:00:00. > :00:00.An emotional appeal to catch the man who raped a teenager during a night
:00:00. > :00:00.out in Brighton. Also in tonight's programme.
:00:00. > :00:11.600 jobs safeguarded as Eurotunnel wins an appeal to continue its
:00:12. > :00:14.MyFerryLink service. A Kent doctor returns to the UK
:00:15. > :00:20.after helping amid the devastation of the Philippines typhoon.
:00:21. > :00:23.And extraordinary musician Tim Edey talks about coping with life on the
:00:24. > :00:43.road when battling OCD. Good evening.
:00:44. > :00:47.Three months on from one of the biggest road crashes ever seen in
:00:48. > :00:50.the UK, a Kent MP says he's still waiting for answers to his calls for
:00:51. > :00:53.a government safety review. More than 130 vehicles crashed in thick
:00:54. > :01:02.fog on the Sheppey Crossing in September. Our reporter Fiona Irving
:01:03. > :01:05.is there for us. The local MP Gordon Henderson, along with people who
:01:06. > :01:19.were affected by the crash, have some real concerns about safety
:01:20. > :01:23.there. There were concerns about the lack
:01:24. > :01:30.of lighting, the speed limit of 70 miles an hour, that there is no
:01:31. > :01:34.safety barrier, and people want something in a pipeline to address
:01:35. > :01:38.these concerns soon. Dozens hurt and many in a state of
:01:39. > :01:43.shock. It has been three months since cars and lorries piled into
:01:44. > :01:49.each other on the bridge from the Isle of Sheppey. Today was the first
:01:50. > :01:53.time Jill and Andrew Hudson had scenes footage of the crash they
:01:54. > :02:02.were involved in. It is quite upsetting. It is a miracle no one
:02:03. > :02:08.was killed. Absolute miracle, you look at pictures like that. That
:02:09. > :02:12.fanfare, the whole of the bonnet is underneath the car. Another few
:02:13. > :02:18.inches... You realise how lucky you have been. Gill suffered whiplash
:02:19. > :02:21.when a vehicle ploughed into the back of her. She is still having
:02:22. > :02:30.physio and fine striping over the bridge difficult. It is as we got to
:02:31. > :02:34.this part that we actually hit... At the point that we hit, we felt like
:02:35. > :02:38.we were in a tunnel because it was so thick with fog. It feels really
:02:39. > :02:46.uncomfortable coming off the road there. It feels very uncomfortable.
:02:47. > :02:51.There have been calls to improve safety on the bridge but three
:02:52. > :02:54.months on nothing has changed. I managed to collar the Transport
:02:55. > :02:58.Minister a couple of weeks ago. He invited me to write to him and he
:02:59. > :03:05.would personally check into it. He would let me have an update. I
:03:06. > :03:09.worked with `` I wrote to him last week and I am still waiting for that
:03:10. > :03:14.update. In a statement, the Highways Agency say that the crash is still
:03:15. > :03:17.under police investigation. The bridge has been designed in
:03:18. > :03:21.accordance with standards. They say it has had a good safety record
:03:22. > :03:26.since its opening and that they would consider any recommendations
:03:27. > :03:29.made by the police from their investigation. Something has to be
:03:30. > :03:38.done, money has to be spent to make the bridge safer. Yes, it may be up
:03:39. > :03:42.to help them `` health and safety standards now, but put a bit extra
:03:43. > :03:45.in. No one was killed three months ago but they want to see action
:03:46. > :03:51.taken to make sure there are no fatalities in the future.
:03:52. > :03:54.Well, it will be a lengthy investigation. 130 cars were
:03:55. > :03:57.involved and the police had to do their measurements, assess each
:03:58. > :04:01.vehicle and look at the causes of the crash. There is a real demand
:04:02. > :04:06.here that this bridge doesn't stay as it is that all those safety
:04:07. > :04:12.concerns people have said, and that it will change soon.
