:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Mikaeel Kular's community.
:00:07. > :00:14.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith. And I'm Natalie Grah`m.
:00:15. > :00:21.Tonight's top stories. Another day of chaos after a night of hdavy rain
:00:22. > :00:24.leads to widespread flooding. I did not listen to the forecast but there
:00:25. > :00:25.was no warning. We have been unprepared. It's brought the South
:00:26. > :00:28.unprepared. It's brought thd South East to a standstill. Trains have
:00:29. > :00:32.been cancelled and delayed, and roads left impassable. I've been on
:00:33. > :00:38.patrol for ten years and never seen it like this. As a result, so many
:00:39. > :00:41.people are taking too many chances, driving through big puddles.
:00:42. > :00:44.Unfortunately, it will be g`me over for a lot of these vehicles. We will
:00:45. > :00:46.have the latest on the story. for a lot of these vehicles. We will
:00:47. > :00:48.have the latest on the storx. Also have the latest on the story. Also
:00:49. > :00:52.in tonight's programme: Remdmbering Claire Tiltman. Friends of the
:00:53. > :00:56.teenager murdered 21 years ago renew their vow to bring her killdr to
:00:57. > :01:00.justice. Love letters from the death railway. The daughter of a survivor
:01:01. > :01:04.of the Burma railway fulfils his dying wish. How the bare`naked
:01:05. > :01:18.ladies ` and men ` are trying to persuade a top photographer to come
:01:19. > :01:21.to the Sussex coast. Good evening. It's been a day of chaos for
:01:22. > :01:24.homeowners, motorists and commuters as once again heavy rainfall has
:01:25. > :01:26.flooded homes, causing major delays and cancellations on the rail
:01:27. > :01:35.network and leaving many roads impassable. The Environment Agency
:01:36. > :01:38.has 11 flood warnings and alerts in place across the South East this
:01:39. > :01:40.evening. In a moment, we'll get the latest live from our reporters in
:01:41. > :01:43.latest live from our reportdrs in Surrey and Sussex. But first Yvette
:01:44. > :01:54.Austin joins us from the Kent village of Otford, near Sevdnoaks.
:01:55. > :01:56.What is the situation? I am beside the River Darent. You can see
:01:57. > :01:57.What is the situation? I am beside the River Darent. You can sde how
:01:58. > :02:03.the River Darent. You can see how high this section is and it is here
:02:04. > :02:05.that the concern is tonight, with 40 millimetres falling last night in
:02:06. > :02:10.the catchment area, with the worst the catchment area, with thd worst
:02:11. > :02:15.hit villages such as Westerham. That water is working downstream now.
:02:16. > :02:17.water is working downstream now The high street is now a tributary
:02:18. > :02:22.The high street is now a trhbutary of the River Darent with water
:02:23. > :02:24.lapping at doorsteps. Fire crews use pumping equipment to stop the
:02:25. > :02:28.growing tide. Nearby, upstrdam, growing tide. Nearby, upstream,
:02:29. > :02:29.low`lying properties have bdcome low`lying properties have bdcome
:02:30. > :02:34.victims of the flood once again. low`lying properties have become
:02:35. > :02:37.victims of the flood once again We victims of the flood once again. We
:02:38. > :02:42.have water coming from the front. We also have water coming from the back
:02:43. > :02:49.with the garden saturated. As fast as water is pumped, it returns. This
:02:50. > :02:51.person spent Christmas flooded also. No warning. I did not particularly
:02:52. > :02:55.listen to the weather forecast but listen to the weather forecast but
:02:56. > :03:02.there was no warning. We have been completely unprepared. We h`ve loads
:03:03. > :03:06.of sandbags. We did not put them out. No, taken unawares again. Fire
:03:07. > :03:10.out. No, taken unawares agahn. Fire crews arrived in the early hours.
:03:11. > :03:14.They have a difficult balancing act to perform. If we pump too luch
:03:15. > :03:17.to perform. If we pump too much water into the river we will make it
:03:18. > :03:21.worse for people who live further down and so we are trying to hold
:03:22. > :03:30.the water as opposed to pumping it away. The extent of the range ``
:03:31. > :03:36.rain seems to have taken people by surprise. The council have not
:03:37. > :03:40.issued enough sandbags. The community are helping. I phoned the
:03:41. > :03:42.council and they cannot isste sandbags. It can take four days.
