:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:00. > :00:07.And I'm Rob Smith. Tonight's top stories:
:00:08. > :00:13.?200,000 a year for a part time chairman ` an MP condemns the Medway
:00:14. > :00:18.We're live in Chatham with the details.
:00:19. > :00:21.A clerical blunder reveals Sussex police spied
:00:22. > :00:25.on anti`fracking protesters ` sparking further anger over their
:00:26. > :00:35.I am deeply concerned about the weight of these resources and for
:00:36. > :00:40.the way in which alleged th`t a the way in which alleged th`t a
:00:41. > :00:41.peaceful protest have been criminalised.
:00:42. > :00:47.96,000 back a petition callhng for CCTV on ferries, after ` Kent
:00:48. > :00:51.800 hours in the cockpit in WW2 but he never flew a spitfird.
:00:52. > :00:58.How a 91`year`old veteran's dream finally came true.
:00:59. > :01:06.And swapping their hammond organ for a church organ ` Jazz ftnk band,
:01:07. > :01:19.the James Taylor Quartet, compose mass at Rochester Cathedral.
:01:20. > :01:23.The decision to award the chairman of a Kent NHS Trust an
:01:24. > :01:26.annual package worth almost ?20 ,000 to work just one or two days a week
:01:27. > :01:31.has been condemned as "obscdne" tonight by a Conservative MP.
:01:32. > :01:36.Christopher Langley was appointed as chairman of the Medway Foundation
:01:37. > :01:38.NHS Trust in February after it was put into special measures.
:01:39. > :01:51.News of this NHS Trust is play `` paying it chairman more than the
:01:52. > :01:55.Prime Minister to work an average of just one or two days a week has
:01:56. > :02:01.punted surprise and disgust from patients and families. It's not
:02:02. > :02:07.exactly value for money on the NHS. Money could be put to far bdtter
:02:08. > :02:10.use. The hospital probably need far more put into it than they `re
:02:11. > :02:16.paying in. I don't really agree with the amount that is being pahd. I
:02:17. > :02:21.think it is diabolical, really. Christow Langley's pay deal amounts
:02:22. > :02:28.to ?190,000 which could buy eight nurses. I think the NHS would see it
:02:29. > :02:35.as very clear double standard. In terms of their position pay, the 1%
:02:36. > :02:38.that was recommended by the independent pay review, 6% of nurses
:02:39. > :02:43.will not be able to get that. Here you have an individual who hs
:02:44. > :02:49.getting that. The money is being made available, it seems to attract
:02:50. > :02:53.people to be organisation. Troubleshooter was appointed interim
:02:54. > :02:58.chairman by their public he`lth service monitor. They said the
:02:59. > :03:00.appointment came at the timd the chat `` trust was one of thd most
:03:01. > :03:06.challenging the country. Thd hospital needed the right pdople to
:03:07. > :03:10.do the job. They add that hhs pay is in line with terrible senior
:03:11. > :03:13.positions the NHS. This is the tricky job, there is no question
:03:14. > :03:18.about it. There are lots of things that make it difficult and
:03:19. > :03:22.propagated. He will command a premium to get the right person to
:03:23. > :03:27.do the job. Mr Langley is p`id more than four times what his prddecessor
:03:28. > :03:31.earned. This comes as a trust faces a ?3.6 million operating deficit. I
:03:32. > :03:36.have met Mr Langley and I al in no doubt whatsoever that he has a task
:03:37. > :03:41.and challenging job a head to turn around a very difficult sittation at
:03:42. > :03:48.the hospital. I do think th`t ?200,000 a day `` a year for one day
:03:49. > :03:54.a week is obscene when therd are times that nurses are facing
:03:55. > :03:59.financial present `` challenges Medway declined our request for an
:04:00. > :04:06.interview. His appointment hs due to continue until next Februarx. John,
:04:07. > :04:14.the Foundation trust has bedn making headlines for the wrong reason
:04:15. > :04:17.hasn't it. Yes, last year it was put into special measures because of
:04:18. > :04:22.concerns that mortality ratd. There was a review that identified major
:04:23. > :04:26.failings at the health watchdog decided that it had concerns about
:04:27. > :04:32.the safety of patients maternity services. These reasons, Monitor
:04:33. > :04:39.have appointed a new interil manager. Nigel Bellamy was `lso
:04:40. > :04:43.appointed. His packages ?300,00 a year for working four days ` week.
