16/04/2017

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:00:07. > :00:07.Good evening. stories on the BBC News Channel.

:00:08. > :00:10.Residents in East Kent were advised to keep their windows

:00:11. > :00:13.and doors shut today, as a huge fire took hold

:00:14. > :00:17.Around 30 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze.

:00:18. > :00:24.This phone footage captures the fire before it was under control.

:00:25. > :00:30.Flames billowing in the wind, black smoke filling the air.

:00:31. > :00:32.It was just plumes of smoke coming from the roof,

:00:33. > :00:35.and after about 20 minutes of the smoke coming out

:00:36. > :00:38.the roof, flames started coming through the tiles.

:00:39. > :00:41.After that, it was all, one after the other,

:00:42. > :00:44.bits of the roof falling down on each other.

:00:45. > :00:46.Shortly before 9am this morning, firefighters were called

:00:47. > :00:49.to the unused Holly Tree pub, a few miles from

:00:50. > :00:54.The blaze started in the roof and quickly spread.

:00:55. > :00:56.As the pub lay empty, no-one was injured.

:00:57. > :00:58.It's not stable, so all the firefighting is happening

:00:59. > :01:03.The high vehicle has the height to get water onto the exposed

:01:04. > :01:11.Northdown Road was cordoned off, as fire crews worked

:01:12. > :01:14.to stop the fire spreading, and they've remained

:01:15. > :01:19.The last pint was pulled here over a year ago and the building has been

:01:20. > :01:23.Fire crews will begin their investigation to find out

:01:24. > :01:30.Briohny Williams, BBC South East Today, Margate.

:01:31. > :01:33.A 17-year-old racing driver from Surrey has been airlifted

:01:34. > :01:35.to hospital after a high-speed crash at Donington Park.

:01:36. > :01:37.Billy Monger from, Charlwood near Gatwick, was taking

:01:38. > :01:41.part in the British Formula 4 Championships - this is the footage

:01:42. > :01:48.from his onboard camera just before the crash into another car

:01:49. > :01:52.He was removed from the car after suffering leg injuries.

:01:53. > :01:55.The driver of the other car was also taken to hospital.

:01:56. > :01:57.Two Russian warships have sailed through the English Channel

:01:58. > :02:03.HMS Sutherland tracked the vessels as they made their way

:02:04. > :02:06.through the North Sea towards the Dover Straits.

:02:07. > :02:10.It's the third time Russian ships have used the Channel in six months.

:02:11. > :02:13.The MP for Dover says authorities in France must prevent another

:02:14. > :02:17.migrant camp from appearing in the Calais area.

:02:18. > :02:20.More than 1000 refugees were displaced when a fire

:02:21. > :02:24.destroyed their camp in nearby Dunkirk last week.

:02:25. > :02:30.In an aid Centre in Calais, the work continues over Easter.

:02:31. > :02:33.The volunteers here no longer provide accommodation,

:02:34. > :02:35.but they do travel to help locations to give out

:02:36. > :02:41.The emergency backpacks that we give out, like I said, are just

:02:42. > :02:46.The destruction of the makeshift camp at Dunkirk displaced

:02:47. > :02:49.large numbers of people, raising fears they may be

:02:50. > :02:55.re-establishing themselves in Calais to target lorries crossing to Kent.

:02:56. > :02:57.We're not talking several thousand, but there is still

:02:58. > :03:00.hundreds of people around, and with the fires,

:03:01. > :03:05.This is the site of the old, notorious Calais Jungle -

:03:06. > :03:11.But, say volunteers, there are still people living rough,

:03:12. > :03:15.playing a game of cat and mouse with the authorities

:03:16. > :03:22.Today, there was no sign of any massive influx

:03:23. > :03:24.of migrants back to Calais, but we did see small

:03:25. > :03:26.groups and individuals and a police presence.

:03:27. > :03:37.Not too much, sometimes 13, sometimes 15.

:03:38. > :03:40.We need to make sure that we nip this in the bud

:03:41. > :03:43.so that we don't start to see repeats of scenes that we saw

:03:44. > :03:47.We fought so long and hard last summer to get rid

:03:48. > :03:49.of the jungle that we cannot risk it returning.

:03:50. > :03:52.That's why it's so important that the French take action

:03:53. > :03:56.A situation which - for now - appears to be under control.

:03:57. > :04:01.Robin Gibson, BBC South East Today, Calais.

:04:02. > :04:05.Now, the weather with Georgina Burnett.

:04:06. > :04:09.Tomorrow should give us some weather to get out and about,

:04:10. > :04:12.but there will be a little bit of wet weather to contend with.

:04:13. > :04:14.Tonight, this rain should be clearing overnight,

:04:15. > :04:17.although some of it will be left behind in the morning.

:04:18. > :04:20.So we are looking at a fairly cloudy night altogether and a cloudy start

:04:21. > :04:25.Some remnants in the morning but also a few showers

:04:26. > :04:29.Some of those could be a little on the heavy side,

:04:30. > :04:31.particularly in the afternoon, but we should have some bright

:04:32. > :04:36.The northerly wind is going to be quite bitter at times.

:04:37. > :04:40.If you are out of the sunshine, it is probably not going to be

:04:41. > :04:44.That goes for much of the week. High pressure in control.

:04:45. > :04:55.It is going to be fairly settled, but some frosty nights to come.

:04:56. > :05:08.That said we will be back in the morning. Goodbye for now.

:05:09. > :05:14.If today's conditions were great and stamp, tomorrow's weather offers

:05:15. > :05:15.more promise, clear