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00:29 - Good evening and welcome to Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
00:33 I'm Abbey Hook.
00:33 Here are your top stories on Thursday, the 28th of September.
00:37 Shame on you.
00:39 Hundreds of special needs campaigners call for reform
00:42 outside Kent County Hall.
00:44 - The system is completely broken
00:47 and yeah, it's time for change and the time is now.
00:50 - Up in flames.
00:51 Firefighters still putting out Selinge Barn Fire
00:55 almost 24 hours on.
00:57 - We continue to work hard over the next few days
01:00 to make sure this is controlled burn.
01:02 - And from spin to swim,
01:04 Herne Bay Leisure Centre opens up
01:06 to encourage more to get active.
01:09 - Particularly if people have been out of fitness
01:12 for a long time,
01:12 some people are quite anxious to come back into sight.
01:15 This whole week and Saturday is about fun.
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01:24 - First tonight, hundreds of protesters
01:30 have gathered outside Kent County Council in Maidstone today
01:33 campaigning for special need reform.
01:36 They say the system is broken nationally
01:38 and that KCC has failed their children.
01:41 The local authority has been issued
01:42 an improvement notice from the government
01:44 and is now set to introduce new policies
01:46 in a bid to make changes.
01:48 Gabriel Morris was at County Hall today.
01:51 - We want send reform!
01:52 - When do we want it?
01:53 - Now!
01:54 - Parents, carers, politicians calling for send reform.
01:59 - They all want the same thing.
02:00 They want children with disabilities, educational rights.
02:03 They need a whole new reform.
02:05 It isn't good enough.
02:06 It isn't working right now.
02:07 The system is completely broken
02:10 and yeah, it's time for change.
02:12 And the time is now.
02:13 - Most of these here have children
02:15 with special educational needs.
02:17 - We all have autistic children
02:19 that have been failed by KCC.
02:21 - Yeah, so at the moment,
02:23 there aren't enough SEN school places for our children.
02:26 Our children are being forced into mainstream.
02:28 It's not good enough for those children at mainstream
02:30 and for our children.
02:31 We don't want our children failed anymore.
02:33 - And the same as these two.
02:35 My oldest is in secondary school in mainstream
02:37 and he's just had to struggle the whole way through
02:40 and now he's having to drop GCSEs.
02:42 - They all have individual stories
02:45 and we've been reporting some of those this week,
02:48 often relating to education, health and care plans.
02:51 - It's the most unfairest things.
02:52 If your children are not supported and helped now
02:56 to become more independent,
02:58 they will find it more and more difficult
03:00 as they grow older.
03:02 They will struggle as adults.
03:05 - Amongst the protesters today was Claire Oliver
03:08 from Whitstable.
03:09 Her teenage daughter Imogen was diagnosed with ASC
03:13 amongst other special needs.
03:15 She should be in year 11,
03:16 but she's been out of school for five years.
03:19 - Having to go down the, what's called the EOTAS route,
03:22 which basically means education other than in school
03:26 because they don't have a suitable provision.
03:28 So that consists of 33 hours of a combination
03:33 between 20 hours of academic learning,
03:37 10 hours of enrichment activities
03:39 and then further hours of different types of therapy,
03:43 depending on, you know, for Imogen, for example,
03:46 she needs a speech and language therapist.
03:48 And at the moment she's not getting one hour of it.
03:51 - Imogen didn't want to come on camera
03:53 and her mum is a teacher,
03:56 but she says there's only so far
03:58 that a mother can teach their daughter.
04:00 - She is really, I mean, the impact that this is having
04:04 on her is catastrophic.
04:07 We know we're veering down the catastrophic route
04:09 at the moment.
04:10 - Now the council told us in a statement.
04:12 KCC prefers not to comment in individual cases.
04:17 However, when a tribunal instructs KCC
04:19 to provide specific support to a child,
04:22 KCC complies with the tribunal's decision.
04:25 KCC provides individualized tuition
04:27 when instructed by the tribunal.
