:00:01. > :00:04.Hello. I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:04. > :00:12.programme: Keep off the tracks - the warning
:00:12. > :00:17.about the danger of live rails. It could happen to anyone. You can
:00:17. > :00:21.trip and fall and that was all it took.
:00:21. > :00:31.Cutting care - Pam is in her 80s and disabled - but her funding for
:00:31. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:39.home help has gone. If I haven't got any care, the only thing I can
:00:39. > :00:43.afford is dine as peacefully as I can.
:00:43. > :00:49.-- dying. And a simple tale of country life
:00:49. > :00:54.as thousands visit the first day of the New Forest Show. There is
:00:54. > :00:58.something for everybody. They are graphic images which show
:00:58. > :01:00.the consequences of trespassing on, or vandalising, live railway tracks.
:01:00. > :01:03.As the summer holidays begin, Network Rail has released pictures
:01:03. > :01:09.showing the horrific burns people have suffered in the hope it
:01:09. > :01:12.prevents more people being killed or injured. Across the country, 69
:01:12. > :01:16.people died as a result of being electrocuted on the railway over
:01:17. > :01:22.the last ten years. In this region, there were almost 1,500 reported
:01:22. > :01:25.incidents of trespass and vandalism last year. Catharina Moh has been
:01:25. > :01:35.to meet a man whose girlfriend was killed when she fell onto a live
:01:35. > :01:36.
:01:36. > :01:40.rail. This report does contain some images you may find disturbing.
:01:40. > :01:44.Electricity enters the body and has a massive amount of destructive
:01:44. > :01:48.damage internally. These are the photos of real-life victims,
:01:48. > :01:54.showing what can happen if you trespass on to train tracks.
:01:54. > :01:58.get massive surface burning of the skin. Network Rail launched this on
:01:58. > :02:03.YouTube. Some images are terrific for us to show. And this is the
:02:03. > :02:07.potential killer, the third rail. Leighton Walford still cannot go
:02:07. > :02:11.near NL weight line. It has been five years since his girlfriend
:02:11. > :02:16.Sammy was killed after she tripped and fell onto the electrified third
:02:16. > :02:19.rail. They were with a group of friends. They had all been on a
:02:19. > :02:22.night out and decided to take a short cut home by walking along a
:02:22. > :02:29.railway track. The police and paramedics were not able to get
:02:29. > :02:35.worse because the line was still electrified. Unfortunately, by the
:02:35. > :02:40.time they had reached us, Sam had passed away. Whilst young people
:02:40. > :02:44.commit more obviously risky crimes such as plain chicken on a rail
:02:44. > :02:47.track or even doing graffiti in hard to reach places, figures show
:02:47. > :02:51.that actually more adults commit will crime simply through
:02:51. > :02:56.trespassing on the tracks in a bid to take a short cut, just like
:02:56. > :03:00.Leighton and his girlfriend. In a survey of 2000 parents nationally,
:03:00. > :03:05.one in 12 admitted they had missed about on the railway or trespass by
:03:05. > :03:08.taking a short cut. Nearly half didn't know that the third rail
:03:08. > :03:13.line is switched on all the time. One in five of them didn't think
:03:13. > :03:16.the railway line was a risk to their children. One of the things
:03:16. > :03:21.people don't realise is that the electricity in the third rail is
:03:21. > :03:25.always switched on. It is really important, as we approach the start
:03:25. > :03:28.of our holidays, that young people realise this danger so they are not
:03:29. > :03:33.tempted to mess around on the railway. It is so dangerous. I
:03:33. > :03:40.can't explain enough how quickly what you think is a great night out
:03:40. > :03:43.can change. It is the worst decision we have ever made. It cost
:03:43. > :03:46.Sam her life postop Leighton Walford ending that report
:03:46. > :03:48.by Catharina Moh. Social services have been
:03:49. > :03:53.criticised for withdrawing funding for care for an 82-year-old
:03:53. > :03:57.disabled woman. Pam Bartlett used to get �240 a week to spend on
:03:57. > :04:00.carers. This enabled her to stay living in her own home near
:04:00. > :04:10.Haywards Heath. Now that money has been stopped. The council says it
:04:10. > :04:11.
