:00:02. > :00:05.South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:05. > :00:11.The police officer who shot this armed robber dead tells his story
:00:11. > :00:18.publicly for the first time. Campaigning for cleaner air -
:00:18. > :00:21.concern that pollution levels are too high.
:00:21. > :00:23.This morning I can taste and smell the pollution in the air, which is
:00:23. > :00:26.very uncomfortable. Going head-to-head, despite being
:00:26. > :00:29.continents apart - students vie for Olympic honours.
:00:29. > :00:39.And the up-and-coming horse trainer hoping for fairer weather this
:00:39. > :00:43.winter than he suffered last year. When the snow came down the country
:00:43. > :00:53.roads, you could not get out. If you cannot take them racing, you
:00:53. > :00:55.The police officers who shot two armed suspects dead during a bank
:00:55. > :00:59.robbery in Hampshire have told their stories publicly for the
:00:59. > :01:03.first time today. The officers, who cannot be named for legal reasons,
:01:03. > :01:07.told an inquest jury of the moment they pulled the trigger on their
:01:07. > :01:10.guns. Mark Nunes and Andrew Markland died during the robbery in
:01:10. > :01:19.Chandlers Ford four years ago. Roger Finn was at today's inquest
:01:19. > :01:24.and joins us now from the scene of the shootings.
:01:24. > :01:28.This was the exact spot where the two robbers were shot dead on that
:01:28. > :01:32.September morning four years ago. They had been trying to hold of a
:01:32. > :01:37.ban delivering cash to this branch of HSBC. The gang was well-known to
:01:37. > :01:41.the police and had committed 17 raids before, and there had been a
:01:41. > :01:46.tip-off about this one. Just over the road here, in the toilets down
:01:46. > :01:50.there, a group of armed police were waiting to leap out and arrest the
:01:50. > :01:55.gang in the middle of the crime. Those are the other side of the
:01:55. > :02:00.main road, behind that per stop, you can see the house and windows
:02:00. > :02:04.where two marksmen were looking out, observed in with their rifles, as a
:02:04. > :02:07.contingency. Today, we heard their stories.
:02:07. > :02:10.There was heavy security at Winchester Coroner's Court as the
:02:10. > :02:16.police marksmen gave evidence. Neither could be named and were
:02:16. > :02:20.kept hidden from the press. The first said he had taken up position
:02:20. > :02:25.three hours before the band arrived. He said he had seen the gang drive
:02:25. > :02:33.past several times, then he saw Andrew Markland waiting at the.
:02:33. > :02:37.Right in front of him -- waiting at the bus stop in front of him. Then
:02:37. > :02:42.he saw the gang's car parked near the back. He told the court, my
:02:43. > :02:47.heart was racing, I felt like I had when 100 metres, I was scared.
:02:47. > :02:51.Members of the public were walking past. I knew when the van door
:02:51. > :02:55.opened, there would be an aggressive act towards the part. He
:02:55. > :02:59.said as soon as the guard came out of the van, Mark Nunes walked up to
:02:59. > :03:03.him, pointing a pistol at his head. He said he believed he would shoot
:03:03. > :03:08.the guard at any moment and there was a threat to light. He waited
:03:08. > :03:13.until he had a clear shot and squeezed the trigger, but in one
:03:13. > :03:22.round into Mark Nunes' body. He said he had never discharged his
:03:22. > :03:27.weapon at anyone before. The second marksman said that after the first
:03:27. > :03:30.shot, he discharged fire. He said he was convinced that Andrew
:03:30. > :03:37.Markland posed a threat to his colleagues, the guard, and members
:03:37. > :03:41.of the public. The lawyer for Andrew Markland's family challenged
:03:41. > :03:44.the marksman to justify his shots. The court was shown a video taken
:03:44. > :03:48.by the police of the exact moment of the shooting and the lawyer
:03:48. > :03:52.claimed that when the first shot rang out, Andrew Markland was not
:03:52. > :03:57.pointing the gun at anyone and when the second shot rang out, Andrew
:03:57. > :04:02.Markland was not only on the ground but had dropped the gun and police
:04:02. > :04:05.-- the police response team was all around him. The first marksman
:04:06. > :04:10.disagreed with that interpretation and said Andrew Markland was moving,
:04:10. > :04:16.he had not seen the burned up and he thought he posed a real risk to
:04:16. > :04:19.life. -- he had not seen them go and drop. The inquest continues.
