:00:02. > :00:05.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor, welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:05. > :00:15.programme: Treatment rather than punishment - criticism of a senior
:00:15. > :00:15.
:00:15. > :00:20.police officer who speaks out in support of decriminalising drug use.
:00:20. > :00:24.If one area in the UK decriminalise drugs it would be a honey pot and
:00:24. > :00:27.we would see tens of thousands of people descending on the city.
:00:27. > :00:36.A council's �15 million investment in solar energy but will there be a
:00:36. > :00:41.sunny outcome? It is quiet here now but the Olympics will bring 30,000
:00:41. > :00:43.spectators every day to the Lakes here so what is being done to stop
:00:43. > :00:45.local businesses grinding to a halt?
:00:45. > :00:52.And she's beaten breast cancer but can this grandmother win a
:00:52. > :00:55.triathlon gold in Europe? overtook two Spaniards on the
:00:55. > :01:05.second leg and they were much younger than me and it really made
:01:05. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:20.Unrealistic, preposterous and barking mad. Just some of the
:01:20. > :01:23.criticism levelled today against a senior Sussex police officer after
:01:23. > :01:25.he backed a call for Brighton and Hove to become the first place in
:01:25. > :01:28.the country to see the decriminalisation of drug use.
:01:28. > :01:31.Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett has spoken out in support
:01:31. > :01:34.of Green MP Caroline Lucas. She wants the city to become a pioneer
:01:34. > :01:37.in liberal drugs policy. While keen to insist his views are his own, Mr
:01:37. > :01:39.Bartlett says drug users should receive treatment rather than
:01:39. > :01:42.punishment. So has Brighton and Hove's top policeman got it right?
:01:42. > :01:44.Sean Killick reports. A decade ago, Portugal
:01:44. > :01:47.decriminalised the use of drugs. Instead of going to court, drug
:01:47. > :01:53.users such as these go before a 'dissuasion commission' which
:01:53. > :01:56.offers treatment, not a criminal conviction. The man in charge of
:01:56. > :02:02.policing Brighton and Hove thinks it's an approach which could work
:02:02. > :02:07.in the city known as "the drugs death capital of Britain". We are
:02:07. > :02:13.still losing almost one person per week in Brighton and Hove bob, to a
:02:13. > :02:19.drugs death and still around 50% of our crimes, 15,000 crimes per year
:02:19. > :02:28.in the city alone are based on dependency on drugs. There has to
:02:28. > :02:34.be a step change. But the idea has been rejected by a minister who was
:02:34. > :02:38.today ruling out an even more lenient drugs policies.
:02:38. > :02:44.Government is firmly anchored Stitson do it at -- consistently
:02:44. > :02:47.opposed to decriminalisation. We want to ensure proper enforcement
:02:47. > :02:51.of our drug laws but also make sure that where people have a drugs
:02:51. > :02:54.problem, we have effective treatment of that and effective
:02:54. > :02:58.interventions in the criminal justice system. Brighton is known
:02:58. > :03:02.for its easy-going approach to life. Local MP Caroline Lucas is
:03:02. > :03:06.suggesting the use of the Government's localism Bill to allow
:03:06. > :03:09.the city to develop its own drugs policy. But one of those whose
:03:09. > :03:13.organisation works with many addicts things different policies
:03:13. > :03:17.in different cities will not work. Adding Caroline Lucas was being
:03:17. > :03:21.mischievous when she cited the localism Bill -- I think Caroline
:03:21. > :03:26.Lucas was being. If one area decriminalise drugs, it would
:03:27. > :03:31.become a honey pot and we would see tens of 1,000 people descending on
:03:31. > :03:35.the area knowing that it is an area they could freely used. Way you
:03:35. > :03:40.look at the experience in places like the Netherlands, they are
:03:40. > :03:44.running back rapidly on their experiment on decriminalisation.
