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00:22hello and welcome to Kent tonight live here on KMTV I'm Chloe Brewster and here are your top
00:27stories on Thursday the 29th of October m2 update three or four lanes reopen following fatal
00:35collision I'm here just above where the incident took place and I'll be bringing you all the latest
00:40traffic updates homeless at Christmas made stone flats still uninhabitable six months on it's been
00:49pretty hellish I must say it's been extremely stressful for everyone involved and will you
00:55marry me Margate bride turns maternity hobby into wedding day decor I'm sick of time just sitting
01:01on my phone and playing games just wasting my time and so I was like I need to do something
01:06a bit more
01:07proactive another lane of the m2 near medway services has reopened following a fatal car crash on the
01:24evening of the 27th of October a man in his 50s was pronounced dead after being struck by several
01:31vehicles on the road I spoke to reporter Sophie Denny who was at the scene earlier giving us the
01:36latest on the situation so Sophie what's the latest update
01:44yes well Chloe as you can probably hear from all of the cars that are passing on the motorway
01:49underneath me just behind me there one lane of the m2 carriageway heading eastbound so that's the
01:56coastbound carriageway has now been reopened following a fatal collision on Tuesday night
02:03now this comes as a man in his 50s who lives locally to the area was hit by several vehicles
02:10including
02:11a red man hgv and the authorities are saying that he was on foot on the carriageway when he was
02:19struck
02:19by these vehicles and pronounced dead at the scene now his next of kin have been informed of this now
02:26the incident happened on the coastbound carriageway as I mentioned between junction 4 and the slip road to the
02:33medway services which you can actually see just behind me there now lane one and this slip road remain
02:39closed and national highways are saying that they're going to remain closed for the duration of the day
02:45now the london bound stretch of the carriageway so going in the opposite direction was also closed
02:50yesterday as police carried out their investigation but was reopened at around 5 p.m yesterday evening
02:57national highways are saying there aren't currently any major disruptions but of course that situation
03:03could change as we approach rush hour so they're saying to just keep an eye on the traffic situation online
03:08lots of people were surprised just how long the motorway was shut for do we know why that was
03:17yes well as you say chloe this stretch of the m2 was closed for just over 24 hours and as
03:24you say
03:24some people were wondering why this was the case now national highways haven't responded to that question
03:29directly but they did say that the road was needing to be shut for some emergency resurfacing work as a
03:36result of the accident we can actually see that resurfacing work from up here now one woman posting
03:42online in response to everything that was going on she claims that her company is involved in the
03:47clearance and reopening of the road and she says that this can take a while for forensics to finish
03:53a thorough investigation of the affected area and due to the severity of the incident the affected
03:58area was quite large here and she also reiterated that of course at the heart of this is a family
04:04who have lost a loved one and so she was just encouraging people to be patient
04:12well i've got some shocking breaking news to bring you a man from ramsgate has been found guilty of
04:17murdering a three-month-old baby a jury found tyler warmby guilty of causing the death of 12-week-old
04:24hunter hodges following a trial at canterbury crown court hunter was found unresponsive with a
04:30visibly swollen head when paramedics were called to a property in queen street on the 15th of july
04:352022 he died in hospital later that afternoon during police investigations it was concluded that
04:42warmby had lied about the events leading up to hunter's death and had deliberately injured hunter
04:47warmby denied the charges but was found guilty by a jury to be sentenced at a later date
04:54displaced residents of a tower block in maidstone have been told they won't be returning home for
04:59christmas the news comes five months after residents of miller heights were served a prohibition
05:04notice from kent fire and rescue service it was due to a basement flood which damaged the building's
05:09electrical supply and additional flooding in recent weeks has once again delayed residents
05:14returning to their homes justine latter reports this tower block in central maidstone used to be home
05:21to around 200 people now it remains empty after the basement flooded back in may residents were
05:29due to move back in at the end of october but after another flood hit the building in the last
05:34few
05:34weeks building management company centric said tenants and homeowners will not be returning home
05:40this year the landlords here have had enough it's been pretty hellish i must say it's been extremely
05:47stressful for everyone involved um it feels like it's beyond a joke now to have gone through one leak and
05:54one set of excess which is 200 000 pounds to then be told there is another leak which requires another
