03/05/2014 South East Today

now. There is more throughout the evening

Good evening. Anti`fracking on bids the BBC News channel.

Good evening. Anti`fracking protestors are considering a legal

challenge against a decision to approve plans for the continued

exploration for oil and gas in a Sussex village. The energy company

Cuadrilla can now carry out further tests at the site in Balcombe. Last

summer protestors gathered amid fears that test drilling could lead

to fracking. Cuadrilla has said it won't carry out hydraulic fracturing

at the site. The frack`free Balcombe Residents' Association is to meet

lawyers next week. People in the South East are being warned to be

more vigilant after an increase in ticks in the countryside. Ramblers

and dog walkers in particular should check themselves for ticks, which

carry a bacterial infection called Lyme Disease. Research suggests that

there are now more around than ever before. She was diagnosed with Lyme

Disease in 2011 after holidaying in Scotland. Months, Sarah was

housebound. She even had to give up her job as a vet. I in horrific

pain. I was bedbound, unable to set up never mind walk. I partner had to

feed me, bade me and dress me. I was in this state for six months. Lyme

Disease is spread to humans by infected ticks. It can affect the

skin, heart and nervous system. There is a warning that ticks are

currently on the rise. Ticks are carried by deer and there is an

increasing population of them in the UK. They are also carried by birds.

You can get in anywhere in your garden the matter where you live.

This takes years to recover from. Prevention is better than you are.

The best thing is for people to check themselves, check their

children and their animals when they come back from a walk. Despite being

a vet, Sarah says she knew very little about Lyme Disease until she

was diagnosed. She now takes a daily concoction of pills and wants to

raise awareness so that others do not have to go what she did.

Firefighters in Kent and Sussex are staging a second strike today in a

long`running dispute with the Government over pensions. Members of

the Fire Brigades Union walked out at 2pm today for 12 hours. There

will be similar action tomorrow. The union is unhappy with the latest

deal offered by the Government. Thousands of children have marched

through the centre of Brighton today to mark the start of the city's arts

festival. 5,000 youngsters from 83 schools took part in the Children's

Parade. Around 10,000 people watched the largest annual children's event

in the UK. For 25 years or so, the Children's Parade has started

Brighton Festival and that means that children who are involved in

the Festival have parents who were once part of the Children's Parade.

So it is a wonderful, wonderful part of Brighton's history. It's been an

action`packed weekend for our football teams. In the Championship,

Brighton have qualified for the end`of`season playoffs after an

injury stoppage time goal from Leonardo Ajowa gave them a 2`1 win

over Nottingham Forest. They will now face Derby County in the

semi`finals. The home leg will be at the Amex on Thursday and the return

leg will be the following Sunday. Meanwhile, also in the Championship,

Charlton had a convincing victory against Blackpool in their away

game, winning 3`0. And in League One, Gillingham drew one`all against

Shrewsbury at the Priestfield, and Crawley Town also drew one`all in

their game against Bristol City. Hello there. It turned into a

beautiful day despite a chilly start, and, actually, we have

another chilly night as we get to the night

A cold start tomorrow, warming up, in fact probably a little bit warmer

than it was today. We have some clear skies around through the night

tonight, and like last night, that means temperatures will really be

allowed to fall away. The wind direction started to change, too.

That plays a crucial role in fortunes for the next couple of

days. Now, these are very conservative town temperatures, it

will be much colder than that in the outlying countryside. We will see a

grass frost and an air frost in some spots. But a bright start for

tomorrow and we have that southerly wind developing which means

temperatures will lift a little in the next couple of days. Day by day,

we will be gaining a degree or two, so tomorrow up to 13 or 14, possibly

more than that, especially in London area. Inland we will see highs of 16

and 17. And warmer still potentially for Bank Holiday Monday, a lot of

cloud around but staying dry until the end of things on Tuesday into

Wednesday. Goodbye. Good evening. It was a cold, even

frosty start to the Bank Holiday weekend but for most of us day one

of three has been dry. We are going to see changes, the first of those

changes spilling across Scotland and Northern Ireland as outbreaks of

rain drifting through the night. Getting into parts of northern

England as well. With the cloud and rain it will not be as cold as last

night, temperatures staying in double figures in many cities. In

the south, clear skies once more. Like last night, it is going to be

cold. Parts of the countryside will be down to zero, maybe -1, as we

start Sunday. A chilly start. Generally a fine day was quite a bit

of sunshine. Elsewhere, sunshine in short supply to start with. Dull,

damp morning. It will turn brighter in some areas as the day goes on. In

Northern Ireland, for the afternoon, a pulse of rain is expected to stop

it will push into south-west Scotland later in the day. Maybe

brightening up in parts of northern Scotland and North East England.

Showers continuing across north-west England. The odd shower in North

Wales and Midlands but generally the southern half of the UK and dry with

spells of sunshine. Clouding over a