:00:00. > :00:00.sunshine but the risk of a shower later this weekend. Thank you. That
:00:07. > :00:12.Armed police are at the scene of a shooting in Sussex `
:00:13. > :00:18.a girl is believed to have been shot in the head.
:00:19. > :00:21.Heartache for the family of a Kent teacher murdered overseas,
:00:22. > :00:36.I click to wake up and feel normal and that is not something any of us
:00:37. > :00:39.have been able to do. `` I'd would like to wake up.
:00:40. > :00:43.Passenger groups hit out at the decision to renew Southeastdrn's
:00:44. > :00:47.A childhood dream come true ` the Earl who spent
:00:48. > :00:57.a decade tracking down the recipe for his perfect sausage.
:00:58. > :01:00.And still living the good lhfe ` Felicity Kendal gets Hay Fever in
:01:01. > :01:22.We start tonight with breakhng news ` police officers are investigating
:01:23. > :01:26.Armed police have been sent to the scene in Northiam, near Rye
:01:27. > :01:29.It's believed a girl has bedn shot in the head and has bedn
:01:30. > :01:42.It is believed that a body of a man believed to be the girl 's father is
:01:43. > :01:43.also at the scene. Let's cross live to our reporter
:01:44. > :01:57.Simon Jones in Northiam. What do we know so far?
:01:58. > :02:02.The police and emergency services were called at about 4pm thhs
:02:03. > :02:05.afternoon. The girl who was shot has been taken to hospital. She is said
:02:06. > :02:16.to be and a stable elite back serious condition. `` in a serious
:02:17. > :02:22.condition. There is a huge `mount of police cars behind us who h`ve been
:02:23. > :02:26.taking part in this operation. There has also been a bomb dispos`l team
:02:27. > :02:30.because this is a major armdd incident. We know from local people
:02:31. > :02:33.that they were told to stay away from this scene. The key thhng for
:02:34. > :02:39.the police was to make sure this area was as safe as possibld as they
:02:40. > :02:44.dealt with this incident. You can see behind me that it is sthll
:02:45. > :02:49.ongoing. All the police cars and ambulances. Neighbours I have spoken
:02:50. > :02:58.to spoke of their shock. Thdy simply heard to stay away. They did share
:02:59. > :03:00.that this girl was shot. Th`nk you. We will give you more inforlation as
:03:01. > :03:02.we get it. The family of a Kent school teacher
:03:03. > :03:05.and former Royal Marine killed on the French island of Reunion have
:03:06. > :03:08.told today of their heartbrdak after it was revealed a murder trhal will
:03:09. > :03:11.not now take place until next year, When Carl Davies' body was hnitially
:03:12. > :03:16.discovered in November 2011, it was But a week later, police latnched
:03:17. > :03:19.a murder investigation. Ellie Price has
:03:20. > :03:28.our exclusive report. Carl Davies was 33 when he died on
:03:29. > :03:31.Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Today his family have been told
:03:32. > :03:36.the four men charged with his murder will go on trial,
:03:37. > :03:44.but not until next year. We are living
:03:45. > :03:46.a nightmare that is never ending and you want to wake up some daxs and
:03:47. > :03:50.say, get me off, I've had enough. I'd like to wake up one day
:03:51. > :03:52.and feel normal. That's not something that any
:03:53. > :04:01.of us have been able to do. Do you think the trial will
:04:02. > :04:04.at least go somewhere towards I think it will help us to rebuild
:04:05. > :04:10.our lives around his memory Carl Davis was found dead
:04:11. > :04:14.on French`governed Reunion Police initially said it was
:04:15. > :04:19.an accident. Just over a week later, thex
:04:20. > :04:22.launched a murder investigation Then, last year, four peopld
:04:23. > :04:26.were charged with his murder. It took
:04:27. > :04:30.a whole year to discover th`t in fact his murder was related to
:04:31. > :04:34.a series of aggressions in the city The family have no firm datd
:04:35. > :04:42.for the trial, but expect it to Four years is
:04:43. > :04:47.an incredibly long length of time for a hearing of a criminal trial
:04:48. > :04:50.and certainly a great deal longer The difficulty is that very often
:04:51. > :04:56.with these jurisdictions on small islands, they take their
:04:57. > :04:59.time to progress and unforttnately, if it is four years, then that is
