:00:04. > :00:08.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor, welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme,
:00:08. > :00:18.the Southampton stand-off continues. Workers accuse the council of
:00:18. > :00:22.planning even more job cuts as the If we do not make a stand now, it
:00:22. > :00:26.makes us look weak and all the other councils look weak and the
:00:26. > :00:29.fat cats think they can rule things, it will not happen. In the studio
:00:29. > :00:31.tonight, we'll hear from the leader of Southampton Council and a union
:00:31. > :00:39.official. Rat problems in Reading, families
:00:39. > :00:43.are forced to move out of their homes. One thing is having them in
:00:43. > :00:46.the loft, that is bad enough but when you're in bed and you can see
:00:46. > :00:48.them in the bedroom... Rejected, plans are thrown out to
:00:48. > :00:51.develop this historic building and hundreds of houses.
:00:51. > :01:00.And missing a loved one on the front line, the children using
:01:00. > :01:06.poetry to help them cope. Guns blazing everywhere, mothers of
:01:06. > :01:16.those fighting in despair, we now realise our hearts... If the
:01:16. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:22.It was billed by the unions as Armageddon Day. Take a pay cut or
:01:22. > :01:30.lose your job. It's the deadline for Southampton City Council
:01:30. > :01:35.employees to sign new contracts. Within the hour we have heard 98%
:01:35. > :01:38.of staff have now signed up to new pay terms and conditions. Today
:01:38. > :01:41.workers were on the picket line again. It's the start of the eighth
:01:41. > :01:45.week in a wave of rolling strikes involving refuse workers, toll
:01:45. > :01:49.collectors and port health workers among others. The council wants
:01:49. > :01:52.anyone on more than �17,500 a year to take a pay cut and have their
:01:52. > :01:58.salaries frozen for two years. The unions rejected a new offer to stop
:01:58. > :02:01.the strikes if the threshold was raised to �22,000 a year. One of
:02:01. > :02:06.the more visible effects of the industrial action is around 2,000
:02:06. > :02:09.tonnes of rubbish uncollected on the city's streets. Our political
:02:09. > :02:19.editor Peter Henley reports now on the battle for public opinion at
:02:19. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:29.From the pickets outside Southampton docks, to the radio and
:02:29. > :02:33.TV airwaves. Unions refused to give us that exemption and so we went on
:02:33. > :02:35.strike. The dispute has been building up to this day, and both
:02:35. > :02:38.sides were pressing their case. At 5:30 any Southampton Council
:02:38. > :02:41.employee who hadn't signed up to the new contract lost their job.
:02:41. > :02:50.Though, with unions suggesting it was safer to sign, almost everyone
:02:50. > :02:54.had done. Nearly 100% of staff have signed the contract, effectively
:02:54. > :02:59.agreeing to do the same job bought for less money. And now other
:02:59. > :03:02.councils are looking at trying to introduce the same idea. Among
:03:02. > :03:06.those, Jedburgh in, a support health inspector who has never been
:03:06. > :03:13.on strike before and we didn't have the last minute to sign the new
:03:13. > :03:18.contract. I have three children and a mortgage and having a change in
:03:18. > :03:22.terms and conditions unilaterally imposed upon us, it makes a big
:03:22. > :03:25.difference to household income. arguments have ploughed up along
:03:25. > :03:31.with the rubbish so after eight weeks, where does public opinion
:03:31. > :03:34.stand? Businesses know all about wage costs. But they also know how
:03:34. > :03:38.important it is to get services right. They have made their point,
:03:38. > :03:44.you can see they have made it on the streets. I sympathise with them
:03:44. > :03:48.but I think enough is enough. residents groups have agreed to
:03:48. > :03:52.volunteer to take rubbish to the tip. I am not breaking strike, I am
:03:52. > :03:55.trying to protect the interests of our city. We have a lovely city,
:03:55. > :04:00.you only need to look at the Parks, it is a beautiful city. The
:04:00. > :04:04.precinct is a mess. Southampton's image has been hit hard by the
:04:04. > :04:08.strike with no clear winner. clearing up the high street sends
:04:08. > :04:13.the message that without the bin men, look at what stage we would be
:04:13. > :04:17.in so it gets the point across but cuts have to be made, it is hard
:04:17. > :04:22.times and 95% of them now have accepted the pay cut. Why are they
:04:22. > :04:27.still striking? With more staff than ever on strike this week and
:04:27. > :04:33.on picket lines, union members have shown determination added event
:04:33. > :04:40.turned their anger to a YouTube song. # All we want is the same
:04:40. > :04:45.work and more pay and we ask for you to hear our safe. # councillors
:04:45. > :04:49.meet on Wednesday to discuss next steps. Unions claim a secret plan
:04:49. > :04:59.to cut a further 1,000 jobs, or the council leaders deny that but they
:04:59. > :05:00.
