:00:00. > 3:59:59Inevitable, I suppose. That's all from the News at Six. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:30.me. On The family of a Kent man make an
:00:31. > :00:33.emotional appeal. Don't click excessively. Don't go near the river
:00:34. > :00:35.when you have had a drink. After years of controversy, a final
:00:36. > :00:38.decision on maternity provision Inking outside the box ` Hastings
:00:39. > :00:45.artists, The Chapman Brothers, promise unique tattoos for those
:00:46. > :00:48.who help crowd fund their l`test I am Dawn French. The dwarfhsh
:00:49. > :00:59.child. And still making a splash after 30
:01:00. > :01:02.Million Minutes ` Dawn French brings Better policing,
:01:03. > :01:15.with fewer resources. That was the promise from
:01:16. > :01:18.Kent Police today as they l`id out how they'll run the service with
:01:19. > :01:21.a further ?20 million cut from Under the plans, district commanders
:01:22. > :01:28.will be given more powers to direct But critics claim that sincd
:01:29. > :01:34.the force has already borne cuts of ?50 million, yet more savings will
:01:35. > :01:39.inevitably impact on the service. Our political editor,
:01:40. > :01:52.Louise Stewart, reports. Kent Police responding to an
:01:53. > :01:56.emergency call. Under a new policing plan not this morning, the officer
:01:57. > :02:06.who responds to be much closer in the future. 30 new teams including
:02:07. > :02:13.Ashford, Canterbury and Medway will, instead of one centralised
:02:14. > :02:19.hub. The aim is to make mord communities for police officer. I
:02:20. > :02:26.have no more resources. When people see the same officer at the same PC
:02:27. > :02:31.and the same category, they day and day out in the local communhties,
:02:32. > :02:35.you get to know the local staff Due to a cut in funding from government,
:02:36. > :02:41.forces across the country h`ve seen their budgets squeezed. In Kent 20%
:02:42. > :02:47.of the workforce has been ctt in the last two years, including 500 front
:02:48. > :02:54.line officers. Earlier this year, it was announced that 100 more offices
:02:55. > :02:59.jobs are at risk. Every victim at crime no longer gets a visit from a
:03:00. > :03:01.police officer. Recently, wd saw school liaison officer. Recdntly, we
:03:02. > :03:07.saw school liaison officers disappear. We know cut the having an
:03:08. > :03:09.impact. We want to make surd we are proactively targeting criminals and
:03:10. > :03:15.also responding to the publhc in their time of need. Some victims of
:03:16. > :03:18.crime believe police are already struggling to respond. This teenager
:03:19. > :03:24.was recently viciously attacked by a gang in Ramsgate. He needed 19
:03:25. > :03:28.stitches in his face. His f`mily say, they were disgusted by the lack
:03:29. > :03:32.of action from the police. Ht scares me that already, we have two weight
:03:33. > :03:38.a fortnight before police contacted us. If the police force is to be
:03:39. > :03:47.juiced any further, how long did that mean we have two weight. ``
:03:48. > :03:50.reduced. Kent met the Largo police say the new model did in thd best
:03:51. > :03:59.chance to retain current levels of policing. There has been sole
:04:00. > :04:04.criticism today the fact th`t Ann Barnes, the Police and Crimd
:04:05. > :04:08.Comissioner was not there the Lord. That's right. Critics have said that
:04:09. > :04:12.she should have been there. This is a big change in policing and how the
:04:13. > :04:17.council will police. She has come under a lot of criticism later,
:04:18. > :04:23.particularly for taking part in a fly on the wall documentary for
:04:24. > :04:28.Channel four. The Prime Minhster entered in the row saying hd was not
:04:29. > :04:32.impressed with her. To be f`ir to Ann Barnes, this is a polichng
:04:33. > :04:36.matter and led by their polhce constable and I am told thex were in
:04:37. > :04:38.communication throughout. They have agreed on priorities for thd county.
:04:39. > :04:41.The sister of a man who drowned in the River Medway is warnhng
:04:42. > :04:43.people of the dangers of getting drunk and out of control.
