:00:03. > :00:05.Hello, I'm Laura Trant. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:05. > :00:08.programme: A group of friends have been
:00:08. > :00:18.convicted after a malicious plot in Brighton, leads to a young man
:00:18. > :00:24.being burned alive. The pouring of petrol and putting him in the beat,
:00:24. > :00:28.nobody deserves to go like that. Victory for a pub landlady who's
:00:28. > :00:32.won her legal battle against the Premier League. It is a moral
:00:32. > :00:37.victory. The big corporations thinking they are above the law
:00:37. > :00:40.when they didn't know it themselves. His tenants lived in squalor - a
:00:41. > :00:50.Reading landlord is sent to jail. And calling on football fans to use
:00:51. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:07.their love of the game, to turn Judges say she was wrongly
:01:07. > :01:10.prosecuted. Karen Murphy, a pub landlady has
:01:10. > :01:13.won her six-year legal battle. It was to overturn her conviction for
:01:13. > :01:16.using a cheaper foreign alternative to Sky, to show football in her
:01:16. > :01:19.Portsmouth pub. The High Court today decided Karen's appeal to use
:01:19. > :01:21.the cheaper device to bypass costs and controls over match screening,
:01:21. > :01:24.must be allowed. So let's remind ourselves of the
:01:24. > :01:27.background to this case. Sky offered the football service to
:01:27. > :01:30.Karen at a cost of around �8,000 a year. She said she couldn't afford
:01:30. > :01:34.those prices and opted for the cheaper Greek service at �800 a
:01:34. > :01:37.year. But the English Premier League then took legal action and
:01:37. > :01:42.she was fined �8,000, but Karen decided to take her fight to use
:01:42. > :01:46.the cheaper provider to the European Courts of Justice. It
:01:46. > :01:51.found partly in her favour, and now the High Court has backed what she
:01:51. > :01:58.says is her long awaited victory. Joe Campbell has been in court and
:01:59. > :02:02.we can go to live to him in London. Joe, the costs in this case have
:02:02. > :02:06.been described by the judge as "eye watering".
:02:06. > :02:10.The meter is still running with possibly more legal action to come.
:02:10. > :02:13.It was a spot of a giant-killing whistle. On one side we had the
:02:13. > :02:17.Premier League with a huge war tressed banks to the money it has
:02:17. > :02:21.accrued from selling rights to show their games on television. On the
:02:21. > :02:25.other side a small, local Hampshire pub struggling to balance the books
:02:25. > :02:31.but it was when the landlady tried to cut their costs by ditching her
:02:31. > :02:35.Sky service that is were no problems began.
:02:35. > :02:42.It is six years since she worked -- first walked through the doors off
:02:42. > :02:45.court. Today she finally emerged victorious. He could have been my
:02:46. > :02:49.house, my pub, everything but that is beside the point. It needed to
:02:49. > :02:55.be done and it has begun. I had this stage is the face of football
:02:55. > :03:05.as we know it. The battle kicked off when she bought a Greek
:03:05. > :03:08.
:03:08. > :03:11.satellite decoder. It cost �118 per month. Stopping a QC at the cheaper
:03:11. > :03:17.foreign supplier breached European law on the single market, she
:03:17. > :03:21.argued. We had to appeal against a magistrate's decision, the Crown
:03:21. > :03:24.Court, and three trips to the High Court. On the way a trip to the
:03:24. > :03:28.European Court. She has had to go through the full gamut of the legal
:03:28. > :03:33.process but she has got here today and she has got what I believe is
:03:33. > :03:36.the right result. Today the Premier League was determined to play on.
:03:36. > :03:40.It's the music and logo is used during broadcasts remain copyright
:03:40. > :03:50.and anyone showing those without permission could still be in
:03:50. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:12.But she is not intimidated. What drove you? I don't like police,
:04:12. > :04:15.people thinking they are above the law and believe me because they are
:04:15. > :04:21.an individual. It doesn't mean they are right and it proved that I was
:04:21. > :04:28.right. And so back at the pub regulars will be celebrating that
:04:28. > :04:30.today it was their side that won. Joe, what are the knock on effects
:04:30. > :04:33.to football and its screening as a whole?
