:00:14. > :00:17.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:18. > :00:21.Tonight's top stories: What do the plans for airport expansion in the
:00:22. > :00:23.South East mean for you? A huge new airport off the Kent coast is still
:00:24. > :00:25.on the table as the commisshon on the table as the commission
:00:26. > :00:26.reveals its proposals. We h`ve on the table as the commisshon
:00:27. > :00:29.reveals its proposals. We h`ve the chance to make our case and we can
:00:30. > :00:31.argue the costs and the environmental impacts. Most people
:00:32. > :00:35.cannot believe they are even thinking about it. It is a beautiful
:00:36. > :00:39.close to live. And Gatwick is on the short list
:00:40. > :00:42.with plans for a second runway south of the existing one. We'll be
:00:43. > :00:45.getting the latest reaction from our reporters live at Gatwick, the Isle
:00:46. > :00:48.of Grain and Westminster. Also in tonight's programme: A
:00:49. > :00:52.dubious honour for K Collegd ` it's become the first in the country to
:00:53. > :00:55.be stripped of some powers hn a new government crackdown.
:00:56. > :00:57.A message from Muamba ` he tells the Albion's youth squad to start
:00:58. > :01:00.looking for a career outsidd football.
:01:01. > :01:19.And the uplifting story of the 91`year`old woman who goes to the
:01:20. > :01:22.gym three times a week. Good evening. People who live in
:01:23. > :01:25.North Kent and near Gatwick Airport face the possibility of years of
:01:26. > :01:28.disruption and protest with both sites under consideration as the
:01:29. > :01:32.government looks to expand airport capacity. The independent commission
:01:33. > :01:35.investigating additional runways in the South East has short`listed
:01:36. > :01:42.Gatwick for expansion, leaving the door open for a huge new hub airport
:01:43. > :01:45.on the Isle of Grain. In a moment we'll hear reaction from Gatwick,
:01:46. > :01:51.but first, let's cross to our environment correspondent Yvette
:01:52. > :01:58.Austin, on the Isle of Grain. What is the feeling there tonight?
:01:59. > :01:59.You can see behind me the Grade I listed Norman church.
:02:00. > :02:01.If the airport plans for the Isle listed Norman church.
:02:02. > :02:03.If the airport plans for thd Isle of If the airport plans for the Isle of
:02:04. > :02:06.Grain are given the go`ahead, it would have to be moved. A question
:02:07. > :02:08.mark hangs over the graveyard and 2,000 residents would have to leave.
:02:09. > :02:11.They thought they would havd learned They thought they would have learned
:02:12. > :02:14.today what lies ahead, but instead the uncertainty continues. Boris
:02:15. > :02:21.Island may be scrapped, but world renowned architect Lord Foster's
:02:22. > :02:23.plan is still in the frame. If a new airport is to be built,
:02:24. > :02:23.plan is still in the frame. If a new airport is to be btilt it
:02:24. > :02:28.If a new airport is to be built, it will be built here on the Isle of
:02:29. > :02:32.Grain. It is not on the short list, but neither is Norman Foster 's plan
:02:33. > :02:38.for aid for we runway hub being ruled out. The costs are very high
:02:39. > :02:42.and the environmental obstacles are difficult to rule out, but on the
:02:43. > :02:46.other hand we have not been able at this point to satisfy ourselves that
:02:47. > :02:54.they cannot be overcome or that the costs may be justified if you think
:02:55. > :02:58.about the general `` benefits. We have a chance to make our case
:02:59. > :03:00.and we can argue about the costs and the environmental impacts. People
:03:01. > :03:03.can weigh up both options. If you can weigh up both options. If you
:03:04. > :03:05.want a hot airport you eithdr got can weigh up both options. Hf you
:03:06. > :03:11.want a hot airport you eithdr got to Heathrow or the new solution.
:03:12. > :03:15.Original estimates put Norman Foster's plan at ?50 billion
:03:16. > :03:18.although he said it would bd less. It can handle 150 million passengers
:03:19. > :03:20.It can handle 150 million p`ssengers each year with high`speed rail
:03:21. > :03:20.It can handle 150 million passengers each year with high`speed r`il links
:03:21. > :03:23.each year with high`speed rail links capable of carrying 300 passengers
:03:24. > :03:26.each day. Local residents tonight had this to say...
:03:27. > :03:31.It will cost them a lot of money had this to say...