:05:00. > :05:05.what it is going to have to be. The trial itself is so complex
:05:06. > :05:08.and there's a lot of people So we know this is probably going to
:05:09. > :05:12.be the biggest trial that For that, we are kind of gr`teful
:05:13. > :05:20.that it is being done properly. The family say they will tr`vel to
:05:21. > :05:28.Reunion for the trial next xear The plan to create more lorry parks
:05:29. > :05:44.in East Sussex. Southeastern will continue to run
:05:45. > :05:47.trains in Kent and Sussex until at least 2018, it has been announced
:05:48. > :05:50.today, despite the controversy and criticism levelled at them over
:05:51. > :05:52.poor performance in bad weather But the company has been forced to
:05:53. > :05:55.promise a raft of improvements for the deal, including that
:05:56. > :05:58.they'll provide about 95,000 extra It has to offer improved connections
:05:59. > :06:05.between London, North Kent and East Kent with
:06:06. > :06:11.a new hourly high`speed service And there will be
:06:12. > :06:13.a peak`time Hastings Business Express, cutting ten minutes off the
:06:14. > :06:21.current journey time into London. We're asking a lot, actuallx, from
:06:22. > :06:24.people travelling on Southe`stern. We've got the biggest engindering
:06:25. > :06:27.set of works going on in th`t we've London Bridge Station is behng
:06:28. > :06:31.completely redeveloped and will have a concourse bigger then Wembley
:06:32. > :06:33.Stadium when it is finished. We are asking a lot from thdm
:06:34. > :06:36.and it is important that at the time of investment, at the time
:06:37. > :06:41.of changes on the track, thdy get an operator who is really committed
:06:42. > :06:43.to their journey, to making But the announcement comes `s it was
:06:44. > :06:50.revealed that every day abott 120,000 people travelling into
:06:51. > :06:53.London have to stand at the busiest As many as 60%
:06:54. > :06:56.of morning peak trains into the capital have passengers
:06:57. > :06:58.standing, with one`in`five Southeastern commuters standing
:06:59. > :07:02.when they reach London Bridge and around one`in`ten are standing
:07:03. > :07:06.on arrival at London Victorha. The MP for Hastings and Rye Amber
:07:07. > :07:09.Rudd says the company deserve It is a short period of these three
:07:10. > :07:22.and a half years. and they have made these very new
:07:23. > :07:25.commitments with money behind it. There is a new chief executhve and I
:07:26. > :07:29.can tell you that I will be watching them very,
:07:30. > :07:31.very carefully and if they don't deliver, I will be the first person
:07:32. > :07:34.to go to Government and complaint. But I think we have to give them
:07:35. > :07:48.a shot, and we hope The passenger I have spoken to this
:07:49. > :07:53.afternoon have said that Southeastern don't deserve `nother
:07:54. > :07:58.three years. They cited problems like rising season`ticket prices.
:07:59. > :08:01.The company have said they have taken on more staff to provhde more
:08:02. > :08:03.information to their passengers and that they are committed to hmproving
:08:04. > :08:07.their services. Southeastern say they have one
:08:08. > :08:09.of the lowest levels of overcrowding for train companies
:08:10. > :08:11.that serve London. The new franchise deal means it will
:08:12. > :08:13.continue to operate services Tributes have paid to former Primal
:08:14. > :08:19.Scream musician Robert Young after he was found dead at his hole in
:08:20. > :08:26.Hove. The guitarist played on the band's Mercury Prize`winning album
:08:27. > :08:29.Screamadelica. he left the band in 2006. His death is not being treated
:08:30. > :08:33.as suspicious. A Kent MP says the money generated
:08:34. > :08:37.from bank fines should be used to support Gurkha veterans forced to
:08:38. > :08:39.survive without army pensions. Campaigners say
:08:40. > :08:44.the amount received by some Gurkhas During a debate in the Commons,
:08:45. > :08:50.Folkestone and Hythe MP, Damian Collins, said it's only
:08:51. > :09:06.right, as the cash already supports That money is there to support
:09:07. > :09:13.military charities. They ard very deserving cause and an appropriate
:09:14. > :09:16.one. I would ask us to sit `nd look seriously at that as an opportunity.
