:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham.
:00:00. > :00:07.And I'm Rob Smith Tonight's top stories.
:00:08. > :00:12.Closure at last for the family of a kent woman murdered 20 years ago -
:00:13. > :00:17.after a body found in a welsh reservoir is identified.
:00:18. > :00:23.which is what she deserves more than anything.
:00:24. > :00:26.Another migrant camp doubles in size just 40 miles from Calais,
:00:27. > :00:32.where the authorities have banned charities from distributing food.
:00:33. > :00:35.We'll be live in Steenvord near the Belgian border.
:00:36. > :00:39.The race to stop bird flu spreading to Kent and Sussex.
:00:40. > :00:43.We meet the scientists working on a vaccine.
:00:44. > :00:46.The biggest slow zone in Kent is set to be launched -
:00:47. > :00:51.but do 20mph limits actually make our roads safer?
:00:52. > :00:54.And from Sheerness to Dungeness - we meet the Kent artist who enjoys
:00:55. > :01:08.wandering with his watercolours through the county.
:01:09. > :01:12.The words of a grieving daughter this evening,
:01:13. > :01:16.after police confirmed that human remains found in a Welsh reservoir
:01:17. > :01:21.Sandie Bowen, originally from Folkestone,
:01:22. > :01:25.Her husband was later found guilty of her murder and jailed.
:01:26. > :01:29.But Michael Bowen never revealed what he had done with her body.
:01:30. > :01:31.Tonight, speaking exclusively to this programme, Sandie's
:01:32. > :01:33.daughter Anita Giles, who lives in Cheriton,
:01:34. > :01:37.says while its comforting to now have some certainty -
:01:38. > :01:40.she believes the man who killed her should still be in jail.
:01:41. > :01:48.A mix of wanting to know what happened to her mum
:01:49. > :01:52.and a tiny fraction of hope that without a body she might not be gone
:01:53. > :01:56.Obviously I never knew what had happened, only what had
:01:57. > :02:02.been surmised by the court case that the probability was that she was
:02:03. > :02:08.murdered, she was dumped, disposed of,
:02:09. > :02:10.never knowing where, and that is
:02:11. > :02:20.Her mother Sandie was running a B in Folkestone
:02:21. > :02:22.when she met Michael Bowen, working on the channel
:02:23. > :02:27.His third wife, she went back to live with him in Wales,
:02:28. > :02:29.but in a jealous rage she killed her.
:02:30. > :02:37.He was convicted of her murder a year later
:02:38. > :02:40.and then jailed but would not say where her body was.
:02:41. > :02:44.Last month, remains were found at a reservoir in Wales.
:02:45. > :02:46.Now, DNA tests have confirmed they were Sandie's.
:02:47. > :02:48.Police had spent years trying to find her.
:02:49. > :02:50.What we need is just that little bit more
:02:51. > :02:54.information to take us to where he's put Sandie's body.
:02:55. > :02:56.That will enable us to close the investigation and
:02:57. > :03:00.will enable the family then to come to terms with their sad loss.
:03:01. > :03:02.Now her daughter is planning a private
:03:03. > :03:05.ceremony to finally say goodbye to her mother.
:03:06. > :03:08.She will bring her ashes home to be scattered in Kent.
:03:09. > :03:15.Normal people lose somebody, they're able to bury
:03:16. > :03:26.It never goes away, and you never get over losing somebody
:03:27. > :03:32.so close to you, but to have that constantly...
:03:33. > :03:37.All the time, in the forefront of your mind.
:03:38. > :03:39.Not a day goes by when I didn't
:03:40. > :03:48.Michael Bowen was released on licence twoyears ago.
:03:49. > :03:50.His victim's daughter says he should have had to
:03:51. > :03:53.give up his dark secret before that was allowed to happen.
:03:54. > :03:56.Sara Smith is live in Cheriton at the Church which was the scene
:03:57. > :04:01.of a memorial service for Sandie Bowen some years ago.
