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00:28Hello and welcome to
00:29Kent Tonight live here on KMTV. I'm Chloe Brewster and here are your top stories on Monday
00:34the 23rd of February. It's an invasion. Strong words from Reform UK's Shadow Home Secretary
00:40at a press conference on immigration in Dover. I'll put a sign on the White Cliffs of Dover
00:45saying come on in, everybody welcome. And I predicted that there would be an invasion.
00:53And Crime Capital. Chatham Town Centre faces highest level of crime in the county. Does
00:58crime define its identity? Antisocial behaviour exists wherever you let it exist and we're
01:05not allowing that to happen so we are investing in our town centres. And finally, Year of the
01:10Horse, Maidstone comes together to celebrate the Lunar New Year. It's incredibly important
01:15to bring more cohesion to Maidstone, particularly as we're in a spate at the moment with lots
01:22of Chinese people coming to Maidstone from Hong Kong.
01:35Our top story tonight. Reform UK announced a raft of immigration policies at a press conference
01:41in Dover today. Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusef vowed to track down, detain and deport all
01:46illegal immigrants under a reformed government. The press conference took place at Dover Marina
01:53Hotel and Spa in Waterloo Crescent and saw party leader MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage, do
01:59introductions. Megan Shaw headed to Dover earlier and this is her report.
02:03A big day for Reform UK in Dover as the party set out to live up to their namesake by
02:09pledging
02:10to overhaul the country's immigration road map. Now, it might seem desolate this morning
02:15at Dover, but behind me is the Dover Marina Hotel and Spa where Reform's Home Secretary
02:20Zia Yusef has laid out the first steps to their reimagining of the UK's immigration policy.
02:37It is highly appropriate that we are here in Dover. And here are the key takeaways. Farage's party
02:45want to create a UK deportation command which is promised to detain 24,000 illegal migrants.
02:51You might as well put a sign on the white cliffs of Dover saying, come on in, everybody welcome.
02:56And I predicted that there would be an invasion.
03:00His plan includes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights before introducing legislation
03:07that would force the Home Secretary to deport up to 288,000 illegal migrants without intervention
03:14from judges each year.
03:32Yusef, a Muslim, announced new rules to prevent churches from being converted into mosques or
03:37other places of worship, and was highly critical of Boris Johnson's migration policies. He pledged
03:44to scrap the indefinite leave-to-remain visa, terminate universal credit welfare payments to
03:49foreign nationals, and freeze visas for countries that refused to take back deported nationals.
03:56Now, these policies would only come into effect in a possible future where a form to be elected
04:01into government. But here in Kent, with England's largest county council already painted light
04:07blue, this could be the green light towards harsher policies against those who weren't born
04:12in Britain.
04:14Megan Shaw for KMTV in Dover.
04:19And now I'm joined by Megan Shaw to tell us a little bit more about what this means for
04:23Kent. Meg, what do you think actually brought Farage to Dover then?
04:27Of course, it's an interesting one, because Dover, of course, does seem to be where the
04:31UK's discourse around kind of the immigration landscape and if policies should change in
04:36the UK is taking place. Although kind of immigration is not necessarily a Kent issue, its conversation
04:43and debate continues up and down the country. But Dover and Folkestone are seen as entry points
04:48into the UK. And out of the UK, we have the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone. Of course,
04:53in Dover, there's lots of ferry routes. And Farage himself drew that comparison between
04:59Dover and kind of immigrants by saying that, you know, he himself had seen small boats as
05:05Dover. He's often where small boats are found and brought into the UK.
05:11Okay. And obviously, it was a long speech. There was a lot to unpack there. Can you tell
05:14me some of the kind of headlines of that about what were the main sort of things he was talking
05:18about?
05:19Absolutely, there was a lot. That report was not enough to kind of go through everything
05:22that was said. So it was interesting because there wasn't just policy around what we might
05:26call illegal immigration, which is kind of referring to those who are entering into the country
05:30through the English Channel and aiming to claim kind of clearance once they're in the country.
