19/07/2011

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:00:04. > :00:11.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today.

:00:11. > :00:17.In tonight's programme the letter that's caused anger and confusion.

:00:17. > :00:23.Care costs will rise but where's the detail? You have got a whole

:00:23. > :00:26.group of vulnerable adults, is everybody as confused as I am?

:00:26. > :00:28.On standby - HMS Illustrious with Apaches on board prepares for

:00:28. > :00:37.deployment to Libya. The heroes of the Arctic Convoy

:00:37. > :00:40.still waiting to be recognised for their actions. There are only three

:00:40. > :00:47.alive now in Portsmouth and all of them have been waiting for the

:00:47. > :00:57.government to say, it right, there will be a medal. Join me in rural

:00:57. > :00:59.

:00:59. > :01:02.Hampshire were seven wind turbines There's confusion and anger tonight

:01:02. > :01:05.about the handling of the increase in the cost of day care services

:01:05. > :01:08.for thousands of people in Hampshire. The council is

:01:08. > :01:14.apologising after warning letters were sent out without the specific

:01:14. > :01:18.information. Families could find themselves forking out thousands of

:01:18. > :01:22.pounds more but at this stage they are not being informed just how

:01:22. > :01:29.much extra money they need to pay. So what impact have the letters

:01:29. > :01:33.had? Our reporter Laura Trant has been finding out.

:01:33. > :01:39.Vivienne shares her home with the Roffey has dementia and Alzheimer's.

:01:39. > :01:44.Ralph received a code is the letter from Hampshire County Council

:01:44. > :01:50.saying -- warning about new charges. The lack of clarity for people who

:01:50. > :01:53.need them to be made very clear to them, if I didn't have in English -

:01:53. > :01:59.- the fire with an English degree did understand the letter, how on

:01:59. > :02:08.earth do people living on their own and the letter has got to come

:02:08. > :02:12.through by a carer, or a relative, he just is so massively unclear.

:02:12. > :02:17.The council letter which was sent to 11,000 vulnerable people was

:02:17. > :02:22.intended to warn them about rising costs but Vivienne says instead it

:02:22. > :02:27.created instant fear. If letters have caused concern,

:02:27. > :02:33.then that is a matter for me to apologise to people about. If she

:02:33. > :02:39.has any difficulties with it at all, I am offering that she can ring me

:02:39. > :02:41.direct, and I will ensure those difficulties are addressed.

:02:41. > :02:46.�300 million is allocated for all care services in Hampshire. The

:02:46. > :02:49.council receives contributions of �7.5 million. The new changes will

:02:49. > :02:59.raise an estimated �5 million, bringing the total to �12.5 million

:02:59. > :02:59.

:02:59. > :03:05.which will go back into Hampshire County Council's care budget.

:03:05. > :03:08.Vivienne says what makes matters worse is the extra money he pays

:03:08. > :03:14.will not go directly into the services he uses.

:03:14. > :03:19.It would have been better if they had left it until they knew exactly

:03:19. > :03:27.what the Mount was going to be an say this is the charge that will be

:03:27. > :03:32.starting from. We can always learn, and he is the leader of the county

:03:32. > :03:36.council St we would have to look very carefully at those that go out

:03:36. > :03:40.-- saying. And look at them at the point of view of the most

:03:40. > :03:44.vulnerable. Our political editor is with me.

:03:44. > :03:47.Clearly many distressed family to have received this letter.

:03:47. > :03:50.It will cost them a lot of money and that will be a struggle for

:03:50. > :03:54.some people. You had the apology from Hampshire for the way some

:03:54. > :03:59.people were told about this -- you heard. It is about making things

:03:59. > :04:09.beret in the long run. Some people are already being towed -- Charge

:04:09. > :04:15.for things like personal care -- charged a. As you saw in the report

:04:15. > :04:19.in a budget for all adult services this contribution is less than 5%.

:04:19. > :04:24.Other local authorities are looking at the same sort of thing.

:04:24. > :04:28.In Dorset bill closing three day- care centres, charging for day care

:04:28. > :04:31.centre used in Dorset from July, in West Sussex they are closing the

:04:31. > :04:36.three day care centres for the elderly. They have had that big

:04:36. > :04:41.campaign, the dead cut us campaign where they reassess 4,500 people

:04:41. > :04:46.and aiming to reduce the amount they spend on elderly care by

:04:46. > :04:48.getting maximum value of contracts. We are living longer so the

:04:48. > :04:52.government has got to address the issue.