:05:00. > :05:04.know that opposition to the pay cut Joining us now is Royston Smith,
:05:04. > :05:11.the leader of Southampton City Council and Andy Straker from the
:05:11. > :05:15.union Unison. Royston Smith, let me start with you. 98% have signed up,
:05:15. > :05:20.and around 70 people have not. Other signing up to something now
:05:20. > :05:23.where they could still lose their jobs? We never said this was the
:05:23. > :05:26.panacea to the entire financial crisis, but we said it would
:05:26. > :05:31.protect 400 more jobs from going from the organisation. We always
:05:31. > :05:37.said that. But these rumours around that you are thinking of actually
:05:37. > :05:42.cutting even more... There are not rumours, there was a PowerPoint
:05:42. > :05:46.presentation. It was made by a chief executive to the offices
:05:46. > :05:50.which said if you did nothing else and you only ever handled the
:05:50. > :05:54.crisis by job cuts, that is what it would take. But it will not be that.
:05:54. > :06:00.I want to establish, 90% has signed up thinking they have got new
:06:00. > :06:04.contracts that all they have got jobs, they have got them, will they
:06:04. > :06:07.be able to stay in them? I do not know he will be in what job in the
:06:07. > :06:13.next year, I cannot predict what will happen. So you're not ruling
:06:13. > :06:17.out job cuts? We never said that at the start. This is not new. If 90%
:06:17. > :06:22.of workers are signed up, why are you striking? We have been telling
:06:22. > :06:26.our members for eight weeks to sign the new contract. Our legal advice
:06:26. > :06:33.is that even though they have signed those new contracts, or to
:06:33. > :06:38.put the our members will have a claim for unfair dismissal. There
:06:38. > :06:42.was not the choice of signing it or not, either way you go to work. The
:06:42. > :06:50.council made it clear if you do not sign the contract, do not come to
:06:50. > :06:54.work. We will not give advice to our work is to walk away. Strike
:06:54. > :07:00.will continue this week and will take advice on the future. You are
:07:00. > :07:04.thrown away concessions, you did not put them to your members. In a
:07:04. > :07:08.sense, they are worse off with these contracts? That is not
:07:08. > :07:17.entirely true. Our members at a meeting last week overwhelmingly
:07:17. > :07:22.endorse the actions that Unite and Unison had suggested. They have
:07:22. > :07:28.been forced to sign this. That is what the unions are saying.
:07:28. > :07:31.unions are saying an awful lot of things. If they do not sign the
:07:31. > :07:34.contract, they get dismissed effectively. If they do not sign
:07:35. > :07:38.them, they no longer work for the organisation. Absolutely but if you
:07:38. > :07:42.go to work, you sign a contract, you will have a job. We are saying
:07:42. > :07:46.that the new terms and conditions come in on a set date, three
:07:46. > :07:52.months' notice to sign up to them, and there is a job for everyone.
:07:52. > :07:57.Nobody will be sacked. But even before the dismissal notices,
:07:57. > :08:02.should you have someone St sitting down with the unions saying that
:08:02. > :08:06.these are the issues and problems, can we work through this together?
