:00:00. > :12:54.A 79`year`old man has been arrested after a woman was found with serious
:12:55. > :12:57.injuries at a bungalow in West Sussex. Police were called to the
:12:58. > :13:01.property in Grasmere Avenue in Sompting last night. The woman is
:13:02. > :13:02.being treated in hospital for her injuries.
:13:03. > :13:06.The government has confirmed its badger cull won't be extended into
:13:07. > :13:11.Dorset. The car was introduced in an attempt to reduce TB in cattle.
:13:12. > :13:15.Volunteers may now be called upon to help vaccinate badgers against the
:13:16. > :13:23.disease. Pilot culls will continue in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
:13:24. > :13:26.It's the backbone of any city, town or even village. But the high street
:13:27. > :13:29.has been suffering over the last few years as the economic downturn took
:13:30. > :13:32.its toll. Some well established names like Woolworths, Blockbusters
:13:33. > :13:35.or Past Times went into administration leaving shops vacant.
:13:36. > :13:39.But now a new study from the City suggest the high street is on the up
:13:40. > :13:42.again after shops that closed over the past five years have new
:13:43. > :13:45.tenants. Ben Moore reports. The high street has always relied on
:13:46. > :13:51.footfall ` precisely why this shoe retailer has chosen the centre of
:13:52. > :13:55.Reading for its new flagship store. Our local customer is a high street
:13:56. > :14:02.customer. It's the same kind of customer that goes to John Lewis and
:14:03. > :14:05.places like that. You get them on the high street not in the centres
:14:06. > :14:09.for retail parks. Retail parks are for DIY stores ` we are not a DIY
:14:10. > :14:13.store, we are shoe store. Across the UK, in any given town or
:14:14. > :14:17.city, on average 14% of shops are vacant. Here in Reading that figure
:14:18. > :14:24.is a bit lower ` it's 11.24%. But that translates directly to the
:14:25. > :14:32.economy. The average retail spend in the town annually is ?780 million.
:14:33. > :14:36.We have a huge number of incoming workers every day, working in the
:14:37. > :14:39.commercial sector. They add hugely to the daytime economy with their
:14:40. > :14:47.spending. It's also because Reading has world`class transport links.
:14:48. > :14:51.Town chiefs are certainly recognising the importance of their
:14:52. > :14:54.high streets. In Gosport, Tinker Tearooms opened three weeks ago,
:14:55. > :14:59.using council cash to transform a shop left empty for five years.
:15:00. > :15:01.We were awarded ?7000 towards the cost of refurbishment, which helped
:15:02. > :15:05.extremely because this whole place had to be totally put back to a
:15:06. > :15:21.shell. That helped us with the electrics, the flooring.
:15:22. > :15:25.A generation ago, the town centre was the only place to buy what you
:15:26. > :15:28.need it. But just a couple of decades ago, the focus shifted to
:15:29. > :15:35.out`of`town retail parks and, recently, to online shopping. The
:15:36. > :15:41.high street had hit a new low. This resurgence has come as a surprise.
:15:42. > :15:44.We are starting to see some different sorts of businesses taking
:15:45. > :15:47.off, particularly discount stores, pound shops, which are really in a
:15:48. > :15:52.strong boom since the recession. The supermarket convenience stores are
:15:53. > :15:56.also starting to take off. So, for Ecco staff preparations with
:15:57. > :15:59.a big opening are much more than window dressing ` one of many
:16:00. > :16:16.companies putting the high street back on the map.
:16:17. > :16:22.You can see band's report again. Tell us what you think about your
:16:23. > :16:33.high street on our Facebook page. `` see band's reports.
:16:34. > :16:42.Let's move on to sports. Something of a special day tomorrow.
:16:43. > :16:47.I'm doing the comment Terry on the football league. There are so many
:16:48. > :16:52.different people tomorrow who will be saying, it's good to see you
:16:53. > :16:55.again. It's not just Harry Redknapp coming back to Bournemouth, although
:16:56. > :16:59.that the first time he will have done so in a competitive game.
:17:00. > :17:05.What sort of reaction will he gets from the fans?
:17:06. > :17:10.He took Bournemouth to uncharted territory during his time. He left
:17:11. > :17:15.in 1992, with nine years as a manager. He said in his book that it
:17:16. > :17:20.was happiest time he has had as a manager. Of course, he is a resident
:17:21. > :17:28.of Dorset so he is very much in tune with the area. We also had big Kevin
:17:29. > :17:34.Bond factor. He will be next to Harry Redknapp in the QPR dugout.
