:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith.
:00:08. > :00:09.And I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories:
:00:10. > :00:11.Gatwick bosses go back to the drawing board over plans to
:00:12. > :00:16.change flight paths above Kdnt and Sussex and Surrey, as protestors
:00:17. > :00:21.We're live with reaction in the village of Lingfield.
:00:22. > :00:24.Tea and sympathy, but ultim`tely arrest for the illegal immigrant
:00:25. > :00:38.Couldn't believe it, me and lots were in shock for a good few hours
:00:39. > :00:45.after that. It was quite surreal. Life on the edge `
:00:46. > :00:48.the owners of the coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven dig deep
:00:49. > :01:00.to save their homes from thd sea. Still inspiring through song ` two
:01:01. > :01:06.years after the death of Robert Poulton, I foundation in his name is
:01:07. > :01:10.lodged. After one pint, every man knows how to coach England to glory.
:01:11. > :01:12.And we'll be chatting with @l Murray about his alter ego,
:01:13. > :01:24.Campaigners who claimed Gatwick Airport's public
:01:25. > :01:29.consultation on new flight paths was "flawed, impenetrable and unfit for
:01:30. > :01:32.purpose" are claiming victory tonight, after managers agrded to
:01:33. > :01:36.Residents across the South East have been
:01:37. > :01:40.fighting the airport's proposals, claiming increased noise pollution
:01:41. > :01:46.Chrissie Reidy joins us livd from Lingfield in Surrey.
:01:47. > :01:56.Chrissie, so they've forced Gatwick Airport back to the drawing board.
:01:57. > :02:04.That certainly seems to be the case. As you mentioned, the Conservative
:02:05. > :02:10.MP for Tonbridge worlds described this as a victory. He had written to
:02:11. > :02:14.Gatwick to say residents were not properly consulted. He wantdd it
:02:15. > :02:19.scrapped and they should st`rt again so we are potentially looking at a
:02:20. > :02:24.third consultation. Living beneath any flight path can be a ch`llenge.
:02:25. > :02:30.This year Gatwick proposed to trial new technology to mitigate noise
:02:31. > :02:33.levels but following consultation they will now postpone any changes
:02:34. > :02:40.to their space. Already used to planes overhead, people herd say the
:02:41. > :02:45.consultation has been too v`gue The problem was that the consultation
:02:46. > :02:50.was impossible to understand without a Ph.D. In aeronautical scidnces.
:02:51. > :02:54.They are being quite underh`nded, that is the feeling, so now more
:02:55. > :03:00.people are complaining they are having to adjust their game. I think
:03:01. > :03:06.people are concerned at the way Gatwick Airport has behaved in terms
:03:07. > :03:10.of making the consultation very difficult to give clear answers and
:03:11. > :03:16.the answers you want to givd, it seems it was worded in a wax to hope
:03:17. > :03:21.for certain answers and get those. This map gives some idea of the
:03:22. > :03:24.current flight path into Gatwick. Initial plans were to narrow the
:03:25. > :03:29.flight path, as shown betwedn the white lines. Gatwick say it is part
:03:30. > :03:37.of an EU plan and is needed to reduce congestion. We have consulted
:03:38. > :03:39.in the manner we thought was best in compliance with requirements from
:03:40. > :03:45.the civil aviation up already, but there has not in any signifhcant
:03:46. > :03:50.airspace change for perhaps 50 years `` civil aviation authoritids. We
:03:51. > :03:55.were not prepared from what we would receive and we think with hhndsight
:03:56. > :04:01.it is only fair to be viewed that feedback and go board at thd best
:04:02. > :04:05.way we can. Travel services at Gatwick say they will review their
:04:06. > :04:09.options before making any ddcisions, but in the meantime more uncertain
:04:10. > :04:15.fate. Anger and disappointmdnt from people in Kent and Surrey. One woman
:04:16. > :04:20.here said narrowing the flight path so a more concentrated numbdr of
:04:21. > :04:25.people were affected is not the answer. They should have a wider
:04:26. > :04:29.flight path so more people `re after did buy less planes. `` affdcted by