06:00200 000 pounds christine marshall and her husband bought a flat here in 2018 with the aim of supplementing
06:08their pension for rental income she's frustrated about the continued delays we were not given any
06:16accurate time scale we were told two weeks three weeks then it was all next month and then even
06:25prior to this uh last leak we were told it would be the end of october i know looking inside
06:33that the
06:34works were not complete landlords here at miller heights are still having to pay for the flats they own
06:41even though no one is living in them and it's these financial costs and the stress of them that are
06:48taking their toll we have all reached breaking point numerous times um for me i am to the age where
06:55i'm
06:55wanting to start a family and the financial and even emotional um burden that this property causes is
07:06i can't even think about that at the moment because i've got no idea when the next
07:11excess payment will be um i think the main issue is that it seems to always be falling down to
07:17the leaseholder none of these issues that we face are any of our faults in a statement centric said
07:24they recognize the significant disruption this has caused including financial impacts and remain
07:30supporting those affected they have a dedicated email address for residents and they provide weekly
07:36updates and regular opportunities to ask questions and receive confirmed information for now all these
07:42landlords can do is carry on waiting for the day they can see their flats in miller heights again
07:48justine latter for kmtv in maidstone yesterday chancellor john healy announced a 100 pound energy payment to
07:57some households he says he hopes it would help ease the pressure on people's pockets
08:01trainee journalist harry smith explains what this will mean for your household i mean people will
08:08be sat at home after the autumn budget announcement yesterday thinking i want 100 pounds can you tell
08:14us what kind of form will that payment take and who's eligible yes so i think that's the question that
08:20everyone wants the answer to right and really it's if you're in tax bands a to d you're eligible now
08:30if
08:30you're like me and you have no idea what band you're in there is a way to check you can
08:35visit the
08:36government's uh tax band website but the idea that i mean 100 pounds is going to be transferred straight
08:43into a bank account for some that might seem a bit you know too good to be true how exactly
08:49do you think
08:50that is going to be being funded it's a temporary surcharge on banks so they're raising corporation tax
08:58for banks from three percent to six percent just for a period of 15 months to raise this money and
09:06that
09:06will go into effect on the first of january next year and 100 pounds for some i mean it will
09:13feel good
09:14going into your bank account but is it going to make a whole lot of difference in reality to people
09:19so some independent forecasts have said that um the typical household bill will probably go up by
09:27two hundred and seventy six uh pounds in january so it will certainly take the pressure off
09:34but to get an idea of um just how much that will be in kent we did speak to michael
09:39backs
09:40kent has a number of areas of energy poverty um around the north coast in in in margate um and
09:48cliftonville
09:48in particular and in then also in uh yeah in dover and folkestone there are some levels of energy
09:55poverty that are up there with areas that you would consider um yeah you would understand if you if
10:05they were viewed as deprived we we don't view kent as a poor place um but there are many people
10:10suffering
10:11the other interesting thing um to do with energy bills was um they are planning to remove the um standing
10:20charge on your gas bill just to give you a bit of context on how much you'd be saving um
10:25they think
10:25it'd be around 108 pounds across the whole year once that particular payment is gone well a little
10:34bit of good news there and hopefully we'll provide a little bit of breathing space for families thank you
10:38so much harry the chancellor also unveiled several other so-called everyday fixes as part of the budget
10:44one of which being extending paid parental pay to self-employed fathers we spoke to a dad to see
10:49what he thought i think it's a great thing that it is happening but it is overdue
10:53self-employed mums can already claim maternity allowance um so the self-employed dads and partners
10:59currently get nothing and this is specifically just pay the leave has always been available because
11:05they don't have anyone else to answer to but taking time off without that pay available just meant
11:11losing income so i think that this two weeks of of pay does fix that a little bit it's it's
11:19modest
11:20let's let's not overstate it right um but i think the evidence suggests that dads and partners and
11:26parents who are able to be there at the start stay more involved long term so it's good for the
11:31kids
11:31good for mums good for small businesses at the end of the day which as we know in kent is
11:36a much bigger
11:37proportion than it is nationally now that's all we have time for in this part of the show but
11:42we've got plenty more coming up after the break we'll be joined by andy richards channel director
11:47and megan shaw to discuss a recent controversial report by us see you soon
12:13you
22:00And I.
