:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:07. > :00:16.Family of missing Sussex man Andrew Apperley say they're
:00:17. > :00:35.devastated, after a body is found in Thailand.
:00:36. > :00:37.Increasing numbers of imposter passports are helping people
:00:38. > :00:39.smugglers traffick people into the UK - we have
:00:40. > :00:53.I would like to speak to them and say, have you got any conscious, --
:00:54. > :00:55.conscience, were you aware that this money was going to the poor?
:00:56. > :01:06.A landmark documentary in praise of England's greenest and most pleasant
:01:07. > :01:16.land airs tonight. The family of a man from Sussex
:01:17. > :01:22.who was reported "missing, presumed dead" while on holiday in Thailand
:01:23. > :01:24.say they are devastated, after the authorities there revealed
:01:25. > :01:27.that a body has now been discovered. Andrew Apperley from Eastbourne
:01:28. > :01:30.was last known to be on the popular The 38-year-old, who has a young
:01:31. > :01:36.daughter, told family he was going to a full moon party
:01:37. > :01:39.on a nearby island last Sunday - Andrew Apperley was described by his
:01:40. > :01:52.family as an experienced traveller. His disappearance in Thailand viewed
:01:53. > :02:01.as totally out of character. We are all worried, it is very
:02:02. > :02:04.unlikely that he would not be in touch with us for so long,
:02:05. > :02:07.and we are all worried about his He works as a chef in Brighton
:02:08. > :02:31.and a landlord in Eastbourne, he flew out to to Thailand
:02:32. > :02:39.for a solo holiday this year. He was well prepared to every
:02:40. > :02:53.possibility so he would usually take It was when we were told the
:02:54. > :03:02.possessions were still in the hotel, it really hit and we started to act
:03:03. > :03:05.on that. He had the last contact with his
:03:06. > :03:10.mother and February the 12th. After he failed to check out of his hotel
:03:11. > :03:16.as planned on February 16 he was reported missing. Tonight it is
:03:17. > :03:19.emerged -- it has emerged that a body has been discovered. The
:03:20. > :03:24.process can be very difficult and drawn and that is particularly the
:03:25. > :03:28.case when it involves a country in the developing world like Thailand.
:03:29. > :03:31.Police say the body is yet to be formally identified. Andy's family
:03:32. > :03:45.have been informed of the discovery. This is a story that has been
:03:46. > :03:49.developing pretty rapidly. We know that in the last few hours the
:03:50. > :03:53.Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the police have been in touch with
:03:54. > :03:58.Andy's family. We understand they are being asked to help with
:03:59. > :04:03.identification of the body and it transpires that they may have to fly
:04:04. > :04:07.out to Thailand to assist in that process. Clearly this is an
:04:08. > :04:12.enormously distressing time for them as a family, not least as Andy has a
:04:13. > :04:15.six and a half year old daughter. The BBC has discovered that people
:04:16. > :04:17.smugglers are increasingly using imposter passports -
:04:18. > :04:20.real documents used fraudulently - We've spoken exclusively to one
:04:21. > :04:25.criminal who used a child's passport Europe's border security
:04:26. > :04:31.agency says passport fraud Most of the fake and forged
:04:32. > :04:39.documents discovered last year were detected here
:04:40. > :04:41.in the South East. Colin Campbell has this
:04:42. > :04:44.special investigation. He is a criminal who smuggled
:04:45. > :04:47.an adult from Dunkirk in France The security breach
:04:48. > :05:03.happened early last year. The passport was shown
:05:04. > :05:05.to both British and French Were you surprised how
:05:06. > :05:09.easy it was to pass through the security
:05:10. > :05:27.checks in France? According to Europe's border
:05:28. > :05:29.control agency Frontex, document fraud is now a key criminal
:05:30. > :05:31.activity linked to Within the EU most people
:05:32. > :05:34.using fraudulent documents were detected on entry to the UK,
:05:35. > :05:37.mainly between France and England. The agency's most recent risk
:05:38. > :05:43.analysis says document fraud is a crime that will
:05:44. > :05:45.continue to represent a significant threat to
:05:46. > :05:49.the security of the EU in 2017. The organisation which manages EU
:05:50. > :05:51.borders is particularly concerned about the fraudulent use
:05:52. > :05:58.of real passports. Here in the area of passports
:05:59. > :06:04.we are observing imposters, so the passport itself
:06:05. > :06:09.is a legitimate passport but This man was caught when he arrived
:06:10. > :06:17.in Dover and has been prosecuted. People are always going to try it
:06:18. > :06:23.on at our border controls and our border officers
:06:24. > :06:25.have a really tough job, and that's why we need to use
:06:26. > :06:28.the latest technology to help them, facial recognition,
:06:29. > :06:32.fingerprint recognition, biometrics like that
:06:33. > :06:34.could help keep our borders Fooling border officials in France,
:06:35. > :06:38.this man's case does appear Colin Campbell joins me
:06:39. > :06:46.live in the studio. You've repeatedly exposed
:06:47. > :07:03.the workings of smuggling gangs. Frontex says there has been an
:07:04. > :07:08.increase in forged Kimmince and the quality of them has improved. The
:07:09. > :07:13.UK's National Crime Agency has warned that as border security
:07:14. > :07:24.increases at places like Dover gangs will turn to using forged documents.
