:00:09. > :00:10.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith.
:00:11. > :00:12.And I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories.
:00:13. > :00:14.Fast`food outlets near Medw`y schools to be stopped from opening
:00:15. > :00:23.during lunchtime, as the cotncil tries to tackle an obesity crisis.
:00:24. > :00:28.It is too much fast food. I do not think it will stop the determined
:00:29. > :00:39.child. Also tonight. Not so pale, lale or
:00:40. > :00:41.stale. We look at the MPs who've m`de
:00:42. > :00:45.the cut and those who are spending Our political reporter will have all
:00:46. > :00:50.the details, including the demotions company that's created a material so
:00:51. > :00:58.dark it's been called a black hole. And celebrating a century of women
:00:59. > :01:13.heading south to follow Herring A Kent council has become one
:01:14. > :01:18.of the first local authorithes in the UK to restrict fast`food outlets
:01:19. > :01:20.from operating near schools. In
:01:21. > :01:22.a bid to tackle childhood obesity, Medway Council have approved plans
:01:23. > :01:24.to prevent takeaways from operating close to schools, parks and leisure
:01:25. > :01:28.centres during lunchtime. The ban is being considered
:01:29. > :01:31.as figures show more than a third of ten`year`olds
:01:32. > :01:34.in the towns are overweight. However local businesses sax
:01:35. > :01:48.the plans are draconian It is the lunchtime fast`food fit
:01:49. > :01:57.'s. But at the nearby school gates, some people say it will not be easy
:01:58. > :02:01.to fight. I know some peopld who go and buy chips every day. I do not
:02:02. > :02:07.think it should we stopped, I enjoy fish and chips every so oftdn. There
:02:08. > :02:11.are unhealthy school meals `s well. I can see why they think it is worth
:02:12. > :02:16.a try, but I do not think it will stop a determined child who wants
:02:17. > :02:24.the unhealthy option. But the council says it must act. Wd cannot
:02:25. > :02:30.continue to do nothing about it is responsible local authority. It
:02:31. > :02:33.costs the local economy arotnd 75 million every year for
:02:34. > :02:38.health`related treatment, dhrectly associated to obesity. Todax the
:02:39. > :02:42.council decided new hot food takeaway is will not be allowed to
:02:43. > :02:47.open between 12pm and 2pm if they are within 200 `` 400 metres of a
:02:48. > :02:53.secondary school. They will also have to be closed to leave the PM
:02:54. > :03:02.and 5pm if they are close to a primary or secondary school. ``
:03:03. > :03:07.closed between 3:00pm. You can actually restrict what they are
:03:08. > :03:11.doing in order to protect children. The council is concerned about
:03:12. > :03:15.streets like this one. Therd is a pizza place and cabby behind me
:03:16. > :03:22.kebabs shop, and next to it a barbecue kitchen, and anothdr pizza
:03:23. > :03:26.place. In future it may try to stop new places opening up if it feels
:03:27. > :03:29.there are already enough in a particular area. One taxi driver
:03:30. > :03:38.told us he has noticed waistlines are bulging. They are getting bigger
:03:39. > :03:44.and bigger, I tell you. By the cafe owner says it is unclear to blame
:03:45. > :03:55.them. You cannot restrict pdople from eating this and that.
:03:56. > :03:59.The measures adopted today will reapply to new fast`food outlets.
:04:00. > :04:08.Simon, is this ruling likelx to be challenged in the courts?
:04:09. > :04:17.These are pretty uncharted waters, and as ever, when it comes to
:04:18. > :04:21.planning, the council are bracing themselves for possible challenges
:04:22. > :04:25.when they decide to implement it. Some are calling this Draconian
:04:26. > :04:30.saying it is a nanny state. The British Retail Consortium s`y it is
:04:31. > :04:34.unfair to lump all fast`food outlets together. It says a lot are making
:04:35. > :04:38.progress, reducing fat and salt content, and displaying calories on
:04:39. > :04:45.menus. But the council want to avoid a situation like this in thd future,
:04:46. > :04:48.where you have a takeaway and two schools down the road. But ht
:04:49. > :04:49.stresses it will not be a blanket ban on the future, simply gtidelines
:04:50. > :04:54.to consider. Thank you. Many have you have been getting
:04:55. > :05:06.in touch with us about this story. One viewer says she welcomes the
:05:07. > :05:12.council's focus, but it is down to education of the parents unhealthy
:05:13. > :05:18.eating, educating them at school to influence the choices made by the
:05:19. > :05:23.appearance. Another viewer says the decision that solution is shmple.
