:00:07. > :00:08.Welcome to South East Today. I'm Rob Smith.
:00:09. > :00:11.Jail for the man who left a 17-year-old girl to drown
:00:12. > :00:13.in the sea at Ramsgate - actions branded as
:00:14. > :00:22.A ?200 million investment in Dover's western docks,
:00:23. > :00:24.aimed at keeping the port relevant after Brexit.
:00:25. > :00:26.We will be live at the port, with all the details.
:00:27. > :00:29.Also in tonight's programme, a woman battling cancer lobbies Parliament,
:00:30. > :00:37.to allow others to have the drug she has benefited from.
:00:38. > :00:42.It is just shocking that women are not allowed to have it.
:00:43. > :00:44.A legal challenge to Eastbourne Council's plan to sell
:00:45. > :00:48.And Sussex modernism. How the Downs have been a magnet
:00:49. > :01:02.for some of the last century's greatest artists.
:01:03. > :01:06.A man who left a young woman to drown in the sea at Ramsgate has
:01:07. > :01:08.been jailed for five and a half years.
:01:09. > :01:11.Michael Bowditch pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Becky Morgan,
:01:12. > :01:16.She was with Bowditch when she fell from the sea wall in the early hours
:01:17. > :01:19.of May 1 last year, but he did not contact the emergency services
:01:20. > :01:22.The judge condemned his behaviour as "repugnant".
:01:23. > :01:32.Becky Morgan's friends and family crowded into the court today,
:01:33. > :01:35.to hear a man admit that he had left the teenager to drown.
:01:36. > :01:38.Exactly what happened to her that night, they will never know.
:01:39. > :01:43.But they do know that he could have tried to save her.
:01:44. > :01:45.Most certainly, he could have helped.
:01:46. > :01:49.There was a lifebuoy on the side of the harbour arm,
:01:50. > :01:51.quite near to where Becky went into the water.
:01:52. > :01:54.He had a telephone on him at the time.
:01:55. > :02:02.The emergency services could have been alerted.
:02:03. > :02:05.Instead, Michael Bowditch, who had only met Becky a few hours
:02:06. > :02:12.He would tell police they had been kissing and mucking around,
:02:13. > :02:14.when she had fallen off the harbour arm.
:02:15. > :02:17.She had been screaming for help and saying she could not swim.
:02:18. > :02:19.He later retracted that and said he could not
:02:20. > :02:27.What is clear is that they had gone on to the harbour arm just
:02:28. > :02:30.after 2am, when Becky had fallen into the water.
:02:31. > :02:32.Bowditch only called the police at five o'clock.
:02:33. > :02:36.where he had been seen chatting and laughing.
:02:37. > :02:38.A little later, Becky's body was found, two and a half miles
:02:39. > :02:43.In a statement, Becky's mother said she felt something bright
:02:44. > :02:54.All I can think about is her being alone, in the dark, in the cold
:02:55. > :02:57.I can imagine that she was calling for me.
:02:58. > :02:59.Another family member spoke of their distress.
:03:00. > :03:01.All of us are completely devastated, to be honest.
:03:02. > :03:14.I know it is real, but I still keep expecting to hear her voice.
:03:15. > :03:17.I still find it terribly difficult to believe that
:03:18. > :03:20.this wonderful, vibrant, intelligent girl is just gone.
:03:21. > :03:23.The judge described Bowditch's behaviour as "repugnant",
:03:24. > :03:27.to see that Becky was in trouble, but walk away.
:03:28. > :03:30.He said the fact that, while she had been sober,
:03:31. > :03:33.he had been drunk and taken cannabis and cocaine was not an excuse,
:03:34. > :03:50.He sentenced him to five and a half years.
:03:51. > :03:53.A woman from Deal has gone to the Houses of Parliament today,
:03:54. > :03:55.as part of her campaign to get the government
:03:56. > :03:59.Chantelle Rashbrook has been taking Kadcyla for three years,
:04:00. > :04:01.after developing secondary tumours, following breast cancer treatment.
