:00:00. > :00:00.Here in the South East tonight: Family of a Sussex man found dead
:00:00. > :00:09.in Thailand tells of their fears that he was murdered.
:00:10. > :00:11.And disappointment for Brighton, losing their top-of-the-table clash
:00:12. > :00:22.We'll be live at the Amex stadium with reaction.
:00:23. > :00:29.Ladettes a cloudy and drive started the day tomorrow, turning wet the
:00:30. > :00:33.afternoon. -- it is a cloudy and drives start.
:00:34. > :00:39.The brother of a man found dead in Thailand says he fears he may
:00:40. > :00:41.have been murdered and wants more done to investigate what happened.
:00:42. > :00:43.Andrew Apperley, from Eastbourne, sent messages to his friends
:00:44. > :00:48.and family before his death claiming people wanted to kill him.
:00:49. > :00:51.The 38-year-old travelled to a Full-Moon party on the island
:00:52. > :00:55.of Ko Pha Ngan and was reported missing four days later.
:00:56. > :00:58.British police are liaising with Thai authorities over his death.
:00:59. > :01:04.Andy Apperley's tragic death in Thailand has
:01:05. > :01:09.The body of the 38-year-old chef and landlord from Eastbourne
:01:10. > :01:13.was discovered last week on a beach on the island of Ko Pha Ngan.
:01:14. > :01:16.His brother, though, believes messages sent by Andy prior
:01:17. > :01:23.I've got to investigate as his brother.
:01:24. > :01:27.I've been looking at the computer for days and days, running a social
:01:28. > :01:30.media campaign and I'm not going to go away.
:01:31. > :01:37.This has gone global so this is not going to go away,
:01:38. > :01:41.Andy Apperley sent a series of increasingly incoherent messages
:01:42. > :01:43.to friends before he disappeared, including one that
:01:44. > :01:50.said OMG, had a mad night, all the guys wanting kill me.
:01:51. > :01:53.In another message, he said tripping out,
:01:54. > :01:58.My mum has lost her husband three years ago and now
:01:59. > :02:06.It's created a big loss in our lives and he leaves
:02:07. > :02:15.Andy, who had been staying at this hotel on Ko Samui, told friends
:02:16. > :02:23.he was going to a party on the neighbouring island.
:02:24. > :02:28.Thereafter contact with him was lost.
:02:29. > :02:32.I knew he was going to a party so I was not worried but then the
:02:33. > :02:34.next day we started to pick up more messages
:02:35. > :02:36.and we had a phone call from the Foreign Ministry
:02:37. > :02:38.saying his possessions were still in the hotel.
:02:39. > :02:49.Then we started to act on that immediately.
:02:50. > :02:53.Andy's body was found last Wednesday morning, floating in the sea
:02:54. > :03:01.Foreign Office officials are supporting the family
:03:02. > :03:08.The family are now considering flying out to Thailand,
:03:09. > :03:11.frustrated that so little has been said to them almost a week
:03:12. > :03:17.Our reporter Lauren Moss is here with me now.
:03:18. > :03:21.We heard there in Pier's report that the family are calling for more
:03:22. > :03:37.The authorities are conducting their own investigation into the death. As
:03:38. > :03:43.part of that, his body has been taken to the Thai mainland where a
:03:44. > :03:53.postmortem will be carried out. Those results are likely to
:03:54. > :03:56.influence any investigation. A investigation is set to be arranged.
:03:57. > :03:59.The company which runs Southern Rail has warned profits could be hit
:04:00. > :04:02.by up to ?15 million as a result of nearly a year
:04:03. > :04:04.Go-Ahead has apologised for the disruption caused
:04:05. > :04:09.by the dispute with the Aslef and RMT unions over
:04:10. > :04:13.The RMT has announced another 24-hour walkout
:04:14. > :04:20.A former police chief has urged the Government to ban drones
:04:21. > :04:22.from entering controlled airspace around major airports
:04:23. > :04:28.Lord Stevens, who's a former Metropolitan Police Commissioner,
:04:29. > :04:31.told the Lords it was an answer to the problem of near-misses with
:04:32. > :04:39.It comes as the Government launches a consultation on drone regulation.
:04:40. > :04:42.A Sussex motorist whose ?40,000 Jaguar car was stolen
:04:43. > :04:46.from his driveway has branded police "unbelievable",
:04:47. > :04:49.after he claims he was told to investigate the crime himself.
:04:50. > :04:52.Kevin Standing's car vanished from outside his home in Patcham
:04:53. > :04:58.He claims Sussex Police told him "swathes" of crimes are not
:04:59. > :05:00.being investigated - in order to save money to cope
:05:01. > :05:06.Our News Correspondent Mark Norman reports.
:05:07. > :05:09.As luxury cars go, the Jaguar XF is right up there.
:05:10. > :05:17.And you actually look out the window in the morning and
:05:18. > :05:19.you can't believe what you are seeing.
:05:20. > :05:22.And there ought to be a Jaguar sitting here
:05:23. > :05:26.So you phoned the police, you expected them to come
:05:27. > :05:30.I assumed that you would report it and at some point the patrol would
:05:31. > :05:33.turn up and take details and have a look where it was.
:05:34. > :05:36.But they didn't turn up so Kevin called them yesterday
:05:37. > :05:39.morning and found out they weren't going to investigate because there
:05:40. > :05:45.It made me wonder why I paid my Council Tax.
:05:46. > :05:48.A lot of that goes towards the police.
:05:49. > :05:50.When you need them they are not there.
