:01:01. > :01:03.of a series of measures being taken to fund a ?15 million shortfall in
:01:04. > :01:06.the town's budget for next year. The council says, if it saves on waste
:01:07. > :01:15.collection, it will reduce the cuts in other front line services. Angela
:01:16. > :01:19.Walker reports. 12,000 tonnes of recycling waste
:01:20. > :01:24.every year are processed at Swindon's household raised and
:01:25. > :01:27.recycling `` waste and recycling centre. At the moment, recycling is
:01:28. > :02:50.collected once a make here tonight to shave ?1
:02:51. > :02:57.million off waste services means that less money needs saving from
:02:58. > :02:59.other front`line services. Meanwhile, in Gloucestershire, the
:03:00. > :03:03.county council faces a shortfall of almost ?8 million next year. It's
:03:04. > :03:06.published its draft budget, which will see less money being spent on
:03:07. > :03:10.older people, vulnerable adults, children and families. But more will
:03:11. > :03:12.be allocated to infrastructure and public health. Council tax will be
:03:13. > :04:35.frozen. Hospital. There was a lack of bed
:04:36. > :04:38.space and long waits for patients at A a the hospital struggled with
:04:39. > :04:51.the sheer number of people needing emergency treatment. Now Swindon's
:04:52. > :04:54.Clinical Commissioning group's been told it has got an extra ?1 million
:04:55. > :04:58.of Government funding. The money's now going to be spent on extra
:04:59. > :05:01.resources at A and services which help prevent people needing to go
:05:02. > :06:22.into hospital in the first place. Our staff have been
:06:23. > :06:24.site. They would produce enough power for 12,000 homes. The project
:06:25. > :06:30.includes a community benefit fund which could generate around ?40,000
:06:31. > :06:32.a year for local projects. It has the fastest`growing
:06:33. > :06:35.population of any town in the country and now the number of
:06:36. > :06:39.businesses moving to Milton Keynes is also increasing. Latest figures
:06:40. > :06:43.show almost 400 companies have moved to the town in the last year. Some
:06:44. > :06:44.have set up their European headquarters there, as Jessica
:06:45. > :08:14.Cooper has been finding out. businesses have come to the town.
:08:15. > :08:17.That is due to good transport links and office space being available.
:08:18. > :08:21.Growth is not unique to Milton Keynes and towns elsewhere in the
:08:22. > :08:29.county can compete. I think the evidence shows that we have a large
:08:30. > :08:36.number of head offices here in the county. We have Stoke Mandeville,
:08:37. > :10:00.the birthplace in the conversation on our Facebook
:10:01. > :10:06.and Twitter pages. That is all for me for the moment. I will have the
:10:07. > :10:11.headlines at 8pm and the main bulletin at 10:25pm.
:10:12. > :10:12.around Farnham, which is very clear from the addresses and locations in
:10:13. > :10:20.which people have supported and signed our petition.
:10:21. > :10:24.Still to come in this evening's South Today: Felling a piece of
:10:25. > :11:45.history ` the end of an ancient tree planted by the
:11:46. > :11:48.to Basingstoke at the bottom of the picture. 250 people are working on
:11:49. > :11:59.this project. Over Christmas, that number will increase to 1,000. This
:12:00. > :12:02.will make an enormous difference. We are standing on the bottleneck to
:12:03. > :12:05.the west of Reading which causes considerable difficulties at the
:12:06. > :12:08.moment and we're going to end at separating our mainline trains from
:12:09. > :12:10.freight trains and from those trains running from the north to south.
:12:11. > :13:33.That gives us the chance to Picking up the keys to your student
:13:34. > :13:37.pad should be an exciting moment, but not for Eva. She felt pressured
:13:38. > :13:40.by a letting agent into making a decision, and was stung for a high
:13:41. > :13:44.fee. I wouldn't one anyone to go through that, really, I do not think
:13:45. > :13:47.it is rate for students. People talk about the hosting lifestyle but you
:13:48. > :13:51.have got enough going on with your degree. You already have to choose
:13:52. > :13:54.your housemates that you want to live with for a year and actors
:13:55. > :13:59.quite a difficult decision. If everyone is pressuring you to do
:14:00. > :15:19.that by November, it is ridiculous. Now estate agents are being
:15:20. > :15:21.the South to try to intercept some of those who end up there after
:15:22. > :15:24.overindulging at the weekend. It's launching a bus`based treatment
:15:25. > :15:26.centre backed by a range of organisations including the Council,
:15:27. > :15:31.NHS and police. Joe Campbell reports.
:15:32. > :15:36.Many weekend revellers are familiar with the Knight bus. This one will
:15:37. > :15:39.not get you home after an evening of excess in Reading, but for some it
:15:40. > :15:45.could be an equally welcome sight. The pilot scheme won with St John's
:15:46. > :17:09.ambulance last year saw 26 patients who would otherwise have
:17:10. > :17:11.Saturday night. On to sport, and we've got lots of
:17:12. > :17:13.news. Kris, interesting developments in
:17:14. > :17:16.the future of London Irish? London Irish have called a press
:17:17. > :17:20.conference for tomorrow morning, where they'll announce that the club
:17:21. > :17:24.have been taken over by a group of Irish businessmen. One of the key
:17:25. > :17:27.decisions for the new owners will be whether to move away from their
:17:28. > :17:31.current home at Reading's Madejski Stadium. The Exiles have shared the
:17:32. > :17:33.venue with Reading Football Club since 2000, and have an agreement in
:17:34. > :17:35.place to play there until 2026. In football, Swindon Town are just one
:17:36. > :18:56.round from good deal better than the men's team
:18:57. > :18:59.are managing at present! Dorset taekwondo star Aaron Cook is
:19:00. > :19:02.preparing for a potential encounter, against the man who denied him a
:19:03. > :19:05.place at the London Olympics last year. Dorchester's Cook could face
:19:06. > :19:08.Lutaylo Muhammed, in this weekend's inaugural World Grand Prix event in
:19:09. > :19:11.Manchester. The pair haven't spoken since Muhammed was chosen for the
:19:12. > :19:15.Olympic team ahead of Cook, who then ditched his GB funding and chose to
:19:16. > :19:21.compete for the Isle of Man instead. Here's Ed Sherry.
:19:22. > :20:47.winner and it will be me. Georgia Barnes is also competing. I am also
:20:48. > :20:54.very excited to get the wild card. It is an honour, a great
:20:55. > :21:01.opportunity. Georgia Barnes content two share the common goal of the
:21:02. > :21:07.2016 Olympics. The challenges they face to get there are very
:21:08. > :22:29.different. Round`the`world sailor
:22:30. > :22:32.first YouGov Wellington on the grounds of Kingston Lacy is being
:22:33. > :22:36.felled. Lott has set into the tree and the National Trust says that the
:22:37. > :22:41.work that was begun today is sad but necessary.
:22:42. > :22:47.It is a view that has changed very little in 200 years, a view that the
:22:48. > :22:53.Duke of Wellington knew very well. William Banks honoured the iron Duke
:22:54. > :22:55.five planting a cedar tree on the grounds. A rule
:22:56. > :24:21.have to come down, but they have had their time, unfortunately. Though
:24:22. > :24:28.this is the end for the Duke's cedar, the link will survive.
:24:29. > :24:42.Saplings taken from seeds will soon be planted.
:24:43. > :24:43.Onto the weather forecast now. Many people had to scrape their
:24:44. > :26:05.windscreens