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00:02 - Good evening and welcome to Kent on Climate,
00:13 live on KMTV.
00:15 I'm Sophia Akin.
00:16 In this show, we discuss all things related
00:18 to environmental issues in the county.
00:20 How is climate change impacting Kent?
00:23 What are communities in the county doing to tackle it?
00:25 And how can you help at home?
00:27 Each week, we'll be taking a deep dive
00:29 into a new environmental issue in the county,
00:31 and I'll be joined by expert guests.
00:33 But first, a roundup of the climate headlines.
00:36 A popular Folkestone campsite has been forced to close
00:39 following recent land slips.
00:42 Folkestone Camping and Caravaning Club site
00:44 expressed fears about the safety of the area
00:46 as huge cracks appeared at the promenade
00:49 and Warren Access Road nearby in the past few weeks.
00:52 Bosses said they know customers will be disappointed,
00:55 and they're working hard to make alternative arrangements
00:57 for those with bookings.
00:59 From April next week, train timetables
01:01 will be slightly adjusted as a result of the crack
01:03 alongside a railway line, and on the promenade,
01:05 concrete's been lifted and parts of the area are shut
01:08 to the public for repairs.
01:10 Minster Beach litter pickers have been collecting
01:13 tons of rubbish due to waste
01:15 from an illegal East Church dump site.
01:17 For three years, trucks were dumping waste
01:19 at the end of 3rd Avenue,
01:21 and while the Environment Agency blocked access
01:23 to the site last year,
01:25 litter is still washing up on Minster's shore.
01:28 Minster Parish Council helps fund the beach cleans,
01:30 with up to 70 people finding everything
01:33 from fake grass to building waste,
01:35 with some describing what they find as heartbreaking.
01:38 The next Minster Beach clean is taking place
01:41 on Wednesday the 15th of May.
01:43 Now, a four-year-old boy discovered
01:45 a mysterious monster fish skull on a beach at Whitstable.
01:49 Fabian Ashton was looking for shells with his grandfather
01:52 when he came across the skull
01:54 with a jaw about 30 centimetres wide.
01:57 The skull's believed to belong to a monkfish,
01:59 a type of anglerfish which can be found
02:01 in the English Channel.
02:03 As a deep-water fish is usually staying at depths
02:06 of about 50 metres, usually deeper,
02:09 and feeds on other fish,
02:11 but as ocean acidification increases,
02:15 they could be under threat.
02:16 Now, angry residents in a hive town
02:19 say they're having sleepless nights
02:21 and struggling to get their cars through their road
02:23 due to multiple sewage tankers
02:25 going up and down their street.
02:27 Hundreds have written to the leader
02:28 of the district council saying it's disrupting their lives,
02:32 causing safety concerns and battering the road surface.
02:35 But Southern Water, who's responsible for the vehicle,
02:38 says it's due to a record amount of rainfall
02:41 in the past 18 months, which is overwhelming the network.
02:45 Hive residents moved near the seaside
02:47 hoping for peace living by the sea,
02:50 but instead, this is their reality.
02:53 Those living on St. Leonard's Road
02:58 say there's no such thing as peace and quiet,
03:01 as multiple times throughout the hour,
03:03 sewage tankers are going up and down the street
03:06 to access the nearby wastewater pumping station.
03:09 - It's been waking me up every night now since it started.
03:13 I actually haven't slept through,
03:14 I think for four months now.
03:16 I've got two children, there's a school down the road.
03:19 I also have pets, so I'm concerned as well about the safety
03:22 because some of the drivers don't stick to the speed limit.
03:25 - Because we live on the corner,
03:27 the lorries have slowed down to take the corner.
03:30 So we don't get the vibration, we just get the noise.
03:34 If one is coming out, as one is coming in,
03:37 one of those lorry has to reverse up,
03:40 and that causes a lot of noise in the middle of the night.
03:44 - It wouldn't be so bad if they told us what was going on,
03:47 time limit, or if they've got some sort of plan
03:50 when they're gonna stop.
