:00:14. > :00:21.Struck by lightning ` the woman who had a lucky escape when the storms
:00:22. > :00:40.When I got to this level th`t is when the lightning hit.
:00:41. > :00:50.Killed by a polar bear on a shcool trip ` but Horatio Chapple's death
:00:51. > :00:58.wasn't the result of neglect rules a coroner.
:00:59. > :01:00.And as Gravesend is officially the hottest
:01:01. > :01:03.place in the country we look at how the heatwave is proving good for
:01:04. > :01:07.business if you can stay cool. We'll be live with our reporters hn Sussex
:01:08. > :01:14.Brands Hatch ` superbike legend James Toseland talks about his new
:01:15. > :01:34.A Kent woman has told of the dramatic moment she was
:01:35. > :01:37.struck by lightning during last night's violent electrical storms.
:01:38. > :01:39.Susannah Ford`Crush was filling the weather
:01:40. > :01:42.from her bedroom window, whdn a bolt struck scaffolding ndxt door
:01:43. > :01:53.In the space of two hours there were more than 3,000 lightning strikes
:01:54. > :01:56.across the country last night ` and several homes in Kent and Sussex
:01:57. > :02:08.Miranda Schunke's report begins with some flashing images.
:02:09. > :02:19.This shocking moment Susann`h Ford`Crush says she was strtck by
:02:20. > :02:26.lightning. I was sat up herd like this. Both windows were open. I was
:02:27. > :02:32.taking video footage. When H got to this level that is when the
:02:33. > :02:46.lightning hit. She sees the lightning bolt rebound and. I was
:02:47. > :02:50.feet away from not being alhve. Overnight electrical storms filled
:02:51. > :02:59.the skies. This was the scene above Worthing. Homes were also hht. This
:03:00. > :03:08.house was struck and set alhght No one was hurt. We heard a cr`sh. My
:03:09. > :03:19.grandfather was more worried about the house. I was worried th`t he
:03:20. > :03:22.would pass out because of the smoke. Forecasters say the intensity and
:03:23. > :03:27.the location of where the lhghtning with land was tricky to protect It
:03:28. > :03:42.is hard for computer models to predict in advance. That was the
:03:43. > :03:48.case last night. A long strdam of stormy skies was coupled with a
:03:49. > :03:55.sleepless night for many. There is still a chance of more lightning
:03:56. > :04:05.strikes on the horizon. Several people had to close shaves.
:04:06. > :04:15.It was a close shave with n`ture for Susannah Ford`Crush.
:04:16. > :04:20.I am sorry, we have lost th`t report.
:04:21. > :04:30.Later we will have the latest weather.
:04:31. > :04:34.The family of a man who's spent two weeks in a coma after a road
:04:35. > :04:36.rage attack say they're desperate to know exactly what happendd.
:04:37. > :04:38.Wayne Morton ` who has seven children ` got
:04:39. > :04:41.into an argument as he was driving his van at Kingsnorth in Ashford.
:04:42. > :04:45.His wife has spent the past fortnight at his bddside `
:04:46. > :05:00.and today she spoke to our reporter Charlie Rose.
:05:01. > :05:26.At home and Ashford his wifd and children can only wait and hope
:05:27. > :05:32.He was on his way home from visiting the house of a friend. He got
:05:33. > :05:36.involved in an argument with two other men on a roundabout. Later he
:05:37. > :05:42.was found with head injuries and was taken to hospital in London.
:05:43. > :05:49.This is the area where he w`s found with those serious head injtries.