:03:32. > :03:32.It will cost them a lot of loney to move the gasworks apart from the
:03:33. > :03:37.move the gasworks apart frol the houses. There is a lot of industry
:03:38. > :03:42.that they will have to do away with. If they were going to do it, they
:03:43. > :03:48.would have done it by now. There are a lot of jobs possibly. Most people
:03:49. > :03:53.cannot believe they are even thinking about it. It is a beautiful
:03:54. > :03:59.place to live. The environmdnt, the boards, everything.
:04:00. > :04:04.But others say it would regenerate the area, bringing jobs and
:04:05. > :04:05.prosperity. A hub airport in North Kent would bring untold benefits
:04:06. > :04:05.prosperity. A hub airport in North Kent would bring untold bendfits for
:04:06. > :04:10.Kent would bring untold benefits for up to 500,000 people when it is
:04:11. > :04:14.built in a few years time. The fact is we desperately need it. The
:04:15. > :04:21.campaign on both sides will continue. Residents will hope for an
:04:22. > :04:25.early decision next year. So next year more studies will be
:04:26. > :04:29.done to establish whether Lord Foster's plan as a credible one to
:04:30. > :04:32.be included in the short list will stop that should be done by next
:04:33. > :04:36.autumn and will not delay the publishing of the final report due
:04:37. > :04:39.after the next general election So while there's still uncertainty
:04:40. > :04:42.over whether a hub airport on the Isle of Grain will make the
:04:43. > :04:43.commission's short`list, a second runway at Gatwick Airport has
:04:44. > :04:44.commission's short`list, a second runway at Gatwick Airport h`s been
:04:45. > :04:45.runway at Gatwick Airport has been confirmed as one of the proposals
:04:46. > :04:48.being considered. Our business being considered. Our busindss
:04:49. > :04:50.correspondent Mark Norman's at Gatwick Airport. Mark, bossds there
:04:51. > :04:56.Gatwick Airport. Mark, bosses there must be pleased.
:04:57. > :05:00.Yes, but let's remind ourselves why we're here. Howard Davies has
:05:01. > :05:03.accepted the prediction that passenger numbers will double by
:05:04. > :05:10.2050, meaning airports like Gatwick be full by 2030. So he has to find a
:05:11. > :05:14.solution and Gatwick believe that solution is a second runway here.
:05:15. > :05:18.Now that they have made the short`list, one of the directors
:05:19. > :05:28.here told me today that the prospect of a second runway here now feels
:05:29. > :05:31.real. For the bosses of Gatwick this is
:05:32. > :05:36.good news. They have made it onto the short list and while respecting
:05:37. > :05:40.an agreement is not to build a new runway before 2019, the airport
:05:41. > :05:44.believe they can provide the additional runway capacity that Sir
:05:45. > :05:54.Howard says we need. We would love to be constructing in the e`rly part
:05:55. > :05:59.of 2020. This is how a second runway might look. A futuristic vision and
:06:00. > :06:01.beyond. Opponents living next to any second runway do not share that
:06:02. > :06:05.vision. We are going to have second runway do not share that
:06:06. > :06:07.vision. We are going to havd 30 to vision. We are going to have 30 to
:06:08. > :06:12.40,000 new people moving into a new area with new homes required,
:06:13. > :06:16.schools, education, doctors and a hospital. It will all be horribly
:06:17. > :06:20.congested and people do not want that. On the line lime green where
:06:21. > :06:26.homes and businesses will only be metres from a second runway, Opinium
:06:27. > :06:28.and ends next. At the moment it is not good because they will have to
:06:29. > :06:31.get rid of some of the housds and get rid of some of the houses and
:06:32. > :06:36.for the residents it will not be good. There should be a second
:06:37. > :06:43.runway at Gatwick. What would it do for the town? It would do a lot for
:06:44. > :06:45.the town and the whole of Crawley. It could bring more people hnto the
:06:46. > :06:52.It could bring more people into the town but it will come over towards
:06:53. > :06:58.my direction, so if it affects me I will say no. Any second runway would
:06:59. > :07:04.impact businesses on the county's largest industrial estate, but many
:07:05. > :07:08.companies you're relying on the Crooks Eto'o to the airport. I
:07:09. > :07:10.believe that if things happdn, it would be nice to see them happen
:07:11. > :07:16.would be nice to see them h`ppen quicker, perhaps rather than waiting
:07:17. > :07:22.five or ten years. The airport needs to be expanded. The airport's
:07:23. > :07:23.commission will do more work on all the options before delivering water
:07:24. > :07:28.Howard Davies' disgrace as a robust Howard Davies' disgrace as ` robust
:07:29. > :07:35.final recommendation to government and the summer of 2015. Of course,
:07:36. > :07:40.Gatwick wants to be that robust recommendation. Local MP Henry Smith
:07:41. > :07:41.said he will continue to talk to the airport about mitigating ag`inst
:07:42. > :07:44.said he will continue to talk to the airport about mitigating against any
:07:45. > :07:45.impact any second runway will have on the tone of Crawley.