05:35There was also policy tightening up what we might call legal migrants. That is, people
05:39that are already in the country and are permitted to stay on various visas. So even like the,
05:44you know, the indefinite leave to remain visa, they're wanting to get rid of that. There was
05:49also talk about tightening up the police force and with the police to be stripped of diversity,
05:54equity and inclusion mandates, as well as stop and search powers to be expanded. So there
05:59was a lot to cover.
06:00Okay, and then what does this actually mean for people in Kent?
06:03Well, Zia Youssef, so he's the shadow Home Secretary, he's the Home Secretary representative
06:09of Reform UK. That's a big clue to whom these changes, like should they ever occur, would
06:14concern. So things like issues, migration, visas, police, they're all controlled by the
06:19Home Secretary. That's the government. And then they don't necessarily involve the work
06:23of councils here. Although, of course, notably, we've got KCC, a reform majority. So it might,
06:28it probably does not mean we will see these, these big changes over the next few years
06:32because they're not in government.
06:33Perfect. Thank you so much, Megan, for letting us in a little bit more about that story.
06:38Now, a man has been jailed after attacking his victim with a knife in a shop in Chatham.
06:44Michael Tucker attacked a man he held a grudge against following a previous incident and
06:48confronted him when he saw him at the shop in Ordnance Street in Chatham. The victim was
06:53able to defend himself, but did sustain a cut to his hand after a struggle. Tucker was
06:57charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, assault and threatening a person
07:02with an offensive weapon. He has been jailed for three years and a five-year restraining
07:06order has been imposed. Now, an accountant from Minster who was employed to pay a HMRC bill
07:13for the charity Age Your Community Gateway, based in West Sussex, stole £26,000 from the
07:19organisation. Elizabeth Burrows was given access to the organisation's online banking system by
07:24a member of the charity who gave her a code from the bank to allow her to transfer money
07:28to a new payee, not knowing that the new payee was Burrows. Burrows was charged with fraud
07:33by false representation and was given a suspended sentence at Folkestone Magistrates Court on
07:38February 20. She has been jailed for 12 months, ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work
07:43while attending rehabilitation sessions and has been ordered to pay the £26,200 she stole.
07:50Next, new figures show that Chatham faces the highest reported crime level in Kent with an
07:55average of 11 reports each day. But do stats alone tell the actual story of day-to-day life
08:00here? Local democracy reporter Olly Leder went to Chatham to find out more.
08:04Chatham, a place of contrasts, bustling with both developments and the telltale signs of urban
08:13decline. Over the course of one year from December 2024 to November 2025, more than 4,000 crimes
08:23were reported in Chatham Central and Brompton, the ward which covers the town centre. This is
08:32the highest in Kent. But does this data actually paint the whole picture? Is Chatham really
08:40as bad as its critics make out? Well, that's a shame that all those nice shots have gone.
08:46I don't think I've ever been in a situation where I have felt unsafe. But I do understand
08:52where the question is coming from. Counting his stock, Sheikh Islam has run businesses in
09:00Medway for decades. He knows firsthand how difficult it can be in the town centre.
09:24But there are works on the way to transform Chatham's reputation. Have a look at that building behind
09:35me. Parts of the Chatham Waterfront developments providing new residential buildings here in the
09:41town centre. The hope is that this will make it a safer area for people to work and for people
09:48to
09:49invest in the future. Antisocial behaviour exists wherever you let it exist. And we're not allowing
09:56that to happen. So we are investing in our town centres. We have put forward the shopfront grant
10:01scheme for businesses so that they can tidy up the area by actually making it aesthetically more
10:07pleasing by upgrading their shopfronts. There's a lot of work to that effect to make making
10:11Chatham town centre a more inviting place for businesses. St John's Church has been a success
10:17story in Chatham's regeneration. A previously derelict building brought back to life as an asset for those that
10:26live here. I think sometimes because of its difficult past and particularly kind of we think back to
10:31kind of time since the closing of the dockyards actually it's been a really difficult time for
10:36people and for kind of a couple of generations of people that have lived in Medway. And so there's
10:41almost I think for me a call to look beyond some of that not to brush it under the carpet
10:47but to say
10:47well look at what is happening you know look at the scene behind me and the diversity and the vibrance
10:52and the fun and the families that are emerging and calling this place home. But those at the church
10:58are more divided about whether Chatham has turned a corner. I've seen quite a lot of crime going on and
11:04then now all of a sudden it has cut down a little bit. Going down the high street no we
11:09don't feel
11:09safe going down the high street no. I think it hasn't got a reputation but I'm a Chatham girl so
11:17I feel safe here
11:18because it's what I know. The reputational writing is on the wall here though not everyone agrees about
11:25what it says. The future for this post-industrial town is very much under construction.