:09:17. > :09:19.A network of lorry parks cotld be built across Kent to stop hdavy
:09:20. > :09:22.goods vehicles queuing on the M 0 when there's disruption at the Port
:09:23. > :09:25.of Dover. It's an alternative to one huge lorry park that had formerly
:09:26. > :09:29.been proposed. The Council's shortlisted three possible sites for
:09:30. > :09:32.the first park: They includd the Whitecliffs Business Park in Dover,
:09:33. > :09:35.a site at Westenhanger on the M 0 and the land next to the Ashford
:09:36. > :09:39.International Truck Stop. It's hoped it would also help residents who say
:09:40. > :09:42.their lives are blighted by trucks parking up at night outside their
:09:43. > :10:05.You have to watch where you tread at the back of this woman's hotse. That
:10:06. > :10:13.is revolting. The market and fluids here are human. They come and have
:10:14. > :10:16.their supper and then they throw it over. Then they have their breakfast
:10:17. > :10:23.and throw it over again. And then they go to the toilet and off they
:10:24. > :10:30.go. But it is hope to eradicate this problem by building a network of new
:10:31. > :10:34.lorry parks. They hope the plan will help them when there are
:10:35. > :10:41.disruptions. At the moment, a backlog of Laura's has to bd parked
:10:42. > :10:46.on the carriageway. The reshdents aren't sure it will work. This man
:10:47. > :10:52.is plagued at night by the sound of these lorries. It is just
:10:53. > :10:58.unbearable. The noise is unbearable. The new car parks will charge and he
:10:59. > :11:01.doesn't think drivers will pay. I think it is important that parking
:11:02. > :11:07.facilities are provided but I don't think that this should be a charged
:11:08. > :11:13.parking lot for drivers bec`use I think there will still be a problem.
:11:14. > :11:18.Others support the plan. Provided that these facilities are s`fe and
:11:19. > :11:22.secure, and they are set at a reasonable price, we think ht will
:11:23. > :11:32.be used. The current facilities in the county are full five to seven
:11:33. > :11:37.nights of the week. It will solve a good part of the problem. Wd want to
:11:38. > :11:42.see legislation that will allow the situation in the UK to be shmilar to
:11:43. > :11:50.that on the continent where informal parking is simply not toler`ted A
:11:51. > :11:52.huge loan will fund this project. A final decision on which sitd will be
:11:53. > :11:55.used will be made next week. Jon Hunt reporting and he joins us
:11:56. > :11:59.now ` this problem has been going on for years, Jon ` will this solution
:12:00. > :12:13.work? It's going to help. In the dvent
:12:14. > :12:18.that phase two of his operation is introduced, the council will be
:12:19. > :12:25.short of around 400 lorries basis. That is assuming that euro title and
:12:26. > :12:29.the port of Dover expand thdir lorry parking as has been suggestdd. The
:12:30. > :12:33.question is whether lorry drivers will be prepared to pay and
:12:34. > :12:37.therefore will not use thesd lay buys outside of peoples homds. That
:12:38. > :12:43.is a trickier question. One lorry driver that I spoke to told me that
:12:44. > :12:46.his firm doesn't pay him to park his lorry and therefore any parking
:12:47. > :12:49.costs come out of his wages. In just one week's time the people
:12:50. > :12:52.in Scotland will make an historic decision ` voting on whether to
:12:53. > :12:57.remain part of the United Khngdom ` or to become an independent nation.
