:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and,
:00:00. > :00:14.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:15. > :00:17.programme... Motivated by mercy. A man walks free from court after
:00:18. > :00:25.admitting suffocating his terminally ill mother.
:00:26. > :00:28.How a lie`in saved a couple's lives as a Royal Mail van smashed through
:00:29. > :00:32.the wall of their home. Opened the bedroom door. No stairs, just a
:00:33. > :00:35.gaping hole looking down on top of the roof of a lorry.
:00:36. > :00:38.Rejected. Plans for travellers sites in Poole are turned down. Now the
:00:39. > :00:46.search continues to find other areas and nothing is ruled out. I think
:00:47. > :00:49.Poole Council have got to get to the point of talking to us, rather than
:00:50. > :00:54.for us. And finally living his dream. How
:00:55. > :00:57.hairdresser Adam Wilde will be gracing the Wembley turf for Gosport
:00:58. > :01:03.against the team that broke his heart. In the back of your head,
:01:04. > :01:06.you're always hoping you might get that chance to get back into league
:01:07. > :01:08.football, and it didn't work out, but it's fine. I've had a great
:01:09. > :01:19.career. I'm happy with it. He admitted suffocating his
:01:20. > :01:26.terminally ill mother to death, but was today spared jail. 50`year`old
:01:27. > :01:31.Iain Harrison told police he'd smothered Hope Harrison in hospital
:01:32. > :01:35.to put her out of her pain. Today, a judge said he had no doubt that his
:01:36. > :01:38.motive was one of mercy. In a moment, we'll hear from Professor
:01:39. > :01:43.Jonathan Montgomery, an expert in medical law. But first, here's our
:01:44. > :01:46.Home Affairs Correspondent, Emma Vardy, who was at Winchester Crown
:01:47. > :01:52.Court for the hearing. Emma, what were the circumstances of Hope
:01:53. > :01:57.Harrison's death? Iain Harrison's mother had been diagnosed with
:01:58. > :02:01.terminal lung cancer. She was in Dorchester Hospital and was close to
:02:02. > :02:07.the end of her life. She had been in pain. She had expressed to people
:02:08. > :02:10.that she wanted to die. Iain Harrison, who we can see here in the
:02:11. > :02:14.sunglasses, has admitted that while he was alone with his mother, he
:02:15. > :02:17.suffocated her to death to end her pain. At the time, the hospital
:02:18. > :02:21.thought she died naturally. But two years later, Iain Harrison told a
:02:22. > :02:25.nurse he was having counselling with what he had done. That nurse
:02:26. > :02:28.reported it to the police, and so it came to court. How did the court
:02:29. > :02:32.come to the conclusion that what Iain Harrison had done was an act of
:02:33. > :02:35.mercy? The Judge, Judge Boney QC, said there was no evidence that Iain
:02:36. > :02:39.Harrison had acted in self interest. He said that what he had done was
:02:40. > :02:42.compassionate, so he gave Iain Harrison a suspended two year jail
:02:43. > :02:51.sentence meaning he walked free today. But Wessex Crown Prosecution
:02:52. > :02:55.Service said it was duty bound to prosecute. Today the campaign group
:02:56. > :03:01.Dignity in Dying has argued that Iain Harrison's case shows our laws
:03:02. > :03:05.needs to change. How much better would it have been if there was a
:03:06. > :03:08.law in this country where the lady herself could have requested upfront
:03:09. > :03:12.an assisted death? And that would have been looked at by health care
:03:13. > :03:15.professionals, by members of the public here, without basically her
:03:16. > :03:21.son having to take the law into his own hands. But in the debate around
:03:22. > :03:25.euthanasia, others argue that, in places where assisted suicide is
:03:26. > :03:27.legal, the risk is that people can be pushed towards this option,
:03:28. > :03:30.rather than being given treatment. Quite often, people will be offered
:03:31. > :03:32.the life`ending cocktail of barbiturates, but refused
:03:33. > :03:38.life`saving and life extending treatment. Now, I don't think this
:03:39. > :03:41.is the type of society we want in this country and this is why every
:03:42. > :03:43.major doctors organisation, every major disability rights
:03:44. > :03:46.organisation, and indeed both Houses of Parliament and the Scottish
:03:47. > :03:53.Parliament, have rejected attempts to change the law again and again
:03:54. > :03:56.and again. Today, Iain Harrison's case fell outside the sentencing
:03:57. > :04:01.guidelines that were available to the court. It is a grey area, and it
:04:02. > :04:07.will remain that way unless the government changes the law. Thank
:04:08. > :04:10.you very much. Joining me in the studio now is Professor Jonathan
:04:11. > :04:13.Montgomery, an expert in medical law from University College London.
