:00:00. > :00:00.arrives on Friday. Can't wait! That's all from
:00:00. > :01:21.Good evening. A Sussex secondary school has been strongly criticised
:01:22. > :01:24.by the Government for inexcusable failings in the case of a teenage
:01:25. > :01:34.pupil who was abducted by her teacher. It comes after a report
:01:35. > :01:38.highlighted repeated mistakes in the case of Jeremy Forrest, who was
:01:39. > :01:40.jailed in June for taking the girl to France ` and for sexual activity
:01:41. > :01:43.with her. The Serious Case Review, reveals
:01:44. > :01:46.that pupils' concerns about the relationship were ignored by
:01:47. > :01:49.teachers ` and the girl's mother wasn't taken seriously by the Bishop
:01:50. > :01:52.Bell School in Eastbourne. In a moment we'll be speaking live to its
:01:53. > :01:58.head teacher, but first our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has
:01:59. > :02:02.this report. And if the maths teacher who had a
:02:03. > :02:06.sexual relationship with an underage people, then add doctored her, but
:02:07. > :02:12.it is claimed the school could have bridged then did it from happening.
:02:13. > :02:17.Add actions being taken robustly and more promptly, it is very possible
:02:18. > :02:22.the relationship could have been stopped earlier, and it is possible
:02:23. > :02:26.the family and the young person would not have been through all the
:02:27. > :02:32.upset and worry that was caused as a result of the abduction. It was an
:02:33. > :02:39.abduction, seven days on the run in France, that attracted worldwide
:02:40. > :02:46.attention. Today's report revealed she was the second pupil targeted by
:02:47. > :02:52.that teacher. There were a number of missed opportunities by the teachers
:02:53. > :02:57.at the school. It says staff repeatedly failed to see evidence of
:02:58. > :03:02.misconduct. There was no evidence that staff tried to speak to the
:03:03. > :03:05.schoolgirl in a way that was supportive. Concerns of pupils at
:03:06. > :03:11.the school were repeatedly dismissed. It seems to me there were
:03:12. > :03:16.a number of instances detailed in this report of other young people in
:03:17. > :03:23.this girl's class expressing their concerns about what was happening,
:03:24. > :03:29.but nobody seemed to hear them. Senior staff treated the teacher as
:03:30. > :03:37.a victim and tour the schoolgirl as a problem. I don't care what you
:03:38. > :03:41.have done, but I just want you home. The girl's mother is said to be
:03:42. > :03:44.deeply concerned about the many missed opportunities to predict a
:03:45. > :03:51.daughter. In Eastbourne, mixed reaction to the report. Hewlett
:03:52. > :03:57.makes me feel worried, but I still think there are other sides to the
:03:58. > :04:01.story that nobody hears about. It is worrying that you send your children
:04:02. > :04:06.to school and beer not picking up on things. There were clear signals
:04:07. > :04:11.they should have picked up on. I think there should be an independent
:04:12. > :04:14.route where children can make their concerns known that is independent
:04:15. > :04:18.of the closed ranks of the teachers. That would probably make
:04:19. > :04:23.sense. The report says staff need to reflect on how they were deceived
:04:24. > :04:30.and misled over a period of months by the teacher, described as an
:04:31. > :04:33.unsophisticated, careless abuse. So today's damning report says staff
:04:34. > :04:36.at the Bishop Bell School missed repeated opportunities to blow the
:04:37. > :04:43.whistle on inappropriate conduct between Jeremy Forrest and his pupil
:04:44. > :04:46.before he abducted her. The Serious Case Review highlights a series of
:04:47. > :04:48.failings in child protection: It raises serious concerns about the
:04:49. > :04:50.ways in which information was recorded stored, retrieved and
:04:51. > :04:53.provided. Concerns about the relationship were raised seven
:04:54. > :04:57.times, but none were investigated. The girl's mother was only spoken to
:04:58. > :05:01.by a member of teaching staff two or three times in the seven months her
:05:02. > :05:04.daughter was being abused ` on one of those occasions the person who
:05:05. > :05:08.spoke to her was the abuser, Jeremy Forrest. Well, we're joined live by
:05:09. > :05:21.the headteacher of the Bishop Bell School, Terry Boatwright. I know
:05:22. > :05:24.you've apologised for your failings, but perhaps you could explain why
:05:25. > :05:27.you and your staff repeatedly dismissed concerns about Jeremy
:05:28. > :05:39.Forrest raised by pupils ` and the girl's mother? It is important that
:05:40. > :05:43.essay at the beginning how sorry I am for the previous failings in 2012
:05:44. > :05:49.identified in this review, and also that I apologise to the victim, her
:05:50. > :06:01.family and all those involved but the impact this case has had them.
