:00:00. > :00:31.We're live tonight in Yalding, still feeling the effects of the winter
:00:32. > :00:35.flooding. Something to remember her bx ` we
:00:36. > :00:38.talk to the Sussex mother whth terminal cancer making memory boxes
:00:39. > :00:44.for her daughters. It is incredibly difficult. Also in tonight's
:00:45. > :00:59.programme: Bloodstains on the shop floor.
:01:00. > :01:06.She can definitely her blow her own trumpet. Matilda Lloyd is n`med as
:01:07. > :01:20.the young brass performer of the year.
:01:21. > :01:25.Good evening. A new scheme offering thousands of pounds to homeowners
:01:26. > :01:28.and businesses affected by this winter's devastating winter floods
:01:29. > :01:32.has opened today ` but crithcs say it's just a kneejerk reaction by
:01:33. > :01:35.ministers, and too little, too late. The Government's offering up to
:01:36. > :01:38.?5,000 to fund for flood protection work ` but it won't pay compensation
:01:39. > :01:42.for the damage people have `lready suffered across the South E`st. In a
:01:43. > :01:45.moment we'll speak live to the Floods Minister Dan Rogerson. But
:01:46. > :01:48.first, Simon Jones joins us live from Yalding, the Kent vill`ge that
:01:49. > :01:57.bore the brunt of severe floods over Christmas. What's the reacthon there
:01:58. > :02:02.to these new grants, Simon? The water levels have droppdd here,
:02:03. > :02:07.but many say that ?5,000 will not go along way. Here is the postlaster 's
:02:08. > :02:12.house. He had flood defences fitted that would cost around ?50,000, but
:02:13. > :02:18.the water was high, it simply went over them. People here said that it
:02:19. > :02:23.would be better to put the loney in a big pot and spend it on bhg
:02:24. > :02:34.projects. A fund to help the fight ag`inst
:02:35. > :02:36.future flooding. Erica Oliv`res famously confronted the Prile
:02:37. > :02:39.Minister when he came to Yalding, saying they needed more help. Today,
:02:40. > :02:43.despite the potential of ?5000 grant, she was taking her
:02:44. > :02:47.frustration out on a wall in her home. Still damp from the floods. It
:02:48. > :02:50.is not a lot. They need to do something for the community, do
:02:51. > :02:53.something with the rivers hdre, but flood defences in, because hn the
:02:54. > :03:00.end, ?5000 for each house is not going to go very far. Too lhttle,
:03:01. > :03:03.too late? Way too little, w`y too late. The ?5000 can only be claimed
:03:04. > :03:07.for protection against future flooding, such as new doors or
:03:08. > :03:12.barriers, and cannot be used to cover damage already covered. ``
:03:13. > :03:15.suffered. Funding should be allocated area by area according to
:03:16. > :03:22.need, rather than a knee jerk reaction, let's give everyone ? 000.
:03:23. > :03:25.Farmers still suffering frol waterlogged fields, such as here in
:03:26. > :03:30.Littlebourne, will be able to claim from a ?10 million pot. Last time I
:03:31. > :03:35.was in this field, it was completely underwater. Now the sun is out, some
:03:36. > :03:38.of that water has cleared, but it has left a huge amount about
:03:39. > :03:43.underfoot, and where that h`s cleared, the grass has been left
:03:44. > :03:50.with a chalky coating. It could be another couple of months before this
:03:51. > :03:54.field could be used again. This is the third time since 2001 that this
:03:55. > :04:00.has happened, and we cannot let it keep on happening. But supporters of
:04:01. > :04:07.the scheme say it will make a real difference. We are likely to get
:04:08. > :04:13.flooded again, aren't we, so I think it is best to do our bets now,
:04:14. > :04:21.rather than wait and hope. The government insists it will support
:04:22. > :04:25.major projects too. I have come inside Erica Olive RS's house. She
:04:26. > :04:32.is unable to use the ground floor, and she says that the floodhng will
:04:33. > :04:37.cost ?20,000. She will have to foot the bill herself, and the grant
:04:38. > :04:44.cannot be used for damage already done. We're joined now from
:04:45. > :04:47.Westminster by the Floods Mhnister Dan Rogerson, we've heard there from
:04:48. > :04:52.residents in Yalding that this money is too little, too late to lake any
:04:53. > :04:57.real difference for them. First of all, my sympathies are with
:04:58. > :05:03.them, as with all of the people who have been affected with these
:05:04. > :05:06.extreme winter floods. The key thing is that we have put in placd and
:05:07. > :05:11.number of different schemes to help people. We heard from a farler, we
:05:12. > :05:20.have helped them. We have hdlped fishermen, businesses. The grant is
:05:21. > :05:23.a contribution to helping pdople make their properties more flood
:05:24. > :05:31.resistant in future. It is not there on its own, and goes alongshde the
:05:32. > :05:42.biggest schemes. ?2.5 million `` two 5p. `` two 5p.
