21/04/2017 South East Today

A 94-year-old woman from Sussex who had ?600

stolen on a trip to her local shops

says she was left so traumatised she thought she would die.

Daisy Payne had just withdrawn her pension money

from the post office in Whitehawk when it was taken from her purse.

This is the moment 94-year-old Daisy Payne picked up ?600

from her local post office in Whitehawk.

She had been ill and hadn't been able to collect her

Minutes later, the money had been stolen.

I was sick. I kept crying.

I have lost weight. I just wanted to die.

Because the neighbours all round said they

thought I was on my way out, I was so drawn

and what with the worry, losing all that money.

After leaving the post office, Daisy and her friend walked

By the time they left there, the money had been taken.

These people just prey on the older and the vulnerable

I hope they rot in hell, whoever it is.

I think whoever has done this does need the full force

Local shopkeepers or so upset they have

Devastation. Total devastation.

She is the heart of this community and certainly

has a special place in my heart and I felt something

had to be done to let her know that we are all

Daisy grew up here in Whitehawk and spent most of her

life caring for her mother, who died at the age of 100.

She is now extremely angry at the person who

I don't want to meet them because I would be sorry

Sussex Police say they are looking into the incident on the afternoon

Daisy says she is determined not to lose her nerve

over what happened as she doesn't want

And since that report aired on our early evening news programme

we have had lots of calls and offers to help Daisy Payne,

we'll be passing on all those good wishes to Daisy.

South East MEP and former Ukip leader Nigel Farage says he intends

to use his platform in Europe to convince people there

they should support a good deal for Britain during Brexit.

Last night Mr Farage confirmed that he won't be standing

Speaking on this programme earlier tonight he said he thought

he'd be more useful campaigning on the continent.

There's been a dramatic increase in the number of men in Kent seeking

The Release The Pressure campaign was launched in response to figures

revealing that suicide is the leading killer of men under 45.

Charlie Rose speaks to one man who reached out.

Mike Stubbs calls this song Pain No More.

He says making it gave him the therapy

he needed to cope with his mental health issues.

Coming out of hospital after a suicide attempt and

being at complete rock bottom, you know,

I really wanted to write something passionate and meaningful

I kind of just put it online to show my friends

It got shared so many times all over the world and I was getting fan mail

in the hundreds daily just from people

who also suffer from mental health and depression.

And it really did make you want to continue on

A campaign aimed at ending male suicide in Kent has seen

more than 6,500 men call a special helpline in the past year.

It comes after Prince Harry revealed he sought help after not thinking

And the Duke of Cambridge said the British stiff upper lip

should not be allowed to endanger mental help.

I've seen a number of sad situations that come from suicides

particularly and self harm, and I think it is just a tragedy

And for Mike, it is also the social side of making music which has been

As it has helped others, it has fed him and inspired him to do more.

Newly married and with a record label interested

in his music, these are better times for Mike Stubbs.

Football now and it hasn't quite gone to plan

for Brighton and Hove Albion tonight.

They lost 2-0 to Norwich in their latest Championship match.

Our reporter Ian Palmer is live in Norwich now.

Well, it wasn't all that bad when you think about it. Brighton scored

twice but they were both own goals off the back of keeper David

Stockdale. It didn't help matters that they came from Ian Prichard who

Brighton were keen on signing early in the season. But when I spoke to

fans after, they said they didn't care. It doesn't matter. Where still

going up. Where happy, where calm. It was all right. A day out. I'm

still hungover. Ever so hungover from Monday. When you think about

it, the last time these two sides met, Brighton won 5-0 against

Norwich. It is the vagaries of the championship, so difficult to get

out of this league and they have got out of it. The next chance they have

to be the official champions is against Bristol city a week

tomorrow. That's it from me, the national

weather forecast in a moment but first let's get the picture

in the South East with Nina Ridge. Quite a bit of cloud at the moment.

We might keep that cloud throughout the morning. It's not really until

Sunday that we start to see something a little bit brighter with

more sunshine on the way. It's not going to be particularly cold

tomorrow morning. We can see one or two showers scattered around. A bit

of cloud, a bit of rain here and there. That weather front bringing

the rain is clearing away to the south-east. Try and brighter through

the afternoon. It won't be as mild as today.

marathon. Here is the outlook for the weather for the next few days

and Helen Willetts has the National forecast.

While unusual to see snow in May, it will be a shock to the system. We've

seen some interesting contrast. 19 degrees cost is in Scotland in the

sunshine today. In the sunshine only 11. The differences we are behind a

cold weather front. Seeing a stepped down in temperatures. The cold air

filtering sound so there will be a widespread ground frost across the

country. The week weather front still with us so we could cheat

patchy mist and fog. The best chance of seeing the meteor shower

overnight will be in those clear skies further north. A better chance

for south overnight. We start Saturday morning with the line of

cloud, the weather front from Northern Ireland through Wales, the

Midlands coming