:04:02. > :04:04.Her daughter is supporting a new law to try and help
:04:05. > :04:10.families like hers? Yes, it is called Helen's law and it is what
:04:11. > :04:19.killers will be refused parole if they refuse to reveal the location
:04:20. > :04:24.of the victims. It is the named after a found remains after Helen,
:04:25. > :04:30.her murderer saying that he would refuse to tell where she was. In the
:04:31. > :04:33.autumn it was voted through by MPs but it does need have a second
:04:34. > :04:35.reading before it becomes law. While police maintain
:04:36. > :04:36.a zero tolerance approach to migrants in Calais -
:04:37. > :04:40.another camp seems to be developing 40 miles away at the town
:04:41. > :04:44.of Steenvord on the Belgian border. It's doubled in size in recent
:04:45. > :04:48.months, becoming a magnet for people trying get to Kent via the Channel,
:04:49. > :04:51.after the so called Jungle 120 migrants are now
:04:52. > :04:56.being turned away from Calais each day,
:04:57. > :04:58.and the authorities have brought in a ban on food being handed out
:04:59. > :05:05.by charities in some areas. Our reporter Peter Whittlesea
:05:06. > :05:07.is in Steenvord now, Peter. All the security measures don't seem
:05:08. > :05:23.to be putting off the most Well, this would seem an unlikely
:05:24. > :05:27.location for migrants to live but they have decided to have a better
:05:28. > :05:31.bet of jumping on a lorry bound for Britain here at a truckstop rather
:05:32. > :05:35.Calais that has been turned into a fortress, and that is why they are
:05:36. > :05:37.setting up camps in and around this area.
:05:38. > :05:43.On the edge of the motorway this wood is home to around 100 migrants.
:05:44. > :05:47.The camp has been closed twice in the last six months, but when the
:05:48. > :05:53.police leave the many migrants return. Those living he told us to
:05:54. > :05:55.get out. The land owner said the French authorities are failing to
:05:56. > :06:04.act. TRANSLATION: I could no longer use
:06:05. > :06:07.the word, I can't let my children in there, I bought land in the
:06:08. > :06:10.countryside so my children could enjoy it. The authorities do what
:06:11. > :06:18.they can but the migrants coming just as quickly. One local charity
:06:19. > :06:22.in says since the Calais Jungle has closed, the number of migrants in
:06:23. > :06:23.area has doubled, and with no official hostels migrants camp where
:06:24. > :06:43.they can. In the daytime they the increased security in the manner
:06:44. > :06:49.of care that the mayor of Calais's decision to stop charities issuing
:06:50. > :06:54.food, it is to encourage people from staying away from Calais but doesn't
:06:55. > :07:01.address the problem that migrants are determined to get to Britain.