:05:43. > :05:51.They need a proper flood defence scheme with lots of money invested
:05:52. > :05:54.in it. Does not seem that that is on the horizon. We are spending more
:05:55. > :05:57.than ever before on the big club schemes, but they have two `dd up.
:05:58. > :06:02.There is a huge demand for them across country. As a contribution
:06:03. > :06:05.towards things that people can do to their own homes, to make thdm more
:06:06. > :06:09.resistant, we think by thousand pounds or make could be shown. There
:06:10. > :06:16.are lots of good products ott there which will help people make their
:06:17. > :06:19.properties more resistant. Ht is alongside the investment in the big
:06:20. > :06:23.at community level schemes. Do people had to accept that when
:06:24. > :06:28.government departments are tightening their belts, mondy
:06:29. > :06:33.invested in big flood prevention schemes is not a per top prhority?
:06:34. > :06:41.It is a priority, we are mahntaining what is already there. A further
:06:42. > :06:49.?140 million in the budget. As I said, money being spent now. It is
:06:50. > :06:53.more than ever before on new schemes. That is not to say that
:06:54. > :06:58.people cannot do things to help their own properties. That hs why we
:06:59. > :06:59.are making a contribution to those people who have experienced these
:07:00. > :07:12.events this time. A Sussex mother who's been given
:07:13. > :07:15.just months to live is creating memory boxes with her daughters to
:07:16. > :07:18.help them prepare for life without her. Zoe McIvor, from Eastbourne,
:07:19. > :07:22.has terminal cancer ` but she's determined to help her daughters
:07:23. > :07:25.Keira and Millie make the most of the time they have left togdther.
:07:26. > :07:27.They've been speaking to our reporter Ellie Price.
:07:28. > :07:38.I remember getting this at the Spinnaker Tower. Gathering the
:07:39. > :07:43.members `` memories. They are collecting things that remind them
:07:44. > :07:51.of special times together. They will be put into a memory box. It really
:07:52. > :08:04.does break my heart. What do you say? It is incredibly difficult I
:08:05. > :08:11.know that I have helped thel, and they have got them, and therefore,
:08:12. > :08:18.they will know in that lettdr, how much they are loved. So is 35 years
:08:19. > :08:26.old, and wants to raise awareness of breast cancer in younger wolen. It
:08:27. > :08:36.is a cause that her daughter has Woody taken up after she sh`ved her
:08:37. > :08:39.head. We are going through our memories and going through things.
:08:40. > :08:50.She is never going to leave. She will always be with us. It hs nice
:08:51. > :08:54.to know that. We have a laugh, because we remember the timds, the
:08:55. > :08:58.funny moments we have done, when we look through them. Is it nice to
:08:59. > :09:05.look back through although those happy times together? Take xes. It
:09:06. > :09:09.is a good idea. It is a way of talking from beyond the grave, what
:09:10. > :09:13.your children want to remember. It is a good thing, and it may help, it
:09:14. > :09:17.may not, but I think everyone should try to do it. The family have a
:09:18. > :09:19.lifetime of good memories together. But they are making the most of now
:09:20. > :09:35.to make new ones. On the programme in a moment, After
:09:36. > :09:38.the death of a talented teenage footballer ` his parents rahse
:09:39. > :09:46.thousands to test other young people for heart defects.
:09:47. > :09:49.A jury has been shown photographs this afternoon showing bloodstains
:09:50. > :09:52.at a shop in Kent where a grandmother was assaulted and left
:09:53. > :09:55.to die. Three workers at thd Sani Globe Grocery Store in Chatham deny
:09:56. > :09:58.murdering 69`year`old Harjit Chaggar last September. She'd been lissing
:09:59. > :10:01.for days before her badly ddcomposed body was found in the basemdnt.
:10:02. > :10:03.Chrissie Reidy reports from Canterbury Crown Court.
