:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:07. > :00:13.A record ?2 million fine for Southern Water
:00:14. > :00:15.for a catastrophic sewage leak which closed Kent beaches.
:00:16. > :00:19.We'll be live in Broadstairs with the details.
:00:20. > :00:21.Six people alleging sexual abuse in football have now
:00:22. > :00:32.I was so frightened to speak out because I never had a father to turn
:00:33. > :00:33.to. The campaign to improve safety
:00:34. > :00:37.along our rivers after another young man is missing,
:00:38. > :00:42.presumed to have drowned. And we're staring to feel festive -
:00:43. > :00:45.Gillingham players bring a little Sister Sledge join a host
:00:46. > :01:00.of celebrities to wish Southern Water has been fined
:01:01. > :01:11.a record ?2 million for allowing a "catastrophic" level of sewage
:01:12. > :01:13.to pollute the sea around the Kent coast,
:01:14. > :01:15.resulting in sanitary pads, condoms and other matter
:01:16. > :01:17.washing up on seven beaches The beaches were closed
:01:18. > :01:23.to the public for more than a week. The judge at Maidstone Crown Court
:01:24. > :01:25.slammed the company, saying it was slow to react
:01:26. > :01:28.and failed to get to grips Southern Water has
:01:29. > :01:30.apologised "unreservedly". Our environment correspondent,
:01:31. > :01:34.Yvette Austin, reports. Cleaning up the beaches
:01:35. > :01:41.of Thanet back in 2012. Today the court heard how
:01:42. > :01:43.there were two major incidents within days of each other,
:01:44. > :01:50.leading to catastrophic pollution. And since months before the pumps
:01:51. > :01:53.at the Foreness Point plant at Broadstairs hadn't
:01:54. > :01:54.been functioning properly. When the heavy rain and storms came
:01:55. > :01:57.the pumping station was overwhelmed and vast quantities of raw
:01:58. > :02:00.and semi-treated sewage spilled The beaches are quiet now but June
:02:01. > :02:12.the 4th 2012 was a busy Bank Holiday time for Thanet's beaches,
:02:13. > :02:14.but people reported feeling nauseous at the sight of sewage
:02:15. > :02:17.debris strewn across the sand. There were dead fish
:02:18. > :02:18.and numerous water activities The impacts of the pollution
:02:19. > :02:25.incidents were really serious for the local environment
:02:26. > :02:28.and for the local economy, so the signal to water companies
:02:29. > :02:31.more generally is that they need to continue to make investments
:02:32. > :02:37.in sewage infrastructure. Judge Adele Williams said
:02:38. > :02:54.Southern Water had been complacent and slow to respond
:02:55. > :02:56.and added the court found it the directors and shareholders
:02:57. > :03:00.of the company could be satisfied with its record, 160 convictions
:03:01. > :03:02.over the past 16 years, including a ?200,000 fine
:03:03. > :03:04.after discharging sewage After three pumps failed
:03:05. > :03:07.in East Worthing ten miles of beaches were closed for four days
:03:08. > :03:14.in September 2012. And a half a million pound fine
:03:15. > :03:18.for discharging untreated sewage into Swalecliff Brook in July 2013,
:03:19. > :03:20.killing local wildlife. I would like to apologise
:03:21. > :03:22.unreservedly for the multiple failures of the waste water pumping
:03:23. > :03:25.station at Foreness We will continue to invest
:03:26. > :03:28.in our network and our pumping stations to ensure that the bathing
:03:29. > :03:30.waters remain amongst They made ?120 million profit,
:03:31. > :03:41.they have consistently damaged the tourism industry in Thanet over
:03:42. > :03:44.the past few years by the inadequacy of their maintenance,
:03:45. > :03:46.and nobody seems to realise The company says it has
:03:47. > :03:50.now minimised the risk. Winter will no doubt
:03:51. > :03:54.test the system. Our Environment Correspondent
:03:55. > :03:56.joins us from an area that was affected by
