- 8 months ago
Catch up on all the latest news from across the county with Gabriel Morris.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Hello and welcome to Ken Tonight, live here on Kame TV.
00:28I'm Gabriel Morris and here are your top stories on Friday the 30th of May.
00:34A remarkable return. World War I memorial plaques have been found and taken back to where they were stolen a week ago.
00:42Industry panic. Disposable vape band sparks fears of smoking surge in the southeast.
00:49And morning show milestone. As the morning show takes a summer break, we take a look through a compilation of the 75 episodes.
00:58Now, two World War I memorial plaques stolen from the gates of a church in Chatham have now been recovered.
01:05Thieves took them over the weekend, prompting fears that a piece of local history had been lost to a senseless crime.
01:11But an anonymous tip-off from an Essex scrapyard helped lead officers to one and have since now located the second.
01:19Seven people have been arrested in connection with the theft, as Kristen Hawthorne reports.
01:23Anger, shock and sadness has now turned into hope as the Christchurch Luton in Chatham has been reunited with their World War I memorial plaques after they were stolen just a few days ago.
01:34Police confirm that seven people have been arrested and two remain in custody following the anonymous tip-off from an Essex scrapyard.
01:41A bit cynically, I thought they would probably be melted down very quickly to destroy evidence, but obviously not.
01:48And I think that's partly due to the fact that they are so big and so heavy that they just couldn't be processed in time.
01:55So thanks to a scrap dealer with integrity who recognised it and called the police.
02:03So we're very grateful. I'm not worried about the church at all.
02:07This memorial plaque, which was returned yesterday back to the church, weighs around 93 kilos.
02:13For context, I can't even lift it off the wall.
02:16The plaques show 163 names, primarily dedicated to Medway soldiers.
02:22Before the arrests, some of the community were left distraught, as some have family members immoralised on the plaque.
02:28I've been researching it now for a number of years, maybe six or seven years now in my spare time.
02:34Unfortunately, I don't get all to spend on it.
02:37But it's been a bit of a passion of mine for a number of years.
02:41I'm a collector of military, especially medals, to the First World War era.
02:46I have several to local men in the area.
02:49So being that my family were from Luton, you know, my mother, father, the grandparents, it's more than just important.
03:00They're priceless to the community.
03:01As the church waits for advice, more CCTV has been put in place and ideas like smart water or acrylic replacements are being discussed.
03:09If the War Memorials Trust say, don't put them back, then we won't, but we'll put some sort of replica up.
03:16And again, we've had people offering to do GoFundMe and things like that to raise money to make some alternatives.
03:24Violation has turned to victory.
03:27They're practising forgiveness, praying for justice and planning a celebration.
03:31Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV in Chatham.
03:33Now, 85 years ago this week, people from across Kent stepped up and became heroes.
03:41Historians often describe the evacuation of Dunkirk during World War II as a miracle.
03:46And I've been exploring the vital role Kent played during Operation Dynamo.
03:50This Sunday, Kent Online Premium subscribers can exclusively watch a special documentary that retraces the journey of the little ships.
03:58Here's a preview of what's to come.
04:00In May 1940, hundreds of little ships answered a call.
04:08They weren't warships.
04:10They were lifecrafts, fishing boats and private yachts.
04:14It keeps Britain in the war.
04:17It allows them to rescue an army from the jaws of catastrophe.
04:22And even though France, unfortunately, surrenders, Britain is able to keep its army, defend itself from invasion.
04:29Just imagine what it would have been like for the troops stuck here on the beach.
04:33Russians running low.
04:35Hunger ever increasing.
04:37The Nazis getting closer.
04:39Time was running out.
04:41When I hear that, it makes me realise and understand why my dad was so thankful for his life.
04:50And why he was the wonderful person that he was.
04:54So just imagine what they would have felt when on the horizon they saw hundreds of little ships coming to save them.
05:03When I came on, he said, I decided that's where I was going to sit and then the stupers won't get me.
05:09And then he said, I'd like to go down and see the engines.
05:12So I took him down below, showed him the engines and he said, that's what saved my life.
05:17And he was near to tears.
05:2085 years on, some of those original ships have recreated that journey.