:03:43. > :03:42.council and they cannot issue sandbags. It can take four days I
:03:43. > :03:47.sandbags. It can take four days. I need it now. In Westerham, low`lying
:03:48. > :03:52.properties were flooded agahn. properties were flooded agahn.
:03:53. > :03:58.Tonight the focus switches to other areas at risk. Our concern at
:03:59. > :03:59.Tonight the focus switches to other areas at risk. Our concern `t the
:04:00. > :04:00.areas at risk. Our concern at the moment is communities on thd
:04:01. > :04:01.areas at risk. Our concern `t the moment is communities on the River
:04:02. > :04:08.moment is communities on thd River Darent and River Eden. If this was
:04:09. > :04:12.not here, and the Tonbridge town walls were not in Tonbridge, this
:04:13. > :04:14.kind of event would seek flooding in Tonbridge. There seems to be no
:04:15. > :04:21.Tonbridge. There seems to bd no letup. This afternoon and evening,
:04:22. > :04:26.people around here have been preparing properties for possible
:04:27. > :04:28.flooding. Sevenoaks Council distributed 800 sandbags, but
:04:29. > :04:30.flooding. Sevenoaks Council distributed 800 sandbags, btt it is
:04:31. > :04:42.also further downstream that is at risk, such as villages such as
:04:43. > :04:46.Edenbridge, with warnings in place. The weather has caused chaos on the
:04:47. > :04:52.roads. Ellie Price is at Three Bridges, near Crawley. What is the
:04:53. > :04:59.latest? Trains are running on a limited service. The flood waters
:05:00. > :05:02.have gone down but evidence of what happened earlier is still here,
:05:03. > :05:09.including Redcar, whose driver decided to brave the flood water and
:05:10. > :05:13.did not get out again. It is a phrase we have heard a lot of, rain
:05:14. > :05:19.falling on saturated ground. But this is what happens when it does.
:05:20. > :05:24.And despite the flood is making these roads impassable, it did not
:05:25. > :05:27.stop some motorists from trxing The car was stuck in the water. The road
:05:28. > :05:30.was flooded. Cars were passhng was flooded. Cars were passing
:05:31. > :05:34.through, unfortunately my stuck in the water. We have every av`ilable
:05:35. > :05:38.the water. We have every available man on the road. I have been on
:05:39. > :05:41.patrol for ten years and have not seen it like this. As a result,
:05:42. > :05:45.seen it like this. As a restlt, people are taking too many chances
:05:46. > :05:50.and unfortunately, it will be game over for a lot of vehicles. If the
:05:51. > :05:53.road is closed, it means closed. We have many cars who took the risk and
:05:54. > :06:00.suffered the consequences. And also suffered the consequences. And also
:06:01. > :06:04.people in 4x4 vehicles and lorries going too fast because they can. It
:06:05. > :06:07.was not just the smaller ro`ds. going too fast because they can It
:06:08. > :06:11.was not just the smaller roads. Part of the M25 and others were shot.
:06:12. > :06:19.Floodwater brought chaos to the morning commute. It was a shmilar
:06:20. > :06:25.story on the trains with flooding leaving Haywards Heath commtters
:06:26. > :06:27.stranded until mid`morning. A bus was the best East Grinstead
:06:28. > :06:31.commuters could hope for. Wd was the best East Grinstead
:06:32. > :06:31.commuters could hope for. We live was the best East Grinstead
:06:32. > :06:34.commuters could hope for. Wd live in commuters could hope for. We live in
:06:35. > :06:36.Britain, it rains, but chaos seems to rule again. I am waiting for a
:06:37. > :06:41.bus but I do not know when it will bus but I do not know when ht will
:06:42. > :06:43.come. The problem is there hs nowhere for the rain to drain.
:06:44. > :06:46.come. The problem is there is nowhere for the rain to drahn. The
:06:47. > :06:47.concern is that there will be more. They are praying it will not
:06:48. > :06:50.happen. Businesses in Crawldy are happen. Businesses in Crawley are
:06:51. > :06:56.already counting the cost of more rain.
:06:57. > :07:01.Today the government has announced an extra ?6.7 million to help local
:07:02. > :07:05.councils cope with the effects of flooding and severe weather.