:04:44. > :04:46.An inquest heard that Kieron Knowlden from Tonbridge was
:04:47. > :04:49.three times over the drink drive limit when he fell into the river
:04:50. > :04:52.His body was found nearly three weeks later.
:04:53. > :04:54.The coroner recorded a verdhct of misadventure.
:04:55. > :05:11.To Northern 's family arrivd at the inquest with his baby, that he never
:05:12. > :05:15.got to meet. He fell into the River Medway when he was nearly three
:05:16. > :05:19.times over the drink drive limit. Don't drink. Don't go near the river
:05:20. > :05:24.when you have had a drink. Hf anything, get a taxi from where you
:05:25. > :05:30.are going. Don't be stupid. Had a drink, have a laugh, don't be
:05:31. > :05:35.stupid. We have lost a big part of our lives through drink. Kidran had
:05:36. > :05:41.been to the park and was reported missing the following day `` pub.
:05:42. > :05:49.His body was not discovered until the middle of mark. This story
:05:50. > :05:52.echoes the story of another person who had been out drinking.
:05:53. > :05:59.Accidental drowning scores lore than 400 deaths each year. Once xou have
:06:00. > :06:03.fallen in, your decision making is, like with everything without the
:06:04. > :06:07.whole, slower. You don't re`ct as quickly as you might. If thd water
:06:08. > :06:15.is cold, you have cold shock response. During's family s`y they
:06:16. > :06:19.hope lessons can now be learned The inquest says that cause of death was
:06:20. > :06:24.immersion under were no suspicious circumstances. A verdict of
:06:25. > :06:30.misadventure was recorded. He has got a very young baby he will never
:06:31. > :06:37.meet. His nephews miss him. There is a big hole that will never heal
:06:38. > :06:48.Their plea to others, don't go near the river after drinking. On the
:06:49. > :06:52.programme in a moment: The Latest TV, a new service for Brighton
:06:53. > :06:58.starts in August. Is there room for more players in local media?
:06:59. > :07:02.The hugely controversial future of maternity services in East Sussex
:07:03. > :07:06.will be decided at a meeting in Eastbourne tomorrow, a year after
:07:07. > :07:10.services were temporarily downgraded at the DGH in Eastbourne.
:07:11. > :07:15.One being to keep Crowborough's birthing unit open,
:07:16. > :07:20.and one specialist service at either Hastings or Eastbourne.
:07:21. > :07:25.Option two would see Crowborough close, with one midwife led unit,
:07:26. > :07:27.and one consultant led unit at the hospitals.
:07:28. > :07:30.The final option would see the status quo maintained, but it?s
:07:31. > :07:36.not clear if the consultants would be based at Hastings or Eastbourne.
:07:37. > :07:40.Natalie, all the options involve downgrading
:07:41. > :07:47.maternity at one of the Sussex hospitals on a permanent basis.
:07:48. > :07:57.They do. The NHS said this hs absolutely not about saving money,
:07:58. > :08:00.it's about saving lives. Thdy point to statistics showing that before
:08:01. > :08:05.they downgraded the unit Eastbourne last May, they saw a sharp rise in
:08:06. > :08:10.the number of seriously ill and dying mothers and babies across the
:08:11. > :08:23.Sussex trust. That was 70 incidents out of 40,000 births. `` 14 out of
:08:24. > :08:27.4000. Since, shutting those units, and taking away the consult`nt unit
:08:28. > :08:35.at Eastbourne last year, thd number has gone down to five out of every
:08:36. > :08:39.4000 births. There has been a campaign locally to keep thd
:08:40. > :08:44.consultant unit which is behng going on for one year. I spoke to a mother
:08:45. > :08:49.who lost a baby at the DGH hn Eastbourne and others who h`ve had
:08:50. > :08:55.difficult birds there. Thank goodness I am not having my baby is
:08:56. > :08:59.now. I would be frightened to death. The services are not there. We went
:09:00. > :09:04.through very traumatic experiences with our children and they would not
:09:05. > :09:09.be here today. The MPs Eastbourne has been backing that campahgn. He
:09:10. > :09:12.said that tomorrow's decision should be referred to the secretarx of
:09:13. > :09:22.state. It's a meeting tomorrow says, as I expect, they will be consultant
:09:23. > :09:26.led in one place and midwifd led at the other, I would be urging all the
:09:27. > :09:31.councillors to listen to thd people of East Sussex and Eastbourne and
:09:32. > :09:36.refer it to this Secretary of State for an independent cynical decision.
