:00:03. > :00:07.the UK. Welcome to South East Today, I'm Polly Evans. And I'm Rob Smith.
:00:07. > :00:12.Tonight's top stories. Was she a bogus nurse? A woman who treated
:00:12. > :00:17.more than 1400 people in kent is arrested on suspicion of fraud.
:00:17. > :00:26.are taking this really seriously. We are talking about a healthcare
:00:26. > :00:29.worker. We'll be asking an NHS boss how she could have been taken on in
:00:29. > :00:32.the first place. New fears for the safety of a Second World Wars ship
:00:32. > :00:37.packed with high explosives and lying sunk off the Isle of Sheppey.
:00:37. > :00:39.Also in tonight's programme: As severe weather causes delays to
:00:39. > :00:44.ferry crossings tonight, police bring in operation stack to deal
:00:44. > :00:47.with traffic disruption. We're live tonight in Dover with the latest.
:00:47. > :00:50.Four years on, it's school for the twins who, when born, were the most
:00:50. > :00:53.premature to survive in the UK. Don't pretend to care. I'm not
:00:53. > :01:03.expecting Christmas cards. And oh, yes, she is! Eastenders' glamorous
:01:03. > :01:08.
:01:09. > :01:12.grandmother, Glynis Barber, is to perform panto in Tunbridge Wells.
:01:12. > :01:15.Good evening. A woman who spent four years working in NHS surgeries
:01:15. > :01:22.in Kent has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after it emerged
:01:22. > :01:24.that she may not have been qualified. Among other procedures,
:01:24. > :01:28.the 46 year-old carried out intimate examinations on women such
:01:28. > :01:31.as smear tests. Now NHS managers have been forced to write to 1,400
:01:31. > :01:40.patients in the Medway area, to inform them they may have been
:01:40. > :01:43.treated by the woman. Colin Campbell reports. Allegedly
:01:43. > :01:47.masquerading as a fully trained nurse, the unnamed 46 year-old work
:01:47. > :01:51.for four years in Medway. We are taking this seriously. We have
:01:51. > :01:55.somebody who was a health care professional working above her
:01:55. > :02:01.qualification and without and nursing qualification and we take
:02:01. > :02:06.that seriously. She carried out duties at four surgeries, Brompton,
:02:06. > :02:11.Gillingham, Whitmore and Chatham, between 2006 and 2010. Chatham
:02:11. > :02:17.residents expressed their concern. That is quite frightening. Insomuch
:02:17. > :02:20.as if there was something wrong with here and it was not picked up,
:02:20. > :02:27.that is your health. It is something that you really have to
:02:27. > :02:32.be careful of anyway. It is lawful. How do you feel safe? You go to the
:02:32. > :02:37.doctor to get better and if you're not treated properly, you don't. It
:02:37. > :02:41.is worrying. The woman under arrest two lives in Brecon in Wales
:02:41. > :02:46.undertook work which require significant training, including
:02:46. > :02:51.immunisation and cervical smear tests. We do check the quality of
:02:51. > :02:57.the spear tests that have been taken and we know that she was able
:02:57. > :03:02.to effectively take those. So we do have some quality assurance. For
:03:02. > :03:05.over 1400 patients have received letters today. More than 1000 were
:03:05. > :03:09.vaccinated by the elected for Ulster and more than 300 were women
:03:09. > :03:12.given surgical smears by her. Within the letter, health bosses
:03:12. > :03:16.say there is no reason to believe there has been any harm to anyone
:03:16. > :03:20.so health and they're not a word of any complaints. Patients who did
:03:20. > :03:24.not want to appear on camera told me they thought she acted
