Kent Tonight - Wednesday 24th January 2024
Catch up on the latest news from across the county with Abby Hook.
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00:26 - Good evening and welcome to Kentonite live on KMTV.
00:30 I'm Abbey Hook, here are your top stories
00:32 on Wednesday the 24th of January.
00:35 A step backwards, Dartford mother of special needs child
00:40 worried she could be ignored with council's new plan.
00:43 - It's always the expenses of the most vulnerable
00:46 all the time and it makes me really sad
00:50 and worried for her future.
00:52 - I've had enough, Cranbrook woman fed up
00:55 with repeated water loss which she says
00:58 is disrupting her business.
01:00 - It happens all the time and then it seems like
01:02 last year happened in January as well
01:05 and that's my busiest period.
01:07 - And leaping into the season,
01:09 Invicta Volleyball League restarts in Kent
01:12 following the sports national growth.
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01:21 - First tonight, a Dartford mother is worried
01:28 for what Kent County Council's new
01:30 special educational needs plan will mean for her child.
01:33 The authority are proposing a locality model.
01:36 It'll see SEND teaching at regional clusters of schools.
01:40 It's hoped it will reduce the number of children
01:43 going to a specialist school,
01:45 but that will mean greater scrutiny of applications
01:48 concerning some parents as Gabriel Morris reports.
01:51 - The way that support is given to children
01:55 with special educational needs in Kent could be changing.
02:00 Kent County Council say decisions are made
02:02 individually for children,
02:05 but the authority believes the system is flawed
02:07 and some children end up in the wrong education setting.
02:12 The locality model proposed would bring in moderation,
02:16 but that's worrying some parents.
02:19 Sonia has a nine-year-old with autism and ADHD.
02:22 She's mostly happy with the provision her daughter gets,
02:26 but she's been looking over the new proposed locality model.
02:30 She's concerned that her daughter's needs could be lost.
02:35 - At the moment, for example, if I want something,
02:40 if I have to communicate a change,
02:43 I have to go through at least four or five people.
02:46 With this new local model, what they are showing here,
02:51 at least there is 20 people involved.
02:54 So the message is gonna be lost, most probably.
02:59 - The council say this model is fairer
03:01 and should increase the offering at mainstream settings.
03:04 That's because regional clusters of schools would be formed,
03:08 each receiving predictable high needs budgets.
03:11 And it has some degree of cross-party support.
03:15 - I also think it will depend on the competence
03:18 of the schools in identifying the SEND children
03:23 and providing what's written on their education,
03:29 health and care plans.
03:31 But I think overall, it's a good idea.
03:34 - In recent years, Kent County Council
03:36 has had to be bailed out on its SEND budget by the government.
03:40 The authorities say the locality model
03:43 will make their spending more efficient.
03:46 But some are concerned about what this will mean
03:49 for the children with a likely reduced spending overall.
03:52 - Demand is continuing to rise
03:55 and the county have agreed to reduce
03:58 the relative level of funding.
04:00 And so while those two things are happening,
04:03 it seems very counterintuitive
04:06 that there will be better support
04:08 for children with special educational needs and disability.
04:10 And that is in the context of two inspections by Ofsted
04:15 that have highlighted nine areas of weakness
04:19 in the county council provision.
04:20 - A KCC spokesperson told us no final decisions
04:24 will be made until all feedback's received
04:27 as part of the consultation.
04:29 The consultation closes tonight
04:31 and the results expected later this year
04:33 when the council will vote on whether or not
04:35 to bring this in or not.
04:38 Gabriel Morris for KMTV.
04:39 - Next tonight, more than 100 Cranbrook residents
04:44 have been left without water today.
04:46 Southeast Water say it's as a result of storm Aisha
04:49 and bursts caused by recent sharp changes in temperatures.
04:53 The water has since been restored for most,
04:55 but for one business in particular,
04:57 this has caused significant disruption.
05:00 Well, our reporter Sophia Akin joins me now
05:01 for a bit more detail.
05:03 What else can you tell us about the disruption
05:05 that this has caused a lot of people today?
