:00:13. > :00:14.Billions of barrels of oils are under Kent and Sussex
:00:15. > :00:18.says a new geological survey ` are we on the brink of a Dallas
:00:19. > :00:29.It would be naive not to look into it.
:00:30. > :00:36.It would be nice if we didn't have to dig up the whole countryside.
:00:37. > :00:38.Major gains for Labour in the local elections,
:00:39. > :00:42.We?ll be getting reaction live at key points across the region.
:00:43. > :00:46.More space, more staff ` Govia promise a better commuter
:00:47. > :00:50.experience as they win their bid to run more of our trains.
:00:51. > :00:52.A master of style in Margate; an exhibition
:00:53. > :00:56.of iconic works by Mondrian kick off a summer of colour in Thanet.
:00:57. > :01:01.The couple who've rediscovered their passion for each other
:01:02. > :01:16.Billions of barrels of oil, worth hundreds of billions
:01:17. > :01:19.of pounds are thought to be contained underneath a large swathe
:01:20. > :01:23.of the South East, according to a major study by the British
:01:24. > :01:28.It could spark a bonanza of exploration ` but in many areas,
:01:29. > :01:31.the only way of extracting it may be by using the
:01:32. > :01:37.The study area stretched from Wiltshire through Sussex
:01:38. > :01:43.Oil could be extracted from a large area known as the Weald Basin.
:01:44. > :01:46.Well, our Environment Correspondent Yvette Austin joins us now
:01:47. > :01:49.from Balcombe, the scene of anti fracking protests last summer.
:01:50. > :02:04.And with a break from testing, but it was my report will raise
:02:05. > :02:09.uncertainties that those against fracking. The British geological has
:02:10. > :02:14.said that fracking will be required to get the oil out of the ground by
:02:15. > :02:20.the company Cuadrilla say it will not be required here. People want
:02:21. > :02:23.more reassurances, but it is in wider issue than this site alone. We
:02:24. > :02:27.could see oil wells springing up across the south`east.
:02:28. > :02:35.Could the Weald Basin become the new Dallas, Texas?
:02:36. > :02:43.There are fears of the ruined rural landscape. Battle lines drawn last
:02:44. > :02:45.year looks set to extend across the south`east.
:02:46. > :02:49.The government is keen to explore the resource.
:02:50. > :02:53.It would be wrong to ignore the potential of extracting more
:02:54. > :02:57.home`grown energy rather than home`grown energy rather than
:02:58. > :03:03.importing oil from unreliable parts of the world.
:03:04. > :03:06.It?s been known for years that oil has existed
:03:07. > :03:10.beneath the South East, but how much has been a mystery up to now.
:03:11. > :03:12.The Weald Basin, it?s now revealed, is rich in reserves.
:03:13. > :03:15.It's estimated there's between 2.2 and 8.5 billion barrels
:03:16. > :03:19.No significant gas, but the value of the oil looking at today's prices
:03:20. > :03:30.There could be something like 20,000 wells to cover the area, and if you
:03:31. > :03:34.want to do the job in 20 years you're looking at 1000 wells every
:03:35. > :03:39.year. The scale of the full industrial attack is something most
:03:40. > :03:43.people probably don't understand. But there's opposition to
:03:44. > :03:46.extraction, demonstrated last year at exploratory drilling
:03:47. > :03:55.in the village of Balcombe. Even if they could extract ten
:03:56. > :03:57.perceptiveness, it would mean 3500 wells and it would supply fewer than
:03:58. > :04:02.300 days of the UK oil supply. Here in Hawyards Heath,
:04:03. > :04:12.in the heart of the oil field, It would be naive not to look into
:04:13. > :04:16.it. I think it could be a good thing.
:04:17. > :04:21.I don't think energy prices will come down that much even if we do
:04:22. > :04:24.extract oil or gas in this area. I think the prices will remain the
:04:25. > :04:29.same or higher because of the costs of extracting.
:04:30. > :04:34.If they've got to do that, that's fine, as long as they are not
:04:35. > :04:38.disturbing any of the properties, it is no problem at all.