:12:58. > :13:02.In the past 24 hours, Lloyds, RBS, Clydesdale, and Tesco Bank have
:13:03. > :13:05.all said that if Scotland votes for independence, they would move their
:13:06. > :13:09.legal headquarters south of the border. So what impact might the
:13:10. > :13:13.referendum have here in the South East? Our political editor Louise
:13:14. > :13:25.Stewart has been finding out: With just one week until voters in
:13:26. > :13:30.Scotland have the opportunity to decide their future, the st`kes have
:13:31. > :13:38.never been higher or both c`mps It is a contentious issue not just
:13:39. > :13:43.north of the border but herdto. At this company near Dartford that to
:13:44. > :13:47.make a ballot boxes and sectrity seals, some of which will bd used by
:13:48. > :13:51.local authorities for the rdferendum next week. Like many companhes that
:13:52. > :13:55.trade with the Scotland, thdy are concerned about the uncertahnty
:13:56. > :14:01.Nobody knows at the moment what this will mean for people. What currency
:14:02. > :14:10.would come into play? Will we become part of the EE you? `` well being.
:14:11. > :14:15.We have different ways of ddaling with these customers. When people in
:14:16. > :14:18.Scotland go to the polls, pdople here won't have their say at the
:14:19. > :14:24.ballot box. That doesn't me`n they don't have strong opinions on the
:14:25. > :14:27.future of the UK. I went to this town to ask whether Scotland should
:14:28. > :14:34.remain in the union or becole independent. I think we shotld
:14:35. > :14:40.remain united. Financially, as well as anything else. Apart frol that, I
:14:41. > :14:47.like the Scots. EMac I think they are better staying with us. They can
:14:48. > :14:53.sustain themselves. Their social policies aren't better than our
:14:54. > :15:00.social policies `` are bettdr than ours and they should go for it. This
:15:01. > :15:06.will be felt on both sides of the border. People here live closer to
:15:07. > :15:12.Edinburgh than they do to c`n't If the Scots got independence, they
:15:13. > :15:17.might say they want devoluthon. Consequences will be enormots.
:15:18. > :15:18.Whatever the outcome next wdek, it will have a long term and whde
:15:19. > :15:29.reaching effect. This is tonight's top story. Armed
:15:30. > :15:34.police are at the scene of ` shooting in Northiam. A girl has
:15:35. > :15:38.been shot in the head and t`ken to hospital. A body of the man believed
:15:39. > :15:51.to be her father has also bden found.
:15:52. > :15:56.Also in tonight 's programmd. She is still living the good life.
:15:57. > :16:03.Felicity Kendal swaps the shtcom for the stage.
:16:04. > :16:05.And is automotive around thd corner. I will have details for you around
:16:06. > :16:21.the corner. `` autumn. The mild winter and warm sulmer led
:16:22. > :16:24.to a bumper crop of strawberries this summer, but there are fears
:16:25. > :16:27.that climate change could m`ke that a rarity in the future. Now
:16:28. > :16:30.scientists in Kent are experimenting with how to keep crops growhng well
:16:31. > :16:33.in drought conditions ` with fungus. For the latest in our Food Chain
:16:34. > :16:35.series, our environment correspondent Yvette Austin reports
:16:36. > :16:38.on how science is trying to help Strawberry plants growing
:16:39. > :16:40.under special conditions. Their light, water
:16:41. > :16:42.and food are strictly controlled The aim is to reduce the amount of
:16:43. > :16:46.water used, and they've discovered that feeding them friendly fungus
:16:47. > :16:54.makes them healthier. We are stressing the plants as much
:16:55. > :16:57.as possible and we are feedhng them with the friendly fungus
:16:58. > :17:01.which is helping the plants to resist the stress and we manage that
:17:02. > :17:08.way to reduce the water and keep Friendly fungus is found
:17:09. > :17:15.in any soil. One teaspoon contains 20 metres
:17:16. > :17:18.of it, if strung together. But intensive farming reducds
:17:19. > :17:23.that number, so the idea is to add it back into the soil where crops
:17:24. > :17:27.may face stress like drought. On a commercial system,
:17:28. > :17:30.we need so much water to grow just a single strawberry,
:17:31. > :17:35.but with our method, we havd managed So now the method is being tested,
:17:36. > :17:43.ready for commercial production using
:17:44. > :17:47.sterile coconut husks for soil. They don't have any harmful
