19/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:10.Six people have been taken to hospital -

:00:11. > :00:14.two with life-threatening injuries - after a collision

:00:15. > :00:17.between a car and pedestrians on the High Street in

:00:18. > :00:21.The driver of a black VW Beetle is being treated for minor injuries

:00:22. > :00:25.The two most seriously injured pedestrians have been taken

:00:26. > :00:30.Schools in Medway are struggling to recruit and retain teachers

:00:31. > :00:32.and are having to look overseas to fill empty places.

:00:33. > :00:39.The Council says they're losing out to London and more

:00:40. > :00:51.Bansal primary in Medway is classed as outstanding by Ofsted, no mean

:00:52. > :00:54.feat in an area where finding and keeping teachers is a

:00:55. > :00:57.For one, neighbouring London can tempt them away with

:00:58. > :00:59.enhanced salaries but there's another hurdle.

:01:00. > :01:01.I think there has certainly in the past, a view that

:01:02. > :01:04.Medway is a difficult place to work, pupils are challenging and there

:01:05. > :01:07.I think colleagues are working really,

:01:08. > :01:10.really hard to change that and, certainly in Medway schools, results

:01:11. > :01:11.are improving and we expect that to continue.

:01:12. > :01:14.Medway Council is looking as far afield as South Africa and

:01:15. > :01:18.It's holding a recruitment fair on Wednesday.

:01:19. > :01:24.Some say the Government is doing its bit.

:01:25. > :01:27.For the year 2016-2017, there are 15,000 extra trainee teachers

:01:28. > :01:30.What we have seen over the last 20 years, irrespective of

:01:31. > :01:33.different political parties, has been a stability in a number

:01:34. > :01:38.But Government figures show, over the last few years,

:01:39. > :01:40.the numbers leaving the profession have gone up while

:01:41. > :01:42.recruitment targets have been consistently missed.

:01:43. > :01:43.The announcement of ?320 million more

:01:44. > :01:51.for free schools has missed the point, say some.

:01:52. > :01:52.I've always supported good schools expanding.

:01:53. > :01:54.I think I'd much rather see people putting

:01:55. > :01:57.their focus will do that, rather than just building another school

:01:58. > :02:00.and another school, and another school, with no guarantee of success

:02:01. > :02:11.The national union of teachers blames workload for so

:02:12. > :02:22.One third quit within five years of joining.

:02:23. > :02:24.Thousands of people have taken part in the 33rd Hastings half marathon.

:02:25. > :02:26.The winner Ben Fish battled the windy conditions.

:02:27. > :02:31.It's a second win for the man nicknamed the Blackburn flyer.

:02:32. > :02:35.The finish is very tough in that headwind.

:02:36. > :02:38.It is a very hard last two and a half miles along there.

:02:39. > :02:46.My best time was 67:08 when I won it seven years ago.

:02:47. > :02:48.If the conditions were like last week, I

:02:49. > :02:52.But I knew going in that it would be difficult.

:02:53. > :02:54.Football, and it was dreadful weekend of results.

:02:55. > :03:06.Brighton failed to go top after losing to Leeds United.

:03:07. > :03:08.The Leeds goalkeeper Robert Green kept his side

:03:09. > :03:11.Knockaert and Glenn Murray, the Brighton players,

:03:12. > :03:15.It was nearly an hour before the first shot on target.

:03:16. > :03:19.The Seagulls needed a win to return to the top of the

:03:20. > :03:21.championship after Newcastle drew at Birmingham.

:03:22. > :03:23.If Chris Hughton's side is going to win promotion this

:03:24. > :03:26.season, it's going to be a nerve-racking affair.

:03:27. > :03:28.In the League 1, the worst thing for Gillingham

:03:29. > :03:31.After losing to Bolton last week, Gillingham

:03:32. > :03:32.conceded another four goals this week.

:03:33. > :03:34.Mendez Lang got the first after ten minutes.

:03:35. > :03:35.George Parker equalised seven minutes later.

:03:36. > :03:37.Cody McDonald knocked on the door but was

:03:38. > :03:41.From then on, Rochdale ran the show with Mendez Lang

:03:42. > :03:49.The Gills were reduced to ten men just

:03:50. > :03:55.The fourth goal came right at the end of the game.

:03:56. > :03:58.Charlton got off to a good start with a bit of magic from Ricky

:03:59. > :04:02.Tony Watt came close to making it two a couple of minutes

:04:03. > :04:04.later, however the Blades, the bookies' favourite to win

:04:05. > :04:06.promotion this year, kept their composure and

:04:07. > :04:16.In League 2, a very flat game against

:04:17. > :04:22.The home side took the lead before James Collins balanced the

:04:23. > :04:26.The home side held on for the three points, despite

:04:27. > :04:29.But with nine minutes left, Crawley failed to make

:04:30. > :04:48.A very brisk south-westerly wind at times

:04:49. > :04:50.and an awful lot of low cloud, and some misty

:04:51. > :04:54.Now, it's still going to be mild heading to the start of next week.

:04:55. > :04:57.Mild on Monday but rather wet and windy at times.

:04:58. > :04:59.Some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle.

:05:00. > :05:00.Then it's looking colder, but also brighter

:05:01. > :05:02.with some sunshine from Tuesday onwards.

:05:03. > :05:04.We could even see a touch of night-time frost as we head

:05:05. > :05:07.through the middle part of the week, just in the rural,

:05:08. > :05:13.There will also be some outbreaks of rain, as you can see.

:05:14. > :05:16.Turning rather wet, a damp and grey start to the day tomorrow.

:05:17. > :05:18.Still windy and we start the day on a mild

:05:19. > :05:20.note at around 10-11 C in most places.

:05:21. > :05:24.A bit of a grey start, some low cloud and mist over the downs as

:05:25. > :05:26.Staying quiet blustery through the course of

:05:27. > :05:29.tomorrow and theis rain band will put it to a south-eastward through

:05:30. > :05:37.Then turning much colder on on Monday night.

:05:38. > :05:38.By Tuesday, dry with some sunshine but

:05:39. > :05:52.Not sure I like the sound of that. That's it for now. I will have a

:05:53. > :05:55.late bulletin for you at 22 minutes past ten. From all of us here, do

:05:56. > :06:07.have a good evening. Goodbye for now.

:06:08. > :06:13.Hello. For most of March so far it has felt quite mild and springlike

:06:14. > :06:15.but we are in