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00:02 - Hello there and welcome along to Kenton Climate
00:24 live here on KMTV.
00:26 I'm Abbey Hook and in this show we discuss
00:28 all things related to environmental issues in the county.
00:31 How is climate change impacting Kent?
00:33 What are communities in the county doing to tackle it?
00:35 And how can you help at home?
00:38 Each week we take a deep dive into a new environmental issue
00:42 in the county, but first tonight.
00:44 Calls to make an 80 pitch campsite on Kent's border
00:47 permanent have been rejected by the local council.
00:50 Critics say they're concerned about the impact
00:53 of camping on wildlife at Bewell Water,
00:55 as well as the high-willed national landscape.
00:57 Owners say they would put measures in place
00:59 to protect nesting animals and minimise noise,
01:02 but the council says it won't put corporate business
01:05 over nature.
01:06 Local democracy reporter, Gabriel Morris has more.
01:08 - It's the largest reservoir in South East England,
01:14 sat between Kent and East Sussex.
01:17 Bewell Water is an area of outstanding natural beauty
01:20 with plenty of activities.
01:22 And it doesn't come as much of a surprise
01:24 that its owners have opened up some fields for camping
01:27 over the past three years.
01:30 But this hasn't been popular with locals.
01:33 They're concerned about the ecology impacts
01:35 this could bring with the site being home
01:37 to a sizable gull roost.
01:40 - Campers by definition will be moving around.
01:42 They won't be confined to their tents all night.
01:45 They'll be moving, whether it's to the washing facilities
01:48 or whether it's walking around the shoreline.
01:51 And on dark nights,
01:52 they're invariably going to use torchlight.
01:55 If the gull roosts are disturbed
01:57 and they move elsewhere, there is no comeback from that.
01:59 You know, once they're gone, they're gone.
02:01 - Yet the owners of the site
02:02 want to make camping here permanent.
02:05 They say they have a management plan in place
02:07 to protect the area.
02:08 - We have a noise policy in force,
02:11 everything like on site.
02:12 Everyone has to be quiet and all music
02:14 must be off by 10 p.m. at night time.
02:16 All loud music, et cetera, must stop like that.
02:19 We have security on all night long, every night.
02:22 We spend a lot of time putting extra bird boxes up,
02:25 bat boxes up.
02:27 We're going to introduce beehives this year.
02:29 We spend a lot of time making sure we fit in
02:32 with the local area,
02:34 the area of outstanding national beauty.
02:37 - There are two separate planning submissions,
02:39 one for 80 pictures and a second for four yurts.
02:44 Now the planning permission would only allow
02:46 for camping in the summer months.
02:48 That's because on a day like today in spring,
02:50 the ground is incredibly soggy.
02:53 And to be quite honest,
02:54 I don't think you'd get your car off to camping pictures.
02:57 Officers recommended the approval,
02:59 yet Wildern District Council's planning committee
03:02 ultimately voted against both,
03:04 arguing environmental concerns.
03:07 Some might argue there are only going to be 80 tents.
03:10 It's camping, it's not a hotel.
03:12 How bad could this be?
03:14 - It can be amazingly bad.
03:16 I mean, it is an internationally renowned site.
03:19 It is of national significance.
03:22 If we keep destroying this,
03:24 we will destroy the things that we should be protecting.
03:27 - The decision can be appealed,
03:28 and it's not clear if owners will choose to do this,
03:31 nor what will happen for tourists
03:34 already booked in for this summer.
03:36 Gabriel Morris, near Lamberhurst.
03:38 - Well, the aromatic, bitter taste of a British pint
03:43 is a much loved staple of the summer.
03:45 But according to Kent Brewers,
03:46 it has an uncertain future with climate change
03:49 posing a risk to the essential beer ingredient, hops.
03:53 But hope is not lost, as the county scientists
03:56 have been awarded more than a million pounds
03:57 worth of funding to develop a super hop,
04:00 a genetically engineered crop
04:02 with the ability to resist changes to the environment.
04:05 Well, Bartholomew Hall has more.
