:00:00. > 3:59:59Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the
:00:00. > :00:14.Welcome to South East Today, I'm crisis continue.
:00:15. > :00:17.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smhth.
:00:18. > :00:21.Tonight's top stories: Dirtx, overcrowded and failing pathents `
:00:22. > :00:24.yet more damning criticism of A E at the Medway Maritime Hospital. It is
:00:25. > :00:33.horrific, you cannot trust the hospital. Pushed into the road by a
:00:34. > :00:37.jeering gang of teenage bullies ` the Sussex girl appealing for the
:00:38. > :00:40.abuse to stop. Also in tonight's programme: A Lewes UKIP councillor
:00:41. > :00:45.says she regrets saying that business owners should be free to
:00:46. > :00:50.refuse women and gay people. Are we still basking in the glow of the
:00:51. > :00:55.London Olympics? It's thought the Games are behind a South East
:00:56. > :00:59.tourism boom. And Brighton through the eyes of a post war bridd whose
:01:00. > :01:14.day`to`day outfits are going on display. Good evening. Queuds of
:01:15. > :01:17.ambulances waiting to drop off patients, blood on a wall, patients
:01:18. > :01:20.waiting on trolleys in corrhdors ` the scene that inspectors found at
:01:21. > :01:23.the Medway Maritime Hospital when they carried out an unannounced
:01:24. > :01:34.visit to the accident and elergency unit in December. The trust which
:01:35. > :01:37.runs the hospital has been told to improve its service by the Care
:01:38. > :01:40.Quality Commission as a matter of urgency. Last summer it was put into
:01:41. > :01:43.special measures after coming under scrutiny because of its higher than
:01:44. > :01:45.average death rates. Piers Hopkirk reports. Overcrowded, overstretched
:01:46. > :01:51.and overwhelmed, the damning verdict of the A Department at Medway
:01:52. > :01:57.Maritime Hospital. Waiting times are terrible. People are sitting there
:01:58. > :02:03.in pain, and babies crying, it is not right for it is awful, xou
:02:04. > :02:08.cannot trust the hospital. H am a bit apprised, really, because I have
:02:09. > :02:15.used this hospital until I was. . Since I was 18, and I am now 38 and
:02:16. > :02:18.they have no complaints. Spot check found the Department overwhdlmed
:02:19. > :02:24.with numbers and failing in standards of cleanliness and care.
:02:25. > :02:28.Inspectors found blood on the wall. There were 16 ambulances qudueing to
:02:29. > :02:34.bring in patients, and one patient had not been offered food or drink
:02:35. > :02:39.for 18 hours. You do not have to look hard to find similar
:02:40. > :02:43.experiences. Sharon came to A when her 78`year`old mother brokd her
:02:44. > :02:50.wrist. She spent seven hours on a trolley. What do you think of your
:02:51. > :02:59.experience? At the moment... Rubbish, it is not good. If I have
:03:00. > :03:07.to bring her to A, I will probably go to Gravesend. Hazel's mother came
:03:08. > :03:13.to hospital, suffering from breathing problems. She was covered
:03:14. > :03:18.head to foot with VCs, and that is not on. I am a carer, and that is
:03:19. > :03:28.bog`standard care that should be offered to everybody. This was their
:03:29. > :03:35.response... The first response is to apologise. We have clearly let them
:03:36. > :03:40.down. We have made some urgdnt and immediate changes to our A
:03:41. > :03:44.department in the last few lonths. The Trust said that the A
:03:45. > :03:51.department was designed to treat 50,000 patients a year, but it is
:03:52. > :03:57.treating 90,000. Improvements are already being put in place,
:03:58. > :04:03.including redecoration. The problem of capacity, they admit, will take
:04:04. > :04:06.longer to solve. The issue of overstretched A departments was
:04:07. > :04:10.put to David Cameron this afternoon. I would commend what our
:04:11. > :04:15.A department have done because they are coping with around 1.2
:04:16. > :04:22.million more A attendances every year. Management said changds are
:04:23. > :04:27.being made and there are prdssures to make them work. A full inspection
:04:28. > :04:34.of the hospital is occurring in two weeks' time. Well, let's take a
:04:35. > :04:39.closer look at the recent problems faced by the Medway NHS Foundation
:04:40. > :04:42.Trust. It was put into spechal measures last July after thd Keogh
:04:43. > :04:46.review found it had major f`ilings. In November the Trust was told it
:04:47. > :04:49.must take urgent action or face leadership changes by the hdalth
:04:50. > :04:52.regulator Monitor. Then last month the Trust was forced to appoint an
:04:53. > :04:55.interim chief executive and chairman after the two people in charge
:04:56. > :05:01.announced they would be stepping down. Unions say more funding is
:05:02. > :05:08.needed at the Medway Maritile to help patients and staff. It is far
:05:09. > :05:11.too small for the population. This is the largest population cdntre
:05:12. > :05:17.outside of London, in the South East. It needs a new departlent a
:05:18. > :05:20.major capital investment and the revenue to support the staff that
:05:21. > :05:29.work here. That is what its knees and it is not getting it. `` that is
:05:30. > :05:32.what it needs. Well, the inspectors spoke to staff during their visit.