05:07 - Yeah, it's caused disruption to many households
05:09 and great disruption to Bella's business,
05:11 a candle business.
05:13 She relies a lot on water.
05:14 We'll go into her business a little bit more
05:16 in just a second, but first let's discuss
05:18 kind of why this has actually happened in the first place.
05:20 As you said, Abby, it's not the first time
05:22 that it's actually happened in this sort of area.
05:25 They said it's mostly due to the storm disruption,
05:27 which we've seen causing disruption
05:29 to many businesses, households anyway,
05:31 but it's led to power outages in this area.
05:34 And that paired with the fact that
05:37 due to actually some ground movement
05:38 because of the vast changing temperatures,
05:40 it's actually then caused it to impact
05:43 the water supply as well.
05:44 But Southeast Water has announced that now
05:46 most services, most water services should be returned.
05:50 There's been a bottled water station open most of the day,
05:52 and I believe it's still open at the moment,
05:53 Snowfields Academy, for those who are still
05:55 potentially facing some disruption.
05:58 They were also helping those on priority services
06:01 who perhaps couldn't get to that water station.
06:03 They were delivering them excess supplies
06:05 for those who were struggling at that time.
06:07 And we've heard a statement from Steve Andrews
06:10 from Southeast Water, who's first of all,
06:11 apologised to those who have been experiencing
06:14 this water loss.
06:15 And he said that the team are continuing to work hard
06:18 to repair these bursts and get those supplies
06:21 completely back to normal.
06:23 And so customers can actually be informed
06:25 of these changes via the app, the website,
06:28 also via text messages as well
06:30 for those who are subscribed to Southeast Water.
06:33 But to find out a little bit more about Bella,
06:35 as I said, she runs a candle business.
06:37 So she actually replies a lot on water day to day.
06:41 This is the fourth time that she's been
06:42 without water in a year.
06:44 You can see there, she's using it.
06:47 She uses it to make the candle holders,
06:49 which we can just see on the left there,
06:52 to sort of make some of that clay mix with the water.
06:54 So it's caused her quite a lot of disruption,
06:59 not just from a business perspective,
07:00 but from a personal perspective too.
07:02 And she's just said she's absolutely fed up of this now.
07:05 And she said that it's the fourth time
07:06 it's happened in the past year.
07:08 But we can hear a little bit more from Bella on this now.
07:11 My studio is at home.
07:14 So everything went really chaotic, let's say.
07:19 But as a business, because I rely on water sometimes to wash,
07:23 sometimes I do need the water to make my recipes
07:26 for my products without water, so it cannot work.
07:31 And it happens all the time.
07:34 And then it seems like last year happened in January as well.
07:38 And that's my busiest period where I need to produce.
07:43 So I need to make stuff ahead for the year.
07:45 And now it's time to catch up on the latest health headlines
07:50 with KMTV's health expert, Dr. Julianne Spinks.
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07:57 Well, Julianne, thank you very much for joining me
08:05 as always on a Wednesday.
08:07 Now, first we're going to go into something
08:08 that affects everybody, not just us here in Kent nationally,
08:12 but across the world as well.
08:14 The World Health Organization has issued
08:15 an urgent warning over measles.
08:18 They've called it an alarming rise in cases across Europe.
08:21 Now we know that there's a decline in people
08:23 getting vaccinated for it.
08:25 Why is this?
08:26 Is it post COVID paranoia,
08:28 or was it down to a lack of vaccination
08:31 actually during COVID?
08:32 This was starting before COVID.
08:35 There was a drop off, which we don't fully understand
08:39 because it's before we had a lot of the anti-vaxxers
08:42 and some of the vaccine hesitancy that happened with COVID.
08:45 And I don't think that the sometimes delayed vaccinations
08:49 during COVID have made a lot of difference
08:51 because all of those children will have been caught up
08:53 providing their parents have brought them in.
08:56 I think we're having some problems with your mic, Julianne.
08:58 So I think we'll try and sort that out.
08:59 But in the meantime, we'll come back to you
09:01 and learn about this because it's very important.
