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Hello. Welcome to South Today. In the programme. Utterly failed by | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
the RAF. A distraught mother criticises the service after an | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
inquest rules on her teenage son's death after a midair crash. | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
believe the RAF failed my son. That they had systems in place which | :00:21. | :00:26. | |
didn't work. The residents who fear their building is falling into | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
pieces. If this is 2 quality of dwelling they see we are worth that | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
doesn't say much. The gift of life T best friend who has been able to | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
donate a kidney thanks to new medical technology. It will be | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
talking to both of them and saddling up. Has Hampshire's Dani | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
done enough to earn and Olympic ride? I'm going to keep working | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
hard, do everything I can can can to stay healthy and fingers crossed | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
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I will be in the team. The mother of a 15-year-old air cadet killed | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
when his training plane collided with a glider has spoken of her | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
anger at his death. An inquest jury returned a verdict of sentencal | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
death on Nicholas Rice and Flight Lieutenant Mike Blee. Nicholas's | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
mother has described the incident as shameful. Listing a catalogue of | :01:24. | :01:33. | |
failings by the RAF. The jury here at Oxford Coroner's Court spent a | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
day-and-a-half deliberating over the deaths of Flight Lieutenant | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
Mike Blee, and 15-year-old RAF cadet Nicholas Rice. Who was from | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
near Reading. They returned verdicts of accidental death and | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
they produced this, it is a 12 page report into the crash. In it there | :01:49. | :01:56. | |
is criticism of the RAF, and the medical authorities. He was | :01:56. | :02:03. | |
enthusiastic, cheerful, very dependable. A real sweetheart. I | :02:03. | :02:09. | |
miss him terribly. Julia Rice remembered her sonic las, he was an | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
RAF cadet. In 2009, he was a passenger in a two seater plane | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
that struck a glider before plummeting into fields near | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
Abingdon, killing the 15-year-old and Flight Lieutenant Mike Blee. Mr | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
Blee had a back condition, which the jury believe was aggravated in | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
midair, killing him instantly. The jury said his health was mismanaged. | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
It also said the training Nicholas Rice had was inadequate. He | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
couldn't escape from the plane. The RAF said it has improved cadet | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
safety since the crash and a spokesman commented on the verdicts. | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
On behalf of the the royal air fost I would like to express my | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
gratitude to the coroner. Our thoughts of course remain with Mr | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
and Mrs rice. They have our deepest sympathy and we will do our utmost | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
to support them as best we can. Mrs Rice says she feels let down by | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
the RAF. I believe the RAF fail mid son. That they had systems in place | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
which didn't work. Especially regarding medical conditions. -- | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
failed my son., So I would have to say the RAF because I trusted my | :03:26. | :03:33. | |
son to them, and they didn't take care of him. Nicholas Rice had | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
ambitions to be an Aero nautical engineer. He looked on the flight a | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
a step towards this. She still can't believe it was his last. The | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
deputy coroner says she will be writing to the Civil Aviation | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
Authority and RAF Benson where the plane took off. Asking them to | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
review safety. She also spoke directly to family members. Many | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
were here for all seven days of this inquest. She said that this | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
hearing had touched the hearts of everyone who had been in court. Two | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
people have been arrested in early morning raids by police | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
investigating a shooting in Southampton. A man from London is | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
being held on suspicion of attempted murder, while a | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
Southampton teenager was arrested over allegations of being in | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
possession of a firearm. The victim of the shooting is still being | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
treated in hospital. We have the latest on the story. Hampshire | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
Police, say a team of about 40 officers have been working round- | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
the-clock to try to catch the people who carried out the shooting | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
in the town hill park area on Sunday evening. A 27 -year-old | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
local man suffered wounds to his legs, his injurerys aren't life- | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
threatening. Early today officers from Hampshire's major | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
investigation team executed search warrants at six addresses. Five in | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
Southampton and one joyed side Hampshire A25-year-old man from | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
London was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. A 15-year-old | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
Southampton teenager is being questioned over possession of a | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
section one firearm. The police say another man arrested a few hours | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
after the shooting has now been released on police bail, until | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
tomorrow. Detectives are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
shooting, which happened round 7.15 on Sunday evening in the Vanguard | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
