:00:11. > :00:16.The gangs exploiting children to bring drugs into Kent
:00:17. > :00:21.Children as young as 11 are being used as drug mules,
:00:22. > :00:23.selling drugs, or hiding drugs for major drug
:00:24. > :00:29.Accused of breaking legal limits by stockpiling
:00:30. > :00:32.a mountain of mattresses - a Kent businessman tells a court
:00:33. > :00:35.We're live at Canterbury Crown Court.
:00:36. > :00:41.M25 road rage killer Kenneth Noye launches a legal challenge to be
:00:42. > :00:48.The worrying rise in sheep-worrying - farmers say the south east
:00:49. > :00:56.suffered more attacks than the whole of scotland last year.
:00:57. > :01:02.It's been the set for Call The Midwife, and scores of movies.
:01:03. > :01:03.Now, Chatham's historic dockyard will benefit
:01:04. > :01:19.A national plan is needed urgently to crack down on the criminal gangs
:01:20. > :01:23.exploiting inner-city children as young as 11 to sell
:01:24. > :01:29.That's the view of councillors from 19 local authorities
:01:30. > :01:32.who've written a joint letter to the Home Secretary, claiming
:01:33. > :01:35.the issue "has the potential to be the next grooming scandal".
:01:36. > :01:39.They say vulnerable children are being coerced into selling drugs
:01:40. > :01:43.in market towns and seaside resorts, but the justice system
:01:44. > :01:45.views them as criminals, rather than victims,
:01:46. > :01:59.It's been called a poison that is spreading out from the capital and
:02:00. > :02:05.seeping deeper and deeper into the south-east. At last count, more than
:02:06. > :02:10.181 urban gangs sending upward of 800 people in two counties like
:02:11. > :02:16.Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Children as young as 11 acting as careers. Many
:02:17. > :02:22.are groomed into the role. From London, it's very easy to travelling
:02:23. > :02:25.to Essex, into Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Thames Valley.
:02:26. > :02:30.They are not travelling any further than that because we are the closest
:02:31. > :02:35.counties. Francis is a former gang member who now runs a charity
:02:36. > :02:39.helping to educate young people. They are exploiting young children
:02:40. > :02:43.to sell drugs. The impact on that young child is huge. They are
:02:44. > :02:50.grooming children to become drug dealers or to sell drugs for major
:02:51. > :02:53.drug dealers from London. So it's a safeguarding matter. We can't just
:02:54. > :02:58.turn a blind eye to it. We need to address it. Today in what was called
:02:59. > :03:01.an unprecedented move, 19 London boroughs have written to the Home
:03:02. > :03:06.Secretary calling for action. They say gang leaders are using serious
:03:07. > :03:09.violence, kidnap and weapons and ruthless debt control to manipulate
:03:10. > :03:13.young people. They say they believe it has the potential to be the next
:03:14. > :03:18.grooming scandal. We've known for some time that there have been
:03:19. > :03:22.London gangs coming down to Kent, particularly in Thanet, where it is
:03:23. > :03:25.often reported London gangs are responsible for a lot of the drugs
:03:26. > :03:30.trade. But the thought young vulnerable children in Centre this
:03:31. > :03:36.trade is very worrying. Nick is the former head of Kent Police's drug
:03:37. > :03:40.squad. They are using vulnerable people, people who they know have
:03:41. > :03:45.probably got no want to report to, come back to, their parents, it's
:03:46. > :03:49.probably a dysfunctional family, and they use that vulnerability to their
:03:50. > :03:54.own advantage and don't give a dam for the welfare of anyone else. With
:03:55. > :03:59.the threat of the drug gangs seemingly diving deeper into the
:04:00. > :04:02.south-east, a call today to bring in new measures to battle a trait that
:04:03. > :04:04.is now using Child exploitation to maximise profits.
:04:05. > :04:12.Piers what has the Home Office had to say tonight?
