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00:00Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight Live on KMTV.
00:25I'm Isabelle Miller and here are your top stories on Wednesday the 13th of August.
00:31Three teenagers charged with murdering a man in Laysdown, Sheppie.
00:36Spirit Reborn.
00:38Folkestone Woman secures five series book deal after suffering a near-death experience.
00:44For a first-time author, to get a publishing deal, a hard copy publishing deal, is top
00:51one percent of writers, to do it with brain damage is probably the number one, I would
00:56have thought.
00:57Touring the tide, Kent sees the world's youngest science graduate.
01:02It's about technology, business and human behaviour all combined.
01:07So it just helps with the practical application of IT in the real world and business settings.
01:12First tonight, police have charged a 16-year-old girl and two boys aged 14 and 15 with the
01:27murder of a man in Laysdown, Sheppie.
01:29Officers were called to Warden Bay Road at around 7pm on Sunday after reports of an altercation.
01:36Paramedics declared 49-year-old Alexander Cashford dead at the scene.
01:40Gabriel Morris joins me in the studio to tell us more.
01:43So what can you tell us about the latest from the courts?
01:46Yeah, three teenagers have been at Medway's Magistrates Court today, a 16-year-old girl
01:52and two boys aged 14 and 15.
01:56Now, we can't name them for legal reasons because they're all under the age of 18, so
02:00they have protection in the court system here in England.
02:04But what we have learned from them at court today is that they were from London on holiday
02:10in Laysdown.
02:11This area where the 49-year-old was found by paramedics is a popular area.
02:17It was a beach.
02:18Tourism were in the height of the summer holidays at the moment.
02:21It was in the late evening, around 7, 8 o'clock, it was allegedly understood.
02:27So there would have been a lot of people around in that area at the time.
02:32And what can you tell us about the victim and the alleged attack?
02:35Yeah, so Kemp Police have also today named the man who was found dead as 49-year-old
02:43Alexandra Cashford.
02:44We don't know too much about him, but this is the picture of him on the screen now.
02:49He was found dead by paramedics.
02:53An air ambulance was said, but sadly was unable to help in that incident.
03:00The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Sunday at Warden Bay Road in Laysdown.
03:06And what we do know is it's allegedly understood that Mr Cashford was assaulted after a disturbance
03:11involving a small group of people.
03:14Teenagers were arrested shortly after that incident.
03:17It's understood according to Kemp Police.
03:19And as you just saw some pictures on the screen, just their forensic police were in the area
03:24on Sunday night and Monday morning, having a look at nearby roads for any further evidence.
03:29And Kemp Police do want to hear from anybody who might know anything.
03:33As we're saying, busy area, summer holidays.
03:36They believe it is likely somebody could have caught something on a mobile phone, on a camera,
03:40perhaps a shot per CCTV footage or you're driving in the area and have dash cam footage.
03:45They'd like you to send that to their major incident public portal.
03:47You can find that on your favourite search engine.
03:49Thank you, Gabriel.
03:50Now, after surviving two life-threatening health crises in just six months,
03:56a woman from Etching Hill has turned her recovery into a story of creativity and resilience.
04:02Nicola Hodges has secured a five-book series deal
04:06and is using her platform to inspire others living with disability and mental health challenges.
04:11Kristen Hawthorne has her story.
04:14I don't know if you've seen the photograph of her in her ICU bed
04:17with all the tubes and dials and machines attached to her.
04:21And you look at that picture and you say,
04:23is this somebody who's going to write a book?
04:26And you say, no, absolutely no way.
04:27That's not going to happen.
04:29But it did.
04:30And it can.
04:31And other people can do it.
04:33At 25, Nicola Hodges was hospitalised after a change in her epilepsy medication.
04:37This caused life-threatening complications and left her in a coma with just a 20% chance of survival.
04:44Just six months later, a seizure led to a fall that caused multiple brain hemorrhages
04:49and permanent brain damage.
04:51But the now 38-year-old has recently secured a five-series book deal.
04:55She told me about how this near-death experience ignited her journey.
04:58I remember feeling very warm.
05:01I remember feeling very calm.
05:03And I remember just feeling everything's okay.
05:06Just relax, chill kind of thing.
05:09It was just a feeling rather than an experience.
