6. C. Thank you for that laser those coming in so I have got some more of them and keep your suggestions coming in and saving and of course in the next hour of the program we have. Asset pick news hours on the way at stake with all the day's top stories in your local. Online and digital radio this is b.b.c. Sound say. It's for the clock on Steve dial the 2 most powerful men in the long running rail dispute causing misery for thousands of commuters in Sussex failed to reach agreement during talks this morning is the 1st time Charles Horton chief executive of Southern rails owners go via Thameslink to make cashew leads the r.m.c. Union got together to try to find a solution as a result of the 3 day strike over the changing role of conductors which began yesterday continues with a further 11 days of industrial action plan this month but richest see 1st industrial relations expos of the University of Wolverhampton says he believes further talks will take place very soon not the end of the story I mean I strongly suspect. That we don't know exactly why. But I strongly suspect that we light in the wee hours because the pressure points to such people are absolutely desperate state to raise amaze refused to promise M.P.'s a vote on her bricks a strategy before the government triggers the process of leaving the e.u. The call for proper scrutiny has divided M.P.'s with some conservatives backing the opposition during a Commons debates Labor claim is the government's in a shambles and has no proper exit plan them write reports from Westminster during a boisterous debate the shadow backs it Secretary secure Starmer said Parliament should be preserved. Ended with the basic terms of the government's negotiation plan before it triggers divorce talks with the e.u. a Process to resume a says should begin by the end of March next year Labor also argues parliamentary approval is needed for talks to start a number of senior Tory backbenchers including Ken Clarke and the former attorney general Dominic Grieve suggested M.P.'s should get a vote on the government Bracks it planned to but most of their party colleagues disagreed and the brakes it Minister David Davis insisted the government had the right to trigger exit negotiations police are calling for witnesses to oppression broaden this morning which left one man critically injured and 2 others seriously hurt it happened when a car in van collided in the saddle scheme Road 500 metres north of the junction with Devil's Dyke road so 6 police say their concern for a missing 17 year old male who has not been seen since leaving Chichester on Friday evening Margie's a Middle Eastern 5 foot 7 of slim build with short dark brown hair Police say his disappearance is out of character he's thought he could be in the working on little homes an area the Environment Agency has been testing the way it responds to major flooding in Shoreham today stuff have been trained how to use new temporary barriers which can be put up quick in emergencies they've also been trying us a new mobile command center as well as using drones to help monitor events from above they've Robinson their operations manager in Sussex explains what they've been doing they're practicing what would happen if there was to be a south coast surge here at this location so. You know what we're looking at doing in. This location is if we had a breach in Impact Man or we had overtopping How could we quickly and efficiently put up some of this flood area cricket in England's cricketers need just 42 more runs in their 3rd and final decisive one day international game of the series against Bangladesh in Chittagong Bangladesh with 277 for 6 from their 50 overs giving England an overall target of 270. It's a way in England the current late $236.00 for 6 of a Nate precisely $42.00 runs off 7 and a half overs Steve McClaren is in line for a surprise returns of Britain's Broughton's Championship rivals Darby County as the head coach the former England manager was sacked by the old us 18 months ago and Cooper by his knowledge of Pearson who left the midlands club this week Speedway in these Born Eagles much so long as the King's Lynn is off to the weather he's running to the north of track in the forecast for this evening is pull or tomorrow's weather will see some scattered showers mainly affecting the north and east minimum temperature 7 degree Celsius 45 foreign hot b.b.c. News is just 4 minutes past 5. B.b.c. Sussex travel you tracks. Exactly afternoon an extra 6 and a half 1000000 pounds needs to be safe from East Sussex county council's budget next year in addition to the 17300000 pounds savings already planned the local flora he says a continued impact on frontline services is unavoidable overall the need to cut spending by 70000000 pounds to 90000000 over the next 3 years we're joined live by . Councillor Keith Lazio has Lisa of the County Council thank you very much for joining us from the 5. Way do you stop us. Tonight because well this is not a case of starting this is just a case of now revisiting some of the areas that we've been looking at over many is we've taken a $100000000.00 pounds out of the running costs of the council over the last 5 years we knew we've got 70 to 90 to make in the next story what's happening now is that there are pressures on services key services indicate that we're going to need to make more savings during next year so rather than white until February and not have a plan we started very early looking at the options and clearly is going to be cutting into frontline services which from. What we want it will be across the council might change we have a single council now where we look at every one of the services that we provide see what we no longer need to do or what we can do differently I think that's the important part some of this now is going to be about doing things differently and working with partners looking at some of the options and they are things like community can assess is the carriers and children with special educational needs these the kind of says absolutely vital