:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans.
:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight's top stories: Thred years after she was killed on holhday
:00:11. > :00:17.in Brazil, Gillian Metcalfe's travel company finally admits liabhlity.
:00:18. > :00:21.They were leaved and they h`d almost given up hope that this would ever
:00:22. > :00:25.be resolved. The RMT cancels one day of strike
:00:26. > :00:27.action after a direct appeal from the Royal British Legion,
:00:28. > :00:30.but will be taking action We'll have the details
:00:31. > :00:36.live from Lewes. Also in tonight's programme: Fruit
:00:37. > :00:38.farmers fears over a short`ge of seasonal workers as agencies say
:00:39. > :00:55.they're struggling to recruht Mr Strong so his strong he can throw
:00:56. > :00:59.a cannon ball as far as you can throw a tennis ball.
:01:00. > :01:02.45 years and still going strong - Mr Men and little Misses
:01:03. > :01:04.are celebrated in a new set of Royal Mail stamps.
:01:05. > :01:06.And an embarrassment of riches at the Jerwood,
:01:07. > :01:09.as the Hastings Gallery displays the work of 100 of Britain's
:01:10. > :01:23.Three years after Gillian Mdtcalfe from Tenterden was killed
:01:24. > :01:27.in a boating tragedy in Brazil, the travel firm involved has
:01:28. > :01:30.admitted full liability, opening the door for compensation.
:01:31. > :01:32.Her widower, Charlie Metcalfe, says the long delay has caused
:01:33. > :01:39.Two Brazilian men have been convicted of manslaughter
:01:40. > :01:42.for their role in the inciddnt, when the boat the Metcalfe family
:01:43. > :01:47.were on was involved in a hhgh speed collision in 2013.
:01:48. > :01:49.Audley Travel have apologised to the family.
:01:50. > :02:05.For Charlie Metcalfe this ddcision has taken too long. It's kind of
:02:06. > :02:11.locked us into what happened. And as it is unnecessary is seems ` little
:02:12. > :02:18.bit cruel. I'm not seething with anger. Because it's taken so long
:02:19. > :02:25.you kind of in a way just switch off and know you have to wait and wait.
:02:26. > :02:29.But there maybe anger later on. It is difficult to predict. It has been
:02:30. > :02:35.three years since his wife Gillian died in a boat crash in Brazil, a
:02:36. > :02:40.trip they booked through Audley Travel. It is only now it h`s
:02:41. > :02:45.admitted liability for the death. I have had no communication whth
:02:46. > :02:52.Audley Travel or their lawydrs. It is all second hand informathon. That
:02:53. > :02:56.didn't feel very good to me. The company say they're disappohnted Mr
:02:57. > :03:00.Metcalfe feels this way. I think we have been surprised at how long it's
:03:01. > :03:06.taken. We wished it could h`ve moved more quickly. We were very sad and
:03:07. > :03:12.surprised to hear that the Letcalfes felt that we hadn't helped them
:03:13. > :03:17.adequately. We apologise unreservedly for that. It w`s very
:03:18. > :03:22.far from our intention. But for Charlie and his two daughters, it
:03:23. > :03:30.has been a difficult journex. It's going through it all over again So
:03:31. > :03:34.however immune you think yot have become, however you can try and
:03:35. > :03:37.detach yourself, when you hdar the facts and you remembered wh`t
:03:38. > :03:44.happened, of course it brings it back. But the company's dechsion is
:03:45. > :03:51.a significant milestone. For the family it is an enormous victory,
:03:52. > :03:56.not only it is compensation, it is a justification for the efforts to get
:03:57. > :04:01.justice. But the loss will never go away. My daughters have dond
:04:02. > :04:07.fantastically well. They're a credit to themselves the way they have
:04:08. > :04:10.coped with it. But yeah, it's, their mum's gone. Charlie Metcalfd ending
:04:11. > :04:14.that report. A plea by the Royal British Legion
:04:15. > :04:17.to call off the RMT strike on Southern which was due to start
:04:18. > :04:20.of the day of the poppy appdal The union was due to be holding
:04:21. > :04:24.another three day strike on Southern Trains at
:04:25. > :04:26.the beginning of November. The British Legion made the request
:04:27. > :04:28.because it says that day is its biggest collection d`y
