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Hello, I am Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's | :00:05. | :00:11. | |
programme... Remembering a wonderful daughter. Jo Yeates' | :00:11. | :00:18. | |
parents pay tribute to her in a statement. We will never get over | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
Hull loss, so miss hearing how happy voice and seeing her living | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
life to the full. -- Get Over Hull loss. | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
She had a gastric bypass operation. But eight months later, this woman | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
died of malnutrition. Guilty. The man accused of clamping | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
the cars of the men guarding the Queen. | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
And the personal thoughts of a wartime fighter pilot as Douglas | :00:41. | :00:51. | |
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Bader's log book goes up for auction. | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
The trial may be over. But for the parents of Jo Yeates, the sorrow | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
goes on. Her Hampshire family today paid tribute to their happy loving | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
daughter as Vincent Tabak begins a life sentence for the 25-year-old's | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
murder. The Dutch engineer looked down at his feet, but showed no | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
sign of emotion, as the guilty verdict was given. The judge told | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
Tabak he had committed a dreadful, evil act on a vulnerable young | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
woman. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Alex Forsyth, has | :01:19. | :01:28. | |
On Christmas Day last year, the body of Hampshire woman, Jo Yeates, | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
was found by dogwalkers on a snowy verge near Bristol. She had been | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
dumped there by her neighbour, Vincent Tabak, a man whose name she | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
didn't even know. Just over a week earlier, Tabak had gone into Jo's | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
flat while she was home on her own. He strangled her. He then put her | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
body in the boot of his car and drove to Asda, where he bought beer | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
and crisps. Today a judge said there was a sexual element to what | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
he called a dreadful, evil act. He sentenced Tabak to life in prison | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
and told him he'll serve a minimum of 20 years. In a statement, Jo's | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
parents, who lived in Ampfield near Romsey, showed their anger towards | :02:04. | :02:12. | |
the man who took their daughter's It is with regret that capital | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
punishment is not an option. The best we can hope for him is that he | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
spends the rest of his life incarcerated, where his life is a | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
living hell, being the recipient of all evils, deprivations and | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
degradations that his situation can provide. For our selves, this trial | :02:31. | :02:37. | |
has had little effect on our lives. We have still lost our daughter and | :02:37. | :02:46. | |
Son has lost his sister. In that statement, Jo's parents | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
said the trial may be over. But they will never get over Jo's death. | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
They said their main sorrow is that Jo will never start her own family | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
or achieve her potential. They said they miss hearing her happy voice, | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
and seeing her living her life to the full. The statement went on to | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
describe how David and Teresa Yeates had been touched to the core | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
by tributes that had been paid to Jo, including one in Hampshire. A | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
memorial garden that's being created by friends of Jo near the | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
village of Ampfield where she grew A vibrant, free spirit. Those who | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
knew Jo Yeates at sea she was a pleasure to been the year. I first | :03:21. | :03:29. | |
knew her when she was working as a landscape architect. She was easy- | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
going, sat next to me. It was a joy to work with her. Jo grew up near | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
Romsey, went to college and Winchester and then studied | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
landscape gardening. It is here, near her childhood home, that her | :03:46. | :03:55. | |
friends will create a garden in her memory. She was very bubbly, really | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
enjoyed native As. When the students and staff says they wanted | :03:59. | :04:07. | |
to do something for her, it was said that a natural area would be | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
ideal. The most important aspect of the design is the view down the | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
hill. A tranquil place overlooking the Hampshire countryside, Jo's | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
friends say this perfectly reflects her love of nature. It was her | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
father who suggested the scheme. When we visited the site, it was | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
full of butterflies in the summer and it was meant to be. A joint | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
effort by many who knew what -- who knew Jo, it is hoped the garden | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
will be able to remember her own life and not dwell on her death. | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
will be a good way of focusing the joyous part of her personality and | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
send a message to her parents that people out there really cared and | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
will carry on thinking about her. To have someone of such talent and | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
vitality taken away from us at such a young age is a particular tragedy. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
Sitting in this extraordinary place, I feel very comfortable with the | :05:10. | :05:18. | |
idea that here is something we can market celebrate that life. -- Mark | :05:18. | :05:26. | |
and celebrate. This has been a traumatic ordeal | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
for Jo's parents who've remained dignified throughout. Jo's parents | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