:06:02. > :06:05.You mention not listening to the students and over the last 15
:06:06. > :06:08.months, the review talks about how proactive the school has been. We're
:06:09. > :06:13.not talking about the last 15 months, we are talking about this
:06:14. > :06:18.case and this report today. You did not listen to your students, you
:06:19. > :06:22.feel them. Not just the girl in this case and her mother, but pupils
:06:23. > :06:28.repeatedly raising concerns and your repeatedly dismissing them. That
:06:29. > :06:38.disappointed me. I have aware of that and as you say, this review
:06:39. > :06:41.identifies that. The important thing now is that the school actually
:06:42. > :06:49.makes sure it acts upon those issues. I can assure you the school
:06:50. > :06:51.has reacted very robust Lee and very firmly in terms of putting in place
:06:52. > :06:58.the recommendations of this review. We have processes in place now that
:06:59. > :07:02.are exceptionally strong in terms of listening to the young person and
:07:03. > :07:06.acting on it. You have a lot to do to convince parents and pupils that
:07:07. > :07:12.they can trust you in matters of child protection. There are two
:07:13. > :07:17.other cases, Robert Healey abused to pupils at the school and Canon
:07:18. > :07:24.Gordon Rideout abused pupils at the school in the 1960s and 1970s. These
:07:25. > :07:30.feelings had terrible consequences for pupils and their parents. The
:07:31. > :07:35.50s and 60s and 70s are not related to this, but you're talking about
:07:36. > :07:44.the job we have to do to reassure. The job we have to do is take action
:07:45. > :07:50.to get this right, and the school has taken considerable and proactive
:07:51. > :07:54.action, in terms of a new senior leader responsible for
:07:55. > :07:58.safeguarding, in terms of restructuring the whole safeguarding
:07:59. > :08:00.area, in terms of specialist training, additional specialist
:08:01. > :08:10.training for staff in the fast`moving area of social media.
:08:11. > :08:15.The schools minister himself has had some very strong words of criticism.
:08:16. > :08:22.He says your feelings were inexcusable. I'm considering your
:08:23. > :08:26.position? My job now is to support the school's headteacher and its
:08:27. > :08:31.senior leadership team in terms of continuing the huge strides that
:08:32. > :08:34.have been made to put in place the recommendations from this review,
:08:35. > :08:39.and that is what I will do. Thank you very much for joining us. Boris
:08:40. > :08:43.Johnson, the Mayor of London, has launched an 11th hour bid to keep
:08:44. > :08:46.his vision of a hub airport in the Thames Estuary alive ` the day
:08:47. > :08:49.before the Davies Commission is due to publish its short list for
:08:50. > :08:51.airport capacity. Meanwhile, a former Conservative
:08:52. > :08:55.transport minister has come out in favour of expanding Gatwick as the
:08:56. > :09:06.first option. Our business correspondent Mark Norman reports.
