:00:00. > :00:31.Welcome to South East Today, I'm On
:00:32. > :00:35.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smhth.
:00:36. > :00:38.Tonight's top stories. A man is killed in a collision with ` police
:00:39. > :00:41.car on pursuit. An investig`tion is under way. We're live with the
:00:42. > :00:46.latest from the scene. He wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy ` the man
:00:47. > :00:49.who had his arms and legs alputated after a stab wound led to blood
:00:50. > :00:52.poisoning. Also in tonight's programme: The World War Ond photos
:00:53. > :00:54.other people threw away ` collected in the '70s for posterity bx a
:00:55. > :04:17.dustman from Sussex. Surgeons in Brighton had no choice
:04:18. > :04:20.but to operate to save his life Speaking to our reporter, hd said he
:04:21. > :04:25.would not wish what had happened to him on anybody, not even thd men who
:04:26. > :04:29.have been found guilty of c`using grievous bodily harm. It was not
:04:30. > :04:37.something that Joe's fiance thought she would ever have today. Nursing
:04:38. > :04:43.care for her partner of eight years. 19 months ago, both of their lives
:04:44. > :04:48.changed when Joe was stabbed. I could see my hands, they were going
:04:49. > :04:56.all black. And I knew that there was something wrong but was going on
:04:57. > :04:59.with my legs as well. After about three or four weeks, that is when
:05:00. > :05:04.people started saying to me that I might be getting amputations. The
:05:05. > :05:10.attack happened after an argument between two groups of men at a party
:05:11. > :05:18.in Worthing. He was stabbed and left bleeding in the street. I s`w he had
:05:19. > :05:22.a stab wound to his chest. When I started helping him with th`t, that
:05:23. > :05:26.is when I looked at his leg and I saw that there was blood coling from
:05:27. > :05:31.there. That is when I realised that he had been stabbed a few thmes
:05:32. > :05:37.Surgeons at the Royal Sussex County Hospital fought to save his wife. It
:05:38. > :05:45.was the machines that kept him alive. That was like a man was not
:05:46. > :05:53.Joe lying there. It was just like, oh, my God, really shocked. Is there
:05:54. > :05:56.anything else you want to tdll police? Sussex police interviewed
:05:57. > :06:00.Joe in hospital three months after the attack. His condition w`s so
:06:01. > :06:06.serious it was feared that he may die. Evidence was critical. Some
:06:07. > :06:10.people did not want to speak to the police, and they have that
:06:11. > :06:13.entitlement. People had seen different things, they had been
:06:14. > :06:16.drinking, they were all young, but it was a fast moving and brhef
:06:17. > :06:21.incident that resulted in this suffering. Joe says he has nothing
:06:22. > :06:25.but praise for the medical team who treated him. He spent weeks in
:06:26. > :06:29.intensive care, and underwent numerous operations to save his
:06:30. > :06:36.life. Now, he wants something positive to come from this. If I can
:06:37. > :06:42.show people what if you seconds of holding a knife sticking a knife
:06:43. > :06:46.into someone, can actually do. Four many will be sentenced for grievous
:06:47. > :06:51.bodily harm, next month. `` for mental. In a moment, the nulber of
:06:52. > :07:04.outpatient clinics in East Kent is to be cut by more than half. There
:07:05. > :07:08.are angry protests from reshdents. A 38`year`old man has been sentenced
:07:09. > :07:10.to 80 hours of unpaid work for assaulting the UKIP leader Nigel
:07:11. > :07:14.Farage. Andrew Scott from R`msgate Road in Margate admitted hitting the
:07:15. > :07:18.politician on the head with a placard. The South East MEP was
:07:19. > :07:21.reportedly left shocked and scared by the incident outside a hotel in
:07:22. > :07:30.the town where he was meeting a group of UKIP supporters. Lxnda
:07:31. > :07:34.Hardy reports. When Nigel F`rage arrived in market in Januarx, the
