:00:01. > :00:04.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today.
:00:04. > :00:06.In tonight's programme... We have a series of special reports
:00:06. > :00:11.looking at today's inflation figures and what they mean for
:00:11. > :00:14.people in the South... Rescued from their burning house -
:00:14. > :00:24.the family caught up in what a businessman says is a series of
:00:24. > :00:26.attacks. If these people are not caught someone is going to be
:00:26. > :00:29.killed. Launching a legal challenge - the
:00:29. > :00:31.future of the Rosebowl could be dragged through the courts once
:00:31. > :00:39.again. And would ewe believe it? Green
:00:39. > :00:49.sheep, in pens, on a roundabout. few days later I went round and
:00:49. > :00:52.there were several sheep and they were all green!
:00:52. > :00:55.Hello and welcome to a special edition of South Today. Later in
:00:55. > :00:58.tonight's programme, we'll hear how last night's storms hit the South,
:00:58. > :01:05.including the story of the man who escaped this tree crashing into his
:01:05. > :01:07.bedroom. But first tonight, we begin a series of reports looking
:01:07. > :01:12.at the economy and turn our attention to today's inflation
:01:12. > :01:15.figures. It was announced this morning that the current rate of
:01:15. > :01:17.inflation is 4.8% - that's using the Consumer Price Index which is
:01:17. > :01:21.the Government's preferred measure of inflation and excludes mortgage
:01:21. > :01:26.interest payments. That's down from the previous month, but still well
:01:26. > :01:30.above the Bank of England target of 2%. While inflation is still at
:01:30. > :01:36.some of its highest levels we've seen this century, many of you will
:01:36. > :01:39.remember 1975, when inflation peaked at more than 24%. But what
:01:39. > :01:44.do today's figures mean for our household budgets? Allen Sinclair
:01:44. > :01:48.has been studying the data. Allen. The headline figure of 4.8% tells
:01:48. > :01:51.us how much goods are increasing in price. But what about the money in
:01:51. > :01:55.our pockets? Is it keeping pace? It's difficult to get regional
:01:55. > :01:57.inflation figures because so many of our prices are set nationally.
:01:57. > :02:03.So we've been studying local wages using the Government's 2011 Annual
:02:03. > :02:12.Survey of Earnings, for the year up to April. During that year, median
:02:12. > :02:15.weekly pay for full time workers While that's three times faster
:02:15. > :02:18.than the UK figure, inflation during the same period was running
:02:18. > :02:24.at 4.5%, so pay awards are failing by some way to keep pace with price
:02:24. > :02:28.rises. There's wide variation within the region. Dorset has some
:02:28. > :02:31.of the lowest levels of pay, but wages there rose by 3%. In West
:02:31. > :02:37.Sussex, part time workers saw their pay rise by an inflation busting
:02:37. > :02:41.5.7%. But the figures suggest wage packets in Reading and Portsmouth
:02:41. > :02:44.have fallen. And the trend across the board is that public sector
:02:44. > :02:49.workers were getting higher increases than those in the private
:02:49. > :02:52.sector. We begin our reports tonight in the
:02:52. > :02:55.world of business. The cost of raw materials is rising, and firms say
:02:55. > :02:58.there's nothing they can do to escape that. Chrissy Sturt has been
:02:58. > :03:03.to a foundry in Poole which turns out the largest number of disc
:03:03. > :03:13.brakes in the whole of Europe. The price of the metal they buy is up
:03:13. > :03:14.
:03:14. > :03:19.by 50% and eventually that will be This is molten metal at 1,500
:03:19. > :03:24.degrees. It is how life begins for the brake discs that end up in our
:03:24. > :03:29.cars. The heat is always on and the price of the raw materials that
:03:29. > :03:35.feed this boundary have leapt and that fans the flames of inflation.
:03:35. > :03:43.-- Foundry. They have had to pass a 50% rising cost to their customers
:03:43. > :03:49.and that means the price of new cars and spare us goes up and up.
