04/09/2014 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.

As migrants storm the Port of Calais and try to board a ferry,

we gain exclusive footage showing them climbing security fencds

I'm astonished that the French authorities are not cooperating with

us. We're live in the French Port

tonight as concerns grow dax by day, and tonight we talk to

a woman left terrified when she returned to Kent to find a lan had

stowed away in the back of her car. Also in tonight's programme. Thrown

off a bus because her toddler was cryhng the

mother angry after she and her The Faversham teenager alre`dy

famous for game of thrones, becoming an animated hero. And now the latest

news, to be precise, an hour late. And, remembering a spike, a crowd

gathers to unveil a statue of the legendary Sussex comedian.

Exclusive footage taken by BBC South East in Calais shows

migrants scaling 5 metre security fencing inside the passport

area of the port, where UK`destined trucks wait after having passed

The situation has been branded astonishing by Keith Vaz on the

Yesterday scores of people `ttempted to board a ferry by

the mooring ropes, and the Layor of Calais threatened to shut the port

Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell is in Calais. Tenshons

They are, Rob. For years, mhgrants have been trying to get across the

Channel to England. Yesterd`y, it came to a head, 80 migrants rushed

into the port and tried to board ferries heading to Dover. Non`were

successful, the ferries raised their ramps and the migrants were rounded

up by police. This port is now under constant threat from migrants are

desperate to reach our shords. Pictures that we have gained show

precisely how they have been getting in. Sprinting into Calais port

issued by French police. Thhs is the moment scores of migrants stormed

the terminal. Filmed by a British driver, the footage shows French

security overwhelmed. Those who took part say it was an act of

desperation we ran across the road to get to the

Calais's local authorities `ccept they are being overwhelmed. 50, 60,

80 policemen can't stop hundreds of migrants. That is very complicated.

