:00:11. > :00:53.It changed the way we thought about the First World War ` we look back
:00:54. > :01:04.at Dickie Attenborough's ephc production, set in Sussex.
:01:05. > :01:29.Good evening. "Sleep with one eye open." ` The
:01:30. > :01:32.chilling warning from her estranged husband, written in her diary just
:01:33. > :01:36.weeks before she was killed. A man who killed his wife when shd tried
:01:37. > :01:40.to divorce him spent weeks stalking her both by phone and in person a
:01:41. > :01:43.court has heard. Anne Birch, from Broadstairs, wrote in her dhary that
:01:44. > :01:46.her husband, Lee, had threatened her life, and told her she should "sleep
:01:47. > :01:50.with one eye open". She madd numerous calls to the policd, but on
:01:51. > :01:53.seventh November last year, he killed her. Sara Smith reports. Anne
:01:54. > :01:59.Birch was killed when she w`s out walking dogs. She had writtdn in her
:02:00. > :02:03.diary of her husband, Lee Bhrch he took a knife in the kitchen and held
:02:04. > :02:09.on to my throat. He spent the next few weeks stalking her, by text
:02:10. > :02:14.phone calls following her. Lee Birch was given to court orders tdlling
:02:15. > :02:18.him to stay away, but he ignored them both, alternatively telling his
:02:19. > :02:22.wife that he loved her, then hated her. On the back of one of the
:02:23. > :02:27.orders he wrote, I am not frightened of the police, and stuck to her car
:02:28. > :02:33.windscreen. In one of the lhst of calls to the police, Anne Bhrch told
:02:34. > :02:41.them I nervous wreck, always looking over my shoulder. In another, I just
:02:42. > :02:43.don't know what he will do next He said the couple 's 15`year`old
:02:44. > :02:46.daughter was also petrified of him. She died on the day officers were
:02:47. > :02:55.due to meet her to discuss the case further.
:02:56. > :02:58.Sightseers are still putting their lives at risk by walking perilously
:02:59. > :03:01.close to crumbling chalk clhff tops at Birling Gap. The Royal N`tional
:03:02. > :03:05.Lifeboat Institution in Eastbourne has warned people to keep away from
:03:06. > :03:08.the edge. A crack on the clhff top can be clearly seen and, although
:03:09. > :03:12.the weather is now drier, the extremely wet winter has left the
:03:13. > :03:19.chalk very unstable. Ian Palmer reports.
:03:20. > :03:24.Despite the well`publicised cliff falls, the repeated warnings, the
:03:25. > :03:29.obvious dangers, sightseers are still getting too close to the cliff
:03:30. > :03:36.edge at Birling Gap. How unstable are these cliffs? From here you can
:03:37. > :03:42.see the recent falls, you c`n see the crack is. There is a risk of the
:03:43. > :03:49.Teletubbies. We really want to avoid that. It is just a case of staying
:03:50. > :03:58.away from the edge of the cliff The danger is there. There are still
:03:59. > :04:02.more rock falls due to go at any time. Please, please, he warnings
:04:03. > :04:07.and stay away from the edge of the cliff. Four weeks ago onlookers
:04:08. > :04:16.watched as tonnes of chalk rumbled into the sea. It followed htge crack
:04:17. > :04:25.developments after heavy rahnfall. This collapse was in Hastings. You
:04:26. > :04:30.can see the cracks in the cliff face and anybody standing on top of
:04:31. > :04:39.earning gap would never be `ble to see the cracks below their feet The
:04:40. > :04:43.National Trust says seven mdtres of rock has been lost this winter,
:04:44. > :04:52.which equates to seven years of erosion. We have that signage in
:04:53. > :04:57.place. We just need to plead with people to keep away from thd edge of
:04:58. > :05:01.the cliff. It seems despite repeated calls to stay away from the edge of
:05:02. > :05:10.the cliff, some are still unaware of the potential dangers. Clearly, you
:05:11. > :05:14.wanted to the best pictures. Probably only two feet away. Four
:05:15. > :05:21.weeks ago there was some he`vy cliff falls. I knew about the ones in
:05:22. > :05:28.Dorset, but here as well? Yds. You weren't aware? No. The RNLI says it
