:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:08. > :00:12.Train drivers reject the latest deal to end their bitter dispute over
:00:13. > :00:17.It's great fun because we're all going to be
:00:18. > :00:27.I am exasperated by the whole thing really.
:00:28. > :00:29.We'll bring reaction and analysis from our reporters, live.
:00:30. > :00:32.Stalked by a killer - the woman who says she wishes she'd
:00:33. > :00:34.gone to the police when Michael Lane harrassed her,
:00:35. > :00:37.I did get messages saying, "I can see you."
:00:38. > :00:39.You know, I would look out the window and
:00:40. > :00:41.I could see him parked outside my house.
:00:42. > :00:48.Life sentences for the "dangerous, ruthless criminals" who poured
:00:49. > :00:51.boiling water on a couple to steal ?50,000.
:00:52. > :00:55.how, after decades of neglect and a devastating fire, Hastings has
:00:56. > :01:05.how the south east helped to shape the Beatles iconic
:01:06. > :01:26.Train drivers on Southern Rail have voted to reject the latest deal
:01:27. > :01:28.to end their long-running industrial action over
:01:29. > :01:33.The ballot result is an embarrassment to leaders
:01:34. > :01:36.of the Aslef train drivers' union who recommended their members
:01:37. > :01:40.However, it was a close vote - with just over 50% of members
:01:41. > :01:47.Now the management at Southern are now seeking fresh
:01:48. > :01:50.talks with the union - but its not clear when, or if,
:01:51. > :01:53.The RMT union, which represents conductors, was not part of the deal
:01:54. > :02:02.There were high hopes that the second deal struck with Aslef would
:02:03. > :02:05.see the beginning of the end of this long and painful industrial dispute.
:02:06. > :02:09.Instead the train drivers have rebelled against their own union
:02:10. > :02:14.leaders, plunging commuters back into uncertainty. They are not
:02:15. > :02:20.caring about the public, they are messing us around. It is time they
:02:21. > :02:24.get a grip and get back to work. It is an inconvenience to have trained
:02:25. > :02:29.counsellor, especially when you are on a trip to London, and connecting
:02:30. > :02:33.train. They need to get together and obviously they are trying but I am a
:02:34. > :02:37.bit confused. Is there something else going on here? The suggestions
:02:38. > :02:42.have been made that this is not actually about the issues at stake.
:02:43. > :02:45.This is about the political campaign about the ownership and management
:02:46. > :02:50.of the railway and this is not the right way to perceive those issues.
:02:51. > :02:54.The central issue of the dispute has always been Southern pot plan to
:02:55. > :02:58.change the role of guards do on both supervisors. Giving the driver is
:02:59. > :03:02.the responsibility for operating the door. Southern have argued they were
:03:03. > :03:08.the their safety critical person on-board except in exceptional
:03:09. > :03:11.circumstances. The deals have focused on what those circumstances
:03:12. > :03:15.might be. The latest deal reduced that list of acceptable reasons from
:03:16. > :03:19.running a train with only the driver on board, lateness is no longer
:03:20. > :03:23.wanted them. Southern author agreed to roll out improve the CCTV cameras
:03:24. > :03:29.a year earlier and an bald supervisors were set to receive
:03:30. > :03:34.extra safety training. The RMT union argued this is basically the same
:03:35. > :03:40.deal in a new envelope. This referendum result today proves that
:03:41. > :03:46.there is a genuine concern among Aslef members and the executive are
:03:47. > :03:51.out of touch with reality, persistently trying to renegotiate
:03:52. > :03:57.something which is unacceptable to the members. In view of the fact
:03:58. > :04:02.that this is the second time a leadership recommendation has been
:04:03. > :04:06.rejected, in my view, the leaders, if they have any integrity at all,
:04:07. > :04:10.they should seriously be considering their position and indeed possibly
:04:11. > :04:16.resigning. Both sides say they are prepared to sit down together for
:04:17. > :04:22.new talks and understand the issues. This evening, about understanding
:04:23. > :04:23.seems as remit as ever. -- as remote.
:04:24. > :04:27.Amanda is at Three Bridges station now.
