:00:00. > :00:00.heading our way and wet and windy again. That is all
:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme:
:00:08. > :00:12.First the rain, now strong winds are causing problems.
:00:13. > :00:16.A roof has blown off a block of flats, writing off a car, and a tree
:00:17. > :00:20.has fallen across a railway line in Oxford.
:00:21. > :00:24.Meanwhile, keeping the traffic moving ` fire crews are praised for
:00:25. > :00:27.pumping out water on routes into Oxford.
:00:28. > :00:31.Also tonight: He survived this plane crash ` also saving the life of his
:00:32. > :00:36.godson ` but six months on, Giles English says he doesn't know if
:00:37. > :00:40.he'll ever fly again. And later on: The cuts continue `
:00:41. > :00:51.the force where another 500 jobs are to go.
:00:52. > :00:58.The flooding was bad enough. Now, storm force winds are adding to the
:00:59. > :01:01.disruption being felt right across our region. Tonight, hundreds of
:01:02. > :01:06.homes are without power after electricity lines came down. The
:01:07. > :01:14.roof was torn from a block of flats in Oxford, damaging cars, although
:01:15. > :01:17.luckily, no`one was injured. A man is in hospital after the tree fell
:01:18. > :01:20.under his car in Farringdon. In a moment, we'll hear about travel
:01:21. > :01:23.disruption and what the weather's going to throw at us next. But
:01:24. > :01:26.first, the man leading the Thames Valley's response to the continuing
:01:27. > :01:29.crisis says the emergency services are being pushed to the limit.
:01:30. > :01:32.Victoria Cook reports. Powerful and destructive. Strong
:01:33. > :01:35.winds came with yet more rain today tearing through the Thames Valley,
:01:36. > :01:39.taking this roof with it. It has being classed as a major incident.
:01:40. > :01:43.Emergency services are working with the army to tackle the floods.
:01:44. > :01:54.Police officers are being asked to cancel leave and work longer hours.
:01:55. > :01:58.We have got members of the public and have had their lives disrupted
:01:59. > :02:03.by floods. The least we can do is to work hard and long hours to make it
:02:04. > :02:06.as bearable as it possibly can be. On the ground, fire crews working
:02:07. > :02:09.round the clock to keep water away from homes and successfully keep
:02:10. > :02:13.roads open. It's in stark contrast to last month when roads were closed
:02:14. > :02:19.for days, homes flooded and the city at a standstill. This time, the
:02:20. > :02:21.emergency services have tried a different approach. New pumping
:02:22. > :02:26.techniques have mostly kept the floods away. Vital routes like the
:02:27. > :02:36.Botley Road were protected. This afternoon, the Abingdon Road also
:02:37. > :02:39.reopened. Using the Botley Road in deploying hoses was a new method and
:02:40. > :02:46.that seems to work quite well. We're trying the new method of pumping now
:02:47. > :02:50.to see where we can put that water and we're putting its great back in
:02:51. > :02:55.attendance at the moment. `` straight back in the Thames. The
:02:56. > :02:59.smarter emergency service response has meant much less disruption to
:03:00. > :03:02.everyday life. The state I work on was totally flooded. This time it is
:03:03. > :03:09.what free. It has been brilliant, yes. I was expecting not to be or to
:03:10. > :03:16.get through Botley Road but it is marvellous. They have done a
:03:17. > :03:23.splendid job. Especially in one to places like outside church. `` one
:03:24. > :03:27.or two places. Officials say that whatever happens in the coming days,
:03:28. > :03:30.their priority is to keep main routes open and continue to try and
:03:31. > :03:33.divert flood water from people's homes and businesses.
:03:34. > :03:36.While the major roads have been faring better today, rail travel
:03:37. > :03:39.from Oxford remains severely hampered by flooding further down
:03:40. > :03:45.the tracks. This was Hinksey two days ago. Trains were forced to
:03:46. > :03:51.travel no faster than 5mph. By this afternoon, the waters on this
:03:52. > :03:54.section had subsided. But services haven't been able to return to
:03:55. > :03:59.normal because of flooding down the line towards London. A tree across
:04:00. > :04:01.the line in Wolvercote means trains are having to be diverted. Later in
:04:02. > :04:05.the programme, our transport correspondent Paul Clifton will be
:04:06. > :04:08.looking at the impact the weather is having on travel and what we can
:04:09. > :04:11.expect in the days ahead. A short time ago, I asked our
:04:12. > :04:17.weather forecaster Alexis Green just how tricky today has been.