04:29 If the parent decides after three months
04:31 that the tuition is not appropriate,
04:33 KCC will try to identify an alternative provider.
04:37 In some cases, the solution is for the parent
04:39 to request a personal budget,
04:41 which KCC may provide to cover a child's changing care
04:44 and support costs.
04:46 Parents are able to make their own decision
04:48 on how that budget is spent.
04:50 - KCC, hear us now!
04:53 - It's not the first time
04:55 there has been a Send Reform protest.
04:57 One was held in London earlier this year
05:00 and others are planned in coming weeks.
05:03 But the cries here today are directly
05:05 to Kent County Council.
05:07 - Shame on you!
05:07 - KCC!
05:08 - In 2019, Ofsted found a lack of communication at KCC.
05:13 And last November, they found improvements
05:16 had not been made.
05:17 Parents say they are often still in the dark.
05:21 - The communication between our caseworker and us
05:23 was just abysmal.
05:24 There was no communication.
05:25 We never had emails returned.
05:27 At one time, it took them nine days
05:31 to respond to an email or a phone call.
05:34 And that was our biggest thing.
05:35 Just tell us where we are in this process.
05:38 So that we can keep up with it.
05:40 But we just never knew where we were.
05:42 - The council now have their accelerated progress plan
05:46 and they say they're working to improve communication.
05:49 - I absolutely understand where they're coming from.
05:52 If parents don't hear from us,
05:54 then of course they want to know what's going on.
05:56 Of course they'll get back in touch with us.
05:58 Of course they'll add to the workload in that sense.
06:01 I want to try and stem that right at the start.
06:03 We're starting an initiative of actually phoning out,
06:06 calling parents during this month.
06:08 And I think that'll start to make a difference.
06:10 That'll start to show parents
06:13 that they haven't been forgotten.
06:15 Their children haven't been lost in the system somewhere.
06:17 - You should be ashamed of yourselves!
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06:24 - While the protest has been happening
06:27 outside County Hall today,
06:28 councillors have been meeting inside
06:31 for the SEND subcommittee.
06:33 Voices here today were on full volume
06:35 and they hope they made a noise within the council.
06:39 Gabriel Morris for KNTV in Maidstone.
06:41 - Well, Gabriel joins me in the studio now.
06:44 Gabriel, what have the council said
06:46 about that protest on their doorstep today?
06:48 - Well, they've issued a statement today
06:49 saying they acknowledge the rights of parents, carers
06:51 and members of SEND reform to protest
06:54 about the government's policy on SEND provision,
06:57 including at County Hall.
06:59 Now this isn't the first protest.
07:00 There was one earlier in the year in June
07:02 and there are several other protests planned for later.
07:06 Now this protest was directed at KCC
07:11 and other councils in the South East.
07:15 But some people there today were saying
07:18 that actually schools which are governed by the government
07:21 need improvement, looking at teaching assistants.
07:24 And we looked at those earlier in the week.
07:26 The government actually say there are more
07:28 teaching assistants by last year.
07:29 They're up 5,300 and up 59,000 since 2011.
07:34 And they're putting significant investment
07:38 into the high needs budget.
07:39 And that high needs budget is what parents want to tap into.
07:43 And that's why there are parents going for EHCPs
07:47 across Kent.
07:48 Now that high needs budget costs a lot of money
07:52 and we know KCC have an agreement with the government
07:54 to be able to access more money.
07:55 But SEND provision does cost the council a lot of money,
07:59 around about 400,000 pounds every year.
08:01 And we know the council are having financial problems.
08:04 So where do you look to?
08:05 Well, council building.
08:06 We found out today they are gonna be selling this building.
08:10 We don't know how much it's gonna sell for
08:12 but I can tell you it's 150-year-old building.
08:14 It's an aging building and it's 277,000 square foot.
08:18 So it potentially could be worth a lot of money.
08:21 I spoke to Dr. Lauren Sullivan.
08:23 She's a councillor, she's a Labour leader
08:25 at Kent County Council.
08:27 She says she welcomes this decision.
