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Louise, thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
Welcome to South East Today, I'm Natalie Graham. And I'm Rob Smith. | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
Tonight's top stories: Managers are facing the sack, unless they can | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
improve services at Kent's biggest hospital, after another critical | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
report. We want the leadership to up the | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
pace. If that is not the case, we can step in. | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
Her identity stolen seven times by fraudsters. The woman who fears her | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
entire future could be affected. Also in tonight's programme: Banning | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
the C word. An angry reaction from parents at | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
the primary school where children have been told it's too early to | :00:43. | :00:44. | |
mention Christmas. We're live in Gravesend with the | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
story. A grand sale. Brighton's famous | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
hotel is on the market. Hold on a second! Are you telling me | :00:55. | :01:03. | |
you walked out on my sister! Samantha Womack makes her pantomime | :01:04. | :01:04. | |
debut. Good evening. | :01:05. | :01:18. | |
A powerful NHS watchdog has warned managers at the Medway Maritime | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
Hospital that they'll be forced out, unless they take urgent action to | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
improve services for patients. The Medway NHS Foundation Trust was put | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
in special measures in the summer. But the watchdog Monitor says the | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
problems there are even more serious than it first realised, and the | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
trust is failing to address poor performance in accident and | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
emergency, and maternity services. Charlie Rose has the details. | :01:40. | :01:47. | |
More troubling times for this hospital, with warnings today from | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
the health sector regulator that managers could be forced out unless | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
patient services are improved. There are opportunities where they could | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
do better. Within the maternity services, the trust needs more staff | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
to help women. In accident and emergency, to make sure those who | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
can be seen quickly are done so. Today's news caps off a difficult | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
year for the foundation trust. In May, managers launched an | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
investigation after a senior consultant claimed accident and | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
emergency services were dangerously unsafe. Two months later, the trust | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
was put into special measures by the government after an investigation | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
into higher than average death rates. Just last month, a damning | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
report found a shortage of midwives and a lack of equipment was putting | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
the safety of mothers and babies at risk. I'm not really surprised. | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
Everyone is struggling with financial costs. So, if they need | :02:56. | :03:03. | |
more managers, so be it. Judging by the accident and emergency | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
experience we have had, a couple of months ago, we could have been up | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
here all day. In the past couple of times, it has literally been a | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
couple of hours. You hear horror stories like that for other people, | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
but with ourselves, we have no problems. I am very grateful for my | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
treatment it must be said. If things do not turn out in the time still | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
put forward by the government which applies to every hospital in special | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
measures, then those responsible for running the hospital will have their | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
positions because they did. The trust said it acknowledged the need | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
for a new clinical strategy. Charlie joins us from Chatham. What | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
else have the Medway NHS Foundation Trust said tonight, Charlie? | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
It goes without saying that this is not the sort of news that trust | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
wanted to hear. We did ask for an interview but they were only able to | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
give a statement. They say things have improved and are improving, | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
with more front line staff and fewer workers going sick. What they have | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
been told to do is to make a good plan and stick to it or face changes | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
in management. There will be another inspection in spring. | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
A Kent woman says she's had her identity stolen seven times to set | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
up fraudulent payday loans and phone contracts, and even to open a bank | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
account with her name. Zoe Collins, from Canterbury, says it's had a | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
disastrous effect on her credit rating, and fears it will affect her | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
future. Kent Police are investigating, as Simon Jones | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
reports. Zoe Collins knew something was wrong | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
when Bill after Bill arrived, demanding hundreds of pounds. Very | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
worried, very stressful. It was starting to affect my work, I was | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
getting phone calls every day, letters through the post. I did not | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
know what to do. She believes someone who knows her used | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
information they had gleaned, applying online rather than in | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
