:00:15. > :00:20.He triggered a by-election when he defected from
:00:21. > :00:25.Mark Reckless is accused of being a 'Judas' in Rochester.
:00:26. > :00:27.We will be reporting live from the Medway Towns.
:00:28. > :00:30.How thieves burst into a shop in a Surrey market town
:00:31. > :00:32.and brought its owner to the brink of tears.
:00:33. > :00:34.We have got the CCTV coverage and saw exactly
:00:35. > :00:36.what these hooligans have done to our private little business.
:00:37. > :00:39.Also in tonight's programme, the row over the dredging
:00:40. > :00:42.Dover Harbour says it is key to the future of the gateway.
:00:43. > :00:46.The common clothes moth feasting on its fine furnishings.
:00:47. > :00:48.And she was described as unorthodox and infectiou.
:00:49. > :01:05.Now, punk icon Poly Styrene is the focus of a new film.
:01:06. > :01:10.There is outrage in Rochester tonight, after it was confirmed
:01:11. > :01:12.that the town's former MP Mark Reckless, who defected
:01:13. > :01:15.from the Conservatives to Ukip, is to leave that party and vote
:01:16. > :01:19.with the Tories in the Welsh Assembly.
:01:20. > :01:22.Mr Reckless triggered a by-election in Rochester Strood when he left
:01:23. > :01:24.the Conservatives in 2014, provoking anger within the party
:01:25. > :01:31.at his "betrayal" and criticism of the cost of the election process.
:01:32. > :01:33.Tories in Rochester have tonight gone as far
:01:34. > :01:39.One senior politician says he would personally knock on the door
:01:40. > :01:42.of Number 10 in protest, if he is allowed back into the party.
:01:43. > :02:05.The report include some flashing images. Today, I am leaving the
:02:06. > :02:12.Conservative Party. His departure from the Conservative Party to Ukip
:02:13. > :02:21.trigger the by-election. But critics are challenging that if he goes to
:02:22. > :02:26.the election box again, he will never be elected once again. It is
:02:27. > :02:32.the actions of the Judas. I will make very strong representation to
:02:33. > :02:38.the party to deny any consideration to have him back as a member of the
:02:39. > :02:43.Conservative Party. Three years ago, he announced he was leaving the
:02:44. > :02:52.Conservative Party, forcing the by-election. He won the by-election.
:02:53. > :03:02.A cast made weekends in just over ?160,000 to stage the election.
:03:03. > :03:11.Today, Ukip colleagues are asking him to look at his conscience. I
:03:12. > :03:19.think that people should choose. I think he has made a big mistake. But
:03:20. > :03:24.today, Mark Reckless said the proportional representation system
:03:25. > :03:32.in Wales meant he could not trigger a by-election. With the proportional
:03:33. > :03:40.system, that is not possible. Anyone who did vote for Ukip our Noel
:03:41. > :03:46.coming over to the Conservatives at all levels. With sprigs of no one in
:03:47. > :03:54.this way, people say the decision from Mark Reckless is not a big
:03:55. > :04:07.surprise. It is really not so much a party any more, Barack Obama
:04:08. > :04:23.campaign. Mark Reckless Says he will move forward with the Conservatives
:04:24. > :04:42.in Wales. Attention will no to Rochester, free originally defected?