:04:14. > :04:24.Thank you for joining us. In what way, if at all, does this set a
:04:25. > :04:29.legal precedent? You cannot set one in this decision. It would be if
:04:30. > :04:35.this was an offence `` it would be about whether it was an offence. Are
:04:36. > :04:42.you surprised at what the judge decided? It is not unique, but with
:04:43. > :04:47.no evidence of self`interest, it would be similar to other lenient
:04:48. > :04:49.sentences given out if there was intentional killing, different if
:04:50. > :04:56.someone is believed to do it for gain. What about the message this
:04:57. > :05:02.sends out, such as acting in compassion, do you receive a
:05:03. > :05:07.suspended sentence? You will not automatically, but in family cases,
:05:08. > :05:11.with no likelihood of anything happen again, and you can be clear,
:05:12. > :05:16.which cannot be until the case comes to court, about it being compassion.
:05:17. > :05:23.There are other cases where people have gone to jail. Where do we stand
:05:24. > :05:31.as far as the law is concerned? You cannot take someone's like, whether
:05:32. > :05:37.a doctor or family member, and when the Crown Prosecution Service
:05:38. > :05:41.decides whether to prosecute in lesser sentences, such as assisted
:05:42. > :05:47.suicide, they could decide not to prosecute, but a possible murder
:05:48. > :05:50.case is different. There are two sides to this emotive debate, many
:05:51. > :05:56.people seriously ill challenging that right to die? And in the mean,
:05:57. > :06:00.there is a lot of public sympathy for people in that position, but
:06:01. > :06:08.also anxiety that some people who do not want to die may be pressured
:06:09. > :06:14.into it. It is whether safeguards could be put in place to reassure
:06:15. > :06:21.everybody. Could that change? It likely could change, there is one
:06:22. > :06:24.case for the Supreme Court, with one man who died in tragic
:06:25. > :06:29.circumstances, his wife is taking the case to the Supreme Court,
:06:30. > :06:37.judgement is awaiting very soon. Thank you very much for being with
:06:38. > :06:41.us. Thank you. A couple say an extra ten minutes in
:06:42. > :06:44.bed probably saved their lives this morning. The lie` in meant they
:06:45. > :06:47.weren't downstairs in their house when a truck smashed through their
:06:48. > :06:50.front wall. The Royal Mail lorry has now been removed from the property
:06:51. > :06:53.while surrounding homes are made safe. Dani Sinha has been speaking
:06:54. > :06:57.to the couple. Well, I was about to go downstairs.
:06:58. > :07:00.Feeling a bit rough with the cold. About quarter to six. Lucky I
:07:01. > :07:03.didn't, because about 5`10 minutes later, we heard a mighty crash. That
:07:04. > :07:07.lie`in saved Len from getting caught up in this. His wake`up call came in
:07:08. > :07:10.the form of a 7.5 tonne lorry crashing into the lounge. Cutting
:07:11. > :07:13.off the staircase, leaving two of them trapped upstairs in the
:07:14. > :07:19.bedroom. Neighbours called the emergency services. I think he broke
:07:20. > :07:22.down and cried. I was upset. I did break down a bit, because, five
:07:23. > :07:26.minutes later, I was about to go downstairs. And he would have been
:07:27. > :07:30.downstairs. I would have been either under the lorry or whatever. I don't
:07:31. > :07:32.know. A miracle no one was hurt. Firefighters rescued the couple
:07:33. > :07:35.through their bedroom window. And amazingly, the lorry driver escaped
:07:36. > :07:40.without injury too. Police are now looking into what caused the crash.