:04:29. > :04:31.with 2,000 volunteers on thd streets of London raising
:04:32. > :04:33.money for the charity. It comes as Southern's annotnced it
:04:34. > :04:35.will restore more services The company's urging the unhon
:04:36. > :04:38.to cancel other planned strhkes which are still due to go ahead
:04:39. > :04:54.and cause disruption for thousands There is no resolution in shght but
:04:55. > :04:59.the RMT agreed to suspend its strike on November 3rd that will bd London
:05:00. > :05:04.poppy day. It must be good news Passengers will want as much respite
:05:05. > :05:09.as they can from this. It sdems to be a just a temporary truce and the
:05:10. > :05:14.industrial dispute rumbles on. Negotiations are at deadlock. On
:05:15. > :05:19.Monday the union rejected an offer of ?2,000 for each member if they
:05:20. > :05:20.ended the dispute A spokesm`n for Southern Rail said they're
:05:21. > :05:39.disappointed. They have offered a bribe to our
:05:40. > :05:46.members, our members said they don't want to consider money. What we want
:05:47. > :05:51.is a safe railway. When thex do that, we will consider workhng to a
:05:52. > :05:56.solution. The dispute over the future role of conductors h`s caused
:05:57. > :06:01.months of disruption. What do passengers think about the next one
:06:02. > :06:06.being cancelled. It is frustrating that every week to get the bus
:06:07. > :06:10.replatesment and everything. So it is good. I can understand why
:06:11. > :06:18.they're doing it for safety reasons. It is getting a bit too much. It is
:06:19. > :06:21.being thwarted by both sides it seems. So something needs to be
:06:22. > :06:26.done. The Government should do something. A cautious welcole to
:06:27. > :06:28.this temporary reprieve. But passengers are preparing thdmselves
:06:29. > :06:38.for more strikes and more disruption. Heather joins us from
:06:39. > :06:42.Lewes. The strike is still going ahead on 4th and 5th Novembdr and
:06:43. > :06:48.that clashes with bonfire Cdm bracings and that -- celebr`tions
:06:49. > :06:55.and that will cause concern there. Yes in this is area you cannot see
:06:56. > :06:59.the tarmac on Bonfire Night with thousands coming to the town. There
:07:00. > :07:05.is concern as to what will happen this year, because November 5th the
:07:06. > :07:10.RMT plan a strike. Having spoken to passengers, people are feelhng
:07:11. > :07:15.fatigued. I think this cancdllation of strike on 3rd, with ever to see
:07:16. > :07:20.it for what it is, it is a concession from the unions to the
:07:21. > :07:23.British legion, no at sign they re backing down or there is a
:07:24. > :07:35.resolution in sight. Coming up: J In a moment Utopia on Sea -
:07:36. > :07:37.the story of Peacehaven, a hundred years
:07:38. > :07:39.after it was created. Kent's fruit farmers say
:07:40. > :07:41.they are already starting to have to deal with future impact of Brexit
:07:42. > :07:44.- with recruitment agencies reporting that they're struggling
:07:45. > :07:46.to find enough seasonal workers to pick their apples and pe`rs
:07:47. > :07:49.despite no legal changes Agencies say that potential workers
:07:50. > :07:54.feel they might not be welcome and they're also blaming thd fall
:07:55. > :07:57.in the value of the pound. The National Farmers Union wants
:07:58. > :07:59.the government to allow thel to recruit temporary workers
:08:00. > :08:07.from outside the EU. Our Environment Correspondent
:08:08. > :08:17.Yvette Austin reports. They paint a rosy picture of the
:08:18. > :08:20.industry, but the talk at this year's fruit show is far from
:08:21. > :08:25.celebratory. Who will pick the crops in the future is the question? With
:08:26. > :08:30.agencies who recruit essenthal labour from abroad saying the Brexit
:08:31. > :08:35.vote is already having an ilpact. We have had farmers come us to for a
:08:36. > :08:42.supply of lay pour and we h`ven t been able to meet that in the
:08:43. > :08:45.short-term. We have other companies contacting us and I have spoken to
:08:46. > :08:53.people across the sector who have had similar difficulties in terms of
:08:54. > :08:59.recruiting from overseas. The horticulture industry relies on more
:09:00. > :09:08.than 80 thousand seasonal workers from countries like bawling.
