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00:27Hello and welcome to Kent Tonight live
00:29here on KMTV. I'm Finn McDermott and here are your top stories on Tuesday the 23rd of June.
00:36Ten years of Brexit. We asked more than a thousand people in Kent how they would vote
00:40during another referendum.
00:42We need to stay as we are. We need to up our own game for one of a better way
00:48of putting it.
00:49Handling the heatwave. Gillingham Neurodivergent Club gives tips on how to help SEND children
00:54during the hot weather.
00:55It does. The part of the brain that regulates your core temperature is often ineffective
01:02in children with neurodiversity.
01:04And are the dog days over? Our newsroom pet Luna will predict England's fate against Ghana
01:10in the World Cup.
01:11We need the win and then we're safe for the group and relax on the last game then I think
01:16and ready for the knockout stages.
01:29Well today marks 10 years since the UK voted for Brexit in what many would call a divisive
01:35move.
01:36But here at KMTV and our sister station Kent Online we wanted to know how residents in
01:41Kent would vote if there was another referendum.
01:44And the results?
01:45Well one in four people who voted for Brexit back in 2016 would now vote to stay in the EU.
01:50Naila Mohamed brings us this exclusive report.
01:54As far as I'm concerned I don't want anything to do with Europe.
01:57I'd say we're better in Europe.
01:59I'd still vote leave.
02:00I would vote leave as well.
02:01It's been 10 years since Kent went to the polls in a referendum that divided the country.
02:07To leave the EU or to remain? That was the question put to voters.
02:13And in 2016 over 59% of the county voted to leave.
02:18But there can be no doubt about the result.
02:21Of course I don't take back what I said about the risks.
02:24It is going to be difficult.
02:25We've already seen that there are going to be adjustments within our economy.
02:29But 10 years later is Kent feeling any buyer's remorse?
02:32Well we took to the high streets of the county to ask you how you would vote in another referendum.
02:38We spoke to 100 people across each district in Kent and Medway knocking on doors and stopping
02:45you in high streets. And the results? Over 57% of you would now remain.
02:51A change in tune from 2016.
02:55And among those who voted leave 10 years ago, one in four now say they would switch sides and vote
03:03remain.
03:05Support for remain varied dramatically based on where you live in the county.
03:10Tunbridge Wells saw the strongest backing for EU membership across anywhere in Kent.
03:15While Tunbridge and Morning saw the largest shift in voter intention.
03:19And here in Medway we saw the second largest shift.
03:22Over a third of those who voted for Brexit in 2016 now saying they would vote to stay within the
03:28EU in another referendum.
03:30But how does the rest of the county compare? In 2016 Ashford was the biggest voter of leave
03:37across the entire county with almost 60% of residents choosing Brexit. But when we ask them now,
03:45the heart of Kent is in almost equal divide with 46% saying they would remain.
03:50I think we've lost a lot of rights. I think they haven't followed through on all the promises they made.
03:55Lots of government didn't want it and I don't think anybody's really tried to make it work.
04:01We need to stay as we are. We need to up our own game, for want of a better way
04:06of putting it.
04:07And in the largest town in the Garden of England, voters would overwhelmingly choose to stay in the EU.
04:14A change of heart from 10 years ago.
04:17For me, leaving Brexit was just a terrible idea. It was a terrible risk and now we're reaping the rewards
04:21of it.
04:21Countries change and it's not safe anymore.
04:24I think we are part of Europe.
04:27I would say no now, because we go to Europe quite a bit now.
04:32We're sending too much money into the EU.
04:37And from Thanet's beachy coast to the cliffs of Dover, it's a story that rings the same
04:42throughout, with residents also opting to remain.
04:46Because I feel when we are in trouble, you're always going to need a good neighbour to look after you.
04:50I just think the European Union is a better thing for the UK.
04:53Oh, to leave.
04:55I don't like big government. I don't like being told by other people what to do, like in Brussels and
05:01stuff like that.
05:01I want it out.
05:02I'd expect to get Brexit this time. We did get Brexit, did we? Not the one we wanted.
05:06I'd vote to stay again because I still would like to be able to have free movement of travel within
05:14Europe.
05:15That's the main reason.
05:16I'd vote remain again because it's clear that we're worse off than we were before Brexit.
05:24I think that Brexit has made this country a lot worse for a lot of different reasons.
05:27But just how significant are these results?
05:31It's very striking that, you know, having taken the decision to leave,
05:36that there now appears to be a strong sentiment to rejoin,
05:41or rather for people to have voted a different way if they had the opportunity to vote this time around.
05:45It also acts as a bit of a lightning conductor for whether people feel happy
05:50about the broader political choices that we've made or the direction that the country is heading in.
05:55It's also significant that three quarters of people haven't changed their mind.