:05:50. > :05:56.Police say their investigathon is ongoing and they would like to trace
:05:57. > :06:03.two men. They say that saw five B have not been able to talk to the
:06:04. > :06:10.victim because of his condition `` they see that happen till now they
:06:11. > :06:17.have not been able to talk. He is a great father. He is very loving I
:06:18. > :06:29.want him home. Girl guidance ` the teenagers who've
:06:30. > :06:32.spent the week exploring possible A schoolboy savaged to death by
:06:33. > :06:42.a polar bear on a school adventure holiday did not die as a result
:06:43. > :06:46.of neglect, a coronor has rtled Horatio Chapple was killed three
:06:47. > :06:50.years ago while camping on a Norwegian island with the
:06:51. > :06:53.British Schools Exploring Society. Andrew Ruck from Brighton h`d been
:06:54. > :06:56.the mountain leader of the group Horatio Chapple's family had argued
:06:57. > :07:02.there was neglect and a serhes of failures
:07:03. > :07:04.in safety procedures and eqtipment. High in the Arctic Circle `
:07:05. > :07:15.this is where Horatio Chapple went But the teenager was dragged
:07:16. > :07:19.from his tent by a starving polar The bear went on to attack
:07:20. > :07:27.four other people on the scdne Among them, Andrew Ruck,
:07:28. > :07:32.originally from Brighton, The inquest heard that trip wires
:07:33. > :07:37.designed to keep bears out Close to where the attack h`ppened
:07:38. > :07:42.Jason Roberts, a leading polar safety expert who was not involved
:07:43. > :07:45.in the expedition, showed us how Polar bears are by far the world's
:07:46. > :07:55.largest land predator in size, During the inquest Horatio's family
:07:56. > :08:01.highlighted a lack of rifle training and the ddcision
:08:02. > :08:04.not to organise a lookout for bears One of Horatio's friends told us
:08:05. > :08:10.that evidence was hard to hdar. When you have got so many khds
:08:11. > :08:15.of such a young age together in a really foreign place you have
:08:16. > :08:18.to be more careful. I just hope it does not
:08:19. > :08:20.happen to anyone else. But
:08:21. > :08:25.the coroner said problems rdgarding the faulty tripwire system, issues
:08:26. > :08:28.with a rifle failing to fird, and the decision of expedition leaders
:08:29. > :08:31.not to hold a lookout for bdars did The holiday organisers said every
:08:32. > :08:38.trip now has to carry a lookout Horatio's mother
:08:39. > :08:44.and father urged parents to question the organisations that may be
:08:45. > :08:46.taking responsibility Detectives investigating
:08:47. > :08:55.the disappearance of 40`year`old Gravesend woman Jane Dale h`ve found
:08:56. > :08:58.a body in woodland at Biggin Hill. The discovery was made near
:08:59. > :09:00.Norheads Lane, near to wherd the car of the mother`of`three
:09:01. > :09:04.from Gravesend was found. Officers are treating the ddath
:09:05. > :09:10.as unexplained. The Roma gypsy parents of two young
:09:11. > :09:13.boys placed for adoption by Kent County Council with a gay couple,
:09:14. > :09:17.have been told by a top judge the The couple, from Bradford,
:09:18. > :09:21.had objected after the council put the children ` aged four and two `
:09:22. > :09:25.with a same sex couple. The widow of a man who died
:09:26. > :09:30.from head injuries while working at Gatwick Airport has met with
:09:31. > :09:33.bosses and a local MP there today, campaigning for safety helmdts to
:09:34. > :09:36.be provided for other staff. 62`year`old Mike Miles fell four
:09:37. > :09:38.feet from a step while loading meals onto a plane
:09:39. > :09:58.for an airline catering company He suffered a serious head hnjury
:09:59. > :10:02.and later died in hospital. To date his wife has been back to the
:10:03. > :10:14.airport to campaign for workers like him to be issued with helmets.
:10:15. > :10:17.Gatwick Airport are hoping to instigate whistle`blowing f`cilities
:10:18. > :10:24.for the employees who are unfairly pressurised and are fearful to
:10:25. > :10:30.report dissatisfaction with equipment or shift systems. The
:10:31. > :10:36.victim worked for a catering company. 2000 people are backing the
:10:37. > :10:46.campaign. The NP is writing to the company that victim worked for to
:10:47. > :10:52.ask them introduce helmets. This was one accident too many. Gatwhck
:10:53. > :11:02.Airport were encouraging. They want to do what they can to make people
:11:03. > :11:07.working on their airport safer. Gatwick Airport says if hellets are
:11:08. > :11:28.introduced they will help to check employees are wearing them
:11:29. > :11:34.correctly. Susannah Ford`Crtsh has described the moment she was struck
:11:35. > :11:36.by lightning. Several properties in the region had to be evacuated
:11:37. > :11:39.because of the weather. Drawing on experience `
:11:40. > :11:42.much loved children?s illustrator Quentin Blake unveils a unipue new
:11:43. > :12:02.exhibition in Hastings. When David Cameron upped
:12:03. > :12:05.the number of women in his cabinet from three to five earlier this
:12:06. > :12:07.week, it made front page news. So how many role models are there
:12:08. > :12:11.for girls who are about to lake The Thanet MP Laura Sandys has just
:12:12. > :12:16.taken a group of pupils on ` tour of businesses,
:12:17. > :12:17.parliament and Oxford University to Sara Smith has tonight's
:12:18. > :12:34.Special Report. Speeding towards a wind farl. These
:12:35. > :12:39.teenage girls have spent thd week exploring opportunities for the
:12:40. > :13:00.futures. On Wednesday it was Westminster. Feed to the corridors
:13:01. > :13:14.of power. `` they had each of the corridors of power. They have also
:13:15. > :13:24.been to Oxford University, ` TV studio, and a pharmaceutical giant.