:04:19. > :04:22.A Sussex man accused of murdering his mother and then burying her
:04:22. > :04:25.body after a row over money had failed to repay her thousands of
:04:25. > :04:28.pounds she had lent him. The evidence was heard at Hove Crown
:04:28. > :04:31.Court this morning in the trial of Neale James from Chichester. This
:04:31. > :04:39.afternoon, his sister took to the witness stand to give evidence
:04:39. > :04:43.against him. Danielle Glavin was in court.
:04:43. > :04:48.Nicole James, seen on the left, cried as she spoke about her mother.
:04:48. > :04:51.She said Brenda James was a tolerant woman. Every year, Brenda
:04:51. > :04:57.James would visit her in Sweden, where she lives. The court heard
:04:57. > :05:00.they got on well. Nicole told the court that she was contacted by a
:05:00. > :05:04.concerned friend in England to asked her if she knew where her
:05:04. > :05:09.mother was. She then tried to call, and when she did not get an answer,
:05:09. > :05:13.she called her brother, Neale James. When they finally spoke, he said he
:05:13. > :05:17.had not seen their mother for a few days. She said, there was nothing
:05:17. > :05:21.in his voice to say he had done anything wrong, but then she was
:05:21. > :05:25.called by her uncle who told her her brother had been arrested for
:05:25. > :05:30.murder. The prosecution alleges Neale James killed his mother as
:05:30. > :05:35.she wanted him to repay loans that he had gambled away. Brenda James'
:05:35. > :05:38.body was found on the Goodwood estate. The Defence has said Neale
:05:38. > :05:43.James and his mother were walking in the area, she made a nasty
:05:43. > :05:48.comment and he hit and killed her. Today the court was told Brenda
:05:48. > :05:52.James struggled to walk far. Nicole told the court she visited the site
:05:52. > :05:57.where her mother's body was found. It is close to a gravel path with a
:05:57. > :06:02.downward slope. She said, there is no way I could see mum walking down
:06:02. > :06:06.there. I found it improbable it is something she would have done.
:06:06. > :06:09.Neale James denies murder, and the trial continues.
:06:09. > :06:12.There is no end in sight for Southampton Council's pay row. A
:06:12. > :06:14.final offer from the council has met with little support from the
:06:14. > :06:18.unions. Under the revised deal, anyone earning less than �22,000
:06:18. > :06:22.would be exempt from the pay cuts, but the bin men's union, Unite,
:06:22. > :06:29.urged its members to reject the proposals. Members will be asked to
:06:29. > :06:33.make a final decision in a postal vote.
:06:33. > :06:38.50% of our employees would get no pay cut at all, so when they see
:06:38. > :06:42.that I am hoping that, although the unions are saying they should vote
:06:42. > :06:46.against, they will see common sense, see the big picture, see why we are
:06:46. > :06:50.doing this and will vote for their jobs. If they vote yes, we will
:06:50. > :06:55.have to make an agreement. If they vote no we will have to sit down
:06:55. > :06:59.with our members and decide what to do going forward. If they vote no
:06:59. > :07:04.we still have the legal cases which we will continue with, and we will
:07:04. > :07:07.go forward and try to change the council.
:07:07. > :07:10.While Southampton's local dispute goes on, it was confirmed today by
:07:10. > :07:13.the union Unison that its members have voted in favour of a strike at
:07:13. > :07:16.the end of this month, protesting at planned changes to public sector
:07:16. > :07:19.pensions. Other unions are also balloting their members. One of
:07:19. > :07:22.them is Unite. We have been to speak to one of its members in the
:07:22. > :07:27.south to ask why, despite a new offer from the Government yesterday,
:07:27. > :07:32.he still plans to strike. He spoke to Roisin Gauson.
:07:32. > :07:35.Simon Hartill is a union man. He has worked for Southampton City
:07:35. > :07:39.Council for 13 years. A Secure Pension was one of the things that
:07:39. > :07:46.tempted him to work in the public sector. Now, that decision could
:07:46. > :07:51.backfire on him. I am gutted, absolutely gutted. I pay 6.8% of my
:07:51. > :07:56.salary into the pension fund, about �185 per month, and they are
:07:56. > :08:01.talking about increasing it to 9.2% of my annual salary, likely to be
:08:01. > :08:06.an additional �75 a month, which is far too much, I cannot afford it.
