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00:00Hello and welcome to Kentonite Live on KMTV. I'm Kristen Hawthorne and here are your top
00:21stories on Thursday the 20th of November. Hundreds of homes Hadlow locals worry for
00:27the future of their village after 500 homes set to be built. We are in line for roughly
00:33500 houses in this village and we don't have the infrastructure. Pub power couple say they
00:40are leaving the industry in the past after 16 years as prices increase. Rent here is
00:46diabolical for the footfall we get here. We don't even make the rent each week. It's ridiculous.
00:53And film focus. We'll be joined by Chris Deasy for a look at this week's biggest talking
00:57points and what's new at the cinema.
01:09But first our top story this evening. The small countryside village of Hadlow near Tunbridge
01:15is set for more than 500 homes after plans for multiple housing developments have been
01:20submitted worrying local residents. They say that the extra people would put pressure on
01:25already strained schools, medical services and roads and that the village simply wouldn't
01:30be able to handle it. Finn McDermid went down to the village to find out more.
01:36Kent is known as the Garden of England and it isn't hard to see why. Rolling hills, winding
01:40roads and acres of green space. But one village in the heart of the county say they're worried
01:46because of housing development in the area. Now this is normal with rising housing targets
01:50across the country. It's not exactly rare to hear about this. But for the small village
01:54of Hadlow, they've had multiple developments be submitted. And with a new application for
01:59116 homes being raised, locals say it would be too much for the village to handle.
02:03I called a public meeting along with some other people in August this year because we heard
02:09about a planning application up Carpenters Lane in Hadlow for 100 houses. And we knew other
02:15ones were coming. So we had a public meeting and from there we formed a group called Home.
02:20Hadlow opposes mass expansion because we are in line for roughly 500 houses in this village.
02:26Oh, and we don't have the infrastructure. Now Hadlow isn't exactly a large village. It's
02:32got a population of about 4,000. And with that, residents say that services aren't especially
02:38good as well, with only the one primary school, one secondary school. And also the traffic is
02:43quite concerning. It's about just about 3pm now and you can hear some of those commuters
02:47actually behind me. And you can see the traffic is quite severe and locals worry that with these
02:53extra homes that they've totaled up over different planning applications to be about 500, that
02:58all this, yet a lot worse.
03:00This is, you know, 2 o'clock in the afternoon. If you were to come here 3 or 4 hours later,
03:07you'll be able to move. It's pretty locked. And the limited amount of parking there is in
03:11the square. So instead of people walking from various parts of the village, which is sustainable,
03:19they have to use a car to come a long way and then they find there's nowhere to park.
03:24The application does take parking into account, with a community car park being part of the
03:28plans. But locals with HOME added they thought the site was too far away from the village to
03:33be effective. The largest two developments are the most recent on Court Lane in the south
03:37of the village with 116 homes and another for 100 homes in the Greenbelt by Carpenters Lane.
03:43And the companies responsible responded to the residents' concerns, saying requests for financial
03:48contributions towards infrastructure will be made by consultees. These will include health,
03:52education, leisure and open space. And Red Row Homes, working on the Court Lane development,
03:57say they've been working closely with the Local Planning Authority, Highways Authority and the
04:01Housing Officer to update our proposal following the consultation period, ensuring it aligns with
04:06the draft local plan and the needs of the local community.
04:10Kent has plenty of countryside and Hadlow is no different, but locals will hope that if the
04:14116 home development does pass, that it will fit the village rather than fill it beyond what it can
04:20handle. Finn McDermid for KMTV in Hadlow.
04:24And in politics now, with a damning verdict, almost no one thinks the economy is doing well under Labour.
04:32Well, that's the headline from YouGov polling, which suggests three quarters of people think the
04:38economy is in a bad state and that the government aren't managing it properly either. And with less
04:43than a week to go until the next budget, what do people here in Kent think? We went to Rochester to
04:48find out. I mean, I think the gross domestic product will be lucky to grow up more than one
04:53percent this year. Inflation running at not very far under four percent. It's not a great combination.
04:59So we seem to be in what they call stagflation. And I think we're all rather apprehensive about the
05:04budget in a few weeks time. And in general, I think there's a lack of confidence, especially among
05:10businesses. As an old age pensioner, I am very sensitive to what is possibly going to happen.
05:17And I feel that I'm one of those who will suffer as a result. It's really aggravating because like
05:24they're there to care for us and they're not. And people sort of like have to, I don't know,
05:29fend for themselves and things like that. Like I don't trust doctors and things like that anymore
05:34because it's under the government. And it sounds quite intense, but I just, it's very frustrating
05:40what they're doing. Since after COVID, it's just been getting worse. And it's been five years now.
