:00:00. > :00:00.again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:00. > :00:09.Joy at being reunited with his daughters,
:00:10. > :00:17.I've looked after my childrdn all their lives, you know?
:00:18. > :00:41.We ask a few get can win in South Thanet and elsewhere in Sussex. A
:00:42. > :00:50.family pastor firm closes in Surrey. "NO" ` how Churchill refused Lord
:00:51. > :00:53.reveals call for more ammunhtion A rich musical in Judy Garl`nd's
:00:54. > :00:56.daughter ` heritage; Lorna Luft brings her singer mother's hits to
:00:57. > :01:17.the South Coast. A Kent father has spoken
:01:18. > :01:21.of his joy after being reunhted with his daughters, who disappeared
:01:22. > :01:23.nearly three months ago aftdr Robert Day from Sevenoaks,
:01:24. > :01:26.has thanked Thai police for helping find 11`year`old Ananya
:01:27. > :01:28.and six`year`old Aleena. Mr Day's ex`wife has been arrested
:01:29. > :01:33.on suspicion of their abduction Mr Day, smiling now his daughters
:01:34. > :01:40.have been returned to him. He joined Ananya, Aleena
:01:41. > :01:44.and his new partner in visiting the police teams that helped
:01:45. > :01:46.reunite them, clearly relieved that I have looked after my children
:01:47. > :01:58.all their lives, you know? Mr Day, from Sevenoaks,
:01:59. > :02:18.has been trying to find his daughters since they vanished,
:02:19. > :02:21.along with their mother, during Mr Day was granted sole custody
:02:22. > :02:30.after the couple divorced. Their mother has been released
:02:31. > :02:33.on bail, having been arrestdd on We would have to consider the facts
:02:34. > :02:39.surrounding this case in order to be fair, so that it doesn't generate
:02:40. > :02:42.a feeling that we are overdoing the Back home in Sevenoaks,
:02:43. > :02:48.their aunt is looking forward to They are looking forward to getting
:02:49. > :02:56.back to school, especially the little one, because she will be
:02:57. > :02:59.going back to the school th`t she Ananya has got the excitement
:03:00. > :03:03.of going to her new school. So it should be a happy timd,
:03:04. > :03:07.hopefully. It feels quite good to have
:03:08. > :03:11.some fun here with my dad. Mr Day is now planning
:03:12. > :03:17.his family's return to the TK. His ex`wife currently
:03:18. > :03:25.hasn't been charged. Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP,
:03:26. > :03:27.who was selected as the party's candidate for
:03:28. > :03:30.South Thanet last night, is now He believes his party can whn three
:03:31. > :03:35.or four seats in Kent ` and at least one in Sussex `
:03:36. > :03:39.in next year's General Election Mr Farage will be standing
:03:40. > :03:41.against Craig MacKinlay, who briefly led UKIP in 1997, but is
:03:42. > :03:46.now standing for the Conservatives ` Ian Driver for the Green Party `
:03:47. > :03:51.Will Scobie for Labour, and Russ In a moment, we'll be speakhng live
:03:52. > :03:56.to Nigel Farage, but first Piers Hopkirk looks
:03:57. > :04:19.at what could be next for UKIP. It was a selection he could perhaps
:04:20. > :04:24.have one in his sleep, but his message to the political
:04:25. > :04:29.establishment was, don't rest easy. Someone once said I was Davhd
:04:30. > :04:39.Cameron's worst nightmare. H want to be Ed Miliband's worst nightmare to.
:04:40. > :04:47.Officially you kept's `` UKHP candidate for South Thanet. They are
:04:48. > :04:55.focusing on these three are`s and across in West Sussex, thesd areas.
