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00:00Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight, live on KMTV.
00:26I'm Cameron Tucker, here are your top stories on Thursday the 19th of June.
00:32School strife, Sheppie parents complain of potential two and a half hour school runs from September.
00:39I've already had to quit my job because of all the stress that this has caused.
00:44Changing tides, Margate RNLI reveal plans for new lifeboat station.
00:48It's really served us well, but it has come to the end of its life.
00:53In the spotlight, Kent Film Club's Chris Deesey will be here to talk about a brand new movie location tour at the historic Dockyard Chatham.
01:01Our top story today, dozens of children on the Isle of Sheppie still don't have a feasible secondary school place for the start of the new academic year.
01:14KMTV has spoken to families being offered options which would require a commute of up to two and a half hours one way by public transport.
01:22One parent has even quit work and is planning to homeschool if the situation doesn't change.
01:27Gabriel Morris has more.
01:30It's quite detrimental to our own mental health, his mental health because he feels like no one wants him, when actually he's a really lovely boy.
01:39Sam's child is thought to be one of the around 45 students on the Isle of Sheppie with a secondary school place their family aren't happy with for September.
01:49On school-offered day, Kent County Council allocated a place for her child at the Abbey School in Faversham, but Sam lives on the east side of the island.
01:59A journey that looks close on the map, but takes nearly an hour by car and more than two and a half hours on public transport.
02:08I, yep, I've already had to quit my job because of all the stress that this has caused.
02:15My husband and I both can't be working full time, plus fighting for his school place, plus obviously having to then maybe homeschool him in September if he's not been given a place in a school that we're able to get him to.
02:31And there are now calls for urgent action to secure places before the start of term.
02:36Give these secondary schools the best tools to be able to provide these numbers for these children.
02:42If it's an extra building, if it's some port-a-cabins in a school site, that needs to happen.
02:48And it shouldn't be as part of homeschooling, it should be part of the actual provision provided by the school so they are safeguarded and they're in a curriculum that is going to provide them with success for the future.
02:59The newly elected reform ward councillor says the authority is exploring extra capacity in city-born schools, but ruled out the use of temporary classrooms.
03:10Of course there are huge legal restraints and requirements on port-a-cabins and actually children deserve to have a standard education which is of a good level and respect.
03:19And so I think port-a-cabins aren't the answer.
03:23One of the big issues is the transport, particularly from the other side, the eastern side of Sheppey, to Faversham.
03:28That's two and a half hours on public transport.
03:30Is there something more King County Council can do to try and solve that issue?
03:34It's unacceptable what's gone on.
03:36It's nothing of their fault.
03:37You know, it's what's been going on here for the last few months and weeks and we will do everything in our power.
03:42However, if we have to support children going to Faversham, we will do everything we can to take that burden off family.
03:48KCC says the appeals process has been taking place for schools nationally and they say that will generate some movement and extra offers will be made.
03:58And they go on to say it's crucial that parents join the waiting lists of the individual schools.
04:04Finally, they state legally KCC cannot tell schools what admissions decisions they should make.
04:10Appeal decisions are now being processed and while some families are starting to get placements, many say they feel left in the dark and fear homeschooling may be the only option come September.
04:24Gabriel Morris for KNTV on the Isle of Sheppey.
04:28Now, an inquest has found that the death of a Tunbridge beauty therapist who passed away at Tunbridge Wells Hospital was preventable.
04:35Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has apologised after Lucy Siraki passed away when doctors failed to properly diagnose her in 2023, failings which the coroner said led to her death.
04:49The coroner added that had she received further scans and undergone surgery, she would have most likely survived.
04:54A spokesperson for the trust stated that they are very sorry that her care fell short of the high standards their teams work hard to provide and that they are fully committed to learning and improving their services.
05:06The family of a former Sturry sub postmistress has made a breakthrough discovery in their efforts to prove her innocence.
05:12Pat Owen was found guilty of theft 27 years ago despite denying any involvement in a £6,000 shortfall in the accounts of the Broad Oak Post Office.
05:21She passed away in 2003 and her family have now been reunited with a key witness.
05:26Computer expert Adrian Montague was due to give evidence in Mrs. Owen's defence but failed to turn up on the day.
05:33The family say Mr. Montague was dismissed by Mrs. Owen's barristers without any of their knowledge.