05:46And I just feel like every other country, especially in Europe, has recovered. Personally, I think
05:53is struggling a lot. I am, I'm a life coach. That's my job. So I coach celebrities and business owners.
06:00And I coach mainly for addiction and depression, anxiety. And I've noticed the world or the UK is
06:07getting harder and harder. And a lot of people are using addiction, whether that's drugs or alcohol or
06:12substance to help cope with the struggles. And at the minute, I don't see anything lightening up at all.
06:19Sleepless nights for labour off the back of this polling then?
06:23Well, you look at the front page of the Daily Mail, they're not going to be happy about this one,
06:25are they? Zero people in Britain think the economy is in a great state under Labour. It's what the
06:31polling would indicate. Now, that zero might be over-egging the pudding. That's in reference to
06:38people who think the economy is in a very good state. Zero percent of people think that. But 79% of
06:44people do think it is in a bad way. And there are other newspapers available, but I guess Labour
06:51wouldn't be happy with the headlines there either, with rampant speculation about tax rises ahead of
06:57the next budget. Let's get some of the stats up on the screen now, because let's really dig into this.
07:03You can see 44% of people think it's in a fairly bad state, and 39% of people think the economy is
07:10being managed badly by the government. This is not good for Labour. Now, polling at its early stage won't
07:19have any impact on the general election, but it does kind of show that people here in Kent, who lent
07:25Labour their vote at the last election, in places where Labour wouldn't typically win, they aren't
07:33believing the government's making true on their promise of change. That's what the Labour came in on,
07:38that pledge of change, of fixing things. People aren't necessarily thinking the economy is doing well
07:43under this Labour Party. Well, is it all doom and gloom though? Are there any silver linings?
07:49Well, I think voters understand it's not all to do with Labour. Let's get the next set of graphs up.
07:57I do love a good graph, particularly when it's quite complicated. Not quite the correct graph,
08:01but we'll have a look at this one anyway, because it's really interesting to see that Labour's biggest
08:05competition are Reform UK, and people think they're as competent as Reform UK when it comes to the
08:14economy. The Conservatives still come out on top of all the major parties when it comes to economic
08:24ruling, like how they would run the economy. They think Conservatives would probably do better,
08:28and that's after all the Liz-Trust shenanigans. When we get the other graph up now,
08:31this is perhaps where Labour will see their biggest silver lining, is that 46% of people
08:35do think the last government, the Conservative government, is their fault. Though 64% of all
08:41Britons do think the impact of decisions made by the current Labour government has had an impact
08:47on the way the economy is. Now, this polling is mainly from people who think the economy is already
08:54in a bad shape. So people who are with pro-government sympathies aren't necessarily going to be
08:59represented, but it does give you that indication that, you know, it's not all doom and gloom for
09:07Labour, because some people do understand the economic challenges they face, because things
09:11like Brexit, for example. And of course, there's been lots of speculations about what we can expect
09:16from the budget next week. Can you kind of outline some of those for us? Absolutely. The big thing is,
09:20is Labour going to increase taxes? Are you going to feel it in your pockets at home? The answer is,
09:27we don't know. If I knew that, I'd probably be working for the Treasury right now. But I don't
09:31work for the Treasury. I don't know if they're going to raise taxes. Income tax, very unlikely.
09:36They've been rolling back on a lot of the noise and sound and bluster they were making about that.
09:42It would be a manifesto breaking promise if it did go ahead. But there's talk of a smorgasbord of
09:47smaller little taxes. So like mansion tax, for example, which will put taxes on those really high
09:53value properties. We see a few of those dotted around Kent, but it might ease the burden on
09:58other taxpayers. And while taxpayers in general aren't happy about paying more taxes, they will
10:04probably understand that public services need to come first in some cases. So dividing the public
10:09opinion ahead of next week's budget. Yes, well, that's all to be seen next week. Thank you so much,
10:13Holly. Now, the County Council have admitted there has been no progress to carrying out repairs on the
10:20A299 Thanet Way, a route dubbed a roller coaster. The stretch of the road has a reduced speed limit of
10:2750 miles per hour since September 17th for work to be carried out. At the time, Kent County Council
10:33Cabinet Member for Highways Councillor Peter Osborne called the road a nine-mile roller coaster due to
10:39the bumpy road surface. But more than two months later, the authorities said it has no plans to
10:44fix the road at this time. The temporary speed limit will be in place until KCC is confident that
10:50there's no safety risk. And demolitions plan and demolition plans for Park Mall shopping centre in
10:57Ashford have been approved. Hoardings have been put up around the area with a five-year limit before a new
11:03200-space interim car park will replace the centre. With annual losses of £700,000,
11:09Ashford Borough Council has long held ambitions to flatten the centre. It says a declining retail
11:15sector, the loss of anchor tenants such as Wilco and escalating maintenance costs are all contributing
11:21to the black hole. Councillor Geoff Meadon was the only member to abstain from the vote and questioned
11:26whether businesses being replaced with another car park was the right decision.
