:00:04. > :00:06.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:06. > :00:09.programme: Hitting homeowners. Changes in
:00:09. > :00:13.child benefit and an income tax boost for the lower paid. How has
:00:13. > :00:16.the budget affected you? And we'll be live in a market town
:00:16. > :00:18.to hear what businesses think of today's news.
:00:18. > :00:26.Also tonight: The brothers orphaned in the Boxing
:00:26. > :00:30.Day tsunami vow to honour their parents by helping others. They
:00:30. > :00:35.sacrifice themselves to get the little ones out of the rumour, make
:00:35. > :00:39.sure they got out of their because they would have been locked in the
:00:39. > :00:44.room, the water was so high a. And reading, writing and the family.
:00:44. > :00:48.The new book club helping to tackle literacy for all. For you not to be
:00:48. > :00:54.able to enjoy it and read it with them is a problem, so I thought
:00:54. > :01:04.myself, right, it is bad for me, but for them as well, so I can give
:01:04. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.The South is home to some of the wealthiest people in the UK. And
:01:08. > :01:11.today the Chancellor George Osborne said he would tax rich property
:01:11. > :01:15.owners and give more money to the lower paid. Mr Osborne has also
:01:15. > :01:17.eased the withdrawal of child benefit from higher rate taxpayers.
:01:18. > :01:21.Tonight, we'll have reaction to more on the budget from families,
:01:21. > :01:24.businesses and public sector workers. But first here's our
:01:24. > :01:29.Political Editor Peter Henley who has been looking at some of the
:01:29. > :01:32.detail. According to the Government,
:01:32. > :01:35.180,000 of the lowest paid people in the south of England should be
:01:35. > :01:39.celebrating tonight. That's how many people will no longer have to
:01:39. > :01:48.pay income tax. But put those figures in context. It's 104,000
:01:48. > :01:52.people in the south-east out of a population of 8 million. And 73,000
:01:52. > :01:57.in the south-west out of 5 million save about �220 a year. And Labour
:01:57. > :02:00.points out that it doesn't kick in until 2013. And what about the
:02:00. > :02:03.millionaires? Lib Dems are boasting that they got their tycoon tax, a
:02:03. > :02:13.whacking new rate of stamp duty, 7% on properties above �2 million in
:02:13. > :02:16.
:02:16. > :02:22.value. And in the South that's not just mansions. The five-bedroom
:02:22. > :02:26.properties, the smaller ones, they are �1.5 million, they are not
:02:26. > :02:29.mansions that we would have not thought of them as a mansion before.
:02:29. > :02:32.A place with more than a few seafront palaces, Brighton and Hove,
:02:32. > :02:34.has missed becoming a super connected city but gets extra money
:02:34. > :02:37.for ultra-fast broadband. Tax breaks for digital industries will
:02:37. > :02:41.go down well there, and in Surrey where they're growing the video
:02:41. > :02:51.games industry. The Government's saying this is a budget for growth.
:02:51. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:54.Labour say only millionaires have really prospered.
:02:54. > :02:58.So, one of the key themes the Chancellor talked about was helping
:02:58. > :03:01.the less well off. He said with his changes some of those workers would
:03:01. > :03:03.have an additional �170 in their pockets. The Health Service has
:03:03. > :03:06.many thousands of staff earning just above the minimum wage. Our
:03:06. > :03:09.Health Correspondent David Fenton has been to meet some of them.
:03:09. > :03:17.Cleaners are among the lowest paid workers in the Health Service.
:03:17. > :03:22.Daisy earns �7.10 an hour for a seven hour day. It is hard because
:03:22. > :03:27.the prices go up everywhere, so coffee and everything, petrol, all
:03:27. > :03:30.of the bills as well. So it is quite hard. I am struggling. They
:03:30. > :03:34.used to earn less. A ten month dispute over back pay at
:03:34. > :03:42.Southampton General has now ended. Unions say many low paid workers
:03:42. > :03:46.will still feel far from well off despite the Chancellor's tax breaks.
