:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:00. > :00:08.The revenge porn offender who posted photos on X-rated websites is banned
:00:09. > :00:21.Leaving his victims suffering fear, discussed and extreme humiliation.
:00:22. > :00:24.There's photos of one of the girls's weddings that he's in and stuff
:00:25. > :00:27.and it's marred all of our memories of certain times in our lives.
:00:28. > :00:30.A memorial match in honour of murdered policeman Keith Palmer.
:00:31. > :00:31.Charlton Athletic donate half tonight's gate
:00:32. > :00:34.We'll be live at The Valley with the details.
:00:35. > :00:38.between staff and management on Southern Rail -
:00:39. > :00:42.Is a legal loophole forcing drivers to spend hundreds of pounds
:00:43. > :00:49.And the nuclear option - how Britain planned to blow up
:00:50. > :00:52.the Channel Tunnel to keep the Russians out,
:00:53. > :01:14.A man who posted images of women he knew onto a so-called
:01:15. > :01:15.revenge-porn website, inviting others to leave graphic
:01:16. > :01:19.Oliver Whiting from Eastbourne stole photos from the social media pages
:01:20. > :01:24.of two women he knew, adding what the judge called "vile,
:01:25. > :01:35.One of his victims was left in tears outside court,
:01:36. > :01:38.and angry, distressed that he won't be going to jail and told us
:01:39. > :01:40.she believed Sussex Police should have done more
:01:41. > :01:43.Our special correspondent Colin Campbell reports
:01:44. > :01:46.Mr Whiting, have you got anything to say to your victims?
:01:47. > :01:48.Spared jail, Oliver Whiting caused his victims
:01:49. > :01:50.fear, disgust and extreme humiliation.
:01:51. > :01:53.What you did has caused a great deal of upset and distress
:01:54. > :02:01.He uploaded innocent pictures of them to a US porn site.
:02:02. > :02:03.Your victims think that you should be in prison.
:02:04. > :02:05.Adding repulsive and extremely aggressive and violent
:02:06. > :02:08.So do you have anything to say to your victims?
:02:09. > :02:12.You are hiding your face now when you put all of their faces
:02:13. > :02:15.He encouraged others to use the images
:02:16. > :02:25.One of the images he posted was of a 16-year-old
:02:26. > :02:27.schoolgirl, another of Nikki Elliott and her young child.
:02:28. > :02:31.They were changed into being explicit photos
:02:32. > :02:33.so they were just normal ones and we were all
:02:34. > :02:34.saying earlier there is photos
:02:35. > :02:38.of one of the girl's weddings that he is in and stuff and it has
:02:39. > :02:41.just marred all of our memories as certain times in our lives
:02:42. > :02:43.because we look at photos and we see that
:02:44. > :02:45.they are photos that have been put on the website.
:02:46. > :02:47.Sentencing him to a six-month suspended jail term,
:02:48. > :02:52.District Judge Teresa Szagun told Whiting "what you used those
:02:53. > :02:58.The accompanying comments were vile, aggressive
:02:59. > :03:05.The impact to the victims has been far reaching."
:03:06. > :03:08.We think that our stuff is safe online, what we put online is only
:03:09. > :03:12.to our friends and family and we just need to make sure that when we
:03:13. > :03:14.upload photos that we're saying they are private between those
:03:15. > :03:16.people but whatever you put online stays online
:03:17. > :03:20.Whiting initially received just a caution for similar offences
:03:21. > :03:24.against four other women last year, prompting anger from victims who
:03:25. > :03:32.They mislaid all of our stuff so we put in a statement
:03:33. > :03:36.and they mislaid it and so that is why it has been reopened.
:03:37. > :03:39.I didn't know criminals were given police escorts!
:03:40. > :03:47.Witnessing Oliver Whiting being guarded by police in and out
:03:48. > :03:49.of court, victims have been left in further distress,
:03:50. > :03:56.knowing their violated personal images remain on the internet.
