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Welcome to South East Today. I'm Lynda Hardy. And I'm Rob Smith. | :00:04. | :00:08. | |
Tonight's top stories: A teenage boy has died after being stabbed in | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
the chest in Hastings - police have launched a murder inquiry. We'll | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
have the latest from our reporter in the town this evening. | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Preparing for tougher measures - why our water companies are already | :00:17. | :00:27. | |
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thinking about extending the hosepipe ban to some businesses. | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
will be losing money and taking job cuts at the end of it if it did go | :00:33. | :00:43. | |
on for too long. Also in tonight's programme: | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
Putting their best bid forward - the south-east's towns fight for a | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
share of �1 million to transform their high streets. | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
The campaign to mark the work of the man who helped break the Nazis' | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
Enigma code - calls to make Alan Turing the new face of the �10 note. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
And tales of a front-row seat at the Coronation from the Canterbury | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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chorister who sang for the Queen 60 We start tonight with breaking news | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
that a teenage boy has died after being stabbed in the chest in | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
Hastings this afternoon. Police have announced that they have | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
launched a murder inquiry. The emergency services were called to a | :01:26. | :01:33. | |
pub on Mount Pleasant Road in Hastings about three cars ago. -- | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
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Police have confirmed that they have launched a murder | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
investigation. The teenager was attacked, we are told, after 3pm. | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
Police and ambulances were called to the incident in Mount Pleasant | :01:56. | :02:03. | |
Road. We understand that the teenager may be 17 years old. We | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
understand that police have now made one arrest. | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
You have been at the scene - what are people saying? | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
I should point out that none of this is verified information. This | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
incident only happened a short time ago. There has been a lot of shock | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
in the street, people hanging around on the street, visibly in | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
shock, a lot of them saying that they knew the young lad. I am told | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
from people on the scene that he was 17. They are all saying that he | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
was a lovely young man. They also tell me that there was some kind of | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
fight in the vicinity of the pub. One person did not discredit as a | :02:44. | :02:54. | |
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fight, another wounded. -- describe it as a fight. The pub has been | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
cordoned off. Police are, in some cases, stopping some people from | :03:07. | :03:17. | |
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going to their homes as they carry out a forensic investigation. | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
On the day a hosepipe ban has been imposed in response to drought | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
conditions across the south-east, our water companies and the | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
Environment Agency are already in talks that could lead to even | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
tougher restrictions. Businesses that rely on water, such as car | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
washes and window cleaners, are currently exempt from the ban, but | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
they could lose their privileges if the drought continues to get worse, | :03:35. | :03:43. | |
as Louise Stewart reports. The South East warm up -- what are | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
companies are warning that if the drought continues they would have | :03:48. | :03:55. | |
to increase the restrictions, which would affect businesses. We would | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
have to use ladders. If we did have to use ladders, we would not be | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
able to get as many done in the week, so we would not be earning as | :04:03. | :04:10. | |
much, there would be job cuts. With today's drought plan, domestic | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
customers will not be able to use a hosepipe to water their garden, | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
clean their car or watered their patio. Sports pitches can be | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
watered for sporting events. Commercial car washes and window | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
cleaners are exempt. If the conditions persist, for the | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
restrictions could have to be brought in. We're looking at all | :04:37. | :04:47. | |
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the possibilities of the future, which may mean for the run from -- | :04:48. | :04:56. | |
further impositions. If they stopped at the water that leaks out | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
in the road maybe we would not need to have a hosepipe ban. People | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
could save water by having a shower rather than a bath. They could be | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
more aware of the water they are using. If they have not got enough | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
what are we have got to do something. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
The government is also planning to roll out further measures to look | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
at the water used by business in the coming weeks. Water is at very | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
low levels and that means we have to use what what are we have wisely. | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
We need to make sure we're getting households and businesses to look | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
