Travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i m victoria hollins. the mayor of london has announced an expansion of his scrappage scheme to help owners of non compliant ulez vehicles. grants of up to £2,000 will now be available to drivers with a non compliant cars, the scrappage payment for vans will increase to £7,000 and additional support will also be available to charities. city hall has also confirmed the expansion of ulez to outer london will go ahead on august 29th, as planned. there will be no rail services from london to brighton s pride event this weekend. govia thameslink say the difficult decision is necessary due to staff shortages and safety concerns. brighton station will be closed and the gatwick express will not run. brighton and hove council has said it is extremely disapppointed at the decision. it treats some of the most critically injured patients
Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. this hello, good morning from bbc london. i m victoria hollins. the mayor of london has announced an expansion of his scrappage scheme to help owners of non compliant ulez vehicles. grants of up to £2,000 will now be available to drivers with a non compliant cars, the scrappage payment for vans will increase to £7,000 and additional support will also be available to charities. city hall has also confirmed the expansion of ulez to outer london will go ahead on august 29th, as planned. there will be no rail services from london to brighton s pride event this weekend. govia thameslink say the difficult decision is necessary due to staff shortages and safety concerns. brighton station will be closed and the gatwick express will not run. brighton and hove council has said it is extremely disapppointed at the decision. it treats some of the most critically injured patients in the capital but london s air
Seafront and people have been out and about despite the weather. we have seen them struggling to stand with those strong winds, they have been taking their dogs and their cameras out to catch these images. sussex coast guard has been patrolling up and down, asking people to keep their distance, be simple and be as safe as possible. what about other travel arrangements in brighton? are the trains running? the trains to brighton are running. across the south east, in kent, all train services have been cancelled. we believe that is unprecedented. in sussex there is a critical incident on the railway but they are keeping that from london to brighton, bognor regis sutton open. but trees have fallen across many train lines and roads. a couple of trees hit but travel around the south east is getting more difficult.
Travel around the south-east is getting more difficult.- travel around the south-east is getting more difficult. lucinda adam in briuhton, getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank you getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank you for getting more difficult. lucinda adam in brighton, thank you for that - in brighton, thank you for that update. let s speak to our reporter, josie hannett in dover. a lot of the ferry services have been cancelled, what is the picture there? ,., ., been cancelled, what is the picture there? ., , . there? the port of dover is closed and ferry services there? the port of dover is closed and ferry services between - there? the port of dover is closed and ferry services between doverl there? the port of dover is closed i and ferry services between dover and calais have been cancelled until further notice for the safety of passengers and freight traffic. incredibly the su