:04:44. > :04:48.That is double what his predecessor was earning. Monitor were not
:04:49. > :04:52.prepared to be interviewed today but they say that the new managdment
:04:53. > :04:54.team has a difficult and large task ahead of them any need to the right
:04:55. > :04:56.people there in the job. A blunder
:04:57. > :04:58.by Sussex Police has revealdd that they spied on anti`fracking
:04:59. > :05:00.protesters at Balcombe, and shared the information with oil
:05:01. > :05:02.exploration company Cuadrilla. The tactics,
:05:03. > :05:04.including the use of "covert means", were meant to be kept secret,
:05:05. > :05:08.but sections of a public document the force had tried to black out
:05:09. > :05:12.turned out to be legible online The Brighton MP, Caroline Ltcas
:05:13. > :05:15.has criticised the police, accusing them of trying to
:05:16. > :05:18.criminalise peaceful protest. Mark Sanders is at Sussex Police
:05:19. > :05:36.headquarters in Lewes. Marks, this highly embarrassing for
:05:37. > :05:39.the force. Something that w`s meant to be secret is now in the public
:05:40. > :05:44.domain because of a simple, clerical error. Sussex Police say thd
:05:45. > :05:53.surveillance was legitimate, other says it with intrusive. Shotting
:05:54. > :06:01.the protest about were hurldd `` hold in the public eye but now we
:06:02. > :06:08.have learned something the force wants to keep secret. They `re using
:06:09. > :06:12.covert mesh `` methods, spyhng essentially to find out what was
:06:13. > :06:15.going on. It feels at a timd in that police resources were under great
:06:16. > :06:18.pressure, to think that the people who were gathering an outcole,
:06:19. > :06:23.families coming young peopld, old people, somehow who were posing sums
:06:24. > :06:30.of existential threat, is ridiculous. A police blunder led to
:06:31. > :06:35.the tactics being disclosed. The surveillance was redacted or blacked
:06:36. > :06:39.out, but simply changing thd colour of the text in the election
:06:40. > :06:43.documents reveal the hidden sections. Once the operation moved
:06:44. > :06:52.into orbit, it was apparent that an appropriate range of intellhgence
:06:53. > :06:58.sources were being sourced. In other words, spying. These are sole of the
:06:59. > :07:01.views in Lewes today. Just because you disagree with one coursd of
:07:02. > :07:08.action doesn't mean police should be used. That like the secret police
:07:09. > :07:12.will stop it does smack of that I am not in favour of spying `s such,
:07:13. > :07:16.I think there was a need for something to be done. This shows
:07:17. > :07:24.underhand tactics, the police are using them in these situations. I
:07:25. > :07:28.think that is frankly appalling I notice very sensitive and I can
:07:29. > :07:37.understand public feeling that they should not happen, but it does. And
:07:38. > :07:45.it's very, barely and accur`tely recorded `` fairly and accurately
:07:46. > :07:51.recorded and passed on. The police state: We have a responsibility to
:07:52. > :07:55.gather intelligence and assdss risk and to pass on. Caroline Lucas has
:07:56. > :08:00.written to police to ensure that the monitoring of protesters is stopped.
:08:01. > :08:04.It has emerged that Sussex Police gave a security briefing to the
:08:05. > :08:09.energy company and as result of that, the company temporarily
:08:10. > :08:13.suspend the drilling. Howevdr, the independent review into polhcing in
:08:14. > :08:25.bulk and found that the intdlligent briefing was fully appropri`te. ``
:08:26. > :08:28.Balcombe. Coming up, reaction as Johanna Konta crashes out of
:08:29. > :08:30.Wimbledon in the first round. Supporters of Kent's beleaguered
:08:31. > :08:32.Police and Crime Commissiondr have accused the Prime Minister of
:08:33. > :08:35.criticising her performance in the David Cameron told the BBC that Ann
:08:36. > :08:39.Barnes, who stood as an Inddpendent, Our political reporter Ellid Price
:08:40. > :08:56.has the details. His is the most high`profild voice
:08:57. > :08:58.profile yet. Tonight, supporters of Ann Barnes and accuse a prile
:08:59. > :09:03.minister of political mischiefmaking. No, I wasn't
:09:04. > :09:10.particularly happy with what I heard. I don't she is making a very
:09:11. > :09:16.good job of her job. I do think `` people in Kent have an answdr which
:09:17. > :09:19.is to elect a new commissioner. You saying that because you don't think
:09:20. > :09:24.she is very conservative or because you have heard what is being said in
:09:25. > :09:28.Kent? I'm saying it because I don't think what I have heard is
:09:29. > :09:33.impressive. Even supporters say she had had a difficult few weeks. There
:09:34. > :09:42.was a cause her resignation following that four documentary Mrs
:09:43. > :09:48.Barnes said taking part was a wrong decision and she was, truly sorry.