:05:33. > :05:35.One told them they felt "under siege". Another said that they did
:05:36. > :05:38.not feel supported. Inspectors also found there were simply too many
:05:39. > :05:42.patients coming in for the capacity of the department. I'm joindd now by
:05:43. > :05:46.Rehman Chisti, MP for Gillingham and Rainham. Mr Chisti ` you live in
:05:47. > :05:49.Medway. If you were taken ill, that's where they'll take you. Are
:05:50. > :05:55.you comfortable with that? Let me make it clear. We have some
:05:56. > :05:59.fantastic doctors and nurses working at the hospital. Yes, if I was
:06:00. > :06:04.unwell, would I go to Medwax Maritime Hospital? Yes. I would say
:06:05. > :06:07.that there are real changes that needs to happen and the man`gement
:06:08. > :06:11.have two ensure that the patient is at Medway Maritime Hospital get
:06:12. > :06:21.high`quality care. It is about money? It was designed to t`ke 0000
:06:22. > :06:27.and it is nearly double that. There needs to be more hard cash going in
:06:28. > :06:32.to get a larger A departmdnt. In relation to funding, just bdfore
:06:33. > :06:38.Christmas, the hospital was given ?6 million. That has now been spent to
:06:39. > :06:44.increase capacity from 50,000 to 90,000. Yes, the government has to
:06:45. > :06:49.give money, and they have. Ht is now being used to increase capacity We
:06:50. > :06:52.are doing everything we can but the rear is a responsibility on the
:06:53. > :07:00.management and leadership at Medway Maritime Hospital to do mord. We
:07:01. > :07:06.have talked about dirt is not being cleaned up, people being left on
:07:07. > :07:13.trolleys or not being given food or drink. This is basic stuff. The
:07:14. > :07:17.findings are unacceptable. They are basic issues which should h`ve been
:07:18. > :07:22.addressed. I am led to belidve that there will be regular inspections at
:07:23. > :07:31.the hospital to address these issues. I think the issue of
:07:32. > :07:36.capacity, what we are doing as a government, we are ensuring that not
:07:37. > :07:42.everyone has to go to A @ third of those who go to A are over 75.
:07:43. > :07:49.They can be better cared for in the community, at home. The govdrnment
:07:50. > :07:54.has been here for nearly fotr years, you cannot throw everything back on
:07:55. > :07:59.the previous administration. You have to ask why we are in this mess
:08:00. > :08:05.at the moment. A lot of it was linked to the previous government.
:08:06. > :08:09.High mortality rates at Medway Maritime Hospital had the hhghest in
:08:10. > :08:17.the country. It takes time to address that. 90% of GPs do not
:08:18. > :08:36.supply out`of`hours care. That is wrong and we are addressing that.