11:31And next, Thanet councillor Helen Whitehead has hid out at Reform MP Richard twice after he said it
11:40was insane for children to wear ear defenders. Tice said in a press conference earlier this week
11:46that children in classes wearing ear defenders, I'm sorry, this is just insane. Those are his words.
11:53Whitehead, a former deputy head teacher who uses those ear defenders herself, spoke to us today about
11:58her perspective on the issue. I think Richard Tice needs to think very carefully about what it is that
12:07he said. I would like to see a response from Reform in general as to whether they agree with what has been
12:16said. For many students who are near and divergent the only way they're going to be able to access mainstream
12:23classrooms is with disability supports that help to reduce the sensory input because it is quite literally
12:33an overload. Time for a short break now but stay tuned for more in just a few minutes. See you then. Bye bye.
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15:53Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight Live here on KMTV. Now a couple who've been at the helm of a North
16:10Fleet pub for 16 years have shut the doors today, blaming soaring costs. The ye olde leather ball has been
16:17described as the heart of the community offering a venue for local musicians and sport leagues and sports
16:23leagues. But the couple say ever increasing rent and a reduction in regular customers have pushed them
16:28to the brink of bankruptcy. Our reporter Chloe Brewster headed down to the pub to find out more.
16:34Pubs across the nation have been dealing with a pint full of issues in recent years. With the sudden loss
16:40of customers over the COVID pandemic, increasing rents, changes in customer lifestyle and the cost of living,
16:46keeping the drinks pouring has become increasingly difficult. I'm here at the ye olde leather bottle
16:51in North Fleet in Gravesend. The owners here have been running the pub for 16 years but are closing soon
16:57due to financial pressures. Val and Janine Buzatu have been involved with the leather bottle in
17:02North Fleet since 2009. They worked in a variety of roles before it was sold to pub company The Stonegate
17:07Group, with the couple officially taking on the licence in 2020. We love it. It's been a home for
17:13the last 16 years and it's just a shame that we've had to say goodbye. Rent here is diabolical
17:19for the footfall we get here. We don't even make the rent each week. It's ridiculous. We've used all
17:27our own savings to keep these doors open. While the leather bottle is set to reopen with new owners,
17:33the national picture for pubs is pretty bleak. More than 14,000 pubs in the UK have shut
17:37in the past 10 years and with the average price for beer nearly doubling in the same time frame,
17:42it is no wonder more and more of us are choosing to stay home. It's very sad when you see old people
17:47coming in and they just order one sandwich and they split it between them just because they still want
17:52the social life, they still want to come out. But you can see that the cost of living has just been,
17:58you know, in areas like this probably they've been affected even more because they're close to London,
18:02you know, flats rents they're going up or you know houses rents they're going up and so on and people
18:08they can't afford to literally go out and turn the gas on and electric all the time.
18:12Stephen has been meeting friends at the leather bottle for years.
18:15If you look at it most people do come in the pub, I mean I've always had a good living so like yeah
18:19price-wise it doesn't really fix it but there are people who just can't afford to drink in it,
18:23you know, come out and pay a fiver for a pint, you know, they can't do it, they're not getting the money for it.
18:28I'm hoping it's not going to end here. I'm still, obviously I've heard that it's going to open on
18:33Friday the day after which new people will take it over. But if they can do anything better than
18:37what these two did, they're all well and good. A spokesperson for pub operator Stonegate Group
18:44told us that new management will be moving into the establishment on Friday. They said they'd like
18:48to thank Janine and Val for their hard work running the pub over the years. Janine and Val,
18:53while gutted, say they're looking forward to a new life in Norfolk,
18:56far from the pub that brought them so much joy. Chloe Brewster for KMTV in Northfleet.
19:02And now it's time for the weather.
