23/11/2017 South East Today

That's all from the BBC News at Six.

Welcome to South East Today,

I'm Natalie Graham.

And I'm Rob Smith.

Tonight's top stories.

Three 999 calls before he killed,

did police miss the chance

to stop a murderer?

A living nightmare,

the pregnant partner of a man

crushed to death at work

tells of her grief.

When his daughter asks about him I

can't wait to say, her dad loved her

so much.

Also in tonight's programme:

Hundreds of lectures

are cancelled for students in Sussex

as staff at the University

of Brighton go on strike.

We're live in the city

tonight with the details.

From a bouncing in his living room

to conquering the world, we need the

12-year-old trampolining double

world champion.

And, it's behind you!

Celebrating the ever popular

but very British

tradition of pantomime

at an exhibition in Kent.

Good evening.

Tonight questions have been raised

about whether Sussex police

could have stopped a violent drunk

from murdering a man

in a row over £40.

The force is reviewing its handling

of the case after Duncan Hearsey

was jailed for a minimum of 21 years

for beating Alan Creasey to death

in Lancing last year.

But it has emerged that not only had

Mr Creasey called 999

worried for his safety,

but a pub and a kebab shop

in the town had also called

999 the same evening,

because of Hearsey's aggressive

behaviour.

Sussex Police said it is

"tragically unfortunate"

they failed to catch him.

Piers Hopkirk reports.

Holding his teens, spattered in the

blood from the brutal assault on his

victim, CCTV footage shows a dog

Keirsey walking around his

neighbourhood, at one point stopping

to shadow-box in the street. Just

minutes before he had attacked Alan

Creasey, kicking him to death after

apparently demanding £40 for a

gardening job. It has emerged that

police received a series of calls

that evening from two pubs and

kebabs shop reporting his hostility.

On the night of the fatal attack on

Alan Creasey police were called on

the three separate occasions by

people concerned over Duncan

hearsay's behaviour. Then Creasey

and self called the police. Police

attended but left at 8:30pm to

pursue leads, advising Mr Creasey to

lock the doors. They returned to Mr

Creasey's home at 9:10pm to find him

seriously injured. CCTV shows the

police -- shows how Mr he 's attempt

to carry out his attack. Sussex

Police are holding an investigation

into what happened to examine

whether lessons can be learned.

We

need to investigate to see whether

the police have merit in anyway and

as you mention it is a local

investigation and they will be

looking to see if we have done

everything we could and everything

reasonable at the time.

Mr Creasey's

neighbours -- Mr Hearsey's

neighbours described him as a

troubled man.

He was a man looking

for a fight all the time.

The police

were trying to do their job and they

were looking for Duncan. It is sad.

David Simons as a councillor in

short and retired policeman.

The

nature of the call and gravity of

the call, if that was seen as a high

priority and it clearly was then

they would look at the time it took

the police to respond and whether

the police could have done anything

more effectively to try and prevent

this in the first place. Hearsey was

based for 21 years for murder,

detectives described it as

tragically unfortunate that he was

not arrested sooner. The force's

professional standards department

will make its own judgment.

Peers

joins me in the studio. Why are

Sussex Police carrying out their own

investigation?

This was originally referred to the

Independent Police Complaints

Commission carried it an assessment

of what happened and has determined

does not warrant a full-blown

investigation by them so it is sent

to Sussex Police, you need in

essence to investigate yourselves so

this will be carried out by Sussex's

police and professional standards

department, they will look at what

happened here and determine whether

there are any lessons to be learned.

The pregnant partner

of a mechanic crushed to death

by a car in Kent says she's

heartbroken that she'll have

to raise their unborn

child without him.

22 year old Ashley King died

as he was working at a garage

in Folkestone last week,

both Kent Police and the Health and

Safety Executive are investigating.

Speaking in her first

television interview,

Haley Hancock, who is 5 months

pregnant, says its "been a living

nightmare" since she was told Ashley

had died, a week ago today,

but she has taken some

comfort from fund raising

efforts in his memory.

Leanne Rinne has this

exclusive report.

