:00:00. > :00:00.Today's main headlines in the south-east:
:00:07. > :00:08.He's banned single mums and benefit claimants.
:00:09. > :00:11.Now a controversial landlord is investigated
:00:12. > :00:16.A teenager who starved himself to death was let down
:00:17. > :00:24.by Kent's mental health services, says his grieving mother.
:00:25. > :00:39.And the sun is back again for tomorrow. By the afternoon, we could
:00:40. > :00:44.Kent police are investigating one of the country's largest
:00:45. > :00:46.buy-to-let landlords, after he made a serious
:00:47. > :00:47.of racially charged remarks about prospective tenants.
:00:48. > :00:52.Fergus Wilson, who owns hundreds of properties in the south-east,
:00:53. > :00:55.told his letting agency in an email that he didn't want "coloured"
:00:56. > :00:57.people renting his homes because they left the buildings
:00:58. > :01:04.He owns a property portfolio worth millions.
:01:05. > :01:10.But Fergus Wilson says he's fed up having difficulty re-letting houses
:01:11. > :01:13.because of curry smells and the cost of getting rid of them.
:01:14. > :01:15.The Equality Human Rights Commission labelled his
:01:16. > :01:24.And Pakistani and Indian people eat curry, so people put
:01:25. > :01:29.the two together and say you are anti-coloured people.
:01:30. > :01:32.We're not anti-coloured people, we're anti-curry.
:01:33. > :01:37.Well, you would say that, wouldn't you, because that's your job.
:01:38. > :01:40.You obviously don't believe it, because...
:01:41. > :01:44.Your comments have been called disgusting.
:01:45. > :01:46.Well, that isn't the view shared by the majority
:01:47. > :01:52.The Equality Commission believes the ban is unlawful.
:01:53. > :01:55.Kent Police says it is looking to see if any
:01:56. > :01:58.It's certainly provoked a strong reaction.
:01:59. > :02:02.but I don't think he'll ever be able to buy back his soul.
:02:03. > :02:04.I think it's really shocking, actually.
:02:05. > :02:07.I think if you think back to the '60s and the first
:02:08. > :02:11.it was brought in to address exactly this sort
:02:12. > :02:15.where landlords were refusing to let properties to people
:02:16. > :02:20.These were the views in Maidstone town centre.
:02:21. > :02:29.Everybody tries to protect their property.
:02:30. > :02:31.In this day and age, that kind of prejudice
:02:32. > :02:34.It's just horrific, it makes you feel sick.
:02:35. > :02:38.Fergus Wilson has previously drawn up a list of banning single mothers
:02:39. > :02:40.Fergus Wilson has previously drawn up a list banning single mothers
:02:41. > :02:42.and fathers, battered wives and plumbers
:02:43. > :02:44.in addition to what he calls "coloured people".
:02:45. > :02:50.Because I am not objecting to coloured people.
:02:51. > :02:52.Part of your question you should have been asking me,
:02:53. > :02:56.was do you currently have any coloured people as tenants?
:02:57. > :03:02.Well, there's nothing to back down on, is there?
:03:03. > :03:06.At the end of the day, it's up to me who goes into my properties.
:03:07. > :03:10.You have no regrets saying no coloured people?
:03:11. > :03:17.Despite the backlash, he insists the ban will remain in place.
:03:18. > :03:19.Charlotte Wright has been looking into this.
:03:20. > :03:22.Charlotte, you've spoken to a lawyer tonight -
:03:23. > :03:28.can Mr Wilson be prosecuted over this?
:03:29. > :03:34.Well, there is legislation in place which makes discrimination on the
:03:35. > :03:38.basis of race and unlawful act. The lawyer spoke to this evening
:03:39. > :03:42.actually said Mr Wilson can be pursued in court over this. The
:03:43. > :03:47.Equality Act from 2010 has a number of it calls protected
:03:48. > :03:50.characteristics and among those of race and religion. Of a private
:03:51. > :03:54.landlord discriminates against someone on the basis of race or
:03:55. > :03:58.religion, they could be breaking the law. Simon mentioned the equality
:03:59. > :04:03.and human rights commission is looking into this. If it does seek
:04:04. > :04:06.legal action, Mr Wilson could face a massive multiparty claim in a county
:04:07. > :04:07.court, with serious financial consequences, should he lose.