:03:44. > :03:53.All agree that too many people are dying from drugs but the question
:03:53. > :03:57.is whether lives will be saved by a The distorted our political editor
:03:57. > :04:01.who is in Westminster tonight. How would this actually work in
:04:01. > :04:05.Brighton and Hove? The Green Party believe this is an ideal used for
:04:05. > :04:08.the localism bill. They are already a honeypot for drugs problems and
:04:08. > :04:14.so the idea that this is mischievous is something they would
:04:14. > :04:18.certainly reject. Be 2% of crimes as you heard there, 23 deaths in
:04:18. > :04:21.every 1,000 in Brighton and Hove due to drugs. And already a pilot
:04:21. > :04:25.scheme looking at treatment rather than punishment. They are saying
:04:25. > :04:28.that they could free up resources which are currently used for
:04:28. > :04:32.chasing people, treating them as criminals to actually getting at
:04:32. > :04:36.the people who supply drugs. It is not legalisation, it is
:04:36. > :04:40.decriminalisation. Public supply and regulation of drugs. But what
:04:40. > :04:47.about political reaction to these ideas? Absolutely here at
:04:47. > :04:56.Westminster, it seems unpalatable for the general public and some
:04:56. > :05:01.thing they would not like to encourage. Some more reaction here.
:05:01. > :05:08.The Government and the main political parties are against it
:05:08. > :05:13.and Caroline Lucas is a single MP. The talk of decriminalisation is
:05:13. > :05:17.sending out the wrong message, it is barking mad, frankly. The other
:05:17. > :05:23.problem is that the police officer here, although he says this is his
:05:23. > :05:30.personal opinion, his officers have to enforce that all, the law of the
:05:30. > :05:33.land and a sense it makes messages. Thank you.
:05:33. > :05:35.The closing speeches have taken place in the trial of Danilo
:05:35. > :05:38.Restivo, who's accused of murdering Bournemouth mother Heather Barnett.
:05:38. > :05:41.The 48-year-old was found dead in her flat in 2002. The prosecution
:05:41. > :05:44.have linked her death to the murder of Elisa Claps who went missing in
:05:44. > :05:47.Italy in 1993. Today, Restivo's defence accused the prosecution of
:05:47. > :05:50.building evidence around their client. He denies murder.
:05:50. > :05:53.Parents angry at a decision to cut funding for Sure Start Centres
:05:53. > :05:58.across Hampshire have carried out a 12-hour protest today, all with a
:05:58. > :06:02.1950s theme. It began ahead of a County Council cabinet meeting in
:06:02. > :06:05.Winchester. Despite a hard-fought campaign to stop the merger of some
:06:05. > :06:14.centres, parents are now keen to ensure the council monitors the
:06:14. > :06:20.changes which could result. We feel it is time to really start to put
:06:20. > :06:24.the pressure on central government because there is obviously David
:06:24. > :06:27.Cameron on one side saying the money is still there but the ring
:06:27. > :06:31.fence has been removed so we are just after the ring-fence been
:06:31. > :06:34.reintroduced. Its a �15 million risk but one
:06:35. > :06:38.which Hampshire County Council thinks is worth taking. Today it
:06:38. > :06:41.decided to go ahead with a scheme to fit solar panels to around 200
:06:41. > :06:45.of its buildings and sell the energy they produce back to the
:06:45. > :06:48.National Grid. Currently the amount of cash it could receive is fixed
:06:48. > :06:51.but the amount may fall following a Government review. That could leave
:06:51. > :07:01.some to question such a financial commitment at a time of austerity.