:07:35. > :07:38.angry protest outside the hotel turned violent. He was struck on the
:07:39. > :07:48.head with a placard bearing the words, Nasty Little Nigel. He was
:07:49. > :07:54.unhurt but left shaken by the incident. The court held th`t he had
:07:55. > :07:57.gone to the hotel that they could exercise is democratic right to
:07:58. > :08:00.protest publicly and had not intended to cause Nigel Far`ge any
:08:01. > :08:04.physical harm. The protest hn Margate for those that you could
:08:05. > :08:08.leader being besieged by protesters in an Edinburgh pub last Max, where
:08:09. > :08:13.he was launching his party's Scottish campaign. The sentdncing
:08:14. > :08:17.comes one day after claims that Nigel Farage had an affair with one
:08:18. > :08:23.of his assistants. Would yot like to say anything to Nigel Faragd? As he
:08:24. > :08:28.left court, Andrew Scott made no further comment. He was also ordered
:08:29. > :08:39.to pay ?140 in costs. In a statement, UKIP said it accdpted his
:08:40. > :08:42.courtroom apology for the assault. A man is fighting for his lifd in
:08:43. > :08:44.hospital tonight after taking anti`freeze in Hastings. Police
:08:45. > :08:47.launched a major search for 36`year`old Paul Blaikie, who ran
:08:48. > :08:50.off while being treated by paramedics in St Helen's Ro`d just
:08:51. > :08:53.after eight o'clock this morning. He's now being treated in the
:08:54. > :09:00.Conquest Hospital where he's in a life`threatening condition. The
:09:01. > :09:04.grave of a pregnant young woman who died when a World War II bolb line
:09:05. > :09:12.landed near Hastings has finally been marked. After seeing the story
:09:13. > :09:17.on BBC south`east, an anonylous donor paid lacrosse at the resting
:09:18. > :09:20.place. For 70 years, the unlarked grave had been attended by ` local
:09:21. > :09:28.man, Ken Mundy, and one of Doris's distant relatives. Kent's commuters
:09:29. > :09:31.are getting an unfair deal, paying up to 14% more to travel into London
:09:32. > :09:34.than passengers from other home counties. According to the leader of
:09:35. > :09:37.Kent County Council, Paul C`rter, season ticket holders from Tunbridge
:09:38. > :09:45.Wells pay ?528 more to travdl the same distance into London as those
:09:46. > :09:48.from Aylesbury in Buckinghalshire. For commuters from West Malling it
:09:49. > :09:51.is ?492 more compared to people travelling a shorter distance from
:09:52. > :09:54.Haywards Heath. And Sevenoaks season ticket holders pay ?228 mord than
:09:55. > :09:58.people travelling from Woking in Surrey. Mr Carter is calling on all
:09:59. > :10:04.of the county's MPs to lobbx the Government. I think it is vdry
:10:05. > :10:08.unfair that rail fares in Kdnt are higher than the rest of the country
:10:09. > :10:11.and in my view, the only city in equalisation from the Department of
:10:12. > :10:14.Transport, the Minister and the Treasury to bring down the
:10:15. > :10:19.comparative cost of commuting by rail into London, in line whth other
:10:20. > :10:29.journey times and costs and the rest of the country. In his lettdr to MPs
:10:30. > :10:32.Paul Carter speaks of his "concern at the significant differences in
:10:33. > :10:35.annual season ticket costs". He says mainline services from Kent's
:10:36. > :10:37.coastal towns are unrealisthcally slow. He also claims that's a
:10:38. > :10:41.barrier stopping businesses from choosing to locate in the county.
:10:42. > :10:46.And he is gaining some support. I strongly support what he has said,
:10:47. > :10:50.and I have written some days ago to the Secretary of State, supporting
:10:51. > :10:55.his view on this, and it is interesting. He quotes a figure of
:10:56. > :11:00.14% which is accurate for Kdnt, as a whole, but for some of us at the
:11:01. > :11:07.eastern end of Kent, it is significantly higher than that. Our
:11:08. > :11:10.Political Editor, Louise Stdwart, joins us live from Tunbridgd Wells
:11:11. > :11:17.station. So how are the rail companies reacting to this, Louise?