05:14And it was that sort of feeling that made me sort of start to believe
05:21that there was more to life after death,
05:24which was where this sort of premise for spirit born was born.
05:28When writing the book, Nicola told me that she found it difficult to stare at a computer screen
05:32for a long period of time,
05:33as it would give her migraines, tremors and the fear of a seizure.
05:37Because of this, she wrote everything down in these books,
05:40which she then later typed up and edited herself.
05:43Due to the brain damage, she often forgot her words when writing.
05:46But instead of looking it up online or asking her family,
05:50she would challenge herself to remember.
05:52Of course, that little voice in my head said,
05:55no, you are setting the bar too high.
05:58You cannot do this.
05:59You are brain damaged.
06:00What makes you think in a million years that,
06:03you know, you don't have a degree,
06:06you're not qualified to do this,
06:08you don't have any experience?
06:10So I just tried my best to just put that voice in a little box
06:15and just tell it to shush,
06:17if you're not being helpful, just shush,
06:19and started writing.
06:22To go on the journey of picking herself up off the floor
06:28and saying, I'm going to do this,
06:31to actually get around to doing it,
06:33it's just massive, absolutely huge.
06:36And the whole family's just over the moon about it.
06:40So it's a paranormal thriller series.
06:44Five books in total.
06:45I've written three already.
06:47While she writes the next two books,
06:49she uses social media to help inspire others
06:52facing similar battles with disability and mental health
06:55by encouraging them not to give up on their dreams.
06:58Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV in Etching Hill.
07:01Now, from adding basic first aid to driving theory tests
07:06to seeing organ transplant demand reach an all-time high,
07:10this week's health headlines give us a lot to break down.
07:13And joining me now is Dr. Julian Spinks.
07:21Thank you for coming into the studio.
07:23OK, so let's start with the DVSA looking to add CPR
07:27and basic first aid questions to the driving theory test for cars.
07:31What do you make of that?
07:33Well, firstly, I actually think everybody should know
07:35how to do things like CPR,
07:37and it should be taught in schools from quite a young age.
07:39In Japan, they routinely teach,
07:41they have these mass classes where they learn how to do CPR
07:43because you genuinely can save a life.
07:46And everyone gets worried that they get something wrong.
07:49In reality, the worst that can happen
07:51is the person doesn't survive,
07:52and they wouldn't survive if you didn't try.
07:54So basic first aid, when you're driving,
07:57you're more likely to come across an accident,
08:00more likely to find someone collapsed
08:01because of the fact these days
08:02there are people driving around everywhere.
08:04So if you can get drivers to do that,
08:06then you can make a big difference
08:08because those very early minutes are utterly critical,
08:11whether it's doing CPR or operating a defibrillator.
08:14Both of those things genuinely save lives.
08:16And with a lot of accidents on the road,
08:18do you think this might increase survival rates
08:20if it was part of the test,
08:22and also what to do around keeping the person
08:24giving the CPR actually safe as well,
08:27making sure they're safe on the road?
08:29Well, the very first thing you're taught
08:30is to make sure you're going to be safe.
08:34Again, you get told,
08:35well, if you actually get killed,
08:36then the other person's going to die anyway.
08:38So you step back,
08:39you look and make sure it's safe.
08:41You call for help as well.
08:42You call for an ambulance,
08:43and then you go in.
08:45Or ideally, someone can start,
08:47somebody else makes that call.
08:49But I think the main thing is have a go
08:52because it makes a big difference.
08:54And having the training just gives you that confidence.
08:57And so actually,
08:57it's one of the better ideas they've come up with,
08:59to be honest with you,
09:00and it might save more lives
09:01than some of the manoeuvres you have to learn.
09:04Yeah, quite.
09:05And I mean,
09:05maybe the defibrillator's on the roadside.
09:08Do you think that's something
09:08that we should explore as well?
09:10Well, there are increasingly ones out in cabinets.
09:13And the way it works is you go to the cabinet
09:15and you daft the ambulance
09:16and say, I'm at cabinet 45,
09:18and they will give you the number
09:19to actually get in and get that defibrillator.
09:22And these modern ones talk you through it.
09:24You don't have to really know how to operate it.
09:27All you've got to do is press the on button
09:28and it'll then tell you what to do.
09:30And what would you say to our viewers
09:32if they find themselves in that situation,
09:33having to give CPR?