:04:56. > :04:59.These are seats which have swung between Labour and the
:05:00. > :05:02.Conservatives, because thesd are working class areas. There hs an
:05:03. > :05:13.interesting contrast between conservatives, Labour, and TKIP How
:05:14. > :05:16.worried should people be? From my experience of being out there on the
:05:17. > :05:23.doorsteps and talking to people people are into really that keen on
:05:24. > :05:28.supporting UKIP, and those who have been strong Labour supporters are
:05:29. > :05:36.continuing to be strong Labour supporters. Nigel Burroughs is to
:05:37. > :05:43.experience a campaign to fall for something like this. `` Nigdl
:05:44. > :05:58.Farage. But he knows he will be facing the full firepower of his
:05:59. > :06:02.rival parties at South Thandt. To date, we asked people in potential
:06:03. > :06:06.target seats in Kent and Sussex how they thought that UKIP would fear
:06:07. > :06:12.locally in next year but Mack elections. I would consider him He
:06:13. > :06:18.has a lot going for him. I `m very pro`Europe, and I am very anti`Nigel
:06:19. > :06:21.Farage, and I am very pro`immigration as well. He has a
:06:22. > :06:26.marvellous ideas, but I don't think we are ready to accommodate his
:06:27. > :06:32.radical thinking. I wish hil all the best. We should stay in the European
:06:33. > :06:40.Community. No one else in the world wants us. I think they have got a
:06:41. > :06:43.good chance. If they keep to their words, but you don't know, do you?
:06:44. > :06:49.They all say things and don't keep to their words. We have quite a high
:06:50. > :06:58.population of Eastern Europdan is now. I know some people are not
:06:59. > :07:04.happy about that. We're turning into an area of deprivation, really. We
:07:05. > :07:09.are joined now by Nigel Far`ge. Thank you for joining us.
:07:10. > :07:12.What makes you think you can win this seat, a swing seat,
:07:13. > :07:19.Conservative at the last eldction, but before that Labour for 03 years?
:07:20. > :07:21.Isn't there a real prospect you split the vote
:07:22. > :07:33.No. The evidence now is that UKIP picks up its support from across the
:07:34. > :07:37.board, and what you have sedn or the last three years all over the
:07:38. > :07:42.country are a series of by`dlections in which UKIP come second. We come
:07:43. > :07:46.second in Conservative seats and Labour seats. In a marginal seat, we
:07:47. > :07:50.came within an absolute whisker of winning. This is the point. We pick
:07:51. > :07:55.up our support from across the board. That is why, as your report
:07:56. > :07:59.very accurately said, it is in the marginal seats. It is in thd seats
:08:00. > :08:02.where there is a big battle between Labour and Conservative, whdre we
:08:03. > :08:07.can turn this into a margin`l seat. What happened recently was that the
:08:08. > :08:14.Conservatives picked a Eurosceptic candidate, and said, it is OK you do
:08:15. > :08:18.not have to vote for UKIP, dither actively split the UKIP votd. I
:08:19. > :08:22.think South Thanet will turn into battle a between UKIP and the Labour
:08:23. > :08:23.Party, and genuine Euro sceptics must make up their mind where they
:08:24. > :08:26.want to go. A party leader has many comlitments,
:08:27. > :08:29.not least communicating party policy to the whole of the country,
:08:30. > :08:32.do you really have the time to devote to local issues
:08:33. > :08:51.that South Thanet voters deserve? That is a very fair question, and of
:08:52. > :08:58.course it applies to David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg. Whdn you
:08:59. > :09:02.get people who have got othdr big political jobs this becomes an
:09:03. > :09:08.issue, but I have a big adv`ntage in South Thanet and that is thhs. In
:09:09. > :09:15.eight divisions within South Thanet, eight divisions within South Thanet,
:09:16. > :09:18.UKIP 17 of them, so we have significant support on the ground.
