:00:00. > 3:59:59for the first time spotter planes find debris. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, and welcome to South Today News at Six
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, and welcome to South Today from Oxford.
:00:07. > :00:10.In tonight's programme: The lightning strike that's destroyed a
:00:11. > :00:13.building. This cricket pavilion was hit during a storm which also
:00:14. > :00:20.brought down trees across two railway lines.
:00:21. > :00:23.Also tonight: Could his lifd have been saved by a lower speed limit?
:00:24. > :00:25.Why Freddie's family are calpaigning for changes to road safety near
:00:26. > :00:29.their home. Three years to build. The towering
:00:30. > :00:33.tree house that's due to be demolished, amid fears about its
:00:34. > :00:36.safety. And later on: A Billy Elliot moment
:00:37. > :00:38.for one teenager, as he steps on stage with other youngsters and the
:00:39. > :00:55.cast of Swan Lake. Good evening.
:00:56. > :00:57.A storm this lunchtime across Oxfordshire has brought treds down,
:00:58. > :01:01.caused travel disruption, and devastated Banbury's Twenty Cricket
:01:02. > :01:04.Club, after it was hit by a bolt of lightning. In Didcot, sever`l homes
:01:05. > :01:11.were hit by lightning, although nobody was hurt. Peter Cookd joins
:01:12. > :01:19.me from our newsroom. Peter. What more can you tell us? The storm
:01:20. > :01:23.struck Oxfordshire this lunchtime. We saw thunder, we saw lightning,
:01:24. > :01:27.and we even saw hail. This was the scene in Banbury earlier. The
:01:28. > :01:30.cricket club pavilion was struck by a single bolt of lightning, setting
:01:31. > :01:34.the building alight. This is the home of their third and fourth teams
:01:35. > :01:38.on Ermont Way, and the building has been there 11 years. It was not the
:01:39. > :01:42.first XI pavilion at White Post Road. Six fire engines went to the
:01:43. > :01:45.scene, and there were concerns gas canisters could ignite. The trustee
:01:46. > :01:49.of the club has told us the history of the building has been totally
:01:50. > :01:53.destroyed. Everything has gone, the mahn thing
:01:54. > :01:59.that has gone is the historx of the club, from 1932, the total history
:02:00. > :02:04.of the club is there, all the minutes, pictures, commemor`tions,
:02:05. > :02:10.everything has gone. A lot of people have played here over the ydars It
:02:11. > :02:13.has all gone. We understand from the Fire Service
:02:14. > :02:17.that several houses in Didcot were also struck by lightning. One house
:02:18. > :02:26.suffered a direct hit, with a fuse board blowing up. There has been
:02:27. > :02:29.disruption on the railways `s well. At its worst, there were delays of
:02:30. > :02:32.over an hour for commuters travelling on Chiltern Railways But
:02:33. > :02:37.the line has been cleared and services are running again. There
:02:38. > :02:40.could be some residual delaxs. These pictures from Twitter show trees
:02:41. > :02:44.felled by the storm. Misery for passengers making their way from
:02:45. > :02:47.Banbury up north. But, some better news, at least weather`wise for the
:02:48. > :02:49.weekend, with warm sunshine expected.
:02:50. > :02:53.A full forecast of course coming up later in the programme.
:02:54. > :02:59.A third man's been charged hn connection with the death of a
:03:00. > :03:02.17`year`boy in Oxford. Connor Tremble was stabbed in Fair`cres
:03:03. > :03:05.Road last month. Bradley Jones, who's 21 and from Chipping Norton,
:03:06. > :03:08.has been charged with perverting the course of justice. Two men have
:03:09. > :03:10.already been charged over Connor's death, one with murder, the other
:03:11. > :03:17.with assisting an offender. Six months after a ten`year`old boy
:03:18. > :03:21.was knocked down and killed in Didcot, his family are camp`igning
:03:22. > :03:24.for a lower speed limit on the road. Freddie Perry died after he was hit
:03:25. > :03:27.by a car last September. Today, his school unveiled a stained glass
:03:28. > :03:31.window in his memory. Sinead Carroll has the story.
:03:32. > :03:40.Look at that, Fred. Having fun with Freddie. Just three
:03:41. > :03:44.months after this video was taken, Freddie was hit by a car, as he
:03:45. > :03:47.crossed the road on his way home in Didcot.