11:32All a leader in Medway.
11:37Now it's time for a short break but coming up we speak with an SEND mother about the planned
11:41governmental changes which would mean that by 2035 education, health and care plans will only be
11:47reserved for the most complex cases. Government say this will help them manage the cost but is it fair?
11:52All that and more after the break. See you later.
15:17Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight here live on KMTV.
15:20Next, SEN advisory teacher members in Kent who are part of the National Education Union
15:25will be striking over changes to their working conditions on Wednesday 25 February.
15:30The strike is planned for six days on the 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th and 12th March and a rally
15:35is due to take place this Wednesday outside Kent County Hall.
15:39Nick Childs, the senior industrial organiser, said that it was ironic that the specialist Kent
15:43teachers have faced unacceptable changes to their working conditions. He also calls them
15:48invaluable members of staff and urges Kent County Council to come to an urgent resolution.
15:54Now the strike comes as the government has revealed its full planned changes to the system
15:58supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities in England. It says that by 2035
16:03education, health and care plans which set out the extra help children are entitled to will be
16:08reserved for only the most complex special needs cases. They say this will help the government manage
16:12the costs of delivering on a costly part of the system. Katrina, an SEND mother, joined me earlier
16:17to talk a little bit more about how this will impact her family.
16:21So thank you for joining me today, Katrina. First of all, would you tell me a little bit about your
16:26family and sort of your involvement with SEND needs?
16:30Yeah, I've got two children, a 12-year-old and a 9-year-old, both with quite complex SEND needs.
16:40And yeah,
16:43I've been battling the SEND system since my eldest started school really.
16:51Don't want to ask you too many personal details, but what kind of support do both your children
16:56receive with these care plans? What do these care plans actually bring to their education?
17:03So my, both of my children, my daughter attended a specialist school once she got her EHCP.
17:11And, you know, that gave her a sense of trust again with adults. It gave her the support that she
17:19needed
17:20to work through the trauma that she had at mainstream. It's been as she's got older, ourselves, school
17:27and other professionals have actually realised that she doesn't suit a school-based provision,
17:33hence why we're going down the IOTUS package. My son, he significantly struggled in mainstream.
17:42And this is where one of my concerns about these inclusion hubs come in. He couldn't manage the
17:49busy environment, the classroom with 30 plus children. So his EHCP meant that he got a space in
17:58the specialist school where there's a maximum of 12 at the moment is in a class of nine.
18:04And even then he's still saying it's too busy and too noisy. But I think without an EHCP, I would
18:11have
18:11two very, very different children who will have long term mental health and emotional problems as they grow up through
18:21adulthood.
18:22I've seen so much online, obviously, from SEND parents who have been feeling quite negative about these announcements.
18:28Is there anything that you've seen that might benefit children with SEND?
18:33In all honesty, the few bits that I have read up on, I think the idea of recognising any special
18:45educational needs early on,
18:47and having those things in place early on in school and potentially in nurseries, that in itself is a good
18:56idea.
18:57However, it's not a new idea. These things have always been supposed to be available in schools and nurseries.
19:06The staff are supposed to be able to recognise when a child needs a little bit of extra support.
19:13And schools and nurses are usually the first places to flag up if there's any potential educational needs.
19:21So my concerns is, although it sounds great that they're offering all this early years interventions and things,
19:30it's not something that is new. It's something that is always supposed to have been there.