:04:28. > :04:39.We know that after the previous deal collapsed in February, it took three
:04:40. > :04:45.weeks of talks on them to be reached this new agreement. There are into
:04:46. > :04:51.the long haul though both sides have said to us this evening they are
:04:52. > :04:59.determined to return fairly, in Tideway, house back to the table to
:05:00. > :05:05.resume discussions, welcomed by MPs. Southern have talks planned with the
:05:06. > :05:07.RMT union, a separate dispute is continuing, their 30 Thursday of
:05:08. > :05:20.strike action is due for Saturday. The Adrian Russell -- the day of the
:05:21. > :05:22.marathon. They say a train should not run without a second person
:05:23. > :05:23.on-board under any circumstances. Let's go to Peter Whittlesea
:05:24. > :05:26.who is in Seaford. Peter, do people there feel
:05:27. > :05:36.particularly aggrieved They think the dispute is about
:05:37. > :05:39.people going to London but here it is a strike that affects the whole
:05:40. > :05:44.community. Schoolchildren who use the train to go to school, or the
:05:45. > :05:47.students who go to Brighton to college and also it is the main
:05:48. > :05:51.legatees Eastbourne and Hastings beyond. In the early days of the
:05:52. > :05:54.strike went there with the drivers strike, there were no bus
:05:55. > :05:57.replacement services so the town was cut off.
:05:58. > :06:03.What has the reaction been there tonight?
:06:04. > :06:06.Everyone has an opinion on this business owners say in the summer it
:06:07. > :06:10.had an impact on tourist coming down for the day, if they didn't say it
:06:11. > :06:14.could have an impact on house prices and that is why they want to see
:06:15. > :06:17.some resolution soon. -- estate agents.
:06:18. > :06:26.A lot of people use the train to get to work, worked in Brighton, the
:06:27. > :06:29.connection train to London. It will also affect the property market,
:06:30. > :06:35.people buying in the local area. You seem a bit resigned. I think at the
:06:36. > :06:41.start everyone was fed up and angry and now everyone just goes that is
:06:42. > :06:45.just Southern. And we are resigned. I am exasperated by the whole thing
:06:46. > :06:51.really. Everything is the same. When is it going to end? No idea.
:06:52. > :06:55.The majority of people I have spoken to tonight say they want the
:06:56. > :06:59.government to intervene if the talks in the next few weeks do not
:07:00. > :07:00.conclude with a resolution. Peter, thank you.
:07:01. > :07:16.Not fit for purpose - how some ambulances in the south
:07:17. > :07:23.Two men who subjected a couple to a brutal attack,
:07:24. > :07:25.pouring boiling water over their heads, have been
:07:26. > :07:36.Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace were described as ruthless criminals.
:07:37. > :07:39.They broke into the Halstead home of John and Janice Buswell last
:07:40. > :07:42.April and subjected them to a two hour torture ordeal before stealing
:07:43. > :07:45.Today the judge said the attack brought feelings
:07:46. > :07:57.Put your hands on the seat. Arrested while still on the plane on their
:07:58. > :08:02.way back from Dubai, Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace had been spending
:08:03. > :08:06.money they had got through the most horrifying of burglaries. Today,
:08:07. > :08:10.there was every security surrounding the court as the two men described
:08:11. > :08:17.as ruthless animals prepared to use extreme violence started their life
:08:18. > :08:22.sentences. John and Janice Boswell, pictured here in happier times,
:08:23. > :08:25.stayed away from the hearings. But those attending had had their lives
:08:26. > :08:30.had been ruined by the physical and psychological damage they suffered.
:08:31. > :08:35.Attacked out of the blue in their own home, but horribly by kettles
:08:36. > :08:41.boiling water tipped over their heads. Today the judge described how
:08:42. > :08:45.these two men who have shown no remorse broken, tied them with cable
:08:46. > :08:50.ties and did not even wait for an answer over where the safe was
:08:51. > :08:53.before emptying the cattle over Mrs Boswell. Torture be carried out
:08:54. > :08:57.twice on her and wants on her husband. He said nobody listening
:08:58. > :09:02.could feel anything but free auction, thickness and a deep anger.
