:00:00. > :00:00.Thousands of protest to remain in Thousands of protest to remain in
:00:00. > :00:10.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme:
:00:11. > :00:15.A nurse is cautioned for making sexual comments to a student. It
:00:16. > :00:18.happened in the plastic surgery department at the Stoke Mandeville
:00:19. > :00:22.Hospital in 2010. Also coming up: A lifeline for the
:00:23. > :00:27.last Oxfordshire carers' group which was facing closure. The South and
:00:28. > :00:31.Vale Carers Centre has been given a helping hand from another charity.
:00:32. > :00:34.He's the teenager from Didcot who's back to family life on the farm
:00:35. > :00:40.after becoming the youngest person to row across the Atlantic.
:00:41. > :00:44.And later on: We take a look at all the action on the water for one of
:00:45. > :00:55.the the world's top sailing competitions.
:00:56. > :00:59.First tonight, a plastic surgery nurse has been handed a three`year
:01:00. > :01:02.caution after admitting making sexual comments towards a student he
:01:03. > :01:07.was working with at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The Nursing and Midwifery
:01:08. > :01:12.Council panel decided his ability to practise had been impaired following
:01:13. > :01:16.what happened. Earlier, I asked our reporter, Stuart Tinworth, what
:01:17. > :01:20.happened in this case. The comments relate to when Perry
:01:21. > :01:26.John Boss worked as a nurse in the plastic surgery department at Stoke
:01:27. > :01:31.Mandeville Hospital in 2010. He'd started mentoring student nurses in
:01:32. > :01:40.the late 80s. At an earlier hearing, he was facing six charges, two of
:01:41. > :01:44.which he admitted. One comment, which he admitted to making to one
:01:45. > :01:47.of the nurses under his supervision, we can't report due to its graphic
:01:48. > :01:51.nature. The hearing was told when the student reported it to her line
:01:52. > :01:55.manager, HE told her she shouldn't be offended because it was the sort
:01:56. > :02:06.of thing that would often be said to students. The Nursing and Midwifery
:02:07. > :02:08.Council accepted that there was a culture at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
:02:09. > :02:11.of inappropriate language, including sexual innuendo, swearing and
:02:12. > :02:15.name`calling. What has the hospital had to say? Well, Perry John Boss
:02:16. > :02:18.hasn't worked there since 2012. In a statement, Buckinghamshire NHS
:02:19. > :02:20.health care Trust has told us the Trust takes all allegations of this
:02:21. > :02:23.nature extremely seriously, adding it refers concerns to the Nursing
:02:24. > :02:33.Midwifery Council where appropriate and assists in any subsequent
:02:34. > :02:36.processes. He's been handed this three`year caution order which will
:02:37. > :02:43.be searchable on his record for that time. And is he still working now?
:02:44. > :02:48.He is, and his current employers have described him as exemplary. The
:02:49. > :02:51.panel on the hearing also acknowledged he had shown remorse
:02:52. > :03:01.for his actions, had apologised to the nurse and was unlikely to repeat
:03:02. > :03:05.his previous behaviour. A fatal crash on the A34 in
:03:06. > :03:07.Oxfordshire has been referred to the independent police watchdog after
:03:08. > :03:13.officers slowed traffic to remove a dead badger. Police were removing
:03:14. > :03:16.the animal from the southbound carriageway near Marcham at around
:03:17. > :03:22.3am, but as they did that, a lorry crashed with another vehicle. The
:03:23. > :03:26.driver was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital but later died of
:03:27. > :03:29.his injuries. The road was closed for nine hours.
:03:30. > :03:34.A second man, charged over the murder of a teenager from Oxford,
:03:35. > :03:37.has appeared in court. 17`year`old Connor Tremble was stabbed at his
:03:38. > :03:40.home last Thursday and died in hospital at the weekend. Grant
:03:41. > :03:44.Clemens, from Moreton`in`Marsh, has been charged with helping an
:03:45. > :03:48.offender and is now being held in custody. A 20`year`old man from
:03:49. > :03:52.Banbury, accused of killing the teenager, is also being kept in
:03:53. > :03:55.custody. A charity that helps hundreds of
:03:56. > :04:01.carers across the region has been saved from closure, thanks to a
:04:02. > :04:05.report by us. The South and Vale Carers Centre was going to shut but
:04:06. > :04:09.another local charity saw our report at the end of last year and got in
:04:10. > :04:20.touch to help. Today was the start of their new partnership.