19:37And the provision and resources available to schools should always have been there in order to support some of the
19:48children as they develop those needs.
19:52Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us today, Katrina. I really appreciate it.
20:01Now, don't forget, you can keep up to date with all your latest stories across Kent by logging on to
20:05our website, kmtv.co.uk,
20:06including this one about a mother who is fighting desperately to get her autistic son the specialist support he needs
20:12at school.
20:15Four-year-old Ray has autism and his family want him to have the special education they say he deserves.
20:23For this, an education, health and care plan is needed in almost all cases, something Kent County Council are refusing
20:30to assess him for.
20:31So, Ray is non-verbal. He can't communicate his needs. He can't answer yes or no. He can't tell me
20:39how he's feeling.
20:40Putting him in a mainstream setting, there's going to be no-one there that can give him that specialist care.
20:46So he does need a specialist placement.
20:48Since before his diagnosis at three, his parents, Natalie and Mark, have been collecting reports from paediatricians, speech and language
20:56therapists,
20:57and specialist teachers in preparation for an assessment, but KCC still refused to give him one.
21:04They first applied for an assessment in the summer, and KCC responded, saying that Ray can access additional support in
21:11a mainstream school
21:12and should be given time to continue developing with strategies provided by education professionals,
21:18adding that parents or the school can request another assessment if concerns remain.
21:23They applied again in November, but were denied for a second time.
21:28I'd like to know why KCC have refused, or twice, because it's clearly stated in every single report that he
21:33needs that.
21:35I have had to lodge an appeal. The appeal, I've had to state the law and the appeal to get
21:41them to listen,
21:41which I don't think anyone should have to do that, because the threshold to actually be assessed for an EHCP
21:47is very low.
21:49It's crystal clear in the law that they have to assess. So why they've refused, I don't know.
21:55So where does this leave Ray and his mum?
21:57Even once they assess him, if KCC agree to assess him, the process of getting an EHCP is going to
22:04take months.
22:04So the chances are I won't get that in place in time for September, which will leave Ray without a
22:10school placement.
22:10If he doesn't go to school, then I don't know, someone's got to care for him, so I don't have
22:15to give up work.
22:16I'm just hopeful that we can get it in time, but it's not looking likely.
22:21KCC have been approached for comment by Kent Online.
22:24But Natalie says that if the application gets refused for the third time, they will be taking the council to
22:30court.
22:30Kristen Hawthorne, KMTV.
22:35Tombridge MP Tom Tugendhat, previously the former Conservative Security Minister, says Parliament must now investigate Andrew and Peter Mandelson's links
22:43to Epstein as new information continues to surface.
22:46With more information, Kristen Hawthorne joins me here in the studio now.
22:50So what is Tom Tugendhat actually calling for?
22:53Well, because Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, is facing renewed political scrutiny over his past links to the convicted
23:02sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
23:05Andrew, who served as the UK's trade envoy from 2001 to 2011, is accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein
23:12but denies any wrongdoing.
23:15Because of that, the Tunbridge MP and former Security Minister Tom Tugendhat is calling for Parliament to investigate.
23:22Writing in the Sun on Sunday, he said that the issue goes beyond what a court could reasonably consider and
23:28argued that Parliament must examine what it means for the country.
23:31He also suggested that if serious wrongdoing was proven, lawmakers may need to revisit Britain's treason laws, some of which
23:39go back 700 years.
23:41So will anything actually happen now? Obviously he's standing up in Parliament, but what could actually happen in real life?
23:49Well, whether or not it proceeds depends on political support and government backing.
23:53But Stephen Swinford, the political editor for The Times, exclusively found out that MPs will be told they're free to
24:02debate the conduct of Andrew and his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in the Commons.
24:08Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker, is expected to say they can discuss Andrew because he's been stripped of his royal
24:15titles, meaning the usual conversation does not apply.
24:18So whether or not the inquiry goes ahead is possible, so it could happen.
24:23But why now? Because obviously we've been hearing a lot about this in the news for the past few months
24:28now. What about now has made Tom come out and say this?