:03:57. > :03:59.the spill, Broadstairs. Yvette, what has Southern Water
:04:00. > :04:13.done, then, to minimise the risk This was not an easy case of the
:04:14. > :04:18.Southern Water, particularly because this was the third prosecution that
:04:19. > :04:24.this judge has presided over. The first time she gave them a fine of
:04:25. > :04:28.?200,000, then ?500,000, and today ?2 million, she is not impressed
:04:29. > :04:35.with their performance so she was quick to highlight their latest big,
:04:36. > :04:40.turnover of ?804 million, profit of nearly ?120 million, so you might
:04:41. > :04:45.think ?2 million was a drop in the ocean. Southern Water says it has
:04:46. > :04:50.invested ?4 million in the plant and there's another ?6 million of
:04:51. > :04:52.investment due, and that mitigation meant that the company escaped a ?3
:04:53. > :04:55.million fine. A number of victims of sexual abuse
:04:56. > :04:58.in football have now come forward to Sussex Police, as the true scale
:04:59. > :05:01.of the nationwide scandal The force has revealed that it has
:05:02. > :05:05.received six separate reports of historical sexual abuse
:05:06. > :05:07.at football clubs in the county since revelations
:05:08. > :05:12.first broke last month, and that the reports relate
:05:13. > :05:14.to six different coaches. However, none of them relate
:05:15. > :05:18.to either of the county's highest-profile teams, Brighton
:05:19. > :05:20.and Hove Albion or Crawley Town. The investigation into allegations
:05:21. > :05:27.of historical child sex abuse in football has spread to Sussex,
:05:28. > :05:31.with the police confirming they are looking at six separate
:05:32. > :05:33.reports of sex offences The claims are being investigated
:05:34. > :05:40.by the force's public It is always very complex
:05:41. > :05:46.if it is a non-recent case of child abuse,
:05:47. > :05:51.as these cases are, so they take not just weeks or months but often years
:05:52. > :05:54.to put cases together as well, but the police take them
:05:55. > :05:56.incredibly seriously. It is important that everybody knows
:05:57. > :05:59.how to raise any concerns The FA and NSPCC have
:06:00. > :06:04.already launched this video about child safety,
:06:05. > :06:07.as allegations have surfaced The issue was raised at a recent
:06:08. > :06:14.meeting about policing in Sussex. What we want to do is make
:06:15. > :06:17.sure we support victims. The top priority with any of those
:06:18. > :06:21.is here-and-now safeguarding, so even though it might have
:06:22. > :06:23.occurred ten or 20 years ago it is really important we find
:06:24. > :06:26.out who the offender is that the allegations are made
:06:27. > :06:31.against, are they still working with children, and we take any
:06:32. > :06:33.here-and-now action And today another victim
:06:34. > :06:36.spoke about being abused. Paul Collins, who played briefly
:06:37. > :06:38.for Charlton Athletic, was groomed by former Chelsea scout
:06:39. > :06:40.Eddie Heath. Paul had kept the secret from his
:06:41. > :06:54.family for more than three decades. I was so bright and speak out as I
:06:55. > :06:59.never had a father to turn to, Eddie was like a father figure, and I just
:07:00. > :07:04.felt so alone and trapped, but I say to people now, no matter what sport
:07:05. > :07:06.you in, speak out, nobody can stop you doing what you are doing, don't
:07:07. > :07:08.be like I felt. one of many emerging
:07:09. > :07:11.after years of silence. Well, Mark Sanders is at Haywards
:07:12. > :07:14.Heath Police Station for us now. Mark, what are Sussex Police saying
:07:15. > :07:24.about these reports of abuse? Although these claims relate to
:07:25. > :07:29.historical abuse, the claims themselves are relatively recent,
:07:30. > :07:33.since November, and that is when the flood dates opened, we had players
:07:34. > :07:39.like Andy Woodward coming forward to say they were abused as children.
