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00:02 - Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
00:27 I'm Sophia Akin and here are your top stories
00:29 on Thursday the 2nd of May.
00:32 Kent Elects, polls open until 10pm
00:35 for this year's local elections.
00:37 - Polls are open across the county today
00:40 where voters will be able to choose
00:41 who will be the next police and crime commissioner for Kent.
00:45 - Epsfleet Expansion, football club bosses delighted
00:48 as new stadium approved.
00:51 And Get Talking, Medway Talking Cafe opens
00:54 as thousands struggle with loneliness.
00:57 - You just need people, you need to communicate.
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01:05 - But first tonight, Kent has been voting today
01:14 as polls open this morning for two of our local councils
01:17 and for the county's next police and crime commissioner.
01:20 It comes after boundary changes have meant
01:22 that every seat in both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
01:25 is up for grabs.
01:26 After both councils had previously voted in thirds.
01:29 Our reporter Bartholomew Hall has been speaking
01:31 to voters in Maidstone.
01:33 - It's election day which means it's time once again
01:37 to head out to whichever local church, community hub
01:40 or classroom has been converted into your polling centre
01:44 and place a cross next to the candidate
01:46 or candidates you want to be represented by.
01:48 In Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells,
01:51 every council seat is up for election.
01:53 After boundary changes mean the total number of councillors
01:56 was reduced by 55 to 49 in Maidstone
02:00 and from 48 to 39 in Tunbridge Wells.
02:04 It comes after both councils used to only elect
02:07 one third of their members each year.
02:09 And it's not just here in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells,
02:12 polls are open across the county today
02:14 where voters will be able to choose
02:16 who will be the next police
02:17 and crime commissioner for Kent.
02:19 Local elections famously don't receive
02:21 as high a turnout as national polls.
02:24 English local elections haven't exceeded 40%
02:27 of the electorate submitting a ballot since 2015.
02:31 I spoke to voters in Maidstone High Street
02:33 to see if they're planning to place their vote today.
02:36 Will you be planning to vote today?
02:37 - Yes, I will.
02:38 We probably will vote but I mean, be honest with you,
02:42 we're not really up on the people that are running the show.
02:45 It's only local people that have told us
02:47 who's who and who's what.
02:49 But yeah, we might venture out later.
02:52 But I'm not gonna promise 'cause it's done.
02:54 - No, I won't because we're quite new to the area.
02:57 I mean, we've been here three years now
02:58 but we still don't know who our reps are.
03:01 - Honestly, I'm not 100% sure.
03:03 I'm gonna actually have a think about it
03:04 because this is the first time
03:06 I'm actually hearing of this, really.
03:07 - I will not.
03:08 - Introduced from last year's local elections,
03:11 voters must now take a form of official photo ID
03:14 when heading into the polling station.
03:17 This can be anything listed here,
03:18 including a passport, driving licence or blue badge.
03:22 Polls opened at seven this morning
03:24 and you can still vote until 10pm this evening.
03:27 Even if you're still in a queue outside the polling centre
03:30 once the deadline hits, you'll still be eligible to vote.
03:33 Bartholomew Hall for KMTV in Maidstone.
03:36 - Now, police and fire crews have been called to Rochester
03:40 after a bike caught on fire
03:42 opposite Casino Room's nightclub.
03:44 This dramatic footage shows the moment
03:46 the bike caught alight yesterday in a corporation street
03:49 with thick black smoke seen coming from the vehicle.
03:53 One fire engine attended the scene at around 6.30 last night
03:56 with the flames and smoke being put out
03:58 within around 20 minutes.
04:00 It's thought it was an accidental fire.
04:02 Luckily, with no injuries reported,
04:04 arrangements were made to recover the vehicle.
04:06 A bus operator in Kent has been criticised
04:10 by rural communities as a new timetable
04:12 is coming to the east of the county.
04:14 From next week, Stagecoach will be reducing
04:17 the number of buses on some routes
04:19 in a move to make their operations more efficient.
04:21 But villagers in Bridge have been left outraged
04:24 as one service will no longer stop in their community.
