:00:07. > :00:31.A disastrous Ofsted rating for a Sussex special needs school,
:00:32. > :00:33.that was rated outstanding just a year ago.
:00:34. > :00:37.Prince Harry joins Sussex War veterans in Italy to remember
:00:38. > :00:41.a Second World War battle which saw 75,000 casualties.
:00:42. > :00:46.How a town bared all in the name of art.
:00:47. > :00:49.And the sun shines on the Chelsea Flower Show as south east
:00:50. > :01:05.exhibitors take their place among the best in the country.
:01:06. > :01:08.Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner, Ann Barnes,
:01:09. > :01:11.has been accused of not being up to the job after
:01:12. > :01:15.In the programme, she appears to struggle to explain
:01:16. > :01:19.what her role is, or what Kent Police's main priorities are.
:01:20. > :01:22.The vice chair of the Kent Police Crime Panel, the body established
:01:23. > :01:26.to scrutinise her role, says she comes across as unprofessional.
:01:27. > :01:28.However, Ann Barnes says she is a victim
:01:29. > :01:37.of mischievous editing, and Channel four looking to drum up publicity.
:01:38. > :01:47.What is a Police Commissioner? What is a Police Commissioner? And Barnes
:01:48. > :01:59.said she agreed to do this because she wanted to be open and
:02:00. > :02:06.transparent about her job. Let us start again. It is a strange job. It
:02:07. > :02:12.is a strange role because there is no job description. Job description
:02:13. > :02:17.perhaps not but the Home Office has laid out clear guidelines. That
:02:18. > :02:22.includes providing a link between the police and communities, hiring
:02:23. > :02:27.and firing chief constables and controlling the budget, ensuring
:02:28. > :02:34.that the hundred and ?70 million is spent effectively. Critics say that
:02:35. > :02:38.has been undermined. It brings the forced into disrepute and I feel
:02:39. > :02:41.sorry for Kent Police and the Chief Constable who are doing a very
:02:42. > :02:46.professional job and they get landed with another fiasco. This is not the
:02:47. > :02:51.first media fiasco we have had. The other fiasco as described by a
:02:52. > :02:55.Parliamentary report was the appointment of a youth PCC resigned
:02:56. > :03:01.following a complaint about messages she posted on Twitter. Last month
:03:02. > :03:07.Ann Barnes dismissed claims she had wasted money moving her office.
:03:08. > :03:14.Additional refurbishment is cost more than ?180,000. There are
:03:15. > :03:18.different kinds of policing in Kent. What would be an example of a crime
:03:19. > :03:24.on the outside of that? I cannot tell you. I was not thinking I was
:03:25. > :03:28.going to talk about the onion. Critics say this is the latest
:03:29. > :03:34.blunder. It sounds as if she does not know what her job entails. She
:03:35. > :03:39.zones to me as if she was working on the buses are selling double
:03:40. > :03:44.glazing. This is for people to see and get confidence in her that she
:03:45. > :03:49.knows what she is doing and it does not do it for me. Ann Barnes avoided
:03:50. > :03:53.our camera but in a statement she felt the documentary was a snapshot
:03:54. > :03:58.of her working life and did nothing to address the complexities of her
:03:59. > :04:01.post. She accused Channel 4 of mischievous editing and urged people
:04:02. > :04:09.to make up their one`man is after watching the full programme. The
:04:10. > :04:14.documentary is due to be out next week.
:04:15. > :04:17.An independent school for pupils with learning difficulties in Sussex
:04:18. > :04:20.has been given the lowest possible rating by Ofsted, which claims
:04:21. > :04:29.However, only last year Northease Manor School near Lewes was rated
:04:30. > :04:33.Now the school says it's taking legal action against Ofsted.
:04:34. > :04:36.Northease Manor is an independent day and boarding school for pupils
:04:37. > :04:41.Just a year ago its residential provision was rated
:04:42. > :04:49.That same provision has been judged as inadequate in every area.
:04:50. > :04:58.Taking into consideration a number of issues.
:04:59. > :05:02.When the report came out it was in fact confirming some of the worries
:05:03. > :05:34.Today, calls for senior figures at the school to step down.
:05:35. > :05:38.I believe that the governess and the current management of the school.
