:00:11. > :00:25.Prison officers are underpaid and would be better off
:00:26. > :00:25.working in warehouses - that's what a Kent MP has told
:00:26. > :00:26.the Prisons Minister today after inmates at HMP Swaleside took
:00:27. > :00:27.The prison on the Isle of Sheppey has been branded
:00:28. > :00:28.'dangerous' in the past, with inspectors saying staff
:00:29. > :00:42.Swaleside prison three days before Christmas 2016.
:00:43. > :00:44.The chant, no face, no case, suggesting prisoners
:00:45. > :00:54.Potential weapons on display, reports of a fire lit.
:00:55. > :00:57.Nobody was injured and most of the prison was kept under control.
:00:58. > :00:59.One of the triggers was thought to be
:01:00. > :01:00.when prisoners discovered they would be locked up
:01:01. > :01:03.in their cells longer than expected over Christmas.
:01:04. > :01:09.Prisoners start to escalate in violence and get-together. The
:01:10. > :01:11.prison staff would have realised they were outnumbered and the
:01:12. > :01:20.situation was becoming volatile. They know the prisoners
:01:21. > :01:22.well and can generally calm them down using polite
:01:23. > :01:27.persuasive techniques. The local MP praised
:01:28. > :01:28.the staff today, It is more advantageous for a prison
:01:29. > :01:37.officer to go and get a job in a warehouse where
:01:38. > :01:39.they will earn more money. They need to papers and others
:01:40. > :01:43.is what they are worth. The starting salary
:01:44. > :01:44.for a prison officer A relative of three inmates
:01:45. > :01:48.said today that the prisoners human rights
:01:49. > :01:49.were not being respected. A report in July concluded
:01:50. > :01:52.that too many prisoners 69% of them felt
:01:53. > :01:57.unsafe and the use of Last night's incidents
:01:58. > :02:02.have echoes of 12 hours of rioting in Birmingham just
:02:03. > :02:05.a week ago and at Bedford and Lewis The Home Office said no extra prison
:02:06. > :02:23.officers had been sent to HMP Swaleside as a result,
:02:24. > :02:29.but experts detect a trend. For those of us that work
:02:30. > :02:32.in the sector, we have been expecting disturbances such
:02:33. > :02:34.as this for some time as conditions have worsened over
:02:35. > :02:44.the last few years. The Ministry of Justice know the
:02:45. > :02:50.problem. With seems like last night appearing on the television and the
:02:51. > :02:53.MP saying wages are too low, it makes the job even less attractive.
:02:54. > :02:55.There's anger among residents in the village of Yalding
:02:56. > :02:57.who say government action to protect their homes against
:02:58. > :03:00.During Christmas 2013, flooding devastated this part of Kent.
:03:01. > :03:03.?2.4 million of government money will go to flood
:03:04. > :03:05.defences in the village but they say it's not enough.
:03:06. > :03:23.An anniversary they would rather forget.
:03:24. > :03:25.In the New Year, the environment agency says they
:03:26. > :03:28.will do a survey for every home at high risk of flooding and that
:03:29. > :03:31.residents will have ?7,500 to spend on protecting their homes.
:03:32. > :03:33.This is actually part of the flood defence.
:03:34. > :03:36.We have got these for all three of the outside doors here.
:03:37. > :03:40.The money could be used to install measures
:03:41. > :03:45.like these, measures many residents already have in place.
:03:46. > :03:47.The bottom metre of bricks were treated with
:03:48. > :04:01.We have valves which stop the effluent coming out of the
:04:02. > :04:03.downstairs loo and into the kitchen sink.
:04:04. > :04:05.For many residents remembering the flood three years
:04:06. > :04:06.ago, they are realistic about the future.
:04:07. > :04:09.If you are going to make a property resilient, it is going to
:04:10. > :04:12.flood anyway, so you need to make it properly resilient, not piecemeal,
:04:13. > :04:16.and ?7,500 per property is not going to go very far.
