:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, and welcome to South Today from Oxford.
:00:00. > :00:08.A murder investigation is l`unched, after a man's body is found
:00:09. > :00:19.Plans for a housing developlent on the edge of Oxford that would be
:00:20. > :00:37.Three deserts, and 4500 milds, a former Marine takes an epic
:00:38. > :00:44.motorcycle trip. Police in Swindon have launched
:00:45. > :00:49.a murder investigation, after the body of a man was found
:00:50. > :00:53.on a cycle path in the town. Officers say he'd been
:00:54. > :00:55.stabbed multiple times. Forensic teams have continudd
:00:56. > :01:04.working throughout the day, and the area, near the Hawkesworth Trading
:01:05. > :01:06.Estate, has been cordoned off. A coroner's van leaving the scene
:01:07. > :01:09.of the crime. The police say the man's body was
:01:10. > :01:13.found shortly before midnight, on a cycle path which runs from
:01:14. > :01:20.Rodbourne to Swindon town cdntre. The path was closed off
:01:21. > :01:22.as forensics officers carridd out At a press conference this lorning,
:01:23. > :01:27.the police said the man had been subjected to
:01:28. > :01:30.a vicious stabbing attack. Really difficult investigathon,
:01:31. > :01:37.it is going to be moving forward so I am appealing to
:01:38. > :01:41.the public to help, telling us what has gone on, what have you heard
:01:42. > :01:50.and seen, were you in the area? They said the murder happendd
:01:51. > :01:55.sometime after after 10:30pl last night and the man
:01:56. > :01:58.in his 60s was riding home. They think the attacker was
:01:59. > :02:01.unknown to the victim. They hope the public can
:02:02. > :02:06.help to find the culprit. I would imagine, if know thd person,
:02:07. > :02:09.their behaviour may have ch`nged, They will be conscious we whll
:02:10. > :02:16.have an interest in finding them. We are looking for people bdhaving
:02:17. > :02:19.differently, changing where they go and getting rid of clothing or items
:02:20. > :02:23.they had with them yesterdax. There will be extra patrols in the
:02:24. > :02:30.centre of Swindon tonight, `s the police try to reassure the public in
:02:31. > :02:36.the wake of this town centrd murder. A Berkshire man has died
:02:37. > :02:38.after taking the drug Ketamhne Police confirmed the death of the
:02:39. > :02:43.26`year`old from Reading earlier. He is thought to have suffered
:02:44. > :02:45.an adverse reaction to Fresh attempts to build 4,000 new
:02:46. > :02:54.homes in Oxford are in the pipeline. Previous attempts to build `t
:02:55. > :02:56.Grenoble Road have failed, following opposition from campaigners who ve
:02:57. > :02:59.pointed out the land is grednbelt. Now, talks are due to start again,
:03:00. > :03:06.as Helen Catt reports. It takes just a few steps to get
:03:07. > :03:11.from this south of Grenoble Road But does that make it a vit`l green
:03:12. > :03:17.barrier, or an ideal place to build? For several years now, Oxford City
:03:18. > :03:25.Council thinks it's the latter. Highly sustainable in terms
:03:26. > :03:27.of transport to the city. And part
:03:28. > :03:34.of an established community. And leisure and commercial
:03:35. > :03:36.facilities. It makes it easy to develop
:03:37. > :03:39.a community which will be wdll The city council owns some
:03:40. > :03:44.of the land, as do Magdalen College The last attempt to get it darmarked
:03:45. > :03:47.for development was overturned The field may be a stone's throw
:03:48. > :03:57.from Blackbird Leys but thex are Its district council says that
:03:58. > :04:02.must be remembered, historically And countryside campaigners
:04:03. > :04:19.are opposed to it too. This, in real terms, is open
:04:20. > :04:24.countryside on the doorsteps of the people who live there. Clearly, if
:04:25. > :04:26.we covered it with houses, ht would lose its environmental valud, as
:04:27. > :04:29.well as its value as green belt The city council will decidd next
:04:30. > :04:32.week if it will start formal talks with other landowners
:04:33. > :04:34.about developing here. It thinks
:04:35. > :04:36.a recent study saying Oxfordshire needs another 100,000 homes by 031
:04:37. > :04:39.will mean bits of the greenbelt will A man in Banbury's been handed
:04:40. > :04:53.a five year jail sentence ` after carrying out what's bden
:04:54. > :04:56.described as an "horrific unprovoked 55`year`old Denis Mawle,
:04:57. > :04:59.who's from Warwickshire, It happened
:05:00. > :05:02.at Banbury's reservoir last year when the 69`year`old victim was
:05:03. > :05:05.punched, knocked down an embankment Npower has announced
:05:06. > :05:10.the operation to demolish the cooling towers at the Didcot power
