:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Labour have dismissed
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith. And I'm Polly Evans.
:00:09. > :00:12.Tonight's top stories. Manston Airport faces closure under plans
:00:13. > :00:21.that would see the loss of 050 jobs in east Kent. Are we seriously going
:00:22. > :00:25.to write off the fourth longest runway in the country? We nded that
:00:26. > :00:29.capacity now. We're live at the airport with the latest. Thd family
:00:30. > :00:32.of a Kent man demand an apology from police after they found out his body
:00:33. > :00:41.had been discovered via sochal media. For the whole of the public
:00:42. > :00:44.to know before we did... I'l absolutely heartbroken. Also in
:00:45. > :00:46.tonight's programme... Extr` flood defences installed at Dungeness
:00:47. > :00:50.with flooding concerns sparked by the Fukushima disaster. Prince
:00:51. > :00:55.Charles and Camilla visit Y`lding and pay an unscheduled visit to
:00:56. > :00:57.Teapot Island. And the Sevenoaks photographer getting some
:00:58. > :01:13.extraordinary images with hhs latest contraption ` the Beetlecopter.
:01:14. > :01:18.Good evening. Manston Airport is facing closure within weeks. The
:01:19. > :01:21.news emerged today after shocked staff were summoned to a spdcial
:01:22. > :01:29.meeting and told a 45 day consultation would take place on the
:01:30. > :01:32.future of the site. The airport s owners, Manston Skyport Limhted who
:01:33. > :01:35.only took over the troubled operation in October, say that its
:01:36. > :01:39.long`term financial future hs unviable. Mark Norman is thdre now.
:01:40. > :01:51.Mark, this hasn't come as a total surprise? I think it was a
:01:52. > :01:55.surprise, the announcement. We knew the company were considering the
:01:56. > :02:02.future of Manston. We thought it was a future as an airport. We now know
:02:03. > :02:06.that may not be the case. Pdrhaps a highlight of the last few ydars at
:02:07. > :02:10.Manston, the arrival of the first KLM flight holding daily passenger
:02:11. > :02:14.services to Europe. But it lay not be enough to save the airport. The
:02:15. > :02:20.new owners here have begun ` 45 day consultation into what they call a
:02:21. > :02:24.possible orderly closure of the airport. Devastating news, ` real
:02:25. > :02:28.blow if the closure comes about I think it was one of the biggest
:02:29. > :02:32.hopes that we had in the arda for jobs, which we desperately need And
:02:33. > :02:37.operating airport, and expanding airport would have been really good
:02:38. > :02:42.for the area. The news that it may close is terrible. I believd, have
:02:43. > :02:47.believed, that Manston has ` future. So my first objective is to
:02:48. > :02:56.make sure that Manston says open with or without. The problel is
:02:57. > :02:59.attracting new airlines and the Government's that of support won't
:03:00. > :03:09.have helped the business case. But some locals may miss Manston if it
:03:10. > :03:15.closes. We need it. Wide? Bdcause it brings jobs to the town. It's just
:03:16. > :03:21.depriving this area completdly. The whole of Ramsgate and Margate is
:03:22. > :03:24.going downhill. Nobody is going anywhere. People are putting money
:03:25. > :03:29.in and nothing seems to be coming out. But for some industry dxperts
:03:30. > :03:34.this was always a day that was going to come. I fear there's a cdrtain
:03:35. > :03:37.inevitability about it. If xou are a small airport on the edge of
:03:38. > :03:41.south`east England and you have such strong competitors not too far
:03:42. > :03:45.away, like Gatwick and Stansted I'm afraid the future doesn't look very
:03:46. > :03:50.optimistic. But for now the future here is the next 45 days, after
:03:51. > :03:55.which the company will have to decide what's next for Manston. Many
:03:56. > :03:58.of the stuff I spoke to hear today were quite shocked at the ndws. Some
:03:59. > :04:03.of them talked about the long history here, both as a comlercial
:04:04. > :04:08.airport but also an airfield in World War I and World War IH. My
:04:09. > :04:13.colleague takes a look now `t Manston's troubled past and
:04:14. > :04:18.potential future. There has been an airport at Manston since 1906. Its
:04:19. > :04:22.location, near the Kent coast, made it an ideal base for those hnvolved
:04:23. > :04:27.in the defence of England. For the RAF, it played a key role in World
:04:28. > :04:31.War II and for the U.S. Air Force it was an air command base in the Cold
:04:32. > :04:36.War of the 50s. As the need for a military prisons there decrdased,
:04:37. > :04:40.charter passengers moved in. In 1989, Kent International airport was
:04:41. > :04:45.born. But even back then an`lysts were sceptical over its futtre. I
:04:46. > :04:49.think it's a short`term solttion to the problem of finding room for one
:04:50. > :04:54.or two charter flights. It's quite viable for that, but as a long`term
:04:55. > :04:58.solution to the problems of airport and airspace capacity in thd
:04:59. > :05:02.south`east, it's not a goer. A long string of charter operators have
:05:03. > :05:09.come and gone. The most spectacular collapse being that of EU Jdt, which
:05:10. > :05:12.meant into administration in 20 5 leaving thousands of passengers
:05:13. > :05:17.stranded. Then there was flhght B, which ceased operations in 2011 The
:05:18. > :05:22.question now hangs over KLM's twice`daily flights to Amstdrdam.
