:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening. evening on the BBC News Channel
:00:11. > :00:12.A man's been left with serious injuries after reports
:00:13. > :00:16.of a collision between a car and a pedestrian in Folkestone.
:00:17. > :00:19.Police officers were called to the Stade this morning just before 1am.
:00:20. > :00:26.The man was airlifted to a London hospital,
:00:27. > :00:28.A Kent rower has been rescudd after his boat started sinkhng
:00:29. > :00:33.Fraser Hart from Tunbridge Wells was part of a four`man team aimhng to
:00:34. > :00:36.row nearly 2500 miles from California to Hawaii
:00:37. > :00:39.But yesterday evening they had to make a mayday call to coastguards
:00:40. > :00:42.after their vessel started taking on water.
:00:43. > :00:47.All crewmembers are reported to now be safe and well.
:00:48. > :00:50.A man's been jailed for thrde years, after Kent Police caught hil
:00:51. > :00:52.smuggling cocaine and heroin through Gillingh`m.
:00:53. > :00:55.Dwain Heywood from Grove Park, London was pulled over in April
:00:56. > :00:59.after officers noticed he w`s driving erratically.
:01:00. > :01:02.Ten wraps of cocaine and fotr of heroin were later found
:01:03. > :01:07.Homeless people have pitched tents close to Brighton seafront,
:01:08. > :01:11.fuelling fears about the nulber of rough sleepers in the city.
:01:12. > :01:14.Four years ago there were bdlieved to be 30,
:01:15. > :01:18.now it's believed about 150 men and women have nowhere to sleep
:01:19. > :01:21.This figure is predicted to rise to 300 if more affordable
:01:22. > :01:25.Traders have complained that the mess is bad for business
:01:26. > :01:30.The traders don't like it, the tourist chiefs don't like it,
:01:31. > :01:34.I, someone who has worked for a homelessness charity
:01:35. > :01:40.Because in this day and age, in one of the wealthiest cotntries
:01:41. > :01:47.in the world, we are seeing people in 2014 sleeping on the strdets
:01:48. > :01:53.We have to ask, Is is a five is a five if if if
:01:54. > :01:56.around and on and why aren't we doing much, much better than that?
:01:57. > :01:59.A man from Bexhill who suffdred brain damage after being attacked
:02:00. > :02:02.by a group of men nearly a xear ago has spoken his first word.
:02:03. > :02:05.Friends and family of 26`ye`r`old Alfie Peak didn't think he would
:02:06. > :02:10.Medical staff say it's major breakthrough in his recoverx,
:02:11. > :02:15.Alfie Peak has not been abld to talk since the attack nearly a ydar ago.
:02:16. > :02:21.His girlfriend asked if he wear a certain pair of shorts.
:02:22. > :02:30.I never knew if I would ever see the day where he even said one word,
:02:31. > :02:33.let alone trying to do it a lot more, so, for me, it is just...
:02:34. > :02:36.It has given both of us hope that we will be `ble to
:02:37. > :02:43.Just to have a chat like a normal couple would.
:02:44. > :02:47.I would love, love, love to be able to hear you say that you love me.
:02:48. > :02:51.Four men were arrested following the attack on Alfie Peak last July.
:02:52. > :02:56.But has been undergoing different therapy to help stimulate
:02:57. > :03:01.The problem with any kind of brain injury is that you really
:03:02. > :03:08.don't know exactly how much is going to be recovered through therapy
:03:09. > :03:10.The most important thing is the therapy, and the intenshve
:03:11. > :03:15.therapy really makes a big difference, particularly early on.
:03:16. > :03:19.Alfie moved to a new rehabilitation centre in Surrey this week.
:03:20. > :03:23.His family say it is all progress, and hope one day he will be able to
:03:24. > :03:29.Ellie Price, BBC South East Today, Surrey.
:03:30. > :03:33.A former Gillingham and Charlton footballer who was left fighting
:03:34. > :03:37.for his life after a car cr`sh in South Africa has told fans he's
:03:38. > :03:41.George Howard, from Rainh`m, was in a coma for several d`ys
:03:42. > :03:45.It's thought doctors gave the former goalie the go`ahead to travdl back
:03:46. > :03:52.Fundraisers have donated thousands of pounds to help his recovdry.
:03:53. > :03:56.Now here's a look at the weather with Wendy Htrrell.
:03:57. > :04:00.The longest day of the year may as well be filled with lots
:04:01. > :04:03.of sunshine, and the fine wdather is going to continue through the
:04:04. > :04:07.So dry overnight, patchy cloud around, and there will be a bit
:04:08. > :04:13.For this evening, long clear spells, lovely sunshine,
:04:14. > :04:18.Still some light in the sky at 10:30pm,
:04:19. > :04:22.and overnight, breaks in thd cloud, not falling too far in terms
:04:23. > :04:25.of temperatures, 13 or 14 Celsius along the coast
:04:26. > :04:29.So, through the day tomorrow, I think generally, though,
:04:30. > :04:34.And certainly further east, on the north Kent coast,
:04:35. > :04:38.The south coast will be farhng a little bit better.
:04:39. > :04:41.We will still have decent temperatures, though, 23 Celsius,
:04:42. > :04:46.Risk of a shower as the day goes on, but I think we will escape
:04:47. > :04:50.And it cools off with generally fine weather as
:04:51. > :04:54.Obviously, the pollen levels are going to be
:04:55. > :05:20.For the majority of the British Isles, today has wrought long spells
:05:21. > :05:25.of warm sunshine and it is the longest day. There is plenty more to
:05:26. > :05:27.come this evening, and yet more