:07:40. > :07:43.Important to stress that Sussex Police say these allegations in
:07:44. > :07:47.Sussex do not relate to Brighton and Hove Albion and Crawley Town.
:07:48. > :07:52.Tonight the priest and crime commission of the Sussex, Katy
:07:53. > :07:58.Bourne, urges any potential victims to come forward, saying they will be
:07:59. > :08:15.taken seriously and listened to. -- Police and Crime Commissioner.
:08:16. > :08:18.A series of deaths in the River Medway have led
:08:19. > :08:21.safety along its banks, with an online petition gaining
:08:22. > :08:23.almost 3500 signatures in just a few days.
:08:24. > :08:25.It comes after the disappearance of 18-year-old Ben Savage,
:08:26. > :08:28.who is believed to have drowned, after going missing in Chatham
:08:29. > :08:32.Sara Smith is by the Medway in Rochester now - Sara,
:08:33. > :08:37.what is this campaign actually calling for?
:08:38. > :08:44.This is a campaign set up by one woman, who started this online
:08:45. > :08:49.petition after hearing about so many deaths of mainly young men in this
:08:50. > :08:52.river. She is concentrating on populated areas, here, Tunbridge,
:08:53. > :08:55.Maidstone, and asking councillors and other landowners to look again
:08:56. > :09:01.at safety. Another year and another life
:09:02. > :09:07.appears to have unclaimed by the Medway. When Savage disappeared two
:09:08. > :09:10.weeks ago, last seen near the river after a night out in Chatham. His
:09:11. > :09:16.family have said they now believe he fell in and died. Ashley head has
:09:17. > :09:20.seen the list of young men dying in similar circumstances over the years
:09:21. > :09:28.and decided to take action, calling on authorities to improve safety.
:09:29. > :09:35.The walkways, not just in Medway but in Maidstone as well, should be made
:09:36. > :09:40.more safer, whether it is cameras, nets, anything to reduce the risk of
:09:41. > :09:45.April falling over. It makes me feel really heartbroken for the families
:09:46. > :09:51.that have lost people. -- the risk of people falling over. Two
:09:52. > :09:58.Christmases ago Pat Lam fell in the river in Maidstone. Then the same
:09:59. > :10:03.happened in Tunbridge. A year before that it was Josh Thomas, an
:10:04. > :10:08.18-year-old Royal engineer. His body was found near Rochester Peer. All
:10:09. > :10:13.had been on nights out with friends. Pat Lam's family say simple measures
:10:14. > :10:18.may have made a difference. Nobody deserves to die and if there are any
:10:19. > :10:23.barriers that can be put in the way of somebody who has been drinking
:10:24. > :10:27.heavily they should be put in place. He obviously didn't know what he was
:10:28. > :10:31.doing, he wasn't in the right frame of mind. He decided to go down the
:10:32. > :10:36.steps and come off the road, but a gate would have stopped him. Nobody
:10:37. > :10:40.we spoke to was the whole river of their spots where nightlife and
:10:41. > :10:46.river meet which are clearly more risky. It is on all of us to take a
:10:47. > :10:50.look at some of those risks to do that risk association at a
:10:51. > :10:54.counsellor or land over level to see if there is anything that can be
:10:55. > :11:00.done in potentially high risk areas. The signatures on this petition
:11:01. > :11:04.suggests plenty agree with that. We spoke to Medway Council today and
:11:05. > :11:09.they said they take safe on the banks of the river that -- on land
:11:10. > :11:16.they own very seriously indeed, with a mixture of barriers, lighting and
:11:17. > :11:19.warning signs which are regularly inspected, but they say the river is
:11:20. > :11:22.an important part of their plans for regeneration in Medway and there is
