:00:00. > 3:59:59Friday to discuss joining the US air strikes against Islamic State in
:00:00. > :00:00.Iraq. Welcome to South East Today,
:00:00. > :00:17.I'm Polly Evans. The Foreign Office is investing
:00:18. > :00:23.reports that a Sussex teenager has been killed in an air strikd on
:00:24. > :00:26.Syria. A victim of sedation `` sexual harassment, we speak to Carol
:00:27. > :00:33.Howard who says she has been targeted by a spear `` smear
:00:34. > :00:34.campaign. It has been many lonths of hell.
:00:35. > :00:40.Bursting at the seams ` 130 asylum seekers are moved
:00:41. > :00:42.into a Hotel in Folkestone to alleviate overcrowding in London.
:00:43. > :00:46.We're live in Folkestone with the latest on the situation.
:00:47. > :00:50.Labour leader Ed Miliband on his fight to win back voters
:00:51. > :00:57.And how ballet big`hitter Matthew Bourne chose local
:00:58. > :01:12.youngsters to perform in his unique take on Lord of the Flies in Kent.
:01:13. > :01:26.The Foreign Office is investigating reports a teenager from Brighton has
:01:27. > :01:33.been killed by an air strikd on Syria. The mother of the 19`year`old
:01:34. > :01:38.says she believes the teenager died within the last 48 hours following
:01:39. > :01:45.air strikes on the city of @leppo. Yvette Austin is with me. What more
:01:46. > :01:55.do we know about this? Detahls are very sketchy. A man understood to be
:01:56. > :02:11.Ibrahim Magag, he is believdd to have been killed. His mother said
:02:12. > :02:15.she had seen a post of him that he had been killed on Facebook. She was
:02:16. > :02:19.angry that she learned that her oldest son had gone to Syri` in
:02:20. > :02:24.February. She has three othdr sons and said he was a normal box who
:02:25. > :02:33.seemed to have met the wrong people. Ibrahim Magag 1`macro is described
:02:34. > :02:42.by being in an affiliate group which has fought against the forcds. There
:02:43. > :02:47.are reports he died in a US raid. He is aware of reports that a British
:02:48. > :02:51.man has died in Syria. This follows the death of another teenagdr we
:02:52. > :02:58.know from Sussex which happdned earlier this year. 18`year`old
:02:59. > :03:03.Abdullah was reportedly fighting with a militant group when he was
:03:04. > :03:07.shot back in April. His two brothers are still thought to be in Syria,
:03:08. > :03:12.having gone there with an ahd convoy. Abdullah, like Ibrahim Magag
:03:13. > :03:14.left without telling his mother and his family are urging the rdmaining
:03:15. > :03:19.brothers to come home. 130 asylum seekers have bedn moved
:03:20. > :03:21.into temporary accommodation in Kent,
:03:22. > :03:22.to reduce overcrowding in London. The migrants were moved to
:03:23. > :03:25.a Folkestone hotel last night and are expected to stay for
:03:26. > :03:28.about two weeks. But it's angered some residdnts
:03:29. > :03:31.and local politicians say they're seeking assurances that
:03:32. > :03:33.the move will not be permandnt. Piers Hopkirk is live in Folkestone
:03:34. > :03:52.for us. These people were brought hdre at
:03:53. > :04:00.short notice. What's local people are worried about is that sdaside
:04:01. > :04:18.towns like Folkestone with `n abundance of accommodation could
:04:19. > :04:22.be. I would rather see them go back to their own countries but hf they
:04:23. > :04:28.can't do that is, they shouldn't be housed in luxury hotels in the
:04:29. > :04:34.middle of seaside towns. Thd asylum seekers were moved here overnight by
:04:35. > :04:39.the Home Office to the surprise of other guests. I am disgusted to
:04:40. > :04:46.think that the hotel is turning into a hostel for immigrants. Thdy have
:04:47. > :04:51.to go somewhere but they should stay put. A holiday does not include that
:04:52. > :04:55.inside of it. I wouldn't be able to rest. The Home Office says ht was
:04:56. > :05:03.only acceptable as a short`term measure. We would have liked more
:05:04. > :05:07.notice. We are trying to find out more detail about how the ddcision
:05:08. > :05:11.was made and why they chose to bring them to Folkestone. We have been
:05:12. > :05:17.reassured by them that this is a temporary measure and they will be
:05:18. > :05:20.gone within two weeks. This man is an engineer from Iraq seeking
:05:21. > :05:28.sanctuary. I asked him what he thought about the controversy. I ask
:05:29. > :05:38.them to deal with us as hum`ns. We are human. This is the situ`tion in
:05:39. > :05:50.our country that forces us to come here to get protection. Ple`se,
:05:51. > :05:57.please call, help us. What they need is our support. They need otr
:05:58. > :06:01.understanding and possibly our help for the brief time that thex will be
:06:02. > :06:05.in Folkestone. While their stay in Folkestone may be temporary, it will
:06:06. > :06:12.be down to the Home Office to decide whether they can call England home.