:04:21. > :04:27.For Melanie, the carers Centre has been a lifeline. She has two sons
:04:28. > :04:32.with autism. When her first application was rejected, they
:04:33. > :04:38.helped her appeal. They have provided respite breaks for her and
:04:39. > :04:43.care cover for her sons. It's made a huge difference to my life, having
:04:44. > :04:51.that support, knowing it has been there, knowing it is reliable
:04:52. > :04:55.because at the end of the day, most carers tend to prioritise their
:04:56. > :05:00.needs after the needs of the people they care for. Last year we reported
:05:01. > :05:07.the carers Centre couldn't find the money to carry on. Another charity
:05:08. > :05:17.Shaw `` saw our coverage and got in touch to help. I went to our senior
:05:18. > :05:22.management team and we thought it would be a good idea to see if there
:05:23. > :05:31.was something we could do to help. Today they voted to work together.
:05:32. > :05:36.We always hoped a miracle would happen. The publicity was so good
:05:37. > :05:42.because it alerted other people around to the fact we needed help to
:05:43. > :05:46.keep going. The new partnership should mean carers in the region
:05:47. > :05:50.will continue to get much`needed support for many years to come.
:05:51. > :05:53.While many of us are still coping with flooding, water companies in
:05:54. > :05:56.our region are continuing to prepare for future drought to safeguard
:05:57. > :05:59.water supplies for the future. Thames Water is building a huge
:06:00. > :06:02.underground storage reservoir in Reading. A new reservoir in
:06:03. > :06:06.Oxfordshire is still on the cards despite plans for one near Abingdon
:06:07. > :06:10.being blocked by the government. Nikki Mitchell reports.
:06:11. > :06:14.Tonnes of earth has been moved to make way for the concrete tank
:06:15. > :06:17.that's starting to take shape here. This enormous chamber will be filled
:06:18. > :06:22.with clean, treated water that's ready to drink so there's no room
:06:23. > :06:32.for mistakes. The tanks will be sealed and then covered over. We're
:06:33. > :06:35.building it with new modern construction techniques, pouring the
:06:36. > :06:38.walls and the floors with concrete bought on to the site, but then
:06:39. > :06:41.we're building the support columns and roof with pre`fabricated
:06:42. > :06:44.sections. It makes it a lot safer, means there's less concrete coming
:06:45. > :06:47.into the site and it's put together like Lego pieces. The whole
:06:48. > :06:49.reservoir will be cleaned out, sanitised, filled with treated
:06:50. > :06:52.drinking water, tested. There's stringent water quality tests before
:06:53. > :06:55.we can put that water into the supply that can get to people's
:06:56. > :07:00.taps. There's already a reservoir hidden under the grass on this site
:07:01. > :07:03.in Earley. It was built in the late 1970s and holds enough water to fill
:07:04. > :07:06.more than ten Olympic size swimming pools. These new storage tanks will
:07:07. > :07:09.hold enough water to fill another five Olympic swimming pools. But
:07:10. > :07:13.despite the huge scale of the development here, the water that
:07:14. > :07:16.will fill these tanks is just a drop in the ocean compared to what's
:07:17. > :07:19.needed to cope with the increase in population and changes in climate.