It shows they have nothing to lose any more. These migrants ard trying

to climb their way into the UK. Happening in a broad daylight it is

audacious, and also a significant security breach. Once insidd, the

migrants are in a part of the port where trucks have already undergone

security checks. We haven't seen this before in a daylight, this is

astonishing footage that we need to show to the French and deal with as

a matter of urgency. We witnessed six climb the fence. Once inside,

migrants search with drugs they can hide beneath. Sometimes lorries

moving onto waiting ferries. There are serious questions about

security, it is obviously not adequate. Somebody needs to address

that issue. 1300 migrants are expected to be in Calais, now it

seems there is a more direct route in. Day and night migrants `re

attempting to breach this pdrimeter fence. It is a vulnerable area,

because the trucks that rest here have cleared customs and ard waiting

to board ferries are destindd for the UK. The fence is monitored by

CCTV, we also saw sniffer dogs after migrants had gained entry. @t night,

we saw migrants gathered in the shadows, playing a game of cat and

mouse with police, waiting for an opportunity to climb in. It is not

known how many are succeeding. But when caught, we witnessed these two

who were released and allowdd to return to the spot. You wanted to

England? It yes you climbed the fence? Yes. As numbers swell in

Calais, desperation is palp`ble Events in Calais have been

escalating in recent months. In May, French police began

expelling around 800 migrants from makeshift camps near the port

after an outbreak of scabies. They claimed they'd have nowhere

else to go and violent clashes at a food distribution centre

in August lead to more than 50 And yesterday the Mayor of Calais

warned that she would block the port unless Britain does more to control

the number of illegal immigrants. Back to Colin in Calais,

who's been following this story So we've seen migrants trying to

board ferries via the mooring ropes and scaling really

high fences. France There doesn't appear to be `ny

foreseeable solution to the migrant crisis. The Calais authorithes feel

as if they are being let down by the rest of Europe. They believd

England, Italy, Greece, Spahn should be doing more to help out. The

British government says it hs investing in strengthening security

here. It says it has spent ?400 000 on fence security. It has invested

in technology to detect stowaways on trucks. The migrants have one goal,

to get to the UK soon. They believe they can have a better life in the

UK then they can in France, convincing them otherwise it will be

a difficult task. Although today's pictures show

the new lengths migrants ard risking, the problem has exhsted

in the French port for years. Sangatte was opened in 1999, which

was designed to hold 900 refugees, The camp was closed in 2002

following an agreement betwden But with the mayor threatenhng

to blockade the port, tensions Joining us now from Westminster

is the Labour Immigrations Mr Hanson,

tensions are running high I think we need to look at the

long`term issues. The long`term issues are people escaping from war

zones, Africa, the Middle E`st. Where people are arriving in Calais,

that is the end of the problem. There are people traffickers moving

people across Europe, there are porous borders a long way from

Cali. We need to work on my European colleagues. `` Calais. Will that

just shift the problem? The problem is one that we need to work on with

European partners. It is a problem for the UK authorities when people

try to enter the UK illegally. It is a problem for the French whdn they

are in France illegally, but it is also a problem for the Greeks,

Italians and others. We need to deal with the people traffickers, getting

money from refugees, charging them a fortune and then dumping thdm in

places like Calais. Our report showed pictures of migrants scaling

five metre fences in the port, we had the government will put ?50 ,000

into that. The mouth Calais once 10 million euros. With Labour spend

more on that? `` the mayor of Calais. We need to put resotrces

into tackle the issue, we h`ve already put in sniffer dogs, we need

to look at how to do that in a more effective way. Thank you, D`vid The

issue, is far from over. We will report any issues.

Today the situation in Calais was brought frighteningly

close to home for a woman who lives near Dover.

Sue Taber returned from a cross`channel trip to find that

This is the space in the back of a car where a man is believed to have

hidden for an hour and a half. Sua Taber travels from Calais `` Sue.

But she didn't discover the tollway until she came home. `` stowaway. A

man about my height got out of the car, he said or phone, orph`n. I

said get away, and he ran. He was in my car the whole time, he could have

done anything. Sue believes he speak into her car when her dog's

passports were being inspected. It is a silly thing to say, lock your

doors, but once you are in the compound, you think you are safe,

that is not the case. Kent Police say they found a man who has now

been transferred to the Homd Office, for them to take any further action.

In recent months, there has been increasing concern about migrants's

increasingly desperate attelpts to board vehicles to cross into the UK.

In a moment, the woman who lost her sister and nephew in a crash is now

demanding safety measures are put in place.

A mother with two young children, one only 15`months`old,

was forced to get off a bus because the driver said the noise of the

Susan Tanner from New Romney says she felt

They were on a Stagecoach service to Folkestone

Although the company has now apologised, Miss Tanner says it

Tommy and his family won't be getting a buzz any time soon after a

driver got fed up with his crying as Tommy was coming down with ` cold.

The bus driver pulled over the bus and asked if we need a time out He

said you need to get off thd bus, I said no, I am fine thank yot, he

said I think you need to get off the bus, I turned round to the

passengers and asked is my baby disturbing you? No one said nothing,

one lady shook her head. I said he is not disturbing anyone else, he

said I think he is disturbingly we had to get off the bus. Yet if the

child was throwing a tantrul, physically, I would imagine it would

be distracting. As for tellhng them to get off the bus, that sedms

extreme. Having been a bus driver, I know what it can be like, btt I

wouldn't have thrown them off the bus. It public transport. The family

are still waiting for a reftnd. One simple thing we can do is hdlp

parents when they are out and about. It is as much is not looking at them

with a baby is crying because you are irritated by it. This is where

Susan and her family had to get off the bus, half an hour from where

they live. In a statement, Stagecoach apologised saying what

happened was not company policy and that they will take action to make

sure it doesn't happen again. I have been in such shock, so much shock, I

couldn't believe what was h`ppening to me, I couldn't believe it. Compos

Mike Storey is front`page ndws. His mother reckons he was just being

like any other child. `` Tolmy's story is front`page news.

Less than 60% of crimes reported in Sussex were acttally

attended by police in the p`st year, according to a new report

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary found wide varhations

between how different forces across the country respond to reported

crimes and say police response in the UK is a postcode lottery

A Sussex MP is calling for an end to puppy farming, saxing it's

Brighton Kemptown's Simon Kirby is raising the issue

He says the animals are kept in overcrowded conditions

and are often diseased when they're sold on to unaware owners.

He is pushing for the practice to be abolhshed.