:09:37. > :09:40.The decision is tomorrow in Eastbourne. We can expect a lot of
:09:41. > :09:43.emotion anger and anguish from both sides of the debate. We will
:09:44. > :09:45.tomorrow which decision the NHS takes.
:09:46. > :09:47.Passengers flying from Gatwick Airport have been f`cing
:09:48. > :09:50.delays and disruption on the first day of a six`d`y strike
:09:51. > :09:53.Gatwick says a handful of flights have been cancelled.
:09:54. > :09:56.Its largest airline, Easyjet, is warning that many flights will
:09:57. > :09:59.be longer than usual and subject to delays, as they're being diverted
:10:00. > :10:06.A second senior figure at Pilgrims Hospices in Kent h`s
:10:07. > :10:10.Dr Richard Morey, who's been Chairman of the Board
:10:11. > :10:13.of Trustees for six years, has stepped down with immediate effect
:10:14. > :10:17.just days after the Chief Executive announced his resignation.
:10:18. > :10:21.It comes after weeks of campaigning led to the charity
:10:22. > :10:25.changing its decision to close beds at their Canterbury site.
:10:26. > :10:29.With local newspapers attempting to stem the fall in circulation, and
:10:30. > :10:34.other commercial media fighting for survival, there's a new boy joining
:10:35. > :10:39."Latest TV" will broadcast `cross the city from August.
:10:40. > :10:44.The government has also persuaded the BBC to provide ?25 millhon
:10:45. > :10:49.for infrastructure in the local TV channel programme throughout the UK.
:10:50. > :10:54.But how will the new contender for audiences fare as it trhes to
:10:55. > :11:02.Our business correspondent, Mark Norman, has been taking a look.
:11:03. > :11:09.In a television industry, they call this a promo, a glimpse of Latest
:11:10. > :11:14.TV, offering news and entertainment to audiences in Brighton. I believe
:11:15. > :11:19.TV should be democratic, evdryone has a right to be on television
:11:20. > :11:24.Certainly, Brighton has a rhght to its own local television ch`nnel.
:11:25. > :11:31.Almost every major city in the world has TV studios and a TV channel
:11:32. > :11:37.Brighton have now. This is ` tough market for media companies.
:11:38. > :11:40.Brighton's local newspaper has a reputation for journalism btt it is
:11:41. > :11:49.local news and sales are down by 20%. The local television h`s
:11:50. > :11:54.struggled to attract audiences. One of the difficulties they will face
:11:55. > :12:00.is it actually, there is no community in Brighton. Therd is no
:12:01. > :12:03.television being viewed. Wh`t there is are a lot of people with
:12:04. > :12:07.television sets who may or lay not decide to watch a local programme.
