:00:00. > 3:59:59weather on the way. That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye
:00:00. > :00:12.from me, and on Hello, and welcome to Look East.
:00:13. > :00:15.In the programme tonight: The mother who says holiday prices are a
:00:16. > :00:18.rip`off when the schools break up. She is so angry, she started a
:00:19. > :00:22.Downing Street petition. The only reason that I can surmise
:00:23. > :00:29.that they do it is because of greed. They are simply make `` they are
:00:30. > :00:33.simply trying to make profit and penalises people who want to do
:00:34. > :00:36.right by their children. The poultry giant Bernard Matthews
:00:37. > :00:39.posts a ?20 million loss, but says it will return to profit.
:00:40. > :00:43.Holding back the river, the simple steps that could cut the risk of
:00:44. > :00:45.flooding. And what links this robot, the
:00:46. > :00:58.President of France and a hospital? First tonight, a mother's campaign
:00:59. > :01:02.to end what she calls "rip`off" holiday prices during the school
:01:03. > :01:06.holidays. Donna Thresher, who lives in Essex, is so angry, she set up a
:01:07. > :01:10.petition on the Downing Street website.
:01:11. > :01:13.It started when Donna Thresher found out that a holiday at Center Parcs
:01:14. > :01:17.would be nearly four times more than the cost during term time. Tonight,
:01:18. > :01:21.her petition has 150,000 signatures. Just this afternoon, another 2,500
:01:22. > :01:30.people have signed up and now she wants to trigger a debate in
:01:31. > :01:33.Parliament. Mike Liggins reports. Donna Thresher and her partner Carl
:01:34. > :01:40.getting their children ready for the day. Donna runs a nursery near her
:01:41. > :01:44.home near Southend, Cole is a postman. Finding time and money for
:01:45. > :01:49.family holidays is difficult. They went to Center Parcs in Norfolk in
:01:50. > :01:54.2011, had a great time and wanted to go again in the Easter holidays last
:01:55. > :02:02.year. It was ?1000 more expensive than had I gone a week before. So in
:02:03. > :02:14.the April end of term holidays, it was about ?1600. Donna could not
:02:15. > :02:20.afford ?1600, so she started her petition. Why do the companies do
:02:21. > :02:25.it? The only reason I can surmise that they do it is because of greed.
:02:26. > :02:28.There is not really any other reason, they are trying to make
:02:29. > :02:34.profits. We have to price according to demand. If in the peak summer
:02:35. > :02:38.holidays we have three times the demand for a holiday, prices can be
:02:39. > :02:44.pitched at a different level to the school term times when demand is
:02:45. > :02:49.much lower. Parents can request term time holidays but since last year,
:02:50. > :02:54.headteachers can only grant absence under exceptional circumstances.
:02:55. > :02:59.Parents now face a fine of up to ?100. Last year, there were almost
:03:00. > :03:05.1,000 fixed penalties issued in Essex, Suffolk and North of `` and
:03:06. > :03:09.Norfolk. This woman runs a primary school and she believes parents are
:03:10. > :03:14.in an impossible situation, and says she will never issue a fine. I think
:03:15. > :03:20.it is extremely arrogant for anybody to suggest the only learning you can
:03:21. > :03:26.do takes place in former nobles in a classroom. I have always to believe
:03:27. > :03:30.it the world as a classroom without Walls `` always believed. I think
:03:31. > :03:34.the government needs to speak to people more. Nobody has ever asked
:03:35. > :03:39.me what I think and I am a headteacher. They need to ask what
:03:40. > :03:43.we think and what problems we are facing on a daily basis. Jenny
:03:44. > :03:49.Davies says we need a more flexible system. Donna Thresher needs an MP
:03:50. > :03:54.before there is a debate in Parliament but she believes public
:03:55. > :03:57.opinion is on her side. Sean Tipton is from ABTA, which
:03:58. > :04:03.represents companies in the travel industry, and he joins me now.