04:27 A petition's now reached more than 400 signatures
04:30 in just two days to keep the area's connectivity.
04:33 The bus operator defends the changes,
04:35 saying it'll improve reliability
04:37 and make services more resilient
04:39 to roadworks and traffic congestion.
04:42 And two men who took pictures of goods they stole
04:45 have been imprisoned.
04:47 24-year-old Rivaldo Tomer was arrested three days
04:50 after breaking into a property in Canterbury
04:53 when photographs of him and another man
04:55 with jewellery and watches were found on his phone.
04:58 Investigators used the photos to trace down
05:00 Mr Tomer's accomplice, 31-year-old Elson Jutka.
05:04 The pair were charged with multiple counts of burglary,
05:07 which they later admitted at court.
05:09 Mr Tomer was sentenced to three years and two months,
05:12 while Mr Jutka was handed a sentence of two and a half years.
05:15 Now, a Kent football team is set to get a huge new stadium
05:20 alongside a new waterfront neighbourhood.
05:23 Ebbs Fleet United FC put forward plans in October last year,
05:26 which have been approved by Gravesham Borough Council's
05:28 planning committee this week.
05:30 The new stadium will be nearly double the capacity
05:32 of the League Two side.
05:34 Our local Democracy Reporter, Gabriel Morris,
05:36 joins us now with the details.
05:37 So, Gabriel, how big is this stadium going to be?
05:40 It's going to be a lot bigger.
05:42 8,000 seats.
05:44 That is, as you were just saying,
05:45 double the capacity of their previous stadium.
05:49 Now, Ebbs Fleet United's CEO says
05:51 that will secure the club's future and allow them to grow.
05:57 Now, Ebbs Fleet United are a national league.
06:00 They're at a top level of non-league football.
06:03 And according to our sports reporter, Bartholomew Hulvey,
06:05 he says they're holding their own in the league at the moment,
06:09 just avoiding the relegation zone
06:11 as we come to the end of the season.
06:14 Now, at the council meeting itself,
06:15 a Labour councillor who represents the local area,
06:19 who backs the application, says this development
06:22 will give young people opportunities
06:24 and also jobs going forward into the next decades.
06:27 And he said it's not something that they're going to try
06:29 and make into like a Blue Water style development.
06:33 It's going to be an area that local people can be proud of.
06:36 Now, it's received a planning 330 letters of support
06:40 and 61 objections.
06:42 However, National Grid did raise concerns
06:45 about part of development blocking access
06:47 to high voltage power lines.
06:49 Now, it has got planning permission,
06:52 but it has that they do-- it's a holding objection
06:55 for National Grid.
06:56 So the developers are going to have to meet the concerns
07:00 that National Grid have.
07:02 And if they don't, it will have to go back to the planning
07:04 committee and regain permission down the line.
07:09 But it's not just a stadium being built, is it?
07:11 No, it's not.
07:11 There will be 3,500 homes, a 300 bed hotel, a retail village,
07:17 cafe, sport facilities, a nursery, medical services,
07:19 and community venues.
07:20 So it is a neighbourhood community which
07:22 will be coming to Ebbsfleet.
07:26 There's a 10 year construction schedule to all of this.
07:28 With the construction of the stadium set to last just less
07:32 than two years, and it should be completed
07:34 by the end of August in 2026.
07:37 OK, well, thanks for bringing us those details.
07:39 We'll have to see how that all goes.
07:41 Thank you.
07:43 And now, as more than a million battle loneliness
07:46 across the UK, a cafe is opening in Medway,
07:48 offering support to those struggling
07:50 with their mental health.
07:51 The Chatty Cafe is a space to have a chat, a drink,
07:54 and make friends.
07:55 We've been speaking to residents on the streets of Raynham
07:58 who say bereavement, COVID-19, and other life changes
08:01 contributed to them feeling lonely.
08:04 Tara Memawala reports.
08:07 I'm here at Jasper's Cafe in Rochester.
08:10 As you can hear, the place has a real buzz about it.
08:12 People are talking, sharing stories,
08:14 making friends over coffee and cake.