05:38The government announced back in December that it will be setting up a redress scheme for victims like Mrs. Owen of faulty capture software.
05:45An undercover police officer who left two people with serious injuries after crashing an unmarked vehicle into an oncoming car near Tenston has kept his job.
05:55The officer who cannot be named due to reporting restrictions enforced by Kent police to protect his identity was en route to a call on the 30th of November 2023 when his radio microphone cable dislodged an item from the central console which got caught in the pedals and caused him to veer out into the lane on the A28.
06:14He pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by careless driving at Bexley Magistrates Court last October.
06:25Margate's RNLI have been protecting people on the town's shores since 1860 but their base of operations is now almost 50 years old and they've revealed their plans for a much needed upgrade.
06:37But the proposals could be under threat if the charity fail to reach £3.5 million of donations for the new site which Finn McDermott has been reporting on.
06:46It's protected the people from the tides for nearly 50 years but now Margate's lifeboat station has been marked for an upgrade.
06:53The RNLI site will have modern crew training in changing facilities that the team say will let the station flow better transitioning from work in the office to the deployment of lifeboats.
07:04The current building will be demolished and rebuilt by September but the service will still run until then.
07:09We will maintain a 24 hour service 365 days a year so we have been kindly given some space by our neighbours at the yacht club so we can set up one of the temporary stations in there for the D-class lifeboat
07:25and then the Atlantic 85 will be in the car park of the turn centre who have kindly sort of lent us that bit of land to set up a temporary station there so we will maintain throughout the summer and the winter a full operational service.
07:40Now the Margate RNLI lifeboat station has served them for about 50 years but even their own members will tell you that it's getting old so they came up with this.
07:48The new site will have a sustainable infrastructure with solar panels and a ground source heat pump to minimise running costs but the charity are turning to the public to raise the £3.5 million they'll need for the development
08:00which is designed to match the evolved modern RNLI compared to the current building.
08:05The building itself is basically an at cost barn which at the time they called this the Margate Hilton because lifeboat stations were always typically very old but now it's really served us well but it has come to the end of its life.
08:27Even though the RNLI are changing their base they told us they still expect a huge number of people to come to Margate's coast and remain committed to protecting them.
08:35So we've got a few key safety messages that we'd like to promote in the RNLI, the first one is obviously come to a lifeguarded beach, we'll be here from 10 to 6, we're really welcoming and we want people to come and talk to us.
08:49Whilst you're down at a lifeguarded beach the most important thing to do is swim in between our red and yellow flags, if you do get into difficulty put your hand up and shout for help and the lifeguard will come and get to you but as you get to the beach come and chat to us.
09:02So with this summer bringing heat waves it's not the only change soon to come that locals and tourists might spot on Margate's seafront.
09:09Finn McDermid for KMTV in Margate.
09:12So Finn we heard some advice there at the end, we're coming into this heat wave, how should people be staying safe on our beaches?
09:32Well today's hit 31 degrees so people definitely need to be careful of that scorching sun, it's going to drop off a little towards the end of the week but as of right now we're definitely in the middle of a heat wave.
09:43So some tips that the NHS released is that you need to keep out of the heat if you can but if you do go outside and enjoy the warm weather stay in the shade especially between the hours of 11am and 3pm.
09:54Make sure to wear sunscreen, a hat and light clothes and avoid any exercise or activity that might make you hotter.
10:00It's also very key to cool yourself down so make sure you have access to cold food and drinks, avoid things like alcohol, caffeine and hot drinks that might heat you up and have a cool shower or put some cool water on your skin or clothes.
10:13We can actually hear from James Ring who we saw earlier all about some advice for people heading down to the beach during this weather.
10:20As you're all pretty aware it's really good to wear sun cream so please do bring your sun cream down, please be hydrated, factor 30 or 50 or above and I'll keep your skin safe and reapply for two hours.
10:34And yeah drink lots and lots of water and enjoy the sea, we want you to come and enjoy our beaches and come with respect and we will give you respect too.
10:42Perfect, is there anything that people can do to make your job easier as a lifeguard?
10:46There is indeed, if you're coming down to the beach please listen to us.
10:50We might sound like we're giving lots of advice over our PA systems but we are just trying to keep you all safe.
10:57And look out for our flags, we've got red and yellow flags, we've also got orange windsocks as well.
11:03So if the orange windsock is up, don't go in on your inflatables and don't go too far out.