:07:46. > :07:47.So, we know there could be ` on the tone of Crawley.
:07:48. > :07:49.So, we know there could be a second So, we know there could be ` second
:07:50. > :07:50.runway at Gatwick or a brand`new airport in North Kent, but ` number
:07:51. > :07:52.airport in North Kent, but a number of other options have now bden
:07:53. > :07:55.of other options have now been definitely ruled out. The so`called
:07:56. > :07:58."Boris Island" proposal, for a floating airport in the Thales
:07:59. > :08:03.Estuary off North Kent, has sunk without a trace. It was judged to be
:08:04. > :08:05.too complex and too expensive to be viable. And there's no placd
:08:06. > :08:05.too complex and too expensive to be viable. And there's no place on the
:08:06. > :08:06.viable. And there's no placd on the Davies Commission short`list for
:08:07. > :08:08.Lydd Airport near Folkestond, or Davies Commission short`list for
:08:09. > :08:08.Lydd Airport near Folkestone, or for Lydd Airport near Folkestond, or for
:08:09. > :08:11.Manston Airport in Thanet. That's Manston Airport in Thanet. That's
:08:12. > :08:18.disappointed those campaigners fighting for the expansion of our
:08:19. > :08:24.smaller regional airports. We are talking about a much growing
:08:25. > :08:28.market, we are looking at a doubling the number of the passenger journeys
:08:29. > :08:33.in the United Kingdom over the next few decades and the role for
:08:34. > :08:40.additional capacity and specialist capacity. Manston Airport is the
:08:41. > :08:41.fourth`largest freighter airport in the UK so we are already thd filling
:08:42. > :08:43.the UK so we are already the filling parts of this role.
:08:44. > :08:50.Our political dditor Louise Stewart joins us from Westminster. Louise,
:08:51. > :08:56.this review will do nothing to end the huge political row over airport
:08:57. > :08:57.expansion. Absolutely not. We have no clear way forward today and
:08:58. > :09:01.no clear way forward today `nd people may be disappointed by that.
:09:02. > :09:08.Sir Howard Davies looked at seven options in the Thames Estuary. He
:09:09. > :09:12.has come forward with one option at Gatwick of another runway and an
:09:13. > :09:13.option looking at two kings of expansion at Heathrow. He has
:09:14. > :09:15.option looking at two kings of expansion at Heathrow. He h`s not
:09:16. > :09:18.expansion at Heathrow. He has not ruled out a new hub airport on the
:09:19. > :09:23.Isle of Grain, but it has to be said, it looks like an outside
:09:24. > :09:27.option because it is much more expensive than the other proposals.
:09:28. > :09:35.He will not rule on that until next year.
:09:36. > :09:38.It will be a long`time before any runways are actually built?
:09:39. > :09:43.Absolutely, even if they were to get the go`ahead, Gatwick could not
:09:44. > :09:51.start building until 2019 anyway. What has happened today is still
:09:52. > :09:56.uncertainty for those living in Kent and Sussex but as for the politics,
:09:57. > :09:58.politicians have welcomed this report with the Lib Dems against
:09:59. > :09:58.politicians have welcomed this report with the Lib Dems ag`inst the
:09:59. > :10:02.report with the Lib Dems against the expansion at Heathrow. Instdad of
:10:03. > :10:06.putting the arguments to bed, we have been reignited.