luxuries pays literacy absolutely 'd as they were last year and as they will be next year unfortunately as you know and I'm sure your listeners know that we have to present a balanced budget we have whatever the final funding figure ends up at and we won't know that until early in the New Year or later this year and we have to make budget balance these are not easy decisions these 'd are in some cases life changing does it decisions but we absolutely look at looking after the most vulnerable and helping people help us help themselves as we go through this. By stone ask getting best value for money is a warning that jobs could be affected as well again. Through most of the 'd previous program we're just being honest about the fact that you can't make this amount of savings without losing jobs we do have a redeployment policy within the council and we hope not to make compulsory redundancies but we'll work with staff to retrain or move them into different areas it's possible but it is a risk and what about council tax possibility of increasing council taxing in order to save some of these services we've done that for the last 2 years and and planned in the next year is what is the maximum that we're allowed to raise council tax by which is 1.99 percent and an additional 3 percent for 'd I don't care so that's already taken into account if we didn't do that we'd 'd be looking at making probably another 6000000 pounds was a savings so a final decision on where those savings may. Be made into February next year is that right absolutely lot of consultation and work to go on between now and then we as councils across the council will have the opportunity to 'd input into what areas should be affected and what decisions should and shouldn't be taken but it will be a county council meeting in February when the final decision is taken Well thank you very much indeed for joining us on the program 11 minutes past 5 o'clock b.b.c. Sussex Drive time with Sara Goneril the day's top stories for our local area where the 2 most powerful men in the long running rail to speed causing misery for thousands of Sussex commuter has failed to reach agreement during talks this morning is the 1st time the child's Holsten chief executive of Southern rails gave you a Thameslink commit cashew leads the r m t Union got together to find a resolution as a result a 3 day strike over the changing role of conductors which began yesterday continues with a further. 11 days of industrial action planned this month but road to see 13 industrial relations experts at the University of Wolverhampton says he believes further talks will take place very soon not the end of the story I mean I strongly suspect. We don't know exactly why. But I strongly suspect that we. Do know we asked because the pressure on both sides. People are absolutely desperate. Well it's now so it's the B.B.C.'s transport correspondent Paul Clifton support we had that don't know exactly why it broke down but there does seem to be a real sticking point with this dispute that neither side will back down is the 2nd time the 2 sides of met in a week and the 2nd time the 2 people have met in a week and both of explained why they felt those talks have broken down the are empty 1st they said they went into talks this morning in good faith with every intention of trying to reach a settlement and they felt a golden opportunity to resolve the dispute had been wracked Why did they feel it had been wrecked because goofier Thameslink rather the parent company of Southern hadn't made a different offer now listen to what g t r had to say they said Are Empty have absolutely nothing new to say Not today not last week not last month so in other words neither side had budged an inch from the company's point of view they are empty is asking that if a 2nd person is not available to staff a train they want to guarantee that a train would be counselled that says give it him zeroing is simply not an option customers will come 1st they said not the union and we're not allowing them to maintain the power to control when or when a train is not is cancelled on for example if an on board supervisor the new role was delayed to come. Into a station on an inbound train and couldn't get to his next train on time the company wants in those circumstances that train to leave with only the driver on board the union says absolutely not but is the key sticking point it's an absolutely I mean it seems that no either side is prepared to compromise on that poll though is there any end in sight you know what next you and I could have had exactly this conversation in August in fact we could have had exactly this conversation last April but how much things have moved since the strikes began not one millimeter and it doesn't appear that either side is going to move at all any further So where are we the company has written to the conductors to say their contract of employment will be terminated and if they don't sign a new contract they will be out of work the union has under duress it says instructed its members to sign a new agreement so they have jobs to go to so the change is going to happen anyway whatever occurs during these strikes but the strikes are continuing we're in day 2 of 3 there are 3 more next week and there are more settled in November and December so although the drivers have been instructed to sign the new deal they are continuing at the same time to strike against it Paul thank you of course we'll keep you up to date with all the latest developments here on b.b.c. Sussex Still to come very shortly we talked to 2 of our local M.P.'s Peter Cowell and Henry Smith as M.P.'s are holding a Commons debate on the government's plans for Britain to leave the European Union and more on that on the way very shortly also we hear more controversial plans for 300 metres it point where the Brighton boil recently stood up being discussed by planners this afternoon more on that on the way very shortly. I've been in talks between the 2 most powerful men in the. Thousands of commuters broke down this morning meeting the current 3 day strike and further 11 days of industrial action this month continue M.P.'s are debating a labor motion calling for parliament to have scrutiny of the government's. Controversial. Being discussed. In tonight's weather scattered showers mainly affecting the north and east minimum temperatures 7 Celsius $45.00 degrees Fahrenheit. Pvc Sussex you trust. Between. 