:04:17. > :04:20.The government had announced a flood defence scheme
:04:21. > :04:23.back in 2014, but in August, residents were told that simply
:04:24. > :04:26.wouldn't work and instead it would be more effective to shore up houses
:04:27. > :04:32.Despite disappointment in the village about the sums
:04:33. > :04:34.available, the environment agency insists their plans will make a
:04:35. > :04:41.There are other things we can do, looking at whether we
:04:42. > :04:43.build small embankments or walls around communities as well, ensuring
:04:44. > :04:47.communities are as resilient as possible.
:04:48. > :04:51.We need to look at ways to keep the power on if there is a
:04:52. > :04:54.Thankfully, residents here are confident these images will not
:04:55. > :05:05.be repeated this Christmas but they are less positive about the future.
:05:06. > :05:07.A video's emerged of another senior official at rail union
:05:08. > :05:10.the RMT calling for an "overthrow of capitalism" to create
:05:11. > :05:14.This time it was the Senior Assistant General Secretary Steve
:05:15. > :05:21.Hedley who made the comments on 'Russia Today' last month.
:05:22. > :05:28.Our union, it is very clear in our rule book, we're renowned
:05:29. > :05:32.antagonistic relationship with the bosses. We want to overthrow
:05:33. > :05:34.capitalism and create a socialist society. We want to make life easier
:05:35. > :05:38.for everybody. Well it comes after 8 months
:05:39. > :05:40.of disruption and strikes on Southern rail over the role
:05:41. > :05:43.of the guard. One MP has called the comments
:05:44. > :05:50."a disgrace", saying the view It's extraordinary that somebody who
:05:51. > :05:54.claims to represent working people in the United Kingdom decides to go
:05:55. > :05:58.on Russian television to admit that what is actually doing is holding
:05:59. > :06:03.300,000 people hostage now consultant.
:06:04. > :06:06.And finally, a Yuletide yarn to set the scene for Xmas Eve.
:06:07. > :06:08.Sightseers from across Kent are heading to Herne Bay
:06:09. > :06:11.to see their woolly wonders - the town's post boxes -
:06:12. > :06:14.This year, the number of knitters making seasonal stetsons and festive
:06:15. > :06:16.fezzes has more than doubled, ensuring this Christmas post
:06:17. > :06:22.That's it from me, the national weather forecast in a moment,
:06:23. > :06:24.but first let's get the picture in the South East
:06:25. > :06:36.Good evening. If you bet on a white Christmas I'm afraid it isn't
:06:37. > :06:40.looking good. Yes, we stay very windy, with storm Barbara to the
:06:41. > :06:46.west of us, but particularly by Christmas Day, it is very barmy. We
:06:47. > :06:49.could even see 15 degrees by the afternoon. Three tonight, initially
:06:50. > :06:54.we have that band of rain. That clears three thanks to the strength
:06:55. > :06:59.of those winds. Behind it, clearer skies and temperatures drop to four
:07:00. > :07:04.or 5 degrees. We are staying frost free because of the winds. It will
:07:05. > :07:10.be bright but very cold as we start Christmas Eve. For us, a dry and
:07:11. > :07:15.actually quite sunny day. By the afternoon, highs of eight or 9
:07:16. > :07:20.degrees. Yes, it stays blustery throughout the day. Look at this as
:07:21. > :07:24.we go from viscous -- from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. We have a warm
:07:25. > :07:28.front bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain but the
:07:29. > :07:31.temperatures will not change from daytime police. Starting at eight or
:07:32. > :07:34.9 degrees big day? Christmas Day. It will stay
:07:35. > :07:36.mild and temperatures could reach 14, 15. He is down bet that the
:07:37. > :07:46.national picture. It will be more northern parts of
:07:47. > :07:55.the UK that see the worst of the weather. Another storm is developing
:07:56. > :08:01.in the Atlantic. This will turn into Storm Connor. This cloud has wrapped
:08:02. > :08:06.around storm Barbara. It brought gusty winds in the West. Some
:08:07. > :08:10.localised flooding in Scotland early on and the strongest winds in the
:08:11. > :08:14.north of Scotland approaching 80 miles an hour. The amber window
:08:15. > :08:20.warning from the Met Office is about to expire. It remains windy
:08:21. > :08:21.overnight. In Scotland and Northern Ireland there will be frequent heavy