08:16 And we're about to go and meet some of them.
08:18 So the Chatty Cafe is a nationwide scheme
08:20 that you can go along to, and you can just start talking.
08:23 From here, they're building connection,
08:27 and everyone needs to feel connected,
08:28 wants to feel connected.
08:31 Today, we've got a group of friends,
08:33 because they've become friends, most of them now.
08:36 According to Age UK, over 1.4 million people in the UK
08:39 reported feeling lonely often in 2022.
08:42 And more than 1 million older people
08:44 said they had gone over a month without speaking to a friend,
08:47 neighbour, or family member.
08:49 People in Kent told us bereavement, COVID-19,
08:52 and big life changes contributed to feeling lonely.
08:55 Especially when my friend died, my best friend.
08:58 But things just moved on, and I had to carry on.
09:05 That's what you do, isn't it?
09:06 Now I work for the 111 service.
09:08 We get a lot of phone calls from elderly people, for example,
09:11 who will be just trying to eke out the conversation,
09:15 because they are lonely, are by themselves.
09:17 They've got no one else to talk to.
09:19 Eileen's one of the newer members of the Chatty Cafe.
09:22 I've only lived in Rochester a short time,
09:25 and I don't really know many people.
09:28 So I came up one day and had a coffee and a cake,
09:33 and I thought, oh, I'll join.
09:35 Go over to the letter table when they come.
09:39 Anne is now a regular at the Chatty Cafe.
09:41 She came to meet new friends after her husband passed away.
09:45 Being on my own, and getting used to that,
09:50 which is extremely hard, still is.
09:53 I've been married with my husband for 40-odd years,
09:56 so it was a massive change.
10:00 I needed to do something to get out and about,
10:03 or else I was just getting depressed and very down.
10:08 Some people like being just on their own.
10:13 I wouldn't think many.
10:16 You just need people.
10:19 You need to communicate.
10:21 I do think that's important.
10:24 And have you made friends with the people here?
10:27 I hope so.
10:30 I'd be lost without it.
10:33 I might not even be here without it.
10:36 Tara Mawawala for KMTV.
10:40 Time now to take a look at the weather forecast
10:41 for the next few days.
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10:49 It's looking rainy this evening in West Kent
10:52 and also East Kent in Folkestone.
10:53 Drier in the north of the county,
10:56 highs of 13, lows of 11.
10:57 Rain spreading across the county through
11:00 till tomorrow morning, but bringing some sunshine as well.
11:04 Nice and dry, though, by the afternoon,
11:05 but staying cloudy, I'm afraid, and quite overcast as well.
11:09 15 in Chatham.
11:10 Here's the outlook for your bank holiday weekend.
11:12 Looking very wet and drizzly, I'm afraid.
11:14 19 degrees on Monday.
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11:19 Time for a short break now, but do stick around.
11:21 Coming up, we'll be speaking with KMTV's film presenter,
11:24 Chris Dacey, and plenty more news.
11:25 We've been looking at what's been making the headlines
11:28 over at Kent Online.
11:29 I'll see you in a few minutes.
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15:08 Hello, and welcome back to Kentonite live on KMTV.
15:15 It's time now for your pick of the papers,
15:17 taking a look at what's making the headlines in Kent's newspapers,
15:20 online, and radio.
15:22 Earlier, I was joined by Jack Darkin with today's top stories.
15:26 Jack, what's your first story today?
15:28 So my first story involves five lions that are being relocated
15:31 from Ukraine to the Big Cat Sanctuary in Smardon near Ashford.
15:34 There's one male lion called Rory, and there are four lionesses as well.
15:37 So on the screen, you can see Amani and Lyra, who are sisters,
15:40 and Vanda and Una, who are currently living in a shelter
15:43 in the Ukrainian capital, obviously, because we know the situation
15:46 going on over there.
15:47 And so basically, their new home-- this is a family-run business
15:50 who are dedicated to protecting and conserving endangered big cats.
15:54 There's also been a fundraiser that's been launched
15:56 to help facilitate for these new cats as well.