:04:13. > :04:17.Just be clear, those 19 London borough is called for this. They
:04:18. > :04:21.called for a clear national strategy and action plan from the Home
:04:22. > :04:25.Office. We put that to the Home Office and this is what they told us
:04:26. > :04:30.tonight. They said, this was an issue that was being addressed by
:04:31. > :04:34.the government. They were looking at this exporting of drug trafficking
:04:35. > :04:39.from London. The Minister for safeguarding, Sarah Newton, said
:04:40. > :04:43.that we are working with local law enforcement agencies and local
:04:44. > :04:50.charities to tackle this and have formed a new agency to tackle gang
:04:51. > :04:53.problems. How effective that has been in areas like the south-east
:04:54. > :04:54.will be judged in the coming months and years.
:04:55. > :04:57.A businessman accused of blighting a Kent village with a mountain
:04:58. > :05:00.of discarded mattresses has told a court his personal life
:05:01. > :05:02.was "an absolute living hell" at the time he was trying
:05:03. > :05:06.Lewis Bertram - who ran a recycling business
:05:07. > :05:09.in Smarden near Ashford - is accused of having more
:05:10. > :05:12.than double the amount of waste he was allowed on site.
:05:13. > :05:16.But he told Canterbury Crown Court today that that figure
:05:17. > :05:20.was "impossible", as Simon Jones reports.
:05:21. > :05:23.Piled high, a potential fire risk and environmental
:05:24. > :05:29.Lewis Bertram's business took on mattresses and recycled
:05:30. > :05:35.The jury was told he had a strict limit of possessing 1000 tonnes
:05:36. > :05:38.The Environment Agency believes the total weight
:05:39. > :05:46.Lewis Bertram, though, described that as an impossible estimation.
:05:47. > :05:48.Physically, he said, it's impossible to carry that sort
:05:49. > :05:54.He told the court there was 500-800 tonnes maximum.
:05:55. > :05:58.He said he didn't store mattresses outside.
:05:59. > :06:01.He admitted he'd been going through a difficult time personally.
:06:02. > :06:04."My home life, my personal life, was an absolute living hell.
:06:05. > :06:08.It affected my functionality in my everyday life completely.
:06:09. > :06:15.He said he had been surviving on two hours sleep per night.
:06:16. > :06:17.Mr Bertram admitted the site was never going to look
:06:18. > :06:22.He said he'd paid for a shredder to help clear it,
:06:23. > :06:26.He insisted he had been trying his level best to appease
:06:27. > :06:33.He described himself as passionate about his business.
:06:34. > :06:38.Lewis Bertram denies knowingly permitting the deposit of waste
:06:39. > :06:40.on land without an environmental permit and failing to comply
:06:41. > :06:46.Simon Jones reporting - and he joins us outside
:06:47. > :06:57.What happened during Mr Bertram's cross-examination?
:06:58. > :07:03.prosecution asked him to look at a number of photos which it said
:07:04. > :07:07.showed that he was clearly storing mattresses outside, which he wasn't
:07:08. > :07:11.allowed to do. But he said that those photos may have been taken on
:07:12. > :07:16.days when new mattresses had just been delivered before being taken
:07:17. > :07:19.inside. The judge then asked him to look at three different photo was
:07:20. > :07:25.taken over a period of six months and asked him if they showed the
:07:26. > :07:28.same waste in those pictures. He said no. This afternoon the defence
:07:29. > :07:31.finished their case and the jury is expected to be sent out tomorrow.
:07:32. > :07:34.Anger from the RMT, as the union members say
:07:35. > :07:37.they'll strike on Monday after being shut out from talks
:07:38. > :07:49.The notorious road rage killer Kenneth Noye -
:07:50. > :07:52.who stabbed a man to death on a Kent motorway - has launched a High Court
:07:53. > :07:55.appeal for the right to be moved to open prison conditions.
:07:56. > :08:00.The 69-year-old was given a life sentence for the murder of
:08:01. > :08:05.Our reporter Charlie Rose has been following the story
:08:06. > :08:13.Charlie, in 2015 the Parole Board recommended transferring
:08:14. > :08:16.Noye to an open prison, but that was rejected
:08:17. > :08:20.by the Justice Secretary at the time, Michael Gove.
:08:21. > :08:26.In the year 2000, gangland criminal Kenneth Noye was jailed for life
:08:27. > :08:30.with a minimum term of 16 years for stabbing Stephen Cameron to death.