:08:06. > :08:14.Are you suggesting we did not do this? Five times we did that.
:08:14. > :08:19.did you not sit down and work this through? Councillor Smith has just
:08:19. > :08:25.said he met with us five times. From November through to April to
:08:25. > :08:27.resolve this issue, it takes five meetings? You did not speak in any
:08:27. > :08:32.meeting and he refused to engage and would not come up with any
:08:32. > :08:35.options. You said, it is not for us to find solutions and you sat in
:08:35. > :08:39.every one of the meetings and look at your shoes, Andy. That is why we
:08:39. > :08:43.cannot negotiate with you. That is because councillors may does not
:08:43. > :08:52.understand negotiation. The bit mean sitting silent... Coming into
:08:52. > :08:55.a meeting saying they will withdraw for 15 minutes and when they come
:08:56. > :09:03.back, can you tell us if you're up in a grim it? That is not a
:09:03. > :09:07.negotiation. Can I put this to both of you. People have lost confidence
:09:07. > :09:12.in the council and workers. Rubbish on the streets and so on. How much
:09:12. > :09:17.more do they have to put up with? It is in your hands, both of you,
:09:17. > :09:23.to sort this out. How much longer will it go on for? Andy, how long
:09:23. > :09:26.will it go on for? I do not know. The problem is we need to have a
:09:26. > :09:31.negotiated settlement to this. We will not put up with our members
:09:31. > :09:37.being dismissed and put on worse terms and conditions. Royston Smith,
:09:37. > :09:45.can you work together? I have offered again today in the
:09:45. > :09:48.agreement we have suggested. We will not sack one third of
:09:48. > :09:52.employees. But is what we started this process. Are you meeting
:09:52. > :10:01.tonight? We are not that we have offered to have meetings. We will
:10:01. > :10:04.leave it there. Families in the Southcote area of
:10:04. > :10:08.Reading have been moved out of their homes while the council deals
:10:08. > :10:11.with a major rat problem. One woman who was bed-ridden after a stroke
:10:11. > :10:14.was even bitten by one of the rodents and moved to hospital.
:10:14. > :10:20.Let's join Joe Campbell in the garden of one of the families
:10:20. > :10:25.affected. The people so they have had problems with rat here for a
:10:25. > :10:28.while but it was not until somebody was admitted to hospital that the
:10:28. > :10:32.police became involved and the council may have to start clearing
:10:32. > :10:38.the rats from the area. People who have been moved out today so there
:10:38. > :10:41.should have happened a long time Today was moving day for the
:10:41. > :10:49.Sullivans. And it couldn't come soon enough for the family driven
:10:49. > :10:55.from their home by a rat invasion. We have had thats on the bed, in
:10:55. > :10:58.the kitchen, everywhere. -- rats on the bed. You name it, everywhere.
:10:58. > :11:01.The council has been working to clear possible nest sites from a
:11:01. > :11:07.neighbouring garden. But the rats have already branched out from here,
:11:07. > :11:12.as several families, including the Sullivans, know. I woke up in the
:11:12. > :11:16.middle of the night and I heard the rat chewing, and a sore about
:11:16. > :11:19.coming through here. He scuttled off into my airing cupboard.
:11:19. > :11:26.Alison Sullivan watching today's work, it's all a bit late in the
:11:26. > :11:30.day. I had a letter on Monday last week that there was no problem with
:11:30. > :11:33.rats and in two days later, they are asking us to move out until
:11:33. > :11:39.they find us something permanent. Three years, something has been
:11:39. > :11:45.going on. One thing is having them in your loft, that is bad enough
:11:45. > :11:47.but when you're actually in bed and can see them in your bedroom...