03:51 The road is taking a real pummeling.
03:54 I can feel the shuddering in my bedroom.
03:59 It really is becoming, has become a public nuisance.
04:03 - Southern Water puts the influx of vehicles
04:05 down to the wettest 18 months on record,
04:08 saying it's put pressure on its network.
04:11 - I don't know why they haven't communicated
04:13 with local residents.
04:15 To drop a few hundred leaflets
04:17 down the immediate roads that are affected,
04:19 just to notify residents as to the reasons behind
04:23 why this is required, and with no end in sight.
04:27 You know, they're concerned this is, you know,
04:29 gonna be here for the foreseeable.
04:31 - I've been on this road for about two hours today,
04:33 and in that time I've seen eight sewage tankers
04:36 going up and down this road.
04:37 But residents say that's nothing compared
04:39 to what it's like on a daily basis.
04:41 So their next step now is sending this petition
04:44 to folks in Hyde District Council,
04:45 asking them to take action and do something about this.
04:48 - The council have no authority, no control,
04:53 and no influence on Southern Water.
04:56 However, I am in daily contact with Southern Water.
05:00 They are very, very, very well aware of the distress,
05:04 the sleepless nights, the torment
05:06 that it is causing to the residents.
05:08 - But residents aren't disputing
05:10 Southern Water has a job to do.
05:12 They say they just want better communication
05:15 and minimal disruption.
05:17 They're hoping with this petition,
05:19 the road ahead will be smoother
05:21 and the sleepless nights will be no more.
05:23 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Hyde.
05:27 Next tonight, for the last three years,
05:29 more than 20,000 people in Kent have counted moths
05:32 on the White Cliffs of Dover,
05:33 created new habitat, and even found new moth populations.
05:37 Led by Butterfly Conservation,
05:39 Kent's magnificent moths saw more than 300 events
05:42 happen and was the UK's largest ever
05:45 moth-dedicated conservation project.
05:47 But it's not just moths that are under threat
05:49 from climate change,
05:50 with butterflies facing tough challenges as well.
05:53 To tell us more, we're joined by ecologist Rebecca Levy.
05:56 Thank you so much for joining us today.
05:58 So firstly, I just wanted to start off
06:00 by asking you a little bit about Butterfly Conservation
06:02 and what it is, what sort of work you do across Kent.
06:05 - Yeah, so Butterfly Conservation
06:07 is the UK's leading charity
06:11 on butterflies, but also moth species.
06:15 And we work throughout the UK,
06:17 but we've had a specific project in Kent
06:20 called Kent's Magnificent Moths,
06:21 focused on the really rare species
06:24 that we get in this corner of the UK.
06:27 - Yeah, and they were saying then about people
06:30 looking at the moths on the White Cliffs of Dover.
06:33 That sounds really interesting.
06:34 Was that part of that project?
06:36 - It was, yes.
06:37 So the White Cliffs of Dover
06:39 have really great chalk grassland habitat.
06:42 And we have specific moths called the Fiery Clearwing
06:46 and the Straw Bell that you will only see there.
06:50 And the Straw Bell used to be called the Dover Bell
06:53 because it was so associated with that area.
06:56 And we've been increasing habitat there
06:58 and also just getting more people out
07:00 and about looking for species
07:01 because people don't expect to see moths during the day.
07:05 Everyone thinks they fly at night
07:08 and that's not true for all of the species we get here.
07:12 - So why is it that you're encouraging people
07:14 to look for the different species?
07:16 Is it kind of, I guess, to get more people interested
07:18 and learning about them?
07:20 - Yes, so butterflies and moths
07:23 are really important indicators
07:25 of how essentially the rest of the ecosystem is doing.
07:30 So because birds, they eat caterpillars
07:34 and bats eat adult moths,
07:36 they're really important parts of the food chain.
07:39 And also they're really quick to respond
07:41 with their life cycles only being annual each year.
07:46 If something happens with the weather or the habitat one year
07:50 it can really impact their populations the next year.