:08:06. > :08:09.Simon is not alone in his concerns. Unions which represent staff
:08:09. > :08:13.ranging from teachers and nurses to civil servants want a show of
:08:13. > :08:18.solidarity against proposed pension changes which will see public
:08:18. > :08:22.sector staff work longer, pay more, and receive less. Yesterday the
:08:22. > :08:26.government put a revised offer on the table ensuring anyone within 10
:08:26. > :08:30.years of retirement will not be affected by any changes and
:08:30. > :08:35.increase in payments. But the offer does not go far enough for Simon.
:08:35. > :08:38.You sign up to work in the public sector knowing you will get a final
:08:38. > :08:43.salary pension scheme that will go through a career average scheme,
:08:43. > :08:49.contributions will go up, and there is no need for it whatsoever. In
:08:49. > :08:54.Germany they put twice as much into their pensions, and in France they
:08:54. > :08:59.have pensions about twice as much as ours. The ballot result may be
:08:59. > :09:03.out, but more are expected in the next few weeks. Simon hopes it will
:09:03. > :09:06.lead to a resounding yes in favour of the biggest strike in a
:09:06. > :09:09.generation at the end of this month's.
:09:09. > :09:12.The numbers of fines issued for driving in Reading's bus lanes has
:09:12. > :09:16.trebled in a year, which could earn the council �3 million. A report
:09:16. > :09:19.has revealed almost 55,000 tickets were issued in the last six months.
:09:19. > :09:29.That is compared with 18,000 over the same period in 2010. Joe
:09:29. > :09:29.
:09:30. > :09:33.Campbell reports. The signs are there for all to see.
:09:33. > :09:39.This is one Reading Road where the bus is king. The driver of the
:09:39. > :09:43.white car following in its wake could get a nasty shock in the post.
:09:43. > :09:47.Cameras like this are used to catch motorists to use roads they should
:09:47. > :09:51.not. The town is one of the first outside London to introduce them,
:09:51. > :09:56.but a change in the road layout and an arrival of extra cameras this
:09:56. > :09:59.spring saw the number caught rocket. In many cases people made genuine
:09:59. > :10:04.mistakes in the early days, made representations to the council and
:10:04. > :10:10.we have cancelled 10% of tickets, the board in April and May. Several
:10:10. > :10:14.months on, the council says excuses are wearing thin. It dismisses fame
:10:14. > :10:18.the restrictions are confusing. The council says this is not a plan to
:10:18. > :10:23.plug the gap left by the fact it is getting less money now than it used
:10:23. > :10:27.to from Whitehall. In fact, tonight a committee will meet to discuss
:10:27. > :10:31.how it can better publicise where people, particularly those with
:10:31. > :10:36.disabilities, can now take their cars, and where they cannot. The
:10:36. > :10:39.town's biggest bus operator says with many people using public
:10:39. > :10:44.transport, car drivers should see things from the bus passengers'
:10:44. > :10:48.point of view. The thing about roads for buses and bus lanes is
:10:48. > :10:53.that, for passengers, they make the difference between unreliable
:10:53. > :10:56.operation and turning up on time, making a good stab at it. Now the
:10:56. > :11:00.council says it is seeing a small number of repeat offenders who seem
:11:00. > :11:03.to think the fine is worth paying if they get to their destination on
:11:03. > :11:05.time. Still to come in this evening's
:11:05. > :11:13.South Today: Royal recognition for the 26-year-
:11:13. > :11:16.old who has proved she is a real community champion.
:11:16. > :11:19.Sussex Police are appealing for information to help catch a taxi
:11:19. > :11:23.driver who attacked a woman in Crawley. The 20-year-old woman got
:11:23. > :11:27.into a Crawley Hackney carriage in Vulcan Close. The driver then
:11:27. > :11:30.locked the doors and carried out a sexual assault. The police have
:11:30. > :11:34.just released details of the attack, which happened at around 5.30am on
:11:34. > :11:38.September 25th. 2,500 staff at South Western
:11:38. > :11:44.Ambulance Service have been asked if they will take a pay cut, or
:11:44. > :11:47.lose some leave, as part of plans to save millions of pounds. The
:11:47. > :11:51.service, which has written to all staff, says jobs may go if they
:11:51. > :11:53.cannot find �4 million of savings a year. The announcement has been met
:11:53. > :12:01.with anger from the unions, who branded the proposals "totally
:12:01. > :12:06.unacceptable". Clearly, they are very annoyed and
:12:06. > :12:10.very angry. They are committed, hard-working people who are already
:12:10. > :12:15.not on great salaries, no matter what anybody thinks about that, and
:12:15. > :12:18.do not see why they should take any larger hit than other NHS staff
:12:18. > :12:21.across the south-west. A Green MEP has been in Portsmouth
:12:21. > :12:23.today urging the local council to take more action on air pollution,
:12:23. > :12:30.specifically nitrogen dioxide, saying if drastic measures are not
:12:30. > :12:36.made, thousands of lives are at risk. Laura Trant has the story.
:12:36. > :12:41.Cycling is cheap, green and healthy. Isn't it? 26-year-old Allyn relies
:12:41. > :12:48.on it. His bike is his way of getting from to B. But there is a
:12:48. > :12:50.problem. This morning I could taste and smell the pollution in the air
:12:50. > :12:55.I was cycling in, so it is uncomfortable from a personal point
:12:55. > :12:59.of view, but I am more concerned that, as the years progress and I
:12:59. > :13:03.continue cycling, it might have held a effect on me personally.
:13:03. > :13:09.comes as no surprise to Green MEP Keith Taylor, who is concerned
:13:09. > :13:15.about levels of nitrogen dioxide, a gas omitted from road transport.
:13:15. > :13:20.They are saying 200,000 people are losing years off their lives
:13:20. > :13:24.because of pollution. So what we need to be doing is making the air
:13:24. > :13:30.we breathe healthier. Portsmouth City Council says it is
:13:30. > :13:34.on top of the problem. We used to have 13 air action quality zones.
:13:34. > :13:38.We have been able to sort this out in everywhere apart from five, so
:13:38. > :13:42.things are getting better in Portsmouth, but they are right, we
:13:42. > :13:47.have a problem with some fumes and we need to work harder to sort that
:13:47. > :13:51.out. There is no easy task, comparing levels of air pollution
:13:51. > :13:55.across the south, because it is up to councils to decide where to
:13:55. > :14:01.place their monitoring stations. Whether or not it is at a pollution
:14:01. > :14:06.hot spot. This is how it works. This is a diffusion tube. You take
:14:06. > :14:11.off one of these rubber bits, put it up here on a lamp-post, and then
:14:11. > :14:14.the air swells around inside and any nasty pollutants that stake in
:14:14. > :14:18.there are then tested in laboratories so they know what is
:14:18. > :14:21.in the environment for those cyclists and people walking around.
:14:21. > :14:25.According to council figures, more than a quarter of the monitors in
:14:25. > :14:29.Portsmouth show levels of nitrogen dioxide to be higher than the EU
:14:29. > :14:33.target levels. In Brighton that is the case that more than three-
:14:33. > :14:40.quarters of the monitors. Salsbury is in the middle with half of
:14:40. > :14:43.stations showing higher than acceptable readings.
:14:43. > :14:47.People living near Shoreham in West Sussex say their health is
:14:47. > :14:51.suffering as a result of dust blowing towards their homes. Report
:14:51. > :14:54.says improvements have been made to try to solve the problem. Sean
:14:54. > :14:59.Kinnock has more. It was back in the spring that a
:14:59. > :15:03.new operation began at Shoreham Port, exporting waste wood chip to
:15:03. > :15:07.buy a mass burners in Scandinavia. Nearby resident John Oakley video
:15:07. > :15:10.to the chippings being loaded on to chips and says dust blowing in the
:15:10. > :15:14.wind has covered part cars and houses in the neighbourhood and
:15:14. > :15:18.affected the health of his family and neighbours. It gets up your
:15:18. > :15:22.nose, you cannot breed, it is in your eyes and a mouth. It is
:15:22. > :15:26.getting all over your hair and your body. The portal authority says as
:15:26. > :15:30.a result of meetings with residents improvements have been made to the
:15:30. > :15:34.operation in recent weeks. woodchip is certainly the new
:15:34. > :15:39.operation that we have on the port and has been creating some dust
:15:39. > :15:42.over the summer, particularly when the weather was dry and windy. But
:15:42. > :15:46.with the improvements it should make a big difference, and what
:15:46. > :15:50.most people are asking overwhelming these to ensure that the woodchip
:15:50. > :15:56.pile is reduced to below the retaining wall, which would make a
:15:56. > :16:01.big difference to the amount of dust. The company says it adheres
:16:01. > :16:06.strictly to all regulations. In a statement they said, we have almost
:16:06. > :16:09.-- also invested over �40,000 in practical measures such as adding
:16:09. > :16:13.extra high windbreak netting to the horse, installing additional
:16:13. > :16:17.sprinkler systems and changing the specification of the biomass
:16:17. > :16:21.material to limit any dust. We believe the current problem now
:16:21. > :16:25.being experienced by residents is not originating from our by a mass
:16:25. > :16:28.pile-up. -- biomass.