:05:39. > :05:42.I believe they need to leave in order for things to change
:05:43. > :05:45.Northease Manor draws pupils from across the south`east.
:05:46. > :05:48.It is understood in the last 18 months more than 20 members
:05:49. > :05:53.It is fair to say I have had a number of representations over
:05:54. > :05:58.three years or so from governors, ex`governors, from parents, even
:05:59. > :06:03.from members of staff, who have put to me allegations which seem to be
:06:04. > :06:05.roughly the same allegations from whatever source they come
:06:06. > :06:09.from, which relate to the nature of the management of the school,
:06:10. > :06:17.A suggestion that the children were looked after on
:06:18. > :06:20.at least one occasion by somebody who was not CRB checked.
:06:21. > :06:23.The school governing body and the head teacher need to
:06:24. > :06:32.According to Ofsted schools are given time to make improvements
:06:33. > :06:34.and inspectors can then follow up with monitoring.
:06:35. > :06:38.No one from the school would appear on camera, but in a statement a
:06:39. > :06:41.spokesperson said the school had a strong track record in inspections,
:06:42. > :06:44.adding that they would be, in their words, challenging various aspects
:06:45. > :07:10.of the process, behaviour and stance of this Ofsted inspection.
:07:11. > :07:22.Back to our top story. We can speak to a media commentator. How well do
:07:23. > :07:28.you think the role of the Kent Police and growing Commissioner is
:07:29. > :07:32.going generally? I do not think it is going particularly well and I do
:07:33. > :07:35.not think police and crime commissioners across Britain are
:07:36. > :07:38.performing particularly well. Normally when you advertise a high
:07:39. > :07:46.state high`paid job you get a lot of very good applicants. Unfortunately
:07:47. > :07:48.in this case the electorate was not interested and some fairly
:07:49. > :07:54.lacklustre individuals seem to have slipped through. That is my
:07:55. > :07:58.impression. Is that fair? While some people would think it was
:07:59. > :08:04.ill`advised offered to take part, others would feel sympathy because
:08:05. > :08:11.she said she did it appear more transparent and she is the victim of
:08:12. > :08:14.mischievous editing. She may be the victim of slightly mischievous
:08:15. > :08:19.editing but she has been spectacularly naive. When you are in
:08:20. > :08:22.a high public office it is incumbent upon you to take part in those
:08:23. > :08:26.programmes, to take part in documentaries, to inform
:08:27. > :08:34.journalists, but this kind of programme can be a real trap for
:08:35. > :08:37.people in public office. With a little bit more experience I think
:08:38. > :08:41.she might have recognised was not the type of programme in which she
:08:42. > :08:44.did usefully take part and there was always the risk she would embarrass
:08:45. > :08:51.not just ourselves but also Kent Constabulary. You said a little more
:08:52. > :08:54.experience, she was among the best candidates in terms of experience
:08:55. > :08:58.for this position. Does that not mean she maybe needs more time to
:08:59. > :09:05.bed in and is bound to be highlighted for things that go wrong
:09:06. > :09:09.rather than things that go right? You say that she had experience. She
:09:10. > :09:16.had experience as a member of the Kent Police committee. That is not a
:09:17. > :09:21.high`profile public role. The Commissioner's job is completely
:09:22. > :09:24.different to that. It is an individual person who has been
:09:25. > :09:28.elected to is very exposed to public scrutiny and in that respect I think
:09:29. > :09:30.she could have done with better media advice and perhaps in future
:09:31. > :09:36.she will take better media advice. A Thanet councillor says he was left
:09:37. > :09:39."amazed" by Kent Police after being questioned under caution over
:09:40. > :09:41.comments left by other people Simon Moore was questioned
:09:42. > :09:46.on suspicion of harassment in a row over a controversial new
:09:47. > :09:49.Tesco store planned for Margate. He
:09:50. > :10:05.and two other councillors have now When a new Tesco plans to move then
:10:06. > :10:09.it can prove controversial. This councillor's posted reaction on his
:10:10. > :10:15.blog and others criticise the local campaigner criticising the
:10:16. > :10:18.development. When I got a call from the police asking if they could
:10:19. > :10:23.interview me in regard to the comments made on my blog I was
:10:24. > :10:26.surprised. I was amazed when an officer came to my door and they
:10:27. > :10:33.interviewed me for 90 minutes under caution on my own home. Mick
:10:34. > :10:36.Tomlinson calls for people to get the facts right. He was then
