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00:27Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight live
00:29on KMTV. I'm Naila Mohamad and here are your top stories on Monday the 22nd of June.
00:36From Gillingham to resignation, we bring you the story of the Prime Minister's fall from grace,
00:41live from Downing Street.
00:43Every decision I've taken has been about putting the country I love first.
00:49That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party.
00:54Weather warning. A heat health alert is set to hit the country this week.
00:59So how is Kent preparing?
01:01Well I'm loving the heat. It's not quite as hot today as it was yesterday
01:05so we're making the most of it before it gets truly hot.
01:07And taking stock. Kent author writes a book about his experience working in the London Stock Exchange.
01:25Now your top story tonight, he has gone.
01:29Sir Keir Starmer is set to leave Downing Street by September after mounting pressure from Kent MPs to call it
01:36quits.
01:36It was a tearful goodbye from a divisive Prime Minister who split our politicians and our communities alike.
01:42And our politics team is down in Downing Street for the moment it all came crashing down.
01:51The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general
02:01election.
02:02I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question.
02:09And I accept that answer with good grace.
02:14Every decision I've taken has been about putting the country I love first.
02:20That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party.
02:26And when I leave the biggest job in the country I shall spend more time on the most important job.
02:34Being the best husband I can to my fantastic wife Fig, who has been a rock by my side through
02:42good times and bad.
02:44And being the best dad I can to my beautiful children, who are my pride and my joy.
02:52Thank you very much.
03:00There you have it. Our fifth Prime Minister in seven years resigning as leader of the Labour Party.
03:06A contest will happen over the summer. But who will take his place here in number 10?
03:19And Oli joins us live in Downing Street. Now, Oli, what is the mood like in Westminster?
03:26It's been an extraordinary day, Naylor. This patch where I'm stood right now in the press pit has been filled
03:34with news teams from around the world.
03:36Dozens of journalists here to see Keir Starmer throwing in the towel after months of speculation about his future.
03:46We saw just then the podium being taken away from an increasingly common sight with the churn of Prime Ministers
03:54we've seen in recent years.
03:57There's a sense of sobriety within the Labour Party. A sense that this didn't always have to go like this.
04:04It's that Keir Starmer perhaps didn't get the fairest deal from his own party, though some say that he was
04:10electoral anema, as seen in the local elections just recently.
04:16It was interesting seeing David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister, Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Downing
04:25Street staff flooding out of Downing Street,
04:29reminiscence of Boris Johnson before him. What an interesting day for our country to look ahead to what could be
04:40an interesting summer that's going to heat up like the weather if there is a political contest.
04:47And how did we get here so close to a landslide election?
04:53That's the most fascinating part of this. If you look back two years ago to Gillingham where Sir Keir Starmer
04:59launched the general election Labour campaign,
05:02it was unimaginable something like this would actually happen. His candidates were buoyant, he was out on the campaign trail
05:12promising change, voters were hopeful.
05:15But that seemed to disappear over the first 100 days and afterwards, a series of U-turns on everything from
05:25welfare to inheritance tax.
05:28That sucked away some of the authority from the Prime Minister amongst the electorate, expecting a very different sort of
05:36government.
05:37And I've put together a little explainer of the timeline because so much has happened over the last few years.
05:44Thank you very much.
05:48He said he wasn't walking away. Then this morning, he did.
05:53Starmer's resignation would have been impossible to imagine just a few years ago.
06:00During the 2023 local elections in Medway, he was the star attraction on the campaign trail.
06:07You can go out on Thursday, May the 4th, and you can vote Labour.
06:12The football-loving PM even kicked off his campaign for Downing Street at the Gillingham Stadium a year later.
06:20Neshaba Khan was just one of 11 MPs who won seats in Kent under his leadership.
06:26So the fact that both Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner were here today shows what Labour has to offer communities
06:31like this.
06:32Two years later, she was one of several in the South East, calling for him to go.
06:38And rightly or wrongly, he has lost the trust of the British public.
06:42It didn't take long for things to go wrong, though.
06:45Rosie Duffield is a really important voice in the parliamentary Labour Party.
06:49Canterbury's Rosie Duffield quit the party just months after winning her seat.
06:54I'm afraid it does feel like yet another misstep where the management of the Labour Party are trying to please
07:00everyone, which ends up pleasing nobody.
07:02While U-turns around winter fuel payments and inheritance tax for farmers battered the party's reputation.
07:10It's the whole budget. It's supposed to be an investment budget and it's just crippling everything associated with us.
07:17And it all came to a head in local elections in May, where Labour lost a historic number of council
07:24seats.
07:25Over the Kent border, Hastings went green for the first time.