:07:41. > :07:49.The blinds on the window flew across the room. And I looked out. We saw
:07:50. > :07:52.our car completely 90 degrees. Opened the bedroom door, no stairs,
:07:53. > :07:56.just a gaping hole looking down on top of the roof of a lorry. Now
:07:57. > :08:01.staying with friends, volunteers have been helping the couple contact
:08:02. > :08:05.their insurance company. They have been in the process of selling the
:08:06. > :08:10.house, with an offer accepted. But they acknowledge plans to move may
:08:11. > :08:14.be put on hold. Firefighters have now removed the Royal Mail lorry.
:08:15. > :08:28.But it may be some time before they are able to return to the property.
:08:29. > :08:31.The thorny issue of where to put sites for travellers and gypsies has
:08:32. > :08:34.been generating more heated arguments. Many communities say they
:08:35. > :08:36.have suffered when convoys of caravans have arrived at
:08:37. > :08:39.unauthorised encampments on their doorsteps. Today, Poole Council
:08:40. > :08:41.tried to get planning permission for two temporary sites to give
:08:42. > :08:45.travellers passing through somewhere to park up. But after an outcry from
:08:46. > :08:47.local people, the proposals were firmly kicked out.
:08:48. > :08:48.Let's get some common`sense and with draw this idiotic planning
:08:49. > :08:55.application. Local residents objected. It is doing the right
:08:56. > :08:58.thing for right reasons. Some local businesses said they would move out
:08:59. > :09:02.if the site was allowed near their buildings. Hi`macro directors would
:09:03. > :09:11.have to consider moving the business to a more appropriate location. Even
:09:12. > :09:15.the gypsy Council said no. We objected this application on grounds
:09:16. > :09:19.of contamination, noise pollution and traffic. Council officials argue
:09:20. > :09:45.this absolutely ecstatic. Delighted. We
:09:46. > :09:52.have listened to all the evidence, giving Craig consideration. This was
:09:53. > :09:58.not the right site. Following this decision, Poole Council said it will
:09:59. > :10:02.continue to search for a suitable temporary travellers site. It will
:10:03. > :10:07.look at the possibility of using land outside of the borough. The
:10:08. > :10:12.issue with that is, under current legislation, we cannot move gypsies
:10:13. > :10:18.and travellers outside of the borough boundary under the current
:10:19. > :10:22.criminal Justice act, so we have been having meetings with ministers
:10:23. > :10:31.and MPs to try to get the law changed. This was local democracy in
:10:32. > :10:38.action. Officials now have to go back to the drawing board.
:10:39. > :10:40.Still to come in this evening's South Today...
:10:41. > :10:54.Gosport Borough are packing their bags for Wembley. CHEERING.
:10:55. > :10:58.There's criticism from some parents groups that reforms of education for
:10:59. > :11:03.children with learning disabilities are being rushed through. And
:11:04. > :11:06.families are being informed of complex changes too late. There are
:11:07. > :11:09.more than 20,000 children in the region who receive extra support at
:11:10. > :11:13.school. But from September, health and education authorities will work
:11:14. > :11:17.together to assess all of a child's needs. The care plan will also be
:11:18. > :11:20.extended up to the age of 25 rather than ending at 19. But as Katy
:11:21. > :11:29.Austin reports, there are concerns that families and councils aren't
:11:30. > :11:31.ready for the changes. Because of delays, September's
:11:32. > :11:35.change from statements to education health and care plans only became
:11:36. > :11:43.law this month. And trials of the new scheme have only just finished,
:11:44. > :11:48.six months before it's rolled out. Luka has autism. As does his
:11:49. > :11:52.brother. His mum, Tanya, runs a website helping parents to
:11:53. > :11:57.understand special needs. She is worried time is too short to prepare
:11:58. > :12:00.for the reforms. I can't imagine that it's going to be ready by
:12:01. > :12:07.September. Just because it's so huge. It's been rushed from the very
:12:08. > :12:10.beginning. I don't really know a practical reason that is for the
:12:11. > :12:18.benefit of parents why it can't be delayed for six months. Tanya also
:12:19. > :12:22.worries about low parent awareness. They don't understand what the