:04:18. > :04:21.The rain has not been a massive problem today but obviously flooding
:04:22. > :04:27.is a big problem at the moment. Any rainfall is very unwelcome. But
:04:28. > :04:32.today was the winds. We saw costs of 55 mph across the region and that
:04:33. > :04:35.has caused a bit of disruption. There is another storm forecast for
:04:36. > :04:39.later in the week, isn't there? Yes, there will be any area of low
:04:40. > :04:45.pressure from the Atlantic on Friday and into Saturday morning. The Met
:04:46. > :04:50.Office have the issued and yellow weather warning for strong winds. We
:04:51. > :04:58.could see gusts of 60 mph yet again and more rainfall. We're looking at
:04:59. > :05:01.perhaps rainfall totals of up to one inch. I will have a full five`day
:05:02. > :05:03.forecast for you later in the programme.
:05:04. > :05:07.Again you've been sending us pictures of flooding near where you
:05:08. > :05:11.live ` thanks as always. Here it seems the level of the Thames in
:05:12. > :05:12.Henley has dropped a little since yesterday in this picture from Mark
:05:13. > :05:16.Chappell. It's not all grim ` these beautiful
:05:17. > :05:18.colours and reflections at Blenheim Park were taken by Brian Taylor from
:05:19. > :05:21.Woodstock. And thanks also to Joy Bithell for
:05:22. > :05:25.her view over Hurst Meadow ` although it's currently more of a
:05:26. > :05:28.lake ` near Dorchester Abbey. Thank you for sending those in.
:05:29. > :05:31.Other news now, and for months, we've been warned that deep and
:05:32. > :05:34.damaging cuts to public services were inevitable. Now it seems at
:05:35. > :05:38.least some of what was under threat isn't any more. Oxfordshire County
:05:39. > :05:41.Council says it will reverse ?1.3 million of planned cuts and invest
:05:42. > :05:49.?3 million more into improving services. This from our political
:05:50. > :05:52.reporter Helen Catt. The leader of Oxfordshire County
:05:53. > :05:57.Council stayed a lot longer than 15 minutes when he visited Jill and
:05:58. > :06:02.David Cooper this morning. And soon, the couple's carers will be
:06:03. > :06:06.able to as well. ?800,000 has been set aside to ensure all personal
:06:07. > :06:11.care visits last at least half an hour in future. It is excellent,
:06:12. > :06:16.because sometimes when we haven't seen anyone all day except
:06:17. > :06:20.ourselves, it is good to have a chance to talk to people in the
:06:21. > :06:25.evening. Maybe tell the carer what we have been doing. Under the new
:06:26. > :06:31.budget changes, some cuts will be scrapped as well. Oxo's Pegasus
:06:32. > :06:37.Theatre will keep its grand along with welfare advice centres after
:06:38. > :06:40.better than from the Government. We found an additional ?4 million and
:06:41. > :06:44.we have used that on the priorities that we think are necessary for the
:06:45. > :06:50.County Council to distributed evenly across priority areas. But
:06:51. > :06:54.controversial proposals are still going forward. Cuts to a fund which
:06:55. > :07:00.supports homeless people will be rephrased but not reduced. We are
:07:01. > :07:05.disappointed about this. We felt we had a strong case and we couldn't
:07:06. > :07:07.follow to the council and hoped they had listened to us. I gather they
:07:08. > :07:12.have some money they can be putting back into services and I am
:07:13. > :07:16.disappointed at not chosen to put it back into homelessness services. The
:07:17. > :07:21.newly tweaked budget will go to a vote of all councillors next Judy.
