:00:04. > :00:06.Hello, I'm Tony Husband. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:06. > :00:09.programme... A radical change to part of the
:00:09. > :00:17.Sussex coastline, but the business spending millions to fund it, is
:00:17. > :00:21.told you're on your own. We have held a gun held to our
:00:21. > :00:23.heads. We were told to do it or kiss goodbye to the business.
:00:23. > :00:29.Fighting the spread of a potentially deadly virus among
:00:30. > :00:31.animals. Scientists searching for a solution to the Schmallenberg
:00:31. > :00:33.outbreak. Seeds of change, how the old
:00:33. > :00:36.bottleneck around Hindhead is being returned to nature.
:00:36. > :00:41.And rowing the atlantic - five women's gruelling challenge and the
:00:41. > :00:46.women's gruelling challenge and the support that got them to the finish.
:00:46. > :00:50.Before we left we actually met David Cameron, and when in this
:00:50. > :01:00.boat we got text messages from Matthew Pinsent and Sir Stephen
:01:00. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:06.It's a first for the south. Millions of pounds is being spent
:01:06. > :01:08.on a massive new nature reserve which would see part of the Sussex
:01:08. > :01:11.coastline change forever. Environment Agency is currently
:01:11. > :01:13.building seven kilometres of new sea defences between Selsey and
:01:13. > :01:19.Bracklesham - in the process, creating a huge habitat for
:01:19. > :01:28.wildlife. But one local business is angry that it is having to pay out
:01:28. > :01:32.�17 million to support it. Roger Finn has been following the story.
:01:32. > :01:40.The Selsey coastline has always been vulnerable. In March 2008, the
:01:40. > :01:43.defences were breached, the caravan behind was swamped. -- the caravan
:01:43. > :01:46.park. If that same year, the Environment Agency gave the go-
:01:46. > :01:52.ahead for a radical solution they had been consulting on for many
:01:52. > :01:57.years. They call it a managed realignment - replace the present
:01:57. > :02:00.line of defences between Selsey and Bracklesham with a seven, but there
:02:00. > :02:07.spike inland. The flooded land would shock up the power of the
:02:07. > :02:12.waves and become wildlife habitat, 11 square miles in all. The work is
:02:12. > :02:16.already under way. The banks are being treated from soil dug from 12
:02:16. > :02:21.pits on the side. They will eventually become ponds and reed
:02:21. > :02:25.beds. Much of the flooded land will become salt marsh, rare and
:02:25. > :02:29.precious for natural life. We have a habitat that is generally
:02:29. > :02:33.dry for most of the time, but we will have a new defences built
:02:33. > :02:37.which will reduce flooding to the community, and also agreed nature
:02:37. > :02:42.reserve, birds flying in, a wide range of species.
:02:42. > :02:46.But not everyone is happy. The caravan park is the largest in the
:02:46. > :02:50.UK and is extradited to contribute �16 million to the local economy.
:02:50. > :02:55.The plan would have left it marooned. Now the owners are going
:02:55. > :02:59.to build two rock islands just offshore, back filled with
:02:59. > :03:06.thousands of tons of shingle. The Environment Agency is costing �25
:03:06. > :03:10.million, the caravan park's is costing �17 million. It will be one
:03:10. > :03:18.of the biggest private sea defences built in Britain, but that car --
:03:18. > :03:24.Park claims it had no choice. We had a gun held to our heads. We
:03:24. > :03:27.were either to lose 75% of the property, all the complexes, around
:03:27. > :03:32.�30 million worth of swimming-pools and leisure facilities. We were
:03:33. > :03:36.left to do our own thing, either do it or kiss goodbye to the business.