:04:13. > :04:16.Eurotunnel is to be allowed to continue running the cross`channel
:04:17. > :04:21.ferry service, MyFerryLink, after an appeal ruling went in the company's
:04:22. > :04:25.favour. Managers say it is a victory for common`sense and safeguard 600
:04:26. > :04:29.jobs. The Competition Commission had ordered Eurotunnel to give up its
:04:30. > :04:32.ferry service amid fears it would lead to higher prices for
:04:33. > :04:36.passengers. Let's speak to Simon Jones who is in Dover to lead. This
:04:37. > :04:41.might not be the end of the legal battle, though.
:04:42. > :04:43.When SeaFrance went bust, Eurotunnel saw the opportunity of getting
:04:44. > :04:48.involved in the ferry business buying three of its ships and
:04:49. > :04:51.launching the MyFerryLink servers. The Competition Commission said,
:04:52. > :04:57.hang on a minute, potentially Eurotunnel has 50% of the market and
:04:58. > :05:01.that is too much. Today, the commission was ordered to look again
:05:02. > :05:06.at that decision. The threat to Eurotunnel is being
:05:07. > :05:11.forced off the water has been lifted. For now. To the relief of
:05:12. > :05:15.the 600 MyFerryLink staff on both sides of the Channel. I think we are
:05:16. > :05:20.all delighted that this ruling has been made. I think it is a victory
:05:21. > :05:24.for common sense, a victory for logic, and a fantastic victory for
:05:25. > :05:27.staff. With established ourselves as a very credible business. See France
:05:28. > :05:35.went into liquidation in November 2011. MyFerryLink launch it in
:05:36. > :05:38.summer 2012 using three former see France ferries. In June, the
:05:39. > :05:43.Competition Commission told Eurotunnel it must stop running
:05:44. > :05:48.those ferry services. The commission has now been ordered to look again
:05:49. > :05:51.at that decision by the competition appeal Tribunal. To the
:05:52. > :05:56.disappointment of the Dover MP. My concern is it will mean higher
:05:57. > :06:00.prices for passengers because too much market share is in the hands of
:06:01. > :06:04.one player. The cross`channel route isn't just important for the Dover
:06:05. > :06:09.and deal, it is of national importance. We need to make sure it
:06:10. > :06:16.is a fair and open market. Eurotunnel says it came to the
:06:17. > :06:22.rescue of redundant see France workers. Eurotunnel makes a fairly
:06:23. > :06:28.convincing case why it should supplement the tunnel itself with a
:06:29. > :06:32.ferry offering. However, I must say that the other players, particularly
:06:33. > :06:37.PN dog are going to be saying, for goodness sake, it is tough enough
:06:38. > :06:42.competing with the tunnel alone, let alone with the tunnel's own ferry
:06:43. > :06:46.fleet. For rival operators, the waiting continues. From our point of
:06:47. > :06:52.view, it is clearly a case that there is no winners and known Luna
:06:53. > :07:02.'s, `` and no losers. The Competition Commission is set to
:07:03. > :07:05.reset its case. It been the data transport is. The government
:07:06. > :07:12.announced it is planning to sell its 40% stake in Eurostar, the rail
:07:13. > :07:18.service from London through absolute and Ashley to Paris and Brussels.
:07:19. > :07:24.That is part of its infrastructure review. ?50 million is going to be
:07:25. > :07:27.used to improve the railway station at Gatwick Airport. The government
:07:28. > :07:32.admitted that at present it doesn't give the best welcome to people
:07:33. > :07:40.coming into this country. In a moment, 12 months, 12 T`shirts. The
:07:41. > :07:47.teenager making light of his cancer with a teenage calendar.
:07:48. > :07:52.Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was
:07:53. > :08:00.forced into a flat and raped. The 19`year`old was attacked after a
:08:01. > :08:03.night out in Brighton. We have disguised her voice to protect her
:08:04. > :08:09.identity but she has chosen to speak to a report in the hope that it will
:08:10. > :08:12.catch the rapist and stop him carrying out further attacks.
:08:13. > :08:17.He just pushed me down this corridor into this squatted at all flat. I
:08:18. > :08:21.felt panicky, I was crying, I didn't really know what to do. There was
:08:22. > :08:29.nothing I could do, he held me down. I knew I wanted it over. I was
:08:30. > :08:34.saying, "stop! " And he was saying, "it's okay."
:08:35. > :08:40.The 19`year`old had been at this nightclub in Brighton with friends.