:07:22. > :07:24.`` next Tuesday. A pilot who suffered serious
:07:25. > :07:27.injuries after being involved in a light air crash near Banbury six
:07:28. > :07:30.months ago says he doesn't know if he'll ever fly again. Oxfordshire
:07:31. > :07:34.businessman Giles English was praised for his quick thinking which
:07:35. > :07:36.saved both his own life and that of his 11`year`old godson. He has been
:07:37. > :07:46.speaking about the experience publicly for the first time to our
:07:47. > :07:50.reporter Jessica Cooper. I was at the back here. You flew the biplane
:07:51. > :07:55.from the back and all would have been here. We had back injuries and
:07:56. > :08:02.were cut out. It is now not looking so good. This is what is left of the
:08:03. > :08:06.front of the plane. Yes, the two wings have been taken off now and
:08:07. > :08:10.this is the engine, which was all twisted when they moved it
:08:11. > :08:14.afterwards. Obviously, part of well the engine stops, the propeller
:08:15. > :08:19.would have been poking into the ground. It is complete terror
:08:20. > :08:23.instantly and then you have to gather your senses of what is going
:08:24. > :08:29.on and what has happened. But you only have ten seconds to deal with
:08:30. > :08:32.this. It happens extremely quickly. It was a very different day six
:08:33. > :08:36.months ago when Giles took from this airfield. After flying for 15
:08:37. > :08:40.minutes, he was heading back here when the engine cut out and the
:08:41. > :08:43.plane came down to miles away. It crash landed in the grounds of
:08:44. > :08:48.Canons Ashby House, a National Trust property. The air ambulance was
:08:49. > :08:53.quickly on scene to treat Giles and his godson who between them had
:08:54. > :08:58.broken multiple bones. Giles is now back at work at the Henley company
:08:59. > :09:05.he created with his brother. They were taught to fly by their father.
:09:06. > :09:10.We spent the whole time in a workshop with him as kids making
:09:11. > :09:14.things. He was an aeronautical engineer from Cambridge so he used a
:09:15. > :09:20.stick is in the workshop, restoring old and watches will stop that is
:09:21. > :09:23.why aviation and watches have gone so closely together for us.
:09:24. > :09:26.With a handful of 1930s De Havilland Gipsy Moth aircrafts still in the
:09:27. > :09:31.skies, Giles is planning to restore his, but whether he'll fly it again
:09:32. > :09:40.is another question. I have got to give it some time. I
:09:41. > :09:46.have been through two plane crashes a family. My father died in a plane
:09:47. > :09:50.crash. It is hard to take. That's all from me for the moment.
:09:51. > :09:53.I'll have the headlines at eight and a full bulletin at 10.25. Now more
:09:54. > :10:00.of today's stories with Sally Taylor.
:10:01. > :10:02.called to the office in St Mary's Butts in Reading yesterday
:10:03. > :10:06.afternoon. Officers say the packages were intended to cause injury. No
:10:07. > :10:09.other devices have been found. Still to come in this evening's
:10:10. > :10:15.South Today... More bad weather on the way? Alexis will have the
:10:16. > :10:19.forecast. Gusts of just under 100 mph today, and another storm on the
:10:20. > :10:27.way. More details later in the programme.
:10:28. > :10:31.Police officers in Hampshire say they're deeply concerned about
:10:32. > :10:35.further cuts to the force. More than five hundred posts will be closed
:10:36. > :10:38.over the next ten years as the force saves twenty five million pounds
:10:39. > :10:41.from their budget. The Chief Constable of the force says he is
:10:42. > :10:44.worried about the impact on remaining staff but says Hampshire
:10:45. > :10:51.Police will still provide a good service to the public.
:10:52. > :10:54.The bobby on the beat. It's what the public say they want to see. But as
:10:55. > :10:58.Hampshire police face a further budget squeeze, front line staff
:10:59. > :11:01.will be cut. But the force hopes by working more closely with other
:11:02. > :11:04.agencies like councils and reorganising its management, the
:11:05. > :11:14.savings can be made with as little impact as possible. The public will
:11:15. > :11:18.be worried and concerned, and my staff will be worried and concerned,
:11:19. > :11:22.and the important thing is to give them a clear vision of how we get to
:11:23. > :11:27.this and protect those essential services for them, to keep them
:11:28. > :11:32.safe. And I'm confident that in two years time, we will still do a great
:11:33. > :11:37.job from the people of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. But there is no
:11:38. > :11:40.question. Tough decisions have had to be made which will result in new
:11:41. > :11:43.ways of policing. Police stations moving into council buildings, more
:11:44. > :11:48.calls handled without officers being dispatched. It is the officers and
:11:49. > :11:51.civilian staff of Hampshire police that work in police stations like
:11:52. > :11:57.this across the county who would be most affected by the changes. In the
:11:58. > :12:01.last four years, anyone hasn't posts have closed, now there are proposals
:12:02. > :12:07.for another 500 anorak concerns about the impact that will have on
:12:08. > :12:11.those that remain. That could potentially place police officers
:12:12. > :12:14.that and 24/7 responding to emergencies, that could put them in
:12:15. > :12:20.a more dangerous place and likewise the public. Yes, we have had to
:12:21. > :12:24.adapt, but we have gone beyond the tipping point. Preventing crime and
:12:25. > :12:27.putting victims first will remain a priority in Hampshire, but it will
:12:28. > :12:34.be a considerably leaner force putting that into practice.