15:58 They're very cute.
15:59 So it's good to hear that they've been rescued and given a new home.
16:02 And your next story?
16:03 Yeah, so my second story involves the divisive plans
16:06 for a new care home and a housing estate in Hithe.
16:09 So the folks in the Hithe District Council, they've been given
16:11 a green light to build a 66-bed new care home and 86 new houses
16:15 that'll be built on the old grounds of the old Smith medical site
16:19 between Boundary Road and Fort Road, which was demolished in 2019.
16:22 And since its demolition, residents say that it's attracted
16:25 anti-social behaviour, that it's become an eyesore.
16:29 And the reason why it's considered divisive is due to the impact
16:31 that it's having on local residents.
16:33 The usual things such as, you know, like traffic disruptions,
16:36 noise coming out of the construction site as well,
16:38 these are all concerns that are being raised by the locals.
16:40 And on the other hand, the councillors have turned around
16:43 and said that whilst they do acknowledge that the construction traffic
16:46 is going to cause a problem, they say that it will be worth it
16:49 all in the end once it's all been built.
16:51 And so whilst it has been given the green light,
16:53 there's been no official dates set for construction to start.
16:56 OK, and your final story today.
16:59 So my final story today comes from Margate, after a missing dog
17:02 has been rescued from the sea by the RNLI.
17:06 The German Shepherd, as you can see on the screen, called Bear,
17:09 was rescued between Botany Bay and Kingsgate Bay
17:11 after a search that lasted almost a day.
17:13 He was spotted by walkers who ran into the water to rescue him
17:16 and after this failed, the RNLI were scrambled to rescue him.
17:19 So Bear had a few injuries, including a bleeding paw,
17:22 which most likely was caused by running onto the rocks
17:24 trying to escape the water.
17:26 So the RNLI have urged people to not enter the water
17:29 and instead to call 999 and ask for the Coast Guard instead.
17:32 But as we can see, it was a happy ending for Bear as around 4.40pm
17:35 he was reunited with his grateful owners back on dry land.
17:38 Oh, I'm so pleased to hear it. Well, great.
17:40 Thank you for joining us. An interesting range of stories there.
17:43 Thank you.
17:44 Well, as we were reporting earlier, thousands across Kent
17:47 have been heading to the polls today to vote for a number of different votes
17:50 happening across the county.
17:52 Tomorrow we'll have a clearer idea of what this means for us here in Kent.
17:55 To join us and tell us a little bit about what we could be expecting
17:58 perhaps in Kent tomorrow is our local democracy reporter, Gabriel Morris.
18:01 You'll be in Maidstone tomorrow, won't you,
18:04 where there'll be local council elections. What can we expect there?
18:07 Well, we expect the results to come through later in the afternoon.
18:11 Polls are still open at the moment.
18:14 They're open until 10pm this evening.
18:17 If you're in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells, you'll be voting for your
18:20 Borough District Council, that's a lower tier council.
18:23 And also for most people in Kent, they'll also be able to vote today
18:27 for Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
18:30 We won't get the results of the Police and Crime Commissioner election
18:35 until the weekend, until Sunday, but for the Borough and District Councils
18:38 which are up for election voting today, we'll get the results through
18:42 tomorrow afternoon and we'll have full coverage here on KNTV
18:46 from 5pm tomorrow.
18:48 Yeah, because you were speaking to some of those candidates weren't you,
18:51 finding out what they all have to offer and as you said,
18:55 we're not allowed to talk about that now for Ofcom reasons,
18:59 but we've been covering this on KMTV and you and I will be out tomorrow
19:03 at all the different counts, won't we?
19:05 We'll be analysing the results, dissecting what it means and what the next
19:09 four years or five years of those council terms could mean for local residents.
19:12 So our viewers can stick around for a special programme tomorrow.
19:15 Well Gabriel, thank you for joining us. It's going to be a long day for us both.
19:18 It will indeed.
19:19 Thanks Gabriel.
19:20 Now don't forget you can keep up to date with all your latest stories
19:23 across Kent by logging on to our website, kmtv.co.uk.