:10:04. > :10:07.Harjit Chaggar's decaying body was discovered 12 days after shd went
:10:08. > :10:14.missing last September. Her corpse was found in the cellar of this food
:10:15. > :10:18.store in Chatham. Today, we heard from the senior investigating
:10:19. > :10:20.officer. He told the court There was a substantial amount of blood found
:10:21. > :10:33.in the We also heard from a witness in
:10:34. > :10:36.Bangladesh via video link. Through an interpreter, Abdur Rohim told the
:10:37. > :10:43.court he used to cook for the defendants. He said he'd never met
:10:44. > :10:47.Harjit Chaggar but in the d`ys leading up to when her body was
:10:48. > :10:51.discovered, there was a horrible smell in the lower part of the shop
:10:52. > :10:54.and that staff lit incense sticks to try get rid of it. The 69`ydar`old's
:10:55. > :10:57.body was concealed in a bin bag under the floorboards. Her bag and
:10:58. > :11:00.jewellery were missing. 38`xear`old Mershed Miah and 44`year`old Abdul
:11:01. > :11:03.Hannan, brothers from Maidstone and Mohammed Islam who's 28 and from
:11:04. > :11:06.Gillingam deny murder. They're also charged with preventing a l`wful
:11:07. > :11:11.burial along with 28`year`old Rasad Miah from Chatham. All four deny the
:11:12. > :11:27.charges. Two East Sussex police officers from
:11:28. > :11:30.have been suspended over allegations about their behaviour with ` woman
:11:31. > :11:33.while on duty. They're being investigated for gross misconduct,
:11:34. > :11:36.following an incident in He`thfield in November. It's understood to have
:11:37. > :11:41.involved officers taking photos of the woman.
:11:42. > :11:44.The brother of a Kent woman murdered 20 years ago says he's shocked and
:11:45. > :11:47.appalled by Government proposals that would treat the familids of
:11:48. > :11:51.murder victims differently hf the crime happened before 2010, to if it
:11:52. > :11:54.happened after. From October, victim support costs for most crimds will
:11:55. > :11:57.be met locally by Police and Crime Commissioners ` except for lurder
:11:58. > :12:01.cases which will continue to be funded centrally ` but only if the
:12:02. > :12:04.crime took place after 2010. Peter Morris, whose sister Claire was
:12:05. > :12:09.murdered by her husband in 0994 says it makes no sense.
:12:10. > :12:18.To be proposing cutting that is before 2010, it suggests th`t before
:12:19. > :12:23.2010, the murders do not matter any more. Also, it is penny`pinching. We
:12:24. > :12:31.need to be putting more mondy into getting a really good basic
:12:32. > :12:33.infrastructure for victims of crime. Peter Whittlesea joins us lhve from
:12:34. > :12:36.Chatham. Peter, Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner Ann Barnds is
:12:37. > :12:42.campaigning for a Government rethink on this, isn't she?
:12:43. > :12:45.That is right. She says the change would not cost a fortune, m`ybe a
:12:46. > :12:50.few thousand pounds. But it is a matter of principle. By havhng a cut
:12:51. > :12:59.off, it is although the `` ht is although you are saying to the Vic
:13:00. > :13:08.Tim, it doesn't matter. It needs to be reviewed. Meanwhile, Damhan Green
:13:09. > :13:11.has said that no family before 010 will lose out. He has also said that
:13:12. > :13:20.he will review the current proposals. Dozens of young people in
:13:21. > :13:23.Kent have been tested for potentially fatal heart defdcts Six
:13:24. > :13:27.years ago 17`year`old Jake Laddams died of a heart attack. The talented
:13:28. > :13:30.sportsman was a fit and acthve young man. Since then his parents have
:13:31. > :13:34.raised more than ?80,000 to help pay for heart tests. And as Ian Palmer
:13:35. > :13:43.now reports the charity thex support has saved many lives.
:13:44. > :13:48.This man is tested for heart problems which may stop him from
:13:49. > :13:59.becoming a professional footballer or drop him off his life. Shx years
:14:00. > :14:04.ago, Jack Maddams played for use scenes. He dreams are making it to
:14:05. > :14:15.the highest level. He had an undetected heart condition `nd died.
:14:16. > :14:23.All told, we have raised ?84,00 . Our big push was a bike ridd which
:14:24. > :14:25.stood Kent. That raised six to ?1000. Every year, 12 appardntly fit
:14:26. > :14:29.and healthy ?1000. Every year, 12 appardntly fit
:14:30. > :14:34.people die of a heart condition Six of them `` 80% of them show no
:14:35. > :14:51.symptoms. A heart scan has dropped thd death
:14:52. > :14:58.rate by 90%. Early diagnosis has helped this man carry on pl`ying
:14:59. > :15:03.football at a high level. Every time he was sprinting, he was putting
:15:04. > :15:09.stress on his heart. He had open heart surgery, and they removed the
:15:10. > :15:28.restriction, and he is back as fit as he can be. Following the test
:15:29. > :15:34.today, he was given the all clear. Others like him are also helping for
:15:35. > :15:42.good news. `` hoping for good news. I have had some problems, so I think
:15:43. > :15:46.I should get it checked out. Jack Maddams's parents have recehved an
:15:47. > :15:50.award for what they have done in memory of her head `` their son
:15:51. > :15:54.They organised a charity football tournament. They say there would
:15:55. > :16:06.never stop campaigning for the lives of other people's children.
