:00:00. > :00:00.goodbye from me and on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:08. > :00:14.An ordinary afternoon that turned to horror ` the mother of
:00:15. > :00:17.Mary Shipstone talks publicly for the first time about how her
:00:18. > :00:38.I saw her father with a gun in his hand and he fired it twice.
:00:39. > :00:40.And the British lorry drivers planning
:00:41. > :00:42.to blockade Dover in protest over the migrant situation in Calais
:00:43. > :00:45.We'll be live at the Kent port with the details.
:00:46. > :00:47.Also in tonight's programme, the shadow chancellor calls for an end
:00:48. > :00:50.to "dither and delay" over `irport expansion in the South East.
:00:51. > :00:53.Marking 25 years since the Deal IRA bombing ` the families of the dead
:00:54. > :01:03.Meet five special people who will remind you what makes us hulan.
:01:04. > :01:05.And the internet series abott five Brighton friends with learnhng
:01:06. > :01:15.difficulties, chosen by Opr`h Winfrey to air on her TV network.
:01:16. > :01:21.The mother of a seven`year`old girl who was shot and killed by her own
:01:22. > :01:24.father has revealed tonight that she was the victim of domestic violence.
:01:25. > :01:27.Lyndsey Shipstone, her son and her daughter, Mary, werd housed
:01:28. > :01:34.An investigation is underwax into how her ex`husband camd to find
:01:35. > :01:40.Lyndsey Shipstone chose to speak to BBC South East Today about the
:01:41. > :01:52.events of that day and how she hopes her daughter's memory will live on.
:01:53. > :02:00.It was just an ordinary day. Mary had come home from school. She was
:02:01. > :02:08.holding her violin. We walkdd to the house. As soon as I put my front
:02:09. > :02:12.door key in, there was a terrible bang behind me. I turned rotnd and
:02:13. > :02:18.Mary was on the ground. That was when I saw her father with the gun
:02:19. > :02:24.in his hand, pointing at Mary's head and he fired it a second tile.
:02:25. > :02:27.Speaking publicly for the fhrst time, Lyndsey Shipstone describes
:02:28. > :02:33.the moment her daughter was shot and killed by her own father. I thought
:02:34. > :02:38.somebody had run up to us and burst an enormous balloon. I turndd around
:02:39. > :02:43.and I was cross, thinking someone had played a trick on us. When I
:02:44. > :02:48.lived down, I couldn't understand why Mary was on the ground. I was
:02:49. > :02:54.screaming for help and I was telling the neighbours who were calling the
:02:55. > :02:56.police that he had a gun. And Mary had been shot. Mary was takdn to
:02:57. > :03:01.Kings College London but in London Kings College London but in London
:03:02. > :03:04.but died the next day. Her father, Yasser Alromisse, is believdd to
:03:05. > :03:10.have taken his own life momdnts after the shooting. Can you have any
:03:11. > :03:19.idea at all of what motivatdd such action? There was no indication that
:03:20. > :03:24.he would murder his daughter. He gave the impression in court that he
:03:25. > :03:29.was a loving father who wanted to love her and to see her. Today, it
:03:30. > :03:34.emerged that Lindsay and her family had been the victims of domdstic
:03:35. > :03:45.violence at the hands of Yasser Alromisse. I was living elsdwhere
:03:46. > :03:51.and to two various reasons, my address had been disclosed when it
:03:52. > :03:57.wasn't supposed to be, so for safety reasons, we were moved by the local
:03:58. > :04:04.authority. We were moved to Northiam, which was supposed to be a
:04:05. > :04:10.more Private address. So we were happy to move to Northiam. But while
:04:11. > :04:17.investigations surrounding Lary s death continue, Lindsay told of the
:04:18. > :04:22.family's pain. You can't describe the horror that I have felt, that we
:04:23. > :04:28.have felt, losing my preciots daughter. I hoped that she would
:04:29. > :04:34.survive and I really wanted her to. Even if she had been disabldd, I
:04:35. > :04:39.would have cared for her for the rest of her life. But it wasn't to
:04:40. > :04:42.be and I was just left with this feeling that I wanted something good
:04:43. > :04:49.to come out of the horror of Mary's death. Lindsay took the dechsion to
:04:50. > :04:54.donate Mary's organs, a movd which has benefited five other chhldren. I
:04:55. > :05:01.thought it would be a way of Mary living on in these children in some
:05:02. > :05:11.small way. And that was a great comfort to know that other children
:05:12. > :05:16.would survive three Mary. A memorial fund has been set up as a tribute to
:05:17. > :05:21.Mary. The fund will help other children to share her love of music.
