21/06/2014 South Today


21/06/2014

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Good evening, I'm Dani Sinh`. evening on the BBC News Channel

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37,000 people gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sunrise

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Wiltshire Police say there were 25 arrests,

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The ancient stones, the perfect backdrop to this all`night

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Everyone hoping sunrise on the longest day would be

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as good as this, the sunset which greeted people as they arrived.

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Last year it was too misty, the year before we had horizontal rahn.

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Hopefully this year we will get a clear one.

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So why bother making the jotrney to this far`flung corner of Wiltshire,

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then have to walk nearly a lile from your car to them stones and

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I'm coming to be reborn, magically, spiritually, reborn.

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Transitioning through the universe into something new

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It's a nice atmosphere and actually a nicer atmosphere than

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The wait this year was worth the reward, regulars saying that

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this is as good a solstice sunrise as they have seen for ten ydars

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A man fighting to overturn his conviction for shaking

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a baby boy to death in Oxfordshire will have served his sentence

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Colin Scholey was jailed in 2011 after being found gtilty of

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the manslaughter of four`month`old Thomas Preece in Sonning Colmon

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The registrar of the crimin`l court of appeal now says his case cannot

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be heard until August, by which time he will have served his sentence.

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Local authorities should allow bigger developments where they want

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them, to help meet the demand for more housing, according to the

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Councillor Sean Woodward has told the Sunday Politics South that

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projects like the one to buhld ,000 homes at Welbourne are bettdr than

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small scale developments because they qualify for funding to

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We'd rather not have to do ht, but if we don't do it,

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it will be done to us and the result will be far, far worse.

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And you can see more on that story on our current affairs programme

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Competitors and spectators involved with the

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Round the Island race have dnjoyed glorious sunshine but light winds

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The first boat across the lhne completed the course in just under

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nine hours, quite a contrast to last year when Sir Ben Ainslie broke

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records, storming round the Isle of Wight in under three.

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See you back home in 30 days, went the busker's chorus

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The journey to the finish line not taking puite

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that long, but this year's Round the Island race was certainly

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Light winds meant the 1,500 strong fleet needed reserves of patience

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It's a great spectator sport as well as a taking part sport.

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Being able to come down herd and watch it is good for the falily

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It's dubbed "the race for all", attracting boats of many sizes,

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sailors of varying 's experhence and spectators from near and far.

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Hundreds of yachts, all coming in at the end.

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I don't think you will ever forget it.

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It was team Richard and Gill first to cross the finishing line.

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It took them nine hours to complete the course.

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We had a good start with thd tide helping us. It took a long time

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Crews have until 10pm tonight to finish the course. BBC South Today.

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Let's see what the weather is up to for thd rest

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We do have some more warm sunshine to come tomorrow.

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For tonight it's set to rem`in fine and dry with clear skies

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and light winds, possibly one or two isolated mist patches forming

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But temperatures for many places no lower than 13 to 15 degrdes.

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Any early mist will quickly clear, we'll see some more sunshind

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Into the afternoon a bit more cloud developing inland,

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Into next week it remains mostly fine and dry with

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Until then, enjoy the rest of your evenhng.

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For the majority of the British Isles, today has wrought long spells

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of warm sunshine and it is the longest day. There is plenty more to

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come this evening, and yet more on the cards for tomorrow. For many of

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us, the changes between today and tomorrow are very slight. Northern

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Scotland has been an exception. Tonight, thick cloud is pushing in

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here again. Rain in the Highland and crossing into the Murray for by

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dawn. -- the Moret Firth. For northern Scotland, great

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prospects again on Sunday. If anything, some heavier and more

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persistent rain. For the south, though, plenty of sunshine. And once

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again across England and Wales, sparkling skies and as the sun comes

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up, temperatures will start to rise appropriately. For northern

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Scotland, the presence of the cloud and rain will mean temperatures are

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held back

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