A woman whose sister and nephew were killed in a crash

on the Sheppey Crossing two months ago says a failure to improve safety

on the bridge meant her "whole world came crashing down .

Emma Tweed says she can't believe changes weren't madd

after the 150`vehicle pile`tp in fog a year ago.

Her sister Deborah Roberts and 8`year`old nephew Marsh`ll

Two months ago Deborah Roberts and her son Marshall were khlled in

Police told her sister Emma Tweed the grim news.

She had died at the scene of the accident and then five

minutes later we were then told that Marshall had died as well.

Obviously, my whole world, literally came crashing down in ten mhnutes.

The 42`year`old mother was driving west over the Sheppey bridgd when

It's not clear what happened, an investigation is being carrhed out.

The crash came months after a multiple pile`up involving

150 cars in fog, mercifully, nobody was killed.

Emma Tweed won't use the bridge because she doesn't think

The fact that there are no safety measures whatsoever on that bridge,

made me think that if something was done

when that massive crash happened last year, then my sister and nephew

In a statement, the Highways Agency said it would be

inappropriate to comment whhle an investigation was taking place.

It went on to say it is meeting local MPs and interested parties

I miss my girly days with mx sister, I miss having a laugh with her,

I miss her biting my head off if I do something wrong.

And tomorrow, BBC Radio Kent will be marking a year since the crash

This is our top story tonight. Exclusive footage taken by BBC South

East shows of migrants climbing five metre security fencing inside the

passport control area of thd port. This situation has been branded

astonishing by the chairman of the home affairs select committde. Also

on tonight's programme. Frol a game of thrones to an animated fhlm. The

Faversham teenager enjoying a great start to his career. It has been

another wonderful day, will it stay that way throughout the weekend I

will have a forecast. Farmers

in Kent are celebrating the start of the English apple season, after

a disappointing harvest last year. The mild wet winter,

followed by an early spring and warm summer, has proved ideal

conditions for apple growing. The apple crop is almost

a month earlier than last ydar. Growers expect this year to be

a record crop with And the South East produces 60%

of all the apples grown in Dngland. For the latest in our Food Chain

series, our environment correspondent Yvette Austin is in

an orchard at Horsmonden in Kent. Indeed, I think you can see how good

the apples are this year. This is a gala orchard, one of the nation s

favourite varieties. I am told this colour is considered an excdllent.

It is not just about the colour it is the taste as well, this warm

weather has given them good sugar levels. English apples in abundance,

this year's harvest is predhcted to be with the best ever. Yields are

up, food is big and they taste sweet. It is a relief for f`rmers,

coming up that the wettest winter on record. This was an early ydar and

it produced the most magnifhcent crop of apples, look at these, they

are beautiful. A great colotr, fantastic size, superb qualhty. You

couldn't ask for better. It is a big boost for the UK apple industry as a

whole, working hard to repl`ce imported fruit on supermarkdt

shelves with locally grown produce. Orchards are evolving, new varieties

are being developed. As you can see, we are now going more intensive

farming, the height of the orchard is now higher, trees are closer

together, really the objecthve is to get excellent colour fruit, quality

fruit, but more trees in thd same area. Increasing our yield per

hectare. This is a glimpse hnto the future of apple production, a

brand`new ?3.3 million pack house being recruited together from 2

growers. State`of`the`art m`chinery sorting ten tonnes of apples and

hour. The camera box sorts the apples for size, colour and defects.

This looks right into the Apple with infrared to tell if it has `n issue.

We do 7000 apples and hour on this machine, all the apples comd into

this lane and are sorted for size and quality, ideal for the customer.

Coming to the office, you c`n see the computer screen, on the screen,

there are images of all the apples. The ultimate aim is a never`ending

supply of English apples. Btt for that to happen, farmers havd to grow

more so they can store more. All the way through from winter, spring and

ran to two summer and next harvest. I am told that all the trees that

are being planted over the last decade will lead to a doublhng of

the English crop by 2020. For that this is fun to work, we havd two eat

more English apples and dem`nd them above foreign imports. We bdtter get

eating excavation `` we better get eating.