:04:33. > :04:37.The Premier League is hoping there might still be some legal wriggle
:04:37. > :04:40.room because of the logo is that it used in a lot of broadcasters
:04:40. > :04:44.transmissions of its gains which might still give it a chance to
:04:44. > :04:47.defend those rights when they are sold here into the UK. But at the
:04:47. > :04:50.end of the day this isn't about footballing tactics as much as
:04:50. > :04:54.economic tactics and what the Premier League may have to decide,
:04:54. > :04:58.much as it wants to preserve -- protect the money it gets from
:04:58. > :05:02.selling its rights in the UK, by actually doing away at the end of
:05:02. > :05:05.the day from selling rights for a lot less into Europe and is
:05:05. > :05:08.certainly they want to look at that and say what it needs to do is
:05:08. > :05:18.perhaps to protect itself by making a little less money in Europe by
:05:18. > :05:18.
:05:18. > :05:21.guaranteeing the money it is making A young mother's been held at
:05:21. > :05:24.gunpoint in her home in what police believe was a targeted armed
:05:24. > :05:26.robbery. Two men wearing hoodies and high visibility jackets barged
:05:26. > :05:29.into the house in Totton in Southampton on Wednesday. The
:05:29. > :05:37.woman's 11-month old baby was upstairs as the attackers raided
:05:37. > :05:40.the property. Both escaped unharmed. A Sussex University medical student
:05:40. > :05:45.has been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm after a man
:05:45. > :05:48.was beaten unconscious and left to die inside a burning car. Mundill
:05:48. > :05:51.Mahil, who's from Kent enticed Gagangdip Singh, to her house in
:05:51. > :05:57.Brighton last February, in revenge for his attempted rape of her six
:05:57. > :06:00.months previously. He was then attacked by two men. They've also
:06:00. > :06:09.been convicted today, one for murder the other manslaughter as
:06:09. > :06:12.Chris Coneybeer reports. Gagangdip Singh, just hours before
:06:12. > :06:17.he was murdered, seen here on his way to Brighton where he stopped to
:06:17. > :06:21.buy a teddy bear to give to medical student, Mundill Mahil. She, and
:06:21. > :06:27.known to him, it was during him into a trap. A trap set by her and
:06:27. > :06:33.another close friend. She'd tricked him into meeting her at her flat
:06:33. > :06:36.where he would be attacked. The recent, he had revealed to her a
:06:36. > :06:44.painful secret. The previous summer Gagangdip Singh has attempted to
:06:44. > :06:48.rape her. She plotted revenge. European to her flat Mundill Mahil
:06:48. > :06:52.knew he might be heard but once there her friends to get further,
:06:52. > :06:57.beating him unconscious. He was bundled into the boot of a cart
:06:57. > :07:00.wrapped in bedsheet and with his arms bound together. Still alive he
:07:00. > :07:05.was driven from Brighton to London where petrol was poured on him and
:07:05. > :07:10.the car, and set alight. He died from breezing in the toxic fumes.
:07:10. > :07:14.Text messages reveal Gagangdip Singh suspected a trap walked into
:07:14. > :07:19.it even his friends and family bewildered by the thought of his
:07:19. > :07:26.suffering. It is hard to believe in this day and age human beings can
:07:26. > :07:35.do such things. Just thinking about his final moments, nobody deserves
:07:35. > :07:38.a death like that. He was 21 years old and had a
:07:39. > :07:42.promising future. He had launched his own TV service and his senior
:07:42. > :07:46.reporting from Pakistan. As it caught a statement was read on
:07:46. > :07:51.behalf of his family. On a day-to-day basis there is a
:07:51. > :07:55.gap in our lives and the sense of loneliness. He was always a happy
:07:55. > :08:01.person trying to make us laugh. He was always positive and reassuring
:08:01. > :08:11.in his family and business life. Mundill Mahil and Peters will be
:08:11. > :08:14.He forced his tenants to live in dangerous and dirty conditions,
:08:14. > :08:16.with live electrical cables exposed, and often without hot water or
:08:16. > :08:18.heating. A rogue landlord in Reading's been convicted of a
:08:18. > :08:21.string of offences, after repeatedly ignoring demands to
:08:21. > :08:26.bring his property up to scratch. As Allen Sinclair reports, Abdul
:08:26. > :08:29.Hanif was already serving a prison sentence for unrelated crimes.