09:35How can they go about doing that,
09:37especially on a roadside?
09:38Well, the first thing is that
09:39we're now recommending you just do chest compressions.
09:42So you haven't got to try and ventilate anybody
09:44and you haven't got to fancy things.
09:46You just find the middle of the chest,
09:47put the two hands together,
09:49keep your arms straight
09:49and push at about 100 to 120 beats a minute.
09:53You do need help
09:54because a couple of minutes of that
09:55is actually pretty physical
09:56and you need to swap over to somebody else.
09:58Yeah, and I guess I've got the song in my head,
10:00Staying Alive, as a song, you know.
10:02There's a whole series of them
10:03because that sort of beat
10:04is the sort of rate you want.
10:06And it is amazing what it can do
10:07because it could be up to nine minutes
10:09before the ambulance arrives.
10:10That's a very long time
10:11when you're resuscitating.
10:12And it's those critical first few minutes
10:15that make a big difference to people.
10:16Yeah, and taking it in turns as well
10:18if you aren't alone.
10:19So it's also World Organ Transplantation Day.
10:22So just reading some of my facts here,
10:25figures released last month
10:26by the NHS Blood and Transplant
10:27revealed that more than 8,000 patients,
10:29including nearly 300 children,
10:31were on the active transplant waiting list,
10:35compared with a 7% of a decrease in people
10:37who have donated their organs after death.
10:39So even with the opt-out system in place,
10:43why do you think figures are quite low?
10:46There's still some families
10:47who decline to have donation.
10:50And I think people should have a conversation.
10:52Don't just assume
10:53because of an opt-out system
10:54that everything will happen automatically.
10:57Chat with your relatives.
10:58Say you want this to happen.
10:59Because the answer is that actually
11:01you can transplant multiple organs.
11:03So you could be helping six, seven people
11:05from one person.
11:07And you're giving life after death.
11:09And when I used to talk to people
11:10and to relatives and explain
11:12that there was a possibility of transplanting
11:14from the deceased,
11:15then I used to emphasise the fact
11:18that it's bringing more life.
11:19Someone else is going to live.
11:20You can't bring that other person back,
11:22but you can stop somebody else from dying.
11:25And do you think maybe it's a conversation
11:26that'd be encouraged with GPs
11:28in their practices when they have appointments,
11:30maybe something to talk about
11:31and encourage people?
11:32Well, certainly we do
11:34when you've got somebody
11:35where we know that there's a big chance
11:38they're going to pass away.
11:39But it needs to start very early.
11:41And that's why that was set up
11:43when you have something
11:44like a driving licence.
11:45It automatically cuts you into that as well.
11:48Sorry Julian, that's all we have time for.
11:49But thank you very much.
17:43young to get a job, she's now working towards gaining a PhD as she eagerly sets out plans
17:49for her future.
17:50Right now I'm working on a thesis, it's about artificial intelligence solutions for
17:55caregivers with children on the spectrum, so I want to finish that and use that to get
18:00my PhD. I'm also considering a Masters in Advanced Programming.
18:06As Vera continues to challenge herself and dedicate her time to her studies, drawing
18:10inspiration from those around her, she's clearly a bright young woman with a future
18:15that looks even brighter. Kristin Hawthorne for KMTV in Hyde.
18:20So let's start off with this wonderful photo. So what are your plans now that you've graduated?
18:28What is for the future?
18:29I would love to pursue my PhD, preferably at Oxford. I'm currently doing a thesis on artificial
18:36intelligence solutions for caregivers with children on the spectrum. One of the projects
18:41is called Neural Lens. It's an AI-powered smart camera. It uses facial expression recognition
18:47and emotion AI to detect behavioral distress and sensory overload before it happens. It
18:53supports behavioral intervention planning and IEP development support.
18:59Yeah, and James, tell me a bit about what it's like raising such wonderful daughters with wonderful values.
19:03First of all, it's a blessing. I mean, it's like having gifts just given to you from Christmas,
19:10you know, from God, from the sky. And it's just, for me, it's like every day is just an adventure
19:17with them. Like just the things that they come up with, the things that they do, it's for me,
19:22it's like, wow, did they really just do that? Like when Vera started, you know, some of the very first
19:28things she did that really just blew me away was when she was about four, five years old,
19:33we were living in Spain at the time, and she had fluent, like 100% fluent Spanish conversations
19:40with the lady that was there helping us. And they're just like, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba,
19:45just back and forth. And I'm like sitting there like, what was she saying? And Vera would say,
19:50oh, she said this, this, this. And they just, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. Well, what'd she say now?
