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:00:00. > :00:07.Today's main headlines in the South East: The Kent murder

:00:08. > :00:09.victim whose case was mishandled - her family reject an apology

:00:10. > :00:21.We will not rest until we get justice.

:00:22. > :00:23.Celebrating a remarkable recovery from cancer -

:00:24. > :00:33.the seven year old boy who was given a ten percent chance of survival.

:00:34. > :00:39.And after a pretty humid day with heavy showers tomorrow promises more

:00:40. > :00:48.on the way of sunny spells but also further rain in the forecast.

:00:49. > :00:51.The family of a woman who was stabbed to death

:00:52. > :00:53.in Canterbury last year have received an apology

:00:54. > :00:56.from the country's top lawyer for the way the case was handled.

:00:57. > :00:59.The Attorney General says he was "deeply troubled"

:01:00. > :01:01.by a series of mistakes made by the Crown Prosecution Service

:01:02. > :01:04.during the sentencing of two women involved in Natasha Sadler's murder.

:01:05. > :01:06.Her family have rejected the apology - and are now

:01:07. > :01:20.considering a private prosecution - as Claudia Sermbezis reports.

:01:21. > :01:28.Samantha Groombridge jailed for 12 weeks, Naomi James -- jailed for 12

:01:29. > :01:33.months, both women health concealed knife used to kill Joon Sadler 's

:01:34. > :01:38.daughter. June wanted to appeal the legs of the sentences but did not

:01:39. > :01:43.know she had only 28 days to do it. She feels let down by the Crown

:01:44. > :01:48.Prosecution Service and the Attorney General agrees. It is a travesty of

:01:49. > :01:53.justice. Shocking. Absolutely shocking. Somebody must be made

:01:54. > :01:57.accountable for this. We will take out a private prosecution. We will

:01:58. > :02:05.definitely do that. Those two should be behind bars where they belong.

:02:06. > :02:10.Natasha and a friend were savagely attacked last year. The killer was

:02:11. > :02:17.this man, foster Christian, who was sentenced to a minimum tariff of 30

:02:18. > :02:18.years. The two were sentenced last October, November the Crown

:02:19. > :02:23.sentences were not too lenient but sentences were not too lenient but

:02:24. > :02:27.did not tell Natasha's family that there was a strict 28 day time limit

:02:28. > :02:30.to appeal the decision and refer the case to the Attorney General

:02:31. > :02:33.themselves so by the end of December it would have been too late. In a

:02:34. > :02:41.letter the Attorney General has said:

:02:42. > :02:48.it is unusual I think for the attorney to speak in such strong

:02:49. > :02:52.terms, clearly the family concerned were not well served by the Crown

:02:53. > :02:56.Prosecution Service and it is appropriate isn't it that he should

:02:57. > :03:02.apologise on their behalf. Natasha's mother said they will fight on as

:03:03. > :03:11.best they can. Sorry is just not good enough. It is not. And we want

:03:12. > :03:15.rest until we get justice. -- and we won't rest until we get justice. The

:03:16. > :03:29.families are now hoping for a judicial review.

:03:30. > :03:38.Tributes have been paid to a 1 million man who is body was found.

:03:39. > :03:39.He was remembered today as he happy young man his smiling nature belied

:03:40. > :03:49.his predicament. He had come to this place for meals

:03:50. > :03:56.and two charges phone. When we met him he was such a young happy boy,

:03:57. > :04:00.21 years old, really happy, always smiling and always positive. Has

:04:01. > :04:06.badly beaten body was discovered here in woodland on Sunday. He had

:04:07. > :04:11.only come to this spot around a day or so before his death, choosing to

:04:12. > :04:15.pit his tenth year presumably for the peace and the tranquillity of

:04:16. > :04:21.this place provides. Detectives have described the attack on him as

:04:22. > :04:25.vicious. This woman believe she could have been one of the last

:04:26. > :04:29.people to see him alive. She said she saw him in the village as she

:04:30. > :04:35.drove home from a night shift. I said are you OK and he said I am

:04:36. > :04:40.fine, thank you. He sat up for a second and he stood up straightaway

:04:41. > :04:45.and I said are you sure, and he said yes, thanks. When you found out that

:04:46. > :04:49.he had been murdered just a few hours later. Back I am trying my

:04:50. > :04:58.best to do is give my tears away now but I can't stop crying. I feel

:04:59. > :05:04.guilty. I should have done something different, maybe, handled it

:05:05. > :05:09.differently, I should not give up. Because he said I am right, maybe I

:05:10. > :05:10.had to make sure he was read. Detectives are hunting for clues

:05:11. > :05:12.that might lead them to his killer. Piers joins us now -

:05:13. > :05:21.so what more have we learned Detectives are trying to build up a

:05:22. > :05:25.picture of his life, we know he came here from Rumania in October and

:05:26. > :05:31.that he has family, we believe his mother lives in the Gravesend area.

:05:32. > :05:36.He had been working in and around great scent and made them in

:05:37. > :05:41.warehouses, he had blood times been sleeping rough and he ended up

:05:42. > :05:45.living in a tent in the novel. Police continue to appeal for

:05:46. > :05:47.witnesses as they search for a motive for his murder.

:05:48. > :05:50.A teenager accused of killing his stepfather with a single punch

:05:51. > :05:53.in a row over pocket money is no longer facing a murder charge.