:03:57. > :04:02.Colin is in Hastings now where the curse was heard today. The US
:04:03. > :04:08.website which he used where the pictures were put up, they have
:04:09. > :04:11.refused to take it down? Yes, we understand that many of
:04:12. > :04:16.these images of young women remain on that unique base pornographic
:04:17. > :04:20.website and despite requests from the victims themselves and from the
:04:21. > :04:23.police, the American company has so far declined to remove the
:04:24. > :04:27.photographs. In court today we heard that Oliver Whiting may be able to
:04:28. > :04:32.get the images removed himself but only after he pays the company a
:04:33. > :04:36.cash payment. Sussex Police say that they provided Oliver Whiting with an
:04:37. > :04:39.escort in and out of court today because they feared there may be a
:04:40. > :04:43.breach of the peace. Sussex Police say that they accept that their
:04:44. > :04:47.offices require better and more training when it comes to dealing
:04:48. > :04:49.with this type of new cybercrime and say that as a process which is
:04:50. > :04:52.already underway. Thank you.
:04:53. > :04:55.Keith Palmer is the policeman who lost his life in Khalid Masood's
:04:56. > :04:57.terror attack on the Houses of Parliament last month.
:04:58. > :05:00.Tonight Charlton Athletic Football Club will donating half of ticket
:05:01. > :05:02.sales from their match to support his widow Michelle,
:05:03. > :05:09.PC Palmer was a regular at The Valley for many years
:05:10. > :05:13.and his usual seat has been draped in a Charlton flag in tribute.
:05:14. > :05:15.22 of his fellow officers will follow the players out
:05:16. > :05:17.of the tunnel before kick-off and then join them
:05:18. > :05:21.Let's cross to The Valley now, and speak to our
:05:22. > :05:35.Tonight's match against the Milton Keynes Dons Football club's home
:05:36. > :05:37.match at the Valley since the Westminster terror attack. This is
:05:38. > :05:41.the first opportunity for the club and the fans to come together and to
:05:42. > :05:44.express their collective grief at the loss of a member of their
:05:45. > :05:46.football family. Murdered in the line of duty, PC
:05:47. > :05:49.Keith Palmer has been hailed a hero who gave his life for others
:05:50. > :05:53.in the Westminster terror attack. To fellow fans of his beloved
:05:54. > :05:57.Charlton, he was family. It is why tonight's game
:05:58. > :05:59.at The Valley will be When something like
:06:00. > :06:04.this happens, you You feel like you owe someone
:06:05. > :06:09.like Keith a fitting tribute and I hope we will give him
:06:10. > :06:19.that tribute tonight. Well, this is the home dressing room
:06:20. > :06:22.at The Valley and this is the special shirt that
:06:23. > :06:24.the players will be wearing tonight, dedicated in memory
:06:25. > :06:27.of PC Keith Palmer. On the back, the hashtag
:06:28. > :06:34."we stand together". The players are also
:06:35. > :06:36.donating their appearance fees while half the gate receipts will go
:06:37. > :06:41.to PC Palmer's family. In the stands, a solitary
:06:42. > :06:44.white seat will remain empty tonight, a reminder
:06:45. > :06:47.of where Keith Palmer sat Charlton's always been
:06:48. > :06:52.a family club, hasn't it? They've always been
:06:53. > :06:57.for the kids and for any club to lose anyone
:06:58. > :07:00.like that is a big thing. When you walk up the road,
:07:01. > :07:06.you see all the flowers up there It will be a very sad night but,
:07:07. > :07:11.you know, Charlton obviously But this is a tragedy that has
:07:12. > :07:16.united fans of every colour. Chelsea supporter Diana Jupp
:07:17. > :07:18.has made the journey to Unfortunately he lost his life
:07:19. > :07:27.but he was the same as us, We all love football
:07:28. > :07:40.so regardless of what team we support, when a tragedy happens,
:07:41. > :07:43.we all come together. United in sadness, tonight
:07:44. > :07:58.fans will pay tribute We are just over an hour or so away
:07:59. > :08:01.from kick-off but before that happens, PC par's stepbrother will
:08:02. > :08:07.lead at Teamster Knight to the tunnel and then into the centre
:08:08. > :08:13.circle. -- Palmer. They will be joined by 22 former police officers
:08:14. > :08:17.colleagues of PC Clive Palmer to join in a minute's silence. --
:08:18. > :08:18.Keith. It is certainly to be an emotional night here at the Valley.