:11:18. > :11:21.MPs think that the fares ard disproportionately high, and
:11:22. > :11:29.Southeast says that that is because the Government sets rail fares
:11:30. > :11:34.policy, with this year's increased capped at 2.5%, and they sax that
:11:35. > :11:41.this is helping commuters. That will be little consolation for the
:11:42. > :11:53.commuters that we spoke to darlier. It is a good service. It is quick.
:11:54. > :11:58.It is reliable, mostly. It hs pretty steep price, I have got to say, but
:11:59. > :12:04.it is a quick line, but it hs very expensive. Passengers might feel
:12:05. > :12:08.that train fares and season tickets are higher here than in othdr areas,
:12:09. > :12:12.but the company says that is because the Government has a deliberate
:12:13. > :12:15.policy to take the burden of the costs away from the taxpayer and
:12:16. > :12:20.onto the commuter, those who use the railways, and they say that season
:12:21. > :12:29.ticket costs are being put towards infrastructure and maintainhng the
:12:30. > :12:32.railways. Paul Carter is calling on Kent's MPs to sign a joint letter to
:12:33. > :12:34.the Secretary of State for Transport requesting consideration for
:12:35. > :12:40.below`inflation fare increase for the next few years. Hundreds of
:12:41. > :12:43.people packed into a meeting today in Herne Bay to hear plans to more
:12:44. > :12:47.than half the number of outpatient clinics in parts of Kent. E`st Kent
:12:48. > :12:50.hospitals Trust wants to reduce its centres from 15 to six, to provide a
:12:51. > :12:55.more comprehensive service. Some patients are worried about the
:12:56. > :12:58.distances they will have to travel. Claudia Sermbezis joins us live from
:12:59. > :13:02.outside the Queen Victoria hospital in Herne Bay. Claudia, what was the
:13:03. > :13:12.mood like at this afternoon's meeting? It was very animatdd. Some
:13:13. > :13:17.people said they felt exaspdrated, others said they felt angry. This is
:13:18. > :13:22.their local hospital. The pdople I spoke to said that they are happy
:13:23. > :13:26.with it. It offers a good ottpatient service and three buses pass it
:13:27. > :13:29.daily, and this sort of discussion is difficult because local people
:13:30. > :13:33.often want to keep local services, even if the health trust saxs it
:13:34. > :13:45.could offer them better services potentially, if they could travel
:13:46. > :13:49.elsewhere. Today, residents expressed concerns about tr`nsport,
:13:50. > :13:56.about logistics and why thehr services should be changed. Members
:13:57. > :13:59.of the trust gave their reasons We think that there are innovations we
:14:00. > :14:04.should be developing. We listen to what patients say. They tell us they
:14:05. > :14:11.want a broader range of specialties, they want to be able to comd in on
:14:12. > :14:19.one day, and travel less, and to have appointments outside the
:14:20. > :14:23.9`to`5. There are 15 hospit`ls medical centres which offer services
:14:24. > :14:27.to patients, and the trust wants the cup this down to six, not including
:14:28. > :14:32.the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Herne Bay. I have concern that
:14:33. > :14:36.the Queen Victoria Hospital in Herne Bay could be undermined. If they
:14:37. > :14:41.move key services to another location. Roll the hospital be
:14:42. > :14:47.viable at all? This afternoon, Michael Britton had an appohntment,
:14:48. > :14:52.and he expected it to be at his local hospital in Herne Bay, but it
:14:53. > :14:58.wasn't much trouble. He says this is not a consultation, it is h`ppening
:14:59. > :15:01.now. The hospitals that thex are trying to close down, it is all on
:15:02. > :15:06.one level. All of the things that they said in there, that has the
:15:07. > :15:12.facilities, to providing other areas. The trusts insists that it is
:15:13. > :15:17.offering a better service whth one`stop clinics, where pathents can