:05:11. > :05:13.plant will take place betwedn 3am The controlled explosion will bring
:05:14. > :05:19.the southern towers down The firm says the exact timd will be
:05:20. > :05:23.determined by a number of f`ctors, including safety checks,
:05:24. > :05:25.the weather, and advice South Oxfordshire District Council
:05:26. > :05:44.says its `` it's "disappointed" at the
:05:45. > :05:47.timings, and will ask Npower to We've all taken a wrong turn
:05:48. > :05:50.at some point, but a driver in He's managed to get
:05:51. > :05:54.his lorry stuck under the r`ilway The incident has caused traffic
:05:55. > :05:57.problems for hundreds of drhvers A recovery operation's been
:05:58. > :06:00.underway this afternoon. The importance
:06:01. > :06:02.of a healthy lifestyle in old age was the subject of a special event
:06:03. > :06:04.in Buckinghamshire today. Guests were invited to a zulba
:06:05. > :06:07.class and other exercise sessions. There was also a series
:06:08. > :06:10.of lectures about how to live The conference was organised
:06:11. > :06:13.by a number of groups including the county council and
:06:14. > :06:15.the hosts, Bucks New University The conference was organised
:06:16. > :06:17.by a number of groups including the county council and
:06:18. > :06:24.the hosts, Bucks New University You see lots of people who `re
:06:25. > :06:27.overweight, who don't exerchse. I mean,
:06:28. > :06:28.even in the younger generathon. What we need is to start yotng,
:06:29. > :06:31.and get everybody really enjoying using their bodies doing solething
:06:32. > :06:33.physical. Sometimes there is a bit
:06:34. > :06:35.of resistance. But, when they actually get
:06:36. > :06:38.into it and do it, Regular exercise for muscles,
:06:39. > :06:48.which keeps us going, it makes us It?s been a controversial
:06:49. > :06:55.development in east Oxford. But, today, people in Blackbird Leys
:06:56. > :06:58.in the city have got a glimpse of the new ?9 million swimmhng
:06:59. > :07:01.pool, planned for the area. The sports complex will eventually
:07:02. > :07:03.replace the long`standing Steel frames have now been fitted
:07:04. > :07:14.as part of the new`look More than ?9 million has bedn spent
:07:15. > :07:19.by Oxford City Council to rddevelop And, after years of planning, the
:07:20. > :07:30.site is a step closer to colpletion. The builders are now on a mhssion to
:07:31. > :07:34.get this pool ready for members The site itself will featurd
:07:35. > :07:39.two pools, including a 25`mdtre competition pool, a changeable
:07:40. > :07:45.floor, and a cafe terrace. The pool isn't the only feature
:07:46. > :07:49.attracting people here, thotgh. A new soft play area was officially
:07:50. > :07:52.opened today, which councillors hope will be an incentive for parents who
:07:53. > :07:58.use the creche service here. But there are concerns
:07:59. > :08:00.about the council's decision to sell another leisure centre it rtns
:08:01. > :08:04.nearby, to housing developers. Thousands of people over
:08:05. > :08:07.the last five years have signed a petition to try and save Temple
:08:08. > :08:13.Cowley Pool And Fitness Centre. Campaigners have described ht
:08:14. > :08:18.as an asset of community value. Unfortunately, the Temple
:08:19. > :08:26.Cowley Pool is not sustainable. It is the worst of all
:08:27. > :08:28.in environmental terms. We could pour all
:08:29. > :08:34.the money we had into keeping it open for another couple of decades,
:08:35. > :08:37.or we could build a new pool here, ten minutes up the road by bus,
:08:38. > :08:40.which would be available It needs a lot of money spending
:08:41. > :08:46.on it now. I used to use Temple Cowley until I
:08:47. > :08:50.started using the facilities here. It is very sad, but we live
:08:51. > :08:54.in a world where we have to change. It is going to be a bigger `nd
:08:55. > :09:00.better pool area, better for kids. Oxford City Council says thd
:09:01. > :09:02.Temple Cowley Pool And Fitndss Centre won't be sold or demolished
:09:03. > :09:05.until this pool is ready Finally, Oxford scientists have
:09:06. > :09:14.been hosting a sumo wrestling event All of
:09:15. > :09:19.the participants have been robots. The Robot Sumo Competition
:09:20. > :09:21.at Brookes University has attracted The challenge given to programmers
:09:22. > :09:27.was to design a machine that would push its robotic opponent ott
:09:28. > :09:52.of a circle, without being directly The job marked on it in robotics
:09:53. > :09:56.above market, the prices in components are coming down, they are
:09:57. > :10:02.household items. This could lead to many jobs in this area.
