deciding whether

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Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior will play in the opening Ashes Test,

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which starts at midnight. Prior has played 57 Tests in a row but is

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struggling to be fit for the game because of a torn calf muscle.

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England captain Alastair Cook is staying positive the 32`year`old

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will be passed fit. He trained well yesterday. With

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these leg injuries, it is normally how they deal with it the next day.

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We will now pretty soon I hope. They say moving house is among the

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most stressful times of your life and apparently it's no different if

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you're a great ape. Today a family of Western Lowland

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Gorillas arrived at their new home at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near

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Folkestone. It's all part of an ongoing conservation project to help

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the critically endangered species. Charlie Rose has been to take a

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look. It is not easy trying to get a

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glimpse of your new housemates when they are hidden in boxes. This one

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contains two gorillas. Not much room for a suitcase.

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Very stressful, especially so for gorillas. They are quite laid`back

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animals, not like chimps. They are not as finely wired as we are. They

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are slow and methodical and don't like change.

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It is all part of a new conservation project. The species were wiped out

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in this area of apricot by poachers. `` this area of Africa. Our plan is

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to release them into the wild that we can.

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They are not huge fans of this cold damp weather which is just as well

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to the new arrivals because they are being kept indoors for a couple of

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days to get used to their new surroundings. We will eventually

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make their new housemates. If we do not get on, we will just

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have to persevere. There will be quite a large group so I'm sure

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there will be personality clashes. But he could not warm to this one?

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If all goes well, they make the running around the enclosure like

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this lot debt before they left for Africa. `` this lot did.

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That was a fantastic dance. Let's take a look at the weather.

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It is going to be quite wet and cold this evening. Don't be too surprised

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if you see some hail and sleet. We have had release quality

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north`westerly winds `` really squally. Just look at those wins.

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Making things very cold. Some heavy wintry showers and a sprinkling of

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snow on higher ground. Temperatures will drop close to zero in rural

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spots. It is an improving story as we go through tomorrow. Still some

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showers in the morning and still quite breezy but by the afternoon we

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will start to see some sunshine. Still feeling very cold. The wind

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will be in and north`east delayed direction `` north easterly

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direction. Friday will remain unsettled but this high pressure

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will build and it will be very cold at the weekend. Wintry.

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Now news of a very special event we're hosting here at BBC South East

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Today this Friday. On Friday 22nd November we are

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celebrating 50 years of Dr Who with a special programme here in the

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hometown of the writer of the first ever story. We will be showing an

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episode here and there will be all special guests. I do hope you can

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make time for it. On Friday evening I'll be hosting a

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special programme live from Herne Bay. Tickets for the event itself

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have all been allocated but do join us here on BBC One at 6:30pm.

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I'm Nigel Slater, a cook. And I'm Adam Henson, a farmer.

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all back in touch with where our food really comes from.

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You asked me to grow some durum wheat to produce your pasta.

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Our own eggs, our own flour - couldn't ask for more, really.

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