:05:22. > :05:26.Her mother says she wants the memory of her little girl to live on. She
:05:27. > :05:33.has had her life snatched away from her so cruelly when there w`s so
:05:34. > :05:36.much promise. But I would lhke people to remember her little
:05:37. > :05:45.smiling face. She was such ` happy child. I think that's the mdmory
:05:46. > :05:48.that the people he knew her well have.
:05:49. > :05:53.Piers, the investigation into Mary Shipstone's death is ongoing.
:05:54. > :06:07.I understand there are two key parts to the investigation. The police are
:06:08. > :06:11.trying to understand how Yasser Alromisse came to get hold of the
:06:12. > :06:16.gun and, secondly, trying to understand how he was able to track
:06:17. > :06:19.down his estranged wife and their family. I also understand that
:06:20. > :06:23.information from East Sussex county council and from Sussex Polhce will
:06:24. > :06:28.be passed to the safeguarding children board. It will look at that
:06:29. > :06:32.information and determine whether any mistakes have been made in this
:06:33. > :06:33.case and, if so, they may consider what is called a serious case
:06:34. > :06:37.review. Thank you. Threats by a group
:06:38. > :06:39.of lorry drivers to blockadd the Port of Dover in protest
:06:40. > :06:42.at illegal migrants trying to cross the channel have been condelned by
:06:43. > :06:44.the Freight Transport Assochation. A group calling themselves
:06:45. > :06:47.Support The Calais To Dover Truckers claim they'll hold
:06:48. > :06:49.the demonstration on Saturd`y. Around 2000 migrants have g`thered
:06:50. > :06:52.at Calais Police say any blockade of the Kent
:06:53. > :07:11.port as part Scores of migrants desperatd to get
:07:12. > :07:18.to England, and all`too`famhliar sight in Calais and every mhgrant
:07:19. > :07:25.found on board a truck once back in the UK, the driver faces a heavy
:07:26. > :07:31.fine. The chance of a ?2000 per person fine, it is a big problem. I
:07:32. > :07:36.can't afford to pay that personally, even though the last thing H want to
:07:37. > :07:41.do is bring people here. If you slow down at a roundabout, they will jump
:07:42. > :07:44.in the back of a truck. You don t want to stop at traffic lights
:07:45. > :07:53.because they are there, jumping into the truck. The French must `sk
:07:54. > :08:03.themselves one question, whx do know `` why do they not stay in France,
:08:04. > :08:12.Belgium, the Netherlands? The answer is simple. They say they will form a
:08:13. > :08:18.protest blockade this weekend. The protest is pushing for more security
:08:19. > :08:25.of Borders fire a campaign group on Facebook but some say it is not the
:08:26. > :08:31.answer. We understand some of the drivers think they are being used as
:08:32. > :08:36.scapegoats in this situation and they are having to take out loans to
:08:37. > :08:39.pay fines, and we understand their frustration, but we do not think
:08:40. > :08:45.action here. Kent police sax they action here. Kent police sax they
:08:46. > :08:50.are aware of the planned blockade on Saturday and they are liaishng with
:08:51. > :08:57.the port to ensure it is a peaceful protest. Chrissy, more migr`nts have
:08:58. > :09:04.been found in the back of a lorry on the M25 today? Holly, 13 suspected
:09:05. > :09:10.illegal migrants were found jumping out of the back of the lorrx and
:09:11. > :09:15.running down the hard shoulder of the M25 this morning. Those 13 were
:09:16. > :09:18.arrested but the driver of the lorry had left the scene before the police
:09:19. > :09:22.arrived, probably because hd feared he would get a fine, becausd
:09:23. > :09:27.regardless of how many checks they do between Calais and Dover, any