are supportive of that memorial garden for Jo. Throughout this | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
trial, where they have travelled to Bristol, it has been such attention | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
on this case. But everyone they had appeared, although the devastation | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
has been clear, they have maintained that quiet dignity. Even | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
when he was sentenced, they chose to speak to the police. We are very | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
supportive of this memorial garden. It is something lasting as a | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
tribute. But they have funded -- they have got to have funding. | :06:07. | :06:15. | |
Anyone wanting to contribute, can go to My Donate BT and search for | :06:15. | :06:22. | |
Jo Yeates. Thank you. The senior judge hearing the case | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
of Portsmouth MP Mike Hancock's former researcher, accused of being | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
a Russian spy, has questioned the strength of the case against her. | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
Mr Justice Mitting, who is hearing Katia Zatuliveter's appeal against | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
deportation, said if extracts from her private diary were to be | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
believed, then there were doubts that she had been signed up by | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
Russian intelligence. A decision is not expected before the end of next | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
month. A former nurse starved to death | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
after major weight-loss surgery left her unable to absorb her food, | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
an inquest has heard. 67-year-old Virginia Humphrey from Brighton | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
underwent a gastric bypass to help tackle her diabetes and high blood | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
pressure. But surgeons at the University College Hospital in | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
London failed to notice she had become malnourished in the months | :07:01. | :07:09. | |
following the procedure. She died in May. Sara Smith reports. | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
It was this man who found his mother last May collapsed on the | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
floor of the home this year, in paint, confused and dehydrated. | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
Virginia Humphrey had appeared to respond well to her gastric bypass, | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
losing weight and feeling fitter. Within four months, her condition | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
declined, she felt permanently unwell and could not keep down food | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
or flutes. When she was taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
County Hospital eight months after her operation, the surgeon was | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
surprised at what he found. The gastric bypass creates a small | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
stomach, reducing the intake of food. The operation appeared to | :07:51. | :07:58. | |
have left far too short a length of small bowl, which properly absorbs | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
food. That and vomiting meant she was starving, malnourished first | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
such a long time and suffering multiple organ failure and dying 24 | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
hours later. The bypass took place at Royal University College | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
Hospital in London. The surgeon said do operation believed to go | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
smoothly. When she came back five months later, having deteriorated, | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
they did not realise she was malnourished. By the time it was | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
apparent after her collapse, it was too late. | :08:30. | :08:36. | |
Sara Smith with that report. Prosecutors have asked police to | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
obtain more evidence over allegations that the Lib Dem | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne dodged a speeding penalty. The Crown | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
Prosecution Service is deciding whether charges should be brought | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
against the Energy Secretary. It is over claims he passed penalty | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
points to his estranged wife. He has denied the claims. Essex Police | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
have been granted a production order to obtain material from a | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
national newspaper. Speaking of all things political, | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
now seems like a good time to remind you about the Politics Show | :09:02. | :09:04. | |
this weekend. Amongst other things, Peter Henley will be talking about | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
government plans to abolish coach fare subsidies for the over-65s and | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
the impact it will have. That is on the Politics Show at midday on | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
Sunday on BBC One. A man has been found guilty of | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
wilfully obstructing a police constable ahead of an official | :09:20. | :09:28. | |
visit to Portsmouth by the Queen. Gareth Andrews of Privett Road in | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
Fareham was accused of clamping two unmarked police cars which were at | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
Gunwharf Quays for Her Majesty's protection. Roisin Gauson has been | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
in court today and joins us live now from our studio at Gunwharf. | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
You can hear the build up to the fireworks display tonight, but back | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
in May, there was a smaller visit taking place. The Queen was taking | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
luncheon formally on board one of the luxury yachts. Many people | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
today may not have known she had been here it it was not the -- if | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
it was not for the over enthusiastic actions of one | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
operative. Any visit involving the Queen need | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
security. On this occasion, police officers were deployed in and | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
around the area of Gunwharf Quays whilst the to the Queen had lunch. | :10:12. | :10:19. | |
Shortly before her arrival, this man, Gareth Andrews, clamped two | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