26. Between. The northbound. Traffic around. And. Continues on the. Road. The. Field. Traffic. Between. As you journey. From shore and. Continue on. Further inland. Both ways. On the Brighton Road and 2325 doesn't really it's very sandy clockwise around to goats and there's a short gap and then you're slow again between inside this isn't the m 26 couple of accidents and breakdowns of really cool keys and then from Swanley up stop for the stillness detail clockwise into Sorry the key still starts halfway to never head in the 8th grade but it does extend well up to the 40 on the trains and catch means on going destruction on Southern The amended timetable continues to express. The Sussex travel. B.b.c. Sussex travel you trust cool Shereen 45957 double 057. The day's top stories for Sussex with Sarah girls for until 7 o'clock this evening and m. Pays a holding a Commons debate on the government's plans for Britain to leave the European Union now Labor urging ministers to spell out the details of their strategy with pressure for a parliamentary vote before any deal is agreed to resume a insisted there would be a full consultation a new select committee has been set up which crucially includes representatives from parts of the United Kingdom to be looking at these issues and only just over a week ago I analyse the really great repeal bill in the next session I truly believe it. Is going to have every opportunity to debate this issue but the Labor leader Jeremy Corbin and cues the prime minister of having no idea what happens next 3 on these ranges of jurisdiction a decision the British people believe. But this is a God you are no plans for brakes is that America has no strategy for negotiating breakthrough and offers no priority no transparency and no chance of scrutiny of the process for developing a strategy listening to that of the labor m.p. . The host Peter Cullen the conservative m.p. Henry Smith thank you both very much indeed for joining us on the program Good afternoon let's start with you Henry you know no strategy that he has accusation of Jeremy Colvin is not the case Well unsurprisingly I don't agree with that and I think what we've just heard in your clip of the prime minister speaking in the House of Commons earlier today makes it quite clear that she has said we will be triggering our school 50 by the end of March next year that there will be a great repeal bill introduced into Parliament in the coming session David Davis the new breaks it secretary of state has made several statements and one just the other day to the House of Commons setting out exactly the process and indeed we had announcements yesterday for it was approved by the House of Commons for a new select committee to scrutinize the brakes it negotiations and processes that the governments are going to be going through and they'll be elections for the chair of that taking place next week so there's a lot going on the government to determine to deliver on breaks it that's what the British people. Wanted said they wanted on the 23rd of June and that's that's quite right but there will also be plenty of parliamentary scrutiny along the way and it's been p.c. Colleton that if you do grade you this will be handled quickly and efficiently Well I agree will happen quickly and possibly efficiently and I don't disagree with any of the timescale and we outlined then but let's be very clear the things that we just outlined just then on the phone and in this interview were actually points along the way that's not a strategy what we need to do is to fill in all the gaps now at the moment we the only thing we noticed is also 50 which created in March next year 2 years later we will leave. The European Union but what we need to do is to know water is behind what is after that what are we moving to after we leave the European Union that is the strategy what's the endgame in all of this because the British public did vote to leave the European Union but they didn't vote for was to go into a black hole with no certainty at all the other side now this isn't just Peter plucking things out of the air and trying to scupper what is happening in the trying to scupper the will of the British people this is about saying we are moving away from the biggest trading block in the world what are we moving to now David Davis before he became secretary of state he said that by September the 9th he would have outlined in the government will of outlined a bigger trading block that we're moving towards than the one that we're leaving he didn't do that 3 days before he was appointed he said that the government needs to publish a white paper which is about the pre negotiations now I challenge her on him on this on Monday in the House of Commons and he said no he won't be doing that so all we want is the information about what is our destination not because the destination isn't leaving the European Union at the destination is what comes after that well if there's a point there's no Henry Well what is the destination where the destination is in x. In the will of the British people that is for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union and the timetable has been set out on that what is also make by the government is that when subject to members of parliament voting for this and I certainly will be when the when the great repeal bill comes through on the moment we leave the European Union formally the body of European law will remain on the British statute book and then as and when it's appropriate measures will. Removed so it's not as if there will be some black hole we will continue on with the. The law as it is is just it will be the British parliament that will be the