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00:02 - Good evening and welcome to Kentonite live on KMTV.
00:29 I'm Abbey Hook, here are your top stories
00:31 on Tuesday the 2nd of April.
00:34 The cost of saving lives,
00:36 Kent charity needs millions to fund new air ambulance.
00:40 - They saved my life.
00:41 There's no ways around about it.
00:42 I would not be here now having this conversation
00:45 if it wasn't for that.
00:46 - Prevention, not punishment.
00:48 Shelters in Kent say making rough sleeping a crime
00:52 won't work.
00:53 And it changed my life.
00:55 - Made stone wheelchair shooter eyes up international bid.
01:00 - I'll shoot as long as my eyesight lets me.
01:02 So I'm happy.
01:04 It keeps me motivated.
01:05 It keeps me focused and dealing with obviously my disability.
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01:13 - First tonight, the air ambulance charity,
01:22 Kent Surrey Sussex have launched an urgent appeal
01:25 to buy their second helicopter.
01:27 The charity currently spends hundreds of thousands of pounds
01:30 leasing the aircraft,
01:31 but buying the helicopter could mean more lives are saved
01:34 and more money could go towards their aftercare service
01:37 for patients and families.
01:39 But they only have until May.
01:41 Oliver leader to sex has been speaking to those
01:43 saved by the service.
01:46 - A race against time, lives on the line.
01:49 Air ambulance charity, Kent Surrey Sussex
01:52 currently spends nearly half a million pounds leasing
01:55 their second helicopter,
01:57 which responds to some of the most serious
01:59 medical emergencies in the county.
02:03 Now KSS have a chance to buy the air ambulance
02:06 for themselves, allowing them to fly for longer
02:09 and reach more people in need.
02:12 The catch, they only have until the end of May
02:15 to raise the funds.
02:16 - So the really important thing about raising
02:18 the million pounds before the end of May
02:20 is that every month that goes by,
02:22 we're not making the savings that we will make
02:24 when we own our own helicopter.
02:26 So the sooner we can do it, the better.
02:28 Ultimately, if we're not able to buy our own helicopter,
02:31 it means that we won't be able to expand the number of hours
02:34 that we're flying.
02:35 And it means that we won't be able to continue to grow
02:38 all the other initiatives like being able to fly longer term
02:41 in more challenging weather conditions,
02:43 or be able to grow the service that supports patients
02:45 on their journey through rehabilitation and recovery.
02:48 - It was in 2020 that Giles Phillips
02:51 suffered a life-threatening tear in the main artery
02:54 leading from his heart.
02:57 Without KSS, he wouldn't be here.
03:00 - I was in good health, and suddenly just my life
03:03 took a change that morning.
03:05 And it was totally unexpected.
03:07 And I think that's the big thing,
03:08 you don't know what's around the corner.
03:09 And they saved my life.
03:11 There's no ways around about it.
03:12 I would not be here now having this conversation
03:15 if it wasn't for them.
03:17 They very much saved my life.
03:18 And it's really important they get the money
03:21 to get this extra helicopter so that they can save more people.
03:25 - For the Rhenum couple, the same aftercare
03:27 that is facing financial pressure due to the ambulance
03:30 lease was crucial for getting their lives back on track.
03:34 - I think we could have just become quite unstuck, really.
03:37 I think we didn't have anywhere to put our trauma
03:40 and our emotions and our worries and anxieties.
03:44 And it was very difficult, the memories,
03:48 from what actually happened.
03:51 And they've been able to--
03:53 I think Giles used the word this morning-- normalize a little bit
03:56 about what happened and make it feel less surreal
04:00 and make it feel more, well, this did happen.
04:02 And actually, this is how we can recover from that.
04:05 - With just two months to go to secure the money they need,
04:08 for KSS, the cost of saving lives
04:11 has never been more apparent.
04:13 Oliver Lewis of the Saks for KNTV in Rochester.
04:17 - Well, Oliver joins me in the studio now.
04:20 We heard in your piece what an impact
04:23 these helicopters have on people's lives
04:24 here in the county and across the southeast.
