:00:07. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:08. > :00:18.Medway Maritime must improvd more quickly says the health secretary `
:00:19. > :00:21.as the chief executive of the hospital admits it could take
:00:22. > :00:27.We focus on on turning things around I will make it happen.
:00:28. > :00:28.We're live at the hospital with the latest
:00:29. > :00:31.Tributes are paid to the Kent pilot of a helicopter that
:00:32. > :00:34.crashed off the York coastlhne ` as efforts to recover it continue.
:00:35. > :00:46.South Coast gems are immort`lised in new Royal Mail stamps,
:00:47. > :00:54.but are those controversial seaside shelters the best of Bexhill?
:00:55. > :00:57.And has the angry man of stand up mellowed in middle age?
:00:58. > :01:14.Alexei Sayle ` the poet ` is set to perform in Sussex.
:01:15. > :01:20.The Chief Executive at a failing Kent hospital has
:01:21. > :01:23.admitted it may take up to five years to fully fix the problems
:01:24. > :01:26.The Medway Maritime is in special measures because of concerns over
:01:27. > :01:30.The comments followed a visht to the Medway Maritime by the
:01:31. > :01:33.Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who said more needs to be done to
:01:34. > :01:41.A front line visit to meet the new Chief Executive and staff
:01:42. > :01:46.at a trust described as one of the most challenged in the country.
:01:47. > :01:50.We are doing a lot but the hospital management are the first to accept
:01:51. > :01:54.more needs to be done and it needs to be done quickly, but what I can
:01:55. > :01:59.say, as health secretary, to the people of Medway is two things.
:02:00. > :02:02.First of all, we will be open and transparent
:02:03. > :02:07.They will say whether the hospital is man`ging to
:02:08. > :02:12.Secondly, they have 5000 people here,
:02:13. > :02:16.doctors and nurses who are committed to doing the right thing, to do what
:02:17. > :02:20.it takes to make sure they get the first`class health care thex want.
:02:21. > :02:23.In July 2013, the trust was put in special measures,
:02:24. > :02:26.following concerns over mortality rate and standards of care.
:02:27. > :02:29.A year later it was rated inadequate and told it would stay
:02:30. > :02:35.A follow up unannounced inspection in July raised ftrther
:02:36. > :02:42.Stephen Armond has been in four times with an infected leg.
:02:43. > :02:46.He praises the nurses but not the doctors.
:02:47. > :02:54.They seem to have too much work to really care about md.
:02:55. > :03:00.A lot of the time I've found they were coming to see me,
:03:01. > :03:06.I didn't have a clue what treatment I was going through.
:03:07. > :03:10.The improvement journey to the trust is probably going to be
:03:11. > :03:13.anywhere between two and five years, but we need to have made
:03:14. > :03:20.So patients could face bad care for two to five years?
:03:21. > :03:26.Getting the basics right we can do puickly.
:03:27. > :03:28.The basics of operational management, the basics
:03:29. > :03:34.of what we all do in our individual interactions with patients.
:03:35. > :03:46.Our son was admitted with bleeding, coughing up blood.
:03:47. > :03:53.The Health Secretary says the passion and enthusiasm
:03:54. > :04:00.Our reporter Simon Jones johns us now from the hospital.
:04:01. > :04:09.Simon, what did the front lhne staff make of the visit?
:04:10. > :04:16.The Health Secretary held a private meeting with the staff. I understand
:04:17. > :04:20.some of them criticised a l`ck of leadership amongst the management,
:04:21. > :04:24.saying they were changing all the time. The Health Secretary wants a
:04:25. > :04:29.period of stability, but thdre is likely to be more bad news `head. We
:04:30. > :04:34.are awaiting publication of the latest inspection report. I
:04:35. > :04:39.understand that is likely to save small improvements have been made
:04:40. > :04:42.but once again not enough. Today, the chief executive talks about it,
:04:43. > :04:46.said it could take five years to reach the end of the journex as he
:04:47. > :04:50.sees it. That gives a sense of the scale of the problems here.
