:00:00. > :00:08.showers in the west and south. That's all from the
:00:09. > :00:19.Tonight's top stories: Repeatedly raped in a mental health
:00:20. > :00:22.unit ` the woman who says psychiatric wards are playgrounds
:00:23. > :00:26.for sexual predators. We're live in Dartford with the story.
:00:27. > :00:28.A bumpy ride ` how the recent rainfall has created fresh pothole
:00:29. > :00:36.problems on our roads. Also in tonight's programme: Sussex
:00:37. > :00:39.MP calls on the Government to reprieve a failing free school in
:00:40. > :00:40.Crawley from closure. A passionate and dangerous love
:00:41. > :00:44.affair at the time of the Fhrst affair at the time of the Fhrst
:00:45. > :00:47.World War. Now Birdsong is coming to the stage in Kent.
:00:48. > :00:51.And naked ambition on a grand scale ` the artist hoping to create his
:00:52. > :01:03.latest work on a beach in the south`east.
:01:04. > :01:10.Good evening. A woman who says she was raped up to 60 times at an NHS
:01:11. > :01:15.psychiatric Hospital in Kent says the institutions are "a playground
:01:16. > :01:19.for predators". She says her attacker put pressure on her by
:01:20. > :01:22.promising to secure her release from the unit.
:01:23. > :01:24.The man was later convicted and she received ?100,000 in compensation.
:01:25. > :01:33.Simon Jones is outside the Little Brook Hospital in Dartford, where
:01:34. > :01:35.the abuse happened. Simon, she is demanding better safeguards to be
:01:36. > :01:40.put in place. Yes, and she said her time here was
:01:41. > :01:42.like a living hell, as bad as any horror film she has ever sedn. What
:01:43. > :01:46.horror film she has ever seen. What took place here did happen several
:01:47. > :01:50.years ago, but it is only now that she has felt able to talk out about
:01:51. > :01:54.it, saying mental health patients are often left in a very vulnerable
:01:55. > :01:57.and dangerous position. Admitted to the hospital after
:01:58. > :01:59.suffering a nervous breakdown and anorexia, the woman who we `re
:02:00. > :02:02.anorexia, the woman who we are calling Catherine says she was
:02:03. > :02:05.groomed and repeatedly raped by her care worker. He came into my room,
:02:06. > :02:11.care worker. He came into mx room, said nothing to me, pulled the
:02:12. > :02:16.covers back... And got on top of me and... Raped me. It was sevdral
:02:17. > :02:17.and... Raped me. It was several years after leaving the unit that
:02:18. > :02:20.she told a nurse what had happened. she told a nurse what had h`ppened.
:02:21. > :02:22.She had first been admitted in 2003, She had first been admitted in 2003,
:02:23. > :02:24.spending time on and off thdre for spending time on and off there for
:02:25. > :02:26.12 months. In 2008, the card spending time on and off thdre for
:02:27. > :02:30.12 months. In 2008, the card worker pleaded guilty to one count of
:02:31. > :02:34.unlawful sexual intercourse with a patient and was given a 12`lonth
:02:35. > :02:36.sentence, suspended for two years. In 2009, Catherine received ?10 ,000
:02:37. > :02:47.In 2009, Catherine received ?100,000 in compensation. It was rapd, to me.
:02:48. > :02:53.You're defeated, empty. You have no self`worth. Devoid of any emotion.
:02:54. > :02:55.And then somebody who is supposed to be caring for you has sexual
:02:56. > :02:58.intercourse with you, when xou don't intercourse with you, when xou don't
:02:59. > :03:05.have the capacity to stand up for yourself. That is rape. Kent and
:03:06. > :03:06.Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust said the incident occurred
:03:07. > :03:09.Trust said the incident occtrred prior to their formation, so they
:03:10. > :03:26.cannot comment on the specific case, but added:
:03:27. > :03:30.When somebody is in a psychiatric hospital, when they have a lental
:03:31. > :03:32.illness, they are particularly prone to any form of kindness, anyone
:03:33. > :03:32.illness, they are particularly prone to any form of kindness, anxone that
:03:33. > :03:39.to any form of kindness, anyone that offers them an escape from their
:03:40. > :03:43.inner despair. And for people who take advantage of that, it is a
:03:44. > :03:48.betrayal of trust, and that betrayal of trust is quite unforgivable. And
:03:49. > :03:55.Catherine says the vulnerable need more protection.
:03:56. > :03:58.Simon Jones reporting there. The huge quantities of rain that
:03:59. > :04:01.have fallen on the south`east in recent weeks, bringing flooding and
:04:02. > :04:05.misery for thousands, has also damaged our roads, creating hundreds
:04:06. > :04:06.of potholes. Kent County County are using extra crews to fix thd damage,
:04:07. > :04:08.using extra crews to fix the damage, and it's a similar picture `cross
:04:09. > :04:15.and it's a similar picture across the region. In the south`east, one
:04:16. > :04:18.in three drivers has reported pothole damage to their cars in the
:04:19. > :04:19.last two years. Normally, East Sussex Countx Council
:04:20. > :04:23.Normally, East Sussex County Council get around 40 or 50 calls a day from
:04:24. > :04:25.members of the public about potholes. But since the flooding
:04:26. > :04:31.over Christmas, they've recdived up to 200 calls a day. Peter Whittlesea
:04:32. > :04:33.reports. That pothole is a great example of
:04:34. > :04:38.That pothole is a great exalple of the standard of the road. It doesn't
:04:39. > :04:45.matter where you live, motorists claim that potholes are a htge
:04:46. > :04:47.problem thank you `` but the council say they are tackling the issue.
:04:48. > :04:48.Neal, a taxi driver from thd say they are tackling the issue
:04:49. > :04:54.Neal, a taxi driver from the Isle of Neal, a taxi driver from thd Isle of
:04:55. > :04:57.Sheppey and, he says it is too little too late. These potholes, you
:04:58. > :05:00.little too late. These potholes you try and avoid them, but you put
:05:01. > :05:01.yourself at risk of being hht by someone else coming the other
:05:02. > :05:04.yourself at risk of being hit by someone else coming the othdr way.
:05:05. > :05:09.Highway bosses say they are aware of the dangers provided by potholes,
:05:10. > :05:13.that is why they say repairs are underway. Members of the public are
:05:14. > :05:15.asked to report holes, said they can be fixed. There is something around
:05:16. > :05:20.the level of funding, but wd have the level of funding, but we have
:05:21. > :05:23.invested ?55 million in the last three years improving the road
:05:24. > :05:27.network and we have seen an improvement, certainly in a major
:05:28. > :05:31.roads. You don't get potholds and resurfaced roads. Many motorists
:05:32. > :05:33.think patching is a problem and a false economy in the long rtn. There
:05:34. > :05:36.false economy in the long run. There are potholes everywhere frol
:05:37. > :05:36.false economy in the long rtn. There are potholes everywhere from your
:05:37. > :05:38.are potholes everywhere frol your front wheel gets damaged. Probably
:05:39. > :05:40.not, but at the same time, I front wheel gets damaged. Probably
:05:41. > :05:42.not, but at the same time, H think it is to do with budgets, there is
:05:43. > :05:46.no money and it must be very no money and it must be very
:05:47. > :05:50.difficult. They are obviously very bad, yes. And nothing is done in the
:05:51. > :05:55.winter, unless the surface hs winter, unless the surface is
:05:56. > :06:00.replaced. It is definitely getting worse. Industry experts agree and
:06:01. > :06:03.say more funding is needed. The Government is putting more money
:06:04. > :06:08.into road maintenance, but we will not see any of that until 2015 and
:06:09. > :06:11.in the meantime, the network continues to crumble. This current
:06:12. > :06:17.spate of really poor weather and heavy rain is simply going to make
:06:18. > :06:18.the problem worse. Councils claim potholes are properly patchdd and
:06:19. > :06:22.potholes are properly patched and filled and repairs were last, but
:06:23. > :06:25.they say successive cold and wet winters are taking their toll on the
:06:26. > :06:31.roads. In a moment:
:06:32. > :06:38.weaving art with history. The sculpture which intertwines the
:06:39. > :06:39.ruins of a Sussex manor house. The house was destroyed by fire, the
:06:40. > :06:46.sculpture will be destroyed by fire. Councils which back fracking will be
:06:47. > :06:55.allowed to keep much more of the revenue it generates. The Government
:06:56. > :06:58.says local authorities will receive 100% of all the business rates
:06:59. > :06:59.collected from onshore drilling schemes, instead of 50%. Almost
:07:00. > :06:59.collected from onshore drilling schemes, instead of 50%. Allost 20
:07:00. > :07:03.schemes, instead of 50%. Almost 20 licences have been issued to allow
:07:04. > :07:06.onshore oil and gas exploration in the south`east, including Coastal
:07:07. > :07:09.Oil's licence to drill in E`st Kent, one on the North Downs and
:07:10. > :07:14.Cuadrilla's licence in Sussex, which includes the controversial site at
:07:15. > :07:17.Balcombe. This could amount to around ?1.7 million a year for each
:07:18. > :07:21.site for the local councils, so these are formidable sums of money
:07:22. > :07:24.and I think it is right that local communities should share in the
:07:25. > :07:28.benefits. They will get the jobs, there is some industrial activity
:07:29. > :07:30.involved, but they will also be able to keep the money to improvd local
:07:31. > :07:35.to keep the money to improve local services.
:07:36. > :07:38.So how will the rebate work? At the moment, most Business Rates go to
:07:39. > :07:41.central Government and then a percentage is redistributed to fund
:07:42. > :07:44.local services. Today's announcement means that 100% of the taxes paid by
:07:45. > :07:48.oil and gas exploration companies will come back to local councils
:07:49. > :07:49.That could be as much as ?1.7 million for every exploration site
:07:50. > :07:51.So do people think getting lore of So do people think getting lore of
:07:52. > :07:56.that money `` so do people think getting more
:07:57. > :08:00.of that money is a good ide`? `` so do people think getting more
:08:01. > :08:02.of that money is a good idea? There of that money is a good idea? There
:08:03. > :08:05.is a lot of ancient woodland, ancient downs. I would hate to see
:08:06. > :08:09.that damaged, because once ht has gone, it has gone. You can't replace
:08:10. > :08:10.it. We need to find other sources of energy, obviously, and it would be
:08:11. > :08:13.good for the bills to come down, energy, obviously, and it would be
:08:14. > :08:17.good for the bills to come down, but I'm still unsure as to how safe it
:08:18. > :08:19.is, probably like most people. We do need more energy, don't we? But I
:08:20. > :08:20.think people's worry, reallx, need more energy, don't we? But I
:08:21. > :08:22.think people's worry, really, is will water be contaminated? So much
:08:23. > :08:31.to think about. So I am mixdd. will water be contaminated? So much
:08:32. > :08:35.to think about. So I am mixed. Mark Norman, our business correspondent,
:08:36. > :08:44.joins us from Balkan, which has seen huge demonstrations against
:08:45. > :08:46.potential fracking `` Balcolbe. That is right, the potential site is
:08:47. > :08:49.is right, the potential sitd is about a mile down the road, an MP
:08:50. > :08:51.was arrested, huge disruption to the people here, and now they are in
:08:52. > :08:55.line to get a chunk of monex. line to get a chunk of money.
:08:56. > :08:59.I'm joined by the chair of the parish council. Are you going to
:09:00. > :09:02.take the money? I don't think we will see the money directly here in
:09:03. > :09:04.the village. What they are talking about today is business ratds, 0%
:09:05. > :09:09.about today is business rates, 50% of the business rights coming back,
:09:10. > :09:13.100% for the local district council, because they are the people who call
:09:14. > :09:19.on business rates. You think it will appeal to local people, to get money
:09:20. > :09:20.on top financial incentives? Certainly, some people to me
:09:21. > :09:22.on top financial incentives? Certainly, some people to md have
:09:23. > :09:25.said this summer, why are wd not talking about the money and getting
:09:26. > :09:28.something out of this for the community, but others are also
:09:29. > :09:32.saying we should judge this on its merits and not on the money and it
:09:33. > :09:37.is going to be a bad for Balcombe. If it was a good thing, we would
:09:38. > :09:38.take the money. The Government are giving their wholehearted b`cking
:09:39. > :09:40.take the money. The Governmdnt are giving their wholehearted backing to
:09:41. > :09:44.fracking generally in the industry. How do you view that stands? It is
:09:45. > :09:49.certainly something we have seen in a last two years we have bedn
:09:50. > :09:51.involved in this debate. Thd Government policy is to take the
:09:52. > :09:51.involved in this debate. The Government policy is to takd the gas
:09:52. > :09:54.Government policy is to take the gas and oil in this unconventional
:09:55. > :10:00.method and we have seen no policy shift on that. The reality hs that
:10:01. > :10:03.Cuadrilla have not paid any business rates yet. Yes, I was speakhng to
:10:04. > :10:05.rates yet. Yes, I was speaking to somebody today and their st`nce
:10:06. > :10:05.rates yet. Yes, I was speakhng to somebody today and their stance is
:10:06. > :10:07.somebody today and their st`nce is still to say they are working it
:10:08. > :10:09.out, they are sceptical about still to say they are working it
:10:10. > :10:12.out, they are sceptical abott the sums involved and it is something
:10:13. > :10:17.that they are interested in learning the process of. As are we. We'll
:10:18. > :10:19.have to wait and see whether the money will actually make its way
:10:20. > :10:20.down to local communities here money will actually make its way
:10:21. > :10:22.down to local communities hdre in Balcombe.
:10:23. > :10:25.Thanks, Mark. Well, it's sthll unclear exactly how much money will
:10:26. > :10:28.make its way back to local councils, but the Government wants to
:10:29. > :10:34.introduce the scheme by the spring of next year. We would like to know
:10:35. > :10:35.what you think. You can contact us via Facebook or email.
:10:36. > :10:38.Tributes have been paid to ` Tributes have been paid to `
:10:39. > :10:42.teenager from Kent who died after being hit by a car near Maidstone.
