26/05/2014 BBC Oxford News

Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. this evening. It is

Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. It's been described as a

"political earthquake". The UK Independence Party romped

home in the European elections, getting almost one in every three

votes cast in the South. But the Liberal Democrats

are starting an inquest. In the South East,

UKIP doubled their seats to four. The Conservatives have three,

with Labour and the Greens holding onto their single seats.

The region now has the only Lib Dem MEP in England.

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

the Conservatives slipped back one. Labour made a return `

while the Greens got their first MEP in the region.

Here's Ben Moore. Where there is victory, there must

also be defeat, and what a fall for the Lib Dems, once the South was a

real stronghold but last night they lost an MEP of 20 years standing.

The junior partner almost `` always suffers the most.

The party lost ten MEPs. More than 250 Lib Dems have now signed a

letter calling for Nick Clegg to go. One of the most important jobs is to

be the voice of that party in a General Election, and if people are

not prepared to listen, you have a problem.

Nick Clegg said he will not lose his nerve, but he has `` that he has

support from the person who is now the region's only MEP. Let us stick

with him, we have a lot of work now to do before `` before the General

Election. In the South West UKIP got 140,000

more votes, but no more than the two seats they already had. It was the

Greens who won for the first time in the region. I have been in the party

for 25 years and lost many elections, so it is wonderful to

have won an election. Labour's vote was also up. They took

two seats across the South, now the focus is on target seats for the

General Election. Labour's made quite old promises around housing

for example, around childcare and healing again with unstable work,

and when we talk to people about those issues they turned out and

voted for us. 8 million votes were cashed in the

South East, it was a job counting them. But there is little doubt what

the big winners were. It says we are connecting, that UKIP

is the party that is standing up and saying what many people think but

are afraid to voice. And as the picture became purple,

some Conservatives urged a pact. This is much bigger than the colour

of the reset. It is about it we trust the British people to decide

whether they want to live in an independent country or a province of

Europe? It is now clear this latest at all over Europe has certainly

been won by those who are out rather than in.

Our Political Editor Peter Henley is with me now.

Plenty of drama last night ` and what can you tell from the detailed

figures about how the political landscape of the South has changed?

On the Isle of Wight there was the largest surge in their vote, up from

22% in the last election to 41%, and in Sussex, you are looking at a 42%

vote for UKIP, an area affected by migrant workers looking for low paid

jobs. Where their local factors? It was

disillusioned with Westminster politics. People feel neglected.

Labour probably would have hoped to have picked up more protest votes,

they will be heartened in target areas. The Greens also made

progress. But this is a vote against the political establishment. The Lib

Dems still `` still being punished for their part in Government. And

the Conservatives will be pleased that in their heartland areas,

places like Winchester and working, their vote held up. Eurosceptics did

seem to split the vote. landscape of the South has changed?

World Heritage status could be withdrawn from the Jurassic Coast

in Dorset if a proposed wind farm goes ahead.

UNESCO has written to the government about the Navitus Bay project.

It says the turbines would have an adverse impact

on important views from Dorset across to the Isle of Wight.

Caroline Richardson has been following this story

and joins me now. Quite a strongly worded letter,

then? Yes, UNESCO, a branch of the United

Nations, awards World Heritage along this giant wind farm is too

close, to bake and in the wrong place.

has been hosted here. Over ?9 million, that is in its first year,

so the signs for the future are that this will be one of the signature

events for Bournemouth. If it has a feel, it is somewhere

here. This sort of thing is perfect. Sunny Bournemouth, you couldn't wish

for more. We thought the monster trucks would be good. Anything with

wheels, really. I am not really into the engine side of things, the

cycling, the BMX riders, the stunt things.

The council says the festival is a unique event, and there is no free

event like it in the world. And they will be back next year.

Very good evening. Tomorrow should see some improvement compared to the

wet conditions many of you have been experiencing today. As we head on to

this evening, there are further outbreaks of rain lingering across

many of our districts. Gradually becoming less of an issue. But

always the chance of some moderately heavy bursts. Temperatures for all

of us should be safely around ten or 11 Celsius as the night continues.

As we head through into tomorrow there will generally be less in the

way of showers or outbreaks of rain around, so many areas with a

fighting chance of largely dry conditions, albeit with a fair

amount of cloud around. We will see some brightest bells inside the

bands of showers, but always in competition with a fair amount of

cloud. `` brighter spells. Temperatures tomorrow will be up on

today's values, but for many of you you could be quite a few Celsius up.

Around 15, 16 should be fairly safely on the cards.

The outlook is unsettled, but it will be `` there will be drier

interludes. Always the threat of further cloud as well.

That's all from us. We will be back at 10:30 p.m..

Good night. Good evening. If I were to conduct a

straw poll about the weather events today, I suspect we would get a

split decision. There were significant differences around, we

have sunshine and some warmth, but also this cloud and rain coming up

through the Channel into the north of England. On top of that, some

showers in the north-west, some of them thundery from Northern Ireland

and Scotland, so a real eclectic mix. This will drift away over the

next few hours, we will keep the cloud overnight, and we will see

more significant rain pushing in off the north sea. There is a level of

uncertainty just where this rain will be sitting in the morning, but

current thoughts, across north Norfolk, into the Midlands and maybe

east Yorkshire as well. It will be accompanied by a cool breeze. In the

south-west we should see a better day for Cornwall and Devon, and into

south Wales as well