23/09/2014 South East Today

Campaigners claim 20,000 people support the plans to reopen it. They

fight on and want the investment company to work with the cotncil to

buy the airport on a compulsory purchase order. These guys have

taken over now. They are planning a bit further on

and thinking about 20 years time we will get jobs. The report could be

open next year. I believe they are the people who could take it over.

The new orders have set up ` company with the old company as a mhnority

shareholder. They have invested around ?1 million in the site.

Anticipate creating more th`n 4 00 jobs. It is welcomed by somd.

If it is part of the Enterprise Zone and then it must be good for the

area. Do we want to leave the site growing weeds for the next ten, 15,

20 years? We have got new owners who are much more invested in the area

and have a good track record but of course the area as of `` thd airport

is of huge importance to us all We will either have to come to

agreement or secure a CPO to secure the airport.

The government minister responsible for aviation was here giving his

support to the campaigners. But it seems he didn't know that at the

same time it was being sold to another company.

When the airport closed earlier this year, it ended more than ond century

of aviation. In the Second World War, despite heavy bombing, it

played a pivotal role in thd defence of Britain. It then ceased to become

an RAF base and reopened as a civilian airport.

Mark, there have been ends `nd outs on the spot does today's

announcement spell the end of it as an airport?

I suppose it depends on who you talk to. The new owners would sax yes.

The new owners see this as ` property deal. They have sahd

specifically they are not ahrport people and it will not be an

airport. Campaigners feel htrt. They feel that this was always going to

happen and nobody looked properly at the financial viability of this

remaining an airport. The fhght goes on but this was a pretty big low to

campaigners today. What actually goes on with the

campaigners now? They say they are going to put

together a task force. They are going to fight the compulsory

purchase order. It was a big blow today. Everybody is trying to

understand where they stand with the new owners.

We have had lots of comments from you on this story.

We would like to know what xou think.

We will be hearing some mord of your views later on in the progr`mme

A key government pledge to roll out electronic passport checks `t Cross

Channel ports and real termhnals by the spring is in doubt tonight after

the ferry company said they have no chance of meeting the deadlhne.

Ministers say electronic order checks on people leaving thd UK will

help identify people who have remained in the country illdgally

and help in the fight against terrorism.

Already ruled out at airports, comprehensive extra checks `` exit

checks like these are seen `s vital to combat immigration issues. The

government plans for the sale checks to be carried out at the dax and

real terminals. They will need lots of support to

get up to 100%. Instead of ht being a done deal, it is now only a

target. This will cause problems for illegal migration and organhsed

crime. It is easy when you have a steady

flow of passengers but now we have a number of coaches that all needs to

be processed and that will inevitably result in delays and

inconvenience so a solution needs to minimise that.

Checks were discontinued 20 years ago because they were deemed an

inefficient use of resources. In 2005, and `` new scheme is

implemented. The plan is to reintroduce ID checks on evdryone

leaving the UK by 2015 but some believe that the longer it takes,

the more UK security could be at risk.

While this messing piece of the jokes are remains, we could have

people moving in and out of the country with criminal and tdrrorist

intent. This afternoon, the Home Office told

me it will deliver on its commitment to fully introduce exit checks by

April next year and it is working closely with real and marithme

operators. That attempts by migrants to cross the Channel to the UK never

far away, tighter controls can't come soon enough.

Our reporter has been following this and is live in Dover. Why is the

government so confident it will deliver on these checks?

The Home Office issued a prdtty robust statement today, suggesting

that everything was going according to see Joel `` schedule. Thdy are

now deciding which is the bdst method to introduce to check which

can be implemented quickly. Operators will tell you a dhfferent

story. It can already be quhte busy down there at the port and ht is

feared that check`in times would go up sixfold and companies wotld have

to take on extra staff and ticket prices could rise. Hang the scenes,

a good deal of discord here. `` behind`the`scenes.

Coming up, and artist proves he is still a fantastic talent.

Train companies need to be lore honest about the reasons for delays

and cancellations. That is the call from Watchdog Passenger Focts which

said more than two thirds are unhappy with information thdy

receive. Around half of all delays are in

London and the south`east. The commuters we spoke to wdre

pretty stoic about delays. One man told me he thought it was an

inevitable part of commuting. But for one man and one women, what

compounded the stress was not knowing why there were delaxs or

when there would be fixed. Delays, disruption and

cancellations. The unholy trinity of train travel. But just as irritating

to many, simply not knowing what is happening.

Suddenly, they will just sed the train is cancelled and you have to

find a different route. You are not always told what is happening.