07:30And I think people just want change. I think they want people to talk and actually then deliver.
07:36Despite local election discontent, not all of our MPs wanted Starmer out.
07:41Well, I signed a letter this week to say that Keir should stay in place.
07:45And if we look at the last general election results, he won more seats in Kent than any Labour leader
07:49in my lifetime.
07:50But then came bigger resignations. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called for Keir to step down.
07:58And in Manchester, a calculated by-election saw the city's Mayor Andy Burnham return to Westminster.
08:05Today, Starmer may have gotten the final say on his successes in Downing Street.
08:11The biggest improvement in rights for workers and renters in a generation.
08:17The biggest uplift in defence spending since the Cold War.
08:21But it will be his party who will have the final say on his successor.
08:26Oli Lieder in Westminster.
08:31Well, it's a clearly emotional moment for Sir Keir Starmer there.
08:34But Oli, how are Kent MPs reacting?
08:39Some are disappointed that the Prime Minister they were backing has stepped down.
08:44Some say the writing's on the wall and they welcome the decision.
08:48Neshaba and Tris both spoke to me earlier.
08:50They were in that explainer.
08:52And their position is very interesting.
08:54Calling for a contest.
08:57They were also calling for scrutiny.
08:59Let's hear from them now.
09:00Whether there's a contest or not, I still think that we should have the opportunity to ask Andy Burnham.
09:07And very clearly, his position on a number of issues.
09:10If he wants to set himself up to be Prime Minister, he's got the opportunity to really set out his
09:17vision for the country.
09:18I think that's really, really important.
09:20I think it's important that whether there are other contestants in the field or not, and we don't know if
09:24there will be,
09:25that there is an opportunity for questions, an opportunity to hear what that looks and feels like,
09:31and an opportunity for him to understand and listen to some of the challenges that we've had to date and
09:37some of the challenges that we face.
09:38Controlled migration, a growing economy, building a better NHS with falling waiting lists, and also improving our schools.
09:46These are the same priorities.
09:48It doesn't matter whether you live in McEfield or Medway.
09:50I believe that they will improve with a Labour government, and I do believe he can communicate and articulate in
09:57a better way than what we've had previous.
09:59And that is the reason why I think he will be Prime Minister, and I look forward to working with
10:03him to deliver on that change.
10:06And we heard there from Kent MPs, but Oli, how are Kent locals reacting to the resignation?
10:13What's fascinating about all of this is that Andy Burnham, he's well known in Manchester, he's well known in the
10:20North,
10:20the so-called King of the North, now awaiting what looks like a coronation.
10:24He's not a really well-known figure for many in Kent. Some have heard about him for the first time
10:29in the last couple of weeks.
10:30So we went out into Medway to find out what people think about this. Should Keir Starmer have gone?
10:36And should Andy Burnham be our next Prime Minister?
10:40I'm over the moon. Over the moon. We deserve someone better than they're doing with the government.
10:49Myself, I think, yeah, he was doing okay. And I like him. And even this morning when I see him,
10:54it actually quite upset me.
10:55I think it's a shame because we've had, look, this is going to be our seventh Prime Minister in ten
11:01years.
11:02And it's like people want instant results. And they kind of promised he would stick with it.
11:08And now it's all changing again. I just think it's more instability that we could do without really.
11:13I did vote Labour and I think it's quite sad in a way. But I think that he's lost the
11:18trust of a lot of people who vote Labour.
11:20So it's probably the right time.
11:21By stepping aside, he's made way for someone who clearly has the backing of the people.
11:28Well, thank you for bringing that story today, Oli.
11:34Now, coming up after the break, it's not just heating up with fiery debate and decisions to be made in
11:39Parliament,
11:39but across Kent's skyline as well, with the Met Office issuing a rare red warning for parts of the country
11:45this week,
11:46with some parts of Kent looking to be affected by this extreme heat.
11:50We'll also have a look at all your space, your latest sports news, all that and more. We'll see you
11:54soon.
15:17Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight.
15:19Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight Live on KMTV.
15:21Before we get going, let's take a quick look at the weather for the coming days.
15:29Well, it's looking like a cooler night than we've seen with temperatures of 18 and 19 without any cloud tonight.
15:35Into tomorrow morning, we'll be seeing more expected temperatures of 22 to 25 degrees with no cloud cover in sight.
15:43And into tomorrow evening, we'll be reaching highs of 27 to 33 degrees with a clear forecast.
15:48And then your outlook for the next coming days, Wednesday and Thursday do have amber weather warnings reaching temperatures of
15:5437 and 36 degrees.
15:56However, Friday will be slightly cooler at 30, although still quite hot.
16:10And Kristen Hawthorne joins me in the studio now to tell us a little bit more about the heat warning.