person. It is relatively easy these days because the online world has | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
changed the dynamics of business. A great opportunity for people to do | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
things differently, and offenders have found new ways of working. An | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
advantage of shopping online and banking online is you don't have to | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
be seen. 7% of the UK population have been victims of identity fraud, | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
identity related crimes account the 65% of all fraud recorded. The | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
average loss to each victim is over ?1000. Zoe said, when she notified | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
one of the companies and the count had been fortunately set up in her | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
name, she asked for reassurance it had been closed down. Only to be | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
told, we can't tell you because you are not the one who set it up. I | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
felt like the criminal. They couldn't tell me. A loan was taken | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
up in her name with one company which said it took action to resolve | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
the situation. And account was opened with a phone company but they | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
say they cleared the balance when it became apparent it was fraudulent. | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
And BT are investigating another instance. The advice is to protect | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
your details as best you can. In a moment: For 27 years, he's been | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
an unsung hero. Tonight, athletics coach Nigel | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
Bongers gets the recognition he deserves. | :06:35. | :06:43. | |
Pupils at a Kent school have been told they may be punished if they | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
talk about Christmas in the classroom. The head teacher of | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
Whitehill Primary in Gravesend has branded it "the C word". She says | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
children shouldn't mention Christmas in November, because it's not on the | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
curriculum until next month. Our reporter Fiona Irving joins us | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
outside the school. This really has angered some of the parents there, | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
Fiona? Yes, by now, adults and children are | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
getting excited about Christmas. The adverts on TV, the Christmas lights | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
have been turned on. Some people even have their Christmas trees up. | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
But not here at Whitehill Primary School. They are talking about | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
stockings `` talking about Christmas may lead to punishment. | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
It may only be November but, for many, the run up to Christmas is | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
well and truly underway. However, not at this primary School in | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
Gravesend. Mentioning the C word is banned. | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
We do say we're not talking about the C word, if it does pop up we're | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
not talking about it. But we also say we're not talking about Emma | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
Dell or David Beckhams nude tattooed. It is in the public domain | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
but keep Christmas slowly in The Selection Soley in December. We | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
teach at the appropriate time. Children who talk about Christmas in | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
class could be punished by losing their golden time. A policy which | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
has made some parents angry. Kids are excited about Christmas so why | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
should she put a downer on it. They have earned their golden time. It's | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
not right. They will lose all that time they have worked hard for all | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
week just because they have said the word Christmas. My kids haven't stop | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
talking about Christmas since September. It is bound to happen, | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
they all get excited. My cheek is up already. We put ours up in | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
mid`November. Parents have started a petition against the policy, but the | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
pupils I spoke to did not seem too concerned. I think it is very | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
reasonable, because, if we could say Christmas, then by the time it gets | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
to Christmas, it will be very boring. I don't really mind, I don't | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
talk about Christmas until it comes. So I'm not really bothered about it | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
until it comes. But I am excited. I think it is very fair. If you talk | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
about it lots, when it comes to Christmas, you will be very bored. | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
But in the last two weeks, you will be excited. But that excitement has | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
to be reined in. For a few more days. | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
Come the 1st of December, the beginning of Advent, the school says | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
the embargo will be lifted, and talk of the Nativity play Christmas | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
dinner will get into full swing. We've been out in Kent and Sussex | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
this afternoon to find out what you think. | :10:02. | :10:09. | |
It could be a distraction from lessons. But good teachers should be | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
able to encourage that and bring it out creatively in lessons. | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
Disgraceful, they are only children once in their life. They seem to be | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
two grown`up these days with technology, so let them have one | :10:25. | :10:27. | |
little thing. When my children were young, I never put the Christmas | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