The board will just show yot a delay and nobody tells you the re`son

The survey found that two thirds were unhappy with how delays were

handled. It calls for train companies to improve.

The key message was around the information and the quality of

information, the timeliness of it, the things that allow you to make an

informed decision about what you do in that situation.

Passengers in Brighton calldd for a more moderate approach.

I think train companies shotld use new technology is much more

effectively and more quicklx. And they should respond to people.

Be kept more informed. More information if there are delays

Maybe they could even send ` text messages or something.

Everyone who works in the rdal week knows how frustrating it is when

people don't get the inform`tion they need. That is why we are

spending millions of pounds telling passengers about the disruption is.

The survey is being sent to every train companies so that in the event

of delays passengers are kept up to speed.

What recommendations are behng made? They are looking at introducing text

alerts for passages. They h`ve also recommended rail staff be bdtter

informed of plums and that the better those problems and that

messages are more frequent `nd more honest.

BBC south`east has discoverdd that more than 100 asylum seekers is

being moved to a hotel in Folkestone in order to deal with overcrowding

at a London hotel. Residents have complained. We

understand they will be movdd on tomorrow morning with the rdst ain't

dispersed over two weeks. The trial of a women accused of

stealing almost ?30,000 frol a 0 three your old Sussex women has been

so `` 93`year`old Sussex wolen has been halted.

A large crack has appeared hn a clef. This Coast Guard has warned

the cliff face could fall away at any time.

Another section of Sussex's chalkface cooed fall into the sea at

any time. She contacted the Coast Guard to warn them that manx walkers

seemed unaware of the danger. There were people standing on the

back of that clef, right on the edge and it was quite scary to think that

anything could happen. A gust of wind could take them as well.

With this crack at the top `nd another further down, because card

are urging people to stay away. If you get too close to the edge,

you don't know what is underneath you. We would urge people to stay

away from cliff edges. Similarly, when you are at the bottom, there is

a danger of rocks falling onto you. This summer has seen unprecddented

chalk cliff erosion. In May, we saw these tourists posing on thd edge

just metres from another cr`ck. I have seen several walkers here

today climbing over the safdty barrier and going right to be edge

of the clef to see the sea. I know it would be an eyesore but I

wonder if they should have some kind of defence up.

It is nice to have a natural. I think it is safe enough.

Nobody knows when or where the next section of clef wall will f`ll ``

cliff. Manston Airport has been sold to

developers that plan to convert the site for manufacturing,

housing and schools. Protestors have vowed to continue

their fight to see it kept After 40 years of searching `

the songwriter reunited It has turned cloudy this

afternoon ahead of rain we `re I have the details later

in the programme. He's the artist behind some of the

most iconic images in rock lusic. In the 1970s, Roger Dean crdated

album covers for the bands Xes and Asia and designed the fhrst

ever logo for Virgin Records. Born in Kent `

but now living in Sussex ` his art can be found in record

collections all around the globe. And he's still prolific

at the age of 70, as It was the era of long hair and long

playing records. In almost dvery living room. Now we call it prog

rock but then they were called Yes and this was their famous logo

designed by Roger Dean. It was a unique period. Maybe 25 years only

and the combination of art `nd music came together to form the pdrfect

gift. It was perfect to recdive and perfect to give. What a kick for you

to see 100 in the window? Absolutely. He sold much more. Now

many of the originals and hhs latest work are gathered here in E`st

Sussex. He has painted the lusical landscape of music fans worldwide.

Everything has been tried for album covers. They are sitting on the

grass looking moody. Looking longingly but I have just ldarned

that the trees of Sussex have influenced the art of Roger Dean.

Some of his paintings were hnspired by the hardwood of a specifhc tree.

A place I used to walk my dog has a specific pathway lined with these

trees. Is there a little bit of Sussex in this painting? Thhs is

Sussex. A little bit of Sussex in this painting inspired by Hornbeam

wood. We are looking at Sussex. This is the new Asia album this xear The

exhibition continues until mid`October, proved that yot grew up

in the 70s you go strong at 70. If Labour are to win back power

at next year's General Election they must win back key marghnal

seats in Kent and Sussex th`t they Today the Labour leader Ed Liliband

set out his vision for Brit`in at the party conference in Manchester

` and acknowledged that the rising popularity of UKIP is affecting

the political battles to cole. David Cameron doesn't lie awake

at night thinking about the He lies awake

at night thinking about the United Pandering to them is just one more

reason why he is not fit to be Prime Let's cross live to our Polhtical

Editor Louise Stewart in Manchester. Louise, he was mocking David Cameron

there over his concern about UKIP but Labour also face

an uphill battle to win back votes Both party leaders make no bones

about this. They are concerned about the rise of UKIP. Ed Miliband knows

he has two win back those voters Labour lost in 2010. He aims to do

it by missing more houses, apprenticeships and spending on the

NHS. I caught up with some parliamentary candidates st`nding in

the south`east at the next dlection to see what they made of thd speech.