:11:47. > :11:54.Contractors have spent the afternoon baiting local sewers and
:11:54. > :11:59.reassuring people the matter is now in hand. We have checked the poison
:11:59. > :12:05.and we will replace it. Some though remain to be convinced the
:12:05. > :12:08.authorities are even now truly on top of the problem. The council
:12:08. > :12:11.says it is working with local people with what it accept to be a
:12:11. > :12:16.problem. You can see all this vegetation which has been cleared
:12:16. > :12:25.to try to get rid of the potential area for rats' next. But they are
:12:25. > :12:31.not gone yet. -- rats' nests. People said they saw Iraq and then
:12:31. > :12:34.we saw one about that big. The Government is to ask companies
:12:34. > :12:36.to bid to run the search and rescue helicopters at Lee-on-Solent in
:12:36. > :12:39.Hampshire and Portland in Dorset. The helicopters are privately run
:12:39. > :12:42.on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The new contract
:12:42. > :12:45.will be for up to five years. A longer term private finance deal to
:12:45. > :12:48.replace all search and rescue helicopters with new aircraft fell
:12:48. > :12:50.through last winter. Meanwhile, a final decision on the future of
:12:50. > :12:53.coastguard stations, including those at Lee-on-Solent and Portland,
:12:53. > :12:55.is expected before Parliament's summer recess. It's been reported
:12:55. > :13:05.that the Government's had second thoughts about closing all but
:13:05. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:16.three of the UK's stations. Still to come, pedal power, the special
:13:16. > :13:21.Passenger numbers at Gatwick Airport rose by over 150,000 last
:13:21. > :13:27.month, that's an increase of 5.2% compared to last June. The airport
:13:27. > :13:30.handled a total of 3.2 million passengers during the month. The
:13:30. > :13:33.increase was driven by a rise in flights to and from European
:13:33. > :13:43.destinations. Today Lufthansa announced they will start operating
:13:43. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:49.two flights a day to Frankfurt from October.
:13:49. > :13:52.A barrister has been telling a court of the moment he says he was
:13:52. > :13:55.threatened by one of the brothers behind the failed Lapland New
:13:55. > :13:57.Forest theme park. Henry Mears from Coombe Road, Brighton is alleged to
:13:57. > :14:00.have leaned over barrister Gary Lucie inside the courtroom as
:14:00. > :14:03.others were leaving and made comments which were taken as a
:14:03. > :14:06.threat of violence. He was jailed in March for his role in running
:14:06. > :14:09.the attraction. Let's join our reporter Allen Sinclair in our
:14:09. > :14:12.Caversham studio. This is a contempt of court hearing,
:14:12. > :14:17.so no jury, just a judge listening to evidence before making a ruling.
:14:17. > :14:23.I think most of us remember the Lapland New Forest theme park. Set
:14:23. > :14:26.up down at Ringwood just before Christmas 2008. It collapsed after
:14:26. > :14:29.a few days following thousands of complaints that it wasn't at all
:14:29. > :14:31.like what had been advertised. The two brothers behind the venture,
:14:31. > :14:33.Henry and Victor Mears from Brighton, were prosecuted by Dorset
:14:33. > :14:37.Trading Standards for false advertising, and they were
:14:37. > :14:40.sentenced to 13 months in prison back in March. But today's court
:14:40. > :14:46.hearing relates to two alleged incidents that happened in court
:14:46. > :14:49.shortly before the trial got under way last November. The prosecution
:14:49. > :14:52.barrister Gary Lucie, who was due to take the case, claims he was
:14:52. > :14:55.threatened by the younger of the Mears brothers, Henry Mears, once
:14:55. > :14:58.in the courtroom itself, and again outside moments later. The judge
:14:58. > :15:01.believed the threats were serious enough that Mr Lucie was forced to
:15:01. > :15:08.step down from the case and another barrister was hurriedly brought in
:15:08. > :15:11.to run the trial. What have we learned today about the nature of
:15:11. > :15:14.the alleged threat? The first inside court is supposed
:15:14. > :15:18.to have happened during a break, when everyone was leaving the room.