:16:28. > :16:31.It is a sporting challenge that is continents apart - two schools on
:16:31. > :16:34.opposite sides of the globe competing for Olympic honours.
:16:34. > :16:37.Dorset school has been twinned with one in the foothills of the
:16:37. > :16:41.Himalayas in India. The idea is to learn about different cultures and
:16:41. > :16:49.explore the Olympic ideals. But things have started to get
:16:49. > :16:52.competitive. Ed Sherry has been to meet the pupils.
:16:52. > :16:58.My name is Tara Chittenden from the Thomas Hardye School and this is
:16:58. > :17:04.the hockey challenge. I and Jason Jones and I am about to do the 60
:17:04. > :17:09.metres sprint challenge. I am doing the tennis challenge. This is the
:17:09. > :17:13.halfway kick challenge. The latest student at the Thomas Hardye School
:17:13. > :17:17.to give their all in five earning big sporting challenges. With
:17:17. > :17:21.London 2012 less than a year away, they are excited about the game's.
:17:21. > :17:26.It will be amazing for schools to be taking part as well and
:17:26. > :17:33.hopefully will bring sport to be more of the subject and yet people
:17:33. > :17:37.doing more sports. For now, this is who they are competing against,
:17:37. > :17:41.friendly rivalry against this school in India. It is an all-boys
:17:41. > :17:45.independent school where the focus is largely on sport. Each school
:17:45. > :17:50.films that athletes in action and sends the others the results. So
:17:50. > :17:57.far they have competed in -- competed in basketball and swimming.
:17:57. > :18:02.It is part of World Class, a BBC campaign in schools around the
:18:02. > :18:06.world in the build-up to the Olympic. We have asked the school
:18:06. > :18:11.about their first famous gold medallist for the 10 metre rifle
:18:11. > :18:14.shooting in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, what he has done and how
:18:14. > :18:20.they are linking back to their school life at the men and. They do
:18:20. > :18:24.a lot of sport training in general -- the moment. They get up before
:18:24. > :18:28.breakfast and it leads to a more sporting community. But while it is
:18:28. > :18:35.not all about the competition they are keeping score, and in the
:18:35. > :18:40.challenge is so far it is Dorset two, Indian nil.
:18:40. > :18:45.It is lovely that it is getting so competitive! A fabulous idea to
:18:45. > :18:51.twin with other American -- schools around the world.
:18:51. > :18:54.Kris Temple was at there last night, talking about having gone to meet a
:18:54. > :19:03.racehorse trainer. He got up at the crack of dawn, a committed young
:19:03. > :19:07.man for All Stop you have got to get up early. You are not doing
:19:07. > :19:12.their stories! Net see what he was doing early
:19:12. > :19:15.yesterday, shall we? -- next see what he was doing.