19:10Tonight then it's looking pretty chilly with an average temperature of three degrees and partly
19:14cloudy skies across the county. There are yellow weather warnings for ice up until tomorrow afternoon
19:19so don't forget to de-ice your car. And tomorrow morning then two degrees over there in Royal
19:24Tunbridge Wells. And then in the afternoon goes up to five across the county with wind speeds of
19:28five miles per hour and eight miles per hour. Saturday then eight degrees, rain. Sunday,
19:33ten degrees, rain. And on Monday, eight degrees and partly cloudy skies. So it'll get a bit better
19:38there by starting next week. And now it's time to take a look from across the county at the sports news
19:50first off in football. Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth looks to improve Sam Gale's game after the
20:06defender signs an improved contract at the League Two club. The 21 year old Gale was previously playing
20:12non-league football at Chelmsford City this time last year and has since transformed his career. Gale signed a
20:18longer term contract at Gillingham last week as the club looked to reward the player for his rapid rise
20:23but his manager says there's still some work to do. Ainsworth said, if we can add some culture and
20:28some refinement to his game, I think he's going to go a long, long way. The deal ties him to the club
20:33until 2028 with the option of a further year. Moving over to cricket as Ben Compton, a Kent batsman,
20:40reminisces on a special season this year. This summer saw him score over 1300 runs. Compton credits his
20:46personal success to his winters in South Africa with the encouragement from Kent. The batsman will
20:51be supporting Kent teammate Zach Crawley playing for England in the ashes from afar. The five game
20:56test series begins in Perth this Friday. Looking across to rugby, the Cranbrook RFC youngsters enjoy
21:03a day out to remember the Defender Rising Stars Cup. Over 30 grassroot teams took part in a day full of
21:09fun, competition and sportsmanship to help their development. Prem rugby clubs hold the annual festival
21:15for under-11s and under-12s to boost their appreciation and learning in the game. Since the
21:21first Defender Rising Stars Festival back in 2008, more than 125,000 children have taken part,
21:28with some even going on to pursue successful careers at Prem level. And finally, some ice hockey news as
21:35the Invicta Dynamos anniversary jersey sells out as the club plans through its 40-year celebration weekend.
21:41The Dynamos reveal a retro jersey design as a tribute to the club, celebrating the routes that go back
21:47to the Medway Bears.
21:57Now, from refugee to journalist to founder of a charity, earlier we were joined in the studio by
22:03Raja Jibril, director of Folkestone-based charity Green Kordofan. Raja, who had to flee Sudan, spoke about
22:10why she founded her charity, the impact it has, and some of its success stories. She also touched on
22:15the current conflict in her home country. I spoke to you earlier today.
22:19Raja Jibril, the war in Sudan is not new, unfortunately, despite actually the situation was
22:27developed in a horrible way from April 2023. But we have people who have been displaced and
22:37from 2011 who reached to the border between Sudan and South Sudan. And we started supporting them
22:48from mid-2013. I mean, the time we started working with the people in the refugee camp in either South
22:55Sudan, the numbers of people who reached there exceeded 100,000 people. And it was the number five
23:05biggest refugee camps in Africa at that time.
23:08Raja Jibril, So, of course, it's a very important thing to raise money for and help. And we've got
23:13this lovely picture here. Can you tell me a bit about this picture?
23:16Raja Jibril, Right. Green Kordofan started with a sport project as a way to kind of basically bring
23:24the community together. And one of the things that we encourage is because we work with people
23:31who have been kind of suffered from it, displaced by importing them to help their own community.
23:40And so what you see here on the picture are children who learn to cycle, benefited from our bicycle
23:48project. And you can see the bicycles that they are using are sent from here from the UK and assembled
23:56in South Sudan by the help of our team in South Sudan. And the kids are involved in a project to help
24:03elderly people in the community and all kind of disabled people by taking water to their homes on
24:14Tuesday. So that's the equivalent of giving Tuesday, kids taking water to elderly homes.
24:21Raja Jibril, Okay. And then you've also got some, you've got the water purification plant here and
24:26some different things you have achieved. Raja Jibril, Yeah.
24:28Raja Jibril, Can you run me through some of these things here we've got on the table?
24:31Raja Jibril, Okay. So as I said, Green Kordofan started with the sport project. And we have more than
24:40one project at the moment, we have the educational project, and we have an in-house health unit,
24:49led by a nurse, who provide as well first aid training for the team and young people over there.
24:57We have over 38 football teams for boys and girls together. And we have a volleyball team for girls
25:06as well as a mixed team, boys and girls playing volleyball. We have, as you can see here, this is
25:14a container with solar panels. This has been achieved by the support of various really community members
25:23who have donated legacy money from wonderful people who actually wanted to remember their
25:30family members, family members, people who actually remembered how their family survived the London
25:37bombing, struggle at that time during war, use that memory to help other people surviving another war
25:47in another country. And people who survived Holocaust remembering their family members by donating.
25:54So the container is actually really kind of something to celebrate, but as a commemorate as well.
26:05That's, yes, people go through a hard time. But to use that experience to help other people to go
26:13through what they're going through, it was wonderful. The solar's donation as well from people,
26:21from charity like the Tenceli Trust, has provided us with more than, I think, two batements of 2,000
26:31pounds to address the solar, improving the solar panels. And that's, that's kind of now,
26:35board our satellite internet, which is a legacy with another wonderful friend of us.