11:08And yeah the most important thing to do is just come and talk to us.
11:12Words of advice there from the RNLI.
11:15Now it's time for a quick break but coming up on the show we find out more about the increase to the dark charge and the effect this is having on motorists and businesses in the town.
11:26And from football to cricket we get a round up of all the latest sports headlines from across the county.
11:31And we catch up with Chris DC of the Kent Film Club discussing all the latest film news here and abroad.
11:38All that and more to come after the break.
11:43We'll see you next time for a new break.
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16:34it's more he's affecting everyone's increasing if someone passing through their like whole big six
16:41days had to be six pounds every week if you're counting this one is monthly yearly how much is
16:47going up we've paid for it really over years and years and years i feel it's disgusting many feel
16:54the town is already struggling and the increase will just make things worse it's not just the
16:59locals that will also be affected by this charge many small businesses who operate stalls at the
17:05dartford market will also see the effects of the increase some of the small businesses have raised
17:11concerns about what this new charge might mean for foot traffic it could affect us all it could
17:17affect our customers that we have come coming continuously it may stop them coming and it may
17:23stop new people wanting to come because of the charge there's lots of reasons that it could
17:27affect business and our clientele whereas some others believe it may not affect their business
17:33that much you add you know the end of the month you know two pounds like uh we come on saturday and
17:41thursday then it's over 10 pounds it doesn't affect so much but what we can do until september
17:50the effect of the increase is only speculation however many locals and small businesses have been
17:56left concerned eterley reynolds for kmtv in dartford and now with a look at the top sports stories from
18:06today here's tim foster
18:16kent's senior rugby side are headed to twickenham this saturday aiming for their third consecutive
18:21bill beaumont county championship title the face-off against yorkshire is a direct
18:26repeat of last year's final which saw the kent team narrowly taking the victory despite the success
18:31tom stradwick head coach and second row for the team expects the saturday match against yorkshire
18:36to be a tough test for stradwick the saturday match will also mark his final appearance in a
18:42kent jersey having competed for the team 35 times now onto football as gillian midfielder ethan
18:49coleman prepares to return to the pitch following a season hampered by injuries coleman picked up an
18:54injury prior to the beginning of last year which saw him miss the summer's training this was followed
18:59by a more long-term injury which almost ended his season early coleman highlighted the importance of
19:04recovery claiming it gives you that mental boost over the summer to really work hard and finally
19:10sitting born's new double signing includes the return of a familiar face former brickies striker
19:15cheney bergen returns to woodstock park following stints at woodford town and potter's bar bergen
19:22initially joined the team back in january 2023 joining him at the team is midfielder rodel gordon
19:28having played under maxwell at braintree previously gordon is part of maxwell's summer rebuild
19:33as the team prepare to begin pre-season training this saturday
19:36let's take a quick look at the weather
19:48tonight's looking warm with temperatures around the high teens wind speeds of six and eight miles per
20:00hour tomorrow morning temperatures rising to the low 20s as are greeted by the sunshine and wind speeds
20:04heading east into the afternoon wind speeds picking up a bit with temperatures reaching nearly 30
20:09degrees 24 by the coast 28 up in dartford and maidstone now for your outlook a day to watch out
20:16for your pets and loved ones on saturday with a thermometer set to rise to 31 degrees sunday dropping to
20:2226 monday brings partly cloudy weather highs on 23 as ever on a thursday the kent film club's chris dc is
20:34here to unpack the biggest headlines from the world of cinema chris um let's start with a story very close
20:40to us here geographically at least uh historic dr chatham have announced a new location film location
20:47tours this summer we know it's a very popular site for filmmakers but give us a roster of some of those
20:53films and television series that have passed through just a stone's throw away from us oh
20:57it's incredible i mean call the midwife being one obvious example but of course the mission impossible
21:01films and i suppose i would use the excuse that the reason i watch it so many times is that i can spot
21:06the location and i know that there's something exciting coming up we'll probably come to in just a
21:10moment where i might have that opportunity excellent well definitely and uh oh you've left us on real
21:15tenterhooks there um why is there such a fascination with going on behind the scenes um tours we know
21:21you know you've got the harry potter um set visits um and there's a real tourism bump not just in the
21:28uk but abroad to go to filming locations what is it about going behind the scenes at some of these sites
21:32that really appeals people when i heard a few years ago i think it's something that we've talked about
21:36that you can go for example to you know back to the future or star wars all these classic films and
21:41actually go to the locations and imagine that you're actually on the set so like a film that
21:46might be set in the 1950s you can have a 1950s haircut you know so in a way it's actually taking
21:51a bit of the film like an artifact from the film home with you i mean back in the 90s i'd be buying