:10:37. > :10:41.questioned along with another councillor who liked the comment
:10:42. > :10:44.after a complaint from the anti`Tesco campaigner. I have quite
:10:45. > :10:50.a serious heart problem and I have had to go to my GP on two
:10:51. > :10:55.occasions. It has pulled me to pieces. Absolutely pulled me to
:10:56. > :11:01.pieces. Kent Police said they had fully investigated the issue of
:11:02. > :11:07.harassment but there was insufficient evidence. No further
:11:08. > :11:11.action will be taken. How the internet is policed is proving to be
:11:12. > :11:14.controversial. Last year they were criticised for investigating a woman
:11:15. > :11:21.who jogged on Facebook she would like to throw an egg at David
:11:22. > :11:24.Cameron. The police have a very difficult job. If somebody makes a
:11:25. > :11:29.complaint to them they have a duty to investigate that complaint. With
:11:30. > :11:34.social media they probably have to go through thousands of posts and
:11:35. > :11:38.will take them time before they get to the bottom of it. The woman you
:11:39. > :11:41.made the complaint against the councillor said she would not
:11:42. > :11:46.comment well ongoing issues were being looked at. The councillors may
:11:47. > :11:55.be investigated by the council itself.
:11:56. > :11:57.North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale is supporting calls for
:11:58. > :12:00.the compulsory purchase of Manston Airport by Thanet District Council.
:12:01. > :12:03.It follows last week's rejection of a third offer to buy
:12:04. > :12:05.the airport by American investment company, RiverOak.
:12:06. > :12:07.Sir Roger believes a compulsory purchase of
:12:08. > :12:12.Thanet Council have said they will wait until they meet the airport?s
:12:13. > :12:15.A postmortem is due to take place tomorrow
:12:16. > :12:19.of a Kent man who drowned in Jamaica whilst trying to save his son.
:12:20. > :12:23.Tony Wilkinson, 49, a youth worker, was swept out to sea after getting
:12:24. > :12:26.caught in a strong current when he went to the assistance of
:12:27. > :12:30.It happened on Calabash Bay on Jamaica's south coast.
:12:31. > :12:32.Mr Wilkinson, who worked for the charity
:12:33. > :12:35.Kids Company, was the partner of the award winning Guardian
:12:36. > :12:39.A third batch of Britain's rarest bumblebees is being released
:12:40. > :12:43.on the Romney Marsh this week as part of a reintroduction programme.
:12:44. > :12:46.The first short`haired bumblebees were released at Dungeness in 2012,
:12:47. > :12:48.but struggled because of the cold weather.
:12:49. > :12:51.Experts hope the warm spring conditions will help
:12:52. > :12:58.What we are trying to do with this bumblebee is use it as a flagship
:12:59. > :13:06.We have had two bumblebees which have gone extinct in the last
:13:07. > :13:09.seventy years and we have seven which are very rare and threatened.
:13:10. > :13:12.Bringing back this bee will highlight the plight of all
:13:13. > :13:22.Prince Harry joined world War veterans at a remembrance service in
:13:23. > :13:24.Italy, the scene of one of the bloodiest heart fought battles of
:13:25. > :13:43.the Second World War. It has been a truly emotional
:13:44. > :13:53.journey for the group of veterans we have followed on their return to
:13:54. > :13:57.Italy. Many of them coming back here in their 90s to the place where they
:13:58. > :14:01.fought the battle of their lives. It has culminated here today in this
:14:02. > :14:04.commemoration here in the British cemetery. Among the graves of the
:14:05. > :14:08.boys who never went home from the battle from Monte Cassino. It is
:14:09. > :14:11.hard to believe 70 years ago this beautiful landscape was the backdrop
:14:12. > :14:14.for a bloodbath. In 1944 Churchill had described Italy as a soft
:14:15. > :14:17.underbelly and easier route into Europe from the south. Around Monte
:14:18. > :14:21.Cassino the Allies found it wasn't. You had to save your life. If you
:14:22. > :14:28.did not save your life it was useless. My next`door neighbour is
:14:29. > :14:38.laid here, young lad. He was barely 20. It is a frightening experience
:14:39. > :14:43.really. Coming back with your dad, what has that felt like? A bit
:14:44. > :14:52.emotional. Sorry. All these veterans have memories of the carnage. They
:14:53. > :14:55.can colour these gravestones with the faces, the characters, the
:14:56. > :14:58.friendship of the young men they knew. The service and the presence
:14:59. > :15:06.of Prince Harry is recognition that what they had to do, what they had
:15:07. > :15:10.to become, is not forgotten. Our job was to kill. That is what we were
:15:11. > :15:16.taught. This is what we did. I do not think anything good came out of
:15:17. > :15:24.it. Do you dream about it? Do you think about it? What is it like?