:07:25. > :07:30.Electronic passports and so on at airports is helping to prevent that
:07:31. > :07:33.but they say training is -- this is a key part of the training for
:07:34. > :07:39.border officers. What we don't know is how many people using forged
:07:40. > :07:41.documents have succeeded in getting in.
:07:42. > :07:54.Coming up, meet the Ice Maidens, hoping to become the first female
:07:55. > :08:02.team to trek unsupported across the South Pole.
:08:03. > :08:04.A Sussex church minister, who had more than ?7000
:08:05. > :08:06.in charity cash stolen by an opportunist thief,
:08:07. > :08:12.says she's absolutely gutted and feeling wretched.
:08:13. > :08:14.Reverend Lynda Hulcoop has just picked up the money in US dollars
:08:15. > :08:17.from a bureau de change at a supermarket in Hove
:08:18. > :08:20.It was meant to help support very poor struggling
:08:21. > :08:33.This is reverend Lynda Hulcoop in the pale coat,
:08:34. > :08:35.and this the moment the cash she is carrying is taken.
:08:36. > :08:38.A woman gets her hand into the carrier bag
:08:39. > :08:40.and steals thousands of pounds worth of dollars.
:08:41. > :08:43.These are some of the people the money was destined for.
:08:44. > :08:47.Children in a poverty-stricken township in Zimbabwe.
:08:48. > :08:51.It was being taken in cash because the banking
:08:52. > :08:54.system is in crisis, the reverend was due to leave for
:08:55. > :08:58.I felt absolutely gutted, all sorts of emotions,
:08:59. > :09:03.the most difficult one was because it was not my money,
:09:04. > :09:06.it was charitable money, and such a large sum of money,
:09:07. > :09:18.I'm going in two days, so all of the trauma of what do I do,
:09:19. > :09:29.The money was raised here at the church in Southwick
:09:30. > :09:44.I am very shocked. My main thought was, why do they need it? What is
:09:45. > :09:46.their lifestyle? It is the children abroad, in Zimbabwe, so I thought it
:09:47. > :09:48.was very callous. The charity has borrowed
:09:49. > :09:53.the money so the trip to Zimbabwe can go ahead -
:09:54. > :09:55.it goes to schools, medical services and other things
:09:56. > :09:57.for the local communities. I would like to talk to them
:09:58. > :10:01.and say, have you got any conscience that this money was destined
:10:02. > :10:04.for the very poor? I do not know what these people use
:10:05. > :10:07.it for, whether they are using it for their own greed,
:10:08. > :10:13.who knows, but I would like to see if there is any conscience in there,
:10:14. > :10:17.and awaken that within them. Police want to find two
:10:18. > :10:21.women captured on CCTV following the Reverend
:10:22. > :10:25.after she had collected the cash. They are asking anyone
:10:26. > :10:28.who recognises them to come forward. Sara, is the charity likely to get
:10:29. > :10:39.any of this money back? Well, they have been told that they
:10:40. > :10:44.won't get any insurance money for this and the police say even if they
:10:45. > :10:48.find those responsible the chances of getting any money from them are
:10:49. > :10:54.pretty slim, so they have had to borrow more than 9000 US dollars so
:10:55. > :10:58.they can take it to Zimbabwe and not let down the people there who
:10:59. > :11:03.desperately need it. There are couple of bright spots to come from
:11:04. > :11:09.this sad story. Firstly Sainsbury's bank, where the reverend got the
:11:10. > :11:13.money from, they have given the charity ?1000. Then there is the
:11:14. > :11:17.response from the community here in Southwick. Already donations have
:11:18. > :11:21.been coming in as the news has spread about what happened to try to
:11:22. > :11:25.build up the sum to pay that money back.