:12:08. > :12:14.Many people believe that Brhghton can arc the trend. In this city
:12:15. > :12:18.there is a heady mix of tourism and entertainment. If that is rdflected
:12:19. > :12:23.in their TV screens, you will believe it could reflect in
:12:24. > :12:27.audiences. Brighton is a city where people are more interested than
:12:28. > :12:32.most. Particularly, a mix of people who have very varied interest. Main
:12:33. > :12:37.TV channels cannot cater for this. Work has started on building the
:12:38. > :12:53.news studio. They go live at the end of August. Kent Police say how they
:12:54. > :12:57.will run the force after a further ?20 million in spending is `re made
:12:58. > :13:01.and there are 600 less officers 20% of the workforce has alreadx been
:13:02. > :13:09.cut. On new plans, district commanders will have more power to
:13:10. > :13:13.use the resources. Author Robert Dawn French, brings her one`woman
:13:14. > :13:15.show to Brighton. After a d`y of sunshine and showers, tomorrow looks
:13:16. > :13:27.fresher but prior. `` dryer full During World War One, Folkestone
:13:28. > :13:30.provided the last glimpse of home for millions of young men who left
:13:31. > :13:33.through the port for the front line. As part of a series
:13:34. > :13:36.of events to mark 100 years since the start of the war, an exhibition
:13:37. > :13:42.opens at the Town Hall todax. Called, "Your Country Calls",
:13:43. > :13:44.it tells the story Sara Smith has tonight's
:13:45. > :13:57.Special Report. MUSIC PLAYS
:13:58. > :14:02.It's a town which deal echods with its connection to the great War The
:14:03. > :14:05.troops would march down that hill to the ships which would march down
:14:06. > :14:10.that hill to the ships which were taken to France. Told to stdp short
:14:11. > :14:15.so that there strive to copd with gradient and cobbles. The order has
:14:16. > :14:23.been taking for a name of events to mark the centenary. Today this Step
:14:24. > :14:29.Short exhibition opens to tdll the story of the trenches. Millhons of
:14:30. > :14:35.people passed through. Some went by train, some went to by boat. It
:14:36. > :14:39.played a huge role and a lot of people do not know this, evdn the
:14:40. > :14:46.people who live here now ard unaware of the enormity of Folkestone's
:14:47. > :14:50.role. New recruits flooded here to train before heading to the front.
:14:51. > :14:56.At first there were so many people volunteering they were not the
:14:57. > :15:02.uniform or facilities to accommodate them. Folkestone family offdred
:15:03. > :15:06.bedding. It was also home to soldiers from around the world.
:15:07. > :15:10.These were sons and daughters of empires coming here to do their
:15:11. > :15:14.thing for home and country. There was a great deal of interest. That
:15:15. > :15:21.was true in France, to a certain extent as well. The troops were
:15:22. > :15:25.regarded as amazing that thdy had come from far`flung places to help
:15:26. > :15:30.the French and Belgians on behalf of the British to win the war. But
:15:31. > :15:35.Folkestone was not just a point of departure. 100,000 Belgian refugees
:15:36. > :15:39.arrived in 1914, this baby one of the last to leave its ransacked
:15:40. > :15:45.country. They received a warm welcome. Boy Scouts were directing
:15:46. > :15:51.them to shelter. This painthng was made a gift of the town by refugee
:15:52. > :15:54.artist to show his gratitudd. The exhibition includes propaganda
:15:55. > :15:58.posters, and a glimpse of how the new recruits were being trahned
:15:59. > :16:11.Throughout the year, there will be more events to mark the rold that
:16:12. > :16:15.this time played. On August four are exactly 100 years since the war
:16:16. > :16:19.began, Prince Harry will be opening the memorial arch. There will be
:16:20. > :16:33.reports throughout the day `t 1 30pm and 6:30pm.
:16:34. > :16:44.She has been around 30 millhon minutes or so, many of them on our
:16:45. > :16:50.TV screens. Now, after injuring a very public split
:16:51. > :16:56.Henry, Dawn French take into the stage with a very public show.
:16:57. > :17:17.she is one half of one of the most successful comedy double act. Dawn
:17:18. > :17:22.French is now going it alond on her first ever solo tour. You h`ve got
:17:23. > :17:30.rid of Jennifer Saunders who has been holding you back for so long!
:17:31. > :17:35.This is your first solo tour. Yes! We have always worked apart. It is a
:17:36. > :17:38.good thing like marriage. It is good to have a little bit of somdthing
:17:39. > :17:42.that you bring back into thd relationship, if you like. We will
:17:43. > :17:45.always work together, Jennifer and I, but I value the relationship if
:17:46. > :17:48.you like. We will always work together, Jennifer and I, btt I
:17:49. > :17:53.value these she was loved bx millions in the Vicar of Dibley and
:17:54. > :17:58.Dawn French set a new warranty status, national treasure. H am Dawn
:17:59. > :18:06.French will stop the dwarfish fuchsia .de child. Her one linute
:18:07. > :18:14.show is 30 million minutes. How long she has been alive. It's not stand
:18:15. > :18:19.up, it is about her life and career. Is this your midlife crisis? There
:18:20. > :18:24.is no crisis involved. It is just showing off! It is a chance for me
:18:25. > :18:29.to talk about stuff that I have learned, stuff that I am absolutely
:18:30. > :18:35.sure about and stuff that I have questions about. You have to be a
:18:36. > :18:40.right age to do that. Being in the middle of my 50s, I feel confident
:18:41. > :18:48.enough to do that now. What can you pass on to a whippersnapper like me?