Road area. The family of missing Damien Nettles is trying to raise | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
money to offer a reward to help catch those responsible for his | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
suspected murder. Damien was last seen after a night out in west | :05:46. | :05:53. | |
Cowes in 1996, when he was 16. The Nettles family hopes the public | :05:53. | :06:00. | |
will donate �10,000 they can offer to try to solve the case. Damien | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
Nettles hasn't been seen for more than 15 years. This is the last | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
confirmed sighting of him. Aged 16 in a fish and chip shop in Cowes | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
after a night out with friends. His mother Valerie, who lives in Texas | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
believes her son was murdered. not knowing is the worst part of it, | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
because when you don't know anything, you start to imagine | :06:23. | :06:29. | |
everything. It is hard. It never goes away. You know, I mean it is | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
like yesterday, for me. Speaking via Skype Valerie said police have | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
discourage herd family from offering a reward. Now they have | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
decided to any way, hoping to encourage someone to come forward. | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
I just want my son's body. I want to know where he is. He doesn't | :06:49. | :06:57. | |
deserve to be out there, in some cold lonely place. I want him whack. | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
Last year as part of -- back. Hampshire Police searched marshland | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
near Newport and a property. Since May there have been a number of | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
arrests and three people remain on bail. Police say they have received | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
much information and will stay focused on current lines of inquiry | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
N a statement the police said: We must mindful there have been false | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
and malicious pieces of information from the public, plus conjecture | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
and rumour, such -- unfounded speculation can disrupt more | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
promising lines of inquiry. A team of experienced detectives will keep | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
an open mind about what happened to Damien. But the Nettles family hope | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
the public will donate money so they can offer a reward which they | :07:42. | :07:49. | |
believe will lead to new information about Damien. The | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
Damien Nettles family hoping a reward might bring people forward | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
can some information that could lead to them finding their son. A | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
man has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
following a fire in a flat in Salisbury. It broke out in Sunday | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
in Middleton Road. A number of residents were moved from their | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
homes. Mark Anthony Witheridge has been remanded in custody, and will | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
appear at Winchester Crown Court on March 1st. Police in Bournemouth | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
are investigating a crash in which two people were injured today. Fire | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
ambulance and police attended the collision Atkinson Road this | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
morning. The junctions with Columbia Road and Kingswell Road | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
were closed while recovery took place. Two people were treated for | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
minor injuries. A new approach to raising awareness of domestic | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
violence is being piloted in schools in Dorset. It is part of a | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
day long workshop. Teenagers hear first hand from someone who has | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
experienced abuse. The charity Safe Partnership says three-quarter of a | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
million children witness domestic violence every year. I remember my | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
first slap. I remember my last punch. Strange of domestic violence | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
for 15 year, Sharon shares her experience with school-children, | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
and she doesn't spare them the reality. He used to play a game | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
where I would have to put my hand on the table and he would stab | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
between my fingers with forks. will happen to mum? I can't trust | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
dad. Her real life story inspires a domestic drama. The students | :09:26. | :09:32. | |
explore what makes good and bad relationships. What if dad gets | :09:32. | :09:40. | |
angry? Men think it is right to abuse women. And it just brings out | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
how terrible it really is. If you are going to be in a relationship | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
you have to be very careful. You want to be open and loving to that | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
person but you have to be careful who is it with. You think say it | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
long way away but when someone comes in and tells how about how it | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
happens it is shocking. As well as witnesses domestic violence at home | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
the hearty Safe Partnership says 16-24-year-olds are the most at | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
risk of abusive relationships. It points to support and shows how | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
abuse can start in settle ways. Somebody talking to you about what | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
you can wear, where you can go, who you can be friends with. Going on | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
your phone, internet, seeing what you have been up to, it is that, | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
that is where it starts and then, if you are aware of that, you can | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
sort of stop it before it gets into the more serious side where it gets | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
physical. The workshop generates music, poetry and art. For the | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
woman whose story inspires this it is a rewarding day. If in five | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
years' time this think this isn't right. I learned about that five | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
years ago, who can I go to, who can I get help from, it will be worth | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