In just a few months' time Ashley

King would have been celebrating the

birth of his second daughter.

Instead his family say they are

struggling to come to terms with the

fact that he is never coming home.

The whole street was just so dull,

there was no life in it, and you

could tell there had been such a

tragedy for everything to feel so

glum because it dipped, there was no

hash any more and there are now

cheeky messages. -- there is no

Ashley any more. When his daughter

asks about him I can't wait to tell

her that her dad loved her so much,

that he did do as much as he could

and he died trying.

Ashley was

working for the DVD automotive

company in the Park farm industrial

estate in Folkestone when the

accident happened last Thursday.

Kent Police say there is currently

no criminal investigation, officers

are preparing a report for the

coroner which will then be passed on

to the Health and Safety Executive

who are also investigating.

I have

never been one to do the blame game

or anything like that, it is just

sad that it has happened and we need

to take whatever we can from his

inspiration, just to carry on.

He

really tried to get somewhere in

life.

He would always brush himself

off carry on. It seems like such a

waste.

He went to work that day

thinking he was going to finish and

see his family and he was going to

do all of the normal things.

He

wanted to provide for you.

Is hard

because I have lost... Was them

doing... Sorry.

Tonight one week

after Ashley's death his friends and

family came together at his local

park to let off balloons in his

memory. They say they are determined

to celebrate his life, even though

it was cut to short.

In a moment: how the latest

technology is being made user

friendly for visually impaired

people flying out of

Gatwick.

Hundreds of lectures have been

cancelled at the University

of Brighton after hundreds of staff

walked out on strike.

It's part of a dispute over

compulsory redundancies and concerns

about the closure of other campuses

in East Sussex.

Last year the University decided

to close its Hastings campus

at the end of the 2018

to 19 academic year.

Union

officials fear the Eastbourne

campus could also close,

but the university denies this.

Meanwhile 90 staff left

the university in September as part

of an effort to cut the wage bill.

Our Eduction Correspondent

Lauren Moss reports.

Staff before buildings, no

redundancies!

Striking to save jobs,

like killers picked up their

placards and joined the picket line,

angry at the risk of two compulsory

redundancies.

To compulsory

redundancies is to too many rethink,

university management seems to be

wanting to slim the workforce and we

expect that there might be many more

occasions where we might have to

fight to defend peoples jobs.

This

is the latest protest over the

running of the university, last year

there were rockets over the 2019

closure of the Hastings campus.

Since September 90 staff have left

voluntarily and lecturer told me

their workload has increased. They

say if these redundancies go ahead

they fear there could be more

knock-on effect.

The rationalisation

of the spread out nature of the site

of the University of Brighton could

mean a serious threat to some of the

outlying areas such as Eastbourne.

85% of the union voted in favour of

strike action which is affecting

students across the University of

Brighton campuses, there were no

lectures this afternoon and there

will be none tomorrow either when a

similar walk-outs takes place. The

university says the strike is not

justified or in the interest of

students. It insists it is working

hard to resolve the situation with

two members of staff. Students were

divided on whether they feel the

action is necessary.

I don't think

the strikes should get in the way of

or affect our education. What they

are protesting has nothing to do

with us.

It is sad that the

University is not listening, and

students as well, we are here

standing with them in the hope that

the university starts to listen.

If

there is not a small inconvenience

now there will be a lot of long-term

inconvenience so it is worthwhile.

With no one backing down the

deadlock is likely to cause more

disruption in the weeks to come.

Lauren is at the University

in Brighton now.

Lauren,

more strike action is planned.

What's the impact going

to be on students?

Another walk-out will take place

here tomorrow, that will affect

hundreds of classes once again and

for -- from Monday staff will

operate a strict works to contract

policy, meaning no more time on

voluntary activities. The union also

claims that student what is called a

slimming down, 5000 word -- a £5,000

research grant has been lost in the

Department for foreign-language as

has also closed but the university

has hit back strongly against some

of the union's claims, accusing them

of deliberately misinforming. No one

from the University was available

for interview but in a statement

they say that despite the union

concerns that are absolutely no

plans in place to close the camp in

Eastbourne.

