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00:32Hello and welcome to Kentonite Live here on KMTV.
00:36I'm Olly Leder and here are your top stories on Friday the 17th of April.
00:42White wedding ruined.
00:44Brian's sister-in-law throws black liquid at her moments before walking down the aisle.
00:50As I turn, the black substance stray at me.
00:53And the two girls at the stands, my daughter and my niece.
00:58Taking no chances, students return to campus for second rollout of meningitis jabs.
01:05Now that we've started term three, there seems to be a lot more buzz on campus.
01:09And over the moon, elderly residents in Citybourne reminisce about the moon landing over 50 years ago.
01:15If you know something about them, they think, oh, you know me, you know, you know, and it makes that
01:21little connection.
01:21It just brings them a little bit of ease.
01:32First tonight, our top story.
01:34Nothing will ever be enough.
01:36Those are the words of one bride after her wedding day was ruined in Maidstone.
01:41After a black lick was chucked over her white wedding dress.
01:46Her sister-in-law has been made to pay Gemma Monk £100 each month in compensation.
01:52But for Gemma, this doesn't come close to repairing the damage she's caused.
01:57Megan Shaw went down to her wedding venue to meet her in person.
02:03I was standing in the hallway and they heard my name mentioned, like, being called Gemma.
02:13As I turned, the black substance stray at me and the two girls that were standing to me, my daughter
02:19on my knees.
02:20It was meant to be the best day of her life.
02:23But Gemma's perfect day quickly turned sour when her sister-in-law threw a dark liquid towards her.
02:31So, Gemma, walk me through it.
02:33You know, what was happening on the day?
02:35So, my dad, myself and my bride-a-part was driving up here.
02:40So, we come up here and we parked here to let the high-snate out.
02:44I was told that I wasn't entering there.
02:46I was going to be entering this store around here.
02:51As me and my dad approached, my dad parked, got me out.
02:56I greeted my bridesmaids and I then entered there.
03:02This wall here is where they were hiding to attack me.
03:07Behind the wall?
03:08Just this wall here, yeah.
03:10Right here.
03:11So, my dad was parked here.
03:14And as my dad left me to come and park the car over here, he rushed to come to me.
03:23And he put the car in reverse, which then hit this wall after the attack.
03:28But, yeah, that's how we were close.
03:31For Gemma, it was supposed to be a white wedding, but look at her veil, ruined.
03:37And part of an £1,800 dress, veil and tiara outfit, it was supposed to be a family heirloom she
03:44could pass down to her daughter to wear to prom.
03:47But that isn't possible anymore.
03:49Antonia Eastwood, when the case went to Maystone Crown Court, was imposed a 10-month jail term suspended for 12
03:57months, with 160 hours of unpaid work.
04:01She was also handed a 10-year restraining order and told to pay £1,000 to Oakwood House in compensation
04:08and £4,000 to her sister-in-law in £100 monthly installments.
04:14In court, she expressed her wish to apologise to her victim, Gemma.
04:20Nothing's ever going to be enough, ever.
04:24But what can I do about that, you know?
04:27She's got to live with herself for the rest of her life.
04:30And now, I hope the world knows what she is and what she's done.
04:38Megan Shaw for KMTV in Maystone.
04:43Now, trial dates have been confirmed for two men charged with the murder of a 19-year-old stabbed to
04:49death in Whitstable.
04:51Kieran Barnes, 19, and Tobias Abad-Barge, 21, will appear in court after being charged with the murder of 19
04:59-year-old Ashton Harrington.
05:00The pair are being investigated after Harrington died at the scene of a fatal stabbing at Belmont Road in Whitstable
05:07on 3 April.
05:09The trial is scheduled to begin on 30 November.
05:15Now, two people have been arrested in connection with a murder investigation after a man was stabbed on the Isle
05:22of Sheppey on Thursday.
05:23Police were called to Armour Road in Sheerness after receiving reports of a disturbance inside a private property.
05:30A man in his 50s was later confirmed to have died.
05:34I caught up with our reporter, Izzy Rodney, from the scene earlier today.
05:39Our reporter, Izzy Rodney, joins us from the scene.
05:44What do we know so far about this situation?
05:48Yeah, so, Oli, two people have been arrested and a murder investigation has been launched after a man in his
05:5550s was stabbed to death here on Alma Road in Sheerness on Thursday afternoon.
06:01Kent police were called here yesterday at around 4.32pm after reports of a disturbance inside a private property.
06:11Officers then attended the property and they found a man with what they believed was a stab injury.
