:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith.
:00:09. > :00:11.And I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories.
:00:12. > :00:14.Calls in Parliament for tougher safety standards in care homes after
:00:15. > :00:19.We are live in Westminster with the latdst.
:00:20. > :00:22.Dawn raids across Kent as police arrest 14 people in a
:00:23. > :00:27.A Kent woman left infertile after cervical cancer calls for
:00:28. > :00:35.GP surgeries to offer on the spot smear tests.
:00:36. > :00:43.If there was more clinics around or the doctors' opening were longer, it
:00:44. > :00:46.would be a lot more easy to go down and get it done.
:00:47. > :00:50.would be a lot more easy to go down and get it done.
:00:51. > :00:55.A ?12 million shortfall and no sign of new backers coming through.
:00:56. > :00:57.And, exactly a year after the Dornier was raised
:00:58. > :01:06.from the Goodwin Sands, we see how restoration work is getting on.
:01:07. > :01:12.The unexplained deaths of 19 elderly patients at a West Sussex c`re home
:01:13. > :01:15.have prompted urgent calls in Parliament for safety improvements
:01:16. > :01:22.The Shadow Health Secretary said he'd been shocked to the core
:01:23. > :01:24.by the findings of a Serious Case Review into "institutionalised
:01:25. > :01:27.abuse" at the Orchard View care home in Copthorne, near Crawley.
:01:28. > :01:30.The government has admitted more must be done to encourage
:01:31. > :01:34.whistle`blowers working in care homes to come forward.
:01:35. > :01:41.Our political editor Louise Stewart reports.
:01:42. > :01:45.From the outside or kid view care home near Gatwick looks smart and
:01:46. > :01:57.well maintained. `` a kid vhew. home near Gatwick looks smart and
:01:58. > :01:57.well maintained. `` a kid view. `` well maintained. `` a kid vhew. ``
:01:58. > :02:01.Orchid View. Inside it was a Orchid View. Inside it was `
:02:02. > :02:07.different story. Andy Burnh`m said he was shocked to the core by the
:02:08. > :02:15.report's findings. This is the latest appalling findings about
:02:16. > :02:20.abuse in care homes. People are asking how many more times will we
:02:21. > :02:23.see a abuse of this kind and not take decisive action to stop it?
:02:24. > :02:26.take decisive action to stop it Margaret Tucker was one of five
:02:27. > :02:30.elderly residents who died at Orchid elderly residents who died `t Orchid
:02:31. > :02:37.View. Her son has welcomed today's developments that says the
:02:38. > :02:39.government must do more. I honestly feel that the crisis there is now in
:02:40. > :02:45.feel that the crisis there hs now in the care sector as a whole warrants
:02:46. > :02:52.the government properly stepping up to the mark and for mum and others
:02:53. > :02:58.at Orchid View there has bedn no at Orchid View there has been no
:02:59. > :03:00.real justice at this point. Orchid View closed in 2011 after the
:03:01. > :03:06.company that ran it faced fhnancial company that ran it faced financial
:03:07. > :03:10.difficulties. An inquest found that neglect had contributed to five
:03:11. > :03:16.deaths and 14 other residents received suboptimal care. More than
:03:17. > :03:19.30 recommendations were madd to prevent future abuse. Jeremy
:03:20. > :03:20.30 recommendations were made to prevent future abuse. Jeremx Hunt
:03:21. > :03:23.prevent future abuse. Jeremy Hunt says steps have now been taken to
:03:24. > :03:25.make sure that care homes are subject to rigorous inspection.