:09:49. > :09:55.Then there was controversy over use the commissioners. Just a fdw weeks
:09:56. > :09:58.ago, it was claimed that Ms Brown's replacement had been involvdd in a
:09:59. > :10:09.relationship with a 50`year`old youth leader. In my opinion, David
:10:10. > :10:15.Cameron is doing this for ptrely big party political reasons. I can only
:10:16. > :10:18.see it from that point of vhew. I would like to challenge him, did he
:10:19. > :10:24.actually see the documentarx from start to finish on Channel four I
:10:25. > :10:28.think he's responding to a number of people who are out to get Ann
:10:29. > :10:32.Barnes. We have to look into this very closely. Please, Mr prhme
:10:33. > :10:37.minister, stay out of Kent business. It would be difficult for hdr to
:10:38. > :10:42.operate effectively after w`tching done. Ultimately, it's up to her to
:10:43. > :10:46.decide about her position. We have approached Ann Barnes for comment,
:10:47. > :10:51.but having told she is currdntly on leave out the country. A
:10:52. > :10:52.spokesperson says it is up to her to answer any questions on how she has
:10:53. > :11:13.performed her role. Eddie, Mrs Barnes will be a holidax
:11:14. > :11:17.tomorrow. There is likely to be a restructuring for the force. And she
:11:18. > :11:21.still will be away. It's not just her critics who say should be back.
:11:22. > :11:26.Even her former campaign manager say she ought to be back, if nothing
:11:27. > :11:31.else, to front up to some of the criticisms that she has facdd over
:11:32. > :11:34.the last few days. That said, this is an operational change tolorrow
:11:35. > :11:39.that has been brought about by the Chief Constable and it's his baby.
:11:40. > :11:43.We have heard from his `` hdr office denied that Mrs Barnes has been
:11:44. > :11:45.regularly briefed by him and that she supports all the changes.
:11:46. > :11:48.There's been a significant increase in the number of parents taken to
:11:49. > :11:50.court in Kent because their children have missed school.
:11:51. > :11:53.Kent County Council prosecuted 34 families in the 2012 school year,
:11:54. > :11:56.The Government is considering reducing child benefit for parents
:11:57. > :12:01.An adventurer has become the first person to cross
:12:02. > :12:04.The Government is considering reducing child benefit for parents
:12:05. > :12:09.An adventurer has become the first person to cross
:12:10. > :12:12.the English Channel on a boat powered directly by the sun.
:12:13. > :12:15.Simon Milward set off from Dungeness at 8.30am in a 15`foot catalaran,
:12:16. > :12:20.The boat's equipped with six solar panels that feed
:12:21. > :12:26.150 iPads worth over?30,000 have been stolen from Hove Park School.
:12:27. > :12:32.They were due to be handed out to pupils in September.
:12:33. > :12:35.Sussex Police say it's likely the thieves knew where
:12:36. > :12:43.The family of a man who vanhshed while travelling home from holiday
:12:44. > :12:46.on a night ferry to Dover s`y nearly a 100,000 people have now shgned
:12:47. > :12:51.their petition calling for CCTV cameras to be set up on uppdr decks.
:12:52. > :12:54.As we first reported in Novdmber, Richard Fearnside from Whitstable
:12:55. > :12:57.went on deck for a cigarettd and never returned.
:12:58. > :13:00.His family say they'll never know whether he fell or jumped
:13:01. > :13:02.because there were no camer`s to capture what happened.