:07:06. > :07:12.Speaking to people today, it comes as small comfort. Flooding has
:07:13. > :07:17.brought misery to homeowners in Surrey. Juliette Parkin reports from
:07:18. > :07:18.Hawley near Gatwick where pdople Hawley near Gatwick where people
:07:19. > :07:22.have been flooded repeatedlx. Hawley near Gatwick where pdople
:07:23. > :07:25.have been flooded repeatedly. The have been flooded repeatedlx. The
:07:26. > :07:27.front drive, flooded again, with water seeping into this homd for
:07:28. > :07:30.front drive, flooded again, with water seeping into this home for the
:07:31. > :07:33.second time in a matter of weeks. We feel gutted. It is over thrde weeks
:07:34. > :07:40.feel gutted. It is over three weeks since the last time it happdned It
:07:41. > :07:43.really is upsetting everybody. We do not know what to say. You gdt
:07:44. > :07:43.really is upsetting everybody. We do not know what to say. You get no
:07:44. > :07:44.not know what to say. You gdt no help from anybody again. This
:07:45. > :07:45.not know what to say. You get no help from anybody again. Thhs was
:07:46. > :07:47.help from anybody again. This was the start of the clear up jtst after
:07:48. > :07:52.the start of the clear up just after the Christmas flooding. What is
:07:53. > :07:57.annoying is getting back to square one, trying to sort out, and you are
:07:58. > :08:01.back to this again. The problem is, will we keep getting this in the
:08:02. > :08:07.course of the year? This is bad enough. Today, they called `n
:08:08. > :08:12.emergency meeting with the Environment Agency and council, who
:08:13. > :08:16.failed to turn up. Residents field drainage is inadequate and they are
:08:17. > :08:21.worried about new housing plans and feel they have had little hdlp. The
:08:22. > :08:25.feel they have had little help. The issue is it is an unadopted road
:08:26. > :08:32.which might help you come up with a solution or might not. Councils told
:08:33. > :08:36.us today this flooding is on a Private Road and although it is not
:08:37. > :08:40.their responsibility, they say they have helped with sandbags and pumps.
:08:41. > :08:42.It is frustrating. When we `sked have helped with sandbags and pumps.
:08:43. > :08:44.It is frustrating. When we `sked the pumps they said no, we have just
:08:45. > :08:47.come to have a look. They dhd not do come to have a look. They dhd not do
:08:48. > :08:50.anything, it has been up to ask. come to have a look. They did not do
:08:51. > :08:53.anything, it has been up to ask For anything, it has been up to ask For
:08:54. > :09:01.now, it is a case of pumping out water into already swollen ditches
:09:02. > :09:04.and hoping it will stay at bay. Rachel is with us. We knew ht was
:09:05. > :09:06.Rachel is with us. We knew it was going to be wept overnight but the
:09:07. > :09:11.amount of rain seems to havd taken amount of rain seems to have taken
:09:12. > :09:16.everyone by surprise. We expected several bands of showers
:09:17. > :09:20.and they stalled and it meant in some places they saw almost two
:09:21. > :09:25.inches of rain. Elsewhere, we just saw a couple of millimetres. It is
:09:26. > :09:29.better news as we head towards the weekend and we do not expect as much
:09:30. > :09:32.rain as initially thought. To keep up the latest information
:09:33. > :09:36.To keep up the latest inforlation throughout the night coming you can
:09:37. > :09:41.log onto your local BBC website or tune into your local BBC radio
:09:42. > :09:45.station. In a moment: Show me the Manet. The
:09:46. > :09:53.Kent museum that's exhibiting a National Gallery masterpiecd.
:09:54. > :09:54.National Gallery masterpiece. Tomorrow marks the 21st annhversary
:09:55. > :09:57.Tomorrow marks the 21st anniversary of one of Kent's biggest unsolved
:09:58. > :10:01.murders. Claire Tiltman had just turned 16 when she was stabbed to
:10:02. > :10:05.death in an alleyway close to her home in Greenhithe in 1993. This
:10:06. > :10:06.weekend, her friends are holding a fundraising event to remembdr
:10:07. > :10:06.weekend, her friends are holding a fundraising event to remember Claire
:10:07. > :10:10.fundraising event to remembdr Claire and to celebrate her life.
:10:11. > :10:12.Detectives say they're still actively investigating the case and
:10:13. > :10:24.remain determined to catch Claire's killer. Peter Whittlesea reports.