:15:18. > :15:23.Victor Mears had been taken ill. Mr Lucie described Henry Mears leaning
:15:23. > :15:26.over him as he sat at the desk writing. Mr Mears than allegedly
:15:26. > :15:36.said: "Mechanisms are in place to hold those responsible for this and
:15:36. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:39.He was talking about Victor. Mr Lucie said Mr Mears' tone and body
:15:39. > :15:43.language was threatening and that was backed up by the court logger
:15:43. > :15:46.who was nearby. He said: "It was not 'I'm going to get you', it was
:15:46. > :15:49.more subtle than that". Then moments later outside court, Mr
:15:49. > :15:52.Lucie was in a group when Henry Mears apparently put his arm around
:15:52. > :15:55.his shoulders and talked about punching him in the face. That was
:15:55. > :16:02.apparently said in a jovial way, and there were other people present
:16:02. > :16:06.but reflecting on it later, Mr Henry Mears himself has given
:16:07. > :16:09.evidence as well and is denying this? He is. He's told the court
:16:09. > :16:17.he's well known in West Sussex as a straight-talking but polite and
:16:17. > :16:20.civil man. He suggested what he actually said to Mr Lucie was: "I
:16:20. > :16:29.think trading standards, when you look at all this, should be made
:16:29. > :16:32.responsible if anything happens to him. Again, talking about Victor.
:16:32. > :16:42.He is very, very ill". The judge has heard all the
:16:42. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:51.evidence and she's due to make a ruling tomorrow. The anchor of the
:16:51. > :16:55.Kiwi to have been returned to the city in south London. It left south
:16:55. > :16:58.London for the last time nearly three years ago. Since then, plans
:16:58. > :17:04.to converted to a tourist attraction in Dubai have been put
:17:04. > :17:07.on hold. It's stood empty and abandoned
:17:07. > :17:10.since the doctors and nurses moved out in 2006 but plans to restore
:17:10. > :17:13.the former King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst in West Sussex have
:17:13. > :17:15.been turned down. A development company had put forward a plan to
:17:15. > :17:21.transform the Grade II listed building. The trade-off, an extra
:17:21. > :17:24.250 homes to be built in the grounds. But for the new South
:17:24. > :17:27.Downs National Park Authority that was too high a price to pay, as
:17:28. > :17:31.Sean Killick now reports. For 100 years, this Grade II listed
:17:31. > :17:34.building, the King Edwards VII Hospital, helped people get better.
:17:34. > :17:37.But now it's in an unhealthy state itself. The cure could be to
:17:37. > :17:40.renovate the building and turn it into assisted care living
:17:40. > :17:44.apartments. The roof now leaks on this building
:17:44. > :17:47.and in some places such as here in the library, there's quite a lot of
:17:47. > :17:52.damage already. The developers say that shows the need for restoration
:17:53. > :17:55.work to begin as soon as possible. But renovation comes at a price. To
:17:55. > :18:02.help fund the project, an enabling development of 267 houses and
:18:02. > :18:08.apartments would be built in the pressure on local infrastructure
:18:08. > :18:17.Today the plan was rejected, and campaigners say temporary repairs
:18:17. > :18:22.should now be carried out. It is not going to fall down, the
:18:22. > :18:26.developer am sure will come back with a mock -- a much more
:18:27. > :18:31.acceptable scheme. The building can be mothballed, it will not
:18:31. > :18:34.deteriorate any further, the owner is obliged to maintain it while it
:18:34. > :18:40.is mothballed. But the developer said it would not
:18:40. > :18:47.be going back to the drawing board. The enabling development is the
:18:47. > :18:49.only viable proposal to bring about restoration of what has been
:18:49. > :18:54.recognised as important by everybody so we will be launching
:18:54. > :18:57.an appeal as soon as possible. Because we genuinely believe these
:18:57. > :19:04.are exceptionally sensitive proposals that will deliver the
:19:04. > :19:06.long-term future of these heritage buildings.