08:29 And while there is cause to preserve its heritage
08:32 and its place, but actually, fundamentally,
08:36 the price that it's coming down to
08:37 is whether we get the appropriate education
08:40 for children with special educational needs,
08:42 whether we stop preventing children
08:44 from entering youth gangs.
08:46 These are the real hard choices that are being made.
08:49 So I welcome the fact that it's been put on the market
08:52 because literally it is about selling the family silver.
08:58 - Gabriel Morris reporting there now.
09:00 Next tonight, a farmer from Selinge has suffered minor burns
09:04 after a devastating fire ripped through two of his barns.
09:07 14 fire engines were sent to Elm Tree Farm near Ashford
09:11 just after 8 p.m. last night,
09:13 attempting to tackle those flames.
09:15 The fire even left part of the village without power.
09:18 Well, Sophia Aitken was there early at the scene
09:20 and joins me now in the studio with a few more details.
09:23 Sophia, a devastating fire we can see on the screen here.
09:26 - Incredibly devastating.
09:27 It gives you an idea of just how large this fire was.
09:30 In fact, firefighters were there all night long.
09:32 There were 14 fire trucks at the scene.
09:36 They were still there early this afternoon
09:38 when I went along as well.
09:39 Two barns and a haystack caught fire.
09:42 We can take a look back at just how large that fire was now.
09:45 It's so, so shocking.
09:47 They were there,
09:48 this happened at just after eight o'clock last night.
09:51 By around half one this morning,
09:53 crews had successfully surrounded the fire.
09:55 So that 14 number of trucks had dropped to about 10.
09:59 The fire is still currently under control
10:01 with now just three fire engines,
10:03 as well as a bulk water carrier,
10:05 which are remaining at the farm.
10:06 It's likely they'll remain at the scene for several days
10:09 as the scale of this fire, it's quite unusual,
10:11 especially as it's caught fire to that haystack.
10:14 Crews are also working to remove debris
10:16 whilst making sure that this fire doesn't spread.
10:19 And it's believed a tractor has also been destroyed,
10:22 but it's quite a miracle that nobody was harmed.
10:24 The farmer went to save all of his cattle,
10:27 and in that he did secure some minor burns.
10:30 He was treated by a paramedic at the scene,
10:33 but it's quite heroic that he wanted to save his cattle.
10:36 And they're not too sure what's caused this fire.
10:39 The investigation has just launched today,
10:42 but they're advising people who live and work nearby
10:45 to keep their windows and the doors closed
10:47 due to this smoke.
10:48 Inhaling this could be quite damaging.
10:50 And we spoke to Neil Jones
10:52 from Kent Fire and Rescue Service earlier today about this.
10:56 - We advise people to keep their doors and windows closed.
11:00 There was some power supply issues.
11:02 We had network power on the scene
11:04 to isolate the power to the farm.
11:06 I believe all the power's been restored to the local area now
11:09 and it's just a farm that's isolated from the grid.
11:13 We're working with the family
11:15 to support them at this time of need.
11:18 We're working with the farmer
11:20 to make sure he's got enough feed for his cattle.
11:23 And also we're controlling the fire as well,
11:24 allowing the fire to burn out.
11:26 And we'd be on scene all the time the fire's alight.
11:29 So that'd be for the next few days.
11:33 - Well, as you said there earlier, Sophia,
11:35 really lucky that nobody was further harmed,
11:36 just those minor injuries sustained by the farmer.
11:38 But thank you so much for bringing us that report
11:40 and being on the scene earlier, Sophia.
11:43 Of course, we'll keep you up to date
11:44 when we know more here at CAME TV as well.
11:47 Now it's time for us to take a very short break,
11:49 but coming up, we'll have more news from across the county.
11:53 See you then.
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15:09 - Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
15:21 Now the two pound cap on bus fares in Kent
15:23 will be hiked to two pound 50 in November.
15:26 One way ticket discounts will expire at the end of October
15:29 and the new fare will be in place till 2025.