:07:02. > :07:05.Outside of these zone in the city, we can distribute food but as
:07:06. > :07:09.numbers increase it will become visible button and that is will
:07:10. > :07:13.happen when that critical mass appear back in Calais. How will we
:07:14. > :07:18.see those people? Where are we going to feed those people? But back in
:07:19. > :07:24.Britain there is zero tolerance approach to migrants living in
:07:25. > :07:27.Calais his been backed by Dover MP. They need to make sure that the
:07:28. > :07:33.honourable gentleman doesn't reform but that they stop these migrants
:07:34. > :07:41.getting into Calais before they missed the opportunity to get your
:07:42. > :07:46.reception centres far from Calais. 102 that 120 migrants are being
:07:47. > :07:48.arrested in Calais each day, but the solution is not to move it further
:07:49. > :07:54.into France. The authorities decided to close the
:07:55. > :07:57.truckstop at night, the theory being that if there are no truck said
:07:58. > :08:00.there will be no migrants and we are all hearing reports that migrants
:08:01. > :08:01.are moving their camps now into Belgium where there are more
:08:02. > :08:03.truckstops. In a moment: Concerns
:08:04. > :08:05.over the future of one of our largest hospitals -
:08:06. > :08:08.as the quality of training for junior doctors
:08:09. > :08:18.comes under scrutiny. The jury in the trial of a man
:08:19. > :08:21.accused of murdering his ex girlfriend at her home in Brighton
:08:22. > :08:24.have been played a recorded telephone conversation
:08:25. > :08:26.between the two, in which he told her "I'm sorry, I'm just
:08:27. > :08:29.not right in the head." Shana Grice and Michael Lane
:08:30. > :08:32.were talking after Lane had taken a key from her home,
:08:33. > :08:34.let himself into her house and gone into her bedroom
:08:35. > :08:41.while she was asleep. Shana was found dead at her home
:08:42. > :08:44.just over a month later. Today Lewes Crown Court heard
:08:45. > :08:46.from two of her housemates, who said that Lane had repeatedly
:08:47. > :08:49.stalked her in the weeks Michael Lane had had a relationship
:08:50. > :08:58.with work colleague Shana Grice, but when that came to an end
:08:59. > :09:01.the jury at Lewes Crown Court heard that he repeatedly
:09:02. > :09:05.stalked the 19-year-old. Housemates who lived with Shana
:09:06. > :09:09.said today that he'd repeatedly texted her,
:09:10. > :09:10.followed her to the chops and to work, and prosecutors said
:09:11. > :09:14.he'd even put a tracker on her car. On one occasion, Lane stole a key
:09:15. > :09:17.from Shana's house and used it to let himself into her bedroom
:09:18. > :09:21.in the early hours. The court heard she was so scared
:09:22. > :09:24.she hid under the duvet, The following day, the two discussed
:09:25. > :09:30.the incident in a recorded telephone Shana said to Michael Lane,
:09:31. > :09:36.the question that's bugging me is why did you take the key
:09:37. > :09:39.in the first place? Lane said, I wanted to see
:09:40. > :09:42.you as to talk to you. Shana replied, you could have
:09:43. > :09:47.flipped at any point. You could have done anything not
:09:48. > :09:51.while I'm sleeping, is just weird. Lane went on to say I'm sorry,
:09:52. > :09:56.I'm just not right in the head. If I was, I would not
:09:57. > :09:59.have done that. Lane was arrested and cautioned
:10:00. > :10:04.by police around six weeks later though in August the prosecution say
:10:05. > :10:07.Lane got into her house again, killing Shana, then setting fire
:10:08. > :10:13.to her bedroom. Prosecutors claimi he refused
:10:14. > :10:15.to except the break-up Michael Lane denies murder,
:10:16. > :10:21.the case continues. Piers is live at Lewes Crown Court,
:10:22. > :10:36.Piers what else has Well, Rob, the bulk of evidence came
:10:37. > :10:40.today from Temple Micro's housemates, one of them, Emma King,
:10:41. > :10:44.told the court how after Michael Lane had let itself into their homes
:10:45. > :10:48.and had gone into double macro's edging, they hadn't bolstered
:10:49. > :10:50.security -- had bolstered, installing a new garden gate and
:10:51. > :10:54.changing locks and housemates even sat down with tabernacle and made
:10:55. > :10:59.suggestions about how she should deal with Michael Lane. They
:11:00. > :11:02.recommended that she sees communication with him, altogether.
:11:03. > :11:02.Expecting to hear from three more positives and witnesses tomorrow,
:11:03. > :11:05.and eventually also the pathologist. As the authorities look
:11:06. > :11:07.for ways to tackle speeding in our town centres,
:11:08. > :11:10.the largest twenty mile an hour zone in Kent will be launched
:11:11. > :11:12.in Tunbridge Wells tomorrow. The controversial speed limits have
:11:13. > :11:17.already been introduced in other parts of the South East including
:11:18. > :11:20.Brighton and Ashford. But the jury is out
:11:21. > :11:22.on whether they are effective enough to justify the cost -
:11:23. > :11:25.one council in the North of England is currently
:11:26. > :11:27.reviewing its own schemes, after a study suggested the average
:11:28. > :11:30.speed of drivers had only gone down This is the road where residents
:11:31. > :11:41.finally put their foot down. A driver was caught
:11:42. > :11:44.racing along at 85 mph. The limit is 30.