unmarked police cars on standby. The court heard that, despite | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
repeated requests, he refused to remove the clams, maintaining he | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
needed clearance from a control room. Officers say they had no | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
other option to rip -- no other option to arrest him. The court was | :10:38. | :10:48. | |
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told he had called in to verify hoodie officers were. Andrews | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
defence said he should not be convicted for doing his job, | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
unaware the cars were police vehicles and he maintained the | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
police did not confirm the identity. Passing sentence, the judge said | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
the number of police officers involved clearly demonstrated that | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
this was a legitimate operation. Andrews should have complied with | :11:10. | :11:19. | |
requests and removed the clamps. He was found guilty and fined �1,165. | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
It may seem steep, but Mr Andrews could have faced months in prison. | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
He has continued his work, but it is up to the company now but there | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
his contract continues. Whatever is decided, this conviction means it | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
is unlikely his licence will be removed -- will be renewed in | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
future. Thank you. Cunard's Queen Elizabeth returned | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
to Southampton today, but with a new name on her stern. She has had | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
the name of her home port painted over and replaced with Hamilton in | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
Bermuda. The Bermuda flag of convenience has also replaced that | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
of the British one. It will allow the liners to host marriages at sea. | :11:59. | :12:09. | |
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Ships registered in the UK cannot conduct the ceremony. | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
The son of David Gilmour, Charlie Gilmour, was given 16 months in | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
jail after joining a demonstration in London last year. The student | :12:19. | :12:27. | |
was seen hanging from my Union flag on the Cenotaph. He has lost his | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
appeal. Still to come this evening... | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
Amongst the thousands taking part in the Great South Run, one man and | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
his own very personal journey alone. Running in memory of an 11-year-old | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
boy. We must keep on smiling. Even if there is a motion, there will | :12:42. | :12:49. | |
also be smiles and happiness. -- emotion. | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
He destroyed 22 enemy aircraft in the Second World War and was | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. That is despite losing both | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
his legs when his plane crashed during a training exercise in | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
Reading in 1931. Sir Douglas Bader is arguably the most famous of all | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
wartime fighter pilots. And now his log book containing the entry after | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
his famous crash is being sold at auction. Rachael Canter has the | :13:10. | :13:19. | |
story. Douglas Bader led 20 a barrier to | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
quarters over London in a great memorial bypass. Sir Douglas Bader | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
after the Second World War. It could have been a different story. | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
In 1931, he was nearly killed and suffered horrendous injuries that | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
cost him his legs after a plane crash. A lesser man might have been | :13:38. | :13:46. | |
put off lying for life. His story was told in the 1956 film Reach For | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
The Sky. His entry in the log book on the day of the crash was nothing | :13:50. | :13:56. | |
short of an understatement. The 21- year-old simply Road, Reading, | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
crashed small rolling your ground, no sure -- Pershore. The logbook is | :14:04. | :14:11. | |
expected to reach thousands when auctioned. It will show shows lots | :14:11. | :14:18. | |
from when he first joined the RAF. It is all incredibly exciting. The | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
log book is such an iconic item relating to one of the most famous | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
people of the 20th century, and there will be a lot of people who | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
wanted. He learned to walk on artificial legs within six months | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
and was back flying for the RAF during the Second World War. He was | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
taken prisoner in 1941 after crashing over Nazi occupied | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
northern France. Also being auctioned other transcripts of an | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
extraordinary operation in which the Germans asked Britain foreign | :14:48. | :14:56. | |
you would like for him, which was delivered into France by parachute. | :14:56. | :15:03. | |
-- wooden leg. The items are first on the Open market now and will be | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
auctioned soon. Extraordinary, that little | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
understatement, showing what an inspirational man he was. | :15:14. | :15:16. | |
A special birthday mention now, because tomorrow marks the 25th | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
anniversary of the M25 opening. At 170 miles, it is the longest city | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
bypass and the world. -- in the world. Also known, of course, as | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
the London orbital, it was opened by the then Prime Minister Margaret | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
Thatcher in 1986. And you can see a documentary on the history of the | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
motorway tomorrow. The Road To Nowhere will be here on BBC 1 at | :15:41. | :15:49. | |
5:10pm. Now for the sport. So many people | :15:49. | :15:56. | |
getting ready for the Great North one. Yes, every one stocking up | :15:56. | :16:05. | |
stop -- stocking themselves up. Up to 24,000 people will run in | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
this year's Great South Run across Portsmouth on Sunday. There are | :16:08. | :16:10. | |