09:02 But for now, we're going to go to another piece this evening.
09:06 Have a look.
09:07 A youth prison with a troubling recent past.
09:13 Last April, a report by the Inspectorate of Prisons
09:16 into Young Offenders Institute, Cookham Woods,
09:18 near Rochester was published.
09:21 It revealed what they described
09:22 as extremely concerning findings
09:25 and the near total breakdown in behaviour management
09:29 with more than 200 weapons found
09:32 in the lead up to the inspection.
09:34 But six months on from the report,
09:36 there are still concerns that this prison
09:38 is changing too slowly
09:40 with a rise in staff resignations by 20%,
09:43 as well as a rise in isolation cases after an initial fall.
09:48 This is just appalling.
09:49 I mean, this is not acceptable in any...
09:53 I just have to say this.
09:54 It's not acceptable in any way, shape or form.
09:57 Councillor George Perfect doesn't mince his words
10:00 and doesn't think change at this prison
10:02 is happening fast enough.
10:04 Well, change is certainly happening.
10:05 I think the Deputy Chief Executive made that clear
10:07 and the council are getting involved in that.
10:09 But we at the moment are not confident
10:10 that this is changing at pace.
10:12 And if you look at, for example,
10:14 Ofsted reports of other institutions,
10:16 whether it be social care settings
10:18 or indeed education within the area,
10:20 those organisations move at pace.
10:23 We didn't have confidence from the report
10:25 and the presentation from the Deputy Governor last Thursday
10:27 that things are changing at a pace
10:29 and that the Ministry of Justice have got a grip on this.
10:32 But the cabinet member
10:33 from Midway Council Children's Services says
10:36 getting out of emergency measures will take time.
10:39 We did have our ILAC inspection for children's social care
10:43 for our main provision of services.
10:46 And that took us four years to move from inadequate to good.
10:50 I'm really pleased that we've now attained good.
10:53 And I think the only way is up, really,
10:55 after a report like that.
10:57 But clearly they've appointed a new governor,
10:59 they've appointed the new deputy governor
11:01 who came to her first scrutiny meeting last week.
11:03 So all the building blocks
11:05 are starting to be put into place.
11:06 A prison service spokesperson told KMTV that,
11:10 "Cook & Wood is home to some of society's
11:12 most troubled children.
11:13 And we are working hard to drive the long-term change
11:16 needed to address challenges in supporting them."
11:20 A new governor is providing stronger leadership
11:23 and we continue to bring in extra resources
11:25 from across the estate to give staff the support they need
11:29 to improve conditions and help more children
11:31 turn their backs on crime.
11:34 But with such deep-rooted problems,
11:36 the path to improvement will be a long one.
11:40 Oliver Leeds of the SACS reporting for KMTV.
11:44 Well, now it's time for us to take a very short break,
11:47 but coming up, we'll have Dr. Julian Spinks here
11:50 to answer all our health questions.
11:51 See you in a few minutes.
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15:07 - Hello and welcome back to Cancer Night live on KMTV.
15:18 Now here to catch up on all our health headlines.
15:20 It's KMTV's health expert, Dr. Julian Spinks.
15:24 Julian, thank you very much for rejoining us.
15:26 - This time with sound.
15:27 - There we go, we can hear you.
15:28 Yeah, we've got you all clear.
15:30 Right, we were talking about measles
15:32 and you were telling me that there was
15:34 a decline for vaccination.
15:36 Could you just quickly summarise the reason why?
15:38 - Yeah, there seems to have been more hesitancy
15:41 about vaccination, which was building up before COVID.
15:44 But I think some of the anti-vax things that came out
15:47 has spilt over and certainly in some populations,
15:50 for example, Somalia and to some Eastern Europeans,
15:52 they are very resistant to getting their children vaccinated,
15:55 which is a real worry because measles is a very nasty illness.
15:59 - And it's a really alarming rise.
16:01 It's been called by the WHO right across Europe.
16:04 How worried should we be here in the UK?