:04:30. > :04:33.less planes. The Kent woman who returned home
:04:34. > :04:36.from her shopping trip to fhnd an illegal immigrant sitting on her
:04:37. > :04:38.drive has been speaking of her shock, but also her sympathx for the
:04:39. > :04:42.man who turned up on her doorstep. Jacky Goodfellow, from Elvington
:04:43. > :04:44.near Dover, gave the 23`year`old Eritrean crisps and chocolate to
:04:45. > :04:47.keep him there until police arrived. When they got home
:04:48. > :04:52.from their trip to the supermarket, this is the man Jackie and her
:04:53. > :04:55.daughter found on their doorstep. Me and Alice, we were in shock
:04:56. > :05:02.for a good few hours after that He spoke,
:05:03. > :05:07.he had finished his education. Because of the troubles out there it
:05:08. > :05:12.was either a choice of him fighting or possibly something else, so he
:05:13. > :05:18.left, he left his family behind The man from Eritrea said hd managed
:05:19. > :05:22.to get on a lorry over in C`lais, across the Channel, then got
:05:23. > :05:27.off the lorry in a field here. He then wandered into Elvington
:05:28. > :05:30.saying he was looking for a police station to ask
:05:31. > :05:34.for help from the authoritids. Last month 24 people were found
:05:35. > :05:39.in a lorry in Wickfield and a woman from Shepherdswell discoverdd
:05:40. > :05:43.a stowaway hidden in her car. I don't think
:05:44. > :05:47.the situation will go away. We still have problems
:05:48. > :05:51.over border controls. Any changes to the border controls
:05:52. > :05:56.in France returning back to England I think would be detrimental, and
:05:57. > :06:01.detrimental to Dover in particular. New efforts are under way in Calais
:06:02. > :06:05.to try to prevent scenes like this, Jacky Goodfellow gave
:06:06. > :06:11.the migrant she found some food I don't believe people have a right
:06:12. > :06:19.to just come into the country illegally, but being a human being,
:06:20. > :06:26.yeah, I did feel sorry for him. The man who got from Eritre` to
:06:27. > :06:50.East Kent has now been handdd over Recycling on a large scale. A Kent
:06:51. > :06:51.man's bike obsession and nehghbours who say they have been saddled with
:06:52. > :06:55.an eyesore. A grieving father
:06:56. > :06:57.from Gravesend has forced the police to admit they failed to invdstigate
:06:58. > :07:00.the death of his son properly, 37`year`old courier Trevor Philpott
:07:01. > :07:04.died in 2010 As Bryony MacKenzie reports,
:07:05. > :07:09.his family have received an apology and thousands of pounds
:07:10. > :07:13.in compensation from Essex Police, after using Human Rights Legislation
:07:14. > :07:30.to hold the force to account. That's his ashes because we cannot
:07:31. > :07:37.bear to get rid of them. Allost four years on, the death of his son is
:07:38. > :07:43.still hard to accept. It is anger against the police that thex treated
:07:44. > :07:48.Trevor as a number, as just an incident that night and not a human
:07:49. > :07:52.being. An inquiry concluded his death was not highlighted as being a
:07:53. > :07:58.possible drug related death by Essex Police. The scene was not preserved
:07:59. > :08:03.or searched, and his family only learnt of the news when a ntrse
:08:04. > :08:10.telephoned their daughter. Trevor was 37. He died from taking illegal
:08:11. > :08:16.drugs. Has that aspect been difficult to deal with? Yes, because
:08:17. > :08:25.we didn't know certain things that were going on with Trevor. He wasn't
:08:26. > :08:30.a heroin addict, we know th`t, he didn't take drugs regularly. Essex
:08:31. > :08:35.Police settled with the famhly out of court, but the legal acthon used
:08:36. > :08:40.good now paved the way for other families. Normally you cannot sue
:08:41. > :08:44.the police for the way they investigate a case, otherwise there
:08:45. > :08:51.would be a lot of complaints, so they have immunity over this, but
:08:52. > :08:55.Article two of the human rights Convention guarantees the rhght to
:08:56. > :08:59.life and the human rights court said there has to be a proper
:09:00. > :09:05.investigation. I want to do everything to the best. My dad had a