:07:01. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:07.The council estimates its energy bill excluding schools could double
:07:07. > :07:11.from �4 million per year to �8 million by 2020. And by 2030, it
:07:11. > :07:16.could have trebled to �12 million. Before the panels are installed,
:07:16. > :07:20.they can generate 10% of the electricity needed in on school
:07:20. > :07:26.buildings. For Hampshire County Council, the figures are looking
:07:26. > :07:31.good. For a �50 million investment, they could get �24 million in a
:07:31. > :07:34.tariff -- for a �15 million investment. But nobody knows what
:07:34. > :07:40.the feeding tariff will be until a comprehensive energy review this
:07:40. > :07:46.summer. Solar panels installed before 20th March 12 have their
:07:46. > :07:52.feeding tariff income guaranteed for 25 years so the race is on to
:07:52. > :07:57.maximise the best income from those panels. One council has just
:07:57. > :08:00.finished its trial on council homes. We have generated over 1,100
:08:00. > :08:04.kilowatts from the properties behind us. The city council has
:08:04. > :08:10.benefited from the feeding tariff of over �400 and the residents have
:08:10. > :08:14.saved nearly �80 on their bills themselves. It will be November
:08:14. > :08:18.before the county council can start installing the panels but it says
:08:18. > :08:25.it has not been slow off the mark. Nobody has attempted anything on
:08:25. > :08:27.this scale before. It is easy enough to put a panel on one
:08:27. > :08:34.particular office if it faces the right direction. It is something
:08:34. > :08:37.else entirely to make sure you are doing it for all buildings. That is
:08:37. > :08:41.what we after. The if the Government agrees to maintain it
:08:41. > :08:48.bees feeding tariffs, so the panels will indeed have been a bright idea
:08:48. > :08:51.to increase local authority income. Stay with us because later hitting
:08:51. > :09:01.the right note, research into how music can help those who've never
:09:01. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:06.Almost half of parents of children with autism are having to wait more
:09:06. > :09:08.than a year to get their children into the right school. Even then,
:09:08. > :09:13.it's often a long battle with experts claiming many mainstream
:09:13. > :09:16.schools fail to understand the condition. A survey carried out by
:09:16. > :09:21.the National Autistic Society found 48% of parents say they have waited
:09:21. > :09:24.over a year to get the right support for their child. 30% feel
:09:24. > :09:29.that the educational placement is not adequate and 18% have had to go
:09:29. > :09:32.to tribunal to get the right support for their children. David
:09:32. > :09:40.Allard's been to meet one family from Berkshire who faced a fight to
:09:40. > :09:48.get the appropriate education for Max Green loves making films. The
:09:48. > :09:52.14-year-old edits on his laptop and uploads them to YouTube.
:09:52. > :09:57.favourite film is as good as it gets because that is a film about
:09:57. > :09:59.someone who has got a problem and they are really nervous, they
:09:59. > :10:02.cannot stand on cracks. But Max's outward confidence belies
:10:02. > :10:05.his condition. Unpredictable behaviour as a toddler was followed
:10:05. > :10:07.by an Asperger's diagnosis at nine. He also has ADHD and OCD. The
:10:07. > :10:15.special needs unit at his mainstream secondary school
:10:15. > :10:20.couldn't deal with him. It got so much for him and then I think
:10:20. > :10:23.they've found it hard to cope with. And then it was getting the local
:10:23. > :10:26.authority actually involve to find another placement.
:10:27. > :10:29.Now West Berkshire Council pays for Max to go to a specialist school in
:10:29. > :10:35.Oxford where he's making good progress. The National Autistic
:10:35. > :10:38.Society says local authorities need to show more foresight. If they
:10:38. > :10:41.planned but the poor services and actually identified children
:10:41. > :10:43.earlier and put support in place earlier, they could save money in
:10:43. > :10:46.the long term. This is Prior's Court School near
:10:46. > :10:50.Newbury. It takes children with severe autism from across the UK.
:10:50. > :10:52.Each costs their local authority tens of thousands of pounds.
:10:53. > :11:00.But there's a high staff-to-pupil ratio and a defined structure to
:11:00. > :11:03.education and living. From the moment they get up to the moment
:11:03. > :11:07.they go to bed, our students are receiving a structured curriculum-
:11:07. > :11:11.based activity programme which Ms they are learning not only in the
:11:11. > :11:15.school but learning personal skills, vocational skills. We have got
:11:15. > :11:17.animals on site and the students really connect and make some great
:11:17. > :11:20.learning through the connection with the animals.
