:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:07. > :00:17.Tonight's top stories: Selling off charity donations to raise
:00:18. > :00:21.Calls for an investigation after to Kent candidates
:00:22. > :00:25.The woman who lost a leg in a motorbike accident is told
:00:26. > :00:29.she isn't disabled enough to keep her subsidised car.
:00:30. > :00:35.The most frustrating thing is how hard I have pushed myself throughout
:00:36. > :00:42.this last five years. How hard I have worked. To walk, to go back to
:00:43. > :00:44.work, to live my life and now I feel like I've been penalised for that.
:00:45. > :00:50.Plans to spend 50,000 pounds for lifeguards on the Sussex beach
:00:51. > :00:55.where seven men drowned this summer could be approved this evening.
:00:56. > :00:58.We meet the yeoman of the guard - the tower of london's top
:00:59. > :01:01.beefeater's coming home to Sussex after almost 20 years keeping
:01:02. > :01:06.How Kent and Kolkata are celebrating their links
:01:07. > :01:20.in a year-long celebration being launched by the Queen.
:01:21. > :01:22.There are calls tonight for an investigation
:01:23. > :01:24.into the conduct of two prospective Labour candidates for
:01:25. > :01:31.Kent County Council, after they raised party funds
:01:32. > :01:33.by selling off cosmetics and toiletries which had been
:01:34. > :01:35.donated to charity and were supposed to go
:01:36. > :01:38.Karen Constantine and Raushan Ara have apologised
:01:39. > :01:40.and promised to donate the money they raised to local
:01:41. > :01:42.charities in Thanet, where they're standing for election.
:01:43. > :01:51.Our Political Editor Helen Catt reports.
:01:52. > :01:58.We were fortunate enough to be given thousands and thousands of pounds
:01:59. > :02:05.worth of Lush. And within that, we give out to charities and good
:02:06. > :02:09.causes and today is a good cause. One happens to be the Labour Party.
:02:10. > :02:13.You are looking at our warehouse and we hopefully can raise some money.
:02:14. > :02:18.Why Maccabees boxes of toiletries were supposed to go to the needy.
:02:19. > :02:23.Instead, they ended up on sale in Ramsgate Pope to raise money for the
:02:24. > :02:29.local Labour Party. That has angered some. That -- by anybody's
:02:30. > :02:34.standards, taking charitable donations destined for homeless
:02:35. > :02:39.people and destitute people to use and sell and fund your election
:02:40. > :02:45.campaign is morally reprehensible. The products were given by Lush to
:02:46. > :02:49.one charity on the condition they were not resold. That charity passed
:02:50. > :02:55.it to another, food for all, and it was they who gave it to Labour. But
:02:56. > :02:59.there are rules restricting donations from charities to
:03:00. > :03:02.political parties. Charities must only carry out activities to create
:03:03. > :03:07.his own charitable purposes and had additional funds or objects to a
:03:08. > :03:14.political party would be contrary to the purposes of any charity. Food
:03:15. > :03:18.for oil's Jenny Matias has sent a letter of apology to the kindness
:03:19. > :03:22.offensive charity. She said she was informed they were not to be sold
:03:23. > :03:26.for profit and they apologised and they had not totally ad here to the
:03:27. > :03:29.terms of the donation. They are devastated, she said, that there are
:03:30. > :03:33.unwise actions to a certain group have since become problematic. As
:03:34. > :03:37.for Labour, they told us they have not breached electoral law and there
:03:38. > :03:41.are no allegations they have broken any rules. Its candidates, Karen
:03:42. > :03:46.Constantine and Raushan Ara have apologised and said the ?415 raised
:03:47. > :03:52.will be split between two local charities. They Ramsgate today, some
:03:53. > :03:59.of that was enough. If they've acknowledged it and apologised, but
:04:00. > :04:04.is fair enough. If the money is going to charity, then yes. It
:04:05. > :04:09.shouldn't have happened in the first place. And how often does it happen?