tree up until Christmas Eve. I would rather Christmas came when it should | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
be there. The grandchildren want to mention Christmas in June if they | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
can. I know it is a cliche, but until December. Anything before that | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
I don't think is allowed. I think Christmas should come earlier and | :10:51. | :10:51. | |
every day! We'd love to know what you think. Is | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
the head teacher right to try to stop children from talking about | :10:58. | :10:59. | |
Christmas in November? Join the debate on Facebook and | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
Twitter. Or send us an email to the usual address. We'll hear your views | :11:04. | :11:05. | |
later in the programme. The BBC understands that a former | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
Gillingham player is one of the six men arrested as part of an | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
investigation into match`fixing investigation. 33`year`old Delroy | :11:20. | :11:21. | |
Facey spent one season at Priestfield, in 2007. The suspects | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
are being held as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a | :11:29. | :11:30. | |
suspected international betting syndicate. | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
A female driver has been taken to hospital in Brighton, following a | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
collision with a police car. The crash happened in Hove at 3pm this | :11:40. | :11:47. | |
afternoon. Brighton and Hove City | :11:48. | :11:48. | |
looking to cut almost ?24 million from its budget for 2014 to 2015. | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
The council is due to set out its spending plans tomorrow, but a | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
leaked document has revealed that services for elderly people, and | :11:58. | :12:00. | |
vulnerable adults are likely to be among the hardest hit. | :12:01. | :12:13. | |
We face huge pressures which are out of our control. The first is the | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
relentless reduction in government grants the coalition government are | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
imposing on all councils. The second one is the changing nature of our | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
population. That is creating growing demand for our services, | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
particularly adult social care, social services, child protection | :12:33. | :12:33. | |
issues. Our political editor Louise | :12:34. | :12:36. | |
Stewart's with me in the studio. So, the council leader's saying they | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
have to make these savings because of cuts in funding. What more do we | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
know about where these cuts will hit? | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
I have got the leaked document here actually. It estimates adult social | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
care services will have to save ?6 million every year for the next | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
three years. It says 90% of adult social care is already being avoided | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
more cheaply in the private sector. This document doesn't mince its | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
words. It says if the proposals are accepted, some services and staff I | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
know this is a leaked document, but has there been any reaction yet? | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
Will be reduced. No formal announcement until | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
tomorrow but the unions say the council needs to look at different | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
ways to generate income. If the council could generate more | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
income. Its in`house refuse service, we could be providing collecting | :13:31. | :13:38. | |
commercial waste which would bring income into the city council. That | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
money could be offset in that service or adult social care. | :13:43. | :13:49. | |
The council will discuss these proposals on Thursday. No decision | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
will be made until February. The council is stressing they want to | :13:54. | :13:56. | |
protect front line services. This is our top story tonight: A | :13:57. | :13:59. | |
powerful NHS watchdog has warned managers at the Medway Maritime | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
Hospital that they'll be forced out, unless they take urgent action to | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
improve services for patients. The Medway NHS Foundation Trust was | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
put in special measures in the summer. But Monitor says the | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
problems there are even more serious than first realised. | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
Also in tonight's programme: It survived the Brighton bomb. | :14:21. | :14:29. | |
Now, the Grand Hotel is up for sale. Coming up later, I will be talking | :14:30. | :14:31. | |
to you about my stint in panto. Now it's time to reveal the BBC | :14:32. | :14:41. | |
South East Today Sports Unsung Hero for 2013, celebrating the kind of | :14:42. | :14:44. | |
person who does the hard work behind the scenes at our grassroots sports | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
clubs, but rarely receives any plaudits. You sent us your | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
nominations. And this year's winner is Nigel Bongers who's spent almost | :14:54. | :14:56. | |
three decades as a coach at Holland Sports Athletics Club in Oxted. | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
Forget the glamour of the Olympics. This is what grassroots sport is all | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
about. Despite the gloom of a chilly November evening, dozens of aspiring | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
athletes flock to their local track thanks, largely, to the | :15:13. | :15:14. | |
inspirational contribution of 62`year`old Nigel Bongers. | :15:15. | :15:25. | |
He not only works a full`time job, but comes here week in, week out, | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
does marshalling at the weekend, takes the kids to extra training. He | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
has a special needs school which come here to train. All the kids | :15:36. | :15:39. | |
love him. Nigel has been coaching for 27 years | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
at the club, which now boasts 310 regular members, of all ages. And he | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
volunteers more than 18 hours a week, plus weekend competitions | :15:47. | :15:48. | |
during the summer. I just love it. I have worked very | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