:04:11. > :04:15.no longer funds practical support. Sarah Smith reports.
:04:15. > :04:18.Only in the full stop and three times a week Lorne Thomas comes to
:04:18. > :04:25.help Pam Bartlett. But where for years she was a paid carer, now she
:04:25. > :04:30.does it for free. She is one of three women who continue to visit
:04:30. > :04:33.despite Mrs Bartlett's care funding being stopped. Then we would do
:04:33. > :04:38.your breakfast and two other bits and pieces.
:04:38. > :04:41.I can't possibly leave her without any care. She is 82. I can't go to
:04:42. > :04:48.bed at night knowing she could about an accident, she might not
:04:48. > :04:52.have had anything to eat or drink or seen anybody all day. A very
:04:52. > :04:57.active women into her 70s, Palm Pilot was left disabled by a car
:04:57. > :05:02.accident. She was assessed nine years ago as needing care and given
:05:02. > :05:08.funding. So she is puzzled and dismayed that nine years on, with
:05:08. > :05:14.her eyesight deteriorating, that money has been taken away. I am not
:05:14. > :05:20.able to do as much as I used to be able to do because I am older. So
:05:20. > :05:25.without lawn there and Sue and Callum coming in, I really don't
:05:25. > :05:29.know. Social services didn't want to talk about Mrs Bartlett's case
:05:29. > :05:33.but said only those whose needs were assessed as critical or
:05:33. > :05:41.substantial would now get support. She is only classed as having
:05:42. > :05:49.moderate knees. It is a way of rationalising social care. It is
:05:49. > :05:52.almost designed to exclude people who can live independently.
:05:52. > :05:58.Bartlett's site has been affected by immaculate degeneration and it
:05:58. > :06:04.has worsened. People might have difficulty moving around their
:06:04. > :06:10.homes. They could have difficulty taking a shower on their own.
:06:10. > :06:14.now sitting here waiting to die. If I haven't got any care, the only
:06:14. > :06:18.thing I can look forward to his dying as peacefully as I can.
:06:18. > :06:22.the moment, she says the only thing keeping her going is the generosity
:06:22. > :06:25.of others. A Brighton cyclist is fighting for
:06:26. > :06:28.his life after being involved in a collision with a milk float this
:06:28. > :06:31.morning. The man is being treated at Hurstwood Park Neurological Unit
:06:31. > :06:34.at Haywards Heath for serious head injuries. The 22-year-old milk
:06:34. > :06:44.float driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and
:06:44. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:48.is currently in custody. A family of three from Brighton accused of
:06:48. > :06:52.attempting to claim fortunately �1.5 million from a bus company
:06:52. > :06:56.will have to wait until the autumn before their fate is decided.
:06:56. > :07:00.Teresa Dowds suffered brain injury when she was hit by a bus in
:07:00. > :07:03.Brighton in 2005. Her husband and two daughters are accused of
:07:03. > :07:07.colluding to make her injuries seemed more serious than they were,
:07:07. > :07:10.a claim they denied. Two High Court judges have reserved their judgment
:07:10. > :07:13.until they have reviewed all the evidence.