:15:18. > :15:22.leave the treatment plan on the same day from the same site. You go to a
:15:23. > :15:25.doctor 's waiting room, and it says the People's choice, and we are the
:15:26. > :15:32.taxpayers. Are these people going to listen to what people want? The main
:15:33. > :15:36.concern for people is transport The view amongst the people livhng here
:15:37. > :15:40.is that they do not want thdse places closed down. The outcome of
:15:41. > :15:45.the consultation will be published at the end of April. This comes on
:15:46. > :15:50.the day that the hospital trust has announced plans for one of the
:15:51. > :15:52.hospitals on that list of shx, the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, which
:15:53. > :15:57.could be located the South Canterbury. These plans havd been
:15:58. > :16:03.welcome. They say that they will keep services, like`for`likd, but
:16:04. > :16:09.nothing might happen for 20 years. Our top story tonight. A Sussex
:16:10. > :16:11.pedestrian who died after a collision with a police car in
:16:12. > :16:16.Hastings has been named as 46`year`old James Sutton. The
:16:17. > :16:17.homeless father died at the scene last night. The IPCC is
:16:18. > :17:06.investigating. Also tonight, A dustman from Burgess Hill who
:17:07. > :17:10.couldn't bear to see old photos and medals of World War I veter`ns
:17:11. > :17:12.thrown away when he was on the rounds in the 1970s started
:17:13. > :17:15.collecting them. Now, Bob Smethurst's collection has been
:17:16. > :17:17.recognised as being of major historical importance. A documentary
:17:18. > :17:20.featuring his story is being shown on BBC Four tonight. Lucind` Adam
:17:21. > :17:25.has tonight's special report. Back in the days before plastic bin
:17:26. > :17:31.liners, binmen got a much closer look at what we throw away. And for
:17:32. > :17:36.Bob on his round in Lingfield, spotting some discarded World War I
:17:37. > :17:38.photographs started eight collection of pictures, medals and belonging
:17:39. > :17:42.sent back from the front line that would otherwise have been lost for
:17:43. > :17:46.ever. I could not understand why anyone would throw them awax. It
:17:47. > :17:52.would be like the equivalent of throwing away a Victoria Cross. Some
:17:53. > :17:56.of the stuff I saw thrown away, I could not understand it. His
:17:57. > :18:00.collection has more than 5000 photos, capturing more personal
:18:01. > :18:04.moments than the more formal pictures kept in archives. But it
:18:05. > :18:11.was the letters and belongings that he salvaged that way even more
:18:12. > :18:19.poignant. I thought this was interesting, it was First World War.
:18:20. > :18:28.It says sorry to hear that @ndy Rowden is missing. I doubt that my
:18:29. > :18:32.chum has gone West, as well. And Captain Ogilvy was wounded hn the
:18:33. > :18:37.lead, and I do not think it was serious. This bloodstained
:18:38. > :18:41.handkerchief was carefully saved by one soldier along with the bullet
:18:42. > :18:45.that made a hole in it. And this brooch was an unusual piece of
:18:46. > :18:50.jewellery sent by one service man to his sister. The shrapnel was a round
:18:51. > :18:58.ball, and this was part of the shell, when it exploded, it `` it is
:18:59. > :19:01.part of the casing. The ide` that we would discard the gallantry medals
:19:02. > :19:05.of our forefathers or throw away their personal effects, it seems to
:19:06. > :19:09.me almost criminal. We need to hang onto these things, we need need to
:19:10. > :19:15.remember what that generation did for us. We are here, we are free, we
:19:16. > :19:22.have a great life, down to the fact that these men put their lives on
:19:23. > :19:25.the line. But thanks to Bob, some of the thousands of soldiers who gave
:19:26. > :19:31.their lives for Britain, have someone to remember them. And you
:19:32. > :19:44.can see the documentary abott this on BBC Four at nine o'clock tonight.
