:00:00. > :00:00.a woman has been arrested after three of her children are found dead
:00:00. > :00:22.at their home Goodbye Operation Stack. Pl`ns for
:00:23. > :00:26.expansion of eurotunnel which should see the end of the M20 being turned
:00:27. > :00:31.into a lorry park. We're live tonight in Folkestone.
:00:32. > :00:34.Two years after the disappe`rance of 96`year`old Nellie Herriot, Sussex
:00:35. > :00:45.Police renew their appeal to try and find her. It is impossible to
:00:46. > :00:47.commemorate her life becausd we just don't know for sure what has
:00:48. > :00:51.happened. The Kent farmer inviting people to
:00:52. > :00:54.come and take a leek, and how thousands of tonnes of good food
:00:55. > :01:02.goes to waste because it isn't pretty enough. But soft, wh`t light
:01:03. > :01:04.through yonder window breaks! Shakes on a plane ` the
:01:05. > :01:05.record`breaking performance of Shakespeare on the Bard's bhrthday
:01:06. > :01:17.to celebrate St George's Dax. Good evening. A change in the law
:01:18. > :01:21.could make the controversial process of fracking easier in the South
:01:22. > :01:24.East. The Energy and Climatd Change Secretary Ed Davy has announced that
:01:25. > :01:27.the government is looking at legislation to allow firms to dig
:01:28. > :01:33.for shale gas deep under prhvate property and to build pipelhnes
:01:34. > :01:37.without landowners' permisshon. Last summer, hundreds of people protested
:01:38. > :01:41.against test drilling for ohl and gas at Balcombe in Sussex. The
:01:42. > :01:44.government says that it will compensate any communities which are
:01:45. > :01:57.affected. Our home affairs Reporter Rebecca Williams has this rdport.
:01:58. > :02:03.This is disgusting! This was the focus of the fracking debatd last
:02:04. > :02:07.summer. People were campaigning against an energy company started
:02:08. > :02:12.test drilling for oil. The day, the climate change secretary has
:02:13. > :02:17.confirmed the government is planning to change the law of trespass. It
:02:18. > :02:23.means they could potentiallx start drilling underneath people's homes.
:02:24. > :02:26.Whether we are talking about fracking for shale gas or gdothermal
:02:27. > :02:33.energy, you need to be sure that investors have certainty and you
:02:34. > :02:39.need to treat landowners barely Whatever we decide, we will consult
:02:40. > :02:44.them. What happened last sulmer made international headlines. Local
:02:45. > :02:52.communities who backed the process are now being offered 100,000 pounds
:02:53. > :02:57.per fracked well. Shale gas has been described as hugely important for
:02:58. > :03:04.the country. He says it could support 74,000 jobs and could bring
:03:05. > :03:08.a lot of investment into Brhtain. At the height of the protests, the
:03:09. > :03:12.Green MP Caroline Lucas was arrested for obstructing a public highway.
:03:13. > :03:17.But in court last week, she was cleared of any wrong doing. The
:03:18. > :03:22.government today suggested that if fracking is regulated properly, it
:03:23. > :03:27.could help tackle climate change but Greenpeace condemned the colments.
:03:28. > :03:32.This is political suicide in behalf of the Conservatives. There are
:03:33. > :03:36.communities across the UK where they are coming together to oppose these
:03:37. > :03:41.plans, they are bound together to say we will not allow drillhng on
:03:42. > :03:45.our land, these people will not walk away quietly because this proposal
:03:46. > :03:50.has come to the table. The controversy surrounding fracking is
:03:51. > :03:56.no means limited to the south`east. In 2011, shale test gas drilling in
:03:57. > :04:01.Lancashire was suspended, following an earthquake. This news will cause
:04:02. > :04:07.a stir among environmentalists and the government insists shald gas has
:04:08. > :04:11.a real advantage, meaningless will need to be imported from thd other
:04:12. > :04:13.side of the world. Eurotunnel has announced big
:04:14. > :04:17.expansion plans which it hopes could largely see the end of Oper`tion
:04:18. > :04:21.Stack. It's doubling the nulber of lorries it will be able to handle on
:04:22. > :04:27.site to 600, reducing the nded to turn the motorway into a gi`nt lorry
:04:28. > :04:29.park when things go wrong. But some people living nearby fear expansion
:04:30. > :04:34.will lead to more noise and pollution. Simon Jones is in
:04:35. > :04:45.Folkestone for us now. Simon, what changes will there be there?
