of the top cargo ports in the uk. let's here more from our business correspondent sean farrington who is talking to businesses at solent universityboat and a reminder of the nautical heritage of southampton and the importance of transport infrastructure to the region. 40 million tonnes of cargo coming to the port here. what happens on the roads, at airports and ports is crucial and we have the boss of southampton airport with us. we will be hearing from politicians in the next few days. what do you wa nt to in the next few days. what do you want to hear for the in the next few days. what do you want to hearfor the regional infrastructure here? we are looking for clarity over the future investment in the region will see. crucial to understand the region needs to be well connected across the uk and europe and globally and we do not always see that investment in roads and railway we see elsewhere in the country. priority needs to be given to the parts of the country bringing the hugest contribution economically and we see that in the southampton region. people in the country will ask why a lwa ys people in the country will ask why a

of climate change. it all starts in 2021. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. we are live in southampton. we are at solent university. you for questions. here to answer then we have branwen jeffreys, our education editor, and emily hudson, our political reporter in the south. good morning. 0ne about special needs from david topping in londonderry. what are the party is doing to ensure children with special needs are given the same chances as other pupils in schools to maximise potential? in some ways one of the real shockers of reading manifestos election after election is that special needs children barely get a mention. yet there are around 15% of all children. we may not see many specific promises in this week's ma nifesto. specific promises in this week's manifesto. the conservatives will probably point to a little bit of extra cash they have put in to help local councils meet those needs, but there is a massive shortfall. i am sure emily will tell us more about the local situation. the green party are saying they want inclusive schools. if you have a child with special needs you have got more of a real choice abo

now we can look at a variety of election issues with my guests — grace davis, head of student voice at solent universitygeorge and rachel dicker. grace, getting younger people interested , grace, getting younger people interested, is that a struggle in this election? a struggle could be because people don't understand the issues, and everyone has different issues, and everyone has different issues of course, but we are working with the nus, and we have got a campaign which encourages people to ta ke campaign which encourages people to take five minutes to register to vote so they are empowered on a national level and also place importance on why this matters and how everything is impacted by this vote and it is one of the most important in this generation. difficult for some people to understand why young people do not feel they know enough when there's so information out there. people don't know where to look because there's so much information out there's so much information out there and so much is conflicting especially with social media, people don't know what to believe any more, so don't know wha

welcome to university of solent. this could be our base today. at good city of this country find out about the general election in 3.5 weeks time. james, leanne and reese as well. thank you for coming on this morning. lewis did wanta for coming on this morning. lewis did want a beer before seven o'clock, but that is very much the student life this morning. james, let's start with you. we talked to peter, talking to us about why the student peter, talking to us about why the stu d e nt vote peter, talking to us about why the student vote is so crucial in cities like southampton. what are you making your decision based upon? from the last referendum, it has to be from actual brexit because i was eligible to vote in the last referendum and i originally voted remain, but the way that government has changed we have to look at the future and we have to look at the main topic, brexit. that is a decision point for you. main topic, brexit. that is a decision point for youlj main topic, brexit. that is a decision point for you. i am interested in education,