:00:00. > :00:17.The world's most prestigious golf tournament, the Open,
:00:18. > :00:20.comes to Sandwich, bringing a ?100 million windfall.
:00:21. > :00:23.We're live at the Royal St George's tonight.
:00:24. > :00:25.How a Sussex zoo accidentally killed a collection of its exotic
:00:26. > :00:33.Four in every ten pounds spent by the NHS in Sussex hiring
:00:34. > :00:34.mental-health nurses from agencies goes directly
:00:35. > :00:51.I believe that money would be better spent on patient care, I truly
:00:52. > :00:53.believe that. It is in! And Lincoln city take the
:00:54. > :00:56.lead with a major goal! The Kent footballer who made FA
:00:57. > :00:58.Cup history with his And walls of fame -
:00:59. > :01:02.we ask which of the big names in music should be honoured
:01:03. > :01:04.with a blue plaque Golf's most prestigious tournament,
:01:05. > :01:22.the Open Championship, will return to Sandwich in three
:01:23. > :01:24.years' time, bringing with it an estimated
:01:25. > :01:26.?100 million windfall. Businesses in East Kent have
:01:27. > :01:30.welcomed news that the Open will be held at the Royal St
:01:31. > :01:33.George's in 2020. The course has hosted the tournament
:01:34. > :01:47.14 times in the past - This is what it is about. The
:01:48. > :02:00.grandstands, cameras, crowds and the greatest names in the sport of golf.
:02:01. > :02:05.Royal St George's is regarded as one of the best courses. The Open has
:02:06. > :02:17.been here 14 times already but it is an honour not taken lightly. It will
:02:18. > :02:23.be a big challenge, a big event for the next three years. The course
:02:24. > :02:25.will need work. We can host the RMA, the infrastructure is bigger every
:02:26. > :02:35.year, the crowds get bigger every year. Expect still more than the
:02:36. > :02:39.180,000 spectators who came in 2011, who brought ?77 million to Kent.
:02:40. > :02:47.Those few days of golfing drama nudged the Kent tourism figures up
:02:48. > :02:51.by -- by 3.2%. This is good news for everybody, whether you are golf fan
:02:52. > :02:55.or a tourism provider, because it is an opportunity for people to use
:02:56. > :03:00.sport as a means of bringing more money into the economy. In the town
:03:01. > :03:09.of sandwich itself there are memories, they experienced the cars
:03:10. > :03:14.but not the money. A lot of the shops didn't benefit from the golf,
:03:15. > :03:21.because people had to walk into Sandwich. People were spending
:03:22. > :03:28.several hours a day travelling to watch a few hours of golf. But as a
:03:29. > :03:33.golfer it is great. That is why behind the scenes there have been
:03:34. > :03:34.intense negotiations over travel arrangements and local
:03:35. > :03:40.infrastructure before the go-ahead was given. It is hoped the Open at
:03:41. > :03:45.Sandwich in 2020 will B membered for all of the right reasons. -- will be
:03:46. > :03:47.remembered. Well, Robin Gibson joins
:03:48. > :03:55.us now from Sandwich. This really will be
:03:56. > :04:03.a global event won't it? You are talking about a global TV
:04:04. > :04:10.audience perhaps of hundreds of millions of people, all focused on
:04:11. > :04:13.those 50 acres of turf at Royal St George's. There is pressure on the
:04:14. > :04:16.organisers to make sure everything goes right. Just imagine if you were
:04:17. > :04:22.a player. A zoo in Sussex has admitted that 11
:04:23. > :04:25.of its exotic birds have been inadvertently killed -
:04:26. > :04:27.by rat poison. Drusilla's Park near Eastbourne
:04:28. > :04:35.called in pest controllers after they realised five
:04:36. > :04:37.of its flock of rainbow lorikeets The zoo says the incident
:04:38. > :04:44.has been very upsetting for all its staff,
:04:45. > :04:51.and they are reviewing These are the lucky survivors,
:04:52. > :04:56.escaping both the rats and the rat poison. The poison was buried deep
:04:57. > :05:01.below their enclosure but was brought to the surface by the vermin
:05:02. > :05:04.it was designed to kill. Head keeper Mark Kenwood says moving the birds
:05:05. > :05:10.before tackling the predators would have brought its own risks. If we