:03:36. > :03:41.We have limited funding and need to prioritise that in the most
:03:41. > :03:45.appropriate way. Where a commercial businesses making a profit out of
:03:45. > :03:48.an operation, that is good and pays into the local economy, but it is
:03:48. > :03:54.important we don't inadvertently subsidised that with public money
:03:54. > :03:58.that could be spent elsewhere. They plants for it -- the plan is
:03:58. > :04:00.for the old shingle defences here to be breached and abandoned next
:04:00. > :04:02.spring. A headteacher who claims she was
:04:03. > :04:05.the victim of racial abuse has faced questions at her employment
:04:06. > :04:08.tribunal in Reading. Sudhana Singh, seen here on the right, is the
:04:08. > :04:10.former head of Moorlands Primary School in Tilehurst. She says
:04:10. > :04:13.governors and parents were complicit in a racially motivated
:04:13. > :04:16.campaign to undermine her authority. But Reading Borough Council and the
:04:16. > :04:19.governors claim any challenge to Mrs Singh's position was about
:04:20. > :04:22.school policies rather than a personal attack. The hearing was
:04:22. > :04:29.told the council investigated Mrs Singh's complaint of racism and
:04:29. > :04:32.offered her independent pastoral support. The case continues.
:04:32. > :04:36.Scientists in Surrey are battling to come up with a solution to stop
:04:36. > :04:39.the spread of the Schmallenberg virus. So far the number of farms
:04:39. > :04:43.in the South East affected by the potentially lethal SBV animal virus
:04:43. > :04:48.has doubled in the last two weeks. The infection causes stillbirths
:04:48. > :04:58.and deformities in lambs and calves. With the latest on the fight to
:04:58. > :05:03.control the virus here's Yvonne So far, no sign of the
:05:03. > :05:08.Schmallenberg virus Indies newborns at Prestwick farm in a sorry, but
:05:08. > :05:11.last week this farm was one of the latest victims. -- in Surrey.
:05:11. > :05:16.A be a angles of his legs were all wrong.
:05:16. > :05:21.They would normally come out very streamlined and birth is a very
:05:21. > :05:25.natural process. This lamb had come true. And when I checked his legs
:05:25. > :05:30.were at 90 degrees to where they should have been. They were locked
:05:30. > :05:35.in that position. Most lambs have so far been born
:05:35. > :05:38.apparently unaffected in the South East, but at the number of farms
:05:38. > :05:42.reporting deformities and stillbirths caused by the virus has
:05:42. > :05:46.doubled to nearly 50 in the last two weeks.
:05:46. > :05:51.Way don't know what to do about it. We really need advice on this,
:05:51. > :05:55.because we don't even know whether to replace our sheep, because we
:05:55. > :06:01.may be buying in the infected sheep, and we could be bringing in
:06:01. > :06:04.deformed lambs for next we're's crop.
:06:04. > :06:07.Scientists are here are leading European-wide research into the
:06:08. > :06:14.virus. These are a few of the Moody's from
:06:14. > :06:19.the vast colonies here at the Pirbright university laboratories.
:06:19. > :06:24.It is hoped they will provide clues about the virus and had to stop it
:06:24. > :06:27.spreading. So far they believe it has been spread by biting midges
:06:27. > :06:30.blown across from the Channel. They are trying to understand exactly
:06:30. > :06:34.what it is and how would it is transmitted.
:06:34. > :06:38.We are infecting insects artificially in the laboratory to
:06:38. > :06:42.confirm they are involved in the transmission of the virus, because
:06:42. > :06:48.that means we can find out if it is spreading geographically and try
:06:48. > :06:52.and control the spread in animals. The second area is to develop --
:06:52. > :06:58.develop a diagnostic test which will pick up antibodies in animals.
:06:58. > :07:06.The hope is that scientists will produce a diagnostic blood test in
:07:06. > :07:08.time for this year's breeding season in the in the autumn.
:07:08. > :07:11.A Sussex pensioner who trawls Brighton's streets collecting cans
:07:12. > :07:14.for charity, has been given just under a month to clear a huge pile
:07:15. > :07:17.of rubbish from her front garden or face eviction. Olive Taylor has
:07:17. > :07:20.raised more than �40,000 for charity by recycling cans since
:07:20. > :07:23.1978. But she's been given the deadline to tidy up, after council
:07:23. > :07:31.officials decided her property was overrun with rubbish and had become
:07:31. > :07:36.a health hazard. Ian Palmer has the story.
:07:36. > :07:38.Olive Taylor - charity champion of public pest? Brighton City Council
:07:38. > :07:43.is definitely in the second category.
:07:43. > :07:49.I am not worried because there is no smell, no mice, nor rats.