05:25They're all now the remaining veterans of the Dunkirk return, of Operation Dynamo.
05:32Most of them are between 97 and 102 years of age.
05:36So we can still celebrate and commemorate what occurred.
05:39I've travelled to Dunkirk myself to retrace that historic sailing.
05:44Just got across the shipping lanes.
05:47And it's a challenge to try and avoid them, make sure we're not in their wake
05:50and going at different angles to be sure we're crossing it in the correct way.
05:57One of our boats broke down in French waters.
06:00While I'm doing that, could you do a pan-pan?
06:02If you've got a couple of decent roads, we'll come and get you, Nick.
06:06For Dunkirk, spirit came alive again.
06:11And back in Kent, I've been finding out just how far that civilian effort went.
06:16So the people of the town, especially the women,
06:19would get all the bread they've got, all the butter they've got,
06:22anything they could put into it to make sandwich fillings.
06:24They came down to the harbour and they were feeding these soldiers,
06:28eating them the tea.
06:2985 years on, their spirit sails again.
06:36Now, want to watch the full 30-minute documentary on Sunday?
06:42Well, subscribe today on the Kent Online website.
06:46Here's how to do it.
06:47Well, on the website, you'll find the latest pricing
06:49and everything you need to get started.
06:52And as a subscriber, you'll unlock access to premium stories,
06:55unlimited Kent Online articles,
06:57digital editions of the Cayenne Group newspapers,
06:59and enjoy ad-like browsing on the Kent Online premium site.
07:03Now, the search is continuing for a girl who has reportedly fallen into the River Thames.
07:10Police, RNLI and ambulance services were called to Gravesend at around 1.45 today
07:16after reports that two people were in the water.
07:20Updates say that a boy has been safely rescued and has been taken to hospital.
07:24However, the girl has not been found.
07:26The area has been cordoned off by police as the search continues,
07:30with witnesses saying there had been around four police and RNLI boats out in the water.
07:36It has also been confirmed that the Gravesend lifeboat has currently remained at the scene.
07:43Now, from vaping bans to cannabis debate,
07:46reigniting there's plenty to unpack this week in health.
07:48Could outlawing vapes drive smokers back to cigarettes?
07:53And how many people are living with alcohol-related brain damage without knowing it?
07:57Well, Abbey and Barthonyme spoke to Dr Julian Spinks earlier on the morning show
08:02to discuss the latest health headlines.
08:04Good morning, Julian.
08:12Thank you very much for joining us.
08:14OK, we'll start with the vape ban that we were just speaking about before the break as well.
08:18In your opinion, as a GP, will it work?
08:21I think it will.
08:22What are we targeting?
08:24Obviously, the environmental bits of it, because it's only the disposable vapes,
08:27but also, really, we're trying to move children from taking this up.
08:31And the disposable vapes, because their price for each individual one was relatively low,
08:36was one of the things that was attracting children and young teenagers.
08:40For older adults, I'm not convinced they're going to go back to smoking.
08:4420 cigarettes, £16.50 around the cost,
08:47you can actually get a reusable vape kit for less than that.
08:51So, you know, it's not like they're going to invest in an enormous amount of money.
08:55So, I think, you know, go for the environment,
08:57go for preventing children and teenagers taking up vaping
09:00when they've never smoked.
09:01I want to move on now to alcohol brain damage.
09:04So, thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage
09:06could be going undiagnosed.
09:08This is from a new study which has found
09:10consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more
09:14can cause ARBD,
09:16which affects a person's ability to carry out their basic tasks.
09:20What do we know about this?
09:22Well, we know that alcohol,
09:23if you drink enough of it for long enough,
09:25it will start to affect the way your brain functions.
09:27People get more difficulty with memory,
09:30with concentration and so on.
09:32We don't want that to happen.
09:33What's shocking about this is 35 units,
09:35although it's more than double the recommended weekly amount,
09:38is not that uncommon for people to drink.
09:41And five years of that,
09:42and they're starting to detect this damage.
09:44So, it really reinforces the message
09:46to stay within those recommended alcohol limits
09:50because you won't notice it.
09:52This is the trouble.
09:53You won't notice this until things are too late.