:05:11. > :05:14.had done that we could have had just as many casualties, more casualties,
:05:15. > :05:20.who is to say? It is really unfortunate that this happened as
:05:21. > :05:27.nobody is more affecting it -- affected by it than the staff. The
:05:28. > :05:32.rats had managed to bite through the metal mesh under the enclosure which
:05:33. > :05:35.is supposed to keep them out. The zoo's response to getting rid of
:05:36. > :05:41.them has brought some criticism. I believe that the thing any sort of
:05:42. > :05:46.trap, chemical in this case but any trap, that kills animals is not
:05:47. > :05:49.ethical. We really think that trapping those animals and releasing
:05:50. > :05:52.them somewhere else or finding a better way of not killing the rats
:05:53. > :05:59.would have ended up in aid Etta outcome. -- a debtor outcome. But
:06:00. > :06:13.other methods bring their own outcomes. One way is to bring in
:06:14. > :06:19.boxes, rats are worried about anything new so it can take them a
:06:20. > :06:23.while to go into the boxes. The surviving rainbow lorikeets are
:06:24. > :06:25.being kept inside. Only when the keepers are absolutely sure that
:06:26. > :06:30.every last bit of poison has been found will they be allowed back in
:06:31. > :06:34.their enclosure. With 16 already dead, 11 from the poison, keepers
:06:35. > :06:37.are determined to keep these ones safe.
:06:38. > :06:46.Will this have any long term effect on the way they run things there?
:06:47. > :06:50.Speaking to the head keeper today it is clear they are all very upset by
:06:51. > :06:54.what has happened and also stung by the suggestion that they could have
:06:55. > :07:01.carelessly allowed any harm to come to their animals. That is something
:07:02. > :07:05.the pest control experts we spoke to today, there should always be a way
:07:06. > :07:10.of keeping non-intended targets of rat poison out of the way and today
:07:11. > :07:12.they said they would be reviewing their procedures to make sure
:07:13. > :07:13.nothing like that happens here again.
:07:14. > :07:17.Trading insults - businesses in Eastbourne protest
:07:18. > :07:38.against the latest Southern strikes due to take place this week.
:07:39. > :07:40.NHS managers in Sussex have admitted they're spending too much money
:07:41. > :07:45.on agency fees and urgently need to recruit and retain more staff.
:07:46. > :07:47.The Sussex Partnership NHS Trust runs mental-health
:07:48. > :07:51.The trust spends more than ?195 million a year on staffing costs.
:07:52. > :07:53.It says more than ?6 million has been spent
:07:54. > :07:58.And 40% of that money goes straight to the recruitment agencies.
:07:59. > :08:01.Our health correspondent, Mark Norman, has our exclusive report.
:08:02. > :08:07.It is a relationship that many think is critical to making people well
:08:08. > :08:12.Louise is a patient with the Sussex Trust,
:08:13. > :08:20.During a coffee break here, staff tell me how important a full
:08:21. > :08:23.complement of staff is both for their work and for patients.
:08:24. > :08:28.If we don't have enough staff on, you know, we can't do
:08:29. > :08:31.the therapeutic things we want to do with patients, get them out,
:08:32. > :08:34.It also leaves the patients feeling unsafe, they think,
:08:35. > :08:37.what can I do today if there's only three staff on?
:08:38. > :08:45.Agency staff have a role - they are flexible, can cover
:08:46. > :08:50.vacancies and sickness at short notice - but they're expensive.
:08:51. > :08:53.This trust has spent ?6 million this financial year on agency nurses
:08:54. > :08:56.and a huge proportion of that money went straight to the agency.
:08:57. > :08:58.?6 million, it's a big sum, isn't it?
:08:59. > :09:04.And you've worked out how much of that is for agency fees?
:09:05. > :09:14.What could you be doing with that money?
:09:15. > :09:16.Recruit more nurses, improve patient care.
:09:17. > :09:19.Is it frustrating to know that much money is just going on fees?
:09:20. > :09:22.I am a nurse and it is disappointing.
:09:23. > :09:25.You know, I believe that money would be better
:09:26. > :09:29.spent on patient care, I truly believe that.
