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00:00Hello and welcome to Kent tonight live on Kame TV I'm Megan Shaw and here are your top
00:28stories on Wednesday the 21st of January declared deceased a man has died after
00:35injuries at a Sittingbourne construction site and I'll be here outside the
00:40business park to tell you everything we currently know about the incident
00:43Sheppie stabbing updates man appears in court accused of murdering father in
00:49Noreen Avenue well from care home to scare home
00:55Wistable House is transformed into the house of deceit inspired by the BBC show
01:00the traitors
01:11our top story tonight a man has died at a construction site in Sittingbourne with
01:17police spotted at the industrial estate earlier this morning the Eurolink v
01:22industrial park is home to a building site where the emergency services were
01:26called after a man was treated for serious injuries and later died at the
01:30scene and our reporter Finn McDermid is down at the industrial park now to tell
01:36us more so Finn I can see you down there now what more have you got to tell us
01:41about this well Meg we haven't got too many details at this stage like you
01:48mentioned the incident occurred this morning we had a reporter down here who
01:52took some photographs of some of those emergency vehicles that arrived around
01:57just quarter past nine before we start I want to say the weather is quite poor
02:01here so apologies for any interference there but in terms of what we do know
02:06the facts are that a man in his 30s was declared dead at a construction site near
02:13a large industrial estate and that's where I am now at the Eurolink v industrial
02:19park near Sittingbourne police like I mentioned were spotted near this area of
02:24the industrial park near the frozen ready meal companies building of cook classic and
02:30their nearby building site where police were attending to that incident now
02:35officers shut part of the road and they also shut part of that construction site
02:41where work was going on to build a new cold storage logistics facility to store
02:46and distribute some of their frozen meals they were later joined by fire crews and
02:52paramedics and later we did in fact hear that they responded to an incident where
02:56someone had a severe injury and that the person was declared dead at the scene
03:02I see thank you for those details so far Fain as I'm sure more details are coming
03:09out what have you also heard from the authorities and also the company as well do we have any
03:13updates on that absolutely well as I mentioned the police were called to the scene earlier and
03:21did eventually confirm that a man was declared deceased at the scene a spokesperson for the
03:28police said a man was treated for serious injuries and later declared deceased at the
03:32scene his next of kin have also been informed and they also told us that the
03:37health and safety executive have been notified you mentioned that the company
03:42cook classic said we are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life at the
03:47construction site for our new logistics center they added our thoughts are with the family
03:52friends and colleagues of the individual at this extremely difficult time they went on to say
04:00the relevant authorities and the construction company are continuing their investigation into
04:05what happened and they can't comment any further at this time we also spoke to the fire service they
04:10said they were called to the site at 941 around 26 minutes after the police were there to assist the
04:17police with one fire engine in attendance the health and safety executive or hse said that they
04:24were aware of the incident and are currently working with kent police we also approached winvic
04:29construction company for comment but we have not heard anything specifically back from them but as
04:35i mentioned this is a very relatively new incident and as kent police are continuing their investigations
04:40with the company and the relevant executives like hse we'll only find out more details about
04:46exactly what's happened here uh as we get them thank you finn and as you said we'll be following
04:53that story as it continues
04:55finn mcdermid there next a man appeared in court today accused of a brutal attack on his father on
05:04the isle of shepe 23 year old william hepworth stands accused of murdering his father timothy in the
05:11stabbing attack last saturday floral tributes and written notes have been left at the door of the
05:16victim's home william appeared at maidstone crown court via video link today for the preliminary
05:21hearing and reporter chloe brewster is here with me now to tell us all about it so chloe of course
05:29uh this is quite the shocking story here so can you tell us a bit more about it
05:33yeah so as you said william hepworth was charged with murder um and that happened pretty soon after
05:39the alleged murder took place last saturday so the victim is said to have been stabbed 26 times
05:45leading to his death in the street on shepe um with the prosecution arguing that william had run up to
05:50him in the street before attacking him and it makes it even more shocking thinking about how the street
05:54was pretty close to a children's play park as well this took place at around half six with officers and
06:00paramedics called to the road but despite life-saving efforts 59 year old timmy unfortunately passed away
06:06at the scene um the suspect as i said was arrested soon afterwards and it's worth noting he was from a
