09/01/2017 South East Today


09/01/2017

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 09/01/2017. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Tonight, Southern rail commuters prepare for more disruption as Aslef

:00:08.:00:15.

drivers know I'm strike tomorrow. We will be live in Eastbourne with the

:00:16.:00:19.

latest. How well has the Newtown of Crawley

:00:20.:00:26.

lived up to its founders' expectations?

:00:27.:00:31.

And it is turning much colder by Thursday with the risk of snow

:00:32.:00:32.

showers. Southern rail commuters

:00:33.:00:37.

are preparing for a day of total disruption tomorrow,

:00:38.:00:46.

as Aslef union members begin It comes despite a meeting

:00:47.:00:48.

between Sussex MPs and the Transport Secretary this afternoon,

:00:49.:00:57.

where the deadlock in the long-running dispute

:00:58.:00:59.

over the introduction of Driver Only Operation

:01:00.:01:00.

on trains was discussed. Following our debate programme,

:01:01.:01:02.

aired earlier this evening, there have been discussions

:01:03.:01:04.

between Southern bosses and the RMT union -

:01:05.:01:06.

but no indication yet that either Our political editor

:01:07.:01:09.

Helen Catt reports. Passengers returning home tonight

:01:10.:01:16.

know this evening is the last time they will be able to catch

:01:17.:01:19.

a train for at least 48 hours, as Southern drivers

:01:20.:01:22.

prepare to walk out again. Their union says an offer to join

:01:23.:01:25.

any new talks has not I have not been invited,

:01:26.:01:27.

I'm not sure what the We have had correspondence

:01:28.:01:32.

seeking talks based said that we will not be shackled

:01:33.:01:36.

by any preconditions. At a special BBC South East

:01:37.:01:49.

debate screened earlier, Southern and the conductors' union,

:01:50.:01:51.

the RMT, repeatedly clashed over the key issue in the disputes,

:01:52.:01:53.

whether or not it is safe to run We are not removing a second

:01:54.:01:57.

person from the train. There will be a second

:01:58.:02:00.

safety-trained person There will be a second

:02:01.:02:07.

safety-trained person on more trains than there were at the start

:02:08.:02:24.

of this dispute. Tell the public you will

:02:25.:02:26.

guarantee a safety-critical We will roster a second

:02:27.:02:30.

safety-trained person on as many trains as had

:02:31.:02:42.

them before this debate. After the recording finished,

:02:43.:02:46.

they went into discussion and it was recognised

:02:47.:02:49.

that there is a need Tonight, the RMT told us lines

:02:50.:02:51.

of communication remained open. We are definitely

:02:52.:02:56.

looking for a solution. We think there is a solution

:02:57.:03:06.

that is viable and there are We hope that Southern get together

:03:07.:03:09.

with us when we meet with the same attitude,

:03:10.:03:19.

the can-do attitude to getting a resolution

:03:20.:03:21.

to the dispute that everybody How many more people have to leave

:03:22.:03:23.

their jobs or lose their jobs and have their family life

:03:24.:03:31.

significantly disrupted May I add, these are not

:03:32.:03:32.

down to just strikes, they were bad before

:03:33.:03:36.

the strikes started. In Westminster tonight, more talks

:03:37.:03:48.

between South East MPs and the Transport Secretary.

:03:49.:03:53.

He is under no illusion that the performance of Southern has

:03:54.:03:55.

been not good of the last 18 months and he has said he will tackle that.

:03:56.:03:59.

Once this is resolved, we need to tackle performance

:04:00.:04:01.

But for angry, frustrated passengers facing another week

:04:02.:04:04.

of reduced services, talk without action

:04:05.:04:06.

Well, from tomorrow passengers face more disruption,

:04:07.:04:13.

as the drivers' union Aslef start three days of strikes this week,

:04:14.:04:17.

with three further days planned later this month.

:04:18.:04:19.

Let's join our reporter John Young now, who's

:04:20.:04:21.

to the dispute tomorrow that could see passengers who use

:04:22.:04:27.

Southeastern trains sucked into this dispute?

:04:28.:04:36.

Yes, very bad news if you rely on South-eastern Trains. Your trains

:04:37.:04:48.

might be much more crowded than usual, because Southern and laying

:04:49.:04:54.

on buses to take their passengers via text hill to Hastings. In Arc

:04:55.:05:00.

and Crowborough buses will be taking passengers to Tunbridge Wells. In

:05:01.:05:04.

Oxton there will be buses heading to Southern eats -- Southern Oaks --

:05:05.:05:12.

Sevenoaks. Southern said they want only essential travellers to use the

:05:13.:05:16.

services because they say tomorrow it will be exceptionally busy with

:05:17.:05:20.

the buses and on South-eastern Trains.

:05:21.:05:23.

We can return to our political editor, Helen Catt, now.

:05:24.:05:26.

Helen, has there been any change in the political

:05:27.:05:28.

Not really. The government has been pretty consistently sticking to the

:05:29.:05:34.

line that the unions need to back down, we heard that repeated earlier

:05:35.:05:42.

Worthing and shorten. If anything Worthing and shorten. If anything

:05:43.:05:46.

that has hardened since last week when the regulator Rip -- produced

:05:47.:05:51.

its second report saying that with some changes that Southern needs to

:05:52.:06:00.

put in place driver only services are safe. The Prime Minister is a

:06:01.:06:03.

crow spokesman said that Theresa May still thinks the Southern strikes

:06:04.:06:08.

are still creating unfair disruption the people. -- the Prime Minister's

:06:09.:06:13.