:09:07. > :09:10.Where planes and more passengers, but with passenger numbers predicted
:09:11. > :09:14.to double by 2050, airports and the south`east will be for 20 years
:09:15. > :09:21.before that. The airports commission believe we need more runway
:09:22. > :09:31.capacity, but busy and set a hub airport in the Thames history. Have
:09:32. > :09:35.you told reporters that his island is dead in the water? The report
:09:36. > :09:40.will come out at 7am and then you will discover which options we have
:09:41. > :09:45.short listed. I thought it was courteous to tell the major where we
:09:46. > :09:50.were and what we would recommend, because obviously he is an important
:09:51. > :09:56.participant. You are the front runners for the short bus? One
:09:57. > :10:01.people it is a second runway at Gatwick. The owners have submitted
:10:02. > :10:05.three possibilities. Further afield, that is the option of a third runway
:10:06. > :10:19.at Heathrow or expansion of Stansted in Essex. Closer to home, it is hard
:10:20. > :10:25.to find supporters for the airports in Kent. That raises the possibility
:10:26. > :10:28.of a new hub airport in the Thames estuary. While Boris Johnson is
:10:29. > :10:32.fighting hard to get that option onto the short bursts, he second
:10:33. > :10:41.runway at Gatwick is winning over influential people deciding the
:10:42. > :10:43.short list. Building that second runway at Gatwick is actually a
:10:44. > :10:49.deliverable proposition, something I don't think be said for Heathrow. We
:10:50. > :10:54.are now only if you owe us away from seeing the Davis commission short
:10:55. > :10:58.list. Experts say we're many years away from a decision and even
:10:59. > :11:05.further away from any new runway becoming operational.
:11:06. > :11:09.And we will find out which options for airport expansion in the south
:11:10. > :11:12.east have made the short list at 7am ` BBC Radio Kent will be
:11:13. > :11:15.broadcasting live from the Isle of Grain, and you can follow
:11:16. > :11:18.developments on your local radio station from six tomorrow morning.
:11:19. > :11:21.In a moment, murder in Mombasa ` a Kent pensioner is found dead in
:11:22. > :11:32.Kenya, and his girlfriend is arrested.
:11:33. > :11:38.A man who killed his elderly lover and left his body to rot in a
:11:39. > :11:41.Brighton flat has tonight been jailed for 18 and a half years.
:11:42. > :11:44.Family of the victim have described Ricardo Pisano as an evil monster.
:11:45. > :11:49.Michael Polding was found dead at his home in St George's road in July
:11:50. > :11:51.last year ` it's believed he died in the May from multiple injuries. Our
:11:52. > :12:03.News Correspondent Paul Siegert reports.
:12:04. > :12:10.The killer was arrested almost a year after he attacked his elderly
:12:11. > :12:15.boyfriend. It is believed Michael lay dying of his injuries for
:12:16. > :12:23.several days. Horrendous, he is beneath contempt, totally. He is a
:12:24. > :12:27.monster, just an evil monster. They had met three years earlier, after
:12:28. > :12:32.Michael had and is at an advert, but the financial relationship turned
:12:33. > :12:38.into a friendship and they moved into a flat in Brighton together.
:12:39. > :12:47.Ricardo Pisano emptied the bank account, with money being the motive
:12:48. > :12:52.for the murder. Starting with Ricardo Pisano, but he
:12:53. > :12:55.also uses... Publicity followed. Ricardo Pisano was already known as
:12:56. > :13:02.an international fraudster who had served time in New Zealand. After
:13:03. > :13:07.hearing the Julie found guilty of manslaughter, Ricardo Pisano shouted
:13:08. > :13:13.from the dock, I hope you sleep well, I am innocent. He then helped
:13:14. > :13:19.his head and began to cry. I think it is dreadful what he did. He bled
:13:20. > :13:26.Michael drive of his money and he has left to rot in his own home, and
:13:27. > :13:32.that is unforgivable. Ricardo Pisano was sentenced to 18 and a half years
:13:33. > :13:36.for manslaughter, grievous bodily harm and preventing them there for
:13:37. > :13:39.burial of a body. He will be deported back to South Africa when
:13:40. > :13:42.his sentence is completed. A retired teacher has been jailed
:13:43. > :13:46.for eight years after grooming and sexually abusing pupils at a Sussex
:13:47. > :13:49.private school more than 35 years ago. 70`year`old Christopher Jarvis
:13:50. > :13:52.from Eastbourne admitted 14 charges of indecent assault and gross
:13:53. > :13:58.indecency against ten teenage boys in the 1960s and 70s. The offences
:13:59. > :14:03.took place while he was teaching at the now closed St Peter's Prep
:14:04. > :14:06.School in Seaford. Thieves have attempted to steal two
:14:07. > :14:09.cashpoint machines after smashing them with a digger in Maidstone
:14:10. > :14:12.early this morning. The digger was found abandoned at the Tesco store
:14:13. > :14:15.in Grovewood Drive North in Weavering just before four o'clock.