:10:03. > :10:10.It doesn't really destroy it, it pushes it.
:10:11. > :10:13.Our robot is meant to push `nother out of the ring. I wouldn't call it
:10:14. > :10:19.deadly, it wasn't exactly vdry good. But, at least we tried.
:10:20. > :10:24.I'll have the headlines at 8pm, and a full bulletin at 10.24pm.
:10:25. > :10:38.Now, more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.
:10:39. > :10:40.Still to come in this evening's South Today:
:10:41. > :10:51.Do you know, there is more people every single weekend in Britain that
:10:52. > :10:53.goes in historic property than football matches? So technically,
:10:54. > :10:55.history is bigger than football Think of the South Downs and you may
:10:56. > :10:58.think of the rolling chalk hills which encapsulate the countryside
:10:59. > :11:01.in our part of the world. But you might not realise that it's
:11:02. > :11:04.also home to some precious heathland Now thanks to a grant
:11:05. > :11:08.from the Heritage Lottery Ftnd, that rich habitat could soon be
:11:09. > :11:21.protected as Sarah Farmer rdports. It may seem contradictory,
:11:22. > :11:26.preserving our local wildlife by removing the land, at the South
:11:27. > :11:30.Downs National Park authority is doing just that. They have launched
:11:31. > :11:34.a new scheme to encourage the heathland within the park to thrive.
:11:35. > :11:39.Heather plants are not very tolerant of shade, so if we are not looking
:11:40. > :11:42.after this area, for exampld, the bracken is starting to encroach the
:11:43. > :11:47.birch and pine scrub will invade, and within ten or 20 years, this
:11:48. > :11:51.could become poor quality sdcondary woodland. At the moment, he`thland
:11:52. > :11:55.makes up 1% of the South Downs National Park, but the areas are
:11:56. > :11:59.dotted about like islands, laking plants and animals and honotrable to
:12:00. > :12:02.extinction. Without active management, controlling the bracken
:12:03. > :12:06.by cutting or spraying with herbicide or cutting back the birch
:12:07. > :12:10.scrub, and also by grazing, which helps maintain a more open
:12:11. > :12:13.landscape, without this acthve management, the heather plants can
:12:14. > :12:19.become shaded out and eventtally they will die off. The schele will
:12:20. > :12:24.restore existing and recreate lost heathland the size of 1200 football
:12:25. > :12:27.pitches. They will breathe new life into the habitat, and support
:12:28. > :12:35.Endangered Species Act. The key species for us are the sand lizard,
:12:36. > :12:38.which is confined to heathl`nds and Sandy and habitats in this country,
:12:39. > :12:42.have a local population to the area have a local population to the area
:12:43. > :12:50.of this project which has bden set up, and also this creature, which is
:12:51. > :12:54.restricted to a few heathland site in the South of England. Thd project
:12:55. > :12:58.has received a ?48,000 ran for the initial planning stages. Thd scheme
:12:59. > :13:01.hopes to receive one and half million pounds from the orators in
:13:02. > :13:05.the orators and to carry out the project over the next few ydars
:13:06. > :13:08.Dash`macro Heritage lottery project. Motorists have been facing long
:13:09. > :13:11.delays on the A27 through The Goodwood Festival of Spded is
:13:12. > :13:14.attracting big crowds to sed the The queues come as campaigndrs
:13:15. > :13:18.call for improvements to thd road. The A27 Action Group wants
:13:19. > :13:21.the whole section to be improved, with construction of a bypass
:13:22. > :13:26.for Arundel. Of all the thousands
:13:27. > :13:28.of people travelling to Goodwood today, none would have had puite
:13:29. > :13:32.the journey that Chris Short had. The wounded ex`serviceman h`s
:13:33. > :13:38.completed an epic trip, that's seen him ride all thd way
:13:39. > :13:41.from Afghanistan on a motorbike It took a month to reach hole
:13:42. > :13:45.in West Sussex and involved crossing three deserts.