:11:26. > :11:27.The train drivers' union Aslef has been holding fresh talks
:11:28. > :11:30.with Southern Rail in a bid to resolve the ongoing dispute over
:11:31. > :11:35.It comes as commuters prepare for another day of industrial action
:11:36. > :11:38.tomorrow by the RMT union, which represents guards -
:11:39. > :11:42.as they walk out for 24 hours from midnight.
:11:43. > :11:46.The Government's been accused of acting "unfairly" over plans
:11:47. > :11:48.to close an army barracks in Kent, in order to build
:11:49. > :11:54.Invicta Park in Maidstone - home to the 36 Engineer Regiment
:11:55. > :11:58.of the Royal Engineers and the Queen's Gurkha Engineers -
:11:59. > :12:13.The RPSCA is investigating after an emaciated dog
:12:14. > :12:15.was found dumped on a busy road in Maidstone.
:12:16. > :12:18.The young lurcher - who has now been named Snoopy -
:12:19. > :12:20.was discovered on Woolley Road on Thursday night.
:12:21. > :12:22.It's believed she had been deliberately starved but is now
:12:23. > :12:24.recovering at Leybourne Animal Centre.
:12:25. > :12:27.One of Britain's biggest housebuilders has been forced to set
:12:28. > :12:34.aside millions of pounds for compensation to customers
:12:35. > :12:36.who were allegedly persuaded to buy homes in Kent that were unfinished,
:12:37. > :12:39.in order for the firm to hit sales targets.
:12:40. > :12:42.Bovis Homes is having to deal with thousands of complaints,
:12:43. > :12:44.mounting from the end of last year, when Bovis offered customers ?3,000
:12:45. > :12:49.to move into homes - even though they were unfinished.
:12:50. > :12:52.The company has set aside ?7 million to compensate home owners and pay
:12:53. > :12:54.for repairs to everything from leaky pipes to missing driveways.
:12:55. > :13:09.All of the windows, nothing is sealed, so air and water can get in,
:13:10. > :13:13.any kind of ingress that comes with hard rain.
:13:14. > :13:19.I would not advise using the banister as we go upstairs.
:13:20. > :13:23.It hasn't got to be a great deal of centre to make a lot of difference.
:13:24. > :13:30.Danny Moffat 's was meant to move into his home in December 20 14th
:13:31. > :13:35.but a few days before Christmas he was told he couldn't. -- December of
:13:36. > :13:41.2014. It wasn't until the following June that he got the keys but the
:13:42. > :13:46.problems didn't stop there. When we first moved in here my wife
:13:47. > :13:50.gave up her job because she couldn't deal with the stress of working
:13:51. > :13:56.every day but also dealing with Bovis Homes. You have one call,
:13:57. > :13:59.another one the next day, another one next week, every day after that
:14:00. > :14:04.to try to get them on site to fix the things that should have been
:14:05. > :14:07.done before we moved in. All of the tradespeople are
:14:08. > :14:11.contracted out, quality control checks are in place within the
:14:12. > :14:15.building organisations to check for this kind of thing and it is a case
:14:16. > :14:19.of get the money in and deal with the problems later and it wasn't
:14:20. > :14:23.work and it has come back to bite them.
:14:24. > :14:26.In a statement Bovis Homes says it is already speaking to customers who
:14:27. > :14:33.have highlighted specific issues and where appropriate it will reimburse
:14:34. > :14:37.customers for reasonable costs incurred as a result of its actions.
