:00:00. > :00:00.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:08. > :00:12.Tonight's top stories: Fresh talks are agreed in the rail crisis
:00:13. > :00:14.after BBC South East's special debate with Southern
:00:15. > :00:33.How many more people's lives must be affected, how many more have to
:00:34. > :00:35.leave their jobs? We will be speaking to Tim lout into night
:00:36. > :00:38.about tours with the Department for Transport.
:00:39. > :00:40.The end of an era - Folkestone's Leas lift,
:00:41. > :00:43.one of the oldest of its kind, is set to close because
:00:44. > :00:47.Also in tonight's programme: The Sussex doctors who say they'll
:00:48. > :00:52.save half a million pounds by not prescribing paracetemol.
:00:53. > :00:55.And evening with an immigrant - we meet the man behind a unique show
:00:56. > :00:57.charting his experiences travelling from Boko Haram
:00:58. > :01:01.After their latest victory, we'll have the action,
:01:02. > :01:16.and reaction, ahead of the FA Cup fourth round draw.
:01:17. > :01:21.Two of the sides in the ongoing rail crisis have opened up lines
:01:22. > :01:23.of communication following BBC South East's debate
:01:24. > :01:28.There were fractious and confrontational scenes
:01:29. > :01:31.during the recording of the debate last night, as regular commuters
:01:32. > :01:36.spoke about the poor service they've been experiencing.
:01:37. > :01:39.The dispute over changes to the role of guards has led to Britain's worst
:01:40. > :01:43.Three further days of strike action on Southern trains are planned this
:01:44. > :01:49.But the union involved in that strike - Aslef -
:01:50. > :01:51.says they have not been invited to any talks.
:01:52. > :01:59.Our political editor Helen Catt reports.
:02:00. > :02:04.Passengers returning home at night note that this evening at the last
:02:05. > :02:08.time they will be able to catch a train for at least 48 hours, as
:02:09. > :02:13.Southerner drivers prepare to walk out again. Their union says an offer
:02:14. > :02:19.to join any new talks has not been extended to them. I have not been
:02:20. > :02:23.invited, I'm not sure what the conditions for those talks. We fired
:02:24. > :02:29.correspondence about talks based on preconditions and we have said that
:02:30. > :02:33.we will not be shackled by any preconditions. At BBC South is
:02:34. > :02:37.debate to be screened tonight, Southern and the conductor 's union,
:02:38. > :02:43.the RMT, repeatedly clashed over the key issue in the disputes, whether
:02:44. > :02:50.or not it is safe to run trains without guards. We are not removing
:02:51. > :02:57.a second person from the train. There will be a second safety
:02:58. > :03:03.trained person on a more trains... Guaranteed on every train? Let him
:03:04. > :03:08.speak, for goodness sake! There will be a second safety trained person on
:03:09. > :03:13.a more trains than there were at the start of this dispute. He cannot
:03:14. > :03:17.guarantee it. Tell the public you will guarantee a safety critical
:03:18. > :03:24.person on every train. Look into the camera and say it. We will roster a
:03:25. > :03:31.second safety trained person on as many trains as had them before this
:03:32. > :03:34.debate. After the recording finished, they went into discussion
:03:35. > :03:40.than it was recognised that there is a need for talks to take place.
:03:41. > :03:44.Tonight, the RMT told as lines of communication remained open. We are
:03:45. > :03:49.definitely looking for a solution. We think there is a solution that is
:03:50. > :03:54.viable and that rather options to discuss. We hope that Southern,
:03:55. > :03:58.together with us when we meet with the same attitude, they can do
:03:59. > :04:04.attitude to getting a resolution to the dispute that everybody wants,
:04:05. > :04:08.especially passengers. At the frustration was clear. How many more
:04:09. > :04:12.people have to leave their jobs or lose their jobs and have their
:04:13. > :04:18.family life significantly disrupted as a result of your services? May I
:04:19. > :04:25.add, these are not down to just strikes, they were bad before the
:04:26. > :04:30.strikes started. And tomorrow, they face more disruption as the driver's
:04:31. > :04:35.union, Aslef, start a three-day strike. They also have three further
:04:36. > :04:39.dates planned this month. In Westminster tonight, more talks
:04:40. > :04:43.between South East MPs and the Transport Secretary. He is under no
:04:44. > :04:47.illusion that the performance of Southern has been not good of the
:04:48. > :04:52.last 18 months and he has said he will tackle that. Once this is
:04:53. > :04:56.resolved, we need to tackle performance issues of Southern. But
:04:57. > :05:00.for angry, frustrated passengers facing another week of reduced
:05:01. > :05:02.services, talk without action is unlikely to be enough.
