:00:00. > :00:00.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:07. > :00:11.Today's main headlines in the South East:
:00:12. > :00:12.They stepped in during the fire dispute.
:00:13. > :00:15.We reveal the army's drawing up plans to help deal
:00:16. > :00:19.Grounded at Rochester Airport - two men are found guilty
:00:20. > :00:27.of attempting to smuggle drugs into Kent on a light aircraft.
:00:28. > :00:38.The Christmas weekend looks mostly dry, mild and very windy.
:00:39. > :00:46.BBC South East Today understands that the British Army has been asked
:00:47. > :00:49.to put contingency plans in place to step in and ensure commuters get
:00:50. > :00:55.to work if the chaos on Southern Rail continues.
:00:56. > :00:59.This programme has learned that military leave could be cancelled
:01:00. > :01:02.and soldiers instructed to drive buses to help deal with
:01:03. > :01:05.Juliette Parkin has this exclusive report.
:01:06. > :01:15.Trains cancelled, delayed and days of no trains at all.
:01:16. > :01:30.This programme understands enquiries have been made about numbers and how
:01:31. > :01:35.many could be released if needed to transport passengers on buses.
:01:36. > :01:38.Should the Army be drafted in, do you think, in these situations?
:01:39. > :01:46.If it helps get people to work and saves a
:01:47. > :02:01.If it does go ahead, the move is reminiscent of
:02:02. > :02:02.the firefighter strike 14 years ago when Army
:02:03. > :02:05.personnel were drafted in
:02:06. > :02:11.using Green Goddess appliances from the 1950s.
:02:12. > :02:14.The Lewes MP says the current rail crisis has hit an equally
:02:15. > :02:19.with no trains at all on strike days for those on the
:02:20. > :02:23.When I called for this weeks ago, some people
:02:24. > :02:30.It was not to call the Army to drive the trains,
:02:31. > :02:33.some people thought I asked for that, but it is literally to ask
:02:34. > :02:36.for help to transpoert people, because on strike days
:02:37. > :02:39.there is no bus replacement at all, nothing.
:02:40. > :02:42.The ongoing dispute between the RMT union and Southern over
:02:43. > :02:44.changes to the role of guards started in April.
:02:45. > :02:46.The strikes have led to the worst rail disruption
:02:47. > :02:52.The dispute affects up to 500,000 commuters and further
:02:53. > :02:56.strikes are planned at the end of this month and in the New Year.
:02:57. > :02:58.New figures for recent weeks show only 56%
:02:59. > :03:11.The figures show they have been in steady decline
:03:12. > :03:18.It is not just about what is happening at the immediate moment.
:03:19. > :03:21.The Ministry of Defence said it does not have any plans to deploy
:03:22. > :03:25.military personnel in response to the strikes.
:03:26. > :03:28.We have learned leave may be cancelled and Army drivers
:03:29. > :03:32.could be called upon in the worst hit areas.
:03:33. > :03:34.Our reporter Ian Palmer has been following the story.
:03:35. > :03:40.What is the RMT union saying tonight?
:03:41. > :03:46.Paul Cox, the regional organiser of the RMT has told the BBC the
:03:47. > :03:51.government does not need to bring in the army, it needs to settle this
:03:52. > :03:54.dispute. The government has always said this disagreement is between
:03:55. > :03:58.the operating company and unions and it must be said that if it did
:03:59. > :04:02.intervene it could make any negotiated settlement between the
:04:03. > :04:08.parties even more difficult to achieve. This strike has gone on for
:04:09. > :04:11.almost ten months. What it has highlighted is there are fundamental
:04:12. > :04:15.problems with the service and asking the military to drive buses frankly
:04:16. > :04:20.around the south-east is not going to solve those problems. Thanks.
:04:21. > :04:22.If you've have strong feelings about the strike
:04:23. > :04:24.and its consequences we'd like to invite you to take part
:04:25. > :04:27.in a special Question Time style debate about the ongoing crisis.