:13:03. > :13:20.Human life is so important. They are campaigning for ferry passengers to
:13:21. > :13:26.be protected by installing CCTV A year after their son's death, nearly
:13:27. > :13:31.100,000 people agree with them. We can't assume, when someone goes
:13:32. > :13:35.missing. Anything could happen. There could have been a gatd left
:13:36. > :13:39.open or someone could have come up behind him. He was apparently on his
:13:40. > :13:45.own in the middle of the night on deck. Richard Fearnside dis`ppeared
:13:46. > :13:50.whilst on deck almost a year ago. In November, his production calpaign
:13:51. > :14:00.demanding that CCTV cameras were fitted on deck. Today, almost 1 0
:14:01. > :14:11.and `` 100,000 people have signed position. `` petition. P and O say
:14:12. > :14:18.it would be impossible to cover outside decks with CCTV. It would be
:14:19. > :14:21.impossible to monitor. To bring up an argument that is not
:14:22. > :14:26.cost`effective just does not hold water. It is a relatively cheap
:14:27. > :14:30.thing to do. In maritime safety expert says a feasibility study
:14:31. > :14:34.should be carried out. To actually have the switch respectivelx fitted
:14:35. > :14:40.onto ferries, I believe would be, may be feasible but would bd
:14:41. > :14:44.extremely expensive. I think the best way ahead is that a fe`sibility
:14:45. > :14:49.study to be done to see whether it is practical, logistically
:14:50. > :14:54.possible, and financially worth it. The UK chamber of shipping hs
:14:55. > :14:57.examining the issue. The review must ask questions like how many cameras
:14:58. > :15:01.would you need to cover the vulnerable point in a vessel and
:15:02. > :15:06.also, crucially, can it ever be more than a forensics item to tell you
:15:07. > :15:11.what happened afterwards. Whthout full`time manning, there wotld be no
:15:12. > :15:14.way of averting a charity. The firm side family have the support of the
:15:15. > :15:29.MP, Catherine Beard. Fearnshde ``. Fearnside the's petition has got
:15:30. > :15:36.almost 100,000 signatures now. Do they have any realistic chance of
:15:37. > :15:40.convincing the ferry companhes? A difficult question to answer.
:15:41. > :15:45.Success would be enhanced if there was industrywide agreement. We are
:15:46. > :15:48.not there yet. What is agredd that is if a measure should go forward
:15:49. > :15:55.and would get through, it would certainly not stop people from,
:15:56. > :15:59.unfortunately, jumping in `` and dying in some circumstances. It
:16:00. > :16:06.could go some way towards e`sing the pain of the old families.
:16:07. > :16:11.The decision to award the chairman of a Kent NHS Trust an
:16:12. > :16:14.annual package worth almost ?20 ,000 to work just one or two days a week
:16:15. > :16:17.has been condemned as "obscdne" tonight by a Conservative MP.
:16:18. > :16:22.Christopher Langley was appointed as chairman of the Medway Foundation
:16:23. > :16:25.NHS Trust in February after it was put into special measures.
:16:26. > :16:43.MUSIC PLAYS Midway's James Taylor Quartdt have
:16:44. > :16:46.swapped Jazz for classical lusic as a composing UMass from Rochdster
:16:47. > :16:49.Cathedral. It's been another glorious summer great `` dax but
:16:50. > :16:57.will this great were the last? Neville Croucher is,
:16:58. > :17:00.by his own admission, a lucky man. Now 91,
:17:01. > :17:03.he flew over 800 combat hours in Hurricanes during the Second World
:17:04. > :17:05.War, surviving being shot down. But his only regret was that he
:17:06. > :17:09.never had the chance to fly Yesterday, the veteran from Chartham
:17:10. > :17:13.near Canterbury was finally given the chance to take the controls
:17:14. > :17:17.even doing barrel rolls and Robin Gibson was there to sde it
:17:18. > :17:23.for tonight's Special Report. Either stand on their,
:17:24. > :17:26.put your leg over, we can hdlp you. Clambering into his first Spitfire
:17:27. > :17:29.at the age of 91. A little slower than when
:17:30. > :17:33.Neville Croucher raced into the air But he was perhaps even mord
:17:34. > :17:40.determined today, Does it bring back memories,
:17:41. > :17:43.Neville? Well, not in this cockpit, no,
:17:44. > :17:45.it is all so different. But I don't know why they are
:17:46. > :17:49.doing this, I am a nobody, really. A Dover baker's body, who vowed to
:17:50. > :18:00.join the RAF after seeing a German His helmet is on
:18:01. > :18:08.and he is ready to go. At the age of 91, Neville Croucher
:18:09. > :18:12.finally sits in a Spitfire. Neville was to fly 800 comb`t hours
:18:13. > :18:24.and was shot down and shot tp. Amazing.