:04:43. > :04:46.People were intrigued by the rise of Ukip. I remember him proclaiming
:04:47. > :04:57.just the other party would win one in ten of the seats at the general
:04:58. > :05:01.election. He was hoping he would be able to stand down and wait another
:05:02. > :05:05.Ukip member take his place. CCTV footage has been released
:05:06. > :05:07.showing the moment robbers smashed their way into
:05:08. > :05:08.an independent shop in Oxted, near Sevenoaks,
:05:09. > :05:10.using a sledgehammer, to help them steal ?30,000
:05:11. > :05:12.of designer clothes. The owners of the store
:05:13. > :05:14.have described them as "hooligans" and say it
:05:15. > :05:16.will be hard to recover from what they call a "sickening"
:05:17. > :05:18.incident early yesterday. Surrey Police are urging
:05:19. > :05:21.anyone who may have seen the getaway vehicle -
:05:22. > :05:23.a white Landrover - to contact them. Dramatic footage shows how
:05:24. > :05:27.the audacious thieves used rope Moments later,
:05:28. > :05:30.they smashed their way Meticulously planned,
:05:31. > :05:33.one stands guard, while the other steals large quantities
:05:34. > :05:34.of designer clothes. Fortunately, we have got the CCTV
:05:35. > :05:37.coverage and saw exactly what these hooligans have done
:05:38. > :05:39.to our private little business. They stole around ?30,000
:05:40. > :05:52.worth of clothes from the Gas Station Jeans store
:05:53. > :05:55.in the early hours of Wednesday. We do not think people
:05:56. > :06:01.have the guts to do that. It is obviously not very nice,
:06:02. > :06:08.because the damage is massive. Most of what was stolen
:06:09. > :06:10.was premium-branded jeans. Locals say this is a quiet
:06:11. > :06:12.and small town and something They obviously do not think
:06:13. > :06:21.about that it is someone's That is way beyond
:06:22. > :06:25.anything I would imagine. The shop owners pay quite a lot
:06:26. > :06:32.in rates and it is quite sad. It will be quite hard
:06:33. > :06:34.to recover from this, because we cannot just go out
:06:35. > :06:37.to our suppliers and say we need more stock, because our suppliers
:06:38. > :06:39.will say, "I'm sorry, we have sold out" and we are left
:06:40. > :06:42.with nothing to sell. Surrey Police told us
:06:43. > :06:44.they are investigating a number he killed himself during a sex
:06:45. > :07:01.abuse trial, but now a school worker from Sussex
:07:02. > :07:12.has his conviction overturned. Jobs and investment in the Port
:07:13. > :07:15.of Dover will be under threat if it is not allowed to dredge
:07:16. > :07:18.material from the Goodwin Sands. That is the claim from the harbour
:07:19. > :07:20.board, after campaigners raised concerns that the work could disturb
:07:21. > :07:23.wildlife and war graves at sea. The Goodwin Sands lie
:07:24. > :07:26.seven and a half miles The Dover Harbour Board wants
:07:27. > :07:29.to take millions of tonnes of gravel from an area called South Calliper,
:07:30. > :07:32.to use as building material But over 12,000 people have signed
:07:33. > :07:55.a petition against the plans. It is a battle over the 12 male
:07:56. > :08:02.sandbank in the English Channel. For some, it is a fatal home for the
:08:03. > :08:12.delay. From us, it provides the Port of Dover with material for
:08:13. > :08:21.much-needed regeneration. The ?250 million project has already begun.
:08:22. > :08:30.Sand dredged from Goodwin Sands would be used in the project. If
:08:31. > :08:37.they had to purchase elsewhere, the easy it would cost millions. Some of
:08:38. > :08:42.the peripheral stuff I have been fighting for for a long time to get
:08:43. > :08:48.here. And we have been waiting for it for since the end of World War
:08:49. > :08:55.II. That could be under threat if we have to spend the money on material.
:08:56. > :09:08.The harbour authorities say they would dredge lesson 1% of Goodwin
:09:09. > :09:12.Sands. But campaigners say Goodwin Sands the horse dozens of shipwrecks
:09:13. > :09:19.and also a lot of their own aircraft from World War II. This EV do not
:09:20. > :09:25.know what would be disturbed. They have not taken due diligence. If the
:09:26. > :09:33.dullness at the start of this, they would not be faced with the
:09:34. > :09:39.situation just know. He would have budgeted for the extra cost of
:09:40. > :09:45.getting aggregate from elsewhere. Marine conservation see the whole of
:09:46. > :09:48.the area should be protected. But the harbour authorities say the
:09:49. > :09:49.development will bring jobs and prosperity.