:04:52. > :04:59.People talk about the burden of elderly care but we should be

:04:59. > :05:03.celebrating people living longer. There is the maximum amount people

:05:03. > :05:13.will be charged so although it their problems and a camp bed for

:05:13. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:18.we know where we're going. -- so although there are problems we know.

:05:19. > :05:21.A man's been arrested on suspicion of fraud in relation to the last-

:05:21. > :05:24.minute cancellation of school skiing trips earlier this year.

:05:24. > :05:26.There are claims that Skiing Europe, based in Devon, owes money to

:05:27. > :05:29.several schools. Reading school in Berkshire paid �85,000 for a trip

:05:29. > :05:31.that didn't happen. Ferndown and the Purbeck School in Dorset were

:05:31. > :05:33.also affected. The crew of the Portsmouth

:05:34. > :05:36.helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious has been told to prepare for

:05:36. > :05:39.operations against Colonel Gaddafi's forces in Libya. The ship

:05:39. > :05:41.could be sent to the Mediterranean to take-over from HMS Ocean. This

:05:42. > :05:44.week it's been carrying out exercises off the south coast with

:05:45. > :05:50.Army Apache helicopters which have been used to carry out attacks in

:05:50. > :05:54.Libya. Illustrious is a 22-thousand tonne ship. It has around 650

:05:54. > :05:57.sailors on board. Joining them, 90 Army Air Corps personnel. She only

:05:57. > :06:00.returned from a �40 million re-fit 12 days ago and hadn't been

:06:00. > :06:05.expected to become fully operational until next spring. Our

:06:05. > :06:12.reporter Steve Humphrey has been on board.

:06:12. > :06:14.In Nelson's day they fired cannon balls at enemies. Just over 200

:06:14. > :06:20.years late -- later the weapons have become more potent and

:06:20. > :06:27.sophisticated. With its missiles and rockets this has been in action

:06:27. > :06:32.over Libya. Some of the army pilot had been getting used to operating

:06:32. > :06:40.at sea on board the Portsmouth's based helicopter carrier, HMS

:06:40. > :06:45.Illustrious. It is different. If you ask am I the they had been

:06:45. > :06:52.quite surprised. For security reasons none of the pilots wanted

:06:53. > :06:56.to be identified. It is a fantastic machine to fly. We are proving that

:06:56. > :07:00.as on the pilots were very versatile and we can move to any

:07:00. > :07:04.environment and normally make a good impression of ourselves.

:07:04. > :07:08.As illustrious and helicopters went through their paces in the English

:07:08. > :07:12.Channel it was revealed the ship herself could soon be deployed

:07:12. > :07:15.across the Libyan coast as a floating base for the Apache

:07:15. > :07:20.helicopters of the conflict continues. At the moment that job

:07:20. > :07:30.is been done by HMS Ocean. As we are seeing in Libya what is working

:07:30. > :07:31.

:07:31. > :07:34.well is a ward Mabel, -- is HMS Ocean. Flexibility, agility, the

:07:34. > :07:38.name of the game for aircraft carriers.

:07:38. > :07:43.The decision to scrap a Harrier jump-jet means the Apache is one of

:07:43. > :07:46.the main offensive aircraft been carried on the country's warships.

:07:47. > :07:52.I saw one for the first time the bid a close-up and never realised

:07:52. > :07:57.how massive they were. For the ship's crew, having an Apache on

:07:57. > :08:02.board means making closely with the army palate and technicians. -- are

:08:02. > :08:07.working closely. -- pilots. They operate differently to ourselves.

:08:07. > :08:11.It has been good having them on board. The sailors are now well

:08:11. > :08:14.aware there is a possibility they could be sent to the Mediterranean,

:08:14. > :08:17.but the deployment will depend on what is happening on the ground in

:08:17. > :08:23.Libya. So a big surprise for HMS

:08:23. > :08:26.Illustrious and her crew? Yes, I don't think anyone was expecting

:08:26. > :08:30.things would move so fast. She came back to Portsmouth after her re-fit

:08:30. > :08:33.on the 7th of July and the thinking was that she would be fully up and

:08:33. > :08:35.running and ready for action next spring. Now it looks as though

:08:35. > :08:38.that'll be brought forward by a couple of months.

