:00:00. > :00:00.Today's main headlines in the South East:
:00:00. > :00:00.Two men hand themselves in after a pedestrian is killed
:00:07. > :00:11.after he was hit by a car being pursued by police.
:00:12. > :00:18.The train drivers' union say they won't back down as Southern
:00:19. > :00:28.takes new legal action, trying block further rail strikes.
:00:29. > :00:40.And we have Met Office weather warnings out tomorrow about the risk
:00:41. > :00:45.Two men have handed themselves in after a pedestrian was hit
:00:46. > :00:48.and killed in Brighton city centre by a car being pursued by police.
:00:49. > :00:51.The 78-year-old man died last night, after he was hit
:00:52. > :00:55.The Independent Police Complaints Commission is now
:00:56. > :00:58.Friends of the victim say they're "shocked and numb"
:00:59. > :01:13.A police chase which ended in the death of an innocent bystander.
:01:14. > :01:15.The victim, a 78-year-old man named locally as John.
:01:16. > :01:17.Originally from Hungary, possibly homeless and yet
:01:18. > :01:21.I think it is very sad that it has happened to him.
:01:22. > :01:23.I've only heard this morning about it happening
:01:24. > :01:32.Because I was only chatting to him yesterday afternoon.
:01:33. > :01:44.At around 10pm last night, a Vauxhall Astra failed to stop
:01:45. > :01:47.for police in the Bear Road area of Brighton.
:01:48. > :01:49.The car was then chased by police officers into the city centre,
:01:50. > :01:52.where it hit the man on the pedestrian crossing
:01:53. > :02:03.It was found abandoned a short distance away on Madeira Drive.
:02:04. > :02:06.Officers had seen a Vauxhall Astra shortly before this incident and had
:02:07. > :02:08.attempted to stop it but it failed to stop for them.
:02:09. > :02:11.The officers continued after the vehicle but lost sight of it.
:02:12. > :02:17.The IPCC is dealing with that aspect of the investigation.
:02:18. > :02:18.There were blue lights were flashing.
:02:19. > :02:22.So we looked across and it was clear there was no ambulance there.
:02:23. > :02:24.There was one police car, I think, and a body.
:02:25. > :02:28.People were crouched around looking at this person in the road.
:02:29. > :02:31.At separate times today, two men, both in their 30s and from Brighton,
:02:32. > :02:37.Both were arrested on suspicion of causing death
:02:38. > :02:52.Sara, how is the investigation progressing?
:02:53. > :02:58.I spoke to Sussex Police a little bit are and they said the two men
:02:59. > :03:01.were still in custody, held on suspicion of causing death by
:03:02. > :03:06.dangerous driving. There are still no word on why the police were
:03:07. > :03:11.interested in the Foxhall Astro in the first place, the one involved in
:03:12. > :03:15.the pursuit and then the trash. The independent press -- Independent
:03:16. > :03:18.Police Complaints Commission has started an investigation. They told
:03:19. > :03:22.us this evening they would examine the actions and decisions of the
:03:23. > :03:26.police officers in the area at the time. They have the initial accounts
:03:27. > :03:36.from those officers but they will also be looking at any available
:03:37. > :03:39.CCTV footage and gathering and other evidence, also we can build up a
:03:40. > :03:40.picture of what happened here 24 hours ago and re-established the
:03:41. > :03:41.sequence of events. A Kent pub has been
:03:42. > :03:43.destroyed by fire. Fire crews rescued a man from a flat
:03:44. > :03:46.above the Victoria Cross pub in Chatham in the early hours
:03:47. > :03:48.of this morning. Local people were asked
:03:49. > :03:50.to keep their doors and windows closed because of the risk
:03:51. > :03:53.of breathing in toxic smoke, Southern are taking new legal action
:03:54. > :04:02.to try to halt further rail strikes. Nearly all Southern trains have been
:04:03. > :04:05.brought to a standstill for a second day this week in a dispute over
:04:06. > :04:08.whether it's safe or not for drivers rather than guards
:04:09. > :04:10.to control train doors. And it's been estimated
:04:11. > :04:13.that the strikes will have cost the UK economy almost ?400 million
:04:14. > :04:16.by the end of this month. Empty trains, an empty
:04:17. > :04:39.station and an empty shop. A lack of football at Eastbourne
:04:40. > :04:41.station means a sharp downturn in business
:04:42. > :04:43.for this copy shop owner. It is heartbreaking
:04:44. > :04:46.because we feel we are held ransom because we really do not know
:04:47. > :04:49.what we can do about things getting We are relying on commuters,
:04:50. > :04:53.we are losing that business because Half of the staff have
:04:54. > :04:56.been laid off here within the last year and owner Bella
:04:57. > :04:59.is worried that instead of celebrating the cafe's third
:05:00. > :05:01.anniversary in May, she will be Other independent retailers
:05:02. > :05:45.are also suffering. And no further action. It's a
:05:46. > :05:50.measure backed by the local MP. They have an obligation to the hundreds
:05:51. > :05:55.of thousands of passengers who pay and are not getting the service they
:05:56. > :05:59.pay for or that they need. It is entirely appropriate that any
:06:00. > :06:06.action, legal action or whatever, is taken to try to bring these strikes
:06:07. > :06:08.to an end. But with three more strikes scheduled, local businesses
:06:09. > :06:11.are calling for the government to intervene.
:06:12. > :06:24.A statement has been issued in the last half-hour. The put a full and
:06:25. > :06:28.comprehensive offer on the table. They say there are still waiting to
:06:29. > :06:32.hear back and they also say that the lines of communication are no open
:06:33. > :06:36.with the RMT and their door is always open and they are trying to
:06:37. > :06:40.resolve this dispute. Meanwhile, Eastbourne chamber of commerce
:06:41. > :06:44.middle of the real minister and they said that the real minister needs to
:06:45. > :06:48.understand that this isn't just impacting on commuters, it is
:06:49. > :06:57.impacting on the communities up and down the economy.