:14:16. > :14:21.The front of the store was damaged. Police are investigating.
:14:22. > :14:25.A murder inquiry is underway after a pensioner from Kent was found dead
:14:26. > :14:29.in a house in Kenya. Peter Ironside, who was in his 70s, had run a
:14:30. > :14:32.business near Folkestone and divided his time between the UK and Africa.
:14:33. > :14:46.A suspect, believed to be his girlfriend, has been arrested.
:14:47. > :14:52.Earlier, our correspondent told us how and when he was found. The last
:14:53. > :14:58.time he was seen by friends was in a local bar on the 29th of November.
:14:59. > :15:00.The following day his friends were concerned, because they did not see
:15:01. > :15:07.him take his usual walk on the beach. At around 9pm on the 30th of
:15:08. > :15:11.November, he was found by the caretaker at his apartment. He was
:15:12. > :15:16.in his washroom. His hands had been tied up, he was hanging from his
:15:17. > :15:27.hands with tape over his lips, and he was dead.
:15:28. > :15:30.This is our top story tonight A secondary school in Eastbourne has
:15:31. > :15:33.been strongly criticised by the Government for inexcusable failings
:15:34. > :15:36.in the case of a pupil who was abducted by her maths teacher.
:15:37. > :15:40.Jeremy Forrest was jailed earlier this year for taking the teenager to
:15:41. > :15:42.France. A Serious Case Review found child protection mistakes were
:15:43. > :15:46.repeatedly made by staff at Bishop Bell School ` a short time ago the
:15:47. > :15:48.headteacher told us he'd made changes and learnt lessons from the
:15:49. > :15:51.case. Also in tonight's programme, a shed
:15:52. > :15:54.full of Christmas cheer ` how Brighton's beach huts are counting
:15:55. > :15:57.down to the big day. It has been a wet stat to the
:15:58. > :15:58.working week and it will stay wet and windy over the next couple of
:15:59. > :16:11.days. Join me later for the details. It's difficult to keep up with the
:16:12. > :16:14.pace of technology ` especially if you're trying to teach the subject
:16:15. > :16:17.to school children ` but who better than Google, to help out? The
:16:18. > :16:20.technology giant has got involved with a national scheme called Code
:16:21. > :16:24.Club which is teaching computer programming at a school in Chatham.
:16:25. > :16:27.The scheme was set up after concerns were raised by the Government that
:16:28. > :16:33.we're not teaching technology well enough in our schools. Charlie Rose
:16:34. > :16:36.reports. These days, it seems it is never too
:16:37. > :16:44.early to learn how to programme computers. You have to drag it into
:16:45. > :16:51.the script area to come programmed the computer to do stuff. I can
:16:52. > :17:07.learn computer programmer when I runner`up. `` when I grew up.
:17:08. > :17:12.The classes, Called Club, set up after criticism of the UK education
:17:13. > :17:18.system by the Google Sheerman. Men with funding from organisations
:17:19. > :17:24.including Google, they have funding for many schools across the country.
:17:25. > :17:28.Completing challenges in big games, their learning a lot of the
:17:29. > :17:33.challenges behind programming, but they don't realise it. We think
:17:34. > :17:38.coding is an incredibly important school. It is not just important for
:17:39. > :17:42.technology companies, it will be increasingly important for jobs with
:17:43. > :17:47.ours and across other industries, so we want to get the next generation
:17:48. > :17:55.of computer scientists here in the UK. If the children in Chatham can
:17:56. > :18:00.emulate the success of the boffins shown in this film, could Britain
:18:01. > :18:10.once again be a global force in IT, reigniting a strong heritage in
:18:11. > :18:15.competing? In the 1980s, BBC microcomputer played a big part in
:18:16. > :18:24.making computer mainstream in the UK and saw Clive Sinclair produced the
:18:25. > :18:29.world's bestselling consumer computer. Since then, concern grows
:18:30. > :18:32.that data competing skills are not being taught in our schools, but
:18:33. > :18:41.there is hope now that quilting classes like these are the key to a
:18:42. > :18:48.brighter technological future. `` holding classes.