:05:03. > :05:05.I'm joined now by Tim Loughton, MP for East Worthing and Shoreham.
:05:06. > :05:07.You've been one of a group of MPs meeting the Transport
:05:08. > :05:25.There is hope, but frankly, I was in that question time yesterday which
:05:26. > :05:30.is about is to be broadcast. They all -- the anger of the audience was
:05:31. > :05:34.palpable. But there is not a law that storm is to be resolved. You
:05:35. > :05:39.heard in that clip that Mike Lynch was going on about it was in safety
:05:40. > :05:43.critical and kept interrupting everybody, every one of these new
:05:44. > :05:45.people will be safety trained. Apparently the safety critical
:05:46. > :05:52.element means whether you are trained to go to... It is nonsense,
:05:53. > :05:58.and it could have been settled ages ago. It could be settled quickly.
:05:59. > :06:02.The unions just need to show a willingness to settle it in the
:06:03. > :06:07.interests of the passengers. The Government has made a lot of
:06:08. > :06:10.concessions and have done this through GTR and Southern. They have
:06:11. > :06:17.said let's get this settled and address the safety issues. Is seeing
:06:18. > :06:22.the real sticking point is about the guarantee that there will be a
:06:23. > :06:26.second person on board every train. The so-called Scot rail solution.
:06:27. > :06:30.Given that this strike has already cost more than ?300 million to the
:06:31. > :06:34.economy, wouldn't it be better for the Government to say yes, we will
:06:35. > :06:39.agree to that, we will have a second person on every train? The option
:06:40. > :06:43.is, when those people do not turn up, those trains do not run. What we
:06:44. > :06:57.need is a railway service that is reliable, turns up on
:06:58. > :07:01.time and delivers passengers to the police they need to go to at the
:07:02. > :07:04.time they want. The company have the option obligatory without a second
:07:05. > :07:06.person, that they will take it and it will be the thin end of the
:07:07. > :07:08.wedge? Only in exceptional circumstances. And very few times do
:07:09. > :07:11.they actually run without that second person and what would happen,
:07:12. > :07:13.typically, for example, if a train is delay, the incoming card is not
:07:14. > :07:17.at Victoria in time, the chain leads Victoria, picks up the Garda Clapham
:07:18. > :07:20.Junction or East Croydon and then they are on the train. The
:07:21. > :07:26.alternative is that train does not run at all. This has been shown to
:07:27. > :07:37.be safe. The independent office of the rail safety regulator said it is
:07:38. > :07:40.safe and it operates in over 40% of trains in the UK every day of the
:07:41. > :07:42.week, over 30% of GTO strains. There is no reason that this cannot
:07:43. > :07:47.happen. Perhaps on Thameslink trains from London to Brighton, it should
:07:48. > :07:49.happen. This can be solved if unions inject a bit of common sense and
:07:50. > :07:50.urgency into this. Thank you. Meanwhile, commuters travelling
:07:51. > :07:52.in to London today have faced disruption getting around
:07:53. > :07:54.the capital because of The industrial action over job
:07:55. > :07:58.cuts came to an end just over half an hour ago,
:07:59. > :08:01.but for people heading back to Kent and Sussex it's been yet another
:08:02. > :08:11.day of misery. Our reporter Ian Palmer
:08:12. > :08:13.is at London Bridge now. Ian, passengers you've spoken
:08:14. > :08:16.to are feeling thoroughly fed up. Not the start to the new year
:08:17. > :08:32.they would have wanted? In's never been harder to be South
:08:33. > :08:38.East commuter, frankly, and even though Transport for London has put
:08:39. > :08:43.on 150 extra buses today, still seen faces pressed up against both
:08:44. > :08:47.Windows and pinch points. The strike ended about half an hour ago, but as
:08:48. > :08:53.one ends, another begins, because the drivers strike, their three-day
:08:54. > :08:59.strike on Southern services begins at midnight and even on non-strike
:09:00. > :09:04.days, there will be disruption, because of a continuing overtime
:09:05. > :09:04.ban. Thank you. Apologies for the sound quality there.
