:00:00. > :00:00.the windscreen first thing in the morning. That is
:00:00. > :00:45.Britain's most venomous spider. And all for one and one for all `
:00:46. > :00:48.the Kent actor who's been c`st as one of the Three Musketeers.
:00:49. > :01:02.Britain's most venomous spider. And all for one and
:01:03. > :01:06.One for all. The Kent at her starring as one of the thred
:01:07. > :01:17.Musketeers. `` actor. Good evening. The UKIP Leaddr and
:01:18. > :01:20.South East MEP Nigel Farage has been attacked by a group angry protestors
:01:21. > :01:24.as he visited Thanet this afternoon after a difficult 48 hours for his
:01:25. > :01:27.party. Earlier Mr Farage was criticised for saying that working
:01:28. > :01:31.mothers are worth less to chty firms than men. It comes the day `fter he
:01:32. > :01:34.suspended a UKIP councillor for suggesting the recent floods were a
:01:35. > :01:42.result of legalising gay marriage. Our Political Reporter Ellid Price
:01:43. > :01:49.has been speaking to him. It is a measure of how far is party has come
:01:50. > :01:55.that there are more protestdrs outside in meeting them inshde! But
:01:56. > :02:02.he did speak about those colments. The Prime Minister was warndd that
:02:03. > :02:09.disasters would follow if hd went in this direction. He has pershsted and
:02:10. > :02:20.I believe this is a repercussion from this godlessness. It is part of
:02:21. > :02:23.a voluntary party. It is embarrassing but the story has been
:02:24. > :02:29.given greater length than it deserves. David Sylvester's opinions
:02:30. > :02:36.are not the first to cause ` headache for Nigel Farage. Hn
:02:37. > :02:39.September Mr Bloom had his whip removed for saying that womdn who
:02:40. > :02:47.did not clean behind the frhdge where slats. And another wolan was
:02:48. > :02:52.suspended over a wretched anti`Semitic comments that `ppeared
:02:53. > :03:01.on her intranet pages. Do you think that these comments will dalaged the
:03:02. > :03:07.party? I think UKIP are doing a good job of that all by themselvds. This
:03:08. > :03:11.is the views of just one cotncillor and can be taken with a pinch of
:03:12. > :03:16.salt. Nigel Farage insists that the soul focus of his party is now the
:03:17. > :03:20.European elections in May. But the current Tory MP for this arda has
:03:21. > :03:33.already announced that they are standing down.
:03:34. > :03:36.Dramatic pictures of a machete`wielding robber att`cking a
:03:37. > :03:39.Kent shop worker have been released by police tonight. The assatlt on
:03:40. > :03:42.Sasi Kumar, who runs a food and wine store in Gillingham, were c`ptured
:03:43. > :03:46.on CCTV. They show the robbdr brazenly walking around the shop `
:03:47. > :03:50.then struggling to open the till. Mr Kumar was able to hold the `ttacker
:03:51. > :03:55.inside the shop for around ten minutes while he called the police.
:03:56. > :04:01.Ian Palmer reports. That accorded to nine, CCTV catches
:04:02. > :04:07.the robber walking into the shop, machete at the ready. Shopkdeper
:04:08. > :04:12.says Ukuma was on his own stacking the shelves. He told the massed men
:04:13. > :04:16.that he should get the monex from the till himself. Then with the
:04:17. > :04:22.robber behind the counter, he made a run for it, trapping the man inside.
:04:23. > :04:27.He says he was afraid of th`t nerves kicked in and he was not gohng to
:04:28. > :04:32.let the knifeman gets away with clearing the place. As he hdld the
:04:33. > :04:36.door man inside tried desperately to get out, slashing at the window
:04:37. > :04:46.while he phoned the police. In the end Mr Kumar did have two three two
:04:47. > :04:52.`` have to flee to safety. Police are linking it with an earlher
:04:53. > :04:57.attempted robbery in Chathal. On that occasion the staff man`ged to
:04:58. > :05:04.press the panic alarm. In a moment. Four arrests after the
:05:05. > :05:15.death of a man in Crawley found unconscious in an alleyway.
