26/12/2011 South East Today

Some town centres didn't have as many shopping centres as predicted.

The bargains are pretty good. Not all the shops are open but some

have 50% off everything. That is the biggest surprise. Everything is

in the sale. They are really good, loss of sales shopping.

Firefighters were called to Foxton wearer fire broke out in a house.

It started on the ground floor of the two-storey property just after

midnight. The occupants were led to safety.

Hundreds of people in a Sussex village turned their backs on

computer games and TV in favour of a Christmas tradition dating back

to the 14th century. The mama's play was performed in Ditchling. It

all made for a boisterous afternoon. I am father Crispus! It has the

Christmas us Christmas past, playing to a crowd who laughed at

every gag and every pub. -- pun. Some people are very serious about

it and keep it very strictly to the text. But they keep the interest

going and keep people interested in it, to add a bit of fun and games.

Hundreds of people are here, why do you think they still like this?

is fun. It celebrates part of our heritage and part of our culture.

Well, it is funny, and we know somebody in it. It makes it funny.

Does it feel Christmassy? Yes. say this has been going since

medieval times, but looking at this lot, it is like old tradition

Tunstall got a bit of life in them yet.

-- older traditions have still got a bit of life in them yet.

Let's take a quick look at the pub In League Two, Gillingham beat

Crawley 2-1. Let's get the weather A very mild start to our week, but

it will be generally cooling off as the week goes on. Tonight, we

retain the cloud cover. The possibility of some drizzle, mainly

along the coastal stretch, where the cloud is thickest. Temperatures

by dawn, I suspect, eight or nine Celsius. We do have a bit of a

breeze around also. As we head into tomorrow, the story doesn't change

much. Generally speaking, temperatures will be down a degree

or so. There should be a lot more brightness on offer, so a high of

nine or 10 Celsius. Into the evening, we expect some rain.

Initially light and patchy, but becoming persistent. One Wednesday