19:53And so, I mean, for me, that was a big, wow, I was like, there's something major coming.
19:58And then as she got older, like, it's like she's always getting awards for this, awards for that,
20:04Miss Manners, Miss, you remember them, so many different awards. Like every week she came home
20:11with like some sort of award. And then when she hit fifth grade, that's when, you know, we're really
20:16like just blown out of the water because, you know, she did a test where they're seeing if she's gonna go
20:21to sixth grade or not. And they, they test her in this, you know what? We think she can go to
20:26seventh grade instead. Oh, okay, cool. So she went to seventh grade. Then this is, it's okay if we
20:30just give her the test for eighth grade instead. Yeah. So she did it, passed it. This is, well,
20:36we're not going to send her to eighth. Let's let, let's just have her do one for ninth grade too.
20:39And it's like, okay. As she went, it just got to the point where they're like, you know what?
20:44She's ready to go to college. It's like, uh, I don't, I don't know about this. She's only in fifth grade
20:48going to sixth grade. I mean, this is a little scary, but yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, in terms
20:55of, you've mentioned AI and autism, why are those two things important to you? Um, we have something
21:03called emotion AI, so it can understand facial expressions, vocal tones, and it can catch things
21:10about autistic children that I think a lot of people would miss. Yeah. So maybe more people might then
21:17get diagnosed with autism and then they can, you know, get the tools they have to be themselves
21:21and grow up with all of the tools they need. Right. And I'm sorry, another, another reason
21:25why I believe she did is also because of your youngest, a younger sister, you know, she's
21:30diagnosed, she's diagnosed with high functioning autism, autism. So, you know, I think that's what
21:37sparked her interest because Vera helped her sisters out, supported them and was always there
21:43to support Debbie and a lot of things. So I think for her, that was another thing that sparked it for her.
21:47Yeah. And do you think what you will go on to work on will help your family, your sister
21:54and a lot more young people maybe? Yeah, that's a big goal. I think the solutions that I want
21:59to develop, I think Debbie can still use it. I think even though she got older, I think it
22:03will still benefit her a lot. Maybe something that more young people should be taught in school
22:08perhaps? Um, I think that people should find their passion and what they truly love. I think
22:16schools should help, help, um, makes learning more personalized and adaptive to each child's
22:24individual needs. I know with neurodiverse children, they usually have one specific thing
22:29that they just excel at. I think schools should support children and help them find that one
22:35thing and then streamline around it. I think that education shouldn't just be academic, I think it should be personalized.
22:41Yeah. And each person is unique, so learning should be unique as well. I think that's a great thing.
22:47Thank you so much both for coming onto the program and talking with me about that.
22:49Thank you for inviting us. Yeah. I wish you all the best.
22:53Thank you so much. Thank you.
22:54And don't forget you can keep up to date with all the latest stories across Kent by logging on to our
23:00website, kmtv.co.uk, including this one. What comes to mind when you think of Britain, the monarchy,
23:07football, maybe something else entirely? Well, the Bank of England want to know. They're asking for new
23:12submissions for redesigns of the British banknote. And they've come up with a few ideas. They say it could
23:17be a person of historical interest. It could be perhaps an iconic building or even part of nature.
23:22Whatever the case, I've taken to Rochester High Street to ask people what they'd like to see
23:26as the face of British money. And here's the fun part. Since this is the Banknote of the Future,
23:31we're going to be using AI to bring people's ideas to life. Let's have a look at what they thought.
23:36What would you like to see on the Banknote of the Future?
23:39Something iconic and representative of history like the Spitfire.
23:43Whereabouts would it be?
23:44Over Dover, the cliffs of Dover.
23:46I think the Short Brothers, because they're local to Kent, obviously from the Isle of Sheppee,
23:50and invented the first, or helped invent the first flight. So I think that's pretty astounding.
23:57Probably put the coats of arms of the counties around the UK.
24:02Brilliant. Any specific counties?
24:04Well, Kent, obviously, but all of them, if you could.