06:12different address in shepe he was from alma road um it's also worth noting that william wanted to be
06:20called bill rock during the proceedings rather than use that hepworth surname that he shared with his father
06:25i see and um obviously he appeared in court today for that preliminary hearing so when will we hear
06:32the outcome yes so this was a preliminary hearing so it was just the prosecution sort of outlining
06:38their case um hepworth's next hearing will be on tuesday april 21st for plea and trial preparation
06:46those sorts of things and no application for bail has been made so um he will sit in custody at hmp
06:53elmley on shepe for at the moment um his trial is provisionally set to start on july 6th so we'll
06:59have to wait a bit of time until that gets underway and we can learn a little bit more about what
07:03happened here i see thank you chloe for bringing us that story and of course we'll be following that
07:09as closely as we can as of course it unfolds there next a broadstairs family is left heartbroken after
07:19their french bulldog has disappeared from their garden bronson the eight-month-old pope was reported
07:26missing by his family after himself and another dog were let into the garden around 10 30 pm on january
07:32the 20th claire norwell bronson's owner says that her five-year-old daughter abby has been left
07:39heartbroken and out of her mind following the disappearance the family alleged that bronson
07:46may have been stolen as the heavy garden fence has been left with marks as you can see on the screen
07:52there they are now working with police to find him and urge anyone with information to contact them
07:58next drivers are upset after ashford borough council has decided to offer free parking but only for
08:07electric cars the new scheme will be trialled for six months at vicarage lane a 185 space site that
08:17generated more money for the council than any other spot in the 2023 to 2024 period the scheme will be
08:26trialled in hopes of encouraging greener driving habits however many drivers find the new scheme to
08:33be unfair feeling as though everyone should pay the same price regardless if their vehicle is petrol diesel
08:40or of course electric and now a 23 year old shepit prison guard has been sentenced to three and a half
08:50years for having relations with an inmate isabel dale a prison guard at hmp swaleside was jailed on the
08:5920th of january after she was found to be having a sexual relationship with prison inmate shaheed sharif
09:06in july 2022 the pair were seen entering a multi-faith room together and stayed in there while two other
09:15prisoners stood guard and later evidence was found in explicit messages between the two dale has been charged
09:25with two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of conspiring to convey a list a article into
09:32the prison and now kent was treated to another aurora display on monday and tuesday night and some keen
09:41photographers were out to capture the colorful display the aurora borealis or the northern lights
09:48occur when charged particles from the sun mixed gases in the earth's atmosphere around the magnetic poles the
09:55met office expects we can sorry the met office says we can expect these storms a few times a year
10:01but it's especially rare in the south of england and our community reporter henry luck has been looking
10:06more into this photographers in the coastal regions of kent were treated to a brilliant display of the
10:16aurora one resident managed to get this picture at rakluva towers near herm bay and he said the lights were
10:26beautiful nearby in margate another resident saw the aurora at around 20 to 7 and managed to get photos
10:38of the vibrant colors over the sea according to met offices space weather manager this is a g4
10:46geomagnetic storm which produces aurora in parts of the uk with good visibility which could be seen as far
10:57as northern italy similar in scale to another storm that occurred in november last year the met office
11:06expects storms of this magnitude to take place a few times a year at this point in the solar cycle so it
11:14looks like kent is primed and ready to capture the aurora anytime it shines henry luck for kane tv
11:26and those images there are beautiful but now time for a short break but coming up we've got plenty more
11:33we'll be joined by dr julian spinks to discuss the most recent medical news across the county including
11:39cervical cancer awareness we'll also be joined by kent film club presenter chris deecy and plenty more
11:46but we'll catch you later after the break we'll see you then
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21:04But when the inevitable comes, Kat has plenty more ideas to keep herself going and remain positive.
21:11I'm teaching myself now to make non-silver jewellery, like bracelets over there and necklaces,
21:21like semi-precious stone bracelets and stuff like that.
21:24And it's through creating things for other people to have that allows Kat to find the silver lining to her condition.
21:32Megan Shaw for KMTV in Chatham.
21:34And now, January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
21:39And so to talk about when to identify this, as well as general health news,
21:43our health expert, Dr. Julian Spinks, joins us now.
21:53So, Julian, recently a woman in Ashford underwent a full hysterectomy at just 34 due to cervical cancer.
22:00So, what does a hysterectomy procedure entail?
22:04Well, that means removing the womb together with the cervix, which is the neck of the womb.
22:09They may preserve the ovaries.