:04:39. > :04:41.There's no estimate as to how much of the oil will be recoverable
:04:42. > :04:45.by fracking, but no doubt there will be companies willing to try.
:04:46. > :04:56.One of the big questions is, if oil is here, will it drive down energy
:04:57. > :05:01.prices? Just four years ago, natural gas prices in Europe were roughly
:05:02. > :05:04.comparable with those in the US, but now they are three times higher.
:05:05. > :05:11.This perhaps natural that the government wants to tap into shale
:05:12. > :05:16.gas and oil. Will the rocks here contain that oil? Will be be too
:05:17. > :05:18.difficult for fracking or will enough oil be via? There are still
:05:19. > :05:21.uncertainties. So what are
:05:22. > :05:23.the incentives being offered to The government today announced
:05:24. > :05:27.proposals for payments That's in addition to previously
:05:28. > :05:33.announced one`off ?100,000 payments in areas with fracking sites as well
:05:34. > :05:49.as a 1% share of profits made. It shows their desperation that they
:05:50. > :05:53.want to increase the incentives. I am in touch with people who are
:05:54. > :05:57.faced with drilling in their villages, they don't want more
:05:58. > :06:01.money, they want to be left alone and enjoy the quality of life.
:06:02. > :06:04.We asked for your views on this issue and some of you have
:06:05. > :06:08.Steve Cream from Ashford is in favour of fracking, saying, ?We
:06:09. > :06:12.have to source our own resources for the sake of our children's future.?
:06:13. > :06:15.Rob Watkins meanwhile says he'd much rather see much more investment
:06:16. > :06:17.in renewables and a distancing from gas dependency.
:06:18. > :06:20.?Go electric with as much as possible on a renewable basis.?
:06:21. > :06:24.Do let us know your thoughts via email ` southeasttoday @bbc.co.uk,
:06:25. > :06:27.or on Facebook or Twitter @bbcsoutheast.
:06:28. > :06:30.Today's study will be followed within weeks by a new licensing
:06:31. > :06:35.round, which will eventually offer companies the right to drill
:06:36. > :06:53.In a moment, the world rallycross championship 's comes to Kent.
:06:54. > :06:56.The Conservatives have lost control of two councils in Kent and Sussex,
:06:57. > :06:59.following gains for Labour and a surge in support for UKIP
:07:00. > :07:03.They've lost in Crawley, where Labour have taken four
:07:04. > :07:09.And they've lost overall control in Maidstone, after four
:07:10. > :07:14.Labour have stayed in power in Hastings, where UKIP lost
:07:15. > :07:19.But the Conservatives have been able to celebrate keeping control of
:07:20. > :07:32.Our Political Editor Louise Stewart has the details.
:07:33. > :07:37.They have cause to celebrate in Crawley. The need to win three wards
:07:38. > :07:43.to gain control the council and in the end took for. The new leader at
:07:44. > :07:50.just 27 is one of the youngest, and says the result would well for next
:07:51. > :07:55.year's general election. Misses target 92 for the party, we already
:07:56. > :07:59.have a huge majority coming the next election and I think we are on track
:08:00. > :08:04.here and across the country. We are winning in the South.
:08:05. > :08:10.Labour also gained a seat from the Tories in Hastings.
:08:11. > :08:13.This is a good foundation to build upon for the general election next
:08:14. > :08:21.year. Overall our vote is up.
:08:22. > :08:25.It wasn't such good news for UKIP in Hastings, their only councillor lost
:08:26. > :08:31.to the Conservatives, the party he had defected from. Elsewhere UKIP
:08:32. > :08:36.was enough to bring mixed on into no overall control, the party taking
:08:37. > :08:43.four seeds from the Conservatives. It shows how angry and disillusioned
:08:44. > :08:48.people are with the main parties. The Lib Dems lost a seat to Labour
:08:49. > :08:53.and punished at the polls in Tunbridge Wells where they lost two
:08:54. > :08:57.seats to the Conservatives. Out of national issues have played
:08:58. > :09:01.into the hands of the public. It is difficult when you have two very
:09:02. > :09:06.hard`working councillors, but I think party politics has played a
:09:07. > :09:09.part. In Tandridge no major surprises, the
:09:10. > :09:15.Conservatives held onto their majority and shrugged off the threat
:09:16. > :09:20.from UKIP. And services have held all of their
:09:21. > :09:26.seats, and that is credit to the compelling message on the doorstep.