:03:46. > :03:50.I think the working man and woman will see through the glass the
:03:50. > :03:57.Chancellor will put on this. They know the pressures they are under.
:03:57. > :04:00.They have been squeezed on to pay freezes, jobs cuts and this will
:04:00. > :04:02.not make much difference to them. Some of these cleaners will benefit
:04:03. > :04:07.from today's budget. Whether they feel any better off, with rising
:04:07. > :04:10.fuel costs and food bills, is another matter.
:04:10. > :04:14.While the Chancellor gave back money, he also took it away.
:04:14. > :04:18.Thousands of parents in the South will have lost child benefits. The
:04:18. > :04:25.Chancellor told the Commons it was a difficult a decision. But there
:04:25. > :04:29.will be relief for others as Alex Forsyth has been finding out. For
:04:29. > :04:34.mum have to Rhoda, today's budget brought good news. She works part-
:04:34. > :04:43.time and she will be one of those no longer paying any income tax.
:04:43. > :04:47.Every penny counts for us. It will make �150 difference, which has a
:04:47. > :04:51.lot. For some parents at this playgroup, the Chancellor's
:04:51. > :04:54.announcements were not so welcome. He has raised the threshold at
:04:54. > :05:01.which higher earning parents will lose child benefit but Emily's
:05:01. > :05:07.family is still a kid to lose out. All these bills, electricity, tax,
:05:08. > :05:12.they are going up, so it is hard. We have lost tax credits. We will
:05:12. > :05:19.be losing child benefit at some point as well. Others say there was
:05:19. > :05:24.little in today's budget to helps - - to help the squeeze. I have got a
:05:24. > :05:29.budget, a strict budget, and if I go over, something has to fall by
:05:29. > :05:35.the wayside. I had Oscar for the first two years of his life every
:05:35. > :05:42.day because if I didn't my daughter would not have been able to work.
:05:42. > :05:45.So I think she patrolled care for them. -- cheaper child care for
:05:45. > :05:47.them. So, what mood are people who run
:05:47. > :05:50.businesses in this evening? Well, the Chancellor said his budget
:05:50. > :05:53.unashamedly backs business with a cut in corporation tax and a new
:05:53. > :05:56.scheme to boost bank lending to small and medium sized firms.
:05:56. > :05:57.Tonight, Steve Humphrey is in Alresford in Hampshire to get some
:05:57. > :06:01.reaction from the business community.
:06:01. > :06:07.Yes, this evening, we are at the Swan Hotel to get that reaction
:06:07. > :06:13.from a group of local business people. This town has a population
:06:13. > :06:17.of 5,500 and a wide range of businesses. It is very famous for
:06:17. > :06:21.the watercress steam railway line, and for the local watercress beds.
:06:21. > :06:27.With its proximity to Winchester, it is an expensive place to live,
:06:27. > :06:35.so people will feel the impact of that extra stamp duty around here
:06:35. > :06:40.of houses costing more than �2 million. With me is an estate agent.
:06:40. > :06:46.Is that stamp duty going to have a large impact? We will see an
:06:46. > :06:51.initial pause for thought amongst buyers and some thinking to spend
:06:51. > :06:57.�2 million will then spend under that bracket. Above all, if you
:06:57. > :07:04.find your dream house in the country, if you want to live around
:07:04. > :07:10.here, you will probably absorb that additional percentage. Jane, you
:07:10. > :07:13.are from a lavender growing distilling business. We have seen
:07:13. > :07:19.some help for small businesses and medium-sized businesses,
:07:19. > :07:24.particularly with more access to loans. Will that be helpful?
