:00:00. > :00:07.than we really are in international than we really are in international
:00:08. > :00:10.Calls for migrants to be moved far from Calais after fire destroys
:00:11. > :00:18.And the threat of legal action against a Kent council leader
:00:19. > :00:20.by the company wanting to re-open Manston Airport.
:00:21. > :00:27.Onfident we'll get people returned and we're confident Ukip councillors
:00:28. > :00:29.will go on and serve their communities very well indeed. Either
:00:30. > :00:30.way, these elections could be crucial in what comes next for Ukip.
:00:31. > :00:41.It is turning South East politicians have called
:00:42. > :00:44.tonight for migrants in northern France to be relocated far
:00:45. > :00:47.from the Port of Calais, after a huge fire destroyed a camp
:00:48. > :00:49.housing fifteen hundred Wooden huts were reduced to ashes
:00:50. > :00:54.after fighting between Afghan Riot police were called in and at
:00:55. > :00:59.least 10 people have been hurt. There had been concern that this
:01:00. > :01:06.camp was becoming increasingly unstable and ruled by people
:01:07. > :01:11.traffickers from The authorities had
:01:12. > :01:15.planned to shut it down. The flames might well have
:01:16. > :01:17.done that job for them. Big trouble happened
:01:18. > :01:19.with the Afghan people and Kurdish. Afghan people, first time,
:01:20. > :01:21.attacked Kurdish with a knife. Well, it is an eerie atmosphere
:01:22. > :01:34.here in the camp today. The fires are now out,
:01:35. > :01:38.but you can still smell What people used to call home is now
:01:39. > :01:47.largely reduced to ashes. The police ushered out any migrants
:01:48. > :01:49.who turned up today. Hundreds of migrants have been
:01:50. > :02:05.given temporary shelter But charities are warning many have
:02:06. > :02:10.already vanished heading to Calais. What they were doing
:02:11. > :02:14.here which was trying Do you think it's
:02:15. > :02:20.going to get worse? You know, I mean, it
:02:21. > :02:24.was bad here anyway. The closure of the Calais Jungle
:02:25. > :02:27.camp last October caused the numbers In February, we discovered migrants
:02:28. > :02:32.from Dunkirk were making nightly attempts to smuggle themselves
:02:33. > :02:34.into Kent using public And last month, five migrants
:02:35. > :02:44.were injured in clashes at Dunkirk. What this does is it puts more
:02:45. > :02:48.than 1,000 migrants, all of them desperate,
:02:49. > :02:51.on the streets, around That means danger
:02:52. > :02:55.for our lorry drivers. The French authorities
:02:56. > :02:59.say they are now trying to persuade the migrants to go
:03:00. > :03:01.to secure shelters. We need to round them
:03:02. > :03:06.up and take them back I think it is in the interests
:03:07. > :03:12.of Dover and Calais that we work together to ensure
:03:13. > :03:15.that the Dover-Calais trade route And charities point out
:03:16. > :03:19.that the people who lived here have Lawyers for RiverOak,
:03:20. > :03:28.the company hoping to re-open Manston Airport in East Kent,
:03:29. > :03:30.are threatening legal action against the leader
:03:31. > :03:35.of Thanet District Council, It follows an e-mail that he sent
:03:36. > :03:43.to fellow councillors, claiming that Belize,
:03:44. > :03:44.where one of RiverOak's key investors is based,
:03:45. > :03:46.is a "major money-laundering country", whose currency
:03:47. > :03:48.transactions involve proceeds from international narcotics
:03:49. > :03:49.traffickingand saying that Belize is a shipment point
:03:50. > :03:51.for marijuana and cocaine, Campaigners fighting to revive
:03:52. > :04:03.the airport have reacted angrily. A most extraordinary implication
:04:04. > :04:05.to make about a perfectly respectable organisation which has
:04:06. > :04:07.been trying very hard for several Peter Whittlesea joins
:04:08. > :04:16.me now in the studio. Peter, what more has
:04:17. > :04:25.RiverOakhad to say today? RiverOak said they gave Chris Wells
:04:26. > :04:31.a deadline until 5pm this evening to respond to their demands or legal
:04:32. > :04:34.remedies. They say he hasn't made a substantive response, but asked for
:04:35. > :04:37.extra time. It is intriguing what will happen next because I
:04:38. > :04:41.understand this is a personal claim against him, not the council. So the
:04:42. > :04:48.question is whether he has enough money to defend those claims he
:04:49. > :04:51.made. But his political opponents are already saying if he doesn't
:04:52. > :04:56.defend them, he will become a lame duck leader of the council because
:04:57. > :04:58.he won't be able to vote on issues relating to Man ston which is one of
:04:59. > :05:04.the biggest infrastructure projects in the area. Peter, thank you.