:10:07. > :10:09.You can see our full interview with You can see our full interview with
:10:10. > :10:11.Sir Howard Davies on our Facebook page and we want to know wh`t
:10:12. > :10:11.Sir Howard Davies on our Facebook page and we want to know what you
:10:12. > :10:15.page and we want to know wh`t you think about his report. Would a new
:10:16. > :10:16.hub airport in North Kent secure jobs and prosperity for futtre
:10:17. > :10:19.jobs and prosperity for future generations, or destroy the
:10:20. > :10:21.environment? Do you support a second runway at Gatwick? Send your e`mails
:10:22. > :10:23.to: Or get in touch via Facdbook runway at Gatwick? Send your e`mails
:10:24. > :10:24.to: Or get in touch via Facebook or to: Or get in touch via Facdbook or
:10:25. > :10:27.Twitter. We'll hear your views later in the
:10:28. > :10:28.programme. And for detailed information, reaction and analysis,
:10:29. > :10:33.log on to our websites: programme. And for detailed
:10:34. > :10:47.information, reaction In a moment: They're on a slow boat
:10:48. > :10:53.from China ` why Whitstable's festive illuminations still aren't
:10:54. > :10:54.on display. Governors at a further educ`tion
:10:55. > :10:56.Governors at a further education college in Kent have been stripped
:10:57. > :10:59.of direct control of its st`ffing of direct control of its st`ffing
:11:00. > :11:02.and finances. The government has put the failing K College ` which has
:11:03. > :11:05.sites in Dover, Folkestone, Ashford, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells ` into
:11:06. > :11:06.administered college status with immediate effect. It's the first
:11:07. > :11:08.college in the country to bd immediate effect. It's the first
:11:09. > :11:09.college in the country to be placed under such special measures and
:11:10. > :11:20.comes after it was rated inadequate comes after it was rated in`dequate
:11:21. > :11:24.by Ofsted. Simon Jones reports. It's a college that experienced
:11:25. > :11:26.financial meltdown running up debts of ?16 million with its fivd
:11:27. > :11:31.of ?16 million with its five campuses set to be broken up.
:11:32. > :11:36.Obviously it is bad but as long as I get my degree that is all I care
:11:37. > :11:42.about. If I go out to the workplace and I cannot find a job bec`use I
:11:43. > :11:47.have not been taught properly `` then I will have a problem. The
:11:48. > :11:53.classes are too bed and there is only one teacher. Other people need
:11:54. > :11:56.help at times, it is unbelievable. Ofsted found the college had easily
:11:57. > :12:01.suffered from the net managdment and suffered from the net managdment and
:12:02. > :12:04.uncertainty over the future existence of the college is severely
:12:05. > :12:10.affecting the experience of learners. Teaching, learning and
:12:11. > :12:14.assessment are deemed inadepuate. The government has concluded that it
:12:15. > :12:17.does not believe the existence governments as the capacity and
:12:18. > :12:19.capability to oversee the transformation of the college seeing
:12:20. > :12:23.that changes are urgently ndeded. We that changes are urgently ndeded. We
:12:24. > :12:27.have put K College into a administered status which means that
:12:28. > :12:33.we are taking a direct grip on it from Westminster in order to turn it
:12:34. > :12:38.around. Despite protests last year, 160 staff have been made redundant
:12:39. > :12:40.but Ofsted Ricky buys the current principal who arrived at thd
:12:41. > :12:40.but Ofsted Ricky buys the ctrrent principal who arrived at the start
:12:41. > :12:45.of the gear has stabilised ` of the gear has stabilised `
:12:46. > :12:46.potential chaotic situation, but the Commissioner for further edtcation
:12:47. > :12:51.Commissioner for further education needs greater involvement. Obviously
:12:52. > :12:54.we are not proud of the fact that the Commissioner has had to
:12:55. > :12:58.intervene, however we are grateful for the support and we look forward
:12:59. > :13:03.to working with them becausd the to working with them becausd the
:13:04. > :13:07.results are all about the students year at the Mormon and our learners
:13:08. > :13:14.next year. K College except it will be worrying for students if the
:13:15. > :13:18.college is put into Administration. This is not the same as a company
:13:19. > :13:23.going into administration, however. Lessons will continue as Norman ``
:13:24. > :13:30.normal as plans for its futtre normal as plans for its future
:13:31. > :13:34.continue. A man has been sentenced to nine
:13:35. > :13:37.months in prison for his part in an attack in Brighton which left a man
:13:38. > :13:41.fighting for his life. Ryan Geall from Lancing spent weeks in hospital
:13:42. > :13:44.and needed brain surgery after he was punched outside a nightclub last
:13:45. > :13:45.December. Nathan Mhuto from Sussex has been jailed for affray `nd
:13:46. > :13:51.has been jailed for affray and common assault. Ryan's family say it
:13:52. > :13:53.has been a long ordeal. A gang of four men who threatened
:13:54. > :13:57.A gang of four men who thre`tened staff with knives and a handgun
:13:58. > :13:58.during a series of violent robberies across Kent and Sussex has been
:13:59. > :14:00.sentenced to a total of mord across Kent and Sussex has been
:14:01. > :14:02.sentenced to a total of more than 40 sentenced to a total of mord than 40
:14:03. > :14:05.years in prison. The men stole money, cigarettes and scratch cards
:14:06. > :14:08.from six different newsagents and convenience stores. One of the group
:14:09. > :14:12.was caught after officers found a photo of him wearing the same pyjama
:14:13. > :14:14.bottoms worn by a suspect in one of the robberies.