:03:48. > :03:57.His friend he was playing whth came knocking on the door saying Freddie
:03:58. > :04:01.had been hit by car. I thought he would be sat on the side of the
:04:02. > :04:10.road, next to one of the parked vehicles. I didn't expect to see him
:04:11. > :04:13.lying down in a pool of blood. Now, his family are campaigning to
:04:14. > :04:16.lower the speed limit and ilproving the parking on this road whdre
:04:17. > :04:21.Freddie died. We want to make it safer. Now and
:04:22. > :04:24.for the future. Hopefully, no`one will go through what we went
:04:25. > :04:28.through. Believe us, it is hell Nothing can bring Freddie b`ck. We
:04:29. > :04:31.don't want to see any other child injured, or their lives takdn here.
:04:32. > :04:36.Something will happen if solething's not done.
:04:37. > :04:39.The county council are disctssing what they can do to make Oxford
:04:40. > :04:42.Crescent safer. Meanwhile, Freddie's family are setting up a charitable
:04:43. > :04:46.trust. Already, numerous evdnts have been organised in Freddie's memory.
:04:47. > :04:51.And the tributes continue. It is a reminder that Freddhe was
:04:52. > :04:57.here. And he was an important part of the family. Something re`lly sad
:04:58. > :05:01.happened. Together, we are coming through it, but we will alw`ys
:05:02. > :05:04.remember Freddie. Freddie's family have been
:05:05. > :05:07.overwhelmed with the outpouring of affection from those who relember
:05:08. > :05:09.their little boy. They say the biggest tribute would be to slow
:05:10. > :05:15.down the cars on Oxford Crescent. A man's been arrested in Swhndon, in
:05:16. > :05:18.connection with an armed robbery at a bookmaker's. The raid happened in
:05:19. > :05:22.Regent Circus just before tdn o'clock. The cashier is said to be
:05:23. > :05:23.shaken, but unharmed. The m`n being questioned handed himself into
:05:24. > :05:34.police this afternoon. Cancer patients in North Oxfordshire
:05:35. > :05:37.can now use a new centre, offering therapy, support and advice. The
:05:38. > :05:42.Hummingbird Centre in Bicester has been set up by two women, who met by
:05:43. > :05:44.chance in a shop. It'll be open two days a week. Jeremy Stern h`s been
:05:45. > :05:53.to find out more. Sometimes, a good idea really can
:05:54. > :05:56.turn into something special. The Hummingbird Centre in Launton has
:05:57. > :05:59.been set up by Becky Fletchdr and Mechelle Harris, to give support to
:06:00. > :06:02.families affected by cancer. The lack of support in Bicester for
:06:03. > :06:07.cancer patients, there isn't an awful lot. Bicester is a huge town,
:06:08. > :06:12.growing rapidly. We felt thhs is something we could offer patients.
:06:13. > :06:15.Every day, nearly 1,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with some form
:06:16. > :06:20.of cancer. The range of tre`tments is improving. But, for people with
:06:21. > :06:29.the illness, sometimes just a chat can make all the difference.
:06:30. > :06:33.I have had cancer twice. Having this local, it is nice to come up the
:06:34. > :06:35.road, get the support, and talk to people who are going through what
:06:36. > :06:39.you have been through. I am on my cancer journey two years
:06:40. > :06:44.down the line. There was nothing when I moved here. When I s`w this
:06:45. > :06:47.in the paper, I was over thd moon, and got in touch straightaw`y. I
:06:48. > :06:50.said I want to be part of it. The Hummingbird is supported by
:06:51. > :06:53.Macmillan, but will need thd financial help of local people to
:06:54. > :06:56.have a long`term future. Today, however, was a chance to celebrate
:06:57. > :07:06.how far they've come. You have that dream, that p`ssion
:07:07. > :07:09.and drive and enthusiasm. To see it in the flesh is humbling and
:07:10. > :07:12.extremely humbling when you see the volunteers who have come along who
:07:13. > :07:15.want to be part of the Hummhngbird Centre. You have to stand b`ck and
:07:16. > :07:19.pinch yourself. But, next week, the hard work really
:07:20. > :07:21.will start. The centre will be open on Tuesday and Friday.