16:15So Kristen, do tell us what does this heat warning mean?
16:17Well, I mean, if you look up Kent weather on your browser or whatever, it'll come up with severe high
16:23temperature warning, which does seem quite scary.
16:26However, a lot of those red warnings are in London and I'll have a little map coming up soon.
16:31So you can really see where you are in the county and if whether or not you'll be affected in
16:35terms of these these high heats.
16:37So as you watch this, the time will continue on until Thursday evening or until Friday morning, I think I
16:44did it.
16:45So you can see just when those red patches start to come in.
16:49We will have extreme heat until Tuesday until 11.59pm and extreme heat from Wednesday midnight to Thursday 11.59pm.
16:56We can expect hot and humid weather to continue throughout the middle of the week and exceptionally warm temperatures both
17:03day and night.
17:05And I mean, there's lots that you need to do to be careful.
17:08Really, you need to be aware of heat stroke because this is kind of weather that will affect everybody.
17:13Usually in these warnings, we hear about the elderly or the very, very young.
17:17But no, it really is. Everybody needs to be careful about heat stroke.
17:21I was in Rochester today speaking to the residents to see what they're doing and how they're staying cool.
17:28Well, to be fair at the moment, I'm not really liking the hot weather because I can't really sit out
17:34in it too long because my skin, it just burns.
17:37Drinking, drinking loads and going for walks as I'm disabled and stopping where I can and refreshing.
17:45Well, I'm loving the heat. It's not quite as hot today as it was yesterday.
17:49So we're making the most of it before it gets truly hot.
17:51Fortunately, we're in a house where we can throw open the windows and we've got a shaded garden.
17:55So we can cope. I just feel people who are stuck in flats, you know, and haven't got much choice
18:02in the matter.
18:03I really feel for them.
18:04Doing as little as possible. Drinking lots of cold drinks.
18:08Staying in the shade. Lots of cold drinks. That's it.
18:11And we've just heard that how some people in Kent do cool down.
18:15But Kristen, how should we be cooling down in temperatures like these?
18:17Well, like you said, if you're in a flat or something, you can always go out to a cafe where
18:22they have air conditioning.
18:23There are places that advertise that they have air conditioning if you really can't stay inside.
18:27You move your socks, drink lots of water and be aware of the signs of heat stroke as well.
18:32Brilliant. Thank you so much for joining us today, Kristen.
18:38Now, a huge fire was spotted at a derelict building in Gillingham with multiple fire engines on the scene.
18:44The abandoned building was beside the river Medway off Pier Road and smoke was visible from the nearby Asda.
18:49The fire was put out later in the day with Kent Fire and Rescue pumping water from the river and
18:54using a height vehicle to extinguish the flames.
18:56At the time, a spokesperson said crews are advising people living, working or travelling near Pier Approach Road
19:02to please close windows and doors due to smoke coming from a derelict building fire.
19:09Now, Kent has seen plenty of water issues over the past six months,
19:12and Southeast Water have responded with a new chief executive months after David Hinton resigned.
19:17The company has announced that John Hulsell will take over from Hinton immediately
19:21and have said he brings more than 35 years of leadership with companies like Southwest Water, Network Rail and Thames
19:28Water.
19:29He has said,
19:30My priorities are clear, responding to customers immediate concerns around their water service.
19:35This comes after thousands were left without water in Ridstable and Herne Bay due to high demand over the last
19:40heatwave.
19:43Now let's have a look at the sports news from Ocraster County.
19:57Former junior game striker Josh Andrews has confirmed he will be moving to Grimsby Town on a free transfer.
20:03Andrews was released by the Jills this summer and Grimsby will hope they can get goals out of the six
20:07foot four forward,
20:07who originally joined us in ME7 from Birmingham City in 2024.
20:12Grimsby lost in the semifinals of the League Two playoffs at the end of the season,
20:16and their manager thinks they can get a lot more out of him.
20:18He isn't half a handful, said boss David Artel.
20:21He's got all the attributes to be a real top striker.
20:24Now back here in Jenningham, Gareth Ainsworth has signed a defender from the Scottish Premiership to build up his back
20:30line.
20:31Liam Gordon has only ever played in Scotland at clubs like St Johnstone and Motherwell,
20:35but will be making his way to the Garden of England ahead of the next season.
20:40The centre-back has signed for a two-year deal, having most recently made 57 appearances for Motherwell.
20:45On his new club, he said after speaking with the manager and the rest of the coaching staff,
20:50I came away with a great feeling about the place. I'm delighted to be here.
20:54And we can hear more from him now.
20:57Yeah, listen, when Jenningham came knocking, it was a move that really interested me.