:08:29. > :08:33.Now managed by a relative of the end of this property in central
:08:33. > :08:37.Reading is once again left out to tenants. The string of serious
:08:37. > :08:41.fault put right. Council enforcement officers say they were
:08:41. > :08:43.struck -- shocked by conditioned when I first went inside. Several
:08:43. > :08:47.tenants were living here with exposed and dangerous electrical
:08:47. > :08:51.fittings, filthy and faulty equipment with the dangerous gas
:08:51. > :08:56.supply frequently breaking down and holes in walls and ceilings. It has
:08:56. > :09:00.taken nearly three years to bring to court but the landlord Abdul
:09:00. > :09:04.Hanif was found guilty of 13 breaches of housing regulations by
:09:04. > :09:08.magistrates. Sometimes tenors don't know their rights, or even if they
:09:08. > :09:14.do, because of the high demand we have here in Reading, it can be
:09:14. > :09:20.difficult for them to may be a Ford alternative accommodation so it is
:09:20. > :09:24.important the castle Act to protect people rights. The council hopes
:09:24. > :09:28.his firm stance will encourage other tenants living in squalor to
:09:28. > :09:33.come forward. The landlord is already serving a four-year jail
:09:33. > :09:43.term for drugs offences. Unable to pay a fine he has had a further
:09:43. > :09:43.
:09:43. > :09:46.The family of a newly-qualified teacher who was killed while
:09:46. > :09:51.cycling in Brighton say they want to prevent such a tragedy from ever
:09:51. > :09:55.happening again. Jo Walter died in 2010 on the A270 Lewes Road. Now a
:09:55. > :09:59.trust set up in her name has produced a grand plan for safer
:09:59. > :10:04.cycling routes in the city. Alex Beard reports.
:10:04. > :10:09.The family of Jo Walter wants to make Britain safer for cyclists so
:10:09. > :10:14.no one else has to suffer a similar loss. She was only 28. The last
:10:14. > :10:18.thing we expected to happen. It has been a real help feeling we were
:10:18. > :10:23.doing something positive out of it. We would be absolutely delighted if
:10:23. > :10:28.this came off and we could feel people going to and from university
:10:28. > :10:32.were cycling safety -- safely and this wouldn't happen again.
:10:32. > :10:34.Walter was cycling along this path to the university campus when she
:10:34. > :10:39.swerved to avoid another cyclist put up she fell onto the road and
:10:39. > :10:43.was hit by a passing van. Her family want to see a designated
:10:43. > :10:48.cycle past -- path for this stretch of road. It is part of a masterplan
:10:48. > :10:51.to create a safer ways for cyclists to get round the city. I have been
:10:51. > :10:56.really heartened by the response from the City Council who have
:10:56. > :11:00.taken this as a constructive input, and we are very much working with
:11:00. > :11:03.them and it is very probable what we are suggesting will happen.