:08:19. > :08:20.And Q. How a row over tax for locum doctors
:08:21. > :08:25.could lead to a Kent hospital having to cut back on its accident
:08:26. > :08:35.and emergency cover. One of the top negotiators
:08:36. > :08:37.with the train drivers union Aslef says he's "not surprised" a deal
:08:38. > :08:40.brokered between the union and Southern Rail was
:08:41. > :08:44.rejected by his members because their relationship
:08:45. > :08:45.is "utterly toxic". In an exclusive interview
:08:46. > :08:47.with BBC South East Today, Simon Weller said that drivers have
:08:48. > :08:50.trust issues with Southern The dispute is over the introduction
:08:51. > :09:01.of driver only operation on trains. The deal was rejected yesterday
:09:02. > :09:03.despite the company agreeing that on-board CCTV systems would be
:09:04. > :09:06.upgraded and that on board supervisors would receive
:09:07. > :09:09.extra safety training. In a moment I'll be talking live
:09:10. > :09:12.with a senior member of management from Southern,
:09:13. > :09:23.first Amanda Akass has The defined memory of decades of
:09:24. > :09:27.past industrial accident greet everyone who walks through the door
:09:28. > :09:30.of Aslef's headquarters in London. It leaders had been hoping the
:09:31. > :09:34.latest dispute would soon be consigned to history as well. There
:09:35. > :09:38.is a complete class a drug of Southern and members don't believe
:09:39. > :09:44.Southern will keep to their side of the bargain. The relationship
:09:45. > :09:48.between Southern and their staff, it is just utterly toxic. The way they
:09:49. > :09:51.have been treating people, passengers as well in the run-up to
:09:52. > :09:56.these disputes and during these dispute has broken any trust. The
:09:57. > :09:58.two rejected deal set up a list of exceptional circumstances when
:09:59. > :10:02.Southern would be allowed to run trains without a second member of
:10:03. > :10:07.staff on board. The conductance union the RMT argued that should
:10:08. > :10:12.never happen. While the RMT began their industrial action a year ago,
:10:13. > :10:15.the first of six Aslef strike this was in December bringing Southern
:10:16. > :10:19.services to a complete standstill. But at the start of fabric, Aslef
:10:20. > :10:23.when Southern announced they had come to a deal. It was rejected
:10:24. > :10:28.later that month. The second deal was struck on March the 15th after
:10:29. > :10:31.another three weeks of negotiations. It is almost unprecedented over the
:10:32. > :10:35.history of industrial relations in the UK, we have seen disputes,
:10:36. > :10:41.hostile disputes, bitter disputes that ultimately there is a
:10:42. > :10:44.resolution. We look at the dispute here, it does not seem to be any
:10:45. > :10:49.positive way forward. Commuters are fed up. It is ridiculous that they
:10:50. > :10:54.have not come to more of an agreement. It seems to have got
:10:55. > :10:58.worse. They both have to have their heads banged together. There has to
:10:59. > :11:02.be light at the end of the tunnel, it cannot go on like this forever.
:11:03. > :11:06.It is really annoying. Aslef leaders insist they have the confidence of
:11:07. > :11:09.their members and they are committed to resuming negotiations. But if a
:11:10. > :11:11.better deal is not reach, they say that the strikes are not off the
:11:12. > :11:12.table. I'm joined by Angie Doll,
:11:13. > :11:21.from Southern Rail. Thank you for being with us this
:11:22. > :11:25.evening. Rail users will be massively disappointed that this
:11:26. > :11:28.deal, the second time round was not accepted by members. The problem
:11:29. > :11:33.seems to be that just not enough drivers trust you.
:11:34. > :11:36.I am out on the network every day speaking to our drivers and our
:11:37. > :11:40.staff and I do not think this is about an issue of trust. I see there
:11:41. > :11:45.is a good relationships and trust with our managers on the ground. It
:11:46. > :11:49.is very disappointing that this ballot was rejected by such a narrow
:11:50. > :11:52.margin. But it was rejected and it comes down to the fact that they do
:11:53. > :11:57.believe, a lot of drivers do believe that you should have a second safety
:11:58. > :12:02.critical person on all trains. We will be going back to talks next
:12:03. > :12:05.week with Aslef again. Aslef's executive did endorse this agreement
:12:06. > :12:09.and pitted out to their members to recommend that they except the
:12:10. > :12:13.ballot. We will be going back to speak to Aslef next week to explore
:12:14. > :12:17.a little bit more and understand the reasons why... Unless you have a
:12:18. > :12:20.safety critical person on all trains, they are going to say no
:12:21. > :12:24.again and again. That is what Bsaid right from the beginning, that is
:12:25. > :12:29.what Aslef have said and if you will not concede that point, it is not
:12:30. > :12:32.going to end. The dispute with Aslef is different to the dispute with
:12:33. > :12:36.RMT. We have a good relationship with Aslef, we have been in talks
:12:37. > :12:39.with them. Both parties are committed to finding a resolution.