:10:43. > :10:43.16`year`old Zoe Georgiou was out walking with her boyfriend hn
:10:44. > :10:47.walking with her boyfriend in Coxheath, when she was knocked down
:10:48. > :10:51.and killed at around six o'clock on Saturday evening. Today, her school,
:10:52. > :10:56.Invicta Grammar, in Maidstone, described her as a bright and happy
:10:57. > :10:58.student with a gentle personality. A Sussex MP is to ask the Government
:10:59. > :11:00.to grant a reprieve to a frde to grant a reprieve to a frde
:11:01. > :11:03.school, which is to be closed amid school, which is to be closdd amid
:11:04. > :11:06.concerns about its teaching standards. The Discovery New School
:11:07. > :11:11.in Crawley was told that it must shut its doors in April ` the first
:11:12. > :11:14.time this kind of action has been taken ` after being declared failing
:11:15. > :11:15.and placed in special measures by Ofsted. The Government found it was
:11:16. > :11:17.not making the changes requhred Ofsted. The Government found it was
:11:18. > :11:19.not making the changes required to not making the changes requhred to
:11:20. > :11:22.improve standards. Personally, I think they're hanging us out to dry
:11:23. > :11:26.because they don't like our curriculum. It feels like they are
:11:27. > :11:30.looking for any excuse right now, because, like I said, the amount of
:11:31. > :11:37.work, we have tried to address every single issue they have put forward.
:11:38. > :11:41.I'm joined now by our polithcal reporter Ellie Price. So the local
:11:42. > :11:48.MP is backing the school's campaign to try and stay open. Yes, the
:11:49. > :11:52.Crawley and the Henry Smith is going with a delegation to meet Lord
:11:53. > :11:53.Marsh, the schools minister. And back in December, he travelled with
:11:54. > :11:56.pupils and parents to deliver a pupils and parents to deliver a
:11:57. > :11:59.petition against the closurd. pupils and parents to delivdr a
:12:00. > :12:01.petition against the closurd. He says the Department Of Education
:12:02. > :12:06.should give the school more time to improve and that when it was put
:12:07. > :12:07.into special measures in Max, there was a big senior management change
:12:08. > :12:10.and they were not given enotgh was a big senior management change
:12:11. > :12:14.and they were not given enotgh time to implement change. Of course, the
:12:15. > :12:19.whole idea behind these fred school is was to give the schools more
:12:20. > :12:22.autonomy from state control `` free schools. They should be outside the
:12:23. > :12:24.curriculum. But the criticism seems to be there was not enough support
:12:25. > :12:26.when the school was struggling. to be there was not enough support
:12:27. > :12:29.when the school was strugglhng. The when the school was strugglhng. The
:12:30. > :12:30.Government says that it maintains that the school failed to ddliver at
:12:31. > :12:34.that the school failed to deliver at the most basic level. I spoke to the
:12:35. > :12:35.Department of Education and they confirmed this meeting was taking
:12:36. > :12:37.place but that also the dechsion confirmed this meeting was taking
:12:38. > :12:39.place but that also the decision to close it had been taken. Th`nk
:12:40. > :12:39.place but that also the dechsion to close it had been taken. Thank you
:12:40. > :12:45.close it had been taken. Th`nk you very much.
:12:46. > :12:47.Our top story tonight: A woman who say she was rapdd
:12:48. > :12:48.Our top story tonight: A woman who say she was raped up
:12:49. > :12:48.Our top story tonight: A woman who say she was rapdd up to
:12:49. > :12:52.A woman who say she was raped up to 60 times in an NHS psychiatric
:12:53. > :12:55.hospital in Kent says the institutions are a playground for
:12:56. > :13:01.predators. The man responsible was later convicted and she recdived
:13:02. > :13:03.?100,000 in compensation. Also tonight, the controversial
:13:04. > :13:08.photographer looking for thousands of people to be snapped in the nude
:13:09. > :13:11.on a south`east beach. And a cold, wet nights to come but improving by
:13:12. > :13:13.tomorrow afternoon. Join me later in the programme for
:13:14. > :13:17.Join me later in the progralme for the forecast.
:13:18. > :13:26.Nymans, near Haywards Heath, was once a grand family home but it was
:13:27. > :13:27.destroyed by fire in the 1940s. The remaining ruins are owned bx
:13:28. > :13:27.destroyed by fire in the 1940s. The remaining ruins are owned by the
:13:28. > :13:33.remaining ruins are owned bx the National Trust and surrounded by its
:13:34. > :13:36.famous gardens. Now the history of the house is being recreated using a
:13:37. > :13:38.wooden sculpture. It intertwines the ruins and, in a few weeks' time,
:13:39. > :13:39.will be dramatically destroxed ruins and, in a few weeks' time
:13:40. > :13:41.will be dramatically destroxed the same way the building was ` by fire.