:06:13. > :06:15.Some of the asylum seekers H spoke to were bemused that the controversy
:06:16. > :06:24.that their arrival has causdd. I spoke to three men and argu`bly they
:06:25. > :06:34.have fled rather bigger battles than the one they face here. Latdr, we
:06:35. > :06:38.will report from southern in it `` from southern Italy where 120,0 0
:06:39. > :06:52.migrants have entered the ET since January.
:06:53. > :06:54.A police firearms officer who suffered racial
:06:55. > :06:56.and sexual discrimination at the hands of a colleague
:06:57. > :06:58.from Sussex says she's conshdering further legal action tonight.
:06:59. > :07:00.PC Carol Howard believes shd's the victim of
:07:01. > :07:03.a smear campaign aimed at ddstroying her reputation, after an employment
:07:04. > :07:06.The Metropolitan Police responded to that ruling in July
:07:07. > :07:08.by revealing that PC Howard was under police investigation
:07:09. > :07:11.for a string of serious offdnces but she's now been told she will
:07:12. > :07:28.She won her discrimination case that Carol Howard still faced a possible
:07:29. > :07:35.criminal prosecution. Now, no action is to be taken against the firearms
:07:36. > :07:42.officer. It has been 30 months of hell. I felt my life was put on hold
:07:43. > :07:47.for offences that I have always maintained I didn't do. In @pril,
:07:48. > :07:51.her tribunal hearing against the Mets began. She claimed she had been
:07:52. > :07:57.sexually and racially discrhminated against. In July, the tribunal
:07:58. > :08:00.boomed `` ruled in her favotr that she had been targeted by Acting
:08:01. > :08:05.Inspector Dave Kelly from Stssex. Just days later, The Met released
:08:06. > :08:10.details linked to the rest of Carol Howard by Sussex Police on suspicion
:08:11. > :08:18.of a string of offences. Shd is angry at how The Met gave ott
:08:19. > :08:24.information. It was very malicious. A smear? The tribunal recognised
:08:25. > :08:30.that recognised it was malicious and they did was spiteful. One of the
:08:31. > :08:35.allegations was she possessdd an indecent image of a child. Ht was
:08:36. > :08:41.just a pinch of her daughter. To find myself arrested for a picture
:08:42. > :08:49.of my own child on my phone was deeply upsetting. Especiallx as a
:08:50. > :08:55.result of that, being labelled as a child predator. It is wrong. Her
:08:56. > :09:00.legal team hasn't ruled out further action against the mat. We `ll
:09:01. > :09:07.considering all considerabld options. I expect there will be more
:09:08. > :09:13.developments in due course. You haven't ruled out further action?
:09:14. > :09:22.Certainly not. As for releasing details links to her arrest,
:09:23. > :09:26.Scotland Yard said there was no malicious intent. They deeply regret
:09:27. > :09:27.the upset this has caused. Mark Sanders joins us live
:09:28. > :09:29.from central London. Mark, this has been a compldx case `
:09:30. > :09:57.where does it go next? The minute Met is not saying much.
:09:58. > :10:04.As for the legal teams, futtre legal action is in the pipeline against
:10:05. > :10:06.The Met. The firearms officdr is on sick leave but she has told me she
:10:07. > :10:12.is keen to return to work. The police are warning people not to
:10:13. > :10:15.approach a convicted murderdr who's on the run and has links with Sussex
:10:16. > :10:17.and Surrey. 63`year`old Albert Stanley failed to
:10:18. > :10:20.return to prison yesterday, He was given a life sentencd in 1980
:10:21. > :10:25.after committing a murder in Sussex. A planned strike by refuse workers
:10:26. > :10:28.in Brighton and Hove tomorrow has been called off, to allow ftrther
:10:29. > :10:31.talks to take place between union Bin men walked out earlier this
:10:32. > :10:36.month in a dispute over pay Rubbish was left piled up
:10:37. > :10:40.in the streets of Brighton following The Medway Maritime Hospital
:10:41. > :10:48.which was put into special leasures by the government last year is
:10:49. > :10:51.still failing, according to The Care Quality Commission says
:10:52. > :10:55.further action is needed to meet required patient care stand`rds
:10:56. > :10:57.after an unannounced inspection of the Accident and
:10:58. > :11:10.Emergency Department. It is worrying and disappointing. I
:11:11. > :11:16.join all the doctors and nurses and patients to who are going to be very
:11:17. > :11:20.disappointed with this report. Stability of leadership and staffing
:11:21. > :11:23.has been a big thing since this CQC put the hospital into speci`l
:11:24. > :11:25.measures. It looks like there is still loads of things to get right.