:04:51. > :04:53.The pilot of a helicopter which crashed off the Yorkshire
:04:54. > :04:55.coast on Tuesday, killing hhm and his passenger, has been named
:04:56. > :04:58.The 58`year`old was a pilot with Heli Charter
:04:59. > :05:02.His 21`year`old son today p`id tribute to
:05:03. > :05:06.his father saying he was a fantastic dad and a brilliant pilot.
:05:07. > :05:21.Brian Bridgman was 58 and achieve commercial pilots, qualified flying
:05:22. > :05:24.instructor and examiner. He worked with Heli Charter, based at
:05:25. > :05:30.Manston, which also maintained a helicopter he was flying at the
:05:31. > :05:36.time. He leaves two children, a daughter and son, who paid tribute,
:05:37. > :05:40.saying my father loved flying. That was always great company and had a
:05:41. > :05:45.massive circle of friends. He will be hugely missed. His passenger and
:05:46. > :05:51.friends who also died has bden named as John Kent. The helicopter
:05:52. > :05:58.involved was a single engind, manufactured in 1978. How to recover
:05:59. > :06:04.it is the question. It is lxing at the foot of a cliff. There `re a
:06:05. > :06:12.number of options. We could either recover it spicy or we may bring in
:06:13. > :06:25.a much larger helicopter `` recover it by sea. This is a picturd before
:06:26. > :06:28.the crash on Tuesday. The tdams are facing challenges, the weather,
:06:29. > :06:33.tides and shape of the coastline. The helicopter had travelled from an
:06:34. > :06:39.airfield near Edinburgh but never reach its planned stop for
:06:40. > :06:44.refuelling at Humberside airport, or final destination. It ditchdd into
:06:45. > :06:50.the sea in the afternoon. Eyewitnesses describe what they saw.
:06:51. > :06:58.We heard this almighty crash. We love the cross and we saw it just
:06:59. > :07:06.dies down like that. We waited for a bank but there was no sound at all.
:07:07. > :07:11.No smoke or anything. `` bang. Salvage teams are eager to recover
:07:12. > :07:19.the helicopter as soon as possible before the sea destroys evidence.
:07:20. > :07:22.Campaigners who want to see Manston Airport reopened were told
:07:23. > :07:24.by a Government minister today, "We're on your side".
:07:25. > :07:26.Grant Shapps, minister without portfolio, visited the airport to
:07:27. > :07:28.meet supporters and the leader of Thanet District Council.
:07:29. > :07:30.Manston was closed by its current owners in MaxOffers
:07:31. > :07:38.Now the council is considering partners
:07:39. > :07:45.I'm here, from government, as a minister, as a Cabinet
:07:46. > :07:53.We are on your side and want to see what is best for your community
:07:54. > :07:57.His visit was only announced last night, but for those who scrambled
:07:58. > :08:00.to be here, he had the message they were hoping for.
:08:01. > :08:04.The fact that the minister hs on the case about it and a lot
:08:05. > :08:09.of other people are on board, it is making me quietly confident.
:08:10. > :08:13.Standing side by side with the Labour council leader, the
:08:14. > :08:19.Minister said this was a cross`party issue about backing the are`.
:08:20. > :08:23.It is really to show that moral support and the council havd to
:08:24. > :08:27.We've had some discussions about that.
:08:28. > :08:29.That'll be their choice and the process isn't something I
:08:30. > :08:35.can preordain, but I can show we are supportive of the project.
:08:36. > :08:38.But four months into its closure, with the loss of 150 jobs,
:08:39. > :08:41.some campaigners say they nded more than words.
:08:42. > :08:44.It is great to see so much support from central government, but I think
:08:45. > :08:47.there is a groundswell of opinion which says, how about some `ction?
:08:48. > :08:49.Words are cheap and there is an election coling up.
:08:50. > :08:54.I've grown up around the arda and to see this place shutdown is
:08:55. > :08:59.A lot of people have a lot of interest here.
:09:00. > :09:02.It'll do a lot of good to the area if it does reopen.
:09:03. > :09:10.Hopes now lie with the possible compulsory purchase
:09:11. > :09:13.order from the council, but it first needs to find ` genuine
:09:14. > :09:17.They will need to prove the economic viability of the ahrport.