22:11I don't know what happened in this case.
22:12But it's pretty severe treatment that you require, and they're having to do that because, obviously, the cancer had advanced.
22:20Unfortunately, some people don't come forward for screening, and they have reasons they may be scared about the screening process or even scared about the result of it.
22:29But we have ways of actually preventing people getting cancer, and the two things are a human papilloma vaccine, which is the virus that can cause this, and then getting the sort of screening processes.
22:41Absolutely. You mentioned those screening processes, and it was mentioned that she repeatedly put off her routine smear test.
22:48So, how important is it that people do turn up to these screening tests?
22:53She does have my sympathy because I put off things like going to the dentist, so, you know, we all do that sort of thing.
22:59But it is very important. If you have the screening done regularly, what happens is you detect the changes before they're cancerous.
23:06So, you're not looking for cancer, you're looking for something that might become cancer, and, effectively, you can prevent yourself getting cancer in the first place.
23:13If you leave it too long, it will move into being cancer, and then the treatment is more extreme, as, unfortunately, she found out.
23:20And I couldn't help but notice, I personally think 34 is quite young to have cervical cancer, but is this something that only affects a certain age group, or is this not something particularly out of the ordinary?
23:30Unfortunately, it's a cancer that can affect people who are younger.
23:33Famously, a few years ago, there was Jay Goody, who was famous for being on Big Brother, who died at 27 from this.
23:40So, it isn't something like a lot of cancers, which is mainly middle-aged and older.
23:45I see, I see. And who can you speak to about potentially getting a hysterectomy procedure or checking for these certain cancers?
23:53Well, the first thing to say is if you have any bleeding between periods or after sex, then you need to seek help, and the people to talk to is the GP.
24:00As far as screening is concerned, you should be recalled regularly.
24:04What we can't do is do an early screening, because that system doesn't allow us to do it.
24:08But if there are suspicious features, we can refer you to the hospital to have other tests done.
24:13I see. And speaking of GPs, pivoting slightly, obviously, GPs now, they're more and more online, they're more and more electronic,
24:20and obviously, that can speed up a lot of processes, but, of course, IT failures can happen.
24:25So, how can people get in contact with their GPs when such things occur?
24:30Well, we had run out of these failures on Monday, and it affected all the practices in Kent and Medway,
24:36and none of them could do anything about it themselves, because this was a failure outside the practices in the data storage places.
24:44And it made it very difficult. We had to shut down the online consulting system and so on.
24:50When something like that happens, sometimes we have to say to people, unless it's urgent, please don't come to us,
24:55because we can't access their records, we can't look at the results, and so on.
24:59However, if there's urgent need, then the old-fashioned ways, the telephone and walking into the practice, are available,
25:05so you're not completely left out in the dark.
25:07Absolutely. And moving on, again, to the junk food ad ban that's been introduced by the government,
25:13which is to ban adverts around less healthy food and drinks before 9pm, and online as well, at all times.
25:20So, how could this impact children's diets moving forward from this?
25:24Well, I think of this as almost like a step with the cigarette smoking as well,
25:28that what we don't want to be doing is advertising towards children and getting them in the direction of having an unhealthy diet,
25:34because if you have that when you're a child, the likelihood of that will continue throughout your life,
25:39that'll increase your risk of being overweight, of having things like diabetes, heart disease, and so on,
25:45and ultimately can lead to ill health and a premature death.
25:48So, we really want to perhaps persuade people to go to eating more healthily.
25:53Absolutely. Of course, we kind of have that kind of top-down approach there,
25:57but is there anything parents could also do to aid this, perhaps to encourage their children to eat a bit healthier?
26:03Well, ultimately, the parents are the ones who are giving them the food.
26:07So, if they can look and see whether they can move towards giving them healthier options,
26:10maybe doing home cooking rather than buying in ready meals or takeaways,
26:15all of those things will teach their children about eating healthily when they're young,
26:18and often that will carry forward.
26:20I see. Dr. Julian Spinks, thank you so much for giving us all the latest on the health news
26:25that our residents need to know about. Thank you very much.
26:28And now it's time for another break, but stay tuned, because afterwards we'll be returning to our top story,
26:35where we talk to our reporter, Finn McDermid, about a man who died at a construction site in Sittingbourne this morning.
26:42All that and more after the break, but stay tuned, because we'll catch you later.