:18:49. > :18:53.Traditionally the seaside beach hut comes into its own for a few
:18:54. > :18:55.glorious days in the summer ` and then spends the winter in
:18:56. > :18:59.hibernation, waiting for the return of the sun. But they like to do
:19:00. > :19:01.things differently in Brighton and Hove.
:19:02. > :19:05.For the past six years beach hut owners along a stretch of the Sussex
:19:06. > :19:08.resort have turned theirs into a giant Advent Calendar. Each day a
:19:09. > :19:12.different door is opened to reveal a festive scene. Mark Sanders is in
:19:13. > :19:16.Hove now ` do they do this whatever the weather?
:19:17. > :19:21.They do it in the wind, breaking it in the rain and they do it in the
:19:22. > :19:25.snow. Every night, one of these stories is flung open. They know the
:19:26. > :19:29.part the stable played in the Christmas story, but here it is the
:19:30. > :19:35.beach at that takes centre stage. At first glance, it may look like a
:19:36. > :19:41.traditional Christmas celebration, but it is traditional with a twist,
:19:42. > :19:45.with more than a touch of the local bohemia. These beach huts are
:19:46. > :19:50.transformed each year to help the countdown to Christmas. It is an
:19:51. > :19:55.advent calendar with attitude. They have been breaking the called on
:19:56. > :20:01.calls seafront today to create a festive scene in their beach hut.
:20:02. > :20:05.They are delighted to be part of this tradition. It has the creative
:20:06. > :20:11.aspect of writing, the magical message of Christmas. The first day
:20:12. > :20:19.they opened, Christmas is here. It is really part of Christmas around
:20:20. > :20:23.here. The event has been going for six years now. Every night is
:20:24. > :20:29.opening night during Advent, with a different beach at opening stories
:20:30. > :20:32.to reveal a festive scene. There is something really cute about having
:20:33. > :20:37.these little rooms, done up differently every single night.
:20:38. > :20:40.Having a theme. You open the door and expectancy chairs and glasses,
:20:41. > :20:46.but tonight, you get to see Christmas trees and presents almost
:20:47. > :20:51.falling out of the beach hut. Is proving to be a popular event, with
:20:52. > :20:55.people seeking it out. Perhaps there searching for something more sedate
:20:56. > :20:59.in the rush to Christmas. I think people want to get away from the
:21:00. > :21:03.commerciality of Christmas. That is something about getting away from
:21:04. > :21:08.the shops, being on the seafront in the dark and quiet and seeing
:21:09. > :21:13.something kind of magical but we have lost at Christmas. It is
:21:14. > :21:19.unusual, it is unique, it is very Brighton and Hove. Look at these
:21:20. > :21:24.hardy souls here and the result of all the hard work today. If you want
:21:25. > :21:29.to find out where the beach huts are opening, check out their website.
:21:30. > :21:36.The big question is, where is the giant chocolates?
:21:37. > :21:39.Brighton was the only one of the South East's league clubs to win
:21:40. > :21:41.this weekend ` and they left it late.
:21:42. > :21:44.Gillingham and Crawley both had to be content with draws ` but
:21:45. > :22:00.Charlton's dismal run continued with another defeat as Neil Bell reports.
:22:01. > :22:08.They nearly got an early lead at Middlesbrough, but about the likely
:22:09. > :22:12.until the minutes from full`time. Sadly for Charlton fans, it is of
:22:13. > :22:21.rounds at the moment. They found themselves a goal down when a free
:22:22. > :22:26.kick was deflected. Charlton were left to just one place above the
:22:27. > :22:33.drop zone. We just have to focus on the next game. It has a tough `` it
:22:34. > :22:37.has been a tough run for us. We do our best to turn it round. The one
:22:38. > :22:41.thing any new manager wants is a good start at home, saw John Gregory
:22:42. > :22:47.must've been dismayed when the Reds were two knelt down after just 16
:22:48. > :22:55.minutes. But the tactical reshuffle led to a recovery. In stoppage time,
:22:56. > :23:00.they grabbed an equaliser. The second half was one`way traffic. We
:23:01. > :23:05.get the ball very well and the players worked tours of the
:23:06. > :23:09.committed in everything they did. It was nice to give the fans something
:23:10. > :23:14.to shout about in the second half. Chilling also got to a slow start
:23:15. > :23:19.against Peterborough, but things got better after the break when this
:23:20. > :23:26.free kick levelled things up. Chilling men took the lead, but
:23:27. > :23:30.seven minutes into stoppage time, chilling were denied what would've
:23:31. > :23:36.been a great win by this deft back heel.