24:32Well, Stephen Swinford also found out that because Tom Tugendhat said that the concerns are sort of beyond debate is
24:44what he says.
24:45He says it's clearly absurd not to be able to discuss in Parliament the constitutional future of our country when
24:51it's being called into question by the actions of individuals just because they would usually be protected from debate.
24:56When that situation changes, Parliament has to change with it. So obviously with all these new issues coming to light
25:02with taxpayers being, with taxpayers, with Andrew using taxpayers money to maybe pay for massages and travel, which is what
25:15has been accused by whistleblowers in the civil service.
25:19I mean, there's lots of different things that have come out. So things could change.
25:23Well, this is an evolving story, isn't it, Kristen? So we'll have to follow that. But thank you so much
25:28for joining us.
25:31So now it's time for a quick look at the weather.
25:40It's going to be a fairly cloudy night tonight with 12 degrees across the board and some mist in Dover
25:45and Tunbridge.
25:47Going into tomorrow morning, slightly colder with 11 degrees across the board, most having an overcast, although Tombridge seeing sunshine
25:56and temperatures of 12 degrees.
25:57As for the afternoon, sun will come out, although temperatures haven't changed much.
26:02Looking forward into the rest of the week, sunny skies persist into tomorrow with 16 degrees, with light showers going
26:09into Thursday and temperatures the same on Friday.
26:16Now it's time for another break. But coming up, our top story today, Reform UK have lit the way for
26:22a wave of immigration policies at Dover via Shadow Home Secretary Zia Youssef.
26:27Labour MP Mike Tapp has described Mr Youssef on X as not being a decent person and someone who lacks
26:33in British values.
26:34We'll also be taking a look at the sport news featuring the football fixtures of the Gilles against Oldham and
26:39Ebsfleet in Chesham,
26:41as well as looking at the rugby where the Tombridge Juddians took on the Rotherham Titans.
26:46So all that kind of sport. If you're into sport, definitely stick around.
26:49But for now, don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
30:29Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight live here on KMTV. I'm Chloe Brewster and here are your top stories on
30:34Monday the 23rd of February.
30:37It's an invasion. Strong words from Reform UK's Shadow Home Secretary at a press conference on immigration in Dover.
30:44We'll also put a sign on the white cliffs of Dover saying, come on in, everybody welcome. And I predicted
30:50that there would be an invasion.
30:53And crime capital, Chatham Town Centre faces highest level of crime in the county. But does crime define its identity?
31:01Anti-social behaviour exists wherever you let it exist. And we're not allowing that to happen, so we are investing
31:08in our town centres.
31:08And finally, Year of the Horse, Maidstone comes together to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
31:14It's incredibly important to bring more cohesion to Maidstone, particularly as we're in a spate at the moment with lots
31:23of Chinese people coming to Maidstone from Hong Kong.
31:35And a look back at our top story tonight. Reform UK announced a raft of immigration policies at a press
31:41conference in Dover today.
31:43Shadow Home Secretary Zia Youssef vowed to track down, detain and deport all illegal immigrants under a reformed government.
31:50The press conference took place at Dover Marina Hotel and Spa in Waterloo Crescent and saw party leader MP for
31:56Clacton, Nigel Farage, do introductions.
31:59Our reporter Megan Shaw was in Dover earlier today.
32:02A big day for Reform UK in Dover, as the party set out to live up to their namesake by
32:08pledging to overhaul the country's immigration roadmap.
32:12Now it might seem desolate this morning at Dover, but behind me is the Dover Marina Hotel and Spa, where
32:18Reform's Home Secretary Zia Youssef has laid out the first steps to their reimagining of the UK's immigration policy.
32:36It is highly appropriate that we are here in Dover.
32:41And here are the key takeaways. Farage's party wants to create a UK deportation command, which is promised to detain
32:4824,000 illegal migrants.
32:50You might as well put a sign on the white cliffs of Dover saying, come on in, everybody welcome.
32:55And I predicted that there would be an invasion.
33:00His plan includes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights before introducing legislation that would force the Home Secretary to
33:08deport up to 288,000 illegal migrants without intervention from judges each year.