long hours, but it is amazing, it revitalises me at the end of a very | :15:56. | :15:57. | |
long day. Nigel's perseverance and dedication | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
have kept the club going during difficult times. | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
This club would not exist without Nigel. He is everything that is | :16:07. | :16:14. | |
here, he has fought for this. The long jump, the high jump, | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
everything is from him. It is out of his pure kindness and love for the | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
sport. Nigel is great. He is really | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
enthusiastic. The first time I came here, I was the slowest person here. | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
Now I'm near the front. The enthusiasm of the youngsters he | :16:34. | :16:36. | |
coaches has rubbed off, and Nigel still regularly competes himself. | :16:37. | :16:38. | |
But he admits his real satisfaction comes from helping others to achieve | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
their best. Congratulations to Nigel who will | :16:45. | :16:47. | |
now represent the South East at the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year | :16:48. | :16:50. | |
ceremony, which is being broadcast live on BBC One at 7.40pm on Sunday | :16:51. | :16:52. | |
the 15th of December. It's got over 70 rooms, with a sea | :16:53. | :17:10. | |
view in the centre of Brighton. But, to buy the large city centre | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
property which has just come on the market, you'll have to find ?50 | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
million. The Grand Hotel, one of the most expensive places to stay in | :17:19. | :17:21. | |
Brighton, and a survivor of the 1984 IRA bomb, is up for sale. Piers | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
Hopkirk is outside it now. Piers, it really is a landmark building. | :17:30. | :17:39. | |
Unquestionably, a landmark that is newly lit up for Christmas, and | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
newly in the estate agent window. ?50 million is the price tag that | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
this hotel with its rich history. A name that is synonymous with one | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
night in particular back in 1984. The explosion came just before three | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
o'clock. Most of the residents were asleep. Some were still socialising | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
as the hotel was ripped apart. It is a name still tainted by tragedy. | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
Three decades ago, this Sussex landmark became the target for an | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
assassination attempt on a grand scale. Now, a new chapter beckons as | :18:17. | :18:24. | |
it goes on sale. The asking price, ?50 million. The hotel will be 150 | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
years old in July 2014. it has been around 150 years, it | :18:28. | :18:35. | |
will be around a lot longer. But I do believe an investor will come | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
along, by the property, want to take it to the next stage. It has been | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
owned by the revered group. And Lloyds TSB. Lloyds has been looking | :18:49. | :18:58. | |
to divest itself of assets and sell this. This is a tiny sale. Anyone | :18:59. | :19:05. | |
buying it is buying a good property from people who need to get rid of | :19:06. | :19:13. | |
it. Brighton, new and sophisticated. Playground of the | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
South. The focal point, the Grand Hotel, built in 1864, built in 1864, | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
eight H with a rich history in real life, and in fiction. `` a hotel. | :19:24. | :19:32. | |
From a star turn as a bellboy in Quadra Feeney. `` Quadrophenia. | :19:33. | :19:43. | |
Richard Attenborough in a Graham Greene classic. Now, up for grabs, a | :19:44. | :19:49. | |
substantial slab of Brighton Rock. The company says it is selling the | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
Grand Hotel because it doesn't fit in its current portfolio of hotels | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
which have golf courses. This is one facility it lacks. ?50 million will | :20:02. | :20:11. | |
buy you no fewer than 201 bedrooms. Crawley Town have appointed their | :20:12. | :20:14. | |
chief scout Martin Hinshelwood, and senior player Gary Alexander, as | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
their interim management team while they look for a successor for Richie | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
Barker. He was sacked yesterday, after a run of seven League One | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
matches without a victory. Neil Bell has the details. | :20:26. | :20:35. | |
18 months ago, when Richie Barker took over, their rise from obscurity | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
to league one contender was in full swing. Times and finances have | :20:41. | :20:45. | |
changed. This goalless draw made it seven games without a win. And | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
proved to be his last game in charge. Was he under pressure to | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
sell players? No, no. I can categorically deny any suggestion he | :20:56. | :21:04. | |
has been told to sell players. Its immediate destiny lies in the hands | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
of striker Gary Alexander and chief scout Martin Hinstelwood. It's not a | :21:12. | :21:18. | |
nice thing to do. It means someone has lost their job. When the club | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
asked you to step in, you are employed by that club, I have | :21:23. | :21:30. | |
enjoyed my time here. Speculation on the next permanent manager has | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
begun. Steve Cotterill is the favourite. Martin Allen is in the | :21:35. | :21:42. | |
frame. Steve Coppell would be popular with some. The start of any | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
new managerial reign is an exciting time in itself. You tend to see an | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
upsurge in form with new appointments. We hope that will be | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
the case. The priority for whoever takes over could be a bit of | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
shooting practice for a site that has scored just once in a month. | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
At the moment, she's probably best known for role as Ronnie Mitchell in | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
EastEnders. But actress Samantha Womack is swapping Walford for the | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
more genteel surroundings of Canterbury for the next few weeks. | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
She's performing in panto, alongside the Kent actor Phil Gallagher who | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