final arbiter of that in terms of negotiations there are lots of talks going ahead already with countries around the world who want to have a free trade agreement with k. That's why Liam Fox has been appointed separately as international trade secretary state additions David Davis being the breaks it secretary of state indeed I was in Taiwan just a couple weeks ago they are very keen for a free trade agreement let's not forget that the European Union has been a rerun the referendum arguments for the European Union that so far failed to do any major trade deal with any major economy like Canada like in the even the United States and we have we are now free to do that let's just bring Pete Carroll back you know there's a lot of work on do I pay so well that we'd rather the European Union is 2 years in to try to go shares in with the United States and we're about to move away from that and the IATA states have been very very clear that we are now back to the Q back of the queue by definition means we're behind the European Union so these are the challenges that we have to overcome Now the other big thing that was told was join the break to debate and the referendum was that we would this is about sovereignty Well the European Parliament has the right to Nick to have to see the draft of every trade negotiation as it is on the way each to each parliament each $27.00 parliaments he will remain in the European Union will have a vote on the leaving some of the United Kingdom now for those people who said that this is all about the sovereignty of the British Parliament isn't it ironic that we're moving into a world where the 27 states of the Union the European Union who I will have a vote on Britain's leaving terms but Britain will not know these are the things we're fighting for it's about making sure the Britain the rich Parliament does have scope and all the scrutiny it does have sovereignty over what comes when we leave the European Union not just the process of leaving because leaving will happen we need to make sure we. And we have the scrutiny to make sure what comes next is not complete because Henry and nobody else can point to anything what will come after we leave the European Union Peter Cullen Henry Smith speaking there of course all the day's top stories now controversial plans for 300 meters it the Brighton wheel recently stood up been approved by plan a self named some residents living opposite the site at the end of Madeira drive say people whizzing along the sea front opposite their homes from the night in the morning until 11 not will be intolerable Meanwhile some traders and visitors welcome the idea Steve Dale spoke to them before this often a meeting I'm standing in the window of the 3rd floor of a property on Terra place and I'm just looking through the window you can see the the sunlight gently dancing on the sea in front of me and it's precisely from here that you can see the area that the zip while we'll travel along on with Trevor and cerise Scoble Theresa why do you objects to they said because I don't like a lot of noise in the March 4th. We pay for that every day wondering in that opening Well it's going to be $24.00 travelers going across the sky along here in an hour and it is interfering and she said the sun's dancing on the moon but the moon might sing even in bad weather and there is a beautiful thing but I'm just going to wander along and speaks to traders and businesses to the area just to see what they make of the idea I'm Charles Firth and I'm the general manager of the Amsterdam hotel and I would be very favorable because it would trade down our side of the city from the eastern side which is blocking since we all closed did you get a lot of trade when the whale 1st came in it was a fantastic amount of trade but we did bring people down this end of the sea front and only guess that we had here missed it when they learned that it had gone. Would you welcome an attraction of that nature I would just definitely it brings tourists in it brings money to the town yeah it's great what you have to go on something like that I don't like heights so I probably wouldn't but loads of people would say it's a good thing yeah it is if they keep it is a reasonable price and they don't make it to heavy on the children because parents have to find the money on something last and go away so yes I could for the life of those who haven't tried a very difficult position she only one the only back side but they're safe yes Johnny on the line now counselor Allen Robbins the counselor responsible for terrorism so you know as we heard there Allan a lot of people concerned about the noise but this is now been approved Hello Alan . Now we should be having a few problems linking up with Alan at the moment so hopefully he will be joining me in just a moment on the program we will be linking up with him and finding out what he has to say is you have people saying they will consent and we'll get a response from the council responsible for terrorism in just a moment it's pretty amazing how Alan I was. So this week that it's been approved and there were concerns about noise. Some residents objected to this while too many to prevail go ahead well it's really hot off the press day something we've only found in the last 1015 minutes. 