:13:46. > :13:49.Chris started in Kabul. From Afghanistan, through K`zakhstan
:13:50. > :13:54.to Georgia, and eventually through He finally reached
:13:55. > :14:00.Goodwood this morning. Our transport correspondent
:14:01. > :14:14.Paul Clifton reports. Leaving carpal. For a bike rider,
:14:15. > :14:17.this is some of the most in hospitable to reign on earth. The
:14:18. > :14:22.only thing you are thinking about is the next ten metres of road. Chris
:14:23. > :14:25.Short used to be a Royal Marine You are thinking about is the ndxt ten
:14:26. > :14:32.metres of road. Chris Short used to be a Royal Marine. Fantastic and
:14:33. > :14:35.wonderful and terrifying. The geography of the place is completely
:14:36. > :14:41.wonderful and beautiful. Many people you meet are just the same. Chris is
:14:42. > :14:44.not alone. With him is support driver Dominic from New Orldans He
:14:45. > :14:50.also has a cameraman, Lawrence Cameron. The driving standards are
:14:51. > :14:55.nonexistent and the roads are appalling. They compete and they are
:14:56. > :15:01.in combat with one another when they are driving. Extreme desert, searing
:15:02. > :15:09.heat, dust that just manages to find its way into every single orifice
:15:10. > :15:13.imaginable. Crossing three deserts in 17 countries, the journex has
:15:14. > :15:20.taken 32 days and four and ` half thousand miles. I would say a good
:15:21. > :15:27.80% of our journey from Afghanistan has been hard off`road. Everything
:15:28. > :15:36.has been hard to this point, and it is meant to be hard. That the whole
:15:37. > :15:39.point of it. If I am feeling it then the guys will just kind of
:15:40. > :15:44.leave me to it, and they will come and offer help if they think it is
:15:45. > :15:50.appropriate, and if not, thdy will let me crack on. The aim is to raise
:15:51. > :15:54.money for Mission Motorsport, a charity that helps injured service
:15:55. > :15:58.men recover and learn new skills. Beyond this stupid jolly
:15:59. > :16:01.boysmulti`macro outing, there are people's lie to potentially could be
:16:02. > :16:07.very different if we complete this and managed to raise as much money
:16:08. > :16:14.as we are hoping to. Last nhght Chris finally reached London to meet
:16:15. > :16:19.supporters. Very, very tired. Very tired, yes. One month after he
:16:20. > :16:24.started, the finish at Goodwood was close. I am going to take about two
:16:25. > :16:36.or three days off, and then I'm going to fly back to Afghanhstan and
:16:37. > :16:37.go back to work. An incredible adventure. Let's stay
:16:38. > :16:38.with motor vehicles. The fiftieth anniversary
:16:39. > :16:40.of a supercar built The Gordon Keeble was developed
:16:41. > :16:44.at Southampton Airport, in ` hangar 99 cars were built,
:16:45. > :16:48.and most are still on the road as In 1964, Autocar magazine s`id this
:16:49. > :16:52.was the most electrifying c`r ever seen, an elegant rival to
:16:53. > :16:55.Aston Martin and Maserati. Remarkably, half a century later,
:16:56. > :17:02.most of them are still on the road, and this morning,
:17:03. > :17:05.49 Gordon Keebles gathered Today, it's the car park
:17:06. > :17:09.at Southampton Airport. It combines three fantastic
:17:10. > :17:15.elements, an English chassis designer who knew what he w`s doing,
:17:16. > :17:18.an Italian stylist who knew what he It's certainly the world's largest
:17:19. > :17:27.ever gathering of Gordon Kedbles, and I believe it will be thd world's
:17:28. > :17:31.largest ever in the future too. I don't think we'll ever get this
:17:32. > :17:33.many together again, Eastleigh was an unlikely
:17:34. > :17:38.birthplace for a '60s supercar. Two brothers who helped build
:17:39. > :17:41.every one of them came back today. I'm amazed they've lasted as long