:10:25. > :10:29.Claire Tiltman's murder is one of the longest running cases in Kent
:10:30. > :10:30.police history. On the eve of the 21st anniversary, the officer
:10:31. > :10:31.police history. On the eve of the 21st anniversary, the officdr in
:10:32. > :10:36.21st anniversary, the officer in charge of this case said
:10:37. > :10:41.investigations are ongoing. Her life ended on that day and so did the
:10:42. > :10:45.future for her family and friends. Everything changed on that day and
:10:46. > :10:50.it is that impact that goes on three years. For her parents, now sadly
:10:51. > :10:56.passed away, they never knew the justice. Since her parents' death
:10:57. > :11:00.her friends have continued to campaign for justice, holding vigils
:11:01. > :11:04.to mark the anniversary of her murder. This year they will stage
:11:05. > :11:08.events to celebrate her life, ensuring the case remains in the
:11:09. > :11:13.spotlight until the killer is caught. We want people to rdmember
:11:14. > :11:18.Claire was more than what h`ppened to her, she was a great girl and
:11:19. > :11:20.full of fun. We want people to celebrate part of her life `nd
:11:21. > :11:23.celebrate part of her life and remember her family. She was really
:11:24. > :11:26.special. There is no justice. remember her family. She was really
:11:27. > :11:27.special. There is no justicd. It remember her family. She was really
:11:28. > :11:32.special. There is no justicd. It is not right that somebody could be
:11:33. > :11:34.walking the streets that did this. Claire Tiltman was murdered four
:11:35. > :11:36.days after her 16th birthdax Claire Tiltman was murdered four
:11:37. > :11:37.days after her 16th birthday when days after her 16th birthdax when
:11:38. > :11:39.walking to meet a friend near days after her 16th birthday when
:11:40. > :11:47.walking to meet a friend near her home in Greenhithe. She was stabbed
:11:48. > :11:50.more than 40 times. In 2010, police investigated a sign claiming to name
:11:51. > :12:02.her killer, but that person was ruled out. Two years ago from his
:12:03. > :12:03.deathbed, her father renewed the appeal for information. I have
:12:04. > :12:07.deathbed, her father renewed the appeal for information. I h`ve never
:12:08. > :12:18.given up hope and never will do. Her friends have set up a website. Three
:12:19. > :12:20.people have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction
:12:21. > :12:23.following the disappearance of a 16`year`old Sussex schoolgirl. Chloe
:12:24. > :12:25.Newman, from Uckfield, was last seen ten days ago at Haywards He`th
:12:26. > :12:28.ten days ago at Haywards Heath station and police say they are
:12:29. > :12:29.treating her as a high`risk missing person. Officers have questioned a
:12:30. > :12:32.33``year`old woman, a 22`ye`r`old 33``year`old woman, a 22`year`old
:12:33. > :12:37.man and a 16`year old boy from Newhaven. All three have bedn
:12:38. > :12:39.released on police bail. A man's been treated for he`d
:12:40. > :12:40.A man's been treated for head injuries after his lorry ovdrturned
:12:41. > :12:43.injuries after his lorry overturned on the A260 in East Kent. The
:12:44. > :12:49.emergency services were called to the accident at around 10am in
:12:50. > :12:52.Selsted, near Folkestone. Animal welfare campaigners have
:12:53. > :12:57.criticised a Kent wildlife park for allowing a model to pose for a photo
:12:58. > :13:00.shoot inside a big cat enclosure. The woman posed with cheetahs at the
:13:01. > :13:10.Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Smarden and was also filmed stroking
:13:11. > :13:12.a lion. `` stroking a tiger. The Captive Animals Protection Society
:13:13. > :13:19.says it was dangerous and irresponsible. A woman from Kent has
:13:20. > :13:23.fulfilled her father's dying wish to publish a series of love letters he
:13:24. > :13:25.wrote as a World War II prisoner of war. Charles Steel was captured
:13:26. > :13:25.wrote as a World War II prisoner of war. Charles Steel was capttred by
:13:26. > :13:28.war. Charles Steel was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and endured
:13:29. > :13:31.horrendous conditions, like those depicted in the new movie The
:13:32. > :13:34.Railway Man. His daughter, Largaret Sargent, says writing letters to his
:13:35. > :13:40.sweetheart Louise helped her father keep hope and stay alive. Ian Palmer
:13:41. > :13:42.has been to meet her in Tenterden. This is a story of love and war
:13:43. > :13:46.Charles Steel was captured in This is a story of love and war.
:13:47. > :13:48.Charles Steel was captured hn 1 42. Charles Steel was captured hn 1 42.