:11:45. > :11:48.Tomorrow it will be 20. Because we have a large
:11:49. > :11:54.concentration of residential streets we have two primary schools,
:11:55. > :11:57.and it's a main rat run as people try to miss
:11:58. > :12:01.the rain roads going into Tunbridge Wells in the mornings
:12:02. > :12:04.or going out in the evenings, we really do need to help
:12:05. > :12:08.the residents and support the residents, make the roads safer
:12:09. > :12:10.for them and their children. One road led to another, and now 50
:12:11. > :12:14.streets are involved in the scheme. I don't know anyone
:12:15. > :12:17.who is happy the speed of some of the cars
:12:18. > :12:22.at the moment. I don't know how they are
:12:23. > :12:29.going to police this. At night they just go
:12:30. > :12:31.speeding and you can't stop them. There's a school here and equipped
:12:32. > :12:33.elderly people They have a different
:12:34. > :12:38.approach in Ashford. The shared space scheme
:12:39. > :12:40.which included a 20 mph zone gave drivers and pedestrians equal
:12:41. > :12:43.priority, and as being in place In Brighton, the 20 mph zone
:12:44. > :12:48.was introduced on most roads And a 20 mph speed limit
:12:49. > :12:56.what was brought in for more than 1000 roads in Greater
:12:57. > :12:58.Manchester is currently being reviewed after council bosses found
:12:59. > :13:02.the number of accidents had not A number of surveys
:13:03. > :13:07.we have done show that 20 mile hour zones don't
:13:08. > :13:09.make much difference. Often the local people find that
:13:10. > :13:14.they're actually quite irritating for their daily business,
:13:15. > :13:17.and in actual fact they don't make much difference to casualties,
:13:18. > :13:19.and they don't reduce speeds. They're not actually
:13:20. > :13:21.working very well anywhere across
:13:22. > :13:22.the whole of England. Whatever the limit.
:13:23. > :13:30.on drivers reducing their speeds, Claudia is live in the St John's
:13:31. > :13:32.area of Tunbridge Wells where the scheme is being
:13:33. > :13:34.rolled out tomorrow. Claudia, similar schemes have
:13:35. > :13:37.already been rolled out in other parts of the South East,
:13:38. > :13:46.is everyone on board there? Well, it's very difficult to know,
:13:47. > :13:50.really. In Brighton, they only have data for the first year of the
:13:51. > :13:53.scheme, and that showed speed had reduced by just one mile per hour.
:13:54. > :13:59.It's even worse in Manchester, their data shows its only 017 mph, which
:14:00. > :14:03.is ready why they are considering looking at other options. And I
:14:04. > :14:07.myself was on these roads earlier, and it wasn't the speed so much as
:14:08. > :14:11.congestion the bubble. We were brought to a standstill by people
:14:12. > :14:14.using it as a short cut, but nevertheless the signs are up, and
:14:15. > :14:21.if you are on the roads tomorrow morning, you must drive at 20.
:14:22. > :14:24.We've already received lots of comments about this story...
:14:25. > :14:26.Bruce Yorke says they've had the limits in Lewes for some time,
:14:27. > :14:28.he says 'These limits are totally ineffectual ...