15:32 It comes as roads minister Richard Holden confirmed
15:35 that Kent County Council and other local authorities
15:38 will receive their second allocation of funding
15:40 for the bus service improvement plan for 2024 and 2025.
15:45 Next tonight, Harry Potter actor
15:49 and Gravesend residents, Sir Michael Gambon
15:52 has died aged 82.
15:54 Here he is at the Fembell Inn in Hoo
15:56 during a surprise visit just last year.
15:59 There he is with a lemur on screen.
16:01 Well, he's well known for his role
16:02 as Professor Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight
16:05 Harry Potter films.
16:06 During his incredible six decade long career
16:09 in the creative industry, he won four BAFTAs
16:12 and had such a profound impact on so many.
16:15 Well, to tell us more about these crucial characters
16:17 in our lives that many grew up with,
16:19 I'm joined by Kent Film Club presenter, Chris D.C.
16:22 Chris, some really sad news today
16:24 that would be quite devastating for a lot of people,
16:27 especially Harry Potter fans, but not just Harry Potter fans.
16:30 Everybody knows who Sir Michael Gambon was
16:33 and what he sort of meant to people growing up.
16:35 Absolutely, and when you consider
16:37 that he came to this role quite late,
16:39 Richard Harris passed away in 2002,
16:42 so he inherited the role from him.
16:44 And of course, younger people will remember him
16:47 as Albus Dumbledore.
16:49 I remember, I think one of the first films I saw
16:50 that he was in was with Robin Williams in Toys
16:52 back in the early '90s.
16:54 A lot of TV work in the '80s, the Singing Detective,
16:58 so of course from Dennis Potter to Harry Potter.
17:00 So a formidable career, died at the age of 82,
17:03 but just looking at the tributes today,
17:05 I was seeing Helen Mirren, Dame Eileen Atkins,
17:07 people who've worked with him, an extraordinary talent.
17:09 And I suppose when we look at characters
17:11 like the role he played, like Albus Dumbledore,
17:14 it's something that actually really resonates with us
17:17 and we keep with us.
17:18 It's not just the actor, but we feel like we know them.
17:20 I mean, we can see here Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
17:24 playing on the screen now.
17:25 That would have been a staple
17:27 that people would have grown up with.
17:28 Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of people
17:29 who would have grown up with the sort of work
17:31 that he was doing on the stage,
17:32 but the film characters, you're right.
17:34 I mean, for a lot of people, this is legendary.
17:36 You know, they grew up with these sort of characters.
17:38 And I think it's always lovely
17:39 when you've got these sort of late career renaissance.
17:42 You know, someone like Dennis Potter
17:43 who forged his career on the stage and in TV.
17:46 I mean, the four BAFTAs that you mentioned
17:47 were all for TV work, including the Singing Detective.
17:50 And then, of course, in the last 20 years,
17:52 he is synonymous with the character
17:54 you see on the screen here, Albus Dumbledore.
17:56 And I suppose it goes to show for all those characters
17:59 we grow up watching on the screen as well.
18:01 Really sad news, and our thoughts are, of course,
18:03 with all his family and those he leaves behind.
18:06 I wanted to bring you some more film news, actually, Chris,
18:09 while you're here as well.
18:10 So the Hollywood strikes,
18:13 they seem to have reached a resolution.
18:15 What does this mean for Kent?
18:16 Well, this is, as you say, very good news
18:18 because this has been, what, since May,
18:21 and then the actors joined the Writers Guild
18:23 on strike in July.
18:24 Well, I mean, the good news is that it means
18:27 that filming will, at some point, resume.
18:29 I think the key words there are "at some point"
18:32 because it's going to be several months
18:33 before the locations are going to return.
18:35 So it may be that some of the TV shows in America
18:37 can start immediately.
18:39 But in terms of location shooting,
18:41 I think it's, I mean, we talked about the butterfly effect
18:43 on this programme a few weeks ago.
18:45 I think it's going to take, my guess is it will be early next year
18:48 before we start seeing some return to normality.
18:50 That butterfly effect affecting us right about,
18:52 because it was about four million,
18:53 I think we were talking before,
18:55 that it's impacted with all those shoots here in Kent.