:05:05. > :05:06.The long-awaited decision on the location of a new lower
:05:07. > :05:08.Thames Crossing is set to be announced tomorrow.
:05:09. > :05:10.Highways England has been recommending a new tunnel east
:05:11. > :05:13.of Gravesend to relieve pressure on the M25, but ministers have also
:05:14. > :05:15.been considering another crossing at Dartford.
:05:16. > :05:17.The decision follows the largest ever public consultation
:05:18. > :05:23.BBC South East Today will have the latest
:05:24. > :05:31.on the preferred route and speaking to some of those affected.
:05:32. > :05:34.There are just over three weeks to go until polling in county
:05:35. > :05:41.Today the Ukip leader, Paul Nuttall, said he is expecting these elections
:05:42. > :05:44.to be the "most difficult" the party will face before 2020.
:05:45. > :05:46.In 2009, there were no Ukip councillors elected
:05:47. > :05:50.But four years later, the party won a total of 37
:05:51. > :05:53.county council seats - enough to make it the second largest
:05:54. > :05:54.party and official opposition to the Conservatives
:05:55. > :05:59.on Kent County Council and West Sussex County Council.
:06:00. > :06:03.Our Political Editor Helen Catt is in Cliftonville near Margate.
:06:04. > :06:14.Helen, Thanet is something of a stronghold for Ukip?
:06:15. > :06:21.Yes, back in 2013 Ukip won seven of the eight available county council
:06:22. > :06:25.seats in Thanet. It was also where Nigel Farage chose to make his
:06:26. > :06:30.failed bid to become an MP. No real surprise then that it was here that
:06:31. > :06:34.Paul NUTTal, the current leader decide to rally his Kent troops
:06:35. > :06:38.ahead of the elections. This area, he told them, is the heart of Ukip.
:06:39. > :06:42.I caught up with him earlier when he was out on the campaign trail.
:06:43. > :06:44.It was a quieter affair than some former Ukip leaders visits.
:06:45. > :06:47.Paul Nuttall on his first trip to Thanet chose Broadstairs to sell
:06:48. > :06:53.the party's campaign policies one on one.
:06:54. > :06:56.I will represent the community over party all the time and put
:06:57. > :07:00.We're opposed to any sort of building on green belt
:07:01. > :07:03.The South East has a huge problem with the number
:07:04. > :07:06.of people in the South East, but we need to keep Ukip
:07:07. > :07:10.on the pitch because Ukip is the guard dogs of Brexit.
:07:11. > :07:12.Ukip gained almost 40 seats across Kent, Sussex
:07:13. > :07:19.It went on to win the European elections the year after,
:07:20. > :07:24.two by-elections and take control of Thanet District Council.
:07:25. > :07:27.But in recent months several high-profile members have quit
:07:28. > :07:29.raising questions over the party's future relevance.
:07:30. > :07:35.I'm leaving positively having achieved our joint objective
:07:36. > :07:37.of winning a vote to get out of the European Union.
:07:38. > :07:41.On the doorstep this morning, a vote of confidence.
