:00:03. > :00:06.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:06. > :00:16.programme: Gale force winds and driving rain cause disruption and
:00:16. > :00:17.
:00:17. > :00:20.damage across the South. It is very rare that we cancel any crossing,
:00:20. > :00:23.especially for the high-speed fairings. But it is only the second
:00:23. > :00:25.day this year we have had to cancel due to weather.
:00:25. > :00:28.The war memorial stripped by thieves for its lead.
:00:28. > :00:38.Trapped indoors because of a faulty lift - the pensioner who feels like
:00:38. > :00:43.a prisoner in her own home. Nobody should be in a box, in a coffin
:00:43. > :00:47.like this. That is how I class it now.
:00:47. > :00:57.We are on patrol with soldiers from the South and one of the most
:00:57. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.remote settlements in the Falklands It may only be the first week of
:01:04. > :01:07.September, but the South woke this morning to scenes more like mid-
:01:07. > :01:11.winter. Gale force winds and driving rain caused travel
:01:11. > :01:17.disruption and damage. The strongest gust of wind was recorded
:01:17. > :01:21.at The Needles on the Isle of Wight at 86 miles per hour. Some ferry
:01:21. > :01:25.crossings from Portsmouth and Weymouth were cancelled. Hovercraft
:01:25. > :01:29.and Red Jet services to the Isle of Wight were suspended for a time.
:01:29. > :01:31.And the National Trust shut two of its venues because of fears the
:01:31. > :01:34.strong winds could bring down debris from trees onto staff and
:01:34. > :01:44.visitors. Our reporter Chris Coneybeer has been looking at
:01:44. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:48.today's unseasonal events and joins us from Portsmouth.
:01:48. > :01:53.In the winter we expect this sort of thing, but not at the end of
:01:53. > :01:58.summer. It has really been very rough indeed today. Some of the
:01:58. > :02:05.gusts have been very powerful. We have been out and about getting a
:02:05. > :02:10.taste of this unseasonable weather. At its peak, it was officially a
:02:10. > :02:14.Severe Gale, force nine on the Beaufort scale. And you could feel
:02:14. > :02:19.it from the seafront at Southsea. So strong it was difficult to stand
:02:19. > :02:22.up at times. The big ferries managed to keep sailing to the Isle
:02:22. > :02:30.of Wight and France, but for much of the day the high-speed craft
:02:30. > :02:35.were suspended. The service that we operate is based on wave height. If
:02:35. > :02:37.it is over three metres, we cannot operate. Indications are that
:02:37. > :02:42.tomorrow it should be much less than three metres so we should be
:02:42. > :02:46.OK. From South Sea we watched a hovercraft set out for the Isle of
:02:46. > :02:56.Wight. It found the going tough and was evidently struggling to make
:02:56. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:01.headway in this -- the Solent. is not what we are used to. It is
:03:01. > :03:07.quite frightening. It has not even stopped raining so far. It is
:03:07. > :03:12.horrible. Awful. Inland, there was disruption, too. In Dorset,
:03:12. > :03:16.Kingston Lacy was closed by the National Trust for the day, and so
:03:16. > :03:22.was brown sea island. In West Sussex, this windmill lost a blade,
:03:22. > :03:29.another casualty of the high wind. On the road, some roots were
:03:29. > :03:34.blocked as trees were blown down, including the A334. Tree surgeons
:03:34. > :03:42.were quickly brought in but large volumes of traffic face to
:03:42. > :03:46.divergence today. His primary school in Southampton faced a
:03:46. > :03:51.particular problem. Rain poured into the building, making it
:03:51. > :03:56.apparent that led had been stolen from the roof. We want everyone to
:03:56. > :04:01.start off on a good year, and it is soul-destroying to see this problem.