33:15And the solutions we're offering to Zia. Thank you.
33:28Thank you very much, Nigel, and good morning.
33:31Youssef, a Muslim, announced new rules to prevent churches from being converted into mosques or other places of worship,
33:38and was highly critical of Boris Johnson's migration policies.
33:42He pledged to scrap the indefinite leave-to-remain visa, terminate universal credit welfare payments to foreign nationals,
33:49and freeze visas for countries that refuse to take back deported nationals.
33:55Now, these policies would only come into effect in a possible future where reform to be elected into government.
34:01But here in Kent, with England's largest county council already painted light blue,
34:06this could be the green light towards harsher policies against those who weren't born in Britain.
34:13Megan Shaw for Kame TV in Dover.
34:16And now I'm joined by Megan Shaw to tell us a little bit more about what this means for Kent.
34:21So Megan, obviously a bit of a hefty statement there.
34:24Can you just bring out some headlines for us?
34:26Absolutely. It was definitely a very long speech. Lots to unpack there.
34:30So there wasn't just policy around what we might call illegal immigration
34:34that normally refers to people that are entering the country through the English Channel
34:38and perhaps aiming to seek clearance once in the country.
34:41Most of this group kind of are asylum seekers wanting to claim their legal right to asylum.
34:46But there was also policy to tighten up legal migrants.
34:49So that might be the phrase we'd use to describe people who are already in the country
34:52and they're permitted to stay on various different visas.
34:57So the kind of the policies around wanting to scrap the indefinite leave to remain visa,
35:02that kind of falls into that category.
35:04There was also quite a lot of talk around tightening up the police force,
35:07with the police wanting to be stripped of diversity, equity and inclusion mandates,
35:12stop and search powers to be expanded, and prison capacity as well to be expanded,
35:17alongside tighter restrictions against Islam, with PREVENT,
35:21so that's the UK's counter-terrorism stream,
35:24to be overhauled with a focus on Islamist extremism as well.
35:29Perfect. Thank you so much for talking to us, Meg.
35:32Now, students from Ashford and Horton Kirby have been sentenced for the sadistic attack of a sheep.
35:38Oakley Hollands, 20, filmed accomplice Leighton Ashby, 22,
35:43kicking the ewe to death at Ditchling Beacon in a reported 30-minute attack,
35:47followed by the detonation of fireworks on the lamb's body.
35:51Judge Stephen Gold jailed the pair at Hove Crown Court earlier today,
35:55sentencing Hollands to 20 months and Ashby to two years to a young offenders' institution.
36:00All spoke of the complete and utter shock and disgust
36:03at the level of violence used against a defenceless animal.
36:06Now, have you noticed many taped-up postboxes near you?
36:10This might be why.
36:11Many red-pillar postboxes across the county have been found sealed with black plastic
36:16with signs displaying news of a new automated system.
36:19The postal firm is carrying out a nationwide rollout of 3,500 upgraded postboxes,
36:25with 100 already built in Kent and more scheduled for the future.
36:29Bosses inform the improvements are reflective of the sharp increase in postal deliveries
36:35with the growing numbers of online shoppers.
36:38And now, with all your latest sports headlines, Finn McDiarmid.
36:49First up, Gillingham's Bradley Dack had a sombre reaction
36:52after suffering three goals from Oldham inside 20 minutes at Priestfield.
36:56He said,
36:57We didn't battle enough.
36:58It felt like they outfought us, which is a difficult thing to say as a Gillingham player
37:02because that's what this club is built on.
37:04You might lose football matches, that happens, but you should never be outfought
37:07by your opposition.
37:08The Gills will next face Barrow on the road.
37:11Next, Tunbridge Juddians lost 41-21 at home to league leaders Rotherham Titans
37:15on the Saturday, their third consecutive defeat.
37:17It didn't start very well as George Merritt picked up an injury in the warm-up.
37:21And within five minutes, the Titans had caught the Juddians trying to play out from the back,
37:24giving the Titans a 7-0 lead at the start.