:04:46. > :04:49.Eurontunnel reckon over the next decade, the number of trucks using
:04:50. > :04:54.the terminal down there will increase by half a million. It says
:04:55. > :04:58.it needs more capacity therd and it is also going to improve thd roads
:04:59. > :05:01.leading into the terminal. Ht reckons if things go wrong hn the
:05:02. > :05:07.tunnel or in Dover or if thd French go on strike, it will have luch
:05:08. > :05:09.greater capacity to cope. Ask anyone who lives near the tunnel and they
:05:10. > :05:16.will have a horror story about getting stuck around Operathon
:05:17. > :05:22.Stack. It is a nightmare soletimes. We have a job to get out of the
:05:23. > :05:26.village. Today, the Chief Sdcretary to the Treasury came to hear about
:05:27. > :05:30.plans to expand the terminal and the road lanes into it to about double
:05:31. > :05:35.the number of lorries, 600 of them, to park if there is a probldm.
:05:36. > :05:41.Building these additional l`nes will help when things do go wrong to ease
:05:42. > :05:44.the pressure on the local transport network so you don't have to see
:05:45. > :05:49.traffic stacking back onto the local road network. You will have
:05:50. > :05:55.something that power was thd whole British economy but does make an
:05:56. > :06:03.adverse impact on the local `` economy when things go wrong. This
:06:04. > :06:08.is the service area. Euronttnnel, with its expansion plans, now was to
:06:09. > :06:13.get even more trains running in both directions each hour. Here, locals
:06:14. > :06:21.worry about the potential ilpact of a potential half a million lorries a
:06:22. > :06:28.year. Pretty manic, I would say It will have an affect, and ongoing
:06:29. > :06:34.effect on all the villages here There is always a lot of tr`ffic.
:06:35. > :06:41.Eurontunnel is also planning to carry power through the Channel
:06:42. > :06:46.Tunnel. That and expansion will create hundreds of jobs, thd company
:06:47. > :06:51.says, mindful of its members. We are fine to take measures to ensure that
:06:52. > :06:54.doesn't impact on lives in Kent that we have the infrastructure in
:06:55. > :07:01.place to be able to manage those flows and contain them so they don't
:07:02. > :07:07.overspill. Eurontunnel has carried out 330 million passengers but as it
:07:08. > :07:12.approaches its 20th anniversary it wants to go bigger. The big question
:07:13. > :07:16.is will they really be enough capacity down there to prevdnt
:07:17. > :07:21.stack? It is difficult to answer because there is no such thhng as a
:07:22. > :07:26.typical stack. It can last for days on end but tonight, Kent Police have
:07:27. > :07:30.welcomed the initiative, based they pay have spent far too much time of
:07:31. > :07:33.their hours dealing with st`ck when they want to be fighting crhme.
:07:34. > :07:37.In a moment, a dramatic fall in anti`social behaviour in Hastings
:07:38. > :07:43.after a ban on the sale of super strength lager.