:07:13. > :07:16.An inquest has begun today into the deaths of three British soldiers
:07:16. > :07:19.who were killed by a rogue Afghan soldier. The three, including Major
:07:19. > :07:21.James Bowman from Salisbury, died during an attack at their base in
:07:21. > :07:30.Helmand province in July last year. Our correspondent Nick Higham
:07:30. > :07:37.reports. Members of all three men's families
:07:37. > :07:43.were in court today for the start of the four-day inquest, including
:07:43. > :07:48.corporal -- the Coppell's widow and their son. The three were serving
:07:48. > :07:53.with the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, soldiers known for their
:07:53. > :07:56.toughness and royalty. Like these British troops in Helmand, they
:07:56. > :08:01.have been patrolling alongside and training soldiers of the Afghan
:08:01. > :08:06.National Army. They were betrayed and murdered in cold blood by a man
:08:06. > :08:10.they thought was an ally. The men were operating from an encampment
:08:10. > :08:14.known as a patrol base three at Nahr-e Saraj near Lashkar Gah. In
:08:14. > :08:18.the small hours of the morning, one of the Afghan soldier shot the
:08:18. > :08:23.company commander, Major Bowman, where I slept. He then fired a
:08:23. > :08:29.rocket-propelled grenade into the operation centre, killing the other
:08:29. > :08:34.two. Then he escaped over the wall of the compound. James Bowman was
:08:34. > :08:42.34. Like the others, had work to win friends a lot -- among local
:08:42. > :08:52.people. Neal Turkington was 26, lost a man. He taught himself to
:08:52. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :08:56.speak Nepalese in an Irish accent. The other soldier was 33. Their
:08:56. > :08:59.bodies were repatriated to Britain a week after their deaths. Among
:08:59. > :09:03.the crowd waiting to pay their respects as they passed through
:09:03. > :09:08.Wootton Bassett, the Coppell's family, including his daughter,
:09:08. > :09:13.then aged eight. As for their Keller, he took refuge with the
:09:13. > :09:16.Taliban. He is still a wanted man. Carlos to it and told the inquest
:09:16. > :09:20.that the Gurkhas had been working close partnership with members of
:09:20. > :09:27.the Afghan national army has done the same base. He was asked by
:09:27. > :09:29.members of Neal Turkington's family why lessons had not been learned by
:09:29. > :09:34.beginning in 2009 of five British soldiers by rogue policeman they
:09:34. > :09:37.were meant to be mentoring. The Afghan army and the piece, he said,
:09:37. > :09:46.were very different organisations, the army was much more professional
:09:46. > :09:52.and accountable than the police. Campaigners trying to save five
:09:53. > :10:00.libraries on the Isle of Wight lost their case today. The campaigners
:10:00. > :10:04.say the delay was caused by a Services Commission. The council
:10:04. > :10:11.needs to say �18 million this year. Still to come in this evening's
:10:11. > :10:15.South Today: Jo Kent has spent the day in the forest.
:10:15. > :10:20.From feathered friends to heavy horses. We will have a flavour of
:10:20. > :10:23.the sights and sounds of Day One of the New Forest Show.
:10:23. > :10:26.Cuts to student travel grants in West Sussex could stop some poorer
:10:26. > :10:29.teenagers from studying. That's the warning from college heads in the
:10:29. > :10:31.county. Five principals who run colleges in West Sussex have sent a
:10:31. > :10:35.joint letter to the county council urging them to reinstate the
:10:35. > :10:38.funding. The council says it made the cut reluctantly and is
:10:38. > :10:46.continuing to help some students with their travel needs. But the
:10:46. > :10:51.colleges say the change will have an effect.
:10:51. > :10:56.About a few hundred per College will lose out, so students where
:10:56. > :11:00.families are earning under �21,000 a year and travelling from rural
:11:00. > :11:04.areas or rub difficult rail or bus journeys to us may not be able to
:11:04. > :11:07.afford to get into college. The South Downs Way has long been
:11:07. > :11:11.enjoyed by ramblers, with its fine views over the Sussex Downs. But a
:11:11. > :11:14.row is now under way over efforts to market it to long distance
:11:14. > :11:16.runners. The Trailblaze scheme sees runners swiping a white plastic box
:11:16. > :11:18.at various stages of their run - blighting the landscape, according
:11:18. > :11:24.to some objectors, and commercialising a beautiful stretch
:11:24. > :11:34.of countryside. Rebecca Barry has been listening to both sides of the
:11:34. > :11:39.debate. For people like Stuart Mills, this
:11:39. > :11:43.is the only way to enjoy the South Downs. Now a new way of expressing
:11:43. > :11:49.the countryside is keeping him going further and faster. A string
:11:49. > :11:53.of electronic checkpoints means he can lock his route. Runners pay �70
:11:53. > :11:58.for a year's subscription. Why not just time yourself? You could do
:11:58. > :12:02.that, but the added bonus you get is that you're looking for these
:12:02. > :12:07.checkpoints and it is a bit like a treasure hunt and you find the
:12:07. > :12:13.checkpoint, and you get a beep and you go off to the next checkpoint.