:03:26. > :03:26.make sure that care homes are subject to rigorous inspecthon. We
:03:27. > :03:33.subject to rigorous inspection. We also need to do more to help
:03:34. > :03:37.whistle`blowers working in care homes, because there are so many, we
:03:38. > :03:39.can't just depend on inspectors, homes, because there are so many, we
:03:40. > :03:44.can't just depend on inspectors and we have introduced the ability to
:03:45. > :03:47.prosecute offenders. Campaigners say that `` the same principles of
:03:48. > :03:52.patient safety in the NHS mtst be patient safety in the NHS must be
:03:53. > :03:54.applied across the care sector to make sure that the kind of `buse
:03:55. > :03:55.make sure that the kind of abuse that happened at Orchid View can
:03:56. > :03:59.never be repeated. Our reporter Sara Smith has been
:04:00. > :04:16.following the story The Health Secretary says that he
:04:17. > :04:21.has already brought in an adult social care chief inspector, Andrea
:04:22. > :04:24.Sutcliffe, who has already started going around homes and bringing in
:04:25. > :04:28.information, but the families say information, but the families say
:04:29. > :04:30.the Serious Case Review did not go far enough and they say thex want
:04:31. > :04:30.the Serious Case Review did not go far enough and they say they want a
:04:31. > :04:37.far enough and they say thex want a full public enquiry. They are
:04:38. > :04:40.frustrated because they say because Southern Cross closed in 2001,
:04:41. > :04:40.frustrated because they say because Southern Cross closed in 2011, they
:04:41. > :04:44.feel that nobody has been hdld to feel that nobody has been held to
:04:45. > :04:48.account for what happened there Thank you very much.
:04:49. > :04:50.Hundreds of police officers have takdn part
:04:51. > :04:53.in a series of co`ordinated dawn raids, aiming to disrupt the supply
:04:54. > :04:56.14 people have been arrested on suspicion
:04:57. > :04:59.of conspiracy to supply coc`ine after raids across the county.
:05:00. > :05:09.Clamping down on organised crime. Today a series of early morning
:05:10. > :05:14.raids were carried out targeting raids were carried out targdting
:05:15. > :05:18.what the police describe as a drugs ring operating in the South East.
:05:19. > :05:19.This is an organised criminal ring operating in the South East.
:05:20. > :05:23.This is an organised crimin`l gangs This is an organised crimin`l gangs
:05:24. > :05:27.supplying drugs to communithes in Kent and beyond and the message is
:05:28. > :05:32.clear, those people who supplied drugs will be targeted and we will
:05:33. > :05:35.particularly go for the higher tier because they are damaging the lives
:05:36. > :05:39.of young people and families across the county. The police's area
:05:40. > :05:44.the county. The police's arda commander says reducing drugs
:05:45. > :05:50.reduces the likelihood of other crimes in the community. It has an
:05:51. > :05:55.impact on shoplifting, which is a big problem for us here. Through the
:05:56. > :06:00.morning more than 180 officers have morning more than 180 officers have
:06:01. > :06:01.been searching properties throughout the South East. 14 people h`ve been
:06:02. > :06:07.the South East. 14 people have been arrested and the police havd seized
:06:08. > :06:13.jewellery, cash and substances they believe to be Class A drugs, or some
:06:14. > :06:16.and imitation firearm. The local directorate is one of the largest
:06:17. > :06:17.directorate is one of the l`rgest joint Force operations in the
:06:18. > :06:20.country and by seizing property joint Force operations in the
:06:21. > :06:24.country and by seizing propdrty and cars the police want to make sure
:06:25. > :06:31.that nobody benefits from the proceeds of crime.
:06:32. > :06:36.Coming up, the NHS trust saxing proceeds of crime.
:06:37. > :06:38.Coming up, the NHS trust saying that buying locally is saving money and
:06:39. > :06:41.improving hospital food. Samantha Ransom delayed a slear test
:06:42. > :06:45.by eight months, because she didn't Then the 29`year`old from Rochester
:06:46. > :06:49.discovered she had cervical cancer, which has left her unable to have
:06:50. > :06:51.children. Now she is calling for GPs'
:06:52. > :06:54.surgeries to offer on the spot smear tests to hmprove
:06:55. > :06:57.the uptake among women, because she's convinced if she had
:06:58. > :07:13.been diagnosed sooner her c`ncer Because of the delay being
:07:14. > :07:18.diagnosed, Samantha O'Connor a more invasive treatment, meaning she is
:07:19. > :07:19.now unable to have children. She regrets not responding to the
:07:20. > :07:26.doctors lesson `` letters but said doctors lesson `` letters btt said
:07:27. > :07:32.surgery opening hours did not fit in with her work. If there were more
:07:33. > :07:34.clinics or the doctors' opening hours for longer, it would be easier
:07:35. > :07:41.to get it done. When realitx TV star to get it done. When reality TV star