:13:42. > :13:48.Sara Smith reports. Elegant waves of wood undulate
:13:49. > :13:50.against the still`beautiful shell of this ruined home, weaving in and out
:13:51. > :14:03.of doorways and windows. French of doorways and windows. French
:14:04. > :14:07.sculptor Denis Tricot had heard the story of Nymans and visited once,
:14:08. > :14:09.but it was not until he started his piece that he knew how it would turn
:14:10. > :14:13.out. I did not prepare, I just out. I did not prepare, I just
:14:14. > :14:19.wanted to arrive with my pl`nks and draw within the space, you know?
:14:20. > :14:21.Because it is really different. We came in October, with the lhght
:14:22. > :14:21.Because it is really differdnt. We came in October, with the light of
:14:22. > :14:27.came in October, with the lhght of October, and now in January, it is
:14:28. > :14:30.very, very different. It is impulse, you say? He brought everyond of
:14:31. > :14:33.you say? He brought everyone of these poplar planks with hil from
:14:34. > :14:37.France, suspending them using nylon thread. Each piece of wood curves
:14:38. > :14:42.partly due to Denis's methods, and partly, he admits, of its own
:14:43. > :14:45.accord. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this
:14:46. > :14:53.sculpture isn't the way it has been created but the way it will meet its
:14:54. > :14:57.end. In five weeks' time, the whole thing is going to be set on fire. It
:14:58. > :15:00.is quite ephemeral, which works really well here, because obviously
:15:01. > :15:03.they lost the house here, so the house they built as their home ended
:15:04. > :15:07.up becoming quite ephemeral itself. So the sort of creation of something
:15:08. > :15:09.out of a space, relating to space, but doesn't last ever reallx
:15:10. > :15:09.out of a space, relating to space, but doesn't last ever really rings
:15:10. > :15:12.but doesn't last ever reallx rings true here. `` last forever. It was
:15:13. > :15:13.in 1947 when Nymans was engulfed true here. `` last forever. It was
:15:14. > :15:14.in 1947 when Nymans was engtlfed in in 1947 when Nymans was engulfed in
:15:15. > :15:21.fire. Rather than rebuild, ht has fire. Rather than rebuild, ht has
:15:22. > :15:22.become a dramatic centrepiece of the gardens here. The installathon
:15:23. > :15:25.become a dramatic centrepiece of the gardens here. The installation is
:15:26. > :15:26.one of the National Trust's first in a project to bring contemporary art
:15:27. > :15:29.to outdoor spaces. It will undergo to outdoor spaces. It will tndergo
:15:30. > :15:31.its flaming recreation of the history of this house on February
:15:32. > :15:52.19th. An epic story of love and loss in
:15:53. > :15:54.the time of the First World War, Birdsong has been voted one of the
:15:55. > :15:56.top 20 favourite novels of `ll Birdsong has been voted one of the
:15:57. > :15:58.top 20 favourite novels of `ll time, been adapted as an award`winning
:15:59. > :16:03.television series and now the stage version is coming to Kent.
:16:04. > :16:07.Chrissie Reidy has been chatting with the novelist Sebastian Faulks
:16:08. > :16:09.about his work, which focuses on a young Englishman who embarks on a
:16:10. > :16:12.passionate and dangerous love affair.
:16:13. > :16:18.It is an epic tale of love `nd affair.
:16:19. > :16:19.It is an epic tale of love and war. Birdsong, written by Sebasthan
:16:20. > :16:23.Birdsong, written by Sebastian Faulks, was so successful as a novel
:16:24. > :16:29.it has become part of the English literature syllabus and, last year,
:16:30. > :16:34.was adapted for TV. It is a book that people respond to in a very
:16:35. > :16:38.sort of visceral way. It is about making love and dying. It is about
:16:39. > :16:43.the uses of the human body hn extremes of death and love. And I
:16:44. > :16:49.think it also has a narrative that drives pretty strongly. This year
:16:50. > :16:53.will mark the 100th year since the outbreak of the First World War.
:16:54. > :16:56.With the last living link to the Western front gone, the touring
:16:57. > :16:59.production of Birdsong is an opportunity for audiences to ask
:17:00. > :17:03.questions. The whole country is becoming swept up and will become
:17:04. > :17:05.more so, with World War One, commemorating it, remembering it,
:17:06. > :17:09.arguing about it, what caused it, what went wrong, how did we get into
:17:10. > :17:13.this terrible mess when Europe killed more than ten million of its
:17:14. > :17:23.best man for no real reason that anyone seems to be able to agree on?
