05/04/2017 South East Today

Welcome to South East Today, I'm John Young.

Traumatised neighbours speak of the moment they found a toddler

fighting for her life after a dog attack.

She was all blue and she weren't even breathing properly.

Mounds of rubbish, bricks and rubble dumped illegally in Kent -

police want to find the flytippers caught on camera.

Also in tonight's programme, Remembering the police officer

and Charlton fan murdered protecting Westminster

The mystery of marmalade - how a home grown Sussex brand has

And, coming to appear near you. The punk band packing a punch on

Brighton's seafront next month. Three people are under arrest

tonight. A toddler is tonight being treated

for very serious injuries after being mauled and bitten

by a pit bull-type dog. The girl, who's is being named

locally as Victoria, is believed to be about 18 months

old and was attacked in Chatham Victoria was flown to a London

hospital after reports that she was pulled away

from the dog by up to six people before armed police

shot the animal dead. Tonight, a neighbour

told our reporter Jon Hunt that the same dog had "pinned down"

her toddler son just 24 hours before According to witnesses, the dog was

on a lead with a young teenage girl in this children's play park when it

set up on the toddler. I can't get her face out of my head, that little

girl. She was all blue and she wasn't even breathing properly. Then

I kind of Sather up a bit she made this tiny little... It wasn't even a

cry, just a little sound. They were saying, come on, but she weren't...

She was shaking and her lips were blue. The dog repeatedly picked her

up by her head. I just saw the child running and the dog, with the

child's head in its mouth. I ran down to see what I could do. Very

little. People already took her around to the side and she was

bleeding and I saw a puncture wound. The dog was shot twice and killed by

armed police. They say it was to ensure public safety. It scratched

me. It pushed him to the floor -- floor. Three Roger Ali was jumped on

by the dog on Friday. He was screaming. He was literally on top

of him but I think the screaming was annoying the dog. When the owner got

him off him I picked him up and the dog jumped up at me. It wasn't

interested in me but him. On Sunday in an unconnected case police shot

dead two pit bull type dogs that attacked a man in Bolton. The

39-year-old man was arrested for allowing the dogs to be dangerously

out of control. Laws have been strengthened in an attempt to

encourage responsible dog ownership. It means there's more is

prosecutions or punishments for offenders. It has not led to in any

discernible increase or decrease in incidence. In Chatham earlier police

searched the flat as part of their investigations into yesterday's

incident and left with bags of evidence. The step -- toddler is

still being treated for very serious injuries but her condition is no

longer life-threatening. It is thought the attack was carried

out by a pit bull crossed with a Staffordshire bull terrier

which is not specifically banned. The official Dangerous Dogs Act

bans four breeds from Owners with 'dangerously out

of control' dogs can be given an unlimited fine or be sent

to prison for up to In 2015-16 there were more than 600

hospital admissions in Kent, Well, let's cross to Jon Hunt

who's in Chatham where Jon, a lot of traumatised

people there. One resident tried to warn police

just minutes before the attack happened? Police have concerned that

at ten past five yesterday, 16 minutes before the young girl was

attacked, they received a call from a member of public from the flats

here warning them that a dog was pulling its handler around in the

park. Officers say they were in the process of arranging for a patrol

when they received a subsequent call that the young girl had been badly

injured. They said the earlier call hadn't said that dog behaved

dangerously and wasn't a dangerous breed and was in fact on N-Gage. A

teenager and man arrested yesterday, was still in custody along with the

woman arrested today. CCTV pictures that capture

the moment fly-tippers dump tonnes of rubble outside an abandoned pub

have been released by They were taken at the site

of a former pub in Herne Bay that Police want to speak to the men

captured in the footage, who are seen dumping mounds

of rubbish and rubble at the site. Our Special Correspondent,

Colin Campbell, has this report. It's brazen daylight fly-tipping

captured on a hidden camera. Emptying their rubbish bins

onto a growing mountain of waste, Canterbury Council are appealing

for help to identify We are fed up, fed up

of our communities having to pay We've had this really great

opportunity to use images for the first time and to start

enlisting our community to help us deal with the criminals

because these are criminal offences Caught in the act, the video shows

a number of different men unloading This set of images showed the faces

of three further fly-tip suspects. The covert footage was recorded over

the last ten months. There's a tip down there,

a local council tip. Well, pretty sick really

but not much we can do. It's at the entrance

road to a derelict pub near Herne that has become

a notorious fly-tip hotspot. 74 tonnes of general

waste was removed. 11 grab lorries full of hard-core,

four tonnes of asbestos costing But just around the corner

we found another recently The area has become a magnet

for flight tippers. I'd like to see more investment

in prevention to make sure we get really good CCTV so we can make sure

that this doesn't Canterbury Council say

they will take robust action against criminals

who dump their rubbish, a crime that is costing the public

purse and are hoping Kent's residents will help

identify the perpetrators. Colin Campbell is in

Herne Bay for us now. Colin, it's not just

those who dump waste, who the council says they'll pursue,

is it? The council warned residents that if

they pay someone to dispose of their waste and they don't have an

Environment Agency licence and of the rubbish is then found dumped

like this it is the residents like this it is the residents

themselves who could faint -- face of vinyl prosecution. The council

believes they have sufficient powers to tackle fly-tipping as they've

issued more than 200 on the spot fines this year alone. They say they

need help now with identifying the individuals on the covert footage.