:07:49. > :07:54.Still, how have we got here? The 87-year-old began collecting in
:07:54. > :07:58.1978. In 1993 it took eight lorries to remove items from her front
:07:58. > :08:02.garden. In 2003 she was threatened with eviction.
:08:02. > :08:06.In a statement, Brighton City Council said that there are
:08:06. > :08:10.potentially serious public health risks arising from Olive Taylor's
:08:10. > :08:14.action, and as she consistently refuses to co-operate, the council
:08:14. > :08:18.has to take action to protect the community.
:08:18. > :08:21.All of does do a lot of good for the community, -- she does do a lot
:08:21. > :08:26.of good. I must admit, there is a bit too
:08:26. > :08:36.much, but we just need to keep that under control, for them to come and
:08:36. > :08:41.collect it. They have come out with this
:08:41. > :08:46.complicated situation, rather than not to bully.
:08:46. > :08:51.The council -- council's ultimate sanction would be eviction. She has
:08:51. > :08:57.days to comply, and says she will do her best to meet the deadline.
:08:57. > :08:59.Brighton City Council says it will be watching closely.
:08:59. > :09:02.A �100 million scheme to completely transform a residential estate in
:09:02. > :09:06.Southampton has been given the go ahead. The city council is planning
:09:06. > :09:09.to demolish five blocks of flats on Townhill Park to make way for 675
:09:09. > :09:13.new homes, a shopping parade and a village green. The proposal for the
:09:13. > :09:15.area involves three phases of work over the next ten years.
:09:15. > :09:19.Politicians have been lobbying the government today to invest more
:09:19. > :09:21.money in upgrading a major road in the South. The A303 has a long
:09:21. > :09:24.history of proposed improvements - including tunnelling under
:09:24. > :09:28.Stonehenge - but none have come to fruition. Making the whole road a
:09:28. > :09:31.dual carriageway would cost around �1 billion.
:09:31. > :09:33.More than 4 million passengers pass through the doors, and now South
:09:33. > :09:38.West Trains has been showing off the newly refurbished Basingstoke
:09:38. > :09:40.railway station. It is one of the most important transport hubs in
:09:40. > :09:44.the south, carrying commuters between London, the south coast and
:09:44. > :09:54.the West Country. Joe Campbell has been to see what the money has been
:09:54. > :09:54.
:09:54. > :09:59.4.5 million people passed -- pass through Basingstoke station each
:09:59. > :10:05.year, and time is running out for parts of the Victorian structure.
:10:05. > :10:09.Even less frequent visitors, like Betty and her sister from Germany,
:10:09. > :10:15.are appreciative of the revamp. The two very nice, it makes it look
:10:15. > :10:19.very modern. -- it is very nice. am sure people will find it very
:10:20. > :10:25.useful to have all that space, as well, inside.
:10:25. > :10:30.The bill for all this is �1 million. Overall, South West trains has
:10:30. > :10:36.committed to spending �49 million on station improvements across its
:10:36. > :10:39.parish during its current franchise. -- across it Patrick.
:10:39. > :10:42.Today's ceremony comes at a time when ministers have made it clear
:10:42. > :10:47.they want railways to make do with less public money.
:10:47. > :10:50.That will be a real challenge but we will keep focusing on that, and
:10:50. > :10:54.we will work with our partners in the rail industry, Network Rail
:10:54. > :10:58.especially, to make things more efficient.
:10:58. > :11:08.But passengers are worried they could pay the price for their
:11:08. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:13.spacious new ticket hall in the years to come.
:11:13. > :11:16.Still to come in this evening's South Today...
:11:16. > :11:19.Boxed up at Box Hill, find out what these youngsters were doing for BBC
:11:19. > :11:27.School report. Potholes across the sofa costing
:11:27. > :11:30.the Government millions of pounds to repair. The annual report says
:11:30. > :11:40.that �6 million was spent filling the men last year, and in Dorset
:11:40. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:44.more than �2.7 million, too. The It is the final milestone in
:11:44. > :11:47.the Hindhead Tunnel project. Since the tunnel and bypass opened last
:11:47. > :11:50.summer, they've relieved a traffic bottleneck on the old A3 through
:11:50. > :11:53.Surrey. Earlier today that old road went officially 'back to nature' as
:11:53. > :11:56.the Highways Agency handed it over to the National Trust. Let's join
:11:57. > :12:01.our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton.