:04:04. > :04:10.Center Parcs said they had to price for demand, why? They choose to
:04:11. > :04:15.because it makes more money. The travel industry is very much driven
:04:16. > :04:19.by economic forces. They are right that if you see big increases in
:04:20. > :04:25.demand and school holidays are one factor, prices will go up. If you
:04:26. > :04:30.think of travel at the busiest time of year, July and August, going
:04:31. > :04:36.abroad, the whole of Europe wants to go on holiday. So members are
:04:37. > :04:40.dealing with Spanish, Greek, Portuguese hoteliers and they put
:04:41. > :04:47.their prices, which is inevitable and it makes perfect sense. It makes
:04:48. > :04:50.economic sense to them. Should the price not relate to what it costs
:04:51. > :04:56.and not what they can get away with charging? As a tour operator, you
:04:57. > :05:01.cannot say to a Spanish hotel, this is what we are prepared to pay. They
:05:02. > :05:05.control what they charge. That is what parents don't understand maybe,
:05:06. > :05:09.particularly in the summer, we are competing with the rest of Europe.
:05:10. > :05:14.We have made suggestions for over a decade to governments saying that
:05:15. > :05:19.the problem for school holidays is the times of year they are taken,
:05:20. > :05:24.Christmas, Easter, July and August, when demand is always high. We
:05:25. > :05:27.suggested staggering dates and maybe giving schools the option to have a
:05:28. > :05:32.break in June or September, when demand is a lot lower. That is the
:05:33. > :05:37.solution, you cannot artificially capped holiday prices. You cannot
:05:38. > :05:41.say to a Spanish hotel, this is what we are prepared to pay you, when
:05:42. > :05:46.they have plenty of other companies who will pay what they ask. How
:05:47. > :05:52.concerned would the industry be if this was raised in Parliament? I can
:05:53. > :05:56.understand why it will be raised and it is probably inevitable it will
:05:57. > :06:01.be, but the enemy realities are clear. We have talked to the
:06:02. > :06:06.government over the years, the present government are aware of the
:06:07. > :06:11.economic realities. But the solution to this, it is a supply and demand
:06:12. > :06:15.issue, so spread that demand out, to give families the option to travel
:06:16. > :06:19.at times of year when demand is lower and not have all schools
:06:20. > :06:24.taking holidays at the same time, which has created this problem.
:06:25. > :06:26.Thank you very much. Jenny Kirk is in the newsroom.
:06:27. > :06:29.Yes, your comments have already started coming in, like this from
:06:30. > :06:33.former teacher Stuart Graveston, from Cambridge, who says: If the
:06:34. > :06:37.cost of a holiday is too much, then don't buy the product. I'd like to
:06:38. > :06:39.buy a Rolls Royce, but they cost too much. Guess what? I haven't bought
:06:40. > :06:43.one. If that inflames you, or if you
:06:44. > :06:47.agree, or have a different take, get in touch via Facebook or Twitter, by
:06:48. > :06:54.phone on 08457 630630, or by emailing look.east@bbc.co.uk. I'll
:06:55. > :06:59.be back in about 15 minutes to go through some of your comments.
:07:00. > :07:02.The Turkey producer Bernard Matthews says it is confident the company
:07:03. > :07:12.will return to profit this year, after losing more than ?20million in
:07:13. > :07:16.2013. The company employs 2,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk, and
:07:17. > :07:22.has been hit by the cost of feed and price cutting in supermarkets.