:04:01. > :04:07.To suffer this mindless damage is sickening. The severe weather had
:04:07. > :04:11.been forecast, but it is not what we expect at this time of year. I
:04:11. > :04:17.can tell you that a haul of the British Isles has been subject to
:04:17. > :04:24.gales at some point today. -- the hall of the British Isles. But in
:04:24. > :04:28.the South we have been feeling the force of it with the wind coming
:04:28. > :04:33.off the sea. It is an unwelcome reminder of what could be in store
:04:33. > :04:38.for us in the months to come. Let's talk a bit more about this
:04:38. > :04:45.weather. Not what we expect in September Reham. But is it that
:04:45. > :04:49.unusual? It is not massively unusual but it is the early nests
:04:49. > :04:54.in the season so we are not mentally prepared for it. Things
:04:54. > :04:57.like this can happen in August as well. Is it anything to do with the
:04:57. > :05:01.remnants of Hurricane Irene. I know there is a lot of talk about it
:05:01. > :05:05.being related to Hurricane Irene. Strictly speaking, it passed
:05:05. > :05:13.through to Iceland last week but there is always the chance of
:05:13. > :05:18.humidity trapped in the upper atmosphere, which can deepen any
:05:18. > :05:23.low pressure making it more vigorous. Is it a sign of things to
:05:23. > :05:28.come? It is too far ahead. It is just a sign of what the weather is
:05:28. > :05:34.doing on a daily basis, very changeable. It can happen at any
:05:34. > :05:38.time of the year, so it should not really worry people too much. But
:05:38. > :05:44.who knows? You will be back with a full four caps later on in the
:05:44. > :05:49.programme. -- forecast.
:05:49. > :05:59.As we saw in that report, lead had been stolen from a roof. That is a
:05:59. > :06:00.
:06:00. > :06:04.growing trend with nettles. -- Metals. These plaques were the
:06:04. > :06:12.names of civilians killed in the Blitz in Portsmouth. They are
:06:12. > :06:15.thought to have been stolen to be melted down. Now another war
:06:15. > :06:19.memorial has been damaged. The vicar and churchwardens
:06:19. > :06:23.discovered on Sunday that the church of Sir Nicholas had been
:06:23. > :06:28.targeted by thieves. The Lydgate had been stripped of most of its
:06:28. > :06:32.lead. They could not remove all of it and some damaged strips remain.
:06:32. > :06:39.The gate doubles as the war memorial for the village, which the
:06:39. > :06:44.vicar says makes it more the more upsetting. It is upsetting because
:06:44. > :06:47.men have given their lives in the First and Second World War.
:06:47. > :06:51.Somebody is desperate to come and take the lead but they have
:06:51. > :06:56.desecrated something that has been standing there for many years, in
:06:56. > :07:00.memory of people that have given their lives. The Norman church has
:07:00. > :07:06.been targeted before, with a credence table stolen and the
:07:06. > :07:11.vestry door damaged where thieves tried the smash the lock with a
:07:11. > :07:14.hammer. The value of the lead is estimated to be about �40 but
:07:14. > :07:20.replacing it could cost more than �1,000 and it is not covered by
:07:20. > :07:26.insurance. The father believes that whoever stole the lead may not have
:07:26. > :07:35.thought it was a war memorial. He is asking them to think about their
:07:35. > :07:39.consciences and either return it, or make a donation here.
:07:39. > :07:41.A former Labour MP who had a second home in Southampton is to face 21
:07:41. > :07:44.charges relating to claims she made for Parliamentary expenses.
:07:44. > :07:47.Margaret Moran was the MP for Luton South. She's accused of claiming
:07:47. > :07:50.more than �20,000 for the treatment of dry rot at her Southampton home.
:07:50. > :07:52.She's also accused of forgery, where it's alleged she submitted
:07:52. > :07:55.false invoices to support her expenses claims.
:07:55. > :07:59.A Brighton woman in her 80s says she feels like a prisoner in her
:07:59. > :08:03.own home after being told the lift to her top floor flat will be out
:08:03. > :08:08.of action for several weeks. Constance Young says it is now
:08:08. > :08:12.nearly impossible for her to climb the 72 steps to her 6th floor home.
