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00:00Hello and welcome to Kentonite Live on KMTV.
00:28I'm Kristen Hawthorne and here are your top stories on Thursday the 20th of March.
00:34Time for action.
00:35Chatham MP calls for Netflix drama Adolescence to be shown in schools.
00:40Brushing up on tooth care as half of parents say they're too busy to care for children's
00:46oral health.
00:48And a prehistoric win as KMFM's competition ends with a roar.
00:55The MP for Chatham and Aylesford says the new Netflix drama Adolescence, which follows
01:00the story of a young boy who stabbed a girl to death, should be shown in schools as a
01:04way to tackle knife crime and online misogyny influencing young males.
01:08Earlier this year, a Kent Online investigation found that more than 50 knives were reportedly
01:13uncovered at schools, colleges or universities in the county.
01:18It comes as MPs are set to hold a debate on knife crime amongst children and young people
01:23in the Commons later today.
01:25Let's take a look at the show making shock waves.
01:32It's the most watched TV show on Netflix worldwide.
01:35Stephen Graham's Adolescence follows the story of a 13-year-old boy accused of stabbing a
01:40girl in his class to death.
01:42The drama shines a light on the impact of social media, misogynist views and knife crime
01:47on teenage boys and their communities.
01:50Seeing its rapid popularity, the show has now led to calls for it to be shown in classrooms
01:55and was even brought up in Prime Minister's questions this week.
01:59It highlights online male radicalisation and violence against girls.
02:04The creators of the show are calling for screenings in Parliament and schools to spark change.
02:10At home we are watching Adolescence with our children.
02:12I've got a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old.
02:15This violence carried out by young men influenced by what they see online is a real problem.
02:20It's abhorrent and we have to tackle it.
02:25Sitting close by, Chatham and Elsford MP and former teacher Tristan Osborne.
02:29I agree 100% that this should be used as a template example to warn young people of the
02:36influences of social media and where it can lead to and ultimately the harms that can
02:42come from it.
02:44In the past 10 years, the UK has seen a 94% increase in offences involving a knife or
02:50similar weapon, with 57 young people under the age of 25 killed with one in the year
02:56to March last year.
02:58The issue appears to persist here in Kent too, with a Kent Online investigation finding
03:02Kent Police dealt with 58 reports of someone possessing an offensive weapon in a school,
03:08college or university in the county, with knives listed in the bulk of alleged crimes.
03:13It all comes as today MPs will hold a debate on knife crime amongst children and young
03:18people.
03:19Former gang member and Dartford campaigner Lennox Rogers says tougher measures would
03:24deter youngsters from turning to knife crime.
03:26It's not enough to just ban the sale of knives.
03:32Those things, as helpful as they are in some way, they're not enough of a deterrent for
03:38young people.
03:39There are ways that Netflix can draw attention to it, I think by showing the impact of real
03:45life stories on the victims' families, and I think that's very powerful.
03:51After I turned my life around and when I finally got to meet my son, who was showing signs
03:57of wanting to use a knife to harm someone, I shocked him to the police.
04:04But sadly, he's doing 22 years in prison, he stabbed someone nine times, nothing was
04:13done to prevent him from doing that and someone lost their life.
04:19So with the drama's popularity continuing to grow, it appears adolescence could be another
04:24in the list of real world shows aiming to push for social change.
04:28Bartholomew Hall for KMTV.
04:32Not only does the show highlight many serious issues happening amongst young people at the
04:36moment, but it highlights the reality of the process police take in these circumstances
04:41and what young people go through in custody, one element being a requirement of an appropriate
04:45adult for the main character, Jamie.
04:48To find out exactly what that is and what it means within the justice system, Sandra
04:52Wheatley joined presenters this morning.
04:54We're an award winning mental health charity and we provide appropriate adults who go to
05:00custody to support young people and adults when they've been arrested.
05:06Appropriate adults came about in the 1980s through lots of miscarriages of justice and
05:11so the government wanted to put a safeguard in there for people who were vulnerable.
05:16That's how appropriate adults came about and we offer a volunteer scheme across the whole
05:21of Kent.
05:22So I suppose in sort of the custody process, they're offered, these young people are offered
05:27legal advice from a lawyer, but it's not the same as that is it, it's not the same as legal
05:32advice, it's a bit more comforting and to make sure that they're being treated correctly.
05:36Yeah, as we can see on the screen here in the programme, Jamie chose his father to be
05:40with him, that's the picture we've got up here, that is his appropriate adult, on the
05:43right is his lawyer, but there's a difference.
