:00:08. > :00:11.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. In tonight's programme, we go
:00:11. > :00:17.undercover to expose a controversial plan. The cost of one
:00:17. > :00:22.motorist was over �600. When I came back later, the car had gone, and
:00:22. > :00:25.of course I thought it had been stolen, which was a big shock.
:00:25. > :00:32.Fighting the floods, the new plan being considered to stop a repeat
:00:32. > :00:36.of this. To see it happen again was heart-wrenching, not to mention the
:00:36. > :00:42.financial aspect of the insurance, premiums have rocketed.
:00:42. > :00:46.Then Lady's new ice-breaker departs for Antarctica. -- the Royal Navy's
:00:46. > :00:56.ice-breaker. And farewell to a Southampton some
:00:56. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:00.as the film director Ken Russell Motorists in the South could be
:01:00. > :01:03.faced with another year of clamping misery before new laws come into
:01:03. > :01:07.force. The Government is planning to bring in tighter regulations to
:01:07. > :01:09.control the business. But, in the meantime, Inside Out has followed a
:01:09. > :01:16.prolific car clamping company in Southampton which makes hundreds of
:01:16. > :01:19.pounds from drivers in just a few hours. Dennis Wilson from
:01:19. > :01:27.Southampton is one victim, he paid out almost �700 for choosing the
:01:27. > :01:31.wrong parking spot. Jenny Craddock reports.
:01:31. > :01:36.19-year-old Dennis Wilson is one of many Hampshire motorists who are
:01:36. > :01:44.angry at the charges they have had to pay after being clamped by
:01:44. > :01:48.white's car-park solutions. It was an area I had parked in lots of
:01:48. > :01:52.times before, and I have no idea it had been made a prohibited area so
:01:52. > :01:56.I did not look for any signs or anything like that. Then when I
:01:56. > :02:01.came back later, the car had gone, which of course I thought it had
:02:01. > :02:05.been stolen, which was a big shot. Mr Wilson was not displaying his
:02:05. > :02:09.disability badge and his car had been towed away. Because it was a
:02:09. > :02:17.Friday, he says they told him he could not collected until after the
:02:17. > :02:23.weekend. The total bill? By the Monday, it was �300 for towing away,
:02:23. > :02:29.180 I think for the clamp, four days of storage at �42, and on top
:02:29. > :02:33.of that you were virtually obliged to pay by credit card because not
:02:33. > :02:39.many people can lay their hands on seven or �800 on the spur of the
:02:39. > :02:43.moment, so the total I paid was �680.40. All of these people have
:02:43. > :02:49.been clamped by the same company and are angry about what happened,
:02:49. > :02:52.yet it is perfectly legal. For now, that is. A bill is currently going
:02:52. > :02:58.through Parliament to outlaw clamping on private land. Not
:02:58. > :03:03.before time, says one local MP. am definitely no fan of clamping.
:03:03. > :03:09.The sooner we get the prohibition on this on the statute book, which
:03:09. > :03:14.should be next spring, the better, because it has got to stop.
:03:14. > :03:18.And Inside Out presenter Jon Cuthill joins me in the studio now.