:07:24. > :07:28.were quite excited when we heard about this because �20 billion
:07:28. > :07:32.sounds a lot of money. The critical thing is how easy it is going to be
:07:32. > :07:41.to access that finance and if the banks will keep the same criteria,
:07:41. > :07:44.it is still going to be tricky to access. James, you are from the
:07:44. > :07:50.well-known food and coffee shop chain. Is the Chancellor doing
:07:50. > :07:55.enough? I think so. It is his starting point. The reduction in
:07:55. > :07:59.corporation tax, that is good news. We have to work very hard to get
:07:59. > :08:03.customers through the door, but you've got to look at the cost side
:08:03. > :08:10.and the Revenue, so it is still tough times ahead, but the green
:08:10. > :08:15.shoots are there. So, a little bit of optimism? Yes. Jane, what else
:08:15. > :08:19.can the Government do for you to make things easier? We were keen to
:08:19. > :08:25.see the changes in seek planning law, which we understand is on its
:08:25. > :08:28.way. 1,000 pages of planning policy will be reduced to 50, and we are
:08:29. > :08:33.keen to see that, because planning constraints are a big issue for
:08:33. > :08:38.small businesses. Claude was telling if there is some up to it
:08:38. > :08:44.in the property market, so things going well? Yes, a good start to
:08:44. > :08:46.the year. Thank you all very much. And from the Swan Hotel, back to
:08:46. > :08:50.you. In transport, most people were
:08:50. > :08:53.waiting to see if fuel duty would go up. But, as expected, it was
:08:53. > :08:56.left unchanged, but not for long. Let's go live to our Transport
:08:56. > :08:59.Correspondent Paul Clifton. Fuel duty will go up in August as
:08:59. > :09:04.planned. That will put 3p on a litre of petrol. In old money,
:09:04. > :09:07.another 16p a gallon, taking it well past �7 a gallon. We pay some
:09:07. > :09:11.of the highest fuel taxies in the world, and petrol and diesel
:09:11. > :09:13.reached record prices this month. But passengers coming off the ferry
:09:14. > :09:18.here this afternoon found that prices in France are within a
:09:18. > :09:21.couple of pence of prices here. The AA, which is based in Basingstoke,
:09:21. > :09:25.says that yet higher prices will force drivers off the road and
:09:25. > :09:30.could bring a summer of discontent. It says the increase makes no
:09:30. > :09:33.allowance for car-dependent, rural or disabled drivers. Taxing
:09:33. > :09:37.motorists brings in about �45 billion a year, yet only �10
:09:37. > :09:41.billion goes back in road maintenance. The number of potholes
:09:41. > :09:44.is growing. But think about this - the greater fuel efficiency of
:09:44. > :09:54.modern engines means the Treasury's income per vehicle is actually
:09:54. > :10:00.
:10:00. > :10:05.falling. So cutting petrol duty was always unlikely. We did have
:10:05. > :10:11.reaction from small and medium- sized businesses and with me is
:10:11. > :10:17.David Tipple. Just a quick overview. Was it a Budget for business?
:10:17. > :10:22.was a Budget to encourage business. A lot of encouragement, but not a
:10:22. > :10:29.lot of practical things. Only 10% of businesses will be positively
:10:29. > :10:34.affected. You want to talk about infrastructure. Will we benefit in
:10:34. > :10:39.the South or not? Most of these projects will be in North.
:10:39. > :10:46.South is a victim of its own success. There is the Hastings link
:10:46. > :10:51.road, but that is the only project. Broadband. He promised at �50
:10:52. > :10:56.million for small cities. He didn't say where, though. He announced a
:10:56. > :11:00.Brighton by default simply because Brighton was pushing for it. If
:11:00. > :11:05.Brighton is one, there is nine to go, and let's hope one of them is
:11:05. > :11:10.down here. And what about the soul of being a powerhouse to get the
:11:10. > :11:14.economy running. Does this Budget help it? It doesn't discourage it.