:07:23. > :07:30.Bernard Matthews famous catchphrase was first shown on TV in 1980. He
:07:31. > :07:35.brought specially bought this land and hatched chickens, he became a
:07:36. > :07:40.household name. 30 years later, it is a tougher industry. Paul Kelly is
:07:41. > :07:45.the chairman of the British Turkey Federation. The pressure in the
:07:46. > :07:49.recession has been enormous so retailers have not wanted to pay
:07:50. > :07:54.more so there has been a squeeze on margins. They have had a tough time
:07:55. > :07:59.but so is every body else, they are not one. In 2005, Turkey tweezers
:08:00. > :08:05.were taken off school menus by Jamie Oliver, before that, Bernard
:08:06. > :08:09.Matthews posted profits of ?40 million. In 2006, they fell to 26
:08:10. > :08:14.million, the year after Bird Flu affected the company, I'd weather
:08:15. > :08:21.hit in 2011 and hide rain costs and an expensive is `` expensive
:08:22. > :08:25.restructure in Hungary led to a loss last year. The company received ``
:08:26. > :08:29.reduced overheads and received money from investors. It has rebranded to
:08:30. > :08:34.make its products more attractive to mothers, putting this flag here to
:08:35. > :08:39.focus on its British origins and a bolder label to stress its heritage.
:08:40. > :08:45.Inside is believed the turnaround will happen. We're Bernard Matthews
:08:46. > :08:50.turned things around? I am sure they will. They are a very professional
:08:51. > :08:56.company and they going through a structure and process like other
:08:57. > :09:01.company does. `` a restructuring. After shedding jobs in Hungary,
:09:02. > :09:04.Bernard Matthews is now a more modest operation and if it can
:09:05. > :09:09.persuade mothers to start buying again, it is confident it will be a
:09:10. > :09:12.more profitable operation. An Indian restaurant in Norfolk has
:09:13. > :09:15.been shut down, after a cockroach was found in a chicken vindaloo. A
:09:16. > :09:18.large`scale infestation was discovered at the Dalia Spice
:09:19. > :09:25.restaurant in Cromer last July. The owner, Shelina Akhter, has admitted
:09:26. > :09:28.eight food hygiene offences. Three men have been charged in
:09:29. > :09:31.connection with a series of burglaries at schools in Suffolk and
:09:32. > :09:34.Essex. Police say laptops and computer equipment were taken from
:09:35. > :09:36.primary and secondary schools over a nine`month period. The men are due
:09:37. > :09:40.to appear before magistrates next month. They are all charged with
:09:41. > :09:47.conspiracy to commit burglary with intent to steal. Scientists in
:09:48. > :09:50.Norwich are testing a new weapon in the fight against a deadly fungus
:09:51. > :09:53.which is affecting hundreds of thousands of trees.
:09:54. > :10:00.This region has been hardest hit by, which first appeared in the UK two
:10:01. > :10:03.years ago. Scientists should know within 18 months if the new
:10:04. > :10:07.fungicide will be available. Could find for now, in winter
:10:08. > :10:11.hibernation, but by the summer, `` by the summer, Ashton Rybak will
:10:12. > :10:20.return and spread `` confined. More than 90% of the `` trees in the East
:10:21. > :10:24.are at risk. Now in this laboratory, a fungicide designed to suppress the
:10:25. > :10:30.deadly airborne disease. Working with Sussex University, scientists
:10:31. > :10:33.are cautious but excited. This discovery is really important and we
:10:34. > :10:37.could see it being used Inc `` in combination with traditional
:10:38. > :10:43.fungicides in places like nurseries or plantations. But only on saplings
:10:44. > :10:47.and not in woodlands as it could affect the wider environment and
:10:48. > :10:53.that is a worry, Ashton Rybak has not affected many wild sites but the
:10:54. > :10:57.region is covered with the outbreak. Commercial rowers have been left
:10:58. > :11:02.counting the cost and some are not convinced by the trial. We cannot
:11:03. > :11:08.afford to treat all the trees and you could only treat the key iconic
:11:09. > :11:14.trees in our landscape. Or in our historic parks. We will not be able
:11:15. > :11:19.to treat more. The trial is only part of the armoury in the fight
:11:20. > :11:24.against Ashton Rybak. In a parallel trial, the Forestry Commission has
:11:25. > :11:27.planted more than 100,000 saplings. `12 macro. They want to see which
:11:28. > :11:39.will suffice the spread of the disease. Steve Scott has followed
:11:40. > :11:46.the out rate slowly coming he says we can contain it, but we cannot
:11:47. > :11:52.kill it. We had a hope `` a hot and slow summer, so it has spread from
:11:53. > :11:56.the core area and is now in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and
:11:57. > :12:03.Essex. In June, Ashton Rybak will be up again. `` Ash Dieback. The woods
:12:04. > :12:13.are undergoing a huge and unwelcome change.