21:56vhs tapes of all my favorite films but the thought of actually being able to spend time on the actual
22:01set i think in an age of cgi that sometimes we're watching a film and you know that maybe it's not really
22:06done on location that maybe it's all done in a computer screen but the thought of actually going
22:11to an actual location it harks back to the days think of the 1960s cleopatra with the lawrence of
22:16arabia when you know that these were done on location and it gives it a sense of verisimilitude
22:21a sense that you are part of that film do you think there's um you know you're talking about
22:27mission impossible and tom cruise and he obviously famously came and filmed uh at the historic dark
22:32yard chat do you think there's something that really enhances it for an actor for a director
22:37for a writer to have that real tangible set to play with i think it makes such a big difference
22:43because when you're watching a film i mean you think of the james bond films as well as mission
22:46impossible it's that sense that you know that they're set on location and you want to imagine
22:51that they actually went to the trouble you know we're paying our money to go and see these films
22:55you know we want these film actors and all the crew to be put through their paces i mean we do live
23:00location screening you know for generation y etc you know we want those films to be on location
23:04it gives it a sense of gravitas a sense that this is real that they've gone to that kind of effort
23:09and and i think the thought that on our doorstep these films were made tom cruise coming in by
23:14helicopter landing just how else would he arrive um you know this like we're saying there's other
23:21similar tours um that that people can go on the first of its kind here um at the historic dockyard
23:26chatham um have you been on any tours any behind the scenes tours yourself no and i really want
23:32to i mean i i suppose there's a part of me that always enjoys watching those features of you know
23:36dvds you know the making of but you know i think i really would do so especially as we're talking about
23:42all these films week on week out and actually you know put my money where my mouth is as it were
23:46actually see those locations for real and heading over to the east of the county now um
23:51whitstable carnival parade have announced um the theme of this year's festivities is the actor
23:58peter cushing um to perhaps some of our younger viewers give us a bit of background as to uh as
24:03to this actor well peter cushing who lived in whitstable i mean actually he spent his remaining
24:07years in the canterbury whitstable area he used to go cycling every day and and he's somebody who
24:12there's a plaque at the home in in whitstable has got this famous pub in named after him uh he grew up
24:18in surrey um he was around you know before the second world war spent a lot of time actually
24:22in the 1950s um out of work or struggling as an actor did a lot of radio work um he played sherlock
24:27holmes in film also doctor who in the 1960s there were two i think bernard crippens was in there with
24:33him as well and so and he was a good friend of christopher lee and we know him for those horror films
24:37but star wars was it grandmaster um so when he was brought in apparently there were rumors that he was
24:43going to play the role that went to well you know um the the other big um enemy role in that film
24:50darth vader and and that would have gone and it could have gone to him so he was somebody who seeps
24:56hollywood history he wrote two autobiographies in the late 1980s and he lost his wife and that was his
25:02way of there was a feeling that he was a recluse and john mills was worried for him and there's a
25:07beautiful picture actually of christopher lee i think it was actually on the doorstep of peter cushing's home
25:13just before he died in august of 1994 so seeped in hollywood history and just you know miles away
25:19from where we're sitting this evening and it's a really lovely location where uh you know people
25:23can go visit that blue plaque that you spoke about um are there other notable actors directors writers
25:28that have have called kent home in in the past well one thing i was surprised at i was just i was
25:33watching a film actually it was mamma mia 2 which i saw an outdoor screening of yesterday ann dudley who
25:38did the score won an oscar for the full monte she is from kent so there's all these people and of
25:43course um even naomi watts who we think of as australian she spent a lot of time in wales
25:47but she was born not far from seven oaks so and brenda blethyn uh from ramsgate for example so
25:53various people who we've often seen at the academy awards nominated for oscars who uh who can call
25:59kent their home and of course you mentioned bond earlier on ian fleming um called uh i believe it's
26:05in dover where he just outside they lived at one point not uh near canterbury as well in the
26:10beaksbourne area amazing so it's a real a real high for uh activity um and speaking of activity
26:15yeah you're going to be joining us a little bit later on about um possibly some really exciting
26:19activity in the box office uh coming up with some new releases and of course uh look ahead to your uh
26:25kent film club show tonight uh but now it's time for a quick break uh we will have a recap of all of
26:32our top stories from across the county we'll find out more about a group of parents in sitting
26:37born who are struggling with the distance they're having to travel to send their kids to school
26:41and we'll hear from tunbridge wells mp mike martin about how he wants to further advance his plans
26:47on tackling sexual harassment all that after the break
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34:31They caught up with him earlier on.