Anyone who recognises them is asked to get in contact with Canterbury

City Council. In a moment: A new financial year

sparks new fears for businesses with bills showing rate hikes

of more than 400%. The police officer, Keith Palmer,

who was murdered while defending the Houses of Parliament

from the terrorist Khalid Masood was a Charlton football fan and,

last night, tens of thousands of fans held a minute's

silence in his honour. Mr Palmer's regular seat

at the Valley has been draped 22 of his fellow police officers

followed the players out Today, PC Palmer's wife

and five-year-old daughter were among 2,000 people attending

a special multi-faith service at Westminster Abbey today,

as Peter Whittlesea reports. this afternoon, a nation remembered

the police officer. In attendance were the Royal

Highness is the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and victims of the attack.

Last night, members of the Charlton athletic football club family paid

their respects to PC Palmer, a lifelong fan. Before the match with

the MK Dons sporting rivals were put aside. 22 of PC Palmer's former

colleagues joined players on the pitch before the stadium fell

silent. We all kissed our kids goodbye before we came here and will

be able to go home and give them good night. It really shows you what

life is really about. He's got a five-year-old daughter and a wife

that we have do think about. In Westminster Abbey the family's sense

of loss was highlighted by the Home Secretary in her reading from

Jeremiah. A voice is heard, lamentation and bitter weeping.

Rachel is weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her

children because they are no more. In the place way PC Palmer found

comfort, his seat was replaced with a white one bearing his police

warrant number. I think the football is quite irrelevant tonight. This is

all about PC Keith Palmer. This is his night tonight and his families.

He was a tartan supporter through and through and at the end of the

day nobody deserved what happened to him. It was just terrible. Alongside

this memorial to one of the sporting greats here, our floral tributes for

PC Keith Palmer whose heroism will never be forgotten by the Tartan

athletic family. The couple from Sussex whose

daughter died in a cot has received compensation. The baby was just

seven weeks old when her head became trapped in a bar of the cot. The

coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death and the company has

since modified the design. Members of the RMT union have said

that their strike will go ahead on Saturday after "no specific

proposals" were put forward It'll be the 31st day of action over

the introduction of driver-only operated trains and changes

to the role of conductors. Earlier this week, members of Aslef,

the drivers' union, rejected for a second time a proposed deal

to end their dispute Restaurants, pubs, hotels and shops

across Sussex have finally received their business rate bills

for the new financial year with one pub in Uckfield finding its bill

will eventually be more than FIVE The new rates are based

on updated property values Business groups say

companies in the south-east Here's our correspondent,

Mark Norman. News business rate bills

have started arriving. At this pub/restaurant

the bill has gone up immediately by more

than ?700 a month. So the amount we're

paying this year is It will continue to go up every year

for the next three years. By 2021 they will be

paying almost ?50,000 a They don't want to increase prices

or cut staff so they are left feeling

angry and frustrated. If they don't encourage businessmen

like me to invest and create employment than what's

going to happen to the economy? If you don't encourage

small businesses and businessmen to invest in their local

community then that's going to affect the economy

as a whole. Business groups have long argued

that the system of business rates The recent budget introduced

to some help with the latest changes, including a ?300

million discretionary fund for councils to help out

businesses affected. We're saying to local authorities

they must do their best to allocate the money

from the discretionary fund that the government announced in the budget

to ensure businesses aren't facing this massive increase

all at one time. That is, of course,

just a sticking plaster. They need to overhaul

the business rate system And the tourism trade is worth

?8 billion to the south-east Hoteliers in Eastbourne

save the rate rise will hurt their business as they can't pass

it onto the customers. Most people are actually

slashing their room rates We can't just put our

room rates up to try compensate for that because would

be business suicide. Most businesses want to see

a fair and more flexible system and they will continue to

lobby government for changes along A toddler is being treated

for very serious injuries after being attacked

by a dog in Chatham. The girl, who's is being named

locally as Victoria, is believed Also: He did it - the man who rowed

solo across the Atlantic for 96 days to raise funds

for an East Sussex animal charity. It was a sunny spring day with lots

of dry weather. All the details later.

Now, marmalade may once have been the defining feature

of an English breakfast, but it seems it's on the decline.

So, step forward a businesswoman from East Sussex.

Julian Warrender's Ouse Valley Foods now makes jellies and marmalades

that are picking up awards and stocked at one of London's

Only one in 100 people who enjoy it are under 28,

The word "marmalade" comes from the Portuguese "marmelo",

And in the 1600s, if you asked for "marmalade", you'd be

Over the centuries, the word has come to mean oranges.

Claudia Sermbezis reports on one firm's journey from the kitchen

table to the aisles of Fortnum and Mason.

