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00:02 - Good evening and welcome to Kentonite live on KMTV.
00:28 I'm Abbey Hook, here are your top stories
00:30 on Friday the 13th of October.
00:33 Another hit to the high street.
00:35 Tunbridge businesses fear for their future
00:38 as council propose increase in parking charges.
00:41 - It's ridiculous, it's not a busy enough town for that.
00:45 It will have a massive impact on local businesses.
00:48 - It's behind you.
00:49 Dartford council building new site for Christmas Panto
00:53 after concrete concerns closed theater.
00:56 - It's temporary, so from the outside
00:58 it won't have all the attractive features
00:59 of a full building.
01:01 But once you're through the main door inside,
01:03 the whole thing inside will be a full theater experience.
01:06 - And a gritty business.
01:08 Kent County council says it's winter highways operation
01:12 won't be reduced because of financial concerns.
01:15 - You look at budgeting, but that's one of the reasons
01:17 as well, the practicality that there's no way
01:20 we could ever treat all of the roads.
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01:27 - First tonight, Tunbridge business owners
01:34 are fearful for their future
01:36 as the council considers scrapping free parking
01:38 from 6 p.m.
01:40 The council leader hopes this will free up spaces
01:42 for those wishing to go out for the evening
01:44 and to go out for dinner and deter residential parking.
01:49 He hopes this will boost the local economy
01:51 while business owners say it will drive
01:52 potential customers away.
01:54 Sophia Akin reports.
01:55 - Tunbridge residents could soon be reaching
01:59 into their purse for an extra two hours a night
02:02 as the council considers increasing nighttime
02:05 parking charges at most of its 46 car parks in the borough.
02:10 A scary thought for businesses who fear
02:12 this could drive away customers.
02:15 Turek's had his business on the high street
02:17 for several years.
02:19 COVID hit his restaurant with fewer people
02:21 stopping in for lunch.
02:22 And he's concerned that an extension on nighttime parking
02:26 could leave him with empty tables.
02:28 - Hard time at the moment, still getting harder as well.
02:32 And if car park charging few pound,
02:36 people they thinking about, they change their minds.
02:38 You know what I mean?
02:39 If I wanna go somewhere nice, car park,
02:42 I'm gonna few pound.
02:43 I'm not going that one, I'm gonna go that one.
02:45 They have got the car park free,
02:46 a park there and eight mil there.
02:49 - But this isn't the only business
02:50 who has alarm bells ringing.
02:52 Sirhan's restaurant is facing similar concerns.
02:56 Parking here has become a regular occurrence
02:59 for Sirhan's staff as it's just around the corner
03:02 from his restaurant.
03:03 But it's currently costing them around 14 pounds a day
03:05 to park here.
03:06 And that's with the free parking from six.
03:08 He says if the council do raise these fees past six o'clock,
03:11 he doesn't know how his staff are gonna cope.
03:14 - It's a massive disappointment if I'm honest with you.
03:16 It's bad enough that the car parking
03:18 has gone up dramatically.
03:20 Our staff used to be able to park in the car park
03:22 for about five pound for the whole day and the evening.
03:24 They struggle to park now as well.
03:25 And to have evening charges is ridiculous.
03:29 - It's no secret that councils across Kent
03:32 and the rest of the country have come into gloomy days
03:35 with mounting financial pressures.
03:37 And the leader of Tunbridge and Morling Borough Council
03:40 says he simply has to find a way to balance the books.
03:43 - At the moment they finish at six o'clock,
03:46 but we're consulting on whether that should extend
03:48 to eight o'clock.
03:49 That would free up spaces in the evenings
03:51 which is a particular time in which high streets
03:54 are being used.
03:55 So we need to make sure that we've got capacity
03:57 in our car parks.
03:58 So we hope people will be able to have their say
04:00 during the consultation next month
04:02 and share any thoughts they've got with us.
04:04 - I understand the council need to fill their coffers,
04:08 but I think it's a bit of a backward step.
04:10 - I think it's a sort of bit counterproductive
04:12 because it'll put people off coming in.
04:14 We come from near Rochester where they charge till about 10
04:18 and it is a bit off putting I think.
04:20 - Looking at it from the other point of view,
04:21 the council has got to increase its revenue
04:25 and parking's a reasonably solid way of doing that.