:08:37. > :08:39.Thank you. The Care Quality Commission say it will be going back
:08:40. > :08:43.into the Trust again shortlx to carry out more checks and s`y it
:08:44. > :08:47.will then report on its findings. A teenage girl from Sussex who was
:08:48. > :08:50.pushed into the road by a g`ng of jeering bullies has made an
:08:51. > :08:53.emotional appeal for them to stop abusing her. 15`year`old Le` Carter,
:08:54. > :08:56.from Hastings, who has learning difficulties, was almost hit by a
:08:57. > :08:59.car when the gang of teenagd girls attacked her. Sussex Police are
:09:00. > :09:02.investigating the incident, and are appealing for witnesses. Pushed into
:09:03. > :09:10.the road in front of a moving car for no reason. They need to stop
:09:11. > :09:16.picking on people who they do not like. Last Friday, 15`year`old macro
:09:17. > :09:25.three was attacked by a gang of teenage girls as she tried to get a
:09:26. > :09:30.bus home. `` Lea Carter. A lother says she is shocked by what has
:09:31. > :09:35.happened. She wants to be ldft to do her own thing, and she has had
:09:36. > :09:44.enough, she cannot take any more. She wants it to stop. After an
:09:45. > :09:47.attack lasting several minutes, she escaped her attackers and r`n back
:09:48. > :09:53.to school where she asked for help. The headteacher says those
:09:54. > :09:56.responsible will be punished. We take the safety and well`behng of
:09:57. > :10:04.our students very seriously, and every incident will be investigated
:10:05. > :10:08.thoroughly. If our students have behaved badly then they will be
:10:09. > :10:16.punished. Sussex Police wants to find the driver of the car swerved
:10:17. > :10:23.to avoid Lea Carter. The drhver may not be aware that Lea Carter was
:10:24. > :10:27.pushed out onto the road. Ddtectives say that what happened could have
:10:28. > :10:37.resulted in serious injury `nd those responsible must be found. Han
:10:38. > :10:41.Palmer reporting, and he johns us now. Ian, according to the family
:10:42. > :10:47.this bullying has been going on for a long time? Yes, it has. There was
:10:48. > :10:52.a serious incident alleged last September inside the school, and is
:10:53. > :10:59.Lea Carter's mother has said that she is happy with the anti`bullying
:11:00. > :11:03.policy at the school. Howevdr, the incident last Friday went to a new
:11:04. > :11:07.level, she said. That is whx she contacted the police with this
:11:08. > :11:22.matter, and she has said th`t her daughter is very unhappy and
:11:23. > :11:25.something needs to be done. In a moment: from plant to plate ` the
:11:26. > :11:30.Mediterranean staple that's bearing fruit in Kent. A Sussex UKIP
:11:31. > :11:33.councillor and MEP candidatd for the South East has been forced to
:11:34. > :11:36.apologise, after saying that business owners should be able to
:11:37. > :11:39.refuse service to anyone, including women or a gay people. Donn`
:11:40. > :11:42.Edmunds, who serves on Lewes District Council, later issted as
:11:43. > :11:45.statement saying she hopes her "remark has not caused any
:11:46. > :11:50.embarrassment for the party." Our Political Editor Louise Stewart
:11:51. > :11:55.reports. Speaking to the BBC this week, Nigel Farage acknowledged that
:11:56. > :12:02.his party had had problems with discipline but he was rooting it
:12:03. > :12:07.out. We have had members who have had CRB checks and tough
:12:08. > :12:11.interviews. Some have let UKIP down and we are doing our best to make
:12:12. > :12:16.sure it does not happen agahn. He did not know that one of his
:12:17. > :12:20.candidates would be forced to apologise about comments shd made
:12:21. > :12:27.online. The district councillor said that she believed all busindss
:12:28. > :12:32.owners should be allowed to withhold their services from whomever they
:12:33. > :12:42.choose, whenever they choosd. She has since apologised and in a
:12:43. > :12:48.statement said... The Lib Ddm MP Norman Baker said he was surprised
:12:49. > :12:54.by her comments. The more wd hear from UKIP, the better. This is
:12:55. > :12:59.astonishing. Donna Edmunds seems to be reverting to the 19th century
:13:00. > :13:04.where it is OK to discrimin`te against gay people and women. UKIP
:13:05. > :13:10.has come a long way since D`vid Cameron described it as closet
:13:11. > :13:14.racist in 2006, but critics question how much they have changed. When you
:13:15. > :13:20.become a mainstream politic`l party, as they are now, you have to
:13:21. > :13:27.be careful what you say. Evdrything sounds furiously cross with UKIP. If
:13:28. > :13:32.you are going to be a seriots medical party and you are going to
:13:33. > :13:40.govern this party, `` this country, you have two come to terms with the
:13:41. > :13:47.way the country is. Louise Stewart reporting ` she joins us now from
:13:48. > :13:51.Westminster. How embarrassing is this for UKIP? It is very
:13:52. > :13:55.embarrassing and the party chairman has taken a tough line, and has said
:13:56. > :14:01.that these comments go beyond what is reasonable and acceptabld. He has
:14:02. > :14:05.said that it is not UKIP policy to discriminate on grounds of race
:14:06. > :14:09.religion or sexuality. It is a blow for the party's leader, Nigdl
:14:10. > :14:17.Farage. It has been a good week for him with his debate on the BBC, and
:14:18. > :14:22.he has been deemed as a major party by the broadcast regulator. Along
:14:23. > :14:28.with that comes major scruthny. Kent Police are investigating after a cat
:14:29. > :14:32.was shot with a crossbow dart. The animal, called Esther, was hnjured
:14:33. > :14:35.last week in Tonbridge. A vdt managed to remove the dart, which
:14:36. > :14:38.amazingly mist her major organs and she is likely to make a full
:14:39. > :14:42.recovery. Councillors in Brhghton Hove will tonight continue their
:14:43. > :14:47.meeting to try and decide whether to increase council tax in the city.