:12:35. > :12:38.The emergency services have been out in force across the region today to
:12:39. > :12:41.help towns and villages feeling the brunt of the weather. In the village
:12:42. > :12:45.of Shaw near Newbury in West Berkshire the Army joined the fight
:12:46. > :12:48.to hold back the flood waters. Around eighty homes have been
:12:49. > :12:58.affected, and the police say they will issue fines to motorists
:12:59. > :13:02.ignoring road closed signs. All afternoon, it has been a case of
:13:03. > :13:08.watching and waiting as the waters get ever closer. It is getting
:13:09. > :13:13.higher and higher and we are very worried and panicking and scared. It
:13:14. > :13:18.came underneath the house, we managed to get this board appear,
:13:19. > :13:21.and inside, you can see the water is already underneath the house. It is
:13:22. > :13:27.a matter of moving everything we can and then keeping our fingers
:13:28. > :13:31.crossed. Council staff are much in evidence today, but for some, there
:13:32. > :13:37.are rival is too late and anger is rising almost as the river. The buck
:13:38. > :13:41.is being passed to left, right and centre and nobody seems to be able
:13:42. > :13:44.to make a decision, and now it is too late, because there are
:13:45. > :13:51.thousands of tonnes of water in that river and it has now reached the
:13:52. > :13:54.banks, so we do not know how deep it will get. There is a two centimetre
:13:55. > :13:59.rise in the river which would mean that most properties internally
:14:00. > :14:05.could remain dry. With water and sewerage coming up from a low, using
:14:06. > :14:11.nearby troops to build a sandbag wall wasn't the answer. Sandbags can
:14:12. > :14:17.be very effective in some locations, but in some places, they can create
:14:18. > :14:21.a down and make it worse. Tonight, the police began fining motorists
:14:22. > :14:29.who ignored road closures as the water begins to rise. The water
:14:30. > :14:32.rising is just one concern with the people charged with making sure
:14:33. > :14:39.people stay safe. The concern is that children on their half term
:14:40. > :14:41.holidays will find the water too tempting and could be swept away if
:14:42. > :14:45.they get too close to these fast flowing rivers.
:14:46. > :14:52.Almost every railway route in the region has seen delays or
:14:53. > :14:55.cancellations. But by far the most critical problem is in the Thames
:14:56. > :14:58.Valley. Tonight there are suggestions that it might not be
:14:59. > :15:01.fixed for weeks. Our Transport Correspondent is here. Things have
:15:02. > :15:05.has got worse today. When a train company advises people
:15:06. > :15:12.not to travel by train, you know things are really bad. I want to
:15:13. > :15:15.show you a picture of a metal box. Here it is. It contains signalling
:15:16. > :15:18.equipment on the Great Western at Maidenhead, and it's not working.
:15:19. > :15:23.This isn't a flooding river, it's ground water bubbling up. Network
:15:24. > :15:28.Rail has no idea when this will be sorted out but it could take weeks.
:15:29. > :15:33.It means instead of running 25 trains an hour each way, First Great
:15:34. > :15:39.Western can only run five. Remember the sea wall collapsing in Devon,
:15:40. > :15:43.and taking the railway line with it? The train company says that in terms
:15:44. > :15:53.of disruption, the problem at Maidenhead is very much worse. The
:15:54. > :15:57.fact that we have got the signalling out of use in such a critical part
:15:58. > :16:02.of the network is a massive issue, and I would not want anybody to be
:16:03. > :16:11.in any doubt that we face a very major challenge running the railways
:16:12. > :16:16.without this signalling available. Clearly a very serious problem And
:16:17. > :16:18.it is by no means the only problem on the railways.