:11:26. > :11:30.Simon Jones joins us live from the Medway Maritime Hospital.
:11:31. > :11:39.Inspectors say they found no evidence of improvement at @
:11:40. > :11:47.It says the department is in a state of crisis with poor clinical
:11:48. > :11:52.leadership. It found that one patient had been waiting for over 20
:11:53. > :11:58.hours. Another patient had come in with a potentially life`thrdatening
:11:59. > :12:01.infection that hadn't been given antibiotics for four hours `nd 0
:12:02. > :12:04.minutes. This report relates to an inspection at the end of July but
:12:05. > :12:09.this is `` but the inspectors have been back at the end of Julx but
:12:10. > :12:13.this is `` but the inspectors have been for the hospital, they say they
:12:14. > :12:17.have brought in expertise from outside to turn things around and
:12:18. > :12:18.recognise their remains a lot to be done but they are committed to
:12:19. > :12:23.making progress. At the last General Election Labour
:12:24. > :12:26.were quite literally wiped off the political map here
:12:27. > :12:28.in the South East. In 2010, Labour were defendhng nine
:12:29. > :12:30.seats, the Conservatives 18, All those Labour seats were lost,
:12:31. > :12:35.with a big swing to the Torhes So if Ed Miliband's to becole
:12:36. > :12:40.Prime Minister next May, he has to win back key
:12:41. > :12:43.constituencies like Brighton and Hove, Crawley, Hastings,
:12:44. > :12:45.the Medway Towns and Dover. Our Political Editor Louise Stewart
:12:46. > :12:56.joins us live from Westminster. Louise, as the Labour conference
:12:57. > :12:59.closes does Ed Miliband look like a man who can win back voters
:13:00. > :13:12.in places like the South East? Ed Miliband wanted to show he is a
:13:13. > :13:16.prime minister in waiting ydsterday with his conference speech, the last
:13:17. > :13:22.before the May general election He chose to deliver over an hotr's of
:13:23. > :13:27.speech with no autocue. That is an impressive feat but a risky strategy
:13:28. > :13:31.and he has been forced to admit that he forgot to mention one of the key
:13:32. > :13:36.areas he should have spoken about, the deficit and the economy and he
:13:37. > :13:37.to mention immigration, an hssue so important to people living hn the
:13:38. > :13:38.south`east. You gave
:13:39. > :13:40.your conference speech yestdrday, one thing you didn't mention was
:13:41. > :13:43.immigration and one of the lost I did mention it and I said
:13:44. > :13:50.when firms bring in workers from outside the European Union
:13:51. > :13:52.they provide apprenticeships to We are determined to maintahn
:13:53. > :13:58.a firm approach to immigrathon. We think immigration has benefited
:13:59. > :14:02.our country but we have to have tough controls and people ldarn
:14:03. > :14:06.English when they come here. That is part of our plan
:14:07. > :14:10.for the future. Immigration is one
:14:11. > :14:12.of the key concerns in the south east and one thing you
:14:13. > :14:16.admitted Labour got this wrong. UKIP are making big gains
:14:17. > :14:21.in the south east because of it We have to underline deal whth
:14:22. > :14:25.the underlying concerns people have about immigration but also
:14:26. > :14:28.about wages. We will raise the minimum w`ge to ?8
:14:29. > :14:31.an hour, the health service, we will tax those at the top to fund the
:14:32. > :14:35.health service, more doctors, more That is our plan for the future
:14:36. > :14:41.to make the country work One thing you did talk about in
:14:42. > :14:47.your speech was this mansion tax. Overwhelmingly it will affect people
:14:48. > :14:50.in London and the south east and that will not be
:14:51. > :14:54.a vote winner for Labour. I understand why people would prefer
:14:55. > :14:58.not to pay the tax but the reality is we have to find
:14:59. > :15:02.ways in which we can get th`t By having a slightly higher tax for
:15:03. > :15:08.people with homes above ?2 lillion, we can fund more doctors, more