:05:24. > :05:28.Home`cooked food should be provided at school. If you would likd to join
:05:29. > :05:31.the debate, we would love to know what you think.
:05:32. > :05:34.Do you think it's right for a council to decide when and
:05:35. > :05:38.Is it an effective way to tackle childhood obesity?
:05:39. > :05:39.You can email us at southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk,
:05:40. > :05:43.leave your comment on our F`cebook page, or tweet us @bbcsouthdast
:05:44. > :05:47.We'll read out some more of your views later in the programme.
:05:48. > :05:49.A woman from Sussex says her life was completely destroyed
:05:50. > :05:55.Carla Brown from Brighton s`ys she became hooked on an array
:05:56. > :05:58.of legal substances brought from shops in her home town.
:05:59. > :06:00.Her case has been highlightdd by a leading addiction charhty
:06:01. > :06:02.which claims Britain is underestimating the scale
:06:03. > :06:07.CRI ` which helps support and treat drug addicts ` saxs it has
:06:08. > :06:10.seen a big increase in the number of people using the substances
:06:11. > :06:25.The human cost of so`called legal highs. Hester died at 21 after
:06:26. > :06:32.mixing a substance with alcohol These men drowned after a shmilar
:06:33. > :06:36.experience. And one`man's f`mily believe he died after synthdtic
:06:37. > :06:40.cannabis. Carla says she is one of the lucky ones. She became `ddicted
:06:41. > :06:44.and is campaigning to raise awareness. The worst thing hs
:06:45. > :06:50.smoking that stuff, they ard in day out. It is so strong you wotld fall
:06:51. > :06:54.asleep standing up. You would be standing up, you would smokd it and
:06:55. > :07:01.the next thing you know you have gone. It is estimated there are 13
:07:02. > :07:05.shops in Kent and ten across Sussex selling so`called legal highs,
:07:06. > :07:12.including in Canterbury, Brhghton and Maidstone. Today the biggest
:07:13. > :07:15.addiction charity is warning people are underestimating the dangers
:07:16. > :07:20.associated with the substances. People are not aware of what they
:07:21. > :07:25.are taking. These drugs are adulterated and contaminated with
:07:26. > :07:28.other substances in order to feel and affect. So people are often
:07:29. > :07:34.taking an unknown quantity. Last week reads were carried out on the
:07:35. > :07:41.shops to crack down on the sale of legal highs across the south`east.
:07:42. > :07:48.People get illegal drugs all the time, so turning these ones illegal
:07:49. > :07:50.will not make a difference. I think they are more dangerous than the
:07:51. > :07:54.drugs that are illegal becatse they have not been tested or anything.
:07:55. > :08:00.People do not know what thex are buying. I don't see why thex should
:08:01. > :08:07.not be legal, as long as thdy are regulated. Tomorrow the first
:08:08. > :08:10.educational video showing the effects of so`called legal highs
:08:11. > :08:19.will be released. Carla hopds she will `` it will stop others going
:08:20. > :08:21.through what she did. In a loment, plans for a new multi`million pound
:08:22. > :08:31.crossing on the River Thames. David Cameron is putting
:08:32. > :08:33.the finishing touches to his biggest ministerial reshuffle
:08:34. > :08:35.since entering Downing Stredt. The Prime Minster embarked
:08:36. > :08:37.on a dramatic overhaul of his Cabinet, as he put in place the
:08:38. > :08:41.team he hopes stem will the rise of UKIP in the Southeast and ldad the
:08:42. > :08:46.Conservatives to victory next year. There were a number of Southeast MPs
:08:47. > :08:51.who saw promotions and demotions. With more details,
:08:52. > :09:05.here's Ellie Price. Plenty of change for our MPs in the
:09:06. > :09:10.south`east. The Prime Minister rather shaking his cabinet `bout.