:11:14. > :11:19.There is a lot for businesses to do. The access to money has to be made
:11:19. > :11:24.easy. There are red tape reductions, but they have got to be substantial
:11:24. > :11:28.and we cannot get locked in red tape. The South can be the
:11:28. > :11:36.powerhouse and can lead us out of the economic trouble, but the South
:11:36. > :11:40.has got to for opportunities to make business really work. Thank
:11:40. > :11:43.you. Let's return to our Political
:11:43. > :11:45.Editor Peter Henley to get an overview and some reaction from our
:11:45. > :11:47.politicians. Last night, we were talking about
:11:47. > :11:49.the implications of the Chancellor scrapping national pay agreements,
:11:49. > :11:51.and it looks like that's going through.
:11:51. > :11:55.Yes, starting from next month for some Government departments, the
:11:55. > :11:58.TUC says it will widen the North South divide. They call it complex,
:11:58. > :12:01.costly and inefficient and say it could lead to skills such as
:12:01. > :12:04.teachers or nurses chase higher rates. The Conservatives who say
:12:04. > :12:11.it's part of the push for growth, but first here's Labour who say
:12:11. > :12:17.it's all wrong. We saw this in Southampton when the council tried
:12:17. > :12:21.to slash council -- pay. Everyone in Southampton went and got jobs in
:12:21. > :12:26.Hampshire and Bournemouth. It is harder to do than they save. I am
:12:26. > :12:31.encouraged about what is happening in Reading. Although last month we
:12:31. > :12:34.had a tiny rise in unemployment, youth unemployment in recent months
:12:34. > :12:38.has fallen. There also looks set to be a real
:12:38. > :12:41.row over the National Roads Strategy. It's not quite the vision
:12:41. > :12:45.of private toll roads. More, the system used in Portsmouth, shortly
:12:45. > :12:47.to be rolled out on the Isle of Wight, of a private company taking
:12:47. > :12:50.over responsibility for road improvement, and paid a fee based
:12:50. > :12:53.on performance, but maybe it's not the answer to beating notorious
:12:53. > :13:03.bottlenecks like the Arundel by- pass, the A34 north or the A303 to
:13:03. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:09.the West Country. Thank you. More information on our website.
:13:09. > :13:12.Still to come in this evening's South Today:
:13:12. > :13:14.Tony Husband on the chase at the top of the Championship.
:13:14. > :13:17.And spring is here, Reham has the forecast
:13:17. > :13:23.An investigation is underway after a man fell from a road above a
:13:23. > :13:29.railway. It is warm, dry and sunny days. I
:13:29. > :13:37.will tell you all you need to know. I have all you need to know about
:13:37. > :13:42.the football. Southampton, the Premier League edges ever closer.
:13:42. > :13:47.An investigation is under way after a man fell from a cliff in Brighton.
:13:47. > :13:51.The emergency services and lifted the 43-year-old to the hospital.
:13:51. > :13:57.Police said officers spoke to the man an hour before the incident and
:13:57. > :14:02.left him in the care of his brother. Sussex Police has referred the
:14:02. > :14:05.incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
:14:05. > :14:07.The video games retailer, Game, which has its headquarters in
:14:07. > :14:10.Basingstoke, says it's calling in the administrators. It comes after
:14:10. > :14:13.their shares were suspended and they admitted the business has no
:14:13. > :14:17.value. The company operates 1,300 stores worldwide and employs 10,000
:14:17. > :14:23.staff. Game has 600 stores in the UK, with 6,000 staff, and also has
:14:23. > :14:27.stores in Europe and Australia. A Winchester woman has died in
:14:27. > :14:30.hospital eight days after giving birth to triplets. 34-year-old
:14:30. > :14:36.Isabel Mason gave birth to healthy triplets at the Royal Hampshire
:14:36. > :14:39.County Hospital on 2nd March but died on March the 10th. The
:14:39. > :14:43.hospital described her death as a tragedy for the family. An inquest
:14:43. > :14:47.has been opened and adjourned. The possible cause of death was given
:14:47. > :14:52.as a rupture of the pericardial sac around the heart, caused by a cut
:14:52. > :14:57.in an artery. In 2004, the Forkan family from New
:14:57. > :15:00.Milton in Hampshire were on holiday in Sri Lanka. But on Boxing Day,
:15:00. > :15:04.the tsunami hit. In successfully saving the lives of their children,
:15:04. > :15:07.parents Sandra and Kevin Forkan tragically lost their own lives.