05:45Yes, thank you very much, that is a really great question.
05:48The police normally have to contact friends and family first to see if they want to be
05:53the appropriate adult for the child.
05:55In the Young Lives Foundation, we predominantly deal with children from the care system, children
05:59who are disadvantaged and therefore they don't have the luxury of a family member there
06:05to support them and that's where our volunteers step in.
06:08Our volunteers go and support someone like Jamie, who has allegedly committed a crime
06:15and they support them through the whole police process.
06:18And you said that this was sort of a problem in the 80s, that there was lots of miscarriage
06:22of justice, but nowadays, do children ever actually go with an appropriate adult or can
06:27they go for a long time without one, that the custody process is delayed, obviously
06:31we see it happen quite quickly in this because it is this one-shot take film, they need to
06:35get through it quickly, but in some cases if they can't contact family or they can't
06:38find an appropriate adult, if it's a tricky time of the night, the morning for instance,
06:43do children have to wait a long time or perhaps sometimes go without or does that not happen?
06:46Yes, they can't go without because they have to have an appropriate adult under the Police
06:51and Criminal Evidence Act Code C, that's the legislation that underpins it, so they must
06:57have an appropriate adult, but you're absolutely right, there can be inherent delays in that
07:02process, waiting for police to be ready, waiting for solicitors to arrive, the police have
07:08changeover of shift and that delays everything, so there are a number of built-in delays.
07:14It is a fantastic volunteer opportunity for anyone of any age, older people are very,
07:19very welcome, but of course there are some delays in custody, so you can be in custody
07:24for a few hours, so you have to bear that in mind if you become a volunteer for the
07:29Young Lives Foundation.
07:30Yes, tell us a bit more about what it is like to be a volunteer because this type of content
07:36that we've seen in the show, you don't see this every day, this is a really strong topic,
07:43strong incidents that children can get caught up in, so it can't be easy at all times.
07:48This is a strong incident and it is a strong subject and it can be quite scary for people,
07:53even more scary for the person who's allegedly committed this crime and that's the reason
07:59why our volunteers are so welcome in custody, because I class them as like a beacon of light,
08:05you know, they walk into a very dark world, there are normally no windows in custody,
08:11the young people and the vulnerable adults are put into a cell, the door is slammed,
08:17they've got a metal toilet in there, a very thin bed with a very thin mattress, the police
08:21are amazing, they do a really, really good job.
08:25Now, this week is Food Waste Action Week, which is the UK's biggest annual food waste
08:31reduction campaign. It is estimated that food waste contributes around 8-10% of greenhouse
08:37gas emissions globally. Well, throughout the week Daisy has been on The Morning Show sharing
08:43all her tips and tricks and earlier today on The Morning Show she was showing Bartholomew
08:47and Abi how to grow plants from food scraps. Take a look.
08:51So Daisy, what's going on?
08:52So you guys are very lucky, obviously earlier in the week we talked about compost and we
08:56saw a package where we made bolognese and how we got rid of our scraps using our bins
08:59and storage of food correctly. Yesterday I did make Izzy and Cameron eat some of the
09:05food from my fridge, I'd gone past their best before date, still safe to eat, no one's ill,
09:12it was all about looking at food and making sure, obviously, is it mouldy, can we visually
09:18check it's okay, because a lot of fruit and veg nowadays don't actually come with dates
09:22on, so how can we check that they're okay. So today I thought, I was thinking, we've
09:27got five days of thinking about food waste and I thought one good way, obviously I mentioned
09:31my dad's got green thumbs and is very good at growing, I thought how could we grow from
09:36our food scraps. So if our food may be going on to more of a softer side, can't be eaten
09:43any more, is there any way we can use it still. But if not, if we're making bolognese,
09:49I always have this issue with tomatoes anyway, when you cut them open, the seeds just kind
09:53of fall out naturally, how can we scrape that up and try and use that. So I thought, I brought
09:58some tomatoes in today, we've got a couple pots of mud, we've got one each so you both
10:02can kind of have a challenge of who can grow their tomato first. And we do also have some
10:07gloves, you don't have to wear them, they are a little bit muddy already, but just in
10:11case you don't want to get some muddy hands. If they all fit, sorry. I think I have one
10:17pair of gardening gloves at home that are squeaky clean. My gloves are all very muddy,
10:22I do apologise. Should we present for the rest of the morning like this? I think we
10:26should. They look good, they look good. I have very funky gardening gloves. I'll take
10:34the coffee and tea I reckon, I'll put those over here. I have pre-cut our tomatoes and
10:39as we can see, these in here are the seeds lying out. I have managed to scoop some out
10:44as I was obviously cutting them, they have fallen out. So the first thing we would like
10:47to do is try and dry our seeds off. You can use the towel that you've got, or I've got
10:51another towel here if you want to dab it a little bit more better. Why are we drying
10:55them? You don't necessarily need to dry them, but to give them a bit more of a better chance.