it. After the success in Dorset, the hope is to pred the workshop | :10:54. | :11:04. | |
and the message of awareness nationwide. Motorist on the A31 | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
between fern boun and Wimbourne are being warned to expect delays as | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
work to improve a junction gets going. The work to improve safety | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
involves major changes to the round about. For the next seven weeks | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
there will be phased closures, local businesses will however | :11:21. | :11:29. | |
remain open during the work. It has been known apz St Dunstan's since | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
1951 but the Brighton-based charity changed its name to Blind Veterans | :11:34. | :11:44. | |
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UK. Royal Marines abseiled down the centre to raise awareness. Stay | :11:45. | :11:51. | |
with us, because still to come, we will have the weather and Tony has | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
the sport, including will World Cup gold be enough to earn Dani a place | :11:57. | :12:06. | |
at London 2012? Basingstoke has received a new kidney from his best | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
friend bg even though they have different blood groups. The six | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
hour operation the first of its kind in the south was koor rid out | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham. Rob Baldwin and Dan Flack | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
are both now recovering well. About 2 600 kidney transplants take place | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
every year in the UK, but there are 6 800 people on the waiting list, | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
and about 300 people a year die while waiting for a transplant. The | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
procedure could give new hope to people waiting for surgery. Here is | :12:38. | :12:45. | |
our health correspondent. Rob Baldwin is a lucky man. Just three | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
days after a kidney transplant, his blood was back to normal, and he | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
was on the road to recovery. the doctors have said is you have | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
had a speedy recovery and they are impressed with what I have done and | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
how it's happen and u how quick I am back on my feet. The operation, | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
the first of its kind in the south, was remarkable because the donor | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
had a different blood group. Normally the antibodies in Rob's | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
blood would have rejected the kidney but special drugs were used | :13:13. | :13:20. | |
to wash them out of his system. the day, when the blood group | :13:20. | :13:26. | |
antibodies are very low, we transplant the organ, and we | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
monitor after the operation. The antibody levels will slowly come | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
back to normal over a period of weeks, but by that time the organ | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
would have been accepted and a certain amount of accommodation in | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
the patient happens, so it doesn't reject any more. What was also | :13:43. | :13:51. | |
remarkable was the donor is Rob's best friend Dan. There are no words | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
that can describe what he has done for me. When he said I'll do it I | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
thought thank God. Rob and Dan have known each other all their lives. | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
We have grown up together. We went to the same school, his mum and my | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
mum were best friends so it was inevitable we would be best friends. | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
Giving up a kidney is a big thing to do, even for a best friend. | :14:18. | :14:23. | |
was a big decision but not a hard one. It was a no-brainer. As soon | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
as we heard this could be done, then, there was no doubt in my head | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
I was going to do it. None at all. Dan's going to be best man at Rob's | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
wedding, and they are both looking forward to getting on with their | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
lives. The wedding is coming up and then the baby, lots to look forward | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
to. This year will be a good year. And I am delighted to say both Rob | :14:46. | :14:49. | |
and Dan are here with me. It is good to see you both. How you | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
feeling. How are you Rob? Much better, yeah. Over the moon. I am | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
still here. That is good. What about you. I'm fine. Don't feel any | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
different. What was life like for you Rob, beforehand? How often did | :15:05. | :15:12. | |
you have dialysis? Three times a week, four hours a day, laying in a | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
chair, then back home. So it wasn't any other life for you. No, the day | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
after the transplant, dialysis sorry, I would be at home, and I | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
would be so tired because overnight, obviously my blood would get dirty | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
again and I would be tired the following day. So life was grim. | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
Yes. You, watched your friend going through this, because you were best | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
mate, what was it like to watch? wasn't nice, to see the change, all | :15:41. | :15:49. | |
the Rob we know and love happy, joy, to change into someone who was | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
tired, mood swing, it wasn't nice. You step forward to find out if you | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
were compatible. Did you ever, you know, do you think for one moment | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
there was any doubt in your bout about doing it? None whatsoever, as | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
soon as we found out it was the best news we could have. I bet you | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
were over the moon with it. Yes, I didn't expect him to do it but I | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
knew, sort of, in all my heart of hearts he would step up eventually, | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
and give me his kidney. I know you are best friends, does it give you | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
a more special bond, a closer bond? Definitely, yes. Much closer. | :16:28. | :16:35. | |
owe him don't you. I do. Do you see it like that? Only, he can pay me | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
back in a few beers now and again. Other than that, it was always | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