:18:25. > :18:52.Yes, very emotional. This happened
:18:53. > :18:54.because a new company is now running flights in historic aircraft
:18:55. > :18:57.from the aerodrome at Headcorn. Amazing.
:18:58. > :19:01.Yes, very emotional. And I am only a youngster,
:19:02. > :19:04.relatively speaking. LAUGHTER I am not sure who's
:19:05. > :19:11.happier, me or Neville. It is a delight to see him
:19:12. > :19:14.in a Spitfire after all this time. He has want to do it for all
:19:15. > :19:17.of his life. It is a privilege to get in
:19:18. > :19:23.the back of one of these aircraft. Yes we did aerobatics.
:19:24. > :19:28.We flew around. We did formation.
:19:29. > :19:30.He hasn't lost it. He is absolutely as sharp
:19:31. > :19:36.as a cookie. It is like a dream He went through hundreds of hours
:19:37. > :19:45.of air combat. I think that deserves a flight
:19:46. > :20:03.in a Spitfire. You can find out more on our
:20:04. > :20:13.Facebook page. He's renowned for a string of jazz
:20:14. > :20:16.funk hits, playing alongsidd the likes of Tom Jones, the Pogues
:20:17. > :20:19.and the Manic Street Preachdrs, and even composing music for thd Austin
:20:20. > :20:22.Powers movie. But today, Jales Taylor, and his eponymous Qtartet,
:20:23. > :20:25.have been turning their hand to Born and bred in Rochester,
:20:26. > :20:35.he's been working with the choir of Rochester Cathedral
:20:36. > :20:37.for a new Mass that James h`s written, as he increasingly branches
:20:38. > :20:39.out into more classical mushc. Peter Whittlesea's been to
:20:40. > :21:04.see them in rehearsal. He has written music for films like
:21:05. > :21:09.Austin Powers, invented acid jazz in the late 1980s and performs of his
:21:10. > :21:15.namesake Quartet. After his father developed Alzheimers, James Taylor
:21:16. > :21:24.started attending evening song in Rochester Cathedral. He is now
:21:25. > :21:29.composing a song. When my f`ther got ill from Alzheimers, and th`t was an
:21:30. > :21:32.absolutely cruel, devastating thing that happened to our family, which
:21:33. > :21:43.whipped us apart actually. Eventually, you died. `` ripped
:21:44. > :21:44.Eventually he died. I startdd going to evening song to seek sol`ce and
:21:45. > :22:04.eventually found that. James's music might be away `` a
:22:05. > :22:10.world away from the choral lood but the chorister welcomes that. I think
:22:11. > :22:16.that is a wonderful thing to do More and more, cathedrals are having
:22:17. > :22:18.to actually say we are not old fuddy`duddies and get out there and
:22:19. > :22:28.do things differently. The choristers are enjoying doing
:22:29. > :22:38.something different. It's vdry up and down, up and down. I like the
:22:39. > :22:41.way it is that choir music. Sometimes if you just keep singing
:22:42. > :22:48.classical music it can get puite boring. Now, we sing jazz mtsic with
:22:49. > :22:54.James Taylor, and it's quitd fun and different. It certainly will be
:22:55. > :22:58.different. James Taylor says the concert on Friday night with the
:22:59. > :23:02.choristers and a big band whll bring the Cathedral to life.
:23:03. > :23:05.The sun is shining, the strawberrie have ripened and that can only mean
:23:06. > :23:08.And this year hopes are high that that rarest of things,
:23:09. > :23:11.a British Champion in Andy Lurray, can defend his title.
:23:12. > :23:14.For our women, though, simply reaching
:23:15. > :23:18.the second week would be a success, and sadly it's not going to happen
:23:19. > :23:22.Our Sports Reporter Neil Bell joins us live from Wimbledon `` 1st round
:23:23. > :23:33.defeat for Konta, Neil, although she gave it a real go.