:11:23. > :11:25.a delicate and they need to find between promoting the use of the
:11:26. > :11:29.river and public safety. A coach driver from Gravesend
:11:30. > :11:32.who crashed into a stationary car on the M1, killing three
:11:33. > :11:34.people, has been sentenced Alan Peters was driving
:11:35. > :11:38.a group of cheerleaders from Kent to Birmingham
:11:39. > :11:41.in February last year. The 78-year-old was found guilty
:11:42. > :11:44.of causing death by dangerous Peters had failed to see signs
:11:45. > :11:51.saying the hard shoulder was not to be used -
:11:52. > :11:55.he drove along it for almost three miles before
:11:56. > :11:57.colliding with the car, A court has heard how a "human
:11:58. > :12:03.cannonball" stuntman died at a daredevil show in Kent,
:12:04. > :12:07.due to health-and-safety failings. Matthew Cranch was killed
:12:08. > :12:10.when a safety net failed to catch Scott May and his company
:12:11. > :12:15.Stunts UK Ltd are due Theresa May has accused unions
:12:16. > :12:22.of showing "contempt for ordinary people",
:12:23. > :12:25.as a fresh wave of strikes brought chaos to thousands of Southern Rail
:12:26. > :12:28.passengers and threatened to ruin It's the worst disruption
:12:29. > :12:35.on the railways for over 20 years. After today there are still ten days
:12:36. > :12:37.of action scheduled, which could affect more
:12:38. > :12:41.than 300,000 commuters. However, despite calls
:12:42. > :12:44.from a number of South East MPs, the Prime Minster said she's not
:12:45. > :12:46.considering anti-strike legislation, but that her focus is on getting
:12:47. > :13:01.existing disputes resolved. Another week another walk-out by
:13:02. > :13:05.Southern rail staff. With days until Christmas and the Prime Minister
:13:06. > :13:08.today accused striking workers of showing contempt for Narine people
:13:09. > :13:14.try to get to work and get ready for the festive season. -- ordinary
:13:15. > :13:18.people. But commuters didn't welcome her attempt to show she is on their
:13:19. > :13:23.site. It is a fine thing coming from her. She is showing contempt for the
:13:24. > :13:28.British people are not putting herself up for election. The
:13:29. > :13:31.government are also sticking up two fingers to us because ultimately the
:13:32. > :13:37.government is putting the bill. Taxpayers pick up the bill and we
:13:38. > :13:42.are suffering. I think Theresa May has a history of showing contempt
:13:43. > :13:47.for the average working people. It is the end of a year of frustration
:13:48. > :13:52.for rail commuters, with the South East regularly ground to a halt by
:13:53. > :13:57.ticket lines, in a dispute about whether trains need guards on-board
:13:58. > :14:03.to open doors. A growing number of South East MPs are calling for
:14:04. > :14:08.legislation to ban strikes if the industry regulator rejects their
:14:09. > :14:12.concerns. -- union concerns. More people will lose their jobs in the
:14:13. > :14:15.summer, these are ordinary people and the unions need to decide if
:14:16. > :14:19.they are on the side of ordinary working people in this country. But
:14:20. > :14:26.unions won't back down, saying guards are essential to safety on
:14:27. > :14:31.the Southern macro network. You have trains as long as a football pitch,
:14:32. > :14:40.they are having to watch 20 different cameras in two stations --
:14:41. > :14:45.seconds at stations. It is not surprising they want a second pair
:14:46. > :14:48.of eyes in the form of a guard on the train. With just a few trains
:14:49. > :14:54.running on some routes and others replaced by long bus journeys,
:14:55. > :14:59.passengers want an end to this before more strikes in the New Year.