:09:18. > :09:21.There is no point in us doing a CPO to reopen an airport and thdn find
:09:22. > :09:24.we haven't got somebody who's going to make sure it stays open.
:09:25. > :09:27.We cannot have a repeat of what happened this time.
:09:28. > :09:29.Today, both councillors and campaigners were told they had,
:09:30. > :09:32.in words if not necessarily in deeds, the government behind them.
:09:33. > :09:35.If I may say so, at some point I look forward to
:09:36. > :09:38.being able to fly back into Manston at some point in the future.
:09:39. > :09:50.There was a meeting today between the council and
:09:51. > :10:04.Yes. The council says it has been talking to a number of parthes and
:10:05. > :10:11.because it is sensitive, thdy can't give us too many details. Wd know
:10:12. > :10:15.that one is an American invdstment company which has tried to buy it
:10:16. > :10:18.from the current owners and has been turned down several times. @t the
:10:19. > :10:24.council does go ahead with that purchase order, it will be `
:10:25. > :10:29.complicated and long process. The council leader told me what she is
:10:30. > :10:33.hoping that by the end of ndxt month they should have another information
:10:34. > :10:39.so they should have a full council meeting and take a boat togdther on
:10:40. > :10:56.whether to proceed to the ndxt stage `` take a vote.
:10:57. > :10:59.Two young motorcyclists, who died in a collision with a four wheel
:11:00. > :11:01.drive vehicle in Ashdown Forest at the weekend, have been n`med
:11:02. > :11:03.They were 20`year`old Luke Power, from Turners Hill,
:11:04. > :11:06.and 19`year`old Thomas Dawes, from Medway Drive in Forest Row
:11:07. > :11:08.They suffered fatal injuries in the crash on Chuck Hatch Road,
:11:09. > :11:11.A man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerots
:11:12. > :11:15.A fundraising website has bden set up in memory of seven`year`old
:11:16. > :11:18.Mary Shipstone who died aftdr being shot in the head by her father.
:11:19. > :11:21.She died in hospital after the shooting in Northiam last Thursday.
:11:22. > :11:23.Her father Yasser Alromisse killed himself at the scene.
:11:24. > :11:25.The fund has already raised nearly two thousand pounds.
:11:26. > :11:27.Today would have been her eighth birthday.
:11:28. > :11:30.A man has been jailed for 18 years after being found guilty
:11:31. > :11:33.of a string of sexual offences in Swanscombe between 1999 and 200 .
:11:34. > :11:35.Enrico Thor Korsche, of no fixed address, was convicted
:11:36. > :11:38.of three offences of rape, six counts of indecent assault `nd one
:11:39. > :11:50.of indecency with a child ` one of his victims was just two ye`rs old.
:11:51. > :11:52.The best of Britain's seaside architecture is celebrated hn a new
:11:53. > :11:56.South coast gems feature prominently ` including Eastbourne's Bandstand,
:11:57. > :12:00.Brighton Pier and well, Bexhill's beach shelters....
:12:01. > :12:03.Which may surprise some, since the controversial shelters
:12:04. > :12:06.were subject to a sustained campaign from protesters when they wdre
:12:07. > :12:09.constructed, who condemned them as "costly cowsheds".
:12:10. > :12:13.So, have people's opinions in the town softened over thme?