:08:31. > :08:34.In 2015 he may have believed he was on the road to release but the door
:08:35. > :08:39.was slammed shut by then Justice Secretary Michael Gove over public
:08:40. > :08:41.safety fears. Stephen Cameron's parents were relieved by that
:08:42. > :08:43.decision and this is how they reacted at the time.
:08:44. > :08:47.We are so relieved that finally, we've got justice again for Stephen.
:08:48. > :08:50.It's nice that he's kept in there and can't harm anyone else.
:08:51. > :08:52.Kenneth Noye is never very far from my thoughts.
:08:53. > :09:05.I hope he comes out of that prison in a wooden box.
:09:06. > :09:12.Now Kenneth Noye is in a High Court battle in an attempt to be moved to
:09:13. > :09:16.open prison conditions. They judge in London is being asked to rule on
:09:17. > :09:20.whether the decision to reject the parole board's recommendations were
:09:21. > :09:24.unlawful and irrational with Kenneth Noye's lawyer arguing the Justice
:09:25. > :09:28.Secretary at the time didn't give the recommendations enough weight.
:09:29. > :09:31.But the current Justice Secretary Liz Truss says there was nothing
:09:32. > :09:34.irrational in the decision and the hearing continues.
:09:35. > :09:37.Council tax in West Sussex is set to rise by almost 4%,
:09:38. > :09:40.under proposals put forward by county councillors today.
:09:41. > :09:44.The authority is facing a budget shortfall of more than ?41 million,
:09:45. > :09:50.and says the council tax increase would raise more than 15 million.
:09:51. > :09:53.A teenager's been arrested following a stabbing in Brighton.
:09:54. > :09:57.An 18 year old boy was taken to hospital after the attack at
:09:58. > :10:02.19-year-old Elson Brito, from Brighton, has been charged
:10:03. > :10:09.Southern Rail managers have urged the RMT Union to call off a 24-hour
:10:10. > :10:16.It follows the suspension of three days of strikes that the Aslef Union
:10:17. > :10:23.Aslef and Southern have spent a second day in talks aimed
:10:24. > :10:26.at ending their industrial dispute over the safety of driver-only
:10:27. > :10:31.operation, but the RMT are angry that they've been excluded.
:10:32. > :10:34.It's absolutely ridiculous that our members have been out,
:10:35. > :10:40.They are not even allowed to come to the table
:10:41. > :10:49.If there's going to be any resolution for either of these
:10:50. > :10:52.disputes, either the drivers or the guards, then the RMT need
:10:53. > :10:58.Our reporter Sara Smith joins us live from Westminster.
:10:59. > :11:00.Sara, has there been any news from the talks
:11:01. > :11:05.going on between Southern and Aslef today?
:11:06. > :11:13.They adjourned for the day about an hour ago. Those chairing them, the
:11:14. > :11:17.TUC, said they had made further progress today, and would be
:11:18. > :11:22.reconvening tomorrow. The good news, after two full days they are talking
:11:23. > :11:26.and will carry on talking. As far as the RMT's comments, a spokesperson
:11:27. > :11:29.from the TUC today said that Aslef had come to them asking them to
:11:30. > :11:33.intervene. That's what they were focusing on. It was a separate
:11:34. > :11:34.dispute, but they would be willing to help the RMT in any way they
:11:35. > :11:37.could. Thank you. The issue of dog attacks on sheep
:11:38. > :11:41.in the South East is now so urgent farmers have used a meeting
:11:42. > :11:43.with the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
:11:44. > :11:46.to call for tougher action. It follows several serious
:11:47. > :11:48.incidents recently, including one just two weeks ago,
:11:49. > :11:51.when 10 sheep were The National Farmers Union says
:11:52. > :11:56.the cost of sheep-worrying claims here rose by 80% last year -
:11:57. > :11:59.the sharpest rise in the country - with claims there were more
:12:00. > :12:02.dog attacks in Sussex Sheep have been grazing
:12:03. > :12:10.here for centuries. Frank Langrish has been farming
:12:11. > :12:15.here his whole life. But dog attacks have increased
:12:16. > :12:17.so much, he's had, on occasion, If we find a dog actually attacking
:12:18. > :12:23.sheep, and once a dog gets the blood lust,
:12:24. > :12:25.it's very difficult to stop them. And so the only way of doing
:12:26. > :12:29.it is actually to shoot that dog. Which is very upsetting for,
:12:30. > :12:33.not only the dog owner, For Frank, hardly a month goes
:12:34. > :12:38.by without incident, Two weeks ago, several ewes
:12:39. > :12:43.were killed in Lewes, and last March, 116 were killed
:12:44. > :12:46.in what's been described as the worst sheep-worrying attack
:12:47. > :12:49.in memory. Farmers say the police
:12:50. > :12:52.aren't doing enough. Last year there were 18,000 cases
:12:53. > :12:55.of livestock who were either killed Everybody should be
:12:56. > :12:59.worried about it. That's a huge number,
:13:00. > :13:01.and nobody wants to see animals And in the south-east in particular,
:13:02. > :13:05.we have a lot of population, and a lot of livestock alongside
:13:06. > :13:09.each other, so we need to take steps And it's not just being attacked
:13:10. > :13:13.by dogs that's a problem, At this time of year,
:13:14. > :13:17.many of the sheep are pregnant. And if they are chased
:13:18. > :13:19.and knocked into ditches like this one next to me, then
:13:20. > :13:22.many of them get very frightened The Farmers Union has now appealed
:13:23. > :13:26.directly to the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
:13:27. > :13:28.for tougher action. I totally understand
:13:29. > :13:31.the strength of feeling. We have a lot of farms,
:13:32. > :13:36.we have a lot of sheep. And these incidents
:13:37. > :13:39.are particularly distressing. And the farmers are saying,
:13:40. > :13:41.are you taking it seriously, And my message to them
:13:42. > :13:45.is, yes they are. But my plea to the public is,
:13:46. > :13:47.whenever you see it, please do report it,
:13:48. > :13:50.because intelligence is vital. Sheep worrying costs the industry
:13:51. > :13:54.more than ?1 million, and farmers want persistent
:13:55. > :13:56.offenders prosecuted. Claudia Sermbezis, BBC
:13:57. > :14:03.South East Today, Winchelsea. This is our top story tonight -
:14:04. > :14:08.Nineteen local authorities have written to the Home Secretary
:14:09. > :14:12.calling for urgent action to crack down on criminal gangs exploiting
:14:13. > :14:15.children to sell drugs They say it "has the potential to be
:14:16. > :14:21.the next grooming scandal". Also in tonight's programme -
:14:22. > :14:24.the rebirth of the church they call We take a close-up look around
:14:25. > :14:39.St Peter's, as the first phase And after another crisp winter's
:14:40. > :14:43.day, warnings from the Met office about very cold weather lasting
:14:44. > :14:44.until Tuesday. I will have the details and forecast later in the
:14:45. > :14:50.programme. The Historic Dockyard in Chatham
:14:51. > :14:53.is to receive almost ?5 million of Heritage Lottery money to restore
:14:54. > :14:56.one of its most important buildings. The Fitted Rigging House
:14:57. > :15:00.dates from 1793, The lottery funding will
:15:01. > :15:07.enable its conversion, to become the dockyard's archive
:15:08. > :15:10.and volunteer centre. Peter Whittlesea is
:15:11. > :15:14.live at the Dockyard. Peter, it's a building well known
:15:15. > :15:26.to millions of TV viewers, isn't it? That's right, for the last decade or
:15:27. > :15:31.so, the historic dockyard has been a firm favourite with the British
:15:32. > :15:35.movie industry. But now the building that always features in the BBC
:15:36. > :15:41.series Call The Midwife will get its own face-lift.