:12:01. > :12:05.Well, just a moment ago our van drove up here, rushing up, the
:12:05. > :12:09.driver went down his window, looked at his Sat Nav and said, whereas
:12:09. > :12:13.the A3? Two Bibles show a new, because it
:12:13. > :12:17.ends on that bit of tarmac right there. Now, for more than a mile
:12:17. > :12:23.stretching off behind me, there is just bare earth, would only nine
:12:24. > :12:29.months ago all the traffic between Portsmouth and London used to crawl
:12:29. > :12:35.through the Devil's Punchbowl. It is already hard to imagine this
:12:35. > :12:39.as one of the more of -- busiest roads in southern England. Let's
:12:39. > :12:44.remind you - the Devil's Punchbowl look like this, and the road
:12:44. > :12:49.carried 30,000 vehicles per day. Last autumn, the tarmac was scraped
:12:49. > :12:54.away, all trace of it has been dug up or covered over. Instead,
:12:54. > :13:00.traffic pours through the Hindhead tunnel. It opened nine months ago.
:13:00. > :13:05.It has taken since then to returned the old route to nature.
:13:05. > :13:10.Today, the very last stage of this huge project saw the Highways
:13:10. > :13:15.Agency and the land to the National Trust. To mark the occasion, local
:13:15. > :13:19.children sprinkled heather seeds over what used to be the A3.
:13:19. > :13:23.It changed because they're used to be all the tarmac and lots of
:13:23. > :13:26.traffic, it used to be really noisy. The does important for Nature and
:13:26. > :13:31.for the people. Come back in five years' time and
:13:31. > :13:37.hopefully it will look like there has never been a road here. We're
:13:37. > :13:44.looking to saw some heather seed and give the grasses and natural
:13:44. > :13:49.habitat back. -- to sow the seed. By down the road, here is how the
:13:49. > :13:52.village of Selsey used to look - ravaged by the biggest traffic
:13:52. > :13:58.bottleneck on the roads from Portsmouth to London. Here it is
:13:58. > :14:05.now. The traffic has gone - even the paddle station has closed down.
:14:05. > :14:08.Denise McCulloch lives right beside what was once the notorious Selsey
:14:08. > :14:12.traffic lights. Noise levels in the evening have
:14:13. > :14:20.reduced considerably. There are no shadings of Windows or beds when
:14:20. > :14:25.the big trucks go through. It is fine now, it is much more peaceful.
:14:25. > :14:29.But it has taken 50 years of planning and debate to reach
:14:29. > :14:33.today's Landward occasion. The van is still trying to work out
:14:33. > :14:40.where to go. Today marks the completion of the last big road-
:14:40. > :14:44.building project in the region. The A3 is now buried underground. With
:14:44. > :14:50.Government spending on roads cut back, there are no other big road
:14:50. > :14:53.schemes on this deal in southern England for the foreseeable future.
:14:53. > :14:59.-- on this scale. The drivers everywhere upgrading
:14:59. > :15:03.their Sat Navs tonight. It Now to something else people
:15:03. > :15:06.have been waiting for. It has been in the pipeline for more than two
:15:06. > :15:09.years, but this week the first steps to build an artificial reef
:15:09. > :15:12.in Weymouth Bay off Dorset are being taken. It is part of a long
:15:12. > :15:15.term plan to boost lobster stocks to help the commercial fishing
:15:15. > :15:17.industry. Hundreds of tonnes of rocks are being laid at sea this
:15:17. > :15:20.week to create the right environment for marine life.
:15:20. > :15:25.We are one year away from seeing these creatures graced the seabed
:15:25. > :15:33.of the Weymouth and Portland waters. Building their nursery it starts
:15:33. > :15:40.here. Lumps of rock are being carefully placed near Ringstead Bay.
:15:40. > :15:45.One pull of a lever is all it takes. The new undersea structure will be
:15:45. > :15:49.formed by 1750 tonnes of pork one stone. It will be spread out into a
:15:49. > :15:53.200 metre wide circle. The barge behind me will make six
:15:53. > :15:57.trips altogether to take the stone out to sea.