:17:35. > :17:41.His dad is also a former cherries manager.
:17:42. > :17:48.Eddie Howe, for his money, says when you think Bournemouth you think
:17:49. > :17:55.Harry Redknapp. All sentiment aside, it's a huge
:17:56. > :18:02.game with a big 3`pointer up for grabs. Even Redknapp's achievements
:18:03. > :18:06.Harry Redknapp arrived at Bournemouth more than 40 years ago
:18:07. > :18:38.as a player, but it was as a manager that he made his name.
:18:39. > :18:40.I have followed the club. I love the club. I've got a lot of time for
:18:41. > :18:43.Bournemouth Football Club. Eddie has done an amazing job there.
:18:44. > :18:46.In Eddie Howe, the Cherries have their most successful boss since
:18:47. > :18:49.Redknapp. Six wins in eight in March means Bournemouth have an outside
:18:50. > :18:53.shot at the play`offs. We'll see what comes in the coming
:18:54. > :18:57.games. I don't think there is too much pressure on us and, hopefully,
:18:58. > :19:01.we can enjoy these games. In the next few years, if they hang
:19:02. > :19:04.onto Eddie, it's a club that could end up going into the Premier
:19:05. > :19:08.League. I think they're building a real good infrastructure there. It's
:19:09. > :19:11.a good football club. Redknapp won't be the only familiar
:19:12. > :19:14.face tomorrow ` Kevin Bond is QPR's assistant. During his time as
:19:15. > :19:19.Cherries boss, he employed a young Eddie Howe.
:19:20. > :19:24.I owe a huge amount to Kevin. He had faith in me when I was coming to the
:19:25. > :19:28.end of my career, and I was going nowhere. I had no plans set out for
:19:29. > :19:32.me, and I'm very thankful for Kevin giving me an opportunity. At that
:19:33. > :19:35.stage, I didn't know that coaching was what I wanted to go into.
:19:36. > :19:38.Familiar faces but those for 90 minutes tomorrow. QPR are play`off
:19:39. > :19:47.bound, but the big question is whether Cherries can join them.
:19:48. > :19:50.In the Premier League, Southampton could have a say in the title race
:19:51. > :19:53.tomorrow when they face Manchester City in the lunchtime kick off. In
:19:54. > :19:57.the Championship, Bournemouth's game with QPR is also the featured game
:19:58. > :20:00.on the Football League show. Reading in sixth are at struggling Charlton,
:20:01. > :20:05.Brighton go to Barnsley. MK Dons and Swindon both face away games in
:20:06. > :20:09.League One. Portsmouth have a first home game in Andy Awford's second
:20:10. > :20:14.spell as caretaker as they host Hartlepool, Oxford entertain
:20:15. > :20:17.Fleetwood. Full commentary on BBC local radio.
:20:18. > :20:20.And all the best of the action is on Monday night in Late Kick Off,
:20:21. > :20:23.including the former Portsmouth defender who once enforced the
:20:24. > :20:27.penalty area and now enforces the law as a policeman in Holland.
:20:28. > :20:30.Non`league Sholing head into the second leg of the FA Vase semi final
:20:31. > :20:34.with their tie against Eastbourne United level at 2`2. The Boatmen,
:20:35. > :20:37.who play in the Wessex league, are hoping to emulate fellow Hampshire
:20:38. > :20:44.side Gosport borough in reaching a Wembley final. BBC Radio Solent has
:20:45. > :20:47.live commentary of the game. Congratulations to Reading Rockets
:20:48. > :20:52.tonight. They have retained their national basketball title without
:20:53. > :20:55.actually playing. The Rockets, who lost at Worthing last Saturday,
:20:56. > :20:58.secured the title ` their third of the season ` thanks to nearest
:20:59. > :21:02.rivals Essex having to forfeit their match with Newham, thus ensuring the
:21:03. > :21:04.Rockets win the league with two matches to spare.
:21:05. > :21:07.It's Grand National weekend, and the Berkshire trainer Nicky Henderson
:21:08. > :21:11.will be hoping to end his wait for a winner of the big race at Aintree.
:21:12. > :21:14.Henderson has four runners in the National which goes off at 4.15pm,
:21:15. > :21:17.with Long Run, ridden by Sam Whaley`Cohen likely to be his best
:21:18. > :21:25.contender. The former Gold Cup winner is currently third in the
:21:26. > :21:28.betting with odds of 12`1. Long Run, we decided at Christmas
:21:29. > :21:31.that we would take the Grand National route rather than the Gold
:21:32. > :21:35.Cup route. We had a good practice race at Kelso, he won really nicely.