:09:30. > :09:31.The answer to the problem, to recruit more staff and once
:09:32. > :09:36.you've got them make sure you keep them.
:09:37. > :09:39.The pictures are for the Trust's national recruitment campaign
:09:40. > :09:40.that begins shortly, but with London so close,
:09:41. > :09:43.with its higher wages, the trust have to offer more.
:09:44. > :09:46.So there will be fast-track promotion for our really talented
:09:47. > :09:49.staff, but this is a much more structured, co-ordinated approach
:09:50. > :09:55.And unfortunately, with every hospital and mental-health trust
:09:56. > :09:57.competing for often the same staff, it's a problem that
:09:58. > :10:15.The train drivers union Aslef will hold fresh talks
:10:16. > :10:18.with Southern Rail, in an attempt to resolve the ongoing
:10:19. > :10:33.Today businesses in Eastbourne took part in a protest
:10:34. > :10:36.against another round of strikes due to take place this week.
:10:37. > :10:39.As these business leaders in Eastbourne protest against more
:10:40. > :10:45.anticipated disruption on the trains, there may be some
:10:46. > :10:49.hope for long-suffering Southern rail passengers this week.
:10:50. > :10:53.The train drivers' union Aslef aims to hold talks with Southern bosses
:10:54. > :10:56.tomorrow to try to resolve the dispute over driver-only trains.
:10:57. > :10:58.But the ten-month argument has already left some
:10:59. > :11:02.It has been devastating for our business.
:11:03. > :11:04.We run a small independent cafe on the concourse of the station,
:11:05. > :11:07.which means we are very much dependent on regular
:11:08. > :11:11.trains and commuters, which we are losing.
:11:12. > :11:15.During last year we had to get rid of half of our staff,
:11:16. > :11:19.we were doing really well, it was all picking up,
:11:20. > :11:22.and now we are about to celebrate our third anniversary in May,
:11:23. > :11:28.In the business community if we don't agree on something,
:11:29. > :11:30.we have a dispute, we sit around a table and resolve it.
:11:31. > :11:37.Why the unions and the train company can't do that is quite beyond me.
:11:38. > :11:46.Nobody down here can understand why that is the case. But it seems like
:11:47. > :11:50.the row between Southern and the RMT has worsened. Southern sent its
:11:51. > :11:55.staff a letter urging them not to strike, saying if they do it maybe a
:11:56. > :11:58.breach-of-contract and they could apply additional sanctions and
:11:59. > :12:04.employees should think very carefully about the decision to
:12:05. > :12:06.strike. It is intimidation and threats and it is not specific but
:12:07. > :12:22.it is directed at individuals. My members are in jury intimidation
:12:23. > :12:25.and threats. The RMT is not involved in any negotiations this week so it
:12:26. > :12:29.looks like any final agreement could still be a long way off.
:12:30. > :12:35.The most prestigious competition in golf, the Open,
:12:36. > :12:39.It's estimated that when the tournament is held
:12:40. > :12:42.at the Royal St George's course in Sandwich, it will bring
:12:43. > :12:44.a ?100 million boost to tourism and business in the county.
:12:45. > :13:02.We meet the young classic American car enthusiast
:13:03. > :13:03.who's putting her foot down on sexism.
:13:04. > :13:07.in the male-dominated motor industry.
:13:08. > :13:15.Turning colder this week and the risk of wintry showers by Friday. I
:13:16. > :13:17.will have the full forecast later in the programme.
:13:18. > :13:25.The Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee says she's "shocked"
:13:26. > :13:26.at the conditions unaccompanied children are living
:13:27. > :13:28.in at the Dunkirk migrant camp in northern France.
:13:29. > :13:31.Yvette Cooper made the visit before her committee holds
:13:32. > :13:33.an emergency session on Wednesday to examine the Government's decision
:13:34. > :13:35.to end the scheme which brought some particularly vulnerable children
:13:36. > :13:38.Charities say hundreds of young people have returned
:13:39. > :13:41.to the area in recent weeks and are risking their lives trying
:13:42. > :13:45.Our reporter Simon Jones accompanied Yvette Cooper
:13:46. > :13:51.Yvette Cooper said she wanted to see the situation for herself.