:09:27. > :09:33.For UKIP and labour was a good night across the south`east, for the other
:09:34. > :09:38.parties, the postmortems Kim. `` the postmortems begin.
:09:39. > :09:41.So how have our votes been shared out across all six councils?
:09:42. > :09:44.We've elected 51 Conservatives ` that represents an overall loss
:09:45. > :09:48.Labour are next with 21, a net increase of seven.
:09:49. > :09:50.There are 11 Lib Dems ` they've lost three seats.
:09:51. > :09:54.Followed by UKIP with nine councillors ` a net gain of eight.
:09:55. > :09:56.But the percentage of the vote tells a different story.
:09:57. > :10:00.The Conservatives stay at the top with 36% of all the votes cast.
:10:01. > :10:03.But look at UKIP ` they're up to second with 22%.
:10:04. > :10:05.That beats both Labour and the Lib Dems.
:10:06. > :10:08.And it's left the UKIP leader and South East MEP Nigel Farage
:10:09. > :10:15.confident his party will do well in next year's General Election.
:10:16. > :10:22.Kent is emerging as one of the strongest counties, just look at the
:10:23. > :10:27.county elections last year, 17 Kent county council is elected for UKIP
:10:28. > :10:33.and we performed very well in Maidstone. I am very bullish about
:10:34. > :10:35.Kent, and when we come up with our strategy for the general election,
:10:36. > :10:40.some of those seats will be in Kent.
:10:41. > :10:43.Let's cross live to our Political Editor Louise Stewart in Crawley.
:10:44. > :10:45.Success for Labour in Crawley and Hastings, while the Conservatives
:10:46. > :10:50.continue to run most of our councils in the South East, but the UKIP vote
:10:51. > :11:02.That's right, you heard Nigel Farage saying he was feeling bullish.
:11:03. > :11:06.Labour will feel bullish that they have taken control of Crawley
:11:07. > :11:12.Council, but Nigel Farage saying that Kent is a power base for them.
:11:13. > :11:17.The figures and really show the full story because in so many places they
:11:18. > :11:23.came second. But because of our style of voting, first past the
:11:24. > :11:27.post, the field in some places to get any councillors at all. That
:11:28. > :11:30.will be a different story on Sunday night because the electoral system
:11:31. > :11:35.for the European Parliament is proportional representation. Nigel
:11:36. > :11:39.Farage says he will be standing in the general election, and says it
:11:40. > :11:42.will be somewhere south of the Thames. The biggest hint yet that it
:11:43. > :11:45.is likely to be in Kent. And for more details
:11:46. > :11:47.and a full breakdown of the local election results,
:11:48. > :11:51.you can log on to our websites, and of course we'll have full coverage
:11:52. > :12:10.of the European Election results A rumour couple who objected to
:12:11. > :12:14.having their child adopted by a same`sex couple have lost their
:12:15. > :12:18.case. The couple said it was not suitable because of their
:12:19. > :12:22.children's Catholic upbringing is, but a judge ruled that there are
:12:23. > :12:30.bringing was more significant than any impact on their religious
:12:31. > :12:34.upbringing. Boris Johnson argues that this
:12:35. > :12:38.development could reshape the national economy. The commission is
:12:39. > :12:45.already considering building a second runway at Gatwick or
:12:46. > :12:49.expanding the runways at Heathrow. I truly believe that what we're
:12:50. > :12:52.proposing is only logical solution, as it is the one that really
:12:53. > :12:57.delivers the long`term growth of the city needs and gives us the
:12:58. > :13:01.conductivity that a great global capital deserves.