04:26 Why are they just so important?
04:28 - Well, Abi, you probably think that air ambulance are kind
04:30 of used mainly for road accidents, big incidents
04:33 on motorways, that sort of thing.
04:34 But in reality, they're used in everyday life
04:37 all over the county to address any critical or serious illness
04:41 where minutes could mean a difference between life
04:45 or death, where time is of the essence.
04:48 Be it a household incident, like we heard where Giles
04:50 had a serious injury related to his artery,
04:53 or one of those road traffic accidents as mentioned.
04:56 And these sorts of life-threat situations,
04:58 it's mainly about things like brain injuries or blood loss.
05:01 Because air ambulances, they're basically
05:04 flying emergency rooms.
05:06 They perform blood transfusions.
05:08 They can perform emergency anaesthetics.
05:12 And they have specialist paramedics and doctors on board.
05:16 And the scale of their demand is quite impressive,
05:18 3,000 incidents last year, around nine on average a day.
05:24 And the charity do say that Kent in particular, due to its size,
05:29 makes these ambulances really important
05:32 to deal with situations that are an emergency.
05:36 So really, this is about two things for the people of Kent.
05:41 It's about getting expert care to them as rapidly as possible,
05:45 and then moving them to the specialist centres
05:48 that they require.
05:49 And Kent is a big county.
05:52 And the specialist centres, the major trauma centres,
05:55 are located in London.
05:56 So often, that's a long distance to travel
05:58 if we were to go by road.
06:00 And the helicopter allows us to really shorten
06:02 the length of time by sometimes up to an hour and a half
06:07 to get those patients to those specialist centres.
06:10 So Oliver, if they aren't able to raise the money
06:13 and buy the aircraft, what's at stake?
06:16 So for perspective, as you can imagine,
06:18 running two aircraft 24/7, 365 days a year,
06:23 is quite a costly endeavour.
06:25 It's 51,000 pounds a day.
06:27 That's roughly more than 18 million pounds a year.
06:33 And that means when the leases went up in December
06:35 due to KSS's partner entering financial difficulties,
06:39 this is a knock on financial impacts.
06:42 And this means, well, there'll be no cutbacks.
06:44 It will mean they can't expand certain services,
06:46 such as aftercare, not just for patients,
06:49 but the families of people who that the air ambulance have
06:52 not saved, but have helped at the scene.
06:56 So this will have a significant impact on the families
06:58 dealing with things like PTSD, dealing with the impacts
07:02 of serious emergencies.
07:04 And more importantly, it will allow them to fly around six
07:07 hours a day, which will allow them to reach more people,
07:10 especially in cloudy weather.
07:12 What's at stake then?
07:13 The ability to reach more patients and potentially save
07:15 more lives.
07:17 Oliver, thank you very much for those details.
07:18 A very interesting story, for sure,
07:20 that impacts a lot of people across the county.
07:22 Thank you.
07:23 Now, a rail line connecting Kent and Surrey
07:25 has closed for at least two weeks.
07:28 Network Rail is urgently repairing
07:29 the embankment between Tunbridge and Redhill.
07:32 The rail company says there's been stress
07:34 on parts of their infrastructure, particularly
07:36 earthworks, following the wettest February
07:38 for the south in 200 years.
07:40 But it isn't the first time the land's shifted.
07:42 Engineers have fixed the tracks at this site before.
07:44 They say they're now preparing for a long-term solution.
07:47 Replacement buses are in operation.
07:49 And the advice is, of course, to check before you travel.
07:53 Now, a cyclist has died after reportedly
07:55 crashing into the door of a stationary car near Ashford.
07:58 The crash happened in Maytham Road in Rolvenden
08:01 on the 24th of March.
08:03 The 65-year-old man is said to have sustained an injury
08:07 after his bicycle collided with the door of a blue Ford.
08:10 He sadly died four days later in a London hospital.
08:13 Police are investigating an appeal for witnesses
08:15 to come forward with CCTV or dash cam footage.