09:56Once you've started to get the brain problems,
09:58it can't really be reversed.
10:00We have the sort of trifecta of our vices that people have,
10:05legalising cannabis.
10:07The discussion around that has been brought up again this week
10:09because Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London,
10:11has backed a call for the possession of small quantities
10:13to be decriminalised.
10:17Long-term effects when it comes to cannabis and smoking it.
10:20Obviously, it is illegal. It's a Class B drug.
10:22What do we know about that?
10:25Well, we know that there is a risk with cannabis
10:27of things like increased psychosis.
10:29That's psychiatric reactions and so on,
10:32especially amongst younger people,
10:34and they can end up being sexiered in hospital.
10:36Smoking cannabis is often mixed with tobacco,
10:38so it is not completely safe for lungs and so on,
10:42but I have to say probably a lower risk
10:44than pure tobacco by itself.
10:46And there is always that slight concern
10:49that it's a ticket of entry to Harvard drugs,
10:51and that's one of the arguments for legalising it,
10:55because it means that people are not going to be going to dealers
10:57who will offer them other things
10:59or will actually put other drugs into the cannabis,
11:04because they want you to be hooked
11:05and pay more money for those other drugs.
11:07Of course, the disposable vape ban
11:15coming into effect this Sunday.
11:18You can find more about that on our website,
11:21kntv.co.uk,
11:22alongside all our other reports there.
11:25Now, we're going to take a very quick break now,
11:28but don't go away,
11:29as we have a lot still to come.
11:30We'll be talking a little bit more
11:31about that Laura was just telling you about,
11:33about vapes and looking to the weather,
11:35what that's doing for the weekend.
11:37And also, it was our last morning show this morning
11:40for the time being,
11:41so we'll take a quick look back at the last few months
11:44to have a look at some of those highlights
11:46and wave goodbye just for now.
11:48But we'll be back in a few minutes
11:50with the rest of Kent tonight.
11:52We'll see you soon.
12:05We'll see you soon.
12:35We'll see you soon.
13:05We'll see you soon.
13:35We'll see you soon.
14:05We'll see you soon.
14:35We'll see you soon.
15:05Welcome back to Kent Tonight Live here on KMTV.
15:17Now, not only do one in five people in the South East say they'd go back to smoking if they couldn't vape,
15:24but more than 80% of those are stockpiling nicotine products.
15:28It comes ahead are the ban on disposable vapes coming into force on the 1st of June,
15:32with new research highlighting concerns for what comes next.
15:36An expert saying if many vapors are considering taking up smoking, the whole industry has had a reverse effect.
15:44Well, we've been out on the high streets asking Kent residents what they think.
15:49The ban, I think it's a bit of a ban, I think it's a bit harsh, it's good for the environment too, and especially with the young kids these days, you see girls and boys underage vaping, even when they go to school you see them vaping and it's not encouraging and it's really bad.
16:07And they don't understand what they're smoking and then they're becoming addicted to it and they don't know why they've got an addiction.
16:12See, these days the vapes are getting cheaper and cheaper and cheaper, you're thinking, why are they getting cheaper?
16:16And it promotes younger people as well from smoking, vapes, you know.
16:21As soon as you can get something in different colours, it becomes a fashion accessory, doesn't it?
16:25Because they're very colourful and they're attractive to a child.
16:28Like the bright colours, the fruity flavours.
16:30The vapes smell nice when they smell of strawberries, it smells better than cigarettes.
16:34We know so much more about tobacco and the dangers of it than we do about vapes because they're just so new still in society, so there's going to be risks in the future that we might not know about and might not pick up on.
16:45Even though cigarettes are bad, you know where you're going with a cigarette.
16:48With liquid, you don't know what you're sucking into your lungs.
16:51I think it's wrong just to stop. Why not let people make their own decision? I think that's what it's all about.
16:57So they're on the internet, oh, the social media told me to do this and they run and do it.
17:00Social media said vaping's good, so they go and do it.
17:03So that means you've lost all intellect of your own mind and free will, but you follow something on the screen that tells you to do it, so banning it is the best thing they could do.
17:13What else are they going to ban? Drinking water? I don't know. They're not able to do anything. It's ridiculous.