16:08 - Well, there's an outbreak at the moment in Birmingham
16:10 and all it needs really is someone to travel down from there
16:12 down to Kent and it could start it off.
16:14 It's very infectious, measles.
16:17 If you are not vaccinated and you're in a room
16:20 for about 10, 15 minutes, you have a nine out of 10 chance
16:23 you're going to get measles.
16:25 And that's because people are infected
16:26 before they get the symptoms.
16:28 So, you know, we've really got to try and push the idea
16:31 that if your child or any of your family
16:33 have not been vaccinated, then contact your practice
16:36 and we'll arrange for that to happen.
16:39 - And they've said urgent measures are needed
16:41 to prevent further spread.
16:42 From a medical sort of background,
16:44 what would those urgent measures look like?
16:46 Are we wearing masks?
16:48 Are we social distancing?
16:49 Is it that?
16:51 - Well, primarily vaccination.
16:53 Things like washing your hands and so on
16:55 and staying away from people who are ill is a good idea.
16:58 As doctors and nurses, we're being told that
17:00 if we see someone who might have measles,
17:02 we have to go for the full personal protective equipment,
17:04 the gowns, the masks and everything else again,
17:06 like we did in the early days of COVID.
17:09 Because if we catch it, then we're going to be off
17:11 for a significant length of time.
17:14 - Okay. And just another health headline
17:16 I wanted to bring you as well.
17:18 This is a bit of a different one, but on bacteria,
17:22 it's a strain never been discovered
17:23 by the scientific community,
17:25 but been found in a Kent sheep farmer.
17:28 You'll say the name a lot better than me.
17:29 So I'll leave that bit to you,
17:30 but they found out that it's a group of bacteria
17:33 that lives in soil.
17:34 How worried should we be?
17:35 I mean, this is the agricultural hub here in Kent.
17:38 - It is, but I have to say,
17:40 this is one we don't really need to be very worried about.
17:42 It was probably caught when he was drenching sheep,
17:44 which is something to do with sheep I don't fully understand.
17:47 And the very vorax group bacteria is found in soil
17:50 and it's managed to get in through a cut
17:52 or something in his skin and into his bloodstream.
17:54 What's interesting for me as a doctor
17:56 is that actually they used a gene sequencing technique
17:59 to find out exactly what the bacteria was,
18:02 which is why they could say they hadn't met it before.
18:05 And also secondly, they've named it after Canterbury.
18:08 It's very vorax, durovernensis,
18:10 and that is based on the Roman name for Canterbury.
18:14 So it'll live on.
18:15 - Very interesting, Julian, as always.
18:17 Thank you very much.
18:18 So measles, something we should be thinking about,
18:21 but via vorax, I said I couldn't say it.
18:24 Maybe not so much.
18:25 Julian, thank you very much for giving us those details.
18:28 Now to sports, and a teenager from Dover
18:31 has beaten his club's 200 metre freestyle swimming record
18:35 that's stood since the '90s.
18:37 Gillingham have bowed out of the FA Trophy
18:39 and Ebbsfleet have escaped the relegation zone
18:41 in the National League.
18:43 Plus, with a roundup of some volleyball action in Canterbury,
18:46 here's our sports reporter, Bartholomew Hall.
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18:55 - Hello there, we start with Gillingham,
18:59 who have been knocked out of the FA Youth Cup by Sunderland
19:02 to a score of three nil.
19:04 337 fans watched on as the top-flight youth side
19:07 visited Priestfield.
19:09 Many fans hoped for a cup upset
19:11 that just wouldn't come in the end.
19:13 The Blackcats ended the Gilles' participation
19:15 at the fourth round stage,
19:16 scoring once in the first half and twice in the second.
19:20 It comes after the fixture was delayed last week
19:22 because of freezing temperatures,
19:24 with Sunderland now set to go on
19:25 and face Swindon's youth team in round five.
19:28 Ebbsfleet manager, Dennis Kutryb,
19:31 says he doesn't care about the league table.
19:34 It comes as a win on Tuesday night against Maidenhead
19:37 has pulled the fleet into safety
19:38 from relegation from the National League.