08:20 Now, Kent homelessness charities have
08:22 been reacting to the government's plans
08:24 to criminalise rough sleeping.
08:27 The criminal justice bill would allow the police
08:29 to fine or move on nuisance rough sleepers.
08:32 More than 40 MPs from both sides of the Conservative Party
08:35 are concerned about the plans.
08:36 And those providing shelter for people on the streets
08:39 say there should be more preventative measures, not
08:41 punishment.
08:42 Well, I'm joined now by Claire Keely from Maidstone Church's
08:45 winter shelter.
08:47 Thank you so much for joining me, Claire.
08:49 It's great to have you on.
08:50 Now, how would this impact those that are homeless in Maidstone?
08:57 Hi, Abby.
08:58 Well, they'd simply-- they won't have the money
09:01 to pay this kind of fine.
09:04 There is no chance they've got that kind of money.
09:07 They are going to be fined for something they are really
09:09 struggling to deal with.
09:11 And it just seems absolutely ludicrous
09:14 that in this day and age, homelessness is a crime.
09:18 On the government's website, it says
09:20 the bill will give power to tackle nuisance begging
09:23 and rough sleeping where it causes damage, disruption,
09:25 harassment, but key, avoiding criminalising
09:29 the genuinely vulnerable.
09:30 That's what they're saying.
09:32 So could this work?
09:33 If it was put into practice in the way it's explained here,
09:37 would it actually work?
09:38 I mean, how easy would it be to define
09:40 who are genuinely vulnerable and who are nuisance?
09:46 It's going to be subjective, isn't it,
09:48 as to who's looking at it and what they're seeing.
09:51 So part of the things--
09:53 it says if people look as though they intend to rough sleep.
09:56 So that could simply be somebody walking along
09:58 with a sleeping bag, somebody who's
10:01 got a rucksack, somebody who looks like they haven't washed
10:04 for a few days.
10:05 And these people, the most vulnerable in our society,
10:09 they could really be impacted by this.
10:11 Hopefully, it will be--
10:13 if it's pushed through Parliament and the Lords,
10:17 hopefully it won't be.
10:18 But hopefully, it would be done responsibly.
10:23 But bearing in mind, nearly half of our guests
10:26 this season were sleeping on the streets
10:28 before they came to us, I'm not sure
10:30 that it's going to be done as kindly as it could be.
10:35 So what you're saying is actually it possibly could
10:37 work if it's done correctly, if people
10:39 are following these guidelines, if enforcement officers are
10:42 patrolling, it could work?
10:45 Yeah.
10:45 If it's for people who are nuisances, people
10:51 who are displaying real antisocial behavior,
10:55 violent behavior, that sort of thing, where people are
10:59 creating a public nuisance and people are at risk from them,
11:06 that's one thing.
11:06 Somebody who simply has not got anywhere
11:08 to go because their relationship has broken down
11:11 and they've got nowhere to live and they
11:13 are going to nestle down in a doorway with a sleeping bag,
11:18 I'm not sure that they're protected by this bill.
11:20 Do you think perhaps that it could
11:22 be put into a different kind of bill,
11:24 perhaps enforcing antisocial behavior
11:27 and enforcing how that's dealt with, rather than a new bill,
11:31 I suppose, looking at homeless people?
11:35 I think it needs to be looked at through the eyes of people
11:39 that are experiencing homelessness.
11:41 I think they need to look at why people are on the streets, why
11:44 people feel they have no option other to go on the streets,
11:47 and look at what is being done to make sure
11:50 that people are housed securely.
11:51 Thank you so much for your time.
11:52 I'm afraid we've run out there.
11:54 See you after this very short break.
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15:13 Hello, and welcome back to Kentonite, live here on KMTV.
15:23 Now, Gillingham's head coach, Stephen Clements,
15:25 says he's furious after the Medway side suffered a 5-1 loss
15:29 away to Harrogate Town on Easter Monday.
15:31 Well, with just four games to go in their League Two season,
15:34 the Gills' hopes of finishing in the playoffs are narrowing.
15:37 Well, with more on this, I'm now joined by our sports reporter,
15:40 Bartholomew Hall.