:12:23. > :12:27.reforms are. And local authorities are not helping. Her concerns are
:12:28. > :12:31.shared by a parent` led volunteer group in Hampshire. With limited
:12:32. > :12:34.government funding, they are now informing parents how to get
:12:35. > :12:38.support. This information session was for parents with Down's syndrome
:12:39. > :12:42.children. They told me they feel left in the dark. I have to be
:12:43. > :12:48.honest, I didn't really know anything at all. And what I do know
:12:49. > :12:51.is almost hearsay. I want to know more about the education reform and
:12:52. > :12:54.how it will impact my son. Understanding kind of what the
:12:55. > :12:59.changes will mean for my child when she goes to school. It can be quite
:13:00. > :13:03.tricky. At the moment, there's still a lot of confusion out there. And
:13:04. > :13:06.there hasn't been a lot of communication, either from the
:13:07. > :13:10.government or from the local authority in Hampshire. And as a
:13:11. > :13:13.result of that, there is a lot of miscommunication and a lot of
:13:14. > :13:16.confusion, both with parents and professionals. So we just want to
:13:17. > :13:19.make sure that they are given information that will help them make
:13:20. > :13:22.the right decisions for their child. While parents struggle to understand
:13:23. > :13:25.the changes, local councils have the job of implementing them, working
:13:26. > :13:28.with local health services much more. Hampshire County Council
:13:29. > :13:31.admits it will be a challenge. I think we've got all the building
:13:32. > :13:35.blocks ready to make these reforms work. But they are complicated
:13:36. > :13:39.reforms, they are difficult, and we will need time to make sure those
:13:40. > :13:42.changes can bed in. And they will not bed in quickly. While the
:13:43. > :13:44.technical side of the reforms is still being finalised in
:13:45. > :13:48.Westminster, thousands of families across the South wait to see how the
:13:49. > :13:58.changes will affect their child's education.
:13:59. > :14:03.We got a comment from the Department for Education, who say they have a
:14:04. > :14:07.significant package of support in place to prepare for reforms,
:14:08. > :14:13.including a ?70 million grant for local authorities and ?30 million to
:14:14. > :14:16.help support payments. A West Sussex girls' school was
:14:17. > :14:24.evacuated this afternoon after a fire in one of the toilets. `` ?30
:14:25. > :14:27.million to support parents. The blaze broke out just before
:14:28. > :14:30.three on the second floor of the Millais School in Horsham. More than
:14:31. > :14:34.30 firefighters were called to the scene. No`one was hurt. An
:14:35. > :14:37.investigation has begun into the fire's cause.
:14:38. > :14:41.HIV tests that can give a result in just 60 seconds are now being done
:14:42. > :14:44.in churches and community centres across Hampshire. It's hoped they
:14:45. > :14:47.will help diagnose many hundreds of people who have the condition but
:14:48. > :14:50.don't know it. The first tests are being done in Southampton. Others
:14:51. > :14:53.will be held in Portsmouth and Aldershot. Here's our Health
:14:54. > :14:57.Correspondent David Fenton. Irene is a sexual health worker and she's
:14:58. > :15:02.about to have an HIV test. A tiny drop of blood is all that's needed.
:15:03. > :15:05.It is then mixed with the chemicals. About 1500 people in Hampshire have
:15:06. > :15:11.HIV. And another 300 are undiagnosed. So what we know is
:15:12. > :15:14.about 20% of people living with HIV don't know about their HIV status.
:15:15. > :15:17.And so they are potentially out there living with HIV and not
:15:18. > :15:25.getting the support that they could be accessing to help them to live a
:15:26. > :15:32.better, more healthily life. Within a minute, Irene 's results have
:15:33. > :15:38.become clear. The single blue dot means she doesn't have HIV. Two blue
:15:39. > :15:47.dots would mean she does. JOHN HURT: There is no danger that
:15:48. > :15:53.has become a threat to us all. `` now a danger. Attitudes to HIV and
:15:54. > :15:56.AIDS have come a long way in the last few decades. But many people
:15:57. > :16:00.still put off being tested, especially if it involves going to a
:16:01. > :16:03.sexual health clinic. Now these tests are being offered in community
:16:04. > :16:08.centres, like this one, to make them more accessible and less scary.
