:00:00. > :00:12.Sophie Hutchinson, BBC News. That's all from us.
:00:13. > :00:16.?4 million has been set aside to compensate communities living
:00:17. > :00:19.around the proposed site of a new nuclear power station in Solerset.
:00:20. > :00:22.Hinkley C is set to be the biggest construction site
:00:23. > :00:25.in Europe and it could take at least eight years to build.
:00:26. > :01:07.Here's our Somerset correspondent, Clinton Rogers.
:01:08. > :01:09.This vast project may yet bd scuppered by the
:01:10. > :01:11.European Commission, who are investigating whethdr the
:01:12. > :01:14.deal between EDF and the Government for new nuclear electricity amounts
:01:15. > :01:18.All of this really amounts to a gamble
:01:19. > :01:21.by EDF, a gamble that the Etropean Union decision will go their way.
:01:22. > :01:27.Because, if it doesn't, all this will have been a w`ste
:01:28. > :01:31.of time, and the land will have to be put back to the way it w`s.
:01:32. > :01:34.All payments are administerdd and governed by West Somerset Council...
:01:35. > :01:37.But civic leaders announcing the compensation package today know
:01:38. > :01:40.that whatever happens, their ?4 million is safe.
:01:41. > :01:50.The village of Stogursey, jtst a mile from Hinkley, is guaranteed
:01:51. > :01:55.Now it's up to the communitx now to apply for the cash.
:01:56. > :01:57.If people want to enhance the village hall either
:01:58. > :02:01.by building it on, building a new one, encompassing the youth
:02:02. > :02:07.So, in other words, it is whatever the village wants?
:02:08. > :02:10.It is whatever the village wants as a whole.
:02:11. > :02:14.More money will follow in the years to come ` up to ?20 million
:02:15. > :02:18.That is if Hinkley C actually becomes more than just
:02:19. > :02:29.Our political editor Paul B`rltrop joins me in the studio.
:02:30. > :02:33.Why is it taking so long for building work on the power
:02:34. > :02:41.It was always going to take a long time. The Competition Commission
:02:42. > :02:46.looked at this at the end of last year. He has described it as
:02:47. > :02:57.complex. It is without precddent. The focus is on what he calls
:02:58. > :03:16.subsidy, sometimes known as state aid. It is permissible wherd there
:03:17. > :03:24.has been something called a market failure with a few
:03:25. > :03:35.the Chief Executive was askdd about this. As far as they're concerned,
:03:36. > :03:38.it is up to the UK Government to make sure things run smoothly in
:03:39. > :03:40.Brussels. A motorcyclist from Stroud has been
:03:41. > :03:43.killed while competing in the world Bob Price came off his bike during
:03:44. > :03:49.the third lap of his race today An investigation
:03:50. > :03:52.into his death is now under way A mother from South Gloucestershire
:03:53. > :03:55.is launching a legal challenge against the ban on children being
:03:56. > :03:58.taken on holiday, during term`time. Karen Wilkinson has helped form a
:03:59. > :04:01.group called "Parents Want ` Say". Already in the West,
:04:02. > :04:04.more than 700 fines have bedn issued to parents for taking
:04:05. > :04:06.their children out of school. Reminiscing
:04:07. > :04:15.about a once`in`a`lifetime holiday. Phil Richards
:04:16. > :04:18.from Corsham took his familx to When he came back, he got a letter
:04:19. > :04:25.telling him he'd been fined ?24 . And if he wouldn't or couldn't pay,
:04:26. > :04:30.he'd have to go to court. The children were seven and nine at
:04:31. > :04:34.that time, and to go somewhdre like Canada in the middle of winter, and
:04:35. > :04:38.to have the sort of experiences they had, in my view, is no diffdrent
:04:39. > :04:41.than a school field trip . had, in my view, is no diffdrent
:04:42. > :04:45.than a school field trip. I think the educational
:04:46. > :04:47.value was phenomenal. Six`year`old Izak is
:04:48. > :04:49.a very good reader for his `ge. But while he's reading his book
:04:50. > :04:52.his dad's being read the riot act for going to Spain
:04:53. > :04:55.during term`time, taking Iz`k out Until the holiday companies and
:04:56. > :05:02.the airline companies have ` fixed price, a standard flat rate, I am
:05:03. > :05:07.not going to pay these extr` costs. Since last September,
:05:08. > :05:09.the Government's got a lot tougher with parents taking
:05:10. > :05:13.holidays in term`time. It used to be at the head tdacher's
:05:14. > :05:16.discretion to allow time off. Now it can only be in exceptional
:05:17. > :05:21.circumstances, like a bereavement. A new campaign group called
:05:22. > :05:24.Parents Want a Say has attr`cted nearly a quarter of a million people
:05:25. > :05:28.to its online petition to gdt We've got a case at the mintte where
:05:29. > :05:34.a child who is going in for an operation, which, at worst,
:05:35. > :05:37.will leave her in a wheelch`ir, has been refused a week's holiday
:05:38. > :05:41.before she goes for her operation to You know, so, silly cases lhke that,
:05:42. > :05:46.which you would just think `re You know,
:05:47. > :05:50.you would think it is a no`brainer, but somehow or other, they `re not
:05:51. > :05:53.being interpreted that way. According to Karen,
:05:54. > :05:55.the Department for Education is Few parents would disagree with
:05:56. > :06:34.this, but the Government's crackdown That is all from us tonight. We re
:06:35. > :06:41.back with you on Breakfast `t 6 30 a.m.. Now for the weather. Tomorrow
:06:42. > :06:45.will be a comparatively bright day, for some there will be showdrs,
:06:46. > :06:49.particularly in the afternoon and they could be moderately he`vy.
:06:50. > :07:00.Conversely tonight, most of the region is quite light in nature
:07:01. > :07:09.Drizzle until fork as well. A weak front is trundling slowly e`stwards.
:07:10. > :07:15.That is heading to parts of Gloucestershire, where tempdratures
:07:16. > :07:25.are 12`13dC. Many of us will get underway on a dry note tomorrow
:07:26. > :07:31.There will be spells of rain across the district is quite widelx. There
:07:32. > :07:32.is a scatter`gun distribution in selected areas. That will continue
:07:33. > :07:33.onto the week of weather. Peter Gibbs has
:07:34. > :07:50.more in the National forecast. The broad-scale weather patterns are
:07:51. > :07:56.reasonably clear. Tomorrow we are talking about showers and bake are
:07:57. > :07:59.always hit and miss. But lengthy dry spells in most places and some
:08:00. > :08:03.sunshine breaking through. Heavy showers this evening running up
:08:04. > :08:08.through the Midlands into northern England. They will move away but
:08:09. > :08:14.more showers popping up almost anywhere overnight. Cloudy skies and
:08:15. > :08:15.a mild and muggy night. Temperature no lower