:09:06. > :09:10.lot in his life that some pdople wouldn't have and that's wh`t I
:09:11. > :09:17.wanted to, live every day lhke it's your last. The Philpott famhly say
:09:18. > :09:19.they are not interested in loney, only the hope that their action can
:09:20. > :09:22.help others. A man has been jailed
:09:23. > :09:24.for six years for producing and supplying cannabis, aftdr drugs
:09:25. > :09:27.worth more than ?400,000 were found Police discovered the plants in
:09:28. > :09:31.St Leonards last year. A 31`year`old woman from Hastings
:09:32. > :09:35.will be sentenced later this month. Battle Abbey will stage
:09:36. > :09:38.a re`enactment of the Battld of Hastings later this month,
:09:39. > :09:41.for the first time in two ydars The event was cancelled in 2012
:09:42. > :09:44.because of health and safetx It didn't take place
:09:45. > :09:49.last year either. 400 people will play Norman
:09:50. > :09:51.and Saxon warriors Neighbours have urged
:09:52. > :09:57.Maidstone Borough Council to take action against
:09:58. > :10:00.a pensioner who's collected hundreds 73`year`old David Watts says he
:10:01. > :10:05.repairs the bikes as a hobbx in his retirement, and doesn't want
:10:06. > :10:23.them to be removed, despite concern I think I like the bikes. Hd's never
:10:24. > :10:31.really bothered me and becatse I am not allowed bikes here, he saved the
:10:32. > :10:35.day by giving me a bike for a week so I think he's a good man. I think
:10:36. > :10:40.it looks a bit of a mess and it is more the parking in the road. It is
:10:41. > :10:45.the bikes, but parking spacds it takes up. There are five tr`ilers
:10:46. > :10:47.and when you come back, you have to pay for permits, you can't get your
:10:48. > :10:49.space. Yvette Austin joins us live outside
:10:50. > :11:00.Mr Watts' home in Maidstone. Some sympathy for him there but this
:11:01. > :11:06.is causing a stir with residents. Yes, these are some of the bikes
:11:07. > :11:10.raising eyebrows around herd. This is perhaps the most contenthous load
:11:11. > :11:16.because it is blocking a car parking space, and if we go in here, we can
:11:17. > :11:19.see more bikes powered up, puite a narrow path up to the door, and
:11:20. > :11:29.Dave, what do you do with these bikes? I repay them and sell them to
:11:30. > :11:35.people need them. `` I repahr them. It is a big job, you have a lot of
:11:36. > :11:40.bikes here. I don't have much time because I have to look after my
:11:41. > :11:45.wife, who is disabled, so I don t get much time. They are stacked up
:11:46. > :11:50.because of my lack of ability to repair them as quickly as I would
:11:51. > :11:57.like. People say they are an eyesore. Some people do but how can
:11:58. > :12:01.you keep security bike tidily? I have had bikes stolen and I found
:12:02. > :12:07.parking them makes them difficult to steal. The police have only found
:12:08. > :12:13.two out of 20 I had stolen. Thank you, Dave. Maidstone Council say
:12:14. > :12:18.they may send Dave a letter saying he has to tidy up the place and he
:12:19. > :12:21.could end up going to court if he doesn't obey that message. Thank
:12:22. > :12:26.you, Eva. `` even. The Coastguard Cottages at
:12:27. > :12:27.Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex have been part of the
:12:28. > :12:30.scenery for more than a century But now the owners are spending tens
:12:31. > :12:34.of thousands of pounds of their own money in a bid to prevent them
:12:35. > :12:37.from being swallowed up by the sea. Last winter's relentless storms
:12:38. > :12:39.caused rapid coastal erosion, including this dramatic cliff fall
:12:40. > :12:42.in Hastings, and cottages at Birling Gap have had to be
:12:43. > :12:45.demolished after they were left Mark Sanders has been taking a look
:12:46. > :13:01.at the latest efforts to shore up a For many, this view is Engl`nd. The
:13:02. > :13:05.coastguard cottages at Cucklere Haven, the cliffs of seven sisters
:13:06. > :13:12.beyond, capture the ethics of our island nation. The view has been
:13:13. > :13:19.used for everything from colputer screensavers to the film Atonement.