:03:49. > :03:53.Raw-material are higher priced than ever before. It is difficult to
:03:53. > :03:58.know what our government can do about that problem. 200 people work
:03:58. > :04:02.here, all facing rising costs in their own homes. They asked for a
:04:02. > :04:08.wage rise and got it this year but were costs in the foundry will keep
:04:08. > :04:11.rising there is no guarantee their pay packets will keep up.
:04:11. > :04:13.Many households are tightening their belts as they feel the
:04:13. > :04:17.squeeze between income and outgoings. Danielle Glavin has been
:04:17. > :04:25.to meet a single mum in West Sussex, who finds making ends meet more and
:04:25. > :04:29.more difficult. Fiona's luxury used to be sugar in
:04:29. > :04:34.her tea. She doesn't have that any more. She is 19 and a full-time
:04:34. > :04:40.student but she has no parents to help her. I sit here with the
:04:40. > :04:45.lights off to try and save on bills and stuff like that. It does get
:04:45. > :04:50.really hard. I go to bed early so I do not have to keep the TV arm. I
:04:50. > :04:59.need to catch up on my college work but I can't afford to put into a
:04:59. > :05:03.net on, -- internet on, so the fact there everything is going up, I
:05:03. > :05:08.have to make sure that he has everything he needs. I wanted to
:05:08. > :05:12.cope -- pay for private school for him but that hope is gone. Why do
:05:12. > :05:16.people work hard for their children? I want to give him more
:05:16. > :05:22.than just food. This world is hard and it is even harder when you work
:05:22. > :05:28.and work and get nothing in return, nothing. I am barely able to pay
:05:29. > :05:32.the bills. Even after three years of studying I cannot do that.
:05:32. > :05:38.landlord has reduced the red. Friends held out as well. The money
:05:38. > :05:40.soon goes. Fiona says debts quickly build up.
:05:40. > :05:43.Low interest rates mean low mortgage payments for homeowners.
:05:43. > :05:46.But they also mean poor returns for savers. And those returns are
:05:46. > :05:48.struggling to keep pace with inflation. Laura Trant has been to
:05:48. > :05:58.meet Anne Pettman, a retired Hampshire County Council worker,
:05:58. > :05:59.
:05:59. > :06:03.who's now secretary for her local bowls club in Christchurch.
:06:03. > :06:07.This woman is a prudent saver and like her finances to be on target
:06:07. > :06:11.but retirement is not what she expected. I have always been one of
:06:11. > :06:15.these people who like to think ahead and that I would ultimately
:06:15. > :06:20.retired and have a comfortable lifestyle without too much worry.
:06:20. > :06:26.Of course, that is not how it has turned out. Her investments have
:06:26. > :06:31.not paid off in the way that she hoped. I had an amount invested
:06:31. > :06:36.eight years ago and it was about �7,500. When I checked recently,
:06:36. > :06:41.because I thought I would cashiered in, it was a stock market-based
:06:41. > :06:49.investment, it was worth another 2000. That is all it has increased
:06:49. > :06:52.over eight years. That is a return of 3% a year, around 2% less than
:06:52. > :06:56.inflation and a report this week says there is no standard savings
:06:56. > :07:01.account which keeps up with inflation. It means her lifestyle
:07:01. > :07:06.has taken a knock. We have saved on our holidays. We certainly do not
:07:06. > :07:10.furnish a house as often as we might have done. While her pensions
:07:10. > :07:15.are increasing at the rate of inflation, being prudent is not
:07:15. > :07:19.paying off. The actual value of your savings is going down but you
:07:19. > :07:22.can't have not saved because the do not know what might come up.
:07:22. > :07:27.Saver Anne Pettman ending that report by Laura Trant. You've been
:07:27. > :07:30.talking to people on the street - what sort of reaction did you get?
