:00:00. > 3:59:59There is more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We are back
:00:00. > :00:10.with on the BBC News Channel. We are back
:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening. I'm Caroline Richardson with the latest news from
:00:14. > :00:16.South Today. The South's biggest ever wind farm project is at the
:00:17. > :00:19.centre of another controversy today. Backers of the Navitus Bay project
:00:20. > :00:22.have confirmed fishing and diving firms are in line for compensation
:00:23. > :00:26.if they have to stay away from the site during construction. Navitus
:00:27. > :00:29.says it is standard practice for off`shore developments. But some
:00:30. > :00:35.people in the tourism industry say they should be compensated too.
:00:36. > :00:39.Steve Humphrey reports. It is a big wind power plan,
:00:40. > :00:42.generating big arguments. The people behind Navitus Bay want to build 194
:00:43. > :00:51.turbines off the south coast, each 200 metres tall. They would be 13.3
:00:52. > :00:54.miles from Bournemouth. Today the debate has been stoked up by the
:00:55. > :00:56.emergence of this letter indicating that Navitus Bay may pay
:00:57. > :00:59.compensation to some fishing and recreational diving businesses that
:01:00. > :01:02.might be affected by the offshore wind farm. People involved in
:01:03. > :01:04.tourism say that they should also be eligible for compensation. They
:01:05. > :01:07.point out that research done for Navitus indicated that the presence
:01:08. > :01:19.of a wind farm could deter some people from visiting the area. ??
:01:20. > :01:22.FORCEDYELLOW It will create what we think is an industrial landscape,
:01:23. > :01:30.rather than the landscape I can see out of my window here. I think what
:01:31. > :01:36.we would like to see is a full economic impact analysis for the
:01:37. > :01:39.regional economy. This wind farm is very unusual because it is located
:01:40. > :01:42.so close to a really valuable tourism economy. Navitus says that
:01:43. > :01:45.they are proposing to help diving and fishing businesses that incur
:01:46. > :01:47.increased costs, but not the wider tourism industry. We have done
:01:48. > :01:50.detailed tourism studies and analysis. Similar to the twenty`two
:01:51. > :01:53.other wind parks around the UK, the impact on tourism is really a
:01:54. > :01:56.perception. There is no real evidence from around the UK that
:01:57. > :01:59.wind farms have an impact. And that is looking at wind farms that are
:02:00. > :02:07.much closer to shore and resorts than we will be. A planning
:02:08. > :02:10.application for the wind farm was submitted last month. The final
:02:11. > :02:17.decision will be taken by the Energy Minister. Steve Humphrey, BBC South
:02:18. > :02:19.Today. Anti`fracking protestors are
:02:20. > :02:22.considering a legal challenge against a decision to allow
:02:23. > :02:24.exploration for oil and gas under a Sussex village to continue. The
:02:25. > :02:28.energy company Cuadrilla can now carry out further tests at the site
:02:29. > :02:30.in Balcombe. Last summer protestors gathered amid fears that test
:02:31. > :02:38.drilling could lead to fracking. Cuadrilla has said it has no plans
:02:39. > :02:41.to do so. The Forestry Commission says claims
:02:42. > :02:44.by some wildlife groups that aerial spraying of woodland in Berkshire
:02:45. > :02:47.will damage all moth and butterfly species is inaccurate. Later this
:02:48. > :02:49.month, parts of Sulham Woods, near Pangbourne, will be sprayed with
:02:50. > :02:55.bacteria to eliminate a toxic caterpillar that is deadly to oak
:02:56. > :02:57.trees and harmful to humans. Despite previous treatments, five oak
:02:58. > :03:05.processionary moths were discovered here last year. The authorities want
:03:06. > :03:09.to completely eradicate it. A centre in West Sussex for children
:03:10. > :03:11.with special needs and life`limiting illnesses says it may have to close.
:03:12. > :03:17.The Camelia Botnar Children's Centre in Goring`by`Sea costs ?250,000 a
:03:18. > :03:20.year to run. The twenty professional carers have been given a formal one
:03:21. > :03:25.month redundancy consultation notice. If new backers are not
:03:26. > :03:30.found, the centre will close in July. Sean Killick reports.