:15:00. > :15:04.There is mounting pressure from our MPs are some kind of legislation but
:15:05. > :15:13.is that likely to happen? You saw Maria Caulfield agreeing with her
:15:14. > :15:17.colleagues, all Conservative MP is calling on their party leader to
:15:18. > :15:21.introduce legislation to ban the strikes when the independent rail
:15:22. > :15:26.operator doesn't agree with the union's safety concerns, but she
:15:27. > :15:31.ruled out any new legislation but said the government is working hard
:15:32. > :15:36.to resolve this dispute. Another MP having a try is Tim Loughton, the
:15:37. > :15:41.member for East Worthing and short, he will introduce a bill for a new
:15:42. > :15:46.rail ombudsman, somebody who will take charge of the complaints and
:15:47. > :15:51.try to get compensation from the rail operators rather than
:15:52. > :15:53.taxpayers. He says a way to get this solved is to hit rail operators in
:15:54. > :16:01.their pockets. Southern Water has been fined
:16:02. > :16:04.a record ?2 million for polluting Thanet's beaches with tonnes of raw
:16:05. > :16:13.sewage and forcing their closure. The prosecution was brought by the
:16:14. > :16:19.Environment Agency. Also in tonight's programme...
:16:20. > :16:25.Seasons greetings for the Gillingham players visiting sick children in
:16:26. > :16:30.local hospital. And it is turning wet and windy by
:16:31. > :16:32.Wednesday. I will have the details in the forecast a bit later in the
:16:33. > :16:51.programme. BBC South East Today can reveal
:16:52. > :16:55.that the number of migrants in a camp in Dunkirk
:16:56. > :16:58.in Northern France has grown, following the demolition
:16:59. > :17:00.of the so-called Jungle Charities says several hundred
:17:01. > :17:09.migrants are still hiding out in the region, with the aim
:17:10. > :17:12.of stowing away illegally in By the time the Jungle
:17:13. > :17:17.was demolished it's believed 9000 people were living there,
:17:18. > :17:19.in a semi-permanent shanty town with dozens of unlicensed
:17:20. > :17:21.shops and restaurants. It's now thought there are more
:17:22. > :17:24.than a thousand migrants Our reporter Charlie Rose
:17:25. > :17:37.reports from France. You said you would take our
:17:38. > :17:41.undercover journalist of the UK in a truck containing produce from the
:17:42. > :17:46.supermarket Liddell. Our exclusive investigation showed
:17:47. > :17:49.how people smugglers operating in Calais before the camp was
:17:50. > :17:54.dismantled are continuing their activities in Paris. Since the
:17:55. > :17:59.closure of the Calais camp, many migrants keen to cross the Channel
:18:00. > :18:04.have made their way to other parts of France, including this official
:18:05. > :18:08.camp in Anne Kirk. Today volunteers from the South East arrived with
:18:09. > :18:13.donations. What we have in the van is food and clothing supplies but
:18:14. > :18:21.down the bottom we have a generator, because access to Mainz at -- mains
:18:22. > :18:25.electricity is limited. People working to help the migrants say
:18:26. > :18:30.numbers have risen by around 100 since the Calais camp was taken down
:18:31. > :18:36.and there are now around a thousand migrants here. Among them is a man
:18:37. > :18:41.from the Kurdish region in Iraq. He says he has tried 41 times to which
:18:42. > :18:50.the UK illegally. France is secure and say, can't you
:18:51. > :18:59.seek asylum here? People who stay in France tell me it is a very hard
:19:00. > :19:03.life in France, the government doesn't take passes from refugees.