:13:49. > :13:53.The stockbroker wrote letters to his new wife, Louise, even though he
:13:54. > :14:00.knew she may never see him `ll the letters. I think he alleged what he
:14:01. > :14:04.had been through and I think he was perhaps able to look back at the
:14:05. > :14:06.letters himself and realise what he had been through and what he
:14:07. > :14:08.letters himself and realise what he had been through and what hd now
:14:09. > :14:11.had, because he was a successful band, and he went back twicd with my
:14:12. > :14:13.band, and he went back twice with my mother and did revisit in hhs
:14:14. > :14:16.band, and he went back twicd with my mother and did revisit in his own
:14:17. > :14:21.time. He lay on the ground `nd he sobbed because he felt guilty he had
:14:22. > :14:25.survived. Charles Steel was put to work by the Japanese and he and
:14:26. > :14:31.thousands were forced to buhld a railway, a story made famous by the
:14:32. > :14:33.film bridge over the river quite. Recently, a film called the The
:14:34. > :14:35.Railway Man showed the suffering Recently, a film called the The
:14:36. > :14:40.Railway Man showed the suffdring but Railway Man showed the suffering but
:14:41. > :14:49.saw over 11,000 soldiers died. `` Kwai. Afterwards, many suffdred
:14:50. > :14:54.appallingly, unable to keep down a job, relationships, many of them
:14:55. > :14:56.became mental reclusive. Before he died, Charles Steel gave thd love
:14:57. > :15:02.died, Charles Steel gave the love letters to his daughter and asked
:15:03. > :15:06.her to publish them. After weeks of transcribing and dedication she
:15:07. > :15:08.managed to fulfil his wish. He had paper to start with and subsequent
:15:09. > :15:12.to that he stole it from thd to that he stole it from the
:15:13. > :15:14.Japanese and when they moved from camp to camp up the Beltway, he put
:15:15. > :15:22.his letters in the filing cabinets, his letters in the filing c`binets,
:15:23. > :15:23.so that the Japanese carried them for him. Margaret hopes people will
:15:24. > :15:25.see the power of hope in this see the power of hope in this
:15:26. > :15:37.story, as her father did throughout his life.
:15:38. > :15:41.The top story tonight. Flooding has brought misery to home owners and
:15:42. > :15:44.businesses in the south`east. Almost two inches of rain has fallen in the
:15:45. > :15:48.two inches of rain has falldn in the past 24 hours, causing chaos on the
:15:49. > :15:59.roads and disruption for rail passengers. Also in tonight's
:16:00. > :16:00.programme: The Hastings art buffs who are really keen on perstading
:16:01. > :16:01.programme: The Hastings art buffs who are really keen on persuading an
:16:02. > :16:02.who are really keen on perstading an american photographer to come and
:16:03. > :16:04.american photographer to cole and film them. And the Kent cyclist who
:16:05. > :16:07.isn't put off by a bit of mtd. We isn't put off by a bit of mtd. We
:16:08. > :16:10.meet three`times British cyclo`cross champion Ian Field. If you have a
:16:11. > :16:29.story you think we should cover, you can get in touch.
:16:30. > :16:32.For three years, one of Canterbury's best`loved buildings, the Beaney
:16:33. > :16:34.best`loved buildings, the Bdaney Institute, was shrouded in
:16:35. > :16:37.scaffolding while a ?14 million rescue operation took place to save
:16:38. > :16:43.it from rot, deathwatch beetle, woodworm and damp. It reopened 16
:16:44. > :16:47.woodworm and damp. It reopened 6 months ago and now it's been chosen
:16:48. > :16:50.by the National Gallery as the first venue in the country to display a
:16:51. > :16:52.famous masterpiece by the artist Manet, The Execution Of Maximilian.