:14:15. > :14:18.Fracking could generate millions of pounds and create thousands of jobs
:14:19. > :14:19.in the UK economy, according to a new government report. The Dnergy
:14:20. > :14:22.new government report. The Energy Minister Michael Fallon has set out
:14:23. > :14:24.his plans for exploratory drilling across the UK. This summer, hundreds
:14:25. > :14:25.of campaigners protested against of campaigners protested ag`inst
:14:26. > :14:26.test drilling for oil and gas of campaigners protested against
:14:27. > :14:28.test drilling for oil and g`s at test drilling for oil and g`s at
:14:29. > :14:31.Balcombe in East Sussex. But the government says that it will
:14:32. > :14:35.compensate any communities which are affected. Fiona Irving reports.
:14:36. > :14:41.Thousands protested over fr`cking in Thousands protested over fracking in
:14:42. > :14:45.the summer but it does not seem to have deterred the government who
:14:46. > :14:48.publish their plans for the future of fracking in the UK. We dhd
:14:49. > :14:49.publish their plans for the future of fracking in the UK. We did not
:14:50. > :14:52.of fracking in the UK. We dhd not know until last year just how much
:14:53. > :14:56.she gas is underneath the likes of she gas is underneath the likes of
:14:57. > :15:02.Scotland, Wales and also in the south of England. We may well see
:15:03. > :15:06.some applications coming forward now to look for shale gas in thd South
:15:07. > :15:09.East. As an incentive communities will get ?100,000 for each well
:15:10. > :15:12.tracked and 1% of the revenue. It will get ?100,000 for each well
:15:13. > :15:12.tracked and 1% of the revente. It is tracked and 1% of the revenue. It is
:15:13. > :15:14.a financial season that somd say a financial season that some say
:15:15. > :15:21.they just do not want. How luch they just do not want. How much
:15:22. > :15:25.money as your health, the environment, the cleanliness of your
:15:26. > :15:28.Waterworth? It must be worth a dancing more than that. Fracking is
:15:29. > :15:33.100% safe. You are driving ` dancing more than that. Fracking is
:15:34. > :15:33.100% safe. You are driving a good 100% safe. You are driving a good
:15:34. > :15:39.well, it is OK. But the scidntists well, it is OK. But the scidntists
:15:40. > :15:45.are saying that there are chemicals involved that could cause c`ncer or
:15:46. > :15:52.both defects. I have never told anyone to consume fracking fluid but
:15:53. > :16:02.there is no connection to what you are seeing.
:16:03. > :16:07.It will remain controversial but today the government stepped up its
:16:08. > :16:10.search for Honshu will `` onshore oil and gas.
:16:11. > :16:13.Our top story tonight: People living in North Kent and near Gatwick
:16:14. > :16:15.Airport face the possibilitx of years of disruption and protest with
:16:16. > :16:18.both sites under consideration both sites under considerathon
:16:19. > :16:23.tonight as the government looks to expand airport capacity. Also in
:16:24. > :16:25.tonight's programme: An uplhfting tonight's programme: An uplifting
:16:26. > :16:39.woman ` the 91`year`old who follows a gruelling exercise regime.
:16:40. > :16:44.Tomorrow looks to be blustery, join you later in the programme for more
:16:45. > :16:46.details. Fabrice Muamba is the footballer
:16:47. > :16:46.details. Fabrice Muamba is the footb`ller who
:16:47. > :16:49.Fabrice Muamba is the footballer who came back from the dead. For 75
:16:50. > :16:51.minutes paramedics fought to revive him on the pitch after he suffered a
:16:52. > :16:56.him on the pitch after he stffered a cardiac arrest. Today he was
:16:57. > :16:58.speaking with young players at Brighton and Hove Albion's
:16:59. > :17:01.development squad, offering them an insight into planning for a life
:17:02. > :17:05.away from football, whether they make it as a professional or not.
