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This has been a disaster but it is not going to stop the town doing a | :00:07. | :00:21. | |
really fantastic summer. Yesterday's fire, which is being | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
treated as unexplained, quickly engulfed a large part of the | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
pier, and brought many people out to One of the few things you come to | :00:28. | :00:38. | |
see, it has gone now. They should start rebuilding it now. | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
We'll be finding out what lessons can be learned | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
from the experience of two other South East piers destroyed by fire. | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
A crucial meeting for Manston's future? | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
The council decides whether to press for a compulsory purchase. | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
The private ambulance company still taking too long to pick up patients. | :00:54. | :01:11. | |
Eastbourne's famous pier lies in partial ruins and, all day, | :01:12. | :01:13. | |
investigators have been checking to see the extent of the damage. | :01:14. | :01:27. | |
It was finally put out at lunch time, the fire. Fire investigators | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
still do not know what the cause was. They have been assessing the | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
damage throughout the day. Our reporter has been following events. | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
For hours, flames and smoke engulfed Eastbourne Pier. | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
This morning, this was what remained. | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
The skeletal structure proving a tourist attraction | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
in itself, as fire crews continued to dampen down hotspots. | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
Today, one of those working on the pier who had to be evacuated, | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
20 minutes to half an hour, the flames started coming out. | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
It wasn't as bad as I thought but I could smell wood burning we passed. | :02:08. | :02:22. | |
Within an hour, the whole of it went. | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
The cause of the fire is currently unexplained but tonight | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
the police and Fire Service have said they are not ruling out arson. | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
We were lucky with the wind yesterday. | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
We haven't been as lucky with the wind on other fires on piers. | :02:34. | :02:42. | |
Had the wind been blowing from the north to the south, we could | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
have seen a very rapid fire spread along it and we could've lost it. | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
Looking back from the sea, we took a structural engineer to | :02:50. | :02:51. | |
He has helped restore similar piers destroyed by fire in the past. | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
How does this compare to the damage done the Hastings Pier? | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
It is only 25% of the whole of the pier. | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
Most importantly, the Fire Brigade did a great job in | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
containing it, and it is right by the land so it is very accessible. | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
At low tide, it is high tide now, you can get under the pier with men | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
and machines to restore it without using expensive marine plant. | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
A third of the pier has been completely destroyed. | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
Fire crews are still at the scene trying to secure it and their | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
The local MP said he would like to see it reopened by next year. | :03:24. | :03:33. | |
I am bringing everyone together because I want to get moving | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
We will start putting together a schedule | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
of repairs with the owners, pushing on that so there is no danger in a | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
I want the whole town to do what it does best which is to pull together | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
over this dreadful episode, and remind everyone at the | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
business. A benevolent fund has been set up to help those who were | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
But, as the clear`up gets under way, the question for most is how soon | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
can this iconic structure be restored to its former glory? | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
This isn't quite the image of Eastbourne people in the town were | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
hoping to project at the height of the tourist season. This is an | :04:22. | :04:38. | |
iconic image of Eastbourne, it must be devastating. | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
It is such an important, cultural, heritage and tourist attraction. The | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
first time I have seen it close, it is so sad. Unfortunately, we are | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
used to seeing this image in Hastings and in Brighton. | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
The gallery enjoys the benefits tourism brings with it. Will it have | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
an impact? Not a big impact, because there are | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
so many cultural attractions, heritage attractions in Eastbourne. | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