:13:52. > :13:55.Some young people who had been moved to centres across France
:13:56. > :13:59.when the Jungle was shut have now returned, after they say
:14:00. > :14:01.their requests to be transferred to the UK were turned town.
:14:02. > :14:16.Some children are with their families but others
:14:17. > :14:23.This camp in Dunkirk is home to around 1400 people.
:14:24. > :14:28.Officially there should be no unaccompanied children
:14:29. > :14:33.here but the charities say since the start of the year
:14:34. > :14:36.they have alerted the authorities to 97 who are calling this home.
:14:37. > :14:40.How can you have small kids living in conditions like this?
:14:41. > :14:45.You see the little girl up there and you think,
:14:46. > :14:51.Since the Jungle was closed, going up in flames, 750 children
:14:52. > :14:58.Next month the Government is ending the so-called Dubs scheme
:14:59. > :15:01.which allowed some of the most vulnerable children with no family
:15:02. > :15:05.It says it was encouraging them to make perilous journeys, leaving
:15:06. > :15:09.Instead it will resettle 20,000 refugees, including children,
:15:10. > :15:16.The real fact is for Kent is that we have really been
:15:17. > :15:24.We have no more families available to take in unaccompanied minors,
:15:25. > :15:30.Isn't the danger that, as the Government says,
:15:31. > :15:33.you are once again making northern France a magnet for people who do
:15:34. > :15:43.I think the danger is that without proper secure systems,
:15:44. > :15:45.without having Britain and France working together on proper managed
:15:46. > :15:47.systems to help these lone child refugees,
:15:48. > :15:50.instead what happens is they end up in the arms of traffickers,
:15:51. > :15:52.and it's the traffickers actually who are driving them into very
:15:53. > :15:55.Yvette Cooper will deliver her verdict to fellow MPs
:15:56. > :15:57.at an emergency session of the Home Affairs
:15:58. > :16:04.Well, Simon joins us now from Calais.
:16:05. > :16:07.Simon, you've been there many times in recent years -
:16:08. > :16:12.how does the current situation compare to other visits?
:16:13. > :16:21.Driving around Calais today you see far fewer migrants, in fact we
:16:22. > :16:25.spotted just two, but you see a lot of police, and charities reckon that
:16:26. > :16:30.is driving some of the migrants who are returning underground. One
:16:31. > :16:33.charity reckons around 200 and accompanied children are sleeping
:16:34. > :16:39.rough in northern France. It is difficult to be precise around
:16:40. > :16:46.figures is but what is clear is that the desire of some children to come
:16:47. > :16:50.back to Calais to try and get across the Channel hasn't gone away.
:16:51. > :16:53.This weekend, Lincoln City Football Club made history by being the first
:16:54. > :16:59.non-league club in 103 years to make it to the FA Cup quarterfinals.
:17:00. > :17:02.And they did so courtesy of a last-minute header
:17:03. > :17:05.from Sean Raggett, who grew up in Gillingham and learned his
:17:06. > :17:11.A little earlier today, I went along to his old school,
:17:12. > :17:13.Featherby Road Junior, where his mum still works part-time
:17:14. > :17:18.and where the current pupils have a new hero to look up to.
:17:19. > :17:20.The moment Sean Raggett sent Lincoln fans into la-la land,
:17:21. > :17:22.his header in the 89th minute knocking out Premier
:17:23. > :17:34.And Lincoln City take the lead with a minute to go! It was crazy,
:17:35. > :17:39.unbelievable. Still hasn't really sunk in but I am sure it will in a
:17:40. > :17:43.few hours or so. It is unheard of in modern football so it shows what a
:17:44. > :17:45.great achievement it is and the great quality we have in the squad
:17:46. > :17:50.at the moment. It's a moment the current children
:17:51. > :18:00.at Featherby would love As soon is he scored we jumped up
:18:01. > :18:07.and my stepmum came down the stairs and said, what's that noise? We
:18:08. > :18:14.said, Sean Raggett has just scored, we went wild. He is just a little
:18:15. > :18:19.boy like us and he has grown up to be a footballer.
:18:20. > :18:31.His mum Jane still works at the school where Sean went.