:16:09. > :16:13.Interest in the subject... Peter Halliwell was diagnosed with
:16:14. > :16:17.HIV 30 years ago. He now runs training programmes to raise
:16:18. > :16:20.awareness of the condition. People hold onto some negative ideas around
:16:21. > :16:26.HIV. Nowadays, it's very, very different to how it was in the past.
:16:27. > :16:30.It's no longer seen as a terminal condition, it's a chronic condition.
:16:31. > :16:35.Someone newly diagnosed with HIV, and a healthy immune system, could
:16:36. > :16:38.have a near normal life expectancy. It's hoped the speed and simplicity
:16:39. > :16:46.of these new tests will encourage more people to come forward.
:16:47. > :16:50.They're outdated, filthy and too cold to swim in. Just some of the
:16:51. > :16:53.complaints people living in Reading have made about their local swimming
:16:54. > :16:59.pools. Hundreds of people have signed an online petition calling
:17:00. > :17:02.for improvements. The Caversham mum behind the campaign has told our
:17:03. > :17:06.reporter, Nikki Mitchell, people are going to neighbouring towns to swim,
:17:07. > :17:08.because pools in Reading are so grubby.
:17:09. > :17:11.I've had somebody say it's a shame we can't take a photograph of the
:17:12. > :17:15.smell in the changing rooms. The temperature of the pools are too
:17:16. > :17:19.cold. And the list of complaints goes on, with many people backing up
:17:20. > :17:23.their comments with photographs. Not one of Reading's six public pools
:17:24. > :17:29.has escaped criticism. The changing rooms, there is scum in the corners,
:17:30. > :17:32.haven't been cleaned for a long, long time by the look of it. The
:17:33. > :17:34.swimming pool could do with a big refurbishment. The floors are
:17:35. > :17:37.disgusting and the showers, the curtains are just not very nice. I
:17:38. > :17:40.think it's just very dated, with a lot of Reading Borough Council
:17:41. > :17:47.facilities really haven't moved on in 40 years. It's swimmers who are
:17:48. > :17:50.moving on instead. Driving to places like Coral Reef in Bracknell, or to
:17:51. > :17:53.Maidenhead and Windsor. Clare Newman's petition for improvements
:17:54. > :17:59.in Reading has around 700 signatures so far. It angered me that people
:18:00. > :18:02.feel that they have to drive out of town, drive somewhere else, and
:18:03. > :18:05.invest in somebody else's borough just to be able to go swimming and
:18:06. > :18:08.have somewhere nice and clean, comfortable, warm where they can
:18:09. > :18:14.take their kids and feel happy about doing so. The social charity which
:18:15. > :18:17.runs Rivermead leisure pool has promised new play and water features
:18:18. > :18:21.and a full redevelopment of the changing rooms in time for the
:18:22. > :18:25.summer holidays. Reading Borough Council says it is
:18:26. > :18:28.fully aware there are a number of issues that need addressing at pools
:18:29. > :18:33.in the borough with some facilities dated and increasingly difficult to
:18:34. > :18:36.look after. The council says it is actively looking to improve things,
:18:37. > :18:40.but it needs to balance this need for investment against ?40 million
:18:41. > :18:53.in savings that it has to make over the next three years.
:18:54. > :19:04.I learned to swim at Reading Baths. `based experience? Good.
:19:05. > :19:13.And a big weekend ahead? It is a massive cup final for
:19:14. > :19:28.Gosport Borough. It is very exciting for them, of two `` off too FA
:19:29. > :19:31.Trophy Final. And things started to feel that little bit more real for
:19:32. > :19:34.everyone involved earlier. Players and staff boarded the coach at
:19:35. > :19:39.Privett Park, eagerly anticipating what the next few days might bring.