:17:42. > :17:47.as they have. We're just proud. Really proud that we are looking
:17:48. > :17:51.at this now as they are. They're still like brand`new,
:17:52. > :17:53.to look at them. Each masterpiece made in Eastleigh
:17:54. > :18:12.is now worth 20 times that. A lot of people are passion`te about
:18:13. > :18:18.the Gordon Keeble. Now onto sport. Tony husband is here. Everyone is in
:18:19. > :18:21.a medical at the moment, thdy? Yes, absolutely, and they are passing
:18:22. > :18:24.them as well. A clean sweep for those England players from
:18:25. > :18:29.Southampton. All three are effectively as good as gone, and now
:18:30. > :18:31.also, Adam Lallana on the w`y, because he was having a medhcal at
:18:32. > :18:33.Liverpool as afternoon. and could complete his transfer to
:18:34. > :18:36.Liverpool within the next 24 hours. It's been a day
:18:37. > :18:38.which has brought a double whammy for Saints fans with Lallan` on
:18:39. > :18:41.the way, just hours after Ltke Shaw completed his long expected move to
:18:42. > :18:50.Manchester United, in a world record Their faces adorn the side of the
:18:51. > :18:55.Saint Mary Stadium, but these are two saints who are heading north.
:18:56. > :18:59.First out, Luke Shaw, Manchdster United paying ?27 million, with a
:19:00. > :19:02.further 4 million in add`ons to make this 18`year`old left back the most
:19:03. > :19:07.expensive teenager in footb`ll history. That is a point Sotthampton
:19:08. > :19:12.were keen to highlight later, and they transferred that fans new was
:19:13. > :19:17.coming. He's a good player, but I don't think he was worth th`t much,
:19:18. > :19:21.so yes, take the money, I rdckon. It wasn't a bad decision, but `s long
:19:22. > :19:26.as we use it wisely. And not very happy about it, but you can't stand
:19:27. > :19:30.in a young lad's way. Let's hope we get someone who is as good, if not
:19:31. > :19:33.better. I think you have to be a London club to keep all your
:19:34. > :19:38.youngsters or your team is tp north. Social media has been abuzz.
:19:39. > :19:41.Most people thought it was good business for a young player, but
:19:42. > :19:46.many also asked who would rdplace Luke Shaw and how the money would be
:19:47. > :19:50.reinvested under the new boss. The ink had barely dried and Luke
:19:51. > :19:58.Shaw's contract when news broke that Adam Lallana was having a mddical at
:19:59. > :20:03.Liverpool. The reported ?25 million fee a hammer blow for Saints fans,
:20:04. > :20:06.but a gift for Bournemouth, he received compensation, having signed
:20:07. > :20:10.him as a youth. They start preseason with a somewhat depleted sqtad next
:20:11. > :20:13.week, largely due to the World Cup. The manager was consulted over the
:20:14. > :20:17.transfers, and Saint say thd money from Luke Shaw will be reinvested.
:20:18. > :20:22.He faces some key decisions in his earliest days in the job. A
:20:23. > :20:26.four`year contract for Luke Shaw, and he has told Manchester Tnited's
:20:27. > :20:29.official website today, I h`ve been a Southampton since I was ehght
:20:30. > :20:32.years old, and I would like to thank them and the fans for everything
:20:33. > :20:35.they have done for me, and H would like to continue to progress my
:20:36. > :20:36.career. Manchester United is the ideal place to do that.
:20:37. > :20:38.Brighton and Hove Albion have named former Liverpool midfielder
:20:39. > :20:39.Sammy Lee as their new assistant manager.
:20:40. > :20:42.Lee links up with Sami Hyppha, who was appointed last month.
:20:43. > :20:45.He's been a manager himself, having had a short spell as manager
:20:46. > :20:50.Six players from Reading hockey club were named in the men's and women's
:20:51. > :20:52.squads for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month.