:07:44. > :07:48.The family of a 96`year`old woman who went missing exactly two years
:07:49. > :07:52.ago say they can't find closure until they find out what has
:07:53. > :07:55.happened to her. Despite a nationwide search and high profile
:07:56. > :08:00.appeals for information, Nellie Herriot has never been found. Sussex
:08:01. > :08:04.Police say the likelihood the Brighton pensioner being discovered
:08:05. > :08:13.safe and well is incredibly slim. Mark Sanders has more. Sussdx Police
:08:14. > :08:17.admit that what happened to this frail 96`year`old is a mystdry. Two
:08:18. > :08:22.years ago to the day, Nellid Herriot simply disappeared and her family
:08:23. > :08:28.and friends find that difficult to comprehend. It is even worsd than
:08:29. > :08:33.numbing she has died. Not knowing what has happened to her is really
:08:34. > :08:37.frustrating my very upsetting, and it is impossible to commemorate her
:08:38. > :08:41.life in any any full way at the moment because we just don't know
:08:42. > :08:48.for sure what has happened. On April the 23rd two years ago, CCTV the
:08:49. > :08:51.ditch showed nearly getting off the bus in Brighton. This was the last
:08:52. > :08:57.confirmed sighting of her. She was reported missing to the polhce two
:08:58. > :09:00.days later. I May, more than 60 police officers and voluntedrs were
:09:01. > :09:05.involved in the search but she has never been found. Sussex Police at
:09:06. > :09:10.most a likelihood of her behng found safe and well is now incredhbly
:09:11. > :09:13.slim. There is always a concern when someone who is on the ball goes
:09:14. > :09:22.missing like this. You feel so terrible. I think certainly, it
:09:23. > :09:30.would be a case of trying to jog people's memo reads, if thex have
:09:31. > :09:35.seen the individual, . The lystery which we cannot reconcile is that if
:09:36. > :09:39.you get lost or have an acchdent, surely somebody stumbles across you
:09:40. > :09:43.at some point. It seems improbable that in a large, urban centre like
:09:44. > :09:49.Brighton, it is possible to get off the bus and vanish into thin air, it
:09:50. > :09:53.seems absolutely extraordin`ry. Despite searches and numerots
:09:54. > :09:58.appeal, investigation into Nellie Herriot's disappearance is no closer
:09:59. > :10:00.to establishing what happendd to her.
:10:01. > :10:09.Well, Mark joins us from Brhghton Police Station. Mark, where does the
:10:10. > :10:12.police investigation go now? I think the police investigation re`lly has
:10:13. > :10:14.hit a dead`end and it is particularly interesting th`t the
:10:15. > :10:20.language was so pessimistic from force today. Sussex Police dress, as
:10:21. > :10:24.with any missing persons investigation, the case is never
:10:25. > :10:29.completely closed. The case regarding this disappearancd will be
:10:30. > :10:32.reviewed every six months and then evidently information comes to light
:10:33. > :10:38.regarding her disappearance, it will of course be followed up.
:10:39. > :10:41.Medway Maritime Hospital, which has failed several inspections hn recent
:10:42. > :10:44.months, is being scrutinised again today. The trust was put into
:10:45. > :10:47.special measures following the Keogh report last summer. It then failed
:10:48. > :10:50.further inspections by the Care Quality Commission. Today a team
:10:51. > :10:59.from the CQC is back at the hospital for three days. It will be looking
:11:00. > :11:03.at the way the hospital's rtn. Police officers with riot shields
:11:04. > :11:06.evicted around 30 squatters from an empty shop in Brighton this morning.
:11:07. > :11:09.The police moved in to a former chocolate shop in The Lanes at
:11:10. > :11:12.around 10am. It's understood squatters had been living there for
:11:13. > :11:15.some weeks. Anti`social behaviour has f`llen 29%
:11:16. > :11:19.in just six months in Hastings since the local authority banned the sale
:11:20. > :11:22.of super`strength lager in parts of the town. Hastings has prevhously
:11:23. > :11:24.been identified as one of the worst places in England for
:11:25. > :11:28.alcohol`related male deaths and from late last year, dozens of rdtailers
:11:29. > :11:32.agreed to limit the supply of beer and cider over 6.5%. Our political
:11:33. > :11:43.reporter Ellie Price has thhs report. Plenty of choice in this
:11:44. > :11:46.off`licence on Kings Road in St Leonards. But what you won't find
:11:47. > :12:01.here is cheap, high`volume beer and cider. People want to buy it but
:12:02. > :12:05.now, it is normal. When the scheme was first introduced in 2013, there
:12:06. > :12:14.were 405 incidents of anti`social behaviour recorded in Hastings and
:12:15. > :12:23.rye. By February this year, it was a drop to 286 as that is. Thex, the
:12:24. > :12:28.Shadow Home Secretary claimdd they are working. We have seen a drop in
:12:29. > :12:32.anti`social behaviour that we know are caused by serious and hdavy
:12:33. > :12:34.drinking and I think the work of a drop in anti`social behaviotr that
:12:35. > :12:37.we know are caused by seriots and heavy drinking and I think the work
:12:38. > :12:39.the Labour councillors have done to reduce access to those very
:12:40. > :12:43.high`strength ciders is makhng a difference. it hasn't quite gone far
:12:44. > :12:47.enough yet in getting the other supermarkets involved across the
:12:48. > :12:52.town so you do have situation where one area no longer has the problem
:12:53. > :12:56.but it has been displaced to another part of Hastings. The schemd is
:12:57. > :13:01.voluntary and is operating hn three areas across Hastings and St
:13:02. > :13:07.Leonards. It has pushed the problem out of town and make this a lovely
:13:08. > :13:16.place to live but it isn't. We used to congregate here all the time It
:13:17. > :13:20.has got a lot quieter. we h`ve been fighting this for 30 years,
:13:21. > :13:26.layabouts and drugs, and it just doesn't get better, it gets worse.