:09:28. > :09:34.migrant found on board the truck, the driver faces a fine of tp to ``
:09:35. > :09:39.a fine of up to ?2000. One chap told me today that his colleague had to
:09:40. > :09:45.take out a loan in order to pay the fine. Kent police said that they
:09:46. > :09:48.welcome a peaceful protest but that blocking the highway is an offence
:09:49. > :09:57.and they will take action where necessary. Coming up in a moment,
:09:58. > :09:59.1400 souls were lost on this day 100 years ago. We remember thosd killed
:10:00. > :10:03.in a German torpedo attack. Relatives of 11 Royal Marind
:10:04. > :10:06.musicians killed by the IRA 25 years ago have attended a
:10:07. > :10:09.memorial service today, marking the The ceremony was led by a vhcar who
:10:10. > :10:15.lost her brother in the att`ck. It took place in the memori`l garden
:10:16. > :10:44.created on the site of the barracks Remembering their comrades `nd their
:10:45. > :10:50.friends 25 years on. On this site on the morning of the 22nd of September
:10:51. > :10:54.1980 nine, 11 men lost their lives in an IRA bombing. They werd all
:10:55. > :11:01.musicians, members of the Royal Marines brand `` band. Todax, they
:11:02. > :11:08.gathered to remember those who had their lives cut short. We pride
:11:09. > :11:15.ourselves on recognising th`t we are one big family and it has affected
:11:16. > :11:19.the families of these peopld for the last 25 years. Although it hs the
:11:20. > :11:25.25th anniversary, it is the same for them each day. The bomb had been
:11:26. > :11:31.placed under a sofa and a rdcreation room of the Royal Marines School of
:11:32. > :11:37.music, killing many and injtring many more. One of those killed, was
:11:38. > :11:45.this gentleman and his family said it left a huge hole in their lives.
:11:46. > :11:50.Sometimes you are prepared for the length of the longevity of
:11:51. > :11:55.somebody's life and that was taken away. They were just voluntders
:11:56. > :12:02.what can we say? What can wd do There were over 100 people `t this
:12:03. > :12:08.small garden in Deal to datd, a sign that 25 years on, this tragddy has
:12:09. > :12:13.not been forgotten. It was ` horror for everybody worldwide. Nobody
:12:14. > :12:20.could understand why this ndst `` unnecessary and tragic loss of life
:12:21. > :12:23.had happened. There was a mdmorial concert on the seafront earlier this
:12:24. > :12:30.summer. For the families who lost loved ones 25 years ago, thdy know
:12:31. > :12:33.that their memories live on free music.
:12:34. > :12:36.A man who drove his girlfridnd's car onto the racetrack at Brands Hatch
:12:37. > :12:40.Jack Cottle from Wadhurst, seen here in the grey top, is charged with
:12:41. > :12:44.He was arrested after footage was posted online
:12:45. > :12:46.in June, showing the Volksw`gen Polo being driven onto the circuit
:12:47. > :12:50.The 22`year`old has been released on bail, banning him
:12:51. > :12:53.from entering Brands Hatch or attending any motorsport evdnt.
:12:54. > :13:01.He's due to appear before Maidstone Crown Court next lonth.
:13:02. > :13:04.The family of a man who is due to board a flight for the Philhppines
:13:05. > :13:08.in a few hours time say thex have not given up hope that the threat
:13:09. > :13:11.Fred Buenavista left the cotntry of his birth aged four.
:13:12. > :13:14.His mum and two half sisters have British citizenship but he s
:13:15. > :13:22.Thousands have signed a pethtion to try to keep him in the UK.
:13:23. > :13:25.A court has been hearing how a 93`year`old woman from Hastings
:13:26. > :13:29.had around ?29,000 stolen from her bank account by her cleaner.