:05:16. > :05:18.The mother of a Gravesend m`n suspected of dying after taking a so
:05:19. > :05:30.called legal high has launched a campaign to get them banned. We will
:05:31. > :05:36.be coming to that story in ` moment. First, a Sussex travel comp`ny is
:05:37. > :05:39.accused of neglect after a Royal Navy scientist died of altitude
:05:40. > :05:44.sickness on her way to Mount Everest. Rachel Burke becamd ill in
:05:45. > :05:48.the notorious "Valley of De`th" on her way to Mount Everest base camp.
:05:49. > :05:51.Rachel, who was 28, was on ` three`week trek with friends when
:05:52. > :05:54.she began showing signs of `ltitude sickness. Last week a corondr
:05:55. > :05:56.accused Adventure Company, based in Crawley, of neglect. Lucind` Adam
:05:57. > :06:05.has been speaking to Rachel's mother. The group had fined 360
:06:06. > :06:11.metres the day before Rachel's death, twice the recommended amount.
:06:12. > :06:18.She had shortness of breath and purple lips. She could not tie her
:06:19. > :06:23.own shoelaces. But the guys did not immediately recognise her sxmptoms.
:06:24. > :06:27.When they did, instead of t`king note of this special medical Centre
:06:28. > :06:32.nearby, they sent her to walk back down the mountain with the guide not
:06:33. > :06:36.trained in altitude sickness. She descended just 100 metres bdfore
:06:37. > :06:42.dying on the floor of the tdahouse. To think there was somewherd she
:06:43. > :06:47.could have gone where there was oxygen and doctors that help her,
:06:48. > :06:53.military 12 minutes walk aw`y. It is just ludicrous. Last week the
:06:54. > :06:59.Southwark coroner ruled that virtual died as a result of neglect by a the
:07:00. > :07:03.listen to the signs your body is listen to the signs your body is
:07:04. > :07:09.giving you, tracking at althtude should not be dangerous. But we are
:07:10. > :07:13.seeing more and more companhes taking their clients to althtude on
:07:14. > :07:18.tight schedules with no flexibility. In a statement today the Adventure
:07:19. > :07:22.Company says it will review in detail the findings of the coroner
:07:23. > :07:26.and that since 2011 it has `lready taken steps to strengthen the
:07:27. > :07:29.procedure is that their loc`l operators follow and to increase the
:07:30. > :07:34.amount of safety equipment carried. When Rachel's friend reached base
:07:35. > :07:42.camp they placed a stone thdre in her memory. Her mother hopes the
:07:43. > :07:51.story will be a warning to others of the dangers of altitude sickness.
:07:52. > :07:57.The man charged with examinhng at court capacity has `` airport
:07:58. > :08:05.capacity has been highly crhtical of an initial decision not to list the
:08:06. > :08:12.preferred option as an airport in the Thames estuary.
:08:13. > :08:20.The government has confirmed it will fund a new university at Ch`tham
:08:21. > :08:28.docks. The college will specialise in engineering and construction and
:08:29. > :08:31.it is due to open in September 015. It was Kent's worst ever ro`d
:08:32. > :08:35.collision ` a pile`up involving 150 cars. But the police have ddcided
:08:36. > :08:37.not to take any of the motorists involved in the Sheppey crossing
:08:38. > :08:41.crash last September to court. That's despite evidence that some
:08:42. > :08:46.were driving too fast as thhck fog descended. Instead, 32 people will
:08:47. > :08:51.be offered driver alertness courses. Simon Jones reports.
:08:52. > :08:56.Police say it was a miracle no one Police say it was a miracle no one
:08:57. > :09:03.was killed. Eight seriously injured, 200 treated at the scene. I think
:09:04. > :09:06.people should have been prosecuted. The amount of damage that wdnt on
:09:07. > :09:15.that day, people were driving much too fast. Just going much too fast
:09:16. > :09:20.for the conditions. Police say there is evidence that some drivers were
:09:21. > :09:24.going at 60 miles an hour even though they could not see bdyond the
:09:25. > :09:33.bonnet of their cars. On thd morning of the crash happened it went on for
:09:34. > :09:37.around ten minutes with car after car ploughing into the back of each
:09:38. > :09:43.other. But a police investigation has concluded that education is more
:09:44. > :09:47.beneficial than prosecution. They are sending drivers on courses, do
:09:48. > :09:52.you think that is an easy option? It is not an easy option. Therd is a
:09:53. > :09:59.responsibility to try to prdvent collisions happening in the future.
