0:00:00 > 0:00:03he hopes to prove the earnings forecasts wrong.
0:00:03 > 0:00:08Today's main news in the South East.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Carrying his bloodstained jeans - police say it's "tragically
0:00:11 > 0:00:12unfortunate" they didn't catch this Shoreham killer before
0:00:12 > 0:00:14he beat a man to death.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Hundreds of Brighton university lecturers walk out
0:00:16 > 0:00:18on strike over job losses.
0:00:18 > 0:00:26We're live in Brighton with the details.
0:00:26 > 0:00:34You're like a sister to me. Yes, twins!And the stars of panto season
0:00:34 > 0:00:42are being celebrated in a new exhibition.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Sussex Police have said that it is "tragically unfortunate"
0:00:44 > 0:00:47they failed to catch a handyman from Shoreham who threatened
0:00:47 > 0:00:49a customer over a £40 gardening bill -
0:00:49 > 0:00:56before he returned and beat him to death.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Alan Creasey dialled 999 after Duncan Hearsey turned up
0:00:58 > 0:01:03at his house demanding the money.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Officers told him to lock his doors.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Hearsey was sentenced to 21 years at Lewes Crown Court.
0:01:07 > 0:01:15Piers Hopkirk reports.
0:01:15 > 0:01:22Holding his jeans, soaked in the blood from the brutal assault, CCTV
0:01:22 > 0:01:26footage shows Duncan Hearsey walking around his neighbourhood, at one
0:01:26 > 0:01:31point stopping to shadow-box. Just minutes before, he had attacked Alan
0:01:31 > 0:01:38Creasey, apparently having demanded money for a gardening job.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44But after Hearsey was jailed for 21 years for murder, it emerged police
0:01:44 > 0:01:48received a series of calls that evening reporting his aggressive
0:01:48 > 0:01:51behaviour. Police were initially called on
0:01:51 > 0:01:56three separate occasions by people concerned over Duncan Hearsey's
0:01:56 > 0:02:03behaviour. Then at 8:15pm, Creasy himself called police after an
0:02:03 > 0:02:09altercation with Hearsey. Police attended, but left at 8:30pm,
0:02:09 > 0:02:15advising Mr Creasy to lock his doors. They returned to his home at
0:02:15 > 0:02:179:10pm to find him seriously injured.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Sussex Police is carrying out an internal investigation, to examine
0:02:22 > 0:02:30whether lessons can be learned.We need to investigate to see if the
0:02:30 > 0:02:33police have made any error, and it is a local investigation so they
0:02:33 > 0:02:38will be looking to see whether we did anything we could, and
0:02:38 > 0:02:41everything reasonable at the time. Detectives described as tragically
0:02:41 > 0:02:46unfortunate the fact that Hearsey was not arrested sooner. The force's
0:02:46 > 0:02:59professional standards department will make its own judgment.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Police have launched a murder investigation following the death
0:03:05 > 0:03:06of a man in Folkestone.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08The body of 58-year-old Joe Daniels was found
0:03:08 > 0:03:11inside the Red Cow pub in Foord Road shortly before 11.30
0:03:11 > 0:03:12yesterday morning.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13He had been shot.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16A gun was found at the property, and police say they can't yet rule
0:03:16 > 0:03:18out any third party involvement.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Hundreds of lecturers at the University of Brighton have,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23in the past half hour, walked out on strike.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25The dispute is over compulsory redundancies and concerns over
0:03:25 > 0:03:27the closure of other campuses in neighbouring towns.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29The University and Colleges Union says thousands of students
0:03:29 > 0:03:31in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings will see their classes
0:03:31 > 0:03:33cancelled during the one and a half day strike,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35which the University has described as "counter-productive."
0:03:35 > 0:03:37The union claims management are going against a long-standing
0:03:37 > 0:03:47"no redundancies" policy.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56We feel there is no justification for these redundancy malt --
0:03:56 > 0:04:02redundancies, we feel that possibly the University's reason for trying
0:04:02 > 0:04:08to push this through when they could lift it quite easily.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Our education correspondent Lauren Moss is at the University
0:04:10 > 0:04:12in Brighton now - Lauren, the University says this
0:04:12 > 0:04:16action is over two members of staff and unjustified?
