23/04/2017 South East Today

The issue of tactical voting in the coming general election has

One Liberal Democrat candidate in a marginal East Sussex

constituency has told the Sunday Politics Programme

that he won't agree to a formal alliance with other parties but has

called on the wider electorate to lend him their votes.

The Southeast is a sea of blue, the Conservatives holding all but two CT

are so well informal tactical alliances between opposition parties

be used to compete against this Tory dominance? We are not talking about

a single electoral pact, we are talking about the possibility for

collaboration and cooperation at your local level in a handful of

constituencies and the purpose of doing that is to make sure that the

anti-Tory vote is not split. Poll muscle admitted the party may not

put candidates are up against some pro-Brexit MPs. What I don't want to

see is good Brexit MPs, not fly by night, people who campaigned for

see them lose their seats. In the see them lose their seats. In the

south-east's second most marginal seat Stephen Lloyd said there will

be no formal alliance to take on the Conservatives. You know that I am

the only one who can beat the Tories in Eastbourne so please let me vote

and I will respect that and do my best to win but it is the limit will

happen. This is a choice and who we want to be leader and be in Europe

negotiating to make sure that we get the right deal in Europe for the

British people and particularly in my constituency. Defending a

majority of just over 1200 labours Peter Karel said there would be a

little surprises. It will be in my recollection or you will see

surprising results up and down the country. All parties have until the

8th of June to influence the direction of the electoral tide.

And you can follow the election campaign over the coming

weeks and find out more about the candidates on our Radio

stations Kent, Sussex and Surrey and on our websites,

Talks between the rail operator Southern and the RMT union are due

The two sides are in dispute over staffing

Commuters have faced a year of disruption due to strikes

The drivers' union Aslef also remains in dispute.

A family from Kent say they feel devastated after items belonging

to their baby who'd died recently were stolen.

-- the stolen items have been left at a police station.

A blanket, toy and car seat were inside a Ford Fiesta that was stolen

It's the 23rd of April - St George's Day and events have been

to celebrate the feast of England's Patron Saint.

Among them a was street party in Crawley where children dressed up

and were entertained with traditional shows.

Here's Georgina Burnett now to tell us how the weather's

Good evening, a good night for stargazing tonight under the clear

skies, temperature wise we are getting down to four or 5 degrees

and rural spot but elsewhere it could be staying in the high single

figures. Looking like a largely dry night as well but tomorrow morning

many of us have some brightness first, in fact the morning could

have a fair few sunny spells. Through the day the crowd surged to

build and we see some had breaks of rain coming through, the bulk of the

rain will not be until later on in the day. There is a west to

south-westerly wind with temperatures getting up to 12 or 13

degrees, perhaps even a spot above that. Certainly much cloudier end to

the day. As we go through the week things are really changing so Monday

night into Tuesday we see temperatures dropping quite

significantly and through the day some rather heavy outdoor showers,

perhaps done that, maybe somehow, certainly looking at a wintry

element to them. We could even see the odds now fully but nothing like

to settle. Wednesday is not too dissimilar from one of the showers,

some outbreaks of rain on Thursday after a dry April but losing that

winter and settling down towards the winter and settling down towards the

end of the week. If you have a story you think we

should be covering an south-east today we would like to hear from

you, collars on this number. Or send us an e-mail. We are also on

Facebook where you can tweet us. That is it from us for now. We are

back tomorrow. Goodbye. It has been a fine and dry day, and

it the sunshine temperatures were about 17 degrees. But a change in

weather as we had through this week. Wintry showers and some frosty night

in the forecast over the next few nights. We have a cold front

starting to work in across Scotland, introducing colder air towards the

North. Towards the south, cloud and outbreaks of rain. In Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Most places are largely dry to the south of that. We

could see a touch of grassed frost for the south-west. Very cold first

thing Monday morning across the sheltered glens of Scotland. Sleet

and snow working in across Scotland tomorrow. Further south across the

country, this band of cloud, and outbreaks of