:00:00. > 3:59:59away. That's all from the BBC News at Six. On BBC One, we now join the
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm BBC's
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:08. > :00:11.Tonight's top stories: I want out of Europe, the Sussex Conservative MP
:00:12. > :00:17.who says he no longer wants to be in the EU.
:00:18. > :00:25.Police start searching the river Medway in Tonbridge, looking for a
:00:26. > :00:27.man missing for almost a wedk. Some specialist cancer surgdry is
:00:28. > :00:32.cancelled at Maidstone Hosphtal following the deaths of fivd people
:00:33. > :00:35.through complications. Also in tonight 's programme: policd start
:00:36. > :00:37.searching the river Ed Drakd searching for a man who has been
:00:38. > :00:42.missing for almost a week. His family fear the worst. H think
:00:43. > :00:44.we will fight and dead, thing that is the outcome, the more thd days go
:00:45. > :00:48.on. Going on the pull at Gatwick. Gary
:00:49. > :00:50.Lineker takes the strain for Sport Relief.
:00:51. > :00:53.And one week after fainting on live television, X Factor star Rdbecca
:00:54. > :01:06.Ferguson embarks on a tour which brings her to Kent and Sussdx.
:01:07. > :01:11.A Sussex Conservative MP has revealed that he will vote to leave
:01:12. > :01:16.the European Union if his p`rty win the next General Election and hold a
:01:17. > :01:20.subsequent referendum. Henrx Smith who represents Crawley has said that
:01:21. > :01:23.if people voted UKIP at the next election it would split the vote
:01:24. > :01:26.leading to a Labour Governmdnt. It comes just days after Rochester MP
:01:27. > :01:32.Mark Reckless launched his own referendum in his constituency on
:01:33. > :01:40.membership of the EU. Our Political Editor Louise Stewart has this
:01:41. > :01:45.exclusive report. Earlier this week the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick
:01:46. > :01:51.Clegg, agreed to go head to go head`to`head with Nigel Far`ge in a
:01:52. > :01:54.TV debate on the UK in Europe ahead of the European elections. David
:01:55. > :01:59.Cameron declined to take part in the debate but has pledged a referendum
:02:00. > :02:04.in 2017 if the Tories win the next election. That is not enough to
:02:05. > :02:13.satisfy even some loosely loyal MPs within his own party. Even hf there
:02:14. > :02:17.is a Conservative win in thd next election in 2017 then there will be
:02:18. > :02:21.a referendum and I would vote to leave. I think we should be an
:02:22. > :02:26.independent country. His fellow MP Mark reckless would also like to
:02:27. > :02:33.launch the EE. He has launched `` leave the EU. He has launchdd his
:02:34. > :02:37.own referendum. Critics are worried about the UKIP ability to attract
:02:38. > :02:41.votes, particularly in the south`east. National polling has
:02:42. > :02:48.showed that we are number two with Labour in Folkestone and hide in
:02:49. > :02:51.South Thanet and we say votd Tory, gets Labour. David Cameron hopes
:02:52. > :02:55.that by negotiating a new ddal with the EU he will be able to whn a new
:02:56. > :02:58.deal with the EU he will be able to win around your wrist kept ht MPs
:02:59. > :03:07.and voters but his plans were dealt a blow when Angela Merkel s`id that
:03:08. > :03:12.those who want fundamental reform... I am afraid they `re in
:03:13. > :03:16.for a disappointment. Henry Crawley's constituency has been a
:03:17. > :03:20.prime target for UKIP and is likely to be again. He hopes that by
:03:21. > :03:28.speaking out on your pecan dissipate their threat. `` by speaking out on
:03:29. > :03:30.Europe, he can dissipate th`t threat.
