:00:00. > :00:00.London. That is all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. I'm Rob Smith.
:00:11. > :00:13.Tonight's top stories: The Sussex woman terrorised by her former
:00:14. > :00:21.partner says not enough is being done to enforce the new stalking
:00:22. > :00:26.laws. He followed me everywhere I went. He knew everywhere I was. I
:00:27. > :00:29.had to go and live with my parents for six months.
:00:30. > :00:32.Standing down ` the Kent MP Laura Sandys says its been a
:00:33. > :00:39.heartwrenching decision, but she had to put her family first.
:00:40. > :00:41.Also in tonight's programme: He disappeared overboard ` grieving
:00:42. > :00:47.family of a man who vanished mid`Channel call for all ferries to
:00:48. > :00:50.be fitted with CCTV. She nailed it ` the Brighton mum
:00:51. > :01:01.who's been named the best nail technician in the country.
:01:02. > :01:04.Monty Python is still hot stuff and Sussex actress Carol Cleveland will
:01:05. > :01:16.be joining the boys for their reunion gigs.
:01:17. > :01:21.Good evening. A Sussex woman who was stalked for
:01:22. > :01:25.four years by her former partner but then helped bring about a change in
:01:26. > :01:29.the law, says the authorities still need to do more to combat the crime.
:01:30. > :01:32.Sam Taylor, from Brighton, went to Downing Street to talk about her
:01:33. > :01:35.experiences. It led to tougher stalking laws being introduced a
:01:36. > :01:38.year ago, but one organisation which helps victims says the police and
:01:39. > :01:47.the justice system aren't doing enough to enforce the legislation.
:01:48. > :01:53.Mark Sanders reports. Sam Taylor knows what it is like to
:01:54. > :01:58.live in fear, fear close to home. Threat and abuse from her ex. One
:01:59. > :02:01.night after it with the children to bed he attacked me with a knife and
:02:02. > :02:06.tried to break my neck. That was just the start. I would be walking
:02:07. > :02:10.through the town centre any would suddenly appear in front of me. He
:02:11. > :02:16.would have letters through the door, endless tech, endless calls. While
:02:17. > :02:21.Sam is pleased to offer stalking laws are in place, she feels the
:02:22. > :02:28.justice system is not doing enough. There hasn't been enough training,
:02:29. > :02:32.specifically for police officers, and in my experience these officers
:02:33. > :02:37.are really restrict did in what they can do and how much they can protect
:02:38. > :02:41.the Vic them when you haven't got the Crown Prosecution Service and
:02:42. > :02:46.judges on board. The first`ever servers for stalking victim says
:02:47. > :02:51.that from December last year to June 320 people were arrested for
:02:52. > :02:54.stalking in England and Wales. In Sussex, 14 people were arrested with
:02:55. > :03:03.it people charged and three people jailed. This man stop his eggs in
:03:04. > :03:09.the Sussex Hospital discovered `` described as a doctor. The charity
:03:10. > :03:12.says that sentencing guidelines have not been updated and only one in
:03:13. > :03:17.four police officers received training to understand the new
:03:18. > :03:23.legislation. This is the area were most women and children die.
:03:24. > :03:27.Stalking has serious physical consequences. This comes as Sussex
:03:28. > :03:34.launched its White ribbon campaign to deal with domestic violence. It
:03:35. > :03:39.is an area we are still exploring. At last we have specific legislation
:03:40. > :03:44.that we can apply to the stalking community, if you want to put it
:03:45. > :03:48.that way. I am confident our staff are well trained and prepared. We
:03:49. > :03:55.are keen that this training is given to all officers. It is something we
:03:56. > :04:04.are very alive too. You have had a dear. Rome wasn't built in the dear,
:04:05. > :04:08.either. Sam Taylor feels that some progress is being made in dealing
:04:09. > :04:10.with stalking, but attitudes still need to change in the criminal
:04:11. > :04:13.justice system. Mark Sanders reporting there. He
:04:14. > :04:17.joins us from Brighton. There has been another development in the law
:04:18. > :04:23.today that aims to protect women from violence. The Home Secretary
:04:24. > :04:30.announced the roll`out of a pilot scheme called Claire'slaw, named
:04:31. > :04:40.after Claire would he was murdered by her ex`boyfriend. It entitles
:04:41. > :04:48.people to ask the police to CF their partner has a violent history. `` to
:04:49. > :04:54.CF their partner has a violent history.