:07:42. > :07:45.Jade Goody died after a battle with cervical cancer, it inspired
:07:46. > :07:52.thousands of women to get regular checks, but recent figures say that
:07:53. > :07:53.affect may now have worn off. The numbers of women getting screened
:07:54. > :07:59.has started to fall. In 1999 more has started to fall. In 1999 more
:08:00. > :08:01.than 82% of women took up the offer of a cervical smear, which has
:08:02. > :08:08.fallen to 78%, the lowest t`ke`up fallen to 78%, the lowest t`ke`up
:08:09. > :08:12.rate in 15 years. Researchers say a 100% screening rates would cut the
:08:13. > :08:18.number of women facing cervical cancer by a third. We know that
:08:19. > :08:19.women do not go for a number of reasons, some of them practhcal
:08:20. > :08:24.reasons, some of them practical, they can't find the time, and some
:08:25. > :08:30.of them are more psychological, they don't like the idea of it. The Royal
:08:31. > :08:34.College of General Practitioners says it already works hard to help
:08:35. > :08:40.women book convenient appointments but believe it would be difficult to
:08:41. > :08:46.offer on the spot tests without additional resources. Gertrude
:08:47. > :08:48.offer on the spot tests without additional resources. Gertrtde Nowak
:08:49. > :08:50.`` Samantha hopes that her story will encourage more women to get
:08:51. > :08:52.screened. A Kent man who raped his former
:08:53. > :08:55.partner three times, and threatened their young child with a knhfe,
:08:56. > :08:58.has been jailed for 18 years. 34`year`old Tafadzwa Rungo,
:08:59. > :09:01.from Ashford, had denied thd charges, but he's been convhcted by
:09:02. > :09:13.a jury at Canterbury Crown Court. A woman is being rescued after a
:09:14. > :09:16.fire broke out in a pub in Thanet. The fire is not being treatdd as
:09:17. > :09:21.The fire is not being treated as suspicious.
:09:22. > :09:24.A war veteran who sparked a missing persons investigation by leaving
:09:25. > :09:27.his Sussex care home to attdnd last week's D`Day commemorations in
:09:28. > :09:30.Normandy could now be honoured with the freedom of Brighton and Hove.
:09:31. > :09:32.89`year`old Bernard Jordan was reported missing after travdlling to
:09:33. > :09:37.He's a former Mayor of Hove, and the city's current mayor has put
:09:38. > :09:42.Imagined as a response to the Angel of the North sculpture, five years
:09:43. > :09:47.ago plans were drawn up to create a huge white horse to stand on top of
:09:48. > :09:52.But now there are fresh doubts that the vision of Turner Prize
:09:53. > :09:54.winning artist Mark Wallinger will ever become a reality.
:09:55. > :09:57.Tonight those who founded the project have admitted they will
:09:58. > :10:00.plough no more money into it, leaving a shortfall of ?12 million.
:10:01. > :10:02.Simon Jones joins us live from Northfleet.
:10:03. > :10:12.Simon, costs have spiralled since this idea was first put forward
:10:13. > :10:21.It was initially going to cost ?2 million, that has risen to ?12
:10:22. > :10:26.million. It was going to dolinate the landscape, you would have seen
:10:27. > :10:31.it driving down the A to and from Eurostar trains, but one of the key
:10:32. > :10:33.backers has admitted there was no imminent prospect of this happening.
:10:34. > :10:39.imminent prospect of this h`ppening. `` the A2.
:10:40. > :10:42.It was to symbolise the regeneration It was to symbolise the regeneration
:10:43. > :10:47.of this area but the financial landscape has changed.
:10:48. > :10:48.The combination of escalating costs and the recession that hit `t
:10:49. > :10:49.The combination of escalating costs and the recession that hit at the
:10:50. > :10:54.and the recession that hit `t the same time, that is the reason I
:10:55. > :10:58.believe that it has not been helped. We will see in the future whether or
:10:59. > :11:02.not it becomes viable again but I don't think we should have
:11:03. > :11:05.taxpayers' money used to fund it. Mark Wallinger would not colment
:11:06. > :11:08.Mark Wallinger would not comment today but he has spoken before about
:11:09. > :11:13.the challenges of making it a reality. It takes time, varhous
:11:14. > :11:14.reality. It takes time, various other hurdles arrive, you h`ve to
:11:15. > :11:19.keep finding money. The three keep finding money. The thrde
:11:20. > :11:23.founding partners today said that since 2009 the economic climate
:11:24. > :11:28.across the UK has declined `nd across the UK has declined `nd
:11:29. > :11:32.further private funding is required. There will be no further cash
:11:33. > :11:39.injections from the partners. Mixed views in Northfleet. I thought it
:11:40. > :11:43.was a giant white elephant to start with and I don't really see the
:11:44. > :11:47.point of it, I don't see how it was supposed to invigorate the `rea It
:11:48. > :11:49.supposed to invigorate the area. It is a complete waste of monex.