:03:24. > :03:29.professionally and appeared skilled. The police are trying to find
:03:29. > :03:33.exactly how the 46 year-old was able to gain employment at
:03:33. > :03:37.surgeries you run that way without proper qualifications. Detectives
:03:37. > :03:43.say the possible misuse of another nurses personal identification
:03:43. > :03:46.number is an active line of inquiry. All GP practices in Kent and Medway
:03:46. > :03:55.are being told to check the employment qualifications of
:03:55. > :03:58.practice nurses. Dr Caroline Jessel is the Assistant Medical Director
:03:58. > :04:02.of NHS Kent and Medway and joins us live from Chatham. Dr Jessel, how
:04:02. > :04:12.was an unqualified worker able to pass herself off as a nurse for
:04:12. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:20.four years? Well, this is still the subject of investigation, as you
:04:20. > :04:25.heard so the precise details we do not know. The know that she did
:04:25. > :04:28.work as a practice nurse but before that, she worked as a health care
:04:28. > :04:33.assistant so she had the opportunity to learn the procedures
:04:33. > :04:37.that a nurse normally carries out. That is why we feel we can be
:04:37. > :04:43.reassuring to patients who were treated. And no harm has come to
:04:43. > :04:49.them. How can you be assured that it has that happened elsewhere
:04:49. > :04:53.within the NHS and possibly with someone more senior? Well, I think
:04:53. > :04:56.that is a valid concern and one that once we have completed the
:04:56. > :05:03.full investigation and police have completed their work, the lessons
:05:03. > :05:07.learnt will be applied across the system. At the moment, the lessons
:05:07. > :05:16.learnt the to be clarified. Are you putting immediate measures in place
:05:16. > :05:21.to ensure this cannot happen from now on? They certainly, in Kent and
:05:21. > :05:24.Medway, are asking every single practice to do an enhanced
:05:24. > :05:30.registration check on all nurses. Which is the new procedure which
:05:30. > :05:34.was not available at the time this person came to planet. Thatcher put
:05:34. > :05:38.everybody's minds at rest that there are no other situations like
:05:38. > :05:45.this in Kent and Medway. I believe also that across the country, this
:05:45. > :05:47.has been recommended. Thank you. Coming up. Time to ditch the
:05:47. > :05:57.morning assembly? Why teachers across the South East say the need
:05:57. > :05:59.
:05:59. > :06:03.for collective religious worship is over. New fears have been raised
:06:03. > :06:06.today about the safety of a sunken ship off the Kent which is packed
:06:06. > :06:09.with more than 1,000 tonnes of high explosives. The SS Richard
:06:09. > :06:12.Montgomery sank in 1944. The liberty ship has remained on a
:06:12. > :06:14.sandbank close to Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey ever since, but now
:06:14. > :06:24.a new report suggests there's a growing risk of significant
:06:24. > :06:26.
:06:26. > :06:30.structural collapse. Simon Jones has more. Beneath the waves. 1400
:06:30. > :06:33.tons of high explosives. The condition of the wreck has now been
:06:33. > :06:37.assessed using the latest technology, suggesting the
:06:38. > :06:43.deterioration of the ship is accelerating. Those who study the
:06:43. > :06:47.wreck feared that it could be a disaster waiting to happen. Here in
:06:47. > :06:53.Sheppey they call this the Domesday ship for obvious reasons. A large
:06:53. > :06:59.tidal wave and a high tide situation which could stretch from
:06:59. > :07:04.Strood right through to Havisham and across the island.