:16:53. > :17:00.Manet, The Execution Of Maxhmilian. Charlie Rose has tonight's special
:17:01. > :17:05.report. Chopped up and put back togdther
:17:06. > :17:11.again. This is not your typhcal masterpiece. The parts that could be
:17:12. > :17:21.salvaged were cut up for selling separately and sold off. Degas, He
:17:22. > :17:25.was a good friend of Manet, was appalled and bought the pieces and
:17:26. > :17:28.had them mounted. Today the political message remains intact,
:17:29. > :17:32.implying guilt at the hands of French troops of the death of
:17:33. > :17:40.Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. The leader was put them as a puppet by
:17:41. > :17:42.Napoleon III in the 1860s. He was being immensely radical and putting
:17:43. > :17:44.his views across through thd being immensely radical and putting
:17:45. > :17:46.his views across through the means his views across through thd means
:17:47. > :17:52.he had. And amazingly brillhant and talented artists. Being the first
:17:53. > :17:56.venue to have this on loan from the National Gallery is quite a coup for
:17:57. > :18:04.the Beaney Institute, having just undergone a major refurbishlent One
:18:05. > :18:08.of the things I love about old paintings is the sense of intrigue
:18:09. > :18:12.you get. Who is holding the general's and? Three of thel were
:18:13. > :18:13.general's and? Three of them were executed. There is somebody else on
:18:14. > :18:22.the end. It looks strange. H think the end. It looks strange. H think
:18:23. > :18:26.that is the Emperor Maximilhan. Manet's other versions reveal what
:18:27. > :18:27.Manet's other versions reve`l what the original looked like but the
:18:28. > :18:29.mystery about whether the rdmaining mystery about whether the rdmaining
:18:30. > :18:30.pieces exist Wilford now remain mystery about whether the remaining
:18:31. > :18:45.pieces exist Wilford now relain just that.
:18:46. > :18:49.`` will, for now, remain just that. As we know only too well, it has
:18:50. > :18:52.been a cold, wet and miserable day today. But that hasn't stopped
:18:53. > :18:55.30`odd people braving the great elements on Hastings seafront this
:18:56. > :18:58.morning ` naked. What might properly be called a flash mob. They were
:18:59. > :19:01.campaigning for the town's Jerwood Gallery to win a visit from the
:19:02. > :19:09.controversial artist Spencer Tunick. He's the one who gathers huge crowds
:19:10. > :19:17.and photographs them naked. Sarah Smith joins us. You are fully
:19:18. > :19:19.dressed! That is a relief. Up until now Brighton has bden ahead
:19:20. > :19:21.in the public vote and Hastings Up until now Brighton has been ahead
:19:22. > :19:24.in the public vote and Hasthngs has in the public vote and Hastings has
:19:25. > :19:26.decided to take the competition up a notch, hence the strange gathering
:19:27. > :19:32.today. Although it is not rdally today. Although it is not rdally
:19:33. > :19:37.cold January, it has only got as low as nine degrees today, it is wet and
:19:38. > :19:41.it has been windy and it was not a temp in place to be taking xour
:19:42. > :19:47.clothes off, the beach today. Hastings beach on a winter lorning.
:19:48. > :19:51.Perfect for a bracing walks, if you are wrapped up. While this group
:19:52. > :19:53.heads to the shingle, rather than the two non`layers, they are
:19:54. > :19:58.heads to the shingle, rather than the two non`layers, they ard taking
:19:59. > :20:03.them off. 30 hardy people in varying states of undress troop out in the
:20:04. > :20:10.name of art. I will do anything for art. This town is the most amazing
:20:11. > :20:16.place for artists, writers, anybody creative, anybody a bit left`field.
:20:17. > :20:19.The plan is to win a compethtion to bring an artist of worldwide acclaim
:20:20. > :20:24.bring an artist of worldwidd acclaim to Hastings. Spencer Tunick's work
:20:25. > :20:29.involves hundreds of naked bodies creating huge sculptures. If
:20:30. > :20:33.Hastings is chosen, he will do his next piece here. What better way to
:20:34. > :20:36.bid for votes than this? This is next piece here. What better way to
:20:37. > :20:40.bid for votes than this? Thhs is a dress rehearsal, and undress
:20:41. > :20:48.rehearsal. But it was to show what might happen on Hastings be`ch.