:11:50. > :11:52.supposed to invigorate the `rea It is a complete waste of money. Any
:11:53. > :11:53.kind of artistic landmark h`s is a complete waste of monex. Any
:11:54. > :11:55.kind of artistic landmark has to kind of artistic landmark has to
:11:56. > :12:00.have some kind of policies `` positive effect. Intended to rival
:12:01. > :12:03.the Angel of the North, manx positive effect. Intended to rival
:12:04. > :12:03.the Angel of the North, many are positive effect. Intended to rival
:12:04. > :12:07.the Angel of the North, manx are not betting on Ebbsfleet's horror is
:12:08. > :12:11.coming home. Planning permission was granted so
:12:12. > :12:13.long ago that it has now run out. It has been granted for another couple
:12:14. > :12:18.of years but the clock is thcking. of years but the clock is ticking.
:12:19. > :12:20.Nobody is repaired to say today that the project has been scrappdd but
:12:21. > :12:28.nobody is prepared to say for certain that `` but it will be
:12:29. > :12:30.happening. The unexplained deaths of 19
:12:31. > :12:31.happening. The unexplained deaths of 18 elderly
:12:32. > :12:36.patients at Sussex care home have patients at Sussex care homd have
:12:37. > :12:49.called for urgent improvements to standards in the care home sector.
:12:50. > :12:50.Also tonight, sport for all ` the cricket programme that is rdally
:12:51. > :12:53.cricket programme that is really pushing boundaries.
:12:54. > :12:56.We have had a sunny, glorious We have had a sunny, gloriots
:12:57. > :13:00.afternoon but settled weather over afternoon but settled weather over
:13:01. > :13:18.the next couple of days as well The forecast later in the programme.
:13:19. > :13:21.If you were watching this programme exactly a year ago,
:13:22. > :13:23.you will have seen the remarkable pictures we brought
:13:24. > :13:27.you of the wreckage of a World War Two German bomber being pulled up
:13:28. > :13:32.The Dornier bomber had been shot down during the Battle of Britain
:13:33. > :13:35.and had been buried in the Goodwin Sands off Ramsgate
:13:36. > :13:40.One year on, painstaking restoration work is
:13:41. > :13:43.taking place, with a view to putting the aircraft on public display.
:13:44. > :13:56.The delicate conservation work goes on. And acidic mist gently stripping
:13:57. > :14:03.marine life from the fragile frame marine life from the fragile frame
:14:04. > :14:07.of the bomber. Three and a half tonnes of algae and crustaceans came
:14:08. > :14:08.up with the wreck, having an unexpected effect on the
:14:09. > :14:14.conservationists. There werd an conservationists. There were an
:14:15. > :14:18.enemy is and all sorts on it. Once they started to die the smell was
:14:19. > :14:21.appalling. We had probably two to three weeks of the things ddcaying,
:14:22. > :14:25.it was not pleasant, and one three weeks of the things decaying,
:14:26. > :14:26.it was not pleasant, and ond of three weeks of the things ddcaying,
:14:27. > :14:27.it was not pleasant, and ond of the girls, Ella, one of our
:14:28. > :14:31.apprentices, she went home `nd girls, Ella, one of our
:14:32. > :14:35.apprentices, she went home and they apprentices, she went home `nd they
:14:36. > :14:36.would not let her in the house. The Dornier 17 bomber was raised from
:14:37. > :14:41.the sea bed off deal a year ago, the the sea bed off deal a year ago, the
:14:42. > :14:45.climax of a three`year projdct. the sea bed off deal a year ago the
:14:46. > :14:45.climax of a three`year project. `` climax of a three`year projdct. ``
:14:46. > :14:47.off Deal. It was shot down at climax of a three`year project. ``
:14:48. > :14:50.off Deal. It was shot down `t the off Deal. It was shot down at the
:14:51. > :14:59.height of the Battle of Britain in August 1940. Once it is complete the
:15:00. > :15:02.bomber will be put on a blocked display. The identity of the
:15:03. > :15:03.bomber will be put on a blocked display. The identity of thd bomber
:15:04. > :15:08.is still not confirmed. Those working on it are hoping to find
:15:09. > :15:09.identification markings inside the identification markings inside the
:15:10. > :15:20.fuselage but experts think ht is fuselage but experts think ht is
:15:21. > :15:26.Dornier five Anton Richard. The captain's daughter has been
:15:27. > :15:28.following the recovery. TRANSLATION: He never told me
:15:29. > :15:28.following the recovery. TRANSLATION: He never told le about
:15:29. > :15:32.TRANSLATION: He never told me about the time he was at war. I think
:15:33. > :15:39.people wanted to forget all of these terrible events. He always stressed
:15:40. > :15:46.he was a pacifist and against any kind of violence and war. Volunteers
:15:47. > :15:50.at the RAF conservation Centre have been cleaning the artefacts brought
:15:51. > :15:54.up with the plane. The painstaking work and preserving the wreck will
:15:55. > :15:59.take another year at least but it is not a restoration project.