:14:29. > :14:30.To my knowledge they are not enforced'
:14:31. > :14:33.John Walker agrees saying in Bexhill on sea the 20mph zone
:14:34. > :14:36.along the seafront by the town centre does not work saying 'traffic
:14:37. > :14:39.laws seem to be put in place as a money making tool to bump up
:14:40. > :14:42.Similarly Nix Cuthall from Hove says cars trying
:14:43. > :14:46.to avoid a long wait at the traffic lights use our streets as a rat run
:14:47. > :14:50.Keep sending us your views to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk
:14:51. > :14:52.A teenage girl has been arrested in connection
:14:53. > :14:56.with the death of a newborn baby on the Isle of Sheppey.
:14:57. > :14:58.The infant's remains were discovered in Sheerness on Saturday.
:14:59. > :15:00.Officers made the arrest yesterday afternoon.
:15:01. > :15:02.They say they're ensuring the teenager is getting support
:15:03. > :15:08.and her welfare is being taken care of.
:15:09. > :15:11.Four men have been charged in connection with the murder
:15:12. > :15:14.The Head Teachers of primary and secondary schools in East
:15:15. > :15:16.and West Sussex have written to parents and MPs as part
:15:17. > :15:18.of their campaign for more school funding.
:15:19. > :15:20.They've joined together with colleagues in Essex and Cornwall -
:15:21. > :15:23.and say they will have to increase class sizes and offer fewer exam
:15:24. > :15:26.option if they don't get more money in their basic budget.
:15:27. > :15:32.The government says school funding has been protected.
:15:33. > :15:36.There are fears for the future of one of the South East's
:15:37. > :15:46.Campaigners in East Kent say NHS bosses want to downgrade and move
:15:47. > :15:49.services from the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, a move
:15:50. > :15:55.which runs the QEQM in Margate, the William Harvey Hospital
:15:56. > :15:58.in Ashford and the Canterbury site are adamant ANY possible changes
:15:59. > :16:03.to the care they offer are for patient safety
:16:04. > :16:07.Here is our Health correspondent Mark Norman.
:16:08. > :16:10.Ida's husband is a patient here at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
:16:11. > :16:13.She says the care he received here saved his life.
:16:14. > :16:16.So when staff told her the ward he was on was going to
:16:17. > :16:20.So the idea of this ward closing is...
:16:21. > :16:35.But that is actually how it feels, it is terrifying.
:16:36. > :16:37.Since 1999 campaigners fought battles to save the
:16:38. > :16:39.hospital. 15,000 people took to the streets
:16:40. > :16:42.a decade ago to do just that. But repeated stories like Ida's,
:16:43. > :16:44.and changes laid out in a document called the sustainability
:16:45. > :16:47.and transformation plan means they feel the threat is more real now
:16:48. > :16:50.than it's ever been. In there it says
:16:51. > :16:52.a possibility of a closure of They also say that there
:16:53. > :16:58.is a possibility of what they want to do is to reduce
:16:59. > :17:01.acute beds by 300. That is to us going back campaigning
:17:02. > :17:04.20 years means it could be the deathknell of one of our
:17:05. > :17:07.three acute hospitals, and we think that's going to be
:17:08. > :17:10.the Kent and Canterbury. A year ago, the trust had
:17:11. > :17:12.to downgrade the A here to an urgent care centre after NHS
:17:13. > :17:17.bosses says junior doctor were being left to cope with potentially
:17:18. > :17:21.seriously ill patients. That same team were back
:17:22. > :17:23.in Canterbury this They told us patient
:17:24. > :17:27.safety as their primary concern and there is possibility is
:17:28. > :17:30.for the welfare of junior doctors. And they had and we will not
:17:31. > :17:34.hesitate to act if we feel that doctors in training are not
:17:35. > :17:38.being supervised properly. But the trust itself says
:17:39. > :17:40.campaigners are wrong, there are no long-term plans
:17:41. > :17:43.to close the site and any short-term changes to services will be
:17:44. > :17:47.for patients' safety reasons, So, there are no plans to close any
:17:48. > :17:53.of our hospital sites. What we need to look at is how
:17:54. > :17:56.we use all of our site and to maintain patient safety
:17:57. > :18:00.and ensure that they receive excellence and the best
:18:01. > :18:03.quality health care that they do Which is a view that the trust
:18:04. > :18:07.will no doubt be expressing again at a public meeting
:18:08. > :18:18.being held in the city. It's 15 minutes to seven,
:18:19. > :18:20.this is our top story tonight: Police have confirmed that human
:18:21. > :18:23.remains found in a Welsh reservoir ARE those of Sandie Bowen,
:18:24. > :18:25.a woman from Folkestone Inspired by Turner -
:18:26. > :18:31.the artist who's captured the Kent scenery while wandering
:18:32. > :18:44.through the county And it's been a beautiful day, lots
:18:45. > :18:48.of spring sunshine and temperatures just as high as 17 degrees but is
:18:49. > :18:51.that whether going to last? Find out with me shortly.