18:57 Do you think we'll be able to claw back that money quick enough?
19:00 Well, I think that, I mean, when you consider individual films,
19:02 sometimes, like we were talking about Empire of Light before,
19:05 I mean, that in itself could, you know,
19:06 brought a few million to the Kent economy.
19:07 I think the answer is yes.
19:09 I don't think it's going to be immediate.
19:10 But I think that, I mean, it just needs local politicians,
19:13 people like, you know, talking as we are now,
19:15 to really sort of see if we can get the economy growing again
19:18 and to bring some of those great film shootings back to the county.
19:21 Something we don't realise how important it is
19:24 until it happens, I suppose.
19:25 Well, thank you very much, Chris,
19:26 for joining another episode of Kent Film Club
19:28 coming out this evening as well, straight after Kent Tonight.
19:31 Thank you very much for joining me.
19:32 Thanks, Abi.
19:34 Next tonight, one in six animal species in Kent and across England
19:38 could be at risk of extinction,
19:40 according to the State of Nature report.
19:42 Nearly half of our bird species are under threat.
19:45 Almost a third of amphibians and reptiles
19:47 and a quarter of land animals are all at risk of vanishing.
19:51 Conservation organisations say more investment is urgently needed.
19:55 And we need to make farming and fishing more wildlife-friendly too.
19:59 Birds like turtle doves could be at the most risk here in Kent,
20:02 according to the RSPB.
20:04 Well, I spoke to Alan Johnson from the charity earlier
20:07 and started by asking if he was surprised by the report.
20:11 Fortunately, not really.
20:12 And my personal experience is you can kind of see this happening
20:16 on a kind of an annual basis.
20:18 So I think like many people, I've probably noticed declines
20:22 in the biomass of invertebrates in the wider countryside.
20:25 So, you know, I have memories of the skies being kind of
20:30 much more full of kind of insects flying around
20:32 and butterflies and flies and bees.
20:35 And you can sometimes go out in the countryside
20:38 on an average day during summer or spring
20:40 and sort of struggle to see too many things.
20:43 So I've become quite conscious of it, I'm afraid.
20:46 And of course, the main focus are our birds
20:49 and Kent is known for having loads of different species of birds
20:52 migrate through birds crossing through the pathway in Kent all the time.
20:57 What does this mean for our county's population then?
21:01 Well, I mean, Kent's got a few really important species, actually.
21:05 It's got some of the more notable declines as well.
21:08 So two in particular that I'd pick out.
21:11 One is turtle dove, which is a species.
21:13 So when I first moved to Kent, I was around about 2000.
21:17 It was a fairly kind of regular bird to see.
21:20 You'd see often kind of on telephone wires hanging around,
21:23 but they have really, really declined quite steeply since then.
21:28 It's over a 90% decline nationally for turtle doves.
21:31 And Kent is now one of the absolute strongholds for the species.
21:35 The species has reduced right down in terms of distribution
21:38 and Kent is one of the few places that you can see them still.
21:42 But even now it's quite difficult.
21:43 So we're involved in quite a few conservation measures,
21:47 most of which is by working through farmers and landowners
21:50 and local communities to deliver the kind of things that turtle does need.
21:54 Very quickly, Alan, why is this happening?
21:56 Why are we seeing such a decline here in the county?
22:00 Well, I mean, there are a few background things going on.
22:03 So the really big meaty things are,
22:06 so changes in the way that we manage large areas of agricultural land in the UK
22:12 has had a massive impact, so intensification of agriculture.
22:17 Particularly in sort of like the south-eastern Kent,
22:21 the fragmentation of habitat is kind of a real issue.
22:24 So as I'm sure everybody watching is aware,
22:27 you know, we have a high population in Kent, lots of roads, lots of urban areas,
22:32 and the bits of kind of like wilderness are really quite isolated and fragmented
22:35 and that kind of, that's, you know, that's well known that you need bigger
22:39 and more connected areas for populations of wildlife to be sustainable
22:44 and we've got the kind of the opposite of that in Kent.