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46:20and it became a real appointment of you I thought that it was quite a positive
46:26bonding experience and immediately the idea went in my head oh we could host
46:33fun evenings at our house where people can come stay in a big spooky house and
46:41play a game of deceit and strategy together but it's more than just a
46:46decorated house as James has lots of ideas and experience in how to make the
46:51game immersive for those taking part additionally my background is in TV
46:56production and I've worked on a lot of reality TV shows and some are pretty
47:02tawdry and low rent but the most famous of them is Big Brother and I used to make
47:08games for Big Brother and part of my job was to effectively wind people up create
47:15tension and exacerbate already existing undercurrents in people's
47:21relationship and so when I've designed designed the house of deceit I've drawn on
47:26that experience so it's going to elevate it from a silly fun weekend into quite a
47:34tense and difficult strategy game one local fan even applied to be on the show
47:41I had done my auditions in October 2024 and I got through to the first round I
47:49remember it you know because I'm quite I'm one of these characters and I'm quite
47:53good at telling a story and I could sell ice to Eskimo so I thought as a trader
47:58I'd be really really good if you love watching traders and you think you're up
48:02for the challenge yourself you might not have to travel all the way to Scotland and
48:06you can play your own game with your own friends here in Kent so whether you're a
48:10trader or a faithful it might be time to conspire a plan for the house of deceit
48:16Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV Whitstable
48:22and now let's take a look at the weather
48:28we've got a moderate amount of wind and rain tonight temperatures across nine
48:33degrees across the entire county winds traveling towards the north west speed
48:37between 12 and 17 miles per hour tomorrow morning overcast skies slight
48:41cooling temperatures eight degrees across the county there but nine in Dover
48:44in the afternoon ten degrees across the board I can see rain there so bring your
48:50umbrellas and for your outlook rain on Friday nine degrees Saturday bit of some
48:55peeking through staying at nine overcast on Sunday and temperatures drop in to six
49:00degrees still a mild January
49:04and I'm joined now by Chris DC to speak more about the the films of the moment as
49:16it were so well we've got here we've got the handmaid the housemaid apologies
49:21there so have you seen this film well it's funny you ask that because I've seen
49:25it do you want me to admit this I've seen it three times Wow actually booked to see it
49:30again tonight and I'll tell you why it's very odd that you should bring that up
49:34because it's the sort of film it's got so many twists because we're just talking
49:38about the traitors so many twists in it that even when you know what the twist is I
49:43have to go back to the beginning and watch it all again and you know both the
49:48second and the third time I still thought surely it's not going to go the way you
49:53that you know it will because you're invested so much in the characters and you
49:57think that people are acting in particular ways because they're nasty
50:02people or they've got some horrible trauma that they're dealing with and
50:04then it turns out that the rug is taken out from under our feet and that I mean
50:09it's like a throwback to all those 90s domestic thrillers you know like single
50:13white female or the hand that rocks the cradle I mean the hand that rocks the
50:16cradle you know who the who the bad person is you know the backstory it's like
50:21the audience are complicit in that but here it's like the characters we least
50:26suspect know what's going on and we only find out way after they do towards the
50:31end it's actually a brilliant twist and I'll be honest I've not actually seen
50:35the film but there's been a lot of talk of it on social media and lots of my
50:40friends have been speaking about it and it's already seems to have got a bit of
50:42an Oscar buzz so what do you say about that now that's a good question this
50:46films like this don't normally do well I mean the acting I think is tremendous now
50:49the Golden Globes are normally the best indicator of what's gonna happen in the
50:53Oscars and it hasn't received any awards there but then again there was a film
50:59like weapons which has done really well commercial it's a horror film and that I
51:05think is there's a dark horse there in the best supporting actress stake so I
51:08wouldn't be surprised if like with my cousin Vinnie which I know is Andy our
51:12channel directors one of his favorite films going back to the early 90s that
51:16film defied all expectations when it won a best supporting actress Oscar for
51:22Marisa to May despite having not been even nominated in any of the other
51:26awards categories in the award other award ceremonies so you never know but
51:31this film is still doing the rounds four weeks after it first came out so
51:34there's a lot of audience support for this yeah and you mentioned that it
51:39doesn't all these kind of genre films don't always I suppose win big at the
51:43awards and maybe you wouldn't say Horace maybe a mainstream genre but with the
