26/02/2017

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:00:00. > :00:08.The mother of a man from Canterbury who died in mysterious circumstances

:00:09. > :00:11.in Poland says she's still waiting for answers more than six

:00:12. > :00:17.Max Spiers was widely considered to have been a conspiracy theorist

:00:18. > :00:20.and the authorities in Poland have now launched an investigation.

:00:21. > :00:24.The mind fractures itself and creates an amnesiac

:00:25. > :00:30.Max Spiers wanted to expose what he saw as cover-ups.

:00:31. > :00:32.He died aged 39, days before he was due to speak

:00:33. > :00:38.His mother told a BBC documentary that her son said if he didn't

:00:39. > :00:43.I want to know what happened to my son.

:00:44. > :00:48.Massive, massive gaps that are extremely painful for me.

:00:49. > :00:53.Every morning that I wake up, I worry about what happened to him.

:00:54. > :00:57.It's more important for me to know what happened,

:00:58. > :01:05.The death of a conspiracy theorist has inevitably led

:01:06. > :01:08.to a huge number of theories, particularly on the internet,

:01:09. > :01:13.The family is hoping for some clarity when an inquest

:01:14. > :01:17.into the death is held here in Kent later this year.

:01:18. > :01:20.The prosecutor in Warsaw, Lukasz Lapczynski, has launched

:01:21. > :01:42.an investigation into what happened after the death.

:01:43. > :01:45.A post-mortem examination in Kent proved inconclusive.

:01:46. > :02:00.Simon Jones, BBC South East Today, Canterbury.

:02:01. > :02:03.Sussex Police are investigating tonight after a group of men armed

:02:04. > :02:06.with what appeared to be a type of gun tied up two men

:02:07. > :02:09.The attack happened just before 4.30 yesterday afternoon.

:02:10. > :02:11.The gang searched the flat but nothing was taken.

:02:12. > :02:13.Neither of the victims needed hospital treatment.

:02:14. > :02:16.Two people have been taken to hospital after a fire in Maidstone.

:02:17. > :02:18.Emergency services were called to Marsham Street at around 5.30

:02:19. > :02:21.after the blaze broke out in the attic of a house.

:02:22. > :02:24.It's not yet known what caused the fire.

:02:25. > :02:26.Hospices need more time to adapt to budget cuts.

:02:27. > :02:28.That was the message today from the Chief Executive

:02:29. > :02:32.of a hospice in Brighton that has had its funding cut by around 10%.

:02:33. > :02:34.Local NHS bosses say they have to share out

:02:35. > :02:36.limited resourcse fairly, but that means charities rely

:02:37. > :02:41.Ian Palmer met a campaigner who was running morning's half

:02:42. > :02:49.Adam Betteridge lost a friend living with HIV who took his own life

:02:50. > :02:54.He and Pablo sang in a choir together.

:02:55. > :02:59.He'd been living with HIV for a long time and it was complicated for him.

:03:00. > :03:03.And I didn't realise how much it was affecting him.

:03:04. > :03:06.I don't think anyone really realised.

:03:07. > :03:10.Sussex Beacon provides specialist care for people living with HIV.

:03:11. > :03:13.The clinical commissioning group pays half the charity's costs.

:03:14. > :03:16.The CCG is cutting the amount the charity receives.

:03:17. > :03:21.The potential for further cuts is being discussed and that's kind

:03:22. > :03:24.of when we went public and said that we really can't take

:03:25. > :03:34.Campaigners have collected more than 10,500 signatures.

:03:35. > :03:35.Sussex Beacon is supported by Brighton's MPs.

:03:36. > :03:41.The aim is to take the petition to Downing Street.

:03:42. > :03:46.Time for a look at the weather now with Wendy Hurrell.

:03:47. > :03:51.Through the day the breeze has been picking up and it will be a bit

:03:52. > :03:55.There were white horses along the seaside as it did so.

:03:56. > :03:58.This was a picture that was sent in by one of our Weather Watchers

:03:59. > :04:00.and as we go through this week rather unsettled conditions

:04:01. > :04:04.from time to time and also it will feel a bit chilly particularly

:04:05. > :04:09.They are continuing through the night and they will

:04:10. > :04:14.Some of them might have a rumble of thunder, a bit of hail mixed in.

:04:15. > :04:16.They could be quite heavy and they will be

:04:17. > :04:18.swept along on a breeze from a south-south-westerly

:04:19. > :04:23.I think as the day goes on it will start to feel colder as those

:04:24. > :04:27.Temperatures by the end of the day may not be much higher

:04:28. > :04:30.Throughout this week, yes, it's going to be a bit

:04:31. > :04:32.unsettled but there will be spells of sunshine.

:04:33. > :04:35.I think Tuesday is looking pretty decent for most of us

:04:36. > :04:37.although we are at the risk of getting a few showers.

:04:38. > :04:41.There will be a spell of rain at some point on Wednesday and then

:04:42. > :04:43.a ridge of high pressure builds in for Thursday to settle

:04:44. > :04:46.the weather down a bit, although it is going to be

:04:47. > :04:52.We're back with the breakfast news tomorrow.

:04:53. > :05:14.Good evening. We saw the fist named storm of the season today. It was

:05:15. > :05:17.Storm Ewan, named by the Irish meteorological service, because it

:05:18. > :05:21.was in Ireland we expected the biggest impacts. For the rest of the

:05:22. > :05:26.UK it was quite windy and wet, but the worst of it is making its way

:05:27. > :05:28.towards the Northern Isles. We'll see gusts of wind here overnight to