:03:31. > :03:34.And Louise is with us now. Louise, is today's news from Henry Smith an
:03:35. > :03:37.attempt to take on UKIP dirdctly on Europe? He is taking the fight
:03:38. > :03:42.directly to them. He wants their tanks of his lawn. He is aw`re that
:03:43. > :03:47.they targeted Crawley in thd local elections and fielded candidates in
:03:48. > :03:51.all awards. He is also facing a squeeze from Labour because it is a
:03:52. > :03:55.key Labour target and Ed Miliband has been to Crawley to visit. He
:03:56. > :03:57.only has a 6000 majority and he has to step up and take the fight to
:03:58. > :04:01.them. And you can see a longer debate on
:04:02. > :04:05.how political parties in thd South East view Europe on Sunday Politics,
:04:06. > :04:07.this Sunday at 11.00am on BBC One. Some specialist cancer oper`tions
:04:08. > :04:11.have been suspended at Maidstone Hospital following the death of five
:04:12. > :04:14.patients. All five died frol potentially avoidable complhcations
:04:15. > :04:19.within a year of having stolach or throat surgery.
:04:20. > :04:23.Patients now needing upper gastro intestinal surgery are being sent to
:04:24. > :04:27.St Thomas's Hospital in London. One family has already launched a
:04:28. > :04:36.criminal negligence claim. Our News Correspondent Mark Norman rdports.
:04:37. > :04:39.The facts are pretty blunt. Five people died from complications
:04:40. > :04:45.following cancer surgery at Maidstone Hospital. We know that
:04:46. > :04:48.those deaths were avoidable. As a result specialist keyhole strgery
:04:49. > :04:55.for our pie gastrointestinal cancer has been suspended and the hospital
:04:56. > :05:00.is apologising. `` upper gastrointestinal. It appears there
:05:01. > :05:04.have been complications to the keyhole surgery. Some patients have
:05:05. > :05:08.died, five, and we believe complications could have contributed
:05:09. > :05:12.to their deaths. Is it the fault the staff, the procedure or the
:05:13. > :05:17.hospital? We believe it is due to the keyhole approach to the surgery,
:05:18. > :05:24.it is the surgery itself th`t has led to the complication. Thhs
:05:25. > :05:28.surgery can include procedures on anything including the stom`ch up to
:05:29. > :05:31.the oesophagus. It was carrhed out as keyhole surgery which involves
:05:32. > :05:36.making a number of small incisions on the right`hand side of the body
:05:37. > :05:41.before tubes are inserted into the patient so that surgeons can cut
:05:42. > :05:45.away any cancerous growths. Despite the complications of that operation
:05:46. > :05:50.we know that five people didd from the surgery from what are ddscribed
:05:51. > :05:53.as avoidable complications. Now the family one of those patients is
:05:54. > :05:59.pursuing the trust for a crhminal negligence case. Our role is to help
:06:00. > :06:04.our clients get to the bottom of this story. What exactly happened?
:06:05. > :06:13.What surgical procedures were carried out on that day? Whx weren't
:06:14. > :06:17.they given the choice of different or more conventional and safer
:06:18. > :06:22.procedures? For the next 12 months patients will still be treated at
:06:23. > :06:25.Maidstone but their surgery will happen in London. The hospital here
:06:26. > :06:27.are making what they describe as necessary improvements.
:06:28. > :06:35.Mark joins us from Maidstond Hospital now. Mark, how big a
:06:36. > :06:40.problem is this for the hospital? It is clearly a serious issue. First
:06:41. > :06:44.and foremost it is a tragedx for the families who would want the best
:06:45. > :06:47.outcome for their loved ones. The hospital told us today that the
:06:48. > :06:52.mortality rate for patients with this kind of cancer falls whthin
:06:53. > :06:55.national levels. They told le that the surgery is well established and
:06:56. > :06:59.the general outcomes for patients are falling within national levels.
:07:00. > :07:02.It is a big issue and they have tried to act quickly and give
:07:03. > :07:05.themselves 12 months to sort out the problem. Thank you.
:07:06. > :07:07.In a moment: It's a burning issue in Redhill.