:09:09. > :09:13.Bulgaria. Although there is technology, people are essential.
:09:14. > :09:17.The English fruit industry has changed massively in the last 2
:09:18. > :09:21.years and it is very technically advanced and it is the labotr that
:09:22. > :09:25.is the challenge. We don't have enough local people to do it and we
:09:26. > :09:29.have become reliant on workdrs from other countries. So the indtstry is
:09:30. > :09:36.calling on the Government to set up a new scheme to allow farmers to
:09:37. > :09:40.recruit from elsewhere. The industry relies on the free movement of
:09:41. > :09:46.labour in the EU. What we would like the Government to do is acttally
:09:47. > :09:51.pilot a scheme to access workers from outside the EU. Without such a
:09:52. > :09:56.scheme for the future, therd is real worry. For me it is unthink`ble the
:09:57. > :10:00.consequences for many growers would be devastating. Crops won't get
:10:01. > :10:06.picked. The the industry is already in a difficult place and for many
:10:07. > :10:12.this could be a... A blow that could cause business failure. And so you
:10:13. > :10:19.might say it is crunch time in the apple industry. Yvette joins me now.
:10:20. > :10:22.Farmers have been raising concerns about this even before the
:10:23. > :10:30.referendum. What is the Govdrnment response? Very little is behng
:10:31. > :10:35.promised. It is perhaps early days. Theresa May is in Brussels `nd has
:10:36. > :10:38.said article 50 will be triggered next year. But they say nothing has
:10:39. > :10:46.changed and there has been no change to the status of EU nationals in the
:10:47. > :10:51.UK and DEFRA said supporting the farmers will form part of the
:10:52. > :10:54.Brexit. We will see an intensity in farmers and fishermen, making sure
:10:55. > :10:57.their voices are heard in the negotiations. Thank you.
:10:58. > :11:00.A court has heard that a police officer from Kent was strangled
:11:01. > :11:02.and his body dismembered and partially dissolved in ` bath
:11:03. > :11:06.of acid, after meeting a man through a dating website.
:11:07. > :11:09.PC Gordon Semple, who was from Greenhithe near Dartford,
:11:10. > :11:12.arranged to meet his alleged killer Stefano Brizzi in London.
:11:13. > :11:17.Our reporter Richard Lister is at the Old Bailey now.
:11:18. > :11:24.Richard the prosecution told jurors that this case called for 'broad
:11:25. > :11:37.Yes, a lot of evidence we hdard was very gruesome, very graphic. The
:11:38. > :11:46.case basically dates back to April this year. Stefano Brizzi argued of
:11:47. > :11:54.murdering Gordon Semple at his flat in London. Mr Semple was a veteran
:11:55. > :12:03.of police. The allegation they met on the dating app Grindr. And at
:12:04. > :12:10.some point he was killed. A week later the police found Stef`no
:12:11. > :12:14.Brizzi there, he said, I have killed a police officer, satan told me to.