:07:04. > :07:09.Coastguard says the highly deteriorating collapse is
:07:09. > :07:13.inevitable. Once it does not appear to be in any imminent danger, it
:07:13. > :07:17.means a loss of munitions is becoming a realistic possibility in
:07:17. > :07:21.the medium term. Their make-up. Than the risks associated with non-
:07:21. > :07:28.intervention will become richer than those associated with the
:07:28. > :07:33.carefully planned intervention. don't want to see my whole -- my
:07:33. > :07:38.host blown up. So I have a vested interest. The last time we heard,
:07:39. > :07:44.it would be safer to keep this as it is. The US cargo ship in a storm
:07:44. > :07:47.of Sheppey drifted on to a sandbank, breaking into. A petition has been
:07:47. > :07:53.started on the Downing Street website calling for action. At the
:07:53. > :07:57.end of the day it must be moved. For safety. It has been there for
:07:57. > :08:00.so many years. Leave it for it is, really. The Department for
:08:00. > :08:05.Transport told us at the Rec out there appears to be predominantly
:08:05. > :08:11.intact. And what remains stable, they have been advised that the
:08:11. > :08:15.pest management is regular monitoring. We have brought stuff
:08:15. > :08:20.up from shipwrecks down over 100 years that were in perfect
:08:20. > :08:26.condition. With no deterioration at all. Rare footage of an earlier
:08:26. > :08:34.survey is believed could pose a blow to the airport plans for the
:08:34. > :08:37.area. The ship is under constant surveillance. A man from Tunbridge
:08:37. > :08:40.Wells has been charged in connection with the death of a
:08:40. > :08:44.farmer in East Sussex. Julian Gardner was crushed by two vehicles
:08:44. > :08:46.at his farm at Robertsbridge last October. 25 year-old Oliver Payne
:08:46. > :08:50.has been charged with manslaughter, conspiracy to commit burglary and
:08:50. > :08:55.conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Six others have also been
:08:55. > :08:58.charged in connection with the case. Severe weather has caused delays on
:08:58. > :09:00.ferries crossing the channel today. The high winds have also had a
:09:00. > :09:03.knock-on effect on the M20 with police bringing in operation stack
:09:03. > :09:13.to deal with the disruption. Our reporter, Ian Palmer, is live in
:09:13. > :09:17.
:09:17. > :09:20.Dover. How bad are the delays? Delays for the cross-Channel
:09:20. > :09:26.services are at about 45 minutes, which is remarkable when you think
:09:26. > :09:31.the wind is between force nine and force 10. Anybody fortunate enough
:09:31. > :09:36.to get onto a boat is in for a very rough ride. Coupled with the
:09:36. > :09:40.industrial action in France, there is a problem and Operation Stack is
:09:40. > :09:47.in place, police said that will remain in place for the rest of the
:09:47. > :09:54.evening and if you must travel and information, tune into BBC radio.
:09:54. > :09:58.Thank you. Teachers and parents across the South East say it may be
:09:58. > :10:00.time to scrap the law requiring schools to hold a daily act of
:10:00. > :10:03.collective Christian worship. It follows a BBC survey revealing that
:10:03. > :10:13.two thirds of schools are failing to fulfil the legal requirement for
:10:13. > :10:19.a daily religious assembly. Juliette Parkin reports. The first
:10:19. > :10:25.day of a new school year. And pit bulls know the drill. Morning
:10:25. > :10:30.assembly, five days a week, for the predominantly Christian population.
:10:30. > :10:36.But staff admit it must be time to look at whether collective worship
:10:36. > :10:41.is practical and relevant today. Perhaps it is time for people who
:10:41. > :10:45.know more about this and I do to get together and take some
:10:45. > :10:50.consensus across schools, communities and religions and see
:10:50. > :10:57.what happens. The 1944 Education Act required collective worship on
:10:57. > :11:01.the part of all pupils. It was amended in 1988 to be mainly of a
:11:01. > :11:07.broadly Christian character. Eight years later, the Act gave
:11:07. > :11:11.particular status to Jesus. With only around 5% of pupils in the
:11:11. > :11:16.school actually practising Christianity, the parents think
:11:16. > :11:21.that the act is still relevant today. It is up to the school. If
:11:21. > :11:26.they wish to do this. But we do not enforce this at home. It is a nice
:11:26. > :11:30.thing to be able to get people, children, aware of religion.