04:29 - I think it's unfair on all the families
04:31 who lives in flats and only have like one parking space
04:33 but two cars.
04:34 Why would they trying to get money out of us
04:37 even at nighttime?
04:38 Isn't it hard for us to know?
04:40 - A tricky time for businesses, councillors
04:42 and residents alike as they try to cope
04:45 with financial pressures.
04:47 But locals hope they can work together
04:49 to ensure the high street continues to thrive
04:51 during these hard times.
04:53 Sophia Akin for KMTV in Tunbridge.
04:56 - Next tonight, it will cost millions but save millions.
05:00 Dartford Borough Council's leader says it won't be cheap
05:03 but has announced a new location for their Christmas panto.
05:07 The well-known and loved Orchard Theatre
05:09 has been forced to close for 12 months
05:11 to repair dangerous rack concrete.
05:13 The new temporary theatre will be built
05:15 just behind the Orchard on a site set
05:17 for development next year.
05:19 Conservative Council leader Jeremy Kite
05:20 says it will be up by November.
05:23 But what about businesses suffering in the meantime?
05:25 - Well, what we're really creating
05:28 is a fully fledged theatre.
05:29 It's temporary, so from the outside
05:31 it won't have all the attractive features
05:33 of a full building.
05:34 But once you're through the main door inside,
05:37 the whole thing inside will be a full theatre experience.
05:39 So it's got really comfortable seats.
05:41 There's a thousand seater capacity.
05:43 The stage is exactly as you'd expect it to be.
05:45 All the backstage areas, we have a bar, we have toilets,
05:48 all the things you'd expect in a theatre.
05:50 It's just wrapped up in a portable package, that's all.
05:53 - To get something like this off the ground so quickly,
05:56 it must have taken a lot of preparation.
05:58 So how long had you had something like this in the pipeline?
06:02 - Well, the day that the Orchard Theatre,
06:06 we were told we had to shut the Orchard Theatre
06:08 was a pretty bad day.
06:09 But I can tell you the first thing in the following morning
06:12 is when we started, because I was absolutely determined
06:15 that the Orchard Theatre was not going to end on this point.
06:17 And I know the town were a little sceptical
06:20 and I'm sure some councils
06:21 might have taken a different decision.
06:23 Indeed, some councils might not have had the finances
06:25 to take a different decision.
06:26 But what we decided to do is to keep the Orchard open.
06:29 We want to repair it,
06:30 get it back servicing the people of Dartford again.
06:32 So you're right, it's been a very long process,
06:35 but we started the very day we found
06:37 we had to close the Orchard.
06:38 And they were the first conversations about
06:40 what do we need to do to get the shows to continue?
06:42 - And talking about the funding,
06:44 how much is it going to cost
06:45 and where's that money going to be coming from?
06:47 Because you've already got £7 million
06:50 dedicated to fixing the Orchard Theatre.
06:52 - Well, no one is pretending this is a cheap exercise.
06:57 I mean, the judgment that we have to make,
06:59 and by the way, by the time a decision
07:01 gets to a leader of a council,
07:02 it's normally because everyone else has tried to solve it.
07:05 So not all the decisions I face are easy ones,
07:07 but the simple choice we had
07:09 was whether we have a theatre in the town
07:11 or whether we don't.
07:12 So the £7 million is coming from our capital balances.
07:15 We have enough money to do that.
07:17 We're a well-run authority and we're well-funded.
07:19 So we have the money to do that.
07:21 The £1.5 million that this is costing
07:24 is coming from a special projects reserve.
07:27 We have the money directly,
07:28 and again, as a well-funded council, we have that.
07:31 But the truth of the matter is
07:32 the cost of closing for a year
07:34 would have been greater than that.
07:35 So for us, it was a bit of a no-brainer.
07:37 And on top of that,
07:38 you've got to think about all the local businesses.
07:40 We were looking at ways of supporting local businesses
07:43 through a year's closure,
07:44 and those sums were pretty huge too.
07:46 So, and we wanted to do that.
07:48 So this is actually a better solution.
07:49 It keeps the Orchard running.
07:51 It keeps the shows running.
07:52 It gets the staff of the Orchard employed for the period.