:12:13. > :12:17.It is that added extra to the run. It is a bit like orienteering. You
:12:17. > :12:21.use a tad like Mr register at one of these checkpoints. There are
:12:21. > :12:26.about 10 of them across this 100 mile route. It records your speed
:12:26. > :12:30.and distance and post it online. But not everyone is happy. They
:12:30. > :12:35.argue it is commercialising public land. Hundreds have signed a
:12:35. > :12:41.petition. It is the boxers themselves, they are intrusion upon
:12:41. > :12:49.the ethos, the feel of the place. They would be more at home in a
:12:49. > :12:53.public lavatory than on gateposts on the South Downs. It is obtrusive.
:12:53. > :12:57.The Government's adviser on the environment, Natural England, says
:12:57. > :13:01.it is listening to feed back but it needs to find new ways of raising
:13:01. > :13:08.money. There are stunning roots and we want people to experience
:13:08. > :13:12.running and walking. It is a really good way to a stay fit. These roots
:13:12. > :13:18.need rig tiny -- retaining. They are under pressure at some points,
:13:18. > :13:28.so we look at all sorts of opportunities for raising money.
:13:28. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:32.the Trailblaze scheme is running as a pilot for a year.
:13:32. > :13:35.Close to 100,000 visitors are expected at this year's New Forest
:13:35. > :13:38.Show, which opened its gates today. It comes as the future of the
:13:38. > :13:41.forest is debated. Our reporter Jo Kent is at the event in
:13:41. > :13:51.Brockenhurst. Jo, a chance for anyone and everyone interested in
:13:51. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:08.Things are grinding down now. This special display has been put down
:14:08. > :14:12.for asked. The day started with a bit of a shower but thankfully the
:14:12. > :14:18.Sun has been with us for the rest of the day, much to the delight of
:14:18. > :14:23.the crowds. From exquisite equine star horse
:14:23. > :14:29.power of another kind. This is a celebration of country pursuits,
:14:29. > :14:32.agriculture and tradition. We like looking at the main arena, all the
:14:32. > :14:42.variety in there. There are motorbike displays and something
:14:42. > :14:43.
:14:44. > :14:51.for everybody. It is very big. There is a lot to see, dogs and
:14:51. > :14:55.sheep and cows. This year there is a new man in charge. And 27, he is
:14:55. > :15:03.the youngest yet. We will be making sure the public have a great time.
:15:03. > :15:08.A very busy few days ahead. How did you get into thatching? Walking
:15:08. > :15:11.home from school, I was brought up in the forest, I saw a load of
:15:11. > :15:16.Thatchers working and they were cutting out fancy patterned ridges
:15:16. > :15:26.and it was arty and I thought it would be a good job. Can I have a
:15:26. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:39.go? Pattin nicely into place. You are a natural. In the parade ring,
:15:39. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:47.the finest live stock. I train them to go on a halter. I help choose
:15:47. > :15:54.which ones to bring. As day one crew to a close, clouds piled out
:15:54. > :15:58.with smiling faces and wagging tails. The show celebrates New
:15:58. > :16:01.Forest traditions but it is an uncertain time. The Government is
:16:01. > :16:06.carrying out consultation into the future management of the forest.
:16:06. > :16:10.There are diverse opinions. Chris Packham says he is worried about
:16:10. > :16:14.the forest and would like to see changes. The New Forest Association
:16:14. > :16:21.is worried about the way the Forestry Commission is doing things.