34:33Obviously, you've been tabling an amendment around sex-based harassment
34:36to the police and crime bill, something which was shot down by the
34:37government yesterday.
34:39Talk us through what happened, what this amendment was trying to do, why
34:43there was so much backlash.
34:44Thanks, Oliver.
34:45I mean, it's really simple.
34:47Actually what the amendment that I laid down that had cross party support,
34:50everyone from Nigel Farage to Carla Denya, and everyone in between
34:54brought to this so right across the political spectrum it very simply just criminalized the
34:59harassment of women and girls in public so obscene comments gestures I mean it's actually you think
35:06that that would actually be illegal but it's a gap in our law and all the amendment did was brought
35:11into effect a law that's already been passed onto the statute books in 2023 by my predecessor in
35:17fact Greg Clark in Tunbridge Wells and the government needs to what's called give effect
35:23to that legislation that 2023 legislation and they failed to do so and I've been pressing them
35:28over the last nine or ten months and I've just been fobbed off and so we laid this amendment and
35:34then the government voted it down which is very very disappointing because you've been working on
35:40this for quite a while we actually had you on the capability show talking about this not long ago
35:44and you've talked to the government minister numerous times about this why is the government
35:51dragging its heels so much on what seems like pretty common sense legislation it's really common
35:59sense I think that reflects the sort of cross-party support that it had including loads of people in
36:04the Labour Party and a number of Labour MPs actually abstained and didn't vote against it yesterday
36:10what the government says is that they have a plan a strategy to deal with violence against women
36:18and girls your viewers might remember that it's part of the Labour Party's manifesto is to halve
36:24violence against women and girls so harassment is part of that obviously but they say the strategy is
36:29coming don't worry we'll let you know when we're going to commence these provisions then
36:35and so it's a bit of a brush off and our argument is well this is already on the statute books
36:40and so actually we can just give it effect now and get the ball rolling we don't need to wait
36:45for the whole strategy to come out and I think there is a broader question as well Oliver which is
36:50why does it take 12 months to write and produce a strategy on violence against women and girls
36:56you know in this first year the government's done it's changed the planning laws it's had a strategic
37:02defence review they've done a huge spending review all these big things yet on this really important
37:08thing which affects half of our population there's nothing there's no strategy there's no documents and it has
37:14been pretty slow to be honest I'm curious to think from your perspective why that might be because
37:20yes Philip she's been an advocate on these issues for a long time she supported the private members bill
37:26when in opposition she's respected across the house for her stance on these issues so is it really a
37:36problem with government or are there external factors that are causing this legislation to be dragged out
37:42to not be implemented in a timely manner it's it's very hard to say government can be quite opaque
37:50sometimes and if I think about the letters and the conversations I've had from government on this
37:54issue and from Jess Phillips in fact um they use phrase like in due course and at the earliest
38:02available opportunity which is sort of quite opaque um I think that you know what it looks like to me
38:08is there's a question of priorities um the government is doing some things and not other things there's
38:14only a certain amount of bandwidth I would argue that violence against women and girls which which
38:19I think is endemic you know if I look at my casework inbox I think any constituency MP would look at
38:25their inbox and realize that there are real issues that need to be tackled I think that it's endemic and I think
38:32that actually it's something that is difficult because it's about culture change in that it takes
38:38a long period of time but actually you can set out what your plan is quite early and obviously the earlier
38:43you set it out the sooner you can get on with trying to change the culture of men in how they treat
38:50women and girls but I think that the government's bandwidth is taken up with lots of other things
38:55and this seems to have been put on the back burner so part of the thing with the amendment yesterday was
39:00about putting it back up the agenda and forcing the government to to reprioritize it
39:05obviously it had support from some Labour MPs such as Kevin McKenna here in Kent Stella Creasy a big
39:13advocate as well and while we did see some abstentions there was no full-on rebellion yesterday are you
39:21disappointed in your Labour colleagues across the floor in Parliament for not going against the government
39:27on this or do you kind of understand that they were bound by the government whip here