The Sevenoaks MP

Sir Michael Fallon has spoken

in parliament for the first time

since he resigned from

the Cabinet.

Earlier this month he stood down

as Defence Secretary

over sexual harassment claims,

admitting that his previous

conduct towards women fell

below "acceptable standards".

Speaking during a Commons

debate on the Budget,

he urged fellow his MPs to be more

positive about the UK's

prospects after Brexit.

Brexit Britain demands a bigger

vision. What confident, outward

looking, self watering. Let us build

on this a successful sensible budget

to enable Britain to be older still.

BBC South East has discovered

more than two thousand illegal

immigrants have been arrested

during raids in the region

since 2013.

Teams from Sussex and Kent

have targeted commercial

properties including restaurants,

building sites and hotels

where illegal workers had

been given jobs.

Companies can be fined up

to £20,000 for each person

they illegally employ.

Police have launched

a murder investigation

after the death of a pub

landlord in Folkestone.

58 year-old Joe Daniels was found

with gunshot wounds in the Red Cow

pub in Foord Road yesterday morning.

Well let's

cross to Folkestone,

and speak to our reporter

Brihony Williams who is at

the Red Cow, Brihony,

a gun was found at the property -

and police say they can't yet rule

out any third party involvement,

what's the latest?

There is still a heavy police

presence here and forensics teams

happened working throughout the day

inside the pub and officers are

appealing to any motorist in the

area between 830 at 1130 yesterday

who bite have a dash cam footage,

they say however mundane it might

look, there could be some vital

information, if you have seen

anything that might have went on

here yesterday morning. Behind the

court under a lots of floral

tributes to Joe Daniels. A great man

and horse, we will miss you. I am

heartbroken, I don't know what I'm

going to do without you. And those

that are very much echoed by a

friend, Paul Ives, who I spoke to.

Things like this don't happen in

Folkestone. To happen on your

doorstep to someone who is such a

loved character around the town,

everyone loves them, a lot of people

drink in the pub. And it is just

such a shame, absolutely gutted.

Went back Mr Ives also told me that

Joe Daniels originates from

Liverpool, where he still has a mum

and sister, and they will now be

very anxious to learn the outcome of

the police investigation.

This is our top story tonight:

Sussex Police are to review their

handling of the murder of Alan

Creasey, it emerged that they had

received three separate 989 calls on

the day of the killing morning of

drunken and violent behaviour by his

attacker. The force says it is

tragically unfortunate they failed

to catch on.

Also in tonight's programme: let

the booing and the hissing begin.

The exhibition which celebrates

the enduring popularity

of pantomime.

And after last night strong winds I

have a much quieter but cold coming

up.

Now, if you're visually

impaired new technology can be both

a blessing and a curse.

Many smart phones and tablets

have audio accessibility

features as standard,

but without it, touch screens can

be impossible to use.

Now, many airlines are updating

their in-flight entertainment

to make it available to those

with sight problems.

Today, at their Crawley HQ,

Virgin Atlantic unveiled

a new system they've developed

with the help of the

Guide Dogs Association,

as Sara Smith reports.

Like many airlines, Virgin Atlantic

pride themselves on the in-flight

entertainment.

But when the introduced

touchscreens there was

one group that had

been forgotten about.

Paul Smith from Maidstone can't see

the screen choose options

available and other visual impaired

passengers let the airline now you

weren't happy.

They couldn't even do something

as simple as press the

call button because that is

on the touch-screen,

so we have to go back to basics.

And then we are not experts in this

field so that is why

we worked with Guide

Dogs for the Blind,

because they knew we had

to

engage with people who need to use

it, so we felt what do you want?

Tell us.

Paul was among those who did tell

them and help with the

testing.

The result, a tablet which gives

audio instructions as to how

to navigate the in-flight

entertainment system and plenty of

films with audio descriptions.

They come and put it on your lap,

it will be switched

on and you can listen

to

whatever is on that.

It is that simple and

you just swipe left and

right.

