:00:08. > :00:10.Families of elderly residents at two Sussex care homes say
:00:11. > :00:14.they are angry and disgusted after being told they're closing.
:00:15. > :00:16.These are the second and third homes in St Leonards
:00:17. > :00:19.that the New Century Care company has shut in less than a year,
:00:20. > :00:22.blaming the national funding climate.
:00:23. > :00:25.52 residents will be displaced and there's a fear more
:00:26. > :00:28.care homes are set to close, unless the government invests
:00:29. > :00:49.home move in the space of the year. home move in the space of the year.
:00:50. > :00:55.Last March the same company closed the home she used to live in and her
:00:56. > :00:58.family is disgusted. 95-year-old Alice has dementia and her daughter
:00:59. > :01:02.says she will struggle with the change. Chicago anything for
:01:03. > :01:03.herself, everything has to be done for her, she doesn't
:01:04. > :01:10.going on. -- she can't do anything going on. -- she can't do anything
:01:11. > :01:25.for herself. She just needs the comfort of home. The care home say:
:01:26. > :01:32.Linda used to be a manager with the company and says the minimum wage
:01:33. > :01:35.pension obligations and pressure from the regulator mean homes can
:01:36. > :01:41.not afford to run on the fees that local authorities are prepared to
:01:42. > :01:45.put more money into social care, put more money into social care,
:01:46. > :01:48.that's the bottom line. I think more and more providers would be looking
:01:49. > :01:53.at the bottom line and thinking, this is just not sustainable.
:01:54. > :01:55.Challenged about social care funding, the Prime Minister said she
:01:56. > :01:56.recognised there are pressures and recognised there are
:01:57. > :02:01.said more money is being made said more money is being made
:02:02. > :02:05.available. This is an issue that has been backed by governments for too
:02:06. > :02:09.long, that's what I have setup work to say we need to find a solution so
:02:10. > :02:14.of our social care provision. In of our social care provision. In
:02:15. > :02:19.Saint Leonards, relatives tell me finding new homes is already proving
:02:20. > :02:23.difficult. It's just a shame because there isn't anywhere in Hastings, a
:02:24. > :02:27.lot of the homes are for, it could be judgmental to her health and it's
:02:28. > :02:31.very worrying. The county council said it would explore all potential
:02:32. > :02:33.alternatives to putting the homes and will be making contact with the
:02:34. > :02:35.families affected. A man's died after being hit
:02:36. > :02:38.by a car in Swanley. The 29 year old was walking
:02:39. > :02:41.on Maidstone Road near the junction with Hockenden Lane just after 10
:02:42. > :02:43.o'clock last night. He was struck by a
:02:44. > :02:46.silver Renault Clio. Police are appealing for anyone who
:02:47. > :02:50.saw what happened to contact them. Police and the coastguard have spent
:02:51. > :02:53.the afternoon searching for a man who jumped off a motorway bridge
:02:54. > :02:56.into the River Medway. Emergency services were called to
:02:57. > :03:00.the M2 near Rochester this morning. A helicopter and divers
:03:01. > :03:03.were involved in the search and the footpath between junctions
:03:04. > :03:05.two and three was closed The search has been
:03:06. > :03:20.called off for the night From our point of view, with
:03:21. > :03:23.temperatures as they are in the water, we have suddenly hours we
:03:24. > :03:27.think a body can be retrievable and hopefully can carry out
:03:28. > :03:30.resuscitation. We had gone beyond that time now, so the colleagues
:03:31. > :03:34.will not carry on the search. Southern rail has called on the RMT
:03:35. > :03:40.union to suspend tomorrow's strike The operator says 70
:03:41. > :03:52.percent of its trains will run on Monday and a full
:03:53. > :03:57.service will resume on Tuesday. The union - which is striking over
:03:58. > :04:00.the role of the conductor and who operates the doors -
:04:01. > :04:03.says Southern needs to "engage" with them
:04:04. > :04:06.to deal with safety issues. The RSPCA say a dog is "lucky to be
:04:07. > :04:09.alive" after she was thrown over a six foot fence and abandoned
:04:10. > :04:13.in sub zero temperatures in Kent. The spaniel, thought
:04:14. > :04:16.to be about a year old, was discovered on Wednesday
:04:17. > :04:18.surrounded by frozen faeces in She's now recovering at an RSPCA
:04:19. > :04:24.centre and animal inspectors are trying to find those responsible
:04:25. > :04:31.plus a new home for her. Football now and Gillingham have
:04:32. > :04:33.secured their first point of this year with a thrilling draw
:04:34. > :04:35.against League One The Blades' Billy Sharp opened
:04:36. > :04:40.the scoring at Bramall Lane. They were later pegged back
:04:41. > :04:45.by Josh Wright who scored a quick double for the Gills -
:04:46. > :04:47.his first goals since October - before Kieron Freeman
:04:48. > :05:04.smashed home the equaliser. It was a very cold start to the day,
:05:05. > :05:08.and widespread sharp frost, some of our more rural spots were down as
:05:09. > :05:10.was a bit of talk around but most of was a bit of talk around but most of
:05:11. > :05:15.us had blue sky and sunshine. us had blue sky and sunshine.
:05:16. > :05:18.However, the frog is going to make a comeback overnight. Clear skies,
:05:19. > :05:26.temperatures could drop as low as -5 again. They will be freezing fog
:05:27. > :05:30.into tomorrow morning. It up weather warning for this blog, it could be
:05:31. > :05:35.very dense and widespread, slow to lift and click may leading travel
:05:36. > :05:40.issues. The frog slowly lifting, there could be frightening into the
:05:41. > :05:45.afternoon, many of us it could rather grey. Martha ground on
:05:46. > :06:24.Tuesday money, dry and Chile of freezing fog. Already warnings in
:06:25. > :06:33.place from the Met office. I will concentrate on the fog as we go
:06:34. > :06:34.through the night. It will become quite dense late on in the night.
:06:35. > :06:36.When