:13:02. > :13:06.The Government has announced the winner of the competition to run
:13:07. > :13:11.Govia, will to take on a seven year contract to run
:13:12. > :13:13.Thameslink services, connecting Bedford to central London, Gatwick
:13:14. > :13:17.Govia already run the Southern, Southeastern and Gatwick Express
:13:18. > :13:19.The government said the new franchise would improve
:13:20. > :13:23.commuter services with nearly 1,400 extra carriages increasing capacity
:13:24. > :13:29.Our Correspondent Mark Norman is live at Three Bridge Station.
:13:30. > :13:38.Mark, will passengers notice any difference?
:13:39. > :13:45.I don't think there will be a dramatic difference. One obvious one
:13:46. > :13:49.will be trained that currently run on the line behind me will not as
:13:50. > :13:54.first capital connect lost the franchise. They will eventually be
:13:55. > :14:00.replaced by other trains. The biggest of the new commitments is
:14:01. > :14:04.10,000 extra passenger seats to ease congestion on busy lines like this
:14:05. > :14:12.one. They also talk about 8000 more jobs. They will primarily be in the
:14:13. > :14:20.Thames Link service, but still good news for the south`east. Govia are
:14:21. > :14:26.delighted to have won the franchise.
:14:27. > :14:32.Readers will see a great deal from this. We will see a franchise that
:14:33. > :14:37.will see a much better service for commuters, there will be a overhaul
:14:38. > :14:46.of the timetable, more frequent services, and better trains
:14:47. > :14:52.particularly to Gatwick. What is the timetable for these
:14:53. > :14:56.changes, Mark? The franchise doesn't begin until
:14:57. > :15:02.2018. We will see Thames Link trains before that. But as five years
:15:03. > :15:07.away, and that gives Govia a chance to invest properly so they can make
:15:08. > :15:08.some money and improve the passenger experience on busy lines like this
:15:09. > :15:12.one. A scheme to try
:15:13. > :15:18.and protect vulnerable children from being sexually abused in Sussex
:15:19. > :15:21.has been launched today. Codenamed Operation Kite,
:15:22. > :15:24.the aim is to try and get all the agencies involved in child
:15:25. > :15:26.protection to communicate better. It's estimated as many
:15:27. > :15:29.as 100 children a year are being abused in Sussex ` many of them
:15:30. > :15:32.already in local authority care. This man was arrested during a
:15:33. > :15:37.police raid in Dover two weeks ago. It's alleged he
:15:38. > :15:39.and others sexually exploited No child should be the victim of
:15:40. > :15:47.this kind of horrific abuse. Today, in Lewes,
:15:48. > :15:49.Sussex police launched a coordinated campaign to tackle what they say is
:15:50. > :15:59.a hidden but significant problem. We want to raise awareness for the
:16:00. > :16:02.general public, we want our staff to know what to look for, we want
:16:03. > :16:06.Britons to know they will be believed and to come forward.
:16:07. > :16:07.Vulnerable children are most at risk.
:16:08. > :16:10.Police officers revealed Sussex has the 5th highest number
:16:11. > :16:22.For the most part, children don't realise they are being sexually
:16:23. > :16:24.exploited by Liz is happening, and there are things that a child can
:16:25. > :16:29.gain from the relationship even if there are other things that are very
:16:30. > :16:34.negative, such as material gains. It's hoped more cooperation
:16:35. > :16:36.between businesses, the public and child protection organisations
:16:37. > :16:43.will help keep young people safe. One of the steps we have taken is to
:16:44. > :16:48.enable the police to secure information from hotels about guests
:16:49. > :16:50.who have stayed there, and some hotels are clearly being used as
:16:51. > :16:55.places where children are being taken to be sexually exploited.
:16:56. > :16:57.Operation Kite follows a year`long investigation that resulted in 6
:16:58. > :17:00.men from east Sussex being charged with serious sexual offences.