:11:03. > :11:07.Cycle safety isn't just a local issue. Early yesterday it was
:11:07. > :11:10.debated in Parliament. Good for the Environment, good for the economy
:11:10. > :11:13.so people should cycle but we have a duty in government and local
:11:13. > :11:21.councils have a duty to make it as safe as possible and encourage it
:11:21. > :11:26.as much as possible. Two local cyclists feel safe? Drivers are not
:11:26. > :11:31.that considerate towards cyclists. I think we need a little bit of
:11:31. > :11:37.protection. When you go on the bike you take your chances. Not quite
:11:37. > :11:41.Amsterdam yet. But in Netherlands style cycle that work is exactly
:11:41. > :11:48.what Jo Walter's family wants to see in Brighton and they believe it
:11:48. > :11:51.Still to come in this evening's South Today:
:11:51. > :11:57.On the eve of the Sunseeker Rally, Tony Husband is live tonight at
:11:57. > :12:01.Poole Quay. The teams are about to parade along
:12:01. > :12:10.Paul Kee ahead of the start of this year's Sunseeker Rally. A look
:12:10. > :12:13.ahead to that and all the rest of Condor Ferries has confirmed that
:12:13. > :12:16.sailings won't resume from Weymouth until the end of March. Services
:12:17. > :12:19.have been moved to Poole while work to repair cracks in the ferry berth
:12:20. > :12:27.at Weymouth Port is carried out. Condor Ferries say it will contact
:12:27. > :12:30.passengers affected by the change. Our passengers are very
:12:30. > :12:35.understanding of the fact this is something beyond our control. The
:12:35. > :12:38.actual impact on them is reasonably negligible in terms of the back the
:12:38. > :12:45.service will still operates at a committal where connections, just
:12:45. > :12:48.from a port that serves slightly In the summer a new charity will be
:12:48. > :12:51.formed which will instantly become the 12th biggest in the UK. British
:12:51. > :12:54.Waterways is to become the Canal and River Trust, owning a land and
:12:54. > :12:56.property portfolio worth half a billion pounds. But some aspects of
:12:56. > :13:00.the decision are controversial, and our Political Editor Peter Henley
:13:00. > :13:05.has been finding out more. This new charity is going to be quite a
:13:05. > :13:08.giant when it's created then? Let us start off by saying why
:13:08. > :13:15.people love rivers and canals. We have got some fantastic ones in the
:13:15. > :13:19.south, the mighty Thames, Basingstoke Canal. People are used
:13:19. > :13:23.to having British Waterways as their landlord or maybe as the
:13:23. > :13:27.regulator of these great Waterways. People who live alongside, earned
:13:28. > :13:31.their living from boats on the river. They are all used to British
:13:31. > :13:34.Waterways. What if they are a charity? Things are different. A
:13:34. > :13:38.tricky deal for the government to work out. The Newbury MP Richard
:13:38. > :13:45.Benyon is the minister who has been working at this deal. He is very
:13:45. > :13:48.positive. It is really big news for everybody who knows, uses and loves
:13:48. > :13:52.our Waterways and they will be able to control it. It will be theirs
:13:52. > :13:58.rather than a state asset. It will be around by those who really are
:13:58. > :14:04.what they are talking about. some owners of businesses are not
:14:04. > :14:07.so sure about a non-professional waterway. I am not sure I want to
:14:07. > :14:11.have business depending on the work of volunteers who might get up in
:14:11. > :14:15.the morning and say I did want to do that. The other people worried
:14:15. > :14:19.are the existing volunteers. They do things like running boats out on
:14:19. > :14:23.the river, having cafes. What if British Waterways are competing
:14:23. > :14:26.with them? Is that because Canal cost a lot to keep?
:14:26. > :14:31.Absolutely. The government will fund this for 15 years but what
:14:31. > :14:34.happens when that runs out? Should they have just handed his ever to a
:14:34. > :14:38.charity? They could have sold off some of this valuable riverside
:14:38. > :14:48.property. They belonged to the taxpayer. All those questions and
:14:48. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :14:58.Much more at midday on Sunday. The council tax will be frozen next
:14:58. > :15:01.year in Brighton and Hove. At a crunch budget meeting last night,
:15:01. > :15:03.Conservative and Labour councillors united to vote against the ruling
:15:03. > :15:06.Green party. Protesters had gathered outside the meeting. The
:15:06. > :15:09.Green party had wanted to increase council tax by 3.5%. But opposition
:15:09. > :15:11.councillors joined forces to vote for a freeze. The Greens called the
:15:11. > :15:14.decision 'financially reckless' and said the council tax freeze will
:15:14. > :15:17.result in deeper cuts next year. He's a lifelong Southampton
:15:17. > :15:22.football supporter, and he runs a charity to help children orphaned
:15:22. > :15:26.by AIDS in Africa. Now Steve Fleming is bringing his two
:15:26. > :15:30.passions together, and he needs your help. He's on the hunt for
:15:30. > :15:33.football fans to come to Lesotho, and use their love of the game to
:15:33. > :15:43.help educate youngsters, in a country with the third highest rate
:15:43. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:50.of HIV infection in the world. Princes William and Harry Mead
:15:50. > :15:54.children affected by HIV. 100,000 youngsters in this country have
:15:54. > :15:59.been orphaned by the disease. Is it like this can boost awareness of
:15:59. > :16:03.the need for better education. But when the royals go home, it is up
:16:03. > :16:06.to charities like Kick4Life to continue their work. We were using
:16:06. > :16:10.football, the great passion ever there, to engage the unpeople and
:16:10. > :16:15.deliver messages about health education and avoiding been
:16:15. > :16:21.affected, where they can go for testing and changing their lives.