21:03And then after speaking with the manager and the rest of the coaching staff on a Zoom call,
21:08I came off with a great feeling about the place.
21:11I felt like it was a place that I could genuinely go and make that next step in my football
21:15career.
21:16It was a big move for me, but I just felt at the time of my career and the way
21:21everything was,
21:22I just felt it was that next step to go give England a try.
21:26It's something that I've been close to before and I've never really just left the nest, as they would say.
21:31But no, I just felt like this was the right moment for me to go and test myself down here.
21:36And to cricket now, Kent have a testing time ahead of them at the final day of the county championship
21:42at Canterbury.
21:43The visitors established a first innings lead yesterday before reducing Kent to 233-7 in reply, a lead of 206.
21:50Kent Kanj Singh said 100% the game is definitely in the balance.
21:56The wicket is quick and changing and as today showed, the game is quick and changing.
22:00We felt that after the first innings we were in the driver's seat and then after getting them six down,
22:04we were definitely on top.
22:07Now that's all for your sports news.
22:28Now an author from Badless Mere has published a new book on his experiences in the London Stock Exchange.
22:34My word is my bond. It's loosely inspired by True Events and features the title of the character, Ian Rose,
22:40in the first book of the trilogy.
22:42And the author, Malcolm Ross, joins me in the studio now.
22:45So Malcolm, tell us a little bit about the book.
22:49Yeah, sure. Thank you for having me first.
22:51It's inspired by True Events and it's based on my life experience working on the floor of London Stock Market,
22:58the iconic London Stock Market.
23:00I was very fortunate and privileged to be part of that institution.
23:07And working there inspired me to write the book and that's where it's really come from.
23:12And tell us a little bit about what was it that inspired you to write the book?
23:16Because the London Stock Exchange doesn't really scream book to me, does it?
23:19Well, it's an amazing institution. I mean, it's unique and it's obviously training stopped there in 1987.
23:27But I think so much happened there, you know, when it was busy, it was full on, training was frenetic.
23:34But when it was quiet, lots of crazy pranks happened there. It was quite amazing.
23:39Just a very amazing, privileged place to work. So I think it's quite inspirational to write the book.
23:46So that's what made me do it.
23:49And can you show us a bit of the cover there and tell us about one of the more colourful
23:53experiences you've had?
23:54Yeah, thank you. That's actually there, my words, my bond, by me, obviously.
23:58In fact, talking about the quiet times and some of the crazy stuff that happened there when it was quiet,
24:04my stress.
24:04I could, if you allow me, read a little short excerpt.
24:07Yeah, okay, it's a short excerpt. And this is something that happened that was quite hilarious.
24:12So I'll read you this.
24:14So several times a year, everyone, including the public watching from the gallery, would be treated to quite unique and
24:20remarkable sight.
24:21Any poor bloke who had let slip that he was engaged to be married would endure a stock exchange experience
24:27like no other.
24:28Days before his ceremony, he would be surrounded by his colleagues, stripped to his underpants,
24:34sprayed from head to toe with shaving foam, then doused liberally with bags of goose feathers.
24:41Barely able to see and breathe, the poor, indignant guy would then be forced to parade around the floor,
24:46receiving abuse, congratulations and cheers from the spectators.
24:50Well, definitely a colourful experience.
24:52So I saw that and it was hilarious. I mean, when it was quiet, lots of stuff happened like that.
24:57It was quite amazing.
24:59Absolutely. But why did you decide to go down the path of book writing rather than anything else?
25:04Well, writing is really the only medium I know.
25:06And I've been writing screenplays, fictional screenplays for years actually.
25:12But this is my first published book.
25:14And the writing over years has given me the confidence.
25:18And it's given me the confidence and inspiration to write the book.
25:22And so that's how it came about.
25:26And I was just very lucky to say to have been part of that institution.
25:29And especially at a time where there's so many flamboyant characters and charismatic personalities and some amazing traders.
25:37So the inspiration was from, I guess, the experience of writing before.
25:42And you said it's part of a trilogy.
25:44So have the other two books been written yet?
25:46Or are you waiting?
25:46Second book's written and edited. It's all ready to go.
25:49But first I've got to try and market this one.
25:51That's why I really appreciate you having me on.
25:53So that's ready to go.
25:55But it'll probably come out next year.
25:56It's hard to say.
25:57Thirdly, I'm in the process of writing now.
26:01At the moment the feedback's been fantastic.
26:03The response from people read it.
26:05So they really enjoy it.
26:06It's very easy to read.
26:08Light reading.
26:09But some very funny stories.
26:10But also like an insight into a different world.
26:13So it's quite informative too.
26:15But in a light-hearted way.