19:27 There you'll find all our reports, including this one about a Kent Wildlife charity
19:31 who believe the suspected theft of power tools will set them back £30,000.
19:38 Take a look.
19:39 A Kent Wildlife charity has been left shaken up after they say
19:44 thousands of pounds worth of gardening equipment has been stolen
19:48 from their Sevenoaks premises this week.
19:51 Police are now investigating after reports of two of Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve's
19:56 equipment containers being damaged between 4pm on Sunday and 9 Monday morning.
20:02 This was the moment they noticed the damage and realised their equipment had gone missing.
20:07 Yeah, tables been cut out the way, so the cones and those bits there.
20:12 They've cut their way through there, haven't been inside yet,
20:15 but by the look of it it's the brush cutters and the chainsaws they've gone for.
20:18 And to replace the lost equipment and repair the shipping containers,
20:21 it's estimated to set the charity back £20,000.
20:26 What we do as a conservation charity is ultimately for the benefit of not just the wildlife
20:33 but then the ongoing impacts that that has in terms of affecting things like climate change
20:39 and having to continuously have to fork out for the replacement, for the repairs,
20:46 the impact on us as an organisation in terms of insurance.
20:50 It just impacts on what we can do, so ultimately it impacts them as well.
20:54 So it's frustratingly short-sighted.
20:57 And it's thought this is how it was all possible.
20:59 This hole that was made on the side of the container is what was used to gain access to the shed
21:04 where those involved then went on to steal thousands of pounds worth of equipment.
21:08 But you'll notice there are also several cameras dotted around site too.
21:12 Well, some of those were also taken in the process.
21:15 And the cameras that weren't taken, well, those involved somehow managed to evade them.
21:20 The wildlife charity says the loss of its power tools and nature trail cameras
21:25 isn't only impacting the nature reserve but the charity as a whole.
21:29 And it says it's not the first time something like this has happened.
21:33 For volunteers, it's making them concerned about their safety.
21:37 It's so disheartening. At the end of the day, we're a charity.
21:41 People are stealing from a charity for their own gain.
21:45 And we really rely on the tools that we have on site here
21:48 to carry out the essential management work on the reserves.
21:51 It's not just this site either.
21:53 It's going to impact a number of our other sites in the Darrant Valley as well.
21:56 So, yeah, it's really going to have a knock-on effect.
21:58 Kent Police is urging witnesses to come forward regarding any suspicious behaviour in the area.
22:04 The force is also appealing for CCTV and dashcam footage which may assist.
22:09 The Sevenoaks Nature Reserve says its doors will remain open to the public during police investigations.
22:15 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Sevenoaks.
22:19 Straight after Kent tonight, we've got a brand new episode of Kent Film Club
22:24 where we look at the impact certain films have had on our guests' lives.
22:28 Well, joining me now is the show's presenter, Chris Desey.
22:30 Chris, thank you for joining us as always.
22:32 And you've recently been to a premiere in Kent, haven't you?
22:35 So, tell us a bit about that. That sounds exciting.
22:37 No, it was exciting because it's a film called Occupied.
22:40 Now, it was made in Kent but set during the Second World War
22:43 during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands.
22:45 Made on a fairly low budget.
22:47 Actually, one of my previous guests on Kent Film Club, Duncan Woodruff,
22:50 who's a local actor, he invited me to the premiere.
22:52 He was so modest, he didn't tell me that actually he plays the lead role in this.
22:56 Oh, my goodness.
22:57 Because this is the premiere, I know nothing about it.
22:59 I couldn't read any reviews in advance.
23:01 What a really tight, tense drama.
23:04 You must have been really shocked when you saw your friend in it then.
23:06 Well, absolutely.
23:07 And it was incredible because he does a lot of martial arts training
23:10 and fight choreography as well as being an actor.
23:12 But an amazing film and really shocking because it really brought home
23:16 the impact of the war on the lives of ordinary people
23:19 and questions around treachery and loyalty
23:21 and looking at it from the point of view of the German soldiers
23:23 within a Channel Islands context.
23:25 So, I was really impressed by that.