:07:08. > :07:17.Desperate attempts are made to stop the stench from a landfill site
:07:18. > :07:23.The family of a Kent man who's been missing for almost a week s`y they
:07:24. > :07:26.fear he will be found dead. Keiron Knowlden was last seen in the early
:07:27. > :07:29.hours of Saturday morning in Tonbridge. Today specialist police
:07:30. > :07:33.began a search of the River Medway. The 25`year`old father of one hasn't
:07:34. > :07:39.been seen since he left a b`r after a night out with friends and family.
:07:40. > :07:45.Charlie Rose reports. As the search for Kieren
:07:46. > :07:50.intensifies, his family say that they fear the worst. He would not
:07:51. > :07:54.stay away this long with no contact. He would not be sitting herd and
:07:55. > :08:02.letting my mum hurt as much as what she is not tell us where he is. What
:08:03. > :08:07.do you think has happened to him? Personally, I think we are going to
:08:08. > :08:11.find him dead, I do think that is the outcome, the more the d`ys go on
:08:12. > :08:17.and the longer it goes, I do think he is dead and it is awful for me to
:08:18. > :08:22.say. Kiran Nolton was reported missing last Saturday evening. He
:08:23. > :08:27.was last seen leaving this bar. Other members of his family believe
:08:28. > :08:34.he could still be alive and may even have been taken. What is yotr gut
:08:35. > :08:37.feeling? Yes, if you had asked me that question yesterday I would have
:08:38. > :08:40.said he was in the river. If you asked me this morning then H think
:08:41. > :08:44.he is alive and they know where he is and they still have got him. I
:08:45. > :08:54.cannot even sleep in my bed any more. Just stupid things like that,
:08:55. > :08:58.like my kids have started to notice. His disappearance is completely out
:08:59. > :09:02.of character and the police are extremely concerned for his
:09:03. > :09:07.well`being as are his familx. The river search will continue over the
:09:08. > :09:13.weekend. He is a son and a brother and a dad and an uncle, we `ll need
:09:14. > :09:23.him. We need him home and wd need him home safe. I really can't do
:09:24. > :09:30.this any more! I just need him home. Somebody out there must know. They
:09:31. > :09:37.need to tell us, they need to tell us what they have done with him We
:09:38. > :09:41.just need him home. Very emotional scenes there. Charlie has bden
:09:42. > :09:45.following the search in Tonbridge all day and he joins us now.
:09:46. > :09:49.Charlie, where do the policd plan to do now?
:09:50. > :09:53.Charlie, where do the policd plan Police have been searching this
:09:54. > :09:59.stretch of river all afternoon. They are trying to continue to sdarch
:10:00. > :10:03.tomorrow and they are using a form of water radar to find out what is
:10:04. > :10:07.at the bottom of the river. When they find something the polhce
:10:08. > :10:13.divers then dive in but thex cannot see anything, that is the problem,
:10:14. > :10:18.it is cloudy and murky survdy to touch and feel what is at the bottom
:10:19. > :10:21.of the river. The investigation is intensifying and CCTV is behng
:10:22. > :10:25.reviewed and enquiries are being carried out. The family are doing
:10:26. > :10:29.their own work, putting up these posters as they desperately try to
:10:30. > :10:32.find out what has happened. Following weeks of terrible smells
:10:33. > :10:36.coming from a landfill site near Redhill, the company running it
:10:37. > :10:39.Biffa, have been forced to hnstall a gas burning chimney on the site
:10:40. > :10:42.today. The flare stack will burn off excess methane and hydrogen sulphide
:10:43. > :10:45.gas. Biffa say the smell, while
:10:46. > :10:48.unpleasant, is harmless, and that they're is spending almost half a
:10:49. > :10:51.million pounds on measures to get rid of it. The smell's appe`rance
:10:52. > :10:57.coincided with the winter's heavy rainfall. Our Environment
:10:58. > :11:02.Correspondent Yvette Austin reports. Rubbish from across the south`east,
:11:03. > :11:07.one of the last remaining l`ndfill sites in the region. A lot of the
:11:08. > :11:10.time it is unnoticed, like we like our rubbish to be. In the rdcent
:11:11. > :11:15.months the smell has been coming back to want the people of Redhill.
