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Good evening, I'm Jo Kent. for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Seven special schools in Southampton are facing a funding cut | :00:09. | :00:11. | |
The parents of the children who go to them and the teachers who work | :00:12. | :00:18. | |
They're worried the children who have complex needs will suffer | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
because vital staff and services could be lost. | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
Pop your head back a minute. Good boy, thank you. | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
Abi Simper gets her son George ready for school, | :00:31. | :00:32. | |
confident that when he's there he's safe and happy. | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
The seven-year-old from Southampton has a variety of complex | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
physical and medical needs and Rosewood Free School caters | :00:41. | :00:42. | |
Knowing that he's going somewhere where he enjoys and they can | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
accommodate his care levels is a lifeline for us really. | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
If there wasn't a place for him, I'm not sure what we'd do. | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
But Rosewood is one of seven special schools in the city facing | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
In April their funding is being slashed by ?2.9 million | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
forcing major changes in the classroom. | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
The likelihood is that we will go up to class sizes of eight. | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
That would be similar to asking a reception mainstream class to go | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
We would be pushed towards a situation where we would be | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
processing children rather than supporting, caring for | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
The Cabinet member for Education and Skills | :01:26. | :01:33. | |
at Southampton City Council told us no decision has yet been made. | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
"I asked the Secretary of State for Education to provide sufficient | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
funding for schools and have invited her to come | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
to Southampton to see the effects of the Government's cash freeze | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
But the Department for Education says it has already allocated | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
the council an extra ?1.1 million for special education. | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
The issue will be discussed at a meeting on Tuesday where staff | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
here hope to stop the city's most vulnerable children | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
A young girl who suffered life changing injuries in a car | :02:00. | :02:12. | |
accident which was caused by a Hampshire County Council | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
vehicle is to receive record compensation which could | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
The girl, who can't be identified, was sitting in a stationary car | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
near Winchester when the van drove into the back of it. | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
Earlier our reporter Edward Sault explained | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
Hampshire County Council admitted liability and they will pay | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
a lump sum of ?9 million, but with added costs over | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
the course of the years by the time this girl is 70, | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
In a statement from London's High Court, | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
the judge said today, "I have no doubt that the family | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
would sacrifice every penny to turn the clock back to before | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
the accident and I have no hesitation in agreeing | :02:54. | :02:54. | |
that this settlement is in her best interests." | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
So Ed, what has Hampshire County Council said? | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
Well, they weren't prepared to put anyone up for a television | :03:05. | :03:06. | |
interview, but tonight we got a statement from them. | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
They said, "The county council wishes to sincerely apologise | :03:09. | :03:17. | |
They've worked with the family's legal representatives and our | :03:18. | :03:27. | |
It has got legal commentators talking tonight who admit that this | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
A local authority like Hampshire employs a large number of staff. | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
Some of those drive vehicles, others operate machinery, | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
accidents happen and if it's the responsibility of the council | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
employee then the council usually has to pay. | :03:41. | :03:41. | |
In this case, it was settled and all the judge did | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
What it means is that people who live in Hampshire, | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
through their payment to the local authority, are supporting this | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
little girl, woman as she will be for the rest of her life. | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
Ed, do we know any more about the girl involved? | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Jo, court orders mean we can't identify her, | :03:57. | :03:57. | |
but the court was told how she was under ten | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
They heard how she wanted to be a vet, but how those | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
The court heard as a result of the incident she will never be | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
speak, walk independently or use her arms again. | :04:10. | :04:11. | |
Conductors in the RMT union have announced another strike | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
It will be on 4th April, the day after drivers at the same | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
company decide whether to accept a deal to operate some | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
services without a second member of staff on board. | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
It will be the 31st day of strike action since | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
This week the drivers' union, Aslef, reached agreement | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
with Southern Railway over new working arrangements, | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
and balloting on that deal started today. | :04:40. | :04:41. | |
Several of the Royal Navy's lynx helicopters took to the skies today | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
The helicopters, which have been in service for more than 40 years, | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
are due to be retired at the end of the month. | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
Taking off from their base at Yeovilton, they flew over sites | :04:52. | :04:53. | |
After a quick stop at base, they travelled along | :04:54. | :05:01. | |
the South Coast, on to London and back across country. | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
Our reporter Laurence Herdman watched on from their | :05:05. | :05:06. | |
Airborne for one final time, a diamond formation matching | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
Everything meticulous just as it always has been. | :05:12. | :05:23. | |
The joy of this aircraft, it does a little bit of everything. | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
So load lifting, winching, it has got weaponry both anti-submarine | :05:27. | :05:28. | |
It's the eye in the sky. It's search and rescue. | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
From the waters of the South Atlantic to the sands | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
of the Persian Gulf, the lynx has flown its colours | :05:41. | :05:42. | |
It seemed everyone wanted to share the milestone. | :05:43. | :05:50. | |
We've got a wonderful helicopter they served our country | :05:51. | :05:52. | |
for 41 years, you have to say farewell to it. | :05:53. | :05:54. | |
It maybe goodbye to the lynx from Portland as it disappears over | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
the horizon, but exciting new adventures becon. | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
In football, Reading have moved up to fourth | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
in the Championship tonight, following a win at top-six rivals | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
Yann Kermorgant put the Royals ahead early in the first half, | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
with Adrian Popa doubling their score with a last minute goal | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
Several match winning saves from Ali Al Habsi meant the Royals | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
took away a clean sheet as well as three points in the race | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
That's all from the South Today news team this evening. | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
Well, sunshine in short supply over the next few days. And after a | :06:32. | :06:42. | |
cloudy day today, things stay cloudy through tonight and the winds will | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
pick up too. So the cloud building over the coming hours and under the | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
cloudy skies temperatures not at all chilly. We are look at lows of eight | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
or nine Celsius. Just the chance perhaps of the odd spit or spot of | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
rain, but most places staying dry. Tomorrow, dawns breezy and cloudy | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
and that cloud is going to stick around all day. Again, the chance of | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
the odd spit or spot of rain, but most places staying dry and under | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
the cloudy skies, highs reach 13 Celsius. But you will notice that | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
very brisk westerly wind. Looking ahead to the next few days. Tomorrow | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
is dry, cloudy and mild. Sunday continues cloudy and mild, but we | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
could see some rain later on in the day and for Monday, it's a cool, | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
cloudy prospect with showers. Those winds still strong. | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
it is rather breezy. Now for the national outlook. | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
It was quite a wet day across many northern and western parts of the | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
UK. This was the view in Lancashire not so long ago. For the weekend we | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
are looking to see further rain, all coming from the west, so the further | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
east you are, it should be drier. It will be quite a windy weekend for | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
all parts. The radar from earlier today showing quite a bit of rain | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
across the North and west. The only rain across the East has been light | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
and patchy, but heavy bursts further west. The satellite sequence shows | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
cloud over the UK at the moment. Plenty more cloud over the Atlantic, | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
and it's heading our way, most of it rain bearing. Tomorrow night, still | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
wet for most areas. Snow over the hills of Scotland, not much rain in | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
the east, but still some. With the crowd and breeze, temperatures kept | :08:30. | :08:30. | |
up | :08:31. | :08:31. |