:08:41. > :08:42.As she left, a man approached her. The man started walking to the woman
:08:43. > :08:42.as they The man started walking to the woman
:08:43. > :08:45.as th I as th%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The man started walking to the woman
:08:46. > :08:49.as they walked past the ocean on a nightclub and headed west towards
:08:50. > :08:52.home. He pulled her into a building in Norfolk Square and raped her.
:08:53. > :08:56.Officers have been unable to identify where the attack happened
:08:57. > :09:02.but the victim has described the flat is being small. It had white
:09:03. > :09:06.walls, a grey carpet and a desk or bedside table with a train set or
:09:07. > :09:12.train figure on it. There was a bedside table, a tiny white bed, and
:09:13. > :09:16.a figure like trains at. I remember it being a train set but I'm not
:09:17. > :09:22.sure, like, black, something was on there. This CCTV image recorded in
:09:23. > :09:27.the area shows a man that officers would like to speak to. The attacker
:09:28. > :09:31.was of Middle Eastern descent, stocky and between 30`40 with short
:09:32. > :09:38.dark hair. He was wearing a black T`shirt and three quarters
:09:39. > :09:42.trousers. Rape is a pernicious and nasty offence and this will have a
:09:43. > :09:47.long`lasting impact on the victim. We can say that without fear of
:09:48. > :09:52.contradiction. It is an illustration of how we have to all join together
:09:53. > :09:58.to provide proper support services for this kind of crime. If you saw
:09:59. > :10:03.drunk young girls or anything, I'd assume he'd do it again. You feel
:10:04. > :10:08.dirty and horrible, you feel like you need to shower, and stuff.
:10:09. > :10:19.Anyone with information has been urged to contact Sussex police.
:10:20. > :10:22.The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his partner,
:10:23. > :10:25.and then leaving his body to rot in a flat in Brighton, has retired to
:10:26. > :10:28.consider its verdict. Ricardo Pisano denies the murder of 63`year`old
:10:29. > :10:32.Michael Polding, whose body was found at the flat they shared in the
:10:33. > :10:33.city in July. Deliberations will resume tomorrow at Lewes Crown
:10:34. > :10:37.Court. A woman from Bexhill has been jailed
:10:38. > :10:40.for two years for stealing ?50,000 from an 89`year`old pensioner she
:10:41. > :10:43.was supposed to be caring for. Elizabeth Wonnacott was sentenced at
:10:44. > :10:50.Lewes Crown Court after pleading guilty to 18 counts of fraud.
:10:51. > :10:53.The Sussex and Surrey Police forces are looking at ways to merge more
:10:54. > :10:56.services as they try to make millions of pounds worth of savings.
:10:57. > :10:59.The forces are jointly advertising for a Head of Change with
:11:00. > :11:03.responsibility for unifying services. The forces already share
:11:04. > :11:07.major crime services, forensics and firearms. The Sussex Police
:11:08. > :11:16.Federation says huge changes are needed because of government funding
:11:17. > :11:21.cuts. Sussex and Surrey Police forces are working more closely
:11:22. > :11:26.together. There are over 2800 people working together. This change needs
:11:27. > :11:30.to be managed very carefully. It might well mean that some back
:11:31. > :11:32.office jobs might have to go but we hope that money can be reinvested in
:11:33. > :11:35.front`line policing. When EU rules change next month,
:11:36. > :11:40.Bulgarians and Romanians will have full rights to come and work in the
:11:41. > :11:42.South East. A recent Kent County Council report estimated that
:11:43. > :11:46.thousands of people will come here over the next ten years. While that
:11:47. > :11:49.could contribute tens of millions of pounds to the UK economy, some
:11:50. > :11:52.believe the competition for jobs could leave British people
:11:53. > :11:55.struggling to find work. Our political reporter Ellie Price has
:11:56. > :12:03.been looking at the potential impact of the new immigration rules here in
:12:04. > :12:04.the South East. Three quarters of the
:12:05. > :12:11.this farm near Faversham this summer came from Romania and Bulgaria. Part
:12:12. > :12:15.of the seasonal agricultural workers scheme, they've gone home but the
:12:16. > :12:19.farmer says that with the EU rule changes in January, coupled with the
:12:20. > :12:24.end of the scheme, you'll lose the backbone of his workforce. That core