:11:16. > :11:19.The place is trying to attr`ct tourists and people coming to wheat
:11:20. > :11:22.in restaurants and it is not very nice. My friend came through on the
:11:23. > :11:28.train and said she could smdll it as she came through from Brighton so it
:11:29. > :11:32.is having an impact! It is bad that 500 people have complex. Whdn the
:11:33. > :11:36.smell hits you and it is at its worst you can taste it at the back
:11:37. > :11:41.of your throat. It really m`kes you want to shut all the windows and
:11:42. > :11:46.pick the phone up very quickly. The problem the operators say is the
:11:47. > :11:50.weather. The rain has rotted their waste quicker than predicted causing
:11:51. > :11:54.hydrogen sulphide to begin `n off before the systems were in place to
:11:55. > :11:59.deal with it. Now the company is playing catch up. Among the
:12:00. > :12:03.emergency works, a temporarx gas flare has been installed. It is
:12:04. > :12:08.burning 300 cubic metres of gas and hour. All around me there is another
:12:09. > :12:13.deodorising system. You can see it here. It is effectively grabbing the
:12:14. > :12:26.odour molecules and grounding them. There is a distinct smell of
:12:27. > :12:28.lavender in the air which is being pumped out. This is normal but there
:12:29. > :12:31.was also a temporary deodorhsing system there and it is all to try
:12:32. > :12:33.and stop the smell reaching the homes. The Environment Agency has
:12:34. > :12:36.launched an investigation. Hf if they do not keep the gas within the
:12:37. > :12:38.site and they are breaching their environmental permit then wd will
:12:39. > :12:45.consider formal action against them for breaching the permit. The MP
:12:46. > :12:48.says the residents should bd compensated. I think they h`ve a
:12:49. > :12:52.reasonable case about what they are doing but they are explaining things
:12:53. > :12:55.that are unacceptable in terms of the lack of infrastructure so they
:12:56. > :13:01.were not ready for the rain. The company is apologising to the
:13:02. > :13:09.residents and say there is no risk to their health.
:13:10. > :13:11.Police investigating the murder of 20`year`old man in Folkestone want
:13:12. > :13:15.to speak to 22`year`old Timothy Keith Avril to help them with their
:13:16. > :13:18.inquiries. He is five feet nine slim build and speaks with ` London
:13:19. > :13:21.accent. A 38`year`old man and a 37`year old woman have been arrested
:13:22. > :13:23.and bailed pending further enquiries.
:13:24. > :13:26.Two 53`year`old Italian men have been jailed for a total of 24 years
:13:27. > :13:30.for attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of ?13 lillion
:13:31. > :13:34.through the port of Dover. 63 kilos of the drug were discovered in
:13:35. > :13:43.carrier bags in the cab of ` Swiss registered lorry. The men wdre each
:13:44. > :13:47.sentenced to 12 years. A woman from Ken said she considered
:13:48. > :13:52.taking her own life after a holiday on a cruise ship better with a
:13:53. > :13:56.debilitating condition. She says she now has a permanent feeling of sea
:13:57. > :14:01.sickness since the trip in 2012 She has been diagnosed with a
:14:02. > :14:08.neurological syndrome that causes a constant feeling of swaying.
:14:09. > :14:15.It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime, a luxury cruise to Norway.
:14:16. > :14:21.18 months after arriving back on dry land, Diane Morley feels as if she
:14:22. > :14:29.is still at sea. Inside I al swaying, I bob, sometimes mx head
:14:30. > :14:35.gets heavy. When I walk it hs like walking on a trampoline. Should he
:14:36. > :14:40.was eventually diagnosed with a balanced disorder which is brought
:14:41. > :14:44.on by exposure to motion, most commonly by journeys by sea or air.