:13:27. > :13:33.The government says it is hoped by # Helping the councils tackle
:13:34. > :13:36.alcohol related crime. Ellie is in Hastings now. Ellie
:13:37. > :13:39.this local initiative coinchdes with a major national report that is
:13:40. > :13:41.linking an increase in alcohol prices with a reduction in
:13:42. > :13:49.binge`drinking and serious violent crime? There has been a 12% drop in
:13:50. > :13:56.the number of victims of serious crime in 23rd team, compared to
:13:57. > :13:59.2012. Researchers are linking that to a rise in alcohol prices and a
:14:00. > :14:04.drop in consumption. The government will be keen to take credit for
:14:05. > :14:10.that. We have heard from an MP today who has pointed to a number of
:14:11. > :14:15.initiatives introduced to try and cut anti`social behaviour. Xvette
:14:16. > :14:19.Cooper today, the Shadow Hole Secretary, came down to prahse the
:14:20. > :14:24.perceived successes of the Labour run Hastings Borough Council. We do
:14:25. > :14:27.of course have local elections coming up in the next four weeks so
:14:28. > :14:31.expect to see more senior p`rty officials coming down to support
:14:32. > :14:35.their council colleagues. This is our top story tonight. The
:14:36. > :14:39.government is considering changing the law to make it easier to drill
:14:40. > :14:42.for shale gas onshore ` the process known as fracking. New legislation
:14:43. > :14:45.could allow energy companies to drill deep below private property
:14:46. > :14:49.and build pipelines without the landowner's permission.
:14:50. > :14:53.Also in tonight's programme ` how five men from the same family went
:14:54. > :14:55.off to fight ` and they all came home again ` a remarkable story of
:14:56. > :15:08.good fortune in the first world war. And there is some rain around this
:15:09. > :15:13.evening but still some sunshine over the next couple of days. John me
:15:14. > :15:17.later to find out more. More than 170,000 portions of fruit
:15:18. > :15:20.and vegetables grown in Kent have been saved from being needldssly
:15:21. > :15:25.thrown away or left to rot hn the last two years. That's the claim of
:15:26. > :15:28.Gleaning UK, an organisation that harvests unwanted or ugly food and
:15:29. > :15:31.redistributes it to charitids. It's estimated that between 20% `nd 0%
:15:32. > :15:34.of fruit and vegetables grown in the UK is never harvested, becatse it
:15:35. > :15:42.doesn't meet cosmetic stand`rds In total, 15 million tonnes of food is
:15:43. > :15:49.wasted in the UK each year. Costing around ?14.2 billion. Well, for
:15:50. > :15:53.tonight's Food Chain report, Peter Whittlesea went to an organhc farm
:15:54. > :15:55.near Wye which is looking for volunteers to help harvest two
:15:56. > :16:11.tonnes of ugly`looking leeks this weekend. This leak is a whopper The
:16:12. > :16:19.mild winter weather means that crop has let into life. There is an
:16:20. > :16:27.abundance. The organic farmdr has a dilemma. Big isn't always bdtter. we
:16:28. > :16:34.have so `` grown various varieties. They did fantastic, we have sold
:16:35. > :16:36.lots, but we still have lots left. Conventional or organic, thdre is
:16:37. > :16:40.nothing one with a big leagte but when you are trying to give someone
:16:41. > :16:47.a portion of leaks, these m`y be are a bit too big. Too big and `bout to
:16:48. > :16:53.go to seed. That is why Gle`ning UK have been called in. They organised
:16:54. > :16:59.labour and line`up and local charity who can benefit from the FIFA route.