:15:42. > :15:48.Transformed by the magic of television into a street scene from
:15:49. > :15:52.the east End of London in the 1950s, but inside the brick buildings made
:15:53. > :15:58.famous by Call The Midwife, is an empty shell. Unused since the
:15:59. > :16:03.dockyard closed in 1984, but now it's going to get its own dramatic
:16:04. > :16:06.new lease of life thanks to a lottery grant. The Heritage lottery
:16:07. > :16:10.fund that has been announced today is absolutely essential in bringing
:16:11. > :16:14.these buildings back to life. It will help with initial restoration
:16:15. > :16:17.and repair. But in turn, it will make sure that commercial
:16:18. > :16:21.opportunities can come in here, businesses can come in and they have
:16:22. > :16:26.something to use. Built just after Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables, it
:16:27. > :16:33.was a fitting tribute the Hollywood movie was filmed here. But these
:16:34. > :16:38.buildings will no longer be a backdrop to blockbusters only. It's
:16:39. > :16:42.about creating offices, maximising return and also being a charitable
:16:43. > :16:47.trust that is about education. We want to develop the museum, the
:16:48. > :16:51.Reading room and library and archive and make that much more publicly
:16:52. > :16:56.accessible and create a public centre of excellence. If all 7000
:16:57. > :17:01.people in the dockyard are dismissed, Chatham's unemployment
:17:02. > :17:06.rate would shoot up from 14.3% to around 25%. And when that happened
:17:07. > :17:10.the rigging house was redundant. Finally finding a new role for the
:17:11. > :17:16.listing building 31 years on is symbolic. The building was used as a
:17:17. > :17:22.storehouse right until the Navy board left in 84. This is how we
:17:23. > :17:29.found it. Nothing has happened to it subsequently. This was put up in
:17:30. > :17:34.1795-98. It was the largest brick built building at its time that the
:17:35. > :17:37.Navy had put together. Its sheer size has hindered its restoration,
:17:38. > :17:38.but now thanks to millions of pounds of funding its future has been
:17:39. > :17:45.secured. It's hoped the visitor centre will
:17:46. > :17:50.be finished and businesses will move in by the end of next year.
:17:51. > :17:54.Completing this building's transformation from the supply store
:17:55. > :18:00.to the ships that made Britannia rule the waves to now a business hub
:18:01. > :18:06.fit for the 21st century. Peter, thank you.
:18:07. > :18:08.The latest school league tables have been published today,
:18:09. > :18:10.with 10 secondary schools in Kent and East Sussex classed
:18:11. > :18:12.as underperforming - including six in disadvantaged
:18:13. > :18:17.Many headteachers say they're experiencing a recruitment crisis,
:18:18. > :18:21.as they struggle to attract high flyers to vacant teaching posts.
:18:22. > :18:25.But one organisation that helps graduates go into teaching says it's
:18:26. > :18:29.seeing rising numbers of young people from disadvantaged
:18:30. > :18:32.backgrounds applying to teach at their own former schools.
:18:33. > :18:40.Our Education Correspondent Bryony Mackenzie has the details.
:18:41. > :18:46.They were kids from the Kent coast, and they are now teachers back in
:18:47. > :18:55.their classrooms. Hannah is a Margate girl. It's a dance move, the
:18:56. > :19:00.dab, where you do that. As well as knowing how to do the dab, she is
:19:01. > :19:04.also a high-flying graduate, so why come back here to teach? It's an
:19:05. > :19:09.area that I recognise from before, so why would I go anywhere else? I
:19:10. > :19:13.come from Thanet, so if I can do it, you can do it. I need to remind them
:19:14. > :19:17.of that, that they are capable of more than they perhaps realise.
:19:18. > :19:21.Jason is from Sheppey. He now works alongside some of his former
:19:22. > :19:25.teachers at his old school. I just wanted to give back, in a way. I
:19:26. > :19:34.have been away at university for four years and it's been a while,
:19:35. > :19:37.but coming back, like home and it still feels like I need to give back
:19:38. > :19:40.a lot to the area for what it's given to me. So there are a lot of
:19:41. > :19:42.pupils who maybe haven't had the same experience of school that I
:19:43. > :19:45.had, I could show them that there's no reason for them not to achieve,
:19:46. > :19:50.just because they are from the Isle of Sheppey. Both have gone through
:19:51. > :19:55.teach first, a unique programme that gets top graduate teaching in
:19:56. > :20:00.disadvantaged areas. 60% of their teachers stay in the profession.