:14:45. > :14:49.It can go on for weeks or months or even years but the cause is unclear.
:14:50. > :14:55.Recent research into brain `ctivity has shed some light. What is
:14:56. > :14:59.happening is that there is `bnormal high activity or high metabolism in
:15:00. > :15:06.specific parts of the brain and these parts deal with speci`l memory
:15:07. > :15:09.`` spatial memory and also interpretation of movement. When she
:15:10. > :15:13.fell down a couple of stairs a guy picked up and asked if she was all
:15:14. > :15:17.right. She said she was and he thought she had been drinking. Diane
:15:18. > :15:22.is undergoing physiotherapy to retrain the brain to balancd again.
:15:23. > :15:25.Feeling all at sea is something she accepts she may have to learn to
:15:26. > :15:28.live with. It opened with an investment of ?120
:15:29. > :15:32.million but in its first ye`r things couldn't have gone much worse at
:15:33. > :15:35.Sussex Coast College in Hastings. A damning Ofsted report branddd it
:15:36. > :15:40.inadequate and the principal left within months. But under a new
:15:41. > :15:43.management team, the situathon has dramatically improved. The latest
:15:44. > :15:54.inspection found the Collegd is now good overall and even outst`nding in
:15:55. > :15:57.some areas. Piers Hopkirk rdports. With its ?120 million price tag
:15:58. > :16:03.Sussex Coast College was once in danger of being dismissed as a
:16:04. > :16:08.expensive failure. For the 7400 pupils and staff today marks the
:16:09. > :16:11.resignation `` recognition of a transformation. What goes on in the
:16:12. > :16:16.classroom makes a real diffdrence to the success of a student and by
:16:17. > :16:19.focusing on learning, assessment and teaching, every student is working
:16:20. > :16:23.to their maximum and feeling inspired in the classroom to learn.
:16:24. > :16:28.Ofsted inspectors described the changes here as a dramatic
:16:29. > :16:34.improvement. Three years ago they painted a rather different picture.
:16:35. > :16:37.In November 2011 the collegd was rated as inadequate and the
:16:38. > :16:44.principal stepped down a short time later. In March 2012 Clive Cook took
:16:45. > :16:48.over and today the college was ranked as good, with outstanding
:16:49. > :16:51.leadership. The teaching has really improved and you can really feel the
:16:52. > :16:54.difference. I had friends who were here before and they are je`lous of
:16:55. > :17:00.me that I have come here and it is better than our was for thel. There
:17:01. > :17:03.is a lot of emphasis on better teaching and subsequently bdtter
:17:04. > :17:07.exam results as well. You would not want to say you went to Hastings
:17:08. > :17:14.College because people look down at you. How do you feel today to be a
:17:15. > :17:18.student here? I am proud! This girl left school with no GCSEs btt the
:17:19. > :17:22.college gave her a place and now she is taking three A`levels. I have
:17:23. > :17:29.gone from nothing to the best I can possibly be and I think this college
:17:30. > :17:34.delivers `` deserves a lot of recognition. The pressure now for
:17:35. > :17:38.the college is to stay on the up. And Piers joins us from Hastings
:17:39. > :17:42.now, so how confident are they that they can not only maintain the
:17:43. > :17:46.standards but improve even further? They are really bullish. Thdre is a
:17:47. > :17:50.real sense of optimism and confidence at the college. Having
:17:51. > :17:54.been there today, the one thing you really notice emanating frol the
:17:55. > :17:58.staff and pupils is a sense of pride. They talk about being proud
:17:59. > :18:02.to study there and proud to work there and I suspect that fedling has
:18:03. > :18:05.been missing for a little while now. When I spoke to the principle he
:18:06. > :18:09.said that the journey does not finish here. We want to be
:18:10. > :18:12.outstanding in everything wd do and we are still on target. Thank you
:18:13. > :18:19.very much. This is our top story tonight:
:18:20. > :18:24.Sussex Conservative MP Henrx Smith has announced he will vote to leave
:18:25. > :18:28.the European Union if his p`rty leads `` winds the next election and
:18:29. > :18:32.hold a referendum. He is sahd he is concerned that voting for UKIP could
:18:33. > :18:36.split the vote and lead to ` Labour government.
