:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, good evening, I'm Tom Hepworth.
:00:00. > :00:00.You're watching South Today, good to have you with us.
:00:00. > :00:08.Dirty, dangerous and illegal - an increase in fly-tipping
:00:09. > :00:18.in the south, more than 100 incidents are recorded every day.
:00:19. > :00:19.A Sussex school leads the call for a rethink
:00:20. > :00:31.We are having to make devastating cuts at the moment, I am not
:00:32. > :00:32.replacing staff as they leave, I lost three members of staff last
:00:33. > :00:36.year. Fly-tipping, the scourge
:00:37. > :00:37.of the countryside, Last year alone there were more
:00:38. > :00:42.than 37,000 individual incidents across the south,
:00:43. > :00:46.up 10% on the previous year. It adds up to just over 100
:00:47. > :00:51.incidents of fly-tipping every day. And it's costing council tax payers
:00:52. > :00:55.dearly, nearly ?2 million a year. Some local authorities
:00:56. > :00:57.like Hampshire have introduced People living in West Berkshire have
:00:58. > :01:04.been banned from using the tip in Reading after their council
:01:05. > :01:08.stopped contributing to its costs. Fiona Williams is desperate
:01:09. > :01:18.to clear out her garage. She lives in Mortimer
:01:19. > :01:21.and used to take the rubbish black wheelie bin to
:01:22. > :01:29.the complex in Reading. But since West Berkshire Council
:01:30. > :01:33.cut its funding to Reading, she and thousands like her now face
:01:34. > :01:36.a much longer drive. I have to travel to Newtown Road,
:01:37. > :01:38.which is about at I find it really frustrating
:01:39. > :01:42.the council didn't sort something out before
:01:43. > :01:46.they withdrew the funds West Berkshire Council's
:01:47. > :01:53.plan was to expand this recycling centre in Padworth,
:01:54. > :01:57.extending its opening hours and allowing people to take
:01:58. > :01:59.general waste there. But that requires
:02:00. > :02:01.planning permission, It's been delayed
:02:02. > :02:06.because we've had a threat In order to be able to resist
:02:07. > :02:14.the judicial review, we need to do deeper analysis
:02:15. > :02:17.of the effects of extending Padworth Way centre's capacity
:02:18. > :02:21.to take general waste. This is extremely frustrating
:02:22. > :02:24.for our residents in the east of the district, and I'm
:02:25. > :02:27.frustrated as well. The Council's environmental
:02:28. > :02:30.assessments will be costly and likely to take another
:02:31. > :02:33.six months to complete. In the meantime, the environment
:02:34. > :02:36.elsewhere is suffering, with longer car journeys
:02:37. > :02:38.to the tip and with an increase in fly-tipping
:02:39. > :02:40.by those who can't be
:02:41. > :02:43.bothered with the drive. So what's Fiona going
:02:44. > :02:45.to do with her garage? So this year at least,
:02:46. > :02:53.the spring cleaning will have A 26-year-old man from Hampshire has
:02:54. > :03:02.appeared in court in Basingstoke, charged with 16 counts of serious
:03:03. > :03:05.sexual offences against children Michael Ian Lee Gibbons
:03:06. > :03:10.from Dickens Way in Yateley is accused of committing offences
:03:11. > :03:12.against seven children in North Hampshire and Berkshire
:03:13. > :03:16.from 2009 onwards. He was bailed to appear
:03:17. > :03:20.at Winchester Crown Court in April. Thousands of head teachers,
:03:21. > :03:22.representing more than a million students, have written
:03:23. > :03:25.to the government calling for a rethink on its new funding
:03:26. > :03:29.formula for schools. Consultation on the proposals,
:03:30. > :03:31.which were drawn up to make Gillian Hargreaves has been speaking
:03:32. > :03:38.to one head teacher in West Sussex Tanbridge House in Horsham
:03:39. > :03:47.in West Sussex provides outstanding education for its pupils,
:03:48. > :03:50.even though it is one of the worst ?2000 less per child
:03:51. > :03:57.than some other schools. It had hoped to be
:03:58. > :03:59.a winner when a new way of allocating cash was announced
:04:00. > :04:02.by the government, giving more money to rural areas and less
:04:03. > :04:04.to inner cities. But when the head looked at his
:04:05. > :04:07.school's finances, he found he So we've just got another e-mail
:04:08. > :04:12.coming in, and that's With only hours to go before
:04:13. > :04:18.the government enters public consultation, Jules White is one
:04:19. > :04:21.of thousands of head teachers who have written to their MPs,
:04:22. > :04:23.saying they can't manage and the new
:04:24. > :04:27.formula is flawed. We are having to make
:04:28. > :04:30.devastating cuts at the moment. I'm not replacing
:04:31. > :04:33.staff as they leave, I lost three members of staff
:04:34. > :04:35.last year, it could rise Maybe four or five members
:04:36. > :04:40.of support staff, that administration, support staff, staff
:04:41. > :04:46.who also help our most vulnerable youngsters, we can't
:04:47. > :04:50.afford them going forward. Under this new funding
:04:51. > :04:53.formula, he will receive But his costs for things
:04:54. > :04:58.like pay, national insurance, heating and lighting
:04:59. > :05:00.have risen to ?220,000. So now the school is
:05:01. > :05:06.?40,000 worse off, even It is unprecedented
:05:07. > :05:13.for thousands of heads to come together like this
:05:14. > :05:18.without trade union coordination. But that's a measure
:05:19. > :05:20.of both the fear and the fury teachers
:05:21. > :05:22.feel about the cuts The government says the funding
:05:23. > :05:29.formula is a fairer way to help all It's promised to help those
:05:30. > :05:40.in difficulties and is spending a At the moment it's
:05:41. > :05:44.hard to see how both When you think of public art,
:05:45. > :05:48.this might be the sort of thing As tastes change and technology
