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Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. look at the papers on the

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Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. The Liberal Democrats are reflecting

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on a disastrous night in the European elections. The UK

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Independence Party got almost one in three votes cast in the South. In

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the South East, UKIP doubled their seats to four. The Conservatives

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have three, with Labour and the Greens holding onto their single

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seats. The region now has THE ONLY Lib Dem MEP in England ` Catherine

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Bearder. In the South West, UKIP still have two MEPs, while the

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Conservatives slipped back one. Labour made a return ` while the

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Greens now have their first South West MEP. Here's Ben Moore. Where

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there is victory... There must also be defeat. What a fall for the live

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Dems. Once the South was a real stronghold for them but last night

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they lost an MEP of 20 years standing. The junior partner always

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suffers more. Overall, the party lost ten MEPs. Many see that as

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humiliation. More than 250 Lib Dems have called for Nick Clegg to go.

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One of the most important jobs is to be the voice of the party in a

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general election and if people are not prepared to listen to that

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voice, you have a problem. Nick Clegg says he will not lose his

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nerve and he has support from the person who is now the UK's only live

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all Democrat MEP. My message is to stop it. Let's stick with him, we

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have a lot of work to do between now and the general election. In the

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south`west UKIP got a more votes, no more than two seats they already

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had. `` hundred and 40,000 votes. I have been in the Green Party for 25

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years so it is wonderful to have won an election. It is a huge

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responsibility, obviously. Labour's vote was also up, taking two seats

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across the South. The focus is on targeting seeds for the general

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election. Labour has made bold promises on housing, child care,

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dealing with unstable work, and when you talk to people about those

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issues, they did turn out and vote for us. 8 million votes were cast in

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the South East, it was a job counting them but little doubt who

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the big winners were. That is impossible! It says we are

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connecting, it says UKIP is the party that is standing up and saying

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what people think. As the picture became purple, some conservatives

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urged a pact. This is much bigger than the colour of the rosette that

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somebody is wearing. Do we trust the British people to decide whether to

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live in an independent country or within Europe? It is clear that this

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latest battle over Europe has certainly been won by those who are

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out rather than in. Earlier I spoke to our Political Editor, Peter

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Henley ` who explained how the results have affected the political

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landscape in the South. The further you go from London, the greater this

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UKIP earthquake has become. On the Isle of Wight, there was the largest

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surge in their vote, up from 22% in the last election to 41%. Down the

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coast in Sussex, you are looking at a 42% vote for UKIP. That is an area

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that has been affected by migrant workers. Were local facts affecting

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the vote? It was surely disillusion with local politics. Labour would

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have hoped to pick up more protest votes. They would be happy in target

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areas. Brighton, Reading and Oxford for the Greens. Conservatives will

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be pleased that in Winchester and Wokingham, their vote held up. The

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Euro`sceptics there did not split the vote. World Heritage status

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could be withdrawn from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset if a proposed wind

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farm goes ahead. UNESCO has written to the government about the Navitus

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Bay project. It says the 194 turbines would have an adverse

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impact on views from Dorset across to the Isle of Wight ` and that the

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site would change from a natural setting to one dominated by man`made

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structures. The government wrote to UNESCO in February saying the impact

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would be minimal. A free festival celebrating all things on wheels has

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brought half a million visitors to Bournemouth. They could become an

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annual event. From monster trucks to pedal power, it has brought visitors

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to Bournemouth. Wheels of all kinds of dimensions were welcomed at the

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festival this bank holiday weekend, and it witnessed the first ever

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motorcycle jump over almost here. Dan Whitby from Norfolk delighted

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spectators. `` over Bournemouth Pier. The crowd was huge. It is the

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first time such an event has been posted and tourism bosses said at

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brought a welcome boost to the economy. Over ?9 million in the

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first year and the signs are all for the future, which is going to be one

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of the signature event or Bournemouth. If it has a wheel it is

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somewhere here at the festival. This is perfect, by the seaside, sunny

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Bournemouth, you could not wish for more. We thought the monster trucks

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would be good, we thought the little one would like those. Anything with

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wheels, really, might really old `` my three`year`old loves. The

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cycling, the stunt things, I am into that. The festival is a unique event

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and there is no free event like it in the world, and it will be back

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next year. I will be back in a few minutes. Goodbye.

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Temperatures tonight getting down to 12 Celsius. We will see further

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showers around. Showers particularly across central and western

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districts. Still a lot of cloud around tomorrow morning and you can

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see as the day wears on, the signal for wet weather becomes less of a

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feature. Yes, we will get some showers on either side of that

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chance of sunny spells and bright weather, compared to today. Things

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will continue as we head to the evening. Temperature is tomorrow

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should be a few Celsius up on today, physically across central areas.

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Getting up to 16 or 17 Celsius. A similar story through the course of

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this week. Still some showers around dry interludes and bright

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interludes. Drier interludes. The month of May is often thought of

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as the transition from Spring into summer. It can have a variety of

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weather. We've seen just that in just one

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