:18:52. > :18:55.If you have a story you think we should be covering
:18:56. > :18:57.Scientists in the South East are developing a vaccine for bird
:18:58. > :19:01.flu after a new strain of the virus was recently found in the UK.
:19:02. > :19:03.The Government has identified several high risk areas
:19:04. > :19:05.where poultry keepers must house their hens in
:19:06. > :19:07.sheds or netted runs - away from wild birds.
:19:08. > :19:10.They include marshland in north Kent which is an important area
:19:11. > :19:16.Also Dungeness - where there's an RSPB reserve -
:19:17. > :19:20.and inland areas like East Grinstead, near to reservoirs.
:19:21. > :19:23.But the vaccine could take more than a year to get to farmers.
:19:24. > :19:24.Our environment correspondent Yvette Austin has
:19:25. > :19:32.The breakthrough came when scientists at the Pirbright
:19:33. > :19:36.Institute successfully used genetic engineering
:19:37. > :19:39.to develop a vaccine for
:19:40. > :19:41.an entirely different disease in poultry to bird flu.
:19:42. > :19:43.But it was realised the method unlock the
:19:44. > :19:48.potential to protect against a range of viruses which included bird flu
:19:49. > :20:03.We use cells to grow stocks of the vaccine.
:20:04. > :20:06.Dr Holly Shelton is leading the influenza group at the
:20:07. > :20:09.date, which says the bird flu viruses are a major threat to human
:20:10. > :20:11.health, food security, and the economy worldwide.
:20:12. > :20:13.We are using a novel gene editing technique whereby
:20:14. > :20:16.we can rapidly extract pieces of DNA from that vaccine and replace them
:20:17. > :20:19.with pieces of DNA that encode for the proteins
:20:20. > :20:21.of the virus that we want to protect chickens against.
:20:22. > :20:27.The most deadly strain of avian flu is H5N1 which can be fatal
:20:28. > :20:33.But mutations occur in the virus, the latest strain, H5N8,
:20:34. > :20:36.has crossed Europe and arrived in the UK in December.
:20:37. > :20:38.This strain is considered to be of low risk to
:20:39. > :20:40.humans but it can be spread rapidly within
:20:41. > :20:49.flocks via bird droppings and saliva.
:20:50. > :20:51.Which is why egg farmer Susie McMillan is worried.
:20:52. > :20:54.In Ditchling, she's not in a high-risk zone and so has
:20:55. > :20:57.let her birds out so their eggs can keep their free range status.
:20:58. > :21:02.It's a big risk to our farm and our livelihood,
:21:03. > :21:03.and if avian flu came in
:21:04. > :21:06.with actually finish our business off.
:21:07. > :21:10.Many farmers are keen on the idea of a vaccine.
:21:11. > :21:12.It is a worry going forward what's going to happen, so
:21:13. > :21:15.if there was a vaccine in the pipeline I'm sure that many
:21:16. > :21:18.people within our industry would be delighted to hear that and will be
:21:19. > :21:22.sitting and waiting to see what the next moves are.
