29/03/2014 South Today

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

A Hampshire charity facing closure because of lack of funds, says it's

been overwhelmed with donations since it put out an appeal for help.

The Rainbow Centre in Fareham provides support to hundreds of

children and adults with cerebral palsy. It now hopes it can survive,

after receiving half the money it needs in less than a week. Sean

Killick reports. It is Saturday club and the Rainbow

Centre. The vital opportunity for children with cerebral palsy who

attend mainstream schools during the week to get skilled help with their

specialist needs the weekend `` at the weekend. The centre helps people

aged from six months to over 70 years but it needs over ?150,000 to

avoid closure over Easter. In the first week of its appeal, it has

reached the halfway mark. We're absolutely staggered. One of my lead

can doctors said it has been a humbling experience. We put into

running the centre and we have seen the results on a daily basis. For

people who have never heard of cerebral palsy of such education to

absolutely have got what this is about and how vital services this to

the region, we are just staggered by the response, to be halfway,

literally, before the end of your first week. The centre is trying to

get longer`term funding from businesses and individuals but in

the short term still needs to raise another ?75,000 to reach the

?150,000 target of its crisis appeal.

The first same`sex weddings have been taking place across the South

after the law changed at midnight. Steven and Gary were among the first

to tie the knot in a ceremony at Bournemouth Town Hall. Meanwhile the

Bishop of Salisbury has backed gay marriage. Nick Holtam says it's a

matter of justice, and "embodies virtues that the Church wants to see

maximised in society". Five people are recovering from

smoke inhalation after being rescued from a house fire in Portsmouth. The

blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning, in Ophir Road, in

the North End area of the city. Two people needed hospital treatment. An

investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire.

Parks and play areas in Dorset will continue to be taken over by

unauthorised traveller camps this summer. That's the warning from

Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner, after the latest plans

for a temporary stopping site were thrown out by Poole council. Local

politicians say they need to persuade the public that temporary

traveller sites are the best short`term solution.

This is temporarily. This site that you as a village would like `` will

not like means that your village playing field, the school field or

the picnic sites, the car parks, will not be invaded.

And you can hear more on that story in tomorrow's Sunday Politics, which

is on at the slightly later time of 11.15, tomorrow morning, on BBC One.

It is looking beautiful outside. And now it's time for Holly Green with

the weather. It is looking beautiful outside. And

now We have seen beautiful blue skies today and more of the same for

the rest of the weekend. We have a bit of a breeze, mind you, taking

the edge off the temperatures. High cloud around, tongue sunshine a bit

hazy. Top temperatures of 16, 17 or maybe even 18 or 19 Celsius. This

evening, maybe a little more) time and some mist patches. It will be

quite mild, 8`10 Celsius. Tomorrow, more than the way of hazy sunshine

and perhaps a shade warmer than today.

Have a good afternoon. Goodbye. Good afternoon. The clocks go

forward by one hour tonight, British Summer Time begins. Hard to believe

that this was the scene exactly one year ago in North Wales when we were

in the grip of one of the coldest springs for many a decade. A

different story this weekend, of course, with