26:16And do you plan on writing other books based on other life experiences anytime soon?
26:20Well, you never know.
26:21You never know.
26:23I would say once the third one's finished, I've got something maybe planned like a travel log.
26:28I've traveled a lot around the world.
26:30I've been very lucky there.
26:32In fact, I've been a very fortunate person, full stop really.
26:35So I think it could be on the cards.
26:38Yeah, it could be on the cards.
26:39Amazing.
26:40Well, thank you so much for joining us in the studio today.
26:42Thank you for having me.
26:42And telling us about the book.
26:43I'm very excited to give it a read.
26:45Great.
26:46Well, I'm pleased.
26:46Thank you for having me.
26:47I really appreciate it.
26:49Amazing.
26:56Now, thank you and we'll see you soon.
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30:54Weather warning, a heat health alert is set to hit the country this week, so how is Kent preparing?
31:01Well I'm loving the heat, it's not quite as hot today as it was yesterday, so we're making the most
31:05of it before it gets truly hot.
31:07And taking stock, Kent author writes a book about his experience working in the London Stock Exchange.
31:24Now a reminder of our top story, he has gone and Sir Keir Starmer is set to leave Downing Street
31:29by September after mounting pressure from Kent MPs to call it quits.
31:33It was a very tearful goodbye from a very divisive Prime Minister who split our politicians and our communities alike.
31:39And our politics team was standing down in Downing Street for the moment it all came crashing down.
31:49The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general
31:58election.
32:00I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question.
32:07And I accept that answer with good grace.
32:12Every decision I've taken has been about putting the country I love first.
32:18That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party.
32:23When I leave the biggest job in the country I shall spend more time on the most important job.
32:31Being the best husband I can to my fantastic wife Fig who has been a rock by my side through
32:39good times and bad.
32:41And being the best dad I can to my beautiful children who are my pride and my joy.
32:49Thank you very much.
32:57There you have it. Our fifth Prime Minister in seven years resigning as leader of the Labour Party.
33:04A contest will happen over the summer. But who will take his place here in number 10?
33:17And Oli Lieder joins us now in Downing Street. Now it's a bit noisy there so tell us what's the
33:21mood like in Westminster?
33:24Well it's been an emotive day for everyone here in Westminster.
33:31And Sir Keir Starmer obviously emotional as were his staff who piled out of Downing Street to send off the
33:38outgoing leader of the Labour Party.
33:41Amongst them David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister looking stoic alongside the wider Downing Street team.
33:51There were dozens of news teams from around the world all here to see the moment that mounting pressure over
33:57the last few months finally brought Keir Starmer down.
34:02He's accepted that he's been no longer at the support of his party and he says that it's time for
34:09him to go.
34:09He set up a timetable. He'll be gone by September and there should be a contest in the coming months
34:14if there are multiple candidates or it could be a coronation for Andy Burnham.
34:19And so tell us how did we get here so close to a Lambside election?
34:25Well some Starmer supporters say they feel the situation is unfair. They're disappointed.
34:31They don't feel the Prime Minister's been given a fair rap. They say the story of this government about lowering
34:39NHS waiting lists, increasing defence spending, additional rights, just hasn't cut through in the same way the U-turns around
34:48inheritance tax and welfare have to the wider public.
34:53It's been a difficult two years for a party grappling with the aftermath of the pandemic and the legacy of
35:00the Conservative Party and it was one that started all the way back in Kent during the general election.
35:06Let's take a look at how Sir Keir Starmer ended up from Gillingham to resignation.
35:13Thank you very much.
35:17He said he wasn't walking away. Then this morning he did.
35:21Starmer's resignation would have been impossible to imagine just a few years ago.
35:29During the 2023 local elections in Medway, he was the star attraction on the campaign trail.
35:36You can go out on Thursday, May the 4th and you can vote Labour.
35:40The football loving PM even kicked off his campaign for Downing Street at the Gillingham Stadium a year later.
35:49Neshaba Khan was just one of 11 MPs who won seats in Kent under his leadership.
35:55So the fact that both Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner were here today shows what Labour has to offer communities
36:00like this.
36:01Two years later, she was one of several in the South East calling for him to go.
36:07And rightly or wrongly, he has lost the trust of the British public.
36:11It didn't take long for things to go wrong though.
36:14Rosie Duffield is a really important voice in the parliamentary Labour Party.
36:18Canterbury's Rosie Duffield quit the party just months after winning her seat.
36:23I'm afraid it does feel like yet another misstep where the management of the Labour Party are trying to please
36:29everyone and which ends up pleasing nobody.
36:31While U-turns around winter fuel payments and inheritance tax for farmers battered the party's reputation.
