:00:00. > :00:00.The six-day strike by Southern Rail train drivers
:00:00. > :00:07.scheduled for next week is cut to three days,
:00:08. > :00:12.Our reporter is live this lunchtime in Crawley.
:00:13. > :00:15.Calls by a Kent MP to increase the budget for UK Border Force
:00:16. > :00:21.by ?250 million to tackle illegal immigration.
:00:22. > :00:30.of a Kent woman who died during birth continues.
:00:31. > :00:40.She lost two litres of blood after the Caesarean section.
:00:41. > :00:43.A six-day strike by drivers on Southern Railway next week
:00:44. > :00:49.However, the ASLEF union says more strike action's likely
:00:50. > :00:53.to be scheduled in the bitter dispute over driver-only trains.
:00:54. > :00:56.Members of Aslef were due to walk out from Monday,
:00:57. > :00:58.halting services for the entire week.
:00:59. > :01:01.The strike will now be held over three days -
:01:02. > :01:09.Also this morning, the ASLEF union has announced three new strike days
:01:10. > :01:13.Southern says the Union's actions are "a cynical ploy" to minimise
:01:14. > :01:18.the impact on drivers' pay and maximises misery for commuters.
:01:19. > :01:21.Sara Smith is at Crawley station this lunchtime.
:01:22. > :01:34.Why has the union changed these strike dates?
:01:35. > :01:38.ASLEF told us this morning they were taking a longer term view of the
:01:39. > :01:42.dispute, that is why they had done it. They say their train company is
:01:43. > :01:49.posturing rather than negotiating over the driver only trains. The
:01:50. > :01:54.company said that the drivers had shown pure contempt for the public.
:01:55. > :02:00.This is as bitter as it ever was. The commuters are not delighted
:02:01. > :02:10.there will only be three days because there are further three days
:02:11. > :02:11.at the end of the month. That is on Tuesday the 24th, the Wednesday and
:02:12. > :02:13.Friday of that week. being made for passengers
:02:14. > :02:19.this time, isn't there? Because this is a driver strike
:02:20. > :02:27.rather than a conductor strike, there will be no services at all.
:02:28. > :02:32.Southern has decided to run 200 buses. They will be coming from a
:02:33. > :02:37.brightly of stations, not Crawley, but they will not have as much
:02:38. > :02:38.capacity, so there will be limited space.
:02:39. > :02:40.A Kent MP is calling on the Government
:02:41. > :02:43.to increase the UK Border Force budget by ?250 million
:02:44. > :02:45.to crack down on illegal immigration.
:02:46. > :02:48.Dover and Deal MP Charlie Elphicke says the money would be used
:02:49. > :02:51.to tackle "lorry drops" - where migrants pay to be
:02:52. > :02:54.smuggled into the country in the back of trucks -
:02:55. > :03:05.and migrants landing undetected on our beaches.
:03:06. > :03:16.His report cites an investigation where drug drivers were offering a
:03:17. > :03:18.service to get people into this country in the back of lorries for
:03:19. > :03:19.several thousand pounds. The Government's terror
:03:20. > :03:21.tsar is making a point that our border security
:03:22. > :03:23.needs to be stronger. What this report sets out is how
:03:24. > :03:26.we can invest ?250 million more in our borders,
:03:27. > :03:28.paid for by people visiting the UK, to make sure we can invest
:03:29. > :03:31.in our border security and make our borders
:03:32. > :03:32.safe and secure. Our political editor, Helen Catt,
:03:33. > :03:40.is live in Walmer this lunchtime. How exactly is he proposing this
:03:41. > :03:46.money gets raised? He wants to use Brexit is a money
:03:47. > :03:52.spinner. The idea is that once the UK has left the EU, we would
:03:53. > :03:57.introduce a Visa waiver programme like in the US. EU citizens, rather
:03:58. > :04:02.than applying for a full beta, they pay for a waiver, about ?10, average
:04:03. > :04:05.to their details before they come here. That would build a database
:04:06. > :04:11.with a wealth of information and on who is coming here. That would stop
:04:12. > :04:15.overstaying their visas and it would pay for the system and allow for the
:04:16. > :04:17.system to be beefed up along the border.
:04:18. > :04:20.And, Helen, fears have been raised too around a possible security risk
:04:21. > :04:25.around small boats smuggling people across the Channel?