:09:03. > :09:07.It had been gratuitous violence and no reason at all which had ruined
:09:08. > :09:11.the lives of two pensioners. It was a horrifying events. The most
:09:12. > :09:19.horrifying events I've ever heard of. It is incredibly rare, it is a
:09:20. > :09:24.one-off, the officers were equally shocked. I'm pleased by the sentence
:09:25. > :09:30.today and I hope this will code of victims you fold. Mrs Boswell nearly
:09:31. > :09:33.died from her burns. Her husband also badly burned said their lives
:09:34. > :09:39.have been destroyed. Kacey Adams and Daniel Wallace were also jailed
:09:40. > :09:43.today for an unconnected shooting be carried out jointly in Essex. Given
:09:44. > :09:45.three life sentences each, they will spend a minimum of 12 and a half
:09:46. > :09:50.years behind bars. A reporter is outside now. What else
:09:51. > :10:01.did the judge have to say? He said these men had left people
:10:02. > :10:06.with their lives devastated by their greed without even sharing, as he
:10:07. > :10:08.did it, a whisper of remorse. Wallace and Adams were arrested on
:10:09. > :10:11.that plane on the way home from Dubai where they had been spending
:10:12. > :10:17.money that had taken in that they believe. They had taken almost
:10:18. > :10:22.?50,000 from the Buswells. They had ?18,000 worth of designer clothes on
:10:23. > :10:26.them. We heard that the couple will never get over what happened to
:10:27. > :10:30.them, either physically or mentally but as the detective inspector said,
:10:31. > :10:32.he hoped that those life sentences would give them at least a little
:10:33. > :10:33.bit of comfort. Thank you.
:10:34. > :10:35.?4 million of funding for the regeneration
:10:36. > :10:38.of Brighton's Madeira Terraces has been rejected.
:10:39. > :10:39.The local council applied to the government's
:10:40. > :10:44.Coastal Communities Fund in the hope of restoring the arches.
:10:45. > :10:47.The money would have gone towards a ?23 million project
:10:48. > :10:56.to restore the seafront to its former glory.
:10:57. > :11:00.They have been closed for safety reasons since 2015.
:11:01. > :11:05.People in Kent are being told not to panic if they see an increased
:11:06. > :11:07.The South East Coast Ambulance Service is being forced
:11:08. > :11:10.to remove equipment from some of its ambulances, and limit
:11:11. > :11:13.the number of people who can travel in them because the vehicles
:11:14. > :11:15.are getting too heavy to be safe on the road.
:11:16. > :11:19.45 out of a fleet of 300 will only be allowed to transport a maximum
:11:20. > :11:22.of two crew members and a patient and 18 of those ambulances
:11:23. > :11:24.One union that represents workers is concerned.
:11:25. > :11:27.It's clearly a concern because it is going to put pressure on the
:11:28. > :11:29.resources, especially coming up to the bank holiday weekend
:11:30. > :11:34.And it's not something that the GMB welcome IN any way.
:11:35. > :11:36.But hopefully we can source more resources with the management
:11:37. > :11:46.and make sure there is a service out there for the public.
:11:47. > :11:54.How big an impact is there going to be on services?
:11:55. > :12:00.Around one in six ambulances is effective. The trusted it today
:12:01. > :12:04.there is a scenario where a child is involved in an accident, needs to go
:12:05. > :12:07.to hospital but is unable to go in the ambulance with their parents
:12:08. > :12:11.because only three people are allowed on board. They admit this is
:12:12. > :12:16.a worst-case situation, they would send to other transport for the
:12:17. > :12:20.parents. The equipment being removed, we are told, is nonvital
:12:21. > :12:23.equipment. The review is being carried out. Most of the ambulance
:12:24. > :12:27.affected are in Sussex. This is a trust already in special measures
:12:28. > :12:28.and this is a headache they could well do without at this moment.