:12:15. > :12:21.The case continues. Thirteen more young people
:12:22. > :12:23.identified as vulnerable chhldren have been brought to the UK
:12:24. > :12:26.from the Calais camp known They are form Afghanistan,
:12:27. > :12:28.Eritrea and Sudan. The camp - seen as a staging post
:12:29. > :12:31.for migrants trying to get on lorries bound for Kent -
:12:32. > :12:34.is set to be demolished next week. Are many leaving before
:12:35. > :12:46.the bulldozers arrive? Well over the past few days we have
:12:47. > :12:51.seen a stream of people who have decided to get out. Today wd met a
:12:52. > :12:56.family from Iraq, a mother, a father and their three young children. They
:12:57. > :13:00.said they had wanted to go to the UK, but today they decided to accept
:13:01. > :13:07.a place at a reception centre in France far away from Calais and they
:13:08. > :13:24.were relieved to get away from the squalor of the Jungle they said
:13:25. > :13:31.Although some people are le`ving, there are still thousands lhving
:13:32. > :13:37.here in the Jungle. It is unclear in the coming days how many people will
:13:38. > :13:41.decide to go when the authorities decide the time is right for them to
:13:42. > :13:46.leave. But we expect the authorities to move in on Monday, but there will
:13:47. > :13:48.be heavy policing here and on the other side of the channel in case
:13:49. > :13:54.things go badly. Thank you. There are calls for increasdd
:13:55. > :13:57.funding to help disabled people get According to figures
:13:58. > :13:59.from the Department for Work and pensions, fewer than half
:14:00. > :14:01.of disabled people Life Works which helps train people
:14:02. > :14:07.with disabilities and veter`ns in at the Royal British Leghon
:14:08. > :14:09.village in Aylesford, says that more than 80% of people
:14:10. > :14:12.involved in its scheme are helped into some form of employment,
:14:13. > :14:29.but says that there's a need At 22, this man had his right leg
:14:30. > :14:33.blown off after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan, ending his career in
:14:34. > :14:39.the army. He was worried about finding employment. But he has been
:14:40. > :14:43.working here at the Royal British Legion's manufacturing headpuarters
:14:44. > :14:51.in Aylesford for three years. Being in full-time work, it gives you so
:14:52. > :14:54.much busy you forget about xour frustration and your injury
:14:55. > :15:04.sometimes. And then you are kept going. Around a 110 people work here
:15:05. > :15:08.in this factory, but 70% ard disabled or ex-service men. The
:15:09. > :15:13.British legion say there is should be more places like this across the
:15:14. > :15:19.country. Not just Kent. You can join as a volunteer or, and move to paid
:15:20. > :15:23.employment, or get paid employment and increase their skills and
:15:24. > :15:27.confidence and get into the wider work place. It is a big step to go
:15:28. > :15:32.from three years unemployed to start a job. Many of the work verse
:15:33. > :15:38.completed the charity's lifd work programme which has helped lore than
:15:39. > :15:43.600 veterans into work. I forces you to do things you didn't think you
:15:44. > :15:47.could do and the sense of achievement when you succeed is
:15:48. > :15:52.well, I can't explain it. It's great. The charity is calling on the
:15:53. > :15:58.government to help expand its programme, the department for work
:15:59. > :16:04.and pensions said it is comlitted to halving the disability employment
:16:05. > :16:15.gap and since 2013 almost 500,0 0 more disabled people have bden
:16:16. > :16:22.supported into work. Now thhs is our top story: Three years after Gillian
:16:23. > :16:27.Metcalfe was killed in a bo`ting tragedy in Brazil, the travdl firm
:16:28. > :16:34.has admitted liability and apologised. Also tonight: As he
:16:35. > :16:41.walked along, he kept his exes very wide-open. Looking for somebody to
:16:42. > :16:46.tickle! You may be tickled by the rail mail's new -- Royal Mahl's new
:16:47. > :16:54.stamps marking 45 years of the Mr Men. Another cloudy and cool day. A
:16:55. > :16:59.lot of dry weather in the forecast. The details later.
:17:00. > :17:02.One hundred years ago, a property developer called
:17:03. > :17:05.Charles Neville decided to create a Utopia on the South Coast -
:17:06. > :17:08.a place for adventurous famhlies to build brand new homes
:17:09. > :17:10.between the Downs and the bdach - and the town of
:17:11. > :17:17.Originally called Anzac on Sea, the settlement was renamed
:17:18. > :17:23.And it was the scale of the development that gavd rise
:17:24. > :17:25.to modern planning laws - and saw the creation of the Campaign
:17:26. > :17:44.Well this is the original entrance built by Charles Neville in 191 . He
:17:45. > :17:51.was a colourful character and wanted to make a quick buck really, but he
:17:52. > :17:57.was good at publicity and promising people things he could never
:17:58. > :18:01.deliver. New Anzac on Sea, just after the First World War.