:16:21. > :16:28.Joining me now is a verge of the New Forest. Are these worrying
:16:28. > :16:32.times? They are very worrying times. Hopefully people will see sense at
:16:32. > :16:42.the end. The National Park are quite happy when they say it if it
:16:42. > :16:47.is not broker, do not Mendip. -- mend it. Hopefully they will see
:16:47. > :16:53.sense. We need them working for us and we do not need an open outlook
:16:53. > :16:56.where we can see however, we need a working forest. It has to happen
:16:56. > :17:01.for my grandchildren and their grandchildren. Hopefully we can
:17:01. > :17:05.keep it growing. There has been talk of limiting traffic because of
:17:05. > :17:10.the damage visitors' cause. What is your opinion? Yes it does cause
:17:10. > :17:16.damage but the snag is that the Forres belongs to everybody. I
:17:16. > :17:23.would love to see the traffic kept on the outside but we must more
:17:23. > :17:30.literate and get people to leave the rare species in the middle to
:17:30. > :17:40.the quiet times. A lot for the panel to consider. They will report
:17:40. > :17:45.
:17:45. > :17:47.back in the spring. Thank you very much. A young man
:17:47. > :17:50.from Bournemouth is hoping to transform Boscombe Beach after
:17:50. > :17:53.winning a �2,000 grant. 25-year-old Lee Park grew up in a children's
:17:53. > :17:57.home. He started using drugs and committing crime. But he got his
:17:57. > :18:02.life back on track and is now a chef and a youth worker. He's used
:18:02. > :18:05.the money to train 12 new lifeguards. I was lucky to have an
:18:05. > :18:10.inside aspect and I saw that Boscombe needed something like this
:18:10. > :18:13.to get young people to engage with the beat. I felt it was a personal
:18:13. > :18:23.obligation to get back and help others. I will continue to do that
:18:23. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:29.as long as I can. On to the sport with Tony Husband. Glorious
:18:30. > :18:34.Goodwood. It would not be summer without it.
:18:34. > :18:41.There is Test cricket at Lord's. They are events that we expect
:18:41. > :18:44.every summer. Day One of Glorious Goodwood
:18:44. > :18:47.produced an exciting finish in the feature race, the Gordon Stakes. It
:18:47. > :18:51.was a cloudy day for race goers on the downs. The race, which is seen
:18:51. > :18:54.as a key stepping stone on route to the final classic of the year, the
:18:54. > :18:57.St Ledger, was won by the Mark Johnston trained Namibian riden by
:18:57. > :19:04.Brazilian Silvestre de Souza who held off a strong challenge from
:19:04. > :19:09.Fiurente. A great day for the beginning of
:19:09. > :19:11.glorious Goodwood. It ended up as a two horse race.
:19:11. > :19:14.The Poole Pirates ended their elite league speedway meeting at Coventry
:19:14. > :19:17.last night with only four fit riders. The Pirates lost three to
:19:17. > :19:20.injury or illness in the meeting. Renat Gafurov was disqualified
:19:20. > :19:24.after crashing out in heat 14. It meant the race was rerun with the
:19:24. > :19:34.unusual sight of only two Coventry riders on the track. The home side
:19:34. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:39.won by 49 points to 42. Last night we told you the story of
:19:39. > :19:41.two men from the south were taking on a charity challenge.
:19:41. > :19:45.Two fundraisers are on schedule to complete a marathon challenge to
:19:45. > :19:48.swim to the Isle of Wight, run around it, and then swim back again.
:19:48. > :19:51.Martin Kennaugh and Dave Savage set off from Gosport yesterday. The
:19:51. > :19:54.pair swam to the Island and ran 20 miles. Today they've been, I'm told,
:19:54. > :19:57.bowled over by the support from islanders during a 30 mile run.