:13:25. > :13:29.The girls were deciding to drop out of further education. It has the
:13:30. > :13:33.opportunity to make them re`lise that they can have the opportunities
:13:34. > :13:41.that everybody else has. Thdy have to aim higher.
:13:42. > :13:47.Today they were at the base of a company that builds wind farms
:13:48. > :13:52.across Europe. Engineers come out here to carry out
:13:53. > :13:56.maintenance checks. At the Roman none of them are women, but maybe
:13:57. > :14:08.this generation will be the first to change that. Now I am thinkhng to
:14:09. > :14:12.aim higher. Why were you not thinking to aim higher before? I did
:14:13. > :14:24.not think it was something that I could do. I definitely want to go to
:14:25. > :14:27.university now. This may be just one week. The hope place it could
:14:28. > :14:39.transform the rest of their lives. Well last night's storms have
:14:40. > :14:44.cleared the way today for what is now officially
:14:45. > :14:48.the hottest day of the year ` and many people are taking `dvantage
:14:49. > :14:51.of the wall to wall sunshind. In a moment we?ll be in Gillingham
:14:52. > :14:53.talking to our reporter there about how people have been keeping
:14:54. > :14:57.cool in the sun, but first we'll go to Brighton and
:14:58. > :15:00.speak to our reporter Ian P`lmer. I understand
:15:01. > :15:13.the good weather has been working It is. The summer period is
:15:14. > :15:20.important for many businessds. Edinburgh writer and there `re 24
:15:21. > :15:29.tales and bed and breakfasts looking for custom.
:15:30. > :15:40.It is a day for capturing The Sun. Will the high`temperatures dncourage
:15:41. > :15:47.more people to holiday in Britain? As soon as the weather forecast is
:15:48. > :16:00.done for the weekend the form rings. Friday afternoon, Saturday lorning.
:16:01. > :16:09.This hotel has 11 rooms. A study carried out by researchers sees more
:16:10. > :16:16.than 200,000 jobs are directly supported by the seaside totrism
:16:17. > :16:25.sector. There are a lot of good eating and drinking places `nd
:16:26. > :16:31.nightclubs. To does is vital for the local economy. More than 15,000
:16:32. > :16:36.people rely on it for their income. Many of them work in hotels totters
:16:37. > :16:53.around the city. Away from Brighton people wdre
:16:54. > :17:00.enjoying the high temperatures. It has not been this hot since this
:17:01. > :17:06.time last year. But why are some so keen to holiday at home? It is
:17:07. > :17:14.cheaper. It is less travellhng. Why go abroad when there are so many
:17:15. > :17:19.places in this country to go to At this hotel the good weather
:17:20. > :17:27.continues to bring in bookings. On the beach summer this year.
:17:28. > :17:38.People are enjoying the Golden hour of sunshine. How have peopld from
:17:39. > :17:52.across the region in keeping cool during this hot period?
:17:53. > :18:04.There are still lots of people here. People have been coming in here all
:18:05. > :18:13.day. Despite the heat peopld did not seem to mind a bit.
:18:14. > :18:30.In jailing the best way to stay cool steelhead here. `` in Gillingham the
:18:31. > :18:43.best way to stay cool as to come here. Lovely water and a nice
:18:44. > :19:03.breeze. In Canterbury it was a more civilised affair. Drink plenty of
:19:04. > :19:11.water. Feed yourself with cold food. Temperatures were cooler here.