:04:02. > :04:03.The drug, which is believed to prolong life, has not yet
:04:04. > :04:06.Chantelle will continue to be given the drug,
:04:07. > :04:10.but says she wants other women to be given the same chance she has had.
:04:11. > :04:31.When Chantelle Rashbrook cancer came back. Treatment, she was given a
:04:32. > :04:35.drug, Kadcyla. It is no no longer prescribed for new patients. It is
:04:36. > :04:43.just shocking that women are not allowed to have it. Why cannot we be
:04:44. > :04:48.given it? They have no taken the campaign to Parliament. People
:04:49. > :04:54.living with cancer, especially secondary breast cancer, that we
:04:55. > :04:56.have not given up and we want an NHS which provides us all with the
:04:57. > :05:06.access to the most effective treatment. Kadcyla Used to treat a
:05:07. > :05:09.particular type of cancer, breast cancer which has spread to other
:05:10. > :05:16.parts of the body and cannot otherwise be treated. 1200 people
:05:17. > :05:22.would be eligible for it. Those who take it can live up to nine months
:05:23. > :05:32.longer than those on alternatives, but it costs up to ?990,000 per
:05:33. > :05:40.patient, which NICE see as far too expensive. We have raised thousands
:05:41. > :05:49.for breast cancer. She herself has raised a lot of money. They are
:05:50. > :05:58.drugs which could be helping the research into breast cancer be taken
:05:59. > :06:05.away? NICE CVR are looking at the situation. She just wants other
:06:06. > :06:15.people to be given what she was given, tame. -- tame.
:06:16. > :06:24.Significant improvements for the hospital, but stays in special
:06:25. > :06:28.measures. It is being described as the single
:06:29. > :06:30.biggest investment ever undertaken by the Port of Dover -
:06:31. > :06:33.the revival of the Western Docks, to create a new cargo
:06:34. > :06:35.facility and marina. And tonight, a consortium of leading
:06:36. > :06:38.British and European lenders has agreed a ?200 package
:06:39. > :06:40.of loans, to help make Simon Jones is in Dover.
:06:41. > :07:07.How are things set to change? The area has looked rather forlorn
:07:08. > :07:18.ever since the hoverport move data a few years ago. In all, this will
:07:19. > :07:22.cost ?250 million. News today of ?200 million in loans secured. 75
:07:23. > :07:32.million of it from the European investment bank. Why is it needed?
:07:33. > :07:37.Report says the amount of freight is going to increase by 40% in the next
:07:38. > :07:43.15 years. They see it as a clear sign of confidence in the future of
:07:44. > :07:50.the port, despite Britain leaving the European Union. They say it will
:07:51. > :07:53.make a huge difference. The local MP agrees is in agreement, but says he
:07:54. > :07:57.wants to see them getting on with their work, which is not expected to
:07:58. > :08:02.be completed for about three years. The trust which runs
:08:03. > :08:04.the Eastbourne District General Hospital and the Conquest
:08:05. > :08:06.in St Leonards has been told it will stay in special measures,
:08:07. > :08:08.despite making The East Sussex Healthcare NHS
:08:09. > :08:11.Trust went into special Today's report says a new leadership
:08:12. > :08:15.team has had a positive impact, but the trust's A departments
:08:16. > :08:18.still need to improve, as our Health Correspondent
:08:19. > :08:22.Mark Norman reports. Around 1,500 operations a month
:08:23. > :08:24.happen in these theatres. A year ago the staff
:08:25. > :08:26.in this department were, I am told, devastated to be
:08:27. > :08:33.rated as "inadequate". Today, though, this department
:08:34. > :08:34.is rated as "good". It has not been any one
:08:35. > :08:39.person, in particular, and from the public's confidence,
:08:40. > :08:42.I am hoping that will raise the profile for us and the public
:08:43. > :08:45.and our patients will have a Despite now being rated
:08:46. > :08:50.as requiring improvement, inspectors say the trust must stay
:08:51. > :08:52.in special measures. They say the new leadership team
:08:53. > :08:55.appears to have tackled concerns about staff bullying,
:08:56. > :08:57.but say, in the trust's A department, there are poor staffing
:08:58. > :08:59.levels, poor record-keeping There are a number
:09:00. > :09:08.of factors behind at. Clearly, demand on the
:09:09. > :09:09.department is growing. It is huge and creating great
:09:10. > :09:12.pressure and the trust is struggling to recruit key members of staff
:09:13. > :09:15.to support that department. But we feel there are some things
:09:16. > :09:17.they can do for themselves which would really help and some
:09:18. > :09:20.of that is about rapid reporting of incidents,
:09:21. > :09:22.good infection control and good And we feel the trust
:09:23. > :09:27.can handle that. Issues the trust's
:09:28. > :09:29.new boss acknowledges. It is not where we aim to be.