:20:49. > :20:54.Everyone supports the gallery efforts. Many had their own reasons
:20:55. > :21:01.for taking part. I gave birth five months ago and thought it would be
:21:02. > :21:07.liberating to get naked and get rid of the fear of the post`pregnancy
:21:08. > :21:08.body and embrace it. I am a nature wrist and I'd like to take ly
:21:09. > :21:09.body and embrace it. I am a nature wrist and I'd like to take my kit
:21:10. > :21:14.wrist and I'd like to take ly kit off, but normally when it is sunny,
:21:15. > :21:21.or at least not windy and wet. There was no escaping the jail. It is
:21:22. > :21:23.exhilarating, wonderful. I would gladly do it again `` escaphng the
:21:24. > :21:31.gladly do it again `` escaping the chilly weather. They need to win the
:21:32. > :21:36.Jerwood Gallery more support than Folkestone and Brighton and the
:21:37. > :21:40.public has another ten days to vote. In May, Spencer Tunick will arrive
:21:41. > :21:46.at which have a location wins and on the seafront he will set up a
:21:47. > :21:52.spectacular set piece. It is understood up to 250 people will
:21:53. > :21:59.take part, all of them naked, but at least in May, the weather whll be
:22:00. > :22:01.kinder. In football, Charlton managdr Chris
:22:02. > :22:04.Powell believes the club's recent takeover could galvanise the team's
:22:05. > :22:07.performance for the second half of the season. The Addicks travel to
:22:08. > :22:09.Middlesbrough knowing there could be a number of new players arrhving
:22:10. > :22:10.a number of new players arriving before the end of the current
:22:11. > :22:12.transfer window, and after ` before the end of the current
:22:13. > :22:15.transfer window, and after ` period of uncertainty Powell believes the
:22:16. > :22:16.future for the club is encouraging. Hopefully, with the discusshons
:22:17. > :22:18.Hopefully, with the discussions ongoing, with myself and thd
:22:19. > :22:20.Hopefully, with the discusshons ongoing, with myself and the new
:22:21. > :22:27.ongoing, with myself and thd new people, it will improve us on the
:22:28. > :22:28.field and make us a better team Elsewhere in the Championship,
:22:29. > :22:29.Elsewhere in the Championshhp, Brighton and Hove Albion travel
:22:30. > :22:29.Elsewhere in the Championship, Brighton and Hove Albion tr`vel to
:22:30. > :22:31.Brighton and Hove Albion travel to Derby County. While in Leagte
:22:32. > :22:32.Brighton and Hove Albion tr`vel to Derby County. While in League One
:22:33. > :22:35.Crawley's home match against Wolves has been postponed due to a
:22:36. > :22:42.waterlogged pitch and Gillingham welcome Swindon Town. Ahead of next
:22:43. > :22:44.week's British Winter Olympics team announcement, Kent's Lizzie Yarnold
:22:45. > :22:47.has the penultimate Skeleton World Cup race of the season. The
:22:48. > :22:53.25`year`old from West Kingsdown, led 25`year`old from West Kingsdown, led
:22:54. > :22:56.the race at the halfway stage. She increased her advantage to over half
:22:57. > :23:00.a second in the second run. Yarnold remains at the top of the world
:23:01. > :23:03.rankings with just one race left to go.
:23:04. > :23:06.There's been penalty misery for the England men's hockey team, after
:23:07. > :23:10.they drew 3`3 in their semifinal against New Zealand in the World
:23:11. > :23:13.League competition. The shoot`out went to sudden death and despite a
:23:14. > :23:16.great strike from East Grinstead's Ashley Jackson, other players failed
:23:17. > :23:19.with their efforts, including captain Barry Middleton who plays
:23:20. > :23:22.for the Kent side Holcombe. The Kiwis won the shoot out 7`6.
:23:23. > :23:25.British cycling is currentlx British cycling is currently
:23:26. > :23:30.enjoying an unprecedented pdriod of success on the road, on the track
:23:31. > :23:31.and also in the mud. Ian Fidld from Ashford has just been crowned
:23:32. > :23:34.Ashford has just been crowndd British cyclo`cross champion for the
:23:35. > :23:36.third time. And he's hoping his success will help to promotd this
:23:37. > :23:45.success will help to promote this less well known version of the
:23:46. > :23:49.sport, as Neil Bell reports. It might not contain the tension and
:23:50. > :23:53.theatre of the velodrome or the scale and spectacle of the Tour de
:23:54. > :23:58.France, but cyclo`cross is one of the purist forms of cycling.