:19:12. > :19:28.Some people took to messing around on the water. It has been nhce. I
:19:29. > :19:38.wish it was like this every day I get out of the heat if it is too
:19:39. > :19:43.hot. I train lots of water. Many welcome to the hotter temperatures
:19:44. > :19:51.today. The burning question that is there more to come?
:19:52. > :19:56.Is it going to last? If this is any indication, these
:19:57. > :20:06.people hope it will be just the start.
:20:07. > :20:09.Quentin Blake is perhaps best known as the illustrator of many of Roald
:20:10. > :20:12.Dahl?s stories ` and this stmmer he is the star attraction at H`stings
:20:13. > :20:15.Jerwood Gallery as they emb`rk on a summer Drawing Festival.
:20:16. > :20:18.He's been working on a serids of pieces inspired by other artists in
:20:19. > :20:21.the Jerwood Collection and producing a children's guide to the g`llery.
:20:22. > :21:04.In the presence of a master. It is intriguing and fascinating.
:21:05. > :21:20.He is now working in Hastings. We watched him at work. I h`ve done
:21:21. > :21:28.a portrait of them on an easel. There is a whole series of drawings
:21:29. > :21:39.with very simple lines. But do not be fooled. He agonised over the job.
:21:40. > :21:54.He came to us to suggest his idea. He has captured the beach, the local
:21:55. > :22:08.people, the street scenes. H have tried to be a philosopher, but
:22:09. > :22:15.cheerfulness keeps breaking in. The style is somewhere between
:22:16. > :22:21.illustration and caricature. He has brought the world to life. H like
:22:22. > :22:32.the idea that I am doing it. James Toseland is one of those
:22:33. > :22:36.people who is overwhelminglx talented `
:22:37. > :22:40.a former world superbike ch`mpion, he's also a very good musichan.
:22:41. > :22:44.This weekend he's returning to the moments on the track ` Brands Hatch.
:22:45. > :22:50.But he won't be riding. Instead he's entertaining the crowds
:22:51. > :22:53.with his rock band, playing tracks from his new album Renegade. Neil
:22:54. > :23:14.Bell has been to meet him ahead of It is light, quick and dangdrous.
:23:15. > :23:25.That is why tens of thousands of people will be here. Few were more
:23:26. > :23:35.talented and popular than J`mes Tours London. He is also a gifted
:23:36. > :23:47.musician. He was world Superbike Champion in 2004. In 2007 hd was the
:23:48. > :23:52.champion again. Having retired from racing he has embarked on a new
:23:53. > :24:02.career as a rock musician. He is looking forward to wrestling things
:24:03. > :24:14.up this weekend. I have not been backs and 2007. To
:24:15. > :24:31.play in front of the crowd hs going to be great.
:24:32. > :24:35.If I spend my time thinking of what I am going to do I will not be
:24:36. > :24:42.concentrating. You have got to love for the moment.
:24:43. > :24:57.There will be a huge cloud on Sunday. `` a large attendance.
:24:58. > :25:06.We had storms last night. Lovely weather today.
:25:07. > :25:19.We have got more of the sea in the season tomorrow.
:25:20. > :25:28.Top temperature was 32 Celshus. Clear blue skies this afternoon
:25:29. > :25:35.Tonight there will be thunddrstorms. Temperatures tomorrow will not be
:25:36. > :25:46.quite as warm as today. Temperatures tonight will not drop much below 19
:25:47. > :26:07.Celsius. Stifling and warm temperatures. Tonight we ard
:26:08. > :26:14.expecting to see thunderstorms. There could be one inch of rain fall
:26:15. > :26:25.in just one hour. There is `n amber warning. That will be valid tonight
:26:26. > :26:37.and tomorrow. Initially we shall see late evening sunshine. Therd will be
:26:38. > :26:51.thunderstorms again. Temper`tures not particularly comfortabld. It
:26:52. > :26:58.will be a very humid night. First thing tomorrow there will bd clouds.
:26:59. > :27:03.There will be showers and then the sunshine will be back. In the early
:27:04. > :27:15.part of the afternoon the hdat will rise. We are expecting further
:27:16. > :27:22.thunderstorms. Tomorrow night temperatures will be a little
:27:23. > :27:37.fresher. Sunday is a slightly calmer day. There could be the chance of a
:27:38. > :27:44.shower. Camera into next wedk. Thank you for watching.
:27:45. > :27:48.We will leave you with Brighton this evening. Goodbye.