:14:38. > :14:42.They have let everybody down as a result of here. Everybody on this
:14:43. > :14:46.estate who has bought one of their homes has a story to tell about how
:14:47. > :14:51.badly they have been treated. Hundreds across the country have
:14:52. > :14:52.complained to the house-builder. For Danny, two years down the line, the
:14:53. > :14:59.problem is still ongoing. Our reporter Ian Palmer
:15:00. > :15:02.is at a new Bovis Homes Ian, what kind of issues are people
:15:03. > :15:13.having to deal with there? We have heard examples of a couple
:15:14. > :15:18.who bought off plan and only discovered that the garage had been
:15:19. > :15:23.built in the wrong coloured brick, another example of a flaw not being
:15:24. > :15:26.laid, the wrong kind of kitchen being installed, and these people
:15:27. > :15:34.were expecting to move in the following day. -- example of a
:15:35. > :15:40.floor. This will be an example of around 250 homes when it is finally
:15:41. > :15:46.built, this is the show home used to market the development, but outside
:15:47. > :15:50.the show home the pavement is yet to be finished, it is on different
:15:51. > :15:55.levels, all of the homes are not on mains gas and electricity, they are
:15:56. > :16:02.using site utilities. There are Facebook sites across the country
:16:03. > :16:05.that have highlighted problems. Bovis Homes has designated ?7
:16:06. > :16:07.million to repair the damage not just to these homes but also its
:16:08. > :16:21.reputation. Our top story, the family of a man
:16:22. > :16:27.from Sussex resumed missing -- who was missing, presumed dead, have
:16:28. > :16:33.been told that a body has been found.
:16:34. > :16:39.After 30 years of delighting and inspiring through dance we speak to
:16:40. > :16:45.choreographer Matthew Bourne ahead of his new production in Kent.
:16:46. > :16:48.All change into Thursday with gale force winds. I will have the details
:16:49. > :17:00.in the forecast late in the programme.
:17:01. > :17:03.The first-ever team made up exclusively of women to cross
:17:04. > :17:05.the South Pole unaided has embarked on extreme survival
:17:06. > :17:13.training a mere 300 miles from the Arctic circle in Norway.
:17:14. > :17:15.Sophie Montagne, a soldier from East Sussex, has been training
:17:16. > :17:18.with her army team in Norway for the trek which will take
:17:19. > :17:28.just over 1,000 miles of the harshest terrain on earth.
:17:29. > :17:33.They'll battle temperatures of minus 40C
:17:34. > :17:37.as Mark Norman explains for tonight's Special Report.
:17:38. > :17:39.The Ice Maiden team heading out across a frozen
:17:40. > :17:41.Norwegian lake at the start of its final training exercise.
:17:42. > :17:43.In September these soldiers, including an Army reservist
:17:44. > :17:45.from East Sussex, will begin their historic journey
:17:46. > :17:50.across Antarctica, hoping to inspire a generation of women.
:17:51. > :18:01.Everybody is incredibly inspiring and I think all of us coming
:18:02. > :18:04.together as really capable women has made it a lot more about being able
:18:05. > :18:07.to show that women can keep up with the men.
:18:08. > :18:09.It's not just about five women crossing Antarctica,
:18:10. > :18:11.it's about encouraging women from across the military but also
:18:12. > :18:14.in civilian life to get out there and give things go,
:18:15. > :18:16.realising that there is no ceiling, you can achieve anything.
:18:17. > :18:20.In Antarctica it could reach as low as -40, and home
:18:21. > :18:25.There is also important research being done to understand what it
:18:26. > :18:31.takes to sustain an all-female team on an expedition like this.
:18:32. > :18:36.As we have been trying to work out our rations and how
:18:37. > :18:39.much we need to eat, how much weight we need to gain,
:18:40. > :18:42.there is no evidence on how women cope in these environments
:18:43. > :18:44.so if we can provide that evidence for future expeditions
:18:45. > :18:47.they can have a much better idea of how to compose
:18:48. > :18:54.Training in Norway has involved two-hour marches.
:18:55. > :18:58.They will have to do up to nine hours a day in the Antarctic,
:18:59. > :18:59.carrying and pulling everything they need.
:19:00. > :19:01.They need to be physically and mentally strong.
:19:02. > :19:04.I'm quite good at just switching off on the...