:12:29. > :12:32.Thank you. A woman who says she was stalked
:12:33. > :12:34.by Portslade murderer Michael Lane has told this programme she regrets
:12:35. > :12:37.not telling the police as she believes it would have
:12:38. > :12:41.prevented him from going on Now 21, Ellie May, from Mile Oak,
:12:42. > :12:45.says she started to receive inappropriate contact from Lane
:12:46. > :12:51.when she was still a schoolgirl and that he stalked her with social
:12:52. > :12:54.media and took photographs Our special correspondent Colin
:12:55. > :12:58.Campbell has this exclusive report. You ain't going to believe me
:12:59. > :13:02.but it is up to you. A dangerous and obsessive man,
:13:03. > :13:08.Michael Lane murdered Shana Grice in August last year
:13:09. > :13:10.after a terrifying campaign of But it seems Shana wasn't
:13:11. > :13:14.the only women Lane had There were points where
:13:15. > :13:17.I didn't want to leave my house because he lived so close
:13:18. > :13:20.to me and I did get messages saying, "I can see you," you know,
:13:21. > :13:23.and I would look at the window and I could see
:13:24. > :13:26.him parked outside my house. And he would send me
:13:27. > :13:28.pictures of my own Ellie says Michael Lane first
:13:29. > :13:33.started to harass her when she was a ten-year-old
:13:34. > :13:35.Girl Guide. When she was a teenager, she says
:13:36. > :13:38.he sent her sexually explicit It just said if I pay for a night
:13:39. > :13:48.in a hotel and then I give you some money, will you let me
:13:49. > :13:51.do what I want to you? In unsettling, unsolicited
:13:52. > :13:52.text messages, Lane He also told her she
:13:53. > :13:55.was gorgeous and that her boyfriend was lucky to wake up
:13:56. > :13:59.next to her in the morning. He is serving a life
:14:00. > :14:06.sentence for killing Shana, he stalked her for a year,
:14:07. > :14:09.even attaching a tracking She had reported him
:14:10. > :14:12.to the police on five During one complaint,
:14:13. > :14:15.Sussex Police issued Shana with a fixed penalty notice
:14:16. > :14:20.for wasting police time. The judge's comments were very
:14:21. > :14:22.clear, I think, for the court to hear that there may well be
:14:23. > :14:25.systemic failings within Sussex Ellie regrets not telling the police
:14:26. > :14:29.what she knew about Lane. I wish I had because I possibly
:14:30. > :14:31.could have stopped what happened. Many, many homicides,
:14:32. > :14:34.if you track back, will follow So don't brush it off,
:14:35. > :14:40.take it seriously because it could be something a lot
:14:41. > :14:43.more sinister Another target of Michael Lane's,
:14:44. > :14:47.Ellie says she came forward to urge other stalking victims
:14:48. > :14:50.to contact the police, Ellie May says she regrets
:14:51. > :15:11.not telling the police, If Sussex Police would have known
:15:12. > :15:16.about Ellie's case then it is likely they would have taken Shana Grice's
:15:17. > :15:20.completes much seriously. Sussex Police said they both had from Ellie
:15:21. > :15:24.after Michael Lane had been charged with Shauna's murder. They said
:15:25. > :15:29.Ellie declined to take part in any prosecution. Michael Lane was
:15:30. > :15:33.manipulative, calculating in his stalking behaviour. It had, it
:15:34. > :15:41.seems, attempted to groom Ellie from early year and -- from a very young
:15:42. > :15:53.age. It seems he had eulogised for the inappropriate messages. --
:15:54. > :15:58.apologise. It left Ellie in a confused state not knowing if she
:15:59. > :16:01.had been stopped or not. Thank you. -- stalked.
:16:02. > :16:05.Train drivers on Southern Rail have voted to reject the latest deal
:16:06. > :16:07.to end their long-running industrial action over Driver
:16:08. > :16:11.Southern are now seeking fresh talks with the union Aslef
:16:12. > :16:13.but it's not clear when, or if, they will take place.
:16:14. > :16:19.Peer of the year. How Hastings Bay has risen from the ashes.
:16:20. > :16:24.And it was a sunny spring day with highs of 18 filters. Rain back again
:16:25. > :16:27.for tomorrow. Looking decent after that. The details for you in the
:16:28. > :16:38.forecast a little later in the programme.
:16:39. > :16:41.BBC South East Today has discovered that a major
:16:42. > :16:43.study into the possibility of building a second rail line
:16:44. > :16:46.between Brighton and London was left unread by the Transport Secretary
:16:47. > :16:48.for almost three months after he took office.