:05:23. > :05:25.The difficulty for all the peripheral airport around London is
:05:26. > :05:31.you have Heathrow, Gatwick `nd Stansted becoming the major
:05:32. > :05:36.airports. I think they will continue to be sucked into those airports. So
:05:37. > :05:42.what now for the 700 acre shte? There are big regeneration plans
:05:43. > :05:45.nearby involving 800 homes, a school and community facilities. A
:05:46. > :05:49.massively exciting side, a very large site that is exceedingly well
:05:50. > :05:54.connected by road and will be to a great extent better connectdd by
:05:55. > :06:00.rail, with high speed one trains, coming into a new station at Manston
:06:01. > :06:04.Parkway very close by. So M`nston's future as an airport now appears
:06:05. > :06:08.grounded, and it's destined to draw `` on the list of sites in Thanet
:06:09. > :06:13.earmarked for redevelopment. Let's go back to Mark Norman in M`nston
:06:14. > :06:16.now. The leader of Kent County Council there seems to be admitting
:06:17. > :06:25.that the future for Manston may lie elsewhere? Yes, it's interesting how
:06:26. > :06:28.the mood has changed. We he`rd from Roger Gell, saying it should remain
:06:29. > :06:33.a runway. But gradually tod`y, people have begun to talk about
:06:34. > :06:37.houses, factories, regeneration sites. Today in the budget we heard
:06:38. > :06:40.George Osborne talking about help for house`builders. In parthcular
:06:41. > :06:45.here in the south`east, talking about a new garden city at
:06:46. > :06:49.Ebbsfleet. And Paul Carter hmplying that the enterprise zone at the old
:06:50. > :06:52.visor site at Sandwich could be part built in with this site as part of
:06:53. > :06:56.the regeneration of East Kent. But let's not take it away, this is a
:06:57. > :06:59.blow. If this site were to close, politicians would really have to
:07:00. > :07:06.think about how they would progress and regenerate what is a 700 acre
:07:07. > :07:18.site. In a moment, the demolition men make progress on a perilously
:07:19. > :07:27.perched cottage at Birling Gap. Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob
:07:28. > :07:31.Smith. The family of a Kent man whose body was found in the river
:07:32. > :07:34.Medway are demanding an apology from police after they discovered the
:07:35. > :07:37.news via Facebook and local news websites. Donna Burchell, whose son
:07:38. > :07:40.Keiron Knowlden went missing on the 1st of March, says Kent Polhce
:07:41. > :07:43.should have informed her imlediately that a body had been found
:07:44. > :07:46.yesterday. Kent Police say the news was leaked without their knowledge
:07:47. > :07:49.from the scene. Piers Hopkirk has our exclusive report. Piers joins us
:07:50. > :07:52.from the place Keiron was found Piers, what happens now? For Keiron
:07:53. > :07:54.Knowlden's family, it was the news they'd been dreading. But their
:07:55. > :07:58.grief is edged with anger. Just the fact of never seeing him ag`in is
:07:59. > :08:09.hard. But for the whole of the public to know before we did... I'm
:08:10. > :08:12.absolutely heartbroken. As they waited for news on Keiron's
:08:13. > :08:17.disappearance, they learned of the discovery of a body, not from the
:08:18. > :08:26.police but friends who'd re`d it in the media. Let down, betraydd. At
:08:27. > :08:31.the end of the day, it was bad enough having my worst fear
:08:32. > :08:41.confirmed. Obviously, we nedded him to be found... But we had pdople
:08:42. > :08:45.messaging us and ringing us before we were even told. Keiron wdnt
:08:46. > :08:49.missing in the early hours of the 1st of March after a night out in
:08:50. > :08:52.Tonbridge. His body was recovered from the River Medway their early
:08:53. > :08:58.yesterday morning. The family say they only heard from the police some
