27/12/2016 South East Today


27/12/2016

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There are calls today for more help for homeless people

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here in the South East, after a rough sleeper

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was found dead in a high street shop doorway in Chatham.

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The man, who was in his 40s, was discovered on Christmas Eve.

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But as the local council is asked to do more,

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it says it doesn't have the funds to give any extra help.

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Chatham High Street was much busier when his body was found

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Now there are calls for the council to improve the way

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it looks a homeless people in the very cold weather.

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Medway Council currently has severe weather protocol which effectively

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kicks in after three days of forecast of sub zero situations.

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We have seen this year when it was sub-zero,

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sub-zero and one Celsius, and the protocol didn't kick in,

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According to the Kent homeless charity Porchlight,

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the number of people sleeping rough in the county

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has almost doubled in the past year, with the number

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of under 25-year-olds who are homeless tripling.

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It is thought to be similar picture in Sussex,

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with 144 rough sleepers in Brighton alone.

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Medway Council says it is constrained

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The national protocol is three days of cold weather.

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If we actually dealt with it, we could intervene,

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for example, after one day, but what it would mean

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is we would have to pay the entire cost of those interventions

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and that is quite expensive, and we just do not have

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the resources at a time when our money is being so much

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As for the man who died on Christmas Eve,

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the cause of his death is not yet known.

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A family is having to find another home after

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a fire destroyed much of their bungalow in Minster

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on the Isle of Sheppey on Boxing Day.

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The fire at the back of the building in Highfield Road

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but are now having to find alternative accommodation.

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The fire is believed to have been accidental.

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A man has appeared in court accused of deliberately

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26-year-old Daryll Rowe was arrested in Brighton earlier this year.

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He failed to answer bail but after being arrested again,

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he appeared at Newcastle Crown Court where he was charged

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with seven counts of causing grievous bodily harm

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and one count of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.

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Three shotguns and luxury watches were among items stolen from

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a home near Maidstone on Christmas Eve.

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They were taken from a property in Nightingale Road in Allington

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Police are appealing for information.

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Football now, and Brighton and Hove Albion have

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moved back to the top of

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the Championship following a comfortable 3-0 win over QPR

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Goals came from Sam Baldock, Glenn Murray

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The victory lifts the Albion two points clear of rivals

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Newcastle and stretches their unbeaten run to 17 games.

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Now just a reminder that BBC South East Today is hosting

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a special Question Time-style debate about the ongoing crisis

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on Southern rail services on Sunday 8th of January.

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If you live or work in the South East and want to be

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in the audience, please send an e-mail to...

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Include your details and how you have been affected.

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In a moment we'll have the national weather forecast, but first let's

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It is turning chilly out there already. The problem is going to be

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fog, by dawn, quite widespread and thick. The Met Office have issued a

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warning because there could be some disruption to travel first thing

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tomorrow morning. It Torphichen up. Temperatures will not feel as low as

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last night but still, a frosty start, hovering round about

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freezing. A cold, grey and murky start tomorrow, and much of that

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mist and fog just lifting into low cloud, giving a very grey day with

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any brightness limited and top temperatures of six Celsius. When we

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do it all over again. Tomorrow night that mist and fog becomes quite

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widespread with temperatures around freezing, and another grey day on

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Thursday. Looking at the outlook

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