:23:37. > :23:39.Well, let's return to our top story ` that staff at a secondary school
:23:40. > :23:41.in Eastbourne repeatedly missed opportunities to stop an
:23:42. > :23:44.inappropriate relationship between the maths teacher Jeremy Forrest and
:23:45. > :23:47.a teenage pupil before he abducted her.
:23:48. > :23:50.The Government has seriously criticised Bishop Bell School after
:23:51. > :23:53.a serious case review found staff ignored concerns about the pair
:23:54. > :23:56.raised by other pupils and the girl's mother. Speaking earlier on
:23:57. > :24:07.this programme the school's headteacher defended his actions. It
:24:08. > :24:11.is important that essay at the beginning how sorry I am the
:24:12. > :24:16.previous failings in 2012 identified in this review, and also that I
:24:17. > :24:22.apologise to the victim, her family and all those involved by the impact
:24:23. > :24:24.this case has had on them. Well, let's speak to our Special
:24:25. > :24:30.Correspondent Colin Campbell. Colin, the school weren't the only ones to
:24:31. > :24:35.be criticised in this report? That's right, the Serious Case
:24:36. > :24:38.Review has also identified weaknesses with routine child
:24:39. > :24:42.protection work with East Sussex county council and the initial
:24:43. > :24:47.response from Sussex police to this case you'd been from child
:24:48. > :24:51.protection team, but it wasn't, so the police and the local authority
:24:52. > :24:56.are taking on criticism and putting forward new recommendations. The
:24:57. > :25:02.school has clearly apologised for the mistakes. It accepts it not
:25:03. > :25:07.properly investigate Jeremy Forrest. Let's see what the weather has in
:25:08. > :25:12.store. It has been a miserable couple of days.
:25:13. > :25:26.Yes, a wet start to the working week and it is going to stay that way.
:25:27. > :25:34.Lots of cloud today, the rain has eased off a little bit. Temperatures
:25:35. > :25:38.academically not too bad with highs of 11 or 12 degrees, but the wind
:25:39. > :25:42.speeds have been picking up, so it is a blustery picture. Temperatures
:25:43. > :25:51.and drink significantly cooler than they look. First of all, it will be
:25:52. > :25:57.intensifying tomorrow morning. Heavy rain overnight. Lots of cloud cover
:25:58. > :26:04.around, winds easing off, but temperatures only jumping to five
:26:05. > :26:16.degrees or 60 trees. Mostly dry to sack tomorrow. More rain again as we
:26:17. > :26:20.get to the first part of the afternoon and by the end of the
:26:21. > :26:26.afternoon, increasingly try. Temperatures perhaps Corlett and
:26:27. > :26:34.today. Those wins are only around five or ten miles an hour. Tonight,
:26:35. > :26:41.outbreaks of rain, plenty of cloud cover. There might be some mist and
:26:42. > :26:49.fog. Temperatures dropping to four or five degrees. We should be stay
:26:50. > :26:52.frost free as we start the day on Wednesday. Windsor picking up on
:26:53. > :26:59.Wednesday, gusting on the south coast. All of us seeing the strong
:27:00. > :27:07.winds, and it will turn wet during the afternoon. It will feel much
:27:08. > :27:11.cooler than 11 degrees. On Thursday, a wet start. The rain
:27:12. > :27:21.eventually clears, showers behind it. Temperatures eight or nine
:27:22. > :27:25.degrees. Mostly dry. Over the next couple of days, it will be always
:27:26. > :27:33.pretty windy with heavy rain at times. Temperatures up to around
:27:34. > :27:39.eight degrees nine degrees, but it will feel significantly cooler the
:27:40. > :27:43.numbers suggest. I will be back with the 8pm and
:27:44. > :27:47.10:25pm bulletins. Goodbye.