:07:31. > :07:36.The big thing is that the mismatch between what people get in their
:07:36. > :07:42.pay packet and the cost of living. We are paying a lot more. Food
:07:42. > :07:46.prices have gone up, gas and electricity, petrol. Lots of things
:07:46. > :07:50.are going up but few of us have had a wage rise that reflects that and
:07:50. > :07:54.can counteract that. On top of that, the economy is still in the
:07:54. > :07:58.doldrums, public sector workers are having a pay freeze. Things are
:07:58. > :08:05.beginning to look bleak for the month to come. This is the sort of
:08:05. > :08:13.thing that people were telling me earlier... I had a pay rise in
:08:13. > :08:17.September but everything has gone up so much. Everything is going up.
:08:17. > :08:22.It is very expensive compared to last year. Loads of people lost
:08:22. > :08:26.their jobs. Why have been trying to find a job and I am stuck for God
:08:26. > :08:30.knows how long. I have not had a big enough pay rise to cover the
:08:30. > :08:37.cost of living. We do not have any extra money in our pockets like we
:08:37. > :08:43.used to. The everything goes on the family costs and saving has become
:08:43. > :08:47.a secondary issue. What about the political reaction, particularly to
:08:47. > :08:51.the slightly better inflation figures? Or of the politicians will
:08:51. > :08:56.welcome any reduction in the rate of inflation but the amount is so
:08:56. > :09:00.tiny that I think most of us will barely notice it at all. That has
:09:00. > :09:03.not stop the opposition from making a great play of the fact that they
:09:03. > :09:06.think the government should be doing a lot more. It quite simply
:09:06. > :09:10.means that people are tightening their belts and thinking very
:09:10. > :09:15.carefully about what they spend their money on, where they go and
:09:15. > :09:19.shop, and of course, that means that businesses are depressed as a
:09:19. > :09:23.result, money is not flowing through to retail businesses,
:09:23. > :09:29.people are not making buying decisions, and worth that might be
:09:29. > :09:38.masked by the Christmas period, it certainly is a difficult outlook
:09:38. > :09:43.for the area. Let's talk to the Conservative MP for Gosport. She is
:09:43. > :09:49.in Westminster for us. Thank you for joining us. Inflation figures
:09:49. > :09:52.might be going in the right direction but people watching
:09:52. > :09:56.tonight are feeling really difficult times still ahead? It is
:09:56. > :10:01.a very hard time for hard-working families and pensioners across the
:10:01. > :10:06.region. I think this is the second consecutive month were inflation
:10:06. > :10:12.has gone down and albeit a small amount it is a step in the right
:10:12. > :10:17.direction. It is comforting to see that actually it has only kept --
:10:17. > :10:22.been kept as high as it is by alcohol and cigarette prices.
:10:22. > :10:26.Things like food and clothes that families really need, it is going
:10:26. > :10:33.up more slowly. The Bank of England target of 2% seems an awfully long
:10:33. > :10:38.way off. The fact that wages are certainly not keeping up? Obviously
:10:38. > :10:40.monetary policy is set by the Bank of England, who are independent.
:10:40. > :10:47.Independent economic experts do think that now it is dropping, it
:10:47. > :10:51.will continue on that trend. Let's hope it is a respite. I think you
:10:51. > :10:55.heard the despair from some people this morning, particularly the
:10:55. > :11:00.young mother struggling. Financial commentators are saying it will get
:11:00. > :11:05.worse before it gets better. 2012 could be worse than this year for
:11:05. > :11:09.people. It is a very tough economic climate and we want to do
:11:09. > :11:12.everything we can to support people through this. There are things
:11:12. > :11:19.coming out of the government of the time for the young mother that you
:11:19. > :11:24.mention, with an extra of �380 million into free childcare places,
:11:24. > :11:29.a quarter of a millionth free childcare places and we are lifting
:11:29. > :11:35.people out of tax. And there will be the biggest ever single increase
:11:35. > :11:43.in pensions next year. Tomorrow night, we'll be looking at
:11:43. > :11:47.jobs on the day the latest unemployment figures are released.