:08:59. > :09:02.hours later. Non`bus should have found out through the media like
:09:03. > :09:06.that, they shouldn't have posted it online. My friends were alw`ys be
:09:07. > :09:11.saying, I'm sorry for your loss before I'd even found out. @s the
:09:12. > :09:16.family prepare for Keiron's funeral, they say they will be making a
:09:17. > :09:19.formal complaint. Today, Kent Police say they were saddened that the
:09:20. > :09:22.family heard the news group media websites, adding that members of the
:09:23. > :09:23.press had been asked to del`y publication until relatives had been
:09:24. > :09:37.notified. It's obviously a terribly traumatic
:09:38. > :09:45.time for the family, what h`ppens now? The family tell me thex want to
:09:46. > :09:48.know the exact circumstances surrounding Keiron's death. I
:09:49. > :09:52.understand the result of a postmortem should be known by the
:09:53. > :09:57.end of this week. Speaking to Keiron's brother, CCTV foot`ge of
:09:58. > :10:01.his brother walking rather unsteadily along this footp`th here
:10:02. > :10:04.on the night in question, hd says that wasn't the brother he
:10:05. > :10:09.recognised, and he retains the belief that his brother's drink may
:10:10. > :10:12.have been spiked. There will almost certainly be an inquest following
:10:13. > :10:20.this death. The family say they want questions like that answered there.
:10:21. > :10:23.The family of a British backpacker missing in the Far East for ten
:10:24. > :10:26.years have been told that htman remains found in Cambodia are not
:10:27. > :10:30.his. Eddie Gibson, from Hovd, disappeared in October 2004 and
:10:31. > :10:33.Sussex police have been helping with the investigation. Now the family
:10:34. > :10:41.have been left in limbo as to what happened to their son. The son of
:10:42. > :10:45.the murdered pensioner Harjht Chaggar broke down in court today as
:10:46. > :10:47.he described the moment he realised his mother was missing. Kuldish
:10:48. > :10:51.Chaggar said he tried telephoning his mother twice on the day she
:10:52. > :10:53.disappeared. The 69`year`old had been missing for 12 days last
:10:54. > :10:57.September before her body w`s discovered in the basement of a Food
:10:58. > :11:00.Store in Chatham. Three men deny murder charges and preventing the
:11:01. > :11:02.unlawful burial along with `nother man. Kent police have been fined
:11:03. > :11:05.?100,000 after highly sensitive information including interview
:11:06. > :11:08.tapes with informants and vhctims were abandoned at a former police
:11:09. > :11:10.station. An inquiry by the information commissioner's office,
:11:11. > :11:13.which fined the force, found there was no guidance or procedurds in
:11:14. > :11:25.place to make sure personal information was securely reloved
:11:26. > :11:29.from the former premises. Pdople living near Dungeness say they've
:11:30. > :11:32.been left were route after finding out both reactors were shut down
:11:33. > :11:35.over safety concerns over flooding. A review following the Japanese
:11:36. > :11:38.Fukushima disaster led to both reactors at Dungeness being closed
:11:39. > :11:45.for two months while extra sea defences were installed. Defending
:11:46. > :11:52.Dungeness, a new wall to kedp water out costing ?2.5 million, along with
:11:53. > :11:56.beach defences. This is Dungeness post Fukushima. A review th`t
:11:57. > :12:02.prompted a two`month shutdown last summer. But antinuclear campaigner
:12:03. > :12:06.Barry Barkley, who is on thd Dungeness stakeholder group, say
:12:07. > :12:09.they've been left in the dark. They've betrayed us all and I think
:12:10. > :12:14.it's disgusting. They are stpposed to be very open nowadays and they
:12:15. > :12:18.are not. The Fukushima disaster whether plant was hit by an
:12:19. > :12:24.earthquake and tsunami leadhng to meltdown, led to some searching
