10/09/2013 South East Today

Welcome. And I'm Rob Smith. I'm Natalie Graham. Tonight's top

stories. Turmoil at two of our grammar schools. Chatham Boys

becomes only the second grammar in the country to be put in special

measures. In my child's year, they had to put in crowd controllers

alongside the teachers. In Cranbrook, the head of one of the

most popular schools in the county is coming under pressure to go

after only a year in charge. The door is always open for students to

come and talk to me. Likewise parents and staff, as well. We'll

be live in both towns with the details. Also in tonight's

programme. Another six arrests at Balcombe takes the total above 100

as anti—fracking protesters ignore an eviction notice ordering them to

leave. Back in the UK, we speak to Holly—Ann Schofield about her

recovery after being hit by a speedboat in Greece. And back on

track. Celebrations as a steam train travels from Victoria to East

Grinstead for the first time in half a century. Good evening.

Tonight two Kent grammar schools are facing turmoil and uncertainty.

In Medway one has been placed in special measures and in Cranbrook

another has a head teacher under pressure to leave after just a year

in charge. Chatham Boys is only the second grammar in the country to be

judged as failing. Ofsted inspectors say it is not giving its

pupils an acceptable standard of education. They

pupils an acceptable standard of school's management and leadership

as inadequate. In Cranbrook, more than 600 people, including pupils

and staff, have signed a petition calling for the removal of the head

teacher. In a moment, we'll be crossing live to Roz Upton, in

Cranbrook, and Simon Jones in Chatham but first, here's Simon's

report. A school ment for high—flyers,

where teaching, achievement and pupil behaviour is not good enough.

Darren joined in the sixth form but is having to repeat the year, due

to under—achievement. A lot of my friends were not happy with how it

was run and have left and have changed to different schools or

college. Were you tempted to go?I was but I thought I would stick

with it and I might change next year. One I heard that, I am like,

why did we let him change? Of Steph found the school is failing to give

pupils an acceptable standard of education. Leadership and

management are inadequate. Students get bored, and that slows

Another entry is from someone saying they are partner of a member

of staff. There was the threat of disciplinary action to staff if

they signed the petition or do or indicate any support for it.

Another said... I respect their opinion. It is

important to respond. The door is always open for students to come to

talk to me about things they have concerns about and like wise the

parents and staff. Cranbrook's ethos has been to encourage pupils

to achieve their full potential in the classroom and in broad of walks

of life. Respect to pupils today and none of them wanted to go on

camera. They say they are worried about repercussions. They told us

that the head teacher is ruling the school by fear and they said he had

lost touch with the Cranbrook ethos, turning school into an examination

factory, and they want the old school back. Coming up at the

moment. Poor management and not enough staff. An inquest hears

evidence into the deaths of 19 elderly people at a Sussex care

home. A convicted killer says he was wrongly jailed for 25 years

because of a Government cover—up in the 1970s. Paul Cleeland, who lives

in Folkestone, was sent to prison in 1972 for murdering gangland

leader Terry Clarke. Mr Cleeland claims forensic tests carried out

on his clothing were flawed and were known to be so. Colin Campbell

has the story. Paul Cleeland has been fighting to

clear his name for 40 years. The latest attempt relies on evidence

failings identified in the bloody Sunday inquiry. The victims of

bloody Sunday, where they lose the Test, they have been cleared. Every

one of the victims was cleared of handling firearms and firing farms.

Why not me? —— firearms. Man macro spent 25 years in prison for

killing gangland leader Terry Clarke. —— Paul Cleeland. In 1972 a

test was conducted on his clothing. It identified traces of lead he

says proved pivotal in the conviction. The test was used on

civilians shot dead by British troops during Bloody Sunday also in

1972. It suggested civilians had used all were close to those using

guns, but that was later proven not to be the case. The evidence in

that inquiry revealed the test could not identify or gunfire

residue. It has had an elevated status. That is these data supplied

back in the 1970s was one that if there is a positive finding for the

Test, there is a firearms discharge me as you. It is not that simple.

There are test stopped being used in the mid— 1970s. An independent

review this year suggests there has been no miscarriage of justice.

Paul Cleeland does not accept these findings. He insists the evidence

exists to prove he is not guilty. Now, they would have to admit that

the Bloody Sunday, Bowe's victims, they knew at the time that this was

—— all of those victims,. It now has to be decided whether it will

be referred to the Court of Appeal. Farmers in Sussex want more action

from the National Parks Authority to stop dogs attacking sheep on the

South Downs. They say attacks have been increased since land was

incorporated into the national park because people wrongly believe they

can allow animals to run freely. Off—licences will be banned from

selling high—strength alcohol across large parts of Hastings.