:04:55. > :04:57.The MP for South Thanet has announced she won't stand at the
:04:58. > :05:00.next General Election. Laura Sandys, the Conservative who has represented
:05:01. > :05:03.the seat since 2010, said this morning that a wide range of family
:05:04. > :05:06.demands meant she couldn't continue in the role after 2015. However,
:05:07. > :05:10.UKIP have today said they believe Mrs Sandys knew she would lose if
:05:11. > :05:13.their leader, Nigel Farage, stood in the constituency. Our political
:05:14. > :05:23.reporter Ellie Price joins us from Ramsgate now. Ellie, this has come
:05:24. > :05:29.as a bit of a surprise? It most certainly has. Everyone I spoke to
:05:30. > :05:34.today was very surprised. Even the local Conservative Association, who
:05:35. > :05:39.now have the task of finding another candidate. It took six months to
:05:40. > :05:50.make this decision and she announced that with great sadness and regret
:05:51. > :05:54.today. She won the seat from Labour in the last election with the
:05:55. > :05:59.majority of more than 7,000. It will be her last. It is a great Rutledge
:06:00. > :06:14.to have been elected. In a statement, she said:
:06:15. > :06:22.she is one of the brightest of a very bright intake in 2010. She
:06:23. > :06:27.would have made a superb minister. At the end of the day, I know she
:06:28. > :06:33.has agonised over this, and she has had to make a decision and she has
:06:34. > :06:37.chosen to put your husband first, and you have to respect for doing
:06:38. > :06:47.that. Because of the way that society expect women to be the main
:06:48. > :06:51.caregivers, EDIFACT women's careers more than a doors on their male
:06:52. > :06:56.counterparts. Well she says her decision is a personal one, UKIP
:06:57. > :07:04.says it is entirely political. The party won seven out of the seats in
:07:05. > :07:10.Thanet. There is speculation that Nigel Farage would stand here. She
:07:11. > :07:15.has probably looked at the county elections, realise there is a fight
:07:16. > :07:23.on her hands, and may well have decided, along with personal
:07:24. > :07:26.reasons, not to fight the seat. People here are surprised to find
:07:27. > :07:32.themselves in the middle of this fight. I think of it is good for the
:07:33. > :07:37.time, it is good for us, no matter what colour they are. She has been
:07:38. > :07:42.very good. I am disappointed. I thought she did really well. I would
:07:43. > :07:49.like to see a big shake`up right year to get the job done. Lots of
:07:50. > :07:54.speculation about the next move forward Nigel Farage. He did stand
:07:55. > :07:58.here in South Thanet in 2005. I asked him a few weeks ago if it
:07:59. > :08:03.would be here that he would stand as a mP, but he said that the final
:08:04. > :08:07.decision would not be made until after the European elections next
:08:08. > :08:14.year. What is clear tonight is that there will be a new MP come May
:08:15. > :08:18.2015. In a moment: The ground`breaking
:08:19. > :08:28.therapy that is helping a young autistic boy overcome his condition.
:08:29. > :08:31.The family of a man who went missing on board a cross`Channel ferry six
:08:32. > :08:33.months ago, and is presumed dead, wants CCTV cameras installed to
:08:34. > :08:37.prevent other tragedies. 30`year`old Richard Fearnside, from Whitstable,
:08:38. > :08:40.went on deck for a cigarette, but never returned. His family say they
:08:41. > :08:50.don't know whether he fell or jumped because there were no cameras. Simon
:08:51. > :08:52.Jones reports. Their son is missing presumed dead, but they say there
:08:53. > :08:57.will never know what actually happened to Richard because of a
:08:58. > :09:06.lack of camera coverage. Their online campaign is calling for CCTV
:09:07. > :09:10.on all passenger deck `` decks. It is tragic. He was a lovely person.