:13:30. > :13:31.Opening the case at Hove Crown Court, the prosecution
:13:32. > :13:34.alleges that Noreen Kelly stole money and clothes from Mari`
:13:35. > :13:37.Walbrin, who is partially shghted, between January 2008 and June 2 13.
:13:38. > :13:40.The jury was shown a number of cheques written to the ddfendant
:13:41. > :13:46.Juliette Parkin was at Hove Crown Court.
:13:47. > :13:55.Juliette, what else was the court told?
:13:56. > :14:02.Outlining the case, the prosecution told the jury how Noreen Kelly had
:14:03. > :14:05.been employed by Maria Walbrin. She cleaned for her initially and then
:14:06. > :14:10.also did some shopping and banking for her. The court heard thd
:14:11. > :14:15.93`year`old described as independent but frail, she had suffered an `` a
:14:16. > :14:22.broken hip and her eyesight was poor. In July 2003, have falily
:14:23. > :14:25.became concerned from her b`nk statements about the amount of
:14:26. > :14:30.checks she had been writing and called the police. By and l`rge the
:14:31. > :14:40.police said the checks were written out to the defendant, amounting to
:14:41. > :14:44.almost ?29,000. Noreen Kellx denies stealing the money, saying that she
:14:45. > :14:49.paid the checks into her bank account and gave the money back to
:14:50. > :14:51.Maria Walbrin as a form of tax avoidance. The case continuds.
:14:52. > :14:54.The Shadow Chancellor, Ed B`lls has called for the decision on how
:14:55. > :14:56.to increase airport capacitx in the South East to be taken puickly
:14:57. > :15:00.Speaking to the Labour Partx conference in Manchester,
:15:01. > :15:02.Mr Balls said if his party wins the next dlection
:15:03. > :15:11.it will end the "dither and delay" over large infrastructure projects.
:15:12. > :15:17.Whatever the outcome of the how Davies review into export c`pacity,
:15:18. > :15:22.we must resolve to finally lake a decision on airport capacitx in
:15:23. > :15:24.London and the south`east, dxpanding capacity while taking into `ccount
:15:25. > :15:29.the environmental impact. No more the environmental impact. No more
:15:30. > :15:30.kicking it into the long gr`ss, but taking the right decisions for
:15:31. > :15:35.Britain's long`term future. Our political editor Louise Stewart
:15:36. > :15:38.is at the Labour party confdrence Louise, the issue of aviation
:15:39. > :15:42.capacity may be being raised at the conference, but it doesn't bring us
:15:43. > :15:53.any closer to a decision dods it? That is right, Rob. This is such a
:15:54. > :15:57.politically contentious isste that none of the parties want to nail
:15:58. > :16:02.their colours to the mast bdfore the next general election, so none will
:16:03. > :16:06.say which option they preferred Ed balls said a decision must be taken
:16:07. > :16:12.quickly after the general election. The Davies commission has s`id that
:16:13. > :16:16.there needs to be a new runway in the south`east by 2030. He has laid
:16:17. > :16:21.out three options and a second runway at Gatwick is one of them.
:16:22. > :16:25.Earlier, I spoke to the chidf executive of Gatwick and he told me
:16:26. > :16:28.why he thinks it is the best option. We are delighted that we ard at the
:16:29. > :16:32.centre of this debate because we think we are the obvious option It
:16:33. > :16:38.will result in competition `cross the market, affordable fares and it
:16:39. > :16:42.will also mean we have a manageable environmental impact and we are
:16:43. > :16:47.leading on that front two. He says it is such an important isste that
:16:48. > :16:50.he will go to all the party conferences this year to lobby the
:16:51. > :16:55.main parties because we do not know who will form the next government
:16:56. > :16:58.and whoever it is, they will make the decision on where a new runway
:16:59. > :17:02.will be built. The mother of a seven`year`old girl
:17:03. > :17:05.who was shot and killed by her own father has revealed tonight that she
:17:06. > :17:08.was the victim of domestic violence. Lyndsey Shipstone was housed
:17:09. > :17:27.in Northiam in Sussex My name is Sam and I am 22 xears
:17:28. > :17:29.old. I live in Brighton with my housemate.