:14:48. > :14:50.The ruling Green Party had proposed a rise of 4.75%, which would trigger
:14:51. > :14:55.an automatic referendum. However, the Conservatives want to freeze it
:14:56. > :14:58.at the current rate. If no decision can be reached tonight, the
:14:59. > :15:04.Government may have to step in to decide. Our political reporter Ellie
:15:05. > :15:07.Price is at Hove town hall this evening. Ellie, is it likelx the
:15:08. > :15:12.councillors will reach a decision tonight? Councillors smiled at me
:15:13. > :15:16.when I asked them earlier on. The meeting has been ongoing since pm
:15:17. > :15:20.and this is the last opporttnity for the party to come to an agrdement
:15:21. > :15:24.before the deadline next Tudsday. There have been strong statdments
:15:25. > :15:29.from all the parties but thdy will not budge. The Tories what the
:15:30. > :15:34.council tax freeze. Labour won a modest rise, and the Green Party,
:15:35. > :15:38.the largest party in this council, said the 4.7% rise is the only way
:15:39. > :15:43.to ensure council services continue the way they are at the momdnt. I
:15:44. > :15:47.understand the different positions but you have to look at this long
:15:48. > :15:52.term. The money from governlent will run out in 2020 so we need to look
:15:53. > :15:57.at that and I hope the parthes come together to protect services. My
:15:58. > :16:06.door is always open if necessary. The people of this city desdrve a
:16:07. > :16:10.budget set by local councillors If there is no agreement tonight then
:16:11. > :16:18.the Tories will win. If Eric Pickles hast to step in, then he will
:16:19. > :16:22.enforce the council tax fredze. If there is any agreement it whll be
:16:23. > :16:29.between the Labour Party and the Green Party. The trust which runs
:16:30. > :16:32.Medway Maritime Hospital has been told to urgently improve its service
:16:33. > :16:35.by the Care Quality Commisshon, after an unannounced inspection
:16:36. > :16:42.found queues of waiting ambtlances, patients on trolleys and blood on a
:16:43. > :16:46.wall. Also in tonight's programme: Italian style on the South coast, an
:16:47. > :16:51.exhibition of clothes shows how a Brighton housewife kept up with
:16:52. > :16:55.trends on a budget. There is more settled and fine weather on the way,
:16:56. > :17:01.join me later for the full forecast. Usually associated with
:17:02. > :17:04.the much warmer climates of Greece and Spain, the UK's first
:17:05. > :17:10.commercially outdoor grown olives have made it to the table of a Kent
:17:11. > :17:14.restaurant today. The olive trees were planted at Huggits Farl near
:17:15. > :17:17.Tenterden in 2012, and now the first fruit, harvested in the auttmn, are
:17:18. > :17:24.being put to the ultimate tdst ` whether or not they taste any good.
:17:25. > :17:29.Our environment correspondent Yvette Austin has the latest in our Food
:17:30. > :17:34.Chain series. Final preparation of olives for the table. It has been a
:17:35. > :17:41.rocky road to get this far. The first harvest of olives is `bout to
:17:42. > :17:49.be eaten. They seem very large, the taste is there, and the flavour is
:17:50. > :17:54.very intense. It is deliciots in dressings. They have been soaked in
:17:55. > :18:01.brine since they were picked last year. The 200 trees in the grove
:18:02. > :18:06.near Tenterden yielded a sm`ll harvest but big enough for `n
:18:07. > :18:12.experiment. There are some olive oil, lemon juice and garlic. I put
:18:13. > :18:20.it through a process to get a nice, smooth taste, and we put it into
:18:21. > :18:26.this jar here. So, while sole will be served to customers on top of it
:18:27. > :18:36.to ream, another helping is being matched with breadsticks. Lots of
:18:37. > :18:40.flavours. A good length. Yot can taste the freshness of the olives.
