17/02/2014 South Today

Hello. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme: Teetering on

the edge. The army moves in as residents move out threatened by a

landslip. The water levels are very high. We have had part of the road

fall away, threatening some of the houses.

The ongoing clear up as Milford on Sea counts the cost of a stormy

weekend. Join us in Italy for a first look at

P and all's biggest ever they have to leave, but we have

advised them to leave. Some people have chosen to stay. Does that worry

you? Yes. Some of those people are my friends. I understand the

rationale behind staying for the time being. We want to get the

situation sorted out. This part of the island has a long history of

subsidence. These pictures from 1926 show similar scenes to today and

along the coast there is evidence of the continuing changing shape of the

land. Engineers are still surveying the damage. It is not clear whether

this road can not be interviewed but said rising

ground water was an issue and that was a local authority matter.

The people of Newport Road are waiting for that work to begin. If

it does not start soon they fear the rain forecast for later in the week

will make this unpleasant that duration even worse.

Almost 75 households are still without power tonight with the area

around Petersfield the worst affected. It's one of the legacies

of the weekend storms which included an emergency rescue of couples out

for a romantic Valentine's dinner. an earthquake. While this community

pulls together to clean up, it's hoped the measures taken elsewhere

will prevent further damage. It's been another day of headaches

for commuters and the train companies. All trains between

Gatwick Airport and Brighton were cancelled or diverted this morning

because of ground water. Tonight there's more misery in the Thames

Valley, having seen improvements this morning, First Great Western is

back to just one in five trains getting through this rush hour after

another signal failed. Replacement buses on the Brighton

Main Line this morning as all trains to Gatwick were either diverted or

cancelled. I guess there is nothing they can do. It is a hassle. It

would have been nice to have known beforehand.

homes are flooded because they don't want to abandon their pets. I feel

isolated and I cannot get to work. I feel sorry for the cat, but he will

not come in. He has been left. Inside Out have been following the

work of the RSPCA in the floods. You can see their report at 7:30pm this

evening on BBC One. A group calling itself the IRA says

it was behind a series of suspect packages, including one sent to an

army careers office in Reading. The device, sent to the recruitment

office in St Mary's buts, was one of seven letter bombs. Another was sent

to Aldershot. Scotland Yard said the terrorist

was about to be driven to a women's refuge. He was convicted of murder

and jailed for life. Giving evidence, she said her daughter

reported her husband to the police for domestic violence and fled with

her children to Australia to try to escape but she began custody

proceedings and return to the UK. She said her daughter received death

threats. She said to was petrified and said, I know he is going to kill

me. She said her two grandson 's love with her in Australia. The

hearing is expected to last up to two weeks.

Can you imagine it finished? I can't imagine the finer points of it, but

it's unbelievable, isn't it? You wouldn't believe that this space is

going to be a luxury hotel in just a year's time. The ship is aimed

mainly at British passengers. So when Britannia arrives in 2015, she

will introduce another 25% of available berths to P Cruises, and

to the Southampton economy around about ?2 million every time her ship

comes into port. Outside it will be the first P and O ship for 20 years

not to have a final The ship will arrive in Southampton

next spring. minutes. Reading ensured all three

points, though, with two goals in three minutes after half time. Alex

Pearce headed in a corner and then just moments later Gareth McLeary

scored with a remarkable 30 yard effort. Reading are still sixth, but

four points clear of seventh placed Brighton.

Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino came in for some stinging criticism

from fans and pundits as his side was knocked out of the FA Cup at

Sunderland on Saturday. Pochettino maintained his policy of making

changes to his starting 11 in Cup matches, despite many fans believing

the Cup was the club's best chance of success this

them out. Portsmouth are 17th. Portsmouth have signed a midfielder

from Brentford this afternoon. Southampton would have drawn an away

tie at either Brighton or Hull and those two sides meet tonight in the

fifth round. Swindon could also reach Wembley, they have the second

leg of their Johnstone's Paint trophy tie against Peterborough.

This is the first leg tonight. One of the most talked about games four

years or cause we know that one of them is going to Wembley. We can

talk to the managers. Home advantage tonight.

pair went into today's free programme lying in eleventh place

after being penalised in their technical programme yesterday. But

they impressed the judges with their Michael Jackson inspired routine to

move up the standings and hit their Sochi target of a top ten placing.

It was amazing. Picking Michael Jackson, we thought the crowd would

get into it, everybody loves it. The crowd were on our side which helped

us get through the programme. We thoroughly enjoyed it full is I hope

they did too. Well done to them. Who is going to get the first leg

advantage? We will have to wait and see.

important part of our business. We need somewhere for families to be so

that they are not far from the child. A bridge will be built so

that children like this boy will not have to go outside to get to the

pool. So far the hospice has helped over 600 families but it needs the

money to continue creating these special moments and memories.

Do we still have severe weather warnings?

One warning for Heaviside with temperatures falling

to 4`5 Celsius. Wednesday is a repeat performance on Tuesday. Dry

and brighter through the afternoon. This weather feature is heading for

is for Thursday. It is not going to be very heavy rainfall is up the

heaviest of the rainfall will be over the northern part of the

country. Winds will be brisk but not as strong as last week. Dust on

exposed coastal stretches of 40`50 miles per hour. Some rain about

tomorrow, drying up through the afternoon, brighter spells later on

Tuesday, rain on showers by Friday.

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