:20:01. > :20:08.Teach first, attracting these very very committed and determined and in
:20:09. > :20:12.many ways very tough young graduates, that's definitely one
:20:13. > :20:16.road. Especially as we are targeting in the very areas where recruitment
:20:17. > :20:22.is hard. But that's where we work, and that's where we will aim our
:20:23. > :20:26.resources. Today's new set of results showed disadvantaged pupils
:20:27. > :20:32.still make less progress than their peers. Put leading by example be the
:20:33. > :20:36.solution? -- could leading by example be the solution?
:20:37. > :20:39.Eastbourne's Johanna Konta has set up a third round clash
:20:40. > :20:41.at the Australian Open with the former world number
:20:42. > :20:44.Konta - who's the current world number nine - eased
:20:45. > :20:46.through her second round match against Naomi Osaka
:20:47. > :20:51.She'll take on Wozniacki on Saturday, as Ian Palmer reports.
:20:52. > :20:53.COMMENTATOR: The performance is pretty hunky dory, too.
:20:54. > :20:56.The 25-year-old from Eastbourne is fast becoming
:20:57. > :21:01.The named Johanna Konta is on the lips of every tennis fan
:21:02. > :21:05.in Australia as a true contender for this grand slam tournament,
:21:06. > :21:13.Playing Naomi Osaka from Japan, Konta never looked in trouble.
:21:14. > :21:16.In control for most of the match, Britain's number one
:21:17. > :21:21.eased into the third round and into the last 32.
:21:22. > :21:23.Tougher tests will come, but for now, Konta's pleased
:21:24. > :21:32.But I'm looking forward to the challenge, I'm
:21:33. > :21:37.I'm looking forward to being out on court competing and ultimately
:21:38. > :21:40.and just trying to make my stay here in Melbourne
:21:41. > :21:45.Konta's next opponent is Caroline Wozniacki,
:21:46. > :21:47.a former number one with plenty of court experience.
:21:48. > :21:50.But, like Konta, Wozniacki has never won a grand slam.
:21:51. > :21:53.The Dane, who lives in Monaco, says she's confident
:21:54. > :22:02.But I'm ready, I'm playing well, and I'm excited for the challenge.
:22:03. > :22:05.She's obviously won last week in Sydney.
:22:06. > :22:10.She had a good last year, but I'm here to fight and do my best
:22:11. > :22:19.Konta will have to find another gear to reach the fourth round.
:22:20. > :22:22.But no one in Melbourne wants to see the Eastbourne player leave
:22:23. > :22:33.It's known locally as "Brighton Cathedral",
:22:34. > :22:39.and the tower of St Peter's Church is a much-loved city landmark
:22:40. > :22:43.But now the first phase of a huge ?1.7 million restoration
:22:44. > :22:46.project has been completed, which has seen the top section
:22:47. > :22:49.of the tower repaired, and the roof replaced.
:22:50. > :22:53.And now the church authorities are preparing for the next phase
:22:54. > :22:58.of the project - cleaning and repairing the tower's stonework.
:22:59. > :23:00.Robin Gibson is live at St Peter's Church.
:23:01. > :23:08.You're on top of the tower tonight, how's it looking from up there?
:23:09. > :23:14.It's a pretty amazing view, as you can imagine. Looking out here, you
:23:15. > :23:20.can see city life going on beneath us. We are about 130 feet in EF.
:23:21. > :23:25.Looking back here, this is what's important today. The pinnacles you
:23:26. > :23:31.can see lit up, emerging from the scaffolding for the first time. --
:23:32. > :23:36.130 feet in the air. The wind chill up here is about -5 tonight. So I
:23:37. > :23:45.have an idea of what the building has had to endure through the years.
:23:46. > :23:49.The pinnacles of St Peter's, almost shining as they start
:23:50. > :23:53.to emerge at last into the light of the winter sunshine.
:23:54. > :23:57.It's been a long journey to get here, like the walk to work
:23:58. > :23:59.the engineers and craftsmen have taken each day over
:24:00. > :24:14.Up on top, the problems are plain to see.
:24:15. > :24:17.The wear and tear since the church was built in the 1820s,
:24:18. > :24:24.and previous repairs that didn't work out.