:04:10. > :04:14.The Charity Commissioners said they are contacted the trustees of Food
:04:15. > :04:16.For All but an informal choir has not been opened. -- a formal
:04:17. > :04:20.inquiry. Helen Catt reporting, and she joins
:04:21. > :04:29.us live from Ramsgate. It is unclear whether anything will
:04:30. > :04:33.happen. We've spoken to several local politicians and some have said
:04:34. > :04:36.Labour should carry out an internal investigation. It seems they are
:04:37. > :04:41.fully satisfied they do not need to from what they said this afternoon.
:04:42. > :04:46.Other people felt they accepted this was a genuine mistake and it had
:04:47. > :04:50.been rectified. Despite that, a complaint has been made to Kent
:04:51. > :04:53.Police who would be responsible for investigating further and they say
:04:54. > :04:56.it is too early to say whether or not they will. Thank you.
:04:57. > :04:58.A disabled woman from Kent says she's been left unable to work
:04:59. > :05:01.and is entirely dependent on benefits because of the
:05:02. > :05:09.Leah Debus from Tonbridge lost her leg in a motorbike
:05:10. > :05:12.She was given a motability car, which she says has
:05:13. > :05:16.But the new Personal Independent Payment assessment concluded she no
:05:17. > :05:20.The governments insists it is providing a strong safety net
:05:21. > :05:26.She's had to give back the specially adapted car after her personal
:05:27. > :05:27.independence payment, or PIP assessment,
:05:28. > :05:33.Because Leah Debus can walk 20 metres with a
:05:34. > :05:35.prostatic leg, unaided, she was judged not disabled enough.
:05:36. > :05:37.She had just been offered a new job, but
:05:38. > :05:43.said the location is to far away without a car.
:05:44. > :05:45.I've been the most frustrating thing is...
:05:46. > :05:48.I think the most frustrating thing is
:05:49. > :05:52.actually how hard I've pushed myself throughout this last five years.
:05:53. > :05:54.How hard I have worked to walk, to go
:05:55. > :05:58.And I feel like I am being
:05:59. > :06:03.They've taken it away from me and now they have made it nearly
:06:04. > :06:08.I also have the steering knob up here,
:06:09. > :06:12.because I physically can't turn around a sharp corner.
:06:13. > :06:14.Becky Lewis fears she too will lose her car.
:06:15. > :06:18.Now that I can walk more than 20 metres, that means I have to hand
:06:19. > :06:29.Denying them the opportunity to reach places using
:06:30. > :06:33.a mobility car, an adapted vehicle, has got to be counter-productive.
:06:34. > :06:36.These people will become more reliant upon statutory services,
:06:37. > :06:42.But they also lose a lot of choices and
:06:43. > :06:46.So the consequence of that would be to make people prisoners
:06:47. > :06:50.Effectively putting them under house arrest.
:06:51. > :06:53.The Government is reviewing disability payments to try to save
:06:54. > :06:58.The Department for Work and Pensions said decisions are for
:06:59. > :07:00.PIP made after considering all the evidence from the claimant
:07:01. > :07:09.People leaving them the disabilities scheme are eligible for a one-off
:07:10. > :07:12.When you've got millions of people applying for
:07:13. > :07:15.it and living with all kinds of different physical and mental and
:07:16. > :07:17.psychological conditions, you do need to draw some rules and
:07:18. > :07:24.Leah Debus is now planning to appeal.
:07:25. > :07:28.Simon, some Conservative MPs have criticised their own Government
:07:29. > :07:30.today, saying the whole system of payments for disabled people
:07:31. > :07:40.Yes, and it has caused a huge row and that is after a tribunal ruled
:07:41. > :07:43.that someone who can make a journey because they are suffering from
:07:44. > :07:47.severe anxiety should be treated the same as somebody who cannot make a
:07:48. > :07:53.journey because they are visually impaired. It is not the changes --
:07:54. > :07:56.these changes could affect 160,000 people and the Government reckon
:07:57. > :08:00.that could add ?4 billion to the welfare bill at a time they are
:08:01. > :08:04.trying to bring it down. So it will be a big problem for the Work and
:08:05. > :08:08.Pensions Secretary who is the Ashford MP, Damian Green. He was
:08:09. > :08:08.unavailable to talk to us today. Thank you.