:21:23. > :21:24.The institute says progress is being made but many
:21:25. > :21:26.tests would have to be carried out before it's manufactured.
:21:27. > :21:42.Nick Kelly from Whitstable is an artist and a journalist,
:21:43. > :21:46.who enjoys wandering in the wilds of Kent, as he puts it.
:21:47. > :21:49.While on his wanders he carries a set of watercolours,
:21:50. > :21:53.Nick's collection of Kent paintings are now going on display in London.
:21:54. > :21:57.They follow a journey from the Isle of Sheppey down to Dungeness -
:21:58. > :22:00.and are inspired by the work of another artist associated
:22:01. > :22:03.with the county - the great JMW Turner.
:22:04. > :22:10.On a day like today, this is a journey
:22:11. > :22:16.and a mission you wouldn't want to end.
:22:17. > :22:18.I did this walk from sheerness to Dungeness.
:22:19. > :22:21.That was the idea, all round the coast, the Kent coast.
:22:22. > :22:30.I've tried to capture the mood, you see,
:22:31. > :22:35.each painting is like a postcard. A little memory, I find.
:22:36. > :22:38.A final stop, a final work in progress, and a chance to
:22:39. > :22:44.catch up with Nick Kelly, the long-distance artist.
:22:45. > :22:48.I started off looking, sketching, and I love all
:22:49. > :22:50.these byres and things in Dungeness, it's so lovely here.
:22:51. > :22:55.Then when I get back I'll sort of, I won't look so much, I'll get
:22:56. > :23:10.absorbed into the painting and really sort of let the mind go mad.
:23:11. > :23:14.He's a voice in the dark to millions around the globe as a freelance
:23:15. > :23:17.newsreader on the BBC's World Service.
:23:18. > :23:22.But behind the voice, his passion is painting.
:23:23. > :23:25.So this is totally different from being a newsreader.
:23:26. > :23:29.Just a bit, yes. Outdoors, sunshine...
:23:30. > :23:31.And it's a cracking day to finish isn't it?
:23:32. > :23:35.How perfect, I mean, goodness, what more could you want?
:23:36. > :23:37.We don't appreciate it, we've got everything here.
:23:38. > :23:41.I don't think people get out and about enough really.
:23:42. > :23:47.Too many people listening to the wireless!
:23:48. > :23:51.And to the news. LAUGHTER
:23:52. > :23:57.The paintings go on display in April at Margate's Lombard Street Gallery,
:23:58. > :23:59.to be sold in aid of a cancer charity.
:24:00. > :24:13.A celebration of Kent's coast, the news man's elegy in paint.
:24:14. > :24:15.Fans of the veteran BBC Radio presenter Dave Cash,
:24:16. > :24:19.who died last year at the age of 74, have begun a petition to have a Kent
:24:20. > :24:26.The former Radio one DJ lived in Hollingbourne -
:24:27. > :24:28.near the roundabout at junction eight on the M20 -
:24:29. > :24:30.and often mentioned it during travel bulletins on Radio Kent.
:24:31. > :24:33.Listeners want to remember him by naming the junction
:24:34. > :24:39.The petition will be presented to the Maidstone MP Helen Grant.
:24:40. > :24:43.Back to one of our main stories now and Kent's largest 20 miles-per-hour
:24:44. > :24:49.zone is about to be introduced in Tunbridge Wells.
:24:50. > :24:51.The new speed limit, which will apply from tomorrow,
:24:52. > :24:53.covers 50 residential roads in the town.
:24:54. > :24:55.It follows a two-year campaign by residents in the area where one
:24:56. > :25:00.motorist was caught driving at 87 mph.