:15:25. > :15:37.Yes. You wake up at night. Even in peace it is a tough climb. Many are
:15:38. > :15:42.over 90 and have returned to Italy with sons and daughters and
:15:43. > :15:47.grandchildren, wanting to understand what they did in the war. I was
:15:48. > :15:51.afraid, yes. Anyone who says to me they weren't worried and they
:15:52. > :15:55.weren't afraid, they are telling lies, because you are afraid. But
:15:56. > :16:01.once the action starts you have no time to be afraid. In the aftermath
:16:02. > :16:09.of battle, Bob Stevens fell in love with an Italian girl after being
:16:10. > :16:18.told he had to pay to dance with her. He took out 1000 lira. He
:16:19. > :16:25.bought you for 1000 lira? Yes. They have been married for 67 years.
:16:26. > :16:28.Today an emotional climax to an emotional pilgrimage, remembering
:16:29. > :16:55.comrades for whom there was no happy Ann Barnes has been accused of not
:16:56. > :17:01.being up to the job after being filmed for a TV documentary. She
:17:02. > :17:04.appears to struggle to explain what her role is. She claims the
:17:05. > :17:12.programme makers have been mischievous in their editing.
:17:13. > :17:18.Folkestone beer is all for an internationally renowned artists as
:17:19. > :17:21.local's pose naked. It has been the warmest day of the
:17:22. > :17:34.year so far but we have heavy rain on the way. The Chelsea Flower Show
:17:35. > :17:41.is famous across the world for transformations made to gardens.
:17:42. > :17:44.There are equally amazing stories behind`the`scenes such as that of a
:17:45. > :17:48.young man from Sussex who turned his life around by gaining a
:17:49. > :17:57.horticultural apprenticeship with a farm. Our reporter is there. It is
:17:58. > :18:01.an inspiring place. Yes. You only have to look around to see the
:18:02. > :18:06.enormous amount of effort that has gone into creating these spaces.
:18:07. > :18:10.Growers say they have been helped by a particularly good spring. There
:18:11. > :18:14.are a lot of experienced gardeners here but one teenager we cut up with
:18:15. > :18:19.was this time last year unemployed and homeless. He could never have
:18:20. > :18:39.gleaned of being at an event like this. `` dreamed.
:18:40. > :18:42.A potter?s garden, symbolising the tranquillity of an Artisan retreat,
:18:43. > :18:47.Created by designers in Heathfield it shows how young men downed tools
:18:48. > :18:51.We have an original helmet in the water feature.
:18:52. > :18:54.We have sandbags at the front, bullets in the path,
:18:55. > :18:57.a crunchy path echoing the soldiers marching off to war.
:18:58. > :19:01.The men forced to abandon their kiln would have been around the same age
:19:02. > :19:04.as the young apprentices from Sussex who helped build this garden
:19:05. > :19:09.A year ago I was sitting on my bed playing the Xbox at this
:19:10. > :19:12.time and now thanks to Tomorrow's People and Frogheath who have given
:19:13. > :19:29.Elsewhere on this catalogue of colour, Kentish lavender ,
:19:30. > :19:33.hostes from Ashford and French irises sent to grow in Kent in order
:19:34. > :19:40.Today is pretty hot and it is going to go on getting
:19:41. > :19:51.It is not going to last so we might as well enjoy it.
:19:52. > :19:55.We have never had weather like this in ten years.