:08:38. > :08:41.Why the changie in timetable? Well the reason is HMS Ocean, the

:08:41. > :08:47.helicopter carrier that went off on exercise last February and got sent

:08:47. > :08:50.to Libya in April. And she's still there. If she has to be relieved

:08:50. > :08:51.there's now only one ship that can really do it and that's Illustrious.

:08:51. > :08:58.But no certainty about what'll happen?

:08:58. > :09:02.None. If Colonel Gaddafi surrenders and the rebels roll into Tripoli in

:09:02. > :09:08.the next few the RAF and the Navy will breathe a sigh of relief, and

:09:08. > :09:11.so will the Prime Minister. I don't think anyone expected it to go on

:09:11. > :09:13.so long. And if its still going on in a few months' time HMS

:09:13. > :09:16.Illustrious may be heading to the Libyan coast.

:09:17. > :09:20.And another swap already taking place in the Med?

:09:20. > :09:25.Yes, the Portsmouth frigate Iron Duke is taking over as a short term

:09:25. > :09:28.replacement for the destroyer HMS Liverpool. As we've heard in recent

:09:28. > :09:31.weeks Liverpool and her crew have had quite an eventful time off

:09:31. > :09:37.Libya on a couple of occasions they've fired their main gun at

:09:37. > :09:40.Colonel Gaddafi's forces. Thank you very much.

:09:40. > :09:44.A 25-year-old man's being questioned by police over the

:09:44. > :09:47.suspected murder of a man from Bracknell. Human remains and a

:09:47. > :09:49.vehicle were discovered on farmland near St Austell in Cornwall last

:09:49. > :09:55.week by police investigating the disappearance of David Griffiths

:09:55. > :10:05.and his friend Brett Flournoy. Another man from Cornwall has

:10:05. > :10:05.

:10:05. > :10:11.already been charged with disposing of a body. Still to come...

:10:11. > :10:21.We have the weather details and we are on the beach.

:10:21. > :10:26.

:10:26. > :10:29.More money is ploughed into the People living and working in

:10:29. > :10:31.Reading are being urged to enter a dialogue with the council about the

:10:31. > :10:34.services they most value as local politicians grapple with finding

:10:34. > :10:37.�18 million in savings. Councillors have been handing out consultation

:10:37. > :10:41.leaflets seeking views from voters, to help shape what's provided in

:10:41. > :10:44.future. They ran the gauntlet of German gun

:10:44. > :10:47.boats to make sure supplies were delivered to the Soviet Union

:10:47. > :10:51.during the Second World War. But the veterans of the Arctic Convoy

:10:51. > :10:54.have never received a British medal for their heroic actions. David

:10:54. > :10:56.Cameron first said seven years ago that something should be done to

:10:56. > :11:06.recognise their efforts, now veterans are urging the Prime

:11:06. > :11:08.

:11:08. > :11:12.Minister to make sure that happens. The largest convoy ever take into

:11:12. > :11:16.Russia is going north of Scandinavia. Winston Churchill

:11:16. > :11:23.described the convoys as the most dangerous of the war. 3,000 men

:11:23. > :11:29.died transporting 4 million tons of supplies to Russia. This command

:11:29. > :11:34.was on four of those convoys. He has been campaigning for a medal

:11:34. > :11:41.and is aware time is running out -- this commander.

:11:41. > :11:47.In Portsmouth we had 33 members. Thereat only three alive now. --

:11:47. > :11:52.they're off. All of them had been waiting for the government to say

:11:52. > :11:55.there is a medal. They died, one after another, I hope David Cameron

:11:56. > :11:59.takes notice. When the Conservatives were in opposition

:11:59. > :12:01.they backed the campaign. In January he still appeared to be

:12:01. > :12:04.supportive. There is a case for saying they

:12:05. > :12:07.have missed out. Many of them are coming to the end of their lives

:12:07. > :12:11.and it would be good if we could do something more to recognise what

:12:11. > :12:15.they have done. But the issue was referred back to

:12:16. > :12:20.the MAT for review. Eddie feels there be let down by the promise of.