:09:30. > :09:32.It is a milestone on the way. We are on an improvement trajectory,
:09:33. > :09:36.as the CQC described it, and we will progress from here,
:09:37. > :09:39.through an assessment of good, in due course, and our aim
:09:40. > :09:42.is to be an outstanding To achieve that outstanding rating
:09:43. > :09:51.would represent a huge turnaround in the space of just a few years,
:09:52. > :09:54.but staff here seem to believe today's report is one step
:09:55. > :10:02.towards that ambitious goal. The chief executive cannot be
:10:03. > :10:04.faulted for ambition. He has been outlining
:10:05. > :10:23.to you how he might achieve Indeed. Very confident. He says he
:10:24. > :10:29.is confident that people in the south-east are happy about the
:10:30. > :10:35.health care they are getting. He has got to separate problems. Accident
:10:36. > :10:42.and emergency. He has got problems they had to sort out. Also, with
:10:43. > :10:45.them in special measures, the facing a big deficit. They have got to look
:10:46. > :10:47.at the long term, but he is confident they will be tunnelling in
:10:48. > :10:57.Rome by 2020. -- terming it roamed. There are calls this evening
:10:58. > :11:00.for a rail body to be set up, comprising councils,
:11:01. > :11:02.businesses and commuters in Sussex, to help decide the way
:11:03. > :11:04.the Southern service is run. The leader of Brighton
:11:05. > :11:06.Council wants a new body, A similar scheme for the north
:11:07. > :11:10.of England has already helped Southern Rail has faced
:11:11. > :11:13.months of disruption through strike action,
:11:14. > :11:15.but had been facing strong criticism for delays before
:11:16. > :11:18.that action started. This is a partnership based
:11:19. > :11:20.on what local councils have done across the North,
:11:21. > :11:22.in partnership with the Department for Transport, to create a body
:11:23. > :11:26.which has the power to give a view on who runs the rail
:11:27. > :11:28.services in their area. So, we are proposing
:11:29. > :11:30.it is called Rail South - as they do in the North,
:11:31. > :11:33.Rail North - and it would sit within Transport
:11:34. > :11:36.For The South East, which is a new sub-national body being proposed
:11:37. > :11:40.by the Department of Transport. It follows a claim by the RMT union
:11:41. > :11:43.that the government could take control of the Southern Rail
:11:44. > :11:45.franchise as early as the weekend. It is the latest twist in a bitter
:11:46. > :11:49.industrial dispute over the role Our Political Editor Helen Catt
:11:50. > :12:06.is at Brighton train station now. It has been quite a day. We had
:12:07. > :12:16.these reports suggesting they are plans afoot to take Southern back
:12:17. > :12:23.into public ownership. Ten Downing St is dismissing this is
:12:24. > :12:28.speculative. The Labour Party has, however, been pleased about this.