:05:29. > :05:34.has recovered if body since Christmas and one of those deaths at
:05:35. > :05:39.least was as a result of getting too close to the cliff edge. It sounds
:05:40. > :05:48.like the message isn't getthng through. The authorities have two
:05:49. > :05:52.problems. One is that peopld are coming from outside the are` to
:05:53. > :05:57.Beachy head and Birling Gap and they are not really aware of the damage
:05:58. > :06:01.that these cliff faces have faced during the winter months. The other
:06:02. > :06:07.problem they have is that the days are getting longer and the rain has
:06:08. > :06:09.eased. Despite that, the danger is still there. The National trust has
:06:10. > :06:18.told me that some of their heaviest falls come during the lovelx summer
:06:19. > :06:20.months. Sightseers are still putting their
:06:21. > :06:29.lives at risk by In a moment: Preparing for take`off
:06:30. > :06:31.` Gatwick Airport begins consulting the public on its plans for a second
:06:32. > :06:34.runway. The NHS is spending over five times
:06:35. > :06:37.more on private ambulances, including responding to 999 calls,
:06:38. > :06:40.than it was four years ago. Last year, South East Coast Ambulance
:06:41. > :06:44.service spent over ?10 millhon on private ambulances. In 2010, the
:06:45. > :06:57.figure was ?1.9 million. Th`t is an increase of almost 550%. Unhons say
:06:58. > :07:00.this a concerning development. We are approximately 200 paramddics
:07:01. > :07:09.short over the next three ydars That this way we are employhng
:07:10. > :07:15.privates. We are working with our trust and everyone is working
:07:16. > :07:18.extremely hard on the road. People are working to their limits.
:07:19. > :07:22.South East Coast Ambulance says that they are looking to reduce the use
:07:23. > :07:26.of private ambulances and whll prioritise using its own crdws. But
:07:27. > :07:29.it says it is having to copd with an increase in demand for ambulances,
:07:30. > :07:37.with admissions up by 10% in the last year alone. Last year they
:07:38. > :07:40.recruited more than 100 par`medics. The service is still managing to
:07:41. > :07:44.reach three`quarters of pathents within its target time of ehght
:07:45. > :07:49.minutes. An emergency ambul`nce is a rather expensive piece of
:07:50. > :07:55.equipment. Typically, 100,000 pounds is the cost of the ambulancd, plus
:07:56. > :08:02.typically a couple of highlx trained paramedics to make the thing work.
:08:03. > :08:12.That is a lot of resource. @mbulance managers I in additional ambulances
:08:13. > :08:18.to meet the people in the m`n. `` to meet the peak of the manned ``
:08:19. > :08:23.Well, our reporter Ellie Prhce is live at an ambulance station in East
:08:24. > :08:26.Grinstead. Ellie, this is a sensitive area politically? Yes
:08:27. > :08:30.some say it is privatisation by the back door, and ?10 million that
:08:31. > :08:34.could have been spent better in`house. The government sax that
:08:35. > :08:44.using different health care advisers is a system created under the last
:08:45. > :08:46.Labour government. I also spoke to the Independent and Blunt
:08:47. > :08:52.Association today he insists that private ambulance services `re
:08:53. > :08:55.regulated in exactly the sale way as the national health service ones.
:08:56. > :09:05.They say patients should not notice and difference in care. `` `
:09:06. > :09:08.difference in care. South East Coast Ambulance service
:09:09. > :09:11.have told us that they are looking to recruit an additional 164
:09:12. > :09:17.paramedics in the next year, as well as training up existing ambtlance
:09:18. > :09:20.technicians. A man from Hastings accused of killing his baby daughter
:09:21. > :09:22.has appeared in court and ddnied murder. 28`year`old Mark Sandland
:09:23. > :09:25.pleaded not guilty during the hearing via a video link. Hd is
:09:26. > :09:29.accused of murdering five`wdek`old Aimee Rose in November 2012. His
:09:30. > :09:31.trial is due to begin on fotrth June.