All your life you rely on other

people, but if you can do it

on your own is a great feeling.

tap the screen twice

with one finger to

open this menu.

For the company developing

the technology the aim

was clear,...

Alien covenant.

The real aim was to

get the system that

a passenger who is visually impaired

can come onto the fight, be given

this and be completely

self-sufficient.

It is easy, it means

they have the same, exactly

the same content as everybody else,

so they are treated fairly.

Other airlines are also working

on improving accessibility

for visually impaired passengers.

And in the next year or two

regulation is expected

to ensure all or most on-board can

enjoy the same entertainment.

You may remember

a couple of weeks ago,

we told you about 12 year

old Ryan Brown from Seaford,

who was going off to Bulgaria

to compete in his first

World Trampolining Championships.

Well, now he's back,

and is a double world champion.

He took gold in both the Singles

and Synchronised categories.

In a moment we'll have a chat

with Ryan, and his mum, Alka,

but first let's take a look

at Ryan in bouncing action.

He is with us now. How does it feel

to be 00 champion.

It feels good

knowing the hard work all paid off

now and I look forward to next

season.

You got back from Bulgaria

on Monday I think, went to school on

Tuesday?

I went to school and to

stay.

Had he been shouting about it

in school?

I told some people in the

future is not voted it and they said

well done. It feels good that they

were supportive.

Fantastic. Had you

get involved in travelling in the

first place?

I decided during a

session at the leisure centre and I

had a goal and from then I just

loved it and carried on with it.

Did

you ever imagine you would be a

double world champion?

Now, I was

just doing it for fun. Then I went

into it quite seriously.

It is quite

serious! Holger medals up.

You are

in Bulgaria to Wendy's medals.

Wattel area like?

It is all right

there. We did not really look around

because we were in the arena most of

the time with everyone else.

You had

a serious job to do, conquering the

world and troubling cams! And I know

Alka your mum was with you. How did

you feel?

It was very emotional when

he was competing at when he had one

we've ever floods of tears. We were

overjoyed at what he has achieved.

Extraordinary. When did you know he

had something a bit special?

Probably about three or four years

ago when he started winning national

competitions and was getting better

and better and the moves are getting

better and I thought this is

something special he is doing and he

could go far.

We saw in going down

the front, and in the light fittings

have lost in the years?

Fortunately

none!

You must have broken something

bouncing around the house?

I brought

a plant pot thing. Quite did she

tell you offer say it's OK your

world champion? Element she told me.

What happens next? The Olympics in

Tokyo where in 2020 and you will be

15 then? Tom Daley went to Beijing

when he was 13. What do you reckon?

I am hoping for LA or the Palace

one. 2020 2028.

You have Olympic

ambitions. Will you talk to us when

you are in the next question mark

yes.

Sussex cricketer James Vince

top scored for England on day one

of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.

The 26 year old,

who was born in Cuckfield,

made 83 before being run out

by Nathan Lyon's superb direct hit.

England, the Ashes holders,

closed a rain affected

day one on 196 for 4.

I felt reasonably calm considering

the occasion and it was my first

night in Test cricket for a little

while so like I said I try to enjoy

it as much as anything and maintain

focus out there, try and enjoy the

occasion of playing in a national

Test match, without letting it get

on top of me. I thought I got the

balance right today.

England's women's hockey team,

featuring six players

from Kent and Sussex,

are through to the semi-finals

of the Hockey World

League in New Zealand.

Two goals

from former East Grinstead forward

Sophie Bray sealed a 2-1 victory

over the United States

in this morning's quarterfinal.

The team will face hosts New Zealand

in tomorrow morning's semi.

Christmas isn't too far away now,

and that means our theatres

will soon all be filled

with pantomime.

Will know they won't! Or yes the

world.

With its regular ingredients

of a Dame played by a man,

and a principal boy played

by a woman, and plenty

of slapstick comedy,

it is a quintessentially British

theatrical form, except, actually,

its not, it grew out

of Italian Street Theatre known

as "comedia dell arte"

in the 16th Century.