:25:01. > :25:13.Plenty of you got in touch. Chris Webb says he totally agrees with it,
:25:14. > :25:17.as long as that is is vigorously enforced. Excess speeding now seems
:25:18. > :25:22.to be the norm and suddenly is where I live, needs to be dealt with
:25:23. > :25:24.severely. Fiona says it does work elsewhere, just depends on the
:25:25. > :25:29.council and how they are enforcing it. She says Kent has been bad on
:25:30. > :25:34.taking this up, and hopes they roll it out across all urban areas in the
:25:35. > :25:40.county. Liz criminality, are not sure if that is her surname or not,
:25:41. > :25:44.it just creates road rage, from what she says. Paul got in touch on
:25:45. > :25:47.Twitter, when you drive according to the conditions can at times 20 is
:25:48. > :25:53.sufficient but when it is quiet you could drive at 30 71 tab flexible
:25:54. > :25:57.limits like on motorways. Dennis, not convinced at all. Slower
:25:58. > :26:00.vehicles, more pollution, won't stop accidents.
:26:01. > :26:07.You can get in touch of course on Facebook. Time for the weather, it
:26:08. > :26:08.has been a beautiful today, and so beautiful he took his
:26:09. > :26:16.jumper off and went for a walk. Spring has arrived! We saw it in a
:26:17. > :26:20.few places, lovely out there with some sunshine, some great pictures
:26:21. > :26:24.being sent in from across the parts of Kent and Sussex was a glorious
:26:25. > :26:29.day to have been heading out, blue skies, really a hint of what is to
:26:30. > :26:32.come over the next couple of months. Unfortunately, we'll see a little
:26:33. > :26:37.bit of a change for tomorrow, whilst we have managed 17 degrees today, we
:26:38. > :26:43.will be back down in ten or 11 tomorrow, a lot more cloud around,
:26:44. > :26:46.and that will really start to affect temperatures. But hold on for the
:26:47. > :26:50.weekend because I think that spring sunshine will eventually return.
:26:51. > :26:54.Let's get to the Borg stand and look at what is happening. Through
:26:55. > :26:59.tonight, we start off with is clear spells, the cloud tending to thick
:27:00. > :27:02.through the key hours, and dragging in mist around the coast of East
:27:03. > :27:06.Sussex but across Kent, I think we will stick with clearer skies so
:27:07. > :27:12.here we could get to 4 degrees, but many places around 6-7. Overcast day
:27:13. > :27:16.tomorrow, dealing a bit of brightness at first across parts of
:27:17. > :27:21.east Kent, but eventually the cloud reveals, may be thick enough that
:27:22. > :27:26.time for the part patch of light rain, or drizzle, and you notice the
:27:27. > :27:29.difference in temperatures. Under cloud skies, 9-10 degrees. A bit of
:27:30. > :27:35.brightness further ease then I think we will manage 13-14 degrees. And as
:27:36. > :27:39.we go through Friday night, it is a weak weather front producing that
:27:40. > :27:43.cloud, and it clears away eventually. A cold front follows on
:27:44. > :27:48.behind but it does look like two Saturday we will be stuck in between
:27:49. > :27:52.those two systems. So I am hopeful of a little bit more sunshine. It
:27:53. > :27:56.may start off a little bit slow with plenty of cloud around but by the
:27:57. > :27:58.afternoon that breaks up and we begin to see increasing amounts of
:27:59. > :28:05.sunshine and temperatures will respond. Foremost, 13-14 degrees,
:28:06. > :28:10.but like today, Saturday afternoon potentially bring one or two other
:28:11. > :28:14.16-17 degrees, but it will be likely a little bit of rain to content with
:28:15. > :28:23.on Sunday. So I need my jumper tomorrow on Sunday. You might even
:28:24. > :28:28.need your umbrella to! That's it from us, goodbye.
:28:29. > :28:29.Oh, the dragon. Dylan Thomas.
:28:30. > :28:31.Richard Burton. Barry Island.
:28:32. > :28:36.The River Shannon. We invented the submarine.
:28:37. > :28:48.with a spectacular Friday night encounter...
:28:49. > :28:51.Let's Sing And Dance exploded onto our screens,