:15:09. > :15:12.midwives and more care workdrs. We need to fund our NHS
:15:13. > :15:16.and people in expensive properties are in a position to pay th`t bit
:15:17. > :15:20.more to do that. It seems like old Labour,
:15:21. > :15:24.a tax on the rich to pay The NHS is the pride of Britain
:15:25. > :15:36.and is funded by people You don't have a single MP
:15:37. > :15:41.in our region at the moment in Kent Do you think you are
:15:42. > :15:45.making gains you need to? You don't seem to have made
:15:46. > :15:48.the breakthroughs. We have further to go
:15:49. > :15:51.and we have an important message for people across the region whhch is we
:15:52. > :15:54.know this country doesn't work for you, we will change it so it doesn't
:15:55. > :15:58.just work for the few at thd top. We have to make sure hard work is
:15:59. > :16:21.rewarded, we build homes and rebuild Ed Miliband saying they havd made
:16:22. > :16:26.gains a Labour will acknowlddge they haven't made the kind of gales that
:16:27. > :16:29.they would like to this close to the next general election. He h`s two
:16:30. > :16:34.hope his message resonates `nd people in the begin to return back
:16:35. > :16:37.to Labour. They will want more flesh on the bones of policies like
:16:38. > :16:51.immigration. The Foreign Office are lookhng into
:16:52. > :17:00.reports that a teenager has been killed in Syria.
:17:01. > :17:11.The man behind Swan Lake brhngs his Lord of the flies to Kent. Hs the
:17:12. > :17:16.weather going to brighten up? Join me for the forecast.
:17:17. > :17:18.There's a growing crisis in Calais, where hundreds
:17:19. > :17:21.of migrants are sleeping rotgh, and risking their lives,
:17:22. > :17:24.in increasingly desperate attempts to cross the Channel into Dover
:17:25. > :17:28.Many have travelled from distant war zones like Syria, Eritrea
:17:29. > :17:31.and Afghanistan but how do they get into Europe in the first pl`ce?
:17:32. > :17:35.Since January, more than 120,00 migrants have entered
:17:36. > :17:40.Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has spoken to
:17:41. > :17:45.a group who arrived in the port of Reggio Calabria earlier today
:17:46. > :18:11.Migrants Olivier `` leaving Libya across the Mediterranean. Bdcause
:18:12. > :18:15.the boats are sinking, the Htalian Navy bringing them ashore hdre.
:18:16. > :18:17.Rescued by the Italian Navy from the Mediterranean.
:18:18. > :18:19.It is an endless flow of migrants arriving here.
:18:20. > :18:22.Amongst them, pregnant women, the sick and elderly and many young men.
:18:23. > :18:26.Some shoeless but with dreals of a better life.
:18:27. > :18:31.When I go to England, I can afford my education there
:18:32. > :18:38.Here, they are not speaking from the Gambia.
:18:39. > :18:42.They are being rescued from overcrowded boats that leavd Libya,
:18:43. > :18:49.How much money did you pay to get here?
:18:50. > :19:00.Wars in Iraq, Syria unrest in the Horn of Africa and chaos
:19:01. > :19:07.in Libya since the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi.
:19:08. > :19:10.They have got the mass exodus.
:19:11. > :19:17.There are many entry points to Europe from land and sea.
:19:18. > :19:20.The overwhelming majority are arriving in Sicily and Htaly,
:19:21. > :19:28.12,2000 arrived here in the last eight months.
:19:29. > :19:41.It is predominately Eritrean's but Syrians also making
:19:42. > :19:44.journey. A few years ago, Italy was actively trying to deter
:19:45. > :19:47.It is now welcoming them with open arms.
:19:48. > :19:58.It was the drowning of 400 ligrants last year which started
:19:59. > :20:00.the Italian Navy to launch this rescue
:20:01. > :20:02.mission. They come anyway and the situation would be worsd because
:20:03. > :20:05.there would be many more shhps sinking and more people dying.
:20:06. > :20:07.Today, those arriving here told me of the tragedy.
:20:08. > :20:17.While there is clear relief, there is concern this Itali`n
:20:18. > :20:24.rescue mission is attracting migrants to Europe.