:12:14. > :12:18.Still to come, the girl who can now eat five peanuts a day after
:12:19. > :12:23.researchers in Cambridge cure to allergy. And a gymnast swapping the
:12:24. > :12:25.union Jack for the colours of South Africa.
:12:26. > :12:31.After months and months of rain, most of our rivers are full and, of
:12:32. > :12:35.course, that means the risk of flooding is always there.
:12:36. > :12:39.Which is why experts are trying to find a way of cutting the risk .In
:12:40. > :12:40.Norfolk, they are slowing down the flow of a river upstream, to stop
:12:41. > :12:50.flooding further this river as it nears the sea. Like
:12:51. > :12:56.so many rivers, it is boxed in by man`made flood banks. But miles
:12:57. > :13:01.upstream, a clock is being turned back. Trees are being felled, this
:13:02. > :13:08.may look like a mess but it has a purpose. We are building low`lying
:13:09. > :13:13.structures along the edge of the river, designed to narrow the
:13:14. > :13:16.stream, to make it more bending, it has been straightened over the
:13:17. > :13:19.years. We are putting the curves back in the riffraff, and every
:13:20. > :13:26.structure where we felled trees will be trapping silt. The red line on
:13:27. > :13:30.this photograph shows the current straightened course, the plan is to
:13:31. > :13:34.reverted to the way veep blue course of over nearly 200 years ago. Over
:13:35. > :13:41.time, these areas of timber will patch the silt, and you will not be
:13:42. > :13:48.able to see it at all, there will be a bank here great for wildlife. And
:13:49. > :13:52.at times of intense flow, the river will flow outside its channel,
:13:53. > :13:56.meaning less flooding downstream. Aquatic life could benefit, the
:13:57. > :13:59.project is being backed by landowners, the Environment Agency
:14:00. > :14:04.and the Norfolk Rivers trust. You can see the way the river is
:14:05. > :14:11.bouncing from site to site, that will become a self`perpetuating
:14:12. > :14:15.system. The river wants to do that. Could this reduce the risk of the
:14:16. > :14:22.devastation being witnessed in Somerset? Perhaps. The idea is now
:14:23. > :14:26.being tried elsewhere. We have a really good example in Norfolk where
:14:27. > :14:30.over the last couple of years, we have introduced a strategy of trying
:14:31. > :14:35.to reinstate the river act to its natural habitat. In doing that, by
:14:36. > :14:39.increasing flows in the raw `` in the water course and making it more
:14:40. > :14:46.self`sustaining, it stops the silt build`up. Getting the river back to
:14:47. > :15:00.its original course will take years, but those behind the project say
:15:01. > :15:03.everyone will benefit. As we have heard today, researchers
:15:04. > :15:06.at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge have made a breakthrough
:15:07. > :15:09.in the treatment of one of our commonest allergies, to peanuts.
:15:10. > :15:13.One of the patients who was taking part in the trial is 11`year`old
:15:14. > :15:17.Lena Barden, who lives in Histon. From the age of two, she has had a
:15:18. > :15:21.severe reaction to eating peanuts and was picked to take part in the
:15:22. > :15:25.research at Addenbrook's. She was fed a tiny dose of nuts over a
:15:26. > :15:27.four`month period. At the end, she could safely eat five whole peanuts
:15:28. > :15:31.a day. Lena and her mum Diana are at home
:15:32. > :15:34.in Histon now. The first time you notice this reaction, what happened?