:19:57. > :19:59.They're shattered tonight and have to complete the challenge tomorrow
:19:59. > :20:04.which includes swimming back to Gosport. They're raising money for
:20:04. > :20:07.the Southampton Hospital charity. Best of luck to them. They finished
:20:07. > :20:10.tomorrow evening. Hampshire are back in action
:20:10. > :20:15.tonight after producing one of the best results in their 40 over
:20:15. > :20:25.cricket history yesterday with their 174 run win over Northants.
:20:25. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:32.They were asked to field at It's a big day tomorrow. It will be
:20:32. > :20:35.a year to go until the Olympics. The journey to 2012 has well and
:20:35. > :20:38.truly begun for pupils from Park House School in Berkshire. They've
:20:38. > :20:41.been involved in a twinning project, teaming up schools from the UK with
:20:41. > :20:44.the former schools of Olympic athletes from around the globe.
:20:44. > :20:46.They've teamed up with School No 79 in Mongolia, which is the former
:20:46. > :20:55.school of boxer and Olympic Gold medallist Badar-Uugan as Alexis
:20:55. > :20:58.Green reports. The two schools first came together
:20:58. > :21:06.at an event in London held at the British Museum along with other
:21:07. > :21:09.schools from around the world. Earlier in the year the Berkshire
:21:09. > :21:12.school took their Mongolian friends to Newbury Racecourse, as horse
:21:12. > :21:15.racing in Mongolia is a very popular sport. Since then the
:21:15. > :21:22.pupils have been finding out more about the Mongolian Culture in a
:21:22. > :21:28.week long project which they filmed and edited themselves. Three things
:21:28. > :21:35.come to mind when you hear the word Mongolia. Fruit and nomadic
:21:35. > :21:40.conditions. In horse racing, people from the age of six can ride a
:21:40. > :21:43.horse. Many nomadic children are educated with skills needed to
:21:44. > :21:47.continue the nomadic tradition. It is given by helping and assisting
:21:47. > :21:49.their family members to carry out a task.
:21:49. > :21:59.Questions were then put to Mongolia's Olympic Athlete Badar-
:21:59. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:05.Uugan about himself and the Olympics. Your first question was
:22:05. > :22:09.what inspired him to become a boxer, this is what he said. From a young
:22:09. > :22:13.age my grandfather trained me in wrestling. He said that one day I
:22:13. > :22:18.would become a famous wrestler. My uncle said because I was getting
:22:18. > :22:22.into fights the boys in the streets, I should do boxing instead. Three
:22:22. > :22:26.Mongolians really believe in the power of the idea that if you say
:22:26. > :22:30.something positive it will become a true. I was thrilled that he
:22:30. > :22:35.responded because you do not expect them to reply to you and it was
:22:35. > :22:40.really nice because it shows that our link is working. His reaction
:22:40. > :22:46.was very personal and he made sure he had a bit of a sense of humour
:22:46. > :22:49.in there. I was amazed by how normal he was and how he managed to
:22:49. > :22:52.achieve what he really wanted to. As London 2012 approaches it's not
:22:52. > :23:02.just the athletes who will be striving to make their Olympic
:23:02. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:06.dreams a reality. Loads of Olympics stuff all over
:23:06. > :23:09.the BBC tomorrow. It's a big week for Brighton and
:23:09. > :23:12.Hove Albion. Later this week we'll be charting their eventful journey
:23:12. > :23:15.to their new Amex Stadium on the outskirts of the city. And with
:23:15. > :23:19.fans just about getting used to the idea of watching the beautiful game
:23:19. > :23:22.at their new stadium, now they can also get a chance to see some art
:23:22. > :23:26.at Falmer. New pieces have gone on display around the stadium. Many of
:23:26. > :23:30.the artists have worked with local people and fans to try to capture
:23:30. > :23:34.the spirit of Brighton and Hove Albion. Fans on the terraces and a
:23:34. > :23:38.range of emotions that they all go through. This is the one that was
:23:38. > :23:43.so near and yet so far. And then with the players and the action on
:23:43. > :23:46.the pitch, I wanted as much colour and music -- movement and the drama
:23:46. > :23:49.unfolding. Tonight BBC Sussex has a full
:23:49. > :23:52.preview to Albion's first season at their new home. More than 300
:23:52. > :24:00.tickets have already gone for their Football Forum, if you want to
:24:00. > :24:02.listen in, it's live with Johnny Cantor from 7.05pm. We have the
:24:02. > :24:05.weather now. We have some lovely pictures.