:09:05. > :09:07.You can join the debate on our Facebook page and on Twitter
:09:08. > :09:09.using the hashtag SouthernStrike and our Local Live pages
:09:10. > :09:13.You can see the full debate programme, Southern Rail Crisis,
:09:14. > :09:22.this evening at 7.30pm here on BBC One.
:09:23. > :09:32.Coming up: happy 70th birthday to Crawley. But how well has the
:09:33. > :09:35.Newtown lived up to expectations of what it was founded?
:09:36. > :09:38.One of the oldest water-powered lifts in the country
:09:39. > :09:41.looks set to close due to a lack of money to address
:09:42. > :09:45.The current operators of the Leas Lift in Folkestone,
:09:46. > :09:49.which was built in 1885, say they have been left with no
:09:50. > :09:51.alternative than to go out of business, a move
:09:52. > :10:09.It's carried 35 million passengers in its 131 year history, linking the
:10:10. > :10:13.sequence of the promenade. Now the Leas Lift, which uses the weight of
:10:14. > :10:18.water to move, looks set to be stopped by modern Health Safety
:10:19. > :10:26.rules. A very sad day. I've been here for 15 years. We've worked
:10:27. > :10:30.hard, but unfortunately, the old girl is running the best she has
:10:31. > :10:36.been for years. But I drove for the last time last week probably, and
:10:37. > :10:43.she was running beautifully. The Health and Safety Executive said the
:10:44. > :10:47.braking system is not safe enough. It is nothing to do with Health
:10:48. > :10:51.Safety gone mad, but for protection of the public and stopping members
:10:52. > :10:57.of the public getting killed. If this lift failed, the consequences
:10:58. > :11:01.could be quite disastrous. While at the operator says changes would cost
:11:02. > :11:05.?80,000 and it does not have the money, nor enough time to find it
:11:06. > :11:09.and so will terminate its license agreements with a heavy heart. Is
:11:10. > :11:15.like falling in love, is total commitment. You have to work hard at
:11:16. > :11:21.it and it takes over your life to a degree. You can not be half-hearted
:11:22. > :11:24.about it. Even the drivers can be half-hearted about the way they
:11:25. > :11:32.drive it. They have the concentrate and strive it properly every single
:11:33. > :11:36.time. -- drive it. It opened in 1885 and closed in 2009 after the council
:11:37. > :11:41.found it was too expensive to run. Ditto but in 2010, run by a
:11:42. > :11:45.non-profit-making company. I'm sure we can find a way to get is
:11:46. > :11:49.operational again. We need to sort it out and that is what we will do.
:11:50. > :11:49.But it looks like a rough ride ahead.
:11:50. > :11:58.Simon what have the owners had to say?
:11:59. > :12:05.It is owned by the Radnor estate and they tell me they are actively
:12:06. > :12:10.seeking a long-term solution to secure the future of the lift. The
:12:11. > :12:15.local MP has invited them and also the Council and the current
:12:16. > :12:20.operators to a meeting. But the big challenges that even if they find
:12:21. > :12:23.the ?80,000 for the new braking system, at times, this attraction
:12:24. > :12:28.has struggled to make ends meet and relies heavily on the goodwill of
:12:29. > :12:33.volunteers, so cash will continue to be an issue. They've already
:12:34. > :12:35.mothballed one of the pompous ear, a sign of things to come. Thank you.
