:00:08. > :00:12.Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Gatwick
:00:13. > :00:14.airport due to heavy fog across the South East and Europe.
:00:15. > :00:16.Air traffic control have imposed safety restrictions causing delays
:00:17. > :00:18.to inward and outbound flights and some cancellations.
:00:19. > :00:30.The new year travel plans of hundreds of passengers cancelled
:00:31. > :00:34.or delayed in and out of Gatwick Airport.
:00:35. > :00:37.I live quite far away from here so I can't really do
:00:38. > :00:40.anything or go anywhere until I know what is going on.
:00:41. > :00:43.I do not know if I have to stay at the airport
:00:44. > :00:48.I have friends waiting for me in Prague for the New Year
:00:49. > :00:51.so I cannot let them know what is going on, so it is a bit
:00:52. > :00:56.We're waiting the daughter and brother and son-in-law
:00:57. > :00:59.and we got here at five o'clockm expecting them to land at six
:01:00. > :01:01.and they said they had been taken to Birmingham,
:01:02. > :01:04.we rang again half and hour ago and they are still sitting
:01:05. > :01:08.on the plane at Birmingham waiting for coaches to come to bring them
:01:09. > :01:13.Some will spent a night waiting in terminals,
:01:14. > :01:17.EasyJet alone, one of the largest carriers at Gatwick,
:01:18. > :01:23.The weather is mainly affecting journeys to and from mainland
:01:24. > :01:26.Europe such as France, Italy and Spain.
:01:27. > :01:29.In a statement Gatwick Airport say they are working extremely hard
:01:30. > :01:33.to keep passengers moving and extra staff have been brought in to help.
:01:34. > :01:37.The fog is here to stay, though, until tomorrow at least.
:01:38. > :01:41.Very poor visibility is expected overnight and into the morning.
:01:42. > :01:44.However the winds should pick up a little bit and that should
:01:45. > :01:47.help to shift the fog so I think from late morning onwards
:01:48. > :01:50.The airlines affected told us anyone whose flight has been cancelled
:01:51. > :01:54.today could be eligible to claim a full refund.
:01:55. > :02:01.But the main advice for travellers is to check before you set out.
:02:02. > :02:03.Southern Rail is warning of severe disruption
:02:04. > :02:06.across its network once again - as train conductors stage
:02:07. > :02:13.The company says some routes will have no service
:02:14. > :02:16.at all tomorrow, New Years Day and Monday the 2nd,
:02:17. > :02:19.while the majority of others will have a very limited service.
:02:20. > :02:25.It's the traditional way to see in the new year,
:02:26. > :02:27.but could the London fireworks fall flat for south-east partygoers?
:02:28. > :02:29.Another train strike means services home
:02:30. > :02:36.It is a bit of a disgrace that it has gone on for as long as it has.
:02:37. > :02:40.You would have thought something would have been sorted by now.
:02:41. > :02:43.They have a right to go on strike, even though it will inconvenience
:02:44. > :02:46.other people, but in a way I am kind of with them.
:02:47. > :02:48.It is not great because it is New Year's Eve.
:02:49. > :02:50.I mean, I fully appreciate everything going on with
:02:51. > :02:56.This is Britain's worst train strike in 20 years.
:02:57. > :03:00.It is over Southern's plans to make drivers solely
:03:01. > :03:03.responsible for train safety, using CCTV cameras to monitor doors.
:03:04. > :03:06.The proposals we made were entirely reasonable and we think the union's
:03:07. > :03:09.reaction has been unreasonable and disproportionate and we think
:03:10. > :03:12.strikes are absolutely unnecessary and I call upon the trade unions
:03:13. > :03:18.to consider calling off the strikes, even at this late moment.
:03:19. > :03:21.But the unions say they have the public on their side.
:03:22. > :03:24.We did cancel the strikes on Christmas Eve and the day
:03:25. > :03:31.We have done everything we can to recognise that the public have
:03:32. > :03:33.been wonderful supporting our position on maintaining
:03:34. > :03:36.the safety and critical role of the guard on the train.