professional athletes racing for recognition and their thousands | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
raising money for charity. Many have a story to tell. I will offer | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
you one tonight. Luke Ashworth will be on the starting line with a | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
group of friends. They will all wear T-shirts bearing the face of | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
his 11-year-old son Harvey. I went to meet Luke and Harvey's army | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
earlier today. Hardy loved sport, whether it was | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
playing or watching. He was due to run his first Great South Junior | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
run this year. His father took place -- took part in the main race | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
in the past. What he lacked in skill, he would make up for in | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
effort and determination. There was never a time when he would not try | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
to win something. Everything he did, he would want to give a goal. | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
August on a family holiday, he died in his sleep. He was 11. This | :16:59. | :17:05. | |
weekend, his father will run in his son's memory. To be able to honour | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
him by raising money, in this way, I think he would be very proud. I | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
am going to hear him in my mind and it will help that everyone is | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
wearing his face on the T-shirts. I think it is going to be very | :17:18. | :17:25. | |
emotional to get to the end. these are the friends and family | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
that poor get them -- that will help him get there, raising money | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
for a children's hospice. And they are running to remember the very | :17:33. | :17:43. | |
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best of Harvey Ashworth. One of his friends actually said it was a | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
really nice comment. He said that, higher fee always smiled and we | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
must keep on smiling. Even if this is a motion, it will be turning | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
into smiles and happiness. There will be no sadness. We want lots | :17:59. | :18:09. | |
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and lots of smiles and clapping. Inspiring stuff and good luck to | :18:11. | :18:21. | |
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them. The press conference to place this afternoon. Just a couple we've | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
time to mention specifically. Charlotte and Ian Hamill will be | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
running - Ian in the main race, and Charlotte, who's nine, in the | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
Junior Race - that's in aid of Juvenile Diabetes. And Julia, John | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
Who're running for Adam's Hoofing Hut, a charity raising money for a | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
beach hut to be used by the families of Royal Marines in memory | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
of Adam Brown who was killed in Afghanistan. Good luck to them and | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
everyone else running on Sunday. And BBC Radio Solent will not only | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
have coverage of the event. They will also have very handy travel | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
updates every half-an-hour to keep you up-to-date with the road | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
closures and all that extra traffic coming in and out of the city. That | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
is all covered for you on Sunday. We are staying with the father and | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
son team as we look ahead to the weekend's football. Bournemouth are | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
ready to unleash their new striker on League One. His name is Charlie | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
Sherringham. You probably recognised the name. He is Teddy's | :19:13. | :19:14. | |
boy. Two weeks ago, Charlie Sherringham | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
would have been sitting at a desk as an investment banker. He has | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
sees that another chance that professional football. I had to | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
find a job and had contacts in the City and moved there, working there | :19:26. | :19:32. | |
for a couple of years, giving me a different perspective on life. It | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
makes me enjoy playing football more. He fired in 12 goals were | :19:37. | :19:44. | |
part froth -- for Dartford, alerting the Scouts. His name | :19:44. | :19:49. | |
carries respect. His father's achievements are did stuff of | :19:49. | :19:55. | |
legend. A top-class, top-flight performer, also playing at | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
Portsmouth. I experienced it all the way up. I watched him all the | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
way through and it has been brilliant. A great roller-coaster | :20:02. | :20:10. | |
to be part of an spurred me on to be a footballer. He is his own man. | :20:10. | :20:20. | |
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He has similar traits to his father. He is an intelligent footballer. | :20:24. | :20:32. | |
A great mind. Game of the day in the championships is at St Mary's. | :20:32. | :20:35. | |
Southampton are aiming for an 18th consecutive. But they face a stiff | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
test against Middlesbrough who are third. Meanwhile, Portsmouth | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
continued to bide their time over a new manager. They are at Derby, | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
aiming for a third win in four games under Guy Whittingham and | :20:44. | :20:51. | |
Stuart Gray. Reading travel to Crystal Palace. Midfielder Jay | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
Tabbis is available for the Royals. Brighton could hand a debut to new | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
striker Billy Paynter, who is signed on loan from Swindon when | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
they play at Birmingham. After hosting Manchester United, | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
Aldershot come back down to earth with a League Two game against | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
Crewe. The leaders Crawley are aiming to make it eight wins from | :21:05. | :21:15. | |
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eight at home to Accrington Stanley. Coverage of all those on BBC local | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
radio. Good news to report on British | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