at how they are using water and we will get through this together. | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
The last time that water companies applied to bring in the second | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
phase of drought restrictions was in 2006 but they never implemented | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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them. Businesses hope they will not be necessary this year either. | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
How worried should businesses be? If it continues, these dry | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
conditions, we move into face two. That does really begin to impact on | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
businesses. The last time they had to be implemented was in 1990. That | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
is the last time the businesses were impacted in this way. It has | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
been a long time, but we are having the longest dry patch that we have | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
had for a long time. If it continues, it could begin to impact | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
on businesses. And that is something that the Government and | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
water companies are monitoring. Businesses will be hoping we get | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
some much-needed rain. Later in the programme, we will cross live to | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
our environment correspondent, Yvette Austin, to find out how the | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
drought is already affecting the state of our rivers in Kent and | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
Sussex. But first, we want to know what you think. Do you welcome the | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
hosepipe ban as the best way of dealing with the drought in the | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
south-east? Or are there better ways to tackle the crisis? You can | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
e-mail us at [email protected], or join | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
in the debate on our Facebook page. And we'll hear your views later in | :07:07. | :07:16. | |
the programme. In a moment, Brands Hatch prepares | :07:16. | :07:26. | |
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for hour the next round of this year's superbikes championship. | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
Dozens of towns are bidding for a �1 million fund to help refurbish | :07:44. | :07:52. | |
unused and unloved high streets in our towns. Recently, the Queen of | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
Shops, Mary Portas, gave her advice to Margate. | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
Just four towns bidding for their share of �1 million. The government | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
might want them to show leadership, commitment and innovation. If you | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
look behind me, this is what Tunbridge Wells really looks like. | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
This is the majority of our town. They might not be of the highest | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
quality, but one expect to has watched more than 300 entries, says | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
it is all about passion. There are clearly some that are made very | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
simply one simple equipment by people who love their town, through | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
to people who have got local partners involved and been very | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
impressive films. Mary Portas was in East Kent as part of her review | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
into our high streets. Top of her list of recommendations was to | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
create these town teams. The winners will become pilot schemes | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
and will get funding of up to �100,000 and will be expected to | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
drive innovation and improve the way their high street is managed. | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
am a big believer that people are the factor that you need when it | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
comes to regeneration, not really money. The fact that it is a small | :09:06. | :09:13. | |
amount of money I think makes it more challenging. The more people - | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
- the more input people have to be done themselves, the more the time | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
will benefit. The minister responsible for the | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
competition had a go at making his own film on YouTube and his efforts | :09:24. | :09:34. | |
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have inspired many others. It is my job, as government minister... | :09:34. | :09:43. | |
Please, Mary Portas, please! I like Crowborough, but I let to get a job. | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
I think I will come back when I retire. | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
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A decision will be made next month. UK Border Agency officers have made | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
a series of arrests following raids on restaurants in Brighton this | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
afternoon. Twelve Chinese men and women were arrested on suspicion of | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
working illegally. Detectives investigating the rape | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
of a 14-year-old girl in East Sussex have issued a picture of a | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
man they want to question. The teenager was attacked in Hastings | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
Old Town on Valentine's Day in February. | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
Students returning to Sussex University after the Easter | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
holidays may be screened for tuberculosis, after an outbreak of | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
the infection. Two students from the Engineering Department have | :10:25. | :10:27. | |
recently contracted the disease, triggering warning letters to GPs | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
across Brighton and Hove. Ellie Price joins us live from Brighton. | :10:31. | :10:41. | |
What's the advice for health experts there, Ellie? | :10:41. | :10:48. | |
I spoke to one doctor earlier who said that tuberculous 10 steer | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