15:41 Bartholomew, what more can you tell us about this?
15:45 Well, it was at halftime.
15:46 Things were looking pretty good for Gillingham
15:48 against Harrogate Town yesterday.
15:50 But then a brilliant goal from George Lapsley, right placement
15:55 inside of the box, a brilliant kind of dive header
15:58 got Gillingham to be ahead in the first half.
16:01 In the second half, things seemed to change.
16:03 The hosts were just scoring and scoring
16:05 until the result was at 5-1.
16:07 And this is going to be a huge blow for Gillingham's playoff battle.
16:11 And no one was upset more than Stephen Clements.
16:14 And we can hear from the boss in just a moment's time.
16:17 But you can see there George Lapsley, who scored that goal.
16:20 Let's hear from him now.
16:22 First and foremost, I want to apologise to all the fans
16:24 that have come here today, because what I've seen in the second half
16:26 is not acceptable from the players one little bit.
16:29 First half, we were in a really good position.
16:31 We played really, really well.
16:32 I thought we were going to go on to win the game two or three
16:34 maybe by two or three goals.
16:36 But what I see in the second half with individual errors
16:38 and mistakes that were made, which you don't normally see
16:41 from some of those players, was disturbing for me.
16:45 We got rattled. We made a couple of mistakes.
16:48 And then we got rattled. And then we were...
16:51 I don't want to swear, but we were not very good at all after that.
16:56 And the spaces and the way people's heads went, not acceptable.
17:01 And that's not something I want to ever see again
17:04 when I'm in charge of a football team.
17:07 Clearly, Stephen Clements, very angry there,
17:10 saying that he was disgusted with what he'd seen.
17:12 But we also found out from him speaking to the press after the match
17:15 that the players had actually been not allowed to have their break
17:19 that they were going to have today and tomorrow.
17:21 They've gone straight back into training.
17:23 So it really shows you how seriously he's taken this result.
17:26 And we can actually take a look now at the League Two table.
17:28 It's not the usual graphic that we have,
17:29 but this one is important when it comes up in just a moment's time
17:33 because it shows us the goal difference.
17:34 Now, if we look at the League Two table here,
17:36 Gillingham currently ninth.
17:37 The playoff place is, of course, between fourth and seventh.
17:40 Crawley Town in that seventh place.
17:42 Gillingham's only realistic shot at the playoffs.
17:45 Look at the amount of points that they're on.
17:48 Gillingham will be hoping if they want to get that
17:50 within the next couple of games,
17:51 and remember, there's only four League Two games left,
17:54 they'll be hoping that Crawley and Morecambe and even Wimbledon
17:57 are having not the best of results as well.
18:00 So, yeah, I mean, it's not looking great for Gillingham,
18:03 but not entirely over.
18:04 These last four games are going to be must wins
18:07 if they want to finish in the playoffs.
18:08 And now, pardon the joke, Bartholomew,
18:10 but someone now shooting and actually scoring.
18:13 What have you got for us next?
18:15 Yeah, no, that's right.
18:16 I've been speaking with Bill Wilson today.
18:17 He's a wheelchair shooter from Maidstone.
18:20 He's had a brilliant run of form in the last few months,
18:23 become a British champion in shooting
18:25 and really only a few years after he actually picked up the sport
18:29 for the first time in what was decades for him.
18:31 Let's take a listen.
18:32 Maidstone shooter Bill Wilson's life hasn't always been this way.
18:36 Becoming a British champion doesn't happen overnight.
18:39 In fact, he only actually picked up shooting
18:42 after going through rehab for a life-changing injury six years ago.
18:46 Sport has always played a huge part in Bill's life,
18:49 from becoming a member of Ashford Rugby Club
18:51 to a skiing instructor and even an advanced motorcyclist
18:55 riding across the globe.
18:57 All those things came to a very abrupt end on 1 May 2018
19:01 when I had an unfortunate accident in Holland.
19:04 I fell down some stairs and I was taking my mother out
19:08 to see the Tulip Festival and, yes, in the blink of an eyelid,
19:12 your world's changed.