36:39It's the whole budget. It's supposed to be an investment budget and it's just crippling everything associated with us.
36:46And it all came to a head in local elections in May, where Labour lost a historic number of council
36:53seats.
36:54Over the Kent border, Hastings went green for the first time.
36:58And I think people just want change. I think they want people to, you know, talk and actually then deliver.
37:04Despite local election discontent, not all of our MPs wanted Starmer out.
37:10Well, I signed a letter this week to say that Keir should stay in place.
37:13And if we look at the last general election results, he won more seats in Kent than any Labour leader
37:18in my lifetime.
37:19But then came bigger resignations.
37:23Health Secretary Wes Streeting called for Keir to step down.
37:27And in Manchester, a calculated by-election saw the city's Mayor Andy Burnham return to Westminster.
37:34Today, Starmer may have gotten the final say on his successes in Downing Street.
37:40The biggest improvement in rights for workers and renters in a generation.
37:45The biggest uplift in defence spending since the Cold War.
37:50But it will be his party who will have the final say on his successor.
37:55Oli Leda in Westminster.
38:00Quite an emotional goodbye there from the Prime Minister.
38:03But how are Kent MPs reacting, Oli? Are they just as emotional?
38:08I think it's been an interesting few months.
38:12Obviously, we've seen Kent MPs calling for Starmer to go.
38:17Kevin McKinnon, the Sharba Khan, Tony Vaughan.
38:20There's been quite a lot of loyalists as well.
38:22Tris Osborne, Lauren Sullivan, Jim Dixon in Dartford.
38:27And some MPs keeping their powder dry.
38:30Lauren Edwards, Polly Billington over in East Thanet.
38:34All eyes are now on the future.
38:36There's a stiff upper lip mentality.
38:39There's now a contest.
38:40Some may not want it, but it's going to be.
38:43And it's about who's going to be the best person to lead the Labour Party and the country.
38:47And the debate is whether or not Andy Burnham is in Downing Street within the next month.
38:52Coronated with no one competing against him.
38:55Or whether there's a full-blown contest.
38:58A battle of ideas for the country.
39:01And who takes over from Sakir Starmer.
39:04And I spoke to Jim Dixon and Polly Billings to see if Andy Burnham.
39:08A northern former mayor.
39:11The King of the North, as it were.
39:13Actually understands communities in Kent and the South East.
39:17And whether or not he should come up against any competition on his pathway to number 10.
39:22Areas, like parts of my constituency, but parts of the estuary and right across Kent.
39:28Need investment in skills, in infrastructure, in roads.
39:32In my case, in the lower Thames crossing.
39:35But new housing too.
39:37And that all those things, I think, will have a big payback for the local economy.
39:42For the national economy too.
39:43And I know that's something that Andy Burnham on his track record understands from what he's done in Manchester.
39:48What he did in government previously.
39:50So I'm really confident that the future is bright for Kent and for the estuary.
39:54He understands that the politics of place matters.
39:57This isn't just about small towns in Greater Manchester.
40:01It's about small towns everywhere.
40:03And it's about coastal towns like us.
40:05That politics of place will be a really important part of Andy's overall plan for the country, I believe.
40:12Because I've heard him speak about the politics of place and how he's transformed things in Greater Manchester.
40:19And now, Oli, the question on everyone's mind.
40:22What happens next?
40:25It's all about Andy Naylor.
40:27That's the name on everyone's lips.
40:29Is he going to be the next prime minister?
40:31Is he going to have to face competition with other people in the party?
40:35Obviously, West Street, former health secretary, is backing Burnham.
40:39But will there be other runners and riders ahead of that September date for Sir Keir Starmer to go?
40:46Well, lots of MPs turned out for Burnham's inauguration earlier in the Commons.
40:53Could it look at Coronation?
40:54Let's see a little clip from earlier today.
40:57We now come to Andy Burnham, member for Makerfield.
41:15I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles,
41:22his heirs and successors, according to law.
41:26So help me God.
41:31Thank you for that, Oli.
41:32We're coming up next.
41:33We'll be looking at our yearly summer heat wave with some parts of Kent set to experience warning-level heat.
41:38And we'll also be inviting a Kent author back into the studio to talk about his breakout novel,
41:43along with some long-awaited sport news after this break.
41:46We will see you very, very soon.
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45:16Hello and welcome back to Kent tonight live on KMTV. Now it's been a very hot
45:20couple of days and we're feeling the heat here in the studio but let's have a
45:24look at the weather for tonight in the coming days.