:03:18. > :03:23.You and the team went undercover to expose the company. How did you do
:03:23. > :03:29.that? The first-string is to ask Mr White for an interview, we wanted
:03:29. > :03:35.to hear his side of the story, but he declined the offer. So I got
:03:35. > :03:40.myself a car, I got myself a ropey disguise, and I got a pretend
:03:40. > :03:45.sister and parked the car in a spot that we knew he patrolled. Sure
:03:45. > :03:51.enough, within 40 minutes, this happened. We got clamped by the
:03:51. > :03:54.company. What we wanted to do was to see if we were charged the same
:03:54. > :03:59.rate that motorists have been telling us. We just heard from
:03:59. > :04:03.Dennis Wilson, charge nearly �700. We wanted to see how the charges
:04:03. > :04:09.back-up, and they certainly did. Are there many victims to this
:04:09. > :04:14.company? We found with seven that spoke to many, many more. They
:04:14. > :04:16.operate in the Southampton, Eastleigh, Winchester areas. It is
:04:17. > :04:21.not the fact that people are parking in the wrong spot and
:04:21. > :04:24.getting punished for that, what we are questioning is the level of
:04:24. > :04:28.punishment because surely the fines should be in proportion to the
:04:28. > :04:32.level of wrong doing, and that is what angered so many motorists that
:04:32. > :04:37.we spoke to. They said in some cases, yes, I parked in the wrong
:04:37. > :04:41.spot, but how can it be justified that I am charged hundreds and
:04:41. > :04:46.hundreds of pounds? I have to say, Jason White is not breaking the law,
:04:46. > :04:52.he is not doing anything wrong, it is just the level of charge. Thank
:04:52. > :04:55.you very much. You can see more on that at 7:30pm tonight on BBC
:04:55. > :04:59.Inside Out. A community on the Isle of Wight
:04:59. > :05:02.have been left stunned after part of their church was set on fire. St
:05:02. > :05:04.Mary the Virgin in Carisbrooke has been targeted for the third time in
:05:04. > :05:07.recent months. Yesterday, parishioners found the altar ablaze
:05:07. > :05:13.when they came in to prepare for a service. Two crucifixes had also
:05:13. > :05:17.been removed. Six people have been arrested for arson and theft.
:05:17. > :05:23.Coming in for a service and finding a church full of smoke and the
:05:23. > :05:28.damage to the Alter and the way in which the crucifixes had been
:05:28. > :05:35.ripped off the wall and thrown around the village, it has upset a
:05:35. > :05:37.lot of people, they were left in tears after seen it. -- after
:05:37. > :05:40.seeing it. BBC Radio Berkshire's mid-morning
:05:40. > :05:43.presenter Anne Diamond is accusing News International of making her
:05:43. > :05:46.out to be a "cold-blooded murderer". She told the inquiry into media
:05:46. > :05:48.ethics that she had been "targeted" by Rupert Murdoch's empire. In 1987,
:05:48. > :05:52.The Sun ran a front-page headline disclosing a traffic accident seven
:05:52. > :05:55.years before in which a man died. The inquest and a subsequent Press
:05:55. > :06:00.Council inquiry ruled that she was not to blame. She said there must
:06:00. > :06:07.be change. I think I would most like to say
:06:07. > :06:12.that it does not have to be like this. It is so sad that a handful
:06:12. > :06:16.of bad journalists have besmirched the profession in this way. We need
:06:16. > :06:20.a free press because I know a lot of very fine journalists who do a
:06:20. > :06:22.good job, and we have been hearing so much in the last few weeks of
:06:22. > :06:25.very bad journalists who have done an appalling job.
:06:25. > :06:28.And Anne will be talking about the press enquiry on BBC Radio
:06:28. > :06:30.Berkshire from 7am tomorrow with Andrew Peach.
:06:30. > :06:33.Nearly 300 people working for Thames Valley Police have had their
:06:33. > :06:37.jobs saved. Last year, the force announced hundreds of police
:06:37. > :06:40.officers and staff would lose their jobs to balance the books. Now, far
:06:40. > :06:45.fewer posts will be cut than first thought. Our home affairs
:06:45. > :06:48.correspondent Alex Forsyth joins me now with more on this.
:06:48. > :06:52.Like most police forces, Thames Valley has to save money, �50
:06:52. > :07:00.million over the next few years. Earlier this year, the force said
:07:00. > :07:04.this would mean cutting around 800 jobs, including 250 officers. But
:07:04. > :07:08.today, the Chief Constable has said that is no longer the case. Now,
:07:08. > :07:14.the total jobs to go over the next four years is likely to be nearer
:07:14. > :07:18.to 500, and just 100 of these will be police officers.
:07:18. > :07:24.We had to lose may be some investigation roles, police
:07:24. > :07:29.officers, may be some intelligence roles. More of those are safe. Of
:07:29. > :07:33.the Police Staff, we will lose less police community support officers
:07:33. > :07:41.and less INVESTIGATORS. Both of those roles are very much nearer
:07:42. > :07:44.the front line -- Les case investigators.