We work closely with all of our cultural past `` partners and the | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
council, to make sure there is a strong offer in the town. Eastbourne | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
is open for business, as the leader of the council said earlier. What is | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
interesting, we have over 22 paintings in our collection of | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
Eastbourne Pier, and a wonderful photograph taken by Simon Roberts | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
who did a project photographing the 58 remaining in the country. It | :05:40. | :05:46. | |
feels ironic now, these wonderful postcards the people to share their | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
images about Eastbourne Pier. A lot of people have been coming in, | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
looking at the photograph, wanting to share their memories. It is | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
important for tourism. But important for our local community. A source of | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
nostalgia and collective memory. It was the last thing be expected, the | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
tourists, the locals on the beach yesterday, enjoying the sunshine. | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
Suddenly, this is Gaelic seaside scene, engulfed in flames. Many of | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
them were shocked and stunned. Many have come down today to have another | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
look. It is just about sinking in but they did not expect to see it. | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
Some were talking about how they never expected to be swept up by the | :06:32. | :06:33. | |
events. We have come down now | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
and we think it will be saved. It is an important part, | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
it matters to people. What do you make of the pier | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
and what has happened? I feel sorry for the other | :06:46. | :07:01. | |
shops that have lost business. There are | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
a few things you come to see. I started crying, basically, | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
to see it. There are people | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
in Eastbourne who have found This is the hotel and the guests | :07:19. | :07:30. | |
watched the flames take hold. The manager has only been | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
in the job for a month and ended up emergency services. We had all the | :07:35. | :07:47. | |
staff, 200 rounds of sandwiches, hundreds of cups of tea, for the | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
emergency services. They did, guests helping with | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
sandwiches and clearing up. A lot | :07:59. | :08:13. | |
of the guests did not expect this A lot of people have been saying | :08:14. | :08:24. | |
they are prepared to do what they can to get it back up and running. | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
One man who will be closely involved in the plan to restore it is the | :08:29. | :08:35. | |
leader of the council. What is the plan now? | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
We met as a business community this morning. We have looked at | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
short`term, it is about the people, those who have events booked here, | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
have alternatives so they are not disappointed. Making sure those who | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
have concessions continue to trade, making offers to them. | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
They have lost age meant as amount. They have not got insurance, it is a | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
personal loss to them. The event on the 14th of August, we will offer | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
them free stands so they have somewhere to trade. At Eastbourne | :09:15. | :09:23. | |
market as well. To offer implement to those individuals. What about the | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
pier itself, where will the money come? It is insured, which is good | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
news. We had a meeting with the owners. We will maintain close | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
contact with them. They are waiting to find out the results of a | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
structural survey once the Fire investigators are away. Then we | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
clear up and look at how we can get back to business as usual. | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
One of the things that makes this all the more poignant for people is | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
the rich history of the pier which is what we will touch on data in the | :10:01. | :10:02. | |
programme. `` later. The future | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
of Manston Airport could depend on the outcome of a meeting of Thanet | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
Council tonight, as they consider the possibility of a compulsory | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
purchase of the 750`acre site. A detailed report suggests it would | :10:18. | :10:19. | |
take a minimum investment of ?100 million to make it | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
successful, but it also highlights how Southend Airport in Essex has | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
managed to reinvent itself. In a moment, | :10:26. | :10:27. | |
we will talk to our correspondent But first, Louise Stewart has sent | :10:28. | :10:29. | |
this report from Southend Airport. Passengers taking off on holiday | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
from Southend Airport today. This summer has seen business | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