51:47positive reviews this movie's going and you know people still talking about it a
51:50month later do you think this could I don't know changing the tides to how
51:53perhaps horror or thrillers are received oh definitely I mean I remember when
51:57Ghost you know way back in 1990 well 91 was the ceremony when that won a
52:03screenplay Oscar and Whoopi Goldberg won best supporting actress because back
52:07then it was thought of this film's a little bit too lowbrow it's not serious
52:11enough it's more of a comedy like a supernatural comedy those sort of a very
52:16unusual sort of hybrid and it just goes to show Pretty Woman another example
52:20from around that era the sort of film that's really popular with an audience
52:24but not necessarily the sort of film that you think would do well in the award
52:28stakes of Julia Roberts though she didn't win she did a decade later for Erin
52:31Brockovich she was nominated so I wouldn't be surprised if there will be a
52:36few films up for Oscars this year that make people will think that was a
52:41brilliant film but you wouldn't necessarily expect it because the critics
52:46maybe were a bit more snooty about it but the audiences said yeah this is our
52:50film and you never know what might happen absolutely and speaking of Oscars do you
52:55have any predictions I think it's almost a dead cert that Jesse Buckley will win
53:01best actress for Hamlet now personally I mean I really liked Song Sun Blue the the
53:07Neil Diamond film Kate Hudson maybe she'll get a nomination but I think it's
53:12Jessie Buckley's year and I remember when she was on that talent show when she
53:15was going for the part of Nancy back in what 2008 and she came second and now
53:20she's up for the the biggest award there could be but you know last year I was
53:24sitting in the same seat we were talking about Demi Moore as not just the
53:28front-runner but the dead cert to win for the substance and she lost to Mikey
53:32Madison who nobody was really talking about until just those days almost before the
53:37Oscar ceremony so you never know how it might go absolutely we mentioned there
53:42that some of the some of that suppose the big hits don't really score big at
53:46the Academy Awards and I remember a couple years ago there was so much hype
53:50around will Leonardo DiCaprio ever get his Oscar so do you really think an
53:54Academy Award is a mark of a great film anymore I would say for me I'm a huge
54:00Martin Scorsese fan and he was the biggest actor director never to win a
54:06statuette but he arguably won it for a film that though good that departed it was a
54:10remake of a of a film that was made in a different language it kind of almost
54:15felt like is this really the best thing he should have won for Goodfellas should
54:19have won for Raging Bull should have won for Taxi Driver so once he got the
54:23award suddenly it was like oh now he's won an Oscar but maybe for the wrong film so
54:28maybe if he'd never won an Oscar his stature would be higher does that make sense
54:32so it's almost as though sometimes winning the Oscar is great but those
54:38people who like Marilyn Monroe never nominated or Glenn Close I think she's
54:43the only living actress I think she's had like nine eight or nine nominations
54:48never won Peter O'Toole obviously passed away now but he also had received
54:52something he won an honorary award but he had like eight or nine nominations maybe
54:56more than that and never won so in a way that's almost the stature in which some of
55:00those stars of place was Meryl Streep's I think she'd been nominated well over 20
55:05times but has actually won three awards absolutely so I suppose in that sense it
55:10still is still a mystery I suppose who who we might be celebrating not too long
55:16and it's more exciting that way because we go in when it's a two or in some years I
55:20remember it was 21 years ago a three horse race certainly for best actor will it be
55:24Sean Penn will it be Bill Murray will it be Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean I
55:29remember sort of sitting there and all this when you know then it's the person
55:33you expected to be it can be a bit disheartening it's like oh no it's who we
55:37expected we like those dark horses and speaking of dark horses we mentioned this
55:42at the beginning of the show have you been following the traitors well I've been
55:46following all the vibes around it because as you know I'm more of a film than a TV
55:50person but how can you escape it but also it's like those films films have got the
55:54same premises all those like the the Knives Out films they're all the same but
55:58put all these people in a room and work out which one of them is the is the
56:02traitor and Chris do you think you'd be a traitor or a faithful well of course in a
56:08way it's not for me to decide but do you know what I think people would not
56:13expect me to be the traitor so that's all that dark horses well we've decided for
56:17you so we we it will come on in a minute we we inputted into AI what you would
56:25look like and that's quite uncanny well I'm starting to think I should go to my
56:30first audition my social media profile I like that it's great isn't it well that's
56:39all we have time for on Kent's night live on KMTV we'll catch you next time good
56:45night
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