27/10/2016 South East Today

Today's main headlines in the south-east: We learn of plans

for a huge expansion of the Port of Ramsgate -

tonight residents have reacted with shock.

We're live in the town where the secret proposals

A Sussex teenager's fears for his future after his

"life altering operation" was cancelled at the last mhnute.

It is another foggy starts tomorrow but brightening up and stayhng dry.

BBC South East has learned of multi-million pound development

plans to dramatically transform the Port of Ramsgate,

with a bid for ?4 million of Government of money

to be coupled with ?2 million from Thanet District council.

The development would potentially double the number of lorries able

It has provoked an angry re`ction from some. It is quite

extraordinary. We have a colmunity who wants to develop the totrist

-based economy and now we h`ve the Council wanting to industri`lise its

and allow up to 1 million HGV vehicles to be here. The two cannot

work together. That was filmed at a meeting in

Ramsgate tonight. Hundreds of local residents heard of the plans for the

first time. Our reporter Leanne Rine

was at the meeting and joins me now. And this has caused some shock,

Leanne. That's right. The meeting fhnished

around 40 minutes ago and initially hundreds of residents gathered to

raise concerns about plans to increase concrete production at the

port and then they heard about plans to potentially increased frdight

operations and also build a new operations and also build a new

logistics hub at the airport. There were gasps from people and lany

raise concerns about the environmental impact this whll have

on the area. We are shocked that our very tiny port might be overwhelmed

with huge numbers of lorries going through a small town steeped in

history and tradition. Terrhfying, to be honest. That Ramsgate will

change in such a horrible w`y. We understand Thanet District

Council applied for Governmdnt funding at the start of the year

which was unsuccessful and we believe they will apply agahn next

year. We have heard from residents they are very angry about this and

also heard from local MP Cr`ig Mackinlay who told me she whll fight

these plans and does not want to see Ramsgate industrialised.

More than 2700 lorries have been caught parking in unsafe or illegal

locations in Kent over the past year.

The HGVs were all either moved on, fined or immobilised.

Kent Police and Highways England have been working together to target

lorries parked on lay-bys, hard shoulders and

A Labour activist from Kent, who was suspended from the party

after comments she made about anti-semitism

and Holocaust Memorial Day, is calling for public help to raise

money for legal action against Labour's general secretary.

Jackie Walker's trying to r`ise ten thousand pounds

Plans for a multi-million pound scheme to improve the A27

between Lewes and Polegate are to be revealed.

Highways England has earmarked ?75 million to upgrade

It's seeking the public's vhews during a series of meetings starting

Bulldozers have today been flattening what remains

of the migrant camp in Calahs, known as the jungle.

Charities say dozens of people, including children, remain

at the site where they're reportedly facing a night

This despite the authorities declaring the closure a success

BBC South East Today's Peter Whittlesea has spent the wedk

This is his report on the operation to clear

the jungle, which has long been a staging post for migrants

With the Jungle largely destroyed migrants woke up on the pavdment

outside the camp prompting charities to question the French authority's

claims that everyone, including children, had

From last night there were 000 children unaccounted

for and with nowhere to sleep and they were not

being allowed into the

warehouse where the registration was happening.

30 of them accounted for and this is the biggest problem.

70 of them are in the wind, we do not know where

This morning migrants had rdturned to the camp despite the French

authorities claiming everyone had been processed and the oper`tion

We do not want the registration process we had here to

Our mission to offer shelter to all the migrants in the camp has

Yesterday it was only possible to clear the majority of

Cameraman Andrew Marshall and I were in the camp

There was no choice but to leave, and quickly.

Reduced to ashes in little lore than an hour, the only placd

You can see how quickly the fire has spread.

Cutting through the roar of the fire,

As the flames spread only the possesions

I witnessed migrants setting shelters on fire, an act of defiance

after the camp's closure became inevitable.

Over here there are about 20 fires

This one is smouldering and it is smoking heavily.

More fires over there and the French Fire

Brigade are trying to put a fire out, you can see

This is in the heart of the jungle, the Fire Brigade are

trying to put those fires ott and tell us to go out.

Over here the caravans are on fire and down this

street here there are many buildings also burned down.

Migrants were helpless to intervene but thankful

A teenager from Sussex who had a "life altering operation"

cancelled by the NHS at the last minute has been told he has just

four weeks to have the procddure or face giving up his fledghng

17-year-old Jamie Kaye was due to have an operation to help

But new NHS guidance means it now can't go ahead.

His family who live in East Grinstead say it's ` race

against time to find someond to perform the operation.

Jamie Kaye had been preparing for his opposition to helpless curvature

of the spying for months. The rib cage sticks out a bit. You can see

my rib cage pokes out. To ptt education on hold and made sure he

was doing all the right exercises only to be told a few weeks

beforehand it was not going ahead. Disbelieve is the only thing I could

think of when I found out it had been cancelled, I did not bdlieve

it. The NHS saves was cancelled because they do not fund th`t

particular procedure any more but because of his age doctors say if he

wanted privately it must be done within weeks, before he stopped

growing. He was put in to h`ve a procedure where screws are `ttached

and a flexible cord joins the screws and it can then the tension to help

straighten the spine and allows for continued growth and increased

mobility. What Jamie was put instead or spinal fusion were screws are up

at the metal rods and a bond graft is permanently joining the vertebrae

so there is no movement between them. His parents what to do is over

?100,000 to take to New York to have the operation he needs to c`rry on

doing the things he loves lhke gymnastics and dance. He has been so

focused since seven years old outperforming us what he wants to do

and we cannot fail. Devastated the NHS told us the only option in the

UK is a spinal rods and of course Jimmy is a dancer and Acrob`t and

that would cause him to losd a flexibility sought it is not a

suitable option for him. With exercise something you can

strengthen the spine but in Jimmy's case he already has a severd curve.

He is getting quite a bit of pain. In pain and desperate to rahse

enough money. If I wait unthl the NHS fund it it will be too late For

Jamie and his family the clock is ticking.

That's it from me, we'll have the national weather

in a moment, but first here's the forecast

It was a foggy start to datd but it brightens up the afternoon `nd

giving my older. But filling my older. Much the same tomorrow, a

misty and foggy stuff and brightening up in the afternoon

Tonight, clearer skies, somd low cloud and where we see clear skies

and light winds and mist and fog starting tomorrow. Overnight

temperatures of 10 Celsius. A cool start tomorrow and this are` of high

pressure stays with us throtgh tomorrow and the weekend and beyond.

Tomorrow, initially misty and murky and by the afternoon brightdns up a

bit light winds and south-wdsterly direction of top temperaturds by the

afternoon of 16 Celsius. More of the same to the weekend.

fine and dry and on the mild side. My colleague Helen Willetts has with

the national picture. Good evening. The dry October

weather is set to continue into the weekend. It's been kind if you've

been on half term. Not that I'm promising this sort of weather for

all. Isn't it lovely, taken on the Isle of Wight. Our top temperature

was 17 Celsius, not too far away. What a lovely and to the date here

at Mansfield Woodhouse. We have had some sunshine and warmth. It is set

to continue, but the fly in the ointment is a weakening weather

friend. It's edging southwards. To the south we are seeing patchy mist

and dense fog, around potentially for the morning. Not