04:07 - All beer is made from four ingredients,
04:10 water, yeast, grain, and hops.
04:14 But it's that last ingredient, hops,
04:17 which is at the centre of a pioneering project here in Kent.
04:21 It's all aimed towards safeguarding
04:22 the future of the British beer industry
04:25 amid the growing threats of climate change.
04:28 - We are experiencing long, dry summers
04:31 with not enough rainfall,
04:33 and we have also mild and wet winters,
04:37 which is a problem for the hop plant
04:39 because they require a long dormancy.
04:41 Now, climate change will cause the hop crop to drop.
04:45 We have less yield,
04:47 and this is also a reduction in the quality.
04:50 - More than 50% of the hops used in British beer
04:53 are grown here in Kent, and Clara knows all about it.
04:57 She's a hop breeder.
04:59 She works alongside growers and breweries
05:01 to develop strains that will become
05:03 the next best-tasting British beers.
05:06 Now that ÂŁ574,000 has been secured from the government,
05:11 the aim is to create strains that are resilient to drought,
05:14 pests, and diseases.
05:17 - Without their work,
05:20 climate change will kill these varieties off,
05:23 and we want that British hop to come back
05:26 and to be that premium hop in the industry
05:30 that people want to brew with.
05:32 - I was given the opportunity to boot up
05:34 and take a look at where the new strains
05:36 are being grown at Y Hops.
05:38 It might not look like a lot now,
05:40 but come the summer, this field will be packed
05:42 with bright green stretches of fully-grown hop trees.
05:45 - Hop breeding takes about 10 to 12 years,
05:48 from crosses being made until we actually find
05:52 a new variety that we feel that it has good agronomy,
05:56 it has good resistances to diseases,
05:59 it withstands the climate, the climate changes,
06:02 and also tastes amazing in your beer.
06:04 So Y Hops have the plant material,
06:06 and we have the wealth of data to support our ambitions,
06:10 but we do need the academic support
06:13 and also the research that Helen is doing
06:16 at Kent University.
06:17 - So we're doing the technical side,
06:19 we're processing the hop samples
06:21 and getting that genetic data,
06:23 which is gonna allow us to use some of these new techniques
06:26 to build on traditional hop breeding strategies.
06:31 - While I was there,
06:32 Clara showed me the rub and sniff method,
06:34 which breeders and brewers use to perfect
06:37 what will eventually be the flavor of the beer.
06:39 - Smells.
06:40 - Oh wow, it's lovely.
06:44 - And then it kind of smells a little bit like beer.
06:46 - Yeah, no, yeah, of course, yeah.
06:49 - Now it's not exactly beer garden weather,
06:51 but come the summer, thousands across the county
06:53 and across the country will be going to pubs
06:55 and enjoying that taste of a British pint.
06:58 And it's hoped that with this research
07:00 and with the future of the hop protected,
07:03 that that flavor can stick around for years to come.
07:06 Bartholomew Hall for KMTV.
07:09 - Well, if you enjoyed those climate stories,
07:11 you can find plenty more on our website.
07:13 Just go to kmtv.co.uk for reports like this
07:16 about sewage off the coast of Kent.
07:19 - Sewage spills on a record scale.
07:23 New data from the Environment Agency
07:26 has revealed that 2023 was the worst year
07:29 for sewage off Kent's coasts and rivers,
07:32 with hundreds of incidents of waste
07:34 being released along the river Medway.
07:37 - Montney Hill has one of the highest rates
07:39 of sewage being discharged in the entirety of Medway,
07:42 and it has risen since 2022.
07:45 244 hours of sewage was spilled out
07:50 into the waters here that year,
07:52 but it's risen now to 327 in 2023.
07:57 - Southern waters say that the data
08:00 is a result of the last year and a half
08:01 being the rainiest on record,
08:04 which has meant more sewage and waste
08:06 has had to be released after heavy storms.
08:09 But campaigners say this isn't the case,
08:11 and sewage is posing a real risk
08:14 to people living in Reynham.
08:16 - You can't predict the weather,
08:17 no one can predict the weather,
08:18 but you can anticipate that something's gonna happen.