:12:40. > :12:44.We know what the resolution is, to have this second safety critical
:12:45. > :12:49.person on the train. We offered a good deal and we need to explore now
:12:50. > :12:52.with Aslef negotiating team and talking to our members to understand
:12:53. > :12:56.whatever we need to do differently to get this over the line. It was
:12:57. > :13:00.very close, just margin will be the number of people that voted against
:13:01. > :13:04.it there are a lot of drivers out there who will support this deal. We
:13:05. > :13:09.are absolutely knitted to getting this across the line. Why is
:13:10. > :13:14.Southern so committed to not making that final commitment to not having
:13:15. > :13:18.a second safety critical person on every train? We have said that we
:13:19. > :13:21.have a second person on the train where we have had a conductor. We
:13:22. > :13:25.had moved to this method of operation and we've made the changes
:13:26. > :13:28.back in January. All the staff are now working as the on-board
:13:29. > :13:34.supervisors and adapting to the road really well. We are looking for some
:13:35. > :13:38.exceptional circumstances but as I said, we are committed to meeting
:13:39. > :13:41.with Aslef next week and exploring more, what further concessions need
:13:42. > :13:47.to be made to get this agreement over the line. You think Aslef can
:13:48. > :13:51.deliver deal? I think we can. Both parties here are committed to
:13:52. > :13:55.finding and enter this, not only for the passengers sick but also our
:13:56. > :13:58.staff's sake. Angie Doll, thank you for being with us.
:13:59. > :14:01.Six Iranian migrants have been rescued from a sinking boat
:14:02. > :14:03.as they attempted to cross the English Channel from Calais
:14:04. > :14:07.French authorities received a distress call from the small
:14:08. > :14:09.fishing vessel just after midnight and found the group one mile
:14:10. > :14:16.It comes after a dozen incidents off Kent and Sussex last year.
:14:17. > :14:19.Customs officers are searching for a lorry driver who's gone
:14:20. > :14:22.on the run after being caught smuggling more than
:14:23. > :14:24.5.7 million cigarettes into the UK through Dover.
:14:25. > :14:25.Richard David Curtis, from South Yorkshire,
:14:26. > :14:27.hid them beneath boxes of frozen chips.
:14:28. > :14:29.He failed to turn up to his trial at Maidstone Crown Court
:14:30. > :14:36.and was found guilty of evading more than ?1.3 million in excise duty.
:14:37. > :14:38.This programme can exclusively reveal that the future
:14:39. > :14:41.of the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance is secure.
:14:42. > :14:45.Fears were raised when it was announced that development
:14:46. > :14:48.at Redhill Aerodrome could mean it would have to move but today it's
:14:49. > :14:54.been announced that a new 25-year lease has been signed
:14:55. > :15:06.for the operation to remain at the aerodrome.
:15:07. > :15:11.A Kent Hospital is making contingency plans to cope if age
:15:12. > :15:14.doctors refuse to work later this week in a row over changes to their
:15:15. > :15:25.tax that could see their take-home pay cut by 20%. This programme has
:15:26. > :15:28.been a document drawn up by medical staff at the Queen Elizabeth, the
:15:29. > :15:34.Queen Mother Hospital in Margate which could see major changes.