:12:36. > :12:38.Network Rail has been fined ?800,000 after a track worker was hit
:12:39. > :12:40.by a train travelling at 80 miles per hour, suffering
:12:41. > :12:44.The man was leading a team of 12 responding to cracks
:12:45. > :12:46.on the track with lookouts to protect the group.
:12:47. > :12:50.An investigation by the office for rail and road found that work
:12:51. > :12:53.which could have been carried out at night when the line was empty,
:12:54. > :13:07.was scheduled while fast frequent trains were running.
:13:08. > :13:10.Health bosses in Brighton say they are going to stop funding
:13:11. > :13:12.painkillers on prescription for some patients to save half
:13:13. > :13:15.The Brighton and Hove Clinical commissioning group say they want
:13:16. > :13:18.people to think before they book a GP appointment and argue that
:13:19. > :13:20.by not paying for paracetamol and ibuprofen, they could
:13:21. > :13:25.It can cost as little as 19p to buy a pack of paracetamol
:13:26. > :13:28.But on the NHS, an equivalent pack costs ?1.48.
:13:29. > :13:29.Processing the prescription, costs around ?28.
:13:30. > :13:32.And of course, there's also the gust of the GP appointment
:13:33. > :13:34.which works out at around ?36 - a total of ?65.
:13:35. > :13:45.Our health correspondent Mark Norman reports.
:13:46. > :13:48.Paracetamol and ibuprofen cost four times as much if they are prescribed
:13:49. > :13:51.by a GP than if you bought them in the chemist.
:13:52. > :13:54.So, this cost me 39p a a few minutes ago, but health bosses
:13:55. > :13:57.in Brighton say this costs ?45 for a similar
:13:58. > :13:58.drug to be prescribed after
:13:59. > :14:03.They want to try and save that money and spend it
:14:04. > :14:12.So, it is really about GPs having conversations with patients
:14:13. > :14:15.and saying are you in a position to pay for your paracetamol or
:14:16. > :14:18.ibuprofen for short-term illnesses such as headaches and things like
:14:19. > :14:22.Not for long term conditions, like arthritis.
:14:23. > :14:24.But this isn't only about saving money, it's also
:14:25. > :14:28.about us, the patients, thinking before we book a appointment with
:14:29. > :14:35.Maybe save us some time and save the NHS some money.
:14:36. > :14:37.Obviously, it's very difficult sometimes to get a same
:14:38. > :14:40.day appointments with your GP if you are feeling unwell.
:14:41. > :14:44.And I think understanding some of the costs
:14:45. > :14:48.associated with a GP appointments, what those costs are to be NHS I
:14:49. > :14:51.think will be quite surprising for many people.
:14:52. > :14:54.And when people at this surgery read the leaflet handed out
:14:55. > :14:58.to patients, they seemed understanding.
:14:59. > :15:01.It's not expensive when you get it from a pharmacy.
:15:02. > :15:03.I don't think most people can't afford
:15:04. > :15:05.it, as I don't think that is unreasonable.
:15:06. > :15:08.I buy it myself, it's cheaper in the pound shop.
:15:09. > :15:14.I think it's a good idea, because although
:15:15. > :15:18.it doesn't sound like much, some people may struggle for that.
:15:19. > :15:19.It's worth noticing that bosses who might
:15:20. > :15:22.have started this campaign with painkillers, but they intend to roll
:15:23. > :15:25.it out with a series of other medications that may no longer
:15:26. > :15:40.Commuters are braced for the Southern Rail network
:15:41. > :15:43.to grind to a halt tomorrow as train drivers with the union Aslef take
:15:44. > :15:47.Meanwhile, the RMT union and Southern agreed
:15:48. > :15:50.to fresh talks after BBC South East's
:15:51. > :15:59.Also in tonight's programme: We chat with poet and playwright
:16:00. > :16:09.Innua Ellams ahead of his latest performance in Sussex.