:07:44. > :07:47.Thames Valley says there are several reasons for the change. If
:07:48. > :07:51.they freeze council tax next year they will get a �4 million grant
:07:51. > :07:53.from the Government, more than they had budgeted for. And there is a
:07:54. > :07:56.national review of police pay and conditions, which could see the
:07:56. > :08:00.amount police get paid for things like overtime reduced. This could
:08:00. > :08:03.save Thames Valley Police �12 million a year. So although it
:08:03. > :08:06.might mean more police officers in work, it could also mean they are
:08:06. > :08:11.on less money. These changes will affect all police forces, but so
:08:11. > :08:14.far no others have said they will mean fewer job cuts. And while
:08:14. > :08:20.Thames Valley Police is relieved to be protecting some posts, hundreds
:08:20. > :08:27.of jobs are still going. So they are increasing officers in
:08:27. > :08:29.neighbourhood patrols, but staff in support roles will reduce. The
:08:29. > :08:32.Chief Constable said despite this little bit of good news, tackling
:08:32. > :08:42.crime while balancing the books will get tougher over the next few
:08:42. > :09:06.
:09:07. > :09:09.The Government has announced that it plans to close the search and
:09:10. > :09:12.rescue helicopter base at Portland in Dorset in six years' time. This
:09:13. > :09:14.reverses an earlier decision to keep the site open. It follows an
:09:14. > :09:17.announcement earlier this month that the coastguard co-ordination
:09:17. > :09:20.centre in nearby Weymouth would also close. In future, search and
:09:20. > :09:21.rescue helicopter cover for Dorset will be covered from Lee-on-the-
:09:22. > :09:24.Solent. They thought the problem had been
:09:24. > :09:27.fixed. But just months after a new flood alleviation scheme was
:09:27. > :09:29.completed, homes in Reading were swamped for a second time.
:09:29. > :09:32.Household insurance premiums have rocketed since the latest flooding
:09:32. > :09:35.in August. Tonight, council leaders will vote for further costly works,
:09:35. > :09:37.which they hope will solve the issue once and for all. Allen
:09:37. > :09:40.Sinclair is in Reading tonight. It is an awful experience for
:09:40. > :09:42.people whose hands are flooded but imagine it happening to you for a
:09:42. > :09:44.second time, especially after you have been told work has been
:09:44. > :09:46.carried out to protect your property. Neighbours in Reading are
:09:46. > :09:48.understandably angry and very anxious, fearful that the next
:09:48. > :09:50.heavy downpour could make it third time unlucky.
:09:50. > :09:52.August's flash flooding caught many people out but none more than the
:09:52. > :09:54.residents of Kingsley Close, that is because Reading council had only
:09:54. > :09:57.just completed a quarter million pounds scheme intent -- intended to
:09:57. > :10:01.prevent flooding like this after many more homes had been swamped
:10:01. > :10:05.for years previously. Speaking today, neighbours that did for a
:10:05. > :10:08.second time were still frustrated and angry. To think it could happen
:10:08. > :10:13.again was heart-wrenching and not to mention the financial aspects,
:10:13. > :10:16.the insurance. Premiums have rocketed, we have to pay .. We used
:10:16. > :10:22.to playing house insurer has. they thought they were going to
:10:22. > :10:27.amend, they have paid -- they have made worse. I hope they sold it
:10:27. > :10:30.very soon, otherwise insurance is not going to want to know.
:10:30. > :10:34.government-funded scheme involved burying a huge underground tank
:10:34. > :10:38.which worked exactly as planned, preventing flooding over a much
:10:38. > :10:43.wider area. The problems in Kingsley Close this time had been
:10:43. > :10:47.caused by blocked drainage ditches on nearby private land. The heavy
:10:47. > :10:52.downpour overwhelms them, with water seeping back. I am very
:10:52. > :10:55.confident now that what is going to be done will be as much as can be
:10:55. > :10:59.done and is being thoroughly investigated. The only thing I
:10:59. > :11:03.would say is you can never totally 100% guarantee against flooding
:11:03. > :11:07.anywhere in the can do. Measures being debated by councillors
:11:07. > :11:11.tonight include using new powers to go on to private land to clear
:11:11. > :11:15.ditches and send the bill to the landowners but they will need to
:11:15. > :11:18.wait another heavy downpour to see if this time it actually works.