07:53 And people really like getting outside
07:56 and seeing butterflies and moths.
07:58 And it doesn't have to be on the White Cliffs of Dover.
08:01 They've been taking part from their own gardens as well.
08:04 - Are there specific species that you would only see in Kent
08:08 or primarily see more of in Kent or the South East?
08:11 - Yes, so the reason why we did
08:14 the Kent's Magnificent Moths Project in here
08:16 and not somewhere else
08:18 is because Kent has the highest concentration
08:22 of really rare species of moth throughout the UK.
08:27 We have species that are specific
08:30 to ancient woodland habitats,
08:33 like the White Spotted Sable
08:35 and species that you only find on shingle beaches
08:39 like we get down in Dungeness called the Sussex Emerald.
08:43 And those species are actually spreading and doing well.
08:47 And we've only found that out
08:49 because we have more people out looking for them now.
08:52 - And also climate change is having an impact
08:56 on different species of insects and animals, isn't it?
09:00 So is that a concern for you,
09:02 kind of the impact that it could have
09:05 on the different species?
09:06 - Yeah, so the main reason for decline
09:10 for butterflies and moths is habitat loss,
09:13 maybe more so than climate change,
09:16 but climate change is definitely having more of an impact
09:19 and the science behind that is increasing.
09:22 We found that species that used to be entirely coastal,
09:26 now it is actually warm enough for them to spread inland.
09:30 So some of those species are doing well,
09:33 like the Sussex Emerald.
09:34 It's not only found on shingle at Dungeness now,
09:38 it's moved inland,
09:40 but there are other species that are disappearing
09:43 because of climate change,
09:44 like a moth that used to be really common
09:46 is the garden tiger moth.
09:48 And people will remember their really hairy
09:51 woolly bear caterpillars roaming around their gardens.
09:55 And we just don't see as many of them in Kent anymore
09:59 because their caterpillars have a really bad survival rate
10:03 if we have a warm, wet winter,
10:05 which we've had quite a bit of that this year.
10:09 - Yeah, just a little bit.
10:10 Does it concern you then if we've seen sort of that,
10:13 that species dying out,
10:14 that we could see it for other species within the county
10:17 as with the climate change, as we were saying before?
10:20 - Yes, so with any species that has
10:24 particularly hairy caterpillars,
10:26 if you have warm, wet conditions over the winter,
10:29 it encourages them to be more active rather than resting,
10:34 where they would normally be cold and there'd be snow
10:38 and they wouldn't be active.
10:39 But if they're active,
10:40 they're more likely to get fungal diseases
10:45 or get picked off by birds.
10:47 And we've seen declines right the way up the food chain,
10:51 impacting on the cuckoo bird
10:53 because it specialises on hairy caterpillars.
10:55 And the loss of those caterpillars
10:58 has been linked to the decline of the cuckoo
11:01 further up the food chain.
11:03 - And we don't have long left now until our break,
11:05 but do you have any other projects coming up in the future?
11:09 - So we're running surveys
11:11 for the heath fritillary butterflies in Blean Woods,
11:15 and people can find out more
11:17 and get in contact with volunteering
11:19 as part of butterfly and moth surveys
11:21 on the Butterfly Conservation website.
11:25 - Brilliant.
11:26 Well, thank you so much for joining us
11:27 to hear us a little bit more about that.
11:29 And yeah, I'm sure we'll see more people now
11:31 trekking to the cliffs of Dover
11:32 to try and find different moths.
11:34 Thank you for joining us.
11:36 It's time for a break now.
11:38 Coming up, a no-go zone for swimming
11:40 at St. Mary's Bay in Littleston.
11:41 We'll be finding out a bit more about that,
11:43 as well as potholes causing havoc in Medway
11:46 and a little look back to litter and its impact on animals.
11:49 I'll see you in a few minutes.
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15:01 - Hi there and welcome back to Kent on Climate Live on KMTV.
15:07 Now, do not swim warnings at St. Mary's Bay in Little Stone
15:11 could be in place for years,
15:12 according to residents campaigning for clean water.