:24:05. > :24:12.Come rain or shine, you can't dampen the great British spirit.
:24:12. > :24:18.Robin Boultwood captured this scene this morning at Swanage Market.
:24:18. > :24:26.They are having a great day! It was a mixed looking sky showing
:24:26. > :24:30.Brighton-based. Back to the New Forest Show. I am
:24:30. > :24:40.hoping those are cows behind you but I do not think I there is a
:24:40. > :24:42.
:24:42. > :24:46.I am fine, they are behind a barrier. This is a Guernsey cow. We
:24:46. > :24:51.had a cloudy start to the day and cloud has been the main complaint.
:24:51. > :24:56.Some intense downpours this morning but it is quiet now. On the
:24:56. > :25:01.satellite image we can see a bit of cloud once again. It will linger
:25:01. > :25:10.over eastern areas through the CV and tonight. A few bricks
:25:10. > :25:15.developing to the far north. -- breaks. In the overnight. The cloud
:25:15. > :25:24.will build up once again. It is essentially dry but the cloud is
:25:24. > :25:28.increasing at the end of the night. It will hog the south coast. A
:25:28. > :25:33.cloudy and mild start to the day almost everywhere except for parts
:25:33. > :25:39.of Dorset where there is sunshine, as well as Wiltshire. At cloudy and
:25:39. > :25:43.quiet start to the day with possibly some early mist and fog.
:25:43. > :25:47.Sunny spells begin to appear on our map, favouring the far north and
:25:47. > :25:56.west of our patch. Eastern areas will hang on to a lot of cloud
:25:56. > :25:59.throughout the day. The wind is not shift in the cloud anywhere.
:25:59. > :26:04.Hopefully a quiet day at the New Forest Show but they could be the
:26:04. > :26:10.odd light shower through the day. As we head into the evening there
:26:10. > :26:16.is patchy cloud around with just a few breaks. Thursday is looking
:26:16. > :26:20.much better. It should be the warmer day this week. You should
:26:20. > :26:25.see better sunshine amounts again. It will favour the east because we
:26:25. > :26:30.have a little bit of activity going on to the far west by Thursday.
:26:30. > :26:33.Wednesday is not too bad, just a bit cloudy. Thursday is better but
:26:33. > :26:39.Friday could have light rain or even the odd heavy shower when the
:26:39. > :26:45.afternoon. Thank you very much. We are just
:26:45. > :26:48.watching the back-end of the cow fair but all is well.
:26:48. > :26:51.Let me tell you about a special edition of South Today tomorrow
:26:51. > :26:54.evening as we mark the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel. Four years
:26:54. > :26:57.after the digging started, construction on the mile long
:26:57. > :27:04.tunnel has been completed. It'll remove a major bottleneck on the A3
:27:04. > :27:07.between London and Portsmouth. We'll be looking at what it means
:27:07. > :27:09.for drivers and the town of Hindhead. And how the tunnel will
:27:09. > :27:12.protect the Devil's Punchbowl, one of our most beautiful landmarks and
:27:12. > :27:17.protected habitats. I'll be on location as South Today comes live
:27:17. > :27:20.from the tunnel entrance. There will be a special edition of
:27:20. > :27:22.the BBC Surrey Breakfast show ahead of the opening of the Hindhead
:27:22. > :27:25.Tunnel with Nick Wallis and Mark Carter, tomorrow morning from
:27:25. > :27:29.6.00am. And as it's on the Hampshire border, Julian Clegg will