07:55 That was the other thing.
07:56 We didn't want to see layoffs of people.
07:58 It gets the panto back.
08:00 It gets the revenue flowing.
08:01 It gives Dartford the cultural heart
08:03 that we believe it deserves,
08:04 and it keeps everything going.
08:05 So although £1.5 million is an awful lot of money,
08:08 actually, for what we're getting, it's pretty reasonable.
08:12 - For that interim period as well,
08:13 you talked about supporting local business.
08:15 That's something we've looked at here.
08:17 When the Orchard closed,
08:19 we spoke to the Stage Door,
08:20 who were heavily impacted.
08:21 40 to 50% of their business was from the theatre.
08:24 So until this is built and it's up and running,
08:27 how are you going to be supporting those local businesses?
08:29 - Well, I will tell you,
08:32 the day after we announced the closure,
08:34 I went myself to see the Stage Door,
08:36 and I spoke to the landlord and the staff there,
08:38 I expressed our concern about what we're going to do.
08:41 As I say, we would have a package to support them,
08:43 but this is actually better now to reopen it.
08:45 I think the opportunities for businesses
08:48 like the Stage Door,
08:49 which will be right opposite this theatre,
08:52 is much better.
08:52 They want to trade.
08:53 They don't want support and handouts.
08:55 They want to be trading successfully.
08:57 So that's what this means.
08:58 We can open at the end of November, hopefully.
09:00 That's our aim in time for panto.
09:03 And at that point on,
09:03 they'll find themselves in a fantastic position
09:06 right outside the front door.
09:08 - Next tonight, with hundreds of miles of roads
09:10 right across Kent,
09:11 gritters are vital to keeping motorists safe
09:14 in icy weather.
09:15 But this comes at a cost,
09:17 around £20,000 per operational night.
09:20 Kent County Council is responsible for our highways,
09:23 and they've confirmed that even with financial difficulties
09:27 at the council,
09:27 the service won't be scaled back.
09:29 Our reporter Gabriel Morris has been to one of the depots
09:32 as they prepare for the winter season.
09:37 It's that time of year again.
09:38 The gritting season starts next week.
09:43 - Kent County Council has 60 gritters across the county,
09:46 and they have 23,000 tonnes of salt to use every year.
09:51 - Last year, the council used around 14,000 tonnes of salt.
09:56 There are many roads in Kent,
09:58 and it's only the main routes which are covered.
10:00 - So it's the main roads,
10:02 plus those that sort of link towns and villages.
10:04 So our primary routes across the county.
10:07 - I mean, over at Kent County Council,
10:09 do you have budget concerns?
10:10 Is that going to have any impact on your operations here?
10:12 Are there going to be fewer primary roads gritted this year?
10:14 - No, I mean, our priority is to make sure
10:16 that we are keeping the roads safe.
10:18 That is the primary consideration.
10:21 Yes, of course, we look at budgeting,
10:23 but that's one of the reasons as well,
10:24 the practicality that there's no way
10:26 we could ever treat all of the roads.
10:28 But we have a number of salt bins around the county as well
10:31 at key locations where we're not gritting.
10:33 - So it seems the gritty business of budgets
10:36 won't impact this year's operations.
10:39 Today, the team came back together,
10:41 checking out the trucks and showing new staff around.
10:45 It's also an opportunity to take the gritters out
10:47 on their routes to see if any unknown obstacles
10:50 have appeared.
10:50 - On urban routes where you're doing housing estates
10:59 or built up areas where cars park both sides,
11:02 and they're big vehicles, especially with the ploughs on,
11:05 when it's snowing, it's difficult to get through sometimes.
11:09 That's why we do the parade day
11:11 to see if we can get there,
11:13 to make sure there's no changes from the previous season.
11:17 - It may be a while off yet,
11:19 but the message here today is for motorists to be cautious
11:22 as road temperatures can often be below freezing
11:25 when the air temperature is still above that zero.
11:29 Gabriel Morris for KMTV in Ellsworth.
11:33 - Now it's time for a very short break,
11:36 but coming up, Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance
11:39 are gearing up to train thousands of people how to do CPR.
11:43 They say the simple act of a bystander
11:45 could save someone's life.