:13:20. > :13:25.Work is being carried out to save the cottages. The sensors are being
:13:26. > :13:32.put into we parent the damage from storms. It is costing ?60,000, paid
:13:33. > :13:36.for by the cottages' owners, but to protect them in the long term will
:13:37. > :13:42.cost more. Something up to ?1 million. We could save thesd
:13:43. > :13:49.cottages for the next 100 ydars Is it worth it? For me, as my own home,
:13:50. > :13:57.it is but it isn't about th`t at how other people feel about thel. It is
:13:58. > :14:01.about their iconic status. One idea is to launch a fundraising campaign
:14:02. > :14:05.as public money isn't avail`ble for more defences. Owners argue
:14:06. > :14:13.preserving the cottages is `bout saving an important new. Ond couple
:14:14. > :14:19.here were Japanese and he s`id he had been here before but wanted to
:14:20. > :14:25.bring his wife back. This they were told in all the guidebooks for
:14:26. > :14:32.England was a must see view, and as far as we are concerned it hs. Is it
:14:33. > :14:38.a famous few in China? It is very famous in China. We all know about
:14:39. > :14:44.this one. Over the years thd elements have eaten away at the
:14:45. > :14:49.coast. Other parts of the ddfences at the cottages are holding for now,
:14:50. > :14:54.but more needs to be done. Living on the edge comes at a cost.
:14:55. > :14:59.Plans to change Gatwick Airport flight paths are delayed as bosses
:15:00. > :15:05.Campaigners worried about noise pollution claim victory.
:15:06. > :15:15.Men think with the right side of their brain, but women think with
:15:16. > :15:19.the wrong side of theirs. Al Murray is the Pub Landlord `
:15:20. > :15:32.we'll be chatting live with him And we had a warmer Septembdr than
:15:33. > :15:34.August, but things are turnhng colder.
:15:35. > :15:37.The Prime Minister has given his final speech to the
:15:38. > :15:40.Conservative party conference ahead of next May's general electhon,
:15:41. > :15:44.pledging to cut taxes for low and middle income earners, tackle
:15:45. > :15:51.And after the defection of the Kent MP Mark Reckless this weekend,
:15:52. > :15:54.David Cameron warned delegates in Birmingham that a vote for UKIP
:15:55. > :16:10.If you go to UKIP, that is really a vote for Labour, and here is a
:16:11. > :16:20.thought. Here is a thought for you. APPLAUSE
:16:21. > :16:22.On the 7th of May, you could go to bed with Nigel Farage and w`ke up
:16:23. > :16:24.with Ed Miliband. Our political editor Louise Stewart
:16:25. > :16:27.is live in Birmingham for us. Louise, this was
:16:28. > :16:29.a wide`ranging speech, but hn the end David Cameron couldn't `void
:16:30. > :16:40.addressing the threat of UKHP. Yes, he vowed put to immigr`tion at
:16:41. > :16:46.the heart of this renegotiation plan for the EU ahead of the prolised
:16:47. > :16:50.referendum. He also spoke passionately about the NHS `nd
:16:51. > :16:55.waited until the end to talk about UKIP but it was the elephant in the
:16:56. > :16:59.room. He couldn't not address it after the defection at the weekend
:17:00. > :17:04.and I met up with the Chief Whip after the speech and there hs still
:17:05. > :17:10.a great deal of anger from conservative members. When H spoke
:17:11. > :17:15.to Mark I said these suspichons would cloud the things he w`nted to
:17:16. > :17:18.say in Europe, and it would be better if he put this regul`tion to
:17:19. > :17:25.bed and I suggested ways he could do so. He agreed with that and then
:17:26. > :17:31.dishonoured those promises, much to the anger and annoyance of his
:17:32. > :17:35.constituents. Mr Cameron's lessage was that it was a straight choice
:17:36. > :17:42.between him and Ed Miliband. He said no other party matters but hf he
:17:43. > :17:46.hoped the speech would end `ny UKIP defections, he could be dis`ppointed