11:00Some people, I've seen people just slice the tomatoes and put the slice actually in mud.
11:04It isn't very user friendly, so I'm taking them off for now. So just drying them out.
11:12Another way, you don't necessarily need to put these straight into the soil. You can
11:16use these towels, dampen the towels, put the seeds in the damp towels, put them in a plastic
11:21bag and keep them and then they'll sprout and then you can put them in the mud once
11:25they have sprouted. Now unfortunately it's time for a quick break, but coming up we have
11:30the winner of KMFM's Name a Gritter competition, which has officially been put into a gritter
11:36vehicle to celebrate gritting crews and the hard work they endure, especially over winter.
11:42We have also spoken to an oral care expert, but all that and more after the break. See
11:46you soon.
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15:14Welcome back to CAM TV. Our first story is health care professionals are warning that
15:21children's teeth brushing skills are declining as half of parents say they're just too busy
15:25and the education behind it is inadequate.
15:28In a new poll, the Dental Wellness Trust
15:30has found a quarter of parents forget
15:32to brush their children's teeth, and more than 50%
15:36say that the everyday hustle and bustle of life
15:38just gets in the way.
15:40According to the government, one in three children
15:42in the most deprived areas already
15:44suffer from tooth decay by the age of five.
15:47Well, I was joined earlier by Barthi Walsh
15:50from Ordo Oral Care to discuss the importance
15:52of dental hygiene.
15:54Thank you so much for joining me today, Barthi.
15:57So we'll firstly start off with the fact
15:59that nearly one in four children
16:00have skipped brushing altogether
16:02because they forget or get distracted.
16:04Has this always been the case?
16:06Are they finding excuses not to?
16:08Or where do you think the problem lies
16:10with those statistics?
16:13I think it lies in a couple of things.
16:15It's parents' education on the benefits
16:18of oral hygiene for children,
16:20but it's also educating the children
16:21on why we should be looking after our teeth
16:23from such a young age because it's got such an,
16:26you know, it lasts a long time.
16:28So if we look after our teeth when we're young,
16:30you're gonna have less problems when you're older.
16:32And it's not just one in four children,
16:34not only brushing, remembering to brush each day,
16:38it's actually one in four children in the UK
16:41have suffered from some form of tooth decay,
16:44which is a shocking stat,
16:46especially when you think about the fact
16:48that that can be very easily preventable
16:50with just good oral hygiene.
16:53Some people are more prone to tooth decay than others.
16:58Maybe that, I think that that's true.
17:00Is that, does that sort of come with that?
17:02Maybe some of these kids are brushing their teeth
17:04but they're still getting affected by this sort of thing
17:07or what's sort of your stance on that?
17:10So yeah, definitely.
17:12Genetics can definitely play a hand
17:15in people's kind of tooth decay or oral health.
17:18Some people are more susceptible to things like tooth decay
17:22or fillings or gingivitis, all these types of things.
17:25But again, these can all be very easily remedied
17:28with good oral hygiene and just a good routine.
17:31And what we're trying to do as a brand,
17:32what we're trying to advocate
17:34is making oral care more accessible
17:36and the education side of things
17:38much more prevalent in modern day.
17:40So the government have just announced a scheme
17:43for supervised brushing for children
17:45between the ages of three and five.
17:47We've done things like launching
17:48our children's oral care range
17:51to get kids more engaged with brushing.
17:53We've put a lot of educational and tips and tricks
17:56on our website on how to get kids in more engaged brushing,
17:59how to teach parents to teach their kids
18:01on better oral hygiene.
18:03And then also just better oral hygiene tips
18:05for adults as well.
18:07And I think it's about establishing those good routines
18:09and those good habits from a young age
18:13to really make sure that we're looking after oral hygiene
18:15because it affects not just our physical health
18:18but also our emotional health.