:10:00. > :10:05.This is an opportunity. It hs a miracle no one was killed in this
:10:06. > :10:10.collision. Sending people to court may not provide the education that
:10:11. > :10:15.these drivers need. Some in Sheppey think they should have been
:10:16. > :10:24.prosecutions. I would have find them ?2000 each. If it was any other road
:10:25. > :10:29.the law still would apply to them. But it just seems they are cutting
:10:30. > :10:35.the amount because of the alount of people and the conditions. Ht should
:10:36. > :10:42.be the same for everyone. 32 drivers will now be told to attend courses.
:10:43. > :10:48.I think it is for the courts or police to decide how best to deal
:10:49. > :10:52.with people involved in that accident. My own preference would
:10:53. > :10:56.have been if someone was fotnd guilty or had evidence of d`ngerous
:10:57. > :11:04.driving, but they should be prosecuted. The Highways Agdncy will
:11:05. > :11:10.now review the police findings. Simon joins us live now frol by
:11:11. > :11:15.Sheppey Bridge. And the drivers involved will have to pay for this
:11:16. > :11:22.safety course? Many people feel it is unfair because it is likdly to
:11:23. > :11:27.cost around 165 pounds. If ` motorist fined it is unfair that
:11:28. > :11:32.they have been as to attend it, they can refuse to attend. But if that is
:11:33. > :11:38.the case it is likely that they will be summoned to court to explain the
:11:39. > :11:43.situation. The local MP has raised concerns about this crossing. You
:11:44. > :11:48.can see behind me, he reckons it is not well lit at night. The Highways
:11:49. > :11:51.Agency say they have looked at the police report which puts it down to
:11:52. > :11:59.the fog and the speed at whhch drivers were going. Rather than the
:12:00. > :12:04.design of the crossing. Gordon Henderson says he will still push
:12:05. > :12:18.for better signage warning people to slow down.
:12:19. > :12:26.The mother of a woman who bdlieves that her son was found dead because
:12:27. > :12:29.of taking a legal high is c`lling for them to be banned. 20`ydar`old
:12:30. > :12:32.Jimmy Guichard was found lyhng unconscious on his bed last October.
:12:33. > :12:36.He suffered a heart attack several hours after he's believed to have
:12:37. > :12:39.bought a legal high. His mother is now calling on MPs to introduce
:12:40. > :12:46.Jimmy's Law. Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has
:12:47. > :12:50.this exclusive story. To make people aware of the dangers of these legal
:12:51. > :12:56.highs, and the things they can do to people, they are made up of
:12:57. > :13:02.chemicals and we do not know what is in them. There is no regulation or
:13:03. > :13:06.testing. Jimmy Guichard died after suffering a heart attack and severe
:13:07. > :13:13.brain damage. Toxicology report found no illegal substances in his
:13:14. > :13:16.system. We understand that packets of synthetic cannabis were removed
:13:17. > :13:22.by police. The family of Jilmy Guichard want a blanket ban on the
:13:23. > :13:25.sale of so`called legal highs. The family leave the government is
:13:26. > :13:31.dragging its feet over the hssue, not acting quickly enough to close
:13:32. > :13:35.down the shops and online rdtailers that sell these kind of products.
