who all have children with disabilities have gone to the high court to challenge plans by surrey county councilhe council is contesting claims by the women that the cuts are unlawful. it is the second such case to reach the high court within months. 0ur education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. do you want something to eat? would you like a sandwich? alicia's son kian has settled in school. you can have some toast, yeah. kian has autism and adhd. each day, he gets council transport to a specialist school. it allows his mum to get his sister to school and herself to work. i do worry about transport, because if he loses his transport then i can't work, because i'll have to drive him to school and collect him from school. and the state would have to pick up the cost of rent, and pay the bills, and support me not working. today, she was one of four mums taking a case to the high court, challenging plans by surrey county council to spend less — less on services for children like kian, with special needs or disabilities, asking the court to decide if they should have been consultation. parents from

who all have children with disabilities — have gone to the high court to challenge plans by surrey county councilthat the cuts are unlawful. it's the second such case to reach the high court within months — as our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. do you want something to eat? would you like a sandwich? alicia's son kian has settled in to school. toast. kian has autism and adhd. each day he gets council transport to a specialist school. it allows his mum to get his sister to school and herself to work. i do worry about transport because if he loses his transport then i cannot work because i will have to drive him to school. and collect him from school and the impact of that that would be that the state would have to pick up the cost of rent and pay the bills and support me not working. today she was one of four mums taking a case to the high court, challenging plans by surrey county council to spend less — less on services for children like kian with special needs or disabilities, asking the court to decide if there should have been consultation. parents from around england were in cour

we have a statement from surrey county council. e children get the support that they need." dominic, what would you say if somebody from the council was watching? how can you fight for what the children need if you are cutting all the money that is currently giving them what they need and still trying to give more kids that don't have this stuff what they need? if they went around my school or any schools that receive sen funding and sought the help that the kids get, and what the help would be like if they did not get it, realistically they did not get it, realistically they would not be looking at trying back. it doesn't logistically work—out. there are lots of kids that have special educational needs and need this to have good education and need this to have good education and get their gcses or whatever they are doing. you can go on to do whatever you want, it doesn't make a difference as long as you have the right support. that is same with anything, and if you don't have the right support, you can lose all of that help you are

in court, surrey county council's lawyers argued the decision to include savings in the budget does notot happen until added changes would not happen until a proper decision—making process has taken place. a proper decision—making process has ta ken place. experts a proper decision—making process has taken place. experts say council budgets have faced their biggest reduction since the second world war, and the political pressure is building. when parents, particularly when they are trying to use a case to lean on government at a time when privately many conservative mps know that there is a reaction against so—called austerity, there is a risk that the government finds itself on the back foot when a number of these cases come to court. the mothers told me i will keep campaigning. many have battled for support for their children's extra needs. this is not about getting extra. it is about the support they need to achieve theirfull about the support they need to achieve their full potential. they will have to hear from the court. another similar case will be heard within weeks. 0ther anoth

surrey county council says its focus is to make sure children get the support they need. tion. and that kind of support is really essential for our children to develop their skills, their communication, to achieve their potential in life. how many people here have been to tribunal once? sarah‘s not alone. and twice? alicia mccoll‘s1a—year—old son kian has autism, adhd and speech and language difficulties. he goes to a specialist school, but they say they‘re not sure what will happen. just taking away a child‘s future, kind of, because it‘s taking away the opportunity to give them support and things to actually help them learn. potentially, if they cut budgets we could lose speech and language, we could lose occupational therapy just like anybody else could. but the biggest thing for me would be transport. if he lost his transport, i would have to give up myjob because i'm a single parent. catriona ferris‘s15—year—old son dominic has asperger‘s and needs support at school with severe anxiety. he is preparing to sit his gcses next year and says those who have made the fundin

a group of mothers are going to the high court to challenge surrey county council's proposed cut to itsbudget. the women all have disabled children, and theirjudicial review will contend that they should have been consulted on the planned £21 million cuts. surrey county council says its focus is to make sure children get the support they need. passengers have been left stranded after budget airline primera collapsed, cancelling all scheduled flights. the icelandic—owned airline ceased all operations at midnight, with many passengers unsure of alternative travel options. and you have the details. there are around 2000— 5000 people who are stuck on the wrong side of the atla ntic stuck on the wrong side of the atlantic at the moment, people who have taken atlantic at the moment, people who have ta ken advantage atlantic at the moment, people who have taken advantage of the cheap fa res offered by have taken advantage of the cheap fares offered by the airline and are now stuck somewhere. we know, as you say, it suspended all its flights last night at midnight, and this means there are thou

surrey county council says its focus is to make sure children get the support they need. rrey county council plans to cut £21 million from its special educational needs budget. plans they say will hit theirfamilies hard. children who need support like speech and language therapy in school, who need one—to—one learning support assistants just in order to be at school, to access and education. and that kind of support is really essential for our children to develop their skills, their communication, to achieve their potential in life. how many people here have been to tribunal once? sarah's not alone. and twice? alicia mccoll‘s 14—year—old son kian has autism, adhd and speech and language difficulties. he goes to a specialist school, but they say they're not sure what will happen. just taking away a child's future, kind of, because it's taking away the opportunity to give them support and things that will actually help them learn. potentially, if they cut budgets we could lose speech and language, we could lose occupational therapy just like anybody else could. but the bigge

in court, surrey county council's lawyers argued a decision to include savings in the budget does notpressure is building. my parents, particularly when they are trying to use a case to win our government at a time when privately many conservative mps now that there is a reaction against the so—called austerity, there is a risk that the government finds itself on the back foot when a number of these cases come to court. the mums tell me they will keep campaigning. many have battled for support for the children's extra needs. they'd to wait to hear from the court. as they now have to wait to hear from the court. since the start of august, 70 deep water whales have washed up dead on beaches in scotland and ireland. many of the animals were cuvier‘s beaked whales — deep divers — which are normally found far out in the atlantic ocean. researchers have been trying to work out what caused their deaths. one theory is that military activity and sonar signals in the atlantic may have played a part. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports from tiree in the innes hebrides. the islands al

a group of parents who are challenging surrey county council s proposed cuts to its special needs budgetal review will decide the legality of plans to cut £20 million from services for disabled children. it's one of a number of legal cases brought by parents of children with special educational needs, including one against hackney council and another against the government over the legality of its cuts to local authority budgets. we spoke to some of the families involved for their message to the council, starting with 15 year old dominic ferris who has asbergers. how can you fight for what children need, if you are cutting the money giving them what they need and still trying to get more kids that don't have this stuff they need, if they will in my school, or any school, that receives certain funding, and they saw the help that the kids get and what that would be like if they didn't have it. then realistically they wouldn't be looking at trying that. it just misjudged they wouldn't be looking at trying that. itjust misjudged logistically doesn't work out. lots of kids need this to have a

today, the families of five children in surrey are taking the county council to the high court to tryld be affected. it is taking away a child's future, kind of, it is taking away the opportunity to give them support and things to help them learn. how can you fight for what the children need if you are cutting money which is giving them what they need and trying to give kids which don't have the stuff what they need? if you or your children have been affected by