:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:09. > :00:11.A taxi driver from Deal who was attacked by a passenger says
:00:12. > :00:15.she feels completely let down by the police after they failed
:00:16. > :00:17.to process crucial evidence in time for the court case.
:00:18. > :00:21.Kent Police have now apologised to Julie Prior for their mistakes
:00:22. > :00:23.which meant her attacker has never been prosecuted.
:00:24. > :00:30.Unhappy with the demeanour of her passengers, taxi driver
:00:31. > :00:32.Julie Prior bluntly tells them to get out.
:00:33. > :00:37.Her dash-cam then records the sound of their reaction.
:00:38. > :00:40.I am not getting out of the car because I want BLEEP.
:00:41. > :00:47.The screams from the attacker's 12-year-old daughter.
:00:48. > :00:50.The lady in the front decided that she was going to hit me,
:00:51. > :00:54.pull my hair and it was only because she pulled so hard
:00:55. > :00:59.that my hair came out in her hands and I was able to get out
:01:00. > :01:05.The assault left Julie Prior with a bald patch on her head
:01:06. > :01:09.The video recording was handed to police the next day.
:01:10. > :01:12.The attacker was charged with assault but when the case came
:01:13. > :01:15.to court more than four months later the police still hadn't given
:01:16. > :01:21.A magistrate wouldn't give them any more time
:01:22. > :01:26.I am disgusted, I feel like I've been failed.
:01:27. > :01:30.It turns out the officer in the case had been on a course and didn't
:01:31. > :01:33.respond to requests for the video until it was too late.
:01:34. > :01:35.Kent Police says it is talking to the CPS and the courts
:01:36. > :01:42.We process tens of thousands of cases to court every
:01:43. > :01:44.single year and very, very seldomly does
:01:45. > :01:51.Julie Prior has now given up taxi driving, fearful
:01:52. > :01:54.The Crown Prosecution Service says it will ensure that
:01:55. > :01:59.Jon Hunt, BBC South East Today, in Deal.
:02:00. > :02:02.Six people are being treated in hospital after a lorry and two
:02:03. > :02:10.near St Nicholas At Wade around 2pm. carriageway of the Thanetway
:02:11. > :02:13.Emergency services had to cut free several passengers who were trapped.
:02:14. > :02:17.Two women were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
:02:18. > :02:19.Police are appealing for information after three cash machines
:02:20. > :02:21.across Sussex were blown up with explosives.
:02:22. > :02:28.Post Offices in Shoreham, Saltdean and Hurstpierpoint have
:02:29. > :02:31.been targeted over the last month with thieves stealing
:02:32. > :02:35.Tomorrow's Oxford and Cambridge boat race could prove rather
:02:36. > :02:42.awkward for one rower because he's switched sides.
:02:43. > :02:44.Two years ago, William Warr who's from Frant near Tunbridge wells,
:02:45. > :02:46.rowed for Cambridge, and now he's jumped
:02:47. > :02:52.All a bit tricky, as he admitted to our reporter Ian Palmer.
:02:53. > :02:54.The 25-year-old went to school in Tunbridge Wells and Tunbridge.
:02:55. > :02:57.He began rowing at Durham University.
:02:58. > :03:02.He excelled, winning a blue for Cambridge two years ago.
:03:03. > :03:05.This weekend, he will switch to the dark blue of Oxford.
:03:06. > :03:08.Yeah, guys I was very close with and would speak
:03:09. > :03:11.to sort of every week, who I rowed with at Cambridge,
:03:12. > :03:18.I barely speak to them any more because they disagree
:03:19. > :03:21.with the decision but, yeah, like I said,
:03:22. > :03:26.His mother travels from Frant in East Sussex to watch her son train.
:03:27. > :03:30.It's kind of magic and I think young men become men by suffering.
:03:31. > :03:33.It sounds odd, but going through pain together and feeling
:03:34. > :03:35.that you put your utmost into it is very, very
:03:36. > :03:41.On Sunday, all being well, the firing gun will sound
:03:42. > :03:47.William will then have around 20 minutes to prove whether or not
:03:48. > :03:52.all that hard work and training has been worth it.
:03:53. > :03:58.Ian Palmer, BBC South East Today in London.
:03:59. > :04:01.One big football match today and good news for Brighton,
:04:02. > :04:04.their 1-0 win at home against Blackburn keeps them
:04:05. > :04:07.on track for automatic promotion thanks to Glenn Murray's 19th goal
:04:08. > :04:16.Great day for it, will it continue, here is Elizabeth.
:04:17. > :04:20.Good evening. Heavy showers around today but also decent spells of
:04:21. > :04:24.sunshine, as you can see from our sunshine, as you can see from our
:04:25. > :04:27.weather watcher picture. More sunshine around tomorrow, this time
:04:28. > :04:30.it should stay dry. A few showers possibly lingering for a time this
:04:31. > :04:37.evening but they'll fade to leave us with a dry night, light winds and a
:04:38. > :04:40.few early mist patches around and a cool start to tomorrow. Lots of
:04:41. > :04:44.sunshine around tomorrow morning, a bright start to the day. More cloud
:04:45. > :04:50.building into the afternoon, possibly just one or two isolated
:04:51. > :04:55.showers but most of us should stay dry. It's remaining dry and settled
:04:56. > :05:00.with some sunshine as we head into the start of next week. Rather
:05:01. > :05:03.chilly nights, though, the more rural prone spots could even see a
:05:04. > :05:13.touch of frost. That's it from us, good night.
:05:14. > :05:19.Good evening. It is the 1st of April today and appropriately enough, we
:05:20. > :05:21.had a day of sunny spells and showers. We saw some rainbows, this
:05:22. > :05:23.lovely double rainbow captured