:18:49. > :18:53.Are you a whippersnapper? I'm 4 . It's interesting you refer to
:18:54. > :18:58.yourself like that. I am good everywhere. On the road and off the
:18:59. > :19:04.road. I have spent a couple of years at home writing novels. I'm getting
:19:05. > :19:09.a little crew together, makhng a family, in microcosm of a f`mily.
:19:10. > :19:16.That is very good. Dawn French has certainly crowned a lot into her 30
:19:17. > :19:18.million minutes. She has had critical acclaim and had an awful
:19:19. > :19:34.lot of fun along the way. MTSIC PLAYS
:19:35. > :19:43.I can't believe he asked her if she was any good on the radio! Where is
:19:44. > :19:51.she going next? The question was, how good are you on the road! She
:19:52. > :19:57.will be in Brighton, then to Crawley, then to Derby, and in
:19:58. > :20:01.September, to Tunbridge Wells. She will be on stage here in about 0
:20:02. > :20:06.minutes. How one`woman show has had some very good reviews. And
:20:07. > :20:11.interviewing her, something of a force of nature. She is amazing We
:20:12. > :20:23.will have more of the interview on our Facebook page.
:20:24. > :20:34.Crowd funding is a relatively new way of people getting cash together
:20:35. > :20:37.for businesses. As part of their revolutionary new product, the
:20:38. > :20:49.Chapman Brothers wants to r`ise money. If you give them cash, they
:20:50. > :20:54.will give you 82. `` tattoo. We are in the lion's den, the artists
:20:55. > :20:58.studio in the east end of London. There are things here we cotld not
:20:59. > :21:07.possibly show you on TV at this time of night. But I am Lydia Jake
:21:08. > :21:19.Chapman's tattoos. When Dean 's and Jake Chapman `` Dinos and J`ke
:21:20. > :21:24.Chapman let their imagination run away, there are no boundarids. A
:21:25. > :21:31.slight trepidation about fiddling with people. If you look at our
:21:32. > :21:36.work, if there is a kind of subliminal level of this work, it is
:21:37. > :21:43.much easier to make art and it is to act out the things on peopld. Maybe
:21:44. > :21:47.the idea of doing tattoos is the closest we have come to fulfilling
:21:48. > :21:55.our evil desires. It all sotnds a bit hard`core! Any takers on the
:21:56. > :21:59.streets? It sounds like a good idea to me. I expect there are a lot of
:22:00. > :22:09.people in Hastings who would be well up for it. A real patio? I don't ``
:22:10. > :22:14.tattoo I don't think so. Thd idea is, they will do something they are
:22:15. > :22:20.famous for, reworking other people's work of arts. In this case
:22:21. > :22:26.it will be things they fired on the streets of Hastings. They are going
:22:27. > :22:31.shopping for those. We must raise the funds to send them so that they
:22:32. > :22:37.can rummage through the appropriate antique and junk shops that they
:22:38. > :22:42.want to. This feast of tattooing will only happen if the gallery
:22:43. > :22:47.raises ?25,000 in a new ide` called crowd funding. It means loc`l people
:22:48. > :22:50.need to support the exhibithon. A test, possibly, of how much they
:22:51. > :22:53.wanted. He went to Chatham Grammar School
:22:54. > :22:56.and used to play for Maidstone United. And most recently, Chris
:22:57. > :22:58.Smalling, who's originally from the South East, has been part of the
:22:59. > :23:01.England team in their final World Cup match against Costa Ric` this
:23:02. > :23:24.afternoon. Well our sports reporter, I think they would be delighted by
:23:25. > :23:31.their new facilities, but disappointed with the new draw. Not
:23:32. > :23:35.so much interest today. Chrhs Smalling was very proud of his local
:23:36. > :23:39.roots, he loved to present his county, his school and his club Not
:23:40. > :23:44.surprisingly, they remember him pretty fondly, too. Whatever the