39:31I think all MPs have to you know make their own decisions and have to answer for them and it's you
39:40know not really for me to comment on their voting decisions I think what we're going to do now though
39:45is take this to the House of Lords and I've already started conversations with colleagues in the Lords because
39:51as this bill passes through the Lords we're going to seek to re-amend it and the government doesn't
39:57have a majority in the House of Lords so we have a much greater chance of successfully laying that
40:03amendment and and criminalizing the harassment of women and girls in public and Ollie joins me now with
40:08uh an ongoing story that's affecting Medway um Ollie give us a lowdown so from Westminster to Medway
40:14we're talking about housing because next week Medway council votes on a local plan this is quite a
40:21significant step for a council to take it determines how housing we built what the logic behind it is for the
40:28next foreseeable future and we've got the documents out today let's break down some of it look here at the
40:36date I think everyone in Medway knows it lots of residential housing around the Finsbury Peninsula
40:43that's what this area is and it's not just here it's going to be more housing off the back of Strood
40:49around Lordswood just south of Chatham as well as up in the Hoo Peninsula you see here on screen right now
41:00just how significant it is look at all of that that's former farmland that's quite
41:06good agricultural areas that's going to look at concern for some of the local councillors in that
41:12area they don't think it really meets the needs of their community but Medway council they say they
41:17have to put a local plan together this is the best way of doing it best way of meeting housing demand
41:24which is really high in this part of Kent so we all eyes next week to see the fireworks at Medway
41:30council world for this Oli leader there now it's time for our final quick break of the show we speak
41:37with Tim about more of the latest sports headlines in Kent and Chris DC will be back with more film
41:43and chat all that and more after this short break
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45:11welcome back to Kent tonight now a look at the sport uh Tim Forster joins me now Tim um we heard
45:18about football and rugby earlier on um we're going to see those again but over to the cricket
45:23a bit about uh yesterday's results yes so yesterday evening the uh the 18th of june saw
45:28the Kent Spitfires take on Gloucestershire reigning champions from last year the 220 uh south group
45:35Looking to hold on to their title going into this year
45:38The game itself. I mean it began with
45:41Captain of the Spitfire Sam Billings. He won the toss he back was up to bat first
45:45But ultimately, you know the the Gloucester team they could they just couldn't do any wrong during the match
45:51The Spitfires did try their best to kind of fight back especially after a small break that was reduced
45:57It's a low lights, you know with the summer at the moment you've been expected to be a problem
46:00But ultimately Gloucester collected their their win
46:05beating the Spitfires by seven runs and what's been the reaction from and from the coach and the players well
46:11Coach Holly H said that it was it was a disappointed
46:15He said it's I believe it's all you mentioned. It was there. They're worth performance so far this that you know this this group but
46:22The the captain Billings said that he insisted to carry on taking games despite the run of low scores
46:29He's had recently. He calls it a volatile sport with high risks and a real contrast for and Spitfires from victory over
46:37Our beloved Somerset for you for you and I recently yes as a fellow man of the West Country
46:42I'm sure we have mixed feelings on that was on that was the 15th of June
46:47Ending Somerset's six-win streak can't sort of sort of victory. This is really a sort of
46:52I really kind of a lesson in not getting too high levels as it were absolutely at Tim
46:59Thank you very much for coming in with that now. It's time to take a quick look at the weather
47:06Oh, I do apologize. We had a few if you didn't call it should out do that slightly wrong
47:10We're gonna have a look instead at some more of the sports stories with Tim
47:22Kent's senior rugby side are headed to Twickenham this Saturday aiming for their third consecutive Bill Beaumont County Championship title
47:31The face-off against Yorkshire is a direct repeat of last year's final which saw the Kent team narrowly taking the victory
47:38Despite the success Tom Stradwick head coach and second row for the team
47:42Expects the Saturday match against Yorkshire to be a tough test for Stradwick the Saturday match will also mark his final appearance in a Kent jersey
47:50Having competed for the team
47:5235 times
47:54Now onto football as Gillian midfielder Ethan Coleman prepares to return to the pitch following a season hampered by injuries
48:00Coleman picked up an injury prior to the beginning of last year which saw him miss the summer's training
48:05This was followed by a more long-term injury which almost ended his season early