24:08I would say I quite like to see banknotes with different shapes of the counties on,
24:13because then they're individual. And then, you know, you go to different counties,
24:16you can collect a banknote from each one. So, like, I'm quite obsessed with the shape of the Kent.
24:21I was looking at it the other day. You know, it's quite funny how the lines are carved out
24:25in between different towns and whatnot, and one town can be literally divided.
24:30I think that's quite fun. I think that's a good idea.
24:31Brilliant. And tell me, what would you like to see if you could design the new British banknote?
24:36Myself on it. Who would not want that?
24:39Brilliant. And tell me, how would that look? Tell me a bit about the design.
24:41Are you off to the side looking into the distance?
24:43Oh, yes. It will be like, you know, looking to the side and looking very regal and very important,
24:49because I'm a very important person.
24:51Tell me, what would you like to see as your personal redesign of the British banknote?
24:56British banknote? I think the £50 note needs to have Rossi on it.
25:00That's for sure. The big denomination, Rossi.
25:04Yes.
25:05But could any of these ideas actually be accepted, and what historically goes on a banknote?
25:10It was always the monarchy, even going back to Roman times.
25:13You'd always got the head of the state was always put onto it,
25:17and that way was to actually show that the actual item was of a good value in terms of metal, silver or gold.
25:27And you'll get, like, all the slave trade was based on Austrian tallers.
25:33And these tallers, because they were gold, they were effectively, they were,
25:38people trusted the metal content, the gold content of the coin.
25:42While the ideas Rochester had were inventive, I'm just not sure some would ever get to printing.
25:47A bottle of gin.
25:49Nice gin.
25:50Finn McDermid for KMTV in Rochester.
25:54Now it's time to take a look at the weather.
26:04Tonight is looking like a warm, mild night, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures reaching 19 degrees.
26:10In the morning, the clouds clearing off as the sun rises, temperatures around 20 degrees, up to 22 in Dover.
26:17And in the afternoon, highs of 28 degrees in Maidstone, 27 elsewhere, dropping to 25 by the coast,
26:23with wind speeds reaching 10 miles per hour.
26:25And Vero Outlook, highs of 27 degrees on Friday, clear sunny skies dropping to 22 over the weekend.
26:40Time for a break now, but coming up, we'll recap our top stories.
26:46And we'll be joined by health expert Julian Spinks.
26:49See you then.
27:10Bye.
27:14See you then.
27:14Bye.
27:19Bye.
27:19Bye.
27:19Bye.
27:20week.
33:10with all the tubes and dials and machines attached to her and you look at that picture and you say
33:17is this somebody who's going to write a book and you say no absolutely no way that's not going to
33:21happen but it did and it can and other people can do it at 25 nicola hodges was hospitalized after
33:29a change in her epilepsy medication this caused life-threatening complications and left her in a
33:34coma with just a 20 chance of survival just six months later a seizure led to a fall that caused
33:41multiple brain hemorrhages and permanent brain damage but the now 38 year old has recently
33:46secured a five series book deal she told me about how this near-death experience ignited her journey
33:53i remember feeling very warm i'm feeling very calm and i remember just feeling everything's okay just
34:00relax chill kind of thing it was just it was just a feeling rather than an experience um and it was
34:08that sort of feeling that made me sort of uh build get sort of start to believe that there was more
34:16to life after death which was where this sort of premise for spirit born um was born when writing the
34:22book nicola told me that she found it difficult to stare at a computer screen for a long period of time
34:27as it would give her migraines tremors and the fear of a seizure because of this she wrote everything
34:32down in these books which she then later typed up and edited herself due to the brain damage she often
34:38forgot her words when writing but instead of looking it up online or asking her family she would
34:44challenge herself to remember of course that little voice in my head said no you you are setting the bar too
34:51high you cannot do this you are brain damaged what makes you think in a million years that and you
34:58know you don't have a degree you're not you're not qualified to do this you don't have any experience
35:04so i just tried my best to just put that voice voice in a little box and just tell it to shush if you're
35:11not being helpful just shush and started writing to go on the journey of um picking her
35:21self up off the floor and saying i'm going to do this to actually get around to doing it is just
35:27just massive absolutely huge and the whole family's just over the moon about it um so it's a paranormal
35:35thriller series um five books in total i've written three already while she writes the next two books
35:43she uses social media to help inspire others facing similar battles with disability and mental health by
35:49encouraging them not to give up on their dreams kristin hawthorne for chem tv in etching hill
35:57and from patients receiving more treatment than they would recommend for prostate cancer
36:03to today marking national prosecco day dr julian spinks joins me again to break down all the latest health
36:08headlines
36:17so uh the story is uh being over treated for prostate cancer so um got my facts again on my pieces of
36:25paper um so five thousand men a year are undergoing treatment for cancers that aren't likely to cause
36:30harm they say that one in four men who get a slower growing type of cancer are able to opt for regular
36:35monitoring rather than any surgery and radiotherapy that comes with many side effects okay so can you