:11:47. > :11:52.BBC so it has learned that plans to sell the Rose Bowl cricket ground
:11:52. > :11:55.to Eastleigh Borough Council could face a legal challenge. The council
:11:55. > :11:59.announced last week it was considering investing in the ground
:11:59. > :12:01.but now the chief executive of a hotel ground who took High Court
:12:02. > :12:07.action to block a development said they are talking to lawyers about
:12:07. > :12:11.further action. From pop concerts to international
:12:11. > :12:15.cricket, the Rose Bowl has seen a sell-out crowds. The business
:12:15. > :12:20.dealings behind it have been under strain. Despite substantial
:12:20. > :12:22.investment, the venue has been making a loss and last week,
:12:22. > :12:27.Eastleigh Borough Council announced they were considering putting
:12:27. > :12:32.taxpayers' money into the venue. That was a controversial move but
:12:32. > :12:37.now this man, whose company operates the Holiday Inn hotel next
:12:37. > :12:40.to the site, says he will fight any deal that creates new facilities at
:12:40. > :12:45.the cricket ground. There are significant risks and get the
:12:45. > :12:52.council wants to spend 38 million at the first shot. It could go up
:12:52. > :12:57.to 50 million. It is going to take its borrowings up to 130 million.
:12:57. > :13:02.Does this make sense and is it prudent? It is the repeat of an
:13:02. > :13:11.unsuccessful action that he took up the holiday end -- at the High
:13:11. > :13:17.Court for years ago. People say you do not want the competition?
:13:17. > :13:21.business has been there for eight years now and is established. The
:13:21. > :13:25.situation we have is, we have no issues at all when the planning
:13:25. > :13:29.application was put in. At that time, the council had no
:13:29. > :13:36.involvement in terms of any proposal to finance the project.
:13:36. > :13:40.The situation changed for us when the council started in its own
:13:40. > :13:44.judgment to want to become a hotelier. We thought this was
:13:44. > :13:47.improper and unfair. In a statement the Rose Ball said they are not in
:13:47. > :13:51.debt to the England and Wales Cricket Board and they point out
:13:51. > :13:55.that their business is not just cricket. It also involves event
:13:55. > :13:59.management and conference facilities. There was no comment
:13:59. > :14:03.this morning -- this evening from Eastleigh Borough Council, he will
:14:03. > :14:11.consider the deal on Thursday. Still to come in this evening's
:14:11. > :14:13.South Today... The fake flock of sheep causing motoring problems.
:14:13. > :14:17.The government's announced that 20 towns and cities - including
:14:17. > :14:20.several in the South - are to get their own TV stations within two
:14:20. > :14:23.years. Brighton and Hove, Oxford and Southampton are all in the list
:14:23. > :14:33.of 'pioneer areas' which will be the first to roll out the service
:14:33. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:36.which will include news, current affairs and entertainment.
:14:36. > :14:40.Fallen trees and flooded roads - last night saw heavy rain and winds
:14:40. > :14:43.of up to 80 mph across the South. This power line in Handcross came
:14:43. > :14:46.down after a tree fell on it. Five cottages lost power. As high winds
:14:46. > :14:50.battered Dorset, this was the scene at Sandbanks. And this year's �1.5
:14:50. > :14:54.million improvements to the sea wall in Selsey were tested. The
:14:54. > :14:57.council have repaired the breaches with sandbags. But one of the most
:14:57. > :15:00.extraordinary stories of the night happened in Winchester, where one
:15:00. > :15:10.man is very lucky to be alive. Let's join our reporter Steve
:15:10. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:24.It was a very stormy night right across the south and in Winchester
:15:24. > :15:28.it will come some was lying in his bed here when a large -- Dick
:15:28. > :15:32.Wilkinson was lying in bed when a beech tree crashed through the roof.