:17:00. > :17:04.`` the free food. Very often, the supermarkets have strict cosmetic
:17:05. > :17:10.standards and they reject the food even though it is healthy and
:17:11. > :17:14.perfectly nutritious. They light have been overproduction so the
:17:15. > :17:24.price rots and it is not profitable to harvest. `` the price drops. Ugli
:17:25. > :17:30.fruit comes in all shapes and sizes and is unwanted by supermarkets but
:17:31. > :17:36.at this homeless charity, fresh produce is vital. We get quhte a lot
:17:37. > :17:41.of food donations but not a lot of fresh food. It helps us with our
:17:42. > :17:44.food budget. We have a limited amount of money to spend on food and
:17:45. > :17:50.we feed quite a lot of people every day. Many of the leaks here will
:17:51. > :18:03.help feed the homeless. More than a million allied soldiers
:18:04. > :18:06.died during the First World war ` and memorials in villages across the
:18:07. > :18:09.country show just how many families were affected. Said But one family
:18:10. > :18:12.from Bidborough near Tunbridge Wells have a remarkable story to tell
:18:13. > :18:18.Four brothers, and their brother`in`law, all went aw`y to
:18:19. > :18:22.fight and all returned safely home. In the latest of our series of World
:18:23. > :18:34.War One My Photos, Mike and Brenda Watts recall how the family knew
:18:35. > :18:39.that they were among the lucky ones. I was overwhelmed when I first saw
:18:40. > :18:43.it. Of all the horror storids you hear coming out of World War I and
:18:44. > :18:49.the terrible amount of slaughter, this was just so wonderful, to think
:18:50. > :18:58.you have entire family here that returned unscathed. My fathdr and
:18:59. > :19:04.for of his brothers and one brother`in`law, my father w`s the
:19:05. > :19:08.lead rider on a horse wagon. They had come up behind the line with the
:19:09. > :19:16.infantry were just in front of them, let off a salvo at the enemx lines,
:19:17. > :19:24.and then ran off back, leavhng the poor infantry to suffer the bully
:19:25. > :19:29.coming from the other side so they weren't very popular with the
:19:30. > :19:34.infantry. As I say, it was `mazing that they came back alive. Why
:19:35. > :19:39.should they feel guilty? Thdy were out there fighting for their
:19:40. > :19:48.country, doing what they were asked to do. They were the lucky ones 450
:19:49. > :19:53.years ago today William Shakespeare first drew breath and went on to
:19:54. > :19:59.become the greatest playwright of his age. What better way to
:20:00. > :20:03.celebrate than to see a performance of all his works, slightly
:20:04. > :20:11.abridged, while flying from Gatwick to Barone on what you might call a
:20:12. > :20:16.supersonic jet? Bombing Gibson has been sharpening up his iambhc
:20:17. > :20:23.pentameter with the reduced shaken company `` Reduced Shakespe`re
:20:24. > :20:29.Company. Welcome to the complete Works of Shakespeare, adaptdd,
:20:30. > :20:41.abridged and some might say abused, for an audience flying at 38,00
:20:42. > :20:45.feet. They specialise in a puickfire interpretation of Shakespeare's
:20:46. > :20:51.work. On his birthday today, he would have been 450, they wdnt into
:20:52. > :20:57.the Guinness book of records for the highest theatrical performance. This
:20:58. > :21:00.is part of the national campaign to have Shakespeare's birthday as a
:21:01. > :21:05.national holiday and let's face it, we could all use another bank
:21:06. > :21:16.holiday! EasyJet have signed up to the campaign. We thought wh`t? But,
:21:17. > :21:20.yes, you start talking about the logistics of it, yesterday, we went
:21:21. > :21:27.to Luton and had a rehearsal in a flight simulator. Most of it went
:21:28. > :21:39.out of the window. It was one of many events to honour the occasion.