'd it's gone ahead and I know you played some stuff before and I didn't hear it because I was just put on hold and well I think he's going to hit that opening every place that will bring some right down to the end of the city from a long distance to the east of the palace pier I think everybody knows where this is now to. The outside from the from the formal Will what's known as the past and it was always best it was almost sure. That they're using the tower that stay over there will come 300 meters down to the east of. To cable was. 300 meters along taking I think it's 32000. Free will so you can see 'd here so you think this is going to be a big boost to terrorism now what I hope so yeah what about the noise of this it was well I'll just listen this is the only one and it seems that there is very little noise from 'd the wire I mean people were talking about the similar it was in. Love and. You know they were saying that there was very little little noise and only very very ng that there's it is there any saloon is a toll is it sort of slows to gently place whoever's in into the into the back to terra firma. So generally you feel that if you know that there are no real real concerns and then people will learn to love the outside they learn to love the will they. Hopefully to begin to love the other $360.00. And you know this is all it's all part of what we're trying to do to bring to bring life back to the safer in particular the area to the east of the pier where you know the material terraces and all that hopefully again we can we can regenerate in the not too distant future. Quite quite difficult to visualize isn't it the idea of visit foreign people whizzing along it's also safe. As well it is a tower which is where the wheel was and then the water goes down from the. Hull of a bug which is where people sort of finish their role it and. That's just them. And I'll mean I'm sure to clear things like steak and noise and things like that and I'm sure it will be popular and I'm sure that people. Don't you know I don't quite get some of the negativity we get in at the moment of these things. So any aid any more proposals then if we going to see dramatic change in terms of what's on offer you talk about you know really needing to. Receive Well I don't know if we really need to restate I mean we are in lots of tourist seems to be is failing at the moment nobody can deploy anymore which to get annoying point 2000000 Twitter is here and. There a lot supplanted there's always plans to keep things going keep things fresh keep things you know talking along we got the swimming pool area others come in lights one up in a concert hall in Black Rock on for me in the not too distant future to see improvements or Churchill Square where it's going to come down to the sea front a gun and King Alfred So there's a lot going on there and you know it's it's there's a lot of good news happening and I don't really get what people are so shut down and things that well thank you that we began on this one also was the night I want if you will. Live or all were to miss a day to sink a stick thank you very much indeed for that Alan rolfing. You're listening to b.b.c. Sussex Drive time Sara Karl with all the day's top stories the time now $530.00 to . Headline news between the 2 most powerful men in the long running dispute causing misery for thousands of Sussex commuters broke down this morning meaning the current 3 day strike and a further 11 days of industrial action this month will continue the family of 15 year old page to Haiti murdered on whites who work in West Dunbartonshire have welcome to the minimum 27 year sentence handed down to her killer John Leatham m.p. Said debating a labor motion calling for parliament to have proper scrutiny of the government's Breck's it plans controversial plans for 300 metres zip where the Brighton whale recently stood have been approved and children and 6 primary school a building a castle out of 10000 balloons smart Fridays 950000 of the Battle of Hastings. now clear. 5 is solid from the m 23 around between 7 says and 526 then it's solid from Swanley to Dolphin clockwise from just after 911 had all the way up to the end for our Mt strike action means ongoing disruption on Southern trains I'm still b.c. Sussex travel. B.b.c. Sussex travel you trust Oh sorry 45957 and double 057 and. You're listening to b.b.c. Sussex Drive time all the day's top stories with the Environment Agency has been testing the way it responds to major flooding in Shoreham today stuff have been trained to use temporary batteries which can be put up quickly in emergency situations they've been testing a new mobile command center and using drones to help monitor events from above Simon Jenkins caught up with Dave Robinson the operations manager if the Environment Agency in Sussex will. Here we are sure and this is the sights of a fairly big scheme that you're putting in place so we what's happening here but what we're doing here today just well the scheme is just being starting to be constructed here is we're undertaking that instant response exercise called excise searchers So really big national exercises testing our ability to to move people and equipment around the country so what we've got here today is some flood barrier which has come down from one of our strategic depth in Oxfordshire So that's come down with a load of people from all over the country and we're practicing what would happen if there was to be a south coast surge here at this location so. You know what we're looking at doing in. This location is if we had a breach in impact when off we had a bit topping How could we quickly and efficiently put up some of this flood barrier. We've actually got quite of piling and construction going here as well so over the last couple of weeks we have actually started constructing the shore made a total wall scape $25000000.00 pound ski is going to protect 2 and a half 1000 homes here insurance so we've got that going on as well so it's a really busy saw it today it certainly isn't what's really is that quite a long stretch of barrier has been put up in just a few minutes a straw I mean they're specifically designed to be able to put up quickly we've got a number of different types but they're all very very similar and they're all they all interact with each other as well so they all fit together and you know this is part of a regular exercise that we do locally as well to just test to make sure that our guys are up to speed and you know we can put up you know many metres of this barrier very quickly and move around the country and I'm status and the size of the site here in Shoreham we're just next to the railway bridge actually is pretty big I mean give me an idea of the sort of work that you're doing here because I can see a giant crane and. Very big digger and you know