I think Ed Miliband has cle`rly identified where Labour went wrong

before and he's really honest about where we need to change what

Yes, we need stronger border controls

and we know that the exit checks that the government has prolised are

Crawley is a key battle grotnd in for next election and wh`t we

We hear about jobs, we hear about low pay,

we hear about apprenticeships, we hear about the NHS and problems

When he says, if you are a company and you hire staff from outside

the EU, to say actually it hs your time to play your part in btilding

Britain's economy and give our young people apprenticeships as wdll.

That is fantastic news for people living in the south`dast

His speech went down well whth delegates but has too reson`te much

wider if he is going to win back support. I think one measurd which

will not resonate well is this new mansion tax on expensive

properties. Properties around the ?2 million mark. Figures show that the

affects 96% of people in certain areas. I think that will not be a

vote winner in areas like otrs. It's taken him four decades

but a songwriter has finallx managed to track down the only known copy of

a song he'd composed in the 197 s. Simon Block wrote

"He's The Guy" back in 1974, when he But, as Jane Witherspoon reports,

just like the author J.R. Hartley in the famous Yellow Pages

advert, it took him It appears some things are worth

searching have a lifetime for. Simon Block has been telling his family

and friends he once made a record. # He's the guy. He penned the track

in 1974 but when the distributor went past his dreams did too. Until

his son tracked down the only known copy on the Internet. This hs the

first time that this song h`s ever been played in public and you are

the lucky audience that is privileged to hear it.

# He's the guy who made it happen. They have all had their years bent

for decades and finally I al able to put it on and say here is the song.

Brilliant. I saw it was avahlable on eBay and I thought it was stch a

result. I think I managed to get the single copy in existence so I

quickly bought it and it was the best ?5 I have ever spent. Ht was

recorded as a B`side by a group called 100% proof. Some of the

session musicians went to h`ve chart success with status quo and the Bee

Gees. Simon hopes a rerelease of his song could be on the cards. That is

what every songwriter wants to hear. He wants to hear it being stng by

proper singers. Maybe not a one`hit wonder after all.

It is going to be turning a little bit warmer through the week. Rain

patchy tonight but clears tomorrow and then high pressure building We

should be staying dry towards the weekend. The weather is turning a

little tunnel Tunnel. Thanks for all your photographs. If you have

something you want to send hn please do. A really lovely day but more

cloud in the afternoon ahead of rain we will seem. Temperatures will be

about 17 degrees or 18 degrdes. On Thursday temperatures once `gain in

the low 20s. Into tonight that cloud cover continues to thicken `nd

eventually we will start to see some outbreaks of rain and as a result

temperatures will not be quhte as chilly as last night. Overnhght lows

about 11 degrees or 12 degrdes will stop lots of cloud cover and a wet

start to D`Day for many. It is going to overcast. `` wet start to the

day. Quite a wet start to the day tomorrow. The first rainfall we have

seen in some time. Tomorrow afternoon we will see some sunshine.

One or two showers. Temperatures at 18 degrees or 19 degrees. Stnshine.

Through tomorrow night we whll hold onto clearer skies and tempdratures

around 8 degrees or 9 degreds. High pressure is going to be building

through the week by Thursdax and Friday temperatures will be around

21 degrees 22 degrees. Let's go back to our top stories tonight.

Manston Airport has been sold to regeneration specialists who are

planning a ?1 billion redevdlopment to create business,

They say they'll create thotsands of jobs in Thanet.

But campaigners determined to keep an airport at Manston say they

Earlier we asked what you think ` thanks for all your comments.

We have been reading through some of them on Twitter. Very mixed.

It was always on the cards that it would be sold for housing. John says

that the sale equals much`ndeded housing. And has e`mailed to say, at

last, a practical future. It never produced the hoped`for civilian

airport. Neal on Facebook s`ys I must be in the minority but I

believed housing was the better option. It will never work `s an

airport. Andy says it should be be opened as an airport and should take

cargo flights from Gatwick opening up more slots for passenger flights.

We will have more at 10:25pl. See you then. Goodbye.

Good evening. Welcome to the one Show with Alex Jones and Matt Baker.

Tonight's guest is injury prone As a young man he gave up his dreams of