:19:06. > :19:08.Some remarkable poems have been published that give a powerful
:19:08. > :19:11.insight into the emotions of children from military families
:19:11. > :19:14.when their relatives are serving on the front line. It's been produced
:19:14. > :19:23.at Bovington Middle School in Dorset, where around one in three
:19:23. > :19:26.children have relatives in the forces. Steve Humphrey reports.
:19:26. > :19:29.With so many youngsters from army families at Bovington Middle School,
:19:29. > :19:32.no-one was surprised that some chose military themes when they
:19:32. > :19:35.began a poetry project. The best of the poems have been included in a
:19:35. > :19:44.new book, which will be launched at the Bovington Tank Museum this
:19:44. > :19:47.evening. Suffering is neither great nor could but I will make sure
:19:47. > :19:54.people are remembered for the more. Guns blazing ever more, the mothers
:19:54. > :19:58.in despair. We now realise that our hearts may never repair if the
:19:58. > :20:04.things continue to flower. I thought it was easy to let my
:20:04. > :20:08.feelings come out. I really respect all the soldiers who have gone out
:20:08. > :20:12.to Iraq and places like that but I wrote about how I felt and that is
:20:12. > :20:17.what I did. Some people like to keep their feelings locked in
:20:17. > :20:20.themselves but in a book, you can express them.
:20:20. > :20:22.Much of the inspiration for the youngsters' creativity has come
:20:22. > :20:32.from Sussex poet, Brian Moses, who has been holding special poetry
:20:32. > :20:32.
:20:32. > :20:41.workshops. A poem can make you smile, laugh, Sade, shiver, think,
:20:41. > :20:46.wonder. Some of the poems in the book really do touch these emotions.
:20:46. > :20:49.Children often see poetry as dry and boring but Brian Moses is
:20:49. > :20:53.incredible how he presents it and inspires children to think in a
:20:54. > :20:58.different way. The children's poems do not just reflect military themes,
:20:58. > :21:05.they have also written about guinea pigs, teachers, even the stars at
:21:05. > :21:12.night. I remember the night sky, tiny lanterns, breathtaking. The
:21:12. > :21:15.world changed that night, I remember. Beautiful poems by those
:21:15. > :21:25.children at Bovington Middle School in Dorset. Poetry can be very
:21:25. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:36.powerful, really help you. And in I went down a canoe the wrong way
:21:36. > :21:39.on a river. All the talk about the Olympics
:21:39. > :21:41.these days focuses on London 2012. But a very special Games has just
:21:41. > :21:43.taken place. The Special Olympics gives competitors with learning
:21:44. > :21:46.difficulties the chance for sporting glory, and last week's
:21:47. > :21:53.Games in Athens brought success for a canoeist from Hampshire who beat
:21:53. > :21:57.the odds to take gold. Neil Hartley needs to be determined and it has
:21:57. > :22:05.prepared him for the Special Olympics with two sprint kayak
:22:05. > :22:10.medals. it was easy to see he has got the aggression made false
:22:10. > :22:14.printing. That is what you need, it is not easy to paddle the boat,
:22:14. > :22:21.they are quite hard work. You have got to be determined. How does it
:22:21. > :22:24.feel to have a couple of medals? Fantastic. Breathtaking. He trains
:22:24. > :22:28.exceptionally hard, he is really committed to everything he does in
:22:28. > :22:32.the canoeing, he has been training every single week for the past
:22:32. > :22:39.three years. He was in hospital for two day before running to Greece
:22:39. > :22:43.attached to a drip getting a stomach bug. The Bengals are the
:22:43. > :22:49.latest successes in his sporting career which are helping in other
:22:50. > :22:54.parts of his life -- the medals. has got out there and seen the new
:22:54. > :22:58.concept of what to do with life and what he wants, he has got a greater
:22:58. > :23:01.sense of determination, brilliant to see. He is the new staff is
:23:01. > :23:05.canoe Club in Southampton and his inspiring others to follow in his
:23:05. > :23:11.wake. Well done to Neil there, they are
:23:11. > :23:16.very proud of him. Cricket, the defending Twenty20 champions
:23:16. > :23:18.crushed rivals Sussex to secured top spot ahead of the quarter-
:23:18. > :23:21.top spot ahead of the quarter- finals but then on the final day of
:23:21. > :23:29.the -- first day of the championships, Hampshire were put
:23:29. > :23:37.in a spin like Monty Panesar, -- by in a spin like Monty Panesar, -- by
:23:37. > :23:45.Monty Panesar. They made a shaky start in their reply. 27 minus 24
:23:45. > :23:54.their thing. In Surrey, the home side have they advantage, they are
:23:54. > :23:58.Portsmouth have signed Greg Halford on a three-year deal from Wolves.