She calls herself simply the chief parts direct but Julian Warrender's

marmalade is rated the best in the world. They were thrilled. It's a

marvellous foundation for the company and recognition again of

changing tastes of the way we can be a bit more adventurous with

flavours. She began her business at her kitchen table and still only

works from a small kitchen in Sussex. Sweet orange and phenol. I

really like it. It's really good. Yeah, it's nice. It's hard to tell

without toast. I can see why it one. Marmalade has been around for

centuries. Paddington Bear is synonymous with it and Captain Scott

set off the Antarctic with a ready supply of. Ian Fleming broke about

James Bond's Pond shone for it on his toast. These jars bit of

competition from Japan, America and Australia. It had a great colour,

beautiful aroma. When you get that pop off the lid and you get this

gorgeous citrus flavour, that what the marmalade had another is what we

wanted. It didn't take the hours of tinkering. It was a moment thinking

these two flavours would work. One of London's most famous doors has

now put the marmalade on its shelves and it has left Julie and thinking

she might just need a bigger kitchen. -- Julianne.

He battled sweltering heat, tropical storms and 40-foot waves

to 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, setting off from the Canary Islands

in mid December and arriving on Antigua in the Bahamas

Well, I'm pleased to say Daryl Farmer is now safely home

at Forest Row in East Sussex and he's raised nearly ?3,000 for

the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue, giving him the right to say he's

completed "the world's toughest row."

In a moment, we'll chat with Daryl, but first let's take

I'm pleased to say that he joins us now. You get this alone. Very few

people complete it alone. Why did you choose to do it without the team

or anyone else? There are pros and cons to both. I thought I would be

better coping on my own in such a small environment. One of the

extraordinary things is that you're not aroma. How could you pull this

one off? I signed up to do it and then I trained a bit to row. I

thought that would be a good idea. My background is in German is rather

down to. It's more psychological down to. It's more psychological

than physical and keeping going day after day. There must have been

highs and lows. Tell Football and Brighton Hove Albion

last night moved two points clear of Newcastle at the top

of the Championship with a home win Glenn Murray's 20th goal

of the season put Albion ahead on two minutes,

before two more goals Elsewhere, Charlton slipped

to a third straight defeat. The visitors took the lead

after just seven minutes, before doubling their lead

in the second half. Playing a gig in the Horror House

Hotel on Brighton Pier may not sound like the ideal choice for an up

and coming band, but it's where a Kent born duo will be

headlining at one of the south The punk pair Slaves will be

completely taking over the pier for a special show

at the Great Escape festival next month, but often attracts around

20,000 music lovers to venues Sara Smith is in

Brighton for us now. Sara, this is it the first time

the pier's rides have been It is year 12. It has a significant

niche in an increasingly busy festival season where they introduce

new music. Edge has been here and others long before the stars they

are now. This year, Slave is taking over the whole of the pier and it

will be the biggest outdoor show the festival has ever seen. With their

short sharp songs and observational lyrics you can hear echoes from down

the generations in their songs. Inspired by music from the past. I

was brought up on punk and reggae. Here, ahead of their appearance next

month at the festival, the more specific source of their influences

become clear. A massive part of his musical education is his dad with a

huge vinyl collection. Dave will play some of his favourite finals so

you can actually come and see what the influences were. Isaac's dad is

just one of the acts they've organised before they take to the

stage themselves, a place they say where their music isn't just

performed but created. There's a lot of storytelling in our acts and that

was never planned it just happened. We would make up things whilst I was

trying to fix my guitar and stuff. Isaac would tell stories and that's

now become part of our set. If you're not already eight Slave 's

fan that's the point of the festival. We have artists from all

genres from all across the globe. You can find things you've never a

heard of before. It all gets underway on May the 18th.

Over the weekend, 450 artists will converge on the city to perform at

one of 35 different venues which will be taking part.

Thanks very much indeed. Apologies for the sound problems

there. It was a beautiful evening in

Brighton but will it last? Yes. By the weekend, temperatures

could be reaching 22 or 23 degrees. Earlier there was a good deal of

sunshine. Much of that... Much of us have clear blue skies. Feeling

lovely and the high pressure is to thank for that will stop its days

with us for the next couple of days. Staying largely dry with decent

styles of sunshine. It will get warmer as the winds return to a more

southerly direction. Tonight, we will see some fog and mist in

places. Overnight temperatures in single figures. A bit chilly as we

start the day on Thursday. We still have a northerly airflow so it won't

be wall-to-wall sunshine but a bright day and decent spells of

sunshine throughout the day. In the afternoon, top temperatures of 13

degrees. Light wind but still a northerly airflow. Into Friday, we

expect to see some fog and mist practice. Similar temperatures to

tonight. High pressure will be around on Friday with decent styles

of sunshine and temperatures will creep up. The reason is the area of

high pressure which picks up a southerly airflow. Temperatures

today were around 12 or 13 degrees. Towards the weekend we could see

highs of 22 or 23 degrees for Saturday and Sunday. It will be

lovely as we look towards the weekend. Variable amounts of cloud

cover over the next couple of days but lots of dry weather.

A wonderful taste of spring! That's it from me and our team tonight.

I will be back later at eight o'clock and 10:25pm so I hope you

can join me then. I buy. CHILD: This is

a major scientific breakthrough. Hello. It's All Round to

Mrs Brown's, where my guests will be