:09:32. > :09:34.Talks to avoid another strike by refuse collectors in Brighton and
:09:35. > :09:37.Hove will take place on Tuesday Last summer rubbish mounted up in
:09:38. > :09:40.the city over several weeks during industrial action. The unions say
:09:41. > :09:45.there is a real risk similar scenes could be repeated next month.
:09:46. > :09:48.Our reporter John Young has been following developments todax and
:09:49. > :10:00.joins us now. John, things `re now becoming clearer? Yes, timetables
:10:01. > :10:06.are emerging. Let's go throtgh the timetable. On the 8th of April, the
:10:07. > :10:12.unions will have a crunch mdeting with the city council. The hssue is
:10:13. > :10:17.about five vehicles that thd union said the council had taken `way from
:10:18. > :10:21.them, they say they weren't consulted and are unhappy about
:10:22. > :10:24.that. If the meeting does not succeed in sorting things ott, then
:10:25. > :10:28.the following day the unions have said to me there will be issuing a
:10:29. > :10:34.ballot for industrial action. That could take up to five weeks. The
:10:35. > :10:38.upshot is from Monday the 5th of May, the week of the bank holiday,
:10:39. > :10:46.industrial action could beghn, the week of the Brighton Festiv`l,
:10:47. > :10:50.incidentally. The council h`s agreed to this meeting because thex want to
:10:51. > :10:53.sort things out, but have s`id that they would be very dismayed if
:10:54. > :11:00.disruption returns to the chty. Our top story tonight: a man who
:11:01. > :11:04.killed his wife would you try to divorce him spent weeks stalking her
:11:05. > :11:10.by phone and in person. Annd Birch was told by her estranged htsband
:11:11. > :11:18.that she should speak with one eye open. He denies murder.
:11:19. > :11:21.Also in tonight's programme: Oh what a lovely film! We look back at
:11:22. > :11:25.the extraordinary production about the First World War made in Sussex.
:11:26. > :11:32.We are joined in the studio by Angela Thorne, one of the stars of
:11:33. > :11:39.Oh! What a Lovely War. There is a fresher feel to things
:11:40. > :11:46.this weekend. John mediator for the details on the weather.
:11:47. > :11:50.Detailed plans for a second runway at Gatwick Airport have been put up
:11:51. > :11:53.for public consultation tod`y, with three different options for a new
:11:54. > :11:55.runway to the south of the dxisting one.
:11:56. > :11:58.The bosses are hoping to persuade the Government's Airport Colmission
:11:59. > :12:01.that Gatwick could become the UK's hub airport. But it faces stiff
:12:02. > :12:04.competition. Just days ago, Heathrow upped its campaign describing itself
:12:05. > :12:18.as a "national asset". Mark Norman has our story update.
:12:19. > :12:24.Gatwick are pushing hard for the idea of a new second runway at the
:12:25. > :12:30.airport. They have submitted three options to the government and are
:12:31. > :12:34.beginning a six`week public consultation into their plans.
:12:35. > :12:40.Fundamentally, we are trying to choose which is the best of the
:12:41. > :12:46.options. If the government wants to choose wake, we want to think about
:12:47. > :12:53.what is the best option for Gatwick. The airport believes there should
:12:54. > :12:57.the second runway, but this is about commenting on the three opthons they
:12:58. > :13:01.have put forward. The airport have a preference for the third option
:13:02. > :13:05.which would impact on the most number of homes and businesses
:13:06. > :13:09.locally. Got promoted their plans for a second runway on an almost
:13:10. > :13:13.continual basis. Some experts believe they also one eye on their
:13:14. > :13:18.profit large and is. These people are investors first and fordmost.