36:40tell us what your reaction to that i think most of us would think that if you have cancer you've got
36:45to treat it in reality with some cancer particularly prostate cancer is relatively slow growing and it can
36:51be detected these days when it's very small and at those very early stages um you can just watch and
36:58wait and monitor and see if it grows uh what prostate cancer uk is saying is that that could be extended
37:04to people with slightly more advanced cancer not particularly advanced and in those circumstances
37:10again it could be watch and wait why do that because when you treat there's a risk you cause harm as well
37:16the surgery can be quite invasive you can have radiotherapy chemotherapy all these sort of things
37:22and all of those have consequences such as erectile dysfunction incontinence and so on
37:27so we don't want people to suffer that if they don't need it and by watching it means that actually
37:32we already know more people die with prostate cancer than of prostate cancer so actually of the cancers
37:39getting there it's one way you can afford to wait and see and can you explain maybe the different
37:44types of prostate cancer there are and and some of the symptoms well the scariest thing is a lot of
37:50prostate cancer doesn't have symptoms although it can have urinary symptoms such as having to pee too often or
37:56finding it's difficult to actually pass urine for the man um when we grade prostate cancer it's to
38:01do with the size of the cancer whether it's just inside the prostate or it's starting to come out
38:07through the the capsule as it's called of the prostate or further afield those ones are the more
38:12advanced they will still need treatment but we're getting better especially with tests like the
38:17prostate specific antigen PSA are picking up these cancers very early and in those circumstances watch and
38:24weight is a very good way of treating it and how can we address over treatment i mean is it just about
38:29having conversations and uh people being more aware of the different symptoms and treatment options
38:35well the specialist should be having a conversation with the patient about what the options are and
38:41maybe which of them they'd recommend and i think that if you haven't had that conversation then you
38:46should talk to the specialist and say could you tell me what other ways it could be treated but there's
38:51a reason why they're a specialist because they're the ones who are most likely to know what's the
38:54best option yes and always have the conversation i guess right absolutely so we'll move on to national
39:01prosecco day our final topic where's my class a bubbly topic it says i thought i mentioned that's what
39:07it says on my paper thank you for the person who wrote that script so um one person um it's the most
39:13popular alcohol choice for a celebration right so um are there any health risks to prosecco well it's got
39:19alcohol and everything with alcohol potentially has risks if you overdo it now i checked up because
39:25one of the nice things about bottles of wine sold in the uk is you can look and see how many units of
39:30alcohol there is in a bottle and the couple of bottles of prosecco i had at home might not last long
39:35in the summer but um they have about eight units of alcohol and a small glass one of those little flute
39:41glasses has 1.3 units now you're allowed 14 units a week so an occasional glass of prosecco is not going
39:49to be too much of a problem if you're going through several bottles in an evening you'll be over the 14
39:54units in one go and when we're talking about 14 units it should be spread out through the week we
39:59don't want people to have nothing and then 14 units in one go because that again over stretches the
40:04liver over reliance on alcohol not only is there things like dependency alcoholism and so on but
40:11you've got damage particularly to the liver and to the heart and as a lot of other medical conditions
40:17related to over sort of overdoing it with alcohol so moderation is okay clearly not taking alcohol if
40:23you're going to drive uh but uh otherwise you know people we want people to be able to enjoy themselves
40:28and have an occasional glass yeah of course and how can people keep an eye on it because it
40:34seems like something that can slowly creep up as a habit that they feel is okay but then
40:38sometimes it just crosses the line to being too much how can people keep an eye at home when it comes
40:43to prosecco it's still rather a treat rather than otherwise but the ordinary red wines in particular
40:47can have high levels of alcohol in them these days um and as i say have a look on the bottle see how many
40:53units there are and work out how many glasses you're getting out of that bottle that'll tell you
40:57how much you're actually drinking each time and you can then count that up through the week
41:02and you know if there's a very special week you might drink a little bit more but in reality you
41:07shouldn't be doing it on a consistent basis and are there any perhaps benefits to prosecco i mean
41:13in terms of medically probably not directly although actually being in a relaxed circumstance actually
41:20is quite nice it's one way of winding down but you should rely on alcohol as a way to sedate
41:25yourself or to calm yourself because unfortunately the famous thing is that your troubles swim better than
41:30you do so you know you'd say it's it's not really an ideal way of dealing with things um i think the
41:36the things about red wine being good for your heart and so on probably these days are disproven
41:41thank you very much i i guess maybe slightly lower calorie but really just everything in moderation
41:46right yeah absolutely well thank you very much that's it for now
42:03you
42:16you
48:05she was a very good photographer and was very significant.