:07:20. > :07:23.Three years ago, the government put a stop to Thames Water's plans for a
:07:24. > :07:27.new super`sized reservoir in South Oxfordshire. It would have been the
:07:28. > :07:30.biggest to be built in the UK in decades. But a smaller one here is
:07:31. > :07:33.still a possibility if the company proves it's necessary. We've got
:07:34. > :07:37.millions of extra people coming into London and the South East over the
:07:38. > :07:40.next 5`10 years. Somehow, we need to meet that demand. We're looking at
:07:41. > :07:44.reducing our own leakage and working with our customers to reduce their
:07:45. > :07:47.demand. It could be with a new reservoir maybe in the Oxfordshire
:07:48. > :07:51.area and the size would need to be determined. But it is also a
:07:52. > :07:54.catchment transfer, so we are moving water from the River Severn, the
:07:55. > :07:56.Midlands and maybe even further north. So this is actually quite
:07:57. > :07:59.small`scale, although not everyone agrees. It's really high, that's the
:08:00. > :08:03.only problem. When people are standing on top, they're going to be
:08:04. > :08:07.able look into our gardens, so bang goes our privacy. There's been one
:08:08. > :08:10.or two hiccups, but we need to drink water and any problems have been
:08:11. > :08:14.resolved. If all goes to plan, people living in this area will be
:08:15. > :08:17.drinking water straight from this tank by the end of the year.
:08:18. > :08:20.The road by Sonning Bridge could be raised to try and stop problems
:08:21. > :08:23.caused by flooding. The major commuter route across the River
:08:24. > :08:27.Thames has been shut for weeks. Heavy duty blocks have now been put
:08:28. > :08:30.across the road because it's too dangerous to use and drivers have
:08:31. > :08:33.been ignoring the closure signs but the barriers have caused strong
:08:34. > :08:40.reactions. If you go steady, in the middle, you can get over. I don't
:08:41. > :08:45.know how I have got to get to Woodley now. They blocked off last
:08:46. > :08:50.time but not like that. Loads of cars are coming through even when it
:08:51. > :08:53.is closed. We can't get out that were torn out.
:08:54. > :08:56.He's achieved his dream of becoming the youngest person to row across
:08:57. > :08:59.the Atlantic but an Oxfordshire teenager says he's already planning
:09:00. > :09:02.his next challenge. Now that Eion Hartwright is back on dry land, life
:09:03. > :09:05.is returning to normal for the 17`year`old who's working on the
:09:06. > :09:08.family farm near Didcot. Victoria Cook reports.
:09:09. > :09:12.It might look a bit like a rowing boat but this wouldn't get very far
:09:13. > :09:17.on the ocean. Owen Hartwright is back home now and he's helping to
:09:18. > :09:20.run the family farm. It's been three weeks since Eoin returned from
:09:21. > :09:25.smashing the world record, the youngest person to row the Atlantic.
:09:26. > :09:37.It's an incredible achievement but it's taken its toll. Loading hay
:09:38. > :09:45.bales is a nightmare because I so weak. It really affects your body. I
:09:46. > :09:54.got back to England and couldn't face stares. It was a nightmare. But
:09:55. > :09:57.I have ended up getting upstairs. Eoin spent 43 days with his uncle
:09:58. > :10:02.and two team mates rowing the astonishing 3,000`mile journey. His
:10:03. > :10:09.family and friends were there at the finish line to cheer him on. Not
:10:10. > :10:12.only has he achieved so much at such a young age, but he's raised more
:10:13. > :10:17.than ?10,000 for the children's hospice Helen Douglas House. For
:10:18. > :10:28.his proud mum, it's been a stressful time. I have been very stressed,
:10:29. > :10:31.very scared, haven't slept, but if he did another one, it would be a
:10:32. > :10:35.totally different kettle of fish. So has the exhaustion and pain of
:10:36. > :10:45.thousands of miles of rowing put him off? No, not at all.
:10:46. > :10:47.That's all from me for the moment. I'll have a full
:10:48. > :10:50.and any problems have been resolved. If all goes to plan, people living
:10:51. > :10:52.in this area will be drinking water straight from this tank by the end
:10:53. > :10:56.of the year. Lots more coming up on Friday's
:10:57. > :10:59.South Today, so stay with us as we tell you how honey could be the
:11:00. > :11:08.answer to treat infections after surgery. A new scheme is being
:11:09. > :11:11.trialled in Winchester. A Worthing postmistress fears she'll
:11:12. > :11:15.be forced into bankruptcy by plans to move counters out of small shops
:11:16. > :11:18.and into national stores. Unless small retailers can meet demand for
:11:19. > :11:24.longer opening hours and an increase in profit, then post counters will
:11:25. > :11:29.be removed. Yvonne Larguesays this will leave her with no other option
:11:30. > :11:32.but to close. Lewis Coombes reports. How are you today?