:19:40. > :19:42.It should be a special day. It should be really, really good. We've
:19:43. > :19:47.been supporting Gosport since the early 80s. I never thought I'd ever
:19:48. > :19:51.see them at Wembley. It's going to be a great day for the time, for the
:19:52. > :19:53.club, and I'm so excited. 10,000 from Gosport and more, hopefully.
:19:54. > :19:57.It's going to be amazing. Among the Gosport party is Adam
:19:58. > :20:00.Wilde. The 34`year`old has been a fixture on the non`league football
:20:01. > :20:04.scene since the turn of the century, playing for a host of clubs across
:20:05. > :20:06.the south. His dreams of a long professional career never quite
:20:07. > :20:10.materialised. So he now owns a hairdressing salon. As I found out
:20:11. > :20:13.on a visit to his shop this week, the game and the opposition is
:20:14. > :20:19.especially poignant for him. Adam Wilde owns his own ear salon,
:20:20. > :20:27.but all he can think about is a trip to Wembley. `` hair salon. And
:20:28. > :20:33.playing on this important football field. I will be a bag of
:20:34. > :20:38.nervousness, goodness knows what I will be like the walking onto the
:20:39. > :20:43.pitch and living every boy's dream, it will be nerve wracking. This FA
:20:44. > :20:50.Trophy Final is extra special, he may cut hair now, but 15 years ago
:20:51. > :20:56.did not quite make the grade as a professional footballer, out of all
:20:57. > :21:00.clubs Cambridge United. I was only 21, 22, playing league football and
:21:01. > :21:05.you are released, your heart is broken, really, back to the reality
:21:06. > :21:11.of going to work, get a job, , normal sort of person. So getting
:21:12. > :21:15.back into that and playing for other sites was quite hard to take.
:21:16. > :21:18.Leaving Cambridge, his full`time career may have been over, but he
:21:19. > :21:26.had a successful non`league career playing for the likes of Salisbury
:21:27. > :21:29.and Worcester, then Gosport. You're always hope and you will get that
:21:30. > :21:34.chance to get back into league football, and it did not work out,
:21:35. > :21:39.but it is fine, I've had a great career and am happy with it. This
:21:40. > :21:46.Sunday, Gosport and big underdogs, with Adam likely on the wing. No one
:21:47. > :21:51.expected us to win. And no one expected us to win. With a group of
:21:52. > :21:55.players, we perform better under pressure and when we are up against
:21:56. > :22:00.it and it will be the same against United in the final. There will be
:22:01. > :22:08.no fear cuts this Sunday, Adam will be living the dream. `` there will
:22:09. > :22:13.be no hair cuts. Good luck to them. And BBC Radio
:22:14. > :22:20.solid all have a special song tomorrow. `` BBC Radio Solent.
:22:21. > :22:22.Reading striker Jason Roberts has confirmed he's to retire from
:22:23. > :22:26.football due to injury. Roberts helped the Royals to promotion in
:22:27. > :22:29.the 2012 season after arriving from Blackburn, but also played for Wigan
:22:30. > :22:32.West Brom and Bristol Rovers and had a loan spell at Portsmouth. The
:22:33. > :22:35.36`year`old has tried in vain to recover from a hip injury and hasn't
:22:36. > :22:38.played since December 2012. British Swimming are considering a
:22:39. > :22:41.formal appeal against the decision by UK Sport to turn down their
:22:42. > :22:44.requests for funding to be reinstated to the Aldershot based GB
:22:45. > :22:47.Synchronised swimming squad. The team are currently in Paris
:22:48. > :22:50.competing in the French Open, their first ever international competition
:22:51. > :22:53.together. This afternoon, the duet finished qualifying in ninth place.
:22:54. > :22:58.But say that if they don't receive any funding this will be there last
:22:59. > :23:01.ever event. The number of young girls doing synchronised swimming,
:23:02. > :23:06.and I accept its not everyone's sport, has doubled since London.
:23:07. > :23:09.It's doubled! So that's an indication of how inspirational
:23:10. > :23:13.London has been. Those young children have got nowhere to go,
:23:14. > :23:16.because that is no funding for them to compete and represent their
:23:17. > :23:23.country at European, World and Olympic level.