:11:30. > :11:35.Compulsory collective worship in schools has been a tradition for
:11:35. > :11:41.decades. But some feel that the law even goes as far as infringing
:11:41. > :11:46.children's human rights. I think it is an abuse of children to actually
:11:46. > :11:50.require anyone to worship. It is unreasonable for the state to
:11:50. > :11:54.impose the Sun children. The law says they must take part. And the
:11:54. > :11:58.sooner the stops, the better. Religion is part of five, whether
:11:58. > :12:05.you accept a particular faith are not. It is an aspect which children
:12:05. > :12:08.need to be aware of and to have as part of the natural background of
:12:08. > :12:12.the education they receive. The Department for Education says that
:12:12. > :12:17.schools can apply to have the requirement changed if deemed
:12:17. > :12:21.inappropriate. But the law still stands. However dated some feel it
:12:21. > :12:24.now seems. That was Juliette Parkin, live in Hove for us. You're outside
:12:24. > :12:32.a faith school. Presumably they feel very strongly that this law
:12:32. > :12:38.should be upheld. There are a number of Phi Phi of schools across
:12:38. > :12:42.the area and collective worship is a key part. In Kent, the head of
:12:42. > :12:48.one schools is that religious assembly should not be scrapped. An
:12:48. > :12:52.answering, the diocese says that the law should be upheld. In some
:12:52. > :12:55.cases it is impractical and even one vicar I spoke to said that
:12:55. > :12:59.religion should be recognised in schools and all faiths should be
:12:59. > :13:05.impressed, not just Christianity. So there are clearly grounds for
:13:05. > :13:13.this to be reviewed. Thank you. We want to know what you here -- think
:13:13. > :13:18.about this. Here are some of your views. It is unnecessary, we build
:13:18. > :13:22.mosques and have churches. Go to them. It isn't a good idea. When
:13:22. > :13:27.students here are atheist. So teaching one religion it will not
:13:27. > :13:32.be good. As a believing Christian, my view is that young children have
:13:32. > :13:36.the right to know about their creator, God. I fear that time
:13:36. > :13:41.forgot is really important and that school we had one minutes silence
:13:41. > :13:46.at the beginning of every day. That included everyone from all faiths.
:13:46. > :13:51.But it used to have that. Just to go down the Christian route isn't
:13:51. > :13:55.particularly productive for children. My personal opinion, he
:13:55. > :14:00.is why don't we embrace other religions as well? It is an old
:14:00. > :14:06.fashioned, positive and structured way to start the day. You have also
:14:06. > :14:09.been commenting on our Facebook site. Kevin Griffin from Medway
:14:09. > :14:11.says: I think it essential that a balanced curriculum includes
:14:11. > :14:13.collective worship. We are a Christian country whose laws are
:14:13. > :14:16.based on Christian values. But Marian McDonald from Folkestone
:14:16. > :14:19.says: I am very much against religious services in schools and
:14:19. > :14:23.the teaching of any religion as fact. Religion is a belief. Not a
:14:23. > :14:29.fact. So what do you think? Should schools continue to hold a daily
:14:29. > :14:32.act of collective worship? Or is it time to change the law? Email us or
:14:32. > :14:39.join our Facebook debate and we'll hear your views later in the
:14:39. > :14:42.programme. Our top story. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of
:14:43. > :14:46.fraud after it emerged that she'd been working as a nurse while not
:14:46. > :14:52.qualified. The 46 year-old carried out intimate examinations,
:14:52. > :14:57.including smear tests. NHS managers in Medway have written to more than
:14:57. > :15:00.1,400 patients to apologise. Also in tonight's programme. It's school
:15:00. > :15:10.for the four-year-old twins given only a one in ten chance of
:15:10. > :15:17.survival when they were born at 23 weeks. Join me later and I will
:15:17. > :15:20.tell you all about my stint in panto at Tunbridge Wells. As the
:15:20. > :15:23.population of the UK gets ever older, it's estimated that by 2050
:15:23. > :15:25.a quarter of us will be over 65. Parliament has been debating
:15:25. > :15:29.whether there is a need for a minister with special
:15:29. > :15:32.responsibility for older people. Already more than 16% of the
:15:33. > :15:35.population are pensioners. Here in the South East the figure is
:15:36. > :15:38.slightly higher, at over 17%. And since many older people choose to
:15:39. > :15:41.retire to the coast, some seaside towns have even higher rates. 23%
:15:42. > :15:44.of the population of Eastbourne are pensioners. In a moment we'll speak
:15:44. > :15:47.live to MP Tracey Crouch, who called for the Westminster debate.