:11:33. > :11:35.Yvonne Largue has been a postmistress in Worthing for seven
:11:36. > :11:40.years. She runs a small shop where you can buy your bread and milk and
:11:41. > :11:42.send a parcel. But she says new plans to restructure and modernise
:11:43. > :11:49.the post office service will force her to close and that could mean
:11:50. > :11:53.bankruptcy. Seven years, I have heard this post office. I spent an
:11:54. > :11:57.absolute fortune getting it ready to the spec and everything else. And
:11:58. > :12:02.?8,000 for the franchise as well. Now it looks like they can just, you
:12:03. > :12:05.know, pull it away from you. The Post Office wants to relocate
:12:06. > :12:13.services from small shops that don't make much money to bigger national
:12:14. > :12:19.chains. It will mean more counters like this inside a WHSmith or
:12:20. > :12:23.supermarket. This programme is necessary because the post office
:12:24. > :12:26.losses continue to increase. The move is proposed here could
:12:27. > :12:31.potentially offer benefits to consumers in a way of longer opening
:12:32. > :12:35.hours, for example. A petition to keep this shop open shows a level of
:12:36. > :12:43.support in the community. She'll be hoping the Post Office is listening.
:12:44. > :12:45.A lot of people will be devastated if they caused. The town is quite
:12:46. > :12:52.away from you, especially for older people. It is convenient, otherwise
:12:53. > :13:00.you have to get a bus into town. As far as I am concerned, that means I
:13:01. > :13:04.will be closed down. And that... Well, it does not bear thinking
:13:05. > :13:08.about. The Windmill Theatre in
:13:09. > :13:11.Littlehampton will reopen today. The cinema closed last February, but
:13:12. > :13:15.locals have successfully campaigned to get it up and running again. In
:13:16. > :13:19.December, a deal was agreed for a mobile cinema operator to screen
:13:20. > :13:28.films. The first movie shown will be 12 Years A Slave. We put it on
:13:29. > :13:36.toast, added to your gut and use it for beauty products. But honey has a
:13:37. > :13:39.long tradition as a healing agent. Honey has been tested in the Royal
:13:40. > :13:45.Hampshire Hospital in Wiltshire and shows it has cut infections in a
:13:46. > :13:48.variety of wins. As you will see, it has been tested in Africa as a cheap
:13:49. > :13:54.and accessible treatment for some distressing injuries. It is a simple
:13:55. > :13:59.low`cost treatment that could cut infection rates by 6%.
:14:00. > :14:03.Honey has been known to treat wins for thousands of years. The way it
:14:04. > :14:08.has been processed means it is entirely novel product. In an age
:14:09. > :14:12.where we await globally about antibiotic resistance, to have a
:14:13. > :14:16.product that kills microbes by a different mechanism is a very
:14:17. > :14:20.exciting thing. The conclusion of the study showed that 2% of 186
:14:21. > :14:27.women developed an infection after having the honey applied to secede
:14:28. > :14:33.in stitches. The honey has been taken to more tropical climes. The
:14:34. > :14:38.honey is easily transported and just gets running in the heat. The honey
:14:39. > :14:43.has been used more successfully in Africa to treat burns and
:14:44. > :14:47.infections. Jill Brooks has just come back from Uganda and Ethiopia
:14:48. > :14:54.to pioneer the new treatment, where she slopped... Swapped the weak
:14:55. > :15:01.bleach they were using and used honey instead. Please stop them
:15:02. > :15:12.using the weak bleach and used honey on the wings. It claimed them up and
:15:13. > :15:18.it promoted healing. The honey does not kill healthy tissue. Some are
:15:19. > :15:28.unsure about the product. Some scepticism at first because people
:15:29. > :15:31.were unused. The wounds more extreme over there because people do not go
:15:32. > :15:40.for treatment until the wounds really bad. The whole business to
:15:41. > :15:44.start beginning clinical trials. `` the hope is now to start.