:16:21. > :16:27.We have a game where teachers showed children you cannot tell
:16:27. > :16:31.somebody has a Derby just by looking at them. The well-tended
:16:31. > :16:34.surf of St Mary's is a world away from the make -- makeshift football
:16:35. > :16:39.pitches but the passion for the game is just as strong as in this
:16:39. > :16:42.stadium on a Saturday afternoon. The Saints Foundation is the
:16:42. > :16:48.charitable arm of Southampton Football Club and is backing the
:16:48. > :16:52.next trip and once 25 the Saints supporters to join up. What they do
:16:52. > :16:55.out there and what we do here is very similar to stop the
:16:55. > :16:59.opportunity to play in your kit, in South Africa, it will get people
:16:59. > :17:04.signed up dust on that basis. People will go out thinking
:17:04. > :17:07.football is the most important part and realise the Health Education is
:17:07. > :17:10.the most fulfilling part of the trip. It is for everybody who plays
:17:10. > :17:16.football and wants to make a difference. To get involved you
:17:16. > :17:26.will have to raise �2,500. There is an information day on March 13th
:17:26. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:30.and more information on the state's website. -- St.
:17:30. > :17:32.Onto sport, and thousands of motorsport fans will descend on
:17:32. > :17:35.Bournemouth and Poole this weekend for the annual Rally Sunseeker
:17:35. > :17:38.event. For nearly three decades some of Britain's top rally drivers
:17:38. > :17:42.have raced around the heathland and forests in the area. It all kicks
:17:42. > :17:49.off tonight, and Tony is there, Tony.
:17:49. > :17:53.Absolutely. They are just about to head off. I will get out the way
:17:53. > :17:58.because the cars will take centre stage in just a moment. We have got
:17:58. > :18:02.the mayor of Paul who is going to wave them off. The opening round of
:18:02. > :18:08.the British Rally Championship. The rating takes place tomorrow. 66
:18:08. > :18:12.miles. The most this event has had in more than four decades of
:18:13. > :18:21.rallying along the south coast. They will be taking to the
:18:21. > :18:25.heathland around Bournemouth. It all finishes in Bournemouth
:18:25. > :18:30.tomorrow night. This is one of the big rally in events of the year in
:18:30. > :18:34.the south. Last year for the first time it was the opening round of
:18:34. > :18:40.the British Rally Championship and that again, credit to the
:18:40. > :18:44.organisers of the event, they managed to put on such a good event,
:18:44. > :18:48.and to get that recognition as part of the British Rally Championship
:18:48. > :18:51.at up those of you who know about British rally driving will know
:18:51. > :18:54.they are normally four-wheel-drive cars. This year they will be to
:18:54. > :18:58.wheel-drive cars. That is a technological change, interesting
:18:58. > :19:02.to see how they get on, on some quite icy land as you go round the
:19:02. > :19:08.heathland, around Bournemouth. -- dicey. That is the challenge that
:19:08. > :19:10.awaits them this weekend. I will tell you about what else is going
:19:10. > :19:13.on in sport this weekend. Southampton's Pete Waterfield
:19:13. > :19:23.finished seventh in the final of the 10m platform synchronised event
:19:23. > :19:28.
:19:28. > :19:31.at the Diving World Cup with his partner Tom Daley. The pair
:19:31. > :19:34.performed well in five of their six routines at London's Aquatics
:19:34. > :19:37.Centre, but an error on their hardest dive cost them a chance of
:19:37. > :19:40.a medal. The duo, making their debut at the Centre, have suffered
:19:40. > :19:43.an array of injuries since they last competed together at the World
:19:43. > :19:46.Championships in July 2011. We were both injured at the beginning of
:19:46. > :19:49.the year so we have missed out on a bit of training so a bit behind.