:03:31. > :03:35.Two`year`old Gabby has a form of cerebral palsy. She is one of 70
:03:36. > :03:40.children attending each week at the Camelia Botnar Children's Centre. It
:03:41. > :03:44.has been fantastic, she has progressed so much since she has
:03:45. > :03:50.been here in such a short time. The staff and everyone here are
:03:51. > :03:55.fantastic. They are all trained and they have got the equipment that
:03:56. > :04:02.they need here. If you go to another nursery, they will not have the
:04:03. > :04:04.equipment for the children. So it will be fantastic if someone can
:04:05. > :04:07.actually save this nursery. Until 2009, the centre was funded by the
:04:08. > :04:10.West Sussex charity the Camelia Botnar Foundation. But since then,
:04:11. > :04:14.it has been independent and running on its own reserves and fundraising.
:04:15. > :04:23.But now it can no longer afford the ?250,000 annual running costs. It
:04:24. > :04:26.has been very difficult. We have tried very hard to get somebody else
:04:27. > :04:29.involved to help us in our plight, but unfortunately, with the present
:04:30. > :04:39.economic climate, it is not really possible to get anyone to help to
:04:40. > :04:41.the extent that we need it. In March, another children's charity,
:04:42. > :04:45.the Rainbow Centre at Fareham, said it faced closure and launched an
:04:46. > :04:52.appeal for ?150,000 ` which it has now almost reached. The Camelia
:04:53. > :04:54.Botnar Children's Centre has begun a formal one month redundancy
:04:55. > :04:57.consultation with its 20 professional carers ` most of whom
:04:58. > :05:03.have worked here for more than a decade. The trustees have held a
:05:04. > :05:06.meeting with staff to update them on the situation and they have been
:05:07. > :05:09.told that, if no new backers are found, this centre will close in
:05:10. > :05:19.July. Sean Killick, BBC South Today, Goring`by`Sea.
:05:20. > :05:22.The New Forest naturalist Chris Packham's campaign to protect
:05:23. > :05:25.migratory birds on the island of Malta has triggered a parliamentary
:05:26. > :05:27.debate on the issue. The BBC wildlife presenter was questioned by
:05:28. > :05:30.Maltese police while making a documentary. It followed a complaint
:05:31. > :05:36.by a group of hunters that he and his crew had breached their privacy
:05:37. > :05:38.by filming them. The prehistoric White Horse, on the
:05:39. > :05:41.hill near Uffington in Oxfordshire, is getting a face`lift this bank
:05:42. > :05:44.holiday. Volunteers have been invited to help re`chalk the giant
:05:45. > :05:47.figure, which has started to turn grey over the winter. To get the
:05:48. > :05:50.stones back into good condition they will use a method which has not
:05:51. > :05:56.changed since it was created 3,000 years ago.
:05:57. > :06:00.Now it is time for the weather with David Braine.
:06:01. > :06:07.Hello, good evening. After the warmth and the sunshine of today, it
:06:08. > :06:10.is fresher and also much more unsettled for this week ahead.
:06:11. > :06:13.Generally, we are going to see a lot of cloud around, there will be
:06:14. > :06:17.showers, if not longer spells of rain, and also quite breezy with the
:06:18. > :06:20.winds from the west or south`west. There will be rain overnight and it
:06:21. > :06:23.will be slow to clear first thing tomorrow morning. It will dwell for
:06:24. > :06:25.a time, particularly across parts of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
:06:26. > :06:28.Temperatures overnight, 11`12 degrees. It will clear and then
:06:29. > :06:31.tomorrow morning, for at least half of the day, it will be bright and
:06:32. > :06:35.dry with sunny spells, quite a lot of cloud around. Then the showers
:06:36. > :06:37.will develop and get going in the afternoon, particularly in the
:06:38. > :06:40.north. Top temperature, 16 degrees. The outlook is unsettled. Breezy
:06:41. > :06:43.again on Wednesday with the risk of a few showers and more persistent
:06:44. > :06:49.rain turning up on Thursday. Have a good night.
:06:50. > :06:51.That is all from us for now. More on the BBC News website. We are back at
:06:52. > :07:12.10:20PM. The sunshine today for the bank
:07:13. > :07:16.holiday produced the highest temperature of the long weekend in
:07:17. > :07:21.eastern England today, at 20 Celsius. But to the west, the cloud
:07:22. > :07:25.has been gathering. We have seen a bit of rain in Northern Ireland and
:07:26. > :07:27.western Scotland, but the thicker cloud now pushing into the
:07:28. > :07:34.south-west of England is delivering more rain. It will become more
:07:35. > :07:37.extensive over the next few hours. A ragged area of rainfall will move
:07:38. > :07:38.east as the night goes on. If