26:41How can people help you achieve the other ones? Is there, we've got the QR codes here,
26:44but is there a website or anything people can go to? Definitely. The website is www.greencordifan.com.
26:52The most important things is really sanitation facility. We are desperate to improve our sanitation
26:58facilities. With cholera outbreak in the whole country, South Sudan, as well as in Sudan, there is
27:05problems with tropical illness and cholera is one of the, the threat for the human over there, you know,
27:13plus malaria. So helping us by putting proper facilities like toilets and water, clean water.
27:26They also have an event this Saturday, which you can check out on their website. But now,
27:30we have a quick break. But afterwards, we'll be looking at Hadlow Housing Havoc. And I spoke to
27:37Lee Lusak from Kent Online about her experiences of moving from Poland. All of that and more to come after the
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35:20All right.
35:21Thanks so much for joining us.
35:22So your latest report looks at the journey of eight people who moved from Poland to Kent
35:27and you actually made this leap yourself.
35:28Can you tell us a bit about your journey?
35:30Of course.
35:31Of course.
35:32I came here 27 years ago.
35:33I was at uni at the time.
35:36I wanted to learn English.
35:37I wanted to improve my English opportunities in Poland.
35:44So I only came here for six months.
35:48That was the plan.
35:49But on my very, very first day in England, I met my husband.
35:53And then I decided to stay here and to see England, to look around, to learn about people.
36:02And yeah, that's why I'm here.
36:04So your first impressions of Kent must have been quite good then.
36:07Is that what made you stay?
36:08You know what?
36:09My first couple of years I spent in London.
36:12So it was different.
36:14But then when we came to England, I was straight away, I fell in love with it.
36:20Because it was so green, so beautiful.
36:22All those little villages and very retail-like castles and churches.
36:28And that's why we decided we want to move here.
36:31And you spoke to obviously other people who made that leap.
36:35Was there any common reasons that you find of why people made the move?
36:39Lots of people coming here because they need their partners here.
36:44Or English or Polish, it depends where.
36:47And lots of people coming because of the economic reasons, especially people from Poland.
36:53They used to come here, look for a job and improve their lives.
36:58Now it's a different story because Poland is a different country.
37:02So lots of my Polish friends actually moved back.
37:06But yeah, come on.
37:09I'm just wondering.
37:11Some people are just looking for adventure like me.
37:14In a way, so yeah.
37:16And on that adventure, did you find any challenges or anything?
37:19Or any challenges that the people that you've spoke to kind of have in common maybe?
37:23Yes, lots.
37:26When we came here, it was different times.
37:29Poland wasn't in the EU at that time.
37:32So we needed a visa.
37:34We needed money to be here basically.
37:39I was quite lucky because my uncle from Switzerland, he helped me for the first few months here.
37:44And then yes, to applying for it.
37:49At first I had a student visa, so I couldn't really work full time.
37:53I could work part time.
37:55So step by step, we were like gaining.
37:59We were looking for a job.
38:01We were gaining education.
38:03And of course you've travelled around lots of different places in Kent.
38:08Can you tell me your favourite place?
38:10How many places you've travelled to?
38:12And why you do so much travelling around the area?
38:15Well, I love taking photos.
38:17So that's one of the reasons.
38:19And I find English villages fascinating and Kentish especially.
38:25I visited 250 or 260 villages in Kent.
38:29And I took photos of all of them.
38:32And my favourite...
38:34I don't know.
38:35I think Sjoram would be top.
38:38But I like Czulam.
38:39I like Lenam.
38:40It's lots of places I love.
38:43Fabulous.
38:44And then what does the future look like?
38:46Are you planning to stay here in Kent for the inevitable?
38:49Or are you going to move back to Poland like maybe some of the people that you interviewed?
38:53At the moment I'm planning to stay because I've got grown-up kids here
38:57who I don't think they want to move to Poland.
39:00They've got their own lives here.
39:02And I don't want to live them.
39:03So, yeah, I want to live close to them.
39:05And as I said, I love England.
39:07I've got lots of beautiful friends here.
39:09And it would be very hard to live them.
39:12Well, it's a very fascinating story, Dee.
39:14Thank you so much for talking to me this evening.
39:16Now, one of Margate's streets has been named as one of the coolest in the world by Time Out magazine.
39:24North Down Road in Margate was ranked as the 31st coolest street in the world in the list of the planet's most fashionable roads,
39:32which includes destinations such as Rio de Janeiro, Okasaka, Berlin and New York City.
39:38It was one of the only three UK roads, the other being Blackstock Road in the Finsbury Park area and Highbury area of North London.