anyone under the age of ten will know much better as children's TV | :22:19. | :22:21. | |
star Mr Maker. Claudia Sermbezis has been to see them in rehearsal at the | :22:22. | :22:23. | |
Marlowe Theatre. Rehearsing the grand finale today, | :22:24. | :22:42. | |
this is Samantha Womack's first panto. She has filled once the TV | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
but never spent this is doing a season. It is a throwback to the | :22:48. | :22:51. | |
traditional panto where'd the writing is really smart, very | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
funny. Something for everybody. It is cheeky, naughty, visually | :22:57. | :23:03. | |
beautiful. Half happy fairy is far from the gloom of Albert Square. She | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
is not able to forget it as the characters constantly referred to | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
Ronnie. I don't care, you stay away from him! The main thing is any time | :23:15. | :23:22. | |
I say something silly, the East End as music comes from above. I get | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
cross with it throughout the play. First, get the fishmonger to kill | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
the crabs for you. She is also known for her role in this drama. And she | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
sang in the Eurovision Song Contest when she was 17. | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
In the days when I did it, we thought coming 10th was terrible. | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
Now, it is brilliant. It proves, if you wait long enough, you do reign | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
supreme. Like all good pantos, this stars people children know and love. | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
We are in Brazil. Mr Maker is such a hit it showed in over 100 countries. | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
It is amazing. Everybody around the world loves to make things, likes to | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
get creative. It is a show little ones can watch, but also parents as | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
well. In the panto, he plays Jack's silly brother, Billy. I love | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
pantomime, it makes Christmas. The atmosphere, the audience the most | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
amazing time. Born and bred in the county, he is a big fan of | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
Gillingham Supporters Club. The panto opens tomorrow. | :24:40. | :24:49. | |
Back now to one of tonight's top stories: The pupils at a Gravesend | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
primary school, who've been warned they could face punishment if they | :24:53. | :24:54. | |
talk about Christmas in the classroom. The head teacher of | :24:55. | :24:57. | |
Whitehill Primary School has branded it "the C word", saying children | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
should not mention Christmas in November, because it's not on the | :25:01. | :25:03. | |
curriculum. That's angered many parents. We asked for your views. | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
Thanks for your comments. Kevin Mason says he fully agrees | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
with the school, it is 12 days of Christmas but consumerism has made | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
it the 12 weeks of Christmas. People blaming adverts, Suzanne says | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
that is why children talk about Christmas because it is everywhere. | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
But it is not their fault. Peter God says since when were kids | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
banned from talking about anything at school? Let them have their | :25:37. | :25:38. | |
childhood. Plenty of people saying the | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
headteacher is right. Pauline says Advent starts in December. | :25:44. | :25:53. | |
Alex Dawson says that punishing kids are talking about stuff is wrong on | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
all levels. The headteacher said they don't want to talk about David | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
Beckham. Why should she decide what people want to talk about. | :26:03. | :26:10. | |
Becky says their nativity play will be poorly organised! | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
You can keep going on with the debate on our Facebook page. | :26:17. | :26:18. | |
Time now for the weather. Today, cloudy, a quiet picture, | :26:19. | :26:33. | |
milder. Tomorrow, it will be windy and cold. For the weekend, a little | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
bit of sunshine and showers as well. Today, a blanket of cloud, for | :26:39. | :26:45. | |
the most part, it has been a dull picture. Temperatures reaching 10 | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
degrees. Like winds. Milder than the beginning of the week. Tonight, lots | :26:53. | :26:56. | |
of cloud around, temperatures staying very mild, dropping to five | :26:57. | :27:06. | |
degrees. Some mist and fog forming as well. The winds will pick up | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
through the night. Temperatures, six degrees. Tomorrow, you can tell from | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
the isobars, in windy picture. A cold front, patchy rain, overcast. | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
Behind it, some sunshine, some showers, temperatures up to 10 | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
degrees but because we have this north`westerly breeze at 15 mph, it | :27:30. | :27:36. | |
will feel significantly cooler. Tomorrow night, staying frost free, | :27:37. | :27:41. | |
temperatures down to four degrees. Lots of cloud around, showers as | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
well. At the weekend, finally some sunshine on Saturday. Cloud on | :27:49. | :27:54. | |
Sunday. Mostly dry. Saturday, an area of light `` high pressure will | :27:55. | :28:02. | |
build from the West. Temperatures around 10 degrees. High pressure | :28:03. | :28:06. | |
continues to build on Sunday, feeling milder. Nine degrees. | :28:07. | :28:16. | |
Before we go, congratulations to our special correspondent Colin | :28:17. | :28:20. | |
Campbell. He's been named Specialist Journalist Of The Year today, at the | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
EDF Energy Media Awards for London and the South of England, for his | :28:25. | :28:27. | |
investigative work, including a series of exclusive reports into | :28:28. | :28:30. | |
paedophile priests within the Church of England in Sussex. | :28:31. | :28:33. | |
That's all for now. Join us during the ten o'clock news. Until then, | :28:34. | :28:35. | |
have a good evening. Hello and welcome to the One Show | :28:36. | :29:22. | |
with Matt Baker. And Alex Jones You would think that tonight's guest | :29:23. | :29:28. | |
would try everything once. Well being the outdoor adventurer he is. | :29:29. | :29:36. | |
But not when it comes to his food. I don't like | :29:37. | :29:37. |