He might be only 15`years`old, but for many Isaac Hempstead Wright

Playing Bran Stark in the popular Game of Thrones,

the Faversham actor is now starring in a new film about an orph`ned

The Boxtrolls is an animation and also stars Simon Pegg and

Sir Ben Kingsley, which opens in cinemas next week.

"They drag as away and we do nothing."

"They'll find help where thdy least expect it."

Boxtrolls is the new animathon about a group of cave dwelling tr`sh

Simon Pegg, Ben Kingsley and Nick Frost provide the voices for the

film, alongside 15`year`old Isaac Hempsted`Wright from Faversham.

When I had a look at everyone who is in it, I was like, ohhhhh!

I want to do a session with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

I did get to do a session whth Simon Pegg, one of my comedx heroes,

I grew up watching a lot of his movies, that is really fun.

Game of Thrones fans will recognise him as Bran Stark.

How did that role transform your life?

It has completely changed mx life, but not so much that it...

I still live in Kent, particularly in my village, not many

people have heard of televisions, let alone Game of Thrones.

When I go into LA, it is bizarre to see your face on an elev`tor

Do your family and friends hn Kent keep your feet on the ground?

Especially at school, my friends might talk about it for

five minutes, but beyond th`t, they don't really care, we are jtst back

Isaac was destined for stardom after his first big break alongside

Imelda Staunton, fame aside, he is still a normal teenagdr

It can be difficult, but my school are really

I make sure I find out what work I will miss and they are very good

at giving it to me, I make sure I get it done on set.

In the meantime, he is getthng top marks from TV and film crithcs.

He may have died 12 years ago, but during that time the appeal

of Sussex resident and Goon Show member Spike Milligan has rdmained

He's buried in Winchelesea with 'I Told You I

Today a new statue of the influential comedian has

been unveiled by some of those who worked with hil

during his long career incltding Michael Parkinson and Barry Cryer.

A somewhat comical unveiling for a comedy genius. It has taken ten

years for the society to rahse funds for an ode to the present. Sheppey

Milligan, on the Goon show hn the 50s. `` Spike Milligan. Herd is the

father of `. Quite simply. He was often a brilliant, sometimes he was

in a fit of depression, that all his life he carried with him. Btt in the

main he was what he years, ` great comic genius. But a hippopotamus

could eat a lot of us. Said Hamlet two every year, I'll make a sketch

of the, what kind of pencil should I choose, to be or not to be. The

house was a very important to diet he was very into environmental

issues. As well as characters that `` very important to my father. It

shows the many facets of thhs extraordinary man.

Kent's cricketers are currently in action at Edgbaston hoping to

qualify for just their second Lord's final in almost two decades.

Kent won the toss and opted to bat first against Warwickshire `nd made

215`8, the home side have rdached 30`1 of the home side have reached

30`1 after ten overs. Time to look at the weather now. A busy week for

many, schools going back, bx contrast the weather has bedn quiet.

Even with the cloud cover, temperatures aren't too bad.

Temperatures in the top teals, highest at 20 or 21 Celsius. The

reason for that is high pressure, we will hold onto that over thd next

couple of days. Tonight, cldar skies are developing, lighter winds,

similar to what we have been seeing. Low cloud around as well. To

tonight, temperatures will remain in the mid teens, those of the 13 or 14

degrees. More rural spots there the coast will be 17 Celsius. Lhke

patchy rain and drizzle. For tomorrow, a fine and settled

picture. A bit more cloud cover brightening up slowly, by the

afternoon, in the sunshine, temperatures will rise to 23

Celsius, mostly in the top teams. Still with this light northdrly

breeze. You might seek patchy rain and drizzle, in clear skies, a bit

of missed, in the weekend. @ bit of rain on Saturday, light and short

lived, things will begin to feel fresher, even so, staying rdlatively

settled, on Saturday, temperatures 21 or 22 Celsius. A similar story in

the Sunday, high`pressure btilding a game. We might see a little bit of

rain, but for the most part warm and dry. That sounds like an Indian

summer, doesn't it. Claudia will be back at eight o'clock and 10:25pm,

we'll be back tomorrow. Goodbye about the breeding habits of

Icelandic shellfish is back. OK, OK, it's ACTUALLY about

the warm-beverage preference Oh, the old David Mitchell

chat-up line. "I am absolutely repulsed

by beards."