:05:49. > :06:05.develops, what should public art look like in the digital age,
:06:06. > :06:08.and is it relevant? Ed Sault has been to see one work
:06:09. > :06:12.in Worthing tonight. On a street corner in Worthing,
:06:13. > :06:14.an array of artistic We've got two cameras, one
:06:15. > :06:20.which is a motion detection camera, And then we have a motion detection
:06:21. > :06:26.infrared camera, which is pointing out towards the audience in the
:06:27. > :06:29.street, and that then brings that information in, goes through some
:06:30. > :06:32.software and processing to then give the visual output, which is then
:06:33. > :06:35.projected onto the windows. This is all part of
:06:36. > :06:38.a plan to invest in creative arts and culture
:06:39. > :06:40.in the West Sussex town. The council has invested
:06:41. > :06:43.in this building to help We actually are managing to produce
:06:44. > :06:52.over 70% above the national average in creative arts here in Worthing,
:06:53. > :06:56.which is really, really exciting. And so the council is really
:06:57. > :06:59.pleased to put some money It's a bit like a Jacuzzi
:07:00. > :07:04.bubble of creativity. As for this latest installation,
:07:05. > :07:06.it's certainly stopping I've never seen anything
:07:07. > :07:10.like this in Worthing before, but I like to dance,
:07:11. > :07:14.so I think this will be fun. And the council will be hoping that
:07:15. > :07:34.too, as modern technology has a hand It is very impressive, let's bring
:07:35. > :07:38.in the gents are men. Thank you the talk numbers. Adam, you live in
:07:39. > :07:44.Worthing. How important is it seeing this? I been living in Worthing but
:07:45. > :07:49.two years but I've met some inspiring people, friendly bunch of
:07:50. > :07:53.people, it is a great opportunity to present our artwork amongst all the
:07:54. > :08:00.other opportunities taken place in Worthing. It is ripe and ready to
:08:01. > :08:06.go. Jim, we saw you in the film, plus a technicality. How relevant is
:08:07. > :08:10.art like this in the digital age? It is really relevant, we are using
:08:11. > :08:17.technology you would normally find in home, we've got cameras. We're
:08:18. > :08:21.putting them into a different environments, getting other people
:08:22. > :08:26.to experience them, in a situation they wouldn't expect. At a time when
:08:27. > :08:31.eyes and budgets, how can he justify spending on this? From the
:08:32. > :08:36.experience of what we've seen people using them today and going forward,
:08:37. > :08:40.we found people have come along, discovered the playful nature of the
:08:41. > :08:48.installation and they've gone away feeling very engaged. Jim, Adam,
:08:49. > :08:50.best of luck. You can see this art installation here in the centre of
:08:51. > :08:52.Worthing until the 2nd of April. When you are 87, you need to be
:08:53. > :08:55.a little careful about activities But Pat Adams from Sonning has
:08:56. > :08:59.thrown caution to the wind. She told staff at her retirement
:09:00. > :09:03.home she'd like a visit from her rather high profile
:09:04. > :09:08.neighbour, George Clooney, The Hollywood heart
:09:09. > :09:21.throb duly obliged. He's a very nice man, very handsome
:09:22. > :09:25.man. And he can call any time he likes. I thought, I've shaken hands
:09:26. > :09:31.with George Clooney, I don't think I will ever wash my hands again, but
:09:32. > :09:37.of course I will. And this is a day I will always remember for the rest
:09:38. > :09:39.of my life. I think she held her composure well.
:09:40. > :09:40.That's the latest, thanks for being there.
:09:41. > :09:43.We'll be back with bulletins in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning,
:09:44. > :09:48.but now Sam Fraser's here with your weather forecast.
:09:49. > :09:55.Some lovely spring sunshine across a region today, but we had some chilly
:09:56. > :09:59.winds and showers. The next few days, will continue with that mixed
:10:00. > :10:05.theme. For tonight, so cloudy skies were rain arriving to western parts.
:10:06. > :10:10.Over the coming hours, that cloud built, the rain band is out to the
:10:11. > :10:15.west, pushing its way into the early hours. Western parts waken up to a
:10:16. > :10:19.wet start. Under the cloudy skies, temperatures not dropping much below
:10:20. > :10:24.five Celsius. A windy night to come. And do tomorrow morning, that band
:10:25. > :10:30.of rain moves its weight east across the region, fragmenting so the rain
:10:31. > :10:35.becomes lighter all the time. By the afternoon, some brighter skies
:10:36. > :10:39.developing. Some sunshine too. Eight Celsius is Tamara's top temperature,
:10:40. > :10:44.but would lighter winds, it won't feel as chilly as today. Looking to
:10:45. > :10:49.Thursday, overnight, showers will last through the day, so Laurini out
:10:50. > :10:54.of the Thursday was cloudy skies, temperatures still in single
:10:55. > :10:58.figures. Into Friday, it has a brighter picture, the threat of rain
:10:59. > :11:00.receding all the time. gradually improve through Friday and
:11:01. > :11:12.the weekend isn't looking bad. Heavy rain, snow and ice are all in
:11:13. > :11:15.the forecast once again. It was quite a wintry scene today,
:11:16. > :11:20.especially in Scotland. Some very cold looking winter skies here, and
:11:21. > :11:23.we had some snow falling at times in West Lothian. For a while earlier
:11:24. > :11:26.today, there were quite a few showers running through central
:11:27. > :11:34.Scotland, all in that cold air. Right now, we have two areas of
:11:35. > :11:37.cloud, one in northern Scotland and this deepening area bringing heavy
:11:38. > :11:42.rain into south-west England and Wales overnight, with snow over the
:11:43. > :11:44.hills. That wetter weather will move into the