going to happen. If I could do it it was perfect. You will be best | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
man and you are getting married next May. I want to show people the | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
ring what is the significance. That is important isn't it. My dad was | :16:55. | :17:00. | |
given that ring by my mum the first time I had my first transplant, | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
which was back in 1993, when I was eight. And they fought long and | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
hard what tho give Dan as a present. So dad said why don't you pass it | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
on to Dan. Get it engraved. means something special. | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
massively I am so pleased it has worked out. The first of its kind | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
in the south. Let us hope there will be many more of these. I hope | :17:25. | :17:32. | |
so. Nice to meet you. Good luck with the wedding. I expect the stag | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
do will be good. Residents in a block of flat say after years of | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
complaining the homes are in a crumbling dangerous state. People | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
living at North Farm Court say cracks in the wall are so large the | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
windows move. The council says repair work won't start until late | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
summer. There is about, I don't know, two or three millimetre | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
difference between here and here. Rebecca has tried to plaster over | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
the cracks in her four-year-old's bedroom but they come back. She has | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
put seal last night round the frame but daylight shines through. She | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
says she has told the council, but they haven't fixed the problem. | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
this is the quality of dwelling that they see we are worth, that | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
doesn't say much for us, really. It is upsetting, because that is how | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
we are made to feel. You know, most people should feel safe in their | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
homes, but, we don't. Certainly not when the wind gets up, because this | :18:27. | :18:34. | |
is so exposed here. But no, I mean I just think if anything happens we | :18:34. | :18:37. | |
are all together. It is a similar story in other flats. Most are | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
owned by the council but David bought him his. He thinks the | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
window will fall out and has put bars in place to keep his son safe. | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
I have been on at them. I am a lease holder. I want to sell the | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
place and I can't sell. The three flats that I looked round all had | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
large cracks, the council accepts that there is a problem, and says | :19:01. | :19:05. | |
building work won't start until late summer as they have to hold a | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
consultation first. They do believe that the building is safe. It is so | :19:10. | :19:16. | |
loose and such big gaps, that is near enough falling out. | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
residents disagree. If it carries on, they will have people needing | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
homes because they will have to move usous. It will be so dangerous | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
they will have to move us out. We have a wide variety of people | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
living in here and it is unsafe for some of us to carry on living here. | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
They want the Cowen stoil take a second look. -- they want the | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
council to take a second look. Tony is with me. We could be in a | :19:42. | :19:48. | |
situation where we could, I say could lose ta football manager. We | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
could. Wolves, Premier League side sacked Mick McCarthy. They are | :19:53. | :20:00. | |
looking for a manager, Gus Poyet and Brian mechanic der met being | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
heavily linked. If we look at the options. Gus Poyet, BBC understands | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
they may well have been priced out of a move for Gus Poyet. Because he | :20:08. | :20:15. | |
is in the early stages of his contract. Therefore, that man there, | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
Brian McDermott has shot to almost the top of the wanted list for | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
Wolves. Now it is thought he is probably had talks with Wolves, we | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
don't know what stage they are at. I think it is hoped he will stay. | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
It is a big challenge. The new owner, they will want him to stay. | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
This could be a case of Brian McDermott. But he may be saying | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
show me how much you want me to stay. Brian is second favourite for | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
the job. Steve Bruce still in there in the running. We will keep you up | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
to date. Other football news sh Bournemouth have signed Miles | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
Addison from the rest of the season. The 23-year-old has been brought in | :20:55. | :21:05. | |
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to cover injuries to Adam Barrett and Steven Cook. Aldershot are | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
looking for their fourth victory after the one mill win at | :21:10. | :21:15. | |
Macclesfield. That brought them up to 15th in the table. One other | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
piece of news reaching u tie Ron Barnet the Crawley striker is | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
joining Peterborough on loan. That is a view to a �1 million transfer. | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
Portsmouth captain is looking to the future after the club went back | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
in to administration. Liam Lawrence joined other plays -- players tat | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
Portsmouth news sports awarz. He says it is now time to look forward. | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
It has been done now, it announced and we have it all off our chest | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
and out the way, because there was a couple of weeks where we knew | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
what was coming but didn't know when, so it is all done and dusted | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
and we want to get on with it and pick up points. There is a fans' | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
forum due tomorrow night. It is about two Dan yis nsh, a moment Dan | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