08:21 The water companies had a chance.
08:22 They knew this was coming.
08:23 They knew these spillages were coming,
08:24 but they haven't done anything that I can see to stop it.
08:28 So you can blame it on the weather if you want,
08:30 but at the end of the day,
08:30 they're responsible for these spillages.
08:32 - Would you let your children swim in the river behind you?
08:35 - I would have concerns now.
08:37 Well, I would have been fine before,
08:39 but now what I've seen, it does worry me.
08:42 - The coast in Whitstable has seen
08:43 the highest rates of sewage discharge,
08:46 with Swellcliff clocking in,
08:47 nearly 1,000 hours of waste being released.
08:51 - It's having a huge impact.
08:52 People choose to live here in Whitstable by the sea
08:55 to have that incredible health and wellbeing benefit
08:59 that you can get from living by water.
09:01 Some people here, they're living from it.
09:03 Some people just use it for their own benefit.
09:05 They use it for, you know, for pleasure,
09:07 swimming, paddle boarding, jet skiing,
09:10 you know, whatever it might be.
09:11 And so far, you know, even this year,
09:13 I know the statistics are for last year,
09:14 but from the data we've seen so far this year,
09:17 only two in every three days have actually been usable
09:21 with the water so far this year.
09:22 - Southern Water have launched three schemes
09:25 to reduce spills in Whitstable, Deagle and Margate,
09:28 and have drawn up plans to spend 1.5 million
09:31 to tackle spills by 2035.
09:34 The company says that slashing the number of storm releases
09:37 is a top priority, and that they're relining sewers
09:40 to keep sewage in and rainwater out.
09:44 But with more than 4 million hours of sewage
09:46 being released across the country,
09:48 it's clear Kent's coasts aren't the only ones
09:51 facing significant challenges due to climate change.
09:55 Oliver Leather, The Saks, reporting for KMTV.
09:58 - Next tonight, a family-owned pet shop in Sittingbourne
10:02 is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
10:04 The pet shop says it's managed to go for so long
10:06 because staff are given training in animal care
10:09 and knowledge to ensure all their customers
10:11 can properly look after their furry,
10:13 feathered or reptile friends.
10:14 Well, its owner says this has kept the store
10:17 ahead of the big brand competition.
10:19 - I've been running the pet shop with my wife
10:22 since about 1982, I believe, we opened their first shop.
10:29 We both worked in London and wanted to work for ourselves,
10:33 so that's where it all began.
10:35 And then we worked in that shop for 21 years,
10:40 and then during that time,
10:43 we opened this shop in Sittingbourne.
10:45 So we've been in Faversham, Sittingbourne,
10:47 and now we're just opening Raynham.
10:49 So that's really kind of a broad picture of what we're doing.
10:53 We have a good staff with good knowledge,
10:56 and we do actually train our staff as well,
10:58 put them on training courses,
11:00 so they've all got a basic knowledge of animal care.
11:03 And I think you can't beat that.
11:06 Some of the bigger stores,
11:10 I don't like to knock the opposition,
11:12 but they get such a throughput of staff
11:14 that they don't get a good staff with good knowledge.
11:19 So, and we have to be niche as well.
11:23 The grocers take most of their trade.
11:26 Well, they're the biggest competitor, believe it or not.
11:29 So the big supermarkets sell loads and loads of food.
11:33 So we have to be niche.
11:36 I think you have to live with the times,
11:40 and social media is big now.
11:42 So we have to show that our business is here
11:48 and wanting to help, and we want people to come back.
11:52 But social media is massive now,
11:54 and I think we're really getting to grips with it.
11:56 - Well, close to home for KMTV as well.
11:59 Our producer, Guy's Hamster there.
12:01 Well, I'll see you after this very short break.
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15:04 - Hello and welcome back to Kenton Climate Live on KMTV.
15:12 Now, campaigners seeking to protect green spaces in Hythe
15:15 are celebrating after a developer's last ditch bid
15:19 to build new flats was rejected by the council.