:11:20. > :11:22.It's a model many parents will envy. They're now being urged to speak
:11:22. > :11:30.out, to influence Government reforms and secure the right
:11:30. > :11:34.Thieves who broke into an Oxfam music store in Southampton have
:11:34. > :11:38.escaped with thousands of CDs. It's wiped out almost the entire CD
:11:38. > :11:41.stock at the store in East Street but records were left behind. A
:11:41. > :11:44.computer was also stolen. They're asking the public for music
:11:44. > :11:49.donations. More than a million pounds is to be
:11:49. > :11:52.spent improving flood defences in parts of Portsmouth. A Government
:11:52. > :11:55.grant will be used to upgrade sea defences at Southsea, Milton and
:11:55. > :12:04.Tipner. A further �250,000 will be used to tackle flash flooding from
:12:04. > :12:06.rainfall. There are 396 days to go to the
:12:06. > :12:12.2012 Olympic Games and already businesses near some of the venues
:12:12. > :12:14.are rethinking their strategies. 30,000 extra people a day can be
:12:14. > :12:20.expected at Eton Dorney in Berkshire where the rowing is
:12:20. > :12:24.taking place. The lake is south of the M4. Currently access is by a
:12:24. > :12:27.small road but during the Games this will be used by athletes. For
:12:27. > :12:34.spectators there will be four park- and-ride sites which will terminate
:12:34. > :12:36.A temporary bridge over the Thames will allow visitors to walk to the
:12:37. > :12:40.lake. All this will mean delays to deliveries and difficulties for
:12:40. > :12:50.staff getting to work in the local area. Let's join Allen Sinclair who
:12:50. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:54.This will have a huge impact? venue is already looking impressive
:12:54. > :13:00.but come the Olympic Games, there will be a massive grandstands on
:13:00. > :13:02.either side of the water. Something like 30,000 spectators expected
:13:03. > :13:07.here every day. And this is how they will cope with all that
:13:07. > :13:14.traffic. This is the blueprint with perhaps an optimistic message, the
:13:14. > :13:17.local businesses will be able to keep on running. A meeting was held
:13:17. > :13:20.here today and that is an indication that there are many
:13:20. > :13:26.unanswered questions. They know they will be affected by the
:13:26. > :13:31.Olympics but they do not know how. Midsummer is the busiest time of
:13:31. > :13:35.year here but with the entrance on the same road as the Olympic rowing
:13:35. > :13:39.venue, it is not clear how staff or customers will get through.
:13:39. > :13:44.there going to be a one-way system? Will people be able to get on to
:13:44. > :13:49.cite? Will there be restrictions? All these things we have not had
:13:49. > :13:52.answers to. Other nearby businesses are just as concerned about traffic
:13:52. > :13:56.for the Games and what impact it might have. I think it is a given
:13:56. > :14:00.that the business will be disrupted. I don't think there is any way of
:14:00. > :14:05.avoiding that but it is how disruption is managed. For some,
:14:05. > :14:08.thousands of visitors are an opportunity not to be missed.
:14:08. > :14:15.excitement is building up and hopefully it will bring lots of
:14:15. > :14:19.people to my doorstep. We are looking at putting up a marquee up.
:14:19. > :14:24.100 local firms were at today's meeting but it was close to the
:14:25. > :14:29.media. Perhaps in anticipation of tricky questions -- closed to the
:14:30. > :14:36.media. It is working with businesses to accept that it will
:14:36. > :14:39.be life being unusual but to ensure that not only for a successful
:14:39. > :14:42.Olympic and Paralympic Games but that businesses will not just
:14:42. > :14:50.survive but they can thrive during the Games and keep on running.
:14:50. > :14:54.There is just over one year to find you the plans. -- took fine tuna
:14:54. > :14:58.the plans. Businesses are urged to find out as
:14:58. > :15:01.much information as they can and plan in advance. We know that the
:15:01. > :15:06.races are being held during the morning, the afternoon should be
:15:06. > :15:10.fairly quiet here. This is where staff can possibly work from home,
:15:10. > :15:20.they might stagger journeys and deliveries. They have got 400 days
:15:20. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:23.Let us hope the weather is as good next year as it was recently.