22:48 Next tonight, Active Life is getting ready to open the doors
22:51 of two of its leisure centres this weekend
22:53 to welcome in families in Herne Bay and Whitstable
22:56 for a day of free sporting activities.
22:59 From spin classes to swim sessions, there's something for everyone.
23:02 Well, the charity says it's encouraging people to take advantage of their facilities
23:06 whilst also raising money for other causes in the area,
23:09 such as the Stroke Park Foundation, which looks after children with disabilities.
23:13 Bartholomew Hall has been down to Herne Bay to find out more.
23:17 Coming along to this charity-run leisure centre in Herne Bay
23:20 will be completely free throughout this Saturday,
23:22 opening its doors to encourage the community to get active
23:26 or to try out something new.
23:28 Active Life puts all of the money earned from its five leisure centres
23:31 in the wider Canterbury district back into its day-to-day running.
23:36 With cash prizes on offer for challenges being hosted throughout the day,
23:40 the gyms will be open for a whole range of activities,
23:43 from family swim sessions...
23:45 Or to take part in a spin class, but you really can take it at your own pace.
23:50 The main message from Active Life is just to come down and have fun.
23:54 Meet Tony. Today was his first day in a gym just after having retired.
23:58 He tells me he's going to be quick to come back.
24:01 Got me in the gym and I thought, after a few goes,
24:07 I thought, "Do you know, actually, really, I'm going to have to pack on and get this done," you know?
24:10 So that's why I signed up.
24:13 We went swimming last week in Winston-Walbrook and joined the club there.
24:18 And here I am today. I am committed to it, I have no fear.
24:21 But, yes, and I'm going to learn to swim as well, which I can't do.
24:26 It is the hardest part, is coming through that door.
24:28 If you've made that journey through that door, that's your first step.
24:32 And then our front of house team and our fitness experts will be able to help you along that journey.
24:38 Particularly if people have been out of fitness for a long time,
24:42 some people are quite anxious to come back into sight.
24:45 This whole week and Saturday is about fun.
24:48 But even if getting sporty isn't your cup of tea,
24:51 families are invited along for face painting, live music and community stalls.
24:57 As part of the fun day, Herons will be hosting a raffle to raise money for the Strode Park Foundation,
25:02 which cares for disabled or vulnerable children and adults throughout the county.
25:06 Some of the events we do, they're not always accessible to local communities.
25:10 And I think for us as well, it's about raising money for us,
25:13 but also showing the community that you can come to these events
25:17 because they are accessible and affordable for everyone.
25:20 So I think our thing is making it affordable for the community to come,
25:24 but also giving us enough money to do the things we need to do.
25:28 Literally every little bit helps.
25:29 Any sort of event we can put on for any sort of thing, we will do.
25:33 And we're so excited to do them all as well, aren't we?
25:35 So with families cutting costs across the board, what better than a free day out?
25:40 Bartholomew Hall for KMTV in Herne Bay.
25:44 Now, just before we go, let's take a very quick look at the weather forecast.
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25:54 It's going to be fairly rainy and miserable tonight.
25:57 Lows of 16, highs of 18 in Dover. A bit of wind too.
26:01 That wind dropping slightly by tomorrow morning
26:03 and the rain moving towards the east of the county.
26:07 By the afternoon, dry. A mix of sun and cloud though.
26:10 Highs of 21 by Dartford. And the next few days look like this.
26:15 Bit of rain predicted for Monday in Tambridge, Wales and Folsom.
26:18 And other than that, a mix of sun and cloud.
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26:29 Well, you've been watching Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
26:31 Now, there is more news made just for Kent throughout the evening.
26:34 We're back again at 8pm with Bartholomew Hall for our Late Bulletin.
26:38 And don't forget, you can always keep up to date with the latest news
26:41 by logging on to kmtv.co.uk.
26:44 But don't go anywhere just yet.
26:45 We have another episode of Kent Film Club right after this break.
26:49 I'll see you again tomorrow. Bye-bye for now.
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