:12:20. > :12:26.-- MoD. A promise is of promise and

:12:26. > :12:29.reviewing that, that smacks of insincerity. However, he went ahead

:12:29. > :12:34.and past the thing to the unity which is the worst possible thing

:12:34. > :12:39.he could have done. These are not new arguments presented which they

:12:39. > :12:42.have to process. They are aware of these issues. It is the most

:12:42. > :12:46.positive step forward we have seen where David Cameron has said he

:12:46. > :12:52.will review it, and they are now reviewing it and arisen been moving

:12:52. > :12:55.forward and we will just hope that review ends with the right result.

:12:55. > :13:00.In 2005 and optic bad was awarded to the veterans but they say it

:13:00. > :13:06.does not go far enough -- and octet badge. The MoD doesn't think

:13:06. > :13:15.another medal is necessary. Campaigners are hoping David

:13:15. > :13:25.Work to repair the surf reef at Boscombe in Bournemouth will begin

:13:25. > :13:26.

:13:26. > :13:29.next month. The reef was closed in March after it was damaged by a

:13:29. > :13:31.boat propeller. At the same time the reef builders, ASR will also

:13:31. > :13:38.carry out improvement works to the controversial project. It'll be

:13:38. > :13:41.funded by �150,000 payment. Bournemouth Borough Council kept

:13:41. > :13:44.the money back when the reef was originally completed. Roisin Gauson

:13:44. > :13:47.has been following the story. For almost four months this has

:13:47. > :13:52.been the extent of the surfing action, great for beginners but

:13:52. > :13:57.offshore lies a �3 million artificial set free, a much-hyped

:13:57. > :14:03.facility that has been closed since March. On a summer's day the whole

:14:03. > :14:08.area is so busy which can only be good for this area, and I would

:14:08. > :14:12.like to see more going on with the surf reef, the waves bigger.

:14:12. > :14:15.husband is quite a keen surfer. We thought we would come and see what

:14:15. > :14:18.is happening but I think he is a bit disappointed there is not

:14:18. > :14:22.really any surface. Quite funny when the tide is low because the

:14:22. > :14:26.Seagulls sit on it and look like they are having a nice answer at

:14:26. > :14:30.least somebody is enjoying it. The firm that built it is coming

:14:30. > :14:36.back to career repairs to a sandbag ripped open by a boat propeller and

:14:37. > :14:40.improve the quality of surf. -- carry out repairs. We are using

:14:40. > :14:44.money set aside to make improvements, we are using that to

:14:44. > :14:47.repair the damage and if we can reach the agreement with the

:14:47. > :14:50.insurance company we will do some extra work on refinement and added

:14:50. > :14:53.improvement. There's not much of a wave here

:14:53. > :14:58.today and if it wasn't for the marker buoys out at sea would have

:14:58. > :15:08.been no it was there. The company who installed it say it is their

:15:08. > :15:20.

:15:20. > :15:23.flagship project and they are They are currently working on other

:15:23. > :15:28.brief project around the world so it would be in their interest to

:15:28. > :15:31.make sure their flagship does not flop.

:15:31. > :15:34.Proposals for a wind farm in North Hampshire have been scrutinised by

:15:34. > :15:36.the local community tonight. TCI Renewables based in Oxford hasn't

:15:37. > :15:42.yet submitted a planning application but it wants to build

:15:42. > :15:51.seven turbines at Woodmancott south of Basingstoke. Tom Hepworth is

:15:52. > :15:56.live tonight in the village of East Stratton near Winchester. Details

:15:56. > :16:03.of the proposed wind farms have already gone on show here this

:16:03. > :16:07.evening. Some people living nearby of not particularly happy, no great

:16:07. > :16:12.change as many people have opposed wind farms here in the South before.

:16:12. > :16:16.But the number of people opposing these schemes is increasing. Last

:16:16. > :16:21.year alone planning committees rejected just under half of it.

:16:21. > :16:31.They didn't make it off the drawing board. In the South seven

:16:31. > :16:33.

:16:33. > :16:36.The planning inspector will decide whether one should be built on

:16:36. > :16:41.Cheverton Down on the Isle of Wight in the next month. A fissiparous No

:16:41. > :16:48.campaign has already started here in Hampshire -- a vociferous at No

:16:48. > :16:52.campaign. The company wants to build seven at

:16:52. > :16:58.400 ft high wind turbines here. It says it is an ideal site, it is

:16:59. > :17:01.windy, sparsely populated, and it is not officially an area of

:17:01. > :17:06.outstanding natural beauty or special scientific interest.

:17:06. > :17:12.think it would be a good place but many people living nearby disagree.