:17:24. > :17:28.A love story at heart, it ddpicts the horrors of tunnel warfare and
:17:29. > :17:31.the harrowing experiences of Stephen Raynsford and the young men fighting
:17:32. > :17:37.on the front line in northern France. I would love people to come
:17:38. > :17:41.away with a sense of, as you say, away with a sense of, as yot say,
:17:42. > :17:42.disbelief that this was allowed to happen, but also to remember what
:17:43. > :17:46.people did for us and to remember people did for us and to remember
:17:47. > :17:56.that humans are capable of behaving like this. Said that since we assume
:17:57. > :18:00.is we must never allow this to happen again. `` that sense. I want
:18:01. > :18:03.my men out now. What Birdsong's contribution is, as it were, to the
:18:04. > :18:07.whole commemoration, the centenary, is to make us think what kind of
:18:08. > :18:09.animal a human being really is. And I think that really is what 191 `18
:18:10. > :18:11.changed, it changed our idea of what changed, it changed our idea of what
:18:12. > :18:14.we are. It is a story of cotrage changed, it changed our ide` of what
:18:15. > :18:16.we are. It is a story of courage and we are. It is a story of courage and
:18:17. > :18:23.sacrifice, ensuring veterans of the First World War are never forgotten.
:18:24. > :18:30.Chrissie Reidy is at the Assembly Halls in Tunbridge Wells, where it
:18:31. > :18:34.will be staged next month. Well, before it comes here to
:18:35. > :18:38.Tunbridge Wells, it will in fact be at the Devonshire Theatre, the
:18:39. > :18:40.Devonshire Park theatre, I beg your pardon, in Eastbourne on thd
:18:41. > :18:41.Devonshire Park theatre, I beg your pardon, in Eastbourne on the 12th of
:18:42. > :18:44.pardon, in Eastbourne on thd 12th of February, and then it comes here on
:18:45. > :18:47.the 24th. In case you were wondering, is the production
:18:48. > :18:51.faithful to the original novel? At the Q and a today in London with
:18:52. > :18:56.Sebastian Faulks, he does admit it is very different but in terms of
:18:57. > :18:59.the sense of loss and the World War I legacy, it is still as powerful.
:19:00. > :19:03.OK, thank you. On to football and there was one of
:19:04. > :19:06.everything for our top teams this weekend ` a win, a draw, a defeat
:19:07. > :19:08.and a postponement. Crawley will be delighted bx their
:19:09. > :19:10.Crawley will be delighted by their dramatic comeback yesterday but the
:19:11. > :19:14.highlight of the weekend was another win for Brighton, which lifted them
:19:15. > :19:16.into the play`offs. Neil Bell reports.
:19:17. > :19:19.Despite their recent modest home record, Brighton supporters knew
:19:20. > :19:23.that victory could be good enough to finally take the team into the top
:19:24. > :19:26.six. The Albion created a ntmber of decent chances, including this
:19:27. > :19:32.stinging shot from the lively LuaLua. And the Seagulls finally
:19:33. > :19:34.took the lead early in the second half, when Andrew Crofts' crisp low
:19:35. > :19:38.shot was saved, the ball eventually shot was saved, the ball eventually
:19:39. > :19:40.came to David Lopez and his cleverly struck shot beat the
:19:41. > :19:43.otherwise`excellent Darren Randolph. It wasn't all good news, however.
:19:44. > :19:46.This seemingly innocuous challenge This seemingly innocuous ch`llenge
:19:47. > :19:48.led to Andrew Crofts being carried off and he will now miss the rest
:19:49. > :19:52.led to Andrew Crofts being carried off and he will now miss thd rest of
:19:53. > :19:55.the season. I am very sad for this, for this injury, because he was
:19:56. > :20:02.playing really, really well and he was helping us a lot.
:20:03. > :20:04.In League One, Gillingham were nowhere near their best at
:20:05. > :20:09.Colchester, particularly after Sanchez Watt's disputed opener. The
:20:10. > :20:10.home side's second came after Sanchez Watt's disputed opener. The
:20:11. > :20:11.home side's second came aftdr a far`from`spectacular long`range shot
:20:12. > :20:16.far`from`spectacular long`r`nge shot from Morrison. But the third in
:20:17. > :20:21.stoppage time from Freddie Sears was pinpoint accurate.
:20:22. > :20:23.Crawley were two goals down with time running out at Coventry when
:20:24. > :20:26.Jamie Proctor's accurate he`der gave Jamie Proctor's accurate he`der gave
:20:27. > :20:29.them a lifeline. And with three minutes left, Sergio Torres' nimble
:20:30. > :20:31.run and cross eventually fell for Andy Drury to claim the Reds a
:20:32. > :20:38.well`deserved point. Cricket and England's women,
:20:39. > :20:40.captained by Kent's Charlotte Edwards, held their nerve to defeat
:20:41. > :20:44.Australia by 61 runs in thehr Australia by 61 runs in their
:20:45. > :20:47.one`off Test Match in Perth. The England team, which contains four
:20:48. > :20:53.players from Sussex and Kent, dismissed the home team for 123. The
:20:54. > :20:57.teams will now meet in a series of limited`overs games, starting later
:20:58. > :20:59.this week. East Grinstead hockey star @shley
:21:00. > :21:00.Jackson scored twice to enstre England maintained their excellent
:21:01. > :21:03.start to the World League Fhnals. start to the World League Fhnals.