18:19And there's intrinsically linked to emotional development,
18:22speech development in children,
18:24but also like just feeling confident in our skin
18:26and making sure that you feel happy in your own smile
18:29is really, really important for children.
18:32Definitely.
18:33Before I ask the next question here,
18:35we went to Rochester, I believe, earlier this week
18:40and we spoke to people on the high street about that.
18:43I'll let you watch this
18:43and then I'll get your reaction from it.
18:46Children, they eat sweets
18:47and they drink a load of sugary stuff.
18:50So by the time they get to brush their teeth,
18:52it's too late.
18:54Does that surprise you as a statistic?
18:57No, it doesn't surprise me the least.
18:59And I am a child that suffered
19:01from nobody ever telling me how important it was
19:03to brush my teeth.
19:05So I never, as a child, I think, brushed them enough.
19:09And so, you know, I had a lot of trouble with dentists.
19:12Yeah, that's just a stupid statistic.
19:15But if it's true, yeah, that's ridiculous.
19:17Yeah, it's quite shocking that potentially
19:19with young children, really young children,
19:20that that many parents are not checking
19:23that it's being done well.
19:24Yeah, it's really important.
19:26It doesn't surprise me, but it saddens me.
19:28I think that as a society in general,
19:33that particularly with the impact of the pandemic,
19:36that people have become a lot more lax
19:38in what they think that are their responsibilities
19:41towards their kids.
19:42In a lot of cases with parenting,
19:44like I think that there should be
19:46a little bit more presentness from parents.
19:50So some people in there were talking
19:52about the effects of the pandemic.
19:55What is your reaction to that?
19:56Do you think that all comes with it?
19:57And what's your sort of reaction in general
19:59to those opinions?
20:01I think the pandemic changed a lot of habits
20:04and just people's behaviours around a lot of things
20:06in our everyday life.
20:08Oral hygiene has been amiss.
20:09Some people have had a massive improvement
20:12because they've thought,
20:13well, I can't get to the dentist.
20:14I need to make sure I'm looking after my teeth at home,
20:16which has been great.
20:17And that's what we want more people to do.
20:19So in that sense, it's been very beneficial.
20:22On the other side of things,
20:23people have kind of taken the other thing
20:25and got a little bit lazy with it
20:27and just gone, do you know what, while I'm at home,
20:29I don't brush in the morning, I might brush later.
20:31And then they don't actually brush at all.
20:34But I think the people and their responses there
20:38is kind of the words of the nation,
20:41which is very much a case of children's oral hygiene
20:44has just kind of been forgot about.
20:45And the education side of things
20:47and the understanding of why it's important
20:49to brush our teeth.
20:50We're not talking about like groundbreaking technology
20:53and things that we're doing here.
20:55We're just talking about generally just brushing your teeth
20:58and understanding why you shouldn't eat sweets
21:00all day long, every day, and fizzy drinks
21:03and all these different types of foods and drinks,
21:04which are not good for our oral hygiene.
21:06It's not like we shouldn't be eating them.
21:08It's just educating children and parents on balance.
21:12And if you are eating these things,
21:14why it's so important to brush your teeth
21:16and also what are the benefits it has for overall health
21:19and in our later on in life health as well.
21:24A live action remake of Snow White
21:26is sparking controversy ahead of its release tomorrow
21:29with critics calling it exhaustingly awful.
21:32Ahead of the next week's episode of Kent Film Club,
21:35I sat down with presenter Chris Deasy
21:37to discuss the film's portrayal of Snow White.
21:39As it's still International Women's Month,
21:41we've talked about how the character has been updated
21:44to reflect modern social norms, whether the changes work,
21:48and if male filmmakers can effectively represent
21:51female leads in today's films.
21:53Here's what he had to say.
21:55Thank you so much for joining me today, Chris.
21:57I'm sure we've been talking a lot about women in films,
22:00haven't we?
22:01And tomorrow, I believe Snow White is coming out,
22:04a remake of it.
22:05What do you think about that?
22:06And what do you think the differentiation
22:08between the original and this new one,
22:10how do you think it's going to be made?
22:12And how do you think the women is going
22:13to be represented in it?
22:14Well, I was following a lot of press reports
22:16because it has generated quite a lot of controversy
22:19with the lead actress who, of course,
22:21played Maria in West Side Story.
22:24And of course, it's a very different interpretation.
22:27And it's in keeping with the direction of travel
22:30for Disney films with their live action
22:32versions over recent years, when there has been much more
22:35diversity in place.