when those are on site some serious works going on ice right so what's happening here at the moment is we're putting these huge great big piles in here to strengthen investment So along this stretch it says still sheet piling here all the way along just on the opposite side of the river where the with the there is we're going to be building some earth embankments there further down towards the town we're going to be doing some more work over the course of the next winter and the next next spring as well so really big projects and short and just finally I mean I can see just a few 100 yards away of course that's a very busy road but to the shore and robot people live on it down there there are homes very close to that if that's true and that's what all this about is about protecting people and now i'm so you know that the long term Scape is here we're constructing it and if anything happens in the short term we just practicing whether or not we can we can mobilize our staff mobilize our equipment and move that around anywhere in the country. And that was Simon Jenkins talking to Dave Robinson the operations manager if the Environment Agency in Sussex other new Send the soft in children s n e Sussex school of building a council out of 10000 balloons to Mark Friday's 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings b.b.c. Sussex will be marking the occasion with a series of broadcasts which many believe will help boost the area's economic fortunes his visitors from across Britain and Europe arrive over the weekend Earlier I spoke to Livia posts he's been building the Casa and also Sarah knew in her from battle and Langton primary school what. To apologize have a problem with that piece of lettuce hopefully bring you that back a slight technical problem technical glitch there we will bring you up to date with that story in just a moment has he now from Sara you in and while we're building a time balloon call so to celebrate the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings sounds like one of those plants is a good idea but a logistical nightmare had been quite tricky but it's been it's going really really really finish have you know had any incidents with the plane's. Not really we've got a few little minor pop pops but actually going out really well looking for just describe it then what Joran cross over to Brown torrent and you can walk inside and there's a throne room with King William and then the bay a couple strain a bed and then a giant Doomsday Book which is coming alongside of all the animals coming out the pages and then play I'm talking harrowed with an archery I this sounds amazing just from balloons or from. Which the idea come from. Last year I went to a big convention in Belgium and they I was part of the team making a giant balloon in my and I was desperate to build. Something big in my hometown and then the 950000 of us it was the perfect excuse really the school had a big enough. Of the children enjoyed themselves it sounds such fun I think they have been amazing fun for us as well. As the children opinion Fall Festival Sara I understand you have with us so let me see from Sarah talking more about this this balloon costal sorry you that. Sounds incredible this what have you been doing today. We. Hold. On for. And. People from So really you've been learning all about the Battle of Hastings. What are those balloons like I can imagine building out pollutants is really really difficult Well no really. So this is a must mean a really interesting and very different school feel. Yeah it's going to be but back to normal tomorrow I feel. Like there. Will still be that well lovely to to achieve and I understand you also have have another student from your school with you you and let's hear from you in because you and it's also been involved in this day and a lot of children at this primary school even held. Have you enjoyed yourself today . And just tell me what you've been doing as part of this building the cost last $10000.00 if you've been helping build it. Back or. Wow I mean have you you in you know what are you surprised what can be made out a lot better than you imagined it would pay. Or see how to describe to me Tell me what you make of it you describe it to me. Well it's just amazing the way they study old. You can coalesce new laser good. And the old are very real but. One of the interesting writes a lot about the Battle of Hastings isn't it yes. Well the time now quarter to 6 show listening to b.b.c. Sussex Drive time still to come this afternoon more as a celebration of Sussex is glorious Ashdown Forest is under way this weekend more on that coming up very shortly also talking about allergies hospital admissions for allergic reactions in England is caught up by more than a 3rd in the last 5 years we find out more a little later on in tonight's program the top stories this evening talks between the 2 most powerful men in the long running rail dispute causing misery for thousands of Sussex commuters broke down this morning meaning the current 3 day strike and further 11 days of industrial action this month will continue M.P.'s are debating a labor motion calling for parliament to have proper scrutiny of the government's breaks it plans and controversial plans 1st 300 metres where the Brighton whale recently stood up being discussed by plans this afternoon to nice weather see some scattered showers mainly affecting the north and east minute of temperatures 7 Celsius 45 Fahrenheit. B.b.c. Sussex travel you trust to a crawl sat in a struggle around the entrance 3 from on a royal and westbound along Southgate avenue to name but a few a 24 say moving southbound just south of warn him long to laze into count all approaches the worst bit westbound 878 crawling all the way from Washington into Washington southbound on the a 24 new also crawling southbound from Findon to crap and on the a 280 with along the way traffic along sheets to bypass eastbound still very slow into wording to Key West bound on the a 27 which is also a very busy coming from Southwick into Lansing