yi king and Danny Briggs who became the first cricketer born on the | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
Isle of Wight to represent England today. The 20-year-old who played | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
at Ventnor as a youngster was awarded his cap by former England | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
captain Nasser Hussain. He took two wicketed against Pakistan in Dubai. | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
Kevin Pietersen scored a century. England on course for victory. Well | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
done him. You may remember we met Dan yi king from Hampshire. He is a | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
world champion in team pursuit. She was one of stars this weekend in | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
London. She won gold and set a new world record with her team-mates in | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
the process. I have been to meet up with her today. Back at home but | :22:41. | :22:48. | |
not for long. Dan yi king is pack - - Dani King is packing her bags | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
again.- this time she is off to training camp. Dani got a place | :22:54. | :23:00. | |
after being named in the pursuit trio for the final. They said keep | :23:00. | :23:03. | |
your head switches on. Don't worry about it. This is what you do, day | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
in, day out. Give it your best shot and see what happens and I | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
performed really well in the end. It was good. Dani's motion were in | :23:13. | :23:19. | |
contrast to her frustration at having to sit out the early rounds. | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
I was gutted. It was a horrible place to be. Although I wanted to | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
do everything I can to support the other girls it was not a nice place | :23:27. | :23:35. | |
to be. I don't want to be there again. Dan yi beat Canada in the | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
final. 6,000 fans watched at the Olympic venue. I think in the last | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
kilometre of the race the crowd were going wild. I crossed the line, | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
looked up at the board and saw it within seconds of finishing, I | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
think you saw from the film I went mad. Punching the air and stuff. It | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
has been hard work over the years, so being chief taxi driver, you | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
know, to end up with the sort of situation we were in on Friday | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
night it makes it worthwhile. 20-year-old is quick to praise | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
family friends and local businesses who have backed her. She will have | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
to maintain this form in the World Championships in Australia to stand | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
a chance of being back on this podium in August. Cycling experts | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
saying that shows how strong we are she wasn't in the team at the | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
beginning of the week. Quite an experience there. A lot of noise | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
and it is very compiegt. Can you imagine what it will be like in the | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
Olympics. It will be fabulous. Do you know what day it is today? | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
Pancake Day. In Reading, they have been showing off their flipping | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
skills. At a special race. Well eventually. Come on, there they are. | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
Which took place at Broad Street. There she goes. Look. Dropped one. | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
I hope in those events they don't pick them up and eat them. Do you | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
know what I mean? You are running along and I think don't pick it up. | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
There is the one second rule if it is down for one second pick it up. | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
Don't eat it. Some lovely weather Don't eat it. Some lovely weather | :25:11. | :25:21. | |
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So it was a cloudy day, one or two bright spells and tonight the skies | :25:27. | :25:30. | |
will clear in places, variable amounts of cloud but that rules | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
tout chance of a frost. It will be mild for the time of year, three to | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
four degrees above the average. So a mild start to the day tomorrow, | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
some morning sunshine, particularly the further south and east you are. | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
Increasing cloud cover from the north and west and a weather front | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
arrives late never the day. There could be heavy burst, temperatures | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
up to nine or ten. The winds brisk as well, touching gale force in | :25:57. | :26:06. | |
some spots. And expect the rain to move further south and eastwards | :26:06. | :26:08. | |
through the early hours of Wednesday morning. Clearing most | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
places by dawn, a few showers drifting about. A cloudy night to | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
come, and temperatures milder than tonight, expect a low of eight or | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
nine. So a mild start to the day on Thursday, and it gets milder still, | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
we have this warm air coming in from the Atlantic, high pressure | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
not far away, and temperatures will start to rise, in fact up to round | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
16C, maybe 17 in some spots if you are lucky, when normally at this | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
time of year it is 8C. So double that. A mild day to come on Friday | :26:41. | :26:47. | |
as well. Not as mild as Thursday, highs of 13 or 14. Patchy rain is a | :26:47. | :26:50. | |
possibility by the end of the day after a bright and sunny start. | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
Saturday we will see some sunshine. The cloud will start to break up | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
from being a cloudy night Friday night. Then into Sunday, perhaps | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
turning unsettled into next week. Here is your summary for the rest | :27:01. | :27:06. | |
of the week. Rain is expected late morning and throughout the | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
afternoon. Clearing through the evening and overnight into Thursday | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
morning, a very mild day to come on Thursday, highs of 16 or 17. | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
Tomorrow watch out for the gusty winds. Touching gale force in a few | :27:19. | :27:26. | |
places. 30-40 mph gusts. Looking lovely. Thank you. Tomorrow we will | :27:26. | :27:30. |