bobsleigher, Sherita Stone. She is expected to make a full recovery | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
after a serious accident during training in Germany yesterday. The | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
Weymouth-based athlete had spinal surgery and is now in a stable | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
condition. Her family are flying to Germany to be with her. | :21:32. | :21:42. | |
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That is very good news. We wish her well. Let us talk about space. | :21:42. | :21:49. | |
There was a time when youngsters would like to be an astronaut. | :21:49. | :21:57. | |
Everyone will want to go to space. To do has -- today has been a very | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
special day. Well, today, scientists young and old gathered | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
to mark a very special moment in British space exploration. It is 40 | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
years to the day since a British rocket, Black Arrow, launched a | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
British satellite Prospero into space. Chris Coneybeer joined the | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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celebrations on the Isle of Wight. By see no hour, the first space | :22:23. | :22:31. | |
rocket from Britain. It was a space-age, an exciting and | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
exhilarating achievements. And it was British. At least, this part of | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
it was. A rocket heading for space. That spirit of adventure lives on. | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
On the Isle of Wight today, on the spots where be engines for | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
Britain's rockets were tested, apprentice is and engineers tested | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
pulsed jet engines. A noisy business. The Black Arrow rocket is | :22:59. | :23:06. | |
a magnificent engineering project. Today, pulse jets a representation | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
of the young engineers today, how we have developed from 40 years ago | :23:11. | :23:18. | |
and the things we can achieve in this DNA age. For decades ago, the | :23:18. | :23:25. | |
rocket engines for Black Arrow were tested here. The Black Arrow lifted | :23:25. | :23:31. | |
the satellite Prospero, this model is life-size, into space. And it is | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
still there. But it is enacted these days. The project came to an | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
end when the Government cancelled it in 1971, a disappointing | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
experience for those involved. thing I remember most is going to a | :23:44. | :23:54. | |
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board meeting on Monday after the Friday when we had launched | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
Prospero to congratulate them and tell them that 50% of them no | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
longer had a job because the Government had withdrawn the | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
contract. Week contributed a great deal, given we only had five | :24:06. | :24:13. | |
vehicles, compared to the Americans. We were devastated when the posher | :24:13. | :24:19. | |
look -- we were devastated when the politicians cancelled it. Today, a | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
chance for others to try their hand at it. | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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LAUGHTER. The spirit lives on. I am glad the original went better | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
than that. Otherwise it would have been a disaster. We have the | :24:38. | :24:48. | |
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weekend what do for you. Lovely today. It was. -- it was beautiful. | :24:52. | :24:55. | |
The theme for today's pictures is an odd couple. Jane Cant saw this | :24:55. | :24:58. | |
in her mother's garden in Milford on Sea this morning. She has never | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
seen blossom and apples on her tree at the same time in the 26 years | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
she has lived there. Another unusual pair near Tadnoll in Dorset | :25:05. | :25:13. | |
And a heron sunbathing with the geese, taken at Hillhead/Titchfield | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
Haven this morning by Rob Smith. And the weekend weather looking | :25:18. | :25:27. | |
very mixed. For the end of the night, this frontal system from | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
yesterday comes back into the South East, extending north and west, | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
which is why we have mild temperatures. Some cloud breaks to | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
the North and west and we could see some mist and fog. Tomorrow morning, | :25:40. | :25:45. | |
a cloudy start for the far South East, but brighter for the North | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
and east. Then cloud building up from the West. A few bright spells | :25:50. | :25:56. | |
in the afternoon. Cloudier compared to today, but a few degrees up and | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
temperatures. A South it to south- westerly breeze because of that | :25:59. | :26:07. | |
moist westerly influence and pulling in cloud. Some outbreaks of | :26:07. | :26:13. | |
rain or drizzle later and a milder end to the night. The same | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
weakening feature Sunday slips further south, quite a bit of | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
drizzle. Not huge amounts. But it means it will be quite mild, cloudy | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
for the runners, but you might be freshened up by the occasionally | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
light outbreak of the rain. On Monday, almost similar. A cold | :26:32. | :26:36. | |
front slipping in later on Monday bringing some rain. A lot of dry | :26:36. | :26:42. | |
weather through the day. Still on the breezy side. We should see some | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
further brighter spells compared to Sanday. Mainly cloudy and breezy | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
for the weekend. Some light drizzle at times. Or rather mild by Sunday. | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
Temperatures well above average. Tomorrow, picking up a degree in | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
temperatures. By Saturday and Sunday, a couple more degrees. | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
Monday moralist the same. Do not forget, the clouds go back an hour | :27:07. | :27:15. | |
by Sunday, I always do. What happens if you are on a night | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
ship with the clocks going back? Does that mean you have to work | :27:20. | :27:30. | |
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nine hours? Tell you what, you work one and tell us. Don't worry, that | :27:30. | :27:35. |