:20:25. > :20:27.Some, who want to travel to England via Calais, the next port
:20:28. > :20:42.Approximately 1500 migrants arrived in southern Italy but across the
:20:43. > :20:45.water in Sicily today, many more migrants are expected to arrive
:20:46. > :20:48.later this evening. When thdy arrive, they are given the
:20:49. > :20:52.opportunity to claim asylum but we have discovered many are choosing
:20:53. > :20:58.not to do so and choosing to travel on to parts of northern Europe
:20:59. > :21:01.including the UK. There is pressure on Italy to provide a humanhtarian
:21:02. > :21:09.response and that is what they say they are doing here.
:21:10. > :21:11.He's been credited with changing the landscape of dance forever.
:21:12. > :21:13.Internationally acclaimed choreographer Mathew Bourne was the
:21:14. > :21:16.person who cast male swans hn Swan Lake and he's pushing bound`ries
:21:17. > :21:27.For Lord of the Flies, which is on stage tonight at the Marlowd Theatre
:21:28. > :21:29.in Canterbury, he's encouraged local youngsters to perform alongside
:21:30. > :21:30.professionals, including sole who've never danced before.
:21:31. > :21:44.Matthew Bourne is known for creating theatre that challenges our
:21:45. > :21:49.expectations of dance. For his latest production, the focus is not
:21:50. > :21:54.just on them magics but getting boys involved to read previously shunned
:21:55. > :21:57.arts. Finding like`minded young man and meeting professionals in the
:21:58. > :22:07.company and finding out how they got into dance and finding out they are
:22:08. > :22:10.pretty ordinary guys, getting on with them and learning about a
:22:11. > :22:17.career in dance from them h`s been really inspiring for them. For his
:22:18. > :22:23.latest work, Lord of the Flhes, finding boys with little or no
:22:24. > :22:28.experience meant opening auditions. Calum got his first taste of ballet
:22:29. > :22:37.six months ago. Whatever yotr friends said? They mostly think it
:22:38. > :22:41.is the girls. They are wrong. Working alongside professional
:22:42. > :22:50.dancers is 14`year`old Ashldy and it is a dream come true. I scrdamed.
:22:51. > :22:59.This is where it all starts for me now. It is starting to hit le and
:23:00. > :23:03.get me in the spotlight. Matthew Bourne has spent 20 years as a
:23:04. > :23:08.choreographer and says he h`s always tried to push the boundaries. I like
:23:09. > :23:12.to experience what the audidnce feels and that is where you get the
:23:13. > :23:16.buzz from. I like watching developers in performance and young
:23:17. > :23:20.people in the shows and seehng them do well. Actually, the audidnces
:23:21. > :23:25.what gives you the buzz. Whdn they are having a great time, I'l having
:23:26. > :23:31.a great time as well. As thdse novice dancers step right for the
:23:32. > :23:39.first time, it is hoped it lay inspire them to keep dancing.
:23:40. > :23:43.We are going to get a check on the weather with Rachel. Things are
:23:44. > :23:55.looking up. We have quite an autumnal fdel
:23:56. > :23:59.today. For tomorrow, there will be plenty of sunshine around and the
:24:00. > :24:04.wind is picking up a little bit As we get through to Friday, wd have
:24:05. > :24:09.some rain first thing. Therd is plenty of sunshine this aftdrnoon
:24:10. > :24:14.and temperatures around average If feels warmer where we saw the
:24:15. > :24:18.sunshine. Many of us will hold onto those clearer skies. We havd lighter
:24:19. > :24:29.winds and some mist and fog around. Temperatures retailing `` rdturning
:24:30. > :24:35.to some core values. Potenthally we could have a touch of frost. It will
:24:36. > :24:40.be bright and any mist and fog will be burning back. The wind whll
:24:41. > :24:42.increase throughout the day. We will see more cloud cover as we head
:24:43. > :24:48.towards the tail end of the afternoon. By the afternoon, a bit
:24:49. > :24:51.more cloud cover around and we should be staying dry with some
:24:52. > :24:59.sunny breaks around. Similar temperatures to today. As wd go
:25:00. > :25:04.through tomorrow night, we will start to see more cloud covdr and we
:25:05. > :25:15.have some light and patchy drizzle. Temperatures not quite as Chile
:25:16. > :25:22.Temperatures down to 14 Celsius It will be cloudy and potentially quite
:25:23. > :25:26.damp but it will be brightening up. High pressure stays with us as we
:25:27. > :25:27.head towards the weekend. Temperatures feeling pretty warm for
:25:28. > :25:43.the time of year. Linda will be back at eight o'clock
:25:44. > :25:44.and 10:25pm. We will see yot tomorrow. Goodbye.