48:10Coleman highlighted the importance of recovery claiming it gives you that mental boost over the summer to really work hard
48:16And finally sitting Bourne's new double signing includes the return of a familiar face
48:21Former Brickies striker Cheney Bergen returns to Woodstock Park following stints at Woodford Town and Potter's Bar
48:28Bergen initially joined the team back in January 2023
48:32Joining him at the team is midfielder Rodell Gordon
48:35Having played under Maxwell at Braintree previously
48:38Gordon is part of Maxwell's summer rebuild as the team prepare to begin pre-season training this Saturday
48:44Time to take a quick look at the weather forecast
48:56Tonight's looking warm with temperatures around the high teens wind speeds of six and eight miles per hour
49:06Tomorrow morning temperatures rising to the low 20s as we're greeted by the sunshine and wind speeds heading east
49:12Into the afternoon wind speeds picking up a bit with temperatures reaching nearly 30 degrees 24 by the coast
49:1828 up in Dartford and Maidstone
49:20Now to look at the weekend very high temperatures of 31 expected on Saturday a day to watch out for your pets and loved ones in the extreme heat
49:27Sunday dropping to 26 and down to 23 on Monday
49:30Finally let's welcome back host of the Kent Film Club Chris DC to go through some more of this week's cinema headlines
49:44As well as a look ahead to tonight's show
49:46So we were talking about horror icon Peter Cushing a little bit earlier on
49:52Now looking to more modern times and one of the big releases this week
49:56Today in fact
49:58Which is sure to scare cinema goers
50:00Absolutely now I saw 28 days later in 2002
50:04Rather incongruously in a double bill with the Santa Claus 2
50:08So zombie and Christmas
50:10No wonder I've turned out like I have
50:12But I have to say I mean at that point
50:14I remember watching it and thinking could anything like this ever happen?
50:16The desolation of a city
50:18And with Covid
50:20What was it? 208,000 people who died sadly in the UK in Covid
50:24It feels that a film like this is very prescient
50:28Because it shows that obviously not to the extreme that we saw with that
50:32And also was it 2007, 28 weeks later
50:36But you do have this sense of a film
50:38Of course we were talking about horror and Peter Cushing earlier
50:42But a film which feels horrific
50:44Because it could be what's happening outside us
50:46You know there's like Shaun of the Dead
50:48Very funny
50:50But that's a very funny film because we can think
50:52That is maybe how some people would react
50:54If the horror came to the city
50:56You know would life carry on as normal?
50:58Would you go to the newsagents to get your shops
51:00To get your ice cream?
51:02When all around you the zombies are coming for us
51:04But Danny Boyle really taps into that sense
51:06That this is something that feels very on the cusp
51:11Of something that could happen if a virus mutates
51:14As it did in real life five years ago
51:16And I've seen interviews where he's spoken about
51:20That there was a real resonance when the first film came out
51:22It came out in 2002
51:24Not you know all that long after 9-11
51:28And that really showed the vulnerability of cities
51:32As did the film and we saw those
51:34You know the real iconic image of Cillian Murphy
51:38Walking through the empty streets of London
51:41So a lot to tap into with this film
51:44For the filmmakers as well since then
51:47With Covid and what's happened from the pandemic
51:49But sometimes you feel that sequels are not justified
51:52Obviously they may be commercially justified
51:54But here it feels that
51:56You know how it was at the time of the outbreak of Covid
52:00We were watching things like Outbreak all over again
52:02There were lots of films
52:03Contagion
52:04Contagion
52:05Which felt like it was almost like the blueprint
52:07For what happened in 2000
52:08Almost in watching those films
52:10We had a sense of how bad things could get
52:12But also hopefully
52:13Because a lot of those disaster films are quite hopeful
52:15You know Waterworld
52:16You know we're given a glimpse of the destruction
52:19But then humankind manages to show the wherewithal
52:22The resources to take us back from the brink
52:25So obviously it's only come out today
52:27I will be watching it in the coming days
52:29But whether there's anything hopeful for humanity
52:32You know because a lot of these post-apocalyptic films
52:35Often show that there are those marginalised groups
52:39Who end up taking on the role of saving civilisation
52:43So we'll see whether this film is part of that body of films
52:46And that's definitely something that the filmmakers are quite renowned for
52:50Danny Boyle, director, Alex Garland, the writer
52:53And a lot has been made
52:55You know we talk about them as visionaries
52:57And a lot has been made about the filmmaking of 28 years later
53:01A lot of it's shot on iPhones
53:03I've certainly never been able to film
53:05We're seeing some shots there
53:06I've certainly never been able to film in that good quality
53:08Why do you think that decision was made?