:12:29. > :12:33.The Shadow Transport Secretary said there was no need for the government
:12:34. > :12:40.to prolong the soft suffering of passengers on Southern. There has
:12:41. > :12:47.even been temporary support from conservative MPs Farid temporarily
:12:48. > :12:55.renationalisation. Today, we saw this announcement looking further
:12:56. > :13:00.down the track. Train to give customers the chance to be listened
:13:01. > :13:04.to. Still very elderly with regard to that, with regard to the looking
:13:05. > :13:10.at the franchise been re-awarded the game.
:13:11. > :13:12.A leading environmental lawyer is challenging Eastbourne Council's
:13:13. > :13:15.case for selling off around 3,000 acres of its Downland Estate.
:13:16. > :13:17.Simon Boyle, who lives in the town, has produced a legal review,
:13:18. > :13:20.questioning the council's claim that the land is protected
:13:21. > :13:23.Campaigners are concerned about the land's future, if it
:13:24. > :13:25.falls into private hands, but the council insists it would
:13:26. > :13:33.Our environment correspondent Yvette Austin reports.
:13:34. > :13:40.The closely grazed fields of Eastbourne 's downland in the
:13:41. > :13:54.winter. The council wants to sell three quarters of it. About 3000
:13:55. > :14:07.litres. The council wishes to retain this part. They want to sell off
:14:08. > :14:16.this farmland in the middle. Many people who live here are not happy.
:14:17. > :14:23.You do not know who is going to purchase it? There is no guarantee
:14:24. > :14:26.over who is going to order the land. A local environmental lawyer has
:14:27. > :14:31.been digging into the details of the covenants and believe the council is
:14:32. > :14:38.from insisting that these will always protect the land. People also
:14:39. > :14:47.think that being in a national park provides more protection than it
:14:48. > :14:54.does. It offers some protection. But we have seen the likes of pylons and
:14:55. > :15:00.solar farms going up and we could see the same sort of thing happening
:15:01. > :15:07.here. It will remain farmland. The focus will remain so purpose. There
:15:08. > :15:13.will be stringent planning in place which will always protect the
:15:14. > :15:15.forums. In the neighbouring area, campaigners are cautiously
:15:16. > :15:26.optimistic that no more will be lost. It is a natural area, the rich
:15:27. > :15:32.wildlife. Oliver and more is what they should be looking at.
:15:33. > :15:33.Campaigners in Eastbourne are hoping that public pressure will persuade
:15:34. > :15:38.the councillors to think again. A judge has branded a man who left
:15:39. > :15:43.a young woman to drown in the sea Michael Bowditch pleaded guilty
:15:44. > :15:47.to the manslaughter of Becky Morgan, He saw her fall from the sea wall,
:15:48. > :15:52.but did not contact police He has been jailed for
:15:53. > :16:14.five and a half years. How the Sussex Downs as Hill to link
:16:15. > :16:18.inspire some great 20th-century art. Join me later for the weather
:16:19. > :16:26.forecast later in the programme. A Kent couple say families
:16:27. > :16:28.with relatives in care homes should be able to complain about quality
:16:29. > :16:31.of care, without fear of reprisals. It comes as the Residents
:16:32. > :16:33.and Relatives Association say they have received a 60% increase
:16:34. > :16:36.in calls from relatives who say they have been banned
:16:37. > :16:38.from visiting spouses or, worse still, had their
:16:39. > :16:40.loved ones evicted. Chrissie Reidy has
:16:41. > :16:58.tonight's special report. Dorothy was resident at the Key of
:16:59. > :17:05.homing deal. After the family raised numerous concerns about her clear,
:17:06. > :17:13.she was evicted. We should be free to these consent about our loft ones
:17:14. > :17:17.without fear of retribution. If I say something, are we going to be
:17:18. > :17:29.stopped from visiting or are they going to be evicted? They have any
:17:30. > :17:36.set complaints procedures and people are not frightened to use them. As a
:17:37. > :17:41.relative, we are fighting to complain because we are frightened
:17:42. > :17:50.what would happen. The majority of care homes are privately run. Some
:17:51. > :17:57.see burning or evicting visitors should be the last resort. It is not
:17:58. > :18:02.always about the relatives, it can be about the provider on geeky
:18:03. > :18:07.stuff. This is where communication breaks down. When you have people in
:18:08. > :18:11.a care home, you need to have transparency and good communication.