:17:01. > :17:02.It's the first prosecution for alleged child sexual
:17:03. > :17:20.Our top story tonight, billions of barrels of oil worth hundreds of
:17:21. > :17:25.millions of pounds are underneath the south`east according to a major
:17:26. > :17:32.study. In many areas, the only way of extracting it may be by using the
:17:33. > :17:41.controversial process of fracking. Also in the programme, work by the
:17:42. > :18:05.influential artist takes centre stage in market.
:18:06. > :18:12.And join me for the forecast. A major exhibition of the work of
:18:13. > :18:17.Mondrian is opening in Margate which the organisers hope will be a
:18:18. > :18:23.blockbuster. You may have been dead for 70 years,
:18:24. > :18:28.but Mondrian is around us all in terms of style and design. He
:18:29. > :18:35.started something, followed by many designers who came after him.
:18:36. > :18:40.He was incredibly influential, and his legacy lives on today. I think
:18:41. > :18:44.for artists, architects, they look to Mondrian is one of the first
:18:45. > :19:07.graphic designers. It's pretty infectious this Mondrian
:19:08. > :19:16.great, once you have seen it once, you start to see it everywhere.
:19:17. > :19:19.We're hoping to have a festival of fun, and capture the essence of
:19:20. > :19:26.being by the seaside, fun and vibrancy that spills out and
:19:27. > :19:31.encourages people to get involved. In Holland, he painted more than a
:19:32. > :19:35.few windmills in his time, and that is what has inspired these artworks
:19:36. > :19:40.made by local people. Who made them?
:19:41. > :19:46.We had all sorts of people, children from schools, we have been around
:19:47. > :19:53.the town trying to catch bystanders and ask them to make it windmills.
:19:54. > :19:58.We had some interesting times. It has taken long negotiations to bring
:19:59. > :20:05.these paintings from Dutch galleries and museums. Retell the story of how
:20:06. > :20:10.Mondrian went from landscape to outlandish as he developed his art.
:20:11. > :20:14.He was the last person to care what people thought of his work, but this
:20:15. > :20:28.is a chance to make up your own mind.
:20:29. > :20:37.It is a tale of romance and a lifetime living in hope that finds a
:20:38. > :20:42.happy ending. Alan never married, saying that
:20:43. > :20:47.Cathy was the one for him, but all things come to those who wait, and
:20:48. > :20:55.today after a slight hiatus of 46 years they finally tied the knot.
:20:56. > :21:02.Today Alan and Cathy finally tied the knot, 46 years after he first
:21:03. > :21:08.proposed, and held their wedding reception at the really really met
:21:09. > :21:16.in the nineteen sixties. Is left to me to speak for
:21:17. > :21:19.appearance who have died. For those of you who read the local paper you
:21:20. > :21:25.will see that we have gained some notoriety.
:21:26. > :21:30.Their love affair started in 1966, the year England won the World Cup.
:21:31. > :21:33.We got engaged two years later, the year Richard Nixon was elected
:21:34. > :21:42.president, but their relationship ended. They were reintroduced in
:21:43. > :21:48.2007, the same year that high`speed one was discussed.
:21:49. > :21:55.I found out that he had said that basically no one else would do. I
:21:56. > :21:59.believed him. Is like that. Alan never married. Cathy did, but
:22:00. > :22:04.her marriage didn't last. Over the romantic, Alan proposed to her at
:22:05. > :22:09.the same place you did 40 years earlier, and on the same day, her
:22:10. > :22:14.birthday. We have gone out on a number 11 bus,
:22:15. > :22:19.because that is what we did the first time, and there were a few
:22:20. > :22:22.people about. I said, if you want me to marry you, you will have to go
:22:23. > :22:27.down on one knee again, and so he did, in the middle of London, in the
:22:28. > :22:33.rain, went down on one knee and asked me if I would marry him and
:22:34. > :22:36.produced the ring. Lumet heroes volunteers in the
:22:37. > :22:45.1960s, proving that time has not derailed their love. `` the next
:22:46. > :22:52.year as volunteers. `` the Met shear.
