Sunny delight for 1,500 homes

Local residents have successfully taken over a solar farm - making it the largest community owned solar farm in the world.

The ICT 1301

Rebooting the oldest computer

Roger Holmes and Rod Brown have restored a 50-year-old computer that takes up a whole room.

Bluebird K3 at Bewl Water

Bluebird flies again in Kent

Sir Malcolm Campbell's historic Bluebird powerboat has been given a trial on Bewl Water in Kent

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Cyber expert says security is major problem

A computer hacker who infiltrated the Kent Police website has been jailed for two years. Maidstone Crown Court had heard that Lewys Martin was trying to impress fellow hackers.

In an unrelated case a hacker from South Essex has admitted breaking into the US air force computers at the Pentagon.

Experts say cyber crime is one of the greatest criminal threats to society in the future. Sangeeta Bhabra spoke to cyber security expert Dr Julio Hernadez-Castro from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Disruption to Freeview services

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The work should be completed by 0600 Credit: Freeview

Freeview viewers in the Salisbury area and the Isle of Wight will need to re-tune their TV equipment today as airwaves are cleared for the roll-out of faster mobile broadband.

TV services will be subject to disruption early this morning as channels including BBC One, BBC Two, ITV3 and QVC are moved to new frequencies. Work at the main Salisbury transmitter is expected to be completed by 6am and viewers can retune at any point after this.

Services from the Ventnor, Winterborne Stickland and Brighstone relay transmitters may by off-air or subject to breaks until mid-afternoon. Once these resume, anyone missing channels should retune their TV or digital box to get them back.

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Dreamliner safety issues 'resolved', says Boeing

Boeing today confirmed the safety problems with the 787 Dreamliner have been resolved but can't say when British airlines will fly them. We have an interview with Larry Loftis from Boeing.

The company say they are working as fast as possible to resume deliveries. It's not expected that Thomson, the UK launch airline, will get them in time for the busy summer season. Thousands of passengers had booked and paid a £10 supplement to fly on the planes.

Images from space

by David Johns (@davidjohns_itv)

A science project organised by a school in Kent has reached new heights. Sevenoaks School holds a "science week" each year and this time they sent cameras up to the edge of space on a weather ballon - and despite a hiccup over Belgium, have brought back some amazing images.

David Johns explains, talking to physics teacher Elizabeth Harper-Clark, and Head of Science Graeme Lawrie.

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Phase One complete for massive windfarm project

E13, the 175th and final turbine of phase one of the London Array project Credit: London Array

The first phase of the world's largest offshore windfarm is up and running. The final turbine at the London Array in the Thames Estuary has now been commissioned which means that all of them are exporting power to the national grid.

With all turbines now exporting power to the national grid, London Array is expected to produce enough green electricity to power nearly half a million homes a year.

M25 cameras 'have not worked since 2009'

Speed cameras aimed at cutting congestion on the M25 and the M3 have not worked since 2009 and the Highways Agency says it has no idea when they will, ITV Meridian reveals today.

The cameras were introduced in 2005 and speeds are cut at busy times to ease the flow of traffic. The Highways Agency admit technical problems which they say they are working to address.

Paul Watters, of the AA says the project has seemed to "wither on the vine".

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