:19:05. > :19:07.We spend a lot of time in our own head and I don't
:19:08. > :19:10.find that too difficult, I can while away hours just
:19:11. > :19:14.But mostly it is about the team and I think having this group around
:19:15. > :19:17.you, we have trained together now for two years, and we know how
:19:18. > :19:20.to motivate each other and they always pick you up
:19:21. > :19:23.Five soldiers will attempt the Antarctic in September.
:19:24. > :19:26.If they succeed it will put them in the history books alongside
:19:27. > :19:56.explorers like Scott, Shackleton and Edmondson.
:19:57. > :19:58.It's said the Sussex Downs inspired William Blake to write of
:19:59. > :20:00."England's mountains green" in his legendary poem
:20:01. > :20:04.If you feel the same way, you are in for a treat tonight
:20:05. > :20:07.in a film on BBC Four presented by the Vicar of Firle
:20:08. > :20:13.It is an emotional portrait of the familiar landscape. Peter Owen Jones
:20:14. > :20:21.is the face and voice who presented. He lives in the village of Firle and
:20:22. > :20:28.the South Downs are virtually his back garden. Look at this. You can't
:20:29. > :20:31.see it now because wonderful winter Merck has come in, but we live in
:20:32. > :20:56.one of the most beautiful landscapes on the planet. -- Merck. -- murk.
:20:57. > :20:58.I am seeking the spiritual enlightenment that I believe
:20:59. > :21:03.we in Britain once had and have now lost.
:21:04. > :21:12.His films have seen travel around the world but the latest is very
:21:13. > :21:21.much on home turf. Hazel and birch can make charcoal. It is a diary of
:21:22. > :21:26.the passing of the season is on the South Downs. Making a film like this
:21:27. > :21:31.you really see the imprint left by those who have gone before us and it
:21:32. > :21:34.becomes interwoven with the wildlife and the weather which has created
:21:35. > :21:41.this wonderful land in which we live. The South Downs themselves are
:21:42. > :21:46.the real stars of the peace. An opportunity to see the wildlife and
:21:47. > :21:51.the landscape without leaving your armchair, and for the author it was
:21:52. > :21:57.a labour of love. To live here, for me, was a dream. For anybody who
:21:58. > :21:59.knows and loves the unique beauty of the South Downs, this will be an
:22:00. > :22:08.hour to savour. And South Downs: England's Mountains
:22:09. > :22:10.Green is on BBC Four Football, and two of our teams
:22:11. > :22:16.are in action tonight in League One. Charlton Athletic face
:22:17. > :22:18.Oxford United, while Gillingham Choreographer Matthew Bourne has
:22:19. > :22:32.always been recognised as someone who likes to do things
:22:33. > :22:40.a little differently. His pioneering all-male Swan Lake
:22:41. > :22:42.at London's Sadler's Well's was received by some critics
:22:43. > :22:44.as witty and wild. He says he's only ever set out
:22:45. > :22:47.to introduce a new audience to dance and for them simply
:22:48. > :22:50.to have a good night out. As his production company
:22:51. > :22:52.celebrates 30 years, his latest ballet,
:22:53. > :22:54.Early Adventures, comes to Dartord. For those in the know,
:22:55. > :22:57.a Matthew Bourne production is instantly recognisable,
:22:58. > :23:01.from his all-male Swan Lake to his interpretation
:23:02. > :23:05.of Edward Scissorhands. His twist on a classic never fails
:23:06. > :23:13.to excite and inspire. In some ways, although I do
:23:14. > :23:19.have a reputation for being different and doing things
:23:20. > :23:21.out-of-the-box a little bit, I think I'm also quite
:23:22. > :23:24.old-fashioned, I like to give people a good night out,
:23:25. > :23:27.I like people to have a great time. I am trying to break down
:23:28. > :23:31.the barriers for audiences who think dance is not for them,
:23:32. > :23:34.and I try and win them over. I've done that throughout
:23:35. > :23:36.my career, really. His latest offering, which comes
:23:37. > :23:40.to Canterbury later this year, brings to life the beloved fairy
:23:41. > :23:44.tale and 1948 Oscar-winning movie The Red Shoes, written,