:23:45. > :23:50.circumstances, walking up to play in the World Cup finals, even hn a lost
:23:51. > :23:56.cause, is a great moment. Especially so that a member who was, jtst six
:23:57. > :24:00.years ago, a Chatham School member, playing to his local club, Laidstone
:24:01. > :24:07.United. He looked like a yotng Michael Jackson and a beanpole. It
:24:08. > :24:12.wasn't that which stood out. It was the fact that he had a wonddrful
:24:13. > :24:17.talent and a huge amount of skill in him, and a reading of the g`me in
:24:18. > :24:22.such a young player. We alw`ys knew, or thought, that he would bdcome a
:24:23. > :24:26.good player. We were not quhte sure how good. We never dreamt that he
:24:27. > :24:31.would be playing for England in a World Cup. We never dreamt that
:24:32. > :24:37.That was the reality today. But Chris Smalling's best days of a
:24:38. > :24:47.player may still be somewhat of They normally say that halvdd and
:24:48. > :24:53.defenders's prime is in the mid 20s. Playing with these other pl`yers can
:24:54. > :25:01.only help him go a long way. It is not just Chris Smalling that has
:25:02. > :25:04.links with this club. Hobson's also has links with this club. It seemed
:25:05. > :25:11.to have confused the manufacturers with this range of mugs, who
:25:12. > :25:15.inexplicably replaced the 24`year`old with Barack Obala. After
:25:16. > :25:21.they arrived, we realised there was something not quite right whth one
:25:22. > :25:26.of the mug. Hence, the, President's head on Chris Smalling's body. Chris
:25:27. > :25:30.Smalling may not have the sure`footed authority of thd
:25:31. > :25:33.president, but he hopes to be back in a few years time as part of a
:25:34. > :25:45.more successful England World Cup side. It's been a disappointing
:25:46. > :25:49.World Cup. What have you of it? I think this experience will help them
:25:50. > :25:57.so much with the Euros and the World Cup to come. Obviously, it he has
:25:58. > :26:01.progressed so much since he was he at Maidstone. If he continuds going
:26:02. > :26:06.the same way, he will be part of a strong platform. The boys hdre are
:26:07. > :26:13.from the Maidstone United youth section. What did you make of Chris
:26:14. > :26:18.Smalling today? Brilliant! Do you think you could do the same Chris
:26:19. > :26:28.remarked yes! So you haven't given up on England yet. Well thex will be
:26:29. > :26:36.home soon to enjoy the weather. Is it going to stay fair
:26:37. > :26:41.feeling a little bit fresher. We have quite a high pollen cotnt which
:26:42. > :26:45.will be decreasing over the next couple of days. Rain for Frhday but
:26:46. > :26:51.it will be fresher before wd get there. Earlier, there were some
:26:52. > :26:57.showers but also decent spot the sunshine. Feeling really quhte warm.
:26:58. > :27:03.Highs of 25 Celsius. Do tonhght we have some showers, likely to be
:27:04. > :27:07.quite sharp but easing and ht will be increasingly dry as he start the
:27:08. > :27:12.day on Wednesday. Quite a bht of cloud cover around. Temperatures
:27:13. > :27:22.dropping to 30 degrees or 40 degrees. Generally, tomorrow, `` 13
:27:23. > :27:28.or 14. Generally tomorrow in top teams, but edging up to 18 or 1
:27:29. > :27:32.degrees, some cloud cover around. Hazy likeness. Through tomorrow
:27:33. > :27:37.night, staying dry and feelhng fresher. Temperatures dropphng to
:27:38. > :27:45.eight or 9 degrees in rural spots. As you go to the day on Thursday, it
:27:46. > :27:54.they settled. On Friday, like this: 17 to 19 degrees. Have you got your
:27:55. > :27:56.flask of coffee for later? Join me later after the football. And have a
:27:57. > :28:02.good evening. Catch the late-afternoon games
:28:03. > :28:27.on the go.