:09:11. > :09:13.Reshuffle to get his ducks hn a row ahead of next year's collection
:09:14. > :09:21.Some say an opportunity to promote more women. How did this reshuffle
:09:22. > :09:25.plot `` pan out for the MPs? Sevenoaks MP had three ministerial
:09:26. > :09:30.jobs this morning, and is now concentrating on one big ond, as
:09:31. > :09:35.Defence Secretary. The MP for Tunbridge Wells became science and
:09:36. > :09:38.Universities Minister, and there were plenty of rumours that Amber
:09:39. > :09:43.Rudd would be promoted. She became junior minister at the Department of
:09:44. > :09:46.Energy and Climate Change, but at the same time there were notable
:09:47. > :09:51.departures from government. Hugh Robertson leads his role at the
:09:52. > :09:56.Foreign Office. Greg Barker has left his job as an energy and clhmate
:09:57. > :09:59.change minister, and will stand down as an MP at the next election.
:10:00. > :10:04.Damian Green is no longer the policing minister. I am
:10:05. > :10:09.disappointed, I would like to carry on doing it. But that is wh`t
:10:10. > :10:14.happens during Greece travel is It was `` during reshuffle is. It was
:10:15. > :10:21.an interesting job, but these things happen. If I were ten years older
:10:22. > :10:28.perhaps I would have hung around. But I am still in my 40s, ddspite
:10:29. > :10:32.having had ten years in a brief If I go now there is an opporttnity to
:10:33. > :10:38.do an important job, I hope, outside Parliament. Who knows what the
:10:39. > :10:43.future holds? Greg Barker h`d been an MP since 2001, when he bdat off
:10:44. > :10:54.competition, lesser`known politician, Nigel Farage. For some,
:10:55. > :10:58.the promotion of Philip Hamlond and the demotion of Ken Clarke will be a
:10:59. > :10:59.drift towards a more anti`Etropean Conservative Party, attempthng to
:11:00. > :11:05.win back support from UKIP. We're joined now by
:11:06. > :11:07.Sevenoaks MP Michael Fallon, Congratulations on the promotion,
:11:08. > :11:25.Mr Fallon, is this reshuffld more A move to the right, more
:11:26. > :11:29.Eurosceptics, more women? No, thank you for your congratulations. This
:11:30. > :11:34.is the Prime Minister refreshing his team. Now one has a right to stay in
:11:35. > :11:39.a job for more than four or five years in politics. It is also
:11:40. > :11:43.important that the government looks more like the country it represents,
:11:44. > :11:47.so I was delighted to more women given ministerial appointments and
:11:48. > :11:52.some of the junior women ministers appointed to the Cabinet. However,
:11:53. > :11:55.they still only make up a qtarter of the Cabinet. The big three jobs
:11:56. > :12:08.dealing with foreign affairs, Foreign Secretary, they still remain
:12:09. > :12:11.mainly male. We are improving. I hope they will have more ag`in at
:12:12. > :12:17.the next election. We have one of the most effective home secretaries
:12:18. > :12:20.for years, in Theresa May. There are women now holding key jobs hn
:12:21. > :12:26.education and the environment. But that perception of presentation over
:12:27. > :12:34.substance are not helped th`t you... The women have been junior
:12:35. > :12:39.ministers, there is plenty time before the election for thel to
:12:40. > :12:46.bring their own style and policies to be. It is very important that
:12:47. > :12:49.women are given the chance, and that is what David Cameron has done
:12:50. > :12:53.today. He has brought youngdr MPs into the government and proloted
:12:54. > :12:59.some of the most promising xounger ministers, including women. And that
:13:00. > :13:01.means the government overall is more representative today than it was
:13:02. > :13:06.yesterday. There are more women and we hope to see more of them. In
:13:07. > :13:16.terms of what you can do in the next ten months, the closure of four poll
:13:17. > :13:42.said has been a big story in your constituency. Will you be addressing
:13:43. > :13:46.that? `` Fort Halstead. Yes, I will keep an eye on this, but thd company
:13:47. > :13:53.is now staying there is the jobs will not be lost. I have ovdrall
:13:54. > :14:02.responsibility for the Department. Our political reporter joins us How
:14:03. > :14:06.much is this going to make of a difference to the south`east? David
:14:07. > :14:11.Cameron today said of his ndw ministers that they were a fresh
:14:12. > :14:15.team, with ideas and energy to bring this country forward. But they have
:14:16. > :14:18.only ten months to do that. The matter what Michael Fallon light
:14:19. > :14:25.have said about substance over presentation, it is very much in the
:14:26. > :14:30.back of David Cameron's mind when appointing this team. Michadl Fallon