:15:35. > :15:39.She was just over two and we had been out for the day and my mother
:15:40. > :15:45.and I were having a drink and she broke a bit of the biscuit and she
:15:46. > :15:49.spat out the peanuts, which probably saved her life because that meant
:15:50. > :15:54.the reaction came on much slower than it would have done. So over the
:15:55. > :16:01.next couple of hours, she became more and more upset and coughing.
:16:02. > :16:09.Eventually, she was struggling for breath. Lena, down the years, what
:16:10. > :16:19.have you most missed eating? Probably doughnuts. You can need
:16:20. > :16:26.those now? Yes, I had my first about a year ago. What has it been like
:16:27. > :16:31.for you, presumably you go to parties and to friend and you could
:16:32. > :16:34.not eat what they were eating? `` friends. It was quite annoying
:16:35. > :16:40.because whenever my friend had a party, my mother had to read every
:16:41. > :16:45.label in the House. Seeing if anything had anything to do with
:16:46. > :16:50.peanuts, it was quite frustrating. Whenever I go out with my friends,
:16:51. > :16:56.it used to be annoying because I had to read every label. She has been
:16:57. > :17:01.very good about it but it has been difficult for you as well?
:17:02. > :17:06.Yes, I have to say, Lena has had to grow up much faster than her friends
:17:07. > :17:11.and she has had to read labels when I was not around. It has been very
:17:12. > :17:18.hard, we never had allergies in our family. I was weaned on peanuts, my
:17:19. > :17:25.family are American. It has been quite a lesson. So she has to eat
:17:26. > :17:33.five peanuts every day now, it keeps everything going. But you do not
:17:34. > :17:37.like peanuts, do you, Lena? I absolutely hate them and they taste
:17:38. > :17:43.disgusting. It is quite a struggle. Thank you,
:17:44. > :17:46.both of you. Well, from ground`breaking research
:17:47. > :17:48.at one of our hospitals to high`tech innovation at another.
:17:49. > :17:52.Today, surgeons in Ipswich used a robotic camera to beam live pictures
:17:53. > :17:56.from an operation to a team 800 miles away in France. It is a first
:17:57. > :18:03.for the UK, and the French President, Francois Hollande, was
:18:04. > :18:07.one of the people watching. We are inside the simulation room at
:18:08. > :18:13.Ipswich Hospital, watching gave very real gall bladder operation underway
:18:14. > :18:20.in a theatre. That is where they are putting the cannula. Into the doctor
:18:21. > :18:24.that comes from the gall bladder. Access comes from a robotic camera
:18:25. > :18:30.and we are not the only ones. The images are fed live to the European
:18:31. > :18:34.Institute of tele` surgery in Strasbourg. Today playing host to a
:18:35. > :18:40.very important visit from Francois Hollande, taking a presidential look
:18:41. > :18:43.at the pioneering pictures. The Strasbourg team world leaders and
:18:44. > :18:48.can used the link `` can use the link to give training and guidance
:18:49. > :18:55.to enhance a surgeon 's knowledge. From Victorian times, how things
:18:56. > :19:00.have changed? ``! It did not become a good idea because of infection.
:19:01. > :19:05.This allows us to teach the large numbers of people without having
:19:06. > :19:10.them in the operating theatre. The camera costs around ?70,000, the
:19:11. > :19:13.link especially encrypted to keep data safe. What do you see is the
:19:14. > :19:20.potential for this technology in the NHS? We will bring in experts in
:19:21. > :19:27.their field, new techniques, and improve the surgery and the result.
:19:28. > :19:31.The project is part of a wider drive to develop excellence here. This new
:19:32. > :19:38.training area with pretend patient mannequins which cost around 50,000
:19:39. > :19:43.pounds each opens soon. Doing things like this will attract the best of
:19:44. > :19:46.the best optimistic Ipswich. And I considered the people that work in
:19:47. > :19:53.this hospital to be the best of the best. `` into Ipswich. I think we
:19:54. > :19:56.can achieve greater things. They have high hopes for the future and
:19:57. > :20:00.this high`tech French connection is just the start.