17:20Well, Abbey and Bar Fonimew were joined earlier on by Dr Marina Murphy on the Kent Morning Show to discuss the wider impact this vape ban could have.
17:28Even people who do vape don't seem to be as aware of this ban coming in as you would imagine that they should be.
17:35I'm also not surprised to hear some of the opinions because it does reflect what people see in the papers and you do see a lot of sensationalist headlines in the paper about vapes making claims that seem to lead some people to believe that vaping is worse than smoking because I guess smoking is something that they're more familiar with.
18:00What's happening now as a result of this ban? Are people going to be turning back to smoking? Are they going to be? I mean, we've heard about stockpiling. Are people just going to be turning to the reusable ones? What's next?
18:11Well, as you saw there, a lot of people aren't aware of this ban. And some of the consumers who do use vapes aren't aware of the ban or not aware of what the ban actually means. So, you know, when you hear the word ban, I think a lot of people seem to panic and this ban is only on disposable vapes.
18:31So, there are lots of other different kinds of vapes available. So, people who do use disposables can move to something else. But again, of course, they have to be aware of that.
18:44And, you know, we recently did a survey of our own consumers and something like 59% of them are still at this stage and not sure what they're going to do.
18:53And almost 27% actually aren't aware that there are alternatives. And when it comes to people, you know, going back to smoking, you know, when you hear that, you think, wow, that sounds really extreme.
19:05A lot of these people have used these products to give up smoking. So, you know, it seems impossible that they would even consider going back to smoking.
19:13But when you look at other places where different types of bans have been introduced, like in America, for example, in some of the states there, they haven't banned devices per se, but what they have done is banned flavoured e-liquid.
19:27And the effect of that has been, yes, of course, less people have been using flavoured e-liquid because it's illegal, but the number of cigarettes being smoked has gone up.
19:37So in one particular study, what they found was that for every pod of flavoured e-liquid that wasn't sold, an additional 12 cigarettes were being sold, which suggests that people are going back to smoking or smoking more.
19:50Yeah, it's interesting. And there is, as you say, a lot of confusion about what exactly is going to be banned as well and what people won't be able to reach for in the shops.
19:59And it will leave some people wondering exactly why. Why are we getting rid of just disposable vapes if they're completely against vaping, completely against smoking?
20:08Why don't we get rid of the entire industry? And obviously people rely on it as a way of not smoking anymore.
20:14But some people, especially young people, are just turning to vaping without having ever smoked.
20:20Well, as you know, vapes are, you know, designed and used mainly as an alternative to smoking, and that's what they have been used for.
20:30And there has been a lot of public health community support for the use of vapes, and they are used in smoking cessation clinics.
20:36And they are provided or have been provided free as part of the Swap to Stop programme by the government to people who want to stop smoking.
20:43So it has been acknowledged that they are valuable in that regard, and that they are safer than cigarettes.
20:51And there are government studies that will say that.
20:54When it comes to this ban on disposables, it's not a health issue, it's an environment issue.
20:59And it was actually brought in under the Environment Act rather than any Tobacco and Vape Act, which is going through Parliament at the moment.
21:07Now it's time to take a quick look at the weather forecast for the coming days.
21:13It's looking rather warm tonight.
21:18Lows of 13 in Ashford, with wind speeds at around 4 miles per hour.
21:22Into tomorrow morning, clear sunny skies and temperatures around 19 degrees.
21:2620 in Canterbury, with few clouds expected in Dartford.
21:29And into the afternoon, highs of 25 degrees.
21:32It's looking like a scorching Saturday here in Kent, with clouds scattered across the sky.
21:36Now for your outlook, highs of 21 on Sunday, ending the weekend with more sunshine.
21:41Dropping to 20 with partially cloudy weather on Monday.
21:52And just before we go, today marked our 75th Kent morning show.
21:57And the final one for a while, I'm afraid.
22:00Well, from a range of guests to growing plants and even eating paper.
22:04Well, we've stuck with you for two hours in the morning every weekday to bring you the latest Kent news and entertain you while you have your breakfast.