:16:49. > :16:49.It's led to claims from two Brighton MPs
:16:50. > :17:02.carried out at a cost of ?100,000 - announced just before
:17:03. > :17:07.Our political editor Helen Catt has tonights special report.
:17:08. > :17:08.When former chancellor George Osborne came
:17:09. > :17:10.to the battle ground seat of Lewes just before
:17:11. > :17:13.the general election, it was with a tantalising offer for rail
:17:14. > :17:16.It's a plan to create jobs, invest in the
:17:17. > :17:19.train the, like the second Sussex rail line from London, those are all
:17:20. > :17:23.And he would put his money where his mouth was,
:17:24. > :17:26.?100,000 announced in the budget for a major study into the new
:17:27. > :17:30.The report on the new route, which would link Brighton to
:17:31. > :17:31.London via Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells,
:17:32. > :17:32.was finished and with the
:17:33. > :17:34.Department for Transport by April 2016.
:17:35. > :17:36.But then it seems it hit the buffers.
:17:37. > :17:39.In July, it was all change at the DFT with Chris Grayling
:17:40. > :17:45.This programme has discovered though it was another three months before
:17:46. > :17:50.he looked at the study, leading some opponents
:17:51. > :17:52.to claim it was just an election stunt.
:17:53. > :17:55.I knew the very day that George Osborne came to Sussex
:17:56. > :17:57.and announced the study that he was buying votes.
:17:58. > :18:00.But it was an opportunity that I wanted to seize.
:18:01. > :18:04.If the Treasury are going to spend ?100,000 looking at the real
:18:05. > :18:07.-- rail challenges we have in the south-east of England
:18:08. > :18:09.then great, I've going to grab that opportunity.
:18:10. > :18:11.The thing that really frustrates me is that they
:18:12. > :18:13.had the money, they had the opportunity and
:18:14. > :18:16.On the day before Chris Grayling got his briefing, the Rail Minister
:18:17. > :18:19.Paul Maynard had assured MPs that ministers were carefully
:18:20. > :18:30.When we pressed the Department for Transport though as to which
:18:31. > :18:34.ministers, they declined to name any apart from Paul Maynard. The Green
:18:35. > :18:37.MP for Brighton with Lillian has said all this suggests this was
:18:38. > :18:41.never high priority for the government. The Conservative MP for
:18:42. > :18:47.Mehmet Akpinar is adamant that is not true. It is a priority by the
:18:48. > :18:52.government have been very clear that they clip priority is the main line.
:18:53. > :18:56.We cannot have a situation where we had glassy where people cannot get
:18:57. > :18:59.to work, parents cannot pick up their children. When the report was
:19:00. > :19:04.published last month, Peetoom said it would not be backing with public
:19:05. > :19:09.money. -- the government. It is encouraging promoters to get private
:19:10. > :19:13.cash. We understand Chris Greening did receive briefings about the
:19:14. > :19:19.existing mainline later on and he's working closely with Network Rail on
:19:20. > :19:22.proposals to create that. -- Chris Grayling.
:19:23. > :19:24.Rolling Stone magazine says it is THE most important
:19:25. > :19:29.and influential rock and roll album ever recorded and this year
:19:30. > :19:35.the Beatles Sergeant Pepper is 50 years old.
:19:36. > :19:37.There are a host of connections with the south east,
:19:38. > :19:39.an antiques shop in Sevenoaks provided the inspiration for one
:19:40. > :19:42.of the track on the album, the cover art was designed
:19:43. > :19:45.by Dartford's Peter Blake and, of course, Sir Paul McCartney
:19:46. > :19:47.chose to settle in East Sussex, near Rye.
:19:48. > :20:06.50 years on and it remains a musical high water mark. I had written a
:20:07. > :20:09.song, the title song and I put it to the guys, what we should do, we
:20:10. > :20:15.could make this record now under another persona, we will be this
:20:16. > :20:19.other band. And it will free us. The idea was that we could bring
:20:20. > :20:26.anything we wanted because now there was no lid on what we could do.