:21:04. > :21:07.Jackson, now fully recovered from his recent injuries, helped England
:21:08. > :21:09.to a 5`1 win over New Zealand to make it three wins out of three and
:21:10. > :21:11.guaranteed England a place in make it three wins out of three and
:21:12. > :21:16.guaranteed England a place in the quarterfinals.
:21:17. > :21:18.Former Ardingly College pupil Max Chilton will be racing for the
:21:19. > :21:19.Marussia team in Formula Ond Chilton will be racing for the
:21:20. > :21:23.Marussia team in Formula One again next season. The 22`year`old from
:21:24. > :21:27.Surrey set a new record by finishing in all 19 Grand Prix in his first
:21:28. > :21:32.season in the sport, but has had to wait for almost two months before
:21:33. > :21:33.his place in the team was confirmed. Hundreds of naked people will be
:21:34. > :21:39.parading themselves on a be`ch parading themselves on a be`ch
:21:40. > :21:42.somewhere in the south`east in May. The unusual gathering of men and
:21:43. > :21:43.women will become the latest subject of the controversial American
:21:44. > :21:47.of the controversial Americ`n artist, Spencer Tunick.
:21:48. > :21:48.The photographer is famous for creating extraordinary imagds by
:21:49. > :21:49.creating extraordinary images by gathering groups of naked pdople `
:21:50. > :21:53.gathering groups of naked people ` sometimes in their thousands ` out
:21:54. > :21:54.in the Open air. Three potential venues in Kent and Sussex have
:21:55. > :21:54.in the Open air. Three potential venues in Kent and Sussex h`ve been
:21:55. > :22:00.venues in Kent and Sussex have been short listed as Brighton, Folkestone
:22:01. > :22:01.and Hastings. Ian Palmer reports. Naked people grouped togethdr
:22:02. > :22:01.and Hastings. Ian Palmer reports. Naked people grouped together in
:22:02. > :22:01.and Hastings. Ian Palmer reports. Naked people grouped togethdr in an
:22:02. > :22:04.Naked people grouped together in an urban setting. It can only be the
:22:05. > :22:12.work of one man ` Spencer Tunick. The American photographer wants to
:22:13. > :22:16.bring his unique brand of installation art to the south`east.
:22:17. > :22:27.Hastings is one of three venues hoping to be chosen for his next
:22:28. > :22:28.shoot. The human race loves dressing up and I think they like taking
:22:29. > :22:30.their clothes off just as mtch. up and I think they like taking
:22:31. > :22:32.their clothes off just as much. We their clothes off just as mtch. We
:22:33. > :22:33.can all think of a few people who would be down here straight`way
:22:34. > :22:36.would be down here straightaway given half a chance and it hs the
:22:37. > :22:40.sort of thing that will go down well in Hastings. The competition is
:22:41. > :22:43.being organised by Culture 24. The Jerwood Gallery in the town is
:22:44. > :22:46.holding a flash mob event on Friday to highlight its candidacy. I think
:22:47. > :22:50.the nude has been part of West the nude has been part of Wdst
:22:51. > :22:54.European hard for a very long time. I think if you are part of that
:22:55. > :22:58.feeling of group participathon, for feeling of group participation, for
:22:59. > :23:09.many people, it is after `` Western European hard. We will have to judge
:23:10. > :23:10.for ourselves when we see it here. I felt more uncomfortable with own
:23:11. > :23:12.clothes and no, I don't likd felt more uncomfortable with own
:23:13. > :23:15.clothes and no, I don't like any of those words. `` now. I wish I didn't
:23:16. > :23:20.have to use them. Spencer Tunick have to use them. Spencer Tunick
:23:21. > :23:31.made his name photographing his subjects in New York. You are under
:23:32. > :23:32.arrest. Not now, let's reshoot the picture. You are under arrest.
:23:33. > :23:34.Having been arrested so many picture. You are under arrest.
:23:35. > :23:36.Having been arrested so manx times, Having been arrested so many times,
:23:37. > :23:37.he now tends to work in Europe. Thousands of people have bedn
:23:38. > :23:38.he now tends to work in Europe. Thousands of people have been happy
:23:39. > :23:42.Thousands of people have bedn happy to strip off for the American, but
:23:43. > :23:45.would people be willing to do so here? A question we put to people in
:23:46. > :23:46.Brighton. It sounds very interesting. I can't quite imagine
:23:47. > :23:53.interesting. I can't quite hmagine it. Brighton is known for that kind
:23:54. > :23:58.of QWERTY clean, so why not? `` quirky thing. I am not sure how
:23:59. > :24:00.other people would respond to it, but I think it is a good idda.
:24:01. > :24:00.other people would respond to it, but I think it is a good idea. Are
:24:01. > :24:05.but I think it is a good idda. Are you going to get involved?