05:59And I think one of the things we do know about the electorate now is that the Brexit vote has
06:05cast a very, very long shadow.
06:07With the majority now saying they would vote remain,
06:10will returning to the EU make things go back to as they were before Brexit?
06:15Or will there be other implications?
06:18But the European Union has changed.
06:20And the terms of membership that the UK would face were most likely to be different.
06:25Anybody who seeks to join the European Union now has to adopt the single currency.
06:30So you'd have to swap the pound for the euro.
06:32And we'd have to join the so-called Schengen area, which is the area in which people move freely.
06:37You know, two examples of policy areas which the UK would have to adopt.
06:43Now ten years on from Brexit, the debate is anything but over.
06:47While some say that they would choose differently if they had the opportunity,
06:51others remain just as convinced that they made the right decision back in 2016.
06:56Nayla Mohammed for KMTV across all of Kent.
07:00And Nayla joins us here in the studio.
07:02So Nayla, 1,350 people, quite a lot to interview.
07:07Tell us, what was the process of conducting that survey?
07:10Well, it was a really intensive process.
07:13I mean, over a thousand people speaking across all of Kent.
07:16I mean, you can imagine that's a lot of work and a lot of time.
07:18And it did take a lot of time.
07:20It took around two months, I'd say.
07:22And what we did is we sent reporters out with pen and papers and sometimes just their phone,
07:27literally just going through the high streets, knocking on people's doors,
07:31going into businesses, asking people how they voted in 2016, if they did vote,
07:35and then how they would vote again in another referendum.
07:38And what we did is we went to get an ample sample size.
07:42We tried to get 100 people in each of Kent's 13 districts.
07:46And we did that quite well.
07:48We were able to get around 100 people per sector.
07:51It very much was a very collective effort with KMTV and Kent Online as well.
07:57And yeah, it's just a really interesting process, I would say.
08:00Amazing.
08:00And talk us through the findings.
08:02What's particularly striking to you from this data?
08:04Well, I think for me, what's most striking is that one in four people who did vote to leave
08:09back in 2016 will now vote to remain.
08:12That's a really significant amount of people.
08:14And you can see data on the screen now, 57% of people who would vote now would vote to
08:22remain,
08:22which I think is quite a massive change from 10 years ago.
08:25I see.
08:26Well, thank you so much for bringing us this story, Nayla.
08:29And just after Kent tonight, we have a very special episode of the Kent Politics Show
08:34on the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum.
08:37On the show, we spoke to former MP for Ashfield, that is, of course, Damien Green,
08:40and the former Thanet MP, Lord Craig McKinley, about the debate and the divide in our country's politics.
08:46Let's have a sneak peek of what you can expect.
08:53To discuss all of this 10 years on, when they were last together here, the former MP for Ashfield,
09:00Damien Green, who supported the case for Remain, joins us, as well as the former Thanet MP,
09:05Lord Craig McKinley.
09:06So, politically, it was grim at the time, and it's stage grim since.
09:10Remember the period that we were on the European Scrutiny Committee together?
09:13Well.
09:14And even that committee was all sort of divided.
09:16But, no, the same arguments about sovereignty, about being able to do your own thing, about saving
09:22that money that we give to the European Union, all of those Brexit freedoms, they're just as important
09:28now as they were then.
09:30One of the things Craig was saying 10 years ago on this sofa, or this predecessor, I hope,
09:35was that, oh, well, you know, all these scare stories about camps in Kent.
09:42Well, we had napier barracks, we had all the problems with that.
09:45There was a time when both holiday inns in Ashford were asylum hotels and others all over Kent.
09:51So, actually, Kent has become a repository for people coming to this country.
09:57It is beyond my comprehension how on earth we allowed four million new migrants in,
10:03in the last five years. I just don't know why we did that, why there was the pressure for that.
10:08Brexit did produce a level of sort of personal abuse into the political discourse that wasn't
10:18there before and hasn't gone away.
10:31After multiple instances of antisocial behaviour in coastal towns over the last few months,
10:36dispersal orders have been put in place in Thanet. The order means that police can move
10:40people above the age of 10 who might be behaving antisocially. An order started earlier today in
10:46Broadstest has already resulted in more than 15 people being moved from that area. You can see
10:51some of the camera footage from these coastal nights when there's been plenty of younger people
10:56engaging in that antisocial behaviour. And Kent police say there's actually an increase of that
11:01between June and September in these types of areas with more visitors to beaches. And the orders will help
11:07keep these coastal areas safe. A man was airlifted to hospital this morning after a crash closed the
11:13M20 for more than two hours. We can see in this footage here of the air ambulance traveling to the
11:19scene. It occurred between Junction 8 in Maidstone and Junction 9 by Ashford. Police later confirmed
11:24they were called to report of a collision involving just one car. As you saw there, the emergency services
11:29attended the incident and the road was closed until around three in the morning. Coming up after the
11:36break, we'll be discussing the current hot weather, including the amber and red heat health alerts and how
11:42those with neurodivergences are coping with the heat. We'll also be joined by our resident Kent GP,
11:47Julian Spinks, and Luna will be predicting all of your football after this very short break. See you soon.