here reach new heights. Since being taken over in 2008, | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
the airport has had a ?120 million revamp including to | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
transport and infrastructure. 25% of our passengers use either | :10:46. | :10:54. | |
the roads or public transport, the railway station, straight | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
into Stratford and up from there. That is appealing to passengers | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
and that will increase in volume. Thanks to the investment | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
and infrastructure, this airport In the summer of 2011, | :11:07. | :11:08. | |
there was only one commercial flight Now, there are four different | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
airlines flying from here to It is this success | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
which gives hope to campaigners who believe Manston in Kent could still | :11:20. | :11:27. | |
have a commercial future. A report for Thanet District | :11:28. | :11:37. | |
Council said the most significant development to Southend | :11:38. | :11:39. | |
was a new station within walking There could be | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
a million passengers going into Manston within a couple of years | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
soon as that is completed. For passengers at Southend, | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
good transport links are It is brilliant, the timing | :11:53. | :11:54. | |
of the trains, every 15 minutes. Convenience | :11:55. | :12:03. | |
doesn't come cheap. The report found Manston needs | :12:04. | :12:14. | |
hundreds of millions of pounds of investment if it were to be able | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
to replicate Southend's success. I'm joined now by our correspondent, | :12:22. | :12:24. | |
Mark Norman, in Margate. Mark, | :12:25. | :12:26. | |
we just saw in Louise's report how successful Southend Airport has been | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
after big infrastructure projects. They found someone to spend all that | :12:29. | :12:43. | |
money. Everyone thought the owner would be the same person to do it | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
for Manston. They need to find someone who will spend millions. But | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
you need to find someone who will bear `` by the airport. Campaigners | :12:54. | :13:00. | |
say the council should do that with a compulsory purchase order, that is | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
up for discussion. Campaigners are worried it will get dried out. | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
A man has been sent to prison for the third time | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
in barely a month for persistently harassing a member of the public. | :13:12. | :13:14. | |
Kahal Sene, who's from Brighton, was first sent to prison last month. | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
On release, he then broke a Domestic Violence Prevention Order aimed | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
at stopping him from contacting his victim, so was sent to prison again. | :13:22. | :13:24. | |
Today, he was imprisoned for a third time after breaking that order, too. | :13:25. | :13:32. | |
A waste site in North Kent, which has been the subject | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
of a legal battle, is to be fenced in by the Environment Agency. | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
Waste4Fuel owns the site, but none of their workers has been | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
The agency says that the fencing will secure the area | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
and reduce the chances of anti`social behaviour and arson. | :13:46. | :13:54. | |
Children as young as 11 are being investigated for sending indecent | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
images to each other by text message. Kent Police say they have | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
investigated 40 similar cases and are warning teenagers will not be | :14:06. | :14:07. | |
immune from prosecution. One of the South East's largest | :14:08. | :14:14. | |
private ambulance providers, NSL, is still taking too long to pick up | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
some patients, after the latest inspection by health care regulator, | :14:19. | :14:21. | |
the Care Quality Commission. It found that the service failed to | :14:22. | :14:22. | |
show improvements in a number Dorothy Marsh has been home | :14:23. | :14:25. | |
for two weeks, She had been in hospital | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
for a month after falling in her flat, and was relieved when | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
she could told she could leave. Then she said, I'm sorry, | :14:39. | :14:41. | |
we are short`staffed, Finally, after waiting two and a | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
half days, Dorothy was brought home. Except she was taken to | :14:48. | :14:59. | |
the wrong address. One of the nurses said it was better | :15:00. | :15:01. | |
when they had ambulances, they would ring up for someone to go | :15:02. | :15:18. | |
home, they came to take them home. The results of the | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
Care Quality Commission latest reports in March have revealed | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
there are still problems. Changes have been made | :15:27. | :15:28. | |
and they are continuing apace. We are working closely with | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
the commissioners. The service is a long way | :15:33. | :15:33. | |
from where it was last year. The accountable officer for | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
NHS West Kent CCG admitted that their advert for the tender had | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
been based on incorrect patient transport numbers, something they | :15:44. | :15:45. | |
rectified six months later. They say they are continuing to | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