Shops are being asked to change their licences to prevent the sale

of beer and cider over 6.5%. Hastings Council is the first

authority in Sussex to introduce such a ban. Four NHS trusts are to

receive almost £15 million between them in extra funding to help with

winter planning. Medway NHS trust will receive the largest amount

along with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Dartford,

Gravesham and East Sussex health care. It is part of a government

fund distributed across the country. Anti—fracking protesters in

Balcombe have ignored an eviction notice ordering them to leave. West

Sussex County Council served the order yesterday at the site where

the company Cuadrilla is carrying out exploratory drilling for oil.

Sussex Police made six more arrests there today, bringing the total

since the protests began two months ago, to more than a hundred.

Campaigners say the drilling is environmentally unsafe and they

won't leave until Cuadrilla do. Police say they set aside an area

for police —— for a peaceful process but some of the activities

of the protesters are having impact on the locality.

The deliveries keep on coming. Protesters were told to pack up and

leave by 9am. Demonstrators ignored the eviction order. As we see it,

it was not an eviction order. It was a request that we leave before

they begin legal proceedings to provide us with an eviction order.

Up until the sport macro, we have not received an order, we have

received a request to leave —— up until this point. The eviction was

issued at 10am yesterday. It was served five hours later. Protesters

raised their voices in an attempt to lift spirits. Moments later, the

police moved in. This man is believed to be the first person

from the village to have been arrested during this anti—fracking

campaign. The villagers are worried about not being able to sleep

because of the sound of drilling, much more that them protesting down

the road. There were more delays when a man padlocked himself around

the neck to a caravan. Police released in one hour later. The

daughter of a pensioner who died in 2010 at a West Sussex care home has

told an inquest she believed her mother died after being given too

much of her medication. The inquest in Horsham is looking into the

deaths of 19 residents at Orchid View care home in Copthorne. Today

the daughters of Jean Halfpenny, a former resident at the home, told

the inquest that at times her mother was not washed or given her

breakfast and there was poor management and not enough care

staff at the home. Jean Halfpenny died from a blood clot to the brain.

Until her death she lived at Orchid View in Copthorne. Today her

daughters and the families of 80 another residents began to give

evidence at the inquest. With complaints residents were not wash,

sometimes not bed, or cleaned when they sold themselves, families

began to paint a picture of neglect. There is a pattern of Paul —— poor

care. Pressure sores seem to be recurrent. And medication issues.

There is real concern. This is something spread throughout the

care home and not just the individual family member. The home

closed in 2011 after an investigation found it had failed

to meet the standard of quality and safety. Giving evidence, the

daughter of Jean Halfpenny, Louise Halfpenny, catalogued what she said

was the poor care her mother received. She said a visiting

social workers saw her mother naked and crying in bed because she was

cold. Another time, it took staff 40 minutes to attend her mother's

call bells. With others to give evidence, the inquest is expected

to last three weeks. The top story. The turmoil at two Grammar schools.

Short macro has been placed in special measures, only the second

grammar school in the country to be judged as failing by Ofsted.

Cranbrook School, 600 people have signed a petition calling for the

removal of the head teacher. And the multi—million pound project to

protect precious artifacts at Dover Castle from a leaking roof. And

there is some sunshine around tomorrow, but it will be short

lived. A Sussex woman who nearly died after being hit by a speedboat

in greece is now back in the UK after a campaign by friends and

family raised thousands to bring her back home. Holly—Ann Schofield

was in a coma for three weeks after the incident in Rhodes. While she

was covered for medical help in Greece, her family wanted to bring

her back to the UK to look after her as she recovers. She has spoken

exclusively to our reporter Rebecca Williams.

Getting ready to board an aeroplane back to the UK, Holly—Ann Schofield

spent three weeks in a coma after being hit by a speedboat and her

family raised thousands of pounds to fly her home. When I got to

Heathrow and got off the plane for the final time, I burst into tears.