:16:10. > :16:14.And we have a mild couple of days coming up, but wintry showers by
:16:15. > :16:18.Thursday. I will have the details later in the programme.
:16:19. > :16:22.the Government made the formal decision that 6,000 acres of Sussex
:16:23. > :16:28.farmland should be given over to the creation of a new town
:16:29. > :16:30.based around the ancient village of Crawley.
:16:31. > :16:34.Today, more than 100,000 people live there.
:16:35. > :16:39.Now, as the Government looks to create a new generation of garden
:16:40. > :16:41.cities, what lessons have been learned from the
:16:42. > :16:45.And has it lived up to the high hopes pinned on is in the 1940s?
:16:46. > :16:49.Piers Hopkirk has tonight's special report.
:16:50. > :17:01.On the Kent and Sussex border stands the little town of Crawley. Its
:17:02. > :17:04.population is around 7000 at his quaint old high Street is among the
:17:05. > :17:11.most picturesque in Britain. It is 70 years since Crawley was chosen as
:17:12. > :17:15.one of eight new towns. The joint expansion and rural development is
:17:16. > :17:21.overcrowding in post-war London. I have much pleasure in opening this
:17:22. > :17:24.railed and in naming it. Designed to provide homes for the families and
:17:25. > :17:29.business, Crawley was a place that would arrive on the map virtually
:17:30. > :17:33.fully formed. The new town was designed by this man and today, his
:17:34. > :17:39.son a to see his father's vision. How proud was your father of what he
:17:40. > :17:43.had created here? He was very proud. If you produce a town with parks and
:17:44. > :17:47.trees and shrubs and nice things to look out, it is going to be a nice
:17:48. > :17:53.place to live, and my father was always very keen that the towns that
:17:54. > :17:58.he created should be user-friendly and he would like to live in itself.
:17:59. > :18:03.His town has been matched and fuelled by the expansion of the
:18:04. > :18:10.airport that sits above it, report today suggested Gatwick could
:18:11. > :18:15.support 13,000 new jobs by 2025. The future of Crawley and Gatwick is
:18:16. > :18:25.absolutely inextricably linked. Around a third of the city's... One
:18:26. > :18:30.of the new towns bred is to try to lots of different people and we have
:18:31. > :18:35.a great local economy. It is an attractive place to live. It has had
:18:36. > :18:41.lots of investment into the town centre recently and the surrounding
:18:42. > :18:45.area, and it has got better. Seven a new garden towns are on the way, but
:18:46. > :18:47.it was Crawley that was at the forefront of what was a social
:18:48. > :18:47.revolution. Piers, were these new towns
:18:48. > :19:09.like Crawley considered a success? There has been a lot of aesthetic
:19:10. > :19:13.criticism of new towns such as Crawley and buildings like the town
:19:14. > :19:17.hall, they are not necessarily to the taste of everybody. But if you
:19:18. > :19:23.judge them by population expansion, then Crawley can only be seen as a
:19:24. > :19:28.roaring success. This was a new town designed for 50,000 people on the
:19:29. > :19:34.current population is 100 and 6000. Thank you.
:19:35. > :19:37.Innua Ellams is an award-winning poet and who's making his name
:19:38. > :19:40.in this country after leaving Nigeria at the age of 12.
:19:41. > :19:43.It sounds like a story in itself and it is.
:19:44. > :19:46.experiences swapping life in the Islamic fundamentalist
:19:47. > :19:49.Boko Haram territory for England and Ireland in a solo show called
:19:50. > :19:55.He also describes himself as a playwright, performer,
:19:56. > :19:59.graphic artist and designer and he promises the evening with be
:20:00. > :20:02.filled with the ridiculous and fantastical as well as the poignant.
:20:03. > :20:05.Robin Gibson has been to meet him ahead if his latest performance
:20:06. > :20:20.Given that the smallest prompt, he would be just beyond the reach of
:20:21. > :20:25.the lamp light, watching a ring of men, right with beer and laughter...