39:46Margate has been making a slow and steady comeback since the 1980s and now has an edgy feel, adding to its appeal, according to the magazine.
39:56Very exciting. And now the latest business news with Corey Damani.
40:01Damani.
40:03Bakery 79, named after a year, began over four decades ago, sourced to new heights reaching Park Garage petrol station today in Beerstead near Maidstone.
40:18According to the staff, it surpasses Greg's to celebrate the new launch.
40:22They plan to serve free coffee till Sunday, along with a free sausage roll for anything over £3 with a free cake with every bake.
40:29In an attempt to reduce waste, all items will be baked on site every morning.
40:34The store staff have a wider national plan to update former Greg's units and forecourt counters.
40:39Director Minaj carries on the family legacy, saying,
40:42My grandparents built this business on the belief that even a quick stop should feel personal.
40:47Good news from the valiant Sailor Pub in Capella Fern, as the pub escapes the threat of closure by changing hands.
40:53Continuing its 200-year-old run, its closure was announced weeks ago with former bosses blaming financial pressures.
41:00The pub's new management were delighted to announce its grand reopening on Facebook, saying they're excited to begin a new chapter as a traditional welcoming family pub.
41:08To celebrate the pub's Dark Team Valiant Vikings will host a charity Dark Marathon to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, a staple of the community sitting between Dover and Folkestone.
41:18The pub is known for its well-priced drinks and traditional pub grubs.
41:23Smee deemed to bring up 20 new jobs in sitting, born after £30 million was spent on the new facility.
41:30Operator roles are ready to be offered by Wiener Burger in construction of this new facility.
41:35When both production lines are in place, the factory capacity will expand to £94 million every year, enough for 32,000 semi-detached homes equal to the town size of Wichitable.
41:47Operating Officer Keith Baker says,
41:49Launching Smee Dean is about more than expanding our national manufacturing footprint, it's about building for what's next.
41:56And finally, Kent's own Gusborne Winery has been named best in the country, breaking into the top 30 of a global vineyard ranking based in Appledore, near Ashford.
42:05The vineyard has jumped from 50th place in 2024 to 28th in the world's best vineyards list.
42:10Founded in 2004 by Andrew Wieber, Gusborne was one of the only two UK vineyards named on the global list.
42:17Nominees for the list are chosen by 500 travel and wine experts across all five continents, with Vic Vineyard in Milahue Valley, Chile taking the number one spot.
42:27Well, now it's time for a quick break, but make sure to stay tuned so you don't miss out on any upcoming stories.
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46:02Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight Live here on KMTV.
46:06Now, Sir Mick Jagger paid a visit to his old school in Dartford
46:10to celebrate its 25th anniversary of it being renamed after him.
46:15The Rolling Stones superstar reopened the Performing Arts Centre in 2000
46:20and it has been Dartford Grammar School for Boys in its previous form.
46:25The 82-year-old front man met pupils and school's headmaster Julian Metcalfe
46:30who said it was a very special day.
46:33Sir Mick funds a weekly music tuition project at the centre named Red Rooster
46:38which gives music and dance tuition to 1,280 children each week.
46:44The centre is also used for community activities, theatre shows and concerts.
46:49And from a nightclub to a curry house, a new Indian restaurant
46:53is set to replace a top venue in Maidstone.
46:56In its heyday, the Banks Cocktail Bar and Nightclub drew big crowds
47:01and even bigger names such as Mark Knight and Robbie Vincent
47:05and was one of the town's most popular night spots.
47:09But after being closed for more than a year,
47:11Luther Ranman has transformed the building
47:16and it is set to reopen as an Indian restaurant called Masala Banks.
47:20It has three floors, two of which will be used for the restaurant,
47:25including a lounge while the other will be used for his staff.
47:28And it's set to open in December.
47:30So lots of Indians in December then.
47:32And now don't forget you can keep up to date with all our latest stories
47:35across Kent by logging onto our website, kmtv.co.uk.
47:39There you'll find all of our reports, including this one,
47:44about a team of Medway boxers fighting to support a charity
47:47raising awareness around suicide prevention.
47:50On the 11th hour of the 11th month,
47:54Medway joined the rest of the country in silence
47:58to pay respect to a historic occasion.
48:02That being Armistice Day,
48:05which marked the end of the First World War,
48:09a conflict that took countless lives.
48:13Ex-servicemen came together at Chatham's Naval Memorial
48:18to honour those who had fallen.
48:21There's even a service taking place at Chatham Town Football Club.
48:26So let's go and see what the community of Medway has done
48:30to remember Armistice Day.
48:33The service saw the appearance of Medway political figures
48:37and players of Chatham Town FC paying their respects.