affect those who live in close proximity. If you're fit and | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
healthy you are unlikely to catch it. Those who came into contact | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
with the students who are infected have been screened. I am also told | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
that the letter sent to GPs is a routine one. It simply reminds | :11:10. | :11:16. | |
doctors that, if they see a patient with suspicious symptoms, that it | :11:16. | :11:25. | |
could be tuberculosis. Winston Churchill described him as | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
"the man who made the biggest single contribution to winning the | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
war". And now a campaign is under way to commemorate the life and | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
work of computer pioneer Alan Turing by making him the new face | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
of the �10 note. Alan Turing came up with the concept for the first | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
digital computer in 1936. His work at Bletchley Park helped to break | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
the Nazis' Enigma code during World War Two. But he took his own life | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
in 1954, two years after being prosecuted for being homosexual. | :11:46. | :11:53. | |
Sara Smith reports. He is the hero of the computer | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
world. Not only did his designs enable the cracking of the Enigma | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
code, but the offered the blueprint for the development of the computer | :12:02. | :12:07. | |
rage. He designed the digital computer that we use today. All | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
computers that we use in the world have stemmed from his design. | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
Computers, mobile phones - everything. Based at Bletchley Park, | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
much of his pioneering work remained secret until after the war. | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
But 100 years since his birth, a campaign has begun to raise his | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
profile more fitting to the level of his achievements. It is hoped by | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
his fans that Alan during's face will be next on the �10 note. | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
take for granted the money on our pocket -- in our pockets and we | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
open it up and there is the Queen. Maybe this is an opportunity for | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
people to understand the amazing things that did happen to us in the | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
past through him. In his lifetime, Alan Turing's work | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
was poorly repaid. He was prosecuted for being homosexual, | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
his punishment - to be chemically castrated. Two years later, aged 41, | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
he took his life. The Prime Minister offered a formal apology | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
recently. In his hometown of St Leonards, some people would like to | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
see him go further. Gordon Brown apologised on behalf | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
of the government but we think that for the reparations need to be made | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
and his suffering needs to be recognised. | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
A petition to have him pardoned has already gathered thousands of | :13:37. | :13:46. | |
signatures. This Grid wants his work on computers to be properly | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
and widely acknowledged. Our top story: Police have launched | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
a murder inquiry after a teenage boy was fatally stabbed this | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
afternoon in East Sussex. Emergency services were called to the scene | :14:02. | :14:09. | |
in Hastings just before 3:30pm. Also in the programme: Hand-picked | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
to sing for the Queen - memories of a former Canterbury chorister from | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
the coronation. After a dry, breezy day, I will | :14:19. | :14:28. | |
have all the details on the Easter weekend weather. | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
We know that the drought is starting to have a real effect, | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
with the imposition of a hosepipe ban for domestic customers across | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
Kent, Sussex and Surrey. In last night's programme, we looked at the | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
impact on our reservoirs and underground aquifers, but what | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
about our rivers? Over the next few months, will be closely monitoring | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
what's happening to the River Ouse in East Sussex, and the River | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
Darent in Kent to see how they are being affected. Our environment | :14:49. | :14:52. | |
correspondent, Yvette Austin, is in Eynsford on the banks of the River | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
Darent for us now. Yvette, how was the river faring compared to | :14:57. | :15:04. | |
previous years? As you say, this is one of the most | :15:04. | :15:11. | |
popular parts of the river. The water level is about one foot be | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
law where it should be. More significant is the rate of flow. | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
The water going under that bridge at any one time is only about a | :15:20. | :15:30. | |
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10th of what it should be at this time of year. This river is | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
important for wildlife and also for our drinking water supplies. Below | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
me is the reservoir that is fed by the River Ouse and is only half | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
full at the moment. Despite efforts by the water company to replenish | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
it, a drought order has meant that it has been allowed to take extra | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
water from the river, causing levels to be lower than would | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
normally be allowed. The concern is now for the coming months, with our | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
