Afternoon one and all,
Tell you what - we've got a mixed programme for you this evening. You won't find much else on the telly that works in a St Bernard, ice-dancing, climate change, Spiderman... and all rounded off with a Christmas carol. Eh, now there's an early Christmas present for you.
Not much Christmassy about our top story though. An old people's home in Blackheath is set to close - forcing families to find somewhere else for their elderly relatives. Now, tough business decisions have to be made and people have been given 4 month's notice. But families have told us they had no clue the home might close. In fact, they were told their loved ones had 'a home for life'. What's more, the other homes offered as replacements by the home owners... are also set to close soon. We hear from the families and the health company's Chief Executive.
Anyone living anywhere near Buncefield oil depot won't need reminding of 11th December 2005 - the huge explosion... the miserable aftermath. Well, today, many of them DID get an eerie echo of that morning when another huge fire broke out a warehouse nearby. We'll be reporting live from the scene.
Do you, like us, despair of idiots who give animals as presents at Christmas? You know - puppies that don't stay small and fluffy. Owls, that can't actually survive on chocolate buttons. Well, to drive the point home this year, the RSPCA have wheeled out the big guns, in the shape of a St Bernard. Called Angel. You'll want to meet him, but would you want to give him a home? He's big. Lovely but big.
And then there's climate change. Spiderman climbing up a 20 storey building in Victoria in fact. He hopes people will talk about him... and climate change. We reckon people might just talk about him... and then "pass the crisps, would you?"
Then who could forget High School Musical. Even High School Musical 2? Well now there's High School Musical - On Ice to end up seared on your memory. What could be more Christmassy than that?
Well, a carol for starters. We won't start with one. But we will end with one.
See you at SIX,
Ben & Nina.
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