22:22Mike.
22:23and archive research, and there's been a huge increase
22:27in the popularity of metal detecting as well
22:29with programs like, you know, the Detecturists
22:33and Digging for Britain and Sandy Toksvig's Hidden Histories
22:37and those sorts of programs.
22:38The interest in the historic past is massive.
22:44And Kent being the kind of gateway to Europe
22:47where we get the first of pretty much every new
22:53group or groups of people coming into the country,
22:56we have a huge heritage culture laying just beneath our feet.
23:03I have to say, just driving around Kent as I do as a reporter,
23:07I see a lot of people in fields metal detecting.
23:11It seems to be something that even younger generations
23:14are picking up.
23:14Why do you think it is that people are interested
23:17in kind of picking up something that seems almost
23:18like a historic hobby?
23:20There are a number of very good, responsible Detecturists
23:24who are posting about their finds on platforms like TikTok
23:28and Instagram and showcasing not only what they found,
23:33but how that adds to the historic picture.
23:36And I think that's something that really appeals to many people,
23:42that they get to go out, whether that is as a detector,
23:45as a metal detectorist or working alongside a local archaeological group
23:52or a wider society like the Kent Archaeological Society,
23:56they can go out and really get hands-on with historical objects,
24:01you know, sometimes being the first person
24:05to have handled something for 2,000 years.
24:09And finally, a Margate bride who turned her maternity hobby of crocheting
24:14into a staple of her wedding day says she's so proud of what she's created.
24:19Alongside her mother and grandmother,
24:21Becky Jarman crocheted centrepieces, flowers, ties and pocket squares
24:26for her wedding in Favisham.
24:28Justine Lata went to meet them before the big day.
24:32Pumpkins, leaves and flowers.
24:34These are just some of the creations Becky Jarman made
24:38for her and her new husband Jake's wedding day.
24:41After disappointment with their first wedding venue,
24:44Becky was inspired to take her passion for crocheting
24:47and bring it centre stage on their special day in Favisham.
24:51When I was at the back end of my maternity leave with my daughter,
24:55I was sick of time just sitting on my phone and playing games
24:57and just wasting my time.
24:59So I was like, I need to do something a bit more proactive,
25:02something a bit more enjoyable, something a bit more crafty.
25:04And I came across an advert for crocheting.
25:07I was like, ah, well, boy, it lasts five minutes.
25:09Loved it.
25:10My nan taught me how to, well, helped over the phone to do crocheting.
25:15Becky's grandmother, Terry, and mum, Roxanne,
25:18also helped out with the crafts.
25:20And Terry spent over a year making something very special.
25:23I crocheted the flowers for the bride's bouquet
25:29and also for the bridesmaids.
25:33And so it was a combination of roses and lilies
25:36and we were just blown away with the way the roses turned out.
25:43I mean, they look like they're real.
25:47For the family here, crocheting isn't just a hobby.
25:51It's a tradition that's been passed down through generations of their family.
25:55And they're so pleased to see all of their creations on such a special day.
26:00Traditional crafts really have to be continued.
26:03And to think that, you know, my family are actually doing that,
26:09that's a blessing, really.
26:11I just feel proud that I managed to bring my vision
26:17of how my wedding will look like into reality.
26:21And it's stunning.
26:22I'm so, so happy with it.
26:23Like, really happy with it.
26:25Unlike normal flowers, which don't bloom forever,
26:28this bouquet will be a lasting memory for the couple.
26:36Well, you've been watching Kent Tonight live on KMTV.
26:39There's more news made just for Kent throughout the evening.
26:42And don't forget, you can always keep up to date with us on kmtv.co.uk.
26:45Thank you so much. See you soon.