:04:08. > :04:10.A man from Eastbourne who took pictures from the social media
:04:11. > :04:13.accounts of women he knew and uploaded them to a pornographic
:04:14. > :04:15.website has pleaded guilty to making offensive postings.
:04:16. > :04:19.36-year-old Oliver Whiting used social media images of two women,
:04:20. > :04:24.He admitted 11 offences at Hastings Magistrates Court
:04:25. > :04:29.Five different art works are to form part of a permanent
:04:30. > :04:33.memorial to the victims of the Shoreham air disaster.
:04:34. > :04:38.11 men died when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27 in Sussex during
:04:39. > :04:43.The designs, which are in the very early stages, will honour
:04:44. > :04:46.the victims and their families, the first responders
:04:47. > :04:53.19 months after the disaster which claimed 11 lives,
:04:54. > :04:58.today, the first glimpse of plans for a permanent memorial.
:04:59. > :05:00.It's been created by Brighton artists Jane Ford
:05:01. > :05:09.A series of works to sit alongside the banks of the River Adur,
:05:10. > :05:12.designed in close consultation with the victims' families.
:05:13. > :05:15.We aim for this work to achieve a quiet contemplation
:05:16. > :05:19.of the river and the sense of peace that it offers.
:05:20. > :05:22.The memorial will be spread over five locations,
:05:23. > :05:26.including a sculpture dedicated to the first responders.
:05:27. > :05:30.A little further up the river, a tribute
:05:31. > :05:33.to the Shoreham community, in the form a landscaped area
:05:34. > :05:38.Then on the east side of the toll bridge,
:05:39. > :05:41.a series of 11 arches dedicated to each of the victims.
:05:42. > :05:45.People really like the fact that we've tried to create
:05:46. > :05:49.areas for people to go to to do their own grieving, really,
:05:50. > :05:55.The town's old toll bridge, a short distance from the crash site,
:05:56. > :06:01.Now, though, Shoreham will have a memorial for all time.
:06:02. > :06:04.Memorials are very important because I think when people
:06:05. > :06:07.want to remember, very often they need a place to go to,
:06:08. > :06:14.For people in the town it is a welcome focal point
:06:15. > :06:19.Even the children struggled with what happened, and I think
:06:20. > :06:22.it is right that there is a lasting memorial for people to go
:06:23. > :06:27.I think it is lovely and great and it is important to have
:06:28. > :06:33.Sussex Police's investigation into the crash is ongoing.
:06:34. > :06:36.Tonight, they said they hoped to submit a file of material
:06:37. > :06:39.to the Crown Prosecution Service in advance of the pre-inquest
:06:40. > :06:52.An NHS Trust has admitted a young man from Kent didn't receive
:06:53. > :06:54.appropriate treatment for the eating disorder which eventually
:06:55. > :06:58.Steven Brazier, from Minster on the Isle of Sheppey,
:06:59. > :07:01.was 19 stone when he started a healthy weight-loss programme -
:07:02. > :07:04.but his weight plummeted to just eight stone within two years
:07:05. > :07:13.Steven Brazier was so thin, he could barely walk.
:07:14. > :07:17.He had lost more than ten stone in just two years,
:07:18. > :07:21.after starting a diet to lose weight put on after breaking his leg.
:07:22. > :07:25.He just carried on until there was no off switch with him,
:07:26. > :07:29.Until there was virtually nothing of him, a fraction
:07:30. > :07:36.He would be at the end of his tether, basically, would say,
:07:37. > :07:38."I can't go on like this, Mum,
:07:39. > :07:42."And I have just had enough, I just want to die,"
:07:43. > :07:45.and hearing your son say that is really, really hard.
:07:46. > :07:48.The partnership trust sectioned Steven for his own safety
:07:49. > :07:51.and he was treated for more than a year at a specialist
:07:52. > :07:54.He seemed to have improved, so the trust decided
:07:55. > :08:01.I used to telephone the mental health people, they would tell me
:08:02. > :08:06.to ring the eating disorder service and it was just going backwards
:08:07. > :08:09.and forwards, nobody seemed to know who should be looking after him.
:08:10. > :08:12.In a statement, the trust accepts that communications
:08:13. > :08:15.between the services looking after Steven was not adequate.