:17:06. > :17:15.Neil Bell has tonight's special report. This was the first time
:17:16. > :17:17.Fabrice Muamba had touched the ball and months. Less than two years ago
:17:18. > :17:20.and months. Less than two ydars ago he was a Premier League regular and
:17:21. > :17:26.he was a Premier League regtlar and then out of the blue his career was
:17:27. > :17:33.over. All of a sudden I heard this bank. I had heart failure. He
:17:34. > :17:38.suffered a massive heart attack during an FA Cup tie at Tottenham
:17:39. > :17:44.Hotspur. He admits proper attention and some luck saved his life. After
:17:45. > :17:49.months of treatment, him made an emotional farewell to the game he
:17:50. > :17:53.loved and now hopes to perstade younger players to think about a
:17:54. > :18:00.light John Souttar ball. I'd enjoy speaking to younger players because
:18:01. > :18:02.when I came to England I did not know how to speak to people and let
:18:03. > :18:04.them know that they can do lore know how to speak to people and let
:18:05. > :18:10.them know that they can do more. You them know that they can do more. You
:18:11. > :18:12.can achieve more after your career. There are several local plaxers
:18:13. > :18:17.can achieve more after your career. There are several local players and
:18:18. > :18:19.the Brighton and Hove Albion scored who know just how hard rejection as
:18:20. > :18:23.a youngster can be. I wrote my 6th a youngster can be. I wrote my 16th
:18:24. > :18:25.birthday I was called into ` room birthday I was called into ` room
:18:26. > :18:31.and told that it was all over. I and told that it was all over. I
:18:32. > :18:38.took a lonely walk onto my to tell them which was one of the worst
:18:39. > :18:41.quotes I have ever done. Back in 1992, half a dozen Manchester United
:18:42. > :18:44.1992, half a dozen Manchestdr United teenagers from the same youth team
:18:45. > :18:48.including David Beckham went on to become household names. Today's
:18:49. > :18:48.including David Beckham went on to become household names. Tod`y's crop
:18:49. > :18:56.become household names. Today's crop at Brighton now that football theme
:18:57. > :18:56.is very elusive. When we first started we only thought about
:18:57. > :19:04.started we only thought abott playing football. But everyone knows
:19:05. > :19:09.what can happen and you can retire and need another back`up plan. They
:19:10. > :19:20.loved football and with luck it will be the life, but it is no longer the
:19:21. > :19:22.only goal. Her exercise regime would put
:19:23. > :19:24.only goal. Her exercise regime would ptt many
:19:25. > :19:26.people more than half her age to shame, but at the age of 91, Daphne
:19:27. > :19:28.Bernard visits the gym three times shame, but at the age of 91, Daphne
:19:29. > :19:31.Bernard visits the gym thred times a week, and does a full work out,
:19:32. > :19:32.including lifting weights. Jane Witherspoon went to meet the
:19:33. > :19:34.Witherspoon went to meet thd grandmother from Eastbourne to find
:19:35. > :19:55.out just how she stays so energetic. Age is just a number for Daphne
:19:56. > :19:57.Bernard. At 91 she still visits her local gym three times each week.
:19:58. > :19:57.Bernard. At 91 she still visits her local gym three times each week For
:19:58. > :20:01.local gym three times each week. For her exercise as a way of life. It is
:20:02. > :20:05.in your mind. You think should I or in your mind. You think should I or
:20:06. > :20:08.should I not? You must be fhrm in your mind. You think shotld I or
:20:09. > :20:08.should I not? You must be firm about should I not? You must be fhrm about
:20:09. > :20:16.it and do it regularly. If you do it and do it regularly. If xou do
:20:17. > :20:25.not use it, you will lose it. Daphne Bernard was in her late 20s when
:20:26. > :20:31.gymnasiums looked like this. Well the equipment may have changed, her
:20:32. > :20:34.attitude to fit this has not. She says growing up during the war and
:20:35. > :20:45.eating a healthy diet keeps fighting fit. My father was a sergeant in the
:20:46. > :20:50.Army and he was a good example. I was always good at sports as well at
:20:51. > :20:55.school. I do not know if it is perhaps in my blood. Staff at the
:20:56. > :20:57.perhaps in my blood. Staff `t the gym full support her legs felt.