:19:04. > :19:07.But critics say camps like this are not helping anybody. The last thing
:19:08. > :19:13.we need is for another camp to set up in Dunkirk, the sole purpose of
:19:14. > :19:17.which is for people who have very little claim to come to the UK to
:19:18. > :19:22.make their way to elicit live. The French need to get a grip on this
:19:23. > :19:26.situation. We are the only officially recognised refugee camp
:19:27. > :19:29.in Europe as it stands so I believe the work we are doing here,
:19:30. > :19:35.especially for the children, is important and recognised. With
:19:36. > :19:38.reports that migrants are now coming back to Calais, hiding out as they
:19:39. > :19:41.try to reach the UK, it appears that this camp in Dunkirk isn't the
:19:42. > :19:45.answer for everybody. Concerns over the flow of illegal
:19:46. > :19:48.migrants coming into Kent and Sussex from France
:19:49. > :19:51.has been one of the big political issues of 2016,
:19:52. > :19:54.and as the French gear up for presidential elections next
:19:55. > :19:59.year, one of the hottest issues for debate will be moving the border
:20:00. > :20:02.checks back from Calais to Dover. Our political editor,
:20:03. > :20:06.Helen Catt, has more. For more than ten years
:20:07. > :20:12.the Le Touquet agreement has allowed British officials to check passports
:20:13. > :20:18.and search lorries for illegal stowaways in France before
:20:19. > :20:21.they cross the Channel. This year it's come under increasing
:20:22. > :20:24.threat from a number That is worrying some in Dover,
:20:25. > :20:27.which has previously experienced problems dealing with large
:20:28. > :20:29.numbers of migrants. At the end of the Le Touquet treaty,
:20:30. > :20:45.it would mean no more border controls at Calais,
:20:46. > :20:47.meaning the ferry companies would take responsibility,
:20:48. > :20:49.and that would mean higher ticket It would be bad for trade,
:20:50. > :20:54.bad for Dover and bad Fines of ?2000 for carrying
:20:55. > :20:58.a stowaway are not currently It's not known if they'd
:20:59. > :21:02.be reintroduced. British officials can currently
:21:03. > :21:04.carry out checks in seven places The 2003 Le Touquet agreement
:21:05. > :21:08.allowed vetting of ferry passengers An older agreement from 1991 had
:21:09. > :21:11.already allowed checks to happen at Coquelle for people
:21:12. > :21:13.using the Channel Tunnel and Eurostar passengers
:21:14. > :21:15.are checked in Calais-Frethun, So if the French did decide
:21:16. > :21:19.to pull out, how easy The agreement gives a sort
:21:20. > :21:25.of two-year time period, if either country, either the UK
:21:26. > :21:28.or France, would like so you would have quite a long
:21:29. > :21:35.time period to prepare, but I think what you'd also see
:21:36. > :21:38.is that that would be reflective of some kind of serious downturn
:21:39. > :21:41.in British-French relations. The growth of the Calais Jungle,
:21:42. > :21:43.before its clearance earlier this year, had fuelled more calls
:21:44. > :21:50.for the border to be moved. With the jungle dismantled it had
:21:51. > :21:53.been thought the issue could become less important in next
:21:54. > :22:01.year's presidential election. I think there are priorities
:22:02. > :22:03.for the French government and the next French government
:22:04. > :22:05.and probably revising the two-year agreement is not
:22:06. > :22:07.very high on the agenda. Perhaps Francois Fillon,
:22:08. > :22:09.from the hard right, will want some revision,
:22:10. > :22:11.that's a possibility, For its part, the Home Office says
:22:12. > :22:19.both France and the UK have repeatedly made
:22:20. > :22:21.clear their commitment If large numbers of migrants return
:22:22. > :22:24.to northern France, though, the political pressure to make it
:22:25. > :22:27.Dover's issue once more may In this weekend's league football
:22:28. > :22:40.there were home wins for Gillingham Brighton and Hove Albion came
:22:41. > :22:46.from behind to beat Birmingham - Anthony Knockaert volleyed home
:22:47. > :22:48.to make it 1-1 with And then in the fifth minute
:22:49. > :22:52.of injury time Glenn Murray The Seagulls remain
:22:53. > :22:56.second, one point behind And members of
:22:57. > :23:13.Gillingham Football Club visited the children's ward
:23:14. > :23:15.of the Medway Maritime Hospital, Hopefully we can just lift the young
:23:16. > :23:34.children's spirits a little bit and give them some gifts
:23:35. > :23:36.and hopefully make them and things like that,
:23:37. > :23:47.Christmas, and giving, and obviously we're trying to give
:23:48. > :23:50.back and put smiles I didn't really expect
:23:51. > :24:07.to come here and see them # We wish you a Merry Christmas
:24:08. > :24:39.and a happy New Year. It's getting a bit miserable at the
:24:40. > :24:43.end of the week. Yes, December so far has been
:24:44. > :24:48.relatively quiet weather-wise, just a bit of mist and fog, but that is
:24:49. > :24:53.set to change in time Christmas. A settled start to the week but from
:24:54. > :25:01.Wednesday we will see the winds pick up, heavy rain around. Dry afternoon
:25:02. > :25:05.and Friday and just in time time for Christmas Eve we have gale force
:25:06. > :25:12.winds and heavy rain. Some patchy drizzle around today, particularly
:25:13. > :25:17.through the afternoon, and through this evening we will hold onto a lot
:25:18. > :25:22.of that cloud will stop elsewhere, clearer skies, some mist and fog.