:17:47. > :17:49.because we learnt this evenhng but councillor Chris Wells has left the
:17:50. > :17:54.Conservatives to join UKIP. The life and career of accl`imed
:17:55. > :17:57.opera singer Robert Poulton was cut tragically short two years `go
:17:58. > :18:00.when he was killed in a car crash He was an internationally rdnowned
:18:01. > :18:04.baritone, who'd sung at the Tonight his family
:18:05. > :18:07.and friends are launching a charitable foundation in his memory
:18:08. > :18:27.with a top`class concert in London. A powerful voice and presence in
:18:28. > :18:32.Opera, Robert Poulton's carder had taken him to opera houses across
:18:33. > :18:36.this country and abroad. He was also a father of two and when he was
:18:37. > :18:40.killed returning home from ` performance in sober 2012, his
:18:41. > :18:47.family and friends were stunned Two years on, his wife is launching a
:18:48. > :18:53.singing foundation in memorx of him. I knew instantly I must do something
:18:54. > :19:02.with the generosity of spirht that initially came from Rob. And the
:19:03. > :19:07.reaction has been tremendous. It has been a gathering of the clan here at
:19:08. > :19:13.St John's in London's Smith Square. Singers came from all over to help
:19:14. > :19:23.start the new foundation with a Gallic concert and auction. `` a
:19:24. > :19:29.gallon construct. Rob's personality is in all this, because he lade it
:19:30. > :19:34.that way in the production he was on, he got everyone to mix together,
:19:35. > :19:40.he was lovely to them and wd all loved him, so that is why wd are all
:19:41. > :19:46.here. The initial plan is to support a hospice coir in Eastbournd and an
:19:47. > :19:53.urban singing project. We wdre to gather for 30 years. I belidve the
:19:54. > :20:00.energy of the man that he w`s is still here and this is a wonderful
:20:01. > :20:14.way of celebrating. Positivd notes from tragedy.
:20:15. > :20:16.Onto football, and Charlton Athletic's gre`t start
:20:17. > :20:20.The Addicks won 1`0 away to leaders Norwich City thanks to
:20:21. > :20:22.a late goal from Johnnie Jackson, and remain unbeaten
:20:23. > :20:26.Brighton and Hove Albion took the le`d at
:20:27. > :20:28.home to Cardiff City when rhght`back Bruno lashed in a volley, btt
:20:29. > :20:31.Kenwyne Jones headed an equ`liser for the visitors a minute l`ter and
:20:32. > :20:36.He's best known for playing the Pub Landlord, a parody of
:20:37. > :20:39.the Little Englander whose love of his own country is only outdone by
:20:40. > :20:44.But in real life, comedian @l Murray is a rather more cerebral fhgure,
:20:45. > :20:47.with a degree in history from Oxford University to his nale, and
:20:48. > :20:51.a string of documentary appdarances alongside his comedy career.
:20:52. > :20:56.In a moment, we'll speak to him live at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley
:20:57. > :21:20.Let's hear it for the beer! All hail to the ale! Who would I swe`r
:21:21. > :21:27.allegiance to? It's got to be the Queen, I loved the Royal falily Not
:21:28. > :21:34.just out of mindless loyaltx. Today is tomorrow's history. Todax is
:21:35. > :21:41.tomorrow's history. It is written by the winners. In French history,
:21:42. > :21:45.books are blank. Any self`rdspecting barroom bore will tell you there is
:21:46. > :21:50.truth in humour. I decided to find out if they were right. Herd's all
:21:51. > :22:01.you need to know about physhcs. That's it.
:22:02. > :22:09.Let's have a chat with Al Mtrray, one man, one governor, 20 ydars at
:22:10. > :22:15.the lycra top. 20 years you have played the Pub Landlord. Yes, as you
:22:16. > :22:21.can see it is another sell`out show tonight. 20 years I have bedn doing
:22:22. > :22:28.this nonsense. Did you think that would be the case? He began as Harry
:22:29. > :22:33.Hill's sidekick. He was cre`ted as an accident filling a gap in a show.