:15:35. > :15:40.From Thursday, it is feared many are set to stay at home in a row over
:15:41. > :15:44.tax rules. BBC understands that at least one Kent hospital, the Queen
:15:45. > :15:47.Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in Margate has already rearranged its
:15:48. > :15:51.rotors in anticipation. I think anything that takes pay away
:15:52. > :15:55.from locums at the moment is bad. We need to support all of them at the
:15:56. > :15:59.moment because otherwise serve are going to be on safer patient and we
:16:00. > :16:04.cannot have that. Government route changes mean locums will have to pay
:16:05. > :16:07.more money in tax and seeing their take-home pay full overnight. We
:16:08. > :16:12.understand that some are asking hospitals to up their rates to make
:16:13. > :16:16.the difference which many can't do. South Thanet MP and chartered
:16:17. > :16:20.accountant believes any stay at home will be short lived. There is no
:16:21. > :16:23.other provider our bird that will be buying their services. I think we
:16:24. > :16:26.have got to live in the real world. It is not going to happen and I will
:16:27. > :16:32.be fighting against any thing that is going to upset services at the
:16:33. > :16:35.hospital. BBC understands that the hospital has rejected some of the
:16:36. > :16:39.measures drawn up by staff to deal with the shortage of ligands. In a
:16:40. > :16:43.statement, the trust said we had not considered and not introducing any
:16:44. > :16:46.partial closers, temporary or otherwise to the accident and
:16:47. > :16:50.emergency department of the hospital. All the closure of
:16:51. > :16:56.Buckland Hospital. As paying more money, a new rate of ?75 per has
:16:57. > :17:02.been rated four locums, Negri 's of more than 10%. The deputy executive
:17:03. > :17:04.has told us they are considering the look rate but has not agreed one as
:17:05. > :17:07.of yet. Our reporter Sara Smith
:17:08. > :17:18.is in Margate now. A lot of people are going to be
:17:19. > :17:24.worried about the situation. They are, east Kent hospitals trust,
:17:25. > :17:29.which this is a part, they have long had to rely on locums. Freelance
:17:30. > :17:32.doctors if you like because they have problems recruiting staff. It
:17:33. > :17:35.is a national problem but they say they have a particular problem here
:17:36. > :17:42.because of what they describe as their relatively isolated location.
:17:43. > :17:46.Staff are tempted to the big teaching hospitals in London. Two
:17:47. > :17:51.weeks ago, we reported Abbey Kent and Canterbury Hospital which is
:17:52. > :17:55.another hospital this trust, they were having to ship out that junior
:17:56. > :17:59.doctors here to the hospital in Ashford because they did not have
:18:00. > :18:03.the consultants to oversee their training. 88 times they have
:18:04. > :18:07.advertised for consultants over the past few months. What they say here
:18:08. > :18:11.is that whatever happens, there will not be any temporary partial
:18:12. > :18:14.closures of accident and emergency. Thank you.
:18:15. > :18:16.Motoring organisations say it's scandalous that hundreds of pothole
:18:17. > :18:19.compensation claims from drivers in Kent have been rejected -
:18:20. > :18:21.on the grounds the council was planning to repair the roads
:18:22. > :18:25.A little known law permits authorities to dismiss claims made
:18:26. > :18:27.by motorists whose cars have been damaged by defective roads,
:18:28. > :18:31.if they can demonstrate the road in question was scheduled for repair
:18:32. > :18:37.Recent analysis showed the overall road repair bill for councils
:18:38. > :18:40.nationally could reach ?14 billion within two years.
:18:41. > :18:47.Causing misery for motorists and often costing them money too.
:18:48. > :18:51.Repairs to pothole damage at this garage in Tunbridge Wells are
:18:52. > :18:56.increasingly common, particularly to the car springs.
:18:57. > :18:59.One bit flies off into the road normally, it can go in
:19:00. > :19:03.to a tyre, it can go into a brake hose and the other bit stays in, it
:19:04. > :19:11.Kent County Council won't pay compensation if they
:19:12. > :19:15.But even if they did, they give themselves up
:19:16. > :19:19.So if a car is damaged in that time, they won't offer compensation.
:19:20. > :19:20.Between 2015-2016, 395 claims were rejected
:19:21. > :19:23.on the basis that there was a plan in
:19:24. > :19:25.place to repair the defect within a reasonable time.
:19:26. > :19:35.Over those two years, pay-outs were made
:19:36. > :19:37.in 208 cases, totalling over ?45,000.