:19:45. > :19:49.If you in the middle of a crowd at a football match and you cannot get a
:19:50. > :19:57.decent mobile phone signal because everyone else is trying to tse
:19:58. > :20:00.theirs, it is frustratingly But a Sussex academic, Dr Ian Wakdman
:20:01. > :20:04.believes he's come up with ` brilliant solution. It's an app that
:20:05. > :20:08.actually links together with other phones to share the connecthon so
:20:09. > :20:12.everyone can get access and not have to rely onon the phone sign`l. The
:20:13. > :20:14.system is already in use at the Amex stadium. Charlie Rose reports.
:20:15. > :20:19.Football grounds, Giggs or dven a busy city centre full stop with lots
:20:20. > :20:22.of people in a small area try to use the phone network, making a call or
:20:23. > :20:27.connecting to the Internet can be impossible. I get no signal, it
:20:28. > :20:31.would not do anything, I get nothing. It is a bit of a mxstery.
:20:32. > :20:37.Sometimes you get a signal, more often, you weren't. It just doesn't
:20:38. > :20:43.work. When lots of people use the phone network, the service can
:20:44. > :20:46.crumble, but mobile devices running a new app designed by a Sussex
:20:47. > :20:51.inventor can build a network between them, and share whatever signal is
:20:52. > :20:55.available to download inforlation everyone wants. The more mobile
:20:56. > :21:00.phones using the app, the bdtter the service will be. The telephone
:21:01. > :21:06.companies are happy because everyone is connected. People are happy, the
:21:07. > :21:11.fans are happy because they can get their data. And the clubs are happy
:21:12. > :21:18.because they can improve thd experience of fans. It is pretty
:21:19. > :21:23.handy. It seems to work in the railway station as well on the way
:21:24. > :21:26.home. Not only does it give you the scores, it has links to the current
:21:27. > :21:31.match and the league tables, so it is a" men. The app only allows
:21:32. > :21:35.access to popular services such as social media and football scores.
:21:36. > :21:43.But it has shown enough prolise to have one and ?85,000 grant from the
:21:44. > :21:46.Royal Academy of engineering. I imagine places in South America and
:21:47. > :21:50.Brazil with the World Cup coming up, it will become something that
:21:51. > :21:55.more people are talking abott. It is something that the inventor hopes
:21:56. > :22:04.will revolutionise the way that we access the Internet in crowded
:22:05. > :22:07.places. A 16`year`old skier from East Sussex has made an impressive
:22:08. > :22:10.debut in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi. James Whitley, who's from
:22:11. > :22:13.Wilmington and skis without poles because of an impairment to both
:22:14. > :22:18.hands, was in the standing slalom event. He finished 15th out of 5
:22:19. > :22:25.competitors. Look at those conditions. Charlton Athlethc remain
:22:26. > :22:31.bottom of the Championship following yesterday's goalless draw whth
:22:32. > :22:34.Huddersfield. It was the first game in charge for new Belgian m`nager,
:22:35. > :22:38.Jose Riga. Like predecessor Chris Powell, he will have soon rdalised
:22:39. > :22:49.that the Addicks' main problem this season has been their finishing `
:22:50. > :22:53.and last night was no exception He's one of the stars of probably
:22:54. > :22:56.the biggest TV sit com of all time. Now John Challis, famous for playing
:22:57. > :23:00.second`hand car dealer Boyche in Only Fools and Horses, is bringing
:23:01. > :23:04.his one man show to East Grhnstead tonight, full of anecdotes from a
:23:05. > :23:13.long and illustrious career. He has appeared in shows from this we need
:23:14. > :23:18.to Doctor Who. `` from the Sweeney. Jane Witherspoon's been to leet him.
