:00:08. > :00:08.Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. this evening. It is
:00:09. > :00:11.Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. It's been described as a
:00:12. > :00:14."political earthquake". The UK Independence Party romped
:00:15. > :00:18.home in the European elections, getting almost one in every three
:00:19. > :00:20.votes cast in the South. But the Liberal Democrats
:00:21. > :00:23.are starting an inquest. In the South East,
:00:24. > :00:27.UKIP doubled their seats to four. The Conservatives have three,
:00:28. > :00:30.with Labour and the Greens holding onto their single seats.
:00:31. > :00:33.The region now has the only Lib Dem MEP in England.
:00:34. > :00:37.In the South West, UKIP still have two MEPs, while
:00:38. > :00:40.the Conservatives slipped back one. Labour made a return `
:00:41. > :00:41.while the Greens got their first MEP in the region.
:00:42. > :00:56.Here's Ben Moore. Where there is victory, there must
:00:57. > :01:02.also be defeat, and what a fall for the Lib Dems, once the South was a
:01:03. > :01:13.real stronghold but last night they lost an MEP of 20 years standing.
:01:14. > :01:20.The junior partner almost `` always suffers the most.
:01:21. > :01:25.The party lost ten MEPs. More than 250 Lib Dems have now signed a
:01:26. > :01:29.letter calling for Nick Clegg to go. One of the most important jobs is to
:01:30. > :01:33.be the voice of that party in a General Election, and if people are
:01:34. > :01:37.not prepared to listen, you have a problem.
:01:38. > :01:43.Nick Clegg said he will not lose his nerve, but he has `` that he has
:01:44. > :01:50.support from the person who is now the region's only MEP. Let us stick
:01:51. > :01:54.with him, we have a lot of work now to do before `` before the General
:01:55. > :02:00.Election. In the South West UKIP got 140,000
:02:01. > :02:05.more votes, but no more than the two seats they already had. It was the
:02:06. > :02:10.Greens who won for the first time in the region. I have been in the party
:02:11. > :02:15.for 25 years and lost many elections, so it is wonderful to
:02:16. > :02:21.have won an election. Labour's vote was also up. They took
:02:22. > :02:27.two seats across the South, now the focus is on target seats for the
:02:28. > :02:31.General Election. Labour's made quite old promises around housing
:02:32. > :02:34.for example, around childcare and healing again with unstable work,
:02:35. > :02:39.and when we talk to people about those issues they turned out and
:02:40. > :02:42.voted for us. 8 million votes were cashed in the
:02:43. > :02:49.South East, it was a job counting them. But there is little doubt what
:02:50. > :02:54.the big winners were. It says we are connecting, that UKIP
:02:55. > :02:59.is the party that is standing up and saying what many people think but
:03:00. > :03:03.are afraid to voice. And as the picture became purple,
:03:04. > :03:10.some Conservatives urged a pact. This is much bigger than the colour
:03:11. > :03:13.of the reset. It is about it we trust the British people to decide
:03:14. > :03:19.whether they want to live in an independent country or a province of
:03:20. > :03:23.Europe? It is now clear this latest at all over Europe has certainly
:03:24. > :03:30.been won by those who are out rather than in.
:03:31. > :03:34.Our Political Editor Peter Henley is with me now.
:03:35. > :03:37.Plenty of drama last night ` and what can you tell from the detailed
:03:38. > :03:39.figures about how the political landscape of the South has changed?
:03:40. > :03:46.On the Isle of Wight there was the largest surge in their vote, up from
:03:47. > :03:55.22% in the last election to 41%, and in Sussex, you are looking at a 42%
:03:56. > :03:57.vote for UKIP, an area affected by migrant workers looking for low paid
:03:58. > :04:01.jobs. Where their local factors? It was
:04:02. > :04:10.disillusioned with Westminster politics. People feel neglected.
:04:11. > :04:14.Labour probably would have hoped to have picked up more protest votes,
:04:15. > :04:21.they will be heartened in target areas. The Greens also made
:04:22. > :04:33.progress. But this is a vote against the political establishment. The Lib
:04:34. > :04:35.Dems still `` still being punished for their part in Government. And
:04:36. > :04:39.the Conservatives will be pleased that in their heartland areas,
:04:40. > :04:41.places like Winchester and working, their vote held up. Eurosceptics did
:04:42. > :04:49.seem to split the vote. landscape of the South has changed?