:09:19. > :09:20.The whole of the District Council is The whole of the District
:09:21. > :09:23.up for election on the same day as up for election on the same day as
:09:24. > :09:25.the general election, there are 56 District Council seats, we `re
:09:26. > :09:29.fielding 56 councillors. I will be in South Thanet every week, but I
:09:30. > :09:33.cannot be there every day, because I have other responsible at e`se, but
:09:34. > :09:37.I see this as not just being me but as being a team effort, between the
:09:38. > :09:47.honour our candidates, and `re councillors, and that is how we will
:09:48. > :09:53.win. There are issues in Sotth Thanet around housing, soci`l
:09:54. > :09:55.issues, and provision of hotsing. UKIP stand very firmly on ldaving
:09:56. > :10:01.the European Union, but what policies do you have that whll help
:10:02. > :10:06.South Thanet? We already have seven County Council is from South Thanet
:10:07. > :10:15.on Kent County Council camp`igning for local people. What about your
:10:16. > :10:19.policies? We will be campaigning on South Thanet District Counchl. We
:10:20. > :10:22.will be aiming to win that council, and that will be on the loc`l
:10:23. > :10:27.issues. We will talk about parking charges put people off and force
:10:28. > :10:30.them out elsewhere, so we whll campaign on the local issues, but we
:10:31. > :10:34.will also campaign on the n`tional issues come and remember th`t I m
:10:35. > :10:40.going to be a candidate, and I will represent my constituents. H have a
:10:41. > :10:45.15 year history as an MEP. H will be standing in a general electhon, and
:10:46. > :10:54.it is the natural `` local hssues that matter.
:10:55. > :10:57.After their triumph in paris,we ll be chatting with Kent's rugby
:10:58. > :11:01.A company that for nearly half a decade had been
:11:02. > :11:04.run by one Sussex family has closed, with 169 people losing their jobs.
:11:05. > :11:07.The closure of Pasta Reale hs one of the biggest job losses in Crawley
:11:08. > :11:13.Experts say the company was a victim of the changes
:11:14. > :11:16.in the economy, struggling recently as the demand for fresh loc`lly
:11:17. > :11:21.There was little sign of activity at the factory today, a factory
:11:22. > :11:24.that had until recently sent pasta to Europe and the Middle East.
:11:25. > :11:26.Just a trickle of staff comhng to clear their belongings.
:11:27. > :11:29.One married couple told me they had worked here for 18 years
:11:30. > :11:36.It was a really big loss for everyone.
:11:37. > :11:47.The owner was trying to keep everybody until the last minute
:11:48. > :11:54.The workforce had produced tpmarket fresh pasta,
:11:55. > :11:57.sold to restaurants and catdrers for their own dishes as well
:11:58. > :12:01.Harrods and Waitrose had at one time been amongst thdm.
:12:02. > :12:06.Administrators have spent the day here advising the staff
:12:07. > :12:10.on the paperwork and what the future might now hold for them.
:12:11. > :12:13.The buildings themselves max look like just another factory or just
:12:14. > :12:16.another industrial estate, but that hides the fact that this
:12:17. > :12:19.company has quite a heritagd here in the south`east, dating b`ck to
:12:20. > :12:27.In the very late 70s, the p`sta was produced in a disused bakerx just
:12:28. > :12:32.In the 60s, from a restaurant in Croydon.
:12:33. > :12:34.The problem facing Pasta Re`la, was that even
:12:35. > :12:37.though it was a family`run company with a recent buyout they wdre very
:12:38. > :12:40.keen to maintain themselves as a supplier and manufacturer
:12:41. > :12:45.They wanted to supply UK businesses, UK consumers.
:12:46. > :12:48.It was a very different environment to work
:12:49. > :12:51.in, and that type of manufacturing can take place anywhere.
:12:52. > :12:54.And with a supply chain that is pretty much in euros,
:12:55. > :12:59.the recent economic situation made it very, very difficult.
:13:00. > :13:01.In a statement, the administrators say they hope to
:13:02. > :13:09.raise what they can to ease the losses to those who are owed money.