:11:18. > :11:22.Councillors are meeting here tonight and will rubber-stamp plans
:11:22. > :11:26.to spend �100,000 on measures to clear the drainage ditches. They
:11:26. > :11:29.will not be put to the test, though, until we have another heavy
:11:29. > :11:32.downpour. In the past, it has been cleaned up
:11:32. > :11:35.by scout groups, but now the probation service says a small
:11:35. > :11:38.stretch of water on the Isle of Wight is too risky for its
:11:38. > :11:41.offenders to touch. The Isle of Wight parish council received the
:11:41. > :11:45.feedback after a risk assessment was carried out at Lukely Brook
:11:45. > :11:50.near Newport. Catharina Moh has the story.
:11:50. > :11:54.Lukely Brook, not exactly a tyrant, but during prolonged heavy rainfall,
:11:54. > :11:58.the area Kennford, which is why Newport Parish Council want to
:11:58. > :12:02.clear the undergrowth so it can flow freely. They were hoping to
:12:02. > :12:05.save taxpayers' money by getting the local community payback scheme
:12:05. > :12:13.involves, where offenders would come and clear it for free. But
:12:13. > :12:17.they were told it was to gain to us. It is a community job, health and
:12:17. > :12:23.safety. What else is there that have an safety cannot do? Let's see
:12:23. > :12:27.how deep the water is. That is the depth. The Hampshire Probation
:12:27. > :12:30.Trust told us it was possesses all community payback projects and in
:12:30. > :12:34.relation to this project the proposed site at Lukely Brook is
:12:34. > :12:40.next to a busy main road and it was felt that it was not advisable to
:12:40. > :12:44.place a group of offenders under supervision in such a location.
:12:44. > :12:49.Community payback schemes see offenders doing a variety of unpaid
:12:49. > :12:54.work. This is one group helping out last December in Sussex during the
:12:54. > :12:59.heavy snowfall. It is not that dangerous. I remember being a scout,
:12:59. > :13:04.I used to do stuff like that. just put yellow jackets on. Tony
:13:04. > :13:09.said in the past scouts had cleared his job. -- played this book. It is
:13:09. > :13:11.a job that needs to be done but will not be done by offenders. The
:13:11. > :13:17.council are now looking for companies willing to take on this
:13:17. > :13:20.task. Still to come: there is a change in
:13:20. > :13:24.the air. We will have the forecast.
:13:24. > :13:31.It is getting cooler this week but find out later in the programme
:13:31. > :13:34.when we will have the heavy rainfall and the strong winds.
:13:34. > :13:38.Today was supposed to be the biggest online shopping day in the
:13:38. > :13:43.run-up to Christmas but chances are many of you will want a festive
:13:43. > :13:46.high street experience. Lights and decorations are up in most places
:13:47. > :13:51.across the south to entice shoppers. In Bognor Regis a scheme has just
:13:51. > :13:55.been launched to allow visitors to qualify for free parking. But along
:13:55. > :14:05.the coast, the Green run council in Brighton and Hove is looking to
:14:05. > :14:10.There is no need to feed the meter with his parking scheme. For �1 you
:14:10. > :14:15.get a disc entitled you to two hours' free parking. Its aim is to
:14:15. > :14:18.help the local economy. I am hoping it will achieve more
:14:18. > :14:25.food for for the traders. Bad economic times, we want to help
:14:25. > :14:31.them as much as we can. All credit to the organisations, we are
:14:31. > :14:36.putting for this. The councils have listened to their concerns. There
:14:36. > :14:40.was a petition with 6,000 signatures in favour of the scheme.
:14:40. > :14:44.Always a good idea to save people money. If they said it on parking
:14:45. > :14:48.they will spend it on the shops. Get more people in a camp, have a
:14:48. > :14:54.look round. The number of shops that have shut down. Bring more
:14:54. > :14:58.people into the town. Parking is always a big issue. Along the coast
:14:58. > :15:03.Brighton and Hove's council is planning to increase some parking
:15:03. > :15:07.charges. Tariffs in some of the busiest parts will double. Some
:15:07. > :15:12.charges in a quieter car parks will fall. The castle predict it would
:15:12. > :15:16.raise an additional �1.3 million -- the council. It would be invested
:15:16. > :15:21.in transport schemes. Some people will end up paying more. But we
:15:21. > :15:26.hope people would try to find other ways to come into the city centre.
:15:26. > :15:30.We have got an excellent bus service. A lot of rail connections.
:15:30. > :15:35.Half the people that come to the city already come by public
:15:35. > :15:38.transport. We would want to encourage people to give it a try.
:15:38. > :15:45.Back in Bognor Regis for free parking project starts on Thursday.
:15:45. > :15:48.A trial scheme which will last for 12 months.
:15:48. > :15:53.It is fair to say the man behind me here was flamboyant, controversial
:15:53. > :15:56.and provocative. The film director Ken Russell has died in hospital at
:15:56. > :16:00.the age of 84. He had been making films for more than 50 years and
:16:00. > :16:03.was known for his controversial works such as Women in Love and
:16:03. > :16:08.Tommy. He was born in Southampton and lived in the New Forest for
:16:08. > :16:14.many years. We look back at his life and work in the south.
:16:14. > :16:17.I hope my hold house is still there. Yes! Hasn't changed a bit. There is
:16:17. > :16:21.a home is where the parties and Ken Russell wore his heart on his
:16:21. > :16:25.sleeve. He grew up in Southampton and as his film-making career took
:16:25. > :16:33.off he stayed local to his roots. Some of his biggest films were set
:16:33. > :16:39.in the south. I always think of him as my mentor. He changed my life.
:16:39. > :16:43.After I did Boyfriend I went on to do theatre and film.
:16:43. > :16:47.A fellow of Southampton Solent University he remained involved
:16:47. > :16:55.until the end, regularly reviewing work for the students. How long did
:16:55. > :17:00.that take to shoot. Five days. is a good effort.
:17:00. > :17:06.In 2006 he cheated death. His home in the New Forest went up in flames.
:17:06. > :17:11.He and his wife managed to escape seeking refuge in their local pub.
:17:11. > :17:15.Today the village remembered its most famous resident. He was full
:17:16. > :17:20.of life. Lots of stories, great guy, good fun to have around. A quieter
:17:20. > :17:26.character. He would come in and ask for interesting things. He came in
:17:26. > :17:33.once and wanted a couple of white overalls for a play he was doing.
:17:33. > :17:37.Very short-tempered, good attitude. Just a normal one of us lot, really.
:17:37. > :17:43.To the outside world he was one of Britain's most notorious film
:17:43. > :17:49.directors. Renowned for his unconventional approach. BBC's
:17:49. > :17:54.South invited him to make a film about female footballers, and his
:17:54. > :17:59.eccentric style shot through. You'll never guess what they were
:17:59. > :18:07.doing taking the water at Brighton. It was his work for the big screen
:18:07. > :18:12.will insure his memory will live on a. This was felt across the number
:18:12. > :18:18.of locations in the south. He was a quite large character, although he
:18:18. > :18:24.was assured man. But a very large character. You tried not to put in
:18:24. > :18:32.-- put a foot wrong. As long as my films last, it will be so. I will
:18:32. > :18:37.have my left my mark. 10 Russell died at the age of 84.
:18:38. > :18:41.You knew him quite well. I do plenty of work with him. He was an
:18:41. > :18:45.incredibly passionate man about what he did. Probably the most
:18:45. > :18:53.difficult man to interview. He didn't suffer fools gladly.
:18:53. > :18:57.Lovely man. Auntie's board. -- on to spot. A bit of a conflict,
:18:57. > :19:05.Reading and Ipswich. What a result for the royals. Take a look at the
:19:05. > :19:10.goals. This is the result of the weekend. 1-1, dramatic last 14
:19:11. > :19:16.minutes at Portland Road. Josh Carson made it to, you thought they
:19:16. > :19:20.were heading for defeat. Stoppage time, equaliser. They will get a
:19:20. > :19:26.point, no, three minutes into injury time, they claimed their 4th
:19:26. > :19:31.away win on the road, much-needed result. Excellent for Reading.