demand for what are increasing as the days get warmer. This is a | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
really important river for sea trout and eels. As the water level | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
gets lower it makes it more difficult for them to come upstream. | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
There are also problems caused by effluent and a run-off from the | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
land. It can endanger wildlife. Already, some of the streams that | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
feed the river rooms are so low that they are non-existent. -- the | :16:34. | :16:42. | |
River Ouse. Another problem is that we are building too many houses in | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
the area so there is not enough water to go round. | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
Flying north into Kent to the River Darent. It flows into the River | :16:50. | :16:56. | |
Thames. It looks pretty healthy, but that is because the Environment | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
agency is propping it up artificially by pumping in water | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
from underground supplies. That may have to stop if those supplies get | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
critical. It would be then that we may see scenes reminiscent of other | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
droughts. In 1992, of vast stretches of the river dried out, | :17:15. | :17:25. | |
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and again in 1996. There are fears it could happen again. Here we go. | :17:27. | :17:32. | |
This is a really important animal for this river. The last time the | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
river dried out in 1996, we lost this almost completely from the | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
river. It took 15 years for it to come back. If the river dries up | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
again, that could be another 15 years of damage. It would be a real | :17:47. | :17:53. | |
shame. Matching our needs with those of | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
wildlife will be a difficult balancing act over the coming | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
months. You can see that it would not take too much for this to dry | :18:01. | :18:05. | |
out. There is serious concern. Never before has a hosepipe ban | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
been brought in so wetly in the year. It will be interesting to see | :18:09. | :18:14. | |
how this river and the river rues welfare over the coming months. -- | :18:14. | :18:24. | |
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the River Ouse. Few people had a better view of the | :18:27. | :18:29. | |
Queen's coronation 60 years ago than the choristers in Westminster | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
Abbey, who had been hand-picked from top choirs all over the | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
country. Among them was 13-year-old Canterbury Cathedral chorister John | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
Fryer, who today lives in the Kent village of Smarden. As this | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
summer's Diamond Jubilee approaches, he has been sharing his memories of | :18:40. | :18:50. | |
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a front-row seat with our reporter, Robin Gibson. | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
They searched the country for the finest in music and pageantry to | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
honour in Ukraine. To find out that you had been chosen was quite an | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
accolade. My brother called out, dad wants a word with you. I | :19:18. | :19:24. | |
thought, what has happened now? He said, the choir master has just | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
been and you have been chosen to sing at the coronation. Just like | :19:27. | :19:37. | |
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that. Crikey! The coronation meant leaving home | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
for one month of rehearsals. mother was more upset. She lost her | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
son for a month. If you're good at something, and I am not trying to | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
boast, but if you are good at cricket, football, whatever it is, | :19:52. | :20:01. | |
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you cannot do enough of it, can you? It was not a chore to sing. | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
She was gorgeous. So was Princess Margaret. The whole thing was just | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
amazing. Thank goodness he did not take my breath away, otherwise I | :20:13. | :20:20. | |
might have got the sack for hardly starting! You want something like | :20:20. | :20:27. | |
that to go on forever, don't you? But it doesn't, does it? | :20:27. | :20:36. | |
The memories have never faded, though. | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
If you've got a story connected to the Diamond Jubilee, we'd love to | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
hear from you. And we also want your help with a special project | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
we're putting together as we approach the big event. Would you | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
like to take part in creating a unique piece of art for the Queen's | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
diamond jubilee and see a photo hanging in an art gallery? We | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
intend to make a photo mosaic of her Majesty. It will be a unique | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
picture of the Queen made up of thousands of pictures of you. It | :21:08. | :21:14. | |
will be hung here at this Gallery in Eastbourne. Log on to our | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
website and send us your photo. They can be colour or black and | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
white, recent or from years ago - we'll be deciding soon which | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
picture of the Queen your photos will recreate. It got to | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
bbc.co.uk/Kent or Sussex or Surrey and become part of the bigger | :21:28. | :21:35. | |
picture. Now the sport. All of the south- | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
east's top football teams will play twice over the Easter weekend. | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
Tomorrow, Brighton travel to Burnley, knowing anything less than | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
victory could see them drop out of the Championship promotion play-off | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
places. The Seagulls have lost just once in the League this year, but | :21:46. | :21:52. | |