:18:12. > :18:21.George says he was banned from visiting his late wife after
:18:22. > :18:27.complaining. A lot of the care home straight and persuade you into
:18:28. > :18:32.silence. It is silence. The do not want to think it is the fall. The
:18:33. > :18:38.Care Quality Commission said it is not in the arena to mediate between
:18:39. > :18:45.relatives and the care homes. But there has been a huge increase in
:18:46. > :18:51.both complaints and evictions, according to Residents and Relatives
:18:52. > :18:57.Association. If someone has been banned from the premises are being
:18:58. > :19:00.evicted, there has to be a very good reason for this. We contacted the
:19:01. > :19:05.care home today and they said they would provide does with the
:19:06. > :19:09.statement. As yet, we have not received one. With people living
:19:10. > :19:15.much longer, family see much more open and transparent complaints
:19:16. > :19:25.processes are provided. For Dorothy 's family, it is too late.
:19:26. > :19:28.With 19 games to go, Brighton and Hove Albion sit top
:19:29. > :19:30.of the Championship table, with the prize of the Premier League
:19:31. > :19:35.And a vital part of what the club hopes will be its march to promotion
:19:36. > :19:37.is a player born and bred in Sussex - Solly March.
:19:38. > :19:40.The 22-year-old winger is from Hailsham and went to primary
:19:41. > :19:44.school in Hellingly, before attending Ringmer Community College.
:19:45. > :19:47.And he played for Lewes and Eastbourne Borough,
:19:48. > :19:50.making his debut at the Amex in 2013.
:19:51. > :20:00.He has been chatting exclusively to our reporter, Natalie Graham.
:20:01. > :20:03.That was Solly March, scoring on his debut at the Amex -
:20:04. > :20:07.a goal that showed Seagulls fans just what he was capable of.
:20:08. > :20:11.The stadium was great. So, a great moment,
:20:12. > :20:16.And everyone is still talking about that goal.
:20:17. > :20:19.I know, I need to redo it. Hopefully, that will come soon.
:20:20. > :20:22.He has achieved what most Sussex schoolboys dream of and his path to
:20:23. > :20:36.His first club was Lewes, then Eastbourne Borough.
:20:37. > :20:43.When I was seven or eight, I always had a ball at my feet and
:20:44. > :20:45.it was my aim to become a footballer.
:20:46. > :20:49.I suppose, when I was 16-17, I thought I had a chance.
:20:50. > :20:52.I seemed better than the people I was playing with,
:20:53. > :20:55.so that was when I realised I had to go for it and, why not, yeah.
:20:56. > :20:59.And at one of his former schools, Solly is a poster boy for
:21:00. > :21:02.I was very proud to see Solly making his debut for Brighton.
:21:03. > :21:04.And we have seen him reach other levels.
:21:05. > :21:07.Even more proud to see him playing for England under-21s.
:21:08. > :21:08.To then see him play Premiership football,
:21:09. > :21:11.as long as he does not score against Spurs, who are my team,
:21:12. > :21:15.And, hopefully, I would be there to see it.
:21:16. > :21:18.And that long-awaited next step to the Premier League is on the
:21:19. > :21:21.Solly recently returned from a year off, recovering
:21:22. > :21:24.from a knee injury, just in time, as he helps the team push
:21:25. > :21:30.How good would it be to start next season in the Premier League?
:21:31. > :21:34.It will be like a dream for a lot of us, I think, for the whole club
:21:35. > :21:39.It will be a big moment and I think it's probably the best position
:21:40. > :21:42.we've ever been in to do it, so hopefully, we can push
:21:43. > :21:46.So, you need to repeat that Norwich goal, don't you?