:09:50. > :09:52.Our reporter Sara Smith is live in Dover now.
:09:53. > :10:01.How many jobs do the developers think the will bring? This either
:10:02. > :10:08.will be 520 new jobs created of fee can go ahead with all the proposals.
:10:09. > :10:12.If they have to spend that extra ?21 million to get material from
:10:13. > :10:20.elsewhere other than Goodwin Sands, the seat it will affect some of the
:10:21. > :10:23.project. Campaigners say this is nonsense. This either as many other
:10:24. > :10:29.places they could get the aggregate cheaply. A report on this will be
:10:30. > :10:31.expected later in the year. The family of a toddler, named
:10:32. > :10:34.locally as Victoria Resetnjova, who was attacked by a dog
:10:35. > :10:37.in Chatham, say that the incident has ruined their lives and the lives
:10:38. > :10:39.of their two children. Her parents have expressed
:10:40. > :10:41.their gratitude to the NHS The three people arrested by police
:10:42. > :10:52.have been released on bail. An inquest into the death of a man
:10:53. > :10:55.from Kent who died while taking part in a charity pram race,
:10:56. > :10:58.has concluded that his death was the result a severe
:10:59. > :11:00.traumatic brain injury. Francis O'Sullivan,
:11:01. > :11:02.who was 52 and known as Titch, fell from the makeshift pram
:11:03. > :11:04.at the event in Sutton Valence He died in hospital
:11:05. > :11:08.the following day. Today, a coroner confirmed his
:11:09. > :11:14.death was accidental. A former boarding school worker
:11:15. > :11:17.from East Sussex who killed himself during a sex abuse trial has
:11:18. > :11:19.had his conviction overturned, after it emerged correct
:11:20. > :11:21.court procedure may not Darren Turk, who was 54
:11:22. > :11:29.and worked at Frewen College in Northiam, was found guilty of ten
:11:30. > :11:32.offences against boys at the Today, judges ruled those
:11:33. > :11:35.convictions should be annulled. Our reporter Amanda Akass is at
:11:36. > :11:41.the court in London for us now. Amanda, why did the judges
:11:42. > :11:59.reach this decision? Darren Turk Took his own life the
:12:00. > :12:05.day before the jury were about to deliver the verdict at a five-week
:12:06. > :12:10.long trail last summer. The guilty verdicts whether then delivered. He
:12:11. > :12:16.was the first dead man ever to be convicted of a claim in England. His
:12:17. > :12:21.family were extremely angry about this. His mother brought the case to
:12:22. > :12:29.the Court of Appeal. Judges decided the verdict should be overturned
:12:30. > :12:35.because legally, if someone dies, the trail should be brought to an
:12:36. > :12:38.end straightaway. But campaigners are concerned that this could be
:12:39. > :12:46.care people from coming forward in future. People were victimised in
:12:47. > :12:51.these years when they should have been enjoying life have really been
:12:52. > :12:55.struggling to pluck up the courage to come forward. The situation today
:12:56. > :12:56.just shows how complicated things can be.
:12:57. > :13:00.Has there been any reaction from those involved in the case?
:13:01. > :13:08.I have spoken to the family of a number of people involved. They are
:13:09. > :13:13.shocked and deeply distressed. They are keen to point out that the case
:13:14. > :13:20.was about the point of law, not necessarily cleaving the name of
:13:21. > :13:27.Darren Turk. But the few we have not been fairly represented today.
:13:28. > :13:30.Mark Reckless, the former UKIP MP for Rochester,
:13:31. > :13:32.who triggered a high profile by-election in the town
:13:33. > :13:34.when he defected from the Conservatives, has been called
:13:35. > :13:36.a "Judas" by former Tory colleagues in the Medway Towns,
:13:37. > :13:39.after announcing he is leaving Ukip, to vote with the Tories
:13:40. > :13:44.unlocking the secrets to how Sussex inspired one
:13:45. > :13:55.A new Constable exhibition opens in Brighton.