19:14 Yeah, this is my biggest enemy and also my best friend.
19:19 Now paralysed from the chest down,
19:21 Bill turned to shooting whilst at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
19:25 The secretary there, Damon Hinchliffe, said,
19:28 "You've got a good eye.
19:30 "When you leave, join a local club," which I did,
19:33 Tubbs Lake, just outside Cranbrook.
19:35 It really started sort of entering competitions in 2020, 2019, 2020.
19:41 To my tally now, I think I've got 11 gold medals,
19:45 four silvers, three bronze.
19:48 Not wanting to lose track between training sessions,
19:51 Bill quickly set up a fairly unconventional approach to home practice.
19:56 So I'm stood here at the start point for what is Bill's homemade 10-metre range,
20:00 also known as the hallway,
20:02 and if you follow me through to the kitchen area,
20:05 you can see past the doorway and the edge of the wall here
20:09 is, of course, sitting at the end of the conservatory, the Target.
20:14 It might look like a narrow range,
20:16 but for a champion dealing with margins of less than a millimetre,
20:20 hitting the Target is the least of his worries.
20:23 My biggest competitor, actually, when I'm shooting, is me.
20:28 I'm always pushing myself, and I think that really is what pushes me.
20:34 I like to be the best at it.
20:36 I'll shoot as long as my eyesight lets me, so I'm happy.
20:40 It keeps me motivated, it keeps me focused
20:43 and dealing with, obviously, my disability.
20:47 And as long as I can do it, enjoy it, I will.
20:51 Now with the wind in his sails and more than 10 British medals under his belt,
20:55 the 61-year-old has his sights set on competing around the world.
21:00 Bartholomew Hall for KMTV in Maidstone.
21:04 Impressive stuff there. Now it's time for us to take a look at the weather.
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21:13 Well, this evening, expect rain right across Kent, 10 degrees,
21:17 and a bit of wind moving north there too.
21:20 Much the same tomorrow morning, that wet weather sticking around.
21:23 Some sunshine through the clouds, though, highs of 13.
21:26 Drying up by the afternoon, little more wind,
21:29 and warming up just slightly to 14 in the north of the county.
21:33 And here's your outlook. Rain again, unfortunately, right up until your weekend.
21:37 Highs of 13, highs of 16.
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21:45 Now, don't forget, you can keep up to date with all your latest stories across Kent
21:52 by logging on to our website, kmtv.co.uk.
21:56 There you'll find all our reports, including this one,
21:59 about funding cuts to Kent's youth clubs,
22:01 and what it means for one on the Isle of Sheppey.
22:05 One decision, a massive impact.
22:08 Kent County Council is withdrawing funding for youth clubs across the county
22:13 in attempts to balance the books.
22:15 And now, if these clubs want to stay open,
22:18 they'll have to find this funding someplace else.
22:21 Vibe is part of Swale Youth Consortium, running nine provisions across Swale.
22:26 While the owners will try their hardest to keep this afloat,
22:30 they say now they'll be short of £100,000.
22:34 How would you feel if you couldn't come to this, if this wasn't here?
22:37 I'd be so sad.
22:39 The team is supportive.
22:42 When you tell them something and you don't want anyone to tell them,
22:45 they won't tell anyone.
22:46 They're dying to shut down.
22:48 Because there's nothing really to do around here, except for my clubs.
22:51 There's nothing else to do when I'm at home, apart from be on the phone,
22:55 and it's not really that good being on the phone 24/7.
22:58 It was one of a number of tough decisions KCC made
23:01 in order to find tens of millions of pounds in savings for this year's budget.
23:07 It keeps them from running around the streets and getting in trouble.
23:10 I suppose because there's adults and things to guide them,
23:13 it gives them confidence to communicate with other children,
23:16 so, yeah, it's quite important.
23:18 I don't really want it to go.
23:20 My children love it and I like them coming here,
23:22 so I have to use public transport.
23:24 And they are not reliable around here.