:20:27. > :20:29.Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1967, it was the Beatles at the
:20:30. > :20:33.height of their creative powers. Sergeant Pepper is the enormously
:20:34. > :20:37.significant, one of the most significant records release. No one
:20:38. > :20:40.had done one as ambitious, experimented as much of the Beatles
:20:41. > :20:44.did on that record and it broke new ground, it was a concept album. And
:20:45. > :20:49.while the Beatles created the concept, this man drafted the
:20:50. > :20:52.college that was the album's extraordinary artwork. Paul had the
:20:53. > :20:58.idea about it being some kind of group photograph and what I
:20:59. > :21:02.contributed was the idea that it could be a crowd of people watching
:21:03. > :21:13.them, it could be anybody they wanted. They could choose the dream
:21:14. > :21:16.crowd. By the late 60s, the Beatles were no changes to the south-east.
:21:17. > :21:26.Scenes from magical mystery tour with building west mauling. -- were
:21:27. > :21:30.filmed. Just a few miles away, Sevenoaks with the location for the
:21:31. > :21:34.film which accompany Strawberry fields. It was while the Beatles
:21:35. > :21:39.were filming at the park that John Lennon visited an antique shop here
:21:40. > :21:45.in Sevenoaks and his eye was taken by an old Victorian circus poster.
:21:46. > :21:52.Boasting the feats of one Pablo. This was to become the template for
:21:53. > :22:01.the lyrics to being for the benefit of Mr Kite. The songs of Sergeant
:22:02. > :22:05.Pepper live on through the generations. George Connolly and his
:22:06. > :22:11.son Ben one of Beatles homage to Sevenoaks today. There's recorded
:22:12. > :22:15.photo of me sitting on my dad's me with the Sergeant Pepper on. My dad
:22:16. > :22:22.is proud as punch. Has Sergeant Pepper been bettered? Nothing has
:22:23. > :22:23.been better, Sergeant Pepper is not. The Beatles couldn't not better
:22:24. > :22:32.themselves. It still sounded good. It's been through years
:22:33. > :22:34.of neglect decay and was almost destroyed in a huge
:22:35. > :22:37.fire but now the rebirth And today, almost a year
:22:38. > :22:40.after re-opening, has been The restoration project
:22:41. > :22:43.cost ?14.2 million, since reopening more than 450,000
:22:44. > :22:45.people have visited. Today the government announced
:22:46. > :22:48.that the White Rock area around the pier is to get more
:22:49. > :22:51.than ?800,000 for, among other things,
:22:52. > :22:55.new lifeguards and beach huts. Chrissie Reidy is on
:22:56. > :22:59.the pier for us now. Chrissie, the sun has been
:23:00. > :23:07.shining all day! It is pretty foggy there at the
:23:08. > :23:11.moment. The weather here has been so jury in
:23:12. > :23:18.Hastings and it does feel very different on the pier under the mist
:23:19. > :23:23.and the cloud. This pier, it is different to the old pier. There is
:23:24. > :23:27.no ballroom, I do not know whether you concede that just up the stairs
:23:28. > :23:31.there is a visitors centre. Behind the centre, there is a vast space
:23:32. > :23:34.which has already been used for concerts and performances and it has
:23:35. > :23:38.brought in a lot of visitors since it reopened last May and the hope is
:23:39. > :23:42.with that venue space there, the visitors will keep coming.
:23:43. > :23:48.From the air you get a real sense of the newly wristed Hastings pier.
:23:49. > :23:54.Reopened less than 12 months, it is won the coveted prize tarmac of the
:23:55. > :24:02.year. I think it deserves it, they deserve the pier back. Now you have
:24:03. > :24:06.got to rebuild pier, more people will visit Hastings. Specifically to
:24:07. > :24:11.see what the pier is all about. It has not always been lain sailing. It
:24:12. > :24:16.fell into a state of despair after a succession of different owners. In
:24:17. > :24:19.2010, it was ravaged by fire. Heritage lottery money and funds
:24:20. > :24:23.raised by the committee who refused to give up and it saved it. This is
:24:24. > :24:27.only says its recitation has broadened the town's appeal. It has
:24:28. > :24:39.been involved in a national rail campaign. -- its restoration.