15:22 Plans were originally submitted for 20 new apartments
15:24 in two four-story blocks on the sloping Ebber House site.
15:28 The plan, which was rejected the first time,
15:31 but later appealed.
15:32 Now, the planning inspectorate has dismissed the appeal
15:34 saying the loss of trees would significantly harm
15:37 the verdant character and appearance of the site.
15:39 Campaigners say they're relieved.
15:42 - One of the things we sent to the council,
15:44 the council in the original campaign against Ebber House
15:49 was a photo of the high hillside with St. Leonard's Church,
15:53 very picturesque, and we superimposed
15:57 the block of Ebber House alongside it.
16:00 And the Ebber House block was bigger than St. Leonard's,
16:04 which of course is a frightening sight.
16:07 We totally ruined the Hythe skyline.
16:10 The Hythe and Saltwood are very beefy suburb areas,
16:14 conventional, very much 1950s type of building,
16:17 and to have something of a modern structure of such a size,
16:22 so unsympathetically built, would have been a disaster.
16:25 It's a wake-up call, I think, to developers
16:28 to really think about what they're planning on doing
16:32 or planning on submitting,
16:33 because it realized the, shall we say,
16:38 the feelings for the local community
16:40 in terms of not just the local directly affecting them,
16:44 but the bigger picture.
16:46 Because we're all traveling around within the town
16:48 and there are some wonderful places to visit
16:50 in this wonderful town as well,
16:52 and we don't want those green spaces destroyed.
16:55 - Now, a new encounter experience
16:59 at Buttercup Sanctuary for Goats in Boughton
17:02 is being described as unbelievable.
17:04 For more than 30 years,
17:06 the sanctuary has been rescuing goats
17:07 who have been suffering from cruelty,
17:09 neglect, and abandonment.
17:11 Now, they're allowing the public
17:12 to get up close and personal with a few of the goats
17:16 that they have there rescued.
17:18 Now, let's take a look.
17:20 - We did the first few of them sort of back end of last year,
17:22 so October time.
17:24 This will be the first year
17:24 we're really sort of pushing them hard.
17:26 They are essentially an opportunity
17:29 to get up close and personal with a goat for an hour.
17:31 So you get the opportunity to groom
17:34 whichever goat you're walking.
17:35 The staff member in charge on that day
17:37 will give you their kind of backstory
17:39 and how they came to be with us
17:41 and a bit about their personality and what they're like.
17:44 You'll then get the opportunity
17:44 to walk around some of our parkland
17:46 and let them grazing.
17:48 Along the way, we'll tell you sort of
17:50 as much goat information
17:51 as you're willing to take in basically.
17:54 Obviously, I'm not asking any questions along the way.
17:57 Once you've had a nice stretch of the legs,
17:59 we let them go.
18:01 You get a complimentary bag of goat food
18:03 and get to go feed some of the goats out in our field.
18:06 - Now, the controversial decision
18:09 to close the main road into Rochester for three months
18:12 has been met with new criticism,
18:14 though some residents are welcoming a lack of air pollution.
18:17 Locals were fearful this would lead to travel chaos
18:19 and business disruption,
18:21 but now they're concerned the location
18:23 of the new school being built
18:24 will lead to tailbacks towards the Medway Tunnel
18:26 and what this will mean for the surrounding environment.
18:29 But three weeks in, the council say they've done all they can
18:31 to minimise disruption, as Sophia Akin reports.
18:35 - 15 weeks of closures.
18:38 It was predicted to be chaos,
18:40 with drivers fearful of backlogs towards the Medway Tunnel
18:44 and businesses concerned they'd have near to no customers.
18:48 Three weeks in, it may not have been the smoothest journey,
18:51 but it seems to have not been as disruptive as predicted.
18:54 It's all to build the entrance of the new Maritime Academy
18:57 on Frinsbury Hill in Strood,
18:59 which is infamously one of Medway's busiest areas.
19:03 - I think we're more concerned about the future,
19:05 the future impact on the traffic around that roundabout.
19:10 That roundabout's quite dangerous already,
19:12 so, you know, the extra traffic going there for the schools.