:13:56. > :14:01.Plenty of sunshine this afternoon. I will of the weather forecast later
:14:02. > :14:10.on. It was built as a fort in Tudor
:14:11. > :14:13.times to protect Kent against invasion from the French,
:14:14. > :14:16.but now Walmer Castle is facing Tiny invaders almost too small
:14:17. > :14:20.for the eye to see are waging war Moths are feasting on its fine
:14:21. > :14:24.furnishings, with English Heritage reporting a doubling in numbers
:14:25. > :14:26.in the past five years. Lots of types of moth attack
:14:27. > :14:29.fabrics, but the common clothes moth They live indoors,
:14:30. > :14:32.hiding in dark places, The larvae that hatch from the eggs,
:14:33. > :14:45.then spin silk across the material they are eating,
:14:46. > :14:46.causing holes to form. Jane Witherspoon spoke
:14:47. > :15:05.to Walmer's team of experts Commonly thought to wreak havoc in
:15:06. > :15:12.our warm drops, it is no threatening to cause problems with our historic
:15:13. > :15:22.sites. Walmer Castle Believe the number of them has doubled in the
:15:23. > :15:27.past five years. It is devastating. They will eat through anything. That
:15:28. > :15:35.is the potential to be a major issue. I assume this would be your
:15:36. > :15:40.biggest nightmare? You are not wrong. The room we are and no, this
:15:41. > :15:48.was the Duke of Wellington 's bedroom. This was the campaign he
:15:49. > :15:56.took with him on campaigns. They cheer behind is actually the cheer
:15:57. > :16:05.that he died in. They are historic. If the common clothes moth got into
:16:06. > :16:15.them, it would be devastating. A charity spends ?1 million a year
:16:16. > :16:19.cleaning the site. We have found one moth which is relatively new to the
:16:20. > :16:28.United Kingdom. We need to find out if it is something which is coming
:16:29. > :16:38.from abroad. They are leaving traps with the female moth pheromone to
:16:39. > :16:47.try and stop the problem escalating. People can also purchase a kit which
:16:48. > :16:56.will see just how widespread the art in the region. Just how bad is this
:16:57. > :17:02.problem? It could be worse. We have this under control at the moment.
:17:03. > :17:07.They are keeping a check on things. They are inviting people to also
:17:08. > :17:13.give their own information to them. You put it down for three months and
:17:14. > :17:18.then you see with the infestation will be coming from. Hopefully, this
:17:19. > :17:24.information will be helpful. Thank you very much.
:17:25. > :17:26.She famously formed her band after watching the Sex Pistols
:17:27. > :17:30.perform on Hastings Pier on her 18th birthday and now, a new film
:17:31. > :17:31.about Poly Styrene, the former singer with
:17:32. > :17:35.Fundraising has begun today for Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche,
:17:36. > :17:37.with a cinema release date set for November 2018.
:17:38. > :17:40.Poly Styrene was one of the first female punk icons.
:17:41. > :17:41.Her real name was Marianne Elliot-Said.
:17:42. > :17:43.X-Ray Spex released just one album, Germ-Free Adolescents,
:17:44. > :17:48.She died in 2011, at the age of just 53, after suffering from cancer.
:17:49. > :18:17.Piers Hopkirk looks back on her life and the plans for the film.
:18:18. > :18:45.A chose the name because it is a late week disposable products. In
:18:46. > :18:54.the dressing room of the punk rock maker, the 100 Club, the director of
:18:55. > :18:59.the film explains the reasoning. I think she was just as important as
:19:00. > :19:04.any of the important people of the punk era, such as Johnny rotten. She
:19:05. > :19:14.was the first female to make an impact. July the fact. Your 19th
:19:15. > :19:24.birthday. On Hastings Pier, I saw the six pistols for the first time.
