15/04/2017 South East Today

People living in the Kent village of Yalding say plans to build 75

new homes on a field nearby will cause "lasting damage"

The Diocese of Rochester wants to sell the land to developers.

This unassuming two hectare plot of land where ponies graze

and plants sway in the wind has become the centre of

It's nestled behind St Peter and St Paul church, one of the many

grade-listed buildings in the village.

It has been earmarked by property developer developers.

It has been earmarked by property developers.

To put any development, of anything like this kind of scale

would have such a severe impact on the character

of the village that it ought to be unthinkable.

The access is the one-lane vicarage road over here which is already

It feeds into the high street which is backed up every morning

or the way up the hill, out of the village and

becomes a sort of traffic Armageddon every day.

There's also concern that construction on greenfield sites

will add to the village's well-known flooding problems.

Not only are residents angry at the proposals,

they are upset the land is being sold to developers

We are very disappointed that the dioceses say they don't

need to consult the people of the village.

We think that there is a moral and ethical dimension to this

which we would expect the diocese to respect.

In a statement, the diocese of Rochester said it understands

that feelings run high when there is any discussion

of housing development, but it legally obliged to work

in the best interest of its beneficiaries,

in this case, the clergy, so it needs to get the best

Maidstone Borough council says the decision will take

Briohny Williams, BBC Southeast Today.

Shocking footage appearing to show a traffic warden being attacked

in Eastbourne has emerged on social media.

CCTV footage apparently shows a man running over

Sussex Police say they're investigating.

Eyewitnesses told us it happened while the warden

He came running over and took a swing at him and he missed him

and he missed him with a punch, but he hit him with his elbow area,

But the other warden who was standing with him,

and knocked him over, jumped on top of him.

Teachers are looking to mount a legal challenge over the building of

grammar schools. They voted in favour of action which could see

education professor knows on collision course with Justine

Greening. She has said she once new generation of grammar schools to

help ordinary working families. One is currently being built in

Sevenoaks. Huge crowds have taken part

in the Sikh festival The procession began at the Gurdwara

temple and continued The festival is one of the most

important dates in the Sikh calendar, celebrating its history

and marking Sikh New Year. There have been delays

and cancellations to train services today, after a railway line

was blocked by a herd of cows! Up to 60 animals were spotted

walking along the track Trains between Oxted and Uckfield

were affected while the cows were escorted onto the platform

and taken safely back to the fields. Let's see what's happening with your

weather. Good evening. If you going to do any Easter- egg hunting then

you will have some dry weather. This is some of the -- these are some of

the pictures from our weather watchers. As we head through

tonight, it's going to be over. Temperatures topping off quite

significantly. Those of seven Celsius. Bright whether to start off

the day. Patchy rain. Some westerly wind and it will be chilly at times.

Quite cold on Monday as well. More dry weather around. Isolated

showers. Some sunny spells but showers could be on the heavy side

as we head into the afternoon. That's it from me. We will be back

tomorrow. Good evening. These and but not

spectacular is probably a neat way to describe the weather this Easter

weekend. -- decent but not spectacular. A bit of sunshine,

patchy cloud and showers today, but as we can see from the satellite and

radar, the showers are easing, cloud melting away, so a decent evening if

you are heading out. Once it gets dark, it will be chilly, cold enough

for a touch of frost in places,