:24:25. > :24:31.In the 1970s they didn't realise that putting cement on here was a
:24:32. > :24:36.bad thing to do. And in this very exposed position, it's amazing how
:24:37. > :24:40.much damage gets done. It's fascinating to see life going on as
:24:41. > :24:45.normal way down below. Whereas a PR on top of the Cathedral of Brighton,
:24:46. > :24:52.even though it's a lovely day, you get a feeling for the elements that
:24:53. > :25:02.have so ravaged the stonework. It looks and sounds like a car wash in
:25:03. > :25:06.the sky. The craftsman steam clean the Lucent and damaged masonry
:25:07. > :25:09.before restoration can start, a painstaking and slow job. But the
:25:10. > :25:15.vicar has no doubt about whether a building like this is worth the
:25:16. > :25:19.effort. I think it sends a message out. It either looks like God is
:25:20. > :25:23.dead and the church is irrelevant if it is crumbling and broken and
:25:24. > :25:27.closed. But if you can begin to fix it up a bit, it sends out the
:25:28. > :25:33.opposite message, that God is alive and the church has something to
:25:34. > :25:39.offer. Not many years ago, St Peter's was on the verge of being
:25:40. > :25:40.made officially redundant. But today, the Cathedral of Brighton
:25:41. > :25:50.looks to be rediscovering itself. The phrase is often used that a
:25:51. > :25:56.church is about people, not just about buildings. Down below us, this
:25:57. > :26:00.city centre Church, who work with the homeless and disadvantaged, so
:26:01. > :26:05.it's about people as well as stone. On both fronts, they've got their
:26:06. > :26:09.work cut out. They certainly have, get yourself inside and get warm,
:26:10. > :26:14.Robin. -5 wind-chill! It looks beautiful though.
:26:15. > :26:20.It does look beautiful and of course it's bitterly cold. Temperatures in
:26:21. > :26:25.rural spots could drop as low as -6 tonight. Warnings from the Met
:26:26. > :26:29.office about this spell of very cold weather. High pressure over us
:26:30. > :26:33.dragging in cold air from the near continent, so easterly winds will
:26:34. > :26:39.stay with us. But what a beautiful day it has been. Frosty to start the
:26:40. > :26:43.day. Temperatures dropping as low as -6 last night. Clear blue skies in
:26:44. > :26:49.the afternoon and temperatures just about reaching highs of 5 degrees.
:26:50. > :26:53.As we go through tonight, clearer skies, and temperatures are
:26:54. > :26:59.plummeting. It's feeling bitterly cold. Dropping as low as -1 in towns
:27:00. > :27:04.and cities, but several degrees down on that in more rural spots. Once
:27:05. > :27:09.again a frosty start to the day on Friday. An area of high pressure
:27:10. > :27:14.staying with us in the south-east corner, lots of sunshine around. By
:27:15. > :27:19.the afternoon, temperatures perhaps creeping up to five or 6 degrees,
:27:20. > :27:25.again feeling bitterly cold. A similar story to today. A gentle
:27:26. > :27:30.easterly breeze, not much above 5-10 mph. Spot the difference over the
:27:31. > :27:35.next couple of days. Friday into Saturday, once again seeing a frosty
:27:36. > :27:39.picture, temperatures in more rural spots at -5, minus six. Perhaps
:27:40. > :27:45.dropping as low as -2 in towns and cities. Starting the weekend once
:27:46. > :27:52.again with widespread and hard frost. Lots of sunshine around.
:27:53. > :27:56.Highs of -5 and minus -- highs of five and six. Take care and make
:27:57. > :28:00.sure you keep the heating on. Wrap up warm.
:28:01. > :28:08.That's it for us for now. We'll be back at 8pm. But joiners again
:28:09. > :28:21.tomorrow. When unlocking the secrets of
:28:22. > :28:26.your past... ..you never know what
:28:27. > :28:29.the future holds. It's such a rush of history and
:28:30. > :28:38.walking back in time. How incredible,
:28:39. > :28:40.to have something like this? I feel he was the kind of guy
:28:41. > :28:42.I could have got on with. I can't tell you how much
:28:43. > :28:44.he looks like my dad. Seeing how these things all
:28:45. > :28:52.fit together. Secure your place at
:28:53. > :28:58.the 500 Words Final,