:16:00. > :16:06.If you restored it you could not call it a genuine Dornier 17, it
:16:07. > :16:12.would not be that iconic link to the past. You would lose that completely
:16:13. > :16:16.so that is why I am keen we should aim to preserve an original
:16:17. > :16:21.artefacts. This is the only intact Dornier 17
:16:22. > :16:26.anywhere in the world. It is hoped that preserving it will not only
:16:27. > :16:30.save a unique example of avhation history but give future museum
:16:31. > :16:37.visitors a unique perspective on World War II history.
:16:38. > :16:40.You can find out more about the restoration work in a documdntary
:16:41. > :16:46.And you can watch our coverage of the moment
:16:47. > :16:56.the plane was raised exactly a year ago on our Facebook page
:16:57. > :16:59.We're all being encouraged to help the environment these days `
:17:00. > :17:03.and one straightforward plan is to cut food miles by buying more
:17:04. > :17:09.Now NHS bosses in Sussex are joining in.
:17:10. > :17:11.The Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust says
:17:12. > :17:14.its commitment to buying local produce is saving tens of thousands
:17:15. > :17:21.of pounds a year, and making patients happier and healthier.
:17:22. > :17:31.So, Piers, is this about making hospital food easier to swallow
:17:32. > :17:40.Food waste is a massive problem for the NHS. Last year something like 30
:17:41. > :17:43.million meals went to waste, so this partnership is about making food
:17:44. > :17:48.more palatable and cutting down on food miles.
:17:49. > :17:52.As long as they have been hospitals there have been jokes about the food
:17:53. > :17:58.but by dedicating itself to locally sourced produce Sussex Partnership
:17:59. > :17:59.Foundation Trust says it has lowered its bills and increased patient
:18:00. > :18:05.its bills and increased pathent satisfaction.
:18:06. > :18:07.It is about quality, choice for my patients, nutrition. It is about
:18:08. > :18:07.It is about quality, choice for my patients, nutrition. It is `bout the
:18:08. > :18:17.patients, nutrition. It is about the local economy and jobs, but really
:18:18. > :18:26.it is about quality. By using wholesalers like this one
:18:27. > :18:27.in Hailsham around 85% of the ingredients are locally sourced.
:18:28. > :18:34.ingredients are locally sourced Cauliflowers come from Ash,
:18:35. > :18:44.asparagus and soft fruit from Herstmonceux.
:18:45. > :18:46.We are on a par with any of the big national is now, but we are a small
:18:47. > :18:51.organisation growing locallx and organisation growing locallx and
:18:52. > :18:57.live in local products from local producers.
:18:58. > :19:01.Today a delegation from Whitehall came to look and learn from this
:19:02. > :19:05.local model. What we have seen in Sussex is
:19:06. > :19:07.tremendous. We have a local hospital trust combining with a whold
:19:08. > :19:09.tremendous. We have a local hospital trust combining with a whole food
:19:10. > :19:15.trust combining with a whold food partnership looking at how they can
:19:16. > :19:19.supply nutritious locally sourced food from small and medium`sized
:19:20. > :19:22.enterprises. This broccoli going into the
:19:23. > :19:23.enterprises. This broccoli going into thd ground
:19:24. > :19:25.This broccoli going into the ground today is poised to be the hospital
:19:26. > :19:28.food of tomorrow, a model nurtured food of tomorrow, a model nurtured
:19:29. > :19:33.in Sussex that could grow nationwide.