:09:11. > :09:19.Very kind. It is a terrible, terrible loss. Richard was returning
:09:20. > :09:23.home on this very. His parents believe CCTV footage could have
:09:24. > :09:28.alerted the crew for a potential man overboard earlier and alerted them
:09:29. > :09:36.as to whether he jumps or sell. Not only would CCTV help identify when
:09:37. > :09:42.people go missing, but it could also be a tool for the crew to alert
:09:43. > :09:47.crewmembers to get people off the deck of the resistor and coming up.
:09:48. > :09:52.It could be a tool for passenger safety. Because he just vanished,
:09:53. > :09:57.and that shouldn't happen that somebody can just vanished and the
:09:58. > :10:04.ferry company more or less dismissed that saying, that is a shame, well,
:10:05. > :10:08.it is more than that. It is tragic. PM Goh say they have some external
:10:09. > :10:12.cameras, but that would be impossible to cover all of the
:10:13. > :10:19.outside decks, impossible to monitor the cameras in real`time, and
:10:20. > :10:33.impossible to records the images in perpetuity. The cameras would need
:10:34. > :10:36.to be wiped regularly, stored well, video screens to monitor it.
:10:37. > :10:43.Personally, I don't think it is practical. P and O tonight extended
:10:44. > :10:47.its deepest sympathy to the family. Lets talk to Simon, he's at the Port
:10:48. > :10:53.of Dover. Simon, this case has now been raised with the Transport
:10:54. > :10:58.Minister? That was done by the family'sMP. The minister said that
:10:59. > :11:04.when carrying out risk assessments for particular ferries, companies
:11:05. > :11:08.should consider the use of technology, including CCTV, but it
:11:09. > :11:12.is up to each company to decide if they want to do that. The ending
:11:13. > :11:15.stairs as soon as he went missing they raised it with the
:11:16. > :11:20.authorities, a big search to place and they have worked closely with
:11:21. > :11:26.the police. Because a body hasn't been discovered an inquest cannot
:11:27. > :11:30.take place. That has only added to the confusion for the family.
:11:31. > :11:33.The question of whether a new grammar school annexe in Sevenoaks
:11:34. > :11:36.would be legal has been raised with the Education Secretary. In a letter
:11:37. > :11:40.to the town's MP, Michael Gove says he needs to find out whether this
:11:41. > :11:43.constitutes a new school, which would be illegal, or an expansion,
:11:44. > :11:47.which wouldn't be. Sevenoaks has been waiting for months to hear if
:11:48. > :11:58.it will get the country's first new grammar provision for 40 years.
:11:59. > :12:02.A free school in Crawley, one of the first of its kind to open under
:12:03. > :12:05.England's free school programme, is facing closure if it doesn't come up
:12:06. > :12:08.with a convincing improvement plan in the next two weeks. The Discovery
:12:09. > :12:12.New School was put into special measures in June, just 20 months
:12:13. > :12:15.after it opened. It has been reinspected by Ofsted this month and
:12:16. > :12:18.could be shut if things don't get better.
:12:19. > :12:21.Most parents spend their time trying to stop their children from
:12:22. > :12:24.fighting, but eight`year`old Nico from Sevenoaks has just started to
:12:25. > :12:27.defend himself against his little sister ` and his mum couldn't be
:12:28. > :12:30.happier. That's because she realised her son, who suffers from autism,
:12:31. > :12:33.was finally getting better. She believes its all down to an unusual
:12:34. > :12:36.therapy which involves listening to classical music through special
:12:37. > :12:42.headphones while doing some kind of physical activity. Charlie Rose has
:12:43. > :12:48.been to find out more. As a child with autism, yet you old
:12:49. > :12:53.Nico Mac `` it you old Nico hasn't always been the site going. He has
:12:54. > :12:56.been having a special kind of therapy called the integrated
:12:57. > :13:01.listening system in the last few months which apparently has brought
:13:02. > :13:05.about some significant changes. The main changes are the social skills.