:17:48. > :17:52.bacteria, so there are no The problem with that is th`t there
:17:53. > :17:58.are also no beneficial fung`l bacteria in there,
:17:59. > :18:01.so we're putting the beneficial fungi without the plant disdase
:18:02. > :18:06.fungi back into the growing material The new growing techniques `re being
:18:07. > :18:11.developed to help growers prepare for future climatic change
:18:12. > :18:15.and increasing demands for food Especially here, in the southeast,
:18:16. > :18:21.there are many demands on ways of overcoming that problem and
:18:22. > :18:25.giving us more food for the future. It is expected that
:18:26. > :18:30.the friendly fungus will go on to help other plants grow
:18:31. > :18:53.and increase our food securhty. Brands Hatch saw some of thd slowest
:18:54. > :18:56.lap times ever recorded tod`y, but even so, thousands of pounds were
:18:57. > :18:59.raised for charity. The Kent circuit staged the fourth Cyclothon event
:19:00. > :19:01.which attracted over 350 competitors, including a nulber of
:19:02. > :19:04.former international rugby players. Amongst today's first timers was
:19:05. > :19:14.former England skipper Mike It is always good to get back into
:19:15. > :19:18.an time of the lads I used to play with. You can rekindle some of those
:19:19. > :19:23.friendships. All of the charities on display today are fabulous charities
:19:24. > :19:26.and worthwhile causes. If you have the spare time in your diarx to do
:19:27. > :19:36.something you don't normallx do you get out there and do it.
:19:37. > :19:39.Cricket now, and Sussex all`rounder Chris Jordan has been awarddd a
:19:40. > :19:42.contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Jordan's deal covers
:19:43. > :19:45.the next 12 months, but his county team mate Matt Prior has lost his
:19:46. > :20:00.contract, having voluntarilx quit the England test team this summer.It
:20:01. > :20:02.Welsh international midfielder Andrew Crofts has signed a one`year
:20:03. > :20:05.contract extension with Brighton Hove Albion. The deal means Crofts,
:20:06. > :20:08.who's in his second spell at the Championship club, will stax with
:20:09. > :20:10.the Seagulls until June 2016. In the '70s, she was the
:20:11. > :20:13.self`sufficient suburban hotsewife a generation fell in love with. But
:20:14. > :20:16.Good Life. And now, at 67, she's taken to the stage at Canterbury's
:20:17. > :20:19.Marlowe Theatre, for Noel Coward's Hay Fever, before it transfdrs to
:20:20. > :20:22.Brighton. Nafisa Sayani went to meet her.
:20:23. > :20:27.Are you sure it's not just a big brussels sprout?
:20:28. > :20:30.She captured hearts as Barb`ra in the '70s sitcom The Good Life
:20:31. > :20:33.and now Felicity Kendal is still a sweetheart of the screen
:20:34. > :20:39.This week, she stars in the play Hay Fdver
:20:40. > :20:48.Noel Coward is a genius writer and it isn't so much the ch`racter,
:20:49. > :20:57.it is how he puts the whole evening together that attracts me.
:20:58. > :21:01.In the comedy revival about an eccentric family's weekend
:21:02. > :21:04.at their rural retreat, Felicity plays recently rethred
:21:05. > :21:24.I couldn't see why I would want to do it. I don't particularly like
:21:25. > :21:25.acting, which is why he turned it down.
:21:26. > :21:27.This is an actress that really loves acting,
:21:28. > :21:30.which is why I decided I want to play her because I wanted to see
:21:31. > :21:40.if I could convince in a ch`racter that is not really like me.
:21:41. > :21:43.Her career spans more than 45 years, included a stint on Strictlx
:21:44. > :21:49.in 2010, something she describes as an impulse decision.
:21:50. > :21:53.I loved every minute of it, to me it was actually getting away
:21:54. > :21:57.I know the costumes are glalourous and everything,
:21:58. > :22:04.The fun was to learn somethhng new with these amazing teachers
:22:05. > :22:08.and to be part of the world that I would never have anything to do
:22:09. > :22:15.The play will be at the Marlowe until this Saturday and with
:22:16. > :22:36.Felicity on board, it's unlhkely to struggle to bring in an audhence.
:22:37. > :22:41.And they will move onto sevdral different theatres. Find out more on
:22:42. > :22:50.to several different theatrds. Find out more online. And it's jtst
:22:51. > :22:58.started to feel cool now, isn't it? The debates photo that was sent in.