:04:26. > :04:31.Of course, we know it has been happening. Here in the autumn, three
:04:32. > :04:37.suspected migrants were picked up from a dinghy off the coast. An
:04:38. > :04:40.adviser to the Government on terror law has said he is worried about the
:04:41. > :04:45.security implications of that, that it could be used by fighters
:04:46. > :04:48.returning from Syria to land undetected and British beaches and
:04:49. > :04:57.therefore gain entry to the country. The Home Office, in responding to
:04:58. > :05:00.this report, has said that it will provide extra officers and
:05:01. > :05:03.state-of-the-art technology. An inquest into the death of a woman
:05:04. > :05:06.who suffered a fatal haemorrhage after giving birth at a Kent
:05:07. > :05:10.hospital continues today. 30-year-old Frances Cappuccini died
:05:11. > :05:15.at Tunbridge Wells hospital in 2012. Yesterday, her husband told
:05:16. > :05:18.the inquest how his wife - pleaded with doctors
:05:19. > :05:23.to save her life. Well, our reporter, Charlie Rose,
:05:24. > :05:27.has been in court this morning. We've heard from some of the medical
:05:28. > :05:39.staff who were in theatre, Yes, at the inquest here this
:05:40. > :05:42.morning, we heard from a number of medical professionals involved in
:05:43. > :05:46.the care of Frances Cappuccini at the hospital. Among the most
:05:47. > :05:51.significant of the evidence we heard was that from the registrar Doctor
:05:52. > :05:57.Gray. She was called into the theatre with the emergency buzzer
:05:58. > :06:00.was pressed during Frances Cappuccini's Caesarean section,
:06:01. > :06:04.there was a gush of blood and she had to try and stop it. The court
:06:05. > :06:07.heard how she managed to do that but there were further complications and
:06:08. > :06:12.Frances Cappuccini was rushed back into theatre again. Doctor Gray said
:06:13. > :06:17.that during the examination, she told the hearing she found a piece
:06:18. > :06:25.of placenta inside Frances Cappuccini at once that had been
:06:26. > :06:30.removed, that four centimetres of placenta, the bleeding stopped. I
:06:31. > :06:38.understand from what we have heard, there were further complications?
:06:39. > :06:41.There were complications with Frances Cappuccini's breathing, the
:06:42. > :06:46.hearing was told. Also Doctor Gray says that the blood acid levels were
:06:47. > :06:52.alarmingly high and CO2 retention levels were also high. Frances
:06:53. > :06:56.Cappuccini went on to have a cardiac arrest. This hearing continues this
:06:57. > :06:58.afternoon and the inquest is due to last around another nine days. Thank
:06:59. > :06:59.you. Well, most of us should see some
:07:00. > :07:07.sunshine over the next few hours, although we are holding
:07:08. > :07:10.on to a lot of cloud in places. There was some blue sky
:07:11. > :07:12.this morning, though. This was captured in Seaford
:07:13. > :07:14.in East Sussex by Popsie's Paradise,
:07:15. > :07:16.one of our weather watchers. You can see here the cloud
:07:17. > :07:20.is really trying to steal away, as well as the outbreaks of rain,
:07:21. > :07:23.but the further west you are, the later you are likely to see
:07:24. > :07:25.any blue sky. Temperatures up to seven
:07:26. > :07:27.or eight degrees Celsius. Now, under clear skies tonight,
:07:28. > :07:30.a very cold night ahead of us. In fact, we're expecting
:07:31. > :07:32.a widespread frost, fog and even freezing fog,
:07:33. > :07:35.with temperature dipping down Now, tomorrow morning,
:07:36. > :07:42.do expect to take a little longer, particularly if you have
:07:43. > :07:44.to scrape your windscreen So we are looking
:07:45. > :07:48.at a really beautiful day, Lots of winter sunshine,
:07:49. > :07:51.but highs of four or five Celsius. So as you are wrapped
:07:52. > :07:54.up warm enough, it could be a very pleasant day,
:07:55. > :08:01.followed by a milder weekend. Exasperated commuters,
:08:02. > :08:02.unhealthily packed trains and companies forced
:08:03. > :08:04.out of business - has meant misery for hundreds
:08:05. > :08:08.of thousands of people, and BBC South East is hosting
:08:09. > :08:11.a special Question Time-style debate about the ongoing
:08:12. > :08:29.crisis on our railways. This is not a dispute with the
:08:30. > :08:35.public, this is a dispute with the Government and with this company. It
:08:36. > :08:39.is a disgrace really. But it has gone on as long as it has. I tried
:08:40. > :08:45.to empathise with why they are striking. You pay too much for
:08:46. > :08:52.delays, cancellations and disruption. You deserve better
:08:53. > :08:56.service. I don't think the Prime Minister has any idea of the level
:08:57. > :08:59.of suffering and pain the rail passengers and businesses are
:09:00. > :09:02.suffering. There is only one body responsible for the current strike,
:09:03. > :09:05.this is a strike from the trade unions.
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