:23:58. > :24:02.Meanwhile, the former Southampton manager Stuart Gray is said to join
:24:02. > :24:05.Pompey as the new first-team coach. He has since worked for several
:24:05. > :24:10.clubs in both the Premier League and the Football League. Staying
:24:10. > :24:14.with football, power chair football is a growing sport for wheelchair
:24:14. > :24:21.users and a new club was given a boost with a special tournament in
:24:21. > :24:25.Reading, it is a collaboration and fills a gap in the market before
:24:25. > :24:29.the previous clubs have been in Swindon and Watford, and provides a
:24:29. > :24:39.level playing field because able bodied players are welcomed to take
:24:39. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:45.If that is great. And now for a I thought it was hot this morning.
:24:45. > :24:51.A lovely start to the day. A bit sticky yesterday. More of that
:24:51. > :24:59.today. A lovely picture to start. View from Dungy Head towards Durdle
:24:59. > :25:09.Door, taken this morning by Heather on the Kennet and Avon Canal just
:25:09. > :25:14.east of Newbury, sent in by NJ A lot more cloud this evening so a
:25:14. > :25:17.cloudy end to a fine day. It should stay dry for most of us but the car
:25:17. > :25:22.but steadily increasing through this evening and overnight,
:25:22. > :25:27.particularly from the South West. We may see a bit of dampness in
:25:27. > :25:34.places, but the vast majority should stay dry. A bit more on Cup
:25:34. > :25:37.doubles to sleep once again -- a bit more uncomfortable to sleep.
:25:37. > :25:41.This double feature sitting over France, it is creeping into the
:25:41. > :25:45.seven most areas and bring a bit of rain through tomorrow. I think it
:25:45. > :25:53.is easing its way through tomorrow evening and it is gone by Wednesday.
:25:53. > :25:57.Tuesday morning, we have the rain into Dorset and Hampshire, and
:25:57. > :26:04.increasing in to Sussex. A few isolated showers but the further
:26:04. > :26:11.north you are, he should escape dry. 22 Celsius the top temperatures for
:26:11. > :26:17.tomorrow. The rain is slow to clear, perhaps in two late evening and
:26:17. > :26:21.elsewhere should ease away fairly quickly. Some clear breaks so a
:26:21. > :26:26.better night to come. Fresher conditions, around ten Celsius our
:26:26. > :26:30.at minimum by the early hours. Staying similar to today so some
:26:30. > :26:34.sunny spells and perhaps a bit of cloud bubbling up and temperatures
:26:34. > :26:38.in the low to mid- twenties. Almost the same on Thursday. A lot of dry
:26:38. > :26:42.weather to come. Temperatures not too bad either, we have to put up
:26:42. > :26:45.with the rain tomorrow, not huge amounts and then it is dry and warm
:26:45. > :26:52.for the rest of the week with some good, decent sunny spells with
:26:52. > :26:57.temperatures not bad. We can live with them. Through the week, low
:26:57. > :27:01.twenties to the mid- twenties and tomorrow because of the north-
:27:01. > :27:07.easterly wind, it will feel a bit cooler and things should improve
:27:07. > :27:17.into Thursday and by Friday, things are looking to go downhill because
:27:17. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:21.Persistent but gentle rain, you make it sound almost bearable! Make
:27:21. > :27:28.sure you were with us tomorrow because Tony Dunwoody doing what he