19:41 Ebbsfleet are three points clear of the bottom four,
19:43 but Kutryb says his side's improved defensive record
19:47 is of more interest.
19:48 Speaking to the press after the match,
19:50 Kutryb explained, saying,
19:51 "A focus on not conceding goals will leave his side
19:54 with a chance to get some more points on the board."
19:57 Elsewhere and in the National League South,
20:01 the Kent derby between Dover and Tunbridge at Crabble
20:04 didn't quite go the way of the hosts.
20:06 Manager of the table's bottom sitters, Jake LeBel,
20:09 says Dover were lucky to stay in the match
20:12 for as long as they did after levelling at the break,
20:14 but a second-half penalty sealed the deal
20:16 for the Travelling Angels,
20:17 leaving Dover pointless in the wet and windy conditions.
20:22 Meanwhile, Maidstone drew with Braintree
20:24 and Folkestone lost out to Canvey away from home.
20:27 Next, the 2024 Kent Schools Cross-Country Championships
20:32 saw the Medway and Ashford and Weld districts
20:34 taking two and three wins, respectively.
20:38 Medway's Tyler Jade Thomas won the Year 7's girls race
20:41 in 10 minutes exactly,
20:43 whilst Lauren Mitchell took the honour
20:44 in the senior girls class with 14.41.
20:48 Tunbridge spoiled Bromley's hopes
20:50 at a clean sweep in the team competition.
20:53 The Greater London Group won six of the eight categories.
20:56 You can see the full results
20:57 by heading to Kent Online's Sport tab.
21:00 The top four finishers in the senior, intermediate
21:02 and junior races now each qualify
21:05 for the English Schools Championships
21:07 at Pontefract in March.
21:09 And a 16-year-old competitive swimmer from Dover
21:12 has broken his club's 200 metre freestyle record
21:15 that's been in place for more than 20 years.
21:18 Dover lifeguard club's Tommy Goldup
21:20 broke the longstanding record
21:22 at the club's first gala of the new year.
21:24 The teenager won seven golds at the Icebreaker event,
21:27 including in the 200 and 400 metre individual medals,
21:31 50, 200 and 400 metre freestyles
21:34 and the 200 metre butterfly.
21:36 He broke the 200 freestyle record,
21:38 which had stood since 1999,
21:41 with a time of two minutes and 0.24 seconds.
21:46 And finally from me,
21:47 with volleyball on a national rise
21:49 and youth teams participating in international tournaments
21:52 to represent GB,
21:53 One Kent League is focusing on growth, not just points.
21:57 This week, they held their first triangle fixture of the year
22:00 at the University of Kent with Canterbury Gold,
22:02 Canterbury Black and Invicta Maidstone
22:05 all competing in rapid succession
22:07 for the coveted red medal.
22:09 Let's have a look at the Invicta League
22:10 and how the day's matches went down.
22:12 Here's Finn McDermott.
22:14 Five teams, three games and only three sets to win it in.
22:18 This is Kent's Invicta Volleyball League,
22:20 a developmental league like no other.
22:23 It's packed with National Volleyball League players
22:25 and national youth players.
22:26 This week is the first triangle of matches of 2024,
22:30 featuring favourites Invicta Maidstone
22:31 as well as Canterbury's teams, Gold and Black.
22:34 The first game of the new year features
22:35 Canterbury Gold versus Canterbury Black.
22:38 The score starts off with an even heat
22:40 between the rivals before Gold started to pile on the pressure.
22:43 With clever passes from setter Ironman Lam Roussey,
22:46 Gold took the first set 21 to 16.
22:49 In the next two sets, Black got their revenge in the second
22:52 and pulled it back to anyone's game,
22:54 thanks to better defensive coordination,
22:56 winning the second set 21 to 15.
22:58 But they couldn't stop Canterbury's Golden Boys,
23:01 who won the next set 21 to 80.
23:03 We asked Gold's Lam Roussey and MacMahon
23:05 what they thought about their performance.
23:07 What are you going to look to improve on in the next game?