:19:15. > :19:17.The South is blessed with some of the finest horse racing trainers
:19:17. > :19:19.the sport has ever seen. The new the sport has ever seen. The new
:19:19. > :19:20.jump racing season has also jump racing season has also
:19:20. > :19:24.witnessed some fine performances by horses belonging to Jamie Snowden,
:19:24. > :19:27.an up-and-coming trainer aged just 32. Kris has been to meet him at
:19:27. > :19:32.his Berkshire base. Jump racing is his passion and
:19:32. > :19:36.Jamie Snowden's training career is taking off. Having recently
:19:36. > :19:41.upgraded to a new yard, he has had a flying start to the new season
:19:41. > :19:46.with over �50,000 in prize money already. We have 30 horses on the
:19:46. > :19:49.books now, we are in the hope of it here. The communication network is
:19:49. > :19:57.amazing, you can get to 20 racecourses within a couple of
:19:57. > :19:59.It is where it is all happening and I am happy with it. It is a far cry
:19:59. > :20:04.from last winter when the big freeze brought many racing
:20:04. > :20:07.businesses to a stance still. could not get out, and we managed
:20:07. > :20:12.to keep the horses ticking over, but if you cannot take them to a
:20:12. > :20:16.race meeting, you cannot re S. Having learned his trade under the
:20:16. > :20:19.likes of Nicky Henderson, he is now in his 4th season. You can never
:20:19. > :20:24.trained the same way as Nicky Henderson or Paul Nicholls, but you
:20:24. > :20:28.can take a piece out of each of those. I worked in New Zealand in
:20:28. > :20:32.might appear, and you take little pieces out of every one you have
:20:32. > :20:39.been too. The Yard had their first win at Cheltenham last month, but
:20:39. > :20:45.there are high hopes for an Old Course. He could make the line-up
:20:45. > :20:51.for the 2012 ran National. Here he is, 11, probably hitting a peak
:20:51. > :20:55.form of his life. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that he
:20:55. > :21:00.should have run well in the Welsh National. He wears his heart on his
:21:00. > :21:05.sleeve when he races, he digs deep, he has certainly got a chance.
:21:05. > :21:12.another winner on the board just yesterday, Jamie Snowden's stock as
:21:12. > :21:14.a trainer continues to rise. Beautiful pictures as well
:21:14. > :21:17.yesterday morning. Now to the recurring question of
:21:17. > :21:20.the week, which is, "When will Portsmouth appoint a new manager"?
:21:20. > :21:23.It is three weeks since Steve Cotterill left to join Nottingham
:21:23. > :21:26.Forest. He returns on Saturday with his new club. But as things stand,
:21:26. > :21:28.coach Guy Whittingham, along with Stuart Gray, seems set to be
:21:28. > :21:32.picking the team. Pompey's form since Cotterill left has bought the
:21:32. > :21:33.Fratton Park club time as they mull over their options, but are the
:21:33. > :21:36.players curious about what is happening?
:21:36. > :21:41.I have not had one question, they have not said anything to me
:21:41. > :21:44.whatsoever. They come in, they want to train, they gladly come in and
:21:44. > :21:47.trained and they must be enjoying it and are looking forward to the
:21:47. > :21:50.game on Saturday. No one has asked any questions about the managers at
:21:50. > :21:53.all. Now, we are going to meet a young
:21:53. > :21:55.lady who has had a rather special day. Jacqueline Cass has devoted
:21:55. > :21:58.countless hours to helping others in sport.
:21:58. > :22:01.Today, she received an MBE from Princess Anne for voluntary
:22:01. > :22:10.services, part of the Queen's birthday honours. She is here with
:22:10. > :22:16.us now. You have not seen this, having? And heir. Shall we relive
:22:16. > :22:19.your special Mehmet? -- your special moment.
:22:19. > :22:23.Jacqueline Cass for services to Thames Valley wheelchair basketball
:22:23. > :22:28.club. That must have been a wonderful
:22:28. > :22:31.moment for you. What did she say? She said it was nice to meet me,
:22:31. > :22:37.asked me how many players I have in the team and where we were
:22:37. > :22:40.competing. We spoke a bit about the junior lead that my players are
:22:40. > :22:44.participating in last season and again this season and asked about
:22:44. > :22:48.the Paralympics and how I felt about it coming to London.
:22:48. > :22:53.Wheelchair basketball, we did a bit about it recently, and next year is
:22:53. > :22:57.a great opportunity for exposure for the sport. Long term, still
:22:57. > :23:02.some questions. How do you feel about the opportunities that the
:23:02. > :23:06.Olympics and Paralympics offer and be on? It is amazing that it is a
:23:06. > :23:09.home games, and to get people involved in the sport, I am hoping
:23:09. > :23:13.to be an official at the Paralympics and possibly an index
:23:13. > :23:17.with basketball, and the legacy that it will leave with the new
:23:17. > :23:22.venues that it has created and the raised profile in disability sport
:23:22. > :23:28.that it has brought. It is a fantastic opportunity, and also,
:23:28. > :23:33.this must have been a surprise? definitely. I did not know I had
:23:33. > :23:37.been nominated. I got home and was on the phone to my mum. When the
:23:37. > :23:41.envelope came through... It looked official, I thought I had a
:23:41. > :23:47.speeding ticket! I opened it and was speech this on the phone to my
:23:47. > :23:52.mum. Better than a speeding ticket! Getting it, why is it so important?