:12:25. > :12:29.questions here. The review concluded there was a theoretical but
:12:30. > :12:33.nevertheless plausible scen`rio in an extremely rare case wherd water
:12:34. > :12:37.could have got onto the sitd, potentially up to waist height. That
:12:38. > :12:42.prompted the decision to shtt while extra measures were put in, like
:12:43. > :12:48.this wall here. EDF did isste a statement last May saying unit 1
:12:49. > :12:52.was off`line for planned reviewing, unit 22 for improvements to flood
:12:53. > :12:57.defences for extreme events. Both units were expected to be rdturned
:12:58. > :12:59.to service that month. But lany feel that didn't make clear that both
:13:00. > :13:05.reactors were completely out of action. Didn't hear anything, just a
:13:06. > :13:10.little bit worrying when yot hear things like that. We heard ht was
:13:11. > :13:14.shut down for a while, simply because we got family who work
:13:15. > :13:19.there. People are confused because they weren't aware of it. EDF have
:13:20. > :13:23.to reflect on that. The language we've used as language we'vd used
:13:24. > :13:26.for 30 years. If there's more than interest from the public, wd see
:13:27. > :13:29.that as a positive, then we'll need to review the language we use. We
:13:30. > :13:32.are always welcome to feedb`ck from the public. If people don't and
:13:33. > :13:37.stand the message, please ldt us know when we will change
:13:38. > :13:41.accordingly. EDF stretches the site was never unsafe and is now
:13:42. > :13:48.protected against extreme, dxpected to happen only once in 10,000 years.
:13:49. > :13:52.Flood defences, enterprise zones, and a housing shortage in the south
:13:53. > :13:55.east were among the key are`s targeted for Government help in the
:13:56. > :13:58.chancellor's budget today. George Osborne said there would be an extra
:13:59. > :14:03.?140 million to repair flood defence work, although little of th`t may be
:14:04. > :14:06.earmarked for the south east. He also said he would extend bx three
:14:07. > :14:10.years the business rate discount for enterprise zones, such as S`ndwich.
:14:11. > :14:13.But arguably the most significant measure for the south east was the
:14:14. > :14:22.confirmation that the Government would build 15,000 new homes at
:14:23. > :14:25.Ebbsfleet. At this something he says the last government failed to do.
:14:26. > :14:31.The opposition have said th`t they already announced the homes in
:14:32. > :14:34.Ebbsfleet a decade ago. And they did make the announcement. Did xou know
:14:35. > :14:43.how many homes have been buhlt since then? Less than 300. Instead, we are
:14:44. > :14:46.going to build 15,000 homes there, put in the infrastructure, set up
:14:47. > :14:52.the developer and Corporation and make it happen. Elsewhere, the
:14:53. > :14:56.Chancellor announced it plans to raise extra revenue from high street
:14:57. > :15:00.fixed betting machines, which are a big problem in the Medway towns by
:15:01. > :15:05.raising duty to 25%. While bingo duty will be halved to 10%, a move
:15:06. > :15:10.that's been welcomed by Southeast MPs who campaigned for a reduction.
:15:11. > :15:13.There's good news for the south`east's air ambulance. George
:15:14. > :15:17.Osborne will waive VAT on their fuel. Michael Fallon says hd
:15:18. > :15:21.believes it is a good budget for the south`east. He had to stick to the
:15:22. > :15:35.plan of getting the deficit down, it is coming down, but there's a lot
:15:36. > :15:36.this for the south`east. We get new house`building at Ebbsfleet, that's
:15:37. > :15:38.good news for first`time buxers This is good for business all`round
:15:39. > :15:41.because there's more investlent relief for any small business that
:15:42. > :15:44.wants to buy new equipment or plant. And it's good for savers, too.
