:00:07. > :00:10.Today's main headlines in the South East: Will normal
:00:11. > :00:12.service be resumed on Southern tomorrow, with 12 RMT drivers
:00:13. > :00:17.We'll be live in Brighton with the details.
:00:18. > :00:19.A Kent businessman is found guilty of illegally storing
:00:20. > :00:28.And it is another bitterly cold night tonight with warnings out
:00:29. > :00:38.about dense fog for tomorrow's rush-hour.
:00:39. > :00:41.Southern commuters are waiting to see if the promised normal
:00:42. > :00:43.service to the rail timetable will resume tomorrow.
:00:44. > :00:49.12 train driver members of the RMT union are on strike tomorrow
:00:50. > :00:51.and the union is asking for the train drivers union Aslef
:00:52. > :00:58.It comes as a Conservative MP looks to introduce a private members' bill
:00:59. > :01:01.to Parliament tomorrow aimed at preventing a repeat
:01:02. > :01:16.Any commuter arriving to board a Southern train tomorrow with a
:01:17. > :01:22.spring in their step and the promise of a full and normal timetable once
:01:23. > :01:26.again could be sorely disappointed. RMT union picket lines are not by
:01:27. > :01:31.any means a thing of the past. 12 drivers in the union will strike
:01:32. > :01:38.tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday and are asking the main driver's union,
:01:39. > :01:41.Aslef, to support them. I think every driver, no matter what union
:01:42. > :01:46.they are in, it is their fundamental right not to be forced to cross a
:01:47. > :01:51.picket line. This is not a case of which union, but which side. Gods
:01:52. > :01:55.walked out today over changes to their role in this dispute. One MP
:01:56. > :02:02.is now trying to change the law to restrict further walk-outs. Nobody
:02:03. > :02:04.is saying strikes should be banned and I respect the right to strike,
:02:05. > :02:07.but he needs to be balanced with the but he needs to be balanced with the
:02:08. > :02:12.right of the public to get to work and home to see their loved ones.
:02:13. > :02:16.The bill would mean strikes affecting critical national services
:02:17. > :02:17.such as rail, tubes, buses and the NHS would have to be
:02:18. > :02:22.and reasonable in the view of a High and reasonable in the view of a High
:02:23. > :02:27.Court judge. At a basic level of service should be maintained and be
:02:28. > :02:31.mandatory to attend talks at the conciliation service to resolve the
:02:32. > :02:38.dispute. It is politically charged. But it will make it more difficult
:02:39. > :02:42.for unions and workers to take industrial action. The Government
:02:43. > :02:46.has not said explicitly if he would back any new law, but there was
:02:47. > :02:50.support them on passengers. Something needs to be done. I
:02:51. > :02:54.travelled to Tunbridge Wells every day and it's been a nightmare.
:02:55. > :03:00.Definitely. The strikes are ridiculous at the moment. Southerner
:03:01. > :03:04.says it expects to run a full service tomorrow and commuters will
:03:05. > :03:06.perhaps be wise to exercise some caution in their optimism.