:18:02. > :18:08.Eventually they called it Peacehaven. A garden suburb on the
:18:09. > :18:13.Sussex coast. It has become a symbol of urban sprawl. Often mockdd for
:18:14. > :18:20.its line after line of neat bung allows. But when the pioneers first
:18:21. > :18:31.moved here in 1916, it with was a bit like the wild west. It had a
:18:32. > :18:39.very frontier feel and therd were many small holdings with people with
:18:40. > :18:42.goats and chickens and vegetables. Older residents remember a sense of
:18:43. > :18:48.community spirit and that independence. What was the house
:18:49. > :18:55.like. When Barbara Clarke moved here in the 60s, she was attractdd by the
:18:56. > :18:59.spacious plots on offer. To me, it was paradise. Because there was
:19:00. > :19:06.nothing around. All down here was fields and just with about four
:19:07. > :19:12.bungalows. An explosion in the population led to chaos in
:19:13. > :19:17.construction. Peacehaven became a national laughing stock. Ond expert
:19:18. > :19:23.called it a rash on the countryside and it prompted t introducthon of
:19:24. > :19:27.planning system. Planning w`s unregulated at at the early part of
:19:28. > :19:31.last century and that is wh`t created the impetus for the creation
:19:32. > :19:35.of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the idea that growth in the
:19:36. > :19:41.countryside should be planndd and we should be able to protect otr
:19:42. > :19:47.special places. It is a far cry from the rural ideal they were promised,
:19:48. > :19:50.but the demand for property here has never been greater than tod`y. You
:19:51. > :19:59.could say that over time, this town has become a victim of its own
:20:00. > :20:03.success. It is not exactly Ttopia and even the mayor said there is a
:20:04. > :20:09.problem here with a lack of infrastructure. A hundred ydars ago
:20:10. > :20:15.the pioneers were promised trains going faster than a hundred miles an
:20:16. > :20:17.hour into Brighton and I don't think anybody who uses this road will wish
:20:18. > :20:25.that one had come true. Thank you. Well from today, as well as being
:20:26. > :20:33.found on children's book shdlves and on TV - you'll also be `ble
:20:34. > :20:37.to see Mr Men and Little Misses It's all to celebrate the 44th
:20:38. > :20:40.anniversary of the books, originally created by Kent `uthor
:20:41. > :20:43.and illustrator Roger Hargrdaves. The first Mr Men character
:20:44. > :20:46.was published in 1971 - There are now a total of 50 Mr Men,
:20:47. > :20:53.and 36 Little Miss books. More than two hundred
:20:54. > :21:12.and fifty million books havd As he walked along, he kept his eyes
:21:13. > :21:19.very wide-open. Looking for somebody to tickle! Looking for anybody to
:21:20. > :21:24.tickle. It began with Roger Hargreaves' son asking him what does
:21:25. > :21:34.a tickle look like. He reached through the window with that
:21:35. > :21:43.extraordinarily long arm and went behind a boy called Peter. That was
:21:44. > :21:51.45 years anding. S ago. Since then Mr Men have filled bedtimes with
:21:52. > :21:57.tales of Mr Strong. Mr Bump and little Miss sunshine. Now they will
:21:58. > :22:05.fill post bag. His son Adam, who draws them, said stamps are a pmp
:22:06. > :22:13.fit. -- perfect fit. They'rd ideally suited to being on a stamp, because
:22:14. > :22:17.it is a small space and you can almost choose a stamp that xou send
:22:18. > :22:22.to a let hear the suits that friend's personality and a Lr Happy
:22:23. > :22:30.stamp on a birthday card for a happy birthday. Looks like a nice day for
:22:31. > :22:38.being naughty. So which one do people like? Mr Messy was mx
:22:39. > :22:46.favourite. I liked Mr Bump. Why My mum said I was like him. Miss
:22:47. > :22:53.naughty definitely. Definitdly. The stamps are available from 8,000 post
:22:54. > :23:03.offices nationwide. The onlx problem now, deciding which one to send I
:23:04. > :23:07.liked Mr Strong. A lot of eggs. Yes. That was his thing.
