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Good evening, I'm Jo Kent. where you are.

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Three major housing developments in the South have been

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given financial support from the government.

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Welborne near Fareham in Hampshire and a new site near Eynsham

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in Oxfordshire will be designated as Garden Villages.

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Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire has been named as a Garden Town.

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As David Allard reports, the new status could push forward

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projects which have been held up in planning rows.

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Welborne - it's been talked about for years as a way to solve

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But after all the protests, a public inquiry and a compulsory

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purchase row, not one of the planned 6,000 homes has been built yet.

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Today, though, the project got a shot in the arm.

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Welborne would be a completely new community, built on these

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fields, with affordable homes, schools, shops and

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In fact, pretty much what the Government says

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So now Welborne gets a share of ?6 million and other support

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What we're looking for is for the Government to start pushing out

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of the way some of the obstacles to getting this

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We accept that it's needed, the Government accepts it's needed,

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we need homes, we need jobs, we need schools, we need

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They feel other sites are more suitable for housing.

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A lot of it could be absorbed in either brownfield sites or sites

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that have come through and hopefully will go into the local plan.

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It's likely Fareham can now bid for money to upgrade the A32 and M27

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Improved transport links will be crucial to another

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planned Garden Village near Eynsham in Oxfordshire.

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One of the important aspects of Government backing for this

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scheme is it gives us access to the Housing Infrastructure Fund,

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and that could go some way to helping alleviate some

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of the existing problems in nearby areas such as the A40.

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Meanwhile, thousands of new homes will see the extension of Aylesbury

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With talk of new planning freedoms and accelerated development,

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it's clear the Government wants these garden communities built

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So it may not be long before landscapes like this change forever.

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There have been significant delays to ambulance services

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At one point this afternoon, 20 ambulances were queuing outside

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Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital, waiting to hand over

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Patients caught up in the queues were cared for by ambulance

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Ambulance response times were also affected by the high demand.

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The South Central Ambulance Service has apologised to patients.

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Rail passengers in the South have been expressing frustration

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at the annual rise in fares, which went up today

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The government says the rise will help pay for rail modernisation.

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However, commuters on Southern Rail in particular have called

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for a freeze in fares altogether after the industrial action

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Normally, I don't mind, but in view of the problems

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with Southern Rail this past little while, I'm quite annoyed

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I think the price of rail fares now is extortionate and I think that it

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would be a lot easier to tolerate if the trains actually ran

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consistently on time in that, you know, we knew we could get

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to and from work and to and from London the way we should be able to.

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I think they've got a bit of a nerve, putting rail fares up.

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The Cowes floating bridge on the Isle of Wight

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is making its last crossing tonight after 40 years of service.

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It's being replaced with a new version costing ?3.5 million.

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A temporary launch will operate for foot passengers from tomorrow

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until the new bridge is ready at the end of March.

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Vehicles will be diverted via Newport.

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Match of the Day follows so, if you don't want to know

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There was another disappointing result for Southampton,

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who lost a third successive Premier League game.

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Everton put three past them in the last 20 minutes.

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Manager Claude Puel said his players were tired after three

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Better results for our Championship sides.

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Brighton came from a goal down to beat Fulham and go two

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points clear at the top of the Championship table.

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Tomer Hemed fired from the penalty spot to equalize before Lewis Dunk

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And Yann Kermogant scored two late goals for Reading as the Royals came

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from behind to snatch a 3-2 victory against Bristol City.

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In League 1, there were goalless draws for the MK Dons

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at Chesterfield and also for Swindon hosting Southend.

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And in League 2, there was a 1-0 home win for Portsmouth

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against League 2 promotion rivals Luton.

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The Met Office has a warning out for icy stretches on roads

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and pavements that haven't been treated by tomorrow morning.

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But it's unsurprising with temperatures dropping below

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Indeed, some parts of Oxfordshire could be as low as about -4 or -5

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But aside from that, it should be a sunny start to the day.

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And the general trend, then, is for more in the way of cloud

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to start to develop rather patchily, it has to be said, until we get

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into the evening, when it will be thick enough to maybe just introduce

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a spot or two of light rain up towards the North.

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Now, after that cold start, temperatures will remain

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They will eventually, as we get further into the afternoon,

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recover somewhere to about 4-6, possibly seven Celsius.

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Good evening. It's been a dry and bright day across most parts of the

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country today. Despite the chilly feel to the weather, there has been

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some sunshine. Clear skies as the sun set in east Essex. With those

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clear skies around, temperatures are plummeting, particularly across

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southern parts. Here we see the coldest temperatures. We could see

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icy stretches on untreated surfaces, pavements and roads first thing

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Tuesday morning. Not quite as cold towards the North West. Cloud moving

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in here

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