:19:49. > :19:51.When you come unprepared, you expect not to win a medal but for
:19:51. > :19:56.the preparation we have had, we have put in a pretty good
:19:56. > :20:05.performance. We miss one dive, with more preparation at the games we
:20:05. > :20:13.should be fine. Peter Waterfield is in the individual event, qualified
:20:13. > :20:16.in 16th place. $NEWLINE The Hampshire-based Great Britain
:20:16. > :20:19.synchronised swimming team are in competitive action for the first
:20:19. > :20:21.time this year over the weekend. The squad train at the elite
:20:21. > :20:24.performance centre in Aldershot. They're competing in the Spanish
:20:24. > :20:27.Winter Open in Barcelona. Both the team and duet will be unveiling
:20:27. > :20:36.their new routines, that have been choreographed specifically for this
:20:36. > :20:38.summers Olympic Games. -- summer's. The former Chairman of Portsmouth
:20:38. > :20:41.Football Club has defended his financial record at the club,
:20:41. > :20:43.saying that without spending "it was simply impossible to satisfy
:20:43. > :20:45.supporter's expectations." In a statement to the BBC, Vladimir
:20:45. > :20:48.Antonov says there were no complaints to the Football League
:20:48. > :20:50.during his five-month tenure. He also accused the Lithuanian
:20:50. > :20:53.government of illegally seizing his banking assets which led to
:20:53. > :20:57.Pompey's latest crisis. The Lithuanian government refused to
:20:57. > :21:00.comment on the claims. Meanwhile some of the Portsmouth side joined
:21:00. > :21:04.staff at the club this afternoon to help sell tickets for tomorrow's
:21:04. > :21:09.home game with Leeds. Fans are being urged to "pack the park and
:21:09. > :21:14.prices have been reduced by �5. The manager is full of praise for the
:21:14. > :21:20.squad. The players have to play with
:21:20. > :21:25.injuries, Knox. Considering they are not actually getting paid to do
:21:25. > :21:29.what they asked to do, it is also a testament to their character. I
:21:29. > :21:34.take that as a massive positive from being the manager, at the end
:21:34. > :21:39.of the day they don't have to do that. The cars are starting to set
:21:39. > :21:43.off. 9,000 people expected. Keep the football going for a moment,
:21:43. > :21:50.take a look at the championship table ahead of the matches tomorrow
:21:50. > :21:53.for top Southampton's second. Birmingham have a game in hand.
:21:53. > :21:56.Reading are boosted by the decision of Brian McDermott to stay at the
:21:56. > :22:01.Madejski stadium. Brighton remain in the hunt. Southampton go to
:22:01. > :22:04.Watford tomorrow. Guly Dio Prado is back from illness and in contention
:22:04. > :22:07.to start. Saints Japanese striker Tadanari Lee could also make his
:22:07. > :22:10.first start since joining the club after his goal against Derby last
:22:10. > :22:16.week. Reading are aiming for their fifth consecutive win after they
:22:16. > :22:21.beat Burnley last Friday. But they face a tough test at Middlesbrough
:22:21. > :22:25.who are 6th. Shaun Cummings and Andy Griffin should be fit.
:22:25. > :22:28.Elsewhere Brighton are at home to a resurgent Ipswich side. In League
:22:28. > :22:34.One Bournemouth boss Lee Bradbury says he's not under pressure to
:22:34. > :22:38.reach the play offs despite major investment in recent months. The
:22:38. > :22:44.Cherries host MK Dons. In League Two Aldershot will hope to claim a
:22:44. > :22:49.fifth consecutive win of their own with a home game against Barnet.
:22:49. > :22:52.You can follow it all on BBC local radio.
:22:52. > :23:02.There they are, at making their way along, a great event. The Sunseeker
:23:02. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:06.They will certainly have the right weather conditions, I think.
:23:06. > :23:08.A lack of rain in the South is leading to the real possibility of
:23:08. > :23:11.a drought this spring and summer. And the inadequate rainfall means
:23:11. > :23:14.low river levels which wildlife experts say is a risk for fish.
:23:14. > :23:18.It's thought the situation could pose a threat to their breeding
:23:18. > :23:22.pattern. Catharina Moh has the story.