:13:36. > :13:40.campaign in principle. I thhnk we campaign in principle. I thhnk we
:13:41. > :13:47.have to make it a clear`cut criminal offence for a shop to sell something
:13:48. > :13:52.that can make someone severdly ill. All you have to do is put a caveat
:13:53. > :14:02.in to say if it could reasonably have been expected to make someone
:14:03. > :14:05.ill. There are fresh doubts over plans
:14:06. > :14:11.for the controversial i`360 Tower for Brighton's seafront. Thd city
:14:12. > :14:14.council hopes to come up with a new finance plan for the project next
:14:15. > :14:17.month after private backers pulled out. Councillors in the citx believe
:14:18. > :14:20.that could mean taxpayers bding asked to risk around ?36 million,
:14:21. > :14:28.rather than the ?14 million already agreed. Some of them have told us
:14:29. > :14:32.they'll need persuading. Three men and a woman from Crawley
:14:33. > :14:35.are being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man was found
:14:36. > :14:38.unconscious in an alleyway hn the town early yesterday morning. A
:14:39. > :14:41.45`year`old Portuguese man was treated by paramedics at thd scene
:14:42. > :14:46.just off Haslett Avenue East but died later in hospital. Mark Sanders
:14:47. > :14:55.is at the scene now. Mark, what stage is the police inquiry at?
:14:56. > :15:00.Police activity to date has focused on an area of waste ground behind me
:15:01. > :15:05.none to be used by rough sldepers. It is next to the alleyway where the
:15:06. > :15:10.victim was found. For peopld in police custody tonight have all been
:15:11. > :15:16.arrested on suspicion of murder And the Vic Dem had only been in this
:15:17. > :15:22.country for a few days. Dash`mac. The Crawley Portuguese socidty has
:15:23. > :15:30.put an appeal for information on its website to try to assist thhs merger
:15:31. > :15:37.investigation. ` victim. Thhs is our top story tonight. The UKIP leader
:15:38. > :15:41.Nigel Farage has been attacked by a group of angry protesters as he
:15:42. > :15:44.visited than it this afternoon. Earlier today he came in for
:15:45. > :15:50.criticism for saying that working mothers are worth less to chty firms
:15:51. > :15:55.than men. Also in tonight's programme.
:15:56. > :15:59.Sharpening up his act ` we speak to the Kent actor who's starring as one
:16:00. > :16:05.of the Three Musketeers in ` new film.
:16:06. > :16:10.And it is a cold and foggy night to come. Join me later in the programme
:16:11. > :16:16.for the forecast. If you have a story we think `` you
:16:17. > :16:32.think we should be covering, do get in touch.
:16:33. > :16:40.A woman bitten by a venomous spider has been left sleeping on the sofa
:16:41. > :16:46.because she is too terrified to go into the room where she was bitten.
:16:47. > :16:49.Alison Blackburn from Strood was bitten by a false widow spider and
:16:50. > :16:53.had to have surgeons drain the poison from her left foot after the
:16:54. > :16:56.attack, as her ankle ballooned and the pain spread to her pelvhc area.
:16:57. > :17:00.False widow spiders arrived in England in the 1870s. To date,
:17:01. > :17:04.no`one has ever died as a rdsult of a false widow bite. If you do suffer
:17:05. > :17:10.a bite, you may experience chest pains, tingly fingers and swelling.
:17:11. > :17:14.Peter Whittlesea has more. She woke up in the middle of the night with
:17:15. > :17:20.the pain in her foot. The ndxt day her foot and leg got bigger and she
:17:21. > :17:24.was taken into hospital. Shd had to have an operation to remove the
:17:25. > :17:29.poison from what is thought to be a false widow spider in case ht bred
:17:30. > :17:40.up body. I came out with a rash that went from Mike foot to Mike Boyne.
:17:41. > :17:47.`` to my groin. From then on it just might from bad to worse. I had bath
:17:48. > :17:52.towels wrapped around me trxing to get the swelling down. It dhd not
:17:53. > :17:57.matter how many antibiotics I had, the thing would clear the infection.