:20:53. > :20:54.Kate Richardson Walsh leads the women who are looking to bounce
:20:55. > :21:00.back from a disastrous World Cup tournament, it's her fourth Games.
:21:01. > :21:02.Alex Danson is among the others while the men,
:21:03. > :21:07.who narrowly missed out on ` medal in the Hague include Simon Lantell.
:21:08. > :21:10.Now, there's no denying it's a big year for history, with
:21:11. > :21:13.the centenary of the First World War and the 70th anniversary of D`Day.
:21:14. > :21:16.In the south, we have no shortage of commemorative events going on.
:21:17. > :21:19.But did you know that we also have the country's biggest
:21:20. > :21:23.The Chalke Valley History Fdstival has been underway all week.
:21:24. > :21:24.Affectionately known as the historians' Glastonbtry,
:21:25. > :21:27.it brings together talks and debates, with living history
:21:28. > :21:37.We sent our reporter Chrissx Sturt to find out more.
:21:38. > :21:42.Lying west of Salisbury, thd Chalke Valley is usually one of thd
:21:43. > :21:47.quietest locations in southdrn England. But for one week, thousands
:21:48. > :21:50.of people from all over the country are at ending a unique event
:21:51. > :21:56.organised by local resident James Holland. What is the big idda here?
:21:57. > :22:00.There are a lot of festivals around the country, lots of art and music
:22:01. > :22:04.festivals, but no one festival dedicated to history, so we thought
:22:05. > :22:06.we would be the first. It mhght be a slightly harder sell than
:22:07. > :22:12.Glastonbury, but you get lots of living history, you have thd trench
:22:13. > :22:15.experience, jousting, beer will s storytelling around the fird, and
:22:16. > :22:19.lots of historic vehicles. There is food and drink a lot. This hs a
:22:20. > :22:26.proper festival, but just a festival of history. While a music fdstival
:22:27. > :22:29.has bands, this one has public figures. People were dropping bombs
:22:30. > :22:33.on our parents and friendsmulti`macro and our
:22:34. > :22:39.grandparentsmulti`macro houses. I have joined my own school to watch
:22:40. > :22:44.John Dan Snow. So when my whfe says, you have lost the car keys, I say,
:22:45. > :22:48.it could be worse. Did you think history could be funny like he makes
:22:49. > :22:53.it? Not like he makes it, btt I have a history teacher who makes lots of
:22:54. > :22:57.jokes, so it is similar. Thdy are the sort of people you seek to be
:22:58. > :23:00.like in later life. For A`ldvel students, it is really diffhcult to
:23:01. > :23:04.find something that is really meaningful for them, and I think
:23:05. > :23:07.this is. Lots of talks by dhfferent historians, and a real breath of
:23:08. > :23:11.history which will really hdlp them. People say to me, you will
:23:12. > :23:14.never get young people interested in history.
:23:15. > :23:17.I say, are you mad? There is a tent full of them. There are thotsands of
:23:18. > :23:23.people doing academic altercations in history. You see five`ye`r`olds
:23:24. > :23:26.going mental with plastic swords at castles and bank holidays. People
:23:27. > :23:30.love history. There are mord people every single weekend in Britain
:23:31. > :23:33.negative historic properties than football matches, so technically,
:23:34. > :23:36.history is bigger than football The Chalke Valley itself is rich in
:23:37. > :23:41.Anglo`Saxon history, and th`t has been reflected in a wooded corner of
:23:42. > :23:45.the festival, where I found a historian and television prdsenter
:23:46. > :23:48.Alex Langlands. As soon as xou step through that hedgerow and sde all of
:23:49. > :23:51.this, just for a moment, yot get a feel for what it was like in the
:23:52. > :23:57.Anglo`Saxon period. This festival has got a fantastic land, rdally, of
:23:58. > :24:00.all the different elements that make up popular history, so you can be
:24:01. > :24:04.seeing really quite highbrow lectures on one and, come straight
:24:05. > :24:15.out, grab a sword, and run `cross a field and really let go. Yes,
:24:16. > :24:19.Sergeant! This whole field hn southern England full of history
:24:20. > :24:24.geeks is brilliant. It is mx heaven. I have died and gone to heaven. What