:05:54. > :05:56.18-year-old Douglas Herridge is still charged with the manslaughter

:05:57. > :05:58.of the former national squash champion Colin Payne at their home

:05:59. > :06:01.The teenager claims he acted in self-defence -

:06:02. > :06:09.Two leaders of the political party Britain First have been arrested

:06:10. > :06:11.by Kent Police on suspicion of inciting religious hatred.

:06:12. > :06:15.Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen were arrested

:06:16. > :06:18.yesterday evening in the Tonbridge area - in connection with leaflets

:06:19. > :06:20.and videos posted online which relate to an ongoing trial

:06:21. > :06:24.Both have been released on bail pending further

:06:25. > :06:32.A large plinth could soon be built on Hove seafront.

:06:33. > :06:34.The project - to showcase sculptures by contemporary artists -

:06:35. > :06:36.has secured ?16,000 from Arts council England.

:06:37. > :06:40.But the money will only be released if forty thousand pounds can be

:06:41. > :06:48.Blue Tobin is an eight year old boy from East Kent who's being hailed

:06:49. > :06:53.When he was two, he was diagnosed with cancer and the known

:06:54. > :06:58.His family were then told the NHS could offer a very risky,

:06:59. > :07:00.pioneering treatment - with only a ten percent

:07:01. > :07:04.Today, he was been declared free of the disease -

:07:05. > :07:14.It's the sound that says there's no cancer inside his body.

:07:15. > :07:19.Today seven-year-old Blue Tobin was given the all-clear.

:07:20. > :07:21.Without the Royal Marsden, without his donor, Andreas,

:07:22. > :07:26.without the people that raised money for research into these drugs

:07:27. > :07:33.which saved my son's life, he wouldn't be here today.

:07:34. > :07:37.But thanks to the wonderful doctors and nurses...

:07:38. > :07:45.Blue's mother thanks one of the many medics who helped

:07:46. > :07:49.For her it had been a tortuous journey.

:07:50. > :07:51.Blue was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer

:07:52. > :07:54.called myeloid leukaemia when he was two years' old.

:07:55. > :08:00.The family was told nothing more could be done.

:08:01. > :08:02.Doctors suggested using two drugs trials in adult cancer,

:08:03. > :08:06.but never used in a child of Blue's age.

:08:07. > :08:09.There was only a 10 to 15% chance the drugs would lead to remission.

:08:10. > :08:16.Blue was well enough to receive a bone marrow transplant.

:08:17. > :08:29.I cannot remember in 25 years of haematology,

:08:30. > :08:32.many patients having such a bad leukaemia, who we managed

:08:33. > :08:37.So many people to thank but how do you thank anybody

:08:38. > :08:54.Blue will need regular checks on his physical development for years to

:08:55. > :08:58.come but the fact that he was able to withstand adult cancer treatment

:08:59. > :08:59.and survive is already helping to save the lives of other young

:09:00. > :09:00.children. Ian Palmer BBC South

:09:01. > :09:02.East Today at the royal Now, before next month's

:09:03. > :09:05.General Election, we're hosting a special Question Time style debate

:09:06. > :09:08.in St Leonards, near Hastings, on So if you live

:09:09. > :09:13.or work in the South East, and you'd like to be

:09:14. > :09:15.in the audience, send an email to SE Vote at bbc.co.uk

:09:16. > :09:17.with your name, address and daytime phone number

:09:18. > :09:37.and you could be part Let's move on to the weather. We had

:09:38. > :09:40.some really heavy downpours and thunderstorms, power cut reported as

:09:41. > :09:44.well. Much-needed rainfall, modified over the next couple of days. He was

:09:45. > :09:49.the scene earlier today, taking in the -- taken in secret. Dramatic

:09:50. > :09:53.shower clouds and earlier this evening. Most of the showers

:09:54. > :09:57.receives this evening and we lose the risk of thunder and lightning

:09:58. > :10:02.overnight. For most of us by the time it gets to the early hours of

:10:03. > :10:05.temperatures around 1215 degrees so temperatures around 1215 degrees so

:10:06. > :10:09.frost free and not as muddy as it was today but Friday will be another

:10:10. > :10:13.fairly human feeling day. Some spells of sunshine, again the chance

:10:14. > :10:17.of the odd shower passing through. In the middle of the day some of the

:10:18. > :10:22.showers could be heavy and potentially Sunday but most of the

:10:23. > :10:28.more clearly and cabbages we up to 1718 degrees. A pleasant day on

:10:29. > :10:31.Friday. It will be largely dry as he moved to do the early hours of

:10:32. > :10:35.Saturday but then again Saturday could bring us the chance of some

:10:36. > :10:40.passing showers. We could do with heavy rainfall, that will not be in

:10:41. > :10:44.the heavy -- in the forecast for the next few days. Temperatures up to 16

:10:45. > :10:48.or 17 degrees in the sunshine. We will see rain overnight and early on

:10:49. > :10:52.on Sunday but that it clear towards the east. Sunday will be another dry

:10:53. > :10:56.day with sunshine but it will feel quite a bit fresher than it has over

:10:57. > :10:59.degrees or so. I leave you with an degrees or so. I leave you with an

:11:00. > :11:01.outlook of the weather, here in the south-east that the next few days

:11:02. > :11:02.and I pass you to We want to see the economy

:11:03. > :11:09.work for everybody, not Now the weather.

:11:10. > :11:10., yes a humid dead. We have had photographs of