:07:22. > :07:26.It's taken three years and `round 1,000 hours to build. But, now, a
:07:27. > :07:29.tree house of towering proportions is to be pulled down, over health
:07:30. > :07:33.and safety fears. The structure which reaches 85 feet into the sky,
:07:34. > :07:37.was built by a group of Oxfordshire teenagers as a place to get away
:07:38. > :07:39.from it all. But there are worries it's become too dangerous. @s Tom
:07:40. > :07:46.Turrell reports. Step by step, Dougie, Harry, Alden
:07:47. > :07:58.and their mates began buildhng this tree house in 2011. Completd with
:07:59. > :08:01.its own viewing platform, spiral staircase, and windows, it's
:08:02. > :08:04.somewhat of a home from homd for the chaps from Lower Heyford, ndar
:08:05. > :08:08.Bicester. The 19`year`olds have even managed to get a sofa up here. And
:08:09. > :08:15.the views aren't bad either. No`one could deny how impressive this tree
:08:16. > :08:18.house is. But locals have started complaining about its appearance,
:08:19. > :08:22.and the farmer who owns the land says it has got too tall. Standing
:08:23. > :08:25.at an enormous 85 feet, the concern is it's an accident waiting to
:08:26. > :08:31.happen. Not to mention the fact this is a conservation area. Now, the
:08:32. > :08:37.guys have been told the tred will have to come down.
:08:38. > :08:42.It is a bit gutting really. We were so close to finishing the whole
:08:43. > :08:45.thing. Once it is complete, we feel it wouldn't be such a probldm
:08:46. > :08:51.because it would look more hn keeping. We are down here fhve days
:08:52. > :08:55.a week just hanging out. It is a better place to hang out th`n the
:08:56. > :08:59.swings in the park. Even if the tree does get fdlled, it
:09:00. > :09:04.seems it won't have all been a wasted effort. Two of the tdenagers
:09:05. > :09:06.have become so keen on construction, they'll be reading architecture at
:09:07. > :09:08.Manchester and Oxford Brookds University from September.
:09:09. > :09:14.Tickets for Kate Bush's first live shows in 35 years sold out hn less
:09:15. > :09:17.than 15 minutes this morning. The singer, who has a home near
:09:18. > :09:20.Abingdon, has only toured once, back in 1979. She'd topped the charts
:09:21. > :09:23.with Wuthering Heights the previous year. She's performing 22 d`tes in
:09:24. > :09:26.London in August and September. Demand was so high, her website and
:09:27. > :09:28.some other ticket sellers crashed. Tickets are being resold with asking
:09:29. > :09:42.prices of more than ?1,000. After the storms today, Davhd Braine
:09:43. > :09:44.will have the details of thd weather this weekend. That's all from us for
:09:45. > :09:56.now. Here's Sally. BBC One.
:09:57. > :09:57.Still to come, modern royal visitors drop into the ultimate Victorian
:09:58. > :10:12.Royal Playhouse. Newbury is at the centre of a public
:10:13. > :10:14.health investigation after two people caught tuberculosis from
:10:15. > :10:17.their pet cats. They're the first ever recorded cases of cat`to`human
:10:18. > :10:20.transmission. The outbreak, which happened last year, saw 24 people
:10:21. > :10:23.screened who were linked to the same veterinary practice. Public Health
:10:24. > :10:33.England says the risk of transmission remains "very low"
:10:34. > :10:37.Nikki Mitchell reports. The alarm was first raised at this veterinary
:10:38. > :10:40.practice. This is fit and hdalthy but just over a year ago sole people
:10:41. > :10:45.collect at with an abscess that would not heal. The vets took swabs
:10:46. > :10:51.and for the next few weeks nine cats in total tested positive, even the
:10:52. > :10:54.vet's and. Unfortunately my was on my lap and I felt a lump on his leg,
:10:55. > :10:59.was suspicious because we wdre in the middle of a blunt chair of
:11:00. > :11:05.cases, but it and he turned out to have TB as well for the tab and We
:11:06. > :11:08.treated him and he was responding very well, x`rayed his chest again
:11:09. > :11:13.and all the lesions had cle`red up. The lump had been removed. While he
:11:14. > :11:18.was still on treatment he unfortunately went missing. As this
:11:19. > :11:22.is the first documented casd of people catching bovine TB from cats
:11:23. > :11:26.the testing has been progress. The results and conclusions had to be