:20:26. > :20:28.No scripts necessary for Innua Ellams, his poems are within him and
:20:29. > :20:37.you only have to ask to hear them flood out. A mouse attempting to
:20:38. > :20:41.feast with Kings... He has lived here for 20 years. He has made a
:20:42. > :20:46.life and reputation he has a poet and playwright. The word
:20:47. > :20:53.immigration, the word migration and the word migrant has overwhelmingly
:20:54. > :20:57.negative connotations. Such that it feels like an insult. I want to
:20:58. > :21:07.strip boy and deconstructs and below that word to smithereens. -- blur
:21:08. > :21:12.that word. The this is his way of doing it. Bring it is poetry, life
:21:13. > :21:19.story and personality to audiences around the country in a solo show.
:21:20. > :21:24.Is seems that the political space in which the show as it has become more
:21:25. > :21:28.and more relevant over the last few months. So I am excited to bring it
:21:29. > :21:35.to brighten and then take it across the country. And when we lose what
:21:36. > :21:39.inhibitions are left, after shredding me with their fingers...
:21:40. > :21:48.The show, Evening With An Immigrant, arrives in Brighton for a two night
:21:49. > :21:52.stand at the end of the month. We have nephews growing up who wants to
:21:53. > :21:52.be like us, who wants to be like men.
:21:53. > :21:55.Eastbourne's Johanna Konta is through to the second
:21:56. > :21:58.Brighton and Hove Albion comfortably made it through to tonight's draw
:21:59. > :22:01.for the Fourth Round of the FA Cup with a to NIL victory over
:22:02. > :22:04.Despite wholesale changes to the team on Saturday,
:22:05. > :22:09.it's now 18 games since their last defeat, as Neil Bell reports.
:22:10. > :22:12.It's not just traditionalists that love the FA Cup.
:22:13. > :22:14.The Albions' younger fans have been excited, too.
:22:15. > :22:18.Though with 11 changes being made for the game, there was plenty of
:22:19. > :22:22.opportunity for some Brighton's fringe players to make a name for
:22:23. > :22:30.They may be missing many of their stars,
:22:31. > :22:34.but it was two of last season's outstanding performers who
:22:35. > :22:38.combined to put Albion in front after just nine minutes.
:22:39. > :22:41.The precise shot was even more impressive after more
:22:42. > :22:50.Brighton had several opportunities to increase their lead.
:22:51. > :22:54.Sidwell's header among the best of them
:22:55. > :22:57.and restricted the visitors to little more than the occasional half
:22:58. > :23:03.The second half produced more of the same.
:23:04. > :23:06.Brighton dominating, but until they scored a second,
:23:07. > :23:10.And that came after 72 minutes and it was the Albion's
:23:11. > :23:13.Israeli internationals who combined again, this time setting up to put
:23:14. > :23:16.In truth, it should have been at war.
:23:17. > :23:19.An excellent breakaway saw them squander the game's chance, not
:23:20. > :23:20.that that bothered Chris Huyton too much.
:23:21. > :23:24.We had to work very hard for it, we got the real big lift at
:23:25. > :23:27.getting the goal early and I think that gave us the lift and perhaps
:23:28. > :23:30.deflated them a little bit, so early in the game.
:23:31. > :23:33.But I thought they had a good spell in that second half,
:23:34. > :23:35.but fortunately for us, I felt we finished strong.
:23:36. > :23:36.Although promotion is clearly their priority, the
:23:37. > :23:39.Albion will be pleased to have made the fourth
:23:40. > :23:40.round of the club for the
:23:41. > :23:44.seventh time in the last eight seasons.
:23:45. > :23:47.And the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup is live
:23:48. > :23:51.on BBC to immediately after our programme at 7pm.