:15:57. > :16:02.Over the next year, Portland lobsters will be incubated and
:16:02. > :16:05.hatched in Cornwall before they make the return trip home.
:16:05. > :16:09.Six days a year for three years, and the idea is not to catch those
:16:09. > :16:11.lobsters, but to let them grow and wander off into the wider
:16:12. > :16:15.environment to breed and boost the fishery.
:16:15. > :16:21.Lobsters are not the only thing hoping to put Weymouth and Portland
:16:21. > :16:25.on the map. There are plans to sink two warships. All of which will
:16:25. > :16:28.happen after the Olympics. The ships will help the diving
:16:28. > :16:33.industry and tourism in general in Weymouth and Portland, because it
:16:33. > :16:37.is estimated that sinking at a single ship rings �1.6 million to
:16:37. > :16:41.the local economy. This is borne out by the sinking of another shop
:16:41. > :16:44.-- ship, which has been very successful, and we hope to do the
:16:44. > :16:48.same here. It might be some time before we see
:16:48. > :16:58.scenes like this Olympic waters, but the long-term aim is the
:16:58. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:02.It's BBC News School Report Day, which means children around the
:17:03. > :17:05.country have been making their own news reports and becoming
:17:05. > :17:08.journalists. At Priory School in Portsmouth, School Reporters Josh,
:17:08. > :17:14.Edwin and Lois have been recording the story of their trip to Box Hill
:17:14. > :17:19.in Surrey. Here's their report. Box Hill is a beautiful area of
:17:19. > :17:22.woodland and chalk Downland. It is a Site of Special Scientific
:17:22. > :17:26.Interest with wild flowers and insects.
:17:26. > :17:31.The road forms a 15 kilometres lip, including the famous zig-zagged
:17:31. > :17:34.Hill. It is a great place for cycling, and each year thousands of
:17:34. > :17:37.people come here. They will come to watch the Olympic road cycling
:17:37. > :17:41.races. I am here with my classmates from
:17:41. > :17:46.Portsmouth, and we have been learning about the ship's Olympic
:17:46. > :17:50.events. We have come to Box Hill to pay the special boxes we made a few
:17:50. > :17:54.days ago. The remember, they have to be challenging...
:17:54. > :17:58.We have been working in groups using the internet to find out
:17:58. > :18:02.about the environment at Box Hill and why it is such a good place for
:18:02. > :18:05.Olympic cycling. We have also research Olympic
:18:05. > :18:11.values, like rights and responsibilities.
:18:11. > :18:17.Pupils have helped a new -- create a new policy which encourages the
:18:17. > :18:22.use of hand-held devices. We filled our three boxes with
:18:22. > :18:27.items, chosen to represent the Box Hill area, the Olympics and the
:18:27. > :18:36.school. We have some tracking packs, and
:18:36. > :18:39.we're hoping that people will take them somewhere else. Rio de Janeiro
:18:39. > :18:43.is the next Olympics, that is our aim.
:18:43. > :18:48.The poll will be able to find them using the GPS in their cars or
:18:48. > :18:52.smartphones. It is called Gio cash income and people will be able to
:18:52. > :18:55.find our Gio caches while they wait for the cycle races.
:18:55. > :19:00.We want people to find the boxes without causing damage to the
:19:00. > :19:05.environment. Once they are hidden, we're using computer tablets to
:19:05. > :19:09.record the co-ordinates and put the information on the internet.
:19:09. > :19:12.With this project this year our students have been able to work
:19:12. > :19:16.really well as a team. They have learnt how to use the technology
:19:16. > :19:19.and skills themselves, and for many years to come people will be able
:19:19. > :19:24.to come and find these and hopefully people will find that a
:19:24. > :19:29.challenge and exciting. What you don't realise is when we go back to
:19:29. > :19:34.school I am sitting an exam on this. Sorry, I have to stop you there,
:19:34. > :19:38.that is all we have time for. And you can see more reports made
:19:38. > :19:48.by school children from across the BBC South patch at
:19:48. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:53.She has been described as the nation's first people's princess.