15:15 Tests have uncovered high traces of the bacteria
15:18 that can cause sickness and diarrhoea.
15:21 Southern water have come under fire
15:23 because of the storm overflow systems,
15:25 but the water company says the issue
15:27 isn't associated with those systems in the area.
15:30 The Environment Agency can't say
15:32 when their warning will be lifted.
15:34 Abbey Hook sat down with Councillor Paul Thomas
15:36 from New Romney Town Council
15:38 to explain why this is such a huge concern
15:41 for a key part of Kent's seafront.
15:43 - We do have a number of businesses that operate
15:45 like the Foiling Collective, for example.
15:48 And so they've taken the decision in the short term
15:52 not to operate out of Little Stone Beach.
15:54 For this summer, they're moving on.
15:57 The Varn Boat Club are a permanent feature there
16:00 and they will carry on operating from there.
16:03 But of course, they will be advising their patrons
16:08 about the condition of the water
16:12 and the advice from the Environment Agency,
16:14 which is advisory, which is not to swim.
16:17 - And there's also going to be advice
16:19 from the Town Council as well.
16:20 I believe you're conducting your own tests
16:22 of the water quality to help advise visitors
16:24 and residents of what the water quality is like.
16:27 How does that differ
16:28 from what the Environment Agency's advice is?
16:30 - Yeah, we followed the lead from Sandgate Parish Council
16:35 who actually started conducting their own tests last year.
16:38 So we're following the same methodology,
16:42 the same sampling, we're using the same companies.
16:45 So what we wanted to do is to try
16:46 and establish a baseline.
16:48 But I think more importantly was to make sure
16:50 that we communicated with our residents,
16:54 with the Varn Boat Club, with the RNLI as well, of course,
16:58 about what we're finding in terms of the samples
17:02 we're taking.
17:03 So where we can concur with the Environment Agency
17:08 that the water quality is poor,
17:11 we'll make that assertion to those organisations as well.
17:15 So that's the intention.
17:18 - So how will it differ
17:20 from what the Environment Agency will say?
17:23 I think the question I'm asking is
17:24 if the Environment Agency say, "Do not swim there,
17:27 "it's not safe to swim, the water's polluted,"
17:29 but then your tests say,
17:30 "Actually, the water's okay today or this week,"
17:33 what advice should people be following?
17:34 Are you trying to get more people to swim
17:36 despite these warnings?
17:38 - No, I think what we're trying to do,
17:42 the Environment Agency do not make their samples available
17:47 to the public on a regular basis.
17:49 And that's what we're proposing to do.
17:52 The first part of the testing
17:53 that we're going to be carrying out
17:55 is very much about establishing a baseline
17:57 to make sure that the results that we are seeing
18:00 are exactly the same as the Environment Agency.
18:02 And what we're trying to do
18:03 and what the Environment Agency seem to be unable to do,
18:07 and neither will Southern Water,
18:08 is to make the outcome of those samples available
18:12 in a timely manner to the local community.
18:17 And that's what we're looking to address.
18:19 - I suppose the crux of the story
18:21 is that the water is polluted, people can't swim there.
18:24 The Environment Agency says there's no single course.
18:27 It's identified a number of sources, dog and bird faeces,
18:30 and people say misconnecting toilets and showers,
18:33 that's also something Southern Water
18:34 say they're investigating as well.
18:36 They say they're trying to improve water quality,
18:38 including relining sewers.
18:41 So what do you think's the solution here?
18:43 Rather than just looking at the water quality
18:46 and making those tests available to people,
18:48 how are we actually going to stop
18:49 these waters being polluted?
18:51 - What we're looking for,
18:53 and the point that was made at the meeting last Wednesday,
18:57 made very forcefully by not just organisations
19:01 that are directly linked to the,
19:03 that rely upon the sea for their livelihoods,
19:08 but from a lot of local residents.
19:10 It was really about making sure that people,
19:14 like the Environment Agency and Southern Water,
19:16 understood there needs to be an urgency
19:18 associated with this.