:23:59. > :24:03.Competitors battle elements, obstacles and each other. The
:24:04. > :24:06.British champion Ian Field was almost immediately hooked. I started
:24:07. > :24:08.almost immediately hooked. H started on a bicycle my uncle got from a
:24:09. > :24:11.skip and that is the level you on a bicycle my uncle got from a
:24:12. > :24:16.skip and that is the level you can be introduced to the sport. It is a
:24:17. > :24:23.safe way to get involved in cycling. It is a family orientated
:24:24. > :24:25.day out. He spends much of his time competing in Europe but rettrned to
:24:26. > :24:31.competing in Europe but returned to the UK to defend his British title
:24:32. > :24:39.in Derby. Dartford cyclo Park has also seen a surge in the sport's
:24:40. > :24:44.popularity. It is having appealed to have fun on a bicycle. It is not
:24:45. > :24:48.complicated. You ride in atrocious conditions, but it is the epitome of
:24:49. > :24:50.cycling. Ian Field is back hn cycling. Ian Field is back in
:24:51. > :24:51.training and the next stop hs cycling. Ian Field is back hn
:24:52. > :24:55.training and the next stop is the world Championships. This whll
:24:56. > :24:56.training and the next stop hs the world Championships. This will be
:24:57. > :24:56.training and the next stop is the world Championships. This whll be my
:24:57. > :24:57.world Championships. This will be my ninth world Championships
:24:58. > :24:58.representing Great Britain and ninth world Championships
:24:59. > :25:02.representing Great Britain `nd so I representing Great Britain and so I
:25:03. > :25:06.am looking forward to that and currently not a winter Olympic
:25:07. > :25:09.sport, but there is talk of trying to get into it in the futurd.
:25:10. > :25:09.sport, but there is talk of trying to get into it in the future. If
:25:10. > :25:09.sport, but there is talk of trying to get into it in the futurd. If you
:25:10. > :25:15.to get into it in the future. If you do not mind mud, cyclo`cross could
:25:16. > :25:17.be the challenge you are after. He will be pleased about thd
:25:18. > :25:17.be the challenge you are after. He will be pleased about the rain
:25:18. > :25:19.He will be pleased about thd rain because it means no shortage of
:25:20. > :25:22.He will be pleased about the rain because it means no shortagd of mud.
:25:23. > :25:31.I do not think he wants the mud, he is just good at coping with it. The
:25:32. > :25:36.rain, we have had enough. It is looking better at least over
:25:37. > :25:41.the weekend. Any rain is unwelcome. The heavy showers last night,
:25:42. > :25:48.continuing today, but they have been lighter. Temperatures today around
:25:49. > :25:50.eight degrees. Not as warm as earlier in the week. It has been
:25:51. > :25:51.blustery. The south`westerlx earlier in the week. It has been
:25:52. > :25:59.blustery. The south`westerlx winds picking up on the coast. Tonight,
:26:00. > :26:05.the winds picking up again. As we get towards the early hours
:26:06. > :26:09.tomorrow, they will be back again. Not a particularly cold night.
:26:10. > :26:15.Showers that we are seeing tonight we expect to be lighter. On
:26:16. > :26:19.Saturday, it will be overcast. It will be a drier story than we
:26:20. > :26:25.expected. Much of the heavy rain staying to the West. It is still an
:26:26. > :26:29.overcast and damp start. It will brighten up the first part of the
:26:30. > :26:37.afternoon. Cloudy as we ends the afternoon. The main thing is it will
:26:38. > :26:45.be staying dry. Still with the southerly breezes. On Sunday,
:26:46. > :26:48.southerly breezes. On Sundax, further outbreaks of rain, I am
:26:49. > :26:50.afraid. Not particularly he`vy, further outbreaks of rain, H am
:26:51. > :26:50.afraid. Not particularly heavy, but afraid. Not particularly he`vy, but
:26:51. > :26:52.persistent throughout the night. afraid. Not particularly heavy, but
:26:53. > :26:58.persistent throughout the nhght Not particularly cold, either. As we
:26:59. > :27:01.particularly cold, either. @s we start the day on Sunday, it will be
:27:02. > :27:03.damp and cloudy, but it should start the day on Sunday, it will be
:27:04. > :27:08.damp and cloudy, but it shotld be brightening up. It is looking like a
:27:09. > :27:15.drier picture than expected. The rain is staying out to the east.
:27:16. > :27:18.Generally, the weekend looks to be drier than we thought and the rain
:27:19. > :27:20.we see will be overnight. On Monday, mostly dry, temperatures
:27:21. > :27:29.eight, nine degrees. On Tuesday, it eight, nine degrees. On Tuesday it
:27:30. > :27:30.turns wet and windy once more. Over the weekend, at least, it whll be a
:27:31. > :27:37.the weekend, at least, it will be a little bit drier.
:27:38. > :27:44.Make the most of the better weather over the weekend. Ian will be here
:27:45. > :27:46.with the late bulletin. We will be back on Monday. Goodbye.