:17:58. > :18:02.The false widow spider is the most venomous spider in Britain. Experts
:18:03. > :18:07.say numbers are increasing `s temperatures rise. Alison s`ys she
:18:08. > :18:12.her clothes to kill any spiders that her clothes to kill any spiders that
:18:13. > :18:20.may have crawled into them. I'm not sleeping in my bed, I am on the sofa
:18:21. > :18:22.at the moment. Alison says she is so scared of being bitten again that
:18:23. > :18:24.she sleeps with the light on alt. But she wants to warn others of the
:18:25. > :18:45.dangers of the false widow spider. Kent's first bank to be basdd in a
:18:46. > :18:48.church has opened in Sittingbourne. It'll provide savings accounts as an
:18:49. > :18:50.alternative to payday loan companies. It comes after the
:18:51. > :18:54.Archbishop of Canterbury sahd he wanted to take on the lenders. The
:18:55. > :19:01.consumer group Which? Estim`tes that one million families a month are
:19:02. > :19:03.forced to take out payday loans The new bank's highest annual pdrcentage
:19:04. > :19:07.rate is 26.8%. That's compared to one of the High Street payd`y loan
:19:08. > :19:12.companies, Wonga, which has an annual percentage rate of jtst under
:19:13. > :19:17.5,900%. It is an unusual place to sdt up a
:19:18. > :19:22.tank. But the church says it wants to offer practical help to those
:19:23. > :19:26.struggling with money and ddbt. For many people it is hard, it hs really
:19:27. > :19:32.tough just getting through day`to`day. There is a problem with
:19:33. > :19:37.that. To tackle that the chtrch has teamed up with the local crddit
:19:38. > :19:41.union, Kent Savers, run as ` not`for`profit facility to provide
:19:42. > :19:45.factual `based financial services to people such as Claire Wright. A
:19:46. > :19:50.single mother who has been unemployed for almost three years. I
:19:51. > :19:59.saving. It is there if I nedd it for saving. It is there if I nedd it for
:20:00. > :20:03.a rainy day. It follows a pdriod of embarrassment for the Church of
:20:04. > :20:06.England after the Archbishop of Canterbury announced last ydar that
:20:07. > :20:11.he wanted to steer people away from lenders such as Wonga who charge
:20:12. > :20:16.high interest rates. It emerged that the Church of England was itself an
:20:17. > :20:20.indirect investor in the colpany. The church is not a perfect
:20:21. > :20:24.institution. We learn from the things we are involved in and we
:20:25. > :20:28.believe this is the right whng to do. This church has been chosen to
:20:29. > :20:33.host the bank because the p`rish is amongst the poorest in the country.
:20:34. > :20:37.Could this be the solution to people's financial problems? It is
:20:38. > :20:46.very easy to lend people out the money but can they afford to pay
:20:47. > :20:51.back? If you cannot afford one week of rent you cannot afford two weeks.
:20:52. > :20:55.As well as banking services, they will also be access to advice and
:20:56. > :21:02.support. It is an example of they hope will be repeated elsewhere
:21:03. > :21:05.They're referred to sometimds as the inseparables ` Athos, Porthos and
:21:06. > :21:08.Aramis have buckled a fair few swashes in their time and ydsterday
:21:09. > :21:14.saw the latest incarnation of the new BBC One action adventurd series
:21:15. > :21:18.The Musketeers. Tom Burke from Faversham took some time out from
:21:19. > :21:32.playing Athos to meet up with our reporter Jane Witherspoon.
:21:33. > :21:43.Shoot him and it is murder. There is only one way to resolve this. Tom
:21:44. > :21:48.Burke is thrilled to be bringing the role of apples to the small screen
:21:49. > :21:53.in a new interpretation of the Musketeers. He is a hard drhnker and
:21:54. > :21:59.a brave swordsman. He is sedmingly the most independent of the four.
:22:00. > :22:08.But probably in some ways the most dependent. The role did not come
:22:09. > :22:13.without its physical challenges We all got some injuries along the way.
:22:14. > :22:20.I got a pommel in my eyes at one stage. I was attacking someone and
:22:21. > :22:28.suddenly I got the hilt of the sword in my face. But you rehearsd as much
:22:29. > :22:33.as you can and try to factor that stuff in and say a little prayer!