:15:07. > :15:11.Three of their children have now set themselves the challenge of
:15:11. > :15:18.opening up an orphanage in memory of their parents. Roger Finn has
:15:18. > :15:22.the story. The Forkan family were adventurers.
:15:22. > :15:27.In 1999, the parents took their children out of school and off on a
:15:27. > :15:32.five year journey around India and the subcontinent. They spent
:15:32. > :15:40.Christmas 2004 on the beach at Weligama in southern Sri Lanka. Rob
:15:40. > :15:45.and Paul Forkan were just 17 and 15 years old. We were so close to the
:15:45. > :15:51.beach, our guest room was just like one of those sheds. They were woken
:15:51. > :15:55.by screams early on Boxing Day. A small wave had come into their room.
:15:55. > :16:02.We just thought it was normal, just another crazy thing happening on
:16:02. > :16:10.our journey. Something crazy always happens. A snake in your bedroom or
:16:10. > :16:15.would have a. We put the bags on the bed. It was so powerful, the
:16:15. > :16:20.wave took the whole kitchen down off the wall. I didn't know water
:16:20. > :16:23.could be that strong and powerful. My brother saved my life. Their
:16:23. > :16:25.mother, father and younger brother and sister were next door. The
:16:25. > :16:29.parents drowned but not before they'd bundled the other children
:16:29. > :16:32.to safety. Rob and Paul and the others came back to Hampshire to
:16:32. > :16:40.live with their older sister. Now in their 20s, the brothers have
:16:40. > :16:44.just launched a brand of flip flops. We lived in flip flops for years,
:16:44. > :16:49.from living in Bournemouth, travelling around India, we have
:16:49. > :16:54.been to India recently and whenever we go there, we go to the slums and
:16:54. > :17:01.orphanages, so it all fell in place. We are working with a small
:17:01. > :17:06.orphanage in Goa, and we give 10% of our profits to them. By the 10th
:17:06. > :17:09.anniversary, we want to open up our own orphanage. That is the dream.
:17:09. > :17:14.The brothers designed the flip- flops themselves and have sold them
:17:14. > :17:18.to 30 boutiques. They're now courting the big department store
:17:18. > :17:22.chains. Good luck to them.
:17:22. > :17:24.A woman from Southampton is warning drivers to be vigilant if they use
:17:24. > :17:28.valet parking at airports. Tracey Dilley says after her car was
:17:28. > :17:31.handed over, she found 70 extra miles on the clock, an engine
:17:31. > :17:34.warning light on and mud inside. She says she'll take notes and
:17:34. > :17:37.photos in future as the car valet company said it could not verify
:17:37. > :17:46.the claim as the issues were reported after she'd collected the
:17:46. > :17:50.vehicle. I have never had a problem before and I have used various
:17:50. > :17:55.companies at Heathrow and Gatwick. I never had any problem at all but
:17:55. > :17:59.it has made me and my friends wary. I am self-employed and without my
:17:59. > :18:02.car I do not get paid. The man behind a �10 million plan
:18:02. > :18:06.to bring an ice rink to Southampton says it's now likely the proposed
:18:06. > :18:08.site will be used to build flats. A funding application was turned down
:18:08. > :18:11.last year by Sport England, although the council had granted
:18:11. > :18:18.planning permission. Campaigners have been pushing for a rink in the
:18:18. > :18:25.city since 1988 when the old Top Rank was closed. It is
:18:25. > :18:28.disappointing. I had hoped that Sport England would support us on
:18:28. > :18:33.that, and that would have been sufficient to make the actual
:18:33. > :18:36.project work. I will not give up on it, but the chances are very slim
:18:36. > :18:39.now. It's estimated 5.1 million adults
:18:39. > :18:42.in the UK, that's up to one in six, have difficulty with everyday
:18:42. > :18:47.reading and writing. In Portsmouth, around one quarter of the adult
:18:47. > :18:51.population suffers from poor literacy and numeracy. And these
:18:51. > :18:53.adults usually have few or no qualifications. Gosport and Havant
:18:53. > :18:59.also have widespread literacy problems, and a high percentage of
:18:59. > :19:02.adults who have very few GCSEs. Now, new ways of trying to break this
:19:02. > :19:09.cycle are being launched, including family literacy evenings which are
:19:09. > :19:11.proving popular in America. A new book club has just opened in Havant
:19:11. > :19:21.at Park Community School's Dickinson Centre, as Chrissy Sturt
:19:21. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:29.reports. How about this one? Determination. When you were young,
:19:29. > :19:33.learning to read is hard and it is harder when you're a grown-up.