:16:19. > :16:22.All our train operators have had disruption today. For hours there
:16:23. > :16:25.were no services west of Salisbury or west of Bournemouth. There were
:16:26. > :16:28.delays and cancellations around Southampton, and Portsmouth, and in
:16:29. > :16:31.West Sussex. They can be fixed. The Great Western in Berkshire is in a
:16:32. > :16:34.completely different league. And road closures too. So many I
:16:35. > :16:37.couldn't begin to list them. Dorset Police took the unprecedented step
:16:38. > :16:41.this afternoon of telling people not to travel at all. And tonight there
:16:42. > :16:50.are several main roads in Wiltshire that are only just about passable.
:16:51. > :16:52.Thank you. Get all the local information on your BBC local radio
:16:53. > :16:56.station. The Enterprise Zone at Lee`on`Solent
:16:57. > :16:59.is part of a key Government strategy to boost economic recovery. The aim
:17:00. > :17:02.is to create three and a half thousand jobs in the marine and
:17:03. > :17:05.aviation sectors over the next twelve years and has attracted seven
:17:06. > :17:08.million pounds of government support. It's an ambitious target,
:17:09. > :17:11.so you'd think they'd want to encourage as many firms as possible
:17:12. > :17:15.onto the site. But one boat company says it's been turned away because
:17:16. > :17:19.the plan is to get a developer to market a large part of the site.
:17:20. > :17:23.Marek Mamczur and Paul Horrocks at the site of what they hoped would be
:17:24. > :17:26.a thriving new business employing up to 15 people. They would renovate
:17:27. > :17:29.this disused hangar and slipway leading into the Solent, and open a
:17:30. > :17:32.boat storage facility plus chandlery and workshop. They started speaking
:17:33. > :17:35.with the Homes Communities Agency a year ago after seeing adverts
:17:36. > :17:40.offering commercial development opportunities at Daedalus for marine
:17:41. > :17:43.businesses. They commissioned plans and impressions of how their
:17:44. > :17:47.operation would look and hoped to open this spring. They also bought
:17:48. > :17:51.lifting equipment which they've stored on a car parking area they're
:17:52. > :17:55.renting on a short`term basis close to the hangar. They say so far
:17:56. > :17:59.they've spent more than ?50,000 on setting up the business. Mr Mamczur
:18:00. > :18:08.says although they hadn't received a written agreement, they were led to
:18:09. > :18:15.believe that would happen. There are asked to jump through hoops from the
:18:16. > :18:17.homes and community agency. We had preplanning applications with
:18:18. > :18:23.Gosport, we had all of her livery made, they actually told us at one
:18:24. > :18:32.point, that we could go out and celebrate, because it was in the bag
:18:33. > :18:36.for us. But Mr Mamczur says last month everything changed. We had a
:18:37. > :18:40.meeting with the Homes Communities Agency at their Bristol office where
:18:41. > :18:43.they told us their intention was to clear most of the businesses off the
:18:44. > :18:50.site and sell it to a developer. How do you feel about that? They were
:18:51. > :18:53.advertising one thing publicly, they wanted marina assessment, but behind
:18:54. > :18:59.closed doors, all they want to do is sell this entire area to a
:19:00. > :19:01.developer. In December another company, Sapphire Aviation, pulled
:19:02. > :19:04.out of Daedalus after 14 months there, saying they had "got their
:19:05. > :19:07.fingers burned". They'd restored three derelict hangars for cleaning
:19:08. > :19:11.and storing planes and say they had a non`binding agreement to lease
:19:12. > :19:14.more land. But then the agency let it to Fareham Borough Council, so
:19:15. > :19:19.Sapphire moved out with the loss of six jobs. The Homes Communities
:19:20. > :19:21.Agency told us the land will be used for a new innovation centre for
:19:22. > :19:24.start`up businesses, creating 150 new jobs, and that Sapphire had been
:19:25. > :19:32.offered different plots, discounted accommodation and an extended lease
:19:33. > :19:33.on its current premises. In relation to Marek Mamczur's proposed boat
:19:34. > :20:04.yard business the agency told us... Mr Mamczur and Mr Horrocks say if
:20:05. > :20:07.their boat yard plan here is thwarted they'll consider taking
:20:08. > :20:28.legal action to recoup some of the ?50,000 they've spent.