It IS hugely popular though,last

year almost 3 million people

went to see a pantomime.

and they generated

£60 million for box

offices around the country.

This weekend an exhibition

celebrating all things panto

opens in Canterbury,

our reporter Charlotte Wright joins

us from a panto dress rehearsal.

They're behind you, Charlotte!

That's right, they most certainly

are. That is the cast and crew of

Peter Pan, Bisley rehearsing ahead

of their opening night tomorrow. It

just goes to show we really are in

the festive season. This production

is just one of those that have taken

part in the exhibition just down the

road.

It is a staple of the festive

season. Enjoyed by audiences for

decades. Now a new exhibition opens

in Canterbury, celebrating the long

history of the pantomime. We have a

wonderful range of posters going

back to the origins of panto as we

know it and they have a 19th

century.

The one that stands out is

Augustus Harris, the father of panto

as we know it.

It is one of the

largest collections of pantomime

related material in the UK.

We have

wonderful costumes from a recent

production of Aladdin and behind

that on the washing line you have

some wonderful designs for a late

Victorian production of Aladdin, and

what strikes me about these is

actually how similar they are and if

you think of panto the design, the

look of panto is very much rooted in

its history, in that wonderful

contexts.

The exhibition has been

developed in partnership with the

University of Kent special

collections and archives department.

They have a fantastic collection in

their special collections and

archives of pantomime material but

there will also be a very family

friendly elements are there are lots

of activities for Children and

Families Bill do together. This

exhibition is packed with costumes

props and posters across the decades

and across the country and a little

closer to home.

It can't be over? I poisoned you!

The lodge coincides with the opening

of Peter Pan at the mile of theatre

down the road.

It is like being in a

club that British audiences know the

pantomime, we all now, we have been

going since children and we know

what to do when we come here. And

that makes us feel good, like it is

her own.

This production is one of

many to contribute to the

exhibition, carefully curated to

give a snapshot of what is an

institutional British culture.

It does not look like the appeal of

pantomime will wane any time soon,

this production is expected to sell

100,000 tickets. That is one quarter

of the annual ticket sales. It

shouldn't be too difficult to get a

hold of a ticket either because

they're made to the performances in

this run. Send exhausting.

And a dozen people that is amazing.

Let's find out what the weather will

be like for the past few days.

Let's find out what the weather will

be like for the past few days. It is

going to be getting colder. It was

pretty noisy last night with our

strong winds but through the

day-to-day they fell in the -- and

bottom sunshine. The seat up in

stormy on the coastline and no

surprises, Julie, because the night

we went costing close to 60 miles an

hour crossed over, even inland we

were at 45 miles an hour. As we work

through to tomorrow's whether we are

not going to have any problems with

the win but it will be cold with

temperatures struggling. A little

bit of rain to content with and we

start to see the rain arriving in

the LA hours, turning pretty wet.

The heaviest of the rain moving

along the coast. It will start to

ease in the early hours at

temperature starting the day at

around 5-60 days. Much cooler than

it has been over recent days but the

early rain clears away. The bitter

brightness for the time but then a

bit of cloud will increase to the

afternoon and we are looking at a

scattering of showers, temperatures

than struggling just seven or eight

so well down on recent days. We're

looking at a frosty start on

Saturday, with temperatures hovering

around freezing. Despite it being

cold beer and expecting plenty of

sunshine. Things brightening up

nicely through the day on Saturday,

we have fairly light winds as well.

Throughout much of this week we have

been having those daytime

temperatures at 13 or 14 degrees.

Saturday might come as a shock

because I have highs for year of

just five or six. Sunday will be a

very similar theme that will start

off with an LA frost, but it will be

mainly dry and bright with some

sunshine and in the afternoon

temperatures still at around five or

6 degrees. We have rain to come

through the night, things being

cloudy or Friday with the odd shower

or two. We can sunshine but we will

need to wrap up warm the visit will

feel pretty chilly.

I suppose it is getting towards

winter, we can't argue! At least it

will be sunny. I am back at eight

and after the national news.

Goodbye.