:13:06. > :13:10.He didn't start speaking until he was four and a half, and now he can
:13:11. > :13:17.speak and sentences, which is brilliant. Before he would never say
:13:18. > :13:21.no, he would just go along with people asked him to do. He is his
:13:22. > :13:28.personality, becoming more assertive. The system claims to work
:13:29. > :13:33.by using a combination of music and vibrations through a set of
:13:34. > :13:37.headphones to reach in the brain and strength and numerological pathways.
:13:38. > :13:43.By giving particular kinds of movements and activity, along with
:13:44. > :13:53.the stimulation through the ears and through the bone, Nico is building
:13:54. > :13:59.up those pathways that are so important for learning. I press play
:14:00. > :14:06.and then the music goes on. That is how it works. As shown in the film
:14:07. > :14:12.the King 's speech, similar attack weeks were used to cure King George
:14:13. > :14:16.VI of the stammer. Integrated listening systems are unproven and
:14:17. > :14:20.some experts say they are not for everyone. They might help them with
:14:21. > :14:29.some things, manage other aspects of their autism, but I don't believe it
:14:30. > :14:33.is a cure. Nothing is proven. It is bad for parents, because we have to
:14:34. > :14:40.look forward to look for whatever we can define different ways. The
:14:41. > :14:47.technology cost about ?800 and it has taken 18 months of therapy, the
:14:48. > :15:00.equipment can also be hired, but they are convinced it has helped his
:15:01. > :15:03.condition. Nico Our top story tonight: A Sussex
:15:04. > :15:07.woman who was stalked by her former partner says more needs to be done
:15:08. > :15:10.by the authorities to combat the crime. Sam Taylor from Brighton
:15:11. > :15:13.helped bring about tougher stalking laws which were introduced a year
:15:14. > :15:16.ago, but one organisation which helps victims says the police and
:15:17. > :15:25.the justice system aren't doing enough to enforce the legislation.
:15:26. > :15:30.It has been a cold start to the week, perfect skating weather, but
:15:31. > :15:40.will it stay that way? Join me later to find out.
:15:41. > :15:44.Some babies are particularly longed for and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
:15:45. > :15:47.has been waiting nearly 30 years for the four cheetah cubs born there in
:15:48. > :15:50.September. Today, those babies made their first public appearance.
:15:51. > :15:57.Cheetahs are listed as vulnerable on the endangered species list because
:15:58. > :16:01.of the high cub mortality rate. They are famously fast ` they can
:16:02. > :16:03.accelerate to 71mph in about three seconds, quicker than most sports
:16:04. > :16:07.cars. Here's something else most sports cars can't do! They are the
:16:08. > :16:10.only big cat which can turn in mid`air while sprinting. Peter
:16:11. > :16:20.Whittlesea has been along to meet the new arrivals.
:16:21. > :16:24.Like all new mums, she has hands full, especially after having four
:16:25. > :16:32.cups in her first letter. They are also the first sheet is to be born
:16:33. > :16:37.in Port Lympne for almost 40 years. It has gone brilliantly. We couldn't
:16:38. > :16:43.have asked for anything better. She chose which meal she liked it and
:16:44. > :16:47.they headed straightaway, did the business home and her pregnancy went
:16:48. > :16:52.really well. She is being a brilliant mum. She looked after them
:16:53. > :16:59.really well. We didn't have to intervene. It has been great,
:17:00. > :17:04.really. At 11 weeks old, the two boys and two girls are good fun, but
:17:05. > :17:14.still very timid. They can be seen by the public yet. They are very
:17:15. > :17:20.cute. It has been the highlight of the year for us. Watching them
:17:21. > :17:24.getting older, playing around with each other, it is great to watch. We
:17:25. > :17:34.will probably name them and they have some characteristics. The
:17:35. > :17:40.keepers can tell them apart by the fact they have clipped a different
:17:41. > :17:43.pattern into their further. Their confidence is growing. It will be
:17:44. > :17:56.long before visitors get the chance to see the scabs. `` the Cubs.
