01/10/2014 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith.

And I'm Polly Evans. Tonight's top stories:

Gatwick bosses go back to the drawing board over plans to

change flight paths above Kdnt and Sussex and Surrey, as protestors

We're live with reaction in the village of Lingfield.

Tea and sympathy, but ultim`tely arrest for the illegal immigrant

Couldn't believe it, me and lots were in shock for a good few hours

after that. It was quite surreal. Life on the edge `

the owners of the coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven dig deep

to save their homes from thd sea. Still inspiring through song ` two

years after the death of Robert Poulton, I foundation in his name is

lodged. After one pint, every man knows how to coach England to glory.

And we'll be chatting with @l Murray about his alter ego,

Campaigners who claimed Gatwick Airport's public

consultation on new flight paths was "flawed, impenetrable and unfit for

purpose" are claiming victory tonight, after managers agrded to

Residents across the South East have been

fighting the airport's proposals, claiming increased noise pollution

Chrissie Reidy joins us livd from Lingfield in Surrey.

Chrissie, so they've forced Gatwick Airport back to the drawing board.

That certainly seems to be the case. As you mentioned, the Conservative

MP for Tonbridge worlds described this as a victory. He had written to

Gatwick to say residents were not properly consulted. He wantdd it

scrapped and they should st`rt again so we are potentially looking at a

third consultation. Living beneath any flight path can be a ch`llenge.

This year Gatwick proposed to trial new technology to mitigate noise

levels but following consultation they will now postpone any changes

to their space. Already used to planes overhead, people herd say the

consultation has been too v`gue The problem was that the consultation

was impossible to understand without a Ph.D. In aeronautical scidnces.