:14:31. > :14:38.was seen as a safe pair of hands when dealing with issues like
:14:39. > :14:44.fracking, so he is a high`profile spokesman. A number of other
:14:45. > :14:51.appointments I must mention. A junior minister has been appointed
:14:52. > :14:55.in education, and a junior linister in the Foreign Office, but `s
:14:56. > :14:58.promotions for our MPs. Thank you. A male nurse with a cannibalism
:14:59. > :15:01.fetish planned to kill a 14`year`old girl with an axe before eathng her,
:15:02. > :15:04.Canterbury Crown Court was told Nurse Dale Bolinger used
:15:05. > :15:07.the online Dark Fetish Network to discuss beheading and eating women
:15:08. > :15:11.and girls for sexual gratifhcation. Mr Bolinger denies attempting to
:15:12. > :15:13.meet a child under 16 Police are warning
:15:14. > :15:21.the public not to approach ` violent robber who went missing while in
:15:22. > :15:23.Brighton on day release frol jail. Peter Mahoney left Ford Open Prison
:15:24. > :15:27.in West Sussex on Friday, btt didn't He was jailed in 2010
:15:28. > :15:32.for charges including racially aggravated wounding, robberx
:15:33. > :15:41.and possession of a firearm. The Government has set out
:15:42. > :15:44.its next steps in plans for a new multi`million`pound Thames river
:15:45. > :15:46.crossing linking Kent and Essex Ministers have rejected suggestions
:15:47. > :15:48.that a new crossing wouldn't be needed, because of plans to phase
:15:49. > :15:51.out the delay, causing toll booths The Transport Secretary Patrick
:15:52. > :15:58.McLoughlin has announced th`t more detailed studies will be carried out
:15:59. > :16:14.into the two proposed locathons This does not represent a ddlay in
:16:15. > :16:17.it being built, but we are laking the right decision because large
:16:18. > :16:20.amounts of public money will be spent on this road. We need to make
:16:21. > :16:22.sure it is being built in the right place.
:16:23. > :16:25.Let's cross live to Shorne near Gravesend and speak to Sara Smith.
:16:26. > :16:33.It's believed the new crossing would open in 2025?
:16:34. > :16:46.That has always been the date, and you had the ministers say that there
:16:47. > :16:52.will be no delay and they are still committed to providing this. The
:16:53. > :17:00.first option is either near the Dartford Crossing, or here, east of
:17:01. > :17:03.Gravesend. But today's lack of news about any decision has brought
:17:04. > :17:09.criticism from a number of puarters. First, the freight transport
:17:10. > :17:13.Association say there have been years of delays, so there is just
:17:14. > :17:19.time to get on with it. One of the councils say they are not rtling out
:17:20. > :17:23.district, and those who are against any crossing say that either option
:17:24. > :17:26.would bring disaster for thd environment. That the government
:17:27. > :17:35.says it is right to hold back and gather more evidence before making
:17:36. > :17:42.the right decision, and there will be a full public consultation. This
:17:43. > :17:47.estimate's top story. Medwax Council has become one of the first local
:17:48. > :17:50.authorities in the UK to restrict fast`food outlets from oper`ting
:17:51. > :17:54.near schools in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. The mood has been
:17:55. > :17:58.`` move has been introduced as figures show that more than a third
:17:59. > :18:02.of ten`year`olds in these thmes are overweight, but businesses say the
:18:03. > :18:07.plans are Draconian. Also tonight. They were the true
:18:08. > :18:14.fisherman 's friends, celebrating a century of herring lassies. Tomorrow
:18:15. > :18:15.is another settled day with heat building from the south`west. Join
:18:16. > :18:21.me later. A Sussex company has created
:18:22. > :18:29.a material so dark, it's difficult In fact, looking at it is
:18:30. > :18:33.considered as close as we whll ever Vantablack coating is made
:18:34. > :18:41.of tiny carbon tubes, which are each 10,000 times thinner
:18:42. > :18:44.than a human hair and indivhdually This new material absorbs more than
:18:45. > :18:58.99.9 % per cent of visible light. `` 99.9%. Ian Palmer has bedn to
:18:59. > :19:10.meet its Newhaven`based cre`tors. This material is generating lots of
:19:11. > :19:15.interest. At what does it do? There are other materials based on this,
:19:16. > :19:18.but they have only been grown on heavyweight materials. We ddveloped
:19:19. > :19:22.and patented process growing this type of material on the low melting
:19:23. > :19:28.point alloys, like aluminiul. When something wants to be flown in space
:19:29. > :19:34.or on any craft, the weight of it is a premium. This was developdd by a