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15:16hello and welcome back to kent tonight live here on kmtv now we're in the midst of a heat wave
15:24with the government issuing a red heat health alert for some parts of the county so let's take a look
15:29at your weather forecast
15:36well going into this evening it's looking like still somewhat warm somewhat mild with that uh yellow
15:43weather an amber warning i should say for this evening tomorrow morning getting slightly warmer
15:47clear skies all around that warning staying with highs of 27 degrees and we get into tomorrow afternoon
15:53we're getting into that uh danger territory with much much higher temperatures highs of 34 and on
16:00thursday there will be that red weather warning for certain parts of the county including sevenoaks
16:05tunbridge wells dartford and graves and getting cooler into the weekend
16:16and now neurodivergent children are among the groups most likely to be affected by the ongoing
16:21heat wave club awesome in gillingham say exposure to prolonged heat can lead to sensory overload this
16:28comes as the met office issued a rare red health alert because of the rising temperatures with schools
16:33across the uk closing or allowing authorized absences our community reporter henry luck went down
16:39to see what they had to say summer might be an exciting time for children but for those with autism
16:47facing soaring temperatures right now it can be a nightmare for them and their parents children on
16:55the spectrum are prone to sensory overload and shutdowns due to the bright sun hot temperatures and sweating
17:04it does the part of the brain that regulates uh your core temperature is often ineffective in children
17:11with neurodiversity and it causes their temperatures to be irregular anyway so when we're in the middle of
17:18a heat wave it just means that they are finding it much harder to keep themselves regulated with their
17:24temperature which then obviously leads to other issues and can cause them to have more uh meltdowns and such
17:32because of this parents here at club awesome face unique problems in keeping their children cool
17:41and a lot of them like to hide under their clothes i they'll wear like a hoodie or wrap up
17:48in a blanket
17:48or something because that's their security and so they get overheated um i i don't have any at school i
17:56have an older one that's at home and he has a constant large fan on him the whole of the
18:01time that goes
18:02all night and even if i go in to turn it off he moans at me or whatever but that's
18:07and that's because
18:07he's under a thick blanket because he needs that security of being under the blanket if you're a parent
18:14with a neurodivergent child a good tip is to put squid toys in the freezer so they can still have
18:22that
18:22sensory experience but it will help to keep them cool at the same time but of course it's always
18:28important to make sure they're still drinking plenty of fluids as a result of the met offices red weather
18:35alert schools have been taking action to help pupils stay safe i know other schools are allowing um
18:45authorized absence and things like that which i think is a really good idea because i do think
18:4930 children in a small classroom with windows that are safety fitted so they can't open and one fan
18:55is not helping the children with the weather looking to get even hotter club awesome says it's important
19:04to watch out for neurodivergent children during this heat wave henry luck for came tv in gillingham
19:15and to discuss the heat further safe practices and who exactly is at risk i'm joined by our resident gp
19:21and health news expert dr julian spinks
19:30well thank you so much for joining us uh dr spinks so tell us what are some tips uh for
19:36parents or carers
19:37in keeping send children or adults safe in the heat as we just heard during that last video well yes
19:42as
19:43you saw in the film there the big problem is that they don't adapt as well um uh they they
19:48are often
19:49reluctant to change or they get confused by things and they can very easily be overstimulated um if they
19:56are overstimulated and they're running around it's hot then they're at greater risk of getting dehydrated
20:00getting heat stroke and so on so doing things to keep them occupied to keep them calm is a good
20:05idea
20:05uh slightly changing their routine so that they're kept out of the sun during the really hot hours is
20:13a good idea as well and making sure they're going to have plenty of fluids and uh you know if
20:18they
20:18won't take water go for uh soft drinks and things like that i see now on social media i've been
20:24seeing
20:25some posts about how exactly people who are on antidepressants like phloxatine uh need to be extra
20:30careful of getting heat stroke now i try not to believe everything i see on social media is there truth
20:34in this
20:34claim there is actually an element of truth in this um a lot of the uh drugs used in psychiatry
20:41can potentially uh dehydrate you and then that opens you up to greater problems and that includes
20:48antipsychotics the things that are used for people with schizophrenia and bipolar uh antidepressants such
20:53as phloxatine and the so-called ssris and also i think something called lithium which again is used for
20:59bipolar people and in that case it's if you get dehydrated it concentrates the amount in the blood
21:05and it can become toxic so you need to be careful if you're on those medications and in particular
21:10stay hydrated i see and i feel julian whenever we are on this sofa together it seems we're recently
21:16always talking about heat waves and we always talk about the same sort of solutions wearing sunscreen