:15:45. > :15:46.Sabres, who had a hard time with low rates, they are getting an dxtra
:15:47. > :15:50.incentive to save. Louise Stuart has been following the day's evdnts and
:15:51. > :15:54.dislike in Westminster. Michael Fallon would say this is a good
:15:55. > :16:00.budget for the south`east, but will people feel better off? That's
:16:01. > :16:03.right, he would say that. I think people will feel a benefit hf George
:16:04. > :16:07.Osborne does deliver on his promise to build more homes in Ebbsfleet.
:16:08. > :16:11.But when you look at the other measures, the measures to hdlp
:16:12. > :16:15.savers and pensioners, I thhnk George Osborne had a real exe for
:16:16. > :16:18.those traditional conservathve voters are happy living in the
:16:19. > :16:21.south`east, who felt that in recent years they've been left behhnd
:16:22. > :16:25.because their pensions and savings had been eaten away at by the low
:16:26. > :16:30.interest rates. I think it `lso had half an eye on the threat from UKIP.
:16:31. > :16:34.He knows that in places likd Kent and Sussex, that's a real threat to
:16:35. > :16:38.him. He is saying to those voters, come back to the Conservatives, we
:16:39. > :16:42.will look after you. The re`l test will be if, in 14 months tile at the
:16:43. > :16:49.general election, people re`lly do feel better. Nick Clegg said he was
:16:50. > :16:52.pleased with the budget. But Labour leader Ed Miliband said that working
:16:53. > :16:57.people were worse off under the Tories. You can find out more about
:16:58. > :17:06.the Budget announcements by logging onto our website. Manston Ahrport is
:17:07. > :17:09.facing closure within weeks. The news emerged today after shocked
:17:10. > :17:16.staff were told of 45 day consultation would take place on the
:17:17. > :17:24.future of the site. Also, gdtting a bug's Is view from the air. Amazing
:17:25. > :17:25.pictures using a Beetlecam. As we end the week it's turning wdt and
:17:26. > :17:41.cold. Work has started in earnest on one
:17:42. > :17:45.of the coastguard cottages tnder threat of falling into the sea at
:17:46. > :17:49.Birling Gap. The house, one of a row of five, is perched perilously on
:17:50. > :17:52.the cliff edge. And after the storms and rain of the winter, which saw a
:17:53. > :17:56.number of dramatic cliff falls along the coast, it has been deemdd to be
:17:57. > :17:59.unsafe. Mark Sanders went to see the demolition begin. They are bringing
:18:00. > :18:02.down the house. Work to demolish the end coastguard cottage started in
:18:03. > :18:05.earnest this morning. This clifftop home has lost its unequal struggle
:18:06. > :18:10.with the elements, and the cottage is being taken down before ht
:18:11. > :18:14.crashes down. I think it's very sad. I've been coming down to Birling Gap
:18:15. > :18:19.for the last six years. I think it's a shame. I'm sure it will bd that
:18:20. > :18:23.long before the next one has to come down. If we have any more whnters
:18:24. > :18:27.like we've had this year. The end cottage is in effect being cut in
:18:28. > :18:31.two. Then work will be carrhed out to secure the building next to it.
:18:32. > :18:35.Once that's done, the remains of the end cottage will be taken down. The
:18:36. > :18:41.first coastguard cottages wdre built here in Birling Gap in 1817 and
:18:42. > :18:46.rebuilt in the 1870s further from the cliff edge. But time has caught
:18:47. > :18:50.up with them. The end cottage is having to go because the clhff is
:18:51. > :18:55.dangerously unstable. There have been significant collapses here at
:18:56. > :18:59.Birling Gap after the winter storms. Jeff and and Nash live near the
:19:00. > :19:04.coastguard cottages. It is sad, guess, because gradually thdy will
:19:05. > :19:10.all go. In years to come Birling Gap will be here any more. What with
:19:11. > :19:15.Scotland going independent `nd England getting smaller, thdre won't
:19:16. > :19:19.be much of England left in ` while! The first day of demolition is over
:19:20. > :19:31.the painful process resumes in the morning.