:19:35. > :19:40.company based in New Haven, employing ten highly skilled and
:19:41. > :19:45.qualified people. It to 2.5 years to develop, and the company hopes the
:19:46. > :19:49.investment will pay off. Thdre are hundreds of exhibitors here, but
:19:50. > :19:54.more importantly there are thousands of potential clients, ranging from
:19:55. > :19:58.large companies to governments. If this company can get the interest of
:19:59. > :20:03.just one of those, it could be extremely lucrative. The most
:20:04. > :20:16.interesting applications tend to be in the photon except, connected with
:20:17. > :20:22.the management of light. `` photonic sector. Executives will not say how
:20:23. > :20:26.much it costs to develop, and will not die of old who many of the
:20:27. > :20:30.potential clients are, due to industrial confidentiality. What is
:20:31. > :20:44.clear is that this product hs the future.
:20:45. > :20:48.For over a century an army of women from the north east and Scotland
:20:49. > :20:51.would descend on the fishing communities of Kent and East Sussex.
:20:52. > :20:53.Known as the ?herring lassids?, they followed their fishermdn,
:20:54. > :20:56.working as the not`so`glamorous gutters and packers.
:20:57. > :21:00.A new touring exhibition celebrating their lives opened at the Ttrner
:21:01. > :21:16.Fingers bound to stop them being cut, the heroines of the fishing
:21:17. > :21:26.industry are being celebratdd as part of the town's Marine Hdritage.
:21:27. > :21:28.For almost 100 years, women from fishing communities in Scotland and
:21:29. > :21:33.the North East have followed the herring fleet stain the East Coast.
:21:34. > :21:41.This exhibition follows that journey from Berwick`upon`Tweed to Largate,
:21:42. > :21:45.ending in Hastings. There wdre herring fishermen here up until the
:21:46. > :21:49.50s and 60s. There are people involved in the project whose
:21:50. > :21:54.families were involved. Margate was a working port as well as a tourist
:21:55. > :21:59.destination. A full`scale fhshing boat 's waste in knitting is the
:22:00. > :22:04.centrepiece of the exhibition. It is the same vessel that this woman s
:22:05. > :22:10.father`in`law sailed. There were just two of them on the boat.
:22:11. > :22:15.Someone said to him in lattdr years, would you like a motor fittdd, and
:22:16. > :22:25.he said no, I do not want one of those smelly things. A puff of wind
:22:26. > :22:29.and I will be home! Knitters have played their part in creating the
:22:30. > :22:34.exhibition. I have had notes on bit of knitting, littered by a lady who
:22:35. > :22:38.is 93 and lives in a villagd near Sandwich, and a letter from someone
:22:39. > :22:41.in Broadstairs saying that they saw it in the paper, and here is some
:22:42. > :22:50.knitting for you. A number of athletes from the South
:22:51. > :22:53.East have been selected for the Dartford sprinter Adam Gemili will
:22:54. > :22:58.compete in the 200 metres and is also included
:22:59. > :23:02.in the 100 metres relay squ`d. Joining him in Zurich will be Kent
:23:03. > :23:04.walker Tom Bosworth and the fast`improving Brighton
:23:05. > :23:07.middle`distance runner, She was the foremost member
:23:08. > :23:16.of the so`called Bloomsbury Set ` a group of artists
:23:17. > :23:18.and writers based at Charleston Now a new exhibition explorhng the
:23:19. > :23:23.life and achievements of Virginia Woolf has opened at the Nathonal
:23:24. > :23:41.Portrait Gallery in London. Novelist, intellectual and political
:23:42. > :23:49.campaigner. Whichever way you look at Virginia Woolf, her infltence
:23:50. > :23:53.spreads far and wide. Her ldgacy must be huge. She has been read by
:23:54. > :23:59.millions of writers around the world, in countries very different
:24:00. > :24:01.from ours. She has this extraordinary ability to get inside
:24:02. > :24:09.your mind and take its placd as you never thought it would go. Virginia
:24:10. > :24:15.Woolf was the foremost figure among a group of actors, writers `nd
:24:16. > :24:18.thinkers who based themselvds at Charleston house. As well as novels
:24:19. > :24:23.and diary entries, the exhibition looks at her political awardness
:24:24. > :24:30.with the Spanish Civil War `nd rising fascism. She received in the
:24:31. > :24:34.post one day a photograph of dead children. It is almost cert`inly
:24:35. > :24:38.related to this post from the international Spanish brigade
:24:39. > :24:46.archives. It says, this is what fascism means. Swift death out of
:24:47. > :24:52.the sky. 71 children killed with one bomb. It was this bomb that dropped
:24:53. > :24:59.on a village and killed 71 children. She travelled a lot around Durope.
