:00:00. > :00:15.Families have been gathering today to protest at plans
:00:16. > :00:18.for an incinerator to be built in a West Sussex town.
:00:19. > :00:21.Locals in Horsham say the plant would bring traffic congestion
:00:22. > :00:22.and pollution to the area and have a chimney
:00:23. > :00:32.Residents coming together in protest at a plan they believe
:00:33. > :00:41.At an existing waste facility site north of Horsham,
:00:42. > :00:45.Brittania Crest Recycling Limited propose to build a new recycling,
:00:46. > :00:48.recovery and renewable energy plant for commercial and industrial waste.
:00:49. > :00:53.The company said it would create jobs, provide enough electricity
:00:54. > :00:56.to power a small town and reduce both landfill and use
:00:57. > :01:03.It is the visual impact we are concerned about.
:01:04. > :01:07.A massive, ugly incinerator in amongst the countryside,
:01:08. > :01:11.it will be as big as Big Ben, so way above the tree
:01:12. > :01:15.canopy and the noise, because it is day and night
:01:16. > :01:17.operations, and obviously the HGV movement, which again contributes
:01:18. > :01:21.But I think the major concern is it will blight this area
:01:22. > :01:26.A local councillor says he is most concerned about emissions.
:01:27. > :01:30.I think there has not been enough research into the long-term
:01:31. > :01:32.implications of such systems yet to be clear.
:01:33. > :01:37.And Public Health England are producing report,
:01:38. > :01:40.hopefully in the spring, and I am wanting this to be deferred
:01:41. > :01:43.South Today has contacted the company but there
:01:44. > :01:47.People have until January 19th to submit their views
:01:48. > :01:57.An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed
:01:58. > :02:03.Nine dead swans have tested positive for the H5N8 strain of the disease -
:02:04. > :02:06.a virus that's considered a very low risk to public health.
:02:07. > :02:10.The Swannery has said the welfare of its birds
:02:11. > :02:17.The site is currently closed for the winter and is not due
:02:18. > :02:25.The Government recently extended an avian flu order,
:02:26. > :02:28.requiring domestic birds to be kept indoors and away from wild species,
:02:29. > :02:35.An armed-forces charity in the south says it has a solution
:02:36. > :02:38.to the growing number of military veterans living rough
:02:39. > :02:41.Help 4 Homeless Veterans wants to convert spare shipping
:02:42. > :02:44.containers into homes - similar to these in London.
:02:45. > :02:48.It estimates it would cost ?10,000 to convert a container.
:02:49. > :02:50.The charity says a lack of affordable housing
:02:51. > :02:52.has seen an increase in veterans seeking help,
:02:53. > :02:54.and it has approached the Veterans Minister to ask
:02:55. > :02:57.for military sites where it could place the container homes.
:02:58. > :03:01.And I'm hoping that he will actually come back to us and give us a piece
:03:02. > :03:04.of land where we can pay a peppercorn rent on this so we can
:03:05. > :03:09.Bovington Camp would be ideal because I know of an area
:03:10. > :03:12.where there used to be temporary accommodation which would perfectly
:03:13. > :03:22.A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for attempted murder and grievous
:03:23. > :03:24.bodily harm after a stabbing in Bournemouth last night.
:03:25. > :03:28.Police were called to Ashley Road in Boscombe, where a man,
:03:29. > :03:34.His injuries though are not thought to be life threatening.
:03:35. > :03:37.The Hampshire sailor Alex Thomson is closing the gap on the leader
:03:38. > :03:38.in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race.
:03:39. > :03:41.Thomson is currently in second place but has set a new race record
:03:42. > :03:44.for the time taken to travel from Cape Horn to the Equator -
:03:45. > :03:46.beating the previous record by 14 hours.
:03:47. > :03:49.That's put him back in contention and he's now just
:03:50. > :04:01.Tomorrow the BBC is broadcasting a special Question Time-style debate
:04:02. > :04:03.on the on-going crisis on our railways.
:04:04. > :04:05.That's tomorrow evening at 7.30 here on BBC One -
:04:06. > :04:14.And now the weather with Holly Green.
:04:15. > :04:18.It is fairly murky through tonight with low cloud sinking down giving
:04:19. > :04:23.Some rain in the mix as well but the breeze
:04:24. > :04:29.A murky start tomorrow but as that breeze continues
:04:30. > :04:34.Come the afternoon outbreaks of rain, a few live bursts
:04:35. > :04:36.possible and some strong winds accompanying that.
:04:37. > :04:38.These are top temperatures but it turns chilly
:04:39. > :04:44.Windy at times for this week, especially from Wednesday,
:04:45. > :04:47.and turning colder from Thursday and by that stage we have the risk
:04:48. > :04:50.of something a little bit or wintry across the hills.
:04:51. > :04:55.Our next updates are in BBC Breakfast.
:04:56. > :05:18.Good evening. Rain around for all of us over the next 24-hour. Then it
:05:19. > :05:23.will turn colder later on this week. There will be frost and some snow
:05:24. > :05:26.around. I must stress this cold spell will be nothing out of the
:05:27. > :05:31.ordinary and nothing in comparison to the severe cold that other parts
:05:32. > :05:36.of Europe have experienced over the last few days. A wet start today for
:05:37. > :05:40.Northern Ireland and Scotland. Wet and windy. The rain will head its
:05:41. > :05:44.way southwards and eastwards across the UK during the course of the day.
:05:45. > :05:51.Turning up across the southern and eastern areas. Not a nice end to the
:05:52. > :05:54.day. Heavy bursts of rain in the south-east and east Anglia in the
:05:55. > :05:56.afternoon that this is three