:23:19. > :23:23.His role as Boycie made him a household name, but there is nothing
:23:24. > :23:26.second`rate about the career of John Challis, from Dixon of Dock Green,
:23:27. > :23:33.to Doctor Who, he has been entertaining audiences for 40 years.
:23:34. > :23:37.I have had a few gaps along the way. Basically I have just been
:23:38. > :23:47.lucky. Either that or I am dxtremely talented. I can't imagine which one
:23:48. > :23:51.it is. Somebody said the other day, how does it feel to have got so old
:23:52. > :23:56.and still be acting? That is a difficult one to answer. It feels
:23:57. > :24:09.great. But I cannot do anything else. Marlene! I have a car showroom
:24:10. > :24:12.to open up one time today. He is touring the South East with his
:24:13. > :24:16.autobiographical theatre show, charting his varied career. There is
:24:17. > :24:27.one role that everyone likes to ask him about. I think today has been a
:24:28. > :24:33.day with two Marlenes. A cotple of blokes approached me at a sdrvice
:24:34. > :24:38.station and I heard them sax, "Marlene!" And I can see thdm
:24:39. > :24:45.giggling like a couple of schoolboys. So, where is thd money
:24:46. > :24:51.and the gold? He is still in touch with the old gang, who are hn shock
:24:52. > :24:58.over the passing of their friend, Roger Lloyd Pack. We met at the
:24:59. > :25:04.memorial service. It was a wonderful day. It was funny as well as sad.
:25:05. > :25:13.Everyone was there. He was certainly remembered. Bye`bye, darling. The
:25:14. > :25:23.Boycie bandwagon will be rolling into Dartford on furtive march. ``
:25:24. > :25:31.30th March. We have a speci`l guest to do the weather, Kaddy Led
:25:32. > :25:36.Preston. It is March. We get these little tasters of what summdr could
:25:37. > :25:40.bring. We are gaining 30 minutes of daylight every week. In the sunshine
:25:41. > :25:52.became get some warm temper`tures. If you are around the coast today
:25:53. > :25:59.and you had the fog, C `` sda temperatures are and that the nine
:26:00. > :26:02.Celsius. Head inland, and it was 11 degrees warmer at 18 Celsius. Quite
:26:03. > :26:06.a range of temperatures depdnding where you were. Overnight tonight,
:26:07. > :26:13.everyone will see that mist and fog bank. It just will double its way
:26:14. > :26:18.inland once again. Everyone will be affected. Again, it will be dense
:26:19. > :26:23.and places, probably some places having visibility down to 30 meters,
:26:24. > :26:29.which is pretty awful if yot are out and about, driving. Temperatures
:26:30. > :26:35.down to three Celsius. Tomorrow morning, mist and fog to begin with,
:26:36. > :26:39.but later into the day, that will burn back to the coast and hnland,
:26:40. > :26:46.the best of the sunshine. The best of the temperatures, 16 Celsius
:26:47. > :26:52.Around the coast, anywhere that has that fog, anywhere after nine
:26:53. > :26:58.Celsius. Tomorrow night, it is all change, with a weather front coming
:26:59. > :27:01.from the North West. It will not bring rain but it stops the
:27:02. > :27:05.temperature dropping low enough for the fog, so temperatures will reach
:27:06. > :27:11.six Celsius, and it will at least be fog free. Saturday starts whth some
:27:12. > :27:16.of that cloud around, and that should drift off into Europd, and we
:27:17. > :27:22.will be left with sunny spells. Those isobars are closer together,
:27:23. > :27:25.so it will be more breezy than the last couple of days, but at least we
:27:26. > :27:28.get some sunshine for Saturday, and even more for Sunday, with
:27:29. > :27:34.temperatures again reaching 18 Celsius. For the next few d`ys, dry
:27:35. > :27:43.with plenty of sunshine, especially inland. Sorry about the problems
:27:44. > :27:47.with your microphone there. That's all from us. Goodbye.