:15:47. > :15:57.First, Robin Gibson has been to Eastbourne for tonight's special
:15:57. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:10.report. Hartfield House, a privately run home to 19 residents,
:16:10. > :16:14.mostly in their 80s and 90s. Go on! Was consider themselves lucky and
:16:14. > :16:19.happy. They're able to fund their own care but they all have stories
:16:19. > :16:27.of the problems of growing older. The sort of issues that a Minister
:16:27. > :16:34.for them might find in their mailbox. They have a grudge against
:16:34. > :16:40.the hospice! I went to one hospital and they said to me, yes, your eyes
:16:40. > :16:44.are all right. I will see you in one year. And I fight, one year?
:16:44. > :16:49.You are hoping that I will pop off and you won't have to bother any
:16:49. > :16:54.more. The department does not seem to know what the other is doing.
:16:54. > :17:02.And you have letters from one and the other. And one is contradicting
:17:02. > :17:05.the other. You get so much correspondence, it isn't true.
:17:05. > :17:09.People are living longer. The capacity of the care sector is
:17:09. > :17:14.under pressure so the provision of care would be high on any
:17:14. > :17:19.ministerial agenda. Whether or another minister with all that
:17:19. > :17:23.bureaucracy going with at, whether they would really listen to them,
:17:23. > :17:28.with the funding at the moment and the money situation, whether they
:17:28. > :17:32.could do anything about some of the issues some older people have?
:17:32. > :17:36.the charities and groups already speaking up for older people, that
:17:36. > :17:40.is the point. Money. You must be wary of going down this road that
:17:40. > :17:42.we do not just simply change the name plate. We need to give that
:17:42. > :17:47.this tour proper authority and a strong department and a strong
:17:47. > :17:57.budget. What sort of person do you think would make a good Minister
:17:57. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:04.for older people? Churchill. Churchill! An aim to live up to. --
:18:04. > :18:13.in the end. The MP for Chatham and Aylesford, Tracey Crouch, joins us
:18:13. > :18:19.live from Westminster. Why do we need another minister? It is
:18:19. > :18:25.important that as a younger member of the Kent MPs, we address the
:18:25. > :18:33.challenge that you will face in 40 years. The ageing population. It is
:18:33. > :18:37.important to address these issues today. As we heard, this Jim
:18:37. > :18:44.Allister needs to have cloud and money. At the moment, there is no
:18:44. > :18:50.budget. I tend to agree with Age UK. Any minister must have departmental
:18:50. > :18:53.responsibility and a rematch. There are many issues that we bring in
:18:53. > :18:58.three legislation that actually impacts on the older generation and
:18:58. > :19:01.they're not considered when we go through the legislative process. It
:19:01. > :19:04.is important Foreign Minister for older people to have that
:19:05. > :19:10.responsibility. The trouble is we know that budgets are under
:19:10. > :19:16.pressure and in the short-term, many councils are actually cutting
:19:16. > :19:20.elderly care budgets now. The point of today's debate was not just to
:19:20. > :19:27.look at care, although that was an important element, it was also to
:19:27. > :19:33.look at the services. And Kent County Council along with other
:19:33. > :19:36.authorities are looking at how we can focus our housing strategy for
:19:37. > :19:40.older people. Many older people find they do not have much choice
:19:40. > :19:43.when it comes to where they live when they get older and I think
:19:43. > :19:53.this is something we should be looking at and it isn't
:19:53. > :19:59.particularly expensive. Thank you for being with us. When Gracie and
:19:59. > :20:02.Mikey Swindell were born, they weren't expected to survive.