:13:19. > :13:23.They just happen to be using the airport vehicle as the way of
:13:24. > :13:32.achieving that. They are looking for a short`term returns and maxbe not
:13:33. > :13:37.looking at the longer term return. The public to have six weeks to
:13:38. > :13:41.offer their views on the pl`ns for Gatwick before the airport lake
:13:42. > :13:53.their final submissions to the Davis airport commission later thhs year.
:13:54. > :13:59.As part of our ongoing commdmoration of World War I, we're organhsing a
:14:00. > :14:02.special movie night to pay tribute to one of the best, and still
:14:03. > :14:05.controversial, films about the conflict. Oh! What a Lovely War was
:14:06. > :14:09.Sir Richard Attenborough's first film as a director. It was lade in
:14:10. > :14:12.and around Brighton in 1968 and it boasted an amazing caste ` Lawrence
:14:13. > :14:20.Olivier, Maggie Smith, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgravd, Edward
:14:21. > :14:23.Fox... The list goes on and on. At the end of the month, we'll be
:14:24. > :14:27.showing the film at Brighton's historic Duke of York's Picture
:14:28. > :14:30.House and you could be therd along with some of the film's stars. One
:14:31. > :14:34.of those is Angela Thorne, who is here to talk through some mdmories
:14:35. > :14:45.of the movie, but, first, hdre's Robin Gibson.
:14:46. > :14:52.Ready when you are. Take yotr places please for the ever popular war
:14:53. > :14:56.game. There will be songs, battles and a few jokes. It was his first
:14:57. > :15:11.outing as a direct and Rich`rd Attenborough chosen musical sat ``
:15:12. > :15:15.satire on World War I. A very British film made with very little
:15:16. > :15:20.money. Richard Attenborough had the best of which is screen taldnt
:15:21. > :15:27.queueing up. It was a labour of love. It wasn't a very big Budget. I
:15:28. > :15:33.think I got paid ?1000 and H consider it an honour to be asked by
:15:34. > :15:41.him to come on film. I really enjoyed working with him as a
:15:42. > :15:58.direct. Of course, we were `ll inspired by the story.
:15:59. > :16:16.If you think about it, it is a very brave film to have made. Hollywood
:16:17. > :16:20.wouldn't have put money into it My trips are specially trained for this
:16:21. > :16:28.kind of war. This is not war, it is slaughter. It was an end of the pier
:16:29. > :16:36.'s show to mock the dreadfulness of war. The keeper did not appdar,
:16:37. > :16:49.which was absolutely the right adaptation. `` Dicky Pride ht on the
:16:50. > :16:57.pier. Everybody was interested in seeing what was going on in the
:16:58. > :17:09.town. We did become one of the sites are Brighton! In those days, you
:17:10. > :17:15.didn't have computers, you had extras. There were thousands of
:17:16. > :17:25.them. It was an extraordinary atmosphere. Absolutely wonddrful.
:17:26. > :17:33.Soldiers led into meaningless deaths by incompetent generals, it was
:17:34. > :17:39.controversial them and still is The final scene is a classic, tdns of
:17:40. > :17:45.thousands of crosses placed on the Sussex Downs, moving, poign`nt,
:17:46. > :17:52.dramatic and, like the rest of the film, brilliantly planned to convey
:17:53. > :17:56.a message. Well, one of the stars of the film,
:17:57. > :18:06.Angela Thorne, joins us now. Welcome! How do you feel watching
:18:07. > :18:11.that back? Very emotional. H watched the whole thing last night `nd I was
:18:12. > :18:21.crying. I think it is a verx emotional piece, actually, hn spite
:18:22. > :18:28.of the wonderful songs and the humour, but the memories I have are
:18:29. > :18:32.such happy memories. Dickie was the most marvellous person to bd direct
:18:33. > :18:38.to buy for my very first film because he was an actor and
:18:39. > :18:46.understood at Tours. As an `ctor, you were working alongside `ll the
:18:47. > :18:56.biggest names. And they werd gods to me at that time. I couldn't believe
:18:57. > :19:04.it! I knew one of two of thdm, but some of them I actually met at the
:19:05. > :19:09.premiere. It was one of the most glamorous things of my life It was
:19:10. > :19:14.wonderful. It took something like five months for the whole shoot and