:22:34. > :22:37.I didn't know he would work that evening or for the next two weeks,
:22:38. > :22:45.Soviet dear I would still bd doing it now is puzzling. But he does say
:22:46. > :22:52.some outrageous things, you are not the Pub Landlord? No, I am not, but
:22:53. > :22:58.he is quite a good way of rdacting to the world and seeing what those
:22:59. > :23:00.reactions add up to, if you start thinking about him too much he does
:23:01. > :23:00.appears. Do you think the Little Englander
:23:01. > :23:13.mentality is as ripe for satire You tell me. I have been listening
:23:14. > :23:19.to your news and I have the suspicion that it does. He hs not
:23:20. > :23:27.just a little England. He is as stupid as you can be. How do you
:23:28. > :23:31.think he would vote? He cannot vote because he has died in five
:23:32. > :23:37.different pubs for insurancd purposes. Do you think he would be
:23:38. > :23:43.tempted after the next far to go down the grass troupe of Rutd? No,
:23:44. > :23:52.the word Astro belongs in front of the word enteritis. `` Castro.
:23:53. > :23:55.On this tour you are going to play gigs in Stavanger, Oslo and Bergen.
:23:56. > :23:57.Is the pub landlord big in Norway then?
:23:58. > :24:05.I don't know, I have never been there and I didn't think I would
:24:06. > :24:11.ever get there so I said yes. He would fancy himself as a Viking so
:24:12. > :24:19.may think he is going home. Some people may know about this, you have
:24:20. > :24:25.written a book but are an expert on war films? No, I am an enthtsiast. I
:24:26. > :24:31.grew up in a house that was obsessed with history, especially World War
:24:32. > :24:35.II, so I grew up troubling things like what kinds of tanks were in a
:24:36. > :24:41.Bridge too far and films like that. It is something I find faschnating.
:24:42. > :24:47.Al, it has been a pleasure having a chat with you. Good luck tonight.
:24:48. > :24:56.Thank you. We will check thd weather now. It has been unseasonably warm
:24:57. > :25:01.but as we end this week Auttmn will be arriving. Wind and rain or
:25:02. > :25:06.Saturday but also much cooldr air. Temperatures will reach highs of 13
:25:07. > :25:10.degrees in the afternoon, btt not so today, still folding onto that
:25:11. > :25:16.warmer air so temperatures `round 19 degrees, above average. It stays
:25:17. > :25:20.mild tonight so we stayed dry, where you see clearer skies because of
:25:21. > :25:27.light winds, quite dense mist and fog tomorrow morning but an overcast
:25:28. > :25:32.and misty start. We have an area of high pressure tomorrow so it will be
:25:33. > :25:36.a generally subtle story. Bx the afternoon we see a little
:25:37. > :25:39.brightness, light winds, yot may see a little light patchy rain `nd
:25:40. > :25:44.drizzle where that cloud gets thick but mostly dry and temperattres
:25:45. > :25:50.still warm for the time of xear highs around 18 or 19 degreds. It
:25:51. > :25:56.will not stay that way. Still settled tomorrow night, temperatures
:25:57. > :26:00.perhaps a little cooler, re`ching lows around 12 or 13 degrees and we
:26:01. > :26:06.may see some light patchy r`in and drizzle. As you start Fridax it will
:26:07. > :26:11.be mostly dry, it stays that way for the afternoon at the winds will pick
:26:12. > :26:17.up. It is the last day you will see warm temperatures. This is heading
:26:18. > :26:22.our way for the weekend. Saturday will have a wet and windy start It
:26:23. > :26:29.eventually moves East, behind that you will be dry into Sunday but it
:26:30. > :26:32.stays that back it turns wet again on Sunday into Monday, so what is
:26:33. > :26:40.arriving. Make the most of ht tomorrow. That's it. We will see you
:26:41. > :26:47.tomorrow, so have a lovely dvening. Whatever you do. Goodbye.