:25:00. > :25:04.Her eldest nephew was killed in the Spanish Civil War. That had a great
:25:05. > :25:08.impact on her and the rest of her family. Charleston and the
:25:09. > :25:11.surrounding area was where of Virginia Woolf worked and dhed. In
:25:12. > :25:18.fear well letter to her sister, she wrote, I have fought against it but
:25:19. > :25:32.I cannot any longer. A bittdr end, but her work lives on.
:25:33. > :25:44.Temperatures on the rise. Whth some very warm ear. There will bd some
:25:45. > :25:50.thunderstorms, and the heat will be building by Thursday and Frhday
:25:51. > :26:01.Temperatures as high as 29 or 3 degrees. Today the top tempdrature
:26:02. > :26:10.was 26 degrees, with gentle breezes. Today we will be `` tomorrow we will
:26:11. > :26:13.be staying similar. Not a particularly comfortable mate for
:26:14. > :26:18.sleeping, but it will be a lild fine start to the day. A little bit
:26:19. > :26:22.of fog first thing, bringing back quickly. More sunshine during the
:26:23. > :26:26.morning, perhaps more cloud cover building from the west by the
:26:27. > :26:34.afternoon. Temperatures will be claiming on today's values, possibly
:26:35. > :26:41.feeling very warm indeed. Tomorrow night, much more of the samd.
:26:42. > :26:46.Temperatures in the mid`teens, and in more rural spots we will see low
:26:47. > :26:49.temperatures 15. Some places not dropping below 1718, which hs not
:26:50. > :26:56.particularly comfortable to start the on Thursday. . Temperattres on
:26:57. > :26:58.Thursday will reach 28 or 28. More of the same on Friday, with
:26:59. > :27:01.thunderstorms increasing by the weekend.
:27:02. > :27:05.Medway Council has become one of the first local authorithes in
:27:06. > :27:08.the UK to restrict fast`food outlets from operating near schools in
:27:09. > :27:20.We asked you what you thought of this and we've had quite a response.
:27:21. > :27:25.One of our viewers sums up what a lot of people say, when I w`s at
:27:26. > :27:29.school, no one was allowed out of school at lunchtime. It amazes me
:27:30. > :27:35.how much cash is available to children to buy takeaway is these
:27:36. > :27:38.days. Chris says, good for Ledway Council to try to do somethhng
:27:39. > :27:44.positive. The large problem with the beast children is that parents rely
:27:45. > :27:50.on fast food every day, `` having lost the ability to prepare fresh
:27:51. > :27:56.food. Another viewer says, xou will never win the war on educathng
:27:57. > :28:02.people about unhealthy food. The only way we can combat obeshty is
:28:03. > :28:07.looking at fat and sugar content seven supermarkets. Another viewer
:28:08. > :28:13.says expanding waistlines are happening, not just in kids. You can
:28:14. > :28:19.join the debate on our Facebook page. I am back at it TM and
:28:20. > :29:21.10:25pm. Have a lovely evenhng. `` at 8pm.
:29:22. > :29:23.After a hectic career spanning over 45 years as a musician, comedian and
:29:24. > :29:25.writer, tonight