:23:24. > :23:26.Staying with Olympics for the moment. Olympic sailor Paul Goodison
:23:27. > :23:30.hasn't ruled out another shot at an Olympic medal in Rio in 2016.
:23:31. > :23:33.Goodison won gold in Beijing in 2008. But injury ruined his chances
:23:34. > :23:36.of a repeat at Weymouth and Portland two years ago. He's currently part
:23:37. > :23:40.of Ben Ainslie's Extreme 40 team, competing this week in Oman and he's
:23:41. > :23:44.keeping his options open with the next Games over two years away. At
:23:45. > :23:47.the moment, I don't really know what's in my sailing career coming
:23:48. > :23:52.up in the next three or four years. I've obviously got a good idea where
:23:53. > :23:56.I'd like to be in two or three years time. But at the moment, everything
:23:57. > :24:00.is just kind of waiting to see how it pans out and see how I feel as
:24:01. > :24:03.the Olympics get closer. See what other opportunities arise and where
:24:04. > :24:07.my heart lies. At the moment, I've got no real desire to get back in my
:24:08. > :24:10.laser to go laser racing. So really enjoying the other sailing and we'll
:24:11. > :24:18.see where that leads. Paul Goodison sailing in all man
:24:19. > :24:26.this week `` Oman. He is a very good hairdresser, did
:24:27. > :24:39.you get your fear cuts `` hair cut? No, I didn't. And the weather next?
:24:40. > :24:43.I will just lie in the middle of this.
:24:44. > :24:47.And we have some lovely pictures. Today is the Spring Equinox in
:24:48. > :24:50.astronomical terms. Here we have some pink blossom in Portsmouth
:24:51. > :24:53.captured by Bradley Hawkins. The strong winds were blowing the sand
:24:54. > :24:56.about on Studland beach. Picture by Robin Boultwood. And a male
:24:57. > :25:01.Bullfinch taken today in Milborne St Andrew in Dorset by Heather Hogg.
:25:02. > :25:04.We are expecting rain overnight and once it pushes through, it will turn
:25:05. > :25:10.colder through the course of the night. That rain band could be
:25:11. > :25:15.heavy, but whisking through on a brisk south`westerly wind and, once
:25:16. > :25:20.the skies clear, temperatures fall rapidly. A very chilly start to
:25:21. > :25:25.tomorrow, articulate for northernmost areas, old and above
:25:26. > :25:30.freezing along the south coast. A dry start with lots of sunshine
:25:31. > :25:35.tomorrow, possibly some showers, more likely in northern and western
:25:36. > :25:39.areas, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire,
:25:40. > :25:46.elsewhere dry and decent sunshine. Breezy with a high of 10`11dC. We
:25:47. > :25:53.had a high of 12 today, so temperatures the press with the
:25:54. > :25:57.cooler air. We are expecting showers tomorrow night, even longer spells
:25:58. > :26:06.of rain at times, donning wintry over hills, maybe some snow over the
:26:07. > :26:14.Cotswolds. Elsewhere, falling as hail or sleet. But mainly rain. A
:26:15. > :26:21.chilly start to Saturday, the risk of some frost. A weather front
:26:22. > :26:26.pushes through on Saturday, some showers drifting inland in the
:26:27. > :26:32.afternoon. Showers becoming few and far between on Sunday, and we are
:26:33. > :26:36.sheltered down in the south, showers more likely for the northern part of
:26:37. > :26:40.the country and the wind will ease. Through the rest of the week, we
:26:41. > :26:46.expect some showers few and far between, once the band of rain
:26:47. > :26:50.pushes through tonight, colder air behind it, staying cold until the
:26:51. > :26:57.early part of next week. The middle of next week, milder air returns and
:26:58. > :27:00.turns more settled. Tomorrow, we see some of the
:27:01. > :27:07.wonderful ways you have been raising money for Sport Relief, including a
:27:08. > :27:15.teacher revealing his sporting alter ego to his pupils. Join us tomorrow
:27:16. > :27:19.if you can. Thanks for watching. Good night. Good night.