37:27The Judds hit back swiftly as they went through the Titans line
37:30before Lewis Giltama re-ran the same line which he had at Plymouth last time to power through.
37:36The Titans all but finished the game off in the 66th minute with another try.
37:40The Judds managed to find a consolation at the end by driving into the right wing.
37:43Tunbridge now sit in seventh place after the defeat
37:45and they'll head on to essentially park on Saturday hoping to get back to winning ways.
37:50And it was a frustrating afternoon at the Crabble Stadium
37:52but manager Jake LaBelle says there's positives to take from the one-all draw against Western Supermare.
37:57Defender Jacob Mensah put Dover into the lead
38:00but the advantage only lasted a couple minutes
38:02before Luke Coulson equalised from the penalty spot
38:04after midfielder Bavesh Gurung fouled Will Dawes.
38:07It was a really difficult game against a really good side, went said LaBelle.
38:11His troops will be hosting the title Chasing Hornchurch on Tuesday.
38:15They're sixth for a reason and we're happy with a point at the end of it.
38:19Chatham Town Women's Magical FA Cup run is all over
38:22after taking eight goals to nil at Birmingham City in the fifth round.
38:26The side had beaten AFC Wimbledon, Exeter City and York City in a record home crowd to get to this
38:31stage.
38:32The Chats were the lowest side left in the competition going away to Birmingham
38:36who were two divisions above which was too much for the Chats to handle.
38:39Manager Keith Bonas said I think everyone did their best and tried their best.
38:43Next, Matt Weston from Tunbridge Wells had a night he would never forget
38:47after being bestowed the honour to carry the British flags in the Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
38:52Weston became known for his double skeleton success at Cortina
38:56and he also became the first British athlete to be awarded two gold medals at the same Winter Games
39:00alongside Charlotte Banks who won Britain's first ever gold on snow.
39:04Matt Weston said to be selected as a flag bearer is a massive, massive honour
39:08and I'm so proud to be able to represent the country at the closing ceremony.
39:11And that's all the time we have for your sports news.
39:21Well, Finn joins me now to discuss a little bit more about the sport.
39:25So Finn, what is actually coming up in Invicta Sport later today?
39:27Well, we've got plenty, whether it's football or rugby there's a lot to talk about.
39:32So obviously at the weekend we had Chatham Town's unfortunate 8-0 loss.
39:36That was the women's team in the FA Cup round of 16.
39:39It's the furthest that any Chatham Sound side has ever gotten in the Cup competition.
39:43And as I say, unfortunately it was an 8-0 loss away to Birmingham City.
39:47So we'll be covering that.
39:48We'll also be taking a look at when they had the FA Cup actually visiting ahead of the game.
39:52So I went down.
39:53A great experience.
39:54It was very, very cool to see the FA Cup in the flesh.
39:56So that was great.
39:57We'll also be discussing some losses a little bit closer to home.
40:00Gillingham, a 3-0 thrashing by Oldham Athletic.
40:04It was really, really tough to see.
40:05And some fans have even described the atmosphere as being toxic
40:08with plenty of players being booed off the pitch.
40:10We'll also be taking a look at your report, Chloe, of the open water swimming down,
40:14I think that's down in Folkestone,
40:16making sure the water is safe for anyone who wants to use the beach for exercise
40:20or just for a bit of fun.
40:23So yeah, plenty coming, including a man who's running a marathon while knitting,
40:28hoping to break a record there as well.
40:29So, you know, football, rugby, even knitting,
40:32we've got all sorts on Invicta Sports this week.
40:34So it's not just for football fans then?
40:35Not just for football fans.
40:37I would say football fans, depending on who you're a fan of,
40:39stay away because we're being very critical of teams this week.
40:41It was not great for a lot of Kent's sides.
40:44It was an interesting one.
40:46Tunbridge Angels did very well.
40:48They haven't been doing too well this season,
40:49but they're starting to claw their way back up the table.
40:51They're really trying to avoid a relegation fight.
40:54Dover did quite well as well with the draw.
40:56So there's lots to talk about, as I mentioned.
40:58Not too many wins.