06:18A little while later, he then was confirmed to have died and his next of kin was then later informed.
06:24There is still a cordon at the scene. What have you seen today down in Sheerness?
06:32Yeah, so, when I arrived, the road was partially closed off.
06:36And as you can see, there is a cordon behind me with officers guarding some of the properties.
06:42There has been lots of police activities.
06:45You know, there's been vehicles here coming in and out.
06:49And, you know, we've even got a drone right now above me flying over the street.
06:54So, you know, lots going on.
06:57And, you know, even some of the officers have been going into each of the front porches of the properties
07:04on Alma Road.
07:04And what have Kent police said so far about what is quite a fast-moving situation?
07:12Yes, so, a 32-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, both from Sheerness, have been arrested.
07:20And that's on suspicion of murder and have been placed in police custody.
07:25They're now appealing to any of the residents in the area for any sort of CCTV footage
07:30and also appealing to motorists with any sort of dashcam footage to give them further information.
07:37And you can find more on Kent Online.
07:40But next tonight, public opinion is divided as the Prime Minister Keir Starmer's future hangs in the balance
07:47following fresh revelations regarding Peter Mandelson.
07:51The embattled leader has faced calls to resign after it was revealed that the former U.S. ambassador
07:57with ties to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein failed foreign office vetting.
08:03The Prime Minister says it's something he didn't know about.
08:06But locals here in Rochester say they still want him to go.
08:11I think he certainly should consider it.
08:14You know, he maybe should have asked if there was, what the results of the investigation were
08:20and not relied on someone to provide him that information.
08:24So, yeah, I mean, I'm not a particular fan of his anyway.
08:27I think he is between a rock and a hard place because it sounds to me like,
08:32if what I was hearing was correct from a former foreign office on the civil service side,
08:36that what happened was exactly what was meant to happen, that the politicians weren't told.
08:42But I don't think it should work that way because I think politicians should be told
08:46if someone's failed, as Mandelson did, failed the vetting.
08:51My instinct is no at this point just because I think that will make everything a little more chaotic.
08:57I'd like to see him take more responsibility, and I think he's done that pretty well so far.
09:02But if more things come out and it definitely seems like he really knew what was going on, then absolutely.
09:10But with everything that's been in the last 10 years, having turnover PMs again for the next 10 years
09:16might not be the best idea.
09:18Oh, 100%. I don't understand how you can stay in charge of the country
09:21when you've effectively lied in Parliament and said someone was vetted completely
09:25and they've clearly not been.
09:28So, simple as that. He's got to resign.
09:31And for more politics stories like that, tune in every Friday at 5pm
09:35for new episodes of the Kent Politics Show.
09:38This week, I was on the guest panel and clashed with Reform Councillor Thomas Mallon.
09:43You mentioned the North Sea there. Lots of that money is sold on the international market.
09:49That wouldn't necessarily go back to UK consumers.
09:51It might create jobs, but so would solar farms, so would wind farms.
09:55Surely what you're suggesting wouldn't necessarily actually make it more sustainable
10:00for someone in Kent who's running a business, or for a local authority trying to save money
10:04on what are rising fuel costs are impacting all sorts of services?
10:11Right. Well, you're conflating two different issues there.
10:14You're conflating national and local.
10:17So, let's go to the national issue.
10:19If you were to drill in the North Sea, you would be directly pumping oil from the North Sea
10:24to the mainland and directly bring it in from the mainland.
10:27At this moment in time, we're asking other countries to ship it to us at extra cost,
10:33and also we're not creating any jobs in that aspect.
10:36Also, with gas, let's look at gas. We are actually shipping in gas from all over the world
10:41when we actually have it under our own oceans and our own seas.
10:45This gas has to be liquefied for transportation.
10:49It cannot be transported in a gaseous form.
10:52It has to be liquefied, and that has to be refined at cost.
10:55Then it's shipped over to here and then redefined into a gas again at extra cost.
11:01Now, that's cost to the British taxpayer, and if you're telling me that doesn't cost extra money
11:05to local businesses because of tax, duty, fares, and VAT on top, I think you're away with the birds.
11:11But I'm not saying that.
11:12What I'm saying is that lots of this fuel is sold on the international market.
11:17If you were to start drilling in the North Sea, that wouldn't necessarily directly go to UK consumers.
11:23European countries could buy that.
11:25International countries could buy that.
11:27It doesn't necessarily address, obviously, we've seen that KCC has even promoted its EV charging points recently
11:37as an example of good infrastructure practice.