:15:32. > :15:36.He had to be rescued by firefighters and needed specialist
:15:36. > :15:41.treatment to one of his ears. Moments after arriving home from
:15:41. > :15:44.hospital, Dick Wilkins and posed for photographs outside his house
:15:44. > :15:49.and gave a graphic description of the moment a tree came crashing
:15:49. > :15:54.through his bedroom roof. I was between sleeping and waking,
:15:54. > :16:00.listening to the storm and there was an enormous crash. It was like
:16:00. > :16:07.the Eiffel Tower falling on Crystal Palace, as it were, I felt quite a
:16:07. > :16:12.hard blow to the side of my head and then the noise stopped. A 60 ft
:16:12. > :16:18.beech tree was brought down by strong winds this morning. It's
:16:19. > :16:24.daughter was sleeping in another part of the house. Pure horror I
:16:24. > :16:30.suppose. I instantly thought, a bomb, but then, no, a tree. It was
:16:30. > :16:36.very frightening. It was probably much more frightening for my father.
:16:36. > :16:41.With his bedroom wall topped -- blocked by debris he had to be
:16:41. > :16:45.rescued by firefighters. He was taken to the Royal Hampshire County
:16:45. > :16:50.Hospital in Winchester and then went to the plastic surgery unit in
:16:50. > :16:56.Salisbury so his ear could be treated. A I think I am all right
:16:56. > :17:01.really, very lucky. Yes, very lucky. It could have been very much works
:17:01. > :17:07.as you can see from looking at the damage. It has been a dramatic day
:17:07. > :17:11.for Dick Wilkinson and one that he and his family will never forget.
:17:11. > :17:16.We expect more storms here in the south later in the week and we have
:17:16. > :17:20.a full weather forecast later in the programme. From Winchester,
:17:20. > :17:30.back to the studio. Thank you very much. Sarah will be
:17:30. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:33.hit in just a few moments. What a lucky man he is! Rail commuters are
:17:33. > :17:37.facing disruption tonight because of a fire at Brighton railway
:17:37. > :17:39.station. No one was hurt but the station was closed for a time. It
:17:39. > :17:41.follows disruption earlier today at Waterloo when signalling problems
:17:41. > :17:44.caused huge delays for morning commuters. The fault between
:17:44. > :17:46.Clapham and Waterloo is the second signalling trouble to affect local
:17:46. > :17:56.services this week. Yesterday a cable theft at Twickenham caused
:17:56. > :18:00.hours of disruption for passengers. A businessman who has seen �500,000
:18:00. > :18:05.worth of profit go up in smoke as put up a cash reward to help catch
:18:05. > :18:09.the arsonist he believes are responsible. He believes he is
:18:09. > :18:14.being deliberately targeted and is refusing to back down.
:18:14. > :18:20.This is the moment that arsonists poured petrol through his house and
:18:20. > :18:28.set it alight. The damage cost more than �100,000. It was the start of
:18:28. > :18:32.a vendetta against him, he believes. Obviously my family are extremely
:18:32. > :18:38.anxious. I am not going to lie down and have these people trample all
:18:38. > :18:44.over me. Since the initial attack, five of his business vehicles have
:18:44. > :18:49.all been destroyed by fire. Each one cost �40,000 to replace. It is
:18:49. > :18:55.a total of �200,000 in the last 18 months. The latest ban fire could
:18:55. > :19:00.have wiped out an entire family. An employee we was it -- an employee
:19:00. > :19:06.was in bed when he heard an explosion. The flames quickly
:19:06. > :19:09.engulfed the front of the house. The family had a close escape.
:19:09. > :19:13.older children were not too bad but the younger ones were just
:19:13. > :19:21.screaming and shouting, what's going on? There were flames
:19:21. > :19:24.everywhere. They were petrified. Jock has had enough and he is
:19:24. > :19:30.offering �10,000 for anyone who -- any information which will lead to
:19:30. > :19:33.a conviction. It will be a huge weight. I have a lot of
:19:33. > :19:38.responsibilities as any managing director has in these difficult
:19:38. > :19:43.times and this is one major aggravation that I could well do
:19:43. > :19:48.without. It is ruining my company. I am hoping that someone, somewhere
:19:48. > :19:52.will come forward and put an end to this madness before someone is
:19:52. > :19:57.killed. Hampshire Police are aware of a number of arson attacks in the
:19:57. > :20:03.area and say investigations are ongoing. They want any witnesses to
:20:03. > :20:06.contact them directly or through the crime stoppers line.