:23:22. > :23:26.It has been a good winter for the number of salmon returning to
:23:26. > :23:29.Dorset. The local wildlife trust says there is around 400 spots
:23:30. > :23:36.where salmon have laid their eggs. But a lack of rain is affecting
:23:36. > :23:40.water levels in our rivers across the staff. This chore extreme
:23:40. > :23:46.Indoor -- Dorset is fed by groundwater but sources are running
:23:46. > :23:50.low. In matters massively. If these don't grow and go out to sea we
:23:50. > :23:56.will not have future generations returning in good numbers.
:23:56. > :24:00.Last month just under 50 mm of rainfall was recorded compared to
:24:00. > :24:05.20th January 11 which was more than double. Usually around this time of
:24:05. > :24:10.year the Dorset Froome is at least offered higher. Just down there at
:24:10. > :24:15.that raised bit of gravel is actually a salmon red which is a
:24:15. > :24:19.salmon nest where they spawn. The water levels are dangerously low so
:24:19. > :24:23.the eggs risk exposure. If that happens they could die. All these
:24:23. > :24:26.rivers are managed by different fishing clubs or environmental
:24:26. > :24:31.organisations and farmers. The brings in huge revenues.
:24:31. > :24:34.Environmentalists are hoping for wet weather in the coming months,
:24:34. > :24:37.but the Met Office predicts for March at least there will be some
:24:37. > :24:46.rain although the South will have the lowest amount in the country.
:24:46. > :24:50.Fingers crossed for a poor showers. -- April showers.
:24:50. > :24:53.We have also been talking about the weather for other reasons.
:24:53. > :24:57.Today Alexis has been busy tweeting to find out what villages, towns
:24:57. > :25:00.and cities you want to see on our weather map. We were inundated with
:25:00. > :25:07.your suggestions, the only way of us squeezing them on the map was by
:25:07. > :25:11.going round the office and doing a draw. You will see them in just a
:25:11. > :25:20.second. We do have a weather picture for you. Baz Adams captured
:25:20. > :25:26.a robin perched on a fence post at A cloudy end to the day and there
:25:26. > :25:30.is rain on the way. A damp start on Saturday. An improving picture. A
:25:30. > :25:33.lot of cloud about tonight. Patchy rain is a possibility. A weather
:25:33. > :25:38.front seeking his way southwards. The rain will not amount to much
:25:38. > :25:48.but where we have the clearing skies the temperatures will be a
:25:48. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:52.lot colder. A fresher feel two things. A mild start tomorrow. Damp
:25:52. > :25:55.in a few spots but it is an improving picture. The south coast
:25:55. > :26:00.and the South West could hold on to the cloud cover for much of the day.
:26:00. > :26:03.In the sunshine expect a high of 10 or 11. A fresher feel, temperatures
:26:04. > :26:08.heading back towards their seasonal average and not as warm as the last
:26:08. > :26:12.few days. A lot of cloud to stop the night tomorrow. It will fade
:26:12. > :26:16.away through the early hours of Sunday. That will allow
:26:16. > :26:23.temperatures to take a dip even further. Colder fealty things, not
:26:23. > :26:27.as warm as it has been over the last few nights. The rest of the
:26:27. > :26:32.few mist and fog patches first thing. Sunday daytime is a lovely
:26:32. > :26:37.day. High pressure remains in charge. You can see the widening of
:26:37. > :26:42.the isobars. This is coming our way Sunday night. Two weather fronts,
:26:42. > :26:48.called for its, heading from the Atlantic. That will produce cloud
:26:48. > :26:51.and rain into Monday. Rain on and off throughout Monday. He will be
:26:51. > :26:55.pushed back and forth from the near Continent. Tuesday, some bright
:26:55. > :26:58.spells will develop after a cloudy start. That is when we see
:26:58. > :27:05.temperatures her back to what we have been used to over the last
:27:05. > :27:10.couple of days -- head back. Here is your summary for the rest of the
:27:10. > :27:14.week and the weekend. A lovely feel two things. Lots of sunshine. Maybe
:27:14. > :27:18.a grey, damp start on Saturday. Rain on Monday at times. The
:27:18. > :27:23.temperatures are hotting up, Tuesday onwards. Dry conditions for
:27:23. > :27:28.those spectators at least in Dorset. We need rain up for our rivers. It