23:26 They're like every hour, and even if they turn up, they're not reliable whatsoever.
23:30 If I was to say to them, "Yeah, we'll go to Sheerness, Seashells Club Centre,"
23:34 I'd probably never get them there,
23:36 because one minute the train would be on time,
23:38 the next minute it would be cancelled, or even the bus.
23:40 The last bus here is at half past three,
23:42 so I could never get them to Sheerness anyway.
23:45 It means now it's adopting a government-led scheme,
23:48 bringing essential services under one umbrella, known as Family Hubs.
23:53 It's been devastating.
23:54 We fought for the last year to try and stop that and overturn it,
23:57 because we can see it's going to have such an impact on the young people.
24:00 Young people need somewhere to go.
24:02 They need somewhere safe, they need somewhere fun,
24:04 they need trusted people to go and talk to about their concerns and their issues,
24:08 and of course that's going to be gone.
24:10 When I started, there was only around about eight young people here.
24:13 But over the last nine months it's kind of grown.
24:15 Now I get 30 to 40 per session.
24:17 I also run older sessions, and cutting the funding for them also
24:22 is going to increase antisocial behaviour.
24:24 I mean, we do have contact with the police,
24:26 but there's only so much we can do as a team.
24:28 A Kent County Council spokesperson said,
24:30 "We know residents of all ages value our services,
24:33 but we have to adapt to the hard financial realities."
24:37 They say in the face of these challenges,
24:39 moving to Family Hubs will help them to better target services,
24:43 and they're also providing support to these affected youth groups.
24:46 While this youth club says they'll fight to keep their doors open,
24:50 for others across Kent, they're concerned they won't be able to find the funds.
24:54 And even more concerned of where this would leave thousands of children
24:58 relying on these sessions in the county.
25:01 Sophia Akin for KMTV on the Isle of Sheppey.
25:05 It's time now for your Pick of the Papers,
25:09 taking a look at what's making the headlines in Kent's newspapers,
25:12 online and radio.
25:13 Well, earlier I was joined by Robert Isaacson
25:15 to find out why a new GP surgery is up in the air,
25:18 and why a litter of exiled bully puppies are running riot.
25:22 So Rob, your first story tonight's in Sittingbourne.
25:25 Yes, that's right.
25:26 Plans for a state-of-the-art medical centre on Bell Road have been stalled.
25:30 The centre would have allowed the chestnut surgery GP practice
25:33 to take on an extra 6,000 patients.
25:35 But NHS Kent and Medway have put the plans on hold,
25:38 saying that the scheme needs further work on its cost-effectiveness.
25:42 The site's developer, the Aria Group, purchased the site in 2015,
25:45 and had expected construction to begin in April 2018.
25:49 The group has expressed their disappointment on the delays,
25:51 but are working to explore future options.
25:54 And your next story this evening, I have to say,
25:56 if I had the space, I would take all eight.
25:59 So, so sweet.
26:00 I would too, but a Canterbury couple are desperate to move house
26:03 after being left with a surprise litter of eight exiled bullies.
26:07 The company rescued an exiled bully last November,
26:10 just before the government ban on the breed was enforced,
26:13 only to discover that she was pregnant, leaving the couple with eight.
26:17 Due to the laws prohibiting the exiled bullies from being bred,
26:19 rehomed or given away, the couple had two choices -
26:23 to either keep the dogs or have them euthanised.
26:26 Though they say the latter was not an option,
26:28 the decision has had a drastic impact on their lives and their state of home,
26:32 but they are still hoping to raise money to continue doing so.
26:37 And your final story, Rob,
26:39 what cars are most likely to be stolen on our roads?
26:42 Apparently, Ford Fiestas and Land Rovers.
26:45 Nearly 2,500 vehicles were swiped from the country's streets last year,
26:49 and data from Kent Police shows that Ford Transit vans, Ford Fiestas
26:53 and Land Rover Discoveries were among the most targeted.
26:57 More on all those stories on Kent Online,
26:59 but that's it from us here at Kent Tonight Live on KMTV.
27:02 See you again soon. Bye-bye.
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