:08:12. > :08:18.The council says it is trying to deal with the problem as soon as
:08:18. > :08:22.possible. Paul Siegert reports. The council says it will take seven
:08:22. > :08:26.weeks to fix this lift. It is the third time this year it has broken
:08:26. > :08:31.down. In the meantime those living on the top floor have to navigate
:08:31. > :08:36.the 72 steps every time they want to go home. Not so easy when you
:08:36. > :08:41.are renew 80s. Without the lift I am lost. I cannot continually do
:08:41. > :08:46.those stairs. I have to go to the doctors, or into hospital, and I
:08:46. > :08:50.need to walk down there. I don't want to go into one of these carry
:08:50. > :08:54.things where they carry you down. I would be too nervous to do that.
:08:54. > :08:58.The lift operators say the delay is because the spare parts need to
:08:58. > :09:02.come from abroad. One local councillor says that is simply not
:09:02. > :09:09.good enough. I would like to see a maintenance contract which is
:09:09. > :09:12.effective and gets the job done speedily. This is not the only lift
:09:12. > :09:17.that breaks down on this estate. Then one of the other blocks, the
:09:17. > :09:22.police were stranded on a 999 response call between floors only
:09:22. > :09:27.three months ago. It is just not acceptable. Honour has lived here
:09:27. > :09:34.since the 1970s and says that the lift problems have left her feeling
:09:34. > :09:38.like a prisoner. -- Constance. has affected me mentally. Nobody
:09:38. > :09:42.should be left in a box, in a coffin like this. That is how I
:09:42. > :09:45.class it now. She has to rely on help of friends and neighbours much
:09:45. > :09:53.more than she would like because now her trips outside go no further
:09:53. > :09:56.than the lift door. Still to come in this evening's
:09:56. > :09:59.South Today: Will the brollies come down tonight? A long wait for the
:09:59. > :10:02.one day international at the Rose Bowl.
:10:02. > :10:05.They've won medals in Afghanistan, they've recently been based in
:10:05. > :10:07.Cyprus and they had a starring role at the Royal Wedding. But now
:10:07. > :10:13.soldiers from the the South's infantry regiment are getting to
:10:13. > :10:15.grips with life on the cold and windy Falkland Islands. For most of
:10:16. > :10:20.the troops, it's their first trip to the islands, recaptured by
:10:20. > :10:23.British forces in 1982. In the second of his reports, Steve
:10:23. > :10:32.Humphrey goes on patrol with the troops in one of the Falkland's
:10:32. > :10:37.remotest settlements. You can experience all four seasons
:10:37. > :10:42.in just one day here in the Falklands. The winds often fierce
:10:42. > :10:46.and at the moment the monitors are hovering around freezing point. It
:10:46. > :10:49.is quite a challenging environment was soldiers from the Princess of
:10:49. > :10:53.Wales's Royal Regiment out on patrol. We have an important role
:10:53. > :10:58.to reassure the locals that the British still have a presence here
:10:58. > :11:01.and we are here to look after them. Everything will be all right
:11:01. > :11:05.because we are here. While they are run the Falkland Islands, the
:11:05. > :11:09.soldiers carry out a series of patrols in the outlying settlements.
:11:09. > :11:14.We are about three hours' drive from Stanley. Some of the people
:11:14. > :11:21.here only get to Stanley a few times a year. It is a small
:11:21. > :11:28.settlement. There are 19 adults, nine children and 59,000 sheep. The
:11:28. > :11:34.arrival of soldiers on patrol is a major highlight for the people here.
:11:34. > :11:39.There you go. I have some more for you in a second. Mervyn works on
:11:39. > :11:43.the sheep farm, and he and his wife and children are a traditional
:11:43. > :11:47.Falklands family. You have had the soldiers here for a couple of days.