:03:37. > :03:38.This strike will start tomorrow for three days,
:03:39. > :03:41.with another planned for January the 9th.
:03:42. > :03:50.Many will be hoping for a New Year's resolution to the ongoing crisis.
:03:51. > :03:52.Hospital emergency departments in the South East say they're
:03:53. > :03:54.experiencing extremely high demand with the A department
:03:55. > :03:57.at the Medway Maritime Hospital saying it has more patients coming
:03:58. > :04:03.Patients in East Kent have had to wait up to four
:04:04. > :04:08.In Sussex, hospitals say they are under "severe
:04:09. > :04:15.For the past few weeks we have seen a really high numbers of patients
:04:16. > :04:16.attending the emergency department of Medway.
:04:17. > :04:18.We're usually very busy in the run-up to Christmas
:04:19. > :04:21.but we usually see a lull over the few days of Christmas
:04:22. > :04:23.and we just have not seen that this year,
:04:24. > :04:25.so the department has been under constant pressure
:04:26. > :04:33.Kent Olympic medalists Tom Ransley and Susannah Townsend are to receive
:04:34. > :04:36.MBEs in the New Year's Honours for their services to sport.
:04:37. > :04:39.Susannah, who plays for Canterbury, was part of the Team GB women's
:04:40. > :04:43.hockey team which won gold at the Rio Olympics.
:04:44. > :04:45.Tom, from Ashford, was part of the champion gold-winning men's
:04:46. > :04:48.rowing eight team this summer and says it's an honour
:04:49. > :04:55.to have his - and the team's achievement recognised.
:04:56. > :04:58.What you see in the boat with the athletes and some
:04:59. > :05:01.of the coaches, it's a much wider team and that's why it is really
:05:02. > :05:04.nice to receive this sort of almost on behalf of the wider community
:05:05. > :05:09.Onto football and tonight's Brighton and Hove Albion game
:05:10. > :05:10.was cancelled because of the fog, but
:05:11. > :05:12.Gillingham's match at Millwall went ahead.
:05:13. > :05:18.The national weather forecast in a moment,
:05:19. > :05:25.but first the picture here in the south-east with Nina Ridge.
:05:26. > :05:31.It is foggy out there and has been all day and that is starting to
:05:32. > :05:38.thicken up. The Met office have a yellow weather warning in place
:05:39. > :05:41.until 10am tomorrow morning. It will be particularly nasty with poor
:05:42. > :05:47.visibility and some freezing fog tonight. Through the night you can
:05:48. > :05:55.see how the fog continues to thicken up as temperatures fall and bygone
:05:56. > :06:00.very slippery indeed. A cold start tomorrow, very grey and it takes its
:06:01. > :06:04.time for that mist and fog to lift into low cloud and by the afternoon
:06:05. > :06:08.we may seek someone breaks giving the odd bit of brightness in the
:06:09. > :06:15.afternoon. Not quite as cool as recent days, eight Celsius. In two
:06:16. > :06:19.New Year's TV it the cloud stays with us, it should be dry and
:06:20. > :06:26.temperatures will not fall away too much. They are very different fuel
:06:27. > :06:30.as we wake up on New Year's Day, cloudy, outbreaks of rain, some of
:06:31. > :06:35.which will be heavy and not clearly until later in the
:06:36. > :06:43.Good evening. Looking ahead to 2017 it looks like we will start off on a
:06:44. > :06:48.cold note. This weather front will move south in the next day or so
:06:49. > :06:52.bringing rain with it, but also much colder air following a lull behind.
:06:53. > :06:57.It will sweep the fog away. It's grey for some places this afternoon.
:06:58. > :07:03.You could hardly see across the river in the Greater London area.
:07:04. > :07:04.Met Office warnings are in force. Stay tuned to