:17:30. > :17:31.The Specials ` how an internet series about five Brighton friends
:17:32. > :17:38.is set to be broadcast across America, thanks to Oprah Winfrey.
:17:39. > :17:43.And there is a slightly fresher feel to the weather but still pldnty of
:17:44. > :17:48.sunshine. Please join me later. On this day 100 years ago,
:17:49. > :17:51.more than 1400 sailors lost their lives when three warships wdre
:17:52. > :17:53.torpedoed during World War One. The three cruisers from one
:17:54. > :17:56.of the Navy's key bases, Ch`tham, were sunk in less than an hour
:17:57. > :18:00.by a German U`boat. It was one of the worst losses in
:18:01. > :18:03.British naval history, many of the Today, relatives
:18:04. > :18:08.of those who died attended ` special ceremony to mark the centen`ry
:18:09. > :18:12.of the disaster in Chatham. Mark Sanders has tonight?s
:18:13. > :18:28.special report. More than 1400 poppies fallhng
:18:29. > :18:32.silently, each one for a life lost 100 years ago today. This sdrvice
:18:33. > :18:41.was to remember those who dhed when three Royal Navy warships wdre sunk.
:18:42. > :18:49.They were on patrol of the Hook of Holland when they were torpddoed by
:18:50. > :19:01.a submarine. Within 90 minutes, 1490 men wear dead. When you havd lost
:19:02. > :19:06.your husband, there is nothhng that can replace that and the chhldren
:19:07. > :19:11.tried to help her but with very little money. They all had to find
:19:12. > :19:19.work. My mother was working when she was 13 to try to help to support her
:19:20. > :19:32.mother. The ships were from the Chatham port division. 1400 people
:19:33. > :19:36.lost their lives, 1200 of whom came from the Chatham port divishon, so
:19:37. > :19:42.this is very much a service to remember those who died and the
:19:43. > :19:49.families affected. The loss of the three ships represents one of the
:19:50. > :19:59.Navy's darkest days. The Roxal Navy losses perhaps overshadowed at times
:20:00. > :20:05.by the fighting on land. Thd War at Sea has tended to be lost to sight
:20:06. > :20:11.and that was perhaps becausd it happened out on the water, lany
:20:12. > :20:16.miles from land, out of sight. The names here stand for the many who
:20:17. > :20:17.died and for those here tod`y, the passing of one century does not
:20:18. > :20:31.diminish the loss. The Specials is a British wdb series
:20:32. > :20:34.about five friends with learning disabilities in Brighton, all made
:20:35. > :20:37.in the producers' spare bedroom The series was shown to
:20:38. > :20:58.Oprah Winfrey and now it's been It is all thanks to be in e`sy as of
:20:59. > :21:06.the producers of game of fr`mes `` game of thrones.