:11:27. > :11:30.checked, double`checked and checked again by scientists for varhous
:11:31. > :11:34.different organisations, and that is while we are only hearing about this
:11:35. > :11:39.now. More than a year after the first infected cat was brought in
:11:40. > :11:47.here. The strain of the disdase found in caps and people here was
:11:48. > :11:52.the same as the one found in our rates `` in cattle on Greenham
:11:53. > :11:57.Common. Cattle in the area have been tested and TB reactors were found
:11:58. > :12:05.amongst cattle on the common land and certainly at least one of them
:12:06. > :12:10.had the disease. Some of thhs man's cattle were among those
:12:11. > :12:19.slaughtered. Public health officials and he believe wildlife havd been to
:12:20. > :12:22.blame. Neither badger nor do have got a top predators are the numbers
:12:23. > :12:27.are increasing and it is spreading across the country. We don't want to
:12:28. > :12:31.panic people but we would lhke people to be aware that if they have
:12:32. > :12:38.a cat with a lesion, is chronically ill, they really should seek some
:12:39. > :12:43.help. People shouldn't be worried. TB is curable, best to get ht early,
:12:44. > :12:47.so the onus doesn't get too bad It also stops letting it on to other
:12:48. > :12:52.people for top the symptoms people see can be a cough which lasts for
:12:53. > :12:55.several weeks, night sweats, loss of appetite. Officials are keen to
:12:56. > :13:04.stress there have been no ndw cases of bovine TB in pets or people here
:13:05. > :13:07.for one year . It was the ultimate Victorian playhouse, a Swiss chalet
:13:08. > :13:10.in the grounds of Queen Victoria's Isle of Wight home, Osborne House.
:13:11. > :13:13.The Swiss Cottage was built by Victoria and her husband Prhnce
:13:14. > :13:17.Albert for their children to play in and learn about ordinary life. It's
:13:18. > :13:21.just been renovated by Englhsh Heritage. Today, another Roxal
:13:22. > :13:24.couple, Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, paid a visit to
:13:25. > :13:31.see the work. We sent James Ingham along too.
:13:32. > :13:36.A royal visit to a royal playground, in a royal housd. The
:13:37. > :13:40.Earl and Countess of Wessex were guests of honour as English Heritage
:13:41. > :13:45.unveiled a major piece of conservation. The Swiss Cottage at
:13:46. > :13:49.Osborne house played a big part in the childhoods of Queen Victoria and
:13:50. > :13:55.Prince Albert's children. Today restored and exhibited for ` new
:13:56. > :13:57.generation. On their visit to the main house they paid partictlar
:13:58. > :14:02.attention to photograph albtms of the royal ancestors here at the
:14:03. > :14:05.Swiss Cottage Prince Edward will be able to see where his great, great
:14:06. > :14:11.grandfather once played with his brothers and sisters. Victoria and
:14:12. > :14:16.Albert wanted to create a mhniature world for their children whdre they
:14:17. > :14:23.could have a haven to themsdlves. And space to express themselves be
:14:24. > :14:25.children. We have some fant`stic anecdotes about what the chhldren
:14:26. > :14:32.were doing, often from their own letters. Dear Prince Albert,
:14:33. > :14:37.Osborne, June three, 1858. @lice made a pancake yesterday as Swiss
:14:38. > :14:44.Cottage, I have none of it. I was out driving with mother. I called a
:14:45. > :14:53.butterfly at the Swiss Cott`ge. I got very wet. My next letter will be
:14:54. > :14:57.in French. Offer. Letters as well as diaries and paintings have revealed
:14:58. > :15:02.intimate stories which historians have tried to bring to life. It was
:15:03. > :15:07.all done for a purpose, there was always this educational elelent all
:15:08. > :15:09.the activities, cooking, gardening, with the gardening the children all
:15:10. > :15:14.grew the same produce, the same vegetables and fruit in thehr garden
:15:15. > :15:19.plot, Albert wanted to make it into a competition, he bought thd produce
:15:20. > :15:23.and market price said they `re learning things as they are getting
:15:24. > :15:27.involved in activities. So ` view into a prince's pass, one vhsitors
:15:28. > :15:39.will see as well now this p`in staking project is complete.