I was crying with the Shia release of the last five weeks and been

back in England —— sheer. We have never had a ghastly accident like

this in all of our lives and I was thunderstruck. Holly—Ann Schofield

was hit by the speedboat in July and had to be flown to Athens for

emergency surgery. On 21st August, she regained consciousness after

being in a coma for three weeks. I was swimming in their familiar area

and I am a good swimmer. It was a place I swam all the time ——

swimming in a familiar area. It was a freak accident. She had been

living in Greece for 18 months but did not have insurance. The cost of

living in Greece for 18 months but care and flights mounted. If you

need to be flown home by ambulance it can be thousands of pounds and

often the cost of getting you back is more than the cost of treating

you in the first place. How sister flew out to be by her bedside. She

also raised money for her care. We had one day to fundraised and get

30 grand but when you know somebody will die, you do not care and you

go into action mode. For some reason, everything took off and my

daughter chose the name, help for Holly and everybody stepped in. It

was amazing. Holly—Ann Schofield will continue to be treated here in

Brighton. Rebecca joins us. If she expected to make a complete

recovery? The they do not yet know and they do not know how long she

will be treated for. It is expected to be months and she will not be

able to walk again for eight weeks. It has been stressful for her

family. Her mother in her eighties had to simply wait at home Finney's

to come in from Greece. Her sister said —— wait at home for news from

Greece. Holly—Ann Schofield said she will be staying in Brighton

with her friends and family around her. It was a step back in time and

also a great leap forward for steam train enthusiasts in Sussex. For

the first time in half a century a steam train travelled from London

Victoria through East Grinstead and onto the Bluebell Railway. It has

taken decades of work and dreaming by volunteers to rebuilt the line

which closed in the 1960s. Robin Gibson was on board.

Coming out of the past. The first steam train to run from the London

mainline directly on to the Bluebell Line at East Grinstead.

Nostalgia and excitement all around. History re created, promising all

sorts of possibilities for the future of the volunteer line. It is

a living beast. It closed in 1958. With its reopening and achieving

what they have to get its stations open again is spectacular. The

living beast down the front today is the locomotive tornado. It is

very hard work. I am breaking the clean cut off the bar so that the

fire can breathe properly —— clinker. If we do not do this we

will struggle to get a good fire. Being so close to this locomotive

is like a voyage into the past. But an argument says that it is the

newest locomotive on the system. It was built by volunteers. A replica

completed in 2008. There has been no passenger express locomotive

brought on to Britain's railways, so this is the newest. They have

come a long way down the tracks to reconnect to the main network. What

now? It is a tourist railway. But it does open up possibilities for

through trains coming in starting here to go to other places.

A railway dream come true. Conservation work costing millions

of pounds is under way to restore and protect a royal bedchamber in

Kent. The room at the heart of Dover Castle, was built by King

Henry II. And and other items within the chamber

he once occupied, are being protected so repair work can begin.

But there's a problem. The room has sprung a leak. Imagine spending

money to make sure your castle was spent —— back made fit for a king.

Now there is an lead in the royal Bedchamber. We have just wrapped

the plastic over the top of their hanging. We are using, for a quick

situation, because it will not be up for long, we are pegging the

plastic together. That is to try to stop dust when they come to clean

the ceiling. The wall—hangings and furniture are hand—made using

natural materials to recreate the medieval magic of King Henry's

sumptuous rooms. This has to be put under wraps while the ceiling is

fixed. Some of the faces of the brick work has been flaking. It

should not be too bad. It is where water leaked through. We need to

make sure for public safety that we do not have any pieces of brick

coming down. Hollywood used Dover Castle in a film, a tale of two

sisters who plotted for the attention of Henry VIII. The real—

life Tudor king is thought to have used the castle, created by his

predecessor for pilgrims visiting Canterbury. Henry built the tower

to give accommodation to the pilgrims in the best possible

manner. It was very special accommodation. This was the first

place they would stop on arriving in England. The they have two days

to cover everything in plastic. Only then can the conservation team

say that is a rap. — wrap. They could do with some dry weather.

I am afraid that across Kent particularly today we saw an

outbreak of rain. By the afternoon, more cloud around. It was feeling

fresh. Temperatures with the north— westerly breeze around 15, 16

degrees. Through the rest of this evening we will lose the rain. It

will be wet for the first part of the night and overnight, where we

see clear skies, temperatures dropping to single figures. Around

nine degrees. First thing tomorrow morning, the best of the dry

weather, eventually by the afternoon, rain. Low pressure

pulling away. But another moving southwards as we head through the

day. During daylight, we should be staying dry. Cloud around first

thing. Breaks in the cloud. We see full live sunshine. By the

afternoon, further cloud. We start to see outbreaks of rain.

Temperatures feeling fresh. Always tempered by the North westerly

breezes, the temperatures. Tomorrow night, increasingly unsettled.

Eventually, we will be used the rain. A damp and cloudy night.

Temperatures dropping to 11 degrees. On Thursday, outbreaks of rain

during the morning and it will be dry for a time and their more rain.

On Friday, it is looking very wet. —— then more rain.

I am almost starting to miss the hot and sunny days I complained

about! I will be back at 8:00pm and 10:25pm. Good night.