:23:45. > :23:48.produced and directed by Emeric Pressburger
:23:49. > :23:50.and Michael Powell. It is a universal tale about a young
:23:51. > :23:55.woman whose dreams are sort of crushed and I realised that's
:23:56. > :23:58.the thing people are getting moved by, because everybody can
:23:59. > :24:06.identify with that thing, people who have dreams to do
:24:07. > :24:08.something, to be something, and it not quite working
:24:09. > :24:10.the way they hoped. So people are really happily
:24:11. > :24:12.getting moved by it, the hankies are coming out
:24:13. > :24:15.at the end, which I am As somebody who only began dance
:24:16. > :24:19.lessons in his 20s he has certainly raised the bar,
:24:20. > :24:21.making dance more accessible to the masses, something
:24:22. > :24:23.he was recognised for last year Anybody who has been a knight
:24:24. > :24:29.in the dance world before has been and I certainly didn't
:24:30. > :24:33.come through that route, so I am the first person
:24:34. > :24:37.in the world of dance to have got So I feel I represent
:24:38. > :24:41.a lot of areas of dance, having started very small and doing
:24:42. > :24:54.what I am doing now as an independent
:24:55. > :24:59.choreographer and director. It is good and I feel as though
:25:00. > :25:03.I am a voice for dance as well, I need to speak
:25:04. > :25:05.for my profession sometimes. Now he returns to the South East
:25:06. > :25:08.with choreography that helped launch his career as part
:25:09. > :25:10.of the 30th anniversary People who got to know my bigger
:25:11. > :25:14.piece that toured the country now will recognise it and they are quite
:25:15. > :25:17.quirky, even people seeing them now are saying,
:25:18. > :25:19.I have never seen anything The Brighton resident tells me
:25:20. > :25:23.it is all about seducing audiences, and 30 years after he began
:25:24. > :25:31.he is still creating the magic. Let's take a look at what will be
:25:32. > :25:38.happening with the weather. Doris is coming.
:25:39. > :25:42.Yes, wet and windy for Thursday, quite different from the 18 degrees
:25:43. > :25:53.on Monday. Today, cloudy and mild, top temperatures around 18 degrees.
:25:54. > :25:58.-- around 15. It will be mild again through tonight, still a good deal
:25:59. > :26:02.of cloud and there will be some patchy rain at times as well.
:26:03. > :26:09.Overnight lows around nine or 10 degrees. It is very mild as we start
:26:10. > :26:13.the day for Wednesday. It will be breezy, those westerly winds picking
:26:14. > :26:18.up. We have this weakening weather front around, a cold front which
:26:19. > :26:22.will make it feel fresher, but still lots of cloud and some outbreaks of
:26:23. > :26:26.rain. Temperatures still really decent for the time of year. Mostly
:26:27. > :26:32.dry through the morning but by the afternoon we start to see that
:26:33. > :26:37.front, not particularly heavy rain, top temperatures of 12 or 13,
:26:38. > :26:42.feeling cooler. The westerly winds picking up, around 15 to 20 miles
:26:43. > :26:47.per hour. Storm Doris is heading our way. This is the picture as we head
:26:48. > :26:52.into Thursday. For us there are not any warnings out but we expect gale
:26:53. > :26:57.force winds potentially gusting up to 50 mph for Thursday. Overnight
:26:58. > :27:03.into Thursday will see outbreaks of rain, still it will be breezy.
:27:04. > :27:07.Overnight temperatures of eight or 9 degrees. That gives us are really
:27:08. > :27:12.wet, windy and chilly feel to the day on Thursday. Lots of blue on the
:27:13. > :27:21.map. It will pass through pretty quickly, a drier and to the day and
:27:22. > :27:26.Thursday. -- end to the day. Looking at the picture into Saturday it is
:27:27. > :27:32.wet and windy. Over the next few days lots of whether, Doris on
:27:33. > :27:36.Thursday. I don't know why Doris amuses me so
:27:37. > :27:41.much but it does. I will be back at 8pm and 10:25pm.
:27:42. > :27:54.Good evening. Nawal El Saadawi,
:27:55. > :28:00.the world-renowned Egyptian author A fearless feminist
:28:01. > :28:06.facing a world in turmoil. Imagine...
:28:07. > :28:10.She Spoke The Unspeakable.