19:15 - That's their only issue, really.
19:16 People moan about the boy racers going down on the estate.
19:19 Well, they have to get to that estate.
19:20 They come down this road,
19:21 often well in excess of the speed limit
19:24 and making a lot of noise.
19:26 So it's lovely at the moment.
19:27 - Obviously, the road is quieter,
19:29 which is a good thing for people's health and everything,
19:31 'cause sometimes the traffic is really bad up here.
19:34 But it has made it a bit difficult for me.
19:36 When I go to work, I go down the A2,
19:39 so it's difficult to get out on the A2.
19:41 It's coming home that's a problem,
19:42 because obviously everyone's trying to get here.
19:46 - Sort of structure that's affecting all the businesses
19:48 and the people around the area.
19:50 I don't think it should have happened.
19:51 They should have made other arrangements
19:53 to make access to the road.
19:55 - After a couple of weeks of these roadworks going on,
19:58 it has been a lot better,
20:00 'cause people are starting to figure out
20:01 that it's not actually that bad around these areas,
20:04 and it's not as bad as what people thought it was, I think.
20:07 - Despite the signposts, a lot of the drivers here
20:10 don't seem to be aware that there are roadworks ahead.
20:13 As you can see, a lot of the drivers
20:15 are still going up to the roundabout
20:17 and then having to turn back the other way.
20:20 Medway Council had looked into other measures
20:22 to close this road in a way with minimal disruption,
20:26 but say this method was the most effective.
20:29 - As with any roadwork,
20:30 we want to minimise the impact on the community.
20:32 That's our primary purpose, if you like,
20:34 in all this management process.
20:36 So the officers are trying to schedule the works
20:38 as carefully as they can.
20:40 If we can spot any opportunity to reduce that timescale,
20:43 we'll discuss it with the contractors
20:44 and we'll bring it down.
20:45 - Those still looking to get to or from Rochester
20:48 during these roadworks can use this diversion route.
20:51 The works are scheduled to be finished on the 21st of June.
20:55 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Strood.
20:59 - Next tonight, more than 30 trolleys have been removed
21:02 from the River Medway as part of a clean-up operation.
21:05 Volunteers joined the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership,
21:09 Environment Agency, and Tambridge and Morling Borough Council
21:12 in the river clean.
21:13 Of the 34 trolleys collected,
21:15 18 of them belong to Sainsbury's in Tambridge,
21:18 and the supermarket plans to collect
21:20 and dispose of them accordingly.
21:22 Volunteers say the clean-up will make the river safer
21:25 for recreation and will also help local wildlife too.
21:28 Now, a beaver that was discovered scampering around
21:33 on a Kent beach triggered a rescue operation
21:36 following welfare concerns.
21:38 A resident sounded the alarm
21:39 when she spotted the large freshwater rodent
21:41 in Sandwich Bay, far from its natural habitat.
21:44 The semi-aquatic dam builders live in rivers,
21:46 streams, and locks,
21:47 where overexposure to saltwater can be fatal.
21:51 The animal, nicknamed Justin,
21:53 was eventually caught by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue
21:57 after it fell asleep and moved into the care
21:59 of the Wildwood Trust to be checked over.
22:01 Really sweet.
22:03 And a rail line connecting Kent and Surrey
22:06 has closed for at least two weeks.
22:09 Network Rail is urgently repairing the embankment
22:11 between Tambridge and Redhill.
22:13 The rail company says there's been stress
22:14 on parts of their infrastructure,
22:16 particularly earthworks,
22:18 following the wettest February for the south in 200 years.
22:21 But it isn't the first time the land's shifted.
22:23 Engineers have fixed the tracks before this site.
22:26 They say they're now preparing for a more long-term solution.
22:31 Well, talking of wet weather and heavy rain,
22:33 let's take a look at the forecast.
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22:38 This evening looking pretty wet,
22:44 highs of 10, lows of nine.
22:47 And Thursday morning looking much of the same,
22:50 that rain sweeping right across the county, highs of 12.