:08:16. > :08:17.They say patients should expect a standard of service
:08:18. > :08:25.And they insist they have learned from the failings in Steven's case.
:08:26. > :08:27.He was just a skeleton with skin stretched over him.
:08:28. > :08:31.His teeth had all come out, and he'd just...
:08:32. > :08:34.I don't want anybody else to go through that.
:08:35. > :08:43.The trust have now reached a settlement with the Braziers.
:08:44. > :08:47.Brighton's i360 remains a "fantastic addition to the city,"
:08:48. > :08:50.that's the message this evening from the city council,
:08:51. > :08:53.as the troubled attraction reopened after the seventh incident since it
:08:54. > :08:58.It means the attraction has now lost 11 days of business
:08:59. > :09:01.John Young has been following this story.
:09:02. > :09:12.John, how significant could these embarrassing closures be now?
:09:13. > :09:20.Well, early, let's crunch some numbers. The attraction needs to
:09:21. > :09:23.pull in 350,000 visitors if it is going to be a success and if
:09:24. > :09:27.taxpayers aren't going to pick up a huge tab. So far, 300,000 through
:09:28. > :09:33.the door, so pretty much on target, but this is the problem, images like
:09:34. > :09:36.this that flashed around the world in September on what became one of
:09:37. > :09:41.five significant problems over the last eight months, when a temporary
:09:42. > :09:46.toilet had to be assembled, people stuck for over an hour on that
:09:47. > :09:49.occasion. So we asked the owners, give us some details on the numbers,
:09:50. > :09:53.how are they moving, up or down? They wouldn't give us that but said
:09:54. > :09:57.they were within target parameters. Prices go up by ?1 at the weekend
:09:58. > :09:58.but tomorrow it is back open, it is safe, it has been tested.
:09:59. > :10:01.In a moment, the national weather forecast,
:10:02. > :10:03.but, first, let's get the picture in the south-east
:10:04. > :10:13.Good evening. Well, today was cloudy but it stayed pile. Our top
:10:14. > :10:17.temperature was 16 degrees, and for tomorrow, there will be some
:10:18. > :10:21.sunshine and by afternoon, potentially, you could see highs of
:10:22. > :10:25.20 or 21. The average the time of year is ten or 11. Those are the
:10:26. > :10:30.sorts of values we are expecting to see as we head through tonight. More
:10:31. > :10:34.cloud at times, some drizzle but mostly dry and very mild as we start
:10:35. > :10:39.the day for Thursday. Cloud first thing but by the afternoon, it is
:10:40. > :10:42.going to be brightening up, a gentle southerly airflow, so temperatures
:10:43. > :10:47.along the coast perhaps a touch cooler but even there, very warm and
:10:48. > :10:54.a pleasant afternoon. Highs of 15 or 16 degrees. Further north,
:10:55. > :10:58.temperatures in the top teams. As we go from Thursday into Friday,
:10:59. > :10:59.overnight temperatures of nine or 10 degrees, more of the same after some
:11:00. > :11:06.rain first thing on Friday. far. The outlook for the next few
:11:07. > :11:09.days, temperatures coming down a bit but staying decent for this time of
:11:10. > :11:14.year. Here is Darren Bett with the national weather.
:11:15. > :11:20.The warm air coming up on a southerly breeze all the way from
:11:21. > :11:24.Iberia and across France into England and Wales. To achieve the
:11:25. > :11:28.high temperatures we need to get into some of this dryer air and
:11:29. > :11:31.sunshine. Even with the cloud today, 17 degrees. Not just about the
:11:32. > :11:35.temperatures, let's not forget there is some rain around as well. Quite
:11:36. > :11:40.wet in Pembrokeshire for much of the day. More rain overnight tonight,
:11:41. > :11:43.some rain and drizzle in northern and western areas. Wetter weather
:11:44. > :11:47.moving northwards across Scotland. Some rain in the south-west,
:11:48. > :11:51.shuffling towards the Midlands. Overnight, a lot of cloud around. It
:11:52. > :11:56.is going to be very mild indeed for the time of year, 11-12 in many
:11:57. > :11:58.parts of the country. This is an sunshine beginning to creep into the
:11:59. > :11:59.south-east early in the