:22:59. > :23:05.It seems like autumn is upon us We have had a slightly fresher feeling
:23:06. > :23:07.in the afternoons. If we have any photographs `` if you have `ny
:23:08. > :23:20.photographs you'd like to sdnd in, here are the details. This weather
:23:21. > :23:26.will stay with us through the weekend. A lot of light winds. That
:23:27. > :23:40.is including quite a lot of cloud cover around. It is quite h`rd to
:23:41. > :23:43.predict. Temperatures today have been pretty high. Some highs around
:23:44. > :23:54.18 to 90 Celsius. Because of that temperatures, it
:23:55. > :24:02.won't be as chilly. Some light rain or patchy clouds. Temperatures will
:24:03. > :24:07.be 13 to 14 Celsius. Always a little bit lower in rural spots but any
:24:08. > :24:14.mist and fog should clear away. By the afternoon, it will brighten up.
:24:15. > :24:18.It is hard to predict, sunshine and we will see. Even when we sde the
:24:19. > :24:25.sunshine, it will be easy. These northeasterly winds will be around
:24:26. > :24:28.ten mph. Temperatures around 19 to 20 Celsius. Tomorrow night will see
:24:29. > :24:33.a repeat performance from tonight. For the most part, we stay dry. Were
:24:34. > :24:40.you see clouds it won't be puite as chilly. A little further in land we
:24:41. > :24:46.will see some temperatures of around eight or nine Celsius. As wd start
:24:47. > :24:55.Saturday, it will be overcast. It will brighten up in the aftdrnoon.
:24:56. > :25:00.20 to 22 degrees Celsius as we get into Sunday. You can see from those
:25:01. > :25:03.isobars that it will be increasingly breezy. The main story is that it
:25:04. > :25:07.will remain settled. As we get into the week, it will cool down. But at
:25:08. > :25:26.least it will remain dry. We will go back to our main story
:25:27. > :25:30.now. A girl has been shot in Northiam and taken to hospital. A
:25:31. > :25:34.body of a man has also been found and is believed to be her f`ther.
:25:35. > :25:39.Our correspondent is there. What is the latest?
:25:40. > :25:44.I understand that the body of the man who is believed to be the father
:25:45. > :25:50.is still at the scene, just around the corner from here. You c`n see
:25:51. > :25:55.officers at the other side of that court in and members of the
:25:56. > :25:59.ambulance team here. The police have been speaking to local residents,
:26:00. > :26:04.partly to get information about what has happened and also in an attempt
:26:05. > :26:08.to reassure the people here. They are all desperate to hear how this
:26:09. > :26:13.little girl is doing. She h`s been taken to hospital in London in a
:26:14. > :26:17.serious condition. People hdre are telling me how shocked and surprised
:26:18. > :26:31.they are. When it is a little girl like that, as a father, it's just
:26:32. > :26:37.quite shocking. I'm shocked. Some are like this, you don't nedd it.
:26:38. > :26:44.It's not really something you want to hear. To happen in a village like
:26:45. > :26:51.this, it is terrifying. It hs a very small place. What places saxing at
:26:52. > :26:56.the moment? `` what are the police as saying at the moment?
:26:57. > :27:00.They are saying that they understand it is a shocking moment for the
:27:01. > :27:04.people but they say that thd incident has been contained. The
:27:05. > :27:08.body is believed to be around the corner from here. There is going to
:27:09. > :27:13.be a large police presence here throughout the evening. Somd
:27:14. > :27:17.residents may be inconvenienced by this, but the police are very keen
:27:18. > :27:21.to talk to them about what happened. But also to demonstrate
:27:22. > :27:25.that the scene is very much under control. Officers are due to remain
:27:26. > :27:31.here for the foreseeable future Thank you.
:27:32. > :27:36.We will have more about that developing story at 8pm and 10: 5
:27:37. > :27:41.p.m.. From the rest of the news team, that is it.
:27:42. > :27:42.You can keep up`to`date with our Twitter feed and Facebook as well.
:27:43. > :27:47.Goodbye.