:15:40. > :15:45.It looks stunning. Onto sport. Pompey sat their manager.
:15:46. > :15:48.It is only four years since Portsmouth were a Premier ldague
:15:49. > :15:53.side, playing in the FA Cup final, look about it is now. Here's the
:15:54. > :15:57.table. Portsmouth hover just above the bottom two as they start life
:15:58. > :15:59.after Richie Barker, who was fired yesterday. Tomorrow they're at
:16:00. > :16:03.Newport in another critical League Two fixture. I've been to chat to
:16:04. > :16:04.Caretaker boss Andy Awford who's issued a passionate rallying cry to
:16:05. > :16:13.the Pompey faithful. He is Portsmouth ruler throtgh with
:16:14. > :16:18.more than 300 appearances for the club, he knows what this se`son
:16:19. > :16:22.boils down to. We have to stay in the football league, it is `s simple
:16:23. > :16:25.as that and we will be going all out to try and do that and unitd
:16:26. > :16:30.everybody together to give ts the best possible chance. He was on the
:16:31. > :16:35.training ground with Paul H`rdiman and Alan McLaughlin this morning.
:16:36. > :16:41.How big a challenge is this? The biggest. Simple. The hardest and
:16:42. > :16:44.biggest challenge, if we do achieve it as a group. It will not be a
:16:45. > :16:48.parade around the time becatse we shouldn't be here anyway. Wd should
:16:49. > :16:55.be a lot higher up the leagte than we are. He can draw on experience.
:16:56. > :16:59.He was a member of Alan Ball's side which afforded almost certahn
:17:00. > :17:08.relegation in 1998. 16 years ago he was speaking about the late
:17:09. > :17:17.Pompey's favourite's impact. We have produced goods. The main thhng is
:17:18. > :17:23.the fans have been fantastic. I said to the board, I haven't told anybody
:17:24. > :17:26.this, I said if there is a better person out there than me th`t can do
:17:27. > :17:29.it, go and get him, because it is not about me, it is about this
:17:30. > :17:34.football club surviving for top I'd used Allen as an example, I said if
:17:35. > :17:38.he were still alive I would be getting him in here myself because
:17:39. > :17:41.he is the type we need. He takes the team to Newport which has stood at a
:17:42. > :17:46.crucial time. They have lost three in a row and scored one goal in 540
:17:47. > :17:50.minutes. They need to be allowed to express themselves a bit more,
:17:51. > :17:55.especially in the final third, be allowed to take a few more risks on
:17:56. > :17:58.the pitch. Danny Hollins has arrived on loan from Charlton while Ryan
:17:59. > :18:02.Bird has returned from a sthnt at Cambridge. It is all hands on deck
:18:03. > :18:06.now to prevent Portsmouth shnking to a all`time low. The full interview
:18:07. > :18:11.is on the BBC website and actually it is getting a lot of attention and
:18:12. > :18:14.social media. Meanwhile Southampton host Newcastle
:18:15. > :18:15.tomorrow in the Premier League. Former boss Alan Pardew rettrns to
:18:16. > :18:19.St Mary's but must stay in the St Mary's but must stay in the
:18:20. > :18:22.stands due to a touchline b`n. In the Championship Bournemouth's
:18:23. > :18:25.unlikely play off push takes them to Birmingham. Eddie Howe's side have
:18:26. > :18:28.lost only one in seven. Reading must hope their dreadful home form
:18:29. > :18:30.improves when they host Huddersfield. Brighton host
:18:31. > :18:33.Middlesbrough. In League Ond leaders Wolves are at MK Dons. Swindon host
:18:34. > :18:36.Gary Waddock is looking for his Gary Waddock is looking for his
:18:37. > :18:39.first win as Oxford head co`ch on the road at Dagenham and Redbridge.
:18:40. > :18:42.BBC Local radio has comment`ry of all those games.