:18:32. > :18:37.They really did themselves proud and the fact that he scored the winning
:18:38. > :18:42.goal was the icing on the cake. When did you know when he was little that
:18:43. > :18:48.he had real talent? He has always been able at sport, not just
:18:49. > :18:52.football, any sport. You saw him come all the way through, playing on
:18:53. > :18:57.this field. That is right. It doesn't seem that long ago. The next
:18:58. > :19:02.round, you don't know who they will play, will you be watching the telly
:19:03. > :19:09.this evening? Definitely. Who is your money on? I am hoping Arsenal,
:19:10. > :19:13.it will be a great experience. How disappointed will you be if they
:19:14. > :19:23.have to place at? It will be just as good.
:19:24. > :19:26.Sean is actually an Arsenal fan and he would love the opportunity to
:19:27. > :19:32.knock another Premier League club out of the club. -- the cup.
:19:33. > :19:35.In football, Brighton moved back to the top of the Championship
:19:36. > :19:37.table with a 2-0 win away at Barnsley.
:19:38. > :19:39.Sam Baldock scoring both goals in the second half.
:19:40. > :19:41.Meanwhile Charlton salvaged a 3-3 draw as Jorge Teixeira scored
:19:42. > :19:44.Gillingham lost 2-1 away to bottom-of-the-table Coventry.
:19:45. > :19:46.The Gills are in danger of being pulled into
:19:47. > :19:53.And Crawley lost 3-1 at home to Morecambe.
:19:54. > :20:00.A James Collins penalty the Red Devils' only consolation.
:20:01. > :20:02.From the moment she first set eyes on an American classic
:20:03. > :20:06.car as a young child, Kelly Culver was hooked.
:20:07. > :20:09.And now the 20-year-old from Dover is following her dream,
:20:10. > :20:12.running a business restoring and selling them.
:20:13. > :20:14.But in the course of her work Kelly has
:20:15. > :20:23.She's been speaking to us as part of our series called This Is Me,
:20:24. > :20:29.which looks at young people and their passions.
:20:30. > :20:33.When we first started up this Camaro, I remember
:20:34. > :20:36.I had the biggest smile on my face, honestly.
:20:37. > :20:41.It was such an exciting moment - every time I hear a VA,
:20:42. > :20:46.I've loved them pretty much all my life.
:20:47. > :20:50.We were going to American car shows every year,
:20:51. > :20:57.Working in a male-dominated industry is very amusing.
:20:58. > :21:03.Sometimes I do trade shows with my dad.
:21:04. > :21:07.And people will go up to him, ask him about the products,
:21:08. > :21:10.the cars, but they refuse to speak to me.
:21:11. > :21:13.When I ask why, they say, you won't know anything, will you?
:21:14. > :21:20.I think it is silly, but to be honest, it empowers me
:21:21. > :21:24.more, because at the end of the day, I know my story will inspire
:21:25. > :21:27.somebody else who wants to go into mechanics.
:21:28. > :21:32.I want to be the go-to person for classic American muscle cars.
:21:33. > :21:39.I am a firm believer of following your passions,
:21:40. > :21:41.I will say that to everyone, follow your dreams, don't
:21:42. > :21:44.settle for second best, do what you want to do.
:21:45. > :21:49.And you can see all our films from the series on our website,
:21:50. > :21:55.bbc.co.uk/kent, or on social media using the hashtag #thisisme.
:21:56. > :21:58.As part of BBC Music Day this summer, we're celebrating local
:21:59. > :22:07.music legends by putting up official "blue plaques" across the country.
:22:08. > :22:10.And we need your help choosing who, what and where we honour
:22:11. > :22:21.You could nominate a singer, songwriter or musician
:22:22. > :22:24.who may even no longer be with us, or a place in the South East
:22:25. > :22:26.which has played a part in our music heritage.
:22:27. > :22:28.But first, here's our reporter Piers Hopkirk to give
:22:29. > :22:32.# Don't you worry about what's on your mind, oh no... #
:22:33. > :22:35.From Mick Jagger and Keith Richard's chance meeting at Dartford Station
:22:36. > :22:38.which gave birth to the Rolling Stones, to Hastings Pier hosting
:22:39. > :22:41.the likes of Hendrix and The Who, the South East has countless claims
:22:42. > :22:43.to musical history, but who or where should be commemorated?