:24:40. > :24:42.Railway brings Britain to live. The symbols of Hastings in decline and
:24:43. > :24:46.now it is a symbol of Hastings in Renaissance. It is lovely, one of
:24:47. > :24:50.the final pieces of the jigsaw of what Hastings has too often the old
:24:51. > :24:57.town, the new town and now the pier and the whole seafront. Billed as a
:24:58. > :25:02.pleasure pier in 1872, it soon became an iconic structure. --
:25:03. > :25:05.built. It was the first pier to be designed and built with a large
:25:06. > :25:09.entertainment centre on it. Up until then, they had been promenades,
:25:10. > :25:16.where you could go and meet people, a social centre. People had not
:25:17. > :25:22.realise quite what you could do with a pier. Less than a traditional
:25:23. > :25:26.pier, this 21st-century structure has reinvented itself. We can bring
:25:27. > :25:31.in their grand rounds throughout the summer, we can take them off again
:25:32. > :25:37.and it becomes like beauty space for locals. -- community. There is a lot
:25:38. > :25:41.of versatility. The award recognise the dedication of Hastings commuted.
:25:42. > :25:43.Proving once again that we do like to be beside the seaside. --
:25:44. > :25:54.Hastings committee. It is a huge part of Hastings.
:25:55. > :25:58.Coastal towns need a little bit of an cash injection because today the
:25:59. > :26:02.government have announced more money for seaside towns. Hastings is set
:26:03. > :26:06.to get ?813,000. I think for the people here in the bill in Hastings
:26:07. > :26:23.it is Apart from those misty case, top ten
:26:24. > :26:29.just today. Around 18 Celsius in Greece and in Kent. It is not going
:26:30. > :26:33.to last. There is more cloud around. We are going to be seen but as we
:26:34. > :26:37.head through tonight and eventually to was the early hours of tomorrow
:26:38. > :26:42.morning we're going to start to see some rain, heavy at times. Overnight
:26:43. > :26:46.temperatures around six or seven Celsius. Still lots of mist and fog
:26:47. > :26:50.as you start the day tomorrow. Very quickly though all of us are going
:26:51. > :26:54.to be seen that rain. It stays with us, lingers through the morning. By
:26:55. > :27:00.the afternoon, it is much drier picture. But still lots of cloud. It
:27:01. > :27:03.is not all doom and gloom. We will see that area of high pressure
:27:04. > :27:10.through the week. Tomorrow, lots of cloud, rain during the morning. The
:27:11. > :27:15.afternoon, a lot more cloud around, mostly dry picture. Raging between
:27:16. > :27:19.ten and 12 Celsius. Cooler than the values we had today. Quite light
:27:20. > :27:23.winds. Tuesday into Wednesday, pressure builds. Then we started
:27:24. > :27:29.these breaks in the cloud cover and with clear skies, lighter winds, a
:27:30. > :27:32.good deal of mist and fog in places. Temperatures in rural spots,
:27:33. > :27:35.dropping to round three or four Celsius. Actually start to the day
:27:36. > :27:39.for Wednesday but what a difference by the afternoon. Season breaks in
:27:40. > :27:43.the cloud cover, temperatures creeping up as we head through the
:27:44. > :27:51.week. A similar David Thursday and Friday. Lots of cloud, feeling
:27:52. > :27:54.cooler, and then Wednesday onwards. Rachel, thank you. I will be back at
:27:55. > :27:58.eight o'clock and 10:25pm with the update. Until then, have a very good
:27:59. > :28:01.evening. Goodbye. Stacey and Chris are preparing for
:28:02. > :28:04.marriage by spending a few days living alone with
:28:05. > :28:07.their in-laws to be, and asking them all kinds of
:28:08. > :28:09.questions. Did you get a kiss on
:28:10. > :28:11.the first date? No. What does their in-laws' marriage
:28:12. > :28:14.tell them about each other's I expect you'll want to become
:28:15. > :28:23.a schoolmaster, sir. That's what most of the gentlemen
:28:24. > :28:25.does that get sent down for indecent behaviour.
:28:26. > :28:28.Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. Have you ever been in love,
:28:29. > :28:31.Mr Pennyfeather? No, not yet. The fire escape is very dangerous
:28:32. > :28:34.and never to be used.