:23:34. > :23:41.Yes, she did. It would have been the biggest were ` go win of her career.
:23:42. > :23:47.It's never easy as `` easy being the first Brit on court. She st`rted
:23:48. > :23:53.well, but lost the first set. She took the second set 6`3. After two
:23:54. > :23:54.gruelling hours she finally went down 6`4. Disappointed, but far from
:23:55. > :23:55.devastated. She's a very good player, so I knew,
:23:56. > :23:59.going out there that it was going Obviously,
:24:00. > :24:02.just a little sad not to have won, I am looking forward to
:24:03. > :24:17.the next time I can step up out But that is not all over for Johanna
:24:18. > :24:25.Konta, there are the doubles coming up. Absolutely. She probablx place
:24:26. > :24:28.on Wednesday. And she teams up again later with a double specialhst who
:24:29. > :24:33.won the Men's Doubles in Eastbourne last week. Last week they got
:24:34. > :24:38.through frack up of rounds before pushing the eventual winners to
:24:39. > :24:42.three very tough assets. Thdy are hoping they can make a very good
:24:43. > :24:46.impression this year again. She has not got all highway today, but she
:24:47. > :24:55.has broken into their women's top 100 the first time. There are still
:24:56. > :24:59.reasons to be cheerful. Yes, indeed. Not to mention the weather.
:25:00. > :25:05.We have plenty of play before we get there. At the moment we havd clearer
:25:06. > :25:13.skies and showers making thdir way south. Eight a chance they could
:25:14. > :25:16.catch up this evening. Tempdratures possible or 22 degrees. A chance of
:25:17. > :25:21.a shower but staying dry for Wednesday or Thursday. Frid`y looks
:25:22. > :25:31.worse that it is getting better for the weekend. Looking fresher towards
:25:32. > :25:34.the end of the week but the rain is back as we head towards weekend
:25:35. > :25:41.Today we reached high of 26 degrees at Gatwick and higher, 2223 degrees
:25:42. > :25:52.elsewhere. A warm and pleas`nt afternoon. The showers are sinking
:25:53. > :25:56.no way south. Behind it, we have clearer skies and temperatures
:25:57. > :26:01.sinking towards 14 or 15 degrees. A bright start the day tomorrow. The
:26:02. > :26:06.sunshine will the morning. Hn the afternoon, a chance catching a
:26:07. > :26:13.shower. They are moving through pity quickly. Decent spell sunshhne and
:26:14. > :26:19.we start the day with highs of 4. Temperatures still in the low 2 s.
:26:20. > :26:23.Height of 22 or 23 degrees. The showers are sharp but will clear
:26:24. > :26:27.through drink the first part tomorrow evening. We hold onto
:26:28. > :26:31.fairly light northerly breezes. Through tomorrow night, the shower
:26:32. > :26:37.was clear through. We have clearer skies and lighter winds. Sole mist
:26:38. > :26:44.and fog patches. It would bd a cooler night and raw spots `nd
:26:45. > :26:48.coastal spots drop. More colfortable for sleeping. On Wednesday, there
:26:49. > :26:51.will be more cloud cover around In the south`east, it will stax
:26:52. > :26:56.settled. In the afternoon, temperature is in the top tdam that
:26:57. > :27:03.low 20s. Always around 17 ddgrees or 80 degrees around the coast. `` 18
:27:04. > :27:08.degrees. Thursday stays dry and this is what is heading our way on the
:27:09. > :27:13.way to Friday, heavy rain btt it is through as we head towards the
:27:14. > :27:17.weekend. I pressure builds `ward the West and temperatures start to
:27:18. > :27:21.recover. The next couple daxs it starts to feel a little bit fresher.
:27:22. > :27:25.Tomorrow, showers are likelx to be heavier. On Friday, things should be
:27:26. > :27:29.clear and it should be dry, bright and warm for Saturday.
:27:30. > :27:35.I am really enjoy the weathdr forecast that the moment. Not so
:27:36. > :27:41.good behaviour sufferers. I will we back at 8pm have a lovely evening.
:27:42. > :27:47.You tomorrow.