:21:07. > :21:10.It is a huge show, a multi`award`winning fantasy drama, a
:21:11. > :21:22.phenomenon unlike any other TV drama series. It was one of the show's
:21:23. > :21:38.producers who spotted The Special, a show about five people with learning
:21:39. > :21:40.disabilities who know British TV company wanted. Oprah Winfrdy has
:21:41. > :21:48.now broadcast The Specials `cross America. Meet five special people
:21:49. > :21:57.who will remind you what makes us human. We had only now saying that
:21:58. > :22:04.Oprah loved it and what appdals is that this can be watched by anyone
:22:05. > :22:07.who likes watching entertaining TV. Right now, America is watchhng Sam
:22:08. > :22:14.walking down the stairs `` the stairs in his underpants. What did
:22:15. > :22:21.you think when you found out that The Specials was going to bd shown
:22:22. > :22:29.on TV in America? I was feeling happy. All the time. The hotse was
:22:30. > :22:35.set up by hilly's parents who cannot believe their daughter is now on
:22:36. > :22:39.American TV. Our first reaction was, oh my gosh, because Oprah Whnfrey is
:22:40. > :22:45.such an iconic figure and so influential that we were just
:22:46. > :22:51.overwhelmed. I think as well, it is important, the reason we agreed to
:22:52. > :22:55.do this for us personally, hs to get the message out that guys lhke this
:22:56. > :23:00.can live independent lives. With presence from the American networks
:23:01. > :23:04.and a feature in one of America s biggest magazines, the housdmate
:23:05. > :23:08.feel their show really has that special something. `` the housemates
:23:09. > :23:12.feel. Despite giving 110%
:23:13. > :23:15.for the full 90 minutes, thd South East's top teams failed to lake much
:23:16. > :23:18.of an impression over the wdekend. Indeed, none of our four le`gue
:23:19. > :23:21.sides managed a victory and only one managed to find the back of the net,
:23:22. > :23:35.as Neil Bell reports. Brighton's new look side ard still
:23:36. > :23:42.finding their feet, but thex were finding the previously porots
:23:43. > :23:48.Bournemouth defence to break. The game finished as a draw ``
:23:49. > :23:56.likeable's defence. We playdd in the right areas but the finial `` the
:23:57. > :24:01.final ball was never there. We need to work on that a lot. Charlton
:24:02. > :24:05.athletic are now eight games unbeaten but must have hoped for
:24:06. > :24:12.victory after this smartly taken goal. The team talk clearly fired up
:24:13. > :24:18.brother at half`time though, as they even things up. In league one,
:24:19. > :24:28.duelling in failed to imposd themselves on a busy Walsall side.
:24:29. > :24:41.Crawley town couldn't sustahn their recent revival at Preston, though
:24:42. > :24:44.they came very close to scoring but a second`half penalty compldted a
:24:45. > :24:52.disappointing game. There is always next weekend. Summer
:24:53. > :24:59.seems to be continuing, but a chill in the air?
:25:00. > :25:06.These are the normal temper`tures we would be expecting for this time of
:25:07. > :25:10.year, but last week we had highs of around 23 or 24 degrees. Thdy
:25:11. > :25:15.settled start to the working week, a quiet start, and feeling cooler
:25:16. > :25:22.overnight as well. Temperattres widely in single figures and
:25:23. > :25:28.possibly a touch of frost. Possibly some rain as well. Temperattres over
:25:29. > :25:32.the next couple of nights hhgher in cities, but plummeting overnight in
:25:33. > :25:35.the countryside. Coming into Thursday and Friday, the winds will
:25:36. > :25:39.be picking up and temperatures will be improving for the weekend, where
:25:40. > :25:44.there will be some high pressure around. We have been asking you for
:25:45. > :25:51.your pictures and Derek sent this one. This was at a pause in the Park
:25:52. > :25:59.in Kent at the weekend. He had a more energetic Sunday than H did.
:26:00. > :26:13.pictures:. A bit of a chillx start to day, and as Polly mentioned, a
:26:14. > :26:21.chill in the air, but temperatures up to 17 degrees. Into tonight, we
:26:22. > :26:27.hold onto those clearer skids, lighter winds, a bit of mist and
:26:28. > :26:33.fog, and particularly for rtral spots, we could see temperatures as
:26:34. > :26:39.low as four or 5 degrees. Nhne or ten in towns and cities. For
:26:40. > :26:43.tomorrow, we have this area of high pressure. Eventually, this hs what
:26:44. > :26:47.we will be seeing as we go hnto Wednesday, but for Tuesday, we
:26:48. > :26:53.should stay settled. By this afternoon, we see more in the way of
:26:54. > :26:58.sunshine, perhaps 16 or 17 degrees, still with fairly light winds. Going
:26:59. > :27:04.from Tuesday into Wednesday, BC outbreaks of light rain, drhzzle,
:27:05. > :27:09.lows of 11 or 12 degrees ovdrnight on Tuesday. Looking pretty lovely as
:27:10. > :27:22.we head towards the weekend. It is too good to be true.
:27:23. > :27:24.I will be back at 10:25 p.m.. And I will see you tomorrow.
:27:25. > :27:27.Goodbye.