48:09Of course, there were prizes for the most creative floats
48:14and one group of winners even came right from the Mushroom Kingdom.
48:19It was a big shot because it was so last minute.
48:22Yeah, that's it, it was last week.
48:24There was lots of good ones, there was lots and lots of good ones.
48:30That's it, yeah, lovely surprise.
48:33However, the main purpose of the Carnival was to celebrate the legacy
48:38of one of Whitstable's most famous residents.
48:42Community spirit, it's amazing, all taking part.
48:47In Whitstable, every year, the Carnival just brings its authenticity back a little bit.
48:52My favourite part, I think going on the floats, yeah.
48:57So it looks like this event was a real monster mash.
49:00Henry Lutton, the KMTB in Whitstable.
49:04Kent is home to the world's youngest graduate with a degree in information systems.
49:15Vera Cree, who is just 14 years old, graduated from Middlesex University this summer.
49:20But she's not stopping there.
49:22She hopes to continue her studies in AI and business, now aiming to graduate with a PhD.
49:28For more on the story, Kristen Hawthorne went to meet her and her family.
49:32As summer graduations have come to an end, there was one student this year who not only
49:37finished with a degree, but the chance to be in the Guinness World Book of Records.
49:42Her name is Vera Cree and she's just graduated from Middlesex University
49:47with a first class degree in information systems.
49:50But she's only 14.
49:55It's about technology, business and human behaviour all combined.
49:59So it just helps with the practical application of IT in the real world and business settings.
50:04Vera says that she's always had a passion for computer science and learning.
50:08And while she says she didn't feel different from others at school, just a bit more focused
50:12than her peers, her parents say that they knew she was different from a young age.
50:17How old was she when we were in Spain?
50:18It was like three or four.
50:20And she learned how to speak Spanish so fluently.
50:23She was speaking to one of the ladies that was helping us and literally having full-on
50:28conversations going back and forth at that age.
50:30And I thought, wow.
50:32I said, she's at that age and she's learning this.
50:35And I was like, there's something coming.
50:37Vera's sisters have also been doing very well in their studies,
50:40hoping to become doctors and psychiatrists in the future.
50:44Vera herself, who drew a lot of inspiration from her grandfather,
50:47hopes to continue his IT consultancy business in the future.
50:50My grandpa, he was the greatest programmer that I know.
50:54He was one of the first pioneers to bring computers to Africa.
50:58He gave me my first introduction to computer science and it just sparked my curiosity
51:02and my passion. I started learning it. I loved it.
51:06I just felt like it aligned with God's purpose for my life.
51:09So I think it was passion, legacy and purpose.
51:12As Vera is too young to get a job, she's now working towards getting a PhD as she eagerly sets
51:17out plans for her future.
51:19Right now, I'm working on a thesis. It's about artificial intelligence solutions for caregivers
51:25with children on the spectrum. So I want to finish that and use that to get my PhD.
51:30I'm also considering a master's in advanced programming.
51:34As Vera continues to challenge herself and dedicate her time to her studies,
51:39drawing inspiration from those around her, she's clearly a bright young woman
51:43with a future that looks even brighter. Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV in Hive.