:18:43. > :18:45.On this week's Late Kick Off former Bournemouth midfielder Wade Elliott
:18:46. > :18:54.is our special guest alongshde Reading legend Ady Williams. We ll
:18:55. > :18:57.have the latest twists and turns of the Football League campaign and a
:18:58. > :19:01.focus on grassroots football after this week's announcement of a cut in
:19:02. > :19:04.funding for the game from Sport England. Late Kick off this Monday
:19:05. > :19:07.at 11.20 here on BBC One. Last week we had the story of
:19:08. > :19:11.Gosport Borough playing at Wembley in the FA Trophy final. Tomorrow
:19:12. > :19:14.Sholing will hope to emulatd them in the FA Vase. They play the first leg
:19:15. > :19:17.of their semi final against Eastbourne tomorrow. Kick off is
:19:18. > :19:19.three o'clock, BBC Radio Solent has reports.
:19:20. > :19:22.Reading Rockets will hope to seal the English Basketball Leagte title
:19:23. > :19:28.tomorrow when they travel to Worthing Thunder.
:19:29. > :19:32.Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were ten years old?
:19:33. > :19:34.Maybe a fireman, a doctor? @ pop star or even a TV presenter? Maybe a
:19:35. > :19:37.sports presenter? But what a life as an international
:19:38. > :19:41.snowboarder? Because that's exactly what Ethan Smith wants. And he's
:19:42. > :19:43.already well on the way to fulfilling his dreams. Ed Sherry
:19:44. > :19:50.went to meet him. Ten years old, and pulling off
:19:51. > :19:52.tricks like this. Ethan's bden riding since he was seven,
:19:53. > :19:58.converting from skiing whild on holiday with his parents. And he's
:19:59. > :20:06.never looked back. It's fun, I like being in the air. I can spin up to a
:20:07. > :20:12.540. I can backflip and front flip. I can nearly rodeo. He trains at
:20:13. > :20:16.least four times a week, here on the slope at Matchams in Dorset and at
:20:17. > :20:18.other venues around the country to gain more experience.
:20:19. > :20:21.And it's hard work that's p`ying off. Last week he won the Scottish
:20:22. > :20:25.National under 12 freestyle championships, and regularlx
:20:26. > :20:28.competes in under`16 compethtion. He's very young at the minute so
:20:29. > :20:32.another couple of years, let his tricks developed, gain some core
:20:33. > :20:35.strength, there is a good chance he can make it.
:20:36. > :20:40.His hero, Southampton's Billy Morgan. He also honed his skills in
:20:41. > :20:42.on the South's dry slopes, `nd now competes on the internation`l
:20:43. > :20:46.circuit earlier this year rdaching the Olympic final in Sochi.
:20:47. > :20:55.He is a really good snowboarder and I have met him. He was the first to
:20:56. > :20:56.triple rodeo. That is a long way off for Ethan and his family ard making
:20:57. > :21:00.sure despite his love of big air he sure despite his love of big air he
:21:01. > :21:03.is keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
:21:04. > :21:07.There is always the potenti`l for injury so he knows he has to do well
:21:08. > :21:11.in school because this may not be his career path should anything
:21:12. > :21:14.happen. Let's go and have a look. We have never asked or applied for any
:21:15. > :21:18.financial funding, it's all been backed by ourselves. Keeping it that
:21:19. > :21:21.way, there is no pressure on him to perform to a high`level, or try
:21:22. > :21:28.something more advanced than he is ready for. But it doesn't htrt to
:21:29. > :21:33.dream. My goals are to eithdr get to the Olympics or X Games or get
:21:34. > :21:37.filmed for snowboarding movhes. We are looking at at least dight
:21:38. > :21:41.years in the future. If he progresses the way he is gohng there
:21:42. > :21:45.is no reason he can't and wd will support him all
:21:46. > :22:01.What looks like a perfect e`rly spring day at Blandford Fortm here
:22:02. > :22:03.captured by Mark Steele. Th`nks Mark!
:22:04. > :22:10.Plenty of water around therd, and here in Petworth for the ducks.
:22:11. > :22:18.Thanks to Dan Smith for that. It is looking like a gorgeous weekend
:22:19. > :22:24.After all the cold weather `nd heavy showers of the last couple of days
:22:25. > :22:26.there is some good news this weekend. The Centre will cole out
:22:27. > :22:33.and it will feel like spring. We should see temperatures 16, 17. ``
:22:34. > :22:37.the sunshine will come out. A lot of dry weather to look forward to. At
:22:38. > :22:46.the moment it may not feel like that, there are plenty of showers
:22:47. > :22:50.around, pretty cold. Showers we have had in the last couple of hours have
:22:51. > :22:53.been pretty heavy, still sole lively showers overnight, they will
:22:54. > :22:59.gradually move their weight westwards through the night, just a
:23:00. > :23:06.few left behind. Most of those dying away by dawn tomorrow morning. We
:23:07. > :23:12.should have a lovely start to the day, some patchy high`level cloud.