:20:06. > :20:09.They completed a tour of Afghanistan earlier this year, but
:20:09. > :20:12.today 400 Officers and Guardsmen of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards were
:20:12. > :20:14.on a different type of duty. They marched from their base in
:20:14. > :20:24.Aldershot for their annual christmas carol service. Sarah
:20:24. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:34.Holmes was there. THEY SING.
:20:34. > :20:37.Singing carols may be part of most people's traditional Christmas but
:20:38. > :20:42.for the soldiers the service was particularly significant. This time
:20:42. > :20:46.last year they were in Afghanistan, experiencing a very different
:20:46. > :20:56.Christmas away from friends and family. Three Miep of their
:20:56. > :20:56.
:20:56. > :21:01.colleagues did not come home. These soldiers were all killed in action.
:21:01. > :21:05.It is hard to think those guys will not be coming back. For the lads
:21:05. > :21:11.that have lost friends and some had lost a brother as well, it is a
:21:11. > :21:15.poignant moment when you are in their singing carols.
:21:15. > :21:20.Lieutenant received a mention in dispatches for his courage. He is
:21:20. > :21:24.now looking forward to a traditional roast and 80 trip to
:21:24. > :21:30.the pub. It is very nice to be back here with your family and friends
:21:30. > :21:34.and I just want to go for a pint on the weekend. After their busy year,
:21:34. > :21:38.today's service was an opportunity to get together. It is nice to get
:21:38. > :21:42.a whole battalion together whatever time of year it is. It does not
:21:42. > :21:46.happen that often. To have the carol service that we missed last
:21:46. > :21:49.year so it is nice to get back with the family. The soldiers will soon
:21:49. > :21:59.be on Christmas leave and this year they will be enjoying the
:21:59. > :22:01.festivities away from the dirt and dust of Afghanistan.
:22:02. > :22:05.Sports News For You. Salisbury City play at Grimsby
:22:05. > :22:07.tonight in their second round FA Cup replay. The sides drew in a
:22:07. > :22:10.goalless game in their first meeting on Salisbury's home turf.
:22:10. > :22:13.They're our only non-league side now left in the competition. If
:22:13. > :22:17.they can win away tonight, they face a third round tie with League
:22:17. > :22:21.One side Sheffield United. BBC Wiltshire will have live coverage
:22:21. > :22:23.of the game which kicks off at 7.45pm.
:22:24. > :22:27.There's been disappointment for the South's sailors at the World
:22:27. > :22:32.Championships in Perth. Injury forced Southampton's Ben Rhodes and
:22:32. > :22:36.partner Stevie Morrison to retire from the 49er event. Then a back
:22:36. > :22:39.injury saw Winchester's Iain Percy pull out. He and Andrew Simpson
:22:39. > :22:43.from Dorset, had gone into their days Star class racing with a
:22:43. > :22:45.twelve point overnight lead. But the injury struck during the first
:22:45. > :22:54.race - meaning the reigning world champions and Olympic gold
:22:54. > :22:58.medallists couldn't continue. That must have been a huge
:22:58. > :23:03.disappointment for them. Never mind, they will get on and be up and
:23:03. > :23:09.going by the Olympics next year, 2012 us what we are looking forward
:23:09. > :23:15.to. Delight the tree? It is beautiful. First time in with
:23:15. > :23:19.the tree for you? Yes, feeling very festive. If only the weather would
:23:19. > :23:23.feel the same! Yes, there have been released on a blustery winds last
:23:23. > :23:29.night. They died down a bit today but there are strong winds forecast
:23:29. > :23:32.in the next few days so we have not seen the last of it. So many of you
:23:32. > :23:34.braved the elements today to send in weather photos. This one from
:23:34. > :23:37.Julian Engelsman showing a beautiful double rainbow on Lancing
:23:37. > :23:39.beach But it wasn't all doom and beach But it wasn't all doom and