22:54 By the afternoon, warming up just slightly,
22:57 a bit of sunshine coming out,
22:58 rain sticking around in parts.
23:00 And here's the outlook for Kent into the weekend.
23:03 Rain right up until Saturday,
23:04 a bit of sunshine and warmer come Sunday.
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23:10 Now, a new film made sustainably in Kent
23:19 is honouring the legacy of the first British woman
23:22 to swim the Channel nearly 100 years ago
23:25 by keeping production waste to a minimum.
23:27 Mercedes Gleats made history in 1927
23:30 as she swam across one of the world's
23:32 busiest shipping routes on her eighth attempt,
23:35 a feat managed by less people
23:37 than the amount of people who have climbed Mount Everest.
23:40 Now the team behind Vindication Swim
23:42 are hoping the film will bring her back to prominence
23:44 and raise awareness of protecting the ocean.
23:47 Oliver Lee, this is the Saks, Hasmar.
23:50 A British icon almost lost to history,
23:52 reborn on a screen here in Sittingbourne.
23:55 Nearly 100 years ago, Mercedes Gleats
23:58 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel,
24:02 crossing from France to Folkestone.
24:04 Now a new film produced here in Kent
24:06 aims to shine a light on an extraordinary trailblazer
24:10 in open water swimming.
24:12 Well, I'd never heard of Mercedes Gleats.
24:14 I just stumbled across her story.
24:16 It would have been about five years ago.
24:17 And I just thought it was complete travesty
24:19 that I hadn't heard of this woman.
24:20 I mean, she is remarkable.
24:21 What she did, you know, as a woman in that era,
24:24 you know, breaking down those boundaries
24:26 and just going out there and achieving her dreams,
24:27 but also her battle against nature and everything.
24:29 It was just so inspiring.
24:30 And I was just in awe of her right from the outset.
24:32 But bringing Gleats' life to the big screen wasn't easy.
24:36 The cold was a huge challenge and also the endurance,
24:40 because sometimes I would stay in the water
24:42 for up to four hours so we could get the big drone shots.
24:45 So just the monotony of swimming is quite gruelling.
24:50 That just made me understand how insanely strong Mercedes was,
24:57 mentally as well as physically.
24:59 The first time we were out, we experienced--
25:01 it was a very rough day.
25:03 And the movement of the boat, the movement
25:07 of this little rowing boat bobbing up and down,
25:10 caused everyone in the boat to be seasick.
25:12 And there was a moment at that point
25:14 where the director thought, oh, heck, how on earth
25:16 are we going to do this?
25:18 But despite these difficulties, aiming
25:21 for authenticity and a low carbon footprint
25:23 was seen as crucial for keeping Gleats' legacy alive.
25:28 I sat down with Elliot right at the very beginning.
25:30 We had a number of meetings about this.
25:33 And we used no single use plastics
25:35 in the making of the film.
25:37 We car shared.
25:38 We never made a new costume because
25:41 of the environmental impact of clothing.
25:44 And we did everything that we could to have
25:49 like an ESG compliant film.
25:52 And I think we achieved that as well.
25:54 And I think Mercedes would be very proud of Elliot
25:56 and the team that has achieved that.
25:59 But what do audiences think?
26:02 Well, I absolutely love the water.
26:03 And I think for anybody who loves swimming,
26:06 this is the film to come and see.
26:08 The sea is such an important character.
26:10 I thought the cinematography was amazing.
26:13 The acting was amazing.
26:16 And the story was really uplifting.
26:18 I just was completely shocked at how we'd never
26:21 heard of her name before.
26:22 And she'd been missed out on all the history books.
26:24 What an incredible woman.
26:26 With audiences seemingly swayed and Gleats
26:29 having been inducted into the Swim England Hall of Fame
26:32 earlier this month, the sporting icon
26:35 is finally getting the vindication she deserves.
26:39 Oliver Leeds of the Sats reporting for KMTV.
26:43 That's it from us.
26:44 But right after the break, you can catch FameLab,
26:46 a science competition to find the next public-facing
26:49 communicators.
26:50 Exciting stuff.
26:51 See you next week.
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