:22:34. > :22:41.You are a local boy from Kent. Do you get back home much? I try to, I
:22:42. > :22:49.love Kent. Different parts of it I am especially fond of, Dungdness. I
:22:50. > :22:56.think Athos would quite likd it as well. He is quite solitary `nd it is
:22:57. > :23:01.a good place to be. I try to get down a lot, my parents still live
:23:02. > :23:06.here. I could imagine myself settling down there. That is not
:23:07. > :23:12.likely to happen any time soon. For now he is shaking up 17th`cdntury
:23:13. > :23:23.Paris and entertaining 21st century audience. Empty your pockets of
:23:24. > :23:33.money and jewellery. Now Sussex sportsman Craig Pickering
:23:34. > :23:37.is about to join an elite group of athletes to participate in both
:23:38. > :23:44.summer and winter Olympics. Later this week he should be confhrmed in
:23:45. > :23:48.the bobsleigh event for the Winter games next month. It has bedn a
:23:49. > :23:55.tough couple of weeks. It h`s come down to the wire. Thank goodness the
:23:56. > :24:02.team pulled together and did it for us. Football now. There wasn't much
:24:03. > :24:05.to celebrate for the South Dast s leading clubs over the weekdnd with
:24:06. > :24:08.disappointing defeats for both Brighton and Charlton in thd
:24:09. > :24:11.Championship. The wet weathdr forced Crawley to postpone their m`tch But
:24:12. > :24:16.it wasn't all doom and glool, thanks to Gillingham's win over rivals
:24:17. > :24:23.Swindon. Neil Bell reports. There has been an edge to g`mes
:24:24. > :24:30.between Gillingham and Swindon for many years. Gillingham took the lead
:24:31. > :24:35.after 18 minutes thanks to this pinpoint kick. Gillingham h`d to
:24:36. > :24:40.wait until seven minutes from time for their second. Michael H`rriman
:24:41. > :24:44.was clearly delighted to score not just the winner but his first`ever
:24:45. > :24:49.senior goal. The players deserve credit because they worked so hard
:24:50. > :24:54.for each other. If someone was in trouble the team put themselves out
:24:55. > :24:58.to get them out of that. For us it is a great performance. Brighton are
:24:59. > :25:05.hoping to extend their imprdssive away record in the championship But
:25:06. > :25:11.the Derby keeper was in find form. The only goal of the game c`me in
:25:12. > :25:15.the second half. Brighton ptshed on looking for an equaliser but this
:25:16. > :25:20.late shot was not quite good enough to earn them a point. Charlton had
:25:21. > :25:29.yet to win since their recent takeover. It was a bad afternoon
:25:30. > :25:36.ending with this apparent epualiser being disallowed. And it got worse
:25:37. > :25:42.when Roy Wiggins was sent off for a rash challenge. We can take a look
:25:43. > :25:50.at the weather now. It was frosty this morning.
:25:51. > :25:56.It will be staying dry for tomorrow as well. Some mist and fog later. We
:25:57. > :26:00.actually had some sunshine for the first part of the afternoon and
:26:01. > :26:09.temperatures remaining in double figures today. We will have mist and
:26:10. > :26:14.fog forming as we go into tonight. There is a warning out for the
:26:15. > :26:20.rush`hour tomorrow morning. Just allow some extra time for your
:26:21. > :26:26.journey. Tonight we have thd wind remaining light and temperatures
:26:27. > :26:31.tumbling quickly. Dropping close to freezing in towns and cities, just
:26:32. > :26:37.below that in more rural spots. We expect some dense mist and fog
:26:38. > :26:43.around tomorrow morning. It is going to be an overcast start to the day.
:26:44. > :26:49.During daylight hours we should remain dry. We have that mist and
:26:50. > :26:54.fog during the morning but then by the afternoon we have some sunshine
:26:55. > :27:00.around as well. A bit more cloud cover to end the day. For the most
:27:01. > :27:06.part it is going to be settled afternoon with temperatures similar
:27:07. > :27:12.to today. All changed though as we go into tomorrow. The weathdr front
:27:13. > :27:19.moving in from the west turning it cloudy and then wet. And thdn for
:27:20. > :27:23.cold. The wind picking up a little cold. The wind picking up a little
:27:24. > :27:31.as well. Feeling considerably cooler. Outbreaks of rain for
:27:32. > :27:37.Thursday, Friday and Saturd`y. Back to normal for the rest of the
:27:38. > :27:40.week! State tuned because wd have inside out coming up in just half an
:27:41. > :27:44.hour. Goodbye for now.