:20:29. > :20:36.Let's talk about sports technology now.
:20:37. > :20:40.Yes, you technology implemented in getting quick decisions. We will see
:20:41. > :20:43.it all in a moment. Southampton had been stuck in ninth
:20:44. > :20:46.place in the table for their last nine games, but finally managed to
:20:47. > :20:50.break free with a hard`earned success on Humberside. The result at
:20:51. > :20:53.Hull was the first time Saints had won back to back away games in the
:20:54. > :20:57.Premier League since 2001. A denied winter hall from
:20:58. > :21:03.Southampton to hold means a sparkling amateur football to warm
:21:04. > :21:07.the bones, but the Saints were to be awarded for their round`trip. Rickie
:21:08. > :21:13.Lambert made this early chance. Saint were let off when Shane Long
:21:14. > :21:18.hit the upright at the other end. The best of the chances throughout
:21:19. > :21:23.the evening. Jay Rodriguez also troubled the woodwork. Through the
:21:24. > :21:28.second half, the penalty area chaos with a technological intervention.
:21:29. > :21:32.Then there was this denial. Then a second effort triggered the legal
:21:33. > :21:42.decision system before Rickie Lambert fired home. The girl was the
:21:43. > :21:46.13th of the club, a lucky omen. I wasn't sure, I guess the new
:21:47. > :21:51.technology proves it was my goal. I am happy to help the team, but most
:21:52. > :21:55.importantly we got the three points and it was very welcome.
:21:56. > :21:58.Some transfer news this evening, Bournemouth winger Josh McQuoid has
:21:59. > :22:02.joined League One side Peterborough on loan for the rest of the season.
:22:03. > :22:05.To the Winter Olympics in Sochi next, and Sussex skier Chemmy Alcott
:22:06. > :22:08.was understandably delighted with a top`20 finish in the women's
:22:09. > :22:11.downhill today. The 31`year`old has recently battled back from breaking
:22:12. > :22:15.her leg for a third time. Competing at her fourth Winter Games, Alcott's
:22:16. > :22:18.time was nearly two seconds off the pace of the winner. But having
:22:19. > :22:21.overcome adversity just to make the starting gate, the Hove skier was
:22:22. > :22:30.satisfied with her efforts, in finishing 19th.
:22:31. > :22:34.Every time I have come back from these like breaks it has been worth
:22:35. > :22:39.it, and a top 20 in the Olympics after what I have been through has
:22:40. > :22:43.been great justice, I'm so proud, I did not disappoint myself, I did not
:22:44. > :22:48.skate pretty, it is far from pretty, but I am so proud.
:22:49. > :22:51.Surrey batsman Kevin Pietersen was the only one of the South's
:22:52. > :22:54.cricketers to be snapped up, on the first day of the auction for this
:22:55. > :22:57.year's Indian Premier League. Pietersen went for ?880,000 to the
:22:58. > :23:00.Delhi Daredevils, the same team he played for last year. Sussex's Luke
:23:01. > :23:03.Wright, and former Hampshire all`rounder Dimi Mascarenas will go
:23:04. > :23:06.under the hammer again tomorrow. Meanwhile, Sussex coach Mark
:23:07. > :23:09.Robinson has today told the BBC that he will apply for the vacant job as
:23:10. > :23:13.England's new technical director. Andy Flower left the post after the
:23:14. > :23:16.winter tour of Australia. The weather has meant Great
:23:17. > :23:18.Britian's rowers, who are based at Caversham, will miss a trial in
:23:19. > :23:21.Lincolnshire this weekend. The event at Boston has been cancelled.
:23:22. > :23:24.Meanwhile, flooding at their training base has meant its been
:23:25. > :23:28.tricky getting the boats in and out of the water and even getting to and
:23:29. > :23:32.from the boathouse. The rowers have lost training days when the wind has
:23:33. > :23:36.been too strong, but mainly they've been able to stick to their
:23:37. > :23:39.schedule. I think the real problem is the selection period her people
:23:40. > :23:45.are really fighting for their seats. This is all starting there.