:21:40. > :21:52.My mother drinks to the! Dubiously, April the day that Shakespe`re
:21:53. > :22:16.THEY RAP. His works parodied in a flying machine circling the Earth in
:22:17. > :22:21.an accent that had yet to bd invented during the time of his
:22:22. > :22:24.life. I think he would be speeches that
:22:25. > :22:33.some of the headlines banded about today! As well as it being
:22:34. > :22:38.Shakespeare's birthday, it hs also St Georges birthday. Lance Corporal
:22:39. > :22:41.Johnson Beharry VC was honotred at a charity lunch in Tunbridge Wells
:22:42. > :22:43.this afternoon. He was presdnted with a plaque by the former
:22:44. > :22:46.international cricketer Derdk Johnson MBE. Guests included England
:22:47. > :22:48.and Kent Cricketer Chris Cowdrey, former England ruby international
:22:49. > :22:51.Victor Ubogu along with Ghurka Soldiers from a Kent regiment. The
:22:52. > :22:53.Lords Taverner Charity raisd funds for disabled and disadvantaged
:22:54. > :22:59.youngsters who participate hn recreational sport and todax guests
:23:00. > :23:05.raised ?22,000. It is time for the weather now. Sunshine and showers.
:23:06. > :23:08.raised ?22,000. It is time for the weather now. Sunshine and Stnshine
:23:09. > :23:13.this afternoon and showers this evening. That sets the tone for the
:23:14. > :23:17.next couple of days. Tomorrow, you will see some warm sunshine but also
:23:18. > :23:21.some fairly hefty showers and lots of rain as we go into Fridax and
:23:22. > :23:27.further outbreaks of rain as we head towards the weekend. We saw this
:23:28. > :23:33.more sunshine, some more cloud cover for some of us. This is eventually
:23:34. > :23:37.what we will see. Temperatures this afternoon, really feeling qtite warm
:23:38. > :23:42.around 15 or 16 degrees with a fairly gentle southerly bredze.
:23:43. > :23:47.Tonight, we see this band of rain marching eastwards, outbreaks of
:23:48. > :23:51.heavy rain and times. It cldars at three or four in the morning,
:23:52. > :23:57.temperatures dropping to 910 degrees. As we start the dax, plenty
:23:58. > :24:00.of cloud cover around and a chance that you could catch a showdr in the
:24:01. > :24:05.morning. By the afternoon, lany staying dry, but still a ch`nce of
:24:06. > :24:13.showers. Temperatures tomorrow feeling cooler. Three tomorrow
:24:14. > :24:16.night, initially one or two showers but increasingly try, again, plenty
:24:17. > :24:23.of cloud cover and temperattres staying miles. Mostly, we are
:24:24. > :24:27.starting Friday dry, but it will turn rather wet and cold as well and
:24:28. > :24:32.the area of low pressure pushes up as we head towards the weekdnd. Some
:24:33. > :24:39.unsettled weather but till lore sunshine for tomorrow.
:24:40. > :24:45.Now here's news of an excithng event happening on the programme on
:24:46. > :24:49.Monday. It is the iconic and controversial film that used all the
:24:50. > :24:57.fun of the pier to highlight the harsh realities of World War I. On
:24:58. > :25:01.Monday the 28th of April, wd are here in Brighton for a spechal
:25:02. > :25:05.screening of what a lovely War. It is part of our coverage of the
:25:06. > :25:10.anniversary of World War I. We are lucky to be joined by members of the
:25:11. > :25:15.original cast. We hope you can join us to on BBC South East tod`y.
:25:16. > :25:17.Thank you so much for your overwhelming response. All the
:25:18. > :25:21.tickets have now been alloc`ted but please do join us on South Dast
:25:22. > :25:26.Today on Monday at 6.30 herd on BBC One. That is it from us for this
:25:27. > :25:55.evening. You tomorrow. Goodbye. 'The last two generations
:25:56. > :25:58.have been robbed 'of an opportunity to vote
:25:59. > :26:00.on the EU. 'And yet it has a greater impact
:26:01. > :26:02.on our everyday lives 'and not leave it for
:26:03. > :26:09.another generation.' I want a Britain that is free
:26:10. > :26:25.to control its own destiny. 'It's estimated there'll be another
:26:26. > :26:30.3 million people in Britain by 020. 'Our public services
:26:31. > :26:33.are already stretched. 'The pressure on schools, housing,
:26:34. > :26:37.hospitals is huge.'