:00:09. > :00:12.One of the south-east's biggest hospital trusts has been
:00:13. > :00:15.on the highest possible state of alert since Christmas,
:00:16. > :00:19.meaning patient safety has been compromised every day
:00:20. > :00:23.And there's a warning to patient groups that the Royal Sussex
:00:24. > :00:26.Hospital in Brighton is expecting to continue in that
:00:27. > :00:31.Our health Correspondent Mark Norman has more.
:00:32. > :00:35.Another week, another insight into the pressure the NHS is under.
:00:36. > :00:38.This trust has been at the heart of the highest state of alert every
:00:39. > :00:42.The impact is being felt by patients.
:00:43. > :00:48.I was taken to A and I had to sleep in A
:00:49. > :00:59.I was just sitting there and said, any
:01:00. > :01:05.There are four levels of alert, Opel 4 is the highest,
:01:06. > :01:18.The trust told us its staff were working
:01:19. > :01:21.hard to give patients the emergency care they needed and it was making
:01:22. > :01:23.improvements to help with the flow of patients.
:01:24. > :01:27.However, the impact on patients is concerning some.
:01:28. > :01:30.Some who have been in hospital, as soon
:01:31. > :01:34.as they are ready to go home, or likely to be asked to go home,
:01:35. > :01:40.the support systems in the community,
:01:41. > :01:43.whether it is family or friends or a service
:01:44. > :01:48.that they pay for, provided by the local council, they are
:01:49. > :01:55.At least three other trusts in Kent and Sussex went
:01:56. > :01:57.to the highest level of alert last week.
:01:58. > :02:02.All our trusts failed to hit the specific target for A
:02:03. > :02:08.At Durham Valley, they even took to social media to encourage former
:02:09. > :02:11.staff members to come back and cover shifts.
:02:12. > :02:14.For our members, they would say they are at the end of their
:02:15. > :02:22.Most organisations across the system had been working at high
:02:23. > :02:29.While Brighton is not in the worst performing trust, it is under
:02:30. > :02:33.pressure and is telling patient groups it doesn't expect to come out
:02:34. > :02:42.A Sussex teenager who admitted selling thousands of pounds worth
:02:43. > :02:47.of fake festival tickets has been sentenced to 21 months in a young
:02:48. > :02:52.Benjamin Hyland-Ward from Saltdean, left hundreds of people disappointed
:02:53. > :02:56.after taking ?60,000 for tickets that he failed
:02:57. > :02:58.to produce for the Bestival event on the Isle of Wight
:02:59. > :03:05.The 19-year-old had pleaded guilty at Lewes Crown Court.
:03:06. > :03:08.Two members of a drugs gang have been jailed following the discovery
:03:09. > :03:12.of almost ?8 million worth of cannabis in Sittingbourne.
:03:13. > :03:15.57-year-old Thomas Cullen from Liverpool was sentenced
:03:16. > :03:20.and 48-year-old Joseph Graham to 6 years.
:03:21. > :03:23.Kent Police discovered the drugs when they searched an industrial
:03:24. > :03:30.Lewes MP Maria Caulfield says she "dreads" the prospect of returning
:03:31. > :03:34.to what Southern Rail calls a "normal timetable".
:03:35. > :03:40.A full service is expected to be restored from Tuesday next week
:03:41. > :03:44.after the train drivers' union ASLEF suspended industrial action.
:03:45. > :03:52.It's being claimed that Kent grammar schools are forcing some
:03:53. > :03:55.children to leave halfway through their A-level studies
:03:56. > :03:58.because their Year 12 grades were not considered good enough.
:03:59. > :04:01.Parents have told us their children have been made to feel
:04:02. > :04:04.like failures, separated from their friends, and given just
:04:05. > :04:06.weeks to find a new place for their final year at
:04:07. > :04:10.There are 32 grammar schools in Kent.
:04:11. > :04:13.In the last year, 266 Year 12s, or students in the lower sixth
:04:14. > :04:16.form, left by the end of the academic year.
:04:17. > :04:18.Invicta Grammar School had the highest number leave,
:04:19. > :04:24.Our education correspondent Bryony MacKenzie has more.
:04:25. > :04:28.Selective education not just from primary to secondary,
:04:29. > :04:31.but in many cases in year 12 as well.
:04:32. > :04:33.But for one parent who wanted to remain anonymous,
:04:34. > :04:37.their child didn't reach the required grades at AS-level
:04:38. > :04:41.They claim the policy at Invicta Grammar left them
:04:42. > :04:46.We felt not completing her education with her peers would be detrimental
:04:47. > :04:51.She just needed more support, mainly with revision techniques.
:04:52. > :04:55.Whether they acted legally or not, their treatment of our daughter,
:04:56. > :05:00.and the harshness of pastoral care we received, was shocking.
:05:01. > :05:05.There is no legislation that allows them to remove students on the
:05:06. > :05:09.grounds of performance halfway through a course.
:05:10. > :05:14.Students are asked to sign a home-school agreement at
:05:15. > :05:17.the beginning of the sixth form course, but that actually
:05:18. > :05:31.Invicta's sixth form learning agreement states:
:05:32. > :05:44.If a student is allowed to continue despite serious reservations...
:05:45. > :05:48.It's a common policy but not one that works at every school.
:05:49. > :05:51.A lot of them make significant improvements between year 12
:05:52. > :05:54.and the end of year 13, and I think schools need to have
:05:55. > :05:56.faith in their own students and to push them hard
:05:57. > :06:02.Invicta Girls' Grammar denies the claims and says students
:06:03. > :06:06.are supported and advised about what is best for them.
:06:07. > :06:10.Bryony MacKenzie, BBC South East Today, Maidstone.
:06:11. > :06:15.And Brighton have gone back to the top of the Championship this
:06:16. > :06:22.Anthony Knockaert scored both goals, after 34 minutes and once again five
:06:23. > :06:31.The national weather forecast coming up, but first let's get the picture
:06:32. > :06:33.in the south-east with Rachel Mackley.
:06:34. > :06:48.Lots of sunshine but bitterly cold. Very little changes at the weekend,
:06:49. > :06:56.dry and cold overnight. It will be chilly during the day as well
:06:57. > :07:00.despite the sunshine. Tonight, clear skies, temperatures plummeting. -1
:07:01. > :07:05.minus two Celsius in cities, Google spot a tasty dropping as low as
:07:06. > :07:12.minus five Celsius. Bitterly cold as we start the day Saturday. The wind
:07:13. > :07:17.now coming up from the south easterly direction, it is still very
:07:18. > :07:22.cold. Lots of sunshine and by the afternoon we will see highs of two
:07:23. > :07:25.or three Celsius. Wrap up warm and keep the heating on. On Sunday, more
:07:26. > :07:33.of the same. Here is the outlook. feel cooler. Can we keep it going
:07:34. > :07:37.until the start of the new week? I suspect we can. Unconfirmed about --
:07:38. > :07:43.concerned about the fog around. Here is Helen with the national picture.
:07:44. > :07:48.Good evening. The weather is upon us. The cloud has made all the
:07:49. > :07:49.difference this week in