:19:53. > :19:55.The mourning after her early death was perhaps only matched by that
:19:55. > :19:58.over Diana, Princess of Wales. Princess Charlotte, daughter of
:19:58. > :20:01.George the Fourth, was adored by the public in the early 19th
:20:01. > :20:04.century and in the years since has largely been forgotten. Now an
:20:04. > :20:14.exhibition at her family's seaside home, Brighton Pavilion, aims to
:20:14. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:23.bring her memory alive. Sara Smith The shops closed for a fortnight.
:20:23. > :20:27.Everyone dressed in black. Byron wrote from Venice that it was like
:20:27. > :20:31.an earthquake in Venice, what could it have been like in Britain?
:20:31. > :20:36.Poets, the press, the public all mourned by the but net -- mourned
:20:36. > :20:40.the death of Princess Charlotte. Born in 1796, the only child of a
:20:40. > :20:43.disastrous union between the Prince Regent and Princess Caroline of
:20:43. > :20:47.Brunswick, it was said to be because they were so unpopular that
:20:47. > :20:50.she shone. In comparison she was felt to be
:20:50. > :20:55.the hope of the country. She was called the daughter of England, a
:20:55. > :20:59.hope for a new beginning. Through a childhood marred by a
:20:59. > :21:03.parent's separation and the banishment of her mother, her death
:21:03. > :21:07.was at just 21. This exhibition charts the life of a forgotten
:21:07. > :21:11.Princes. It was here at her father's seaside
:21:11. > :21:17.resident that Charlotte began one of her happiest period. Here, she
:21:17. > :21:21.was introduced to Prince Leopold, the man she would marry. Within one
:21:21. > :21:27.year rather have -- a year-and-a- half she was dead. She died shortly
:21:27. > :21:31.after the delivery of a stillborn son. Portraits, plaques,
:21:31. > :21:41.commemorative china, even at the natured made for her stillborn baby
:21:41. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:48.now on public sure to tell her On to some sports news, Reading
:21:48. > :21:51.have signed the Portsmouth midfielder Hayden Mullins. He will
:21:51. > :21:53.boost a Royals squad aiming for promotion back to the Premier
:21:53. > :21:56.League. Portsmouth's administrator, Trevor Birch, said the deal was
:21:56. > :21:59.another essential move in helping to keep the club alive. Mr Birch
:21:59. > :22:01.said finding a buyer for Pompey remains the number one objective.
:22:01. > :22:03.At the Cheltenham Festival, Berkshire trainer Nicky Henderson
:22:03. > :22:06.celebrated a sixth victory of the week. Riverside Theatre, part-owned
:22:06. > :22:09.by the actor Jimmy Nesbit, produced a strong sprint finish. The 8-year-
:22:09. > :22:15.old was galvanised by jockey Barry Geraghty to finish half a length
:22:15. > :22:17.clear of the field. The horse was the 7-2 favourite.
:22:17. > :22:21.This week we're following BBC Berkshire's Tim Dellor as he
:22:21. > :22:24.tackles 29 Olympic events for Sport Relief. So far he's crossed
:22:24. > :22:27.trampolining, pistol shooting, dressage and diving off his list.
:22:27. > :22:32.Today he has been getting a kick out of Taekwando in Berkshire
:22:32. > :22:36.before flexing his muscles at weightlifting. Then it was En Garde
:22:36. > :22:41.for Fencing at Woodford Leisure Centre. Tomorrow is his final day,
:22:41. > :22:44.and we will be finding out just how challenging the week has been.
:22:44. > :22:54.And if you have been inspired by Tim's efforts you can donate money
:22:54. > :22:55.
:22:56. > :22:59.by logging on to Alexis has joined me on the sofa.
:22:59. > :23:04.We have a really good story, unit some interesting people.
:23:05. > :23:08.I did, I met them down at the Old - - Dorney Lake. I was coming
:23:08. > :23:15.athletes doing their trials. Inspirational women.