as a queue as you journey towards Port Slade from home and generally through Brighton traffic on a 23 is struggling in both directions as is the south side of the Lewis road found around betting and that's really how. This delays eastbound on the 859 through routing Dana and wouldn't even saltine traffic around really is absolutely solid only 859 along sea side on the eastbound carriageway looks really busy in and around 8 in southbound on the a 22 into golden cross the entity 3 looking good anticlockwise I'm 25 pretty solid still from the m 23 around to clock in services after a couple of early accidents then it still slow from Swanley to Dartford into Sorry the queue starts about halfway between Leatherhead and the a 3 It does extend solid up to the m 4 I'm busy but moving there often and the are empty strike actually means. Something trains as also the amended weekday timetable for the catwalk express finds the b.b.c. Sussex travel. B.b.c. Sussex travel you trust Cole Oh sorry for 5 now I am 57 double 057 and. A celebration of Sussex is glorious Ashdown Forest is on the way this week events taking place include a slide show with a live picture featuring the trees and the wildlife they'll be storytelling sessions and also a special sound sky past been created let's have a listen to that now you can look around 360 degree view you could believe you're in the middle of nowhere and you could say to a stranger just over the brow Vi here on the northern horizon is the biggest city in Europe and yet all you can see is trees and grass all the Canaries birds and insects just boggles the mind to stand there and. Makes you want to be there doesn't let speak to. Produce the sounds getting heavily involved in the wake of celebrations thanks for joining us on the. Well we've had a snip in the recording which is the idea comes from well the funny thing is that I actually only 1st step foot in the 1st 4 years ago so I'm an enthusiastic. I think often they're the best source on that because otherwise we take these places the ground one size the whole my whole motive is not to take it for granted because when I 1st went there I thought What's going on there's just more than stretching as far as the eye can see and you know London is within 30 miles away how has this not been built on and it is remarkable and the thing that I find really magic about it is that you can walk up there and a Black Adder will cross your path so you just go out at night and you can hear this sound of the night just sharing which is like a electronic machine and you know if if we let it grow back to trees it will be as one of my interviewees says pigeons and magpies is a wonderful is highlighted that you can be you know so close to the hustled apostle of day to day life and yet just feel like you're miles and miles and miles away that's what makes it so special because it's so rad it's day to have any anything on came and and it's just every time I go there I just feel this incredible sense of space. And you know as I say. The thing that we really want to get across is that it's a he's not a forest because the name is very confusing Ashdown Forest exacts actually an old time. As a means in many ways for us but one of the expert definitions of it is that it's an area set aside for hunting and so one of the issues that we want to draw attention to locals in particular is that when trees are cut done that we all love trees but trees on the he says if it just grows back to trees it will be back to pigeons and magpies so the trees do have to be cut down and the poor ranges get such a hard time for doing boys so right for us than for us which could be called Ashton he's because it's rarer than rainforest and it is a remarkable space so close to London you know we hear so much as well about the stresses and strains of modern day life and yet just who knows but I sort of films have will sting away when I think that was the word blog that was the word love. And I actually in all the interviews I've done with 20 people the thing that really came across with me is you can still have proper encounters with nature out there real moments where you feel your communing with you know another animal and one of the ranges tells this lovely stories again of the night John not of its church and its famous charing but actually it does the trick which it to protect its nest it will pretend that it's got a broken wing to distract you so you don't get close to the nest and the ranger knew this happened but he said it was so convincing that he was fooled by and he was trying to come and protect this rare species and walking towards it quickly to look after and then it flew off happily and now such an idiot. All these wonderful moment just going on right right from that tools. Even really noticing them sometimes that's absolutely it I mean and one of the things I have to mention a son things too is the increase of dog incidents and that's a real change the lot of my interviewees talk about one of my interviewees is the last remaining calm and I hear it's still his livelihood to graze to use his right to graze in the forest and that's Henry Osborne and and he was born in the 1930 s. And when he came for them home from school he would get his side and come back and back for bedding for the forest which was a very good way of men chaining the haze but of course there aren't enough commoners anymore to do that and he is very distraught he's had hundreds of cases of dogs warring his sheep and hundreds of deaths literally hundreds and that's one of the things he says is this is I'm not I'm not against new comers you know they bring new life into the community but they've got to train I don't and. You know there are countless incidents of dogs running off to sea and one of the things I had never understood is he said when a dog bites it can look like a little nip but because the sheep's wool is so thick it really stays hot and it festers and maggots get in and then I don't mind it was really interesting as well talking to lots of different people as I suppose the forest means different things to different people definitely does one has Larry Smith where this. Bloke says that you know when he was little he used to make dens really elaborate dens and he was chased by the ranges and then was a bestseller he used to cycle on the forests and he was chased by the ranges and then he used to settle Eagles you know have camp fires and drink and he was chased by the Rangers but now he works for b.b.c. Sussex watched life I mean some b.c. For Sussex Wildlife Trust and he teaches people about the wonders of the forests he's got a really original angle on it they do sound absolutely wonderful that you know storytelling. Appreciate that had people find out more yes so if you go and they are down 1st Center Web site. All the events of the 3 remaining say tomorrow night 7 is poetry and I don't know if you knew that there is actually down 1st poets in residence. And she is there with some other poets and then Friday night also 7 pm double bill which my soundscape was about half an hour and then moving images with my question which to be quite original by local companies the bridge the light percussion and then on Saturday also 7 are all 7 to storytellers and to all of us who are well traditional tales are telling true tales which I would think about well so interesting talking to you and I have to having heard a little bit of that soundscape I really want to. Say silly wonderful thank you so much for joining us on this thanks very much about the time now coming up to 5 to 6 we'll be talking just to my son Tom I guess. He shared some of his thoughts on some of the tricky issues causing friction in the. Range of relationships. And heartbreak. More about the devastation in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere 60 percent of its population live in poverty. On our supporter of people living on a dollar a day join me this Sunday for stories of faith from around the world and around the corner Sunday morning from saying. Well it's time now coming up to 4 minutes before 6 o'clock and hospital admissions for allergic reaction in England has gone up by more than a 3rd in the last 5 years in summary the figures have risen by 60 percent in the last. Yes in some thick admission vanity's are up 10 percent during the same period well any activity Pike spoke to our reporter Matt Davison He's been looking at the n.h.s. Digital data Well one theory is that we're all cleaner now that's the theory Dr Donald politician the Leeds teaching hospitals trustee says a huge increase in children with allergies because living in a cleaner world has lowered our ability to build up a resistance to substances like dust and pollen Let's get a couple of cool theories and to the fruit professor of allergies and respiratory medicine at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and he gives this theory as to why there's been an increase in allergies generally there are different reasons behind the rise and I favor the rise in aspirin the rise in food allergy our genes we think at the moment with especially with the peanuts we were advising the government not me personally were sizing people to avoid paying out so early on with children and it looks now from the current research is if in fact. We should be getting people to have to not only rather than leave it all it's a comment and so some perhaps some of the things that are pinned on the pass want the best advice but they were the best advice on the insulation of the time but there has been a progressive rise over about 30 years in peanut allergy because there really wasn't any in this country before not an 88 but why sorry and Ok Jim Morris a consultant specializing in allergies things in sorry we're just more switched on of allergies I think is a greater awareness of allergies and sorry if you look at the prescription of at the parents which I prescribe than the last is I think Cherry tops the list of prescriptions so doctors are far more aware of that even sorry people there is any error than going to a g.p.s. 111 says if someone is shines up and describes a legit call Arafat actually extensions and paramedics is a major dispatched and they end up in any so a lot of them are bypassing g.p. Surgeries and going directly to an e. Which might actually increase the statistics the salary could be called for. If you have a child with although something else Anthony said this morning he did add that there's an average of just one fatality a year in this country due to allergies Well b.b.c. Journalist Alex bishop told me about his only experience of a serious allergic reaction my wife and I were on holiday in Crete it was 4 years ago and as someone who's never ever had any problems with food no allergic reactions at all I was eating wonderful tuna salad it was freshly caught in the sea and it was wonderful but only a few mouthfuls in suddenly I became really really hot need to drink water my tongue started swelling up my mouth my mouth actually came alive that's how I describe it my tongue was just singling my wife and she was absolutely horrified because she said you can see it moving your tongue you know looked like it come alive as well that was her view of it as well and suddenly started to panic and you know how to raise the alarm we had to get the Verna to just quickly get me to a medical center and fortunately there was one only a couple minutes drive away and the actual owner of the restaurant drove me round there and then the treatment began it was the most terrifying experience of my life you know I was well into my thirty's when this 1st incident occurred and completely honest with you Danny I thought I was going to die on holiday leave my wife there in Greece well really horrible story there and of course we reported today huge increase in the number of allergic reactions now coming up in the next hour the program we've got the old classics from the sixty's seventy's and eighty's on the way we also bring up to date with the day's top stories take a look through the t.v. 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