:19:31. > :19:36.Portsmouth were at home on Saturday. The club saying nothing about last
:19:36. > :19:39.week's arrest and subsequent baling of Vladimir Antonov for alleged
:19:39. > :19:43.asset-stripping of a Lithuanian back. They removed his name from
:19:43. > :19:47.the inside page of the programme before the game. On the field a
:19:47. > :19:52.face from the past returned to haunt them. Portsmouth fans can
:19:52. > :19:58.remember him, David Nugent back at his former club on Saturday. We
:19:58. > :20:05.will remember this save for a while. Their home form is their strength
:20:05. > :20:09.this season. David Norris finds the net. Nugent, 20 goals in four years
:20:09. > :20:14.at Fratton Park. They always come back to hurt you. 1-1 it finished.
:20:14. > :20:24.Southampton always call, don't they? Well, not on Saturday. They
:20:24. > :20:27.
:20:27. > :20:31.were beaten by Bristol City. Nicky Maynard, another deflection, and
:20:31. > :20:35.his Coventry City with how not to play a way out at the back. Good
:20:35. > :20:44.save, shame about the defender. Brighton on course to his second
:20:44. > :20:50.win in three, city levelled through this fine header. This is his first
:20:50. > :20:54.goal for the club. Lee Bradbury will not be on his own for much
:20:54. > :21:01.longer. He is naming an assistant at Bournemouth on Wednesday. The
:21:01. > :21:04.best chance against Oldham, this volley from Charlie Sheringham.
:21:04. > :21:10.In lead to Swindon were too strong for Aldershot, two second half
:21:10. > :21:19.goals. Crawley remains second in the table. Josh Sims and with a win
:21:19. > :21:23.at Rotherham. -- Josh since then. So many deflected goals. -- Simpson.
:21:23. > :21:28.Ian Williams is celebrating after winning the world match-racing
:21:28. > :21:32.title. His third world title. He sees boats race of head-to-heads.
:21:33. > :21:39.He is there from the left, and led to his crew to victory in Malaysia
:21:39. > :21:45.or a board Team Pindar. Newbury racecourse so it's feature meeting
:21:45. > :21:49.of the air. Quite a story. The Hennessy Gold Cup won by Carruthers
:21:49. > :21:57.strained by Mark Bradstock, part- owned by Lord Oaksey, a former
:21:57. > :22:01.winner of this race, many moons ago, 35-year-old jockey Mattie Batchelor.
:22:01. > :22:04.A little bit of local sporting history made other weekend as three
:22:04. > :22:08.female officials took charge of the men's football match in the Wessex
:22:08. > :22:14.Premier Division. Lucy May on the left-hand side refereed the game
:22:14. > :22:19.between Tottenham kneeling and Lymington Town. -- Totton and Eling.
:22:19. > :22:25.The first time in their history three female officials have taken
:22:25. > :22:28.charge of the match. What I want to get out of this is a positive
:22:28. > :22:33.stance of female referees, they see three of us doing it and they hope
:22:33. > :22:36.they can do it as well. I had the way this has been publicised and
:22:36. > :22:39.positively supported by not only the clubs but also the media, it is
:22:39. > :22:48.something that will be really positive to come out of it. Heavily
:22:48. > :22:53.we will continue to grow as females in the men's sport. It is good.
:22:53. > :22:58.It is good. They make the point, it wasn't just some kind of stunt.
:22:58. > :23:02.They are genuine, they are good at it. Interesting to see if the mood
:23:02. > :23:06.changes on the pitch. The Royal Navy's new ice patrol
:23:06. > :23:09.ship has just left Portsmouth this evening for an eight month to
:23:09. > :23:13.plummet to Antarctica. She spent six months undergoing a rapid refit
:23:13. > :23:19.after being released from away. The ship is ready for her mission
:23:19. > :23:25.surveying and patrolling the frozen continent. This is HMS protector.