:13:10. > :13:15.John Young is in Crawley fotr hours now. What's next for the people who
:13:16. > :13:24.have been told that they will lose their jobs? A hugely diffictlt time
:13:25. > :13:27.for anyone who is given that news. The statistics do paint are` is the
:13:28. > :13:32.bully encouraging picture. Dconomic activity here, according to this
:13:33. > :13:38.assist X, official statistics, slightly better than the avdrage. In
:13:39. > :13:42.the south`east, if you take the south`east as your average, it is
:13:43. > :13:48.harder to be on Europe than in other parts of the south`east. Thd
:13:49. > :13:51.business associations are optimistic. They feel that lany of
:13:52. > :13:52.the people here have skills that will be useful to other loc`l
:13:53. > :13:53.employers. A sixth police officer will be
:13:54. > :13:55.questioned over the investigation into the lurder of
:13:56. > :13:58.Jayden Parkinson from Folkestone. Thames Valley Police are behng
:13:59. > :14:01.investigated after the 17`ydar`old was strangled by her former
:14:02. > :14:06.boyfriend Ben Blakeley in Ddcember. He then buried her body in
:14:07. > :14:13.his Uncle's grave in Oxfordshire. Last month Blakeley was sentenced to
:14:14. > :14:18.a minimum of 20 years in prhson Parents and pupils have been paying
:14:19. > :14:20.tribute to a Kent headmaster who died suddenly
:14:21. > :14:23.at the weekend, describing him as an Mark Geadah had been working
:14:24. > :14:33.at Allington Primary School for nine years, but on Sunday morning he
:14:34. > :14:36.was found dead at his home. Today people have been leavhng
:14:37. > :14:44.flowers outside the school. Trying to come to terms with the
:14:45. > :14:49.sudden death of a much loved headteacher. He was an insphration
:14:50. > :14:54.to people. He wanted the best for the school, the best for thd
:14:55. > :15:01.children. He was amazing. Hd did so many fun things with the chhldren.
:15:02. > :15:09.He brought a parrot in, he dressed up in his pyjamas at Christlas. He
:15:10. > :15:17.did amazing things. He brought in animals, and at Christmas the red as
:15:18. > :15:22.books. He always used to make everyone laugh. He did great
:15:23. > :15:31.assemblies, and he was fant`stic. Police were called to Mark Geadah
:15:32. > :15:35.was back home on Thursday morning. His death is not being treated as
:15:36. > :15:41.suspicious. Most of the messages you have been left by pupils. This one
:15:42. > :15:46.reads, you're always super funny. We miss you but we know you will be
:15:47. > :15:52.in 2002, three years later, he was in 2002, three years later, he was
:15:53. > :15:59.made headteacher. In 2008, we were given an outstanding rating by
:16:00. > :16:03.Ofsted, recognising the success that Mark had achieved. The school is
:16:04. > :16:05.reopening next week, with professional advisers and
:16:06. > :16:10.councillors on hand to help staff and pupils.
:16:11. > :16:14.A Kent father has spoken of his joy after being reunhted with
:16:15. > :16:16.his daughters, who disappeared in June aftdr
:16:17. > :16:21.11`year`old Ananya and six`xear`old Aleena are expected to return to
:16:22. > :16:26.their home in Sevenoaks with their father, Robert Day, next wedk.
:16:27. > :16:35.A rich musical heritage; Judy Garland's daughter,
:16:36. > :16:45.singer Lorna Luft, sings her mother's hits on the South Coast.
:16:46. > :16:54.We had some wet and wild we`ther a few Sundays ago, but will the next
:16:55. > :17:01.hurricane medal with ours as well? Join me to find out.
:17:02. > :17:04.A desperate letter written 000 years ago today has been discoverdd,
:17:05. > :17:06.showing that Britain nearly lost the First World War
:17:07. > :17:10.The chief of the army, Lord Kitchener,
:17:11. > :17:13.wrote to the then First Lord of Admiralty Winston Churchill asking
:17:14. > :17:16.for more ammunition in the fight against the Germans at Antwdrp.
:17:17. > :17:17.But the handwritten responsd was unsympathetic.
:17:18. > :17:20.Churchill refused, saying hd only had 10 million rounds of amlunition
:17:21. > :17:31.Lynda Hardy has tonight's special report.
:17:32. > :17:38.The 27th of August 1914, thd start of the war and a plea from the head
:17:39. > :17:46.of the army to the head of the Navy. My dear Churchill, please ghve you
:17:47. > :17:49.an `` ammunition that you c`n spare to us. I think you said that 10
:17:50. > :17:53.million rounds would be avahlable. It makes me shudder to think of
:17:54. > :18:02.troops without ammunition. But the request from Lord Kitchener is
:18:03. > :18:05.bluntly rebutted. It is belheved Churchill's written responsd may
:18:06. > :18:21.have been more subtly writtdn up by a secretary. No, no, no, no. I will
:18:22. > :18:25.see if anything can be scraped up. Churchill didn't mince his words.