0:04:16 > 0:04:21The union says if these two members of staff, who are researchers in
0:04:21 > 0:04:26different departments, are made redundant, it will put an end to the
0:04:26 > 0:04:29University's no redundancies policy hit which has been in place for 21
0:04:29 > 0:04:36years. The union says it is taking this action behind me here to try
0:04:36 > 0:04:42and prevent further potential job losses and cuts in the future, it
0:04:42 > 0:04:47claims a research grant has already been lost on the foreign land
0:04:47 > 0:04:53department has closed as well. This is the latest disruption to affect
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Brighton University's campus, we saw protests after it emerged the campus
0:04:56 > 0:05:02in Hasting will close in 2019, that is good to go ahead although a
0:05:02 > 0:05:07limited number of classes will be running at the new centre which will
0:05:07 > 0:05:10open at the time later this year. What are the University and students
0:05:10 > 0:05:17are saying about this action?The university claimed the section is
0:05:17 > 0:05:21entirely unjustified and not in the interests of students, they say they
0:05:21 > 0:05:24are working hard to resolve the situation with the two members of
0:05:24 > 0:05:30staff. The students' union says it recognises and emphasises with the
0:05:30 > 0:05:33staff, but cannot support the action thoroughly because of the disruption
0:05:33 > 0:05:37it is good to have on the student body today, tomorrow and possibly
0:05:37 > 0:05:37next week.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40It's almost the time for Panto - where nearly all the theatres
0:05:40 > 0:05:42are hosting soap stars yelling out "He's behind you" and
0:05:42 > 0:05:50"Oh, no, it isn't".
0:05:50 > 0:05:533 million of us went to a pantomime last year.
0:05:53 > 0:05:563 million of us went to a pantomime last year.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58But the theatrical form is being celebrated in Canterbury,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00in a unique exhibition at the Beaney Museum.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It's being staged with help from the University
0:06:02 > 0:06:03of Kent's Special Collections and Archives department.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Charlotte Wright is there - and it really is a case of "Oh,
0:06:06 > 0:06:16yes it is," isn't it?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20PROBLEMS WITH SOUND.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Apologies for the problems with the sound there.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Sussex cricketer James Vince top-scored for England on day one
0:06:25 > 0:06:28of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30The 26-year-old, who was born in Cuckfield, made 83 before
0:06:30 > 0:06:33being run out by Nathan Lyon's superb direct hit.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39England, the Ashes holders, closed day one on 196 for four.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Actually felt reasonably calm considering the occasion,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47and it was my first knock in Test cricket for a little while, so...
0:06:47 > 0:06:51like I said, try to enjoy it as much as anything, but, you know,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53maintain focus out there, try and enjoy the occasion
0:06:53 > 0:06:55of playing in an Ashes Test match at the Gabba,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57without letting it get on top of me.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00So I thought we got the balance quite right today.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02England's women's hockey team - featuring six players
0:07:02 > 0:07:04from Kent and Sussex - are through to the semifinals of the
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Hockey World League in New Zealand.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Two goals from former East Grinstead forward Sophie Bray sealed a 2-1
0:07:11 > 0:07:13victory over the United States in this morning's quarter final.
0:07:13 > 0:07:23The team will face hosts New Zealand in tomorrow morning's semi.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30England rugby captain Dylan Hartley has been left out of the starting 15
0:07:30 > 0:07:33for the first time after coach Eddie Jones for Saturday's match against
0:07:33 > 0:07:40Samoa. He drops to the bench, he had previously led the team for all 22
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Test matches under Jones. Let's take a look
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Test matches under Jones. Let's take a look at the weather
0:07:45 > 0:07:50now. Elizabeth is here. Bit of a blustery start this
0:07:50 > 0:07:55morning. Is it going to come down? Yes, but it will stay quite breezy
0:07:55 > 0:08:00for the rest of the day I think. We started off with some very squally
0:08:00 > 0:08:08winds, a band of showers which is -- 's work through as well. -- swept
0:08:08 > 0:08:12through. We will keep the blue sky for the most of the afternoon, just
0:08:12 > 0:08:18a little bit of fair weather cloud. Temperatures started the day at 13
0:08:18 > 0:08:23and 14 degrees, so as you can see we have seen a cooling trend as we have
0:08:23 > 0:08:27gone through the afternoon. We are now into much cooler air. For the
0:08:27 > 0:08:32first part of the night it is going to be quite chilly, then this band
0:08:32 > 0:08:37of rain spreads in from the south and temperatures will probably go up
0:08:37 > 0:08:41into tomorrow morning. Seven or eight Celsius, though a cloudy and
0:08:41 > 0:08:45damp start the day. But by the time most of us wake up it should be
0:08:45 > 0:08:49drier, and we will see some sunshine around today with lighter winds, but
0:08:49 > 0:09:01it is going
0:09:08 > 0:09:09to be. Highs of only nine Celsius. Perhaps
0:09:09 > 0:09:12some rain towards the south coast on Friday night, but otherwise it is
0:09:12 > 0:09:15looking drive for the course of the weekend. But highs of only five or
0:09:15 > 0:09:15six
0:09:15 > 0:09:16weekend. But highs of only five or six Celsius, and some frosty nights
0:09:16 > 0:09:19before it gets milder again by the beginning of next week. Thanks, very
0:09:19 > 0:09:21much. And apologies for the pantomime peace, we will bring you
0:09:21 > 0:09:23at least 30 -- we will bring you eight at 6:30pm.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Also, we will be talking to Brian -- Ryan from Seifert who is a
0:09:28 > 0:09:32trampoline champion. Join us at 6:30pm. Goodbye.