:08:09. > :08:11.And there's more from Leah Debus and other amputees campaigning
:08:12. > :08:13.against the loss of their motability cars in tonight's
:08:14. > :08:17.edition of Inside Out, here on BBC One at 7.30pm.
:08:18. > :08:30.The investigations into a house fire which left one man dead and two the
:08:31. > :08:32.people needing hospital treatment. -- two the people.
:08:33. > :08:35.Plans for lifeguards to be stationed at a popular beach in East Sussex
:08:36. > :08:37.where seven people drowned last summer could be approved
:08:38. > :08:41.Rother District Council has set aside more than ?50,000
:08:42. > :08:43.to fund the service at Camber Sands, near Rye.
:08:44. > :08:45.Our reporter Charlie Rose joins us from Bexhill Town Hall,
:08:46. > :08:47.where that meeting has just got started.
:08:48. > :08:49.Charlie, families of the men who drowned say they believe
:08:50. > :09:02.a lifeguard service would have saved their lives.
:09:03. > :09:07.Ever since those tragic events of last summer, the families of those
:09:08. > :09:10.who died have always demanded action and the people I spoke to in camber
:09:11. > :09:16.Sands this afternoon also the lifeguards would be a good idea.
:09:17. > :09:20.This meeting at the Bexhill Townhall has already got under way and a few
:09:21. > :09:23.moments ago, I spoke to some councillors who showed up for the
:09:24. > :09:29.meeting and I asked if the plans were going to be approved and they
:09:30. > :09:32.said they thought so. This is one of the two men who lost their lives
:09:33. > :09:40.last July. He died after attempting to rescue this man, a Brazilian,
:09:41. > :09:45.after he got into difficulty as camber Sands. In August, tragedy
:09:46. > :09:52.struck again and five more men drowned. Six months a windy winter's
:09:53. > :09:55.day and few are venturing onto this speech. Tonight, plans could be
:09:56. > :10:04.approved to fund a lifeguard service here in the summer. I think that
:10:05. > :10:10.will be an excellent idea. I come from Cornwall where we have lots of
:10:11. > :10:15.accidents in DC. I grew up there. And therefore, I know how quickly
:10:16. > :10:18.everything changes. There hasn't been an accident like this for a
:10:19. > :10:24.while, but it could happen at any time and the best way to prevent it
:10:25. > :10:27.is to please lifeguards here. If approved, there would be 15
:10:28. > :10:32.lifeguards with eight on duty at any given time. Ever since those five
:10:33. > :10:38.young men died last August, their relatives have demanded action. It
:10:39. > :10:43.is unbelievable. I'm shocked and angry, you get 25,000 people a day
:10:44. > :10:49.or something, and these five kids have died. Young, healthy people.
:10:50. > :10:52.They were good swimmers, too. So for them to just get under the water
:10:53. > :10:58.like this and died... Some people say it was a riptide. But if there
:10:59. > :11:04.had lifeguards there, but could be saved. The District Council set
:11:05. > :11:08.aside more than ?50,000 to fund a potential lifeguard service and has
:11:09. > :11:16.begun. Now, the RNLI lifeboat service has already got the help of
:11:17. > :11:19.two lifeguard supervisor is to put together a recruitment and training
:11:20. > :11:23.programme down at camber Sands and the services they are looking to
:11:24. > :11:26.offer a quality team and put together a quality team of
:11:27. > :11:28.lifeguards down that they're ready for the summer.
:11:29. > :11:30.The train drivers union Aslef will resume talks with Southern Rail
:11:31. > :11:33.They're trying to resolve an ongoing dispute
:11:34. > :11:34.over the introduction of driver-only operated trains.