23:27 It's called Occupied. I just hope it gets a good distribution.
23:29 Wow, well, look at you going to premieres. How exciting.
23:31 No, it'll be the red carpet next.
23:33 I know it will, won't it?
23:34 So, what should we be watching at the moment?
23:36 What sort of films are trending?
23:38 What have you been enjoying recently?
23:40 Well, there's the film Challengers, which is a very three-way relationship.
23:43 I was turned by this one, yeah.
23:44 Josh O'Connor.
23:45 I mean, really good film, which does a lot of, like the game of tennis,
23:49 back and forth, back and forth over people's lives.
23:51 You know, it's like those films like Bull Durham,
23:53 where it's about sport but not about sport.
23:55 It's about the relationship dramas underneath our lives,
23:58 sort of what's going on, in this case, in the court,
24:00 what's taking place off the court.
24:02 So, I really like that.
24:03 John de Bary, I saw that Johnny Depp film, which is out at the moment.
24:06 Lots of films like that, period set, another film set in the 19th century,
24:12 which is called Kidnapped, which is very much around, you know,
24:16 some of the great debates around Catholicism and the Jewish community
24:19 in France and Italy, you know, at the time of the 19th century.
24:23 So, lots of things out at the moment.
24:25 The Amy Winehouse film as well.
24:27 I've seen a couple of films as well, which are older films,
24:30 which are back on the big screen, like 2001 A Space Odyssey.
24:33 I was blown away.
24:34 I saw that in Blue Water after our conversation last week.
24:37 And it really had an impact on me.
24:38 Is it different watching it now when you've watched it a while ago
24:40 and then re-watching it?
24:41 Well, I was talking to one, actually, Paul March-Russell,
24:43 a former guest on the programme, who said that he saw that in Herne Bay
24:46 when he was very young.
24:47 And, you know, it really impacted on him.
24:50 He does a lot of work in sci-fi.
24:51 And, you know, I was thinking the same thing,
24:53 because watching it on TV when you're younger
24:55 and watching it on the big screen, it's a completely different experience.
24:58 Because you'll take different things away from it, won't you,
25:00 when you've grown up a little bit?
25:02 And, yeah, the other thing I wanted to ask,
25:05 so how big do you think that the film industry is in Kent as well?
25:10 When you talk about the film premiere that's in Kent,
25:12 it's exciting that we've got these sort of things coming to Kent, isn't it?
25:15 Well, there was also the film about the local swimmer.
25:17 It's one of those stories that are untold.
25:19 You know, when you watch films sometimes
25:21 which are sort of going back over events in history,
25:24 Kidnap did the same thing,
25:25 but things about which we know very little.
25:27 And so there are films which are trying to say,
25:29 often from the point of view of a female character,
25:31 and say history has written these people out.
25:33 But films today, often set in Kent,
25:36 are very good at trying to recalibrate that
25:39 and try to do a bit of historical revisionism.
25:41 It's nice to see Kent on the big screen.
25:43 It's exciting to see it on the big screen.
25:44 So even a film that's not set in Kent is made in Kent,
25:47 used in Kent locations,
25:48 and that, I think, is where a lot of the future of filmmaking is going to be.
25:53 And very quickly, what's coming up in Kent Film Club tonight?
25:56 So we have a wonderful guest,
25:58 called Charlie Titmuss,
25:59 and he's chosen films as varied as The Iron Giant
26:02 and also Brokeback Mountain.
26:04 Oh, incredible.
26:05 Well, Chris, thank you so much for joining us.
26:07 Very interesting to speak to you as always.
26:08 Thank you, Sophia.
26:09 Well, you've been watching Kent Tonight, live on KMTV.
26:13 There's more news made just for Kent throughout the evening.
26:15 And don't forget, you can always keep up to date
26:17 with all the latest news across your county
26:19 by logging on to kmtv.co.uk.
26:21 We'll be back at 5 o'clock tomorrow with a very special election show,
26:25 so do watch us then.
26:26 I'll see you tomorrow.
26:27 Have a wonderful evening and good night.
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