:19:25. > :19:31.The story begins in Hastings. This was when she was inspired to form
:19:32. > :19:40.the band. It is being narrated and researched by her daughter. It has
:19:41. > :19:47.been an amazing experience. I had all her artwork and Davies. I am
:19:48. > :19:58.able to discover my mother as she was. It is really special. The offer
:19:59. > :20:07.and musician is one of the raters. She was reading Day-Glo colours and
:20:08. > :20:14.was almost gleeful and childlike. I just admire the bravery of what she
:20:15. > :20:24.did and what she stood for. Her final years were spent at home. She
:20:25. > :20:30.died from cancer. I had a band and we went out there and made a lot of
:20:31. > :20:37.people dance and sing. Code funding for the film has just begun. It is
:20:38. > :20:40.hoped there will be a Premier in November next year. A tribute to one
:20:41. > :20:45.of punk rock 's most fascinating figures. Hastings Pier are looking
:20:46. > :20:53.very different to when she saw it. Constable and Turner -
:20:54. > :20:56.two names that trip easily off the tongue when you ask people who
:20:57. > :20:58.were the greatest English artists. They lived at the same
:20:59. > :21:01.time, 200 years ago and were even in competition
:21:02. > :21:02.with one another. Turner's connections with Kent
:21:03. > :21:05.and Margate are well established, but an exhibition at Brighton Museum
:21:06. > :21:08.and Art Gallery now unlocks a window on the fascinating story
:21:09. > :21:10.of the years John Constable spent Robin, how did his relationship
:21:11. > :21:32.with the town start? Initially, it was not a love of
:21:33. > :21:38.Sussex. He came because his wife was ill and they were hoping that the CE
:21:39. > :21:46.may kill problem recover from tuberculosis. But he painted many
:21:47. > :21:49.landscapes like this one behind me, as you will find out, which can be
:21:50. > :21:53.seen in this exhibition. This is a jaw-dropping collection
:21:54. > :21:55.by one of the godfathers It is the first time
:21:56. > :21:58.these pictures have been brought together, to tell the story
:21:59. > :22:01.of John Constable time in Sussex. It was a time which was personally
:22:02. > :22:04.tragic, because it ended with the death of his wife Maria,
:22:05. > :22:07.but also at a time when his We have been able to amass a large
:22:08. > :22:18.percentage of the work he completed in Brighton,
:22:19. > :22:23.Brayton so we have everything from huge
:22:24. > :22:24.masterpieces to really detailed little sketches that he painted
:22:25. > :22:27.out in the countryside. There is a real wow factor,
:22:28. > :22:31.coming into this room and seeing all these works by one of the real
:22:32. > :22:34.greats of English art. All these great pictures
:22:35. > :22:40.were painted in Brighton You cannot just say "This
:22:41. > :22:51.is John Constable's house." This is where John Constable lodged
:22:52. > :22:57.with his family in Brighton, in the hope that the sea air may cure Maria
:22:58. > :23:00.of her tuberculosis. It is still occupied by an artist,
:23:01. > :23:02.whose fascination with Constable led him to jointly curate this
:23:03. > :23:04.summer's exhibition. I feel it is like a
:23:05. > :23:07.handshake across time. It is like having someone
:23:08. > :23:10.tap on your shoulder Constable was not a fan
:23:11. > :23:16.of the busy centre of the town. But as the exhibition reveals,
:23:17. > :23:18.he painted what he loved in walks into the
:23:19. > :23:20.surrounding countryside - much of which has now
:23:21. > :23:25.disappeared under development. Constable is always thought to have
:23:26. > :23:28.been a Suffolk painter, or a painter So, when he is in Brighton,
:23:29. > :23:32.this is a completely new aspect of him which has
:23:33. > :23:34.been discovered, really, because no-one knew where
:23:35. > :23:38.he was living or what he was doing. 60 jewels from the legacy
:23:39. > :23:41.of one of the most famous The exhibition is
:23:42. > :24:05.here until October. The exhibition does not open until
:24:06. > :24:10.Saturday. A fascinating exhibition. I was lucky enough to spend one or
:24:11. > :24:22.two I was virtually alone with their paintings. It was absolutely
:24:23. > :24:26.inspiring. Thank you very much. Some beautiful live shots. Is this
:24:27. > :24:36.beautiful weather going to last into the weekend?