:07:42. > :07:45.Ukip did help to get us out of the EU, but there
:07:46. > :07:48.is still lots of other things that Ukip can do to help
:07:49. > :07:52.So you think there is still a role for them?
:07:53. > :07:58.I think they have achieved what they were set out
:07:59. > :08:01.to and I haven't heard of anything else that they're
:08:02. > :08:08.I don't think they are as relevant as they were two
:08:09. > :08:13.There are other things happening in the world at the moment.
:08:14. > :08:15.If people stick to their guns and say we will stick
:08:16. > :08:18.to them no matter what, they should be all right.
:08:19. > :08:20.These will be the most difficult local elections
:08:21. > :08:28.We know exactly where we stand on this, but we're confident we'll
:08:29. > :08:29.get people returned and we're confident Ukip councillors
:08:30. > :08:33.will go on and serve their communities very well indeed.
:08:34. > :08:40.Either way, these elections could be crucial in what comes next for Ukip.
:08:41. > :08:44.Uttall, the current leader decide to rally
:08:45. > :08:49.The message from Paul Nuttall to members here was very much hold your
:08:50. > :08:53.nerve. The challenge for him and Ukip is to communicate those two
:08:54. > :08:59.things that he has been saying. Firstly he wants to make Theresa May
:09:00. > :09:05.walk the walk on Brexit, but Ukip is no longer a single issue policy, it
:09:06. > :09:12.has policies on transport that he wants to convey. It has the main
:09:13. > :09:16.opposition in west Sussex and has seats elsewhere as well? They have
:09:17. > :09:19.seats in each of our counties and west Sussex they are the official
:09:20. > :09:23.opposition and hold ten seats there of the that's an area to watch for
:09:24. > :09:26.them too. We will, of course, be speaking to Labour and the Liberal
:09:27. > :09:29.Democrats and the Conservatives over the course of the next three weeks.
:09:30. > :09:32.You can find a full list of all candidates standing in the county
:09:33. > :09:39.council elections on the county council websites. Helen, thank you.
:09:40. > :09:41.Gatwick Airport says its policy on disruptive passengers is working
:09:42. > :09:43.with fewer incidents reported in 2016, compared
:09:44. > :09:46.It comes after a Parliamentary report said the sale of alcohol
:09:47. > :09:48.to holidaymakers jetting off on early-morning flights
:09:49. > :09:50.should be restricted because of an increase in rowdy
:09:51. > :09:59.Tomorrow morning on BBC Sussex, Neil Pringle will be hearing
:10:00. > :10:03.from the mother of a Brighton toddler with facial disfigurement
:10:04. > :10:06.who has just won a modelling contract with an online
:10:07. > :10:10.Now let s take a look at what's happening with the weather
:10:11. > :10:12.for the next few days with Nina Ridge.
:10:13. > :10:22.Not too bad. Similar to what we had today. We've got clear skies so
:10:23. > :10:25.turning chilly, but for tomorrow, dry, bright and the best of the
:10:26. > :10:29.sunshine during the morning. It will turn more overcast later on in the
:10:30. > :10:34.day. But through the night tonight, we have got the well broken cloud.
:10:35. > :10:38.Temperatures down to to or three Celsius. A cool feeling morning with
:10:39. > :10:41.that sunshine. As that weather front approaches from the north, the cloud
:10:42. > :10:45.will thicken up for the afternoon and it brings with it the very small
:10:46. > :10:50.chance of a late afternoon shower, but most places will stay dry and
:10:51. > :10:56.we're looking at highs similar today's values, 15 Celsius to 16
:10:57. > :10:59.Celsius inland and 12 to 13 Celsius around the coast. Thursday looks
:11:00. > :11:02.like being dry, bright with sunshine. If we take a look a the
:11:03. > :11:03.outlook and I will hand you over On Sunday, on the cool side for East
:11:04. > :11:24.itself. Good evening. Grace of all it -- it
:11:25. > :11:29.is greatest of all in Scotland. A weather front is on the move. The
:11:30. > :11:32.rain edging down into south-western