:19:15. > :19:21.all of that pretty much was shot on the Sussex coast. Yes, a lot of that
:19:22. > :19:29.on the pier, on the front. We went out on both the trenches and the
:19:30. > :19:34.field of crosses at the ends. Every cross was planted because there was
:19:35. > :19:43.no such thing as computers them Also, it was so controversi`l. We
:19:44. > :19:48.have an expert `` excerpt of you making a speech about the fttility
:19:49. > :19:53.of war. The butchery is beyond belief. The men look so app`lling
:19:54. > :20:03.when they are brought in. So many die. Did you know at the tile how
:20:04. > :20:09.controversial the film was? I knew that the play was quite
:20:10. > :20:17.controversial, and very successful. The film, well, we didn't know we
:20:18. > :20:22.were making it. There was htge excitement about it because it was
:20:23. > :20:38.his first film as a director, and also everybody was in it! The Smith
:20:39. > :20:45.family, they weren't in the play, but this was a way of connecting all
:20:46. > :20:52.the various scenes. I think it was a very good idea. It is a brilliant
:20:53. > :21:01.film. Like you so much for coming in. We have 100 pairs of tickets to
:21:02. > :21:04.give away to our special screening, taking place at the Duke of York's
:21:05. > :21:08.Cinema in Brighton on the evening of Monday, 28th April in the presence
:21:09. > :21:12.of some of the stars of the film. For tickets, email us. Remelber to
:21:13. > :21:15.put 'Oh! What a Lovely War' in the title, and provide your namd,
:21:16. > :21:18.address and phone number. The evening is not suitable for young
:21:19. > :21:19.children. We will contact those who have been allocated tickets next
:21:20. > :21:30.week. Thousands of people will take to the
:21:31. > :21:33.streets of Brighton this wedkend ` some of them might even describe
:21:34. > :21:36.themselves as runners ` in the city's annual marathon. As dver
:21:37. > :21:40.many of those taking part whll be deliberately making things difficult
:21:41. > :21:43.for themselves. The event whll be started by the women's marathon
:21:44. > :21:52.world record holder Paula R`dcliffe. Juliette Parkin reports.
:21:53. > :21:59.It was not that long ago th`t Amanda charmers could barely walk, let
:22:00. > :22:08.alone run. After a life`savhng lung transplant in 2012 she is now
:22:09. > :22:13.running 26 miles. I could w`lk around, but not walk far without
:22:14. > :22:18.getting out of there. I had trouble walking up the stairs in my own
:22:19. > :22:28.house. Amanda still has to take medication every day. She is running
:22:29. > :22:33.to help others with the condition. For many people, a marathon is a
:22:34. > :22:38.huge challenge in itself, btt John is aiming to get up early on Sunday
:22:39. > :22:46.and complete a quick triathlon before. I have broken at
:22:47. > :22:52.intersections, I am just thhnking of it as a run, I cried, swim, and
:22:53. > :22:58.another runner. He will be running tangle matters, some in 15
:22:59. > :23:09.kilometres, then cycle and 40 kilometres before he even gdts to
:23:10. > :23:13.the start. Looking to break a world record and
:23:14. > :23:22.Sunday, the Brighton and Hove hockey club goalie. I have been dohng my
:23:23. > :23:24.training quite secretly, very early in the mornings and around places
:23:25. > :23:31.where I don't think there whll be many people! I get the odd strange
:23:32. > :23:34.look! Fundraising for breast Cancer care, he will have to break 5.5
:23:35. > :23:45.hours to break the world record This could be one of the most
:23:46. > :23:55.outstanding sporting weekends of the year for teams and competitors in
:23:56. > :23:58.the South East. Our sports reporter Neil Bell joins us from Gillingham's
:23:59. > :24:02.Priestfield Stadium, where victory tomorrow would just about gtarantee
:24:03. > :24:05.their place in League One. The most exciting match this weekend will be
:24:06. > :24:08.in Eastbourne, where Eastbotrne United are hoping to become the very
:24:09. > :24:12.first team from Sussex to rdach the FA Vase final at Wembley. United
:24:13. > :24:15.held favourites Sholing to ` 2` draw in last weekend's semifinal
:24:16. > :24:18.first leg, and are confident they can upset the odds and win tomorrow.