:23:39. > :23:49.gloom, as Carol Frogley can prove. These pigs certainly enjoying the
:23:49. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :23:59.sunshine in a field near Emsworth There was sunshine and showers as
:23:59. > :24:03.well and the showers were pretty hairy. You cannot see them pictures
:24:03. > :24:08.here. There was also at hail and thunder and even some reports of
:24:08. > :24:13.some snow. There were fleeting conditions out there. Tonight much
:24:13. > :24:17.of the weather will ease the way up the coastal areas will cling on to
:24:17. > :24:24.something more persistent as the night goes on. The band of rain is
:24:24. > :24:27.nudging coastal counties and the island. Where we have had wet
:24:27. > :24:33.weather, please take it steady on the roads because there is the risk
:24:33. > :24:38.of ice on untreated services. In the morning this feature nudges in
:24:38. > :24:43.from the West. There will be more persistent rain and we may just the
:24:43. > :24:48.a dusting of snow fall and sleet to higher ground, possibly at lower
:24:48. > :24:52.levels as well but it will not stay put too long. Tomorrow's
:24:52. > :24:57.temperatures will feel fresh and Chile. Tomorrow night the wind will
:24:57. > :25:00.pick up again and along the coast we could see gale-force gusts so
:25:00. > :25:06.very strong winds through the course of tomorrow night. Wet
:25:06. > :25:10.weather will sweep through as well. On Thursday it, it is not a bad day,
:25:10. > :25:15.we have some high pressure looking after us for the daytime. There
:25:15. > :25:19.will be nice bright and sunny conditions but it will be breezy.
:25:19. > :25:26.But here is the next area of low pressure heading our way but there
:25:26. > :25:30.is some uncertainty as to where it will head up. The front should
:25:30. > :25:34.arrive green wet and windy conditions. We have a yellow early
:25:34. > :25:38.warning from the Met Office for strong winds through the course of
:25:38. > :25:43.Thursday night and into Friday as well. It is worth bearing in mind
:25:43. > :25:48.that it will be rather windy. Stay tuned to a local radio station for
:25:48. > :25:51.the latest updates. Thank you very much. I want to talk
:25:51. > :25:54.sheep with A fake flock of sheep is causing
:25:55. > :25:58.trouble in West Sussex. Some drivers have complained that
:25:58. > :26:01.plastic sheep on a roundabout could be confused with the real thing.
:26:01. > :26:08.The County Council has had to take action. Mark Sanders has assured us
:26:08. > :26:15.that his report contains as few sheep puns as possible.
:26:15. > :26:19.You might believe it, but we do not. They are penned in, not for their
:26:19. > :26:23.put it -- protection of the yaws. Plastic green sheep have been
:26:23. > :26:28.worrying motorist. They were first spotted at this roundabout in
:26:28. > :26:32.Shoreham about two weeks ago. first another round there was one
:26:32. > :26:37.sheep and it was white and then added later I went round and there
:26:37. > :26:41.were several sheep and they were green. The fake flock was put here
:26:41. > :26:47.by Hampshire County Council but it was paid for by a business. They
:26:47. > :26:51.were painted green to stop them being mistaken for sheep. Four
:26:51. > :26:57.viewers in urban areas, this is what a sheep looks like. Even
:26:57. > :27:01.painted green, some motorist raised concerns that the sheep were real
:27:01. > :27:06.so the council put barriers around the sculptures so hopefully drivers
:27:06. > :27:12.will not be distracted by them. What do the locals think? Lovely! I
:27:12. > :27:17.was pleased to see them there. have penned them in though? Why?
:27:17. > :27:21.Because it is a danger to drivers! That is incredible. That could only
:27:21. > :27:26.happen in this country. I would have thought if they were plastic
:27:26. > :27:29.it would be quite obvious they were plastic. The sheep will remain