:12:14. > :12:29.It was intended to be a celdbration of seaside architecture, a tribute
:12:30. > :12:37.to our best beach willing is back to the ages. All realise in postage
:12:38. > :12:47.stamp form. The controversi`l seaside feature has ignited
:12:48. > :12:54.controversy. It is an insult. It is illogical. I don't regard them as a
:12:55. > :12:59.thing of beauty. Build at a cost of around ?70,000 each, the shdlters
:13:00. > :13:05.have had critics. This woman collected 3000 letters opposing the
:13:06. > :13:11.design. I feel sorry per Bexhill. I don't feel angry with the company
:13:12. > :13:15.because they are going for weird things. It hurts Bexhill because
:13:16. > :13:21.Bexhill is a wonderful placd, and these are not a good exampld of what
:13:22. > :13:26.goes on here. While some insisted this was a better choice, the
:13:27. > :13:31.shelters have their defenders. I am delighted. It has recognised the
:13:32. > :13:38.design put into them, and is in keeping with the tradition. It put a
:13:39. > :13:42.nice modern twist on them. Ht is a sleepy town. Other bits of
:13:43. > :13:47.architecture were less controversial. This 1955 bandstand
:13:48. > :13:56.chosen to represent the best of the British seaside. More stands exist
:13:57. > :14:02.to represent the best of Brhtish. We want to look at some iconic and
:14:03. > :14:06.examples of the architecturd here. Well people and the Saudis can now
:14:07. > :14:15.send their letters with an dxtra attachment of seaside pride `` while
:14:16. > :14:21.people can now send their ldtters. The family of a cyclist killed
:14:22. > :14:24.in a village near Canterburx say they're furious that they h`ven t
:14:25. > :14:27.heard from Kent police, aftdr their The Police Complaints Commission
:14:28. > :14:29.agreed in August that the incident had not
:14:30. > :14:32.been investigated adequatelx. Richard Jordon suffered serhous head
:14:33. > :14:36.injuries when he was hit by a car Since that day his family h`ve been
:14:37. > :14:51.in a bitter dispute with Richard Jordan never returndd from
:14:52. > :14:55.his morning bike ride. Five minutes from home, he collided with a car
:14:56. > :14:58.and suffered fatal head injtries. Three years later his familx say
:14:59. > :15:02.they have not been able to love on because they have never been happy
:15:03. > :15:07.with the way the police invdstigated his death. I can get my head around
:15:08. > :15:16.it because I didn't know thdre had been any cars in bulk. I thought he
:15:17. > :15:21.had fallen off his cycle `` cars involved. It was ruled his death was
:15:22. > :15:25.accidental but his widow qudstions the way the police gathered their
:15:26. > :15:29.evidence. They have gone wrong from the word go. They have gone in,
:15:30. > :15:36.except that what was told to them. It was just complacency. Thdy just
:15:37. > :15:41.could not be bothered. Last month, Independence police complaints
:15:42. > :15:45.commission wrote to the famhly, saying it was upholding thehr
:15:46. > :15:48.appeal, directing the policd to conduct a reinvestigation of their
:15:49. > :15:52.complaints, to further revidw the evidence already gathered and
:15:53. > :15:57.saying, Kent police would contact them about the actions, but the
:15:58. > :16:02.family say they have heard nothing. It makes me feel very angry. I am
:16:03. > :16:06.not surprised, because we h`ve been treated like this for the bdst part
:16:07. > :16:12.of three years now. The communication is diabolical. Kent
:16:13. > :16:16.police say they will be intdrred as soon as possible, adding thdy were
:16:17. > :16:21.not legally required to makd contact with the family within 28 d`ys. The
:16:22. > :16:26.family, they said, were askdd to contact them if they have not heard
:16:27. > :16:36.anything. His widow just want closure. I will never get over it.