19:20 For many years, we've had good water quality,
19:24 and we've gone from good to poor.
19:26 We want to know why.
19:28 - Medway residents are furious to hear
19:30 there are 2,000 potholes across the town,
19:33 and they're urging the council to take action.
19:36 But Medway bosses say they're struggling
19:38 with their current pot of money,
19:40 and have written to the Minister for Roads
19:41 asking for 50 million pounds to fix them.
19:44 The Department for Transport says
19:46 it's already given the local authority
19:48 millions of pounds to tackle this problem.
19:50 It comes as England has experienced
19:52 the wettest 18 months on record,
19:54 with extreme weather as a result of climate change
19:57 weakening roads around the county.
19:59 I've been looking into this.
20:00 Medway drivers say this is becoming more and more common.
20:05 Potholes aren't unique to Medway,
20:07 but according to the council, it's home to 2,000 of them,
20:11 although some residents think there's even more than that.
20:14 I think there's probably 2,000 in this stretch of road,
20:17 to be honest.
20:18 There's no way that the council could fill them all in,
20:20 to be honest.
20:21 - Every road, and they're throwing stones in them,
20:24 and they're coming out and all down the sides of the roads,
20:26 and they're flicking up, and they're dangerous.
20:29 - I've seen potholes marked with white paint.
20:32 The white paint's washed away, and nothing's been done.
20:35 - Down there, we have this in the middle,
20:38 so most of the time, you try to avoid it,
20:40 so that you don't get the bottom of your car
20:43 a little bit dented.
20:44 - And one Gillingham garage says they've been inundated
20:47 with drivers furious at broken springs or flat tyres,
20:51 often due to potholes.
20:53 - If a coil spring is broken, you're probably looking
20:55 at about 40 pounds for the spring,
20:57 and then 80-odd pounds for the labour.
20:59 Before you know it, it's 120 pounds,
21:02 you know, if there isn't any other damage.
21:04 So, yeah, it can be quite costly, really.
21:07 - And now the council wants an extra 50 million pounds
21:10 to fix them.
21:11 Bosses have written to the Minister for Roads
21:13 saying the condition of the roads is compromising safety.
21:17 They've invited Guy Opperman to Medway
21:19 to discuss this further.
21:21 - Residents in Medway have been saying to us
21:23 that the state of roads in Medway are at a position
21:26 where they feel unsafe.
21:28 That's something we're reacting to as best as we can.
21:30 - And if he turns around and says, "I can't afford that,"
21:33 what are you gonna do?
21:34 'Cause clearly the council also can't afford
21:35 to fix all those potholes.
21:37 - Look, we will do whatever we can
21:38 within the budget we currently have.
21:40 We'll continue to lobby if he doesn't give us
21:42 a positive outcome.
21:43 - The Department for Transport says
21:45 it's already given Medway 3.5 million pounds
21:48 over the next two years for its roads
21:51 and an additional 400,000 pounds
21:54 from reallocated HS2 funding.
21:56 They say they've not yet received the letter,
21:59 but will reply once they do.
22:01 This is the road that's set to get the most
22:03 of the pot of money.
22:03 It's set to get more than 100,000 pounds.
22:06 So that's more than a quarter of the money
22:08 is going into this road, City Way.
22:10 It's the main road into Rochester.
22:11 So it's a pretty busy road
22:13 and prone to damage on the surface.
22:15 10 other roads in Rochester, Jillingham and Chatham
22:18 have also been earmarked for repairs.
22:21 But one part of Medway feels forgotten about.
22:24 A Lib Dem in Raynham says their roads are just as bad,
22:27 but they don't seem to be getting a share
22:29 of this pot of money.
22:30 - The roads up and down, Wigmore, Raynham,
22:34 are also patches that we really need even repaving.
22:38 So you can see over the years,
22:39 Medway Council has been doing small patches
22:41 of fixing and those patches have simply just been torn off
22:45 and worn off and needs a lot more fixing over the years.