48:43It is. It is actually personally quite powerful for me as well
48:46because my grandfather served in the British Armed Forces.
48:49Now, I never met him. He died before I was born.
48:52But that is part of my family's proud history
48:55that he served in the Armed Forces.
48:57And it's particularly poignant for me to be here today
49:00to witness this and pay my respects
49:03and witness this act of remembrance
49:05to all of those who served in the Armed Forces
49:07and who secured this society of liberty and freedom for us all to enjoy.
49:12Of course, yes, it's very, very important.
49:14It's important that they understand what people have been through,
49:18the whole reason behind Armistice Day, Remembrance Day.
49:21It's very important that we share it with them
49:23so that they can then pass it on to future generations.
49:26Because here at the club, for example,
49:28we do try and educate our young people in every single area,
49:32not just football, but in all walks of life in terms of key skills.
49:35We try and educate them as best we can.
49:37It's been an emotional day, yes.
49:40This is actually my third service of the day.
49:44But it's well worth the effort.
49:48You can probably tell by my voice,
49:50I'm not in the best of health at the moment,
49:52but I'm still determined to make the effort to get out
49:55and pay my respects because it's very important.
49:59Those present hope this timeless message is remembered
50:04in the hearts of those in Medway
50:07and that the years never condemn it.
50:10We will remember them.
50:12Henry Luck for CAME TV in Medway.
50:21That story obviously not about suicide awareness,
50:23but a very important story all the same.
50:25Now, the Med Office has issued a yellow weather warning
50:28for across Kent as temperatures are set to plummet.
50:32In addition to the cold temperatures across the county,
50:35forecasters are warning us to brace for ice in the coming days.
50:39Canterbury, Ashford, Fanet, Dover and Folkestone
50:42all are to be affected by the warning.
50:45Wintry showers are set to lead to icy patches
50:48between tonight and tomorrow morning,
50:50increasing the risk of travel disruption and injuries
50:53due to slips on the pavement, so be very careful.
50:55A cold weather health remains in place until 8am this Saturday.
51:00And now let's take a look at the weather.
51:08Well, as I said in tonight, it's looking pretty chilly
51:10with an average temperature of 3 degrees
51:12and partly cloudy skies across the county.
51:14There are yellow weather warnings for ice, as I said.
51:16Into tomorrow morning then, it's continuing with the same.
51:19Sun peaking through the skies in Kent
51:21and tomorrow evening looking a bit more promising
51:23with the temperature rising to an average of 5 degrees.
51:26Then into the end of the week, temperatures are rising to 8 degrees
51:30with rain.
51:31Sunday, 10 degrees with rain.
51:33And Monday, partly cloudy skies with 8 degrees,
51:36so a bit better on Monday.
51:45And now, of course, our weekly chat with Chris Deasy
51:47about all the latest film news.
51:49We'll be taking a look at Zootropolis 2
51:51and its surprise appearance at Blue Water,
51:53now dubbed Zoo Water.
51:55We'll also be looking at the upcoming film releases,
51:57including Wicked for Good and the new Five Nights at Freddy's film.
52:00And, obviously, Chris is here with me now.
52:03So, have you heard about this Zootropolis, Zoo Water,
52:06that's happened at Blue Water?
52:07What a brilliant connection.
52:08I will never think of Blue Water the same way again now.
52:10Exactly.
52:11Or this film, indeed.
52:12Yes, so what have you heard about this film?
52:14I mean, has it been long in the running, of course?
52:16It has.
52:17I've seen the posters for it,
52:18because that's always the excitement when,
52:20even months before, even when it's not even the season
52:22when the film is meant to come out,
52:24you're looking in anticipation.
52:25I mean, I know we'll come on to Wicked in just a minute,
52:28but often you can wait months.
52:30And, you know, it's almost as though those films
52:32sometimes that seem to cross seasons,
52:34you know, a Halloween film or a late summer movie
52:36or a Christmas movie, often intertwined.
52:38And it's almost as though when the films finally come out,
52:43it feels like the fruition of many months of excitement.
52:47And, I mean, with Oppenheimer a couple of years ago,
52:49I think I saw the trailer something like 10 months
52:52before the film came out in 2023.
52:54Yeah, and the first one was very popular.
52:56I mean, it created a lot of buzz on social media.
52:59Do you think maybe the second one is just going to be just as good?
53:02Well, I think when you have a ready-made audience,
53:05then in a way, it's also why we have so many sequels
53:09and so many remakes to films,
53:11because there's going to be an audience,
53:13particularly if there's a family film, Toy Story,
53:15which we've talked about on this show many times before,
53:17it's always going to have that crossover appeal.