:12:25. > :12:30.group of people that used to commit early would dependency turn up,
:12:31. > :12:36.you'd guarantee they would turn up and work for six months, that will
:12:37. > :12:40.be a loss. It has created an uncertainty in the business. This
:12:41. > :12:47.man is from Latvia and has had full rights to live and work in the UK
:12:48. > :12:51.since 2004. He doesn't think there will be an influx of Bulgarians and
:12:52. > :12:54.Romania and is but he thinks those that do come vital
:12:55. > :13:02.understand the situation. People like me, there are too many here but
:13:03. > :13:08.from another side, I don't believe your country could survive without
:13:09. > :13:12.us. Between 1995 and 2011, recent immigrants from Europe made a net
:13:13. > :13:17.contribution of ?8.8 billion to the British economy. They were also 45%
:13:18. > :13:21.less likely to claim state benefits. Big trouble for politicians is
:13:22. > :13:26.knowing exactly how many people will come when the rules change. Kent
:13:27. > :13:31.County Council estimated will be more than 8500 people over the next
:13:32. > :13:35.ten years. Critics say that will bring unnecessary competition in the
:13:36. > :13:39.jobs market to the 50,000 people claiming jobseeker's allowance in
:13:40. > :13:42.the South East. One recruitment consultant in Maidstone says that
:13:43. > :13:49.view is too sadistic. It makes me very cross because I know that there
:13:50. > :13:52.are a lot of unemployed people in Kent. We do interview them and we
:13:53. > :13:57.see them and they come through our doors but when we put them out to
:13:58. > :14:02.work, they let us down. Is that really the case? We showed some of
:14:03. > :14:07.the company's job specs to people outside the Jobcentre. It wouldn't
:14:08. > :14:13.be my first choice of job but it would be something if it came to
:14:14. > :14:19.it. The pay? It is a problem. Would you do this? Yeah. You've got to do
:14:20. > :14:23.it if you've got no money. The economic impact on the South East
:14:24. > :14:27.will depend on how many migrants come here and that is impossible to
:14:28. > :14:30.predict. We're joined from Westminster by the
:14:31. > :14:33.Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood Mark Reckless, who's also a
:14:34. > :14:39.member of the influential Home Affairs Select Committee. Thank you
:14:40. > :14:44.very much for being with us this evening. You're worried about the
:14:45. > :14:50.impact of immigration come January. David Cameron's PM for three years.
:14:51. > :14:55.Has he failed to address this issue? What is happening in January
:14:56. > :14:59.reflects a treaty agreed by the previous Labour government eight
:15:00. > :15:04.years ago. What that agreed is that Romania and Bulgaria would join the
:15:05. > :15:09.EU in 2007 and we would have transitional controls until 2013 and
:15:10. > :15:14.then we would have to open the doors to any remaining all Bulgarians to
:15:15. > :15:17.work in the UK. So what the government is doing is following
:15:18. > :15:24.through on what Labour agreed and the changes to EU law they made.
:15:25. > :15:28.Although MPs, like me, would like to see us extend those transitional
:15:29. > :15:31.controls whether the EU likes it or not. New migrants would be able to
:15:32. > :15:36.claim benefits for the first three months when they come over. You
:15:37. > :15:39.think that is too little too late? I don't think they should be able to
:15:40. > :15:44.claim benefits at all. People who have paid in into this country, it
:15:45. > :15:47.is fair they get something back. If they become unemployed is, we
:15:48. > :15:53.support them as long as they are trying to get work and they take a
:15:54. > :15:56.job rather than stay on benefits. I don't think we should be supplying
:15:57. > :15:58.benefits to people who haven't paid into our system, who have income is
:15:59. > :16:01.I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% much into our system, who have income is
:16:02. > :16:06.much lower than they do in this country. What angers me is paying
:16:07. > :16:10.child benefit to children who remain resident in Poland or Romania. We
:16:11. > :16:14.need to put a stop to that. According to the centre of research
:16:15. > :16:23.and analysis, the net benefit to the UK of all immigrants is ?25 billion.
:16:24. > :16:27.That is ?25 billion generated for the British economy by immigrants.