:20:02. > :20:06.Delivered just 23 weeks and five days into the pregnancy, the
:20:06. > :20:09.doctors only gave them a one in 10 chance of making it. It was touch
:20:09. > :20:11.and go, but after two months in intensive care at Medway Maritime
:20:11. > :20:14.Hospital, they did make it, becoming the most premature twins
:20:14. > :20:23.to survive in Britain. And now they've started school. Sara Smith
:20:23. > :20:29.has been to meet them for our story update. It has been remarkable
:20:29. > :20:33.journey for Gracey and Nike. From this... To this. To this. When the
:20:33. > :20:37.mother went into early labour, there was a to be little chance of
:20:37. > :20:42.them surviving. But they fought for their lives and now, aged four
:20:42. > :20:46.years and two months, they have started school. I got their uniform,
:20:46. > :20:52.I had prepared, it was washed and ironed and had their little schools
:20:52. > :20:56.ready. I had a nightmare getting us because they have such small feet.
:20:56. > :21:01.I got then dressed and had a few tears looking at them, they looked
:21:01. > :21:05.so big. They had grown up so much. At this infant school in Chatham,
:21:05. > :21:08.the twins had been separated for the first time in their lives. The
:21:08. > :21:12.aim is to give both of them the chance to develop independent
:21:12. > :21:17.personalities. Having been in the nursery here, it already made an
:21:17. > :21:22.impression. They have come on so much, their confidence has grown.
:21:22. > :21:27.And their ability. It is amazing. Such an early Perth has brought
:21:27. > :21:29.difficulties. Might he is a fairly hard of hearing and both he and his
:21:29. > :21:33.sister are less developed than they should be. But they are much
:21:33. > :21:38.healthier than many youngsters born much closer to full term and for
:21:38. > :21:42.their mother, it is hard to believe they have come so far. It brings a
:21:42. > :21:47.tear to my eye, seeing them in their uniforms. And to walk into
:21:47. > :21:51.school with their friends and they get all excited. It is lovely. And
:21:51. > :21:57.I never thought this day would come and it is a true miracle that
:21:57. > :21:59.they're here and at school. Medical, says their mum, is down to
:21:59. > :22:06.staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital who cared for them when
:22:06. > :22:12.they were poor. Work is a blue hat? Now, a new chapter in their
:22:12. > :22:18.incredible alliance has started. -- lives. Just amazing. They have done
:22:18. > :22:21.so well. She's starred in classic TV series Blake's Seven and Dempsey
:22:21. > :22:24.and Makepeace. More recently, Glynis Barber could be seen in
:22:24. > :22:29.Albert Square, playing the mother of feisty sisters Ronnie and Roxy
:22:29. > :22:32.Mitchell. Her latest role's rather Mitchell. Her latest role's rather
:22:32. > :22:41.different though - on stage in Tunbridge Wells as the wicked fairy
:22:41. > :22:45.in Sleeping Beauty, this year's I have plenty of happy memories.
:22:45. > :22:52.She has recently bid for well to her doctors in EastEnders as a
:22:52. > :23:01.humiliated Glenda Mitchell. I loved working with the girls. Sam and
:23:01. > :23:05.Rita. I had great fun. Leaving a ready? Got my money? When you first
:23:05. > :23:10.walk into the Queen Vic and Barbara Windsor is behind the bar, it is
:23:10. > :23:17.like, wow! In the 1970s, Glynis Barber Richard debut in Blake's
:23:17. > :23:23.Seven. No self-respecting idealist would be found dead here. We used
:23:23. > :23:29.to rehearse all week in a sort of class from. We used to giggle. We
:23:29. > :23:34.would sit in our pretence bishop. The director once said, if you
:23:34. > :23:39.don't stop giggling, I will separate you! Her big break came
:23:39. > :23:45.when she landed a role in Dempsey and Makepeace alongside Michael
:23:45. > :23:51.Brandon, who she later married. Don't ever do that again. All these
:23:51. > :23:54.years later, people still talk about this. It is so amazing.