:11:35. > :11:37.A deal struck between union bosses and the rail company was rejected
:11:38. > :11:41.The RMT union, which represents guards,
:11:42. > :11:50.The i360 viewing tower in Brighton has remained closed again today
:11:51. > :11:53.while work is carried out to replace a damaged part that
:11:54. > :11:57.caused the attraction to break down on Friday.
:11:58. > :12:01.The observation pod became stuck for over an hour
:12:02. > :12:06.The operators say they hope it will be running again on Wednesday.
:12:07. > :12:08.A man who attempted to smuggle four people from Afghanistan
:12:09. > :12:11.into Kent has been jailed for two and a half years.
:12:12. > :12:12.Dwayne Lovelock was questioned by Border Force staff
:12:13. > :12:15.at the Channel Tunnel in France, after his car was
:12:16. > :12:19.When they opened the boot of his car they found two adults
:12:20. > :12:25.A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson,
:12:26. > :12:29.A 48-year-old man died at the scene in Maidstone
:12:30. > :12:31.yesterday evening, while another man and a woman,
:12:32. > :12:34.Peter Whittlesea is at the scene of the fire and
:12:35. > :12:41.investigators have been at the scene all day today.
:12:42. > :12:51.Peter Gummi investigators have been there all day? That is right.
:12:52. > :12:56.Forensic teams and investigation units and the police have been here
:12:57. > :13:01.all day. I'm going to show you footage which contains flashing
:13:02. > :13:04.lights, so be careful. This shows the moment the emergency services
:13:05. > :13:08.arrived and you can see smoke billowing from the back of the
:13:09. > :13:12.property. This was the point where the road was closed off and it is
:13:13. > :13:22.also where it emerged a man was still trapped inside. What have
:13:23. > :13:26.neighbours had to say? One of them spoke to me and said she knew
:13:27. > :13:31.something was wrong and could hear a fire alarm and also smoke was
:13:32. > :13:36.billowing into her house. She knocked on the door and saw a man
:13:37. > :13:41.who had burnt hair and burns on his arms as well. He said somebody was
:13:42. > :13:46.trapped inside and the emergency services arrived and found him, but
:13:47. > :13:50.he was then declared dead at the scene. Another remains in hospital
:13:51. > :13:53.and tonight, 838-year-old man in police custody on suspicion of
:13:54. > :13:55.arson. Thank you. It's coming up to quarter to seven,
:13:56. > :13:58.this is our top story tonight: There are calls tonight
:13:59. > :14:00.for an investigation into the conduct of two prospective
:14:01. > :14:02.Labour candidates for Kent County Council,
:14:03. > :14:04.after they raised party funds by selling off cosmetics
:14:05. > :14:06.and toiletries that had been donated to charity
:14:07. > :14:08.and were supposed to go If you have a story you think
:14:09. > :14:14.we should be covering on South East Today,
:14:15. > :14:25.we'd like to hear from you. And after a blustery and wet today,
:14:26. > :14:28.we have more fun showers into tonight. I will have the details
:14:29. > :14:32.later. If you have a story you think
:14:33. > :14:34.we should be covering on South East Today,
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:14:38. > :14:40.or send us an e-mail to We are also on Facebook
:14:41. > :14:44.or you can tweet us Alan Kingshott was born in Newhaven
:14:45. > :14:53.and he's about to move back to the Sussex coast
:14:54. > :14:55.to enjoy his retirement. But in recent years, he's been
:14:56. > :15:00.living in the Tower of London as Chief Yeoman Warder,
:15:01. > :15:01.effectively the Tower's So what does it take
:15:02. > :15:12.to be a Yeoman Warder? Well, simply to be considered,
:15:13. > :15:15.candidates must have spent at least 22 years in the Armed Forces
:15:16. > :15:17.with a good conduct record, and have to have reached
:15:18. > :15:20.the rank of Warrant Officer. As well as keeping