:21:47. > :21:50.With 19 games to go, Sussex expects and the pressure is on the boy
:21:51. > :22:18.Over the years, why have so many artists, writers and thinkers taken
:22:19. > :22:20.to the hills in Sussex, looking for inspiration?
:22:21. > :22:23.It is a question that has inspired a major show,
:22:24. > :22:24.freaturing artworks and treasures from some of the
:22:25. > :22:26.best-known galleries, famous houses and museums in Sussex.
:22:27. > :22:28.The story of Sussex Modernism is revealed through
:22:29. > :22:31.all sorts of objects, from paintings by the Bohemian
:22:32. > :22:32.artists of Charleston Farmhouse, to Brighton Museum's
:22:33. > :22:35.famous Salvador Dali sofa, based on movie star Mae West's lips.
:22:36. > :22:41.Robin Gibson is at 2 Temple Place in Central London for us now.
:22:42. > :22:49.The more shocking in the day, before and after the First World War, model
:22:50. > :22:57.challenge people's perceptions about art. But all the artists on short
:22:58. > :23:09.year chose to live and work in Sussex. A lot of the images, up some
:23:10. > :23:15.of them are rather troubling. I think that is what sets the
:23:16. > :23:20.borderless apart. They were treated as strange by Crusaders. The
:23:21. > :23:31.exhibition brings them all together. They have raided the Sussex family
:23:32. > :23:38.jewels. This has been collected from a variety of different museums. The
:23:39. > :23:46.most important purpose is to raise the profile and this -- promote the
:23:47. > :24:01.art galleries which are based on West London. The skewed its fame and
:24:02. > :24:12.bespoke short for the house. There are some extraordinary pieces
:24:13. > :24:23.onshore, including the house itself, which was built from scratch as an
:24:24. > :24:31.office for the business magnate, Astor. It was a good place for
:24:32. > :24:34.people to escape from the city life. There has been talk about the
:24:35. > :24:38.different communities and groups, but they have never been shown
:24:39. > :24:42.together. I hoping people will go and see this exhibition and make
:24:43. > :24:57.their own connections between things. It tells a colourful story.
:24:58. > :25:04.Looks like they have raided the best of all of our exhibitions!
:25:05. > :25:13.It has been absolutely freezing today.
:25:14. > :25:32.Yes, there has been a lot of cloud and it has been bitterly cold.
:25:33. > :25:45.Today, clear skies, so the temperatures plummeting once again.
:25:46. > :25:55.Down below zero once again. There is a warning out, much of it will fall
:25:56. > :25:59.as rain, but it could set is ice through the data model. The wind
:26:00. > :26:11.will pick up as we head through the day. Eventually, it will be a lot
:26:12. > :26:19.less cold as we head to the region. Much of the day feeling bitterly
:26:20. > :26:25.cold. By the Ulsterman, more cloud around and although temperatures
:26:26. > :26:33.look not too bad, they will not feel that Kerry because of the strength
:26:34. > :26:44.of the wind. The wind getting up to 15-20 mph. Serena rowing technique
:26:45. > :26:52.overnight. But only dropping a DDR salt from the best of the day came
:26:53. > :27:02.temperatures. Rain first thing for Saturday. Mostly a dry picture.
:27:03. > :27:06.Temperatures getting up to 9-10 C. At the moment, as will towards
:27:07. > :27:15.Sunday, there is a level of uncertainty. A ridge of high
:27:16. > :27:30.pressure for Monday. On Tuesday, the wind picking up. So, the mean thing
:27:31. > :27:38.really is that warning for ice tomorrow. But eventually, a little
:27:39. > :27:58.less cold. We are a clock with an update. Goodbye for now.
:27:59. > :28:00.Einstein replaced Newton's theory of universal gravitation
:28:01. > :28:03.with a more accurate theory - general relativity.
:28:04. > :28:06.So, why's my apple falling? Well, it's not.
:28:07. > :28:11.It is the ground that accelerates up to meet the apple.