work with NSL Kent to improve. It is disappointing, coming | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
in the wake of other CQC reports. I sense some frustration | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
the previous recommendations have It is not | :16:00. | :16:01. | |
the ambulance drivers' fault. The family say she had better not | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
need the hospital again Work to assess the extent of the | :16:09. | :16:17. | |
damage to Eastbourne Pier, and causes the fire that badly damaged | :16:18. | :16:36. | |
a third of it, has begun today. It's thought that an electrical | :16:37. | :16:39. | |
fault may be to blame. The couple who've recorded every | :16:40. | :16:42. | |
year of their relationship, Some unsettled weather is making its | :16:43. | :16:51. | |
way to us at the weekend is not a complete wash`out. The forecast is | :16:52. | :16:53. | |
at the end of the programme. A couple from East Sussex have used | :16:54. | :17:02. | |
photobooth pictures to document every year of their relationship, | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
spanning 14 years and two children. Giles Paley`Phillips | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
and his wife Michelle first snapped themselves a month | :17:12. | :17:13. | |
into their courtship, and then It is an annual event that started | :17:14. | :17:31. | |
14 years ago but, for Michelle and Giles, the trip to the photobooth | :17:32. | :17:39. | |
has become a family event, providing a snapshot of their life together. | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
Right, stand up. We were in Brighton Station, on a | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
day out. I saw the photobooth. I just turned to Michelle and said, | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
shall we have our photo taken? We have not been seeing each other for | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
that long. Just to see if she was up for it. She was. A year later, we | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
were in a similar place, Brighton again, and we decided to do another | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
one. It carried on from there. Here we go. Yes! This is your last try. | :18:10. | :18:20. | |
We will take that one. We will take that one. Michelle and | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
has a collection, charting their changing hairstyles, more | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
importantly, the changes in their relationship from going out, to | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
married life, having children. The third one, we were married, it | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
seemed a nice way of carrying it on and documenting our life as it was | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
continuing together. And the kids? The kids, the first | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
one, there is one with me in a green coat. It was our first night out | :18:49. | :18:56. | |
without him. Six months later. It was very exciting for us to be out | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
on our own for the first time. After that, we thought it would be nice to | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
have them in with us. We have our photobooth anniversary. | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
Michelle and Giles say they will continue with their tradition every | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
year but fear that photobooth might be phased out in the digital age. | :19:19. | :19:27. | |
Our main story, many of you have been posting photos and comments on | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
Facebook about Eastbourne Pier. Hugh Wilton, taken last night, | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
as the fire crews were still It?s "a sad day for Eastbourne | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
and its pier". It really shows how huge | :19:39. | :19:41. | |
the fire was at its height. I spent several holidays | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
in Eastbourne, and love Kim Sweet took this panoramic shot | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
from the beach, showing Eastbourne Pier ablaze, | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
with hundreds of onlookers. It really captures how | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
the building has been reduced to "Let's hope a quick decision is made | :19:59. | :20:06. | |
to rebuild this wonderful asset to Let's cross back to Polly | :20:07. | :20:14. | |
in Eastbourne. Clearly a huge well of affection | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
for the pier in the town. That is correct. It is just about | :20:18. | :20:32. | |
sinking in that the pier has been so badly damaged by the fire. People | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
coming back in disbelief to take pictures to remind themselves it has | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
happened. There were people here yesterday who could not believe what | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
they were seeing. Amongst them, Elaine and Gareth, here on | :20:48. | :20:50. | |
honeymoon. What were you thinking as you saw it in flames? | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
It was a shock, surreal comic is it happening? We saw the smoke from the | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
town centre. Someone said the pier was on fire. What was yesterday | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
evening like for you, Gareth? It was very surreal, you could not | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
believe it was actually happening. It has only been sinking in today, | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
to see the extent. You will certainly remember your honeymoon. | :21:22. | :21:29. | |
This is one of three that were designed by the Victorian designer, | :21:30. | :21:42. | |
and two piers have already been ravaged by fire. That has | :21:43. | :21:50. | |
In 2003, Brighton's West Pier burned down and to this day remains | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