:15:45. > :15:47.A new centre for people with breast cancer is opening in Hampshire. It
:15:48. > :15:50.will help women and men deal with the emotional and physical effects
:15:51. > :15:54.of the disease. The Haven, which is run by a charity, has just taken
:15:55. > :15:56.over an empty building in Titchfield, from where our Health
:15:57. > :15:59.Correspondent David Fenton reports. It will take 12 months and ?1
:16:00. > :16:01.million to turn this listed building into something like this. A centre
:16:02. > :16:08.for women and men with breast cancer. They could be doing yoga,
:16:09. > :16:12.they could be doing a number of different touch therapies, not
:16:13. > :16:19.particularly of this room but in some other rooms where they have
:16:20. > :16:24.acupuncture to help with side effects from drugs they will be
:16:25. > :16:27.under for cancer. The charity behind this specialises in the emotional
:16:28. > :16:32.and psychological problems that women with breast cancer often face.
:16:33. > :16:37.Claire Morgan was diagnosed seven years ago. She was treated and got
:16:38. > :16:42.better but then she had lost all of her self`confidence. I did not know
:16:43. > :16:48.which way to go or who to go to for help. The Haven, it is all there.
:16:49. > :16:53.Once the Naas reassured me she was going to help me, automatically, I
:16:54. > :17:00.had that well`being. I thought, thank goodness. It was a huge relief
:17:01. > :17:05.for me. Many of the patients who come here will be referred by local
:17:06. > :17:09.hospitals. It has got a great reputation for providing care for
:17:10. > :17:15.women suffering from breast cancer. It provides emotional, psychological
:17:16. > :17:21.and physical support and is a vital service. It is hoped the new centre
:17:22. > :17:24.will open next year. Onto the weekend's sport now, and
:17:25. > :17:27.Reading return to the Madejski Stadium tomorrow hoping for another
:17:28. > :17:31.win to boost their promotion push. Ahead of the game against Blackburn
:17:32. > :17:34.Rovers, I have been to see manager Nigel Adkins, who has kept his
:17:35. > :17:38.players' focus on the field while events off the field with the club
:17:39. > :17:44.up for sale continue to make the headlines.
:17:45. > :17:48.Momentum and consistency seem to be key to the revival in the field.
:17:49. > :17:53.Nigel Adkins has fielded the same team for the last seven games. Of
:17:54. > :17:55.the lads in the team, we have momentum and they are working hard
:17:56. > :18:01.and there is competition for places. They are working hard, knowing that
:18:02. > :18:05.the consistency of their performances is important or someone
:18:06. > :18:10.will be waiting in the wings to take their place. Last week's when kept
:18:11. > :18:17.in six on the table, but the manner of the team spirit. It is good to
:18:18. > :18:21.have it on card, but enhances the momentum we have got to go away to a
:18:22. > :18:25.team that when the Premier League this last season. The team tipped to
:18:26. > :18:28.be in the top two. To go there and win the game in a manner we have
:18:29. > :18:36.done, it is four points we have taken from QPR this season. All this
:18:37. > :18:41.while Madejski searches for our buyer for the club. So today has
:18:42. > :18:49.been told proposals by would`be investors has been put to the club
:18:50. > :18:54.in recent months. Could this filter into the football side? I do not
:18:55. > :19:01.think so. The football club is together and everyone is working
:19:02. > :19:04.hard. The manager knows all too much how well the team could perform in a
:19:05. > :19:09.last part of the season. He saw his club win the league title two
:19:10. > :19:12.seasons ago. Many in the camp using that as inspiration.
:19:13. > :19:18.East Preston and Sholing both aim for places in the quarter finals of
:19:19. > :19:21.the FA Vase this weekend. Meanwhile, Havant and Waterlooville
:19:22. > :19:24.and Gosport play the return leg of their FA Trophy semifinal. The score
:19:25. > :19:29.is level at 1`1 after Monday's first leg. The winners play Cambridge or
:19:30. > :19:32.Grimsby at Wembley next month. In the Premier League, Southampton
:19:33. > :19:36.will do their best to show fans their season isn't over when they
:19:37. > :19:39.travel to West Ham in the Premier League after last week's exit from
:19:40. > :19:42.the FA Cup. In the Championship, aside from Reading's game with
:19:43. > :19:45.Blackburn, Bournemouth are at Derby. Brighton have two games in three
:19:46. > :19:47.days starting with the visit of Wigan.