They are being quite underh`nded, that is the feeling, so now more

people are complaining they are having to adjust their game. I think

people are concerned at the way Gatwick Airport has behaved in terms

of making the consultation very difficult to give clear answers and

the answers you want to givd, it seems it was worded in a wax to hope

for certain answers and get those. This map gives some idea of the

current flight path into Gatwick. Initial plans were to narrow the

flight path, as shown betwedn the white lines. Gatwick say it is part

of an EU plan and is needed to reduce congestion. We have consulted

in the manner we thought was best in compliance with requirements from

the civil aviation up already, but there has not in any signifhcant

airspace change for perhaps 50 years `` civil aviation authoritids. We

were not prepared from what we would receive and we think with hhndsight

it is only fair to be viewed that feedback and go board at thd best

way we can. Travel services at Gatwick say they will review their

options before making any ddcisions, but in the meantime more uncertain

fate. Anger and disappointmdnt from people in Kent and Surrey. One woman

here said narrowing the flight path so a more concentrated numbdr of

people were affected is not the answer. They should have a wider

flight path so more people `re after did buy less planes. `` affdcted by

less planes. The Kent woman who returned home

from her shopping trip to fhnd an illegal immigrant sitting on her

drive has been speaking of her shock, but also her sympathx for the

man who turned up on her doorstep. Jacky Goodfellow, from Elvington

near Dover, gave the 23`year`old Eritrean crisps and chocolate to

keep him there until police arrived. When they got home

from their trip to the supermarket, this is the man Jackie and her

daughter found on their doorstep. Me and Alice, we were in shock

for a good few hours after that He spoke,

he had finished his education. Because of the troubles out there it

was either a choice of him fighting or possibly something else, so he

left, he left his family behind The man from Eritrea said hd managed

to get on a lorry over in C`lais, across the Channel, then got

off the lorry in a field here. He then wandered into Elvington

saying he was looking for a police station to ask

for help from the authoritids. Last month 24 people were found

in a lorry in Wickfield and a woman from Shepherdswell discoverdd

a stowaway hidden in her car. I don't think

the situation will go away. We still have problems

over border controls. Any changes to the border controls

in France returning back to England I think would be detrimental, and

detrimental to Dover in particular. New efforts are under way in Calais

to try to prevent scenes like this, Jacky Goodfellow gave

the migrant she found some food I don't believe people have a right

to just come into the country illegally, but being a human being,

yeah, I did feel sorry for him. The man who got from Eritre` to

East Kent has now been handdd over Recycling on a large scale. A Kent

man's bike obsession and nehghbours who say they have been saddled with

an eyesore. A grieving father

from Gravesend has forced the police to admit they failed to invdstigate

the death of his son properly, 37`year`old courier Trevor Philpott

died in 2010 As Bryony MacKenzie reports,

his family have received an apology and thousands of pounds

in compensation from Essex Police, after using Human Rights Legislation

to hold the force to account. That's his ashes because we cannot

bear to get rid of them. Allost four years on, the death of his son is

still hard to accept. It is anger against the police that thex treated

Trevor as a number, as just an incident that night and not a human

being. An inquiry concluded his death was not highlighted as being a

possible drug related death by Essex Police. The scene was not preserved

or searched, and his family only learnt of the news when a ntrse

telephoned their daughter. Trevor was 37. He died from taking illegal

drugs. Has that aspect been difficult to deal with? Yes, because

we didn't know certain things that were going on with Trevor. He wasn't

a heroin addict, we know th`t, he didn't take drugs regularly. Essex

Police settled with the famhly out of court, but the legal acthon used

good now paved the way for other families. Normally you cannot sue

the police for the way they investigate a case, otherwise there

would be a lot of complaints, so they have immunity over this, but

Article two of the human rights Convention guarantees the rhght to

life and the human rights court said there has to be a proper

investigation. I want to do everything to the best. My dad had a

lot in his life that some pdople wouldn't have and that's wh`t I

wanted to, live every day lhke it's your last. The Philpott famhly say

they are not interested in loney, only the hope that their action can

help others. A man has been jailed

for six years for producing and supplying cannabis, aftdr drugs

worth more than ?400,000 were found Police discovered the plants in

St Leonards last year. A 31`year`old woman from Hastings

will be sentenced later this month. Battle Abbey will stage

a re`enactment of the Battld of Hastings later this month,

for the first time in two ydars The event was cancelled in 2012

because of health and safetx It didn't take place

last year either. 400 people will play Norman

and Saxon warriors Neighbours have urged

Maidstone Borough Council to take action against

a pensioner who's collected hundreds 73`year`old David Watts says he

repairs the bikes as a hobbx in his retirement, and doesn't want

them to be removed, despite concern I think I like the bikes. Hd's never

really bothered me and becatse I am not allowed bikes here, he saved the

day by giving me a bike for a week so I think he's a good man. I think

it looks a bit of a mess and it is more the parking in the road. It is

the bikes, but parking spacds it takes up. There are five tr`ilers

and when you come back, you have to pay for permits, you can't get your

space. Yvette Austin joins us live outside

Mr Watts' home in Maidstone. Some sympathy for him there but this

is causing a stir with residents. Yes, these are some of the bikes

raising eyebrows around herd. This is perhaps the most contenthous load

because it is blocking a car parking space, and if we go in here, we can

see more bikes powered up, puite a narrow path up to the door, and

Dave, what do you do with these bikes? I repay them and sell them to

people need them. `` I repahr them. It is a big job, you have a lot of

bikes here. I don't have much time because I have to look after my

wife, who is disabled, so I don t get much time. They are stacked up

because of my lack of ability to repair them as quickly as I would

like. People say they are an eyesore. Some people do but how can

you keep security bike tidily? I have had bikes stolen and I found

parking them makes them difficult to steal. The police have only found

two out of 20 I had stolen. Thank you, Dave. Maidstone Council say

they may send Dave a letter saying he has to tidy up the place and he

could end up going to court if he doesn't obey that message. Thank

you, Eva. `` even. The Coastguard Cottages at

Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex have been part of the

scenery for more than a century But now the owners are spending tens

of thousands of pounds of their own money in a bid to prevent them

from being swallowed up by the sea. Last winter's relentless storms

caused rapid coastal erosion, including this dramatic cliff fall

in Hastings, and cottages at Birling Gap have had to be

demolished after they were left Mark Sanders has been taking a look

at the latest efforts to shore up a For many, this view is Engl`nd. The

coastguard cottages at Cucklere Haven, the cliffs of seven sisters

beyond, capture the ethics of our island nation. The view has been

used for everything from colputer screensavers to the film Atonement.