:11:47. > :11:52.What do you think of that? They are great child minders. It is lovely
:11:52. > :11:56.because the kids get to see another side of life. They have a
:11:56. > :11:59.restricted view of it and they get to see things. We have 15 of them
:11:59. > :12:03.round for fish and chips because they had been fishing. They brought
:12:03. > :12:08.in the guns and the equipment and the kids love it. It was another
:12:08. > :12:12.view of life. British troops liberated the islands after the
:12:12. > :12:15.Argentinian invasion in 1982. Despite continuing tensions between
:12:15. > :12:22.the two countries, all of the people in this settlement are
:12:22. > :12:27.determined to stay British. I like the idea from the Houses of
:12:27. > :12:30.Parliament that we have our own determination and our determination
:12:30. > :12:35.is bridges because our ancestors were British. Why should we not
:12:35. > :12:39.have that right? Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but
:12:39. > :12:44.mine is British and always will be. For the soldiers, their job in the
:12:44. > :12:52.Falklands is a contrast to recent deployments. The Princess of Wales
:12:52. > :12:57.regiment was formed in 1992. Many soldiers have seen frontline
:12:57. > :13:01.service in Afghanistan. They have also done garrison duty in Cyprus.
:13:01. > :13:05.And after returning to the UK, they were involved in the royal wedding
:13:05. > :13:10.earlier this year. On the Falklands, they have learned just how tough
:13:10. > :13:19.conditions were for the troops that fought here in 1982. Looking around
:13:19. > :13:23.now, to actually travels through the areas they did, and cut through
:13:23. > :13:29.the areas they did with this type of weather, I think it would have
:13:29. > :13:35.been a bit of a nightmare. And to patrol all of that way and finish
:13:35. > :13:38.with a fight, I think that would have been quite an epic journey.
:13:38. > :13:42.These soldiers will soon be handing responsibility for maintaining
:13:42. > :13:46.infantry presence on the islands to another regiment. Then they will
:13:46. > :13:56.return to the UK and swap warm camouflage clothing for blue tunics
:13:56. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:01.and polished boots as they prepare for more ceremonial duties.
:14:01. > :14:04.And tomorrow, Steve and cameraman Doug Manning will be catching up
:14:04. > :14:07.with a Portsmouth warship that left for the Falklands four years ago
:14:07. > :14:10.and has never returned. The new Bishop of Winchester was
:14:10. > :14:13.announced today. The Reverend Canon Tim Dakin is head of the Church
:14:13. > :14:16.Mission Society and a member of the Church of England's ruling body.
:14:16. > :14:22.He'll officially take up his new role next Spring. Sarah Holmes went
:14:22. > :14:32.to Southampton Airport to meet him. It was the first day back at school
:14:32. > :14:34.
:14:34. > :14:39.The Reverend Canon was keen to share his vision for the church,
:14:39. > :14:42.but unusually he chose the airport. More people fly out of here every
:14:42. > :14:47.year than live in the diocese. is a good place to come to because
:14:47. > :14:51.it shows the connections the diocese has. He was also keen to
:14:51. > :14:55.emphasise the inclusivity of the church. It is not a question of
:14:55. > :14:59.whether the church of England is willing to ordain gay people. We
:14:59. > :15:02.are don't people that there are called by God. We have no liturgies
:15:02. > :15:07.for blessing same-sex marriages and I don't think we will be providing
:15:07. > :15:11.them. A daily act of worship in schools is a legal requirement but
:15:11. > :15:16.in a BBC survey, two-thirds of parents said this is not happening.
:15:16. > :15:21.The same number said the law should not be enforced. The act of worship
:15:21. > :15:25.is a great chance for the school community to reflect on its values.