Then, in 2010, an arson attack following years of neglect led | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
to almost all of Hastings Pier to be destroyed by fire. | :21:58. | :22:00. | |
But unlike Brighton, it's now undergoing | :22:01. | :22:02. | |
fallen `` so, can Eastbourne learn lessons from this? Storm damage and | :22:03. | :22:19. | |
fire were the main threats. In 2010, Hastings Pier, built in 1872, was | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
engulfed in flames. Some feared it spelt the end of a pier that had | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
suffered neglect. After a long campaign, a restoration plan was | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
born. The majority of the structure here, | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
we are fortunate, the columns which date back to Victorian times, are in | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
sound condition. But, above that, you can see the galvanised pieces, | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
we have had to replace a lot of trusts work and bracing and | :22:53. | :22:53. | |
steelworks. Work is in full swing. It is the | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
local public passion that has helped the Hastings get off the ground and | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
may be the key to Eastbourne Pier being restored. People have a great | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
fondness for them related to heritage personal memories. | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
The target is for the work to be finished in a year, for a grand | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
summer opening in 2015. In contrast, here in Eastbourne, the | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
lights are likely to be out for some time. Restorations like this are | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
complex physically and financially. In its favour, it is historically | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
important, opened in 1870, the finest remaining pier. | :23:37. | :23:46. | |
The pier has suffered many disasters. A big one in 1872 when | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
the shore and was washed away. A fire in 1870. This is a continuing | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
involvement. Our love of these structures is not | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
enough to save them. The one in Brighton is slowly being claimed by | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
the sea. People will hope it will be more than starlings visiting | :24:10. | :24:11. | |
Eastbourne Pier in the years to come. | :24:12. | :24:20. | |
I'm joined now by veteran broadcaster Michael Fish, who spends | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
How much does this mean to the town? Five generations of my family have | :24:24. | :24:42. | |
lived in Eastbourne, it was the best pier in the world and it will be | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
once again. I have many fond memories. The theatre is the only | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
one way you can sit in your seat and have the seas sloshing around your | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
feet. My grand daughter is three and is never started `` devastated. | :24:57. | :25:06. | |
One little girl said, her father is a fire fighter, she said she was | :25:07. | :25:14. | |
glad he could save it. We are all devastated, of course. It | :25:15. | :25:23. | |
had a soft play area, a carousel for the young kids. | :25:24. | :25:26. | |
I feel like I should be asking you to do the weather forecast. Instead, | :25:27. | :25:28. | |
we will go to Georgina. It would have been a lovely | :25:29. | :25:42. | |
summer's date under normal circumstances in Eastbourne. If we | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
look at the picture earlier, for most of our region, lovely sunshine | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
around, not much cloud. Temperatures up to 24 Celsius. A little cooler | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
along the coast. A bit breezy as well. This evening, a largely dry | :25:59. | :26:06. | |
and warm night, some showers to the north. A couple major cull in but | :26:07. | :26:18. | |
most of us will escape. Temperatures up to 17 degrees. Tomorrow is a day | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
of sunshine and showers but those showers will be isolated. Many of us | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
will escape them altogether. Temperatures up to 23 Celsius but | :26:30. | :26:32. | |
along the south coast making it fairly to 20. Tomorrow night, we are | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
more likely to see heavy showers. Another warm night, similar | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
temperatures. Some showers will be pretty heavy. Saturday, that is | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
looking a wet day. Lots of those showers coming up from the | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
continent. Quite thundery, some lightning in there as well. You may | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
be able to escape them in between. Certainly, drying up at the time you | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
get to Sunday. Sunday is looking a much better day of the weekend. Much | :27:03. | :27:10. | |
drier, brighter, temperatures still in the low 20s, not as warm as it | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
has been. The weekend isn't a washed out. There's temperatures rise on | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
Monday. No one could have expected the drama | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
of the last few days, certainly not the holiday`makers. But Eastbourne | :27:27. | :27:33. | |
Pier has survived in the past, survived an order to have it | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
destroyed, so there is every sense of optimism she can be resurrected | :27:40. | :27:40. | |
again. MUSIC: "All About You" | :27:41. | :28:26. | |
by McFly | :28:27. | :28:28. |