Work is being carried out to save the cottages. The sensors are being

put into we parent the damage from storms. It is costing ?60,000, paid

for by the cottages' owners, but to protect them in the long term will

cost more. Something up to ?1 million. We could save thesd

cottages for the next 100 ydars Is it worth it? For me, as my own home,

it is but it isn't about th`t at how other people feel about thel. It is

about their iconic status. One idea is to launch a fundraising campaign

as public money isn't avail`ble for more defences. Owners argue

preserving the cottages is `bout saving an important new. Ond couple

here were Japanese and he s`id he had been here before but wanted to

bring his wife back. This they were told in all the guidebooks for

England was a must see view, and as far as we are concerned it hs. Is it

a famous few in China? It is very famous in China. We all know about

this one. Over the years thd elements have eaten away at the

coast. Other parts of the ddfences at the cottages are holding for now,

but more needs to be done. Living on the edge comes at a cost.

Plans to change Gatwick Airport flight paths are delayed as bosses

Campaigners worried about noise pollution claim victory.

Men think with the right side of their brain, but women think with

the wrong side of theirs. Al Murray is the Pub Landlord `

we'll be chatting live with him And we had a warmer Septembdr than

August, but things are turnhng colder.

The Prime Minister has given his final speech to the

Conservative party conference ahead of next May's general electhon,

pledging to cut taxes for low and middle income earners, tackle

And after the defection of the Kent MP Mark Reckless this weekend,

David Cameron warned delegates in Birmingham that a vote for UKIP

If you go to UKIP, that is really a vote for Labour, and here is a

thought. Here is a thought for you. APPLAUSE

On the 7th of May, you could go to bed with Nigel Farage and w`ke up

with Ed Miliband. Our political editor Louise Stewart

is live in Birmingham for us. Louise, this was

a wide`ranging speech, but hn the end David Cameron couldn't `void

addressing the threat of UKHP. Yes, he vowed put to immigr`tion at

the heart of this renegotiation plan for the EU ahead of the prolised

referendum. He also spoke passionately about the NHS `nd

waited until the end to talk about UKIP but it was the elephant in the

room. He couldn't not address it after the defection at the weekend

and I met up with the Chief Whip after the speech and there hs still

a great deal of anger from conservative members. When H spoke

to Mark I said these suspichons would cloud the things he w`nted to

say in Europe, and it would be better if he put this regul`tion to

bed and I suggested ways he could do so. He agreed with that and then

dishonoured those promises, much to the anger and annoyance of his

constituents. Mr Cameron's lessage was that it was a straight choice

between him and Ed Miliband. He said no other party matters but hf he

hoped the speech would end `ny UKIP defections, he could be dis`ppointed

because we learnt this evenhng but councillor Chris Wells has left the

Conservatives to join UKIP. The life and career of accl`imed

opera singer Robert Poulton was cut tragically short two years `go

when he was killed in a car crash He was an internationally rdnowned

baritone, who'd sung at the Tonight his family

and friends are launching a charitable foundation in his memory

with a top`class concert in London. A powerful voice and presence in

Opera, Robert Poulton's carder had taken him to opera houses across

this country and abroad. He was also a father of two and when he was

killed returning home from ` performance in sober 2012, his

family and friends were stunned Two years on, his wife is launching a

singing foundation in memorx of him. I knew instantly I must do something

with the generosity of spirht that initially came from Rob. And the

reaction has been tremendous. It has been a gathering of the clan here at

St John's in London's Smith Square. Singers came from all over to help

start the new foundation with a Gallic concert and auction. `` a

gallon construct. Rob's personality is in all this, because he lade it

that way in the production he was on, he got everyone to mix together,

he was lovely to them and wd all loved him, so that is why wd are all

here. The initial plan is to support a hospice coir in Eastbournd and an

urban singing project. We wdre to gather for 30 years. I belidve the

energy of the man that he w`s is still here and this is a wonderful

way of celebrating. Positivd notes from tragedy.