:05:51. > :05:53.And then the third body blow, as it were, you
:05:54. > :05:55.get this letter in the post today?
:05:56. > :05:57.this arrived in the post this morning.
:05:58. > :06:04.This will be the last contact you will have from Sussex
:06:05. > :06:07.This crime is now classified as closed.
:06:08. > :06:11.It basically says to the car thieves in Sussex, please carry on stealing
:06:12. > :06:16.cars because there's very little chance you're going to get caught.
:06:17. > :06:20.Sussex Police told Kevin that they would keep the number
:06:21. > :06:22.plates on their computer system and they told
:06:23. > :06:29.They told us that they focus their efforts on the crimes which cause
:06:30. > :06:32.It would seem to imply that if you haven't got any
:06:33. > :06:34.obvious leads you're not going to follow it up.
:06:35. > :06:37.I don't think we should be afraid of saying that.
:06:38. > :06:39.If there are there not any lines of enquiry
:06:40. > :06:42.I think it is proportionate and it is beholden on us that we
:06:43. > :06:46.serve all of the public by making sure we investigate whether there
:06:47. > :06:49.are risks, where there are victims and that the enquiry
:06:50. > :06:52.is proportionate and effective as a result.
:06:53. > :06:56.So, no tracker in the car, no CCTV, no investigation.
:06:57. > :07:07.Kevin's insurance company are now dealing with this claim.
:07:08. > :07:09.Football and the top two in the Championship have gone
:07:10. > :07:12.head-to-head at the Amex tonight, with Brighton hoping to take another
:07:13. > :07:15.big step towards promotion to the Premier League.
:07:16. > :07:20.It started well - Brighton took the lead after 14 minutes
:07:21. > :07:24.Glenn Murray was pulled to the ground
:07:25. > :07:26.but got up to fire in his 17th goal of the season.
:07:27. > :07:28.But in the second half Newcastle drew level
:07:29. > :07:31.with a big slice of luck - Diame deflecting the ball
:07:32. > :07:38.And then with two minutes of normal time left,
:07:39. > :07:42.Perez was left unmarked in the box to score the winner for Newcastle.
:07:43. > :07:44.Our reporter John Young was at the game and joins us now
:07:45. > :07:55.Not what most of the crowd there would have wanted.
:07:56. > :08:04.I think that was heard to say, that was not in the script. The huge
:08:05. > :08:08.match, huge atmosphere and disappointing result. Things were
:08:09. > :08:12.going according to plan but then came to a shuddering halt ten
:08:13. > :08:20.minutes from the end. Let's have another look at that goal. Call it
:08:21. > :08:24.bad luck, the comedy of errors, bad goalkeeping, call it what you like.
:08:25. > :08:31.It is not what the Brighton fans wanted to see. Many left before the
:08:32. > :08:38.match was finished. Some were philosophical and some less so. Here
:08:39. > :08:48.were the broadcaster Bob Betts. -- broadcasting bits.
:08:49. > :08:53.The bus and defended well. Good first half. Quite flat in the second
:08:54. > :08:57.half. Not really good. I'm sure some of the other views
:08:58. > :09:02.were more robust but it is not all doom and gloom as there are another
:09:03. > :09:06.12 games to go. Yes, let's put this into
:09:07. > :09:11.perspective. If you look at the fixture list, that is giving each
:09:12. > :09:17.year. Newcastle have the tough fixture list ahead of them and their
:09:18. > :09:25.Seagulls have more straightforward matches to come. No panic.
:09:26. > :09:29.Meanwhile, it was a bad night for all of our other league teams.
:09:30. > :09:31.Charlton Ahtletic lost 4-3 away at Shrewsbury and Gillingham went
:09:32. > :09:36.While in League Two Crawley suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Exeter.
:09:37. > :09:47.That's it from me but before we go let's get a check on the South East
:09:48. > :09:55.Quite changeable over the next couple of days. There was some
:09:56. > :10:00.brightness earlier. We started Seymour cloud around and all of us
:10:01. > :10:07.were seeing some rain for a time in the afternoon. We start tomorrow dry
:10:08. > :10:14.with rain by the afternoon and have this chilly westerly wind. Tonight,
:10:15. > :10:18.more rain for a time. That he sees its way eastwards and behind it
:10:19. > :10:22.temperatures are hovering above freezing thanks to the winds only
:10:23. > :10:37.dropping the rain will potentially be heavy
:10:38. > :10:44.at times in the afternoon. It is going to be feeling cooler with the
:10:45. > :10:53.wind and the rain. On Thursday we will lose that rain. It is breezy
:10:54. > :11:09.and mild. Here is the outlook Good evening. We are about to head
:11:10. > :11:13.into March, the days are getting longer, but are they getting any
:11:14. > :11:17.warmer? Not really. We will get there in the end, but we will have
:11:18. > :11:21.to be patient, not very springlike at the moment. Some showers
:11:22. > :11:25.scattered around across England and Wales will tend to diminish in
:11:26. > :11:30.number, a few left behind, wintry showers across the north of
:11:31. > :11:35.Scotland, snow at low-level is, ice as well as temperatures fall close
:11:36. > :11:41.to freezing. A cold night with a touch of frost in a number of
:11:42. > :11:44.places. Plenty of sunshine across southern areas first of all, but it
:11:45. > :11:48.will not last, rain spilling from the south, the best brightness and
:11:49. > :11:52.eventually further north across the UK. Mostly fine afternoon to come
:11:53. > :11:53.across northern areas,