:00:07. > :00:11.Hello, I am Sally Taylor, welcome to say it's about. Tonight: Flash
:00:11. > :00:16.flooding causes chaos across parts of the South -- welcome to Saturday.
:00:17. > :00:21.A month's worth of rain falls in just a bad hours. The cost to the
:00:21. > :00:26.south police forces over the riots could be as much as �2 million.
:00:26. > :00:29.Two people die as their car plunges 300 ft on to add Isle of Wight
:00:29. > :00:33.beach. Under a red letter day for A-level
:00:34. > :00:39.students but what lies ahead for those who want to go to university?
:00:39. > :00:49.�50,000, you are going to be in debt. Are people are thinking twice
:00:49. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.A deluge of rainfall caused chaos across parts of the south today. In
:00:53. > :00:57.Bournemouth, the first day of the air show was cancelled. Family
:00:57. > :01:00.funerals had to be postponed. Roads were closed, bus shelters were
:01:00. > :01:03.smashed and even the running of a leading hospital was disrupted when
:01:03. > :01:06.part of its roof fell in. 120 locations flooded in the town and
:01:06. > :01:11.the local authority dealt with over 1,000 calls in just over three
:01:11. > :01:15.hours. Looking at this map, you will see
:01:15. > :01:20.how the rain pattern tracked across the south. Bournemouth was in the
:01:20. > :01:24.eye of the storm at one point. In parts of Dorset, 58mm of rain fell
:01:24. > :01:26.in the space of nine hours - that's just over two inches. We'll be
:01:26. > :01:29.speaking shortly to our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton in
:01:29. > :01:32.Southampton, but first we can join our reporter Chris Coneybeer, who
:01:32. > :01:37.has been following the story in Bournemouth.
:01:37. > :01:40.Chris, an emergency meeting held this afternoon. Just bring us up to
:01:40. > :01:44.date. Indeed, it is the peak of a holiday
:01:44. > :01:47.season, of course, and not many people have been on the beach today.
:01:47. > :01:52.Aware there is always a bit interesting and dramatic and it has
:01:52. > :01:56.been all of those things today -- our weather. Especially in Dorset.
:01:56. > :02:01.It didn't just rain, the water crashed from the sky, falling with
:02:01. > :02:05.such intensity that floods quickly and dangerous the developed. One
:02:05. > :02:08.flash point was that the centre of Bournemouth, where the flood began
:02:08. > :02:11.in the upper pleasure gardens and polished with terrifying speed
:02:12. > :02:16.across the main square and into the gardens below, on its way to the
:02:16. > :02:20.sea. I was a couple of miles away but it was pretty heavy, I had
:02:20. > :02:24.never seen it like this. Or we saw a lot of shops already closed, so
:02:24. > :02:33.we knew it was fairly dramatic. People were saying they have bore
:02:33. > :02:38.the inches of flooding. The damage was so spans -- substantial. Gas
:02:38. > :02:42.pipes were damaged. It exploded through a drain, cracking the road.
:02:42. > :02:46.Another bus, driving through a flooded roundabout, hit a manhole
:02:46. > :02:50.cover that came up through the floor of the bus. When the actual
:02:50. > :02:56.rain got under the pavement, the pavement lifted, the surface came
:02:56. > :03:03.up and the bus went down. So the bus actually got jammed on the
:03:03. > :03:06.Actual tarmac. This was the moment water started coming into a clothes
:03:06. > :03:12.shop, one of several businesses affected. The rain started this
:03:12. > :03:16.morning, and after half-an-hour, we both went to check the shop, and it
:03:16. > :03:21.came in through the window, literally within 10 or 15 minutes.
:03:21. > :03:26.An inch, two inches of water. Right the way through the store. Much of
:03:26. > :03:29.the stock has been affected but they hope to open again tomorrow.
:03:29. > :03:32.And a local hospital lost all of its power when the rain came
:03:32. > :03:36.through the roof. It is mid-afternoon there and --
:03:36. > :03:42.you can see, the level of the water has dropped almost as dramatically
:03:42. > :03:47.as it rose -- and that you can see. It has been extraordinary, by 0.5
:03:47. > :03:51.centimetres of rain fell here in just a couple of hours -- 5.5.
:03:51. > :03:55.There was some fun to be had as a kayak made its way through the
:03:55. > :03:59.pleasure gardens. Rather him than me, there was a
:03:59. > :04:05.rather distinctive and unpleasant spell, it -- smell coming from that
:04:05. > :04:10.quarter. With me is Mike from the council who has just come out of
:04:10. > :04:13.the emergency meeting. It has been a hectic day. It has. We have dealt
:04:13. > :04:18.with over 1,000 of phone-calls within the first couple of hours
:04:18. > :04:23.the following the abnormal rainfall. We have had the 20 roads that have
:04:23. > :04:26.been closed at one time or another, and other incidents to deal with.
:04:26. > :04:31.But importantly, we know that people's homes have been affected,
:04:31. > :04:36.which is the saddest part. You have highlighted it all day. What has it
:04:36. > :04:39.been like for your people the link up with it? We have been quite
:04:39. > :04:43.stretched at times, but we have been happy to get out and help
:04:43. > :04:49.people, get the traffic moving and help people in their homes where we
:04:49. > :04:53.can. That is our job. Do you have anyone homeless tonight? A not that
:04:53. > :04:59.we are aware rock. This is going to go on tomorrow, big recovery
:04:59. > :05:03.operation? Certainly it. We have a major clean-up for the gardens, to
:05:03. > :05:08.make sure they are fit for public use tomorrow -- certainly. Thank
:05:08. > :05:12.you, we will let you get back to the emergency meeting. Before we go,
:05:12. > :05:17.we do have some more flood warnings that are coming in from the
:05:17. > :05:24.Environment Agency. Rivers in the Christ Church area are getting very
:05:24. > :05:28.bad, especially the River Avon. Back river is rising fast right now
:05:28. > :05:31.and they do expect it to burst its banks before too long -- that the
:05:31. > :05:36.river. The other thing to tell you is that the air show in Bournemouth,
:05:36. > :05:39.which was due to get under way this afternoon had to be cancelled, but
:05:39. > :05:42.the great news is that the displays for this evening are going to go
:05:42. > :05:47.ahead, they are going to be enhanced and they will be starting
:05:47. > :05:50.in about 15 minutes. Chris, thank you very much. Those
:05:50. > :05:56.are the problems in Bournemouth and in Dorset. Now let's go to
:05:56. > :06:00.Southampton and joint Paul Clifton, he is just outside Mayflower Park.
:06:00. > :06:05.-- join. There have been serious problems on the main route in and
:06:05. > :06:09.out of Southampton. Sally, for much of the afternoon,
:06:09. > :06:11.Southampton has been largely at a standstill, and the reasons were
:06:11. > :06:16.different all over the city. Incidents and accidents, blocked
:06:16. > :06:19.drains, roads flooded. Just down from here, at Mount Batten way, the
:06:19. > :06:24.main road heading out of Southampton to the west, it was
:06:24. > :06:30.blocked for several hours, causing chaos for people heading home. The
:06:30. > :06:33.reason was a blocked drain. Here, passengers heading for cruise ship
:06:33. > :06:37.sailings had difficulty getting there on time. Shoppers coming out
:06:37. > :06:41.of the West Quay shopping centre were held up for for so long that
:06:41. > :06:45.they actually had to give them free car-parking, because they weren't
:06:45. > :06:50.getting out at all. There were road closures in Basingstoke, in
:06:50. > :06:53.Winchester, in Romsey and throughout the New Forest.
:06:54. > :06:57.Hampshire police say they have had a steady stream of emergency calls
:06:57. > :07:03.all afternoon and they don't think that part was intentional, because
:07:03. > :07:08.many of these have been very serious -- pun. We have had nearly
:07:08. > :07:13.a fortnight rain today. Thank you very much. Alexis is here
:07:13. > :07:17.now. Obviously, there have been all sorts of problems across the south.
:07:17. > :07:22.Business rate moving and how much have we had?
:07:22. > :07:26.-- is the rain moving? Over nine hours, around 2.2 inches
:07:26. > :07:30.and we are not out of the woods yet. The Met Office still have a weather
:07:30. > :07:34.warning enforced until around about 10:00pm this evening, when further
:07:34. > :07:39.ready -- rain could cause localised flooding.
:07:39. > :07:41.And what about flood warnings? There are flood warnings in a place
:07:41. > :07:48.and you can check with the Environment Agency.
:07:48. > :07:58.You will be back with a fall forecast later. BBC Radio's Solent
:07:58. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:02.Breakfast Show will be live from 6:30am tomorrow morning.
:08:02. > :08:06.It's been revealed that the cost of additional policing during the
:08:06. > :08:08.recent riots came to more than a third of a million pounds for
:08:08. > :08:12.Hampshire Police. Most of the south's forces sent police officers
:08:12. > :08:14.to London during the riots. Some also helped boost numbers in
:08:14. > :08:17.Bristol and the Midlands, and cancelled leave to strengthen
:08:17. > :08:20.coverage in their own areas. And the final cost may rise, because
:08:20. > :08:26.London is likely to need additional support for several more weeks. Our
:08:26. > :08:32.Political Editor Peter Henley is here. Peter?
:08:32. > :08:37.Yes, sadly, all of our forces actually cancelled leave and sent
:08:37. > :08:43.some of their staff home, paying overtime to send officers to London,
:08:43. > :08:47.and in Sussex in particular, they sent 75 officers, but in
:08:48. > :08:51.Hampshire... I am sorry, I have to get my script, because it is not on
:08:51. > :08:55.the screen. In Hampshire, there is a gap, because they spent a lot
:08:55. > :09:00.more dealing with the potential threat of disturbance in the city.
:09:00. > :09:04.Hampshire say they think they will be out of the pocket by at least
:09:05. > :09:08.�300,000. That is only a small proportion of their annual budget
:09:08. > :09:14.of �313 million, but if other forces in the region are in the
:09:14. > :09:17.same boat, those four days of madness could top �2 million.
:09:17. > :09:21.extremely grateful to my staff, I put them on 12 hour shifts,
:09:21. > :09:25.cancelled their days off but I think they understand why. It cost
:09:25. > :09:28.money to do it but I think it was a good investment and I praise my
:09:28. > :09:32.staff for the attitude they showed in getting out there, countering
:09:32. > :09:37.the rumours and being present on the streets to make sure we had a
:09:37. > :09:40.safe and peaceful Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The other costs
:09:40. > :09:45.incurred in the quiet, things like compensation for damage that has
:09:45. > :09:49.been paid, he -- in the riot, a round-the-clock court sittings and
:09:49. > :09:53.legal aid, they will all be paid from central government contingency
:09:53. > :09:56.fund. But looking ahead, local councils expect to squeeze to meet
:09:56. > :10:01.the Government promises that are being made to prevent riots in
:10:01. > :10:08.future. Schemes like community pay back an early intervention, with
:10:08. > :10:12.problem families, could increase costs for a probation and social
:10:13. > :10:16.services. So many different ages this in local government are
:10:16. > :10:25.counting the costs of these riots - - agencies. They are arguing the
:10:25. > :10:29.case for more money in future. Divers have been assessing the
:10:29. > :10:39.whole of the cargo ship Mungo which became wedged at the harbour wall
:10:39. > :10:42.yesterday. She was pulled free in the early hours of this morning.
:10:42. > :10:45.Police on the Isle of Wight have revealed that a couple who plunged
:10:45. > :10:47.to their death off a cliff near Bembridge are from the island.
:10:47. > :10:49.Detectives are now trying to establish what happened last night
:10:49. > :10:53.and are appealing for witnesses. Steve Humphrey explains.
:10:53. > :10:58.The car went over the cliff edge here at Culver at around 8pm last
:10:58. > :11:01.night. The emergency services immediately launched an emergency
:11:01. > :11:07.rescue operation. The bodies of the two people who died were found
:11:07. > :11:11.amongst the wreckage at the bottom of the clip. The car fell 340 ft
:11:11. > :11:14.and today, the beach was sealed off as the police continued their
:11:14. > :11:19.investigation. The wreckage of the blue Renault car was not visible
:11:19. > :11:23.from this vantage point. Meanwhile, at the top of the cliff, police
:11:23. > :11:27.have been searching for clues. The car had to go over a ditch and
:11:27. > :11:31.through a fence to reach the clifftop, a distance of around 200
:11:31. > :11:36.yards from the nearest road. Coastguards say that car was
:11:36. > :11:39.travelling at some speed when it went over the edge. It is still
:11:39. > :11:43.subject to a police investigation, they are still at call that a
:11:43. > :11:49.moment having a look at the tyre tracks and other evidence to see
:11:49. > :11:53.why the vehicle ended up going over the cliff. Within minutes of being
:11:53. > :11:58.alerted last night, the emergency services have lodged a major rescue
:11:58. > :12:01.operation. We were sat outside the caravan and we saw what we thought
:12:01. > :12:05.was a plane at first. What was your reaction when you heard what had
:12:05. > :12:10.happened? We only heard this morning and it is shocking. You
:12:10. > :12:14.just think, oh my goodness. Police are trying to build up a picture of
:12:14. > :12:18.what happened before the car went over the cliff last night. We had a
:12:18. > :12:21.team of officers investigating the incident and obviously, they are
:12:21. > :12:26.requested that any witnesses or people in the area come forward and
:12:26. > :12:29.make contact with us as soon as possible. Post-mortem examinations
:12:29. > :12:32.on the two victims were being carried out today and the results
:12:32. > :12:37.have not been released yet. The police say that the man and the
:12:37. > :12:40.woman who died were a middle-aged couple who'd bet -- lived on the
:12:40. > :12:47.Isle of Wight. They have not been name-check but police say their
:12:47. > :12:51.families have been informed of the tragedy. -- Name up yet.
:12:51. > :12:55.It's been a big day for thousands of youngsters in the south as they
:12:55. > :12:58.find out their A-level results. More students are trying to get to
:12:58. > :13:00.university than ever before. With the clock ticking on tuition fees,
:13:00. > :13:07.universities have been inundated with calls from students desperate
:13:07. > :13:11.to get a place before the fees hike up to �9,000 next year. Catharina
:13:11. > :13:15.Moh has been to meet some of the students.
:13:16. > :13:20.This morning, A-level results were released and the real race to get a
:13:20. > :13:26.place at university began. Some did better than expected. A amazing
:13:26. > :13:36.that, completely amazing. I am so excited. Others, not quite.
:13:36. > :13:43.How did it go? Not very good. I get a Deep in business, a You in a
:13:43. > :13:50.biology and a You in chemistry. Better get on to the university and
:13:50. > :13:55.see if they will accept you. A young man with a sea and a deep, we
:13:55. > :14:01.got on the University of the Winchester. Bash at grade C and a
:14:01. > :14:05.great deal. And the UCAS website crashed today and this young man
:14:05. > :14:09.could not find out whether he had got a place that his chosen
:14:09. > :14:13.university. He is now desperately looking for a second choice.
:14:13. > :14:16.don't think I am going to university this year. He now joins
:14:16. > :14:23.thousands of university fighting for a place through the clearing
:14:23. > :14:30.process. Here, a staff have been inundated with calls since 8am. As
:14:30. > :14:34.you can see from the screen, they have had a nearly 2,500 calls. The
:14:34. > :14:38.average wait time is around two minutes and 49 seconds, so it is
:14:38. > :14:42.not too long. The students called into this main central helpline.
:14:42. > :14:46.They get a divided into the other room, where staff of from
:14:46. > :14:49.individual faculties are waiting to tell you whether you have been
:14:49. > :14:53.successful or not. Students are very anxious about A-level results
:14:53. > :14:57.every year but they have the additional pressure their share
:14:57. > :15:02.about getting it so they don't have to pay the higher rates. -- this
:15:02. > :15:08.year. Many will start university in autumn as planned but for those who
:15:08. > :15:10.did not quite get the grades, the advice is do not give up.
:15:10. > :15:13.Well, as the scramble for university places continues, what
:15:13. > :15:16.are the alternatives for those who didn't get the grades required for
:15:16. > :15:22.a place or who have opted not to study for any longer? Sarah-Jane
:15:22. > :15:29.Bungay reports. Identical twins who have opted for
:15:29. > :15:36.identical degrees. A poor Ben and Jerry, university remains the
:15:36. > :15:39.perfect choice. -- 4. It is the experience that gives you a solid
:15:39. > :15:44.basis for life skills. University is a place where you can broaden
:15:44. > :15:49.that interest and get to know some great people and really fuel your
:15:49. > :15:53.enthusiasm for I subject. But with the prospect of a hike in fees next
:15:53. > :15:56.year, many students are thinking different peoples are I decided to
:15:56. > :16:00.go down the apprenticeship route, because I thought it was better for
:16:00. > :16:05.me. I have friends and family who have been to university and they
:16:05. > :16:08.are in major debt. This caused shows students the very latest in
:16:08. > :16:14.apprenticeships, job vacancies and opportunities to volunteer, if they
:16:14. > :16:19.can take the time out to do that. In Eastleigh, they are capitalising
:16:19. > :16:23.on A-level students who may want to take a different track. Before the
:16:23. > :16:27.first time, a rail freight operator is offering apprenticeships for 18
:16:27. > :16:32.year-olds. We are in an industry that is constantly on the move and
:16:32. > :16:35.is on the up. It is a three-year apprenticeship scheme. Training
:16:35. > :16:40.progresses college-based and in the workplace and it is looking to
:16:40. > :16:43.provide genuine skills. People should consider on-the-job training.
:16:43. > :16:49.It is not just the people who don't think they are suitable for
:16:49. > :16:53.University, it is suitable for anybody. When I started my degree,
:16:53. > :16:58.that was the gateway to every job, whereas now, I think I would have
:16:58. > :17:02.thought twice, due to the expense of it all. Although the starting
:17:02. > :17:07.salary for a new apprentices here may not be as much as a graduate's,
:17:07. > :17:10.for many, the attraction will be the opportunity to earn, rather
:17:10. > :17:15.than spend three she is getting into debt.
:17:15. > :17:19.With me in the studio is Dr John Martin, director of Enterprise at
:17:19. > :17:23.Southampton University. There is quite a big difference in at three
:17:23. > :17:27.years, those graduates who are coming out of university now and
:17:27. > :17:32.those A-level students who are may be going into university. At a huge
:17:32. > :17:36.difference, and we don't know what it will be like in three years -- a
:17:36. > :17:41.huge difference. It could be anything. The jobless figures have
:17:41. > :17:46.gone up. 2.5 million. Where are the jobs that the moment? There are
:17:46. > :17:50.still jobs, surprisingly in areas like finance and bind -- banking
:17:50. > :17:53.and accountancy and there are quite a lot of jobs being created in
:17:53. > :17:57.retail. Unfortunately, the Government would love to rebalance
:17:57. > :18:02.the economy but there are not many jobs in manufacturing. So that is
:18:02. > :18:06.not an area to go into? It is just more difficult, there are not many
:18:06. > :18:10.jobs around. We are obviously losing jobs and the public sector
:18:10. > :18:16.and we were told that the private sector would pick up those jobs. Is
:18:16. > :18:19.that the case? No. Unfortunately, it is not. That was absolutely the
:18:19. > :18:24.hope, the public sector shake-up was necessary and the private
:18:24. > :18:27.sector would take it on but it is not happening. We were just
:18:27. > :18:31.watching that pace from Sarah-Jane Bungay and she was talking to the
:18:31. > :18:37.screen about vocational things, apprenticeships and you were saying
:18:37. > :18:40.that, more of back. Absolutely. It is good to see that there is an
:18:40. > :18:44.increase in apprenticeships and we need more of that. Some of these
:18:44. > :18:49.people will end up with huge debts when they are starting their
:18:49. > :18:56.working life. They won the day job. You don't want to come out of
:18:56. > :19:00.university with a debt of �50,000 and no job. It must -- we must not
:19:00. > :19:04.make it bleak. This is a good day for A-level students if they have
:19:04. > :19:07.got these grades. Then queue for joining us.
:19:07. > :19:11.-- thank you. A decision has been made on the
:19:11. > :19:16.first statue of Charles Dickens in the UK which will be erected in
:19:16. > :19:20.Bournemouth last year for -- next year. A statue by the Oxford Scott
:19:20. > :19:29.Martin Germans has been chosen, which shows Charles Dickens Reading
:19:29. > :19:33.in a chair -- the Oxford sculptor Martin a Jennings. Aplenty on that
:19:33. > :19:37.on Saturday when it becomes closer. Campaigners who want to restore the
:19:37. > :19:41.country's only Grade II listed lido say the local council should hand
:19:41. > :19:45.it over to them. The Save Saltdean Lido group claim that the present
:19:45. > :19:48.owner has let it fall into a state of disrepair. They want Brighton &
:19:48. > :19:51.Hove City council to start legal proceedings to reclaim the lease so
:19:51. > :19:56.it can be run as a community project. We would like to reinstate
:19:56. > :20:01.the main rotunda and terraces that have not been used for many years,
:20:01. > :20:04.and reinstate a cafe, tables and chairs, so people can use it all
:20:04. > :20:14.year round. We would see it flourish and become the hub of the
:20:14. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:25.community. I say lido. Let's go on to sport. Let's start with football.
:20:25. > :20:28.Saints and Brighton? It is the big story once again.
:20:29. > :20:32.The top of the Championship bears a striking similarity to the top of
:20:32. > :20:35.League One at the end of last season. Southampton and Brighton
:20:35. > :20:38.occupy the top two places. After Saints continued their 100% record
:20:38. > :20:43.at Ipswich on Tuesday, Albion responded in kind with a resounding
:20:43. > :20:46.win at highly-fancied Cardiff City last night.
:20:46. > :20:52.last night. When things are going your way,
:20:52. > :20:57.shot like this going in. And Brighton must feel they can do no
:20:57. > :21:01.wrong that the moment. After Ashley Barnes had put them in front, Craig
:21:01. > :21:10.McHale Smith was bowled for a penalty, which actually Barnes
:21:10. > :21:12.greatly dispatched. -- Ashley Barnes. Even allayed Cardiff
:21:12. > :21:18.Barnes. Even allayed Cardiff penalty could not take the gloss of
:21:18. > :21:23.the victory. It is a dream start for us, three games and three wins.
:21:23. > :21:27.It is perfect. And that assessment was endorsed by supporters in the
:21:27. > :21:31.club shop today. I think we are surprising a lot of people and
:21:31. > :21:34.surprising ourselves even. I don't think even Gus Poyet and that the
:21:34. > :21:39.players know how good they can be. I think it is a combination of
:21:39. > :21:45.everything, the stadium, the manager. The kind of management he
:21:46. > :21:49.is doing it, he is excellent. Champions of League One last season,
:21:49. > :21:51.Albion already seem very much at home in the championship.
:21:51. > :21:54.England's One Day cricket international against India at the
:21:54. > :21:57.Rose Bowl next month is sold out. The Hampshire venue's first Test
:21:57. > :22:00.Match earlier in the summer was blighted by bad weather, so bosses
:22:00. > :22:04.are hoping for better weather for a full house on Tuesday, 6th
:22:04. > :22:14.September. England recently deposed the One Day World Cup winners as
:22:14. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:22.the number-one team in Test Cricket. The region's cricketers have been
:22:22. > :22:29.out buying their latest county out buying their latest county
:22:29. > :22:36.championship matches. Michael Yardley didn't add to his century.
:22:36. > :22:40.The home side going well. Hampshire's that men have failed
:22:40. > :22:50.again on the opening day of their match against Warwickshire at
:22:50. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:59.Edgbaston. The home side, and 96-44 reply when rain -- when play ended
:22:59. > :23:02.Organisers of one of the world's top round-the-world yacht races
:23:02. > :23:05.have changed the course just months before the start - because of
:23:05. > :23:08.pirates. The second and third legs of the Volvo Ocean Race had been
:23:08. > :23:11.due to pass up the East African coast, where more than 1,800
:23:11. > :23:15.sailors were kidnapped by pirates last year. The yachts will now be
:23:15. > :23:17.carried for part of the way on a transport ship. The crews will
:23:17. > :23:19.travel separately. After the Olympic test event at the
:23:19. > :23:22.Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, the Dorset resort
:23:22. > :23:26.got a test of another kind last night. The town's carnival always
:23:26. > :23:28.draws huge crowds. This year, it gave some of the 400 volunteers
:23:28. > :23:31.who'll be needed to help visitors during next summer's Olympic
:23:31. > :23:39.regatta the chance to practice some of their skills helping members of
:23:39. > :23:42.the public enjoying the evening's entertainment. This is an event
:23:42. > :23:47.that will never happen again in my lifetime in England and I just want
:23:47. > :23:51.to be involved for a whole thing. How excited are you? I have been
:23:51. > :23:57.excited since 2008, since it was announced. The excitement was
:23:57. > :24:00.generated then and it just grows. suspect that they are glad they
:24:00. > :24:06.held the car of all last night and not tonight, because all you to
:24:06. > :24:10.have been doing has been whispering about the weather -- the carnival.
:24:10. > :24:14.It is extraordinary. Lots of it weeks coming in. I wanted to read
:24:14. > :24:19.this one. In all of the years I have been living in Bournemouth, I
:24:19. > :24:22.have never seen rain this bad. It has been particularly bad in some
:24:22. > :24:26.parts. We have got some flood alerts.
:24:26. > :24:36.No warning shed, but if you want to check with the Environment Agency
:24:36. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:40.you can -- no warnings yet. We do have some weather pictures.
:24:40. > :24:42.Well, this picture got a lot of interest on Twitter today - lots of
:24:42. > :24:45.re-tweets is the technical term - re-tweets is the technical term -
:24:45. > :24:49.showing water pouring into the sea, or the tide going the wrong way at
:24:49. > :24:52.Bournemouth beach. And this picture was sent in by
:24:52. > :24:55.someone unlucky enough to be waiting for a bus - showing one
:24:55. > :25:04.flash flood at its height. A new water feature popped up in
:25:04. > :25:06.Swanage this afternoon. This was captured by Lyn Fegan.
:25:06. > :25:10.And Liam Carey captured someone canoeing to a plane at Bournemouth
:25:10. > :25:15.canoeing to a plane at Bournemouth Airport.
:25:15. > :25:18.Extraordinary pictures. Yes, heavy rainfall today. Some
:25:18. > :25:23.hefty total, 58 mm, just over two hefty total, 58 mm, just over two
:25:23. > :25:28.inches, but this guy will clear over tonight. We do have a Met
:25:28. > :25:32.Office warning for heavy rain -- the sky. There may be some mist and
:25:32. > :25:37.fog patches following today's rain. Out in the countryside, it will be
:25:37. > :25:43.a chilly start tomorrow, and a lot colder than last night. Blue skies
:25:43. > :25:47.first thing, a complete contrast from today. We will see high cloud
:25:47. > :25:52.fill-in, turning the sunshine hazy, but temperatures will be much
:25:52. > :25:55.warmer. 20C tomorrow and the wind will stay light. Expect increasing
:25:56. > :25:59.cloud cover through the early hours of Saturday morning. The chance of
:25:59. > :26:05.a shower for the south coast but temperatures will stay mild, in
:26:05. > :26:09.double figures. Saturday daytime, there is a little uncertainty to
:26:09. > :26:12.this weather front, which could produce rain for northern and
:26:12. > :26:16.western areas, and by the end of the day, another band of rain will
:26:16. > :26:21.arrive from the near Continent, and that could produce some had --
:26:21. > :26:25.thundery showers. East of the Isle of Wight, you are likely to see
:26:25. > :26:29.those heavy, thundery downpours. So there is a Met Office weather
:26:29. > :26:33.Advisory in force, and it is also been forced on Monday. Those
:26:33. > :26:38.further showers drifting up from the near Continent, and it could be
:26:38. > :26:43.a wet end to Sunday, also very wet on Monday for stuck so the Met
:26:43. > :26:47.Office are keeping a close eye on the situation, do stay tuned for
:26:47. > :26:55.the latest. Here is a summary for the rest of the week. A lovely day
:26:55. > :27:00.tomorrow, feeling warm with light winds, highs of 20, 21C. What on
:27:00. > :27:07.Saturday and predominantly drive. - - warm. Then on Sunday and Monday,
:27:07. > :27:09.the chance of heathery downpours -- heavy. If you want a full five-day
:27:09. > :27:13.heavy. If you want a full five-day forecast, you can log onto the Web
:27:13. > :27:16.site. Thank you very much. It has been a
:27:16. > :27:20.difficult day for a lot of people. To reiterate, the Bournemouth air
:27:20. > :27:24.show that we were talking about, it was disrupted today but they are
:27:24. > :27:28.back on course and events are going on this evening, and the good news
:27:29. > :27:33.is, Sarah farmer is going to be down there tomorrow, whether it