:23:15. > :23:18.Yes, you met these ladies. A group of women from the south became the
:23:18. > :23:21.first crew of five to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean
:23:21. > :23:25.unaided. They are now back on home turf after rowing from La Gomera,
:23:25. > :23:29.part of the Canary Islands, to Barbados. And I have been to meet
:23:29. > :23:32.them at Dorney Lake. Five women, one goal, to cross the
:23:32. > :23:36.Atlantic Ocean unaided. The reason - to raise awareness for human
:23:36. > :23:41.trafficking and child exploitation. Currently, we have raised around
:23:41. > :23:45.�55,000. We were the first female five ever across and the fastest
:23:45. > :23:51.females are crossed. We knocked five days of the record, 45 days.
:23:51. > :23:58.But not everything went to plan. This being broke, so we had to
:23:58. > :24:01.rebuild that, and that was a hairy moment. -- the spearing broker.
:24:01. > :24:04.On board there was no room for home comforts, and that lead to a few
:24:04. > :24:11.challenging moments. Day 37 was Mike point, I was saying,
:24:11. > :24:14.get me off this boat! The flying fish! Some of the big waves, that
:24:14. > :24:17.was really good fun, really enjoyed that.
:24:17. > :24:22.There was a good deal of support, even from people in high places.
:24:22. > :24:26.Before we left we met David Cameron, and while on the boat we got text
:24:26. > :24:31.messages for -- from Matthew Pinsent and Steven Redgrave, so
:24:31. > :24:36.that spurred us on. We thought -- where we saw everyone
:24:36. > :24:41.lined up their, they let flares off and it eliminated how many people
:24:41. > :24:46.there were. We knew there was lots of support, but how incredible,
:24:46. > :24:51.overwhelming. It was so was a real. It will take a few days to sink in.
:24:51. > :24:56.A tremendous effort. They were absolutely shattered.
:24:56. > :24:59.She could have we stand up at the end, but an inspirational team.
:24:59. > :25:04.Now for the weather. But it was foggy but lovely.
:25:04. > :25:10.Be in the sunshine today, 17 Celsius in parts of Surrey, but
:25:10. > :25:12.Celsius in parts of Surrey, but under the cloud 5-six Celsius.
:25:12. > :25:14.Graeham Hutt captured Caversham Bridge in Reading in the morning
:25:14. > :25:18.fog. And Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight
:25:18. > :25:28.was also shrouded in mist and fog, even at 1.30pm this afternoon. This
:25:28. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:38.There was some sunshine today, but also some cloud and mist in places.
:25:38. > :25:43.The much-needed rainfall finally arrives this weekend, rain on
:25:43. > :25:48.Sunday, showers -- rain on Saturday, showers on Sunday.
:25:48. > :25:53.Tonight and tomorrow we will hold on to cloud, possibly some drizzle.
:25:54. > :25:58.Mist and fog patches on hilltop areas. Under cloud there
:25:58. > :26:03.temperatures will be mild, expect a low of seven or eight Celsius.
:26:03. > :26:07.Winds will gradually pick up speed into tomorrow. Tomorrow starts off
:26:07. > :26:13.misty and wacky. The South Coast and Southern Counties could hold on
:26:13. > :26:22.to the cloud and fog for much of the day. Not as warm as today, 17
:26:22. > :26:25.Celsius, today, tomorrow a high of 10 or 11 Celsius. Into the weekend,
:26:25. > :26:29.you can see the much-needed rainfall, the weather front coming
:26:29. > :26:35.in from the Atlantic through the early hours of Saturday morning. A
:26:35. > :26:39.low of the very similar temperatures to tonight, eight or
:26:40. > :26:45.seven Celsius. One Saturday night a weather front windows in some areas,
:26:45. > :26:51.gradually easing south and east, heavy bursts, and the winds will be
:26:51. > :26:56.gusty. Fine on Sunday morning, but following that period of rain.
:26:56. > :27:00.Perhaps a bright end to the day for northern and western areas, perhaps
:27:00. > :27:05.some late evening sunshine. The high-pressure start building in
:27:05. > :27:09.next week, saw the first part of next week high pressure, still a
:27:09. > :27:14.squeeze on the isobars soul went back from the south or South West.
:27:14. > :27:18.They will be brisk but it will be more settled. Apart from one or two
:27:18. > :27:23.show was on Monday the high pressure starts to build in.
:27:23. > :27:29.Rain in the early hours of Saturday morning, rain on Sunday, and
:27:29. > :27:32.settled next week. Laura Trant is with us tomorrow