:19:33. > :19:37.Sophie and christopher both struggled at school and have almost
:19:37. > :19:41.no qualifications and do not work. Given a chance to get back to
:19:41. > :19:47.school, to knuckle down, Lerner, because you don't know what you're
:19:47. > :19:54.going to do when you get older. They want more for their children.
:19:55. > :19:59.It is a big thing for me just to be able to do it for myself and to
:19:59. > :20:05.help the kids. They bring books home. For you not to be able to
:20:05. > :20:09.enjoy it and read it with them I think is a problem. There is a high
:20:10. > :20:14.proportion of adults here who struggle with words and writing. A
:20:14. > :20:20.struggle often unwittingly handed down to the next generation. This
:20:20. > :20:27.session is trying to break that cycle. Do you find reading easy?
:20:27. > :20:32.a struggle and locked. Tell me about that. I get stuck on words.
:20:32. > :20:40.Exactly the same as me when I was going through school. But,
:20:40. > :20:44.obviously, I can change that and help him with his reading. Teachers
:20:44. > :20:47.in this call welcome these sessions. Sometimes, parents struggled to
:20:47. > :20:54.walk through the school door because of their experiences at
:20:54. > :20:58.school. What we attempt to do is to encourage them to feel at ease, and
:20:58. > :21:04.from the position of their children, we move on to their needs. Today
:21:04. > :21:09.has gone well. It is lovely to be able to do what and to sing with
:21:09. > :21:15.Liam, sing out a story, and just to be able to enjoy it with him.
:21:15. > :21:18.bookworms look like they will be back for more.
:21:18. > :21:21.And adult literacy is the subject of a daytime drama series showing
:21:21. > :21:29.on BBC One all next week at 2:15pm. It's called Secrets And Words.
:21:29. > :21:35.There's more information on the website, details below.
:21:35. > :21:40.Now, sport. All eyes on the top of the Championship.
:21:40. > :21:46.Managers say one game at a time, but we do not have to do that. We
:21:46. > :21:51.can start to think about for Southampton in particular, you are
:21:51. > :21:57.starting to think, if they are going to get promoted, can they do
:21:58. > :22:04.what mid- April? Last night, they took on the meanest defence in the
:22:04. > :22:07.League at Hull. Jack Hobbs own goal at Hull. That gave them the lead.
:22:07. > :22:15.On the hour defender Jos Hooiveld helped by Jose Fonte. Saints' fans
:22:15. > :22:22.smell the Premier League now. me, it is a difficult place to come.
:22:22. > :22:26.We put on a superb defensive display. Our players worked very
:22:26. > :22:28.hard, and it is a very pleasing three points.
:22:28. > :22:33.While Southampton march on, Reading's brilliant run of results
:22:33. > :22:40.came to an end at London Road. They took the lead through Noel Hunt
:22:40. > :22:50.against Peterborough. So, they were looking good at that point. But
:22:50. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :22:53.soon after, they conceded the first of two goals from corners.