11:47 Find out more after this very short break.
11:48 See you then.
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15:04 - Hello and welcome back to Kentonite live on KMTV.
15:16 Now a court has heard how a mum of four
15:18 died of a serious kidney infection
15:20 while being held in custody at Tunbridge Police Station.
15:23 Debbie Padley was found unresponsive
15:25 and she was then pronounced dead after 17 hours in custody.
15:29 The incident happened back in July 2021,
15:32 but as an inquest this week,
15:33 the cause of death was found to be from sepsis
15:36 and multiple organ failure following the kidney infection.
15:39 The trial continues and there's more on this story
15:42 on Kent's online.
15:43 Next tonight, air ambulance charity Kent Surrey in Sussex
15:50 are approaching 10,000 people across 90 schools
15:53 and organisations to become lifesavers by teaching them CPR.
15:57 On Monday next week, the charity of teaching thousands
16:01 of people in a virtual session,
16:02 how to save someone's life through this method.
16:05 Well, it comes as an average of 22 people a day
16:08 suffer a cardiac arrest outside of hospital
16:10 across the Southeast.
16:12 But the charity says CPR can make that critical difference.
16:16 Earlier, I caught up with paramedic Ben Paul.
16:19 Ben, thank you so much for joining me today.
16:21 Now firstly, give us an idea of what's to come on Monday.
16:24 What's the event all about?
16:27 So Monday the 16th of October is National Restart a Heart Day
16:31 and that's a national day led by predominantly the Recess Council
16:35 and the British Heart Foundation,
16:37 but linking with local ambulance services,
16:39 voluntary agencies and charities like ourself.
16:42 And the idea behind it is to promote CPR awareness
16:46 and ultimately try and get more people to perform bystander CPR
16:49 or use a defibrillator when someone collapses
16:51 into cardiac arrest.
16:53 We've all seen CPR before,
16:55 whether it's we've actually seen it happening
16:57 or seen it on soft TV programs and films.
17:00 So why is it such a crucial skill?
17:02 Why should everybody know how to do this?
17:04 So the data is really, really clear as to how important it is.
17:09 We know that 80% of cardiac arrests occur in people's own homes.
17:13 So it's highly likely that it's going to be friends, family,
17:16 loved ones that actually need this intervention.
17:19 And then the other side is that there's very, very clear data
17:21 that any delay in CPR and defibrillation is harmful for survival.
17:25 So we know that for every minute that there's a delay in CPR,
17:29 the chances of survival fall by about 10%.
17:32 And an average of 22 people a day
17:35 suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital.
17:38 Why do you think these numbers are so high?
17:40 Yeah, so the 22 is purely just to the southeast,
17:46 our patch that we work in, in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
17:49 And actually, if you look across the whole of the UK,
17:51 it's 30,000 people a year.
17:54 So the numbers are huge.
17:56 I think when we look elsewhere,
17:58 it matches with what we see in other countries.
18:00 But where we do lag behind or where we are an outlier
18:03 is with survival.
18:04 You know, when we compare to other countries
18:06 that have high rates of bystander CPR,
18:08 they're able to achieve survival rates
18:10 significantly higher than what we have.
18:13 And is CPR actually quite easy and straightforward to learn?
18:16 How long would it take to sort of train somebody up
18:19 that has never done it before?
18:21 So it's incredibly straightforward to learn.
18:25 I think the biggest issue is confidence.
18:27 So on the day we're planning to train children
18:30 as young as six and seven in the space of half an hour,
18:34 we know that the Resource Council
18:35 and the British Heart Foundation
18:36 are training people within 15 minutes online.
18:39 I think the key thing is giving people the confidence to act
18:42 and reassuring them that actually they can't cause any harm.
18:45 I think when we speak to people,
18:46 they're worried about causing harm or doing the wrong thing.
18:49 And I think one of our key messages
18:51 is that actually doing nothing
18:52 is probably the greatest risk for harm.
18:55 And then just lastly, this event on Monday,
18:58 it's going to be a big, big event, a big deal.
19:00 How many people are you expecting?
19:02 Yeah, so we've had a big, big increase in numbers
19:07 in the last couple of days.
19:08 So we're now over 10,000 people signed up to join us
19:11 for our eight sessions throughout the day.