:17:57. > :18:00.If, like me, you are thinking of a getting a pre`Christmas manicure and
:18:01. > :18:04.you are considering something a little different to go with the
:18:05. > :18:06.party outfit this season, then you could do worse than visiting
:18:07. > :18:10.Anieszka Ceesay in Brighton. The student and mother of two has just
:18:11. > :18:13.won a national competition, so you could say she has nailed it! Her
:18:14. > :18:16.elaborate designs range from witches to wildlife ` and some are more
:18:17. > :18:48.practical than others. Juliette Parkin reports.
:18:49. > :18:56.In the east of Europe, where they come from, there are different
:18:57. > :19:04.styles of nails. They are much longer, much more advanced. I want
:19:05. > :19:07.to be part of the revolution! An artist with the smallest of
:19:08. > :19:12.canvases, but requiring the greatest of scale. Anieszka Ceesay is
:19:13. > :19:17.training in beauty therapy, but her new designs stretch far beyond the
:19:18. > :19:30.basic manicure. I think every woman should have their nails done. It is
:19:31. > :19:35.just nice to look pampered. I have find that a lot of women were not
:19:36. > :19:43.aware of what you can do with the brush and paint. Anieszka came from
:19:44. > :19:46.Brighton `` came to Brighton from Poland two years ago. She taught
:19:47. > :19:47.herself at home before signing up to I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% a co
:19:48. > :19:53.herself at home before signing up to a course. She has just beaten top
:19:54. > :19:59.male artists from all over the UK to win the world skills competition,
:20:00. > :20:02.recognising real talent in trainees. We have been following her progress
:20:03. > :20:12.and we could not have been more proud. Now Anieszka is looking for
:20:13. > :20:16.opportunities to bring her art into look salons, and she says she is
:20:17. > :20:29.hoping to be the worlds best at nail Olympics.
:20:30. > :20:32.The nail Olympics? They do exist, apparently.
:20:33. > :20:35.It wasn't exactly a goal`fest for the South East's top clubs this
:20:36. > :20:39.weekend. In fact, they managed just one goal between them. The good news
:20:40. > :20:46.was that goal was enough to give Brighton a hard`earned victory at
:20:47. > :20:49.Wigan. Neil Bell reports. No travelling team have won at Wigan
:20:50. > :20:55.this season, but the confidence in Brighton is growing. When Grant Holt
:20:56. > :21:09.dispossessed the goalkeeper, Google appeared at his mercy, but he put
:21:10. > :21:15.the shop wide. Albion went ahead with this deft header. There were
:21:16. > :21:21.seven plastic stop later on to make sure that the their one goal
:21:22. > :21:26.advantage and give them the win. It is a good team, good squad and a
:21:27. > :21:34.good manager. It is not easy to come here. No one has done it before this
:21:35. > :21:39.season, to, when. For me, it wasn't our best performance. Charlton
:21:40. > :21:46.battled hard at QPR omitted something special, in fact, very
:21:47. > :21:50.special from Charlie Austen to take the points. Jill in'sthe
:21:51. > :22:01.straightening the stop start season continued on Saturday. The only goal
:22:02. > :22:10.came from all them. I am frustrated with them. We are not sure when what
:22:11. > :22:15.we are capable of. I think players, we seem to be losing a little bit of
:22:16. > :22:21.confidence to use a leaf. It is over a month since Crawley'slast league
:22:22. > :22:29.win, but they dug in against Walsall and certainly deserved the points.
:22:30. > :22:33.`` the point. She is known as the seventh Python `
:22:34. > :22:39.Carole Cleveland appeared in many of the Monty Python and the Flying
:22:40. > :22:42.Circus sketches from the late 1960s. The actress, who lives in
:22:43. > :22:45.Shoreham`by`Sea, also starred in all four Python films. Carol's now going
:22:46. > :22:49.to reunite with the boys for their five comeback shows at the O2. This
:22:50. > :22:53.morning the first one sold out in 43 seconds. The other four then sold
:22:54. > :23:02.out within an hour. Jane Witherspoon has been to talk to her.