45:31Well it's looking like a cooler night than we've seen with temperatures of 18
45:34and 19 degrees without any clouds tonight so clear skies into tomorrow
45:39morning we'll be seeing more expected temperatures of 22 to 25 degrees again
45:43with no clouds cover in sight into tomorrow after into evening sorry it'll
45:47be reaching highs of 27 to 33 degrees with some clear forecast. Wednesday and
45:52Thursday do have amber weather warnings reaching temperatures of 37 and 36
45:57degrees however Friday will be a bit cooler only slightly to 30 degrees.
46:09Now Kristen Hawthorne joins me in the studio now to tell us a little bit more
46:13about this heat warning with 37 degrees on on Thursday tell us a little bit
46:17about the heat warning. Well if you look up Kent weather on your browser it'll say
46:22severe high temperature warning and as we can see you just did the weather it is
46:26quite shocking especially for me I'm always used to rain where I'm from but you
46:31know we have this weather warning until Thursday so we'll have extreme heat until
46:35Tuesday until 11 59 and then extreme heat from Wednesday midnight to Thursday 11 59.
46:40we can expect hot and humid weather to continue throughout the middle of the
46:44week and exceptionally warm temperatures both day and night so I mean there are
46:51lots of things you can do this is one that is likely going to affect everybody
46:55it's not just the elderly or the very very young which is what we usually discuss
46:59but there is obviously a risk of heat stroke heat exhaustion here as well so to
47:04know the symptoms of that is very important and some of the symptoms of
47:08that of heat exhaustion include tiredness weakness feeling faint headache muscle
47:13cramps feeling or being sick sweating and intense thirst and there's lots you can
47:19do as well to keep cool you can always see different you know shops will have
47:23advertised if they have air conditioning outside and that's very important you can
47:27you can go in there cool down a bit if you are in a flat and but I was like
47:31in
47:31Rochester today speaking to some residents and hear what they had to say about the
47:35the hot weather well to be fair at the moment I'm not really liking the hot weather
47:44because I can't really sit out in it too long because my skin it just burns
47:49drinking drinking loads and going for walks as I'm disabled and stopping where I can and refreshing
47:57well I'm loving the heat it's not quite as hot today as it was yesterday so we're
48:01making the most of it before it gets truly hot fortunately we're in a house where
48:04we can throw open the windows and we've got a shaded garden so we can cope I just
48:09feel people who are stuck in flats you know and haven't got much choice in the
48:14matter I really feel for them doing as little as possible drinking lots of cold
48:19drinks staying in the shade lots of cold drinks that's it thank you for that
48:24kristin now local traders have said that dover high street is quietly thriving
48:28despite some empty shops while the shopping center tends to draw attention
48:32to a stretch of the a256 as a growing collection of independent businesses
48:37community projects and creative ventures that could rival the center in popularity
48:41and it's a luckett co-chairman of community organization dover big local
48:45believes this hidden area thrives due to new lower rent this growing cluster of
48:50businesses has created a supportive community among the locals and healed the
48:53loneliness and epidemic in dover according to one trader now let's have a
48:59look at the sports news from across the county
49:10now former gillingham striker josh andrews has confirmed he will be moving to
49:14grimsby town on a free transfer and juice was recently released by the jills this
49:18summer and grimsby will hope they can get goals out of the six foot four forward who
49:22originally joined us from birmingham city in 2024
49:25grimsby lost in the semi-finals of the league two playoffs at the end of the season and their
49:30manager thinks they can get a lot more out of him he isn't half a handful said
49:34boss david artel he's got all the attributes to be a real top striker and back here in
49:40jenny game gareth ainsworth has signed a defender from the scottish premiership to build
49:44up on his back line liam gordon has only ever played in scotland at clubs like st johnston
49:49and motherwell but will be making his way to the garden of england ahead of the next season
49:53the center back has signed for a two-year deal having most recently made 57 appearances for
49:58motherwell on his new club he said after speaking with the manager and the rest of the coaching staff
50:03i came away with a great feeling about the place and i'm delighted to be here and we can hear
50:08from
50:08him more from him now yeah listen it's uh when john came came knocking it was a it was a
50:14move that
50:15really interested me and then after speaking with the manager and the rest of the coaching staff
50:19um on a zoom call i came off with a great feeling about the place um i felt like it
50:25was a place that
50:26i could genuinely go and make that next step in my football career it was a it was a big
50:30move for me
50:31but i just felt in at the time of my career um and the way everything was i just felt
50:35it was that
50:36next step to to go give england a try and it's something that i've been coasted before and i've
50:41never really just left the nest as they would say but no i just felt like this was the right
50:46right moment for me to go and test myself down here
50:50now a kent oh sorry and to cricket now kent have testing time ahead of them at the final day
50:55of the