:22:53. > :23:00.Many thousands of people this weekend will be at the racing
:23:01. > :23:04.circuit to see some special cars. They accelerate more quickly than a
:23:05. > :23:15.Formula one car, and many of them are reaching the very first rally
:23:16. > :23:20.cross stage to come here. It's a motor racing cocktail that
:23:21. > :23:26.fans and drivers love. It is very different to what I'm
:23:27. > :23:33.used to. Going in at the deep end. We have 38 supercars here. It is a
:23:34. > :23:39.tough great. The racing is close, and the cars are phenomenal.
:23:40. > :23:44.Lynne Hill has been hosting rallycross since the nineteen
:23:45. > :23:49.sixties. This week's action will be just as frantic and popular.
:23:50. > :23:53.We have people from all over the world, the West Indies, Iceland,
:23:54. > :23:57.Russia and America. There is people coming from everywhere just to see
:23:58. > :24:02.the circuit that we are really proud of.
:24:03. > :24:06.Rallycross attracts some of the world's best drivers, including some
:24:07. > :24:11.with Formula one experience. I would be content with a podium
:24:12. > :24:15.finish, I would be extremely happy with a win.
:24:16. > :24:20.Today was the lull before the storm. These cars, some of which
:24:21. > :24:26.cost half ?1 million, will be going flat out, and that means zero to 60
:24:27. > :24:33.mph in less than two seconds. The races may not be long, but they are
:24:34. > :24:42.never dull. Easter bank holiday, which must mean
:24:43. > :24:45.we have some rain on the way! Over the next couple of days,
:24:46. > :24:52.especially for Saturday we may see some heavy rain. It will feel
:24:53. > :24:59.fresher after the showers, brighter for Sunday, and a dry start on
:25:00. > :25:07.Monday. This is the rain we will see tonight. You can see for Sunday it
:25:08. > :25:11.will be dry and bright. A cloudy start for Monday, and then this
:25:12. > :25:17.pulls up from the continent bringing wet and windy weather. Earlier the
:25:18. > :25:23.showers mostly stays to the west of us, and temperatures have been 16 or
:25:24. > :25:29.17 Celsius. Into tonight, some showers but mostly dry initially. We
:25:30. > :25:35.start to see heavy rain from two or three o'clock tomorrow morning.
:25:36. > :25:41.Cloak is up from the south, temperatures around 11 or 12, and I
:25:42. > :25:47.were overcast start on Saturday. It will feel fresher, temperatures 13
:25:48. > :25:55.or 14 degrees. Through tomorrow night, averages drop and showers
:25:56. > :25:59.will ease. And dry start to Sunday, and stays that way through the
:26:00. > :26:08.afternoon. Temperature is recovering nicely and sunshine around. Over
:26:09. > :26:15.into Monday, initially dry, but then heavy rain and things will feel
:26:16. > :26:25.cooler as we go through the rest of the day. Sunday will be a lovely
:26:26. > :26:33.bright day, for Monday, best to do them in the morning. The afternoon
:26:34. > :26:39.to be wet and windy. Let's go back to our top story, oil
:26:40. > :26:47.worth hundreds of billions of pounds found under the south`east.
:26:48. > :26:52.But should we extracted? We asked for your views.
:26:53. > :26:58.Some are not convinced by promises of cheap feel. One says, I remember
:26:59. > :27:04.promises of North Sea oil, could this be another empty promise?
:27:05. > :27:09.Philip says, yes, I agree to fracking, it saves us importing.
:27:10. > :27:16.Another says, do it, the cheaper, the better.
:27:17. > :27:22.It always amuses me that if it was in some other area of north now one
:27:23. > :27:25.would care, but this is it affects middle England is a leafy villages,
:27:26. > :27:29.they want to keep their home comforts.
:27:30. > :27:35.Another says we should spend time and money developing renewable
:27:36. > :27:37.energy resources. That is all from us for now. For
:27:38. > :27:56.now, thank you. Goodbye. Let's look at the history
:27:57. > :28:04.of BBC TWO with me, Simon Schama. 'Harry And Paul's
:28:05. > :28:07.Story Of The 2s - part of