:19:38. > :19:40.That is according to a freedom of information request by
:19:41. > :19:44.I think that's quite unfair and I've known
:19:45. > :19:47.potholes to be around a lot longer than a month so, yeah.
:19:48. > :19:48.Because you can't avoid it sometimes.
:19:49. > :19:52.Almost but I swerved and then almost hit another
:19:53. > :19:58.Not good enough, absolutely, it should be repaired as soon
:19:59. > :20:02.Otherwise anyone could have an accident or even injure
:20:03. > :20:17.Motoring organisations want more clarity.
:20:18. > :20:18.I think the legislation isn't actually
:20:19. > :20:21.strong enough and what we need is central government to actually help
:20:22. > :20:24.out in this scenario and help determine what a reasonable
:20:25. > :20:26.KCC say the repairs are prioritised based on
:20:27. > :20:30.As long as we have met that criteria and
:20:31. > :20:33.fixed it in the time we have said we are going to fix it,
:20:34. > :20:39.It can seem quite harsh but we have got to
:20:40. > :20:42.make a judgment about the safety of the rule dues and healthy for
:20:43. > :20:43.dangerous that pothole is going to be.
:20:44. > :20:46.They say they are spending an extra ?2.5 million on blitzing
:20:47. > :20:53.Simon Jones is in Aylesford for us now.
:20:54. > :21:03.Simon, how many potholes are actually being repaired?
:21:04. > :21:11.Each week, Kent gets reports of 300 potholes that need repairing and one
:21:12. > :21:14.week last month, that figure doubled to 600. This road is just round the
:21:15. > :21:17.corner from the depot where the pothole villas are based but rather
:21:18. > :21:21.embarrassing, down there you can see a big pothole in the raid and then
:21:22. > :21:25.right next to it, and even bigger pot hole. The big question is if you
:21:26. > :21:29.cannot get an sensation if the council does not know about the
:21:30. > :21:32.potholes, if you cannot get compensation if they do know about
:21:33. > :21:36.the potholes that they are planning to repair them in a certain time
:21:37. > :21:41.frame, when can you should get any money? It is if they miss themselves
:21:42. > :21:45.imposed deadline and your car gets damaged, you might get compensation.
:21:46. > :21:48.The council points that this money comes from the public purse and if
:21:49. > :21:50.they pay out compensation, it is taking money away from fixing more
:21:51. > :21:52.potholes. Oliver Whiting from Eastbourne
:21:53. > :22:06.posted stolen images of women he knew to a so called revenge-porn
:22:07. > :22:09.website along with "vile, Sussex Police should have done more
:22:10. > :22:15.to protect her and other women. And after a damp start,
:22:16. > :22:17.the afternoon brightened up with more sunshine on the
:22:18. > :22:19.way for tomorrow. I will have the details
:22:20. > :22:22.for you in the forecast a little If you have a story you think
:22:23. > :22:26.we should be covering on South East Today,
:22:27. > :22:28.we'd like to hear from you. You can call us on 0345 300 37 47,
:22:29. > :22:32.or send us an e-mail to We are also on Facebook or you can
:22:33. > :22:41.tweet us @bbcsoutheast. In the 1950s, at the height
:22:42. > :22:44.of the Cold War, Britain was working on secret plans to defend
:22:45. > :22:47.the country in the event of a Russian invasion,
:22:48. > :22:49.including plans to blow up the Channel Tunnel
:22:50. > :22:52.with an atomic bomb, even though it hadn't
:22:53. > :22:54.been built yet. Newly released files reveal that
:22:55. > :23:03.in 1959 the Ministry of Defence advised any physical link
:23:04. > :23:04.with the continent could be vulnerable and should
:23:05. > :23:06.be "totally destroyed for defensive purposes
:23:07. > :23:07.if necessary". But conventional explosives wouldn't
:23:08. > :23:09.be destructive enough. Only an atomic bomb would
:23:10. > :23:12.be "100% effective". Fortunately the suggestion
:23:13. > :23:15.was later abandoned as it was realised there would be
:23:16. > :23:33.a certain amount of This is something more than the
:23:34. > :23:37.first atomic bomb. It is a shocking revelation. Can it really be true
:23:38. > :23:41.that an atomic bomb was ever considered as a way of sabotaging
:23:42. > :23:46.the Channel Tunnel in the event of a national emergency by defence
:23:47. > :23:56.experts advising the government? A silly idea. Crazy. It would do more
:23:57. > :24:00.damage than anything else. They contingency plans that may, properly
:24:01. > :24:04.won't need that. Properly floodlit. Can you imagine what would happen?