50:55county championship at canterbury the visitors established a first innings led lead yesterday
51:00before reducing ken to 233 to 7 in reply a lead of 206 kent's ekang singh said 100 the game
51:08is
51:08definitely in the balance the wicket is quick and changing and as today showed the game is quick
51:13and changing we feel that after the first innings we were in the driver's seat and after getting
51:18them six down we were definitely on top
51:26and that's all for your sports news
51:38now ashford's own food and drink festival is set to return to the town this weekend with more than
51:4340 stores the yearly event will have traders selling burgers nachos pizzas and sweet treats
51:49for nine hours from 10 a.m to 7 p.m and will take place across the town a foodie
51:54trail has been
51:55planned down bank street ending at the main stage outside the ashford cinema where live music dance
52:00theater and dj performances are planned world cup football celebrations a sushi making demonstration
52:05and a dance display will round out the event at the weekend
52:15now malcolm ross is an author who's written a book all about his experience on the london stock exchange
52:21so malcolm tell us a little bit my word is my bond is the book is the title of the
52:25book why that title
52:26uh well it's actually translated from latin and it literally translates uh dictum me impactum
52:35which literally means my words my bond and it's the motto of the london stock exchange and uh it's
52:41the basis of all uh trading there all used to be there and how what is the process of writing
52:48a book
52:48for anyone who may be curious or doesn't really know what kind of goes into it
52:51well for me i basically it's all from the start of the inspiration having the idea once i've got
52:58the idea i basically formulate some characters i start middle and end so quite you know basic
53:04and then just start going for it you know just start getting introduced the characters and then
53:09situations and then it goes from there and it's an enjoyable experience you know i think more
53:14people should try it and the book is based on your own experiences of working there are the characters
53:19like loosely based on people you've worked with yet can any of your ex-colleagues read the book be
53:24like oh i think that that might be me well uh yes they they probably could but the i i
53:28do say in the
53:29beginning that the uh it's based it's loosely inspired by uh true events but the characters are fictional
53:37uh any uh coincidences just you know has as is uh but they probably could pick out a few you
53:44know
53:44characteristics from some of the characters there um but yeah it's loosely based on true events and
53:51some of the loosely on the characters as well and do you have a favorite moment from when you worked
53:56at the london psych exchange there's so many it's just such a privilege to be there um i told you
54:03about
54:03the that thing i saw about the poor guy on the pants uh it's just a privilege to work there
54:09amazing to
54:10learn the business it was incredible and i was a market maker so basically brokers came up to us
54:17and we gave a two-way price so it was exhilarating uh high energy very exciting just very fortunate to
54:24have been part of it really and so you've gone from banker to book writer now some could say so
54:29why
54:30book writing why no other ways of yeah kind of expressing those stories you wanted to tell well i'm
54:35just used to writing that that's that's my medium i'm comfortable with um so and i've written quite
54:41a few screenplays uh just for my own entertainment and nothing to get published well maybe in the
54:46future i'll try so that that's why i'm basically the writing gave me the confidence and experience
54:53to put these down and memories and you know so yeah and can we expect you to be writing any
55:00more
55:00stories about life experiences that you've had well i think possibly yeah i think uh it's
55:05so it's a trilogy so when the third one's out there uh i could well be looking at some sort
55:10of
55:10travel logs and also my major hope is to turn into a film uh because the floor is there ready
55:17for
55:17filming and so that's my real you know uh inspiration is to uh turn it into a movie one day
55:24and if you
55:25were to turn it into a movie who would you want to play yourself oh that's a good question i
55:29don't know
55:29um someone Ryan Gosling perhaps yeah someone a bit thinner than myself i'd say without such an ugly mug
55:36um i don't know we'll see if we get to that stage that'd be marvelous though but uh you know
55:43we'll see
55:44and what inspired the name ian rose ian rose um i'll be giving a little bit away i guess it's
55:51kind of
55:52partially based on some of my name my middle name's ian um it's just kind of flows i think you
56:00know
56:00it flows of the i think it flows so that's ian rose that's how i came with and a bit
56:05like a bond
56:05character sounds like yeah maybe you know yeah um well yeah i mean i looked at different names but
56:12i settled on that in the end you've just got to go for it sometime you know so that's ian
56:17rose that's
56:17it yeah amazing well thank you so much for joining us today can i just tell you it's available on
56:22amazon absolutely it's now available amazon and kindle and paperback so fantastic thank you very
56:29much thank you for having me appreciate it thank you now you've been watching kent tonight live on
56:35kmtv where there's more news made just for kent throughout the evening don't forget you can always
56:40keep up to date with our latest news from across the county by logging onto our website kmtv.co.uk
56:45and also on our social time rooms but that's all for now and we'll see you again tomorrow evening
56:49goodbye