23:09 Middle connection and setting tempo sets in the middle.
23:13 I'm going to connect my spikes better
23:14 and overall get more powerful.
23:17 Now Black had the Herculean task
23:19 of facing off with Invicta Maidstone,
23:20 the team home to England youth players
23:22 number one Jacob Lloyd-Williams
23:24 and number two Mickey Horney.
23:26 Again, the match started evenly enough.
23:28 Around the 10-point mark,
23:29 the teams had managed to keep each other at bay.
23:31 But with some powerful hits and closed off blocks,
23:34 Invicta gave themselves a nine-point lead.
23:37 Black did well to try and catch up,
23:39 but not before the favourites closed out the set 21 to 19.
23:42 The second set saw no more successes for the Blacks,
23:45 with a barrage of hits and serves
23:47 that were hard to block and even harder to receive.
23:49 Invicta brought out their A-game,
23:51 seeing the Blacks off 21 to 13.
23:53 This time, although it was a consolation point,
23:56 it was their last game of the day.
23:57 So Black weren't giving it up just yet,
24:00 starting with a lead of three points,
24:02 attempting to bleed Invicta of just one set.
24:04 But it wasn't in the cards and they lost the set 18 to 21.
24:08 And then it was time for the decider,
24:10 Canterbury Gold against Invicta Maidstone.
24:13 Gold had had time to rest
24:15 while Invicta were riding off the back of their victory.
24:17 The first set was a massacre.
24:19 Invicta piled on the pressure with strong hits
24:21 from number three Jack Adby
24:23 and Jacob Lloyd-Williams' dominance above the net,
24:25 winning the first set 21 to only seven points.
24:29 The second set saw the Invicta machine begin to break.
24:32 The difficult timing between setter and middle was wearing thin.
24:35 But it wasn't enough,
24:37 as the Maidstone team edged the win 21 to 18,
24:40 sealing their victory.
24:41 This is what Invicta Maidstone's Alex Salmteguia
24:45 had to say about the victory.
24:46 We did very well.
24:47 We could do a lot of things better.
24:50 The timing with the set of four were a bit off,
24:52 but this is something we can work on.
24:54 And also the passing is very important,
24:55 so another thing we need to work on as well.
24:58 It was a long day with many battles across the net,
25:00 and Invicta Maidstone were the clear winners
25:02 with all six sets won,
25:04 while Gold won two of their sets and Black just one.
25:07 Thank you for watching the Invicta League Roundup.
25:10 Great stuff there.
25:11 Finn McDermid reporting for us.
25:13 Don't forget, we'll have a brand new episode
25:15 of Invicta Sport coming this Friday,
25:17 where we'll be looking ahead to the weekend,
25:19 the big weekend for Maidstone United
25:21 in the FA Cup's fourth round against Ipswich Town.
25:24 You don't want to miss it.
25:24 See you then.
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25:28 Lots of sport there, and of course,
25:36 plenty more in this week's Invicta Sport.
25:38 Well, now, let's see what the forecast is looking like
25:41 and find out if any of that recent wind
25:43 and those storms are dying down.
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25:48 Not much wind around tonight.
25:53 Lows of eight degrees across most of the county,
25:56 nine up in Dartford.
25:58 Thursday morning, cloudy right across the county,
26:01 highs of 11, lows of 10.
26:03 And mostly dry into the afternoon,
26:06 a bit of rain near Folkestone,
26:08 lows of 10 in Dover.
26:10 And here's your outlook for Kent Friday.
26:13 A bit of sunshine Saturday and Sunday,
26:15 a mixed picture.
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26:21 (bells chiming)
26:23 Well, you've been watching Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
26:30 There's more news made just for Kent throughout the evening
26:32 with a brand new episode of Kent on Climate
26:34 right after the break.
26:36 And of course, our news bulletin at 8 p.m.
26:38 You can keep up to date with the latest news
26:40 also on our website, kmtv.co.uk.
26:44 But that's all from me.
26:45 Enjoy Kent on Climate after the break.
26:47 Bye-bye for now.
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