:15:21. > :15:22.the Crown Jewels safe, duties include giving visitors
:15:23. > :15:24.a guided tour, though training takes six months before they're
:15:25. > :15:26.allowed to lead one. Our reporter Piers Hopkirk is live
:15:27. > :15:29.at the Tower of London, and Piers, for Alan Kingshott,
:15:30. > :15:45.retirement will bring an end to 45 That's right. The end of a pretty
:15:46. > :15:51.illustrious career. Beefeaters such as Alan have lived and worked within
:15:52. > :15:55.the 18 acres of the Tao of London since 1485. But at the end of the
:15:56. > :15:58.week, he will be putting on that iconic uniform for the last time. --
:15:59. > :16:10.the Tao of London. -- When it's your final
:16:11. > :16:12.time here at the Tower and it's after 19 years,
:16:13. > :16:13.it is very emotional and very
:16:14. > :16:16.surprising to me how my family pack the boxes for
:16:17. > :16:19.the very last time. Although I've still got
:16:20. > :16:24.a few more days left to go before I've completely
:16:25. > :16:26.finished, it will be sad, My grandchildren were baptised
:16:27. > :16:36.and my children were married here, so it has many
:16:37. > :16:41.fond memories for us. As the Tower of London's
:16:42. > :16:43.head Beefeater, these Tudor lodgings above the Tower's
:16:44. > :16:45.main entrance have been home for The best bits for me are living
:16:46. > :17:00.over the top of the gate and there's 2.8 million visitors
:17:01. > :17:02.coming in and out, The loudest thing I'm going to hear
:17:03. > :17:10.now when I go back to my house is probably a seagull
:17:11. > :17:14.landing somewhere. As chief Yeoman here
:17:15. > :17:20.at the tower, Alan's role is one part of an extraordinary
:17:21. > :17:23.chain of tradition, Do you have weather
:17:24. > :17:28.like this in Spain? The tower's nearly 940
:17:29. > :17:38.years old and I've only In comparison to that,
:17:39. > :17:47.it is just a blip in history. But from my perspective,
:17:48. > :17:49.being part of this iconic heritage site,
:17:50. > :17:51.it has been absolutely fantastic. This Thursday, he will don
:17:52. > :17:53.uniform for the final time and admits the relative
:17:54. > :17:55.anonymity of retirement may just I shall just blend in
:17:56. > :17:59.with everything within I will probably go and have a quick
:18:00. > :18:04.coffee with my wife at home and just reflect
:18:05. > :18:07.on the last 19 years. But while Alan may no longer
:18:08. > :18:09.have the uniform, his name will remain at the Tower
:18:10. > :18:26.for centuries to come. well, Alan's final days Thursday
:18:27. > :18:28.before he heads home for the coast. In effect, you will be swapping
:18:29. > :18:37.ravens for seagulls. His team had just
:18:38. > :18:39.secured a fine away win. So when Crawley Town's media officer
:18:40. > :18:41.Alex Stedman was invited into the Wycombe Wanderers dressing
:18:42. > :18:43.room after Saturday's match, he might have wondered
:18:44. > :18:45.what the defeated players But the 22-year-old
:18:46. > :18:49.needn't have worried. Wycombe had discovered he was
:18:50. > :18:51.fundraising for cancer research after his own diagnosis
:18:52. > :18:53.of testicular cancer just a month ago and wanted
:18:54. > :18:55.to give him football boots, shirts and gifts
:18:56. > :19:10.to auction off to raise money. The moment the family football
:19:11. > :19:16.embraced Alex Stedman. What we've done and we are grateful for the
:19:17. > :19:19.donations, and I've heard there are other things coming... The
:19:20. > :19:28.22-year-old was so nervous his knees were shaking. We will kick his
:19:29. > :19:31.campaign off with a real bang. The media officer for Crawley town
:19:32. > :19:37.football club suffers severe pain for months before his diagnoses,
:19:38. > :19:41.following the surgical procedure that showed he had testicular
:19:42. > :19:47.cancer. As soon as I heard the word, everything else became a blur.