22:49 - So it seems the Council's journey
22:51 into eliminating the thousands of potholes here
22:54 is just beginning.
22:55 But residents feel there will still be bumps in the road
22:58 in the near future before they're driving safely once again.
23:02 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Medway.
23:06 Don't forget you can keep up to date
23:07 with all your latest environmental stories across Kent
23:10 by logging on to our website, kmtv.co.uk.
23:13 There you'll find reports like this one
23:15 about animals in Kent facing the impacts of litter firsthand.
23:20 - The cost of littering marked across the face
23:23 of one of Kent's most vulnerable cats.
23:26 Over the past four years,
23:27 the RSPCA have received thousands of reports
23:30 of animals being injured or trapped by litter
23:34 with 526 in Kent alone.
23:37 - So Kenneth, he's either been living in rubbish
23:40 or he's, as you can see, his head trauma is quite big.
23:45 That has actually got a lot better.
23:46 - The Wisteria Cat Rescue in Rochester
23:49 have seen this rise firsthand.
23:52 - Yeah, we've seen a rise in the cats
23:53 that have come into our care
23:55 and that have been a result of living on rubbish
23:59 that's been fly-tipped or even plastic
24:03 that's been caught around the neck.
24:05 It could be to find food.
24:06 It could be to shelter.
24:08 It could be to have kittens.
24:10 It could be due to a homely smell
24:12 that these cats are attracted to rubbish
24:14 that then start living in it.
24:16 It's not even stray cats.
24:18 It is also your domestic cats, the cats that are owned.
24:21 They will go in because they're inquisitive.
24:24 - What has happened to Kenneth is not uncommon.
24:28 Kent is the third highest for litter-related call-outs
24:31 according to the RSPCA.
24:34 - If we look at the statistics nationally,
24:36 we've received at the RSPCA 13,000 reports
24:39 over the last four years about animals severely impacted
24:42 by carelessly discarded litter.
24:44 And just last year alone in 2023,
24:47 we received an average of 13 reports a day.
24:51 It is something that we can control
24:52 and everyone has the responsibility
24:55 to do something about that, and we can.
24:57 And that's why it's so sad
24:58 when we see animals impacted in this way.
25:01 - But Billie says responsibility
25:03 for littering and fly-tipping rests with local authorities.
25:07 - It's purely down to the fact that it's very hard
25:10 to book a appointment
25:11 with the local rubbish recycling centres now.
25:14 So people want a quick, easy fix to get rid of their rubbish.
25:18 So they're paying next to nothing to get rid of it.
25:21 And then that's been tossed out.
25:23 - Medway Council have been approached for comment.
25:26 With the Great British Spring clean starting on Friday,
25:29 there's never been a better time to help keep rubbish.
25:32 After the pause of Kent's wildlife.
25:35 Oliver Leeder, the SAC's reporting for KMTV.
25:38 - Just before we go this evening,
25:40 let's take a look at the weather where you are.
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25:45 Cloudy throughout most parts of the county this evening
25:50 with some wind, lows of five in Tunbridge Wells,
25:53 six across the rest of the county.
25:55 Into tomorrow morning,
25:56 the sun will be peeking through the clouds
25:58 and it'll be warming up to highs of nine degrees
26:00 across the board.
26:01 Into the afternoon, staying sunny
26:03 with some cloud throughout Kent,
26:05 warming up to 14 degrees in Chatham
26:08 and looking towards the end of the week
26:09 with some rain on Friday,
26:11 but it's looking to be a dry and mild weekend.
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26:17 Well, that's all we have time for
26:24 on this week's episode of Kent on Climate.
26:26 We'll be back next week at the same time
26:29 with another episode discussing more matters
26:32 relevant to environmental issues in the county.
26:34 If there's ever anything you want us covering,
26:36 any environmental news, do get in touch.
26:39 You can contact us at KMTVdesk@kmtv.co.uk.
26:44 But I'll be back at eight o'clock
26:45 with our evening news bulletin.
26:47 Have a wonderful evening and good night from me.
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