19:13 We'll be live streaming into over 100 schools.
19:15 And there's still time to join us
19:16 if people do want to sign up.
19:18 We're really, really keen to show as many people
19:20 how to do CPR, what to do in a medical emergency.
19:23 And by sheer numbers,
19:24 if we can get in front of enough people,
19:26 we will teach someone on Monday
19:28 who will go on to use these skills
19:29 and potentially save a life.
19:30 Next tonight, with the yellow rain alerts
19:33 still in place until this evening,
19:35 let's take a look at the forecast where you are.
19:44 This evening looking quite mild,
19:45 some of the lowest temperatures we've had in recent days,
19:48 lows of 10, highs of 11.
19:50 By the morning, a bit cooler again,
19:52 nine in Tunbridge Wells at 10am,
19:54 but a bit more sunshine in contrast to that rain we've had.
19:57 By the afternoon, warming up to 13 degrees
19:59 across most of Kent,
20:00 a bit of rain coming in,
20:01 a bit of wind, sorry, coming in too.
20:03 And the next few days look sunny and dry,
20:05 a bit of cloud coming in Tuesday,
20:07 highs of 16.
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20:12 Now it's time to get all your latest sports news
20:21 from the county with Bartholomew Hall.
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20:27 - Thank you very much, Abby.
20:34 And we start with Daniel Beldrummond,
20:36 who says it's an honour and a privilege
20:39 to be named as the new club captain of Kent Cricket.
20:42 The 30-year-old batsman becomes the first cricketer
20:46 of Caribbean descent to be appointed Kent Men's Club captain.
20:49 His captaincy comes after a very successful summer
20:52 where he became Kent's third triple centurion
20:55 in the county championship.
20:56 It also comes after wicketkeeper Sam Billings
21:00 stepped down from the role at the end of the season.
21:02 However, Billings will remain as skipper
21:04 in the T20 Blast competition next year.
21:06 The Invicta Dynamos are looking to bounce back from defeat
21:10 in the National Ice Hockey League this Sunday.
21:13 The South Division One team will return to the ice
21:15 to face top of the table Streatham,
21:17 who slipped up against Oxford last time out.
21:20 Head coach Carl Lennon says his team
21:22 can take some confidence in the fact
21:25 that the Moes have already beat Streatham
21:26 from a 4-2 win in their pre-season friendly encounter.
21:31 The Dynamos currently sit fourth
21:32 in the South Division One with six points.
21:35 And ahead of their side's clash with Walsall this weekend,
21:39 Gillingham striker Tom Nicholls says
21:41 he still finds himself looking forward
21:43 after achieving 450 professional starts
21:46 with the Gilles on Tuesday.
21:48 - You've played that many games, have you?
21:50 - Yeah, I mean, it's a nice achievement for me personally.
21:52 That's quite a lot of games.
21:55 I still remember my first one, Sheffield Wednesday away.
21:58 I'd be disappointed if I don't hit 500 from here.
22:02 So yeah, I've just got to keep myself fit,
22:04 keep myself healthy and then keep playing well,
22:06 stay in the team.
22:07 - And Gillingham go into that game against Walsall
22:09 away third in the League Two standings.
22:12 And finally from us, a professional wrestling school
22:16 has opened its doors in Tunbridge Wells.
22:18 Pro Wrestling Royal Academy was started
22:20 by former WWE superstar Ayesha Raymond
22:24 and veteran wrestler Boo Lamont.
22:26 Classes run every Thursday at the Camden Centre
22:28 where they teach students the art of professional wrestling.
22:31 Well, we sent our reporter and wrestling fan,
22:34 Sheldon Dragridge to find out more.
22:36 - Professional wrestling is a sport
22:42 that has seen a massive surge in popularity
22:44 over the last few years.
22:46 And the sport is now also making waves in Kent.
22:49 Tunbridge Wells recently saw its first ever
22:51 Pro Wrestling Academy being opened in the area.
22:54 The academy is run by ex-WWE star Ayesha Raymond
22:58 and veteran wrestler Boo Lamont.
23:00 The pair run Pro Wrestling Royal Academy together
23:03 and have classes every Thursday at the Camden Centre.