:24:37. > :24:45.For the most part, temperatures around 14-15 C. A few places even a
:24:46. > :24:53.couple of degrees better off than that. Over the next couple of days,
:24:54. > :25:02.staying dry. Thing is beginning to get slightly cooler, Monday. By
:25:03. > :25:13.Sunday, we could see temperatures getting up to 22-23 C. Heading
:25:14. > :25:17.through tinny, clear sky could lead to some morning mist. Overnight
:25:18. > :25:26.temperatures just dropping down to 8-9 C. Potentially quite chilly in
:25:27. > :25:35.the countryside, with temperatures may be dropping down to 2-3 C. I the
:25:36. > :25:37.afternoon tomorrow, some cloud, but for many others, very similar to
:25:38. > :25:51.today. I temperatures of 13-14 C. today. I temperatures of 13-14 C.
:25:52. > :26:00.Into Saturday, again, dry, with clear skies. Overnight temperatures
:26:01. > :26:12.similar to tonight, 8-9 C. By the afternoon on Saturday, temperatures
:26:13. > :26:22.again reaching up to 22-23 C. A similar story on Sunday. He slightly
:26:23. > :26:30.cooler fuel into Monday and Tuesday. Over the next couple of days,
:26:31. > :26:37.tomorrow very similar to today. Saturday and Sunday, a lot of
:26:38. > :26:43.sunshine. Temperatures getting up into the low 20s. Things a lot
:26:44. > :26:52.colder come Monday. Thank you very much.
:26:53. > :26:59.A recap of the top national and regional stories.
:27:00. > :27:03.A father who wanted to take his daughter out of school for a holiday
:27:04. > :27:05.during term time has lost his case at the Supreme Court.
:27:06. > :27:08.Jon Platt, who is from the Isle of Wight,
:27:09. > :27:10.had refused to pay a fine, after taking his daughter
:27:11. > :27:13.The Supreme Court has now overturned a High Court judgement,
:27:14. > :27:15.saying parents need to act within school rules.
:27:16. > :27:17.There is outrage in Rochester, after it was confirmed
:27:18. > :27:20.that the town's former MP Mark Reckless, who defected
:27:21. > :27:22.from the Conservatives to Ukip, is to leave that party and vote
:27:23. > :27:24.with the Tories in the Welsh Assembly.
:27:25. > :27:27.Mr Reckless triggered a by-election in Rochester Strood when he left
:27:28. > :27:30.CCTV footage has been released showing the moment robbers
:27:31. > :27:32.smashed their way into an independent shop in Oxted,
:27:33. > :27:34.near Sevenoaks, using a sledgehammer, to help them
:27:35. > :27:37.Surrey Police are urging anyone who may have seen
:27:38. > :27:43.We are back with the headlines at 8pm and the late news at 10.30pm.
:27:44. > :27:55.Stacey and Chris are preparing for marriage by spending
:27:56. > :27:58.a few days living alone with their in-laws to be,
:27:59. > :28:00.and asking them all kinds of questions.
:28:01. > :28:02.Did you get a kiss on the first date? No.
:28:03. > :28:05.What does their in-laws' marriage tell them about each other's
:28:06. > :28:14.I expect you'll want to become a schoolmaster, sir.
:28:15. > :28:16.That's what most of the gentlemen does that get sent down
:28:17. > :28:19.for indecent behaviour. Evelyn Waugh's classic novel.
:28:20. > :28:23.Have you ever been in love, Mr Pennyfeather? No, not yet.