:24:05. > :24:08.It would be like a double barrel shotgun going off in both directions
:24:09. > :24:14.and operas well. The story has emerged from Department letter was
:24:15. > :24:19.kept in the National Archives. They revealed that as far back as the
:24:20. > :24:23.1950s, the idea of a nuclear blast to destroy the tunnel was under
:24:24. > :24:28.discussion. None of this with here then. The Channel tunnel system that
:24:29. > :24:32.we take for granted today was just a dream. The idea of destroying
:24:33. > :24:37.something which had not even been built, I guess that was a bit of
:24:38. > :24:44.blue sky or grey sky thinking in a world stock in Cold War made. For
:24:45. > :24:53.the second test, this was the plan. A propaganda film from 1940s
:24:54. > :24:58.illustrate the concept dramatically. The sound of the debtor nation
:24:59. > :25:02.reaches us. And if the technology existed, the arms race between the
:25:03. > :25:08.Western powers and the Soviet Union provided the motivation. Nuclear war
:25:09. > :25:14.seemed very real prospect. Duck and cover underneath the table desk. It
:25:15. > :25:16.was finally considered too expensive and too costly in terms of the
:25:17. > :25:22.desert station that would have ripped through Kent. -- devastation.
:25:23. > :25:26.So ticking nuclear time bomb never happen.
:25:27. > :25:34.Let's take a look at the weather. No nuclear fallout clouds to worry
:25:35. > :25:38.about. Plenty of blue skies on the way?
:25:39. > :25:46.Lots of cloud around, it does not seem so long ago that we were widely
:25:47. > :25:50.seen highs of 22 Celsius. Looking at the stats generally, so much, for
:25:51. > :25:55.the south-east, that made it the joint milder is on record. An
:25:56. > :25:58.average amount of rain. This morning, how brave the rain, not
:25:59. > :26:04.particularly heavy but cloudy, damp start to the day. A bit more
:26:05. > :26:09.brightness the afternoon. 13 Celsius. As we had to tonight, still
:26:10. > :26:13.some cloud, some patchily rain but the most part it is going to be
:26:14. > :26:19.easing. Pressure builds. We have got clearer skies, later winds and some
:26:20. > :26:23.mist and fog patches around. Overnight, six or seven Celsius in
:26:24. > :26:27.towns and cities, dropping to three or four in more rural slots. A
:26:28. > :26:30.chilly start to the day tomorrow. It will be bright. Through the
:26:31. > :26:35.afternoon, a bit more cloud cover around. The wind still relatively
:26:36. > :26:39.white, they are coming from a chilly north westerly direction. Why the
:26:40. > :26:44.temperatures tomorrow afternoon once again around average, 11 or 12
:26:45. > :26:47.Celsius. More cloud around during the afternoon. Eventually as you
:26:48. > :26:50.head through the first part of Wednesday evening, the chance you
:26:51. > :26:55.could catch one or two isolated showers. Towards the early hours of
:26:56. > :26:59.Thursday morning, they ease, clearer skies develop once more. Campus is
:27:00. > :27:03.milder but still widely in single figures, dropping to around six or
:27:04. > :27:07.seven buses and more rural spots. Quite chilly as we start the day for
:27:08. > :27:10.Thursday. Very similar whether through Thursday and Friday. This
:27:11. > :27:14.area of high pressure in control of things. The wind eased off, cloud
:27:15. > :27:20.cover, decent spells of sunshine as we look towards the weekend. Chilly
:27:21. > :27:25.nights but during the afternoon, both Saturday and Sunday, expected
:27:26. > :27:28.to reach 15 or 16 Celsius. Today was cloudy, disappointing with the
:27:29. > :27:32.sunshine but it should be back towards the end of the week and the
:27:33. > :27:37.weekend. It is not looking too bad at all. I
:27:38. > :27:43.will be back at 8pm and 1020 5p with the updates. Have a very good
:27:44. > :27:44.evening. -- 10:25pm. Goodbye.