22:36I mean, that was the criticism.
22:37We think of Aladdin back in 1992.
22:40Fantastic film, great comedy moments.
22:42But there was a feeling that that didn't pay,
22:46didn't do justice to the source material.
22:48So diversity, I think, is something
22:51that we have come to expect.
22:54And I think, in many respects, actually
22:55love about those films.
22:57Because they are very much in keeping
22:59with the spirit of the original.
23:01But they do feel they have a much more contemporary mindset.
23:05Is this one that you're going to be looking out for and watching?
23:08I will be, even if some of my children are interested.
23:11Some of them are not.
23:12But they all know that whoever they go,
23:14it's me that's going to be taking them.
23:16And I'm really interested in this,
23:17actually, because you do know that with a classic story,
23:22there's always going to be a twist.
23:24You can never say, oh, we know the story.
23:26There's always going to be a sense in which this
23:28is going to be reinterpreted.
23:30To the extent that we understand that it may not
23:34be, this could be a plot spoiler, but I haven't seen it.
23:37But it could be that the princess is not
23:39saved by the prince.
23:41So there may be a more feminist angle
23:43to what we might have expected from the Disney
23:45films of yesteryear.
23:47Well, that is something that's come up quite a lot.
23:49As people say, they're always saved by a prince.
23:50It's always the man that saves them.
23:52So this is quite interesting that maybe it
23:53will be a little bit different.
23:55Is it directed by a man or a woman?
23:57It is directed by a man.
23:59And do you think that in these sorts of films
24:02or in films with female leads, do you
24:05think that male directors have the right idea to represent
24:10women in a correct way?
24:12I was thinking about this in relation to Aladdin
24:14because it was Guy Ritchie.
24:15Now, I thought for Guy Ritchie to be making a Disney film
24:19struck me as quite a surprise.
24:22But I thought he did justice in that film
24:25because, of course, Aladdin is sort of the lead.
24:27But Princess Jasmine is not an incidental character.
24:30So I don't think it matters.
24:32But you've got two.
24:33Look at that.
24:33I mean, you've got the actress Gilgadot,
24:35who's played Wonder Woman, as well as Rachel Zegler
24:38in the lead here.
24:39So it's going to be a sterling job, I'm sure.
24:42Whatever happens, I can't wait to watch it this weekend.
24:44Yeah, lots of powerful women for sure.
24:47So then just give us a quick re-round up then.
24:49We've got a new episode of Kent Film Club coming out tonight.
24:54What's happening in that?
24:55OK, well, so we've got Anjouk.
24:58So her episode came out last week.
25:00And we've got that repeated a few times.
25:02But next week, we've got a brilliant episode with Craig.
25:05And, well, I might save that for next week.
25:06But we can expect Batman Returns, maybe
25:10Cronenberg's The Flight.
25:11If you're into the macabre, don't miss Kent Film Club
25:14next Thursday.
25:15Fabulous.
25:15I certainly will.
25:16Thank you so much for joining me.
25:17Thank you, Kristin.
25:19Now it's time to take a quick look at the weather.
25:21This evening is looking like clear skies,
25:29with an average temperature of 8 and 9 degrees.
25:33Then into tomorrow morning, temperatures
25:34will rise to about 12 degrees.
25:3613 here in Medway and in Maidstone,
25:39with some scattered clouds.
25:40Tomorrow evening then, hitting peaks of 17 degrees,
25:44with more of the same weather, wind reaching 12 miles per hour.
25:47And then over the weekend then, it's
25:49looking absolutely beautiful.
25:5117 degrees on Saturday, 16 on Sunday, and 14 on Monday.
25:56Partly cloudy skies as well.
26:03And finally, as you might remember,
26:05our sister station, KMFM, recently
26:08held a contest for members of the public to name a gritter.
26:12In collaboration with Kent County Council,
26:14the competition got many iconic entries,
26:16such as Luke Grittler and Claudia Sprinkleman.
26:20But the winner was Grittasaurus Rex,
26:22submitted by a Dover resident.
26:24But now, you can see the pictures on screen,
26:26with the winning name has been put underneath the KCC logo.
26:30Workers have commented that they can't
26:32wait to see the truck in action, as it provides vital help
26:36to keep Kent roads safe.
26:38There it goes off.
26:40You've been watching Kent Tonight Live on KMTV.
26:42But don't worry, as there's more news made just for you
26:45throughout the evening.
26:46Thank you so much for watching.
26:47Bye-bye.