:18:41. > :18:47.It is a surprise, but it is fantastic to get lovely produce from
:18:48. > :18:52.down the road. Absolutely. Fantastic, it really is lovdly. A
:18:53. > :18:57.positive start. It has been a tough winter for the grove and long`term
:18:58. > :19:02.success still hangs in the balance. We have had a mixed winter. It has
:19:03. > :19:06.been mild which is great with all the rain and wind, the trees have
:19:07. > :19:12.taken a battering. A dozen have fallen down so we needed to replant
:19:13. > :19:20.those. In March we need to re`stake 200 trees to put them in a
:19:21. > :19:34.respectable state. The ultilate aim is olive oil which may be jtst a few
:19:35. > :19:38.years away. Did you see those fabulous blue skies? Tourist
:19:39. > :19:41.attractions in the South East are reporting a bumper year. New figures
:19:42. > :19:46.show visitor numbers here wdre up on average six per cent last ydar. It's
:19:47. > :19:55.being put down to a post Olxmpics glow and last summer's heatwave
:19:56. > :19:58.Simon Jones joins us now from one of the regions most popular attractions
:19:59. > :20:02.` Canterbury Cathedral. Simon, the tourism minister has described the
:20:03. > :20:08.figures as brilliant, hasn't she? That comment comes from Heldn Grant,
:20:09. > :20:12.an MP in Kent. She says the situation is fabulous. At the
:20:13. > :20:16.cathedral here, 60% of the visitors come from abroad but increasingly,
:20:17. > :20:23.they say they are seeing hole`grown visitors. At Canterbury Cathedral,
:20:24. > :20:30.they passed the million vishtor mark in the last year. It is verx
:20:31. > :20:37.beautiful and it is full of history. The countryside is beautiful, it is
:20:38. > :20:45.so difference to Australia... It is green! When you come to England you
:20:46. > :20:51.often think of London. It is nice and refreshing to come outshde and
:20:52. > :20:54.see the beautiful landscape. The number of souvenir shops whhch have
:20:55. > :21:02.sprung up next to the cathedral is a sign of the times. The Englhsh are
:21:03. > :21:08.seen as lovely, eccentric, ` bit mad. It is lovely, everybodx loves
:21:09. > :21:16.the English and people want to share in that eccentricity of the British.
:21:17. > :21:28.The biggest rise in Kent was in Sissinghurst. That was up 28%. It
:21:29. > :21:31.has been put down to the worldwide exposure that Great Britain received
:21:32. > :21:38.from the Olympics and last summer's heatwave. A far cry from thd
:21:39. > :21:45.flooding, the challenge now is to maintain the momentum. We h`ve are
:21:46. > :21:52.his shoes `` are issues in Kent other areas where badly hit by the
:21:53. > :21:56.floods. We are trying to get the message out overseas and at home
:21:57. > :22:04.that we are open for business. That is business that they are confident
:22:05. > :22:07.will remain booming this ye`r. I mentioned in my report that the
:22:08. > :22:13.number of souvenir shops has gone up. There is one right on the corner
:22:14. > :22:16.here, and opposite the cathddral there is another one that h`s opened
:22:17. > :22:21.up. There are more down the street there. It is proof that in ` place
:22:22. > :22:26.like Canterbury, business is very much linked to the tourism dconomy,
:22:27. > :22:31.and that is being put down to the feel`good factor from the Olympics.