:20:01. > :20:05.For almost any sportsman or woman, the best thing you can ever do is to
:20:06. > :20:07.represent your country. Which is why one young gymnast from
:20:08. > :20:11.Cambridgeshire has made a very important decision.
:20:12. > :20:15.Cameron Mackenzie has competed for Britain and helped the team to win
:20:16. > :20:19.the European Junior Championships. But he was born in South Africa and
:20:20. > :20:23.now he has decided to go back, to try to become the African champion.
:20:24. > :20:30.That would open the door to the Olympics in Rio.
:20:31. > :20:35.It is time for Cameron McKenzie to leave a place he has called home for
:20:36. > :20:40.11 years. Mum and dad help pack to begin a new journey under a new
:20:41. > :20:45.flag. He has been very proud to represent Great Britain and when he
:20:46. > :20:49.has stood on the podium with the anthem, he has been proud. But it
:20:50. > :20:54.would add to his experience as a person to have the additional
:20:55. > :21:01.privilege of standing there for his country of birth. He has trained
:21:02. > :21:05.here in Huntingdon since the age of nine but he has moved back to the
:21:06. > :21:11.country of his birth, South Africa, to achieve an Olympic dream. I have
:21:12. > :21:14.done a lot of national and international competitions for Great
:21:15. > :21:18.Britain, but to be an individual champion of a continent, that is a
:21:19. > :21:24.step up to another level. His first job is to get in shape for the
:21:25. > :21:29.African Championships at the end of March. If he wins that and becomes
:21:30. > :21:34.King of that continent, it is all systems go on the road to Rio. Being
:21:35. > :21:39.the best gymnast in Africa, with a population of a billion, would open
:21:40. > :21:44.up big sponsorship opportunities, not possible in Britain. He has
:21:45. > :21:48.competed many times under the union flag, winning junior team Gold at
:21:49. > :21:53.the European Championships four years ago. Do you feel English or
:21:54. > :21:59.South African? I would say I feel more South African. I did a
:22:00. > :22:03.competition for South Africa in 2010 and I was competing for Great
:22:04. > :22:06.Britain, and I won it. I remember standing on the podium with the
:22:07. > :22:11.British uncomplaining and I thought, it does not quite feel right. The
:22:12. > :22:15.gymnastics world is quite a close`knit family and it does not
:22:16. > :22:19.matter whether you represent Japan, Great Britain, South Africa,
:22:20. > :22:26.America, when that gymnast performs an excellent routine, everybody
:22:27. > :22:31.smiles and applauds and appreciates what that gymnast has done. How
:22:32. > :22:36.proud will you be when the South African flag gets raised, hopefully,
:22:37. > :22:42.in a many, `` in one of these competitions? Very proud, if
:22:43. > :22:46.somebody else is standing up and the South African anthem is playing, I
:22:47. > :22:52.get proud, so it will be a special moment. He has seen the contribution
:22:53. > :22:59.Louis Smith has made and he wants to provide the same spark for South
:23:00. > :23:04.Africa, they have not sent a gymnast to the Olympics since 1954. I could
:23:05. > :23:07.be looking at the next! `` they could be.
:23:08. > :23:10.Earlier, we asked for your views on a subject that is controversial, the
:23:11. > :23:13.cost of going on holiday in the school holidays. A mother from Essex
:23:14. > :23:17.has launched a Downing Street petition over the issue. Jenny Kirk
:23:18. > :23:24.is in the newsroom and she has been looking at what you have had to say.