:19:48. > :19:51.In League One, MK Dons and Swindon are on the road.
:19:52. > :19:55.In League Two, Oxford go to Morecambe and Portsmouth are at
:19:56. > :19:58.Scunthorpe. All the games are live on BBC local radio and the Football
:19:59. > :20:04.League Show has all the goals tomorrow night.
:20:05. > :20:07.One of the world's top sailing competitions is underway. The
:20:08. > :20:11.Extreme Sailing Series is more high profile than ever. And as these
:20:12. > :20:15.pictures from today in Singapore show you, the action on the water
:20:16. > :20:21.can be dramatic. This was the Oman air boat crashing into Realstone in
:20:22. > :20:24.today's action. Lymington's Sir Ben Ainslie has put
:20:25. > :20:31.together a new team, including another Olympian from the South, as
:20:32. > :20:34.Katy Austin reports. He is a four`time Olympic champion
:20:35. > :20:39.but Sir Ben Ainslie is still hungry for victory. This year, his sights
:20:40. > :20:44.are set on winning the Extreme Sailing Series. We have to learn to
:20:45. > :20:47.sail with one another and these boats and this race, so it is a huge
:20:48. > :20:52.amount to take on board in a short period of time. 40 foot boards are
:20:53. > :20:55.largely identical and with the action taking place just offshore,
:20:56. > :21:01.collisions and tight races are guaranteed. We probably will not
:21:02. > :21:11.even in a tight situation, so that was my mistake. Like I said, at
:21:12. > :21:23.least we note how wide the boat is. Sir Ben Ainslie is joined by two
:21:24. > :21:31.others on the boat. Peter Wilson `` Pippa Wilson is also on the board.
:21:32. > :21:34.It is an exciting week. They finished fifth, but there is a long
:21:35. > :21:38.way to go. The racing in Singapore continues. The eighth and final act
:21:39. > :21:44.of the series does not happen until Australia in December.
:21:45. > :21:47.A lot of attention on the Extreme Sailing Series this year. We will
:21:48. > :21:50.follow at every step of the way here.
:21:51. > :21:54.Next week on South Today, we begin a series of films taking an in`depth
:21:55. > :21:58.look at how the First World War changed the lives of people on the
:21:59. > :22:01.home front. In partnership with Imperial War Museums, we'll delve
:22:02. > :22:12.into life in the South of Britain as war raged on the continent. Here's a
:22:13. > :22:19.taster of what's to come. Black powder substitutes for cordite
:22:20. > :22:30.here for safety reasons. It is going to go big leap of the imagination.
:22:31. > :22:32.This could be potentially dangerous. Countless soldiers suffered lasting
:22:33. > :22:38.long`term effects from exposure to gas. It was what done in the front
:22:39. > :22:42.line that proved the turning point for the Allied troops. He was
:22:43. > :22:52.fighting the war in the laboratory. Young men were listing risking their
:22:53. > :22:56.lives. They could be in no man's land where they could stay for 24
:22:57. > :23:00.hours. The aim was to get there as soon as possible but they would be
:23:01. > :23:04.under fire very often. If you had a wound that was not life`threatening,
:23:05. > :23:08.you would get off the front line and that was the best you could hope
:23:09. > :23:14.for. Conscientious objectors, hundreds of men who refuse to fight
:23:15. > :23:20.fraud into jail. Conditions were very bad. Some of the objectors in
:23:21. > :23:29.Winchester start of their own secret newspaper. It was made on toilet
:23:30. > :23:33.paper on which I got the material. It was vital to map the area behind
:23:34. > :23:39.enemy lines and aeroplanes provided the answer. The pictures they took
:23:40. > :23:43.off roads, fields and trenches gave the map`makers a whole new
:23:44. > :23:49.perspective. These people were pioneers and hugely inventive and
:23:50. > :23:57.had great creativity. At the end of the day, they put their lives on the
:23:58. > :24:01.line. We hope you chin and for that series
:24:02. > :24:04.next week. `` tune in. We start on Monday with a special
:24:05. > :24:07.report by the BBC's former chief news correspondent Kate Adie, who
:24:08. > :24:11.has covered numerous wars herself during her career. She looks at a
:24:12. > :24:14.factory in the South, built on the orders of Winston Churchill, and how
:24:15. > :24:17.schoolchildren and conkers helped to keep it and Britain's war effort
:24:18. > :24:23.going. You can find films and articles covering all aspects of
:24:24. > :24:27.World War One on the BBC's website. The address is on screen. And on
:24:28. > :24:31.Monday, BBC local radio begins a series of reports looking at life on
:24:32. > :24:44.the home front. Tune into your station at 8.15 on Monday morning to
:24:45. > :24:49.hear the first of those. Sarah Farmer is here as we look at the
:24:50. > :24:54.weather. It was love this morning. I pulled back the curtains, bright
:24:55. > :24:57.blue sky and sunshine, glorious. Such a joy, yes.