:16:37. > :16:48.It has taken my life away. H have a whole there that I can't fill. This
:16:49. > :16:52.is our top story tonight. The chief executive of Medway Maritimd
:16:53. > :16:57.Hospital says it could take up to five years to fully fixed the
:16:58. > :17:05.problems there. Also in tonhght s programme. In the first few days it
:17:06. > :17:11.was still. We heard his bre`thing. He was the Mr angry of comedy but
:17:12. > :17:16.now in his more mellow incarnation he is a poet. We ask if he has
:17:17. > :17:21.calmed down. After the drivdr started September and over 40 years,
:17:22. > :17:26.we have some heavy thunderstorms on the way. `` driest start to
:17:27. > :17:30.September. A Kent mother is warning other
:17:31. > :17:33.parents to look out for the signs of a dangerous blood infecthon
:17:34. > :17:35.after her 14`month`old son nearly Leanne Davis
:17:36. > :17:40.from Maidstone thought her son Lucas In fact he'd developed meningitis
:17:41. > :17:44.which led to a serious strahn of septicaemia or sepsis
:17:45. > :17:47.and was rushed to intensive care. It's thought around 37,000 die from
:17:48. > :17:52.the secondary infection every year. Small and vulnerable,
:17:53. > :17:58.Lucas's Mum and grandmother know how At just ten months old,
:17:59. > :18:03.he was admitted to hospital after developing a form of meninghtis that
:18:04. > :18:06.led to a blood infection, I didn't think he would makd it
:18:07. > :18:13.until the next day, I did sit there and think
:18:14. > :18:20.about his funeral and everything. Seeing my grandson lying thdre,
:18:21. > :18:33.so small, his life was in the lap When Lucas was sick in May,
:18:34. > :18:46.Leanne initially thought he just had By
:18:47. > :18:49.the time he was taken to Mahdstone Hospital and was later transferred
:18:50. > :18:53.to Kings in London, his condition It happened so suddenly, and that is
:18:54. > :19:01.what is the problem with sepsis Sepsis claims a lot more lives
:19:02. > :19:07.than actually is reported. Every one in five children who
:19:08. > :19:12.come to intensive care has sepsis. Sepsis is a secondary infection
:19:13. > :19:15.but doctors say not enough people If you know in your heart
:19:16. > :19:21.of hearts that something is wrong, I wouldn't even wait to go see
:19:22. > :19:28.a doctor. Leanne calls Lucas her golddn boy,
:19:29. > :19:32.and hopes no other parent h`s to go He was in the vanguard
:19:33. > :19:50.of the alternative comedy scene the famously in`your`face compere
:19:51. > :19:53.at the Comedy Store where Bdn Elton, Rik Mayall and the rdst of
:19:54. > :19:56.the 'Young Ones' cut their teeth. These days Alexei Sayle is
:19:57. > :19:59.showcasing a more thoughtful side ` In a few weeks time he'll bd taking
:20:00. > :20:04.part in a poetry night at the "Small Wonder" literature fdstival
:20:05. > :20:07.at the Sussex home of the Bloomsbury Ellie Price has been to meet him,
:20:08. > :20:18.at his home in London's Bloomsbury. It is the TV show that launched
:20:19. > :20:23.a new wave in British comedx. And a number of careers,
:20:24. > :20:30.including Alexei Sayle's. They found a way,
:20:31. > :20:36.in the way we had been revolutionising live perforlances,
:20:37. > :20:41.they did it in a televisual way What does it mean if an Indhan
:20:42. > :20:45.restaurant is full of giant steaks That usually means I've
:20:46. > :20:50.had too much to drink. Alexei Sayle has been a comddian,
:20:51. > :20:52.actor, But now the man who made
:20:53. > :21:05.his name making people laugh is taking part in a poetry event,
:21:06. > :21:10.called Poems That Make Men Cry. Barely at 12 months after,
:21:11. > :21:14.the seven days war that put Late in the evening,
:21:15. > :21:22.the strange horses came. It is the greatest
:21:23. > :21:26.of the literary arts, and m`ybe in When poetry is at its best ht is,
:21:27. > :21:33.I think, More
:21:34. > :21:42.so than maybe comedy or somdthing. He is taking part in the
:21:43. > :21:45.Small Wonder Festival at The country pad for the writers
:21:46. > :21:50.artists and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury group in
:21:51. > :21:53.the early part of the last century. That is the most fascinating
:21:54. > :21:57.piece of history. It is not a museum but
:21:58. > :22:04.a place where you get a real sense Alexei Sayle says he has no
:22:05. > :22:10.plans to write poetry, just to Olympic gold medal winner Lhzzy
:22:11. > :22:35.Yarnold has been visiting schools The 25`year`old has spoken to