11:41There are efficiencies to be found at a local level by pursuing policies that aren't dependent on fuel, aren't there?
11:51And you can find the whole debate up on our website, kmtv.co.uk.
11:56I'll see you in a few minutes after the break.
15:20welcome back to kent tonight live here on kmtv now a new vaccination rollout is underway a month
15:27from a deadly outbreak of meningitis in canterbury which killed two young people and put 21 in
15:34hospital it was just weeks ago that students spent hours queuing for jabs at the university campus in
15:41the city desperately trying to protect themselves against the bacterial disease and while there have
15:47been no new cases for several weeks when chloe brewster went down to the vaccination center on
15:52campus it was clear the nhs were taking no chances returning from their easter holidays students in
16:00canterbury are back on campus welcomed by legions of nhs staff ready to deliver the second round of
16:07vaccinations with the first student through the door bright and early at 8am honestly it was kind of
16:13one of the ones where i was quite nervous to get the first jab i don't really like needles anyway
16:16and
16:17then once i had the first one and i'd bit the bullet i was like i just want to get
16:20the second one over
16:20and done with so when the booking form and stuff came out i kind of just went straight in and
16:24like
16:24booked as early as i could to just kind of get it over with and out the way everyone wants
16:28to feel
16:28safe um everyone wants to enjoy the uni experience and i think this is like partly because of that
16:33like this is one of the reasons they can do that you know delivering the vaccine as staff from kent
16:37community health nhs foundation trust who are usually tasked with administering vaccines in schools
16:43but today patients have booked in online we've got 900 people booked in today to come in for their
16:49vaccine over the day and then obviously we're working over the weekend and we've also got our gp practices
16:54in fashion and ashford offering second doses as well after the first vaccine students are 30
17:00percent protected and after today's jab that will jump up to 90 percent really important people come
17:06down for their second dose so yeah and we've got over four and a half thousand people booked so far
17:11on the system which means that we get a steady flow through matching our capacity so shouldn't be any
17:16cues things here have returns to normal the local bars and clubs have reopened including club chemistry
17:23where the outbreak is thought to have started previously we were towards the end of the last
17:28term when the outbreak happened and now that we've started term three there seems to be a lot more buzz
17:34on
17:34campus students are excited to be back and we've got a lot planned so it's much more settled in right
17:40now club chemistry is open um and then we've got our own outlet on campus venue as well so that
17:46has been
17:46busy as well um again that reassurance piece and that communication and how can you be safe how can
17:54it be contained what to avoid and there's no active cases so it's been really positive to see that and
18:00students seem to be engaging in quite a lot so it's really exciting and positive to see that there have
18:05been no updates on any more meningitis cases since the first of april with the total of 21 confirmed cases
18:12of the disease appearing to be the outbreak's peak and while the delivery of the second vaccination
18:18shows officials taking no chances with the university of kent cohort questions still remain
18:24as to whether other young people up and down the country remain at risk without theirs chloe brewster
18:30for kmtv in canterbury now for a change of pace a 13 year old from kent has become a pro
18:38at digger
18:38driving and has taken part in a challenge over the weekend at none other than diggerland finley gallagher
18:44is the youngest qualified digger operator in the uk and he took on the theme park's most seasoned
18:50professional dave smith in the ultimate showdown of skills and ability let's take a quick look at
18:56their head-to-head
19:17well finley gallagher and dave smith joining the studio right now after head-to-head competition
19:23you look quite technical don't think i could do that myself what was it like being there competing
19:29on the day uh some much larger crowds than i thought but also with the blindfold one i like that
19:38because
19:38i couldn't see the crowd so but dave did of course win the main one so yeah only by luck
19:44i was just as
19:45nervous as what you was yeah because you look at it like you're knocking down some very small pins
19:52um in the video there what was it does it what does it take to kind of get trained up
19:58to do something
19:58like that i don't think many people at home would have the technical ability to do that in their own
20:03cars for example plenty of practice finn yeah plenty of practice and obviously you are the youngest
20:11operator of this kind of um digger in the uk how does it feel uh something special at least but
20:20it's also
20:21pretty cool you're one of the youngest i'm one of the only so yeah what made you really interested in
20:27becoming a digger operator as it were probably my granddad with all his machines just getting into them and
20:35driving them seeing them every day basically it was like the training regime i mean like i can't imagine
20:41it's a rocky style situation but like what do you have to do to kind of get to where you
20:45are today