:24:58. > :25:03.One or two showers. Never seen so many rainbow photographs in our
:25:04. > :25:06.inbox. They will be on our Facebook page soon.
:25:07. > :25:09.We have a selection of pictures for you today.
:25:10. > :25:12.It was a keen wind this morning along the Meon Shore. Len and
:25:13. > :25:15.Lorraine Lambeth sent that one in, thank you.
:25:16. > :25:18.If you look closely, you can see a beautiful double rainbow over Witney
:25:19. > :25:23.in Oxfordshire, after a heavy rain shower this afternoon. You can see
:25:24. > :25:24.that on the far right of the screen. Stephen Goodchild captured that
:25:25. > :25:28.lovely scene. And a hint of spring from Ian
:25:29. > :25:31.Lauder. Lovely colours in the sunshine at Rustington, West Sussex.
:25:32. > :25:35.sunshine at Rustington, West We do have a fume or showers to come
:25:36. > :25:40.this evening. It looks like most of those will fade away. One or two
:25:41. > :25:43.went along the coast and we could see the odd heavy burst, perhaps
:25:44. > :25:49.with hailstones in funding as well. Through the course of the night,
:25:50. > :25:52.though showers fading away. The skies were clear particularly
:25:53. > :25:58.inland. Here, we could see a touch of frost. Temperatures in towns and
:25:59. > :26:01.cities 23`4 Celsius. Coastal areas in the Isle of Wight and eastwards
:26:02. > :26:06.perhaps seeing showers lingering into tomorrow morning. For most,
:26:07. > :26:11.tomorrow morning should be a nice day. The odd shower here or there
:26:12. > :26:14.but most of seeing sunny spells. Perhaps bright as we head into the
:26:15. > :26:22.afternoon and then very quiet joy that cloud thickens. `` and then
:26:23. > :26:28.very gradually. Temperatures of 9`10, the breeze picking up as well.
:26:29. > :26:30.It is courtesy of this low`pressure working its way in from the Atlantic
:26:31. > :26:37.quite steadily through the course of the weekend. You can see the isobars
:26:38. > :26:41.narrowing and that means we will see winds picking up, gusting on Sunday
:26:42. > :26:49.at perhaps 60 mph on the course. Tomorrow night, that cloud will
:26:50. > :26:54.thicken. Perhaps if youth spits `` perhaps some spits in sports.
:26:55. > :26:59.Temperatures in little milder. Sunday, generally a dry day, perhaps
:27:00. > :27:04.dampness coming and going. That rain band Rob Howley arise in the
:27:05. > :27:12.afternoon`evening period. `` properly arrives. We could have more
:27:13. > :27:15.problems on saturated ground. Here is your summary for the coming days.
:27:16. > :27:19.Saturday is a decent rate. Sunny spells and winds picking up on the
:27:20. > :27:25.afternoon. Cloudy skies with a band of rain arriving later on Sunday.
:27:26. > :27:29.Then it looks like one or two blustery showers as we work our way
:27:30. > :27:33.into the new working week. It looks like a bit of everything,
:27:34. > :27:40.really. Whatever you do, try and stay dry over the weekend. Enjoy it.
:27:41. > :27:46.We will be back on Monday at 6:30pm. Late news tonight 10:25pm. Goodbye.