:22:32. > :22:36.That long hot summer seems like a long time ago. A late goal `gainst
:22:37. > :22:39.Stevenage last night extenddd Crawley Town's unbeaten league run
:22:40. > :22:46.to seven games. The visitors took the lead from Bira Dembele's first
:22:47. > :22:49.half header. Then in the second half Crawley striker Matt Tubbs had a
:22:50. > :22:53.penalty saved, but he made `mends, scoring the equaliser in injury time
:22:54. > :23:05.` his sixth goal in five gales for the Sussex side. Concetta Trotta was
:23:06. > :23:08.an Italian immigrant who settled in Brighton after the Second World War,
:23:09. > :23:11.a single mum she was abandoned by her English husband in an era where
:23:12. > :23:15.divorce was frowned upon. Btt despite having to deal with real
:23:16. > :23:19.poverty, she never lost her sense of style and fashion. After her death
:23:20. > :23:23.in 2012 her son found her clothes from the 1960s and '70s, all folded
:23:24. > :23:27.neatly in two white suitcasds. He donated them to a dress historian
:23:28. > :23:30.who passed them on to the University of Brighton. Now they've bedn put on
:23:31. > :23:32.display in the city. Claudi` Sermbezis reports. When her husband
:23:33. > :23:38.'s left, Concetta Trotta moved with her son to a room underneath the
:23:39. > :23:43.Churchill Square shopping cdntre. Her wardrobe has also moved
:23:44. > :23:52.upstairs. I think she would be quite real, actually. She would not have
:23:53. > :23:55.believed it. If I had gone, ma'am, they are going to show your clothes
:23:56. > :24:12.in a shopping centre, she would have said, go away! She was also known
:24:13. > :24:17.for her singing. That is on Hove beach, I am not sure what hdr fabric
:24:18. > :24:22.was, but you can see it is smart with the collar. You are sm`rt as
:24:23. > :24:33.well. Absolutely, she made sure that I looked right. Fashions in the
:24:34. > :24:38.1960s broke with tradition. The Pastoral shoes of the 1950s were
:24:39. > :24:45.replaced with bright colours, miniskirts and bright shoes. It is
:24:46. > :24:53.reflective of the customers we have now here at Churchill Squard. Being
:24:54. > :24:56.a single, working mother, she would have put this in the washing
:24:57. > :25:01.machine, and it would have been ready for her to wear again the next
:25:02. > :25:09.day. It would have suited hdr lifestyle. BJ Scott has put together
:25:10. > :25:16.this exhibition as part of ` course. We believe that everybody in history
:25:17. > :25:22.is interesting, everyone is important and significant. The
:25:23. > :25:34.exhibition runs until the end of the month. Some newspapers are saying
:25:35. > :25:41.that it is going to be hottdr than Greece at the weekend. Is that true?
:25:42. > :25:46.I know, we have high pressure, finally. There was plenty of
:25:47. > :25:54.sunshine around today, and over the next couple of days, it will stay
:25:55. > :25:58.settled. Friday, some light patchy rain but nothing like we have seen
:25:59. > :26:05.recently. Into the weekend `nd next week we have high`pressure, and that
:26:06. > :26:12.means settled weather. Clear blue skies and fairly light winds earlier
:26:13. > :26:18.today, and we also see tempdratures up to 12 degrees. Into tonight,
:26:19. > :26:24.initially, clearer skies and then some cloud cover, so temper`tures
:26:25. > :26:31.will not be as chilly as last night. Five or six degrees, so rel`tively
:26:32. > :26:36.mild to start the day tomorrow. More sunshine the further east that you
:26:37. > :26:39.are. A bit of cloud moving hn from the West and those breezes from the
:26:40. > :26:45.South West will be around 14 mph. Temperature is reaching 11 degrees,
:26:46. > :26:51.a pleasant day. Tomorrow evdning, some cloud cover and temper`tures
:26:52. > :26:57.dropping down to five or six degrees. Into Friday, a weakening
:26:58. > :27:01.weather front, but for us, lostly cloudy day and the is picking up.
:27:02. > :27:07.Percentages will stay mild `t 1 degrees. The good news is as we head
:27:08. > :27:14.towards the weekend, much mhlder air, so temperatures could reach
:27:15. > :27:21.highs of 15 degrees. `` temperatures will stay mild at 12 degrees. Look
:27:22. > :27:27.at this, the high`pressure building, plenty of sunshine. Plenty of
:27:28. > :27:33.sunshine! A few weeks ago, xou would never have thought it. Brighton
:27:34. > :27:44.council have just said that they have passed the Labour proposal for
:27:45. > :27:47.the rise in council tax. It is a 1.9% rise. More in the late
:27:48. > :27:48.bulletin, goodbye.