:23:13. > :23:24.For most of the day it is lovely, spring, temperatures getting up to
:23:25. > :23:35.16, 17. The cold breeze. It is a southeasterly breeze, and hdre are
:23:36. > :23:40.the times of high water. Thd weather front's stay to the west of us, this
:23:41. > :23:46.is Saturday, a similar picttre on Sunday. Mum are coming up from the
:23:47. > :23:52.south. On Sunday we made thd warm weather map. A little more hn a way
:23:53. > :23:56.of cloud around making the sunshine hazy. Then it changes as we move
:23:57. > :24:05.into Monday and choose a. A little bit colder, and the risk of some
:24:06. > :24:11.showers. The weekend ahead hs fine and dry. Overnight Saturday night
:24:12. > :24:19.into Sunday, the clocks go forward one hour. I don't know whether that
:24:20. > :24:22.means we get more sleep polhcy. `` more sleep or less sleep.
:24:23. > :24:27.Now, how often do a group of aspiring young dancers get the
:24:28. > :24:30.chance to share the same st`ge as a critically`acclaimed professional
:24:31. > :24:33.company? My guess is that it's pretty rare. But a group of very
:24:34. > :24:36.lucky teenagers from Southalpton will do just that tonight. For the
:24:37. > :24:39.last four days, they've been hard at work training with one of the
:24:40. > :24:42.country's top companies. And tonight they're performhng the
:24:43. > :24:43.curtain raiser to a perform`nce of Swan Lake at Southampton's Layflower
:24:44. > :24:52.Theatre. Ena Miller went to see them in
:24:53. > :24:56.rehearsal. Joe's parents have never sedn him
:24:57. > :24:57.dance like this before. I'm quite nervous but excited because they
:24:58. > :25:02.have only really see me perform in have only really see me perform in
:25:03. > :25:07.street dance competitions. H'm going to prove myself to my parents,
:25:08. > :25:17.angering to be fantastic. Rdmember what we spoke about, I is up, clear
:25:18. > :25:22.arms. During students `` sttdents have been revelling in what it is
:25:23. > :25:30.like to be part of the dancd company. Being with members of this
:25:31. > :25:34.group has developed my dancd technique in the way it is not as
:25:35. > :25:41.me, it is everybody else. Wd are all I could do so puzzle. `` we are all
:25:42. > :25:46.like a jigsaw puzzle. Peopld have misconceptions about dance,
:25:47. > :25:49.especially for boys, so it hs about breaking barriers, reaching out to a
:25:50. > :25:55.new generation of people, inspiring them. Everything they have learned
:25:56. > :26:02.will be performed at the Maxflower in Southampton tonight. There will
:26:03. > :26:05.be the so`called curtain rahsing act before Matthew Bourne's production
:26:06. > :26:08.of Swan Lake begins where some of of Swan Lake begins where some of
:26:09. > :26:12.the female cast has been replaced by powerful man. The production has
:26:13. > :26:17.been widely acclaimed since it opened in 1995 and it was a charity
:26:18. > :26:22.from the south that made it all happen. We are very proud to bring
:26:23. > :26:29.this opportunity to local students in the area. I saw a curtain raiser
:26:30. > :26:31.just every year ago, and in my position supporting teachers to
:26:32. > :26:33.actually bring the best into the classroom and out of the cl`ssroom
:26:34. > :26:37.for the more able, gifted and for the more able, gifted and
:26:38. > :26:43.talented students, we had to get involved. Thousands will be waiting
:26:44. > :26:46.in anticipation to see this version of the classic ballet, and `mong
:26:47. > :26:52.them to very proud parents watching every move their son makes. I have
:26:53. > :27:01.got butterflies but it is not scary, I'm nervous but excited.
:27:02. > :27:05.That is an amazing production. They will be waiting in the wings, if not
:27:06. > :27:10.on stage now, so good luck. Have a great weekend.