16/02/2014 South Today


16/02/2014

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two weeks' time. That is all from us tonight but

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Hello. Good evening, I'm Dani Sinha. A community has come together in a

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big clear`up operation today, after Friday night's storm. The seafront

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at Milford on Sea in Hampshire was devastated. But the area was left

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out of a severe flood warning ` when neighbouring communities were put on

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the highest level of alert. Ben Moore reports. All hands on deck,

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residents of Milford on Sea worked with the Army to clear up their

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promenade after the worst storm in living memory, but some think the

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town could have been better prepared. The owner of the marina

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restaurant with dirty diners had to be rescued that he would not have

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opened if he knew the area was at risk. Nobody came to the premises.

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We had some strong winds here previously and although gravel has

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been over the wall, it never broke any glass so we were not expecting

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it to be as bad as it was. The Environment Agency had issued a

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flood warning for nearby towns but Milford on Sea was not included and

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it wore the want. `` bore the brunt. The problem was the high winds and

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strong waves which were stronger than we have been before, and when

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it was plugged into our models, we did not know there will be an issue

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down there. The repair bill will be hundreds of thousands of pounds but

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warning or not, nothing could have stopped the weather. Somebody asked

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me this morning, who can I go to to blame? Go to church, I said! Blue

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skies all people back to Milford on Sea today and the waters are calm

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again. Around 5,000 homes in our region are still without power. The

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distributor SSE says it has more than a thousand engineers working to

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restore supplies ` and aims to have everyone back on by tonight.

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Meanwhile, staff from the Environment Agency, Hampshire Fire

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and Rescue, the Army and local authorities have been working to

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sure up a river bank in Romsey. They're laying 40,000 sandbags to

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protect the area that's under threat of erosion ` which could lead to

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flooding in some three hundred homes. The plan is to redirect water

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back into the River Test further downstream to prevent the risk of

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flooding. On the Isle of Wight the army has been involved in moving

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residents from an area threatened by landslip. One home on the Undercliff

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dry between Niton and St Lawrence had to be evacuated on Friday but

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the whole area has now been deemed too unstable and all residents told

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to leave. Soldiers have been moving people's belongings from their

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homes. A man is due to appear in court in Reading tomorrow charged

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with causing the deaths of two cyclists in Berkshire. 39`year`old

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Kris Jarvis and John Moorland, who were 30, both died after a collision

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in Purley on Thames on Thursday night. Alexander Walters who's 31

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and from Beech Road in Purley on Thames has been charged with two

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counts of causing death by dangerous driving and three other motoring

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offences. A male pedestrian has died in an accident on one of

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Southampton's busiest roads tonight. The 70`year`old man, who has not

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been named, collided with a car on The Avenue at around four o'clock.

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He was taken to Southampton General Hospital but pronounced dead shortly

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after he arrived. The road was closed for sometime causing problems

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for motorists heading to and from the nearby M3. In football, a great

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win for Reading this afternoon as they took three points against high

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flying Queen's Park Rangers. Gareth McCleary's brilliant strike put the

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seal on a 3`1 victory ` for the Royals to firm up their sixth place

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in the table. All the goals on South Today tomorrow. And in the draw for

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the quarter finals of the FA Cup, Brighton will play Sunderland IF

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they can beat Hull tomorrow. OK, let's move on to the all`important

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weather forecast. Here is Holly Green. Good evening. Today felt like

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a taste of spring but we have rain moving in. We could see some grass

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frost tomorrow but we have a Met office warning in place for parts of

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Dorset if that rain falls onto saturated services. Mostly light

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rain tomorrow and quite lustfully at times as well, highs of eight to 10

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degrees. `` quite blustery. Wednesday night and Thursday will be

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wet and windy once more. That's all from us this evening. More on the

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BBC News website. We're back tomorrow morning during BBC

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Breakfast. But for now, from all of us here, a very good evening to you.

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Goodnight. Good evening. In the midst of any

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normal winter weather for the week ahead would be fairly unremarkable.

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Some rain in places, some strong winds at times, but of course we are

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in the midst of no normal winter. It is worth emphasising that with -

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the weather this week will be less angry and volatile overall, a fair

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bit calmer. Calmer but by no means dry. Outbreaks of rain will spread

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across much of the UK through the night. There will be some snow mixed

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