:23:55. > :24:00.Glynis Barber was in her 20s when she starred in this series,
:24:00. > :24:04.something she says has not been forgotten. Why don't you have a
:24:04. > :24:08.zimmerframe? Because it was so unbelievably young when I started
:24:08. > :24:13.this! With the door left open on Albert Square, she is about to
:24:13. > :24:18.tread the boards in pantomime. I said to my agent, what would I
:24:18. > :24:24.play? She said, darling, after EastEnders, you will forever be the
:24:24. > :24:29.wicked Queen! Here I am. This is a new experience for me. I have to
:24:29. > :24:34.sing on stage, which will be interesting, and I have to fly. I
:24:34. > :24:37.look forward to that! She begins rehearsals in the next few weeks
:24:37. > :24:47.and hopefully will sprinkle some magic at the Assembly Rooms in
:24:47. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :24:56.December. It has been a miserable To this evening the rain will clear
:24:56. > :25:00.and the wind will ease and the good news is tomorrow is a much drier
:25:00. > :25:06.and brighter day. A bright start to the day with some winter round and
:25:06. > :25:11.nothing like the gale-force wind today. This was the picture,
:25:11. > :25:16.moderate put persistent rain spreading eastwards. We can see
:25:17. > :25:22.these tightly spaced isobars indicating gale-force wind. In
:25:22. > :25:28.Dover, south westerlies picking up to around 40 mph. Not as severe in
:25:28. > :25:32.land but in Tunbridge Wells, picking up to around 25 mph. And
:25:32. > :25:37.temperatures depressed. 17 and 18 degrees and not feeling that with
:25:37. > :25:41.the wind. The rain clears the way into this evening. Towards the end
:25:41. > :25:47.of the night, clear skies, increasingly try. To put us getting
:25:47. > :25:53.down to around 11 degrees. Tomorrow, a lovely bright start with more
:25:53. > :26:00.cloud around into the afternoon and south-westerly wind. Around 25 mph.
:26:00. > :26:04.Similar temperatures, between 17 and 18 degrees. And it will feel
:26:04. > :26:08.significantly more pleasant. Tomorrow night, more cloud towards
:26:08. > :26:13.the end of the night and patchy rain and drizzle. Temperatures
:26:13. > :26:19.reflecting that, 13 - 16 degrees and a wet, unsettled picture for
:26:19. > :26:24.Thursday. Temperatures struggling. And towards the weekend, dry but
:26:24. > :26:29.cloudy for Friday but the blustery showers return on Saturday.
:26:29. > :26:35.Temperatures, around 21 degrees. you remember summer?! Let's get
:26:35. > :26:38.back to the top story. Teachers and parents say it might be time to
:26:38. > :26:48.scrap the law requiring schools to hold a daily act of collective
:26:48. > :26:48.
:26:48. > :26:53.We asked for your views. Lots of people have e-mailed as and the
:26:53. > :26:56.opinion is split. David says it is time to end religious assembly,
:26:56. > :27:00.education should be secular and children should be taught about
:27:00. > :27:04.religion, it should not be indoctrinated. Robert says he was
:27:04. > :27:08.at primary school 23 years ago and they had to the school assembly and
:27:08. > :27:12.every Friday they went to church. He felt that was useful to decide
:27:12. > :27:16.that he did not believe in religion and without that primary school
:27:16. > :27:20.assembly, he would not have been able to make that decision. Barry
:27:20. > :27:24.says be given it got a society which is going down the pan and
:27:24. > :27:30.school teaches was not just about got what it taught us that a good
:27:30. > :27:33.society is built on this. Children need to get poor standards.