:23:52. > :23:56.What does it do for you and the sport that you support so much?
:23:56. > :24:00.has raised the profile of wheelchair basketball for me to
:24:00. > :24:03.come and speak to you today, and it is just something amazing. I don't
:24:03. > :24:13.know the full benefits that I get and the implications it will have,
:24:13. > :24:18.I am still learning. We met Jacqueline five years ago. Is this
:24:18. > :24:26.better than getting the BBC South champion aboard?! Very much on a
:24:26. > :24:32.par! I still have my award at home. On the mantelpiece! Congratulations,
:24:32. > :24:42.thank you for coming tonight. Oh, we should show you, there it is, a
:24:42. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:51.wonderful Mb. Isn't it fantastic? Where it with pride. -- MBE. Wear
:24:51. > :24:54.Ken Newberry captured a golfer taking full advantage of the dry
:24:54. > :24:57.weather at midday before the rain arrived this afternoon in Cowdray
:24:57. > :25:00.Park in West Sussex. We all know seagulls like their
:25:00. > :25:02.chips. This one was captured by Robin Boltwood in Swanage. The two
:25:02. > :25:05.people were also sheltering from the strong breeze. He is looking
:25:05. > :25:08.through the glass! And Ron Adams from Aylesbury in
:25:08. > :25:12.Buckinghamshire captured the morning dew on a spider's web.
:25:12. > :25:18.There were heavy showers today, people in Shoreham said the rain
:25:18. > :25:24.was coming in horizontally, not a meteorological term! We can expect
:25:24. > :25:28.some thundery downpours tonight. The Met Office have issued a
:25:28. > :25:31.weather warning, potential for very heavy rain causing localised
:25:31. > :25:38.flooding, standing water on the road and surface spray, so do take
:25:38. > :25:43.care. You can see the greens, the yellows and the darker blues. Very
:25:43. > :25:47.mild temperatures despite those thunderstorms. Expect a low of 12-
:25:47. > :25:50.13 Celsius. A brief dry period tomorrow morning with some
:25:50. > :25:56.brightness before the show was start marching in again from the
:25:57. > :26:01.English Channel. Thunderstorms are possible, maybe from Oxford up to
:26:01. > :26:05.Dorset throughout the day, and a high tomorrow of 17 or 18, very
:26:05. > :26:09.mild for the time of year. That line of showers stays through
:26:09. > :26:13.Saturday morning, a few clear spells under those clearing skies,
:26:13. > :26:19.perhaps some mist and fog patches. Temperatures just into single
:26:19. > :26:24.figures. Unsettled into the weekend, unfortunately, for those wanting to
:26:24. > :26:28.go to fireworks displays on Bonfire Night. Low-pressure over the near
:26:28. > :26:34.Continent, the winds world died down, so it will feel cooler,
:26:34. > :26:37.temperatures returning to the seasonal average. Unfortunately we
:26:37. > :26:41.are seeing damp conditions, the north of the country having the
:26:42. > :26:46.best conditions for the fireworks displays. Here is the summary for
:26:46. > :26:52.Sunday, a drier day, cloud around, and over cast feel, the odd shower
:26:52. > :26:57.here and there, and a similar picture on Monday. The winds are
:26:57. > :27:00.coming in from the North at the weekend so it will feel cooler.
:27:00. > :27:04.Thunderstorms tomorrow, brisk winds from the south-west, changing
:27:04. > :27:09.direction over the weekend. Saturday, light, patchy rain to
:27:09. > :27:15.start the day, 10 in heavier as the day goes on. Over cast on Sunday,
:27:15. > :27:19.patchy drizzle by Monday -- 10 ING heavier as the day goes on.
:27:19. > :27:23.Not great for fireworks night. are you back on the basketball
:27:23. > :27:29.court, Jacqueline? We have the junior league in London. Straight
:27:29. > :27:34.back to my aid. They will celebrate with you. Thank you for coming in.