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Good evening. for the late news at ten past ten. | :00:07. | :00:07. | |
A service has been held in Sussex to mark 100 years since one | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
of the worst shipping disasters in history. | :00:11. | :00:12. | |
The SS Mendi sank in the English Channel on its way | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
671 men drowned and some were buried in Sussex. | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
'S a small Sussex church marking a moment in history. One which saw | :00:21. | :00:35. | |
hundreds of man Parrish at sea on boards. It sank in just 20 minutes, | :00:36. | :00:43. | |
not in battle but here by mistake by another ship. A terrible accident | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
occurs. Those responsible did not stop to offer help. At the church in | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
Newton, parishioners gathered around a memorial to remember the South | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
African servicemen who were en route to France. Guests hear from their | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
homeland so what happened should not be forgotten. A lot of our young | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
people over so many years in the past were not taught what the | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
history was all about. Where we come from, what happens with these kind | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
of events, worldwide. We now are going to push that this history is | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
known. The Wye a memorial in this small Sussex village? Lord Buxton, | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
who lived here, with governors of South Africa at the time the | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
disaster struck. We are quite a small but active church, and it is | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
just such a privilege to have that link and feel connected to them, to | :01:45. | :01:52. | |
those families in South Africa. We are all fans of South Africa, it's | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
believed the men were told as the ship went down. 100 years on, they | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
will never be forgotten. A candlelit vigil is being held | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
later in memory of a Kent toddler Two year old Florence Jackson | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
from Speldhurst had neuroblastoma and had been at the centre of huge | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
fundraising efforts to fly her to the United States for treatment - | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
but she died last weekend. The vigil will be held | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
at the village pub. Building work will get underway | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
next month in the next stage of the development | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
of Folkestone's seafront. Dredging and sea defence work | :02:23. | :02:23. | |
is planned to help the construction of up to a thousand new homes | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
and renovation of the old railway station the 35 acre development | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
is expected to generate 500 jobs. A Kent football club where two | :02:30. | :02:38. | |
players have died suddenly of undetected heart problems - | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
has raised over thirty thousand pounds to screen its players | :02:42. | :02:43. | |
for potential heart defects. Nearly 900 people including players | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
and supporters have so far been screened thanks to the fundraising | :02:49. | :02:50. | |
campaign by Tonbridge Angels. It follows the deaths | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
of Junior Dian 2 years ago, I could name for footballers who | :02:55. | :03:13. | |
will be playing today in Kent in senior football, he were playing and | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
enjoying their life through having picked up issues on the screening | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
and something has been done about it. | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
And Brighton have gone back to the top of Championship. | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
The Seagulls scored twice in the second half to win two-nil | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
at Barnsley and continue their push to the Premiership. | :03:32. | :03:33. | |
In League One Charlton drew three- all at Rochdale. | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
And Gillingham's winless run continued - going down | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
And it was a poor afternoon for Crawley Town in League Two - | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
going down three one at home to Morecambe. | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
Sussex singer Rag n'bone Man has gone straight | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
to the top of the album charts with record breaking sales. | :03:46. | :03:47. | |
The album Human from the singer from Uckfield- | :03:48. | :03:49. | |
whose real name is Rory Graham- sold a117,000 copies - | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
making it the fastest-selling debut release by a male act this decade. | :03:53. | :04:05. | |
And the weather now. Good evening. Cloud will come and go as we go | :04:06. | :04:15. | |
through this weekend. This evening no exception. Some clear spells and | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
it is fairly mild but this was this morning's picture, and as we go | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
through tonight we will see it gathering again. We will lose the | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
clear skies eventually. Mr Ford developing here and there. Low cloud | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
over the Downs. Probably helped by the fact that there is more of a | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
temperature at around four or 5 temperature at around four or 5 | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
degrees. A little bit of drizzle in the cloud first thing tomorrow. | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
Breaking away again giving bright and sunny spells. A bit more of a | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
breeze blowing tomorrow but temperatures will be in double | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
figures at ten or 11 degrees, as they will be all week. Not much | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
sunshine, and it easy but pretty mild. That is it for us. Enjoy the | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
rest of your weekend. Goodbye. It has been a mild day to day and | :05:00. | :05:19. | |
some of us have seen some spring sunshine. Blue skies and sunshine | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
here above the River Thames. It has not been sunny everywhere, though. | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
We have got more cloud around across more northerly parts of the country. | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Some rain to come tonight across Scotland and northern England, all | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
clearing away by the time we get to Sunday morning. And it will be quite | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
chilly start to Sunday, particularly in the south-east corner, where | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
there could be some mist and fog first thing. Away from the south and | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
south-east, it is a milder start to the day. Still quite cloudy on | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
Sunday in the west. For central and eastern areas, a different picture | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
on Sunday, with more | :06:00. | :06:00. |