:18:26. > :18:30.She was a man with a huge responsibility for the safety of the
:18:31. > :18:40.nation. And the ability of the fleet, and she needed to safeguard
:18:41. > :18:46.the ammunition that he had. It is also about how well prepared Britain
:18:47. > :18:52.was for the war. They were scrambling for ammunition. Here at
:18:53. > :18:56.the place where Winston Churchill made his home in the years `fter
:18:57. > :18:59.World War I, is the French lilitary helmet that he wore on the
:19:00. > :19:06.battlefields. Evidence of hhs time on the front line, as well `s at the
:19:07. > :19:12.helm during the conflict. I think it is quite in keeping with Chtrchill,
:19:13. > :19:21.actually. Having seen other bits and pieces around. What it does do is it
:19:22. > :19:25.gives you an idea of the sc`le of what warfare was like at thd time.
:19:26. > :19:28.It is suggested that Churchhll's blunt reply highlights of b`d blood
:19:29. > :19:34.between himself and Lord Kitchener, but what it also reveals ard the
:19:35. > :19:36.early days of war. Chaos and confusion, and the British @rmy in
:19:37. > :19:40.dire straits. Her mother was
:19:41. > :19:43.the legendary judy Garland, her sister is Liza Minelli, Lorna
:19:44. > :19:46.Luft's normality was Hollywood. the Eastbourne Congress singing some
:19:47. > :19:59.of Hollywood's greatest show tunes. Claudia Sermbeziz went
:20:00. > :20:19.along to met her. Lorna Luft was the second of Judy
:20:20. > :20:24.Garland's three children. She had this song especially written for
:20:25. > :20:30.her. She was singing songs with our names in them and there was not a
:20:31. > :20:40.song called Lorna. Lord alw`ys knew she wanted to sink, and major debut
:20:41. > :20:43.on her mum's show. I was 11 years old when we did the Christm`s show.
:20:44. > :20:47.I remember I was really happy because I got to get out of school
:20:48. > :20:53.for a week. Having a legend as a parent is my normal. I know that
:20:54. > :20:58.that sounds strange to people, but to me it is not. Next week, Lorna
:20:59. > :21:01.Luft will be performing in Eastbourne, a short featuring
:21:02. > :21:09.Hollywood songs from the 20s and 30s. We do a wonderful tribtte to
:21:10. > :21:15.Fred Astaire, so we are really taking you on a journey back to what
:21:16. > :21:34.it was like back then, when it was a lot simpler. I guess I must have
:21:35. > :21:41.been about four, and my mum was in New York, and she called expecting
:21:42. > :21:49.to hear happy children, and we were hysterical, and I kept saying that
:21:50. > :21:53.the monkey was talking to md. When Lorna became a parent, her children
:21:54. > :22:03.found it strange to see thehr own in films like Greece two. My friends
:22:04. > :22:08.would ask, was that your mul? And I would say no. You know how kids get
:22:09. > :22:16.embarrassed. I would say, no, it was not me. Her sister, Liza Minelli,
:22:17. > :22:19.won an Oscar for her portraxal in cabaret in 1993. I have not seen the
:22:20. > :22:25.film in a while, but it is one of the great movies of our day. Lorna
:22:26. > :22:30.says a life in showbiz was inevitable for Judy Garland was
:22:31. > :22:52.actually. `` Judy Garland's children. It was a disappointing
:22:53. > :22:57.night for our teams in the Capital One cup. Charlton Athletic lost
:22:58. > :23:13.their second round match. 1`0 to Derby. It has been described as the
:23:14. > :23:16.game that changed woman's rtgby for ever. The sport is now going
:23:17. > :23:18.professional, with full`timd contracts being up offered to 2 of
:23:19. > :23:20.the squad. One member of the winning spuad is
:23:21. > :23:23.Rachael Burford, who studies at Medway College and began her
:23:24. > :23:26.rugby career at Medway RFC. She's one of the players who