:23:08. > :23:08.The autumn exhibition opening this week-end at Hastings'
:23:09. > :23:11.Jerwood Gallery is a bit of a paradise for
:23:12. > :23:14.David Hockney, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth are -
:23:15. > :23:16.just for starters - three along 100 British Modern Artists inhabiting
:23:17. > :23:18.room after room of colourful pictures and sculptures.
:23:19. > :23:34.Robin Gibson found his way hn before many of the works had hit the walls.
:23:35. > :23:45.It was all over the place today like the story of British modern art
:23:46. > :23:48.itself in the 20th century. Works by many great names waiting to be
:23:49. > :23:53.placed on the walls for the art lovers who will want to see this.
:23:54. > :23:59.You don't often to get to sde work on a carpet on the floor. Once the
:24:00. > :24:04.gallery opens, they will be firmly placed on the wall! It is a weird
:24:05. > :24:10.feeling being alone in the room with some of these prized works by some
:24:11. > :24:18.of the best known artists of 20th century. It looks like it h`s been
:24:19. > :24:27.dug out of attic. This is a lovely group. We have Henry Moore `nd Eric
:24:28. > :24:38.Gill. The list goes on and on. Here is David Hockney for exampld. And in
:24:39. > :24:44.here, our own artist from Stssex. Although it is modern, it is easy on
:24:45. > :24:48.the eye. This is a journey through art starting from the moment you
:24:49. > :24:52.enter the doors of the galldry and wander through. It is the l`rgest
:24:53. > :24:59.exhibition we have had to d`te. The greatest number of works on show and
:25:00. > :25:04.you go through a journey of adventure and moments of serenity.
:25:05. > :25:08.As you go through and explore the exhibition, there are surprhses here
:25:09. > :25:14.and there. I have made use of corners and corridors and vhews
:25:15. > :25:19.through the building. And so it really is a celebration of building,
:25:20. > :25:26.as well as a wonderful survdy of 20th century British art. It is
:25:27. > :25:31.disconcerting see thing the 20th century as a period in history. The
:25:32. > :25:40.exhibition runs from Saturd`y until the new year. That is one to see I
:25:41. > :25:48.think. Trip to the seaside. Now the weather. Not looking too bad. No, We
:25:49. > :25:52.have sunshine and it ill be feeling chilly, but if you wrap up warm
:25:53. > :25:57.temperatures should reach 14 degrees. We saw one or into showers
:25:58. > :26:00.during the afternoon. You whll see more the further east you wdre,
:26:01. > :26:04.because of the low pressure that has been sitting out to the east. But
:26:05. > :26:09.there has been some sunshind and temperatures again have been
:26:10. > :26:13.reaching highs of around 14 or 5. We have still had chilly northerly
:26:14. > :26:20.breezes, but there it has bden easing off. Feeling cooler than the
:26:21. > :26:24.numbers suggest. Tonight with clearer skies, and lighter winds
:26:25. > :26:28.there will be some mist and fog as we start Friday and another cool
:26:29. > :26:34.night. Over night temperatures of eight or nine. Mostly dry. Just the
:26:35. > :26:39.outside chance of eastern Kdnt of a shower. This is the picture for
:26:40. > :26:44.Friday, still this front to the east of us as you can tell from the
:26:45. > :26:49.widely sprayed ice o' - spaced isobars. A cool feel. But lots of
:26:50. > :26:58.sunshine. One or two scattered showers. But relatively light. Highs
:26:59. > :27:04.of around 15. Around 12 or 03 inland. From Friday into Saturday,
:27:05. > :27:07.some scattered showers for ` time. The winds will swing back to the
:27:08. > :27:15.east as we look to the weekdnd. It is going to feel cool. But lostly
:27:16. > :27:20.dry. Temperatures seven or dight degrees on Saturday. Mostly dry and
:27:21. > :27:25.bright and chilly nights and some early fog and mist. Highs bx the
:27:26. > :27:34.afternoon of 15 or 16 degreds. Lovely autumnal weather. We like!
:27:35. > :28:22.I'm back at 8 o'clock and at 10 30. I will see you tomorrow. Goodbye.
:28:23. > :28:25.Everyone's living these amazing lives,