:23:25. > :23:26.It looks like we cannot get the sound. We will go back to her if we
:23:27. > :23:40.can. Whether first. `` the weather. More rain this month. Today, we have
:23:41. > :23:45.had nuisance rain, a lot of cloud across the region. Showery rain and
:23:46. > :23:50.expect more of those this evening and overnight. By the end of the
:23:51. > :23:54.night, it is largely dry with clear spells developing, turning misty and
:23:55. > :24:02.a risk of ground frost as temperatures drop to around two
:24:03. > :24:06.Celsius. Into tomorrow, it does not look like a bad day in the East.
:24:07. > :24:13.Mainly dry, but later, wet and windy weather. This is what is coming. A
:24:14. > :24:17.low present `` a low pressure weather system from the Atlantic,
:24:18. > :24:23.bringing a lot of rain. Expect a dry morning, perhaps bright spells
:24:24. > :24:27.across the East. Maybe an isolated shower, but largely dry.
:24:28. > :24:32.Increasingly cloudy. The signal this weather front is on its way will be
:24:33. > :24:42.the wind speed. It is possible through the evening that those costs
:24:43. > :24:46.will be around 40 mph. `` gusts. Six or seven degrees as the high, the
:24:47. > :24:51.rain will turn persistent and heavy through the night. Much of it should
:24:52. > :24:56.be out of the way by Saturday. This is the pressure pattern for Saturday
:24:57. > :25:03.and into Sunday. Low pressure close by, so strong winds for Saturday. It
:25:04. > :25:08.will stay dry. Sunday is the better day as winds start to ease. This
:25:09. > :25:15.rain will come. Not a bad day for Saturday. Although it will be quite
:25:16. > :25:20.windy. We should state dry, isolated showers possible, but sunny spells,
:25:21. > :25:26.highs of around seven Celsius. `` stay dry. Into Sunday, more present
:25:27. > :25:35.`` pleasant. Largely dry by Monday, winds picking up.
:25:36. > :25:45.Back to Jenny. Can you hear me? Superb!
:25:46. > :25:48.We have been busy. A lot of you getting in touch. Some about the
:25:49. > :25:54.importance of a family holiday, this woman says, we cannot go on holiday,
:25:55. > :25:59.we cannot afford school holiday prices and we cannot afford a fine.
:26:00. > :26:04.Mike kids all living `` losing out on cultural education. Susie says,
:26:05. > :26:07.this is not just about families, as a person without kids, I cannot
:26:08. > :26:12.afford a holiday during school holidays.
:26:13. > :26:17.The elsewhere `` the outrageous prices affect everyone. Mary says,
:26:18. > :26:22.common sense tells you increased demands mean prices go up like oil
:26:23. > :26:27.prices in cold weather. Tony says, it is simple supply and
:26:28. > :26:31.demand. Sally says, so what if you cannot have a holiday? Why does
:26:32. > :26:37.everybody think they are entitled? Is I will government going to tell
:26:38. > :26:42.Spain to drop prices? I do not excel. Melanie says, holidays have
:26:43. > :26:45.been robbing us blind for years, I have parents over a barrel and they
:26:46. > :26:49.know it. Jamie says that most holiday places
:26:50. > :26:54.in the UK only make their revenues seasonally and they have to raise
:26:55. > :26:59.prices is a five through the winter. Peter says, it will be recoverable
:27:00. > :27:04.for people to understand the charges at the height of season of fair and
:27:05. > :27:09.reasonable. Prices at term time a reduced bargain prices. Some of you
:27:10. > :27:14.have set any other form of discrimination would not be
:27:15. > :27:19.allowed, the UK holiday industry practices discrimination policies
:27:20. > :27:24.over holidays. Another viewer says, thank goodness ice cream sellers do
:27:25. > :27:28.not put up their prices during school holidays or we would all be
:27:29. > :27:34.in trouble. I could not agree more! Thank you for getting in touch.
:27:35. > :27:38.We have been busy! People make interesting point and it will remain
:27:39. > :27:38.controversial. That is all for this evening.
:27:39. > :27:44.Good night.