:24:25. > :24:27.a great many, Dan Snow. There you go, technically, history is more
:24:28. > :24:31.popular than football. Well, a lot of football grotnds are
:24:32. > :24:36.historic sites as well! We hndulge every weekend. A double whalmy. Onto
:24:37. > :24:43.the weather for the weekend. Sarah is here. Yes, and we have showers to
:24:44. > :24:47.come. Look at this. Cloudy skies over Portsmouth, but
:24:48. > :24:49.sunshine for beach goers in Ryde. It looks like Paula Baterbed caught
:24:50. > :24:54.a shower in Wareham today ` a few And what a lovely view capttred
:24:55. > :25:07.by Kevin Cawley at Highcliffe We were expecting to see more
:25:08. > :25:10.showers than we did, but we have had one or two, and we can look at them
:25:11. > :25:14.on the radar picture. The r`in is working its way in from the
:25:15. > :25:18.south`west during the late lorning, and lunchtime, seeing one or two
:25:19. > :25:21.heavy downpours, and in two parts of oxygen in particular, those
:25:22. > :25:26.downpours through the afternoon as well. Elsewhere, quite a bit of dry
:25:27. > :25:31.weather, and is fine, bright and sunny spells as well. There are
:25:32. > :25:34.still one or two showers lingering, particularly to the south`wdst and
:25:35. > :25:37.the North. We will see thosd fading away through the course of this
:25:38. > :25:42.evening, and becoming gener`lly drive through the course of the
:25:43. > :25:48.night. Along the coast, we could import one or two from the channel,
:25:49. > :25:52.but generally a mild night. 12 to 14 degrees. Possibly some mist and fog
:25:53. > :25:55.in rural spots. That lifts `way on Saturday, some brightness around
:25:56. > :25:58.first thing. But we have a xellow weather warning in place for further
:25:59. > :26:03.downpours tomorrow, and it looks like we will see a view mord of
:26:04. > :26:07.them. We may just have some very torrential downpours with some hail
:26:08. > :26:11.and thunder possible, but not all of us will see them, and it looks like
:26:12. > :26:15.we will have some good in showing, with temperatures at 18 or 09
:26:16. > :26:18.degrees in the South. The showers tend to ease through the cotrse of
:26:19. > :26:24.tomorrow night, and it is a dry nights for most part. Freshdr than
:26:25. > :26:27.tonight, temperatures holding out in double digits, possibly single
:26:28. > :26:30.figures in rural spots. Then that front players to the south through
:26:31. > :26:35.the course of Sunday, and wd're left with a pretty decent day. Stnday
:26:36. > :26:40.looks to be the driest day of the weekend. Good sunny spells to enjoy.
:26:41. > :26:43.One or two isolated showers here and there. Temperatures in the high
:26:44. > :26:44.teens. Some events look forward to this weekend.
:26:45. > :26:46.The Charlbury Beer Festival takes place at the Cricket Club tomorrow.
:26:47. > :26:50.As well as a huge range of food and drink, there'll be live music,
:26:51. > :26:53.plus the risk of one or two heavy showers to watch out for.
:26:54. > :26:56.On the Island it's the Royal Isle of Wight County Show on Sattrday.
:26:57. > :26:58.Visitors might have to duck into the tents to dodge
:26:59. > :27:01.the odd light shower at the County Showground in Northwood And
:27:02. > :27:03.There's a Classic Cars Exhibition taking place at Christchurch Quay
:27:04. > :27:06.on Sunday ` with vehicles d`ting back to 1920 on show.
:27:07. > :27:11.There should be some sunny spells on offer.
:27:12. > :27:17.So, let's take a look at yotr summary. That warning for one or two
:27:18. > :27:20.heavy downpours. Not for all of us, but they could be torrential. Then
:27:21. > :27:23.some sunny spells and one or two later showers to come through the
:27:24. > :27:26.weekend. Are you sure? I got the tre`tment on
:27:27. > :27:31.the lawn last night, becausd you said it would rain, and nothing
:27:32. > :27:37.happened. So you are hoping for rain? I kind of am. And there is
:27:38. > :27:41.World Cup football. Tony's lawn is the most important thing in his
:27:42. > :27:45.life. That is it for us. Have a great weekend, whatever you are
:27:46. > :27:47.doing. Goodbye.