:24:19. > :24:21.We will have a big crowd, m`ybe up to 2,000 people. We wanted to make
:24:22. > :24:22.sure they have something to cheer about.
:24:23. > :24:25.The England Women's football team were training at Brighton's Amex
:24:26. > :24:28.Stadium today ahead of tomorrow s World Cup qualifying game against
:24:29. > :24:31.Montenegro. It will be new lanager Mark Sampson's first game in charge
:24:32. > :24:40.of the national side. Earlidr today, he appointed Steph Houghton as the
:24:41. > :24:44.new England captain. Tomorrow will be extra special, the fact that my
:24:45. > :24:48.family are coming down to w`tch the game. Needing larger team, ht is
:24:49. > :24:50.something you would dream of. We want to try and get the thrde
:24:51. > :24:53.points. All our league teams are in action
:24:54. > :24:56.on Saturday. Brighton travel to Barnsley knowing they must win to
:24:57. > :24:59.keep their play`off hopes alive Albion's win would also help
:25:00. > :25:03.Charlton stay clear of relegation, as they host promotion chashng
:25:04. > :25:06.Reading at the Valley. In League One, Crawley are still not
:25:07. > :25:08.mathematically safe from thd drop and host strugglers Crewe.
:25:09. > :25:12.Gillingham have play`off hopefuls Rotherham at Priestfield.
:25:13. > :25:15.Kent and England captain Ch`rlotte Edwards and Sussex skipper Sarah
:25:16. > :25:17.Taylor eased England into Stnday's World Twenty20 final against
:25:18. > :25:21.Australia following a comfortable nine wicket win over South @frica.
:25:22. > :25:24.Chasing 102 to win, Edwards made 36 and Taylor finished 44 not out as
:25:25. > :25:28.England reached the target with more than three overs to spare M`tt Prior
:25:29. > :25:31.agreed a two`year extension at Sussex who play Middlesex on Sunday
:25:32. > :25:33.and best of luck to East Grhnstead Hockey club who will be favourites
:25:34. > :25:52.to win the end of season pl`y`offs. Of course, the higher pollution
:25:53. > :25:55.levels this week, but we have fresh Atlantic are coming in at the
:25:56. > :26:01.weekend. There will be some rain at times, particularly on Sund`y at
:26:02. > :26:05.noon. The winds will strengthen on Saturday. It will be mostly dry but
:26:06. > :26:12.it will become increasingly unsettled. Earlier, there w`s some
:26:13. > :26:18.brightness around. Temperattres are a couple of degrees above the season
:26:19. > :26:22.average. Noticeably, the wind is back to a south`westerly direction,
:26:23. > :26:28.which is why we have this fresher feel. Tonight, it will stay mostly
:26:29. > :26:34.dry, but with the clearer skies will be some mist and fog patches likely
:26:35. > :26:41.to form. Temperatures will be cooler, down to single figures.
:26:42. > :26:47.Saturday should mostly be dry. The winds will strengthen through the
:26:48. > :27:02.day. We see the brakes on the cloud, it will feel too bad. Three tomorrow
:27:03. > :27:13.night, mostly we will stay dry. Overnight temperatures will not drop
:27:14. > :27:19.much from the date `` daytile values. On Sunday it will bdcome
:27:20. > :27:23.increasingly unsettled. The rain will become increasingly he`vy
:27:24. > :27:29.birdie at noon. That which hs not too bad. It will stay wet into
:27:30. > :27:32.Monday, but as we have throtgh the week we have high pressure, some
:27:33. > :27:39.were settled and pleasant wdather to come.
:27:40. > :27:42.That is it from us. Have a great weekend!