53:12And why these kind of decisions are made?
53:13Do you think they're gimmicky?
53:15Do you think they help enhance the storytelling in some way?
53:18What's your kind of take on that?
53:19There are some communities even in Africa for example
53:22Where they've made like biblical epics on their own phones
53:25Because it's like we don't have the big Hollywood productions
53:28But we can do things in our own way
53:30Indigenous groups might sort of say
53:32Okay we will use the technology to best encapsulate what our culture believes in
53:37And I think here that with a film like this
53:39It's always Danny Boyle
53:40I mean think of his role in the Oscars
53:41And not in the Oscars
53:42In the Olympics
53:43Think how he made Slumdog Millionaire
53:45And won an Oscar of course
53:46Best director, best picture
53:47So he's actually doing something with technology
53:50That in a way could be seen as retrograde
53:52But in the post-apocalyptic landscape
53:54Well the phone would realistically
53:56You're not going to have the big studios
53:57You're not going to be filming at Chatham Dockyard
53:59So in a way it shows that this is the sort of filmmaking
54:02That we could imagine happening
54:03With the resources available to us
54:05Which didn't exist
54:06We didn't have smartphones in 2002
54:08And just finally on this as well
54:10We've seen with horror in recent years
54:13There's been a real believability
54:15In terms of that
54:16You know
54:17We're just a zombie franchise
54:18I've seen 28 years later
54:19We saw The Last of Us
54:20There's real gritty realism about it
54:23How do you think
54:25And we talked about Peter Cushing earlier on
54:27How have you seen that evolution
54:28And why that evolution has changed in horror?
54:30Well there was a time when horror would
54:32You know all be about fantasy
54:34You know until things like Rosemary's Baby came along
54:36When you started to think
54:37It was almost believable that the horror was from within
54:40A film that doesn't actually show us what it presents
54:43Like Where's It For Our Dogs?
54:44You know the famous scene with an ear
54:46But we don't actually see it
54:47But we can imagine it
54:48And that's what makes it horrific
54:49And I think that that's
54:50You know that sort of psychological horror
54:52Is I think what makes cinema so spectacular
54:56But it's often that we're sitting there in the audience
54:58And feel that we are gripped
54:59Or as you mentioned the word you know
55:01Contagion and the film contagion earlier
55:02But it's that sense that there's something seeping out
55:04From the cinema into our lives
55:06And that's why we go back night after night
55:08Phil we've had a Kent Film Club episode
55:10This night all on its own
55:12But let's have a look to tonight's edition
55:14Who have you got on the show
55:15And what are some of the things you're talking about?
55:17Well we have Peter Taylor Gooby
55:19Who's from the University of Kent
55:20A professor of social policy
55:22Now he's done a lot of work with food banks
55:24Also Ken Loach
55:25That name may come up more than once tonight
55:28Also Run Lola Run
55:30And when I saw that that was one of Peter's choices
55:32I thought really?
55:33But you'll see why it fits perfectly
55:35Well that's I don't want to reveal too much about the films themselves
55:39But perhaps give us an idea of why some of you know
55:42Some of the kind of the more emotional beats of tonight's show
55:46And what really works in a way
55:48It's the the opposite of what we've just been talking about
55:50Because here it's communities you know
55:53Facing the sort of you know even in relation to Covid
55:56You know actually dealing with what happens when you don't know
55:58Where the next food is coming from
55:59Ken Loach is a filmmaker who deals with gritty working class life
56:02Often very naturalistic performances
56:05They're not always actors who have been to RADA
56:08You know they're often making their film debut in one of his productions
56:12And gritty working class life
56:14And these films are very moving
56:16And have often shaped social policy
56:18As with Cathy Come Home and Homelessness in the 1960s
56:21All that to look forward to
56:22Chris thank you as ever for coming in
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