:19:34. > :19:37.What excites people about the partnership is that it rings
:19:38. > :19:45.together the very big with the very small, and massive consumer in the
:19:46. > :19:47.NHS and small local suppliers. It is hoped that this will show that local
:19:48. > :19:51.sourcing can be a commercial reality.
:19:52. > :19:54.In the past cricket has had something of a reputation
:19:55. > :19:58.But Sussex County Cricket Club are determined to change that with
:19:59. > :20:01.the launch of its new "cricket in the community" scheme today.
:20:02. > :20:04.It saw hundreds of people, including many with disabilhties,
:20:05. > :20:07.taking part in sports and activities at the County Ground in Hovd.
:20:08. > :20:09.Our sports reporter Neil Bell was there.
:20:10. > :20:19.If cricket wants to be a challenging and even potentially dangerous to
:20:20. > :20:25.play, that is changing. `` hf cricket once was.
:20:26. > :20:32.We firmly believe in what cricket has two offer, real education and
:20:33. > :20:39.health messages, but they are almost hidden. That is the power of sport.
:20:40. > :20:44.Once cricket was seen as rather stuffy. Today they want to show it
:20:45. > :20:45.can be fun for everybody. It is great to introduce them
:20:46. > :20:46.can be fun for everybody. It is great to introduce thdm to
:20:47. > :20:46.can be fun for everybody. It is great to introduce them to the
:20:47. > :20:51.It is great to introduce thdm to the sport so they can make their way in
:20:52. > :20:54.it, get fun out of the game in whatever way they want.
:20:55. > :20:55.I have just been hit by a b`ll whatever way they want.
:20:56. > :20:59.I have just been hit by a ball and I have just been hit by a b`ll and
:21:00. > :21:06.it kind of hurt, got a bit bruised axe macro everything is good! I came
:21:07. > :21:11.last year and it is good fun. It is a chance to get out of the house and
:21:12. > :21:16.out of school. In days gone by very few people got to play at the County
:21:17. > :21:20.ground in Hove but not any lore Best day of the year as far as I am
:21:21. > :21:23.concerned. We talk about cricket being something everybody c`n
:21:24. > :21:27.being something everybody can embrace and this typifies it. I look
:21:28. > :21:31.forward to this day, I love getting involved, and at the end of the day
:21:32. > :21:36.this is nothing more than a piece of grass and it is fun watching people
:21:37. > :21:43.enjoy themselves. Cricket is not always easy and that is why doing it
:21:44. > :21:52.well is deeply satisfying. Dear me! Give me a big high ten.
:21:53. > :21:55.Three competitors from the south East have been added to the shooting
:21:56. > :21:58.team for the Commonwealth G`mes Joining Sarah Grey from Woodchurch
:21:59. > :22:01.are Battle's Steve Scott, who won gold in Delhi, and three tiles
:22:02. > :22:04.Commonwealth Games gold medalist Charlotte Kerwood from Fletching in
:22:05. > :22:08.Sussex. Johanna Konta warmed up for Wimbledon with an impressive win at
:22:09. > :22:26.20 rare breed cows have swapped the mountains of the Alps for the rather
:22:27. > :22:31.flatter marshes of Kent. We have some facts now. They are brown Swiss
:22:32. > :22:38.cows, the second most reductive reader of cow in the world, able to
:22:39. > :22:42.produce up to 9000 litres a year. They are renowned for being hardy,
:22:43. > :22:45.originally bred by monks in the Swiss Alps, and farmer Stevd
:22:46. > :22:50.Reynolds is hoping that their high Reynolds is hoping that thehr high
:22:51. > :22:59.quality milk will help him produce high`quality blue cheese.
:23:00. > :23:02.Arriving at pastures new. These excitable heifers have waited
:23:03. > :23:02.Arriving at pastures new. These excitable heifers have waitdd weeks
:23:03. > :23:06.excitable heifers have waited weeks to check out the fields of
:23:07. > :23:10.Staplehurst and greet their new neighbours. They have been imported
:23:11. > :23:19.from Austria to make Kentish blue cheese.