:04:28. > :04:30.It's being held on Sunday the 8th of January.
:04:31. > :04:33.If you live or work in the South East and want to be
:04:34. > :04:37.in the audience, send an email to bbcraildebate@bbc.co.uk
:04:38. > :04:40.with your name, address, daytime phone number and tell us how
:04:41. > :04:50.After prisoners tonight took control of a wing
:04:51. > :04:52.at Swaleside Prison the Chairman of the Prison Officers Association
:04:53. > :04:55.has told the BBC that it's a "difficult place to work"
:04:56. > :05:07.This picture is reported to be from inside the prison on the Isle of
:05:08. > :05:09.Sheppey tonight. At least 60 inmates are believed
:05:10. > :05:13.to have been involved The Prison Officers Association said
:05:14. > :05:20.the extent of the disturbance The rest of the prison
:05:21. > :05:24.is said to be secure. Two men who took part
:05:25. > :05:27.in an elaborate plot to smuggle ?2.4 million worth of cocaine
:05:28. > :05:29.into Kent have been found A light aircraft carrying the drugs
:05:30. > :05:32.landed at Rochester airport, This is what cocaine
:05:33. > :05:36.with a street value of almost ?2.5 million looks
:05:37. > :05:42.like. Here it is unpacked by officers
:05:43. > :05:45.after a man due to whisk it Jan Polak claimed he had no
:05:46. > :05:55.idea there were drugs in the shopping bags
:05:56. > :05:56.he picked up. The jury at the Old
:05:57. > :05:59.Bailey did not believe him. The drugs were picked up
:06:00. > :06:02.from a small airport in northern Holland, arriving in Rochester
:06:03. > :06:06.at quarter past 12. At the controls, Dutch national
:06:07. > :06:09.John Buwalda, who told police he The prosecution said that was just
:06:10. > :06:14.a useful camouflage Normally the small airports
:06:15. > :06:21.will have no law enforcement possible then to land,
:06:22. > :06:23.maybe offload goods, without any real difficulty,
:06:24. > :06:25.without encountering somebody
:06:26. > :06:34.from the border force or the police. John Buwalda had taken
:06:35. > :06:37.the cocaine in a suitcase and booked into the neighbouring
:06:38. > :06:42.Holiday Inn hotel. Then Yan Polak transferred the drugs
:06:43. > :06:47.to two shopping bags and left. His van was parked in the adjacent
:06:48. > :06:50.retail park and had a hidden compartments designed
:06:51. > :06:52.into the seats. But both he and Buwalda
:06:53. > :06:58.were arrested within minutes. The judge told them they would be
:06:59. > :07:01.sentenced in the next three months and they should both be aware
:07:02. > :07:04.that there would inevitably be The maximum for a crime like this
:07:05. > :07:14.is 20 years in prison. A former Charlton Athletic youth
:07:15. > :07:19.footballer who says he was abused at the club as a teenager has spoken
:07:20. > :07:22.to this programme about how he's still struggling to come to terms
:07:23. > :07:25.with what happened to him. Over the past few weeks,
:07:26. > :07:29.club after club has announced it is investigating claims of abuse
:07:30. > :07:32.within the sport. Our reporter Lauren Moss went
:07:33. > :07:37.to meet Paul Collins at his home. Playing football was
:07:38. > :07:40.Paul Collins' dream. A dream he said was
:07:41. > :07:42.shattered by the abuse he suffered at the hands
:07:43. > :07:43.of talent scout Eddie Heath
:07:44. > :07:46.while he was a teenager He always said, "Hello,
:07:47. > :07:54.Collins, how are you?" Slap your leg, "You played well
:07:55. > :07:57.today", and he would move his hand up to the top of my
:07:58. > :08:00.thigh and squeeze me. But his hand would go deeper
:08:01. > :08:03.than what he should have done. He'll just carry on as normal
:08:04. > :08:06.like nothing had happened. Paul said the abuse
:08:07. > :08:10.went on for years. into a little room
:08:11. > :08:17.and he'd rub you down. There was times I lay