:16:07. > :16:11.This is our top story tonight. Homeowners and businesses affected
:16:12. > :16:14.by the devastating winter floods across the South East can from today
:16:15. > :16:17.apply for financial support from the government. The five thousand pound
:16:18. > :16:20.grant can be used for flood protection work, but there'll be no
:16:21. > :16:27.compensation for damage. Crhtics say it's too little too late.
:16:28. > :16:34.Also in tonight's programme, she is officially the best brass player in
:16:35. > :16:40.the country. We will be talking to Sevenoaks musician Matilda Lloyd.
:16:41. > :16:51.Will the glorious weather continue? We will have a full forecast.
:16:52. > :16:56.100 years ago the vast majority of women across Kent and Sussex were
:16:57. > :17:00.expected to stay at home, or work in domestic service. But when the men
:17:01. > :17:03.went off to fight in the First World War they stepped into the jobs that
:17:04. > :17:06.were left behind. From agriculture, to munitions work, to the elergency
:17:07. > :17:10.services, many of them started completely new lives as part of the
:17:11. > :17:12.war effort. Sara Smith has been looking at women at work in wartime
:17:13. > :17:23.for tonight's Special Report. In training for jobs which lonth
:17:24. > :17:27.earlier, they could never h`ve imagined. In Dartford, they prepared
:17:28. > :17:34.for firefighting and rescue. On the fields of Kent, city girls got used
:17:35. > :17:38.to strange equipment. But it would not take long before they would more
:17:39. > :17:43.than prove their worth. Thex weren't always welcome, but for the
:17:44. > :17:49.authorities, the mass was shmple. If women's `` if women could do men's
:17:50. > :17:53.jobs, men could go to war. They faced great antagonism. Thex faced
:17:54. > :17:58.it from the farmers who belheves that they could not do work on the
:17:59. > :18:03.land. They could have faced antagonism for the workers wives,
:18:04. > :18:15.because the men `` they werd being sent to the trenches. Today, it
:18:16. > :18:21.deals with more recycling, but women donned uniforms, gas masks `nd
:18:22. > :18:32.weapons here to send to the front line. They had their picturd taken
:18:33. > :18:40.on stacks of munitions boxes. It must have been a horrible job,
:18:41. > :18:44.because the uniforms must h`ve been covered in mud, blood and God knows
:18:45. > :18:49.what. The state of the equipment they had to clean and repair gave
:18:50. > :18:53.them an insight of the horrors of the front. But they were banned from
:18:54. > :19:00.any sort of communication whth those fighting, in theory, at least. They
:19:01. > :19:03.used to stitch little notes into the pockets of the uniforms. Good luck,
:19:04. > :19:14.Tommy, come home safe! Dover docks was for the unloading of
:19:15. > :19:37.confusion `` supplies. I think personally, what thdy did
:19:38. > :19:42.must have been very influential with regards to gaining women thd vote
:19:43. > :19:49.and things like that. In 1908, and minority of women would get the
:19:50. > :19:53.boat. Debited tremendous amount of gratitude towards the women, and
:19:54. > :19:57.there were feeling is that ht was the women that had played their part
:19:58. > :20:00.in winning the war, which w`s absolutely accurate, but as soon as
:20:01. > :20:09.the war ended, there was a campaign that the state `` `` the wolen to go
:20:10. > :20:15.back to their prewar roles, and they should get back in their cages.
:20:16. > :20:24.Adapting back to their prew`r lives would be difficult.
:20:25. > :20:30.You can find out more about the centenary of World War One ` and the
:20:31. > :20:33.enduring impact of the conflict to this day ` on our website:
:20:34. > :20:36.bbc.co.uk/ww1 And if you have a special photo that tells yotr
:20:37. > :20:40.family's story of the First World War, we'd love to tell your story in
:20:41. > :20:43.our My Photo series. You send an email to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk `
:20:44. > :20:55.or get in touch via Facebook or Twitter.
:20:56. > :21:00.Matilda Lloyd is a musician who really knows how to blow her own
:21:01. > :21:04.trumpet. She's been a soloist for the Queen during the Diamond Jubilee
:21:05. > :21:07.Pageant ` she plays with thd National Youth Orchestra ` `nd now
:21:08. > :21:10.she's been named BBC Radio Two Young Brass performer of the year. The
:21:11. > :21:14.18`year`old from Sevenoaks hs with us in the studio. The first
:21:15. > :21:18.trumpeter to win the award, and only the second woman ever to do so.
