21/09/2014 South East Today

The parents of a boy from E`st Sussex with learning diffictlties

have accused the education `uthority of discrimination

after they were fined for t`king him away on holiday in term timd.

Duncan and Hanora Hall say their son's special needs mdan they

simply aren't able to take him away in the school holidays.

They fear the system means their son may now never get

Michael has learning and behavioural problems, and for him and hhs

family, a holiday is vital therapy for them all. Today, they wonder if

they will ever go away again. They're been fined ?60 each for

taking Michael away in turn time. His parents say they have no choice

and it is neither safe nor affordable to take him away in the

busy school holidays. I don't think it is right, the council nedd to

look into this and get their facts right before anything else. It is

like discrimination against disabled children. Michael's school has

determined his absence was not exceptional. East Sussex Cotnty

Council therefore decided to impose a fine against his parents, a fine

that will be doubled if it hs not paid within three weeks. Thdy say a

break is only hospital `` possible because of a special holidax grant

given by the government, but that grant would be almost compldtely

wiped out by what they will face in`school finds. It seems they give

it out to you in one hand and then take it off you in another. They

don't really understand what it is like four hours. I mean, we are

physically having to deal whth Michael and his behavioural

problems. Tonight, the council insisted it was down to indhvidual

schools to grant term time lead The family say they will challenge the

finds in the courts. Police investigating after

a man suffered what are belheved to be knife injuries in Brighton have

released eight people on bahl. Three men were walking throtgh

Pavilion Gardens at around 4.40pm yesterday when they

were set upon by a large group. Detectives have made

a renewed appeal for witnesses. A Kent MP has backed

an agreement between the UK Government and France on how to

manage the number of migrants The UK will invest almost ?02

million over three years in new security measures at the

port, where an increasing ntmber of migrants have been gathering in the

hope of getting across the Channel. The Dover MP believes

Europe can still do more. We need to see further action again

taken, the European Union to accept We need the Italian governmdnt to

take responsibility for what is happening to make sure

that as a first country, asxlum claims are processed there `nd that

people don't end up in Calahs. It wasn't a weekend to remelber for

the South East's top football teams. Not only were there no winndrs,

they only managed to score one goal Charlton Athletic's excellent

unbeaten start to the season may have surprisdd some,

but the Belgian boss has made them difficult team to beat

and they began well at Rothdrham. They took the lead halfway through

the first half with this cut in They continued to push on and could

easily have gone further ahdad. But the home side was stronger

after the break and levelled things Former Crawley boss Steve Evans

appeared unhappy to be to bd blanked by Peters after the game,

and the Charlton boss too w`s not Brighton were expected to bdat

struggling Blackpool and will Joe Bennett's first half frde kick

was just one of a number of chances the Albion created in a gamd they

dominated throughout, but whthout the now departed Leonardo Ulloa

they are not converting those chances and will feel this was

a missed opportunity. In Le`gue 1, Crawley weren't overawed

at Preston, but fell behind due to Crawley almost immediately

levelled things, but this hdader This second`half penalty se`led

the home side's win. Gillingham's game with Wals`ll was

the cagey affair with few chances, Now, a look at the weather. We've

had a fresher feeling today and we really will notice the tempdrature

difference this evening. Once the sun sets, the temperature drops away

fairly quickly. Lengthy cle`r spells mean we could get into single

figures across most parts. Rural locations perhaps even chillier It

does lead to a bright start tomorrow morning with plenty of blue sky and

sunshine around first thing. Feeling rather fresh. A bit of cloud bubbles

up through the afternoon, btt still some decent sunny spells,

temperatures in the mid to high teens, so still billing ple`santly

warm. As we had through to next week, it stays predominantlx settled

and dried. Chilly nights, however, with temperatures in most p`rts

dropping into single figures. Perhaps slightly milder overnight

Tuesday thanks to an increasing amount of cloud. During the day

temperatures are similar to today. Still billing pleasantly warm in the

sunny spells. Good evening. After a fine day, a

fine night in prospect. And with clearing skies, a chilly night at

that. The satellite tells the story, how cloud has built during the

course of the day. Particularly on into the afternoon. But we run the

sequence and you can see it thinning and breaking and it is those

clearing skies that will through the evening, but particularly in the

small hours allow our temperatures to fall. With mist and fog forming

in one or two areas. But nothing widespread. The temperature is the

biggest stories. For towns and cities lows of 10. In rural areas

low enough for a grass frost. Nothing unusually cold for this

point in September bs but chilly compared to recent nights. The

reason for the fair weather, high pressure, although a weather front

will squeeze into the north-west on Monday. But if you're heading to

Spain, some severe weather on the way for eastern regions on Monday.

Back here high pressure makes it plain sailing. A lot of fair weather

to come and a