:25:23. > :25:27.Generally a murky start the Tuesday and the sum of us a bit damp as
:25:28. > :25:33.well. It brightens up by the other and in. We will be staying for the
:25:34. > :25:37.most part dry and by the afternoon temperatures creeping up to eight or
:25:38. > :25:43.9 degrees, not as mild as last week but still pretty pleasant afternoon.
:25:44. > :25:46.As we go from Tuesday into Wednesday, because we have clearer
:25:47. > :25:52.skies, we will see temperatures fall away to around two or three degrees,
:25:53. > :25:55.so a chillier start generally, and as we head through the first part of
:25:56. > :25:59.Wednesday morning we will start to see the winds pick up as well. First
:26:00. > :26:03.thing for Wednesday temperatures dropping to two or three. Wary
:26:04. > :26:11.quickly we will see the rain, heavy at times. -- very quickly.
:26:12. > :26:15.Temperatures perhaps 11 or 12 and much of the rain will be staying
:26:16. > :26:22.with us into Thursday. It clears out of the way, high pressure builds for
:26:23. > :26:26.a time, so mostly settled the Friday, but very tightly spaced
:26:27. > :26:30.isobars, lots of blue just in time for the weekend. Christmas Eve, gale
:26:31. > :26:36.force winds, expect sharp showers as well. Over the next four days,
:26:37. > :26:42.mostly settled, some sunshine during the afternoon, wet going into
:26:43. > :26:46.Wednesday, drier for Thursday and looking rather wet for Friday.
:26:47. > :26:51.And no snow. Christmas is now less
:26:52. > :26:53.than a week away - so here are some seasonal messages
:26:54. > :26:56.from some of the celebrities we've interviewed this year,
:26:57. > :27:00.including the champions of Strictly Come Dancing,
:27:01. > :27:02.pop icons, and '70s #
:27:03. > :27:06.And Heaven and nature sing # And Heaven, and Heaven
:27:07. > :27:15.and nature sing. And we just wanted to wish
:27:16. > :27:22.all of the BBC South East I'm Donny Osmond and I just
:27:23. > :27:28.want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas
:27:29. > :27:37.and a prosperous New Year. I will be back with the updates at
:27:38. > :27:49.8pm and 1025 PM. Ben dropping
:27:50. > :27:51.a frozen turkey on Mum's foot. Put me down!
:27:52. > :27:53.No, we talked about this. Taser him! That is a video game,
:27:54. > :27:56.isn't it? I'm going to need at least another
:27:57. > :28:01.15 years to recover from children. This is all nonsense - it's highly
:28:02. > :28:26.entertaining, nonetheless it's... I'm starting this new job, I'm
:28:27. > :28:28.taking over a really tough school. Where is it?
:28:29. > :28:31.You're not going down south...? Huddersfield? I know. That's like
:28:32. > :28:34.the dark side of the moon. You do know that this house
:28:35. > :28:39.is haunted? This is all nonsense - it's highly
:28:40. > :28:49.entertaining, nonetheless it's...