:23:27. > :23:29.for the first time have been awarded a professional contract allowing
:23:30. > :23:37.her to train full time. Congratulations. The decision paid
:23:38. > :23:45.off. Yes, it was a great opportunity for me to focus on my rugby and to
:23:46. > :23:51.win a gold medal. It was an extraordinary day, wasn't it? You're
:23:52. > :23:56.getting congratulations messages from Prince Harry and from ten
:23:57. > :24:01.Downing St. The support has been phenomenal. When we're out there, it
:24:02. > :24:08.felt that we were at home. The amount of support we have h`d has
:24:09. > :24:14.been phenomenal. And you were beaten in the final for the last three
:24:15. > :24:18.occasions, so to actually gdt over the line, and to get that vhctory
:24:19. > :24:25.must have been so sweet. It was None of us thought it was rdal when
:24:26. > :24:29.that whistle went. I wasn't sure that we had won until the fhnal
:24:30. > :24:33.whistle went, and when it wdnt I couldn't stop shouting. I al sure
:24:34. > :24:54.the celebrations are still going on. People have been asking me whether
:24:55. > :25:00.the hurricane is going to affect our weather. This is the predicted path
:25:01. > :25:05.across the Atlantic towards the end of this week and the weekend. It
:25:06. > :25:08.tracks across the Atlantic, but instead of heading towards ts, it
:25:09. > :25:14.looks as though it heads further north towards Iceland. What does
:25:15. > :25:17.that mean for our weather? Ht could be a good thing. It could ghve us a
:25:18. > :25:21.chance to finally have that high`pressure pudding over hs once
:25:22. > :25:26.again, meaning a settled spdll of weather from Sunday onwards. If it
:25:27. > :25:32.does follow that path towards Iceland, to the north of us, we
:25:33. > :25:36.could end up having high`prdssure and warmer, drier, sunnier weather
:25:37. > :25:44.from Sunday onwards, which could last into next week and into next
:25:45. > :25:48.week `` weekend as well. We could also have these hurricanes heading
:25:49. > :25:53.our way. They used to be naled after females, but in 1979, they decided
:25:54. > :25:59.that was unfair, so now it alternates tween male and fdmale.
:26:00. > :26:03.Overnight tonight, we are not good to be affected by any hurricanes. It
:26:04. > :26:09.will just be the Atlantic rhng us all that moisture and warm `nd rain.
:26:10. > :26:15.We have had mostly a dry dax today, but we will have the ring b`ck again
:26:16. > :26:22.today. One or two hours worth of rain during the night. Tempdratures
:26:23. > :26:27.of 16 Celsius or 17 Celsius. That was our maximum temperatures on bank
:26:28. > :26:32.holiday Monday. That shows how high the temperature will be durhng the
:26:33. > :26:37.night. It will start off dalp first thing, but it will soon brighten up
:26:38. > :26:41.and things start to improve, so some lovely, long sunny spells dte
:26:42. > :26:47.tomorrow, with temperatures increasing as well. 21 Celshus or 22
:26:48. > :26:50.Celsius, similar to today. Not a bad day for tomorrow at all. Thd winds
:26:51. > :26:55.increasing, and that is somdthing we may notice as a slight impact from
:26:56. > :26:58.the hurricane. Winds increasing a little bit as we go into Thtrsday,
:26:59. > :27:04.Friday, and Saturday. Other than that, the hurricane could end up
:27:05. > :27:09.giving us much better weathdr over the next few days. We do have winds
:27:10. > :27:12.increasing, but also we havd sunshine increasing, temper`tures
:27:13. > :27:15.increasing, and also perhaps a return of summer weather. I like the
:27:16. > :27:31.sound of that. You asked for it. You got it.
:27:32. > :27:56.SHRILL WHISTLE I promise not to
:27:57. > :27:59.take off all my clothes. I'm going up in the world, babes,
:28:00. > :28:03.and from today,