:24:06. > :24:10.Absolutely not. Spencer tunic is coming to the south`east. `` Spencer
:24:11. > :24:16.Tunick is coming to the south`east. The winning area will be chosen at
:24:17. > :24:19.the end of the month. Let's go back to one of the earlier stories,
:24:20. > :24:23.councils backing fracking whll keep much more of the revenue it
:24:24. > :24:27.generates. The Government says local
:24:28. > :24:28.authorities will receive 100% of the business rates that are collected
:24:29. > :24:32.from onshore drilling schemds, from onshore drilling schemds,
:24:33. > :24:36.instead of 50%. We asked what you thought.
:24:37. > :24:39.We have had a lot of responses on email and via Facebook. A lot of
:24:40. > :24:40.people are against, but this one says, if I knew it would benefit the
:24:41. > :24:43.community, and help the economy, says, if I knew it would benefit the
:24:44. > :24:46.community, and help the economy I community, and help the economy I
:24:47. > :24:50.would say yes to the money. OK, but Margaret Rutherford says, I
:24:51. > :24:56.am in total agreement with Greenpeace, it is a form of bribery
:24:57. > :24:56.by the Government, putting local authorities in an impossible
:24:57. > :25:00.authorities in an impossibld situation. If they accept, they are
:25:01. > :25:02.selling out the ideals of the voters and if they do not, they cause
:25:03. > :25:06.and if they do not, they catse financial problems for the region.
:25:07. > :25:14.Kevin says we must do everything to develop the gas situation ghven
:25:15. > :25:15.Kevin says we must do everything to develop the gas situation given to
:25:16. > :25:18.us by fracking. This one says it should not just be
:25:19. > :25:23.a bride, they should invest heavily in alternative energy and stop
:25:24. > :25:26.cutting back that budget. You can join in on the Facebook
:25:27. > :25:27.site. Thank you for your colments, site. Thank you for your comments,
:25:28. > :25:29.let me guess what the weathdr site. Thank you for your colments,
:25:30. > :25:30.let me guess what the weather has site. Thank you for your comments,
:25:31. > :25:34.let me guess what the weather has in store, more rain?
:25:35. > :25:38.Yes, but some more sunshine around. A cold and wet start tomorrow, a
:25:39. > :25:39.little bit of sunshine through tomorrow afternoon, but yes, you
:25:40. > :25:43.guessed it, the rain will be back guessed it, the rain will be back
:25:44. > :25:47.again from Wednesday. Temperature is pretty mild but wet
:25:48. > :25:56.and windy too. Today, we actually saw some sunshine. One or two fairly
:25:57. > :25:58.hefty showers around, still quite breezy, though south`westerly winds
:25:59. > :25:59.have been picking up, top temperatures nine or 10 degrees. In
:26:00. > :26:01.temperatures nine or 10 degrees In two tonight, it is going to be
:26:02. > :26:08.chilly, temperatures dropping to one or two degrees, but we will not have
:26:09. > :26:13.problems with the ice because of the rainfall. Temperatures along the
:26:14. > :26:21.coast, four or five degrees, a cloud the `` cloudy and cold wet start
:26:22. > :26:24.tomorrow but the wind means much drier weather later on. It hs an
:26:25. > :26:31.improving story by the afternoon, seeing some sunshine around. The
:26:32. > :26:34.wind is really easing off, 5`10 mph. Temperatures still in singld
:26:35. > :26:38.figures, highs of five or shx degrees. It doesn't stay dry.
:26:39. > :26:40.Tomorrow night, we see outbreaks of rain, it stays pretty chillx with
:26:41. > :26:42.rain, it stays pretty chilly with temperatures down to two or three
:26:43. > :26:43.degrees, holding up a little temperatures down to two or three
:26:44. > :26:45.degrees, holding up a littld bit degrees, holding up a littld bit
:26:46. > :26:50.along the coast. Wednesday, turning wet and windy and still those wins
:26:51. > :26:52.from a south`westerly direction, so not particularly cold. Tempdratures
:26:53. > :26:56.not particularly cold. Temperatures creeping up, mostly in double
:26:57. > :27:01.figures, 11 or 12 but it will not be feeling pleasant. It will be wet and
:27:02. > :27:02.windy. Thursday, the rain clears a little bit behind it, we still
:27:03. > :27:02.windy. Thursday, the rain clears a little bit behind it, we sthll have
:27:03. > :27:06.little bit behind it, we still have some showers around and strong
:27:07. > :27:11.winds, temperatures mostly staying in double figures, 11 or 12, so much
:27:12. > :27:23.more of the same for Friday. As we head towards the weekend, some dry
:27:24. > :27:24.weather but also some hefty showers and some strong south`westerly
:27:25. > :27:27.winds. But tomorrow afternoon, dry and
:27:28. > :27:30.bright. It is endless. That is it from us, I will be back with inside
:27:31. > :27:35.out in half an hour. I will be back at 10:25pm.