:18:37. > :18:41.Also in tonight's programme: join me to find out what is going on at
:18:42. > :18:46.Gatwick on Southeast today. After a dry and sunny week we have a
:18:47. > :18:51.dry and warm weekend. Join le later for the details.
:18:52. > :19:02.Emily Parker had just finished her second year at university when she
:19:03. > :19:05.was diagnosed with leukaemi`. She had to endure five months of
:19:06. > :19:09.chemotherapy to tackle the disease, leading to her losing her h`ir and
:19:10. > :19:11.dealing with a host of other unpleasant side`effects. But the
:19:12. > :19:15.21`year old from Uckfield ddcided to keep a fog of her experiencds,
:19:16. > :19:18.sharing beauty tips and hints as well as detailing her personal
:19:19. > :19:21.experiences. And she struck a chord, her last entry has been seen by
:19:22. > :19:23.thousands of people. Sara Slith has been to meet her for tonight's
:19:24. > :19:26.Special Report. When I was having treatment one
:19:27. > :19:29.thing that happened to my skin was it became very dry. I have patches
:19:30. > :19:32.of dry skin... It might seel that hair and make`up tips would be the
:19:33. > :19:36.last thing on your mind when you have had treatment for cancdr but
:19:37. > :19:38.for Emily Parker writing her fog helped her to deal with
:19:39. > :19:45.chemotherapy. It helps a lot for me because when
:19:46. > :19:49.you are typing you can typing and if I was talking to my parents they
:19:50. > :19:55.would stop me or change the subject and it would still all be bottling
:19:56. > :19:58.up. When you are typing you can just keep typing and cry a bit and then
:19:59. > :20:04.go back to it and carry on going. The fog `` the fog talks about
:20:05. > :20:10.coping with losing hair and the best products for dry skin and the
:20:11. > :20:14.essentials for hospital vishts. Emily is taking a make up course
:20:15. > :20:18.while she waits to return to university in September so there are
:20:19. > :20:25.general make up tips which `re striking a chord. Her latest post
:20:26. > :20:28.has had over 7000 visits. When you are diagnosed with something like
:20:29. > :20:32.cancer that is life or death you want to try and retain as mtch of
:20:33. > :20:36.yourself as possible becausd it changes you, you lose weight and put
:20:37. > :20:43.on weight and mentally it is hard to deal with. If you keep as mtch of
:20:44. > :20:47.your local routine `` normal routine going as possible it helps xou to
:20:48. > :20:50.get through. Those who professionally look after pdople's
:20:51. > :20:56.performance are not surprisdd at all that during such difficult times it
:20:57. > :21:02.still matters. By doing this fog I think she is getting in touch with
:21:03. > :21:06.her identity again because cancer is not everything about her, she is
:21:07. > :21:11.very gorgeous, young and lively 21 your old girl who is very p`ssionate
:21:12. > :21:18.about make up. I think that is a way of her expression. Emily is now in
:21:19. > :21:19.remission but she will keep going with the blog as long as shd thinks
:21:20. > :21:32.it will help her and others. She was runner`up in the X Factor,
:21:33. > :21:35.losing out to Matt Cardle, but it's fair to say that Rebecca Ferguson's
:21:36. > :21:38.career has gone from strength to strength since then. She's now
:21:39. > :21:41.embarking on a UK tour, takhng in Margate and Brighton later on this
:21:42. > :21:45.month. Jane Witherspoon has been to meet her and to find out wh`t really
:21:46. > :22:02.happened when she passed out last week on live televison.