:04:50. > :04:51.World Heritage status could be withdrawn from the Jurassic Coast
:04:52. > :04:54.in Dorset if a proposed wind farm goes ahead.
:04:55. > :04:57.UNESCO has written to the government about the Navitus Bay project.
:04:58. > :04:59.It says the turbines would have an adverse impact
:05:00. > :05:01.on important views from Dorset across to the Isle of Wight.
:05:02. > :05:03.Caroline Richardson has been following this story
:05:04. > :05:05.and joins me now. Quite a strongly worded letter,
:05:06. > :05:07.then? Yes, UNESCO, a branch of the United
:05:08. > :06:10.Nations, awards World Heritage along this giant wind farm is too
:06:11. > :07:28.close, to bake and in the wrong place.
:07:29. > :07:31.has been hosted here. Over ?9 million, that is in its first year,
:07:32. > :07:35.so the signs for the future are that this will be one of the signature
:07:36. > :07:41.events for Bournemouth. If it has a feel, it is somewhere
:07:42. > :07:46.here. This sort of thing is perfect. Sunny Bournemouth, you couldn't wish
:07:47. > :07:54.for more. We thought the monster trucks would be good. Anything with
:07:55. > :07:59.wheels, really. I am not really into the engine side of things, the
:08:00. > :08:03.cycling, the BMX riders, the stunt things.
:08:04. > :08:07.The council says the festival is a unique event, and there is no free
:08:08. > :08:25.event like it in the world. And they will be back next year.
:08:26. > :08:28.Very good evening. Tomorrow should see some improvement compared to the
:08:29. > :08:33.wet conditions many of you have been experiencing today. As we head on to
:08:34. > :08:38.this evening, there are further outbreaks of rain lingering across
:08:39. > :08:44.many of our districts. Gradually becoming less of an issue. But
:08:45. > :08:49.always the chance of some moderately heavy bursts. Temperatures for all
:08:50. > :08:53.of us should be safely around ten or 11 Celsius as the night continues.
:08:54. > :08:57.As we head through into tomorrow there will generally be less in the
:08:58. > :09:01.way of showers or outbreaks of rain around, so many areas with a
:09:02. > :09:07.fighting chance of largely dry conditions, albeit with a fair
:09:08. > :09:10.amount of cloud around. We will see some brightest bells inside the
:09:11. > :09:19.bands of showers, but always in competition with a fair amount of
:09:20. > :09:25.cloud. `` brighter spells. Temperatures tomorrow will be up on
:09:26. > :09:34.today's values, but for many of you you could be quite a few Celsius up.
:09:35. > :09:39.Around 15, 16 should be fairly safely on the cards.
:09:40. > :09:45.The outlook is unsettled, but it will be `` there will be drier
:09:46. > :09:53.interludes. Always the threat of further cloud as well.
:09:54. > :09:53.That's all from us. We will be back at 10:30 p.m..
:09:54. > :10:13.Good night. Good evening. If I were to conduct a
:10:14. > :10:18.straw poll about the weather events today, I suspect we would get a
:10:19. > :10:23.split decision. There were significant differences around, we
:10:24. > :10:26.have sunshine and some warmth, but also this cloud and rain coming up
:10:27. > :10:32.through the Channel into the north of England. On top of that, some
:10:33. > :10:36.showers in the north-west, some of them thundery from Northern Ireland
:10:37. > :10:43.and Scotland, so a real eclectic mix. This will drift away over the
:10:44. > :10:48.next few hours, we will keep the cloud overnight, and we will see
:10:49. > :10:52.more significant rain pushing in off the north sea. There is a level of
:10:53. > :10:58.uncertainty just where this rain will be sitting in the morning, but
:10:59. > :11:05.current thoughts, across north Norfolk, into the Midlands and maybe
:11:06. > :11:11.east Yorkshire as well. It will be accompanied by a cool breeze. In the
:11:12. > :11:14.south-west we should see a better day for Cornwall and Devon, and into
:11:15. > :11:16.south Wales as well