:23:25. > :23:29.She weighs 5,000 tons and has her own giant ice knife. It is the
:23:29. > :23:34.weight of the Basle combined with the ice knife that crashes through
:23:34. > :23:38.those metre thick chunks of ice. 70% of the world's fresh water is
:23:38. > :23:42.prison in Antarctica. Hundreds of thousands of years old -- is frozen.
:23:42. > :23:47.When you get some of these ice cores taken from the British
:23:47. > :23:53.Antarctic Survey you can hear the fizz of the air escaping from
:23:53. > :23:57.thousands of years ago. A piece of history. The ship used to be a
:23:57. > :24:01.merchant ship. We have added a lot of military capabilities, notably
:24:02. > :24:06.survey equipment. It is second to none, really impressive bit of kit.
:24:06. > :24:10.For me, and of this survey, in the background of warfare, and frigates,
:24:10. > :24:15.this is very different. For many on board this type of mission is the
:24:15. > :24:18.first. Something completely different. The furthest I have been
:24:18. > :24:22.is the Mediterranean. This is something completely different.
:24:22. > :24:26.This is the country's first ice- breaking patrol in the Antarctic
:24:27. > :24:30.since the endurance ran into trouble off Chile in 2008 and
:24:30. > :24:35.nearly sank after taking on water. For the next three years HMS
:24:35. > :24:39.Protector is on lease from the Norwegian company. The impressive
:24:39. > :24:45.ship doesn't travel alone. It is accompanied by a flotilla of small
:24:45. > :24:52.boats, quad bikes and the reader than a sawn-off on board -- and
:24:52. > :25:01.there is even a sauna on board. big freezer, another freezer at the
:25:01. > :25:06.back. Didn't get any more in there. It is certainly in shipshape.
:25:06. > :25:10.There wasn't a sauna a board a Endurance when I went to Antarctica.
:25:10. > :25:14.You had a month on board. And a bit extra when we got stuck.
:25:14. > :25:24.On to the weather. It will not be as cold as that.
:25:24. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:29.A bit of rust this morning. -- We do have some very mild air over
:25:29. > :25:35.us. Come tomorrow afternoon that slips southwards and the cold air
:25:35. > :25:39.takes charge. Winter is certainly on its way. This week, quite a lot
:25:40. > :25:43.of rain around at times. Very strong wind, in particular
:25:43. > :25:47.overnight tonight and tomorrow daytime. For this evening we can
:25:47. > :25:51.expect a cloudy night in general. A lot of rain arriving from the
:25:52. > :25:55.Atlantic. Patchy in nature. You can see the odd burst here and there
:25:55. > :26:01.through the early hours. The cloud cover will hold in the warmth.
:26:01. > :26:05.Temperatures overnight will get warmer as the night progresses. A
:26:05. > :26:11.mild night to come. Not as cold as it was last night. We start the day
:26:11. > :26:19.tomorrow with a lot of cloud around. The main band of rain arrives. It
:26:19. > :26:23.will be very heavy in places. Gale- force gusts of up to 70 mph.
:26:23. > :26:28.Despite the rain fall, there will be a high of 14 degrees. That is
:26:28. > :26:32.when it turned colder tomorrow night. One or two showers may drift
:26:32. > :26:41.in from the English Channel 4 southernmost counties. For some of
:26:41. > :26:45.us, staying dry altogether. There will be some respite on Wednesday.
:26:45. > :26:53.We do have this weather front edging its way in. Some sunshine on
:26:53. > :26:57.Wednesday. Also the odd shower. 4th the rain will rattle in. That will
:26:57. > :27:04.clear first thing on Thursday. A mixture of sunny spells and chatted
:27:04. > :27:08.-- scattered showers. Further rain moving in on Thursday. Friday, the
:27:08. > :27:15.best day to enjoy the sunshine. It will stay dry. The wind will be a
:27:15. > :27:20.lot lighter. More cloud edging its way in. Very heavy rain, strong
:27:20. > :27:25.wind. A little respite on Wednesday. Sunshine on Friday.