:19:56. > :19:58.All of the teams behind these gardens have spent months preparing
:19:59. > :20:03.The judges came this morning but they will have to wait
:20:04. > :20:11.until tomorrow to find out if their efforts are award`winning.
:20:12. > :20:26.The wartime potters on which this garden was based returned home.
:20:27. > :20:33.This seaside scene is perfect for the conditions we have had today.
:20:34. > :20:36.One thing the exhibitors will be looking forward to tomorrow is
:20:37. > :20:47.finding out if they have won one of those coveted medals.
:20:48. > :20:56.It is beautiful. 125 bold souls stripped off for a
:20:57. > :20:59.performance photographer. He is best`known gathering willing
:21:00. > :21:16.volunteers to be captured in the nude.
:21:17. > :21:20.Eager and willing to strip naked, all for the love of art. More than
:21:21. > :21:27.100 models threw caution to the wind to bare all for Spencer tunic.
:21:28. > :21:34.Working in Folkestone on this sort of concrete world next to nature, it
:21:35. > :21:41.sort of has the essence of the city, the essence of mankind. Risky or
:21:42. > :21:51.simply barefaced cheek? Online bids came from all over. This man puts
:21:52. > :21:56.exhibition into exhibition. It was bizarre. It was really fabulous. I
:21:57. > :22:01.do not think anyone was looking down at each other, there was a lot of
:22:02. > :22:06.eye contact. I did not sleep for the last week or so but it is fine when
:22:07. > :22:12.you are all there. It does not really matter, it is fine. He has
:22:13. > :22:16.photographed more than 75 human installations around the world. This
:22:17. > :22:26.time models braved the cameras alone. Very nice. Look out to the
:22:27. > :22:33.ocean. Each photo will be displayed in a viewfinder and form part of a
:22:34. > :22:41.fast`moving slide show. My dad franchised the key chain of your
:22:42. > :22:47.business in the US in the 60s, so very much like Andy Ward Hall would
:22:48. > :22:55.take a Polaroid of a friend and it was an immediate way of seeing
:22:56. > :23:03.photography, I give people these. Photographs are going to be
:23:04. > :23:06.individually placed and backlight. Not anybody else can look at the
:23:07. > :23:11.piece when you are looking at it, so it is going to attract a lot of
:23:12. > :23:15.people. It is a sight to Folkestone you will not have seen before. All
:23:16. > :23:26.in the best possible taste. Of course.
:23:27. > :23:36.It was a glorious afternoon. It is the warmest day of the year so far.
:23:37. > :23:40.Tomorrow is not quite the same. There will be some sunshine but by
:23:41. > :23:49.the afternoon it will be heavy showers. One or two scattered
:23:50. > :23:56.showers around but for the most part we stayed dry. Highs of 21, 20 2
:23:57. > :24:02.degrees, colour along the coast. Lots of sunshine and very warm. As
:24:03. > :24:06.we go into tonight we are going to see one or two fairly scattered
:24:07. > :24:12.showers and more cloud cover, so temperatures dropping to 13 or 14
:24:13. > :24:19.degrees. The showers are likely to be sharp with the odd rumble of
:24:20. > :24:24.thunder. Tomorrow the best chance of any dry or bright weather is in the
:24:25. > :24:29.morning. By the afternoon we will see heavy and thundery showers so
:24:30. > :24:34.temperatures exceeding or 17 degrees but feeling a lot cooler when we see
:24:35. > :24:40.the showers. Tomorrow night it is going to be drive for a time, those
:24:41. > :24:44.showers easing, but from the early hours of the morning it will be
:24:45. > :24:49.back. Wednesday is going to be the wettest day of the week. Lots of
:24:50. > :24:55.rain around. Temperatures in the mid teens but it is going to feel a lot
:24:56. > :24:59.cooler than today. For the rest of the week it is quite unstable so we
:25:00. > :25:05.are seeing one or two showers and also warm sunshine. Tomorrow, during
:25:06. > :25:08.the morning the best chance of any sunshine, by the afternoon hefty
:25:09. > :25:13.showers. Wednesday is going to be wet. By the time we end the week we
:25:14. > :25:21.could see the temperatures peaking in the 20s, plenty of warm sunshine,
:25:22. > :25:24.the risk of a shower. I will be back at 8pm and with the
:25:25. > :25:29.late bulletin.