51:50And speaking of graduating, A-level results day is tomorrow and we spoke with the University
51:55of Kent Recruitment Director to learn how clearing works, what students should expect
52:00and what steps to take if their results don't go as planned.
52:03So students register with UCAS and they will get a UCAS ID and that will then enable them
52:09to be part of the UCAS clearing system. And if they call our clearing hotline,
52:14we'll help guide them through that process and take them through an offer for the subjects that
52:20they're looking at. And indeed, even if you don't have a UCAS ID, even if you're kind of new to the
52:26university application process at this time of year, and many students are, many students are just
52:31coming in fresh to it, you can call into the clearing line and somebody will be there to help advise
52:37you. And the clearing is really for students who either haven't quite achieved the grades that
52:41they were expecting and hoping for, or actually they've overachieved, they've got great results
52:46and they want to consider releasing themselves from the programme that they are considering and come
52:52to us instead. And that happens a little bit too. So it's a really important and interesting time of year.
52:58And many students are feeling a mix of nerves and excitement as they await their results tomorrow.
53:05And joining me in the studio to share her experiences and thoughts ahead of Result Day is our reporter
53:11Maisie Walker. So fingers crossed for tomorrow, of course. How are you feeling?
53:17If I'm being completely honest, I don't think it's hit me yet. I'm like, I think I'm in this state of
53:22denial where I'm just like, I don't care. Like I'm fine. Like the nerves aren't going. I just feel
53:27just super relaxed, even though this is a really big deal. And it is a really big deal for many
53:34people across the county. But I just, I feel like tomorrow I'm going to wake up and I'm going to be
53:38like, oh no, like today's the day that I get these results that I've worked for. And if I've failed, then
53:47I've failed.
53:50There's nothing more you can do. What are you hoping for?
53:53I'm hoping for an A and a B. And I want to say another B, but realistically English isn't my strong
54:03suit. I think, I think I'm going to get a C. And what was it like studying your A levels? What did
54:09you study? Okay, so I studied English literature, graphic communication and psychology. I didn't make
54:15it easy for myself. I will say that. Yeah, I just, I don't know. I'm, yeah, I don't know.
54:24But you're starting an apprenticeship with us here and the KM. How are you feeling about that? I guess
54:29that's, it's nice to know you have that. I mean, not that it's definitely not going to go badly,
54:34but you have also got an apprenticeship. So that's, that's quite exciting, right?
54:37Yeah. Watching me get fired after I get my results. No, I'm just kidding. I mean, it's,
54:43it's definitely really kind of, it was like a weight off my back once I realised that I was going to have
54:48this. After my, well, even before I got my results, it was very much like, okay, cool. My future's not
54:55going to go anywhere. I've still got my career. I can still progress in the kind of area in which I
55:01want to. So it was very much kind of like, oh, okay. Like when that last exam came, I was like,
55:06you know what? It's fine. I was like, no skin off my back. And I think I did pretty well in the last
55:12one. So definitely helped. Awesome. Yeah. And I guess you've been doing A-levels recently,
55:17but ever since COVID, do you feel like things have changed since then? And how has it been
55:22the few years that we've been done with that? Yeah. So there were definitely many changes in
55:28kind of the way that we went about education because of COVID. I know that I was one of the last
55:34years that actually got help during GCSEs for, because of COVID. I know that there was tuition
55:43given out by the government, which I received for maths because not a strong suit. We don't talk about
55:48that. And then, yeah, we were also given the spreadsheet for the science equations and the
55:57periodic table. I remember that, but in A-levels, it's kind of, you know, I would say the same.
56:02Obviously, I've never done A-levels before, but I feel like that's kind of back en route where it
56:07should be. Back to kind of a reality. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, 100%. Okay. And what about
56:14your friends? What advice will you be giving them? How are they feeling about it too? I do have a
56:20friend in mind, which I'm not going to name drop on live television, but I know she is absolutely
56:25terrified. And she's been like spam calling me and spam, you know, sending me videos. And she's just
56:31like Maisie. Like, it's, I'm not ready. I think she's mainly scared about having to be an adult now,
56:37you know, once those exam results come through and she's going to have to go to uni and things.
56:42Well, thank you very much for that insight. Good luck for tomorrow. And we'll see you all tomorrow as
56:46well.
57:04Good luck for tomorrow.
57:11Good luck for tomorrow.
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