:22:36. > :22:40.hundreds of school children about her Olympic success in Sochi
:22:41. > :22:43.and hopes that some of them may A young girl said I was her role
:22:44. > :22:46.model and she would love to be an Olympic
:22:47. > :22:49.athlete and get to the Olympics That just makes
:22:50. > :22:52.the whole six months and ye`rs of training worthwhile, that hopefully
:22:53. > :22:55.just one person or maybe a few more, It is almost like a fire in me
:22:56. > :23:00.of enthusiasm. If I can just light a littld
:23:01. > :23:06.flame for them and pass it on. For pensioner Vi Charlton,
:23:07. > :23:09.her memories of Horsmonden `re of long hot summers
:23:10. > :23:12.and beautiful country lanes. Every year she
:23:13. > :23:15.and her family joined thous`nds of other Londoners on a working
:23:16. > :23:19.holiday on the Kent hop farls. Now Vi's come back to the county
:23:20. > :23:22.for the first time in 60 ye`rs as part of an arts project
:23:23. > :23:25.which helps people recreate Vi Charlton first headed to
:23:26. > :23:37.the hop fields with her famhly The annual trip was a working
:23:38. > :23:43.holiday they enjoyed for decades. It got them out of the east end
:23:44. > :23:47.and into the Kent countryside. But she has not been back
:23:48. > :23:51.since 1948. I would like to see
:23:52. > :23:55.if all the fruit trees are still Just the general feel of thd place,
:23:56. > :24:03.whether it feels At its peak 200,000 people, mainly
:24:04. > :24:13.women and children, made thd journey She described it as a lark
:24:14. > :24:22.and a great family get`together It is pretty close
:24:23. > :24:28.because everybody is happy. We always seemed to be
:24:29. > :24:31.a happy band when we were together. I can remember picking
:24:32. > :24:35.and getting black hands. I had 43 cousins, not all
:24:36. > :24:40.of them went picking togethdr. But quite a number of them did,
:24:41. > :24:43.so it was a time The trip is part
:24:44. > :24:48.of a community arts project, It is not just
:24:49. > :24:54.about recreating something they We do something together
:24:55. > :25:02.as a group again, it is productive. After the long day,
:25:03. > :25:07.evenings were spent singing songs around the fire, telling ghost
:25:08. > :25:11.stories and eating stew. They may have been paid a phttance
:25:12. > :25:15.but they would return to thd same It only ended when specialist
:25:16. > :25:32.machinery was invented in the 1 50s. 43 cousins. We will get a check on
:25:33. > :25:40.the weather. 43 cousins. We will get a check on
:25:41. > :25:43.the weather. Some thunderstorms over the next couple of hours. Bx
:25:44. > :25:48.tomorrow lunch time they should clear. We have warnings frol the Met
:25:49. > :25:53.office, you could see up to 20 millimetres of rain in one hour or
:25:54. > :25:57.two. Many of us should stay dry As we head towards the weekend, though
:25:58. > :26:01.showers will be easing and we will seize on decent spells of stnshine,
:26:02. > :26:07.particularly the Saturday. Ht will be turning pressure as well. Thank
:26:08. > :26:13.you for Michael, who sent this photograph in. It was taken on his
:26:14. > :26:17.walk this morning. That is ` stunning photograph. If you have any
:26:18. > :26:23.photographs, we would love to hear from you. You can e`mail us or get
:26:24. > :26:31.in touch on our Facebook or Twitter pages. Over the next couple of days,
:26:32. > :26:34.we'll see a shift in the we`ther. We will see this thunderstorms but
:26:35. > :26:42.today was settled. Temperattres felt warm for the time of year. Contrary
:26:43. > :26:45.in the low 20s, around 24 ddgrees. In two divided, similar to what we
:26:46. > :26:55.have seen over the last couple of nights. `` into tonight.
:26:56. > :27:01.Temperatures will be 15 or 06 degrees. Overcast and wet tomorrow.
:27:02. > :27:05.From lunch time we see thosd thunderstorms easing. Behind it we
:27:06. > :27:10.should start the season bre`ks in the cloud cover. Temperaturds again
:27:11. > :27:15.feeling warm, still 22 or 23 degrees. As we head towards the
:27:16. > :27:21.weekend, it will feel freshdr, but who tomorrow we should stay mild,
:27:22. > :27:24.with temperatures around 15 or 6 degrees. High pressure building as
:27:25. > :27:28.we head towards the weekend. Saturday will see temperatures of 21
:27:29. > :27:41.degrees, a fresh appeal on Sunday but lots of sunshine. It was lovely
:27:42. > :27:47.today. That is it from now. We will be back at 8pm. Goodbye.