:15:25. > :15:29.And to ask how the values are being lived out in the school and how
:15:29. > :15:34.they will then prepare people for later life. The church of England
:15:34. > :15:42.has high hopes for the new cannon. Colleagues describe him as a man
:15:43. > :15:46.who will break down barriers. It was the first day back at school
:15:46. > :15:49.for thousands of pupils across our region today. It's always a mix of
:15:49. > :15:53.excitement and nerves but that was particularly true of one school in
:15:53. > :15:57.Reading. All Saints Junior is one of the first free schools to open
:15:57. > :16:00.in the country. It's funded directly by central Government
:16:00. > :16:02.rather than the local authority, giving it more freedom over its
:16:02. > :16:12.curriculum, teachers' pay and opening hours. Rachael Canter
:16:12. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:18.The first day of school, but fortunately there are not too many
:16:18. > :16:23.new names to learn. All Saints Junior only has 16 pupils at the
:16:23. > :16:27.moment. It is a big day for parents that have worked to set this up.
:16:27. > :16:30.day that we thought would never come. At one part of the campaign
:16:30. > :16:33.we thought we had lost it but we have not and now we are making
:16:33. > :16:40.history at the children are run their doing their writing, whatever
:16:40. > :16:44.it is they are doing. -- in there. It is amazing. This school is run
:16:44. > :16:49.by an education trust that will not make a profit. The church hall is
:16:49. > :16:53.only its temporary home. All Saints Junior has been given �1.5 million
:16:53. > :16:56.by the Government to move to a new building in September next year.
:16:56. > :17:01.know that pupils will come from the infant school into the junior
:17:01. > :17:05.school on an ongoing basis. We are delighted to have 16 children
:17:05. > :17:09.starting with us today. It is a leap of faith for the parents. You
:17:09. > :17:16.don't know what you will get and it is brand new. What would you give
:17:16. > :17:20.this call out of 10? And eight. Free schools like this have not got
:17:20. > :17:24.top marks from everyone. The Labour Party and several teaching unions
:17:24. > :17:29.say that they will weekend poor- performing schools by attracting
:17:29. > :17:32.the best students. Free schools will take resources from existing
:17:32. > :17:36.education budgets and existing schools. They may well take pupils
:17:36. > :17:43.from existing schools, which will destabilise the system across a
:17:43. > :17:47.local authority. If we have free schools like All Saints Junior,
:17:47. > :17:51.that work with us like they have, then we will work with them. They
:17:51. > :17:56.have chosen to be inclusive and advised us on what they are doing.
:17:56. > :18:00.The only other free school in the South opens in Crawley on Thursday.
:18:00. > :18:10.For both, this is one learning experience that is being monitored
:18:10. > :18:10.
:18:11. > :18:14.closely. It's the latest innovation to help
:18:14. > :18:15.train medical personnel in dealing with major injuries. This
:18:15. > :18:18.prosthetic neck allows medics to practise making an incision through
:18:18. > :18:27.skin to open a patient's airway. It's been developed by the
:18:27. > :18:30.Berkshire company Amputees In Action. They supply actors who have
:18:30. > :18:37.lost their limbs to take part in training exercises, as well as
:18:37. > :18:41.special effects make-up to simulate the injuries medics may encounter.
:18:41. > :18:46.When they have seen the reaction, it has always been how scary it was.
:18:46. > :18:50.They think they are cutting into the person and you can see the fear.