:22:44. > :22:47.Abba's ascent to superstardom was launched at Brighton Dome,
:22:48. > :22:51.where they won Eurovision with Waterloo in 1974.
:22:52. > :22:53.Writer and performer Christopher Green is a superfan of both.
:22:54. > :22:59.The event and venue his picks for a blue plaque.
:23:00. > :23:03.Nobody knew who they were, they entered Eurovision and blew
:23:04. > :23:06.everybody's minds away, and Eurovision went from this little
:23:07. > :23:14.They surely have to be up amongst the reckoning with that one.
:23:15. > :23:17.It has certainly gone down well here inside the Dome in Brighton.
:23:18. > :23:20.This is a major event and it happened here in the Dome,
:23:21. > :23:22.in Brighton, and I think it needs to be celebrated.
:23:23. > :23:26.You may not know that Led Zeppelin once owned Hammerwood Park
:23:27. > :23:29.near East Grinstead, that punk idol Sid Vicious
:23:30. > :23:32.was raised in Tunbridge Wells or that Jimi Hendrix Experience
:23:33. > :23:40.bassist Noel Redding was born in Folkstone.
:23:41. > :23:46.Tommy Steele, arguably Britain's first rock'n'roll star,
:23:47. > :23:48.attended Gravesend Sea School, whilst Baker Street legend
:23:49. > :23:52.And blues guitarist Gary Moore in Hove.
:23:53. > :23:55.It will be a piece of history as well.
:23:56. > :23:59.40 plaques in one day to great musicians and musical venues
:24:00. > :24:01.right across the country, all voted for by BBC local radio
:24:02. > :24:07.For David Bowie devotee Stephen Johns it's David Bowie's
:24:08. > :24:12.early steps into the music business that are worth marking.
:24:13. > :24:14.Bowie lived in Maidstone during the early '60s,
:24:15. > :24:17.playing in the rhythm and blues band the Mannish Boys, at venues
:24:18. > :24:20.like the Corn Exchange and the Hazlitt Theatre.
:24:21. > :24:23.He was still learning his stagecraft so he'd come to small venues
:24:24. > :24:26.like the Corn Exchange, and when he joined the local group
:24:27. > :24:32.in Maidstone he became part of the Maidstone community.
:24:33. > :24:36.I can totally imagine, I've seen photographs of him
:24:37. > :24:38.when he was in the Mannish Boys, I can totally picture
:24:39. > :24:43.It would have been amazing to be here, absolutely amazing.
:24:44. > :24:47.To go back in time would be unbelievable.
:24:48. > :24:52.So those are just some examples of the South East's
:24:53. > :24:56.But which person or place is worth commemorating?
:24:57. > :25:13.And we would like you to tell us where you think a blue
:25:14. > :25:15.plaque should go in Kent, Sussex or Surrey.
:25:16. > :25:17.You can get in touch by emailing southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk,
:25:18. > :25:25.on our Facebook page or on Twitter using the hashtag
:25:26. > :25:33.Make sure you get in touch before this Sunday.
:25:34. > :25:34.It It has been ridiculously warm for
:25:35. > :27:39.Sleet and snow by Friday? Possibly, especially over high
:27:40. > :27:44.ground. I will be back for the late bulletin
:27:45. > :28:11.at 10:25pm. You're sponsored to swap
:28:12. > :28:13.clothes? I don't get that. Maybe you wear your mother's
:28:14. > :28:16.clothes? Cool. Yeah, finally. What? I don't get it, what does she wear?
:28:17. > :28:18.No, no... Like, she wears someone else's.
:28:19. > :28:20.Cool, yeah. No, she's... OK, that's too complicated.
:28:21. > :28:22.Do another one. So, like, you get sponsored to let
:28:23. > :28:26.people lick stuff off you for a day. Ugh. No, but, like, you get these
:28:27. > :28:28.flavoured... Not going to happen. You take a selfie and post it on
:28:29. > :28:37.social media or whatever, and then people have to pay
:28:38. > :28:43.to guess who it is? That's a no-brainer,
:28:44. > :28:45.we love the secret selfie. 'For better ideas,
:28:46. > :28:50.get your free fundraising kit now.'