:15:23. > :15:27.A pioneering project by researchers at the University of Southampton is
:15:27. > :15:29.hoping to bring music back into the lives of people who feared they'd
:15:29. > :15:32.lost it forever. The project helps people who have had cochlear
:15:32. > :15:34.implants to restore hearing. The implants are good at helping people
:15:34. > :15:44.hear speech but music presents particular problems. Roger Finn
:15:44. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:49.Conrad freighter was totally deaf until he had a cochlear implant
:15:49. > :15:52.seven years ago. The tiny device allows him to hear people speak
:15:52. > :15:57.again the distinguishing the different tones of instrument and
:15:57. > :16:03.music was not so easy. You can pick up the rhythm of the piece of music
:16:03. > :16:07.and if you have got a drama on his own, that is fantastic. -- a person
:16:07. > :16:12.play the drums. But if you try to listen to a singer or a violin with
:16:12. > :16:17.a continuous flow of changing notes, then you tend to hear everything on
:16:17. > :16:22.the same level. It becomes a bit monotonous. The workshops have been
:16:22. > :16:26.set up by the University of Southampton thanks to a �100,000
:16:26. > :16:30.grant from the arts and humanities Research Council. Looking at what
:16:30. > :16:34.ranges of notes work best with the implant, how large the music should
:16:34. > :16:37.be, what instruments sound clearer and what combinations of
:16:37. > :16:41.instruments sound clearer to the implant used it. We will take this
:16:41. > :16:44.feedback and incorporate it into a set of rehabilitation materials
:16:45. > :16:48.that people can use to train with four stop the music used at the
:16:48. > :16:52.sessions have been specially composed by the work leader.
:16:52. > :16:55.piano works particularly well because it has a clear attack. But
:16:55. > :17:01.a flute because there is a breathy sound at the beginning does not
:17:01. > :17:11.come across very well. It is finding ways to use the parts of
:17:11. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.what the cochlear implant can I love music and there followed
:17:19. > :17:29.bands and to lose that was a big part of my life. To hear it again
:17:29. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:42.I am sure that will create some fascinating research. And in sport,
:17:42. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:51.and we will talk wind. We will Sailing, I mean. It was the 80th
:17:51. > :17:56.anniversary of the round the Island race. The largest ever entry, more
:17:56. > :18:02.than 1,900 boats and probably one of the windiest. And you can have
:18:02. > :18:11.this massive, hi-tech yachts but you can also have one but with
:18:11. > :18:15.about five people in it. At the moment, 16,000 competitors. They
:18:15. > :18:20.knew that stiff breezes were forecast with gusts of breeze up to
:18:20. > :18:24.28 knots. It was a lively day. The coastguards dealt with 75 incidents,
:18:24. > :18:29.the RNLI had a very busy day and a pragmatic decision was taken by
:18:30. > :18:36.many boats to turn round. Nick Rogers held Sundowner to the top
:18:36. > :18:46.prize, the Gold Roman Bowl while South Today's reporter was there
:18:46. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :18:59.Barbara Walton is recovering from cancer and is taking on the
:19:00. > :19:07.challenge of the round the island not yacht race with the Alan
:19:07. > :19:10.McArthur Cancer Trust. To get on a boat and step out on to that world,
:19:10. > :19:14.possibly it is the first thing they have done for a few years because
:19:14. > :19:24.they have been in hospital, it helps people to step out and the
:19:24. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:36.change in four days can be I don't do sailing, I do this, and
:19:36. > :19:36.
:19:37. > :19:39.go straight into a race, it is Going absolutely through the water
:19:39. > :19:48.and getting drenched, it is a feeling that you want to do at some
:19:48. > :19:55.The people on my boat are pretty amazing. They have all been through
:19:55. > :20:00.a lot and they are like friends for life. Conditions this year tested
:20:00. > :20:05.even the most experienced of sailors. 438 boats retired,
:20:05. > :20:09.Stephanie's was one of them. Despite the disappointment, the
:20:09. > :20:15.team was typically upbeat. atmosphere on the boat has been
:20:15. > :20:25.terrific, everybody has been positive. We got halfway, that is
:20:25. > :20:27.