drew four games last month. In League Two, Crawley will be looking | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
to extend their eight game unbeaten run at Crewe. The Reds remain in | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
third place despite being held to a goalless draw at Burton in their | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
last game - the first in seven in which they've failed to score. | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
Gillingham know they must win at Bristol Rovers if they are to keep | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
in touch with the promotion pack. The Gills go into the game four | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
points adrift of the last play off place but still believe they can | :22:13. | :22:20. | |
force their way into contention. Despite the chilly conditions, both | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
Kent and Sussex's cricketers have made a good start to the new season. | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
Sussex dismissed Surrey for 264. While, at Headingly, Kents new-look | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
team are 334 for 4 against Yorkshire. Kent skipper Rob Key top | :22:29. | :22:39. | |
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scored with 97. There will be huge crowds at Brands Hatch over the | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
weekend for the first rounds of this year's British Superbikes | :22:42. | :22:44. | |
Championship. Tommy Hill from Lingfield in Surrey will be | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
defending the title he won for the first time in thrilling fashion | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
last year. But former champion Shane "Shakey" Byrne from | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
Sittingbourne looks certain to be one of his main rivals once again. | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
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No-one there will ever forget, and millions more worldwide have now | :23:13. | :23:16. | |
seen what many believe was the best bike race ever staged in the UK. | :23:16. | :23:21. | |
Six months on, local hero Tommy Hill is delighted to be back at his | :23:21. | :23:31. | |
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home track. His life has changed. Wherever I go, someone is always | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
tempted to come over and talk to me because they have never watched a | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
Superbike race before and a friend has told him about that last race | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
at Brands Hatch, and now they are hooked. It was one of my biggest | :23:44. | :23:53. | |
achievement, to win that. -- achievements. | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
Riders from around a dozen countries will be competing. There | :23:55. | :24:04. | |
will be incidents and accidents aplenty. Shane Byrne will be trying | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
to prove himself. I am not the youngest but I am not the oldest. I | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
definitely want to get out there and win a title. I think I need to | :24:14. | :24:23. | |
win maybe 10 races and that will make any the biggest winning rider | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
in the history of the sport. Thousands of fans will be there | :24:28. | :24:35. | |
just in case this event has all the drama of the last one. | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
It will be exciting there, but will the weather intervened? Rachel will | :24:41. | :24:51. | |
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We had a damp start but it brightened up into the afternoon. | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
Friday and Saturday should be staying dry but it is increasingly | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
wet for Sunday, with heavy rain around by the time we get to Monday. | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
This weather front has been clearing South slowly. There is | :25:03. | :25:09. | |
lots of cloud around, mostly in dry, bright and into the afternoon. It | :25:09. | :25:18. | |
has been a breezy picture. The temperatures have been between 7 | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
and ten Celsius. Tonight we will see increasingly clear skies. It is | :25:25. | :25:33. | |
a chilly night for all of us. Temperatures will be down to zero | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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in land. Plenty of sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. The winds will | :25:47. | :25:56. | |
ease off by tomorrow evening. High temperature on the South course | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
will be around 12 Celsius. A slightly milder picture through | :26:00. | :26:08. | |
tomorrow night. A mixture of cloud and clear skies. Mostly drive. | :26:08. | :26:18. | |
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Temperatures will drop down to four or five Celsius. Into Monday, | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
another ban of rain will be spreading to the South East. | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
Possibly heavy rain on Monday. It will be increasingly unsettled by | :26:34. | :26:43. | |
Sunday and Monday, dry before that. It could be welcome, that rain. | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
On the day that the hosepipe ban has been imposed in response to | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
drought conditions, the Environment agency and water companies are | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
already in talks that could lead to tighter restrictions. Some | :26:58. | :27:00. | |
businesses are exempt at the moment but they could lose their | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
privileges if that drought continues to get worse. Earlier, we | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
asked if you thought it was the right response. Thanks for your | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
comments. Malcolm says, surely the first thing to consider is that the | :27:14. | :27:19. | |
South East is the most densely populated part of Europe. Surely | :27:19. | :27:27. | |
the first step should be to reduce the number of houses being built. | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
Low water levels do not happen overnight. Perhaps the water | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
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authorities should pay the river authorities. Another viewer says we | :27:41. | :27:51. | |
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should perhaps restrict population growth. Moorings says that he finds | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
leaks for the water companies and says it is difficult sometimes to | :27:58. | :28:03. | |
fix the leaks. He said that today he found a customer who did not | :28:03. | :28:10. |