:08:18. > :08:22.there and thought, I hope somebody When he walked away
:08:23. > :08:26.from football he locked Three days later, he
:08:27. > :08:29.wants to look at them again and show his wife
:08:30. > :08:31.for the first time. I knew this moment
:08:32. > :08:43.would come eventually. Since last month when other former
:08:44. > :09:01.players came forward saying how they were abused when they were children,
:09:02. > :09:04.the NSPCC has received Paul has kept the memories of
:09:05. > :09:11.what happened to him locked up in a garage where he grew up
:09:12. > :09:13.more than 30 years ago. He believes his story, like many
:09:14. > :09:15.others, may only be the tip
:09:16. > :09:18.of the iceberg. These paedophiles will
:09:19. > :09:27.always gravitate towards situations where they can get
:09:28. > :09:29.access to young people. I would not be surprised
:09:30. > :09:31.if we do see other sports and other areas
:09:32. > :09:38.of society with similar
:09:39. > :09:41.problems coming to light. In a statement, Charlton Athletic
:09:42. > :09:43.said there is an internal investigation under way in the club
:09:44. > :09:46.and they are taking the matter seriously, working
:09:47. > :09:47.alongside the police. believed to be the biggest in
:09:48. > :09:56.history, continues. That's it from me, we'll
:09:57. > :09:59.have the national weather in a moment, first here's
:10:00. > :10:10.the forecast for the It has been a beautiful day with
:10:11. > :10:14.high pressure to thank for that. Going through tonight we will hold
:10:15. > :10:20.onto clearer skies and the wind is going to be picking up. Overnight
:10:21. > :10:23.temperatures of five or 6 degrees. Lots of sunshine first thing
:10:24. > :10:29.tomorrow. A really blustery day for us. Eventually in the tail end of
:10:30. > :10:33.the afternoon we will see a band of rain and looking to the Christmas
:10:34. > :10:36.weekend we have got storm Barbara about, and for us in the south-east
:10:37. > :10:40.we will mostly see that in terms of the wind. A blustery afternoon
:10:41. > :10:46.tomorrow, temperatures reaching nine or 10 degrees, and going from Friday
:10:47. > :10:50.into Christmas Eve, that is when we really see the wind picking up.
:10:51. > :10:54.Storm Barbara mostly affecting northern Scotland but a blustery
:10:55. > :10:58.evening for us all. That rain rattles through as a result and
:10:59. > :11:01.behind that, clearer skies, falling temperatures and we start Christmas
:11:02. > :11:03.Eve on a bright and chilly note. The itself, it's not white, but it's
:11:04. > :11:15.warm. Temperatures could reach 15. I suppose you could say today was
:11:16. > :11:18.the calm before the storm. A winter chill, plenty of sunshine, but more
:11:19. > :11:23.wintry showers in Scotland, more snow over the higher ground. Some of
:11:24. > :11:26.this snow will melt for a time tomorrow because there is wind and
:11:27. > :11:31.rain coming in from the Atlantic. So we'll leave the Highlands behind,
:11:32. > :11:35.head out and look at the cloud here, this tell-tale hook of cloud,
:11:36. > :11:40.signifies a storm is developing, this is Storm Barbara, of course, it
:11:41. > :11:42.is a deep and deepening area of low pressure, rushing towards the
:11:43. > :11:46.north-west of Scotland. Steppingening the winds and bringing
:11:47. > :11:49.rain into the north-west by tomorrow morning. Ahead of it fairly quiet.
:11:50. > :11:53.Already the showers in the north less wintry. Fewer and clearer
:11:54. > :11:58.skies, across England and Wales for a time, it could be chilly. One or
:11:59. > :12:02.two mist and fog patches. Out to the west winds pick up later, cloud
:12:03. > :12:04.increases and the rain arrives and very quickly tomorrow across
:12:05. > :12:05.Scotland and Northern Ireland it'll