:20:27. > :20:30.Stephanie and Allen had a great day nonetheless.
:20:30. > :20:33.Organisers of the Island Games have defended criticisms of the signage
:20:33. > :20:36.at the event on the Isle of Wight, following claims from some
:20:36. > :20:38.spectators that signs don't clearly show the way to venues. Bosses say
:20:38. > :20:41.they were developed under official guidelines to avoid distracting
:20:41. > :20:43.drivers. London Olympics Chairman Lord Coe officially opened the
:20:43. > :20:46.week-long event on Saturday. And Andy Frost won the hosts' first
:20:46. > :20:56.gold medal in the hammer event. 3,000 competitors from 24 islands
:20:56. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:06.are taking part in 14 different 24 islands, 3,500 competitors
:21:06. > :21:09.working on the volunteers, getting a response is in place. I
:21:10. > :21:13.understand, that is what I do every day of the week so I really take my
:21:13. > :21:19.hat off to the achievement here of putting together something that is
:21:19. > :21:27.so complicated. But it remains so locally based. Lot more from the
:21:27. > :21:29.game's later in the week. There's a big local derby in the
:21:29. > :21:32.South Group of cricket's Twenty20 tournament tonight. Third-placed
:21:32. > :21:35.Hampshire host Sussex in second with both hoping Surrey can do them
:21:35. > :21:38.a favour by beating leaders Somerset in a game which is under
:21:38. > :21:46.way at The Oval. The top three sides are locked together on 12
:21:46. > :21:49.points. And England's women have been playing the Australian team.
:21:49. > :21:52.Former Brighton College pupil Holly Former Brighton College pupil Holly
:21:52. > :21:56.Cole then with a key breakthrough with some smart fielding, broker
:21:56. > :22:01.dangerous partnership. England winning by 16 runs and celebrating
:22:01. > :22:04.with champagne because they also won the series.
:22:04. > :22:07.It's not often you become a champion at the age of 62. But
:22:07. > :22:10.Barbara Walton from the New Forest won gold at the European Sprint
:22:10. > :22:19.Triathlon Championships in Spain at the weekend after recovering from
:22:19. > :22:25.breast cancer. Alexis Green saw her My marker will be that marquee.
:22:26. > :22:30.They are strict about the issues being directly in front of your box.
:22:30. > :22:34.It is the day of the race on the nose are kicking in. The first
:22:34. > :22:37.phase is the swim. 750 metres across a lake, and they're off.
:22:37. > :22:40.17.5 minutes later, it's up and out of the water as quickly as possible
:22:40. > :22:50.to the transition area where she'll will hop on to the bike. Every
:22:50. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :22:53.second counts. In practice, I take my wet suit off, it is down to 12
:22:53. > :22:56.seconds. 20 kilometres of road-riding ahead
:22:56. > :22:58.and the course this year is particularly hilly. 43 minutes
:22:58. > :23:04.later, Barbara's back at the transition area getting ready for
:23:04. > :23:08.the run. Five kilometres through the streets of Pontevedra. The run
:23:08. > :23:12.is the final phase in the sweltering temperatures are not
:23:12. > :23:15.helping but a welcome sight for the athletes is the finishing line.
:23:15. > :23:22.One hour, 26 minutes and 55 seconds after starting the swim, she
:23:22. > :23:27.crosses the finishing line. Fantastic, I feel so much better
:23:27. > :23:30.than first thing this morning! I overtook two Spaniards on the
:23:30. > :23:33.second leg of the run and they were younger than me said really made my
:23:33. > :23:36.day! Barbara wasn't the only person from
:23:36. > :23:43.the South. Trish Deykin from Steyning in West Sussex has had to
:23:43. > :23:46.fight to compete for a different reason. I was told to stop
:23:46. > :23:49.competing interests off one's after being diagnosed with MS seven years
:23:49. > :23:51.ago but I won't let it stop me doing it.