20:46just the odd one or two practice every week just to get used to the machines uh but just try
20:53to keep
20:53on them really dave how intimidated were you going up against finn he's a the real natural behind the
21:00wheel as it were were you a bit nervous going into it this weekend definitely i'm being been there such
21:05young thinking right is he going to beat me so no place and what's the reaction from people that i
21:13mean
21:13you can see on the screen there's like so many people had smiles on their faces as you guys are
21:17going head to head what was it what's the feeling like on the day feeling of the blindfold one when
21:23everyone cheered i knew that finny upon it so it was good it was good and here's a question will
21:30there be
21:30a rematch in the future we're going going head to head again probably head to again but on a different
21:36challenge because that was not my challenge what what challenge would you like to do if you were going to
21:42clinch it next time dippy dip dippy ducks can you explain that that sounds rather fun so it's
21:50basically the same machine as that on the screen but instead of knocking over pins you've got a circle
21:57and some ducks have like hooks on them and you've got to pick up the ducks and put them to
22:01the side
22:02can we count you in dave definitely thank you so much for joining in i probably won't be there on
22:10the
22:10day i can barely drive my own car let alone a digger but would love to see you go head
22:14to head again
22:15thank you so much thank you thank you
22:21so it's gonna be prime digging weather this weekend let's find out shall we
22:31well later this evening we see a nice mild temperature around 12 degrees into tomorrow morning
22:36sunshine and a bit of rain over ashford and canterbury going to the afternoon those clouds
22:42moving in 16 degrees over medway and dartford and the outlook for the rest of the week a mixture of
22:50cloud and sunshine temperature between 14 and 12 degrees
23:08the fact that dr six of them is high and we'll be coming back to the great entertainment of the
23:10country from kent show this summer due to scheduling conflicts
23:14the die young singer was supposed to take the stage at dreamland in margate on sunday
23:19on july 5th now a statement from the event promoter has confirmed it will not go ahead and
23:24the show has been removed from the theme parks website keisha rose to fame in the late 2000s with a
23:30tracked
23:30TikTok selling 40 million copies worldwide. And finally, from the dark side of the moon
23:37to the Garden of England, the whole world has looked on in awe and wonder as the Artemis II
23:42mission made a historic return to Earth. It's something we'll never forget, as one group of
23:48retirees in Sittingbourne can attest to. Despite hailing from the Woodstock nursing home, the
23:53thing that they remember most from 1969 is the Apollo 11 mission. And we sent our reporter,
24:00Naila Mohammed, down to discover why our journeys to the stars endure so much for so many.
24:07Now bound for the moon, humanity's next great voyage begins.
24:11This is the moment that Artemis II made its way to fly around the moon for the first time in
24:1750 years.
24:18I don't know about you guys, but I stayed up quite late to watch the launch of Artemis II.
24:22To me, it was a really interesting part of history because the furthest the human race
24:26have flown out in space. And we finally know what the mysterious dark side of the moon
24:30actually looks like. And watching the launch is a memory that will stick with me for years to come.
24:35And I know this because here at Woodstock nursing home in Sittingbourne, many residents still remember
24:40their favourite moments of when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon over 50 years ago.
24:46For Irene, her fondest memory involved dressing up her children.
24:50Well, I put them into fancy dress the following year and my son went as an astronaut
25:01at six and a half, Apollo six and a half. And my daughter was the rocket, so she tells me.
25:09I think it might have been a school thing, but in those days we didn't have all these
25:16clothes, different costumes and things for everything, like book club and things like that, that they
25:24do these days.
25:26So did you have to make the costumes yourself?
25:28Well, my husband did.
25:30And for Colin, his children were also at the centre of his memory of the event.
25:35The evening that the people that landed on the moon, it was being televised.
25:59According to Marina, reminiscing about the life stories with elderly residents is vital for
26:06their mental health.
26:07If you know something about them, they think, oh, you know me, you know, you know, and it makes
26:12that little connection. It just brings them a little bit of ease. I do find when we do
26:15reminiscence sessions, like we've done reminiscence session of the space landing, because obviously
26:20America have only just sent up a new spaceship, so it sparked all these nice feelings. And once
26:25we got chatting, it brought back so many different memories.
26:28And with more lunar missions planned in the coming years, I, for one, am very excited to look
26:34back at our fondest memories.
26:36Nayla Mahamid for KMTV in Sittingbourne. Over and out.
26:41Really lovely to see people enjoying all those moon missions so many years on.
26:46That's everything from us this evening on KMTV. There'll be more news later on,
26:50but in the meantime, have a lovely weekend. Take care.
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