21:21drinking lots of water now uh we've got a selection here of sunglasses obviously people should wear
21:28sunglasses to make sure their eyes are protected but you've been telling us that there's some key
21:32differences in what exact kind of sunglasses you should be wearing tell us a little bit about that
21:37yes you need to look out for a label either on the glasses or at least on the packaging that
21:43say that
21:43they fit something called uv 400 and that gives you the best protection against ultraviolet
21:50the problem is that some of the ripoff copies some of the cheap sunglasses will actually put that label
21:57on and don't necessarily protect that give that degree of protection if you don't have that protection
22:04actually wearing sunglasses is worse because your pupils dilate more uv gets into your eyes and there's
22:09a risk of it causing damage at the back of the eyes causing cataracts and even cancers so uh reputable
22:15brands are more likely to work getting it from a reputable retailer uh is more likely to be the
22:19case the other thing you can do is if you've got a uv light is to shine it onto a
22:24white area and then
22:25put the sunglasses in front and if where the lenses are are blocked and you can see it as a
22:29black shadow
22:30it means that's giving good uv protection i see thank you so much for your time doctor
22:45now demolition work is underway in a former cinema in canterbury after it was destroyed by a fire
22:51drone images can you can see here show excavators tearing into the remains of the former odeon in
22:57canterbury now from the 1930s all the way until the covid pandemic uh it had there was a picture
23:02house in saint george's place welcoming thousands of film goers each week and you can see back in
23:07february some of those fires that ripped through the building in february leaving it structurally
23:12unsafe and as we can see no longer able to use you can see the fire engines there that were
23:18spraying
23:18water onto the building as they had to pull down sections to protect the other surrounding buildings
23:24a busy road near a secondary school will be closed for two months for works to upgrade water networks
23:30affinity water have said that sandling road in saltwood will shut on the 29th of june for essential
23:36improvements ed curran a local councillor for the area says it will have a huge impact on traffic
23:40delays he added that bus routes running efficiently are vital for the area's tourists in the summer
23:46months the water company said these improvements are vital to strengthen the resilience of the local
23:50water network helping to reduce leaks and bursts and ensure a reliable supply of high quality drinking
23:56water for the community the rock star keir kemp is set to open in rochester high street with a new
24:02condiment business he reached worldwide recognition after his source the smoky dragon began flying off
24:09the shelves this drove him to quit his band and focus on his passion for sources nowadays he's an
24:14award-winning entrepreneur who has appeared on gordon ramsay's future food stars and is sold to jeremy
24:18clarkson's diddly squat farm now he's decided to buy a shop to sell his business condomaniac from
24:24rochester on the high street and i'm sure we've all been keeping up with the world cup recently england
24:30will play ghana tonight at the boston stadium do you think you know who's going to win well i'll tell
24:36you who knows one better that is of course our newsroom hound luna she predicted well i'm not going
24:41to spoil it let's actually have a look and see what she thought about the game
24:45today england are facing off against ghana both teams have won their previous matches with england
24:51at fourth in the rankings and ghana at 65th and our tradition goes on with luna here ready to predict
24:57another result she did get the last one wrong but she's back and ready to go and we all have
25:02faith
25:03in her prediction skills this time even the best sometimes are wrong aren't they luna look at her
25:07she's ready for round two so as you can see this is the england bowl and this is the ghana
25:13bowl but this
25:14time we saw a third bowl the draw bowl let's see if luna sticks with her first choice this time
25:20or will she surprise us again
25:39now we know who luna will be cheering for let's see what people on the streets think about tonight
25:44and if they agree with luna's decision yeah on the score itself
25:50three one we'll see you know i don't really know i'm not really i'm not big on football to be
25:56fair
25:56and i hope they will enjoy it the game so no i'm not sure what the score is going to
26:00be but it's an
26:01interesting one because it's quite close to home for for me and my best friend i think i would say
26:06england are going to win i'm not sure what the score is going to be but my money would be
26:10on england
26:10uh yeah i think it's going to be three one to england we need the win and then we're safe
26:15for
26:15the group and uh yeah relax on the last game then i think and uh ready for the knockout stages
26:22well unlike luna i happen to think the england squad are winning tonight but
26:26i'm i don't have that psychic touch like she does well you've been watching kent tonight live here on
26:32kmtv and as always there's more news made just for kent throughout the evening and don't forget you can
26:37always keep up to date with the latest news across your county by heading over to our website
26:41and our social media on facebook and tick tock but that's all the time we have thank you so much
26:46for watching and we'll see you soon goodbye
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