:03:07. > :03:09.Southern had been keen to say they would be able to run
:03:10. > :03:12.a full service tomorrow, so how disruptive do we think
:03:13. > :03:26.We are told the main focus tomorrow will be here in Brighton. But it is
:03:27. > :03:32.hard to know exactly what the impact of that will be as there are only 12
:03:33. > :03:36.drivers within the RMT union and it all hinges on whether or not the
:03:37. > :03:40.Aslef drivers cause the picket lines, but they say they weren't,
:03:41. > :03:45.while their talks are ongoing. As for the bill go before Parliament
:03:46. > :03:48.tomorrow, it does have the backing of several MPs, but without the
:03:49. > :03:50.concrete backing of the Government, it is likely to face a real
:03:51. > :03:51.challenge. Thank you. And you can follow all the travel
:03:52. > :03:54.news and the impact of strikes from 6am tomorrow on our local live
:03:55. > :04:01.services.bbc.co.uk/kent or Sussex. A businessman accused of blighting
:04:02. > :04:03.a village with a mountain of thousands of discarded mattresses
:04:04. > :04:06.has been found guilty of having more than double the amount of waste
:04:07. > :04:09.he was allowed on the site. The mess created at Lewis Bertram's
:04:10. > :04:15.recycling business in Smarden, was described by villagers
:04:16. > :04:17.as a living hell. He amassed a mountain of mattresses
:04:18. > :04:26.that blighted a business estate and will cost more
:04:27. > :04:28.than ?100,000 to clear. Today, Lewis Bertram was found
:04:29. > :04:32.guilty on three counts at Canterbury Crown Court of illegally depositing
:04:33. > :04:34.waste and failing to recycle But there's also been
:04:35. > :04:41.a financial impact for those who own neighbouring
:04:42. > :04:47.business units. Well, it was vacant for 18 months
:04:48. > :04:50.so obviously I lost that rental income for the 18 month
:04:51. > :04:53.period which is part of my So, yes, it is difficult and,
:04:54. > :04:57.of course, if you are looking at selling the unit,
:04:58. > :04:59.it diminishes the value Despite the court action,
:05:00. > :05:04.the two industrial units and yards The Environment Agency brought this
:05:05. > :05:07.prosecution but with tonnes of waste on-site, it is unclear who will foot
:05:08. > :05:10.the bill to remove it. It's clear that the person
:05:11. > :05:12.who needs to clear this waste is Mr Bertram,
:05:13. > :05:15.he brought them in so he needs to clear them and that's
:05:16. > :05:17.what we fully expect But we have heard in court,
:05:18. > :05:27.he says he has got no money. Again, it's down to Mr Bertram to
:05:28. > :05:30.clear the waste and that's what we Nearby businesses claim
:05:31. > :05:33.Lewis Bertram has only removed After he told Canterbury
:05:34. > :05:36.Crown Court that he earned ?25,000 a year
:05:37. > :05:38.from running Eco-Matters recycling business,
:05:39. > :05:41.many fear there will have to be
:05:42. > :05:43.further legal action before the eyesore is
:05:44. > :05:46.finally cleared. Budget pressures on schools
:05:47. > :05:57.will mean fewer after-school clubs, and no pastoral support
:05:58. > :05:58.and counselling for students struggling
:05:59. > :06:00.with mental health issues. That's what Liam Collins,
:06:01. > :06:01.Sussex head teacher at Uplands Community College,
:06:02. > :06:04.has been telling MPs at The Department for Education said
:06:05. > :06:15.that school funding for 2016-17 will be at its highest
:06:16. > :06:22.level on record. So this is our other femur,
:06:23. > :06:25.what do you think this is? Ofsted said this is a good
:06:26. > :06:29.school with teaching both good and outstanding
:06:30. > :06:31.but the head teacher here once they face
:06:32. > :06:32.the I don't think anyone
:06:33. > :06:35.really understands the Today he told the influential
:06:36. > :06:36.Public Accounts Committee that with current funding
:06:37. > :06:39.levels, his goal will be underfunded to the tune of ?350,000
:06:40. > :06:41.within three years. The equivalent of losing no
:06:42. > :06:44.fewer than ten teachers. As a parent, I think
:06:45. > :06:48.we should be very My son is going into year seven next
:06:49. > :06:53.year and I am really worried by him in terms of what kind
:06:54. > :06:56.of school he is going to be going The funding concerns have been
:06:57. > :07:00.raising an annual survey of more than 1000 schools by National
:07:01. > :07:02.Association of head teachers. What is particularly
:07:03. > :07:04.worrying about the findings are passed survey is how
:07:05. > :07:06.the situation has got worse since We carried out the survey 12
:07:07. > :07:10.months ago and what we are seeing, for example, is the number
:07:11. > :07:13.of schools that are finding themselves in deficit has gone
:07:14. > :07:15.up from eight to 18%. And a number of schools
:07:16. > :07:17.are preparing to make significant cuts or having
:07:18. > :07:20.to dip into reserves has gone up by 7%
:07:21. > :07:21.as Suzanne has three
:07:22. > :07:26.children at the school. I think other parents
:07:27. > :07:29.are worried as well. I think the quality
:07:30. > :07:32.of education might go down, the quality of teaching,
:07:33. > :07:33.budgets are being cut. Teachers are getting paid less,
:07:34. > :07:36.some teachers may not be Don't be silly with the sharp bits
:07:37. > :07:40.and put them in the bin. Huge variations in how much
:07:41. > :07:57.cash given her people. East Sussex receives half the amount
:07:58. > :08:01.the City of London does. Kent comes out worse,
:08:02. > :08:04.receiving just over ?4000 per pupil. Last month, a new national funding
:08:05. > :08:06.formula within us to address the disparities that that
:08:07. > :08:09.will not kick in until 2018. The NAHT says the Government
:08:10. > :08:11.needs to provide more cash still all its pupils
:08:12. > :08:20.who will pay the price. Simon Jones has been
:08:21. > :08:22.following the story. Dire warnings from one
:08:23. > :08:23.headteacher there. What has the Department
:08:24. > :08:38.for Education had to say? It says funding for schools is at a
:08:39. > :08:41.record level. Some ?40 billion this financial year. It recognises
:08:42. > :08:45.however that some schools are facing challenges and they say it is
:08:46. > :08:49.available to give advice on how to spend money on a cost-effective way.