:23:03. > :23:08.Hello! Welcome, gentle sir knight. From cult classic, Monty Python has
:23:09. > :23:18.been entertaining us for more than 40 years. As the seventh official
:23:19. > :23:23.`, and the only women, Carol Cleveland has got more than you
:23:24. > :23:30.still holding her room and it comes to those naughty boys. Do you want
:23:31. > :23:36.to go upstairs? Or have you come to arrange a holiday? To arrange a
:23:37. > :23:41.holiday. The first day at rehearsals, the boys were just
:23:42. > :23:49.mucking about like schoolboys, being extremely silly. I sat there
:23:50. > :23:53.thinking, well, I don't know. I was married at the time and I said to my
:23:54. > :23:59.husband when I went home, I don't think this will last more than five
:24:00. > :24:02.episodes. It is ridiculous! Tickets for the Monty Python comeback
:24:03. > :24:12.performance were snapped up in less than a minute. The further forward
:24:13. > :24:18.dates added have now also saw died. Someone was saying that's they would
:24:19. > :24:29.receive ?1 million each for doing this. You said you would do it for
:24:30. > :24:40.fun. Not entirely for fun! I do expect something. In the early days
:24:41. > :24:45.of Monty Python, they did not have much to offer me. Michael came to me
:24:46. > :24:48.and said, Carol, you're sorry we don't have more for you to do that
:24:49. > :25:13.we are not good at writing parts for women. They really tried after that.
:25:14. > :25:26.Rachel is out in the park. It is pretty perfect skating weather
:25:27. > :25:29.right here. Earlier today we had clearer skies, lots of sunshine
:25:30. > :25:36.around, and temperatures reaching highs of seven or eight degrees.
:25:37. > :25:41.That is how we will stay gone into tonight. That will be a fair amount
:25:42. > :25:44.applied, but it will stay dry and temperatures will stay close to
:25:45. > :25:49.freezing. Three tonight, their pitchers will drop to three or four
:25:50. > :25:53.degrees along the coast. Further inland with the clear skies their
:25:54. > :25:56.pitchers will be getting close to freezing. With light winds and
:25:57. > :26:01.clearer skies, there will be missed and Bob arches forming. That will
:26:02. > :26:05.take some time to clear as we get through to tomorrow. That probably
:26:06. > :26:12.won't appear until 11 or 12 o'clock tomorrow. We will start tomorrow
:26:13. > :26:16.with a touch of frost. Still light winds, but from a northerly
:26:17. > :26:20.direction. There will be decent spells of sunshine developing
:26:21. > :26:25.through the afternoon. Doctor butchers will reach ice of 67
:26:26. > :26:31.degrees. Any Mr Fogg that is there will linger into the morning. It
:26:32. > :26:37.will be brighter in the afternoon. Three tomorrow nights, it'll be very
:26:38. > :26:42.similar to tonight. Variable of cloud cover, temperatures further
:26:43. > :26:46.west getting close to freezing. We will see mist and fog. That could be
:26:47. > :26:53.a little bit of drizzle, but will stay mostly dry. Starting the day on
:26:54. > :26:57.Wednesday, there will be a touch of frost and it will feel quite
:26:58. > :27:02.different with more cloud around. The judge will be a better bond
:27:03. > :27:06.today with highs of up to nine degrees. The could be some patchy
:27:07. > :27:09.drizzle to end the day. Into Thursday, temperatures will get
:27:10. > :27:12.close to freezing overnight. There will be some light rain on
:27:13. > :27:17.Thursday, then will turn very wet and windy and cold as we head into
:27:18. > :27:22.Friday. So, how pressure for the next couple of days, low pressure
:27:23. > :27:26.back again for Friday, I'm afraid. Before we go, a big thank you for
:27:27. > :27:30.all those who attended our Dr Who screening in Herne Bay on Friday. A
:27:31. > :27:33.great time was had by all. If you would like to see some of the
:27:34. > :27:41.celebrity question and answer session, it's now on our website.
:27:42. > :27:43.That is all from us for now. Good evening.