:16:28. > :16:30.That is a good thing, isn't it? You said generated for the British
:16:31. > :16:35.economy but the money goes to them and they spend it on themselves,
:16:36. > :16:39.supporting their families here or scenting that money back to the
:16:40. > :16:43.country they come from. There is a real influx from southern Europe
:16:44. > :16:48.coming here, a lot of the money gets sent back to families in those areas
:16:49. > :16:54.rather than people from Kent getting those jobs, it is people coming in.
:16:55. > :16:58.Obviously, if they work harder for less wages, employers will like
:16:59. > :17:02.that, but we should support young people here to help them into jobs.
:17:03. > :17:06.Frankly, it's our decision, we should control our borders rather
:17:07. > :17:13.than allowing the EU to do that for us. We'd be better off as an in end
:17:14. > :17:15.and `` we'd be better as an independent country controlling our
:17:16. > :17:19.own borders. Thank you. This is our top story tonight.
:17:20. > :17:22.Three months on from one of the biggest road crashes ever seen in
:17:23. > :17:26.the UK, the Kent MP Gordon Henderson says he's still waiting for answers
:17:27. > :17:29.to his calls for a government safety review. More than 130 vehicles
:17:30. > :17:35.crashed in thick fog on the Sheppey Crossing in September.
:17:36. > :17:40.Also in tonight's programme. A month on from the Philippines typhoon, we
:17:41. > :17:49.talk to a Kent doctor just returned from the worst area. Andy Taylor
:17:50. > :17:54.will join us live in the studio. And we will speak to the award`winning
:17:55. > :17:56.Kent guitarist who hasn't let OED 's `` OCD is stop him from pursuing a
:17:57. > :18:02.career in music. Cancer's not much of a laughing
:18:03. > :18:04.matter, especially when it affects a child, but Sussex teenager Aidan
:18:05. > :18:08.Stiebahl`Breeds is determined to make light of his ordeal, as he
:18:09. > :18:15.undergoes debilitating treatment for leukaemia. The 15`year`old from
:18:16. > :18:18.Lewes has created his own charity calendar to raise money for the
:18:19. > :18:21.specialist hospital that's treating him, depicting him wearing a series
:18:22. > :18:30.of T`shirts that poke fun at his illness. Alex Beard has tonight's
:18:31. > :18:35.Special Report. It started with one T`shirt poking
:18:36. > :18:41.fun at a disease Aidan Stiebahl`Breeds has been fighting
:18:42. > :18:45.since the age of 13. I personally like the one I am wearing, my
:18:46. > :18:52.oncologist is my hair. But as one of my favourites. As his collection
:18:53. > :18:56.grew, he decided to make a calendar despite being very ill himself. One
:18:57. > :19:00.of the shoots we did was straight after I had quite a major surgery so
:19:01. > :19:06.I was feeling quite down. But I really enjoyed it. Because we did
:19:07. > :19:09.some shots with the nurses at Brighton and they really made me
:19:10. > :19:16.laugh even though I was in pain. We had a very short here it of time
:19:17. > :19:21.between being in hospital and out of hospital. We did six shoots and he
:19:22. > :19:29.was shattered by the end. But he was a star. He has raised ?2500 for the
:19:30. > :19:33.teenage cancer unit at the hospital, somewhere where he spent seven
:19:34. > :19:36.months in isolation. Teenagers deal with cancer in such a different way
:19:37. > :19:44.to children or adults. They are resilient and it's a great way of
:19:45. > :19:48.dealing with it. It was his idea to do the calendar. He has a sense of
:19:49. > :19:51.humour about it. He is an extraordinary boy. Everyone thinks
:19:52. > :19:56.their kids are amazing but I couldn't come close to the things he
:19:57. > :20:01.has done. He is extraordinary. He continues to receive treatment for
:20:02. > :20:05.his leukaemia but he hopes that the calendar will raise awareness, raise
:20:06. > :20:08.money and even raise a smile. And you can see more of Aidan's
:20:09. > :20:20.calendar pictures on our Facebook page.
:20:21. > :20:24.When it struck the Philippines last month, Typhoon Haiyan proved to be
:20:25. > :58:07.one of the worst storms on record,