:23:46. > :23:48.People have their eye on the water, and there are certainly frustrations
:23:49. > :23:54.if you can get there, but on the big screen, the team is committed, no
:23:55. > :23:57.matter what the weather. We just hope it gets better soon.
:23:58. > :24:03.You think they would be in their element in the water!
:24:04. > :24:07.Obviously, they are not! Let's talk about the weather. Alexis has the
:24:08. > :24:12.forecast. Everybody keeps talking about the number of storms coming
:24:13. > :24:14.one after the other. Research suggests that there are
:24:15. > :24:17.unusually high sea surface temperatures in Indonesia and the
:24:18. > :24:21.West Pacific, which is affecting the balance in the atmosphere. The jet
:24:22. > :24:24.stream is not in its usual position and it is unusually strong, meaning
:24:25. > :24:28.the storms are coming in one after the other from the Atlantic. It's
:24:29. > :24:32.hard to predict the weather beyond a few days but it is looking like the
:24:33. > :24:39.storms in the coming weeks will be less intense. And there may be an
:24:40. > :24:45.indication of some calmer weather as we head into March but that is
:24:46. > :24:49.uncertain. It is all about the balance of the atmosphere, it is
:24:50. > :24:56.being affected by things happening across the globe. It will continue,
:24:57. > :24:59.I would tell you about the other storm in just a moment.
:25:00. > :25:03.Humour is still alive and well in Romsey. This picture was sent in by
:25:04. > :25:06.Kester Roberts. Heather Brooks captured a duck playing it safe in
:25:07. > :25:08.Birdham in West Sussex. And Mike West captured the rough sea at
:25:09. > :25:23.Freshwater Bay on the Isle of Wight. These are the wind speeds from this
:25:24. > :25:29.afternoon, 96 mph on the Isle of Wight. Inland areas saying up to 50,
:25:30. > :25:34.60 mph. The wind will be strong overnight, but we expect some wintry
:25:35. > :25:41.showers also. To throw a spanner in the works, the risk of icy
:25:42. > :25:48.conditions. A weather warning has been issued by the Met Office.
:25:49. > :25:52.Temperatures falling rapidly. One, two Celsius in towns and cities with
:25:53. > :26:02.the risk of hail and sleep it for higher areas. `` hail and sleet. The
:26:03. > :26:07.rain, it will fall as rain with lows of three to four degrees. The risk
:26:08. > :26:12.of ice first thing tomorrow and overnight. These wintry showers
:26:13. > :26:16.continue tomorrow, but some sunshine and the wind will gradually ease
:26:17. > :26:21.during the day. A better end to the day with six to eight Celsius.
:26:22. > :26:24.Tomorrow night, the showers will ease and the wind will ease and the
:26:25. > :26:28.window leaves, which means temperatures under clear skies will
:26:29. > :26:33.fall rapidly to freezing in the countryside, perhaps. So the risk of
:26:34. > :26:39.icy conditions again where there is standing water. Temperatures down to
:26:40. > :26:43.freezing. The wind will increase first thing on Friday and we expect
:26:44. > :26:48.another deeper area of low pressure from the Atlantic. The Met Office
:26:49. > :26:53.has chewed a yellow warning for strong winds and heavy rain. The
:26:54. > :27:02.wind could reach 70 to 80 mph on exposed coasts. 50 to 60 mph inland.
:27:03. > :27:06.And Friday, Saturday, it could have another inch of rain which will add
:27:07. > :27:10.to the flooding. This is the outlook for the rest of the week, some
:27:11. > :27:16.showers tomorrow, and the falling as sleet and hail in some areas. Some
:27:17. > :27:21.thunder. Friday, the slow pressure from the Atlantic and a strong wind
:27:22. > :27:27.and heavy rain. The wind will peak in the night`time.
:27:28. > :27:34.We always want to tell your story on the programme, so you can get in
:27:35. > :27:37.touch with us anyway you like. Particularly if you have been
:27:38. > :27:44.affected by the floods or the weather, let us know. Thank you for
:27:45. > :27:47.watching, say save this evening, good night. `` stay safe.