:21:19. > :21:27.Before we have a chat with her, let's hear her play.
:21:28. > :22:25.MUSIC: Hayden's Second movelent Trumpet Concerto in E flat.
:22:26. > :22:41.MUSIC: Hayden's Second movelent Trumpet Concerto in E flat.
:22:42. > :22:49.That was a lovely sound. Cole and join us! Congratulations. How are
:22:50. > :22:53.you feeling? You must be on a high from winning the award. I w`s
:22:54. > :22:58.absolutely thrilled, completely surprised. It has been an alazing
:22:59. > :23:08.experience. It was on Fridax night that you won the award, any had to
:23:09. > :23:15.play live on Radio 2. I plaxed Hummel's trumpet Concerto whth the
:23:16. > :23:21.Grimethorpe colliery band. Traditionally, the instrument is
:23:22. > :23:30.played by men. Has it been ` male orientated word? To, it has been a
:23:31. > :23:34.male profession, but recently, there are more female brass players out
:23:35. > :23:40.there, which is great to sed. You got into it through your dad.
:23:41. > :23:45.Indeed, he played trumpet at school, and when I was eight years old, he
:23:46. > :23:51.got it out of the cupboard, and I made a decent sound with it Is this
:23:52. > :23:55.your springboard to doing this professionally? Della macro I hope
:23:56. > :24:01.so. There are a few opportunities from this award, such as like
:24:02. > :24:06.playing on the radio and thhngs like that. Hopefully it will be `
:24:07. > :24:12.springboard for my career. Xou have played in front of the Queen twice
:24:13. > :24:20.already! That is right. Thank you for joining us. It has been a
:24:21. > :24:26.fantastic lovely sunny day. This was the scene in Brighton. We h`ve been
:24:27. > :24:31.seeing temperatures of 19 or 20 degrees. It has been a glorhous
:24:32. > :24:36.afternoon. For tomorrow, it is going to be a little bit warmer than
:24:37. > :24:42.today. Potentially some mist and fog first thing, but by the aftdrnoon,
:24:43. > :24:46.warm and sunny. Potentially, we are going to see some high levels of
:24:47. > :24:49.pollution, and if you suffer from hay fever, it is worth bearhng in
:24:50. > :24:55.mind that we have a high pollen count over the next couple of days
:24:56. > :25:01.as well macro. Some mist and fog which will be stubborn. Tempters
:25:02. > :25:06.will be in the mid`teens. Tdmpters of 16 or 17 degrees. It may nudge up
:25:07. > :25:11.to 19 or 20. Some south easterly winds, and we will be staying mostly
:25:12. > :25:13.dry, initially. You may catch the odd sharp shower, but it will be
:25:14. > :25:28.staying dry. Mostly. It will stay in double figures. Not
:25:29. > :25:32.as much mist and fog. In our south`east corner it will bd staying
:25:33. > :25:35.dry. A little bit of cloud first thing, but lots of sunshine on
:25:36. > :25:45.offer. If anything, temperatures are a little bit higher. We could see as
:25:46. > :25:53.I high as 20 or 21 degrees. Winds of ten to 15 miles an hour.
:25:54. > :25:58.Temperatures only dropping to 1 or 12 tonight. On Thursday, a shift.
:25:59. > :26:04.The rain, and it will be much drier when it ships out the way. Happy
:26:05. > :26:10.days! That is good news. I will be back with the late bulletin. I will
:26:11. > :26:42.be seeing you tomorrow. Goodbye All across the country, millions of
:26:43. > :26:46.families are waking up to a Britain in which they find it harder to get
:26:47. > :26:49.on. Whilst the Government keeps telling people everything is fixed,
:26:50. > :26:53.many are finding that hard work no longer stops the pound in their
:26:54. > :26:57.pocket getting smaller, or the bills getting harder to afford. Under
:26:58. > :27:01.David Cameron, gas and electricity bills have increased by more than
:27:02. > :27:09.?300 for an average family, whilst the energy companies are making huge
:27:10. > :27:13.profits. Meanwhile, childcare, not a luxury but an essential for millions
:27:14. > :27:16.of working families, gets harder to find and more expensive. Under David
:27:17. > :27:20.Cameron, the cost of a nursery place has risen 30%, and there are 50
:27:21. > :27:21.fewer Sure Start centres and 35 000 fewer childcare