40:59But yeah, it should be an interesting one.
41:02Perfect.
41:03Thank you so much for talking to me, Finn.
41:05I mean, I'll be tuning in later to watch it.
41:08Okay.
41:09We are coming to the break now,
41:10but don't go anywhere as still to come.
41:12Ringing in the new year, the Chinese New Year.
41:15As we're in the year of the fire horse,
41:17we will tell you all about that and more.
41:19We'll also get a glimpse of what we do here at KMTV.
41:22We have an interview with someone
41:23planning to do the London Marathon whilst knitting.
41:26And an honour bestowed as Matt Weston from Tunbridge Wells.
41:29His flag carrier and he won two golds at the Olympic Winter Games.
41:33So that's exciting.
41:33And we'll also find out about the BAFTA winning film
41:36that was shot in Seven Oaks.
41:37And of course, we'll get an outlook and have a look at the weather.
41:40So lots to watch.
41:42Don't go anywhere, please.
41:45We'll also be looking at sort of the railway, the heritage,
41:48that kind of thing.
41:49So yeah, come back and stay tuned.
42:14The water has the same way as Matt Weston back.
42:14And that's our Redfinite.
42:14Yeah.
42:29The service that you've got to do for that was a Ihnen.
42:30And that's the one thing that I've been after.
42:30And that's the three books in the world.
42:33Well, you know,
42:40There's a couple of books in the book.
53:02I'm not a scientist.
53:10This is the bestems on Hum watта hoodie.
53:15Chinese New Year celebration hope the good energy will bring people good
53:22fortune on horseback or otherwise. Henry Luck for Kane TV in Maidstone.
53:33Now to talk to us more about the history of Chinese New Year is our reporter
53:36Maisie Walker. Now Maisie many of us have heard of Chinese New Year but we don't
53:41know exactly what it's actually about what the origins can you tell us a
53:44little bit more about that? Yes so Chinese New Year marks the beginning of a new
53:47year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar which is essentially
53:52the combined lunar cycles with the solar year. It's one of the most important
53:58holidays in Chinese culture and is often associated with several different myths
54:02and customs and the festival was traditionally a time to honour deities
54:07and ancestors and throughout China each region celebrates the new year with
54:12distinct local traditions so for example every family would thoroughly clean
54:17their house which is symbolic of sweeping away any ill fortune and to make way
54:22for incoming good luck. Windows and doors may be decorated with red paper cuts and
54:27couplets which represent themes such as good fortune happiness wealth and
54:31longevity. Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in
54:37red envelopes specifically for children. So you've mentioned a little bit about
54:41mythology there can you go into a little bit more details I know that's such a big
54:45thing isn't it for Chinese New Year? Yeah so according to the legend Chinese New
54:49Year began with the with a mystical mythical sorry beast called the Nyan. So the Nyan lived
54:56under the sea or in the mountains and looks like a lion with horns and every year it
55:01would come to their village and eat people specifically with a taste for children and
55:07and over the and one year the villagers decided to hide from the beast and an old
55:11man appeared and said he would stay and fight off the Nyan. He put up red papers
55:16instead of firecrackers which is where we see that tradition come from and the
55:20next day the villagers returned and saw that nothing had been destroyed so and
55:23they believed that the old man was a god who had saved them and that's also
55:27when they learned that the Nyan was afraid of the color reds and loud noises. Cool and I
55:32understand you actually have a game for me can we play that we can play that so my
55:37first question for you this is a game of true and false to test your knowledge a
55:40bit so in China and each year is linked with a different animal is that true or
55:46false? It's true because I know I'm the year of the monkey I think so well that's
55:49find out and it's true you are right and then my next question for you is the
56:00Chinese calendar goes in a cycle of sorry let me go back there so yeah the
56:06Chinese calendar does go in a cycle of 12 years each year being symbolized by a
56:10different animal and it is believed that the particular year that you're born you
56:14will have characteristics of that animal now do we have time for another
56:18question? I think that I think that's all we've got I would love to learn more
56:21we'll chat after okay thank you so much for watching if you have time make sure you
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