23:06 Ayesha says she hopes the academy
23:08 can revive the local wrestling scene.
23:10 - When I first started,
23:12 Tunbridge, Kent area,
23:14 most of the coastal areas were where wrestling was
23:17 because it's from the carnivals,
23:19 it's what wrestling is.
23:20 And it kind of sort of fiddles out.
23:22 After a while when wrestling kind of moved
23:23 into nightclubs and stuff.
23:25 So there hasn't actually been wrestling
23:27 at Tunbridge Wells for about,
23:28 I'd say about 10, maybe 8, 10 years.
23:31 Tunbridge, yes, but not Tunbridge Wells.
23:33 So for me, I just want people to be aware
23:35 that, you know, wrestling is still alive.
23:37 - And Boo Lamont says he hopes to give back
23:39 to the sport through the school.
23:41 - I want a legacy, in all honesty.
23:43 I love professional wrestling.
23:45 It's given me friends, it's given me family,
23:46 it's given me a life.
23:48 So I'm giving back.
23:50 And I'm really hoping that I can get some good students
23:53 that can realize their dreams,
23:54 they can travel the world,
23:55 they can see that this is an achievable thing.
23:58 Professional wrestling is a really fun
24:00 and exciting job to have.
24:02 - Well, as a lifelong wrestling fan,
24:04 I couldn't pass up the opportunity
24:06 to learn from two of the best.
24:07 This was my moment to prove I was the next big thing.
24:11 All the years of pretend wrestling with my siblings
24:14 was finally about to pay off.
24:16 Ayesha and Boo started me off with some bumps.
24:19 A bump involves stretching your hands to your side
24:21 and falling flat on your back.
24:23 Professional wrestlers often take dozens of bumps
24:26 in a single match.
24:27 I was winded after three.
24:38 Next was running the ropes,
24:40 something every wrestling fan has thought of doing
24:42 at least once.
24:44 After Boo taught me the correct technique,
24:46 I actually picked it up pretty well.
24:48 - Good game.
24:49 Very well done.
24:51 There you go.
24:53 Now, this is the back up.
24:55 And finally, Ayesha and Boo taught me a sequence.
25:02 Matches usually have several sequences,
25:05 but since I was a beginner, we started off at one.
25:07 And things were looking pretty good for me.
25:09 I could already see myself being the next big thing in wrestling.
25:13 Until...
25:15 Whee!
25:16 Yeah!
25:18 Yeah, that was perfect!
25:23 Well, after that, I think my dreams of becoming
25:25 the next John Cena, I ended up in.
25:27 And I think the wrestling is better left to the professionals.
25:31 While wrestling may not be for me,
25:33 Ayesha and Boo hope to continue to nurture
25:36 the future stars of British wrestling.
25:38 Sheldon Dragwitch for KMTV.
25:42 Well, Abi, you can see why we sent Sheldon along.
25:45 Do you fancy some pro wrestling?
25:47 - I don't fancy going up against Sheldon, though.
25:49 He looks like he's had a bit of experience doing that.
25:52 Certainly now, that was a great watch.
25:54 Of course, it's part of Invicta Sport this evening.
25:56 What else have you got coming up?
25:57 - Yeah, well, we're actually going to have Boo Lamond and Ayesha
26:00 here on the sofa in the studio to really unpick their minds
26:02 about why they would start up a club here in the county.
26:06 Plus, we've got the Return of Action replay,
26:08 the segment where we're always looking for people
26:10 to send in clips of them getting sporty,
26:12 getting active in the county.
26:13 And they can do that by going to our social media, KMTV Kent.
26:16 - As well, great stuff.
26:17 And also, you'll be looking into a bit more of the Gilles
26:19 and that speculation we heard from you yesterday
26:22 on who that manager will be a week after Neil Harris left.
26:26 Well, Bartholomew, thank you very much.
26:27 I'll let you have my seat now, ready for another episode of Invicta Sport.
26:30 Well, you've been watching Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
26:33 As we said, there's more news made just for Kent
26:35 throughout the evening.
26:36 Bartholomew's here with Invicta Sport,
26:37 but we also have your 8pm news bulletin, too.
26:41 I'll see you again on Monday.
26:42 Have a lovely weekend.
26:43 Bye-bye.
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