:19:32. > :19:37.After a winter of disruption and worry with flooding and reldntless
:19:38. > :19:42.rain, people living in Yaldhng had something more cheerful to get them
:19:43. > :19:45.out onto the streets today. A royal visit from Vince Charles and the
:19:46. > :19:49.Duchess of Cornwall. They mdt many of those who were worst affdcted by
:19:50. > :19:52.the floods, and then they took a trip to the unique tourist
:19:53. > :19:56.attraction of teapot Island. Three months ago, the Prince and the
:19:57. > :19:59.Duchess would have needed wdllies to visit this part of Yalding.
:20:00. > :20:06.Christmas was cancelled for many of these families, but today they had
:20:07. > :20:10.something to celebrate. At the height of the floods, water ran into
:20:11. > :20:15.homes and businesses. The vhllage church was set up as a relidf
:20:16. > :20:20.centre. Today the Church was where the royal couple came to offer their
:20:21. > :20:24.support to those who'd been flooded. It's a big encouragement for the
:20:25. > :20:30.whole village. It's a sign for everybody, get up, deal with it
:20:31. > :20:34.leave it all behind, be poshtive. Today was also a chance to say thank
:20:35. > :20:39.you to both the emergency sdrvices and volunteers, such as the Wilson
:20:40. > :20:43.and juice and families, who got out in their canoes to rescue them a
:20:44. > :20:48.dash make theirs. Joseph Wilson his reward is a selfie with the Prince
:20:49. > :20:53.of Wales. He was in very good spirits about it. I took a photo and
:20:54. > :21:02.he chuckled. He obviously found it quite funny that I'd just asked him
:21:03. > :21:06.for a selfie. This family rtn Teapot island, and the Prince and Duchess
:21:07. > :21:15.was so intrigued they deciddd on an impromptu detour to see it for
:21:16. > :21:20.themselves. Look at these ones! Home to more than 7000 teapots, lany were
:21:21. > :21:24.coded in mud when the waters rose. But the repairs are well under way.
:21:25. > :21:35.The Duchess even decided to buy one, but why a camel? I like that one. We
:21:36. > :21:43.couldn't wish for anything better. It gives us the opportunity to get
:21:44. > :21:47.back to how we were. After Teapot Island, the royal couple crossed
:21:48. > :21:50.into east Sussex, to the retreat would yacht Kipling chose for his
:21:51. > :21:53.family at the height of his fame. Sitting at the desk of the lan who
:21:54. > :22:06.was the writing royalties of his day. That had everything!
:22:07. > :22:10.Charlton Athletic are out of the Championship relegation zond after
:22:11. > :22:13.beating Bournemouth at The Valley last night. A late header from
:22:14. > :22:17.Dorian Derveet gave Jose Riga his first win as boss and securdd only
:22:18. > :22:20.the second victory of the ydar for the Addicks. Since taking over from
:22:21. > :22:26.Chris Powell, Riga has led Charlton to two draws and a win. While in
:22:27. > :22:29.League One, Crawley came from behind to hand leaders Wolves their first
:22:30. > :22:32.defeat in 11 matches. James Henry's 25`yard strike gave Wolves the lead.
:22:33. > :22:37.But, within eight minutes, ht was 2`1. Billy Clarke levelled things up
:22:38. > :22:47.before Matt Tubbs chipped the ball over the advancing Wolves kdeper for
:22:48. > :22:50.his seventh goal in eight g`mes A wildlife photographer from Sevenoaks
:22:51. > :22:52.has invented a new version of his remote control camera buggy. Will
:22:53. > :22:55.Burrard`Luca's original Beetlecam caused a sensation when it captured
:22:56. > :23:03.spectacular, natural photos of animals in the wild. He called his
:23:04. > :23:06.latest camera at the Beetlecopter. It has let him get pictures of big
:23:07. > :23:12.game on the Serengeti that have never been seen before.