:23:20. > :23:20.They produce much higher protein than whole stein cows and higher
:23:21. > :23:31.than whole stein cows and hhgher butter fats. Their volume of milk is
:23:32. > :23:34.good as well, so we thought we would give them a go to enhance the
:23:35. > :23:39.cheese. The brown Swiss is normally found
:23:40. > :23:42.high in the Alps. They are hardy and now cheesemakers in the UK have
:23:43. > :23:48.brought them here to boost production.
:23:49. > :23:55.We are excited, it is a major change and I think it will help us over the
:23:56. > :24:00.next 20 years. The cows have travelled over 700
:24:01. > :24:05.miles, hand`picked from Austria. Once they have settled in the will
:24:06. > :24:10.be grazing on Kentish grass. Many of the new cows are pregnant so Steve
:24:11. > :24:15.hopes that his herd will grow and grow. With this herd of travellers
:24:16. > :24:36.it seems the grass is greendr. This rather dramatic picturd was
:24:37. > :24:37.taken in motor Park. Lots of sunshine and we will see
:24:38. > :24:44.more of it in the next few days. For more of it in the next few days. For
:24:45. > :24:52.us in the South East it will stay dry for the rest of the week. A lot
:24:53. > :24:59.of sunshine today by the afternoon, very warm, highs of 23 degrdes in
:25:00. > :25:04.Gravesend. Tonight we will stay dry, clearer skies and lighter winds. We
:25:05. > :25:05.will see some mist and fog patches forming but temperatures ard
:25:06. > :25:05.will see some mist and fog patches forming but temperatures are bit
:25:06. > :25:12.forming but temperatures ard bit fresher than last night. Tonight
:25:13. > :25:15.they are staying in double figures but only 11 or 12, making for a more
:25:16. > :25:19.comfortable night for sleeping. but only 11 or 12, making for a more
:25:20. > :25:19.comfortable night for sleephng. By the afternoon tomorrow temperatures
:25:20. > :25:22.the afternoon tomorrow tempdratures rising nicely, a gentle
:25:23. > :25:31.south`westerly breeze, as high as 22 south`westerly breeze, as high as 22
:25:32. > :25:35.or 23 degrees, very warm, dry and bright. Through the night, high
:25:36. > :25:41.pressure staying with us, more of the same, only dropping to 01th
:25:42. > :25:44.degrees or so. You might see some mist and fog as we start thd
:25:45. > :25:44.degrees or so. You might sed some mist and fog as we start the day on
:25:45. > :25:50.mist and fog as we start thd day on Thursday. On Thursday temperatures
:25:51. > :26:00.warmer than on Wednesday, possibly 2425. Lots of sunshine, staxing dry,
:26:01. > :26:05.. `` possibly 24 or 25. Friday, high pressure staying with us,
:26:06. > :26:11.potentially the warmest day of the week. As we head towards thd weekend
:26:12. > :26:13.it will feel a bit more fresh, the wind is picking up for Saturday,
:26:14. > :26:19.wind is picking up for Saturday potentially rainforest time. Sunday,
:26:20. > :26:30.a slightly drier story, the wind is picking up a bit, feeling fresher
:26:31. > :26:33.but staying settled. By Friday, you could see highs of 23 degrees,
:26:34. > :26:40.fresher for the weekend but staying dry.
:26:41. > :26:47.Energy suppliers risk underlining public confidence by failing to pass
:26:48. > :26:51.on falling wholesale prices to customers, according to the industry
:26:52. > :26:54.regulator Ofgem. The unexplained deaths of 19
:26:55. > :26:54.regulator Ofgem. The unexplained deaths of 18 elderly
:26:55. > :26:55.The unexplained deaths of 19 elderly patients at a West Sussex c`re
:26:56. > :26:58.The unexplained deaths of 18 elderly patients at a West Sussex care home
:26:59. > :27:02.have wanted urgent calls for safety improvements in the House of
:27:03. > :27:09.Commons. Hundreds of police officers have
:27:10. > :27:13.taken part in dawn raids hoping to combat the supply of Class A drugs
:27:14. > :27:17.combat the supply of Class @ drugs across Kent.
:27:18. > :27:21.Have a wonderful evening.