:22:03. > :22:10.Those X Factor nerves are a thing of the past for Rebecca Ferguson. She
:22:11. > :22:14.is about to hit the road on a new tool which starts in Margatd before
:22:15. > :22:18.heading on to Brighton. She is expecting big things from the
:22:19. > :22:22.south`east crowd. You can gdt a bit rowdy, actually. It gets rowdy and
:22:23. > :22:27.everyone has a good time and everyone has a dance. It is funny,
:22:28. > :22:28.different areas, some peopld will be more subdued and some cities people
:22:29. > :22:43.will be full on ravers. It is all systems go. She is busy
:22:44. > :22:48.plugging her new single, not always easy when you feel poorly. She
:22:49. > :22:54.collapsed on live television last week. It was so dramatic, w`sn't it?
:22:55. > :22:58.You know what, I needed to collapse mid song but I fought through it.
:22:59. > :23:01.And then I got to the end and I thought the camera had gone because
:23:02. > :23:07.I had finished the song so H could go now. So I slowly went to the
:23:08. > :23:13.floor and the next thing yot knew it was everywhere but I was lahd up in
:23:14. > :23:17.bed for two days. As a workhng mother of two it is on with the show
:23:18. > :23:22.although it is not always glamorous. It is hard. I thhnk other
:23:23. > :23:28.mums make it look more glowdred `` glamour, people like beyond say and
:23:29. > :23:32.Alicia Keys. They have trainers and dieticians and I am just as scruffy
:23:33. > :23:39.mother. I am keeping it real in my onesie! Let us hope she has packed
:23:40. > :23:46.it along with the bucket and spade as she embarks on a tour of the
:23:47. > :23:50.seaside resorts in the south`east. She is hardly scruffy, is she?
:23:51. > :23:53.The opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics has taken place in Sochi
:23:54. > :23:56.this afternoon. And the British team was led out by teenage flag bearer
:23:57. > :23:59.Millie Knight from Canterbury. The 15`year`old visually impairdd skier
:24:00. > :24:02.is the youngest member of Paralympics GB. She was joined by
:24:03. > :24:09.team mates including skier James Whitley, seen here on the ldft, from
:24:10. > :24:13.Wilmington in East Sussex. Charlton boss Chris Powell says he'd
:24:14. > :24:16.like his side to make headlhnes this weekend by securing a place in the
:24:17. > :24:19.FA Cup semi`finals. The famous trophy has been at the Addicks
:24:20. > :24:22.training ground ahead of Sunday s sixth round tie at Sheffield United.
:24:23. > :24:25.Despite their lowly league position, Powell says his side are focused on
:24:26. > :24:33.getting through to a cup selifinal at Wembley. I went on a spyhng
:24:34. > :24:38.mission to Sheffield United with the assistant manager. It was good to
:24:39. > :24:41.get a feeling of the place. We have come back and trained reallx well
:24:42. > :24:43.and obviously it is all gearing up to Sunday.
:24:44. > :24:47.In the football league games tomorrow Brighton take on Rdading at
:24:48. > :24:50.the Amex. And there's a south east derby in League One as Gillhngham
:24:51. > :24:58.welcome Crawley Town to the Priestfield.
:24:59. > :25:02.Gary Lineker was at Gatwick Airport today to help teams of compdtitors
:25:03. > :25:07.raise money for sport relief. It was a 50 metre event that made
:25:08. > :25:13.particular use of the locathon. The teams were racing to pull a huge
:25:14. > :25:18.passenger jet across the finish line. Ian Palmer went to watch.
:25:19. > :25:24.This is your British Airways captain not speaking, but pulling an
:25:25. > :25:27.aircraft. Come on! Come on! Supporting the teams was thd former
:25:28. > :25:30.England captain Gary Lineker. Terry Hollands is Britain's strongest man
:25:31. > :25:39.aiming to be the world's strongest in two weeks time. He's 28 stone of
:25:40. > :25:44.prime English beef. I have pulled numerous vehicles and planes over
:25:45. > :25:50.the years. The biggest key to it is keeping your centre of Gravhty low.
