:00:08. > :00:12.A couple from Canterbury who've fostered 150 children over 30 years
:00:13. > :00:15.are both set to receive MBEs in the New Years honours,
:00:16. > :00:17.joining a whole host of other volunteers,
:00:18. > :00:19.politicians and Olympic stars from across the South East
:00:20. > :00:26.When Rene and Ron Upton received letters saying they would
:00:27. > :00:30.be honoured for all their foster work they felt overwhelmed as they
:00:31. > :00:36.We have been in the right position at the right time and at the right
:00:37. > :00:40.age to be able to enjoy and assist children through their lives.
:00:41. > :00:43.It has worked out really well for us.
:00:44. > :00:51.Despite having five of their own children
:00:52. > :00:54.the couple decided there was a space missing at the dinner table.
:00:55. > :00:56.We had two children in placement and our
:00:57. > :01:00.own five children so that was seven and then they asked us to take
:01:01. > :01:03.a sibling group of four which we said yes.
:01:04. > :01:08.The youngest stayed for 18 years and the couple ended up
:01:09. > :01:14.Honours also went to Kent Olympic medallists.
:01:15. > :01:18.Members of the women's GB hockey team and Tom Ransley from the
:01:19. > :01:24.It was a letter in the post and it was a bit of a surprise really.
:01:25. > :01:28.Definitely didn't expect it, you expect the usual bills
:01:29. > :01:35.Canterbury MP Julian Brazier was knighted, as was Kent-born
:01:36. > :01:39.Oscar winner Mark Rylance, Sussex Police officer Louise Pye was
:01:40. > :01:43.given the Queen's Police Medal for her family liaison work and
:01:44. > :01:46.Paralympic champion Will Bayley receives an MBE.
:01:47. > :01:50.Since I was seven years I've played table tennis so it is a real
:01:51. > :01:53.honour and my family and really proud of me.
:01:54. > :01:56.Just last week Ron and Rene Upton finally retired.
:01:57. > :01:59.They are packing up all the children's bikes
:02:00. > :02:06.and are planning a motorbiking holiday, just the two of them.
:02:07. > :02:10.Kent police are investigating after two people were set upon
:02:11. > :02:13.South East Coast Ambulance Service say they're receiving so many 999
:02:14. > :02:15.calls they're struggling to reach patients in parts of Kent.
:02:16. > :02:18.Last year the Trust received an average of three calls a minute
:02:19. > :02:21.This year has already been one of the
:02:22. > :02:26.Kent police are investigating after two people were set upon
:02:27. > :02:28.by Staffordshire bull terriers in Folkestone after refusing
:02:29. > :02:32.The owners ordered the dogs to attack the first man
:02:33. > :02:34.on Dover Road around seven o'clock on Wednesday.
:02:35. > :02:39.The second was attacked on Stuart Road later that evening.
:02:40. > :02:42.She was a semi-finalist in the Great British Bake Off two years ago.
:02:43. > :02:44.And now Chetna Makan from Broadstairs has been crowned
:02:45. > :02:49.It's the last time the show will be shown on the BBC before moving
:02:50. > :02:52.to Channel 4, and the South East has had some of the programme's
:02:53. > :03:06.Watching the last episode on Boxing Day, I did get a bit
:03:07. > :03:09.emotional because I am a big fan of the programme.
:03:10. > :03:18.To just be a part of the final Bake Off on BBC but to actually win
:03:19. > :03:24.The show is known for its sprinkling of good-humoured drama.
:03:25. > :03:41.This looks like a tennis court from Hades.
:03:42. > :03:46.The net... Is standing.
:03:47. > :03:55.But for the contestants, the experience has left
:03:56. > :04:02.Time for the weather now with Sara Thornton.
:04:03. > :04:06.The remaining hours of 2016 generally pretty settled for us
:04:07. > :04:10.It is largely cloudy, mostly it is dry
:04:11. > :04:12.with just a bit of drizzle here and there.
:04:13. > :04:14.Not too cold either with the potential over higher
:04:15. > :04:19.Temperatures as you can see in the mid to high single
:04:20. > :04:22.figures as we head towards the early hours of 2017.
:04:23. > :04:24.Maybe just a touch of drizzle and thicker cloud.
:04:25. > :04:29.Then through the rest of the night into the start of your New Year's
:04:30. > :04:32.Day, it is generally dry at first but then a cold front sinking
:04:33. > :04:35.in from the north starts spreading rain by the end of the afternoon.
:04:36. > :04:39.Over higher ground it could be a little bit wintry as some cold air
:04:40. > :04:45.But much colder into Monday and Tuesday and we are talking about
:04:46. > :04:54.frosty stars but also plenty of sunshine.
:04:55. > :04:59.That is its from as far 2016. We're back tomorrow. Have a very happy New
:05:00. > :05:06.Year. wonderful New Year. You can keep up
:05:07. > :05:19.with all the best. Happy New Year. Good evening. As we head through the
:05:20. > :05:27.final few hours of 2016 the weather is on the change. We've got called
:05:28. > :05:31.her swooping in and there is a weather front bringing a soggy New
:05:32. > :05:34.Year's Eve. It is raining across southern Scotland and Northern
:05:35. > :05:39.Ireland and that will push south as we head towards parts of northern
:05:40. > :05:42.England. Showers moving in from the North Southwark could be icy
:05:43. > :05:53.stretches across there. Adding further south, mostly dry with a
:05:54. > :05:54.drizzly spell, that rain is moving through and it