:19:48. > :19:50.Nothing went in. He was given the numbers and say now is going to do
:19:51. > :19:59.the CT scan tomorrow and the blood tests, this that and the other. Alex
:20:00. > :20:03.is raising money now. This former Arsenal striker also had the
:20:04. > :20:06.condition. It was life changing, because the reaction I have got,
:20:07. > :20:11.you're not going to forget it. I will not forget how I felt when I
:20:12. > :20:17.was diagnosed and how I felt on Saturday and I will not forget this.
:20:18. > :20:24.It is a life changing thing. Colleagues on the club are being
:20:25. > :20:34.very supportive. He comes in, always happy, head held high. It's easy to
:20:35. > :20:40.forget. He's always in good mood. And always good to have around. How
:20:41. > :20:48.many people are affected by testicular cancer? In 2014, 2500 men
:20:49. > :20:55.were diagnosed with it. 60 of those died. Survival rates beyond a decade
:20:56. > :20:59.have risen to 98%. Alex says he's been promised more than 50 citations
:21:00. > :21:05.from clubs across the Football League. Their aim is to raise 5000
:21:06. > :21:09.-- thousands of pounds for cancer sufferers. Tomorrow, he will cut his
:21:10. > :21:15.hair short and next week, he begins chemotherapy treatment.
:21:16. > :21:19.A year of cultural partnerships charting the links between Britain
:21:20. > :21:23.and India is being launched by the Queen at Buckingham
:21:24. > :21:25.Palace this evening and there'll be a starring
:21:26. > :21:29.People in the Kent town will be taking part
:21:30. > :21:30.in the Silk River project, celebrating the relationship
:21:31. > :21:34.between communities living by the Thames
:21:35. > :21:36.and those living by the Hooghly, a 160-mile long river
:21:37. > :21:40.in Eastern India, that passes through the city of Kolkata.
:21:41. > :21:51.They may be separated by 5,000 miles, by language and lifestyle,
:21:52. > :21:53.but Gravesend on places like Kolkata in India both lie beside
:21:54. > :21:57.great waterways which have both brought them
:21:58. > :22:13.In Gravesend, the links between continents run deeper still.
:22:14. > :22:17.A gurdwara is a place of worship for the Sikh faith.
:22:18. > :22:21.Not in the heart of the Indian subcontinent,
:22:22. > :22:24.but in the middle of Gravesend and my guide is the borough's first
:22:25. > :22:31.We've got roughly 7,000-10,000 Sikhs here.
:22:32. > :22:36.Some come to worship daily, some come on Sundays
:22:37. > :22:45.Because this is one of the largest outside of India, so a lot
:22:46. > :22:50.of people will cross the country to visit here.
:22:51. > :22:52.It's a holy place but also offers education and practical
:22:53. > :22:56.help, including as part of the Sikh culture,
:22:57. > :22:58.food cooked daily for anyone who needs it.
:22:59. > :23:01.It will be a key venue in this year's events to
:23:02. > :23:10.I think it is a true testament to community
:23:11. > :23:13.links and cohesion and we've done so well here.
:23:14. > :23:16.The community are so accepting of us and we
:23:17. > :23:22.Many Indians who live in Kent, they feel as British as they
:23:23. > :23:29.As a project about rivers in India and here, no finer
:23:30. > :23:31.example, we would argue, that that of
:23:32. > :23:39.features of Kent that perhaps many of us take for granted.
:23:40. > :23:40.The experience of journeying along the river
:23:41. > :23:42.portrayed in art, film and photography
:23:43. > :23:45.will be at the heart of
:23:46. > :23:49.At the moment, we are at the planning
:23:50. > :23:51.stage, so there are opportunities for everyone to get involved.