:25:51. > :25:54.Especially as a team they nded to work as a team. Even my own I felt
:25:55. > :26:01.like I was starting to get ht moving. That is a lie! When you said
:26:02. > :26:06.you would be on the poll today I bet you didn't... Get into it!
:26:07. > :26:19.The rugby team crossed the line in 47 seconds. Have you practised or
:26:20. > :26:22.just turned up? Earlier there was a warm up.
:26:23. > :26:26.The aim of Sport Relief is to get the nation active and raise money to
:26:27. > :26:32.improve the lives of people both here and abroad. 150 tonnes of steel
:26:33. > :26:39.being pulled by man and wom`n power alone, all in aid of charitx. Does
:26:40. > :26:47.it get any wackier than this? The Force is strong in this teal. It is
:26:48. > :26:51.great to be a of. My first time I would it again.
:26:52. > :26:55.The plane can carry 280 people and their luggage at 35,000 feet. It's a
:26:56. > :27:09.wonder it can off the ground, let alone be pulled by human hands.
:27:10. > :27:13.If you want to get involved in Sport Relief all the information xou need
:27:14. > :27:19.to join in or donate is on the website.
:27:20. > :27:24.Shall we keep going with thd good news? Now we have the weathdr and it
:27:25. > :27:28.is going to be lovely! It will be a bit of a misty start on
:27:29. > :27:32.Saturday but it brightens up nicely and stays sunny as we go into
:27:33. > :27:37.Sunday. If anything it will be warmer than Saturday on Sunday.
:27:38. > :27:42.Ex`week we have high pressure which means it will be staying drx with a
:27:43. > :27:47.lot of warm sunshine around. Quite frosty at night and chilly starts to
:27:48. > :27:50.the day. More cloud cover in the morning today but it brightdned up
:27:51. > :27:59.this afternoon. The temperatures have been mild for the time of year.
:28:00. > :28:03.Initially the skies were cldarer tonight but then we had lowdr cloud
:28:04. > :28:08.around with mist and fog and it was a mild night. Temperatures dropped
:28:09. > :28:13.to five or six degrees. Low cloud to start the weekend then the southerly
:28:14. > :28:17.breeze is get to work and it will brighten up nicely. By the `fternoon
:28:18. > :28:22.we could see temperatures of 14 or 15 so it will be real pleas`nt for a
:28:23. > :28:27.Saturday afternoon. On Saturday and into Sunday it will stay drx and be
:28:28. > :28:31.quite mild. Temperatures will only drop to five or six degrees. With
:28:32. > :28:35.clearer skies you might see some list and fog as we start thd day on
:28:36. > :28:40.Sunday. A lot of sunshine from the word go. At the weekend there is
:28:41. > :28:47.unsettled weather around but it will stay dry and bright. On Sunday the
:28:48. > :28:51.temperatures will be up. It could be 17 degrees. In the new week we have
:28:52. > :28:57.high pressure building. It will be cooler on under a with tempdratures
:28:58. > :29:01.of 12 or 13 and it will say `` stay settled for most of the week. A lot
:29:02. > :29:04.of sunshine this weekend so make the most of it.
:29:05. > :29:07.We do not know ourselves! Wd are enjoying it.
:29:08. > :29:10.That is it from me. Enjoy the sunbathing at the weekend
:29:11. > :29:44.and Juliet will have the late news tonight. See you next week. Goodbye.
:29:45. > :29:48.Tell them what is on the show. OK, musical legend Jeff Lynne is here
:29:49. > :29:55.and we will be finding out where the food tastes better hot or cold. And
:29:56. > :29:57.the funny accent thing. I was just getting to that. Alistair McGowan
:29:58. > :30:00.will find out why everybody