:18:50. > :18:53.It is like the fear made them step up to another level, which was
:18:53. > :18:56.really good. A bus service staffed by volunteer
:18:56. > :18:59.drivers has started picking up passengers in Wootton Bridge on the
:18:59. > :19:02.Isle of Wight. The scheme will replace the Wight bus, which was
:19:02. > :19:05.stopped at the end of August as part of cuts by the council. The
:19:05. > :19:12.RMT Union says it fundamentally disagrees with the scheme but one
:19:12. > :19:16.volunteer driver says he's proud to be part of the initiative. I think
:19:16. > :19:19.it is a very good thing to do for satisfaction. It just makes you
:19:19. > :19:27.feel good that you are helping people that cannot always get out
:19:27. > :19:32.normally, especially the elderly and people that are stuck in
:19:32. > :19:35.villages. An impressive flotilla of ships
:19:35. > :19:38.from a variety of nations and eras of history has taken to the water
:19:38. > :19:41.in West Sussex. Precision model makers from around the world have
:19:41. > :19:48.been in Littlehampton to revive a tradition that dates back to the
:19:48. > :19:53.1920s. Ben Moore reports. In Littlehampton Britain does indeed
:19:53. > :19:57.rule the pond. It is modelling in miniature and we try, as far as we
:19:57. > :20:01.are able, to get things right. Despite their size, there is
:20:01. > :20:07.history behind these scale models. Some have come from Switzerland and
:20:07. > :20:15.Germany. Some are stars in their own right. This is a 1-100 scale of
:20:15. > :20:21.Portsmouth's HMS Illustrious. Lusty, to her friends. For others there is
:20:21. > :20:26.a personal connection. My father was an officer on this ship in 1944.
:20:26. > :20:32.777 was a very lucky number. It was one of a group of them in Ostend
:20:32. > :20:37.harbour in 1945. There was a major fire. Although 777 was smack in the
:20:37. > :20:41.middle of it, it was not damaged. The attention to detail is
:20:41. > :20:47.staggering. Every line and every life voted exact. Modern mechanics
:20:47. > :20:50.power the boat and the event is a rebirth of an old tradition.
:20:50. > :20:55.found this one for black and white photographs dating to the 1920s,
:20:55. > :21:03.which shows a perfectly scaled Dreadnought sailing on the pond. We
:21:03. > :21:12.thought we should get warships back on this pond. This is a model Navy,
:21:12. > :21:16.by any standard. Quite realistic when you get down to looking at the
:21:16. > :21:26.detail! Now we have the sport. We have had terrible by four across
:21:26. > :21:30.the South. Lots of rain and wind. - - terrible weather. We have not had
:21:30. > :21:36.any plate for that one day international at the Rose Bowl.
:21:36. > :21:41.yet. I am following the BBC feed, and at 7 o'clock we will get a much
:21:41. > :21:47.reduced match. They will play 23 overs per side. Effectively like a
:21:47. > :21:53.Twenty20 game and they hope there will be no more rain this evening.
:21:53. > :21:56.These are pictures today at the Rose Bowl. Heavy rain. The
:21:56. > :22:01.groundsman there, poor chap. They had the Test match earlier this
:22:02. > :22:08.year which was pretty much washed out. Now 21,000 fans, and they are
:22:08. > :22:11.hiding. Such expectation as well. Everybody looking forward to an
:22:11. > :22:16.international at the Rose Bowl. It would have been good. Absolutely
:22:17. > :22:23.and what can they do? The weather haunts them. The Indian side are
:22:23. > :22:28.going to bat, not surprising because they won the toss. They put
:22:28. > :22:32.them in. It will be difficult for them because it is wet. The game
:22:32. > :22:36.will start at 7 o'clock and you can follow it on the BBC radio stations
:22:36. > :22:39.and online tonight. One of the country's leading young
:22:39. > :22:43.motor racing drivers is recovering after six hours of surgery as part
:22:43. > :22:45.of his treatment for cancer. Less than a year ago Dean Stoneman was
:22:45. > :22:48.testing with Formula 1 teams, but he was diagnosed with testicular
:22:48. > :22:51.cancer and has undergone two courses of chemotherapy this year
:22:51. > :22:54.in addition to the surgery. The operation has been described by his
:22:54. > :23:01.doctors as a success, and Dean hopes to continue on the road to
:23:01. > :23:03.recovery, and one day to be back behind the wheel.
:23:03. > :23:07.Another of the signings who Brighton and Hove Albion hope could
:23:07. > :23:10.fire them into the Premier League trained with his new team mates for
:23:10. > :23:14.the first time today. The Spanish winger Vicente Rodriguez joins the
:23:14. > :23:18.Albion after being released by Valencia in the summer. He has 38
:23:18. > :23:22.caps for Spain and has played at the very top of the club game too,
:23:22. > :23:24.having appeared in the Champions League.