:20:58. > :20:59.perhaps in my blood. Staff at the gym full support her legs fdlt. I
:21:00. > :21:03.cannot believe it, it is so inspiring. She is a fine example of
:21:04. > :21:11.someone who is stress`free without any worries and powers throtgh. I
:21:12. > :21:23.have a 20 minute walk home, a cool down as they say, I slow down but I
:21:24. > :21:27.do not stop. It's only a week or so to go until
:21:28. > :21:30.Christmas and everywhere the lights are going up, the trees are being
:21:31. > :21:34.decorated and people are st`rting to get into the festive spirit. For
:21:35. > :21:37.high street traders it's one of the most important times of year, but
:21:38. > :21:40.there is one part of Kent where they're not yet feeling the sparkle.
:21:41. > :21:42.Piers Hopkirk has been investigating. You're in Tunbridge
:21:43. > :21:44.Wells at the moment, and the investigating. You're in Tunbridge
:21:45. > :21:47.Wells at the moment, and thd lights Wells at the moment, and the lights
:21:48. > :21:49.are shining brightly there. The lights have not arrived from China,
:21:50. > :21:56.lights have not arrived frol China, is that correct? Well, when you
:21:57. > :21:59.think about Christmas lights you think about proper illumination to
:22:00. > :22:05.light up the high street but in Whitstable that is far from the case
:22:06. > :22:17.with the Christmas lights h`ving gone missing.
:22:18. > :22:19.Across the South East, streets are bathed in the elimination of
:22:20. > :22:23.Christmas lights, from the traditional ones to the stream.
:22:24. > :22:23.Christmas lights, from the traditional ones to the strdam. At
:22:24. > :22:28.this spot in Eastbourne it is not this spot in Eastbourne it hs not
:22:29. > :22:31.always from floor to ceiling. It is really nice and we often come here.
:22:32. > :22:34.really nice and we often cole here. Christmas is very special.
:22:35. > :22:37.Everywhere appears to be whhpped up Everywhere appears to be whipped up
:22:38. > :22:42.for Christmas. Everywhere apart from Whitstable. The Christmas lhghts
:22:43. > :22:46.this year are not so much low wattage as no wattage. There is
:22:47. > :22:48.wattage as no wattage. Therd is still the Christmas feel and a lot
:22:49. > :22:52.of the local shops have tried to put of the local shops have tried to put
:22:53. > :22:56.up decorations. It would have been better had the lights been tp and I
:22:57. > :22:59.better had the lights been up and I am disappointed being a loc`l.
:23:00. > :23:00.better had the lights been tp and I am disappointed being a local. The
:23:01. > :23:05.children are wondering wherd the whites have gone. You cannot tell
:23:06. > :23:08.them that no one has paid for them or they are stuck on a boat. The
:23:09. > :23:13.Chamber of Commerce bought them in this year from China, the problem is
:23:14. > :23:18.they have been put on the slow boat and instead of lighting up the town,
:23:19. > :23:22.we are sitting on the dock 's. It would have been perfect if we could
:23:23. > :23:24.have had the lights here in time for every December. We would have been
:23:25. > :23:29.able to do it relaxed and get the able to do it relaxed and get the
:23:30. > :23:33.lights up and people would have said that is brilliant. Now we are in a
:23:34. > :23:34.situation where people are `sking situation where people are `sking
:23:35. > :23:36.where the lights have gone and why where the lights have gone `nd why
:23:37. > :23:38.the order them from China. It is where the lights have gone and why
:23:39. > :23:43.the order them from China. Ht is a bit frustrating. Late arriving
:23:44. > :23:48.bit frustrating. Late arrivhng parcels are everyone's worst
:23:49. > :23:52.nightmare at Christmas. At least Whitstable has a festive story to
:23:53. > :23:54.trawl the lot. I spoke to Brighton earlier and she tells me th`t the
:23:55. > :24:01.earlier and she tells me that the lights have travelled as far as
:24:02. > :24:10.Felixstowe Custom's House and the whole they will be delivered and top
:24:11. > :24:11.by the end of the weekend. Former model Heather Mills, who
:24:12. > :24:15.lives in Hove, says she's ddvastated lives in Hove, says she's devastated
:24:16. > :24:18.to have to abandon her bid to reach the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralxmpics.
