:00:08. > :00:11.Two men have been injured after being attacked by a gang
:00:12. > :00:17.It happened shortly before 4 o'clock this morning on Mount Pleasant Road.
:00:18. > :00:20.One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
:00:21. > :00:27.No arrests have been made and police are appealing for information.
:00:28. > :00:30.Farmers in Sussex are suffering a higher number of sheep deaths
:00:31. > :00:31.caused by dogs than anywhere else in Britain.
:00:32. > :00:35.The problem is at record levels according to
:00:36. > :00:40.In the latest incident eighteen heavily pregnant ewes
:00:41. > :00:50.For sheep farmers it is the discovery they dread that a dog has
:00:51. > :00:56.These are some of the 18 ewes found dead.
:00:57. > :00:59.It is believed they were panicked by loose dogs and driven
:01:00. > :01:09.We are getting reports maybe four or five times a
:01:10. > :01:17.week if not more, where we get multiple reports a day of dogs
:01:18. > :01:25.Helen farms within a few miles of the latest
:01:26. > :01:30.She doesn't know any farmer who has not suffered losses.
:01:31. > :01:32.With her sheep due to lamb, she says dogs
:01:33. > :01:34.don't need to make contact to cause damage.
:01:35. > :01:38.Sometimes there might not be obvious signs but a loose dog
:01:39. > :01:42.running amongst sheep in the early stages of pregnancy,
:01:43. > :01:51.In the late stages they can deliver early, it is an emotional
:01:52. > :02:04.cost to us and from a financial perspective.
:02:05. > :02:06.The estimated cost last year was ?1.4 million.
:02:07. > :02:10.Sussex Police are part of a working group looking at the issue.
:02:11. > :02:14.I have spoken to a number of farmers and all say this is a growing
:02:15. > :02:24.-- They have spoken to their MPs and the police and crime
:02:25. > :02:27.commission to push for more action to be taken against those who let
:02:28. > :02:31.Seven prisons in the South East are set to pay their
:02:32. > :02:34.Staff will benefit at Cookham Wood, Elmley, Medway, Stanford Hill,
:02:35. > :02:37.Swaleside, and Rochester in Kent, as well as Lewes in Sussex.
:02:38. > :02:40.The government is trying to boost recruitment and retain officers,
:02:41. > :02:44.amid the pressures of violence and staff shortages.
:02:45. > :02:46.A construction company has been fined ?54,000 after admitting
:02:47. > :02:48.discharging silt-laden water into part of the River
:02:49. > :02:55.The incident happened in October 2014, when ICL was contracted
:02:56. > :03:05.to South East Water to help manage water treatment.
:03:06. > :03:07.Lifeguard volunteers helped to rescue a man who went into cold
:03:08. > :03:09.water shock after jumping from Eastbourne Pier last
:03:10. > :03:11.night.Witnesses saw the 27-year-old struggle in cold sea conditions
:03:12. > :03:14.after leaping from the Grade II listed pier.
:03:15. > :03:19.The man was hoisted aboard the RNLI inshore lifeboat.
:03:20. > :03:22.Hundreds of pounds worth of wild plants have been stolen
:03:23. > :03:26.Three men were seen collecting wild cabbage and wild samphire
:03:27. > :03:29.from Folkestone Warren Site of Special Scientific Interest.
:03:30. > :03:35.It follows a similar theft in January.
:03:36. > :03:46.Particularly in the best of the Sunshine.
:03:47. > :03:49.Lots of blue sky at times, but there was cloud never too far away.
:03:50. > :03:51.Probably won't be too much sunshine around next week.
:03:52. > :03:53.There will be a very mild start tomorrow,
:03:54. > :03:57.In the middle part of the week, staying quite windy too,
:03:58. > :04:00.and eventually turning colder by the time we get to
:04:01. > :04:03.Overnight, we have lots of cloud around.
:04:04. > :04:08.There will be some mist and murk forming tomorrow morning,
:04:09. > :04:14.bit of hill fog as well, some outbreaks of early drizzle
:04:15. > :04:17.and mild air as well, starting the day at eight or 9 degrees.
:04:18. > :04:20.It is looking mostly dry tomorrow, there will be plenty of cloud
:04:21. > :04:21.around, with westerly wind picking up times.
:04:22. > :04:28.If we get any breaks in the cloud through the afternoon,
:04:29. > :04:31.we could be looking at temperatures even higher than this, up to 15
:04:32. > :04:35.Very mild indeed for this time in February.
:04:36. > :04:37.It will feel a touch cooler on Tuesday, a lot
:04:38. > :04:40.of thick cloud around, perhaps a few spots of rain due
:04:41. > :04:44.Staying windy, and turning cooler by the time we get
:04:45. > :04:47.If you have a story you think we should be covering
:04:48. > :04:50.on South East Today, we'd like to hear from you.
:04:51. > :05:15.Good evening. It has felt more like spring and winter this weekend. We
:05:16. > :05:17.had 14 Celsius in North Yorkshire today, purely down