53:19And I think that's why some filmmakers are really wary of making of remakes,
53:25because commercially they might be successful,
53:27but artistically it's much more the same.
53:29That's not to say it's not going to be a good movie,
53:31but in a way it has to also maintain the original audience.
53:34It won't disappoint them, so that people won't then regret
53:37having gone to see this sequel.
53:39And people might think because it's a cartoon it might be for kids,
53:43but the original contained a lot of dark hidden themes,
53:46prejudice, stereotypes and racism.
53:48Do you think that will come into the second film,
53:51and do you think then that it is a film for kids?
53:54I think it's exactly the same with Inside Out,
53:56which the second film was really good,
53:58and a lot of people who are neurodivergent have talked about how,
54:01and adults, not just children, have talked about how that film
54:04has meant so much to them.
54:06So I think that you're right.
54:07There was once a time when it was thought,
54:09oh, an animated film is for children.
54:11But then again, you think of Disney films,
54:12and how many parents, as well as the children, are very keen.
54:15I'll be going to see Wicked tomorrow at the cinema.
54:17I know that's not an animation, but you'll see as many parents
54:20in the audience as you will children.
54:22And speaking of Wicked,
54:24we've got the Wicked for Good being released.
54:27I think this is the part two of the whole franchise, really,
54:31of the two films.
54:32What do you think of the first film, and again,
54:34do you think this one is going to be as impactful as the first?
54:38Well, if one of my daughters is anything to go by,
54:41we booked our ticket, I think, two weeks ago, maybe three weeks ago,
54:44so we've got a performance tomorrow evening,
54:46all booked, straight after ballet.
54:48Now, we saw Wicked last year, and I've seen on the big screen
54:53the Wizard of Oz even since then.
54:55And, of course, this is, if you like, a cousin of the Wizard of Oz movie.
55:00But so exciting.
55:01I mean, even the songs, I mean, talking about earworms,
55:04I mean, singing all those wonderful songs from the Wicked musical.
55:09I don't know what this film will have in store.
55:11But the buzz has been phenomenal.
55:14And, of course, also, it won and received many Oscar nominations last year.
55:19So this is a film that the critics are taking really seriously as well.
55:22Yeah, and it's, I mean, we've had all the different red carpets,
55:25we've had celebrity interviews with them.
55:27What do you think about all the buzz about this?
55:29Do you think that, you know, it's going to be as good
55:31as the buzz makes it seem like it's going to be?
55:34I think it will be because they obviously made the two films at the same time.
55:37But you can't have part two without part one.
55:40And that's the difference, I think, with what we were saying
55:42about the Zoo Water film that we were just talking about.
55:46Because there, they obviously said,
55:48right, OK, well, that's a standalone film, but a sequel is inevitable.
55:52Here, I remember watching Wicked last year, and it's two hours, 40 minutes.
55:57This one's about 20 minutes shorter.
55:59And then there were some people in the audience around me,
56:01and they said, oh, I didn't realise it was in two parts
56:03because it said, you know, part two will come out in a year's time.
56:06And I think there was almost a sense of both excitement
56:08but also disappointment among some people in the audience,
56:11and I saw the film more than once,
56:13because you have to wait a whole year to see how the story develops.
56:18So I think that's part of its commercial appeal.
56:20You get two movies out of it, but they are 12 months,
56:25or to the week, actually, apart.
56:27Yeah, and so people obviously will be very excited to sit down and watch this.
56:31And compared to the original stage production in the book series,
56:34do you think maybe people will be disappointed if it diverts at all from that?
56:38And what would you say to those people? Maybe it's a necessary change?
56:42Personally, I think it is a necessary change,
56:44because that was always my concern with things like The Da Vinci Code.
56:48Wonderful novel to read, very exciting, a page turner.
56:51You translate that into a film sometimes, and it feels,
56:54you either go down the by-the-numbers formulaic path,
56:57which feels almost redundant,
56:59or you can do something that feels more cinematic.
57:01And I think in this case, people,
57:04I've interviewed people on my radio show as well,
57:06who've said exactly the same thing, that the Wicked film,
57:08they know the musical, but the film really surprised and excited them,
57:12because it went one stage further.
57:14It didn't just feel like...
57:16A difference, actually, would be the Colour Purple movie
57:18that came out a year ago that really disappointed people,
57:21because they said it was great on stage,
57:22but didn't translate well into a film.
57:24Yeah, well, we'll have to catch up
57:26and see what you think about it after you've seen it.
57:28That's all.
57:29You've been watching Kent Tonight Live on KMTV,
57:31but more news made just for you throughout the evening at 8pm,
57:34so join us then as well.
57:36Bye-bye.
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