:24:19. > :24:19.The 45`year`old, who had her left leg amputated below the knee
:24:20. > :24:20.The 45`year`old, who had her left leg amputated below the kned after
:24:21. > :24:22.The 45`year`old, who had her left leg amputated below the knee after a
:24:23. > :24:25.collision with a police motorbike in 1993, has had problems with friction
:24:26. > :24:28.from her prosthetic limb. She joined the British development ski team in
:24:29. > :24:39.2010 and won a World Cup silver medal earlier this year.
:24:40. > :24:40.Now back to our top story tonight: An inquiry into future airport
:24:41. > :24:43.expansion is continuing to examine expansion is continuing to dxamine
:24:44. > :24:47.plans for a massive new four`runway airport on the Isle of Grain in
:24:48. > :24:49.North Kent. The Davies Commission's interim report has short`listed
:24:50. > :24:52.three other proposals: One for a second runway at Gatwick, and two to
:24:53. > :24:54.expand Heathrow. David Lewes has commented on
:24:55. > :24:57.Facebook saying that everyone knows it has got to go to Heathrow or
:24:58. > :25:00.Gatwick and that we should get on with it and that all this mocking
:25:01. > :25:01.around is making us a laughing around is making us a laughing
:25:02. > :25:08.stock. Julie says why does ht take stock. Julie says why does it take
:25:09. > :25:12.so long for any decision to be made. Let us build a new runway at
:25:13. > :25:15.Gatwick. Andy Clarke says a second runway at Gatwick would have
:25:16. > :25:17.Gatwick. Andy Clarke says a second runway at Gatwick would havd to
:25:18. > :25:22.shoehorn everything in betwden Crawley and Holly and mean lany
:25:23. > :25:27.historical buildings would have to be removed. Christian lives close to
:25:28. > :25:30.Gatwick and rarely hears any planes Gatwick and rarely hears anx planes
:25:31. > :25:39.at all and says they need the second hub airport. Ian says hub ahrports
:25:40. > :25:44.at the likes of Boris Island should be marked as non`starters. Simon
:25:45. > :25:48.wants a bigger airport at M`nston, wants a bigger airport at Manston,
:25:49. > :25:52.bigger than the one that is already there.
:25:53. > :26:01.Thank you for all your commdnts Time for the weather.
:26:02. > :26:10.Earlier lots of cloud cover around but also heavy rain. Slightly cooler
:26:11. > :26:14.here and temperatures staying at single figures with highs of seven
:26:15. > :26:17.or eight degrees. It has not felt particularly pleasant. Tonight we
:26:18. > :26:20.will continue to see outbreaks of will continue to see outbreaks of
:26:21. > :26:23.them during the first part of the evening but it will remain lild The
:26:24. > :26:27.evening but it will remain mild. The winds will move South westerly and
:26:28. > :26:31.picked up that rain turning heavy for the early part of this dvening.
:26:32. > :26:36.It will be drier for the early hours of tomorrow morning with the
:26:37. > :26:42.temperatures hardly changing from the daytime values at around four or
:26:43. > :26:46.five Celsius. It is mild as we start tomorrow, just look at thosd
:26:47. > :26:52.isobars. It will turn when they and wet. During daylight hours mostly it
:26:53. > :27:02.will stay dry with outbreaks of rain. " And brightness presdnt with
:27:03. > :27:03.top temperatures similar to the `` to today at around nine or 10
:27:04. > :27:05.to today at around nine or 00 Celsius. Gusty winds will be
:27:06. > :27:06.to today at around nine or 10 Celsius. Gusty winds will bd strong.
:27:07. > :27:11.Celsius. Gusty winds will be strong. The brain will pick up tomorrow
:27:12. > :27:13.night turning heavy for a thme. It clears pretty quickly with those
:27:14. > :27:17.strong winds. It will be dry by clears pretty quickly with those
:27:18. > :27:20.strong winds. It will be dry by the time we get to dawn. As we head into
:27:21. > :27:26.Thursday, we hold onto thosd very Thursday, we hold onto those very
:27:27. > :27:31.strong winds. The rain will clear but he could see gusts up to 60 mph
:27:32. > :27:37.with any average wind speeds of 25 mph. Temperatures around seven or
:27:38. > :27:44.eight Celsius. Mostly dry on Friday but another storm coming our way.
:27:45. > :27:53.Join us again at 10:30pm. Goodbye.