:23:24. > :23:27.Congratulations tonight to a brother and sister team who have
:23:27. > :23:30.claimed national titles for the second consecutive year in their
:23:30. > :23:32.sport. Sapphire Dallard from Poole and her brother Jasper were winners
:23:32. > :23:39.of the National Championships in 2010 in Junior Trampolining's DMT
:23:40. > :23:46.class. This year they've done the double again. Both will now
:23:46. > :23:49.represent Great Britain at the World Championships in November.
:23:49. > :23:52.You may remember earlier this year I tried out with the Southampton
:23:52. > :23:55.Mustangs baseball team. Well, the Mustangs have enjoyed another
:23:55. > :23:58.successful season and last week beat Croydon 12-8 to claim a place
:23:58. > :24:03.in the national finals to be contested by the best four teams in
:24:03. > :24:13.their league. This weekend they face the daunting prospect of
:24:13. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:19.playing Lakenheath, a team of US I have forgotten you had done that.
:24:19. > :24:26.It was great fun. They clearly did well without me! So did not get
:24:26. > :24:33.paid? I am very upset. You can run fast when you of chasing something.
:24:33. > :24:43.Now, come on, it has been dreadful for everybody. It is not my fault!
:24:43. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:47.Don't be defensive. I want to know It will not be as windy as it has
:24:47. > :24:53.been today for the rest of the week. We have had some nice pictures
:24:53. > :24:59.today. Keep them coming in. Lots of people are using a weather to their
:24:59. > :25:09.advantage. It was wild at Boston this morning under the Pier.
:25:09. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:16.Sandbanks making hard work of the ferry crossing in stormy conditions.
:25:16. > :25:22.I have given you some weather with the cricket already, but this is
:25:22. > :25:28.another nice one. It was wet and windy and the winds have been the
:25:28. > :25:33.main story of the day. Gusting up to 86 mph on the Isle of Wight, and
:25:33. > :25:40.even elsewhere across our region. It has been a windy day and the
:25:40. > :25:47.breeze is still around. Not as strong as during the daytime. It
:25:47. > :25:51.will be dry and cooler overnight. This cloud brought us the rain and
:25:51. > :25:55.the winds. North of Scotland, you would think they would have had the
:25:55. > :26:00.worst conditions, but we have had that cold front across our region.
:26:00. > :26:04.The isobars are focusing here so we have had the worst of the winds in
:26:04. > :26:10.the South. This evening we will see a couple of showers, becoming
:26:10. > :26:17.lighter and fading away overnight. Dry, breezy and cooler night to
:26:17. > :26:21.come. Temperatures go down, 11 to 12 by dawn. It dry start to
:26:21. > :26:25.tomorrow morning and think it will be bright to begin with. Lots of
:26:25. > :26:32.sunny spells through the morning but then the distinguishing feature
:26:32. > :26:35.will be increasing cloud. By the afternoon quite a lot of cloud. 18
:26:35. > :26:45.degrees is average for this time of year, but the breeze will still be
:26:45. > :26:50.there but not as windy as today. Into the evening, the next week to
:26:51. > :26:55.-- feature pushes in. Some damp conditions of Thursday morning.
:26:55. > :27:00.Temperatures on the mild side, generally speaking. A cloudy and
:27:00. > :27:04.damp start to the day on Thursday. From the West we will see a drier
:27:04. > :27:09.and brighter end to the day. The winds will be brisker at first but
:27:09. > :27:18.then easing. Generally lighter than those on Wednesday. Very cloudy to
:27:18. > :27:23.start on Friday and it will persist for coastal Rhys -- regions. But
:27:23. > :27:27.then more rain on Saturday. We hope the cricket will get going. You
:27:27. > :27:30.have some text messages coming in. Michael from Southampton was there