Onto football, and Charlton Athletic's gre`t start

The Addicks won 1`0 away to leaders Norwich City thanks to

a late goal from Johnnie Jackson, and remain unbeaten

Brighton and Hove Albion took the le`d at

home to Cardiff City when rhght`back Bruno lashed in a volley, btt

Kenwyne Jones headed an equ`liser for the visitors a minute l`ter and

He's best known for playing the Pub Landlord, a parody of

the Little Englander whose love of his own country is only outdone by

But in real life, comedian @l Murray is a rather more cerebral fhgure,

with a degree in history from Oxford University to his nale, and

a string of documentary appdarances alongside his comedy career.

In a moment, we'll speak to him live at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley

Let's hear it for the beer! All hail to the ale! Who would I swe`r

allegiance to? It's got to be the Queen, I loved the Royal falily Not

just out of mindless loyaltx. Today is tomorrow's history. Todax is

tomorrow's history. It is written by the winners. In French history,

books are blank. Any self`rdspecting barroom bore will tell you there is

truth in humour. I decided to find out if they were right. Herd's all

you need to know about physhcs. That's it.

Let's have a chat with Al Mtrray, one man, one governor, 20 ydars at

the lycra top. 20 years you have played the Pub Landlord. Yes, as you

can see it is another sell`out show tonight. 20 years I have bedn doing

this nonsense. Did you think that would be the case? He began as Harry

Hill's sidekick. He was cre`ted as an accident filling a gap in a show.

I didn't know he would work that evening or for the next two weeks,

Soviet dear I would still bd doing it now is puzzling. But he does say

some outrageous things, you are not the Pub Landlord? No, I am not, but

he is quite a good way of rdacting to the world and seeing what those

reactions add up to, if you start thinking about him too much he does

appears. Do you think the Little Englander

mentality is as ripe for satire You tell me. I have been listening

to your news and I have the suspicion that it does. He hs not

just a little England. He is as stupid as you can be. How do you

think he would vote? He cannot vote because he has died in five

different pubs for insurancd purposes. Do you think he would be

tempted after the next far to go down the grass troupe of Rutd? No,

the word Astro belongs in front of the word enteritis. `` Castro.

On this tour you are going to play gigs in Stavanger, Oslo and Bergen.

Is the pub landlord big in Norway then?

I don't know, I have never been there and I didn't think I would

ever get there so I said yes. He would fancy himself as a Viking so

may think he is going home. Some people may know about this, you have

written a book but are an expert on war films? No, I am an enthtsiast. I

grew up in a house that was obsessed with history, especially World War

II, so I grew up troubling things like what kinds of tanks were in a

Bridge too far and films like that. It is something I find faschnating.

Al, it has been a pleasure having a chat with you. Good luck tonight.

Thank you. We will check thd weather now. It has been unseasonably warm

but as we end this week Auttmn will be arriving. Wind and rain or

Saturday but also much cooldr air. Temperatures will reach highs of 13

degrees in the afternoon, btt not so today, still folding onto that

warmer air so temperatures `round 19 degrees, above average. It stays

mild tonight so we stayed dry, where you see clearer skies because of

light winds, quite dense mist and fog tomorrow morning but an overcast

and misty start. We have an area of high pressure tomorrow so it will be

a generally subtle story. Bx the afternoon we see a little

brightness, light winds, yot may see a little light patchy rain `nd

drizzle where that cloud gets thick but mostly dry and temperattres

still warm for the time of xear highs around 18 or 19 degreds. It

will not stay that way. Still settled tomorrow night, temperatures

perhaps a little cooler, re`ching lows around 12 or 13 degrees and we

may see some light patchy r`in and drizzle. As you start Fridax it will

be mostly dry, it stays that way for the afternoon at the winds will pick

up. It is the last day you will see warm temperatures. This is heading

our way for the weekend. Saturday will have a wet and windy start It

eventually moves East, behind that you will be dry into Sunday but it

stays that back it turns wet again on Sunday into Monday, so what is

arriving. Make the most of ht tomorrow. That's it. We will see you

tomorrow, so have a lovely dvening. Whatever you do. Goodbye.