18/12/2016

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:00:09. > :00:09.Good evening. for the news where you are.

:00:10. > :00:11.The leader of Brighton and Hove City Council has called

:00:12. > :00:14.for the Transport Secretary to step down if he can't resolve the

:00:15. > :00:16.long-running industrial dispute between Southern Rail

:00:17. > :00:21.Passengers on the network face more disruption over the next few days.

:00:22. > :00:23.The RMT Union begins another two-day strike at midnight tonight.

:00:24. > :00:31.It may not be a strike day today but there

:00:32. > :00:33.was still disruption at East Grinstead Station

:00:34. > :00:38.The next train for the station has no guard.

:00:39. > :00:41.The train's just been cancelled so we just wait.

:00:42. > :00:47.The whole week I haven't been able to get out of East Grinstead.

:00:48. > :00:50.Southern is changing the role of its guards making them on-board

:00:51. > :00:54.In future on occasions like today when there isn't a second member

:00:55. > :00:58.of staff available the train would be able to run.

:00:59. > :01:02.The unions are taking strike action because they don't

:01:03. > :01:08.Conductors with the RMT Union are due to walk out again for 48

:01:09. > :01:11.hours from midnight tonight in a dispute that's

:01:12. > :01:15.Today there were calls for the Transport Secretary

:01:16. > :01:18.to resign if he can't help find a resolution.

:01:19. > :01:21.I think if the Government can't deliver this, they are the

:01:22. > :01:22.ones in power, they should take responsibility

:01:23. > :01:24.and if he can't handle it, Chris Grayling should go.

:01:25. > :01:28.Talks at the conciliation service ACAS between the company and ASLEF

:01:29. > :01:35.One MP says the strikes have to stop but the franchise needs

:01:36. > :01:40.Everybody has to be round the table like they are at ACAS,

:01:41. > :01:43.there is a glimmer of hope, and I think the franchise needs

:01:44. > :01:46.to be restructured in the New Year and more investment to sort

:01:47. > :01:50.Southern is warning customers to expect significant disruption

:01:51. > :02:05.over the next two days and every day until the industrial action ends.

:02:06. > :02:09.The family of a 16-year old boy whose body was found in a lake

:02:10. > :02:13.Jack Morrisson was reported missing on Friday.

:02:14. > :02:15.His body was found by rescue teams yesterday after an extensive

:02:16. > :02:18.His family has described him as a "beautiful angel".

:02:19. > :02:24.His death is not being treated as suspicious.

:02:25. > :02:27.Plans to introduce lifeguards at Camber Sands have been put

:02:28. > :02:30.In its draft budget for the next financial year, ?51,000

:02:31. > :02:32.has been put aside to pay for lifeguards.

:02:33. > :02:35.The council has come under pressure to introduce more safety measures

:02:36. > :02:43.on the beach after seven men died in the water over the summer.

:02:44. > :02:45.There's little evidence that efforts to make the eleven plus exams

:02:46. > :02:47."tutor proof" have helped disadvantaged pupils gain places

:02:48. > :02:50.at grammar schools, according to a report out today.

:02:51. > :02:52.The Kent Test was changed two years ago because of concerns it

:02:53. > :02:57.favoured privately-tutored and privately educated pupils.

:02:58. > :02:59.The study - by the Education Policy Institute -

:03:00. > :03:02.says it's highly unlikely that any test would be able to eliminate

:03:03. > :03:13.Friends and family of a Kent schoolgirl who was killed in a storm

:03:14. > :03:15.three years ago took part in a fundraising walk

:03:16. > :03:18.17-year-old Bethany Freeman died when a tree crashed onto a caravan

:03:19. > :03:20.she was sleeping in at Hever in October 2013.

:03:21. > :03:27.Today runners and walkers took part in the five kilometre event.

:03:28. > :03:30.She was a great sportswoman and she wanted everybody to play whether

:03:31. > :03:39.We said at the charity play for Beth, so everyone could.

:03:40. > :03:42.Time for the weather and there's more fog on the way for tomorrow.

:03:43. > :03:54.Mist or fog becoming widespread and the Met Office had issued another

:03:55. > :03:58.yellow warning for fog, so be prepared for some disruption to

:03:59. > :04:05.travel. The mist and fog will become more widespread through the night

:04:06. > :04:11.and some tense patches fix much dense patches will develop. Loads of

:04:12. > :04:16.4-5 degrees. It will be a cold start tomorrow morning but the main

:04:17. > :04:24.feature will be fall, so allow extra time to travel as you will see some

:04:25. > :04:29.disruption. The mist and fog will left and some sunshine for break

:04:30. > :04:37.through. The cloud may be thick enough to give occasional rain.

:04:38. > :04:41.Highs of 7-8 degrees. A foggy start tomorrow morning. As we head into

:04:42. > :04:48.Tuesday there will be more fog in the morning. Plenty of cloud around.

:04:49. > :04:51.On Wednesday we will see wet and windy weather and other time we get

:04:52. > :04:54.to the end of the week we will see the return of some overnight frost.

:04:55. > :04:57.We'll be back tomorrow with your breakfast news.

:04:58. > :05:02.Until then, from all of us here, goodnight.