23/02/2014 South Today

Good evening. I'm David Allard with the news in the South.

The army could be called in by Basingstoke and Deane council to

help build an emergency reservoir. Water levels are still rising on the

Buckskin housing estate, and raw sewage is forcing many people to

leave their homes. Briony Leyland reports.

With tank working day and night, this is pumping out on a grand

scale. 77 million litres of flood water have been taken away in the

last fortnight. That is enough to fill 200 Olympic sized swimming

pools, not that you would want to dive into this. The water is

contaminated with sewage. Many residents have been forced to leave.

Maggie is staying put but was told at a public meeting this weekend

water levels are likely to get worse before they get better and it may be

April before the floods subside. Three weeks and we have had enough.

By April I don't know how we will feel. You just want to get on with

day`to`day life and you feel you cannot do that at the moment. You

are scared to go too far from your bungalow in case it is your turn,

today is the date the water comes in, who knows? It is devastating.

As fast as the tankers pump out more water flows in. The council is

looking at alternatives including creating a kind of reservoir.

We are now working with the military and the county council to look at

some innovative ideas to divert water away, hold it in large storage

areas and gradually allow it to go into the water course.

The council says experts are investigating how technically

feasible that option is. In the meantime residents are helping each

other through what is turning into a long pole.

`` long haul. Hundreds of dead sea`birds have been

washed up along the Dorset coastline. Conservationists fear

that as well as the storms, pollutants such as palm oil may be

responsible. You may find the pictures in this report by John

Ayres upsetting. Dead birds everywhere. Because of

the lay of the land rubbish is often thrown into the beach but in recent

days birds have been washed up as well as this, which they believe may

be a vegetable products such as palm oil. People will worry about what

tourists think about the Jurassic coast, this is our world Heritage

site. It is appalling. The wildlife that we are supposedly so proud of

is dead all over the beach. In recent weeks this has been cleaned

up of volunteers but it didn't last long.

Overfishing, pollution, it all Mansouor. Year`on`year. `` it all

mounts up. This cannot go on. Conservationists believe these

chemicals are traceable and they want to discover which vessels are

carrying them. Hundreds of birds have been washed up but the dead

birds might appear right along the coast.

Football, and it was dubbed the Battle of Hampshire. Two local

rivals facing each other in the FA Trophy semifinal second leg with a

trip to Wembley at stake. Almost 3,000 fans saw Gosport take on

Havant and Waterlooville yesterday at Privett Park and it was Gosport

who came out on top. They'll face Cambridge United in the final next

month after winning 2`0 and sparking a pitch invasion.

Unbridled joy for Gosport Borough at the expense of their Hampshire

rivals. The last time I cried what are my wedding, and I certainly shed

a few tears at the end there, brilliant.

The sides had been level after the first leg and it wasn't until deep

into first half stoppage time, that Tim Sills broke the deadlock heading

home from a corner. And Sills ensured his place in Gosport Borough

history with a second in the 60th minute. It was enough to book the

club a place at Wembley. Brilliant. The players were over the moon

yesterday. To beat a team like that, local derby, brilliant.

Everybody is looking forward to Wembley.

Today it was Gosport Ladies in action but reminders of last night's

celebrations still litter the pitch. And supporters are relishing the

club's big moment. Quite an easy thing for Gosport. Watch them all

the best. Over the moon. Fantastic. It is what the town needs. It is a

boost for quite a lot of people, especially supporters. Football does

bring a lot of people together. Anything like this, great

excitement, a buzz around the town. Either you are a player, supporter,

everybody's dream is to go to Wembley.

There's now a month of anticipation before the final on March 23rd.

Congratulations. It will remain breezy this evening

and much of tonight. Set to be generally dry. It will stay fairly

mild. First thing tomorrow, dry to start with. We do have Apache band

of rain making its way across the region. Some drier, brighter

weather. Another mild day. Overnight some further rain clearing into

showers. Still unsettled with more showers on Wednesday and Thursday.

There is more on the website will stop our next bulletin is tonight at

10:15pm. Goodbye. Hello. Still no sign of the weather

really settling down next week. There should be an improvement for

most of us tomorrow. It will not be as windy as it has been today, and

the band of rain will slowly peter out. We still have some rain to come

through the night. This band of rain is quite slow moving, it will wander

northwards into Dumfries and Galloway. Close to Northern Ireland,

heavy rain in Cumbria and later in the night it will turn whether in

Wales and the south-west. Southerly wind, quite strong at the moment,

that will ease as the night goes on but it should be pretty mild, six or

seven degrees, typically. Tomorrow, we start with heavy rain, especially

over the hills, as it slips slowly eastwards so the rain tends to

become light and patchy. Buying it, we get some sunshine and maybe a few

showers. A good day in Scotland especially northern Scotland. In

Northern Ireland we will see