:08:50. > :08:54.But the National Audit Office reckons that by 2020 there will be a
:08:55. > :08:59.?3 billion shortfall in funding. Head teachers say we should see the
:09:00. > :09:02.education of children not as a cost for the future, be rather an
:09:03. > :09:06.investment. Labour have joined in, saying it is wrong for headteachers
:09:07. > :09:07.to choose between laying off staff and investing in new equipment.
:09:08. > :09:09.Thank you. A man from Deal has appeared
:09:10. > :09:12.in court today accused of stalking journalist and campaigner Jemima
:09:13. > :09:13.Khan. 60-year-old Conor Donal O'Mahoney
:09:14. > :09:16.is believed to have contacted her on social media and sent a taxi
:09:17. > :09:18.to her home address. He is charged with one
:09:19. > :09:20.count of stalking, causing serious alarm or distress
:09:21. > :09:22.to the 42-year-old mother of two, who is also known
:09:23. > :09:28.as Jemima Goldsmith. Now, let's see what's happening
:09:29. > :09:31.with the weather for the next few Rachel - the fog is
:09:32. > :09:44.causing a real problem. Today we had those stubborn mist and
:09:45. > :09:50.fog patches and in many places, they did not clear. More of the same
:09:51. > :09:55.tonight. Warnings from the Met office and poor visibility first
:09:56. > :10:00.thing tomorrow. What is causing that is clearer skies and lighter winds.
:10:01. > :10:05.This is the weather we have had now for quite a few days. There are
:10:06. > :10:12.warnings about the risk of high pollution levels tomorrow and we
:10:13. > :10:17.have concerns. Overnight tonight, temperatures as low as -5 in a rural
:10:18. > :10:24.spots and about freezing in cities. Bitterly cold tomorrow. Take care if
:10:25. > :10:28.you're driving in the rush-hour. Visibility is bad first thing. This
:10:29. > :10:35.high pressure stays with us and by the afternoon, the sunshine may just
:10:36. > :10:38.about beer. Temperatures for - 5 degrees. Light winds and is by the
:10:39. > :10:45.brightness, still bitterly cold. Tomorrow night, much of the same.
:10:46. > :10:50.Clearer skies, lighter winds, mist and fog and temperatures in rural
:10:51. > :10:57.spots minders or -5 and -2 perhaps in towns and cities. Wednesday,
:10:58. > :11:01.similar. In the afternoon, temperatures 5-6 . On Thursday, the
:11:02. > :11:02.winds now coming from the south easterly and
:11:03. > :11:05.For the weekend we will have dry weather with sunny spells and it
:11:06. > :11:15.will be a little bit milder. Good evening. We are continuing to
:11:16. > :11:23.see huge righty in the weather. Getting the detail right is proving
:11:24. > :11:28.to be a challenge. This was in Pembrokeshire and other parts of the
:11:29. > :11:31.UK were gloomy throughout the day. The fog is thickening up right now.
:11:32. > :11:33.Particularly