:23:52. > :23:54.Schools, residents, community groups, it is about throwing all of
:23:55. > :23:57.the ideas into the pot of what we have would like to create
:23:58. > :24:02.People along this river in Kolkata will be
:24:03. > :24:28.What an extraordinary day! But he won't get much better I'm afraid. It
:24:29. > :24:32.is tame blustery and earlier we had intense, thundery downpours. They
:24:33. > :24:37.will continue for a time through tonight. Lots of rain and it was
:24:38. > :24:41.very blustery. Over the next couple of days, particularly at the end of
:24:42. > :24:52.Wednesday, intense rain and it feels cold. The reason for that is because
:24:53. > :24:57.some bitter, westerly winds. A bit of Heol potentially mixed in with
:24:58. > :25:01.the rain and also fund. Eventually, though scattered intense showers
:25:02. > :25:06.will ease off toward the east, but if he was up early tomorrow, along
:25:07. > :25:10.the coast, we will see a wet and blustery picture. Because of the
:25:11. > :25:16.winds, temperatures hovering above freezing, but will feel bitterly
:25:17. > :25:20.cold as we start tomorrow. We have the low pressure area and stop the
:25:21. > :25:26.day for the most part dry in the morning, but by the afternoon, this
:25:27. > :25:31.weather front and the winds pick-up. The rain will be intense. First
:25:32. > :25:36.thing, scattered and wintry showers, dry in the morning, and sunshine
:25:37. > :25:41.around, but by the afternoon, the cloud thickens and the intense rain
:25:42. > :25:45.moves in from the West. Temperatures over 7-8 , but with the wind and
:25:46. > :25:52.rain, it will feel colder. On Tuesday into Thursday, we see that
:25:53. > :25:57.Easter would wind moving in. But because of the strength of that
:25:58. > :26:02.wind, we should stay frost free. A cold feel for Wednesday, but for the
:26:03. > :26:08.most part, temperatures at around 3-4 . We start dry, does not stay
:26:09. > :26:12.that way, as you head to the day on Wednesday, further rain, moving up
:26:13. > :26:17.from the south and once again, temperatures reaching highs of
:26:18. > :26:24.9-10 , but with the wind. -- but with the wind, it will feel colder.
:26:25. > :26:29.Unsettled on Thursday. Mostly dry. Blustery, then further heavy rain is
:26:30. > :26:33.expected toward Friday and temperatures 7-8 , feeling cooler.
:26:34. > :26:38.Looking toward the weekend, we start to see some respite. The winds is
:26:39. > :26:43.off and there should be some brightness. For the next couple of
:26:44. > :26:46.days, we will see intense, thundery and potentially hail storms through
:26:47. > :26:53.tonight. By Friday, the rain returns. Best chance brightness
:26:54. > :26:55.Thursday. At least it will be filling up the reservoirs!
:26:56. > :26:57.Before we go, let's recap tonight's top stories:
:26:58. > :26:59.An investigation's begun into what's being called the biggest
:27:00. > :27:02.blunder in the history of the Oscars.
:27:03. > :27:04.The award for Best Picture was accidentally given
:27:05. > :27:06.to the musical, La La Land when another film,
:27:07. > :27:10.There are calls tonight for an investigation
:27:11. > :27:12.into the conduct of two prospective Labour candidates for
:27:13. > :27:14.Kent County Council, after they raised party fronts
:27:15. > :27:16.by selling off cosmetics and toiletries that had been
:27:17. > :27:18.donated to charity and were supposed to go
:27:19. > :27:24.And a woman from Tonbridge who lost her leg in a motorbike
:27:25. > :27:27.accident five years ago says she's been left unable to work
:27:28. > :27:29.and is dependant on benefits because the government's new way
:27:30. > :27:32.of assessing disability benefits means she no longer qualifies
:27:33. > :27:54.I will be back with more on that later. Goodbye.
:27:55. > :27:56.To be in the Lords, you have to be punctual...
:27:57. > :28:02.literally have to slam the door in somebody's face.