:23:52. > :23:54.The all important ball number for Brighton and Hove Albion fans
:23:55. > :24:14.Maybe by Thursday we could even be seeing snow showers. This week is
:24:15. > :24:21.one of two halves. Over the next couple of days -- days, quite mild
:24:22. > :24:26.and rainy. It will be quite breezy. The winds coming from a westerly
:24:27. > :24:31.direction turn into a North westerly as we head through Wednesday. As we
:24:32. > :24:35.end the week, for others, mostly dry and bright on Thursday, but always
:24:36. > :24:40.the risk of the odd wintry showers, particularly on higher ground and
:24:41. > :24:47.lower ground as well. Feeling bitterly cold by the end of the
:24:48. > :24:52.week. A lovely, dry start to today. But we've been seeing this band of
:24:53. > :25:00.rain tracking eastwards. Heavy bursts within it. It clears and
:25:01. > :25:08.behind it, clearer skies and quite a mild night. Temperatures between a
:25:09. > :25:13.3-5 . It will be bright and mild as we start Tuesday. Lots of sunshine
:25:14. > :25:17.in the morning. Eventually, those westerly breezes will see further
:25:18. > :25:25.outbreaks of rain blowing it, but in the daylight, mostly, we stay dry.
:25:26. > :25:31.Lots of sunshine first thing. By the afternoon, cloud cover. Westerly
:25:32. > :25:36.breezes, 10-15 mph. Potential double-figure temperatures. The
:25:37. > :25:43.mostly, 8-9 . Into Wednesday, outbreaks of rain for a time. By
:25:44. > :25:47.clears and the mostly dry start on Wednesday and a mild night.
:25:48. > :25:55.Temperatures in rural spot strop into 4-5. On the coast, 6-7.
:25:56. > :25:59.Wednesday, dry and mild. The winds swing to a northerly direction and
:26:00. > :26:03.as we start Thursday, it feels different. By Thursday afternoon
:26:04. > :26:05.temperatures will be 6-7 , but feeling more like 1-2 and bitterly
:26:06. > :26:15.cold by the end of the week. We are going to return to the
:26:16. > :26:20.situation on the Southern Rail network now. There is a strike to
:26:21. > :26:25.starts tomorrow, earlier this evening though, we heard from the MP
:26:26. > :26:31.for East Worthing and Shoreham who told us a solution to the dispute
:26:32. > :26:35.must be found quickly. It is a nonsense, this strike. They could
:26:36. > :26:40.have been settled ages ago and could be settled quickly. The unions need
:26:41. > :26:46.to show a willingness to settle it in the interests of the passengers.
:26:47. > :26:50.The Government has made a lot of concessions and have said, for
:26:51. > :26:53.goodness sake, let us get this settled and address the safety
:26:54. > :26:55.issues. We have a report last week saying it is safe so this needn't be
:26:56. > :26:55.going on. Our political editor
:26:56. > :27:09.Helen Catt joins us now. Still no breakthrough and strikes
:27:10. > :27:12.tomorrow? Yes, it seems like an intractable situation. He said there
:27:13. > :27:17.that the two side are not that far apart, but they haven't been for
:27:18. > :27:21.parts for many months now and the problem is getting them that extra
:27:22. > :27:25.last push that comes up with something acceptable to both sides.
:27:26. > :27:28.He was implying the unions need to give in, but he needs to be an
:27:29. > :27:37.acceptable compromise for both sides to bring an end to the strike. Very
:27:38. > :27:39.frustrating. And the debate will be broadcast tonight at 7:30pm on BBC
:27:40. > :27:54.One. You can join the debate on Twitter
:27:55. > :28:02.all our Facebook page e-mail us. -- or e-mail us. We will have more in
:28:03. > :28:08.the situation at 10:30pm tonight. And also an update at APM. -- at
:28:09. > :28:14.8:00pm. Good night. we've run at almost
:28:15. > :28:19.completely 100% capacity. We've got lots of patients
:28:20. > :28:22.now competing. There's no beds. I do the right thing
:28:23. > :28:27.all the time in this job, but it's not always
:28:28. > :28:31.the right thing for one person. I do the right thing
:28:32. > :28:34.for the hospital.