:06:58. > :07:00.A change in the law is needed to make it illegal for lorries
:07:01. > :07:02.to park on residential roads and in lay-bys.
:07:03. > :07:05.That's the call from Kent County Councillors in response
:07:06. > :07:07.to the littering and noise making people's lives a misery.
:07:08. > :07:10.Now, plans are being drawn up for a series of lorry parks but -
:07:11. > :07:13.as Simon Jones reports - it's not clear who would pay
:07:14. > :07:18.Sandra Mallory and Janet Watton, who live near the port of Dover,
:07:19. > :07:21.say up to 30 lorries park up their street each night, keeping
:07:22. > :07:27.Urine in bottles - when it's in a bottle -
:07:28. > :07:36.You can't walk up there with your children or your animals
:07:37. > :07:39.This police patrol off the A2 found lorry after lorry
:07:40. > :07:43.A bit further on, one has even decided to stop
:07:44. > :07:47.Lorry drivers parked up legally here today say it can be difficult
:07:48. > :07:56.Seven o'clock at night, you'll not get in here.
:07:57. > :08:03.That's when you see them parked on slip roads.
:08:04. > :08:05.They need a lorry park and they need lots of them.
:08:06. > :08:08.It will upset locals, but they've got to go somewhere.
:08:09. > :08:10.In England, it is difficult, parking.
:08:11. > :08:16.I am driving very long time here, I know where you are parking,
:08:17. > :08:18.where is the possible bays, where is the toilet, shower.
:08:19. > :08:24.In 2015, two million HGVs entered through the Port of Dover
:08:25. > :08:26.and Eurotunnel from Europe, with over 10,000 lorries
:08:27. > :08:31.The number of freight vehicles using the Dartford Crossing
:08:32. > :08:36.A big lorry park is already planned at Stanford
:08:37. > :08:40.to counter Operation Stack, but Kent County Council is proposing
:08:41. > :08:43.up to five new lorry parks, potentially near Sheerness,
:08:44. > :08:45.Dartford, Maidstone and Tonbridge, though it wouldn't identify
:08:46. > :08:52.It believes a change in the law would necessary.
:08:53. > :08:54.I've asked the minister and his officers to look
:08:55. > :08:57.at the concept of a law which says that you cannot park a lorry
:08:58. > :09:04.for longer than perhaps three quarters of an hour -
:09:05. > :09:07.which is the time that you have to rest up every so often -
:09:08. > :09:09.unless you are parked in an authorised place.
:09:10. > :09:13.But the big question, who would pay to build the parks?
:09:14. > :09:15.Residents wanting an end to the noise and litter say
:09:16. > :09:21.But even if land is found for new lorry parks, it has to go
:09:22. > :09:24.through the planning process, there's likely to be quite some
:09:25. > :09:28.opposition and there is the question of who is going to pay for them.
:09:29. > :09:31.The county council says it doesn't have the cash and it would have
:09:32. > :09:37.Simon Jones, BBC South East Today, Dover.
:09:38. > :09:41.Just time to let you know that tomorrow morning Radio Kent will be
:09:42. > :09:43.looking at how GPs have been posted to accident and emergency
:09:44. > :09:45.departments at the QEQM Hospital in Margate,
:09:46. > :09:53.to try and cut down on unnecessary admissions.
:09:54. > :09:55.But that's it from me, we'll have the national
:09:56. > :09:57.weather in a moment, first here the forecast
:09:58. > :10:15.Today was dry and mailed and quite different from tomorrow. Warnings
:10:16. > :10:20.particularly for the tail end of the afternoon. Also a good deal of rain
:10:21. > :10:24.and some truly blessed today, bitterly cold winter as well.
:10:25. > :10:30.QuickCam through tonight. Overnight lows of two or three Celsius,
:10:31. > :10:33.initially try if you're up early for Thursday and temperatures initially
:10:34. > :10:38.not too bad. If anything, rising first thing as we see that rain. The
:10:39. > :10:42.wind coming from a north-westerly direction and bitterly cold beer
:10:43. > :10:46.meeting that agreement will turn it to snow and sleet, particularly
:10:47. > :10:57.during the tail end of the afternoon, we will expect to see
:10:58. > :10:59.more in the way of snow. Temperatures tomorrow reach highs of
:11:00. > :11:00.seven or eight Celsius, with the wind
:11:01. > :11:04.potentially leading us into a chilly start to the weekend. Time for the
:11:05. > :11:09.national weather prospects if you are on the move.
:11:10. > :11:13.Good evening, a lot going on with the weather in the next few days,
:11:14. > :11:17.numerous weather warnings in for so buried in mind if you have travel
:11:18. > :11:21.plans. Lots of isobars on the chart overnight which means it will be
:11:22. > :11:24.windy for all. The strongest winds in Scotland, lots of wintry showers
:11:25. > :11:27.with snow getting down to increasingly low levels and some
:11:28. > :11:31.wintry showers in Northern Ireland and northern England. A cold night
:11:32. > :11:37.for Northern England, particularly in more rural spots, frosty and I
:11:38. > :11:39.see for some and some of the snow really blowing around over higher
:11:40. > :11:42.ground in Scotland. Strong wind and further snow to take us into
:11:43. > :11:45.tomorrow. It may well make for some tricky travelling conditions. The
:11:46. > :11:49.forecast for tomorrow in the southern half of the UK's quite
:11:50. > :11:51.tricky. We have got mild air bumping into colder air. The boundary
:11:52. > :11:52.between