:23:51. > :23:54.71-year-old Brian Grierson from Southampton is also among the
:23:54. > :23:56.competitors. They all crossed the line flying
:23:56. > :23:59.the flag. The South has certainly got talent.
:23:59. > :24:09.For Brian, it was silver, and for Barbara, well... It was gold. From
:24:09. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:18.sunny Spain, it's goodbye from me. Absolutely Fabulous. We followed
:24:18. > :24:24.her through and it was so lovely. Well done to everybody taking part.
:24:24. > :24:29.It was baking hot, I don't know how they did it in that weather.
:24:29. > :24:37.that amount of heat. I have come back from France and they had all
:24:37. > :24:42.four weather here. Yes, rub it in! It was about 39, 40 degrees. With
:24:42. > :24:46.hardly any breeze. It is incredible. But we have had some nice, warm
:24:46. > :24:54.temperatures here and today, has been the hottest day of the year so
:24:54. > :25:01.far. I have got and statistics. In Gravesend, recorded 33 degrees. And
:25:01. > :25:03.we have had just touching 30 in we have had just touching 30 in
:25:03. > :25:08.Heathrow and in our part of the world, south Farmborough we saw 28
:25:08. > :25:13.degrees and at Benson we saw 27 degrees. Not doing too badly at all.
:25:13. > :25:19.And we had Mike Ball tweeting at bbc south weather and he described
:25:19. > :25:22.it as a heat report rather than a heat wave. That sums it up. The
:25:22. > :25:27.warm weather is just about to come to an end, we have got some pretty
:25:27. > :25:31.warm conditions which could trigger some thundery showers through the
:25:31. > :25:39.course of this evening. They will be quite hefty downpours. Earlier,
:25:39. > :25:42.we could see the swathe of cloud pushing in and it did cloud over
:25:43. > :25:48.from the West. The temperatures reacting to that and we did to the
:25:48. > :25:51.temperatures cooling down in the West. Already we have some heavy
:25:51. > :25:55.showers and we will see more cropping up and they could well be
:25:55. > :26:00.heavy and may even contain the odd rumble of thunder, possibly some
:26:00. > :26:03.hail and some dusty winds. Everything in the mix for tonight
:26:03. > :26:07.but if you dodge those, it is likely to be a mild night. We are
:26:07. > :26:10.looking at temperatures of around 12 degrees minimum. Temperatures
:26:10. > :26:13.will drop away as we go through the week. You can see the colours
:26:13. > :26:17.changing heading towards the end of this week and becoming much fresher
:26:17. > :26:21.and that is how we start the day tomorrow. We will see those
:26:21. > :26:25.temperatures much cooler as the day goes on. Generally a quieter day,
:26:25. > :26:29.still the risk of some showers, particularly heavy out towards
:26:29. > :26:34.Sussex as well. For most of us, seeing some bright and sunny breaks
:26:34. > :26:38.as well. Temperatures of around 20 degrees. About average for this
:26:38. > :26:41.time of year. As we go through tomorrow night, things calm down
:26:41. > :26:45.again so drying out as we go through the overnight period.
:26:45. > :26:49.Cloudy in the most part, perhaps some breaks and temperatures a bit
:26:49. > :26:53.fresher, looking at single figures in some parts of the region. How is
:26:53. > :26:56.it looking for Wednesday? A return to the sunshine and showers theme,
:26:56. > :27:02.we will see some good brakes and the showers will be well scattered
:27:02. > :27:07.so in the most part, aid dry end to Wednesday. This is your summary for
:27:07. > :27:11.the next few days. A risk of some scattered showers through tomorrow
:27:11. > :27:17.and becoming cooler and fresher as we head towards the tail end of the
:27:17. > :27:25.working week. I love the tweet! Heat ripple, a new meteorological
:27:25. > :27:31.term. We will use it more often. Keep those tweets coming into Sarah.