:17:12. > :17:16.Barrar areas, for example, out at sea, in Scotland where know that

:17:16. > :17:23.local residents are affected -- there are areas, that would be more

:17:23. > :17:29.appropriate. Four miles you will be able to see this leaning on the

:17:29. > :17:33.horizon -- you will be able to see it for miles. -- looming. There are

:17:33. > :17:37.concerns about whether there will be noise. Exhibitions like this are

:17:37. > :17:47.part of the battle for hearts and minds but here in the south that

:17:47. > :17:48.

:17:48. > :17:53.battle is a difficult one. Baroque comparatively few wind farms here.

:17:53. > :17:56.Northern Ireland, Scotland, more attuned to it but here in England

:17:56. > :18:00.people have a big difficulty. Unfortunately it does come down to

:18:00. > :18:04.people and how much money they have in the back pocket. That might be

:18:04. > :18:11.controversial but unfortunately we are seeing the south of England

:18:11. > :18:14.particularly reticent. The company says electricity that

:18:14. > :18:18.could be generated could be enough to power 7,000 homes but many of

:18:18. > :18:23.those who have homes here are not so sure whether that is a price

:18:23. > :18:27.worth paying. Whether the scheme he gets the go-

:18:27. > :18:31.ahead will not, that will not make a great deal of difference to the

:18:32. > :18:35.Government's target for 2015 of generating 15% of electricity from

:18:35. > :18:40.renewable resources. One thing is for sure, both sides will be

:18:40. > :18:45.looking very closely at Eric Pickles' localism built to see how

:18:45. > :18:50.that affects this issue. Those plans have gone on at each

:18:50. > :18:58.Stratton village if you want to see them. -- East.

:18:58. > :19:04.Are you a row? A swimmer, but not a row were. --

:19:04. > :19:09.rower. I preferred the machines. Swimming world championships in

:19:09. > :19:13.China, the Olympics sailing test event in Weymouth. This is all as

:19:14. > :19:18.we build up to next year, it really important time. The members of the

:19:18. > :19:23.team he will fly the flag for Britain at next month's Rolling

:19:23. > :19:33.world championships were unveiled today. -- run win world

:19:33. > :19:39.

:19:39. > :19:48.championships. -- rowing. They were out as usual put in hours of

:19:48. > :19:52.practice that has made them the team to beat. Many mornings I will

:19:52. > :19:56.wake up and hear the rain and wind against the window, scrip the as

:19:56. > :20:01.against the car, we can only go out if there is not too much ice. We do

:20:01. > :20:04.it all through the seasons. That is almost way you win the medals, that

:20:04. > :20:10.is where the hard working cent in the beautiful sunny days you race

:20:10. > :20:15.in front of the world. That is the minority, but the good times.

:20:15. > :20:21.Unveiled today, the team heading for those good times, the World

:20:21. > :20:25.Championships starting at the end of August in Slovenia. The contest

:20:25. > :20:30.furthest away in time as the one minds are focused on.

:20:30. > :20:40.We are at a trajectory to produce TV ratings best ever result at the

:20:40. > :20:44.

:20:44. > :20:49.London Games. -- Rd Britain ratings. The ultimate competition is just

:20:49. > :20:53.down the Thames from here in 2012. In a way it feels like the starting

:20:53. > :20:57.pistol to get qualified but actually it went off a long time

:20:57. > :21:02.ago. I know as well as anybody you don't become an Olympic champion of

:21:02. > :21:04.the night, it is a project which picks years and you would day after

:21:04. > :21:08.day. Britain's rowers have been busy

:21:08. > :21:14.putting him at work. As the Games approach ever faster they are

:21:14. > :21:16.hoping to reap the rewards. Crawley Town have agreed a new

:21:16. > :21:20.contract with their manager ahead of their first season in the

:21:20. > :21:23.Football League. Steve Evans guided the club to the Blue Square Premier

:21:24. > :21:26.title last season, and a tie at Manchester United in the FA Cup.

:21:26. > :21:35.He's signed a three-year contract along with his assistant Paul

:21:35. > :21:41.Raynor. A dress rehearsal for next month's

:21:41. > :21:45.Twenty20 quarter-final at the Rose Bowl. The game was in the third

:21:45. > :21:55.over when the players had to flee a heavy shower. The time lost reduced

:21:55. > :21:57.