:22:53. > :22:57.Peterborough would lead 2-1 going into the second half. With Reading
:22:57. > :23:02.chasing the game late on, Peterborough got a break away third.
:23:02. > :23:07.They have played well tonight. We have come to the end overrun.
:23:07. > :23:11.Nothing changes as far as we are concerned. We look to the next game.
:23:11. > :23:13.Southampton now have a seven point lead over West ham in third. They
:23:13. > :23:16.could be around four wins from promotion on current form. Reading
:23:16. > :23:22.play both Saints and West Ham in their run-in. Brighton have gone
:23:22. > :23:26.all the way up to fourth. And that's because they bounced back to
:23:26. > :23:35.winning ways at the Amex last night. Inigo Calderon headed them into an
:23:35. > :23:39.early lead against Derby. Watch out for the celebration. And then
:23:39. > :23:41.dedicated it to his wife who's expecting a baby. After half time,
:23:41. > :23:45.Ashley Barnes sealed Albion's 11th home win of the season midway
:23:45. > :23:48.through the second half. To the rest of the action now, and
:23:48. > :23:52.after nine games without a win, Portsmouth did their survival hopes
:23:52. > :23:58.and the play-off aims of others no harm at all. The action starts with
:23:58. > :24:02.Pompey's 4-1 win over Birmingham. Portsmouth needed a lifeline in
:24:02. > :24:08.their fight to escape allegations are going behind wasn't of the
:24:08. > :24:16.start they wanted. The visitors were put in front in the first half.
:24:16. > :24:20.Portsmouth levelled in the second half. When Birmingham lost David
:24:20. > :24:25.Murphy, sent off soon after, the home side took control. David
:24:25. > :24:35.Norris put them in front on the turn. As Birmingham pressed, Pompey
:24:35. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:48.counted. The players and fans were Bournemouth won their first game in
:24:48. > :24:58.eight. In League Two, Danny Bormann fired Crawley up to 5th with their
:24:58. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:05.1-0 win at Gillingham and Aldershot won again against Southend.
:25:05. > :25:07.It is all on the internet. A lot of people are following this, but we
:25:07. > :25:17.have got synchronised swimming tomorrow.
:25:17. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:23.My car the monitor was showing 18, that is rather high.
:25:23. > :25:28.It has been a very bright day and very warm. Well above-average.
:25:28. > :25:34.Because we have had a bright end to the day, there skies remain clear
:25:34. > :25:41.for the first half of the evening, turning chilly. There is enough of
:25:41. > :25:47.a breeze to prevent any major frost issues. Generally, for the first
:25:47. > :25:52.half of the night, lows down to two or 3. We could see some frost
:25:52. > :26:02.pockets in any shelter, but enough breeze to prevent any frost for
:26:02. > :26:09.tomorrow. It is a chilly start, but the cloud thins and breaks. The
:26:09. > :26:14.warmest temperatures in the East, with clouds in the West. Remember
:26:14. > :26:20.the rain we have been looking for? It is breaking its promise. It is a
:26:20. > :26:26.whizzing past us. It is giving us the risk of for a few spots of rain
:26:26. > :26:36.in the air to the West a will try and Dorset, but it is not enough. -
:26:36. > :26:40.- to the Wester Wiltshire. No rain for Friday. By the small hours, we
:26:40. > :26:47.could have some patchy rain, but it is bone dry throughout Friday for
:26:47. > :26:53.most of us. A South easterly breeze as well. On Saturday, the high
:26:53. > :27:03.pressure it is with us, and it is going to be a very quiet day would
:27:03. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:11.like to winds, more of an easterly breeze. It will improve on Sunday.
:27:11. > :27:18.For the weekend, staying dry, mild, light winds, and the rain avoiding
:27:18. > :27:25.the regions. The only potential of some showers is possibly early on