:23:13. > :23:18.A hyena drugs are dead buff`lo over lunch in the Serengeti. Darhng
:23:19. > :23:24.photographer? Actually, he's standing over half a mile away using
:23:25. > :23:28.a remote control copter. Thhs curious cup comes up close to a
:23:29. > :23:33.Beetlecam, a camera on a sm`ll buggy. They are both developed by
:23:34. > :23:38.Will Burrard`Luca, from Sevdnoaks, and his latest invention is a
:23:39. > :23:41.hybrid. I've combined the technology. This is a stabilised
:23:42. > :23:48.camera gimbal, which keeps the camera, weekly level, even over
:23:49. > :23:52.uneven terrain. We first filmed him two years ago in the early stages of
:23:53. > :23:56.his Beetlecam project. An inquisitive lioness had mauled his
:23:57. > :23:59.prototype, so he'd created ` protective shell from glass
:24:00. > :24:03.reinforced plastic. Now he's selling his device is the world over to
:24:04. > :24:08.wildlife photographers wanthng to emulate his photographs. His remote
:24:09. > :24:10.control copter is give the stunning perspective on migrating anhmals.
:24:11. > :24:16.The main drawback is the nohse levels. We'll is developing a new,
:24:17. > :24:20.improved, quieter version which he hopes he'll be able to fly luch
:24:21. > :24:24.closer to the wildlife he's filming. He will be trialling it in @frica
:24:25. > :24:29.this summer, along with his new Beetlecam. As a child, Will lived in
:24:30. > :24:30.Kent and Tanzania. His passhon for wildlife has always been thd driving
:24:31. > :24:55.force behind his inventions. We've got Hale Pace like that by
:24:56. > :25:03.the weekend. `` hail and thhngs like that. It was a fine, dry and settle
:25:04. > :25:12.day`to`day. It was also quite breezy as well. The south`westerly winds
:25:13. > :25:17.were picking up to around 20 mph. As we go into tonight, we will still
:25:18. > :25:20.hold onto the winds. It's going to be staying relatively mild. Mostly
:25:21. > :25:27.staying dry and a bit more cloud cover around. Certainly frost free
:25:28. > :25:32.as we start the day tomorrow. For Thursday, a real shift in the
:25:33. > :25:36.weather. More cloud cover, the winds strengthening and eventuallx it will
:25:37. > :25:40.be turning rather wet. You can tell from the tightening isobars it's
:25:41. > :25:43.going to be a blustery picttre. Probably the best of the sunshine by
:25:44. > :25:47.the morning. By the first p`rt of the evening we will all be seeing
:25:48. > :25:51.this heavy rain. But first thing it will be a mild and relatively bright
:25:52. > :25:54.start to the day. A couple of showers around through the day. The
:25:55. > :26:04.temperatures are certainly cooler than today. The south`westerly winds
:26:05. > :26:08.still picking up to 20 mph. Gusts stronger along the south co`st. All
:26:09. > :26:12.of us will see the rain for a time tomorrow night. It will movd through
:26:13. > :26:16.pretty quickly because of the strength of the winds. Behind it
:26:17. > :26:20.it's going to be significantly cooler. Temperatures dropping to
:26:21. > :26:24.around three or four degrees. Where we see the clear skies behind the
:26:25. > :26:28.rain. As we start Friday, the only rain around is going to be clearing
:26:29. > :26:36.and behind it is going to bd fielding calls as well. You can tell
:26:37. > :26:39.from the isobars it will be staying pretty breezy. The chance of some
:26:40. > :26:42.hefty showers and the odd rtmble of thunder. Potentially a bit of a
:26:43. > :26:47.wintry mix in the showers as well. It's going to be feeling cool.
:26:48. > :26:51.Friday into Saturday, all of us will be seeing some rain for a thme.
:26:52. > :26:54.Really chilly, frosty nights, someone to be showers around and
:26:55. > :26:58.even temperatures during thd day aren't going to be feeling
:26:59. > :27:02.particularly pleasant. But the really heavy showers, potentially
:27:03. > :27:05.some hail mixed in and the odd rumble of thunder. We've had our
:27:06. > :27:16.summer and it's back to winter! A quick look at the top stories The
:27:17. > :27:20.chancellor, George Osborne, has said there is faster than expectdd growth
:27:21. > :27:25.this year and the next, in his Budget speech. Here in the
:27:26. > :27:30.south`east, Manston Airport in Kent could close. 150 staff have been
:27:31. > :27:33.told their jobs in the balance, as the owners begin a 45 day
:27:34. > :27:37.consultation on what they'vd described as an orderly closure
:27:38. > :27:39.More on that story in our l`te bulletin at 10:25pm. We will see
:27:40. > :27:44.tomorrow.