Questions spokesman. If you And if you missed the debate you can

:06:14.:06:24.

see it on the BBC iPlayer - search for Southern Rail Crisis -

:06:25.:06:27.

and you can join the debate on our Facebook page and on Twitter

:06:28.:06:30.

using the hashtag @SouthernStrike, on our Facebook page and on Twitter

:06:31.:06:34.

using the hashtag #SouthernStrike, and our Local Live pages are also

:06:35.:06:36.

covering the story. Brighton health bosses say

:06:37.:06:39.

they are going to stop funding prescriptions of painkillers

:06:40.:06:41.

for some, in a bid to save half The Brighton and Hove Clinical

:06:42.:06:44.

Commissioning Group say they want people to think more before

:06:45.:06:47.

they book a GP appointment - and say that the savings made by not

:06:48.:06:50.

incurring prescription costs for cheaper drugs such

:06:51.:06:53.

as paracetamol will help The historic Leas Lift

:06:54.:06:55.

in Folkestone could close The Health and Safety Executive says

:06:56.:07:00.

the braking system on the Victorian water-powered lift is unsafe,

:07:01.:07:07.

and the operators say improvements costing ?80,000

:07:08.:07:11.

would be too expensive. 70 years ago the Government made

:07:12.:07:18.

the formal decision that 6,000 acres of Sussex farmland should be given

:07:19.:07:21.

over to the creation of a new town, based around the ancient

:07:22.:07:24.

village of Crawley. Today more than 100,000

:07:25.:07:26.

people live there. As Piers Hopkirk reports,

:07:27.:07:31.

the experience of building new towns has shaped our planning system ever

:07:32.:07:33.

since. NEWSREEL: On the Kent and Sussex

:07:34.:07:37.

border, only 30 miles from London, Its population is around 7000

:07:38.:07:40.

and its quaint old high street with its timbered houses is among

:07:41.:07:46.

the most picturesque in Britain. It is 70 years to the day

:07:47.:07:50.

since Crawley was chosen A giant expansion in rural

:07:51.:07:54.

development to ease overcrowding I have much pleasure in opening this

:07:55.:07:59.

road and in naming it Manor Royal. Designed to provide homes for both

:08:00.:08:07.

families and business, Crawley was a place that

:08:08.:08:09.

would arrive on the map The New Town was designed

:08:10.:08:11.

by Anthony Minoprio and today his son returned to see

:08:12.:08:20.

again his father's vision. How proud was your father

:08:21.:08:22.

of what he had created here? If you produce a town with parks

:08:23.:08:25.

and trees and shrubs and nice things to look out,

:08:26.:08:29.

it is going to be a very nice place to live, and my father was always

:08:30.:08:33.

very keen that the towns that he created should be

:08:34.:08:38.

user-friendly and that he would The town's growth has been matched

:08:39.:08:40.

and indeed fuelled by the expansion A report today suggested Gatwick

:08:41.:08:51.

could support an extra The future of Crawley as a great

:08:52.:08:57.

New Town success and Gatwick Around a third of Gatwick's giant

:08:58.:09:02.

workforce comes from Crawley. So what do the New Town's

:09:03.:09:06.

new generation think I think it has attracted a load

:09:07.:09:10.

of different people, we have a great local economy now

:09:11.:09:16.

and I think it is a really attractive place for

:09:17.:09:19.

people to come and live. Recently Crawley has had a lot

:09:20.:09:21.

of investment into the town centre and the surrounding area and it has

:09:22.:09:24.

got a lot better. Seven new garden towns

:09:25.:09:29.

are on the way, including Ebbsfleet in Kent, but it was Crawley

:09:30.:09:31.

that was at the forefront Brighton have drawn Lincoln

:09:32.:09:34.

or Ipswich Town in the fourth The Seagulls' away fixture will be

:09:35.:09:44.

played between the 27th In a moment the national

:09:45.:09:50.

weather forecast but first let's get the picture

:09:51.:09:57.

in the South East by Thursday there is the risk of

:09:58.:10:07.

some snow. It is a week of two halves, we start very mild, breezy,

:10:08.:10:12.

potentially rain at times. By Thursday a slightly drier picture

:10:13.:10:17.

but with the risk of wintry showers. Through tonight there has been some

:10:18.:10:22.

rain, that has cleared. We start the day tomorrow dry and bright and

:10:23.:10:27.

actually quite mild. By the afternoon we will see a bit more

:10:28.:10:32.

cloud cover, potentially a bit of drizzle as well, and relatively

:10:33.:10:36.

mild, potentially highs of nine or ten along the coast. A westerly

:10:37.:10:40.

breeze stays with us through tomorrow night, rain for a time

:10:41.:10:46.

which clears through. Behind it, overnight temperatures six or 7

:10:47.:10:53.

degrees. Mostly dry for Wednesday. As we head through the afternoon the

:10:54.:10:57.

westerly winds go to a northerly direction, Italy colder over into

:10:58.:10:58.

Thursday. precipitation we get will be of a

:10:59.:11:03.

wintry nation and Thursday is one we have to watch out for. The weekend

:11:04.:11:07.

outlook, it stays chilly with a northerly wind and possibly frosty

:11:08.:11:09.

nights. The national weather forecast

:11:10.:11:11.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS