:00:06. > :00:09.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:09. > :00:12.programme: Killed by a single bullet as he tried to defuse a bomb,
:00:12. > :00:15.the territorial who died in Afghanistan The hoaxer who caused
:00:15. > :00:25.airport disruption because of a row with his wife.
:00:25. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:33.The dragon roars - the �1 billion ship making her home in Portsmouth.
:00:33. > :00:39.It is just awesome. He does what it says on the 10, fantastic. -- on
:00:39. > :00:42.the tin. And breaking down the barriers - bringing together all
:00:42. > :00:51.abilities in this Paralympic year. Disability doesn't mean you can't
:00:51. > :00:54.do something, you just maybe do it He went to diffuse a Taliban bomb
:00:54. > :00:57.but was killed by a single bullet. Territorial Army Sapper William
:00:57. > :01:03.Blanchard from Gosport in Hampshire died from the gunshot while serving
:01:03. > :01:08.in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. An inquest today heard that he was
:01:08. > :01:11.hit in the chest. And despite wearing body armour, the hearing
:01:11. > :01:19.was told that no armour could, or ever would, have been able to
:01:19. > :01:22.protect him. Mark Sanders was at today's inquest.
:01:22. > :01:27.At the inquest in Portsmouth the awful events of one day in
:01:27. > :01:31.Afghanistan were delivered. William Blanchard's widow and other members
:01:31. > :01:38.of his family heard how he was killed as he dealt with at bomb
:01:38. > :01:44.left by the Taliban. As he prepared to defuse the IED he was shot in
:01:44. > :01:52.the chest. His colleague told the inquest he heard a crack, a breeze
:01:52. > :01:55.and a flood and as he turned to look he saw William Blanchard fall.
:01:55. > :01:59.Other soldiers came under intense fire but William Blanchard was
:01:59. > :02:04.fatally wounded and there was nothing anyone could do to save him.
:02:04. > :02:08.It was the Territorial Army's soldier first tour of duty in
:02:08. > :02:13.Afghanistan. His work as a bomb disposal expert was a hero's job.
:02:13. > :02:17.The inquest was told he was wearing the latest body armour when he was
:02:17. > :02:24.shot. It was correctly made and fitted. The bullet went through the
:02:24. > :02:28.hem, six centimetres away from the hard plate. The coroner recorded a
:02:28. > :02:34.verdict of unlawful killing. He said he had been hit in a location
:02:34. > :02:39.that nobody, could or ever would be able to cover. After the inquest
:02:39. > :02:43.his family didn't want to comment but following his funeral last
:02:43. > :02:46.November a work colleague gave this could beat. During his training for
:02:46. > :02:50.his deployment in Afghanistan he went on long bike rides with his
:02:50. > :02:54.friends, cycle to the top of the hill to get their first then cycle
:02:54. > :02:59.back down to meet his friends and lead them to the top. A tremendous
:02:59. > :03:03.leader, caring, absolute professional. Very much missed.
:03:03. > :03:06.the inquest both the coroner and William Blanchard's family thanked
:03:06. > :03:15.the soldiers who were with him that day for everything they did to try
:03:15. > :03:18.to help. The MoD has confirmed the Royal
:03:18. > :03:24.Marine killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan yesterday was from
:03:25. > :03:29.Reading. Sergeant Garry Weston of 42 Commando was the father of three
:03:29. > :03:33.daughters and died whilst leading a foot patrol in Helmand province. He
:03:33. > :03:36.was 40 years old. Dorset Police are investigating
:03:36. > :03:39.reports of "souvenir hunting" following a fatal Red Arrows jet
:03:39. > :03:42.crash in Bournemouth. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, who was 33,
:03:42. > :03:46.died when his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed into a field near the
:03:46. > :03:51.village of Throop, south of Bournemouth Airport. These shots,
:03:51. > :03:55.taken on the day itself show the extent of the debris on site.
:03:55. > :03:58.Accident investigators spent days at the scene clearing the wreckage.
:03:58. > :04:05.Police have received two reports of people collecting wreckage, and say
:04:05. > :04:08.anyone found to be doing so would be committing theft.
:04:08. > :04:15.HMS Dragon, the newest Type 45 destroyer, has been formally handed
:04:15. > :04:19.over to the Royal Navy. She's the fourth Type 45 to be built. All six
:04:19. > :04:23.will be based in Portsmouth. The first steel was cut for Dragon six
:04:23. > :04:28.years ago. She was launched in 2008, before having her systems fitted
:04:28. > :04:32.and undergoing extensive sea trials. The �1 billion ship left Scotland
:04:32. > :04:42.at the weekend, before arriving at Portsmouth naval base this morning.
:04:42. > :04:46.Our reporter Chris Coneybeer was there to meet her.
:04:46. > :04:52.With the big red dragon on it back in Avis newest warship arrives at
:04:52. > :04:57.his home base. -- the Navy's newest warship. She is an air defence
:04:57. > :05:02.warship with formidable power. The it has 14 micelles and his radar
:05:02. > :05:06.can spot missiles 200 miles away. It can track and hit an object the
:05:06. > :05:11.size of a cricket ball travelling at three times the speed of sound.
:05:11. > :05:16.Absolutely amazing. I have come from a type 42 background. To come
:05:16. > :05:22.on to something like this, it is awesome. It does what it says on
:05:22. > :05:26.the tin, fantastic. This afternoon my name be formally accepted
:05:26. > :05:33.delivery from its builders, BAE Systems -- the Navy. The crew moved
:05:33. > :05:39.in. She is in top class condition. An excellent job by BAE Systems and
:05:39. > :05:46.the company. The build project has gone very well, on time. Below deck
:05:46. > :05:51.our cabins for the croute. The galley will work around the clock.
:05:51. > :05:55.The main control room is where the ship will track and target aircraft.
:05:55. > :06:00.From the bridge there is a clear view of HMS Victory, a reminder of
:06:00. > :06:07.all that has gone before. The Navy originally wanted 12 of these chips
:06:07. > :06:12.but as costs rose that was reduced to half a dozen. -- ships. How much
:06:12. > :06:16.do we actually need them? It was commissioned some years ago when
:06:16. > :06:20.times were not so austere, but it will still represent good value for
:06:20. > :06:27.money. This is absolutely state-of- the-art technology, the best of his
:06:27. > :06:30.class anywhere in the world, and we will put it to very good use. Or
:06:30. > :06:35.the there is a slight note of controversy concerning the Big Red
:06:35. > :06:39.Dragon. It is supposed to be a temporary a dormant but some of the
:06:39. > :06:49.people aboard have become fond of it and would like to stay. --
:06:49. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:00.adornment. The Navy has yet to be persuaded.
:07:00. > :07:06.Dorset helicopters have been grounded following an aircraft
:07:06. > :07:10.crash. Coastguards say rescue capability would be unaffected.
:07:10. > :07:13.A 31-year-old man from Bognor Regis has admitted causing a bomb hoax to
:07:13. > :07:16.stop his wife leaving the country. Kevin Flynn told police the bomb
:07:16. > :07:18.was being taken onboard a plane heading to America from Heathrow or
:07:18. > :07:26.Gatwick. Danielle Glavin was at Worthing Magistrates' Court and has
:07:26. > :07:31.this report. He Kevin Flynn had from our camera
:07:31. > :07:36.outside court today. At the hearing he admitted the hoax call. He was
:07:36. > :07:41.angry, his wife had allegedly damaged his flat and was leaving
:07:41. > :07:45.the country. He wanted her stop. He came over to Bognor Regis station
:07:45. > :07:49.to use the telephones here. He called Sussex Police and gave them
:07:49. > :07:55.his wife's name and said she was flying to America and that she had
:07:55. > :08:02.a bomb in her back. The call came on 31st July, during the holiday
:08:02. > :08:07.season. Sussex Police were told it was either Heathrow or Gatwick. She
:08:07. > :08:12.was found and arrested, her flight disrupted. One expert believes Mr
:08:12. > :08:15.Flynn should be made an example of last hoaxes cost money. Hundred and
:08:15. > :08:21.�15 billion worth of income is generated just on tourism for the
:08:21. > :08:24.United Kingdom -- �115 billion. If that is under threat they hit
:08:24. > :08:29.financially from many people in the tourist business could be profound.
:08:29. > :08:34.His wife wasn't in court to hear the police. She is still out of the
:08:34. > :08:38.country. He was released on bail until sentencing in October. He
:08:38. > :08:44.only spoke in court to confirm his details and enter his guilty plea.
:08:44. > :08:46.The case has been referred on to a crime court for sentencing as
:08:46. > :08:56.magistrates' courts have limited powers and it is said the parish it
:08:56. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :08:59.has to be a deterrent. -- punishment.
:08:59. > :09:02.A �100 million to the Dorset high street is beginning to take shape.
:09:02. > :09:06.The company behind the complex of shops and homes in Dorchester says
:09:06. > :09:07.it's the biggest new development of its kind in the South West. Our
:09:07. > :09:11.Dorset reporter Simon Clemison has more.
:09:11. > :09:16.It is something of an urban skyline for rural Dorset, cranes don't
:09:17. > :09:22.usually tower above the trees here. After a short setback as
:09:22. > :09:27.constructors suffered in the downturn the next phase is
:09:27. > :09:33.beginning to emerge -- contractors. There will be shops, restaurants, a
:09:33. > :09:39.cinema and arts centre where once they brewed beer. It comprises 30
:09:39. > :09:43.buildings over 11.5 acres. It is unusual to find a county town which
:09:43. > :09:48.doesn't have the ingredients we are putting in. It is very good for
:09:48. > :09:52.Dorchester. Why have they get on with it. It would be nice if we get
:09:52. > :09:55.the new arts centre as well as the shops. You hear people saying they
:09:55. > :09:59.will never work, where all the investment come but it seems to be
:09:59. > :10:04.on the move. There have been a brewery on this site since 1880. It
:10:04. > :10:08.was finally sold about 10 years ago. Some of the old buildings will form
:10:08. > :10:11.part of the new complex. It is already bringing in buyers and
:10:11. > :10:14.businesses, not a live from the local area but around the globe.
:10:14. > :10:19.What about the wider economic impact?
:10:19. > :10:24.There will always be a bit of concern but frankly compared to the
:10:24. > :10:28.big out-of-town drop-in centre something which is really part of
:10:28. > :10:32.Dorchester has to be a good thing, it will bring more large retail
:10:32. > :10:38.names to the area which will increase the retail offering.
:10:38. > :10:42.economy is heavily dependent on the hospitality, leisure and tourism
:10:42. > :10:46.sectors and retail is an important adjunct to that. * Local economy
:10:46. > :10:55.can sometimes look out on a different horizon. Stashed the
:10:55. > :10:57.local economy. -- the local economy. Police are trying to trace a man
:10:57. > :11:01.who threatened security guards with a sledgehammer before making off
:11:01. > :11:03.with a large amount of money from a cash machine in Hedge End.
:11:03. > :11:07.Hampshire Police have released this CCTV footage taken just after the
:11:07. > :11:10.attack in the hope someone may know who the masked man is. He escaped
:11:10. > :11:13.from the scene in a white BMW shortly after midnight on Wednesday
:11:13. > :11:19.13th July. Officers also want to speak to a cyclist who they believe
:11:19. > :11:22.was nearby when the crime took place. This was a planned attack.
:11:22. > :11:28.The offenders would have been in hedge End looking at the building
:11:28. > :11:32.before doing the attack. The staff work reloading the ATM machines
:11:32. > :11:37.inside the foyer of the Nationwide Building Society and at that point
:11:37. > :11:41.a man with a balaclava on smashed his way through the door, using a
:11:41. > :11:47.sledgehammer, using extreme forced to do so, and taking three
:11:47. > :11:49.cassettes from the security men. After losing her mast in the Round
:11:49. > :11:52.The Island race back in June, Sir Francis Chichester's yacht, Gispy
:11:52. > :11:54.Moth Four, returned to the water today. The new mizzen mast was
:11:55. > :12:00.refitted at Swanwick Marina in Hampshire. Our reporter Sarah
:12:00. > :12:05.Holmes was there to watch. With great precision and extreme
:12:05. > :12:10.care the new mast was lowered. Once secured there were sighs of relief
:12:10. > :12:14.all round. Great to see the mast back in and restored to how she
:12:14. > :12:18.should be again. Go to come out in the nice weather once the boat has
:12:18. > :12:27.been done up and get sailing on something I have worked so hard to
:12:27. > :12:31.try and get back on the water. -- good to come out. Gipsy moth first
:12:31. > :12:34.set sail in 1967 when Sir Francis Chichester broke a number of
:12:34. > :12:38.records sailing single-handedly around the world inspiring a
:12:38. > :12:43.generation of sailors. The UK Sailing Academy says she is an
:12:43. > :12:47.invaluable part of maritime history. It is important that is preserved
:12:47. > :12:51.to remember what it was he achieved. We are hoping to keep the boat in
:12:51. > :12:54.one piece and provide opportunities for the young people we work with.
:12:54. > :12:59.The yacht will be at the Southampton Boat Show next month
:12:59. > :13:03.whether public will get a chance to see it back in action. -- where the
:13:03. > :13:10.public. Still to come in this evening's South Today: Tony Husband
:13:10. > :13:14.has taken to the water. The world's top canoeists are at
:13:14. > :13:17.Eton Dorney for an Olympic test event.
:13:17. > :13:20.One of the New Forest's most famous attractions will feature in a live
:13:20. > :13:23.television broadcast in less than an hour's time. The National Motor
:13:23. > :13:29.Museum is celebrating 125 years of the motor car, which ties in nicely
:13:29. > :13:32.with tonight's edition of National Treasures. The show on BBC1 will
:13:32. > :13:35.see Dan Snow and Sian Williams mark the motoring milestone by looking
:13:35. > :13:44.back through the years at a number of vehicles from the museum's
:13:44. > :13:49.collection. I have spent the day here at the
:13:49. > :13:54.Beaulieu Motor Museum, an extraordinary connection --
:13:54. > :13:59.collection out in front of the house. Everybody has got a
:13:59. > :14:03.favourite. Very special for me in particular because I grow up
:14:03. > :14:08.swimming and sailing on the Beaulieu reservoir and recently I
:14:08. > :14:12.have become a homeowner in this area so this is my own backyard, a
:14:12. > :14:15.piece of local history. And you can see Dan with Sian Williams at the
:14:15. > :14:18.Beaulieu National Motor museum on National Treasures tonight, on BBC1
:14:18. > :14:22.at half past seven. With a year to go to the
:14:22. > :14:24.Paralympics, we're looking at the challenges of integration. A local
:14:24. > :14:27.charity encourages disabled and able bodied individuals to take
:14:27. > :14:31.part in sports together and hopes the Paralympics will help break
:14:31. > :14:40.some of the barriers there may be around participation. Reham Khan
:14:40. > :14:44.reports. A very remembered in the life of
:14:44. > :14:48.James Smith and his mother. James is severely autistic and usually
:14:48. > :14:53.has great difficulty showing his emotions. He is one of twins born
:14:53. > :14:58.10 winks prematurely. James suffered two brain haemorrhages and
:14:58. > :15:02.has profound cerebral palsy as well as autism. It is difficult for our
:15:02. > :15:06.children to do things with their peers, getting out and about as a
:15:06. > :15:09.group is difficult. Here at Langside School able-bodied
:15:09. > :15:15.children play alongside disabled youngsters to encourage integration
:15:15. > :15:18.from an early age of. The school is fantastic. They have an inclusion
:15:18. > :15:22.programme and a partner with seven different schools and playgroups
:15:22. > :15:26.and the children come in and spend time with our children and just be
:15:26. > :15:33.a teenager, not a child with a disability. Langside is run by a
:15:33. > :15:36.Dorset charity. We enable children to embrace their childhood.
:15:36. > :15:40.Wherever we can we do that in partnership with others so we can
:15:40. > :15:44.break down some of the barriers that might exist. Nicholas Turner
:15:44. > :15:48.is a volunteer. He got involved three meeting a student from one
:15:48. > :15:52.side to visited his school. I knew how much he enjoyed it and how much
:15:52. > :15:58.of the difference it made and I wanted to come here and experience
:15:58. > :16:04.first hand what it is like. combined sports day and said last
:16:04. > :16:08.month, one of many ways everybody has fun together. For James and
:16:08. > :16:12.Sadie this moment is proof that Langside's approach works and that
:16:13. > :16:19.the barriers can be broken down and that is exactly the mission for
:16:19. > :16:25.next year's parish -- Paralympics. Clearly had a grey day at the
:16:25. > :16:29.school. -- great day. Ade Adepitan was in the British wheelchair
:16:29. > :16:32.basketball team at the Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004 which won a
:16:32. > :16:34.bronze medal, and he joins me from our London studio. We know him so
:16:34. > :16:41.well from sports commentating. Is it terribly difficult to get
:16:41. > :16:47.schemes like this up and running? As opposed what you need is the
:16:47. > :16:51.impetus. -- I suppose what you need. You need people to provide the
:16:51. > :16:58.money and get the scheme's running, but it is really important around
:16:58. > :17:04.the country that we try to integrate disability sports with
:17:04. > :17:08.able bodied clubs is well and in schools as well. He is the age of
:17:08. > :17:13.the important thing? Starting at a young age so doesn't seem strange
:17:13. > :17:17.to certain people? Yes. It is important. I don't understand why
:17:18. > :17:22.he should be such a big deal to integrate kids with disabilities,
:17:23. > :17:25.to get them to play sport with able-bodied kids. I had a lot of
:17:25. > :17:31.opportunities to travel round the country and I have seen many
:17:31. > :17:35.schools that are trying to find ways to get kids playing wheelchair
:17:35. > :17:42.basketball and play at the Paralympic sports. It is down to
:17:42. > :17:46.whether there is a good teacher who has been coached in Paralympic
:17:46. > :17:51.sports. If we look ahead to the legacy,
:17:51. > :17:56.this word has come up so many times, the legacy of the Paralympics, the
:17:56. > :18:02.focus on disability and sport in particular, do you think it will
:18:02. > :18:08.become more mainstream? I think it is already becoming more mainstream.
:18:08. > :18:13.If I think back to when I began and started trying to compete at
:18:13. > :18:17.Paralympic sports, festival I didn't know that Paralympic sport
:18:17. > :18:20.existed. -- first of all. I didn't know it was possible to play
:18:21. > :18:26.wheelchair basketball in the 80s. Over the years gradually you have
:18:26. > :18:30.seen the profile increase, the Paralympics are getting more air
:18:30. > :18:34.time on television, and next year it will be bigger than ever before.
:18:34. > :18:40.We are at the forefront in the UK. We are ahead of a lot of countries
:18:40. > :18:50.in the way we increase the profile. You are a fantastic ambassador,
:18:50. > :18:57.thank you so much for joining us. It is really just around the corner.
:18:57. > :19:02.A lot of venues are testing what is going to happen, trying it all out.
:19:02. > :19:07.Tony has been to one today. We have talked a lot about test
:19:07. > :19:09.events. We've already had the Olympic sailing test event in
:19:09. > :19:12.Dorset and Dorney Lake in the Thames Valley hosted the rowing
:19:13. > :19:15.dress rehearsal recently. But that venue will also stage the flat
:19:16. > :19:20.water canoeing events, and they'll take centre stage over the next few
:19:20. > :19:29.days, as Dorney plays host to their pre-Olympic event. Tony Husband has
:19:29. > :19:33.been out on the water there today. This isn't just an Olympic test
:19:33. > :19:38.event. It is a significant moment for Canniffe printing and kayaking
:19:38. > :19:45.in Britain, the first international spent competition here for 30 years
:19:45. > :19:49.but at its heart is getting things right for 2012 -- canoe sprinting.
:19:49. > :19:52.We are testing the work force, the volunteers, the technical officials.
:19:52. > :19:57.You can only put them under the real test if you have the athletes
:19:57. > :20:02.because they will behave in the way they will behave in 10 months.
:20:02. > :20:08.the athletes who live locally it is a different experience. It is
:20:08. > :20:11.really cool to see so many people are who have come over to our lake,
:20:11. > :20:16.like having people coming to your own home, you wanted to be nice and
:20:16. > :20:20.tidy. You get what anybody to beat you vigneron house, so we will be
:20:20. > :20:24.ready, the weekend. -- you don't want anybody to beat you in your
:20:24. > :20:30.own house. For athletes from 32 countries will be getting a taste
:20:30. > :20:34.of what it will be like in London 2012. The water is not too cold
:20:34. > :20:42.which is good for us Australians. A really nice course, looking forward
:20:42. > :20:46.to racing on it. There is no public acts best -- access to this event.
:20:46. > :20:54.It is to ensure that when the crowds flocking next year the
:20:54. > :20:58.facilities are a match for the action on show.
:20:58. > :21:02.Football's transfer deadline passes at 11pm, the window for signing a
:21:02. > :21:05.new permanent players closes until the new year. So far a deafening
:21:05. > :21:09.silence from most of the region's clubs. Brighton, Southampton,
:21:09. > :21:14.Portsmouth, and dreading telling me there is nothing to report.
:21:14. > :21:23.Bournemouth with nothing to say -- Reading. The big league -- news in
:21:23. > :21:28.League Two could be Crawley. They will be keen to hold onto their
:21:28. > :21:38.prize goalscorer. Aldershot have signed Jordan Brown on loan from
:21:38. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:52.West Ham. He signed a one-month loan. To last night's cup football.
:21:52. > :21:56.Fizzy lager and pink pot all-round. -- paint pots.
:21:56. > :22:01.Southampton breezed through on a night which ended as Swindon's
:22:01. > :22:07.manager almost coming to blows. St went ahead at the County Ground
:22:07. > :22:13.early on. The lead was doubled by Jonathan fought on the half-hour.
:22:13. > :22:17.Swindon but a goal back. Rickie Lambert rounded off a 3-1 win for
:22:17. > :22:21.the inform championship side in stoppage time. Swindon's manager
:22:21. > :22:26.was planning more running for his players today. Too much for Liam
:22:26. > :22:30.Clarke he felt he had done enough chasing Southampton's shadows. When
:22:30. > :22:36.De Canio tried to guide him towards the dressing room an altercation
:22:36. > :22:39.followed and an investigation is under way. Aldershot's won in the
:22:39. > :22:44.competition continued. Michael Rankine put them in front against
:22:44. > :22:49.Carlisle for up Dean Holdsworth's said confirmed a home tie against
:22:49. > :22:55.Rochdale. Born the breeze through the first round of the Johnston's
:22:55. > :23:01.Paint Trophy. Mark Pugh brought this caused level. Jade in Stockley
:23:01. > :23:08.netted his first professional goal deeper them beyond doubt. He
:23:08. > :23:18.finished the game making it 3-1. Sean McDonald got his first go for
:23:18. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:25.the Cherries, when he will probably not forget. -- Col. -- goal. The
:23:25. > :23:34.cricket season is still going on. Having been written off as odds-on
:23:34. > :23:44.to be relegated by many weeks ago they are trying to make a fist of
:23:44. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:59.Sussex have been wheeling away in the field trying to prise that
:23:59. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:15.I'm going to tell you about his women now. You look a bit of
:24:15. > :24:21.swimming, don't you? If you had seen the end the ball on
:24:21. > :24:25.holiday last year you wouldn't have said that. This gentleman has gone
:24:25. > :24:28.into the record books. A retired breast cancer surgeon who worked in
:24:28. > :24:31.Southampton has swum his way into the record books. At 70 years and
:24:31. > :24:40.four months Roger Allsopp has become the oldest man to swim the
:24:40. > :24:43.Channel. He made the crossing in 17 hours, 51 minutes. His aim is to
:24:43. > :24:45.raise three quarters of a million pounds to fund cutting edge cancer
:24:45. > :24:51.research at Southampton University. Congratulations. That is quite a
:24:51. > :24:55.swim. He wasn't all DUP. I am assuming it was Mackle.
:24:56. > :25:05.This time of year is probably good. The sea temperature was about 18
:25:06. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:12.We have had some lovely weather pictures today. Here's a lovely
:25:12. > :25:15.flourish of late summer colour in the walled garden at Upton Country
:25:15. > :25:17.Park in Poole. Thank you to Margaret Wellspring for that photo.
:25:17. > :25:19.David Smith took this wonderful picture of the Bath Spa Express
:25:19. > :25:23.steaming out of a cloudy Salisbury today.
:25:23. > :25:33.And Angus Parker got a great close up of a hare in the grass near
:25:33. > :25:43.Cuxham in Oxfordshire early this We started today with plenty of car.
:25:43. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:47.Gradually we did see some breaks developing -- conquer. -- cloud. We
:25:47. > :25:51.started with a blanket of cloud across the south, seeing some
:25:51. > :25:55.brighter conditions developing as the afternoon drew on. A pretty
:25:55. > :26:03.decent end to the day. Some evening sunshine for many of us. Thicker
:26:03. > :26:08.cloud to the far north of our region. Most of us stay dry. We
:26:08. > :26:18.will see the odd light shower in the West. Possibly the odd bolt of
:26:18. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:25.lightning. There will be clear spells. To start the day tomorrow,
:26:25. > :26:32.may be some mist first thing but some good, sunny spells. We should
:26:32. > :26:35.see a little bit more in a way of brightness. Some cloud in the sky.
:26:36. > :26:45.Northernmost parts sing the bulk. Temperatures responding to that
:26:46. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:54.sunshine. Tomorrow night, a little quieter. Warm continental air
:26:54. > :27:00.drifting not. Not quite as cold as tonight. -- drifting up. There will
:27:00. > :27:04.be some cloud but for most of us it is a dry night. Friday licking even
:27:04. > :27:12.better. The warmest and brightest day of the week. It's good sunshine
:27:12. > :27:16.in store. Temperatures up into the mid- twenties. The area of high
:27:16. > :27:19.pressure is just hanging on for Friday. This is waiting in the
:27:19. > :27:26.wings through the weekend. As we start Saturday each should be a