:21:57. > :22:07.the match to 35 overs a side. Must it did not want to go, the umpire

:22:07. > :22:24.

:22:25. > :22:29.sent him on the way. -- mustard. Sat nav or Mark?

:22:29. > :22:35.I have gone down the sat nav route and it is part of the Lady world we

:22:35. > :22:39.are today -- lazy. I love maps. When you're walking

:22:39. > :22:44.especially. And the achievement.

:22:44. > :22:49.Let me tell you a treasure trove of maps forgotten for 60 years has

:22:49. > :22:57.been discovered in a Sussex cottage. The work of the pictorial map

:22:57. > :23:01.artist, Max deal. His map of the underground salt and

:23:01. > :23:09.many others were equally popular of. His work is to go on show at

:23:09. > :23:16.Brighton University. Every line, image, background, and

:23:16. > :23:22.drawn and coloured. They are really works of art, designed by this man.

:23:22. > :23:30.A master of his craft, decades before anybody had even dreamed of

:23:30. > :23:35.digital announcements. His work is beautiful, unique. I

:23:35. > :23:41.don't think anybody ever produced such wonderful mops, pictorial maps,

:23:41. > :23:48.as he did. Even if you read about pictorial maps nowadays he is still

:23:48. > :23:51.talked about in his field. All these posters and original of

:23:51. > :23:56.works have been rescued from obscurity in the Sussex cottage he

:23:56. > :24:02.shared with his second wife, Priscilla, in the last years of his

:24:02. > :24:05.life. When we inherited his cottage we

:24:05. > :24:09.started discovering all these things. And realised there was a

:24:09. > :24:12.mountain of it and we had no idea what to do with it, felt they ought

:24:12. > :24:16.to be some kind of exhibition, perhaps.

:24:16. > :24:21.We didn't have a wall space to hang any of them so it was a case of

:24:21. > :24:26.looking at them, thinking how lovely and putting them away again.

:24:26. > :24:32.I think after this he will not be forgotten. This will firmly

:24:32. > :24:36.established him back in the public eye. The research interest in him

:24:36. > :24:41.and it will not go away. They are beautiful. You can go and

:24:41. > :24:45.see it at Brighton University. We have got the weather. A bit

:24:45. > :24:53.better today. Not a complete washout. Some of the

:24:53. > :24:58.sunny conditions but some very heavy showers as you saw at the

:24:58. > :25:01.There was some sunshine today, Ray Passmore from Swanage captured the

:25:01. > :25:04.wild flowers in Durlston Country Park looking out to sea. John Cilia

:25:04. > :25:06.took this photo of the hanging baskets in West Chiltington, West

:25:06. > :25:09.Sussex before the showers arrived. And Susan and David Dorrell are

:25:09. > :25:13.looking after these two peacocks that have turned up in their garden

:25:13. > :25:22.in West Moors in Dorset. They are in fact looking for anyone locally

:25:22. > :25:28.who has lost the or will re-home the birds. Do get in touch, the e-

:25:28. > :25:32.mail address is on the screen. We had some very heavy showers as you

:25:32. > :25:35.saw at the Rose Bowl. This week generally it will be a cold a week

:25:35. > :25:45.and showers. They could be on her beside, maybe the odd rumble of

:25:45. > :25:49.

:25:49. > :25:53.thunder. -- on the head the side. - - on the heavy side. This club will

:25:53. > :25:58.gradually work its way towards the South West. We lose but showers

:25:58. > :26:08.overnight. The skies were clear in places. Temperatures will be in

:26:08. > :26:13.

:26:13. > :26:17.double figures. Tomorrow, initially, a dry start. We see the rain

:26:17. > :26:27.arrived from the Atlantic. It could be heavy in places, mainly

:26:27. > :26:29.

:26:29. > :26:39.affecting so than most area of our region. -- but so there must. --

:26:39. > :26:40.

:26:40. > :26:44.the sudden most area of our region. -- Southern. For Thursday daytime

:26:44. > :26:52.that mass of reign over us on Wednesday will clear off to the

:26:52. > :26:58.near Continent. -- rain. Scout -- the showers will be fairly well

:26:59. > :27:02.scattered. Some decent amount of sunshine. Similar conditions for

:27:02. > :27:12.Saturday. This ridge of high pressure starts nudging its way in

:27:12. > :27:13.

:27:13. > :27:22.from the Atlantic. Some lively showers about tomorrow and also on