22:13Well, to celebrate our milestone and to look back at all of our efforts, we've made our special highlights reel for you to watch, including funny moments, behind the scenes and exclusive interviews.
22:24Let's take a look now.
22:25Today marks our last morning show for a while, and despite the early wake-ups, we gave it our all for every show.
22:31So we thought we'd look back over the best moments, and what better place to start than the very beginning.
22:36Hello and welcome to the Kent morning show live on KMTV with Abby Hook and Cameron Tucker.
22:55It's Monday, the 10th of February.
22:57But to travel even further back in time, here are some of the behind the scenes from the creation of the morning show.
23:04Steve, smile.
23:05Cam, Izzy, wave.
23:12At the camera.
23:13Hosting a two-hour live show also means a lot of mistakes.
23:17So many that we even edited and aired a compilation, so here's some of that, along with more iconic moments.
23:22Today is awkward moments day.
23:25Yeah, that's right, we found another one.
23:27I've always said I'd love to be fluent in Spanish, but I don't know if it's too late now.
23:30Can't give us a Spanish word.
23:31No.
23:31Better than Ibiza.
23:33Right, okay, and maybe we can move there.
23:35Eight.
23:36Eighteen degrees.
23:39It's like a...
23:40Go on, five more.
23:43Eleven.
23:44Go on, you can get four more.
23:47A minute to a break.
23:49Okay.
23:50Let's hope this goes viral.
23:51Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is great, okay.
23:53I'm feeling better.
23:54I hope everyone is...
23:55Let's thank you very much for spreading the love.
23:56It is, in fact, Edible Book Day.
24:01So I've got an edible book delivered to us for you to try.
24:08I don't know if...
24:09I don't know if...
24:13I don't know if...
24:15No, it tastes like paper.
24:19What are you making me do?
24:20So it was just as bad as the edible soap?
24:22Um, yeah.
24:24You're watching The Morning Show on Tuesday, the 1st of April.
24:28Happy April Fool's Day, Bartholomew.
24:31I fully believed it.
24:33And he's eaten paper live on TV, everybody.
24:37The invictive, the illegal animal trade, ground and cold.
24:41If you can eat a book, you can eat this.
24:44It's not the same as anchovies, though, is it?
24:49Blimey, that one looks good.
24:50So good that the screen went blank.
24:51I mean...
24:52Almost took off a fan.
24:54I'm so excited.
24:55Maybe we should all try it.
24:57Every day before the show.
24:58That was kind of the...
25:04Right, before we go, let's take a look at the weather.
25:06Hi, I'm Kai, and I'm one of the gallery members for The Ken Morning Show.
25:10My main role is usually vision mixing, which involves this board right here.
25:14And I press the buttons, which control what you see on your screen at home.
25:18I also interviewed everyone else who was part of The Morning Show to see what their favourite moments were.
25:23I love the blooper reel of Abby and Bartholomew's most awkward moments.
25:27Absolute comedy gold, you know.
25:29I think my favourite moment from The Ken Morning Show would have been me trying to do...
25:34I'm going to use the word trying to do a live from a boat in the middle of the English Channel.
25:41Turning around to the screen and seeing Gabriel Morris, one of our reporters, trying not to fall off a boat...
25:47...was definitely one of the highlights for me.
25:50When Gabriel did some push-ups on live TV, producing that and getting different angles was fun as well.
25:56We've been able to bring real light and shade as well. Have a proper laugh as well. Be a bit silly. Show our personalities as well and who we are as presenters as a duo as well.
26:06I think what we learned is how adaptable we can be, which was really cool because maybe something will change last minute.
26:13We have to press a button or presenters would have to improvise or reporters have to come in last minute.
26:19To do something that was brand new, something that we couldn't build on before, it was a challenge.
26:23But it's been a lot of fun along the way.
26:25Thank you for watching the Kent Morning Show.
26:32What a lovely throwback that is.
26:34Well, there are going to be some time changes next week.
26:36As you first heard just there, no Kent Morning Show going forward.
26:39Kent tonight is going to the earlier time of 5.30. It's now going to be an hour long.
26:43But for me and the rest of the evening team, have a lovely weekend, whatever you're up to. Goodbye.
Be the first to comment