:21:36. > :21:38.He schooled very well. We have built special fences for this, so we have
:21:39. > :21:50.practised at Aintree`type obstacles. He has been very good.
:21:51. > :21:54.Championship rugby club London Welsh have signed a new three year deal to
:21:55. > :21:57.ground share at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium. They will not pursue
:21:58. > :22:00.their interest in a move to Witney in West Oxfordshire. London Welsh
:22:01. > :22:04.have already secured their place in the end of season play`offs as they
:22:05. > :22:12.bid to secure a return to the Premiership at the first attempt.
:22:13. > :22:21.It's quite a sporting weekends. We've got the Brighton Marathon, and
:22:22. > :22:24.the Grand National. Judging by your weather pictures
:22:25. > :23:04.today, spring has certainly sprung. You were in a very flowery mood.
:23:05. > :23:10.Paul captured a swan taking off at this harbour.
:23:11. > :23:23.What is the weekend weather going to be like?
:23:24. > :23:29.We are seeing a change of weather type now ` the problems of Saharan
:23:30. > :23:32.dust and pollution being swept aside as the Atlantic brings to bear. What
:23:33. > :23:36.will actually be a pretty cloudy story across this weekend, with the
:23:37. > :23:39.rain more particularly so on Sunday. A dry night tonight but increasing
:23:40. > :23:42.amounts of low cloud, and hill fog conditions as well. The first of
:23:43. > :23:45.these fronts through Saturday generally affecting western areas,
:23:46. > :23:49.so for many of our district some patchy, light rain. There will be a
:23:50. > :23:52.good deal of cloudy weather. But on Sunday some heavier outbreaks of
:23:53. > :23:56.rain, and it will be a breezy day. For the rest of this evening, a few
:23:57. > :23:59.brighter spells have lingered but the cloud cover will steadily
:24:00. > :24:02.increase as the night wears on. There could be some sea fog just
:24:03. > :24:06.starting to appear across some of our southern coastal districts ` the
:24:07. > :24:09.Isle of Wight and towards Sussex. A bit of uncertainty on that. Low
:24:10. > :24:12.cloud around tomorrow morning, with temperatures having dropped to about
:24:13. > :24:15.six or seven degrees. Tomorrow will bring an extensively cloudy day. At
:24:16. > :24:17.low cloud giving hill fog conditions, and occasionally these
:24:18. > :24:21.patches of light rain feeding through. On the south coast, you
:24:22. > :24:24.will see some of that, and less so as we move north to the likes of
:24:25. > :24:27.Oxfordshire. This process continues as we head towards the evening, with
:24:28. > :24:31.little real change. Temperatures tomorrow should still get up to
:24:32. > :24:35.about 13 or 14 degrees. As we look through towards the tail end of the
:24:36. > :24:39.weekend and into next week, Sunday will be the wetter of the two days
:24:40. > :24:42.of the weekend. Some of that rain quite heavy at times as it moves
:24:43. > :24:46.eastwards. Quite a windy day as well. We will continue with further
:24:47. > :24:50.outbreaks of rain and showers to get next week under way on Monday, but
:24:51. > :24:53.high pressure will start to build as we move through the Tuesday. That
:24:54. > :25:04.could mean the return of some light frost.
:25:05. > :25:13.Now, for an update on a story we've been following. He's been missing
:25:14. > :25:16.for weeks and they thought he was lost forever. A rare carp, that swam
:25:17. > :25:20.away from an aquatic nursery in Hampshire during the floods has been
:25:21. > :25:24.found ` nearly eight miles away. He was first spotted on Budds Lane in
:25:25. > :25:27.Romsey, but then managed to get into the river Test, where he was
:25:28. > :25:34.eventually picked up all the way down in Totton. Frankie Peck has the
:25:35. > :25:37.story. Although slightly battered and
:25:38. > :25:40.bruised, Chad the carp has reunited with his fishy friends. When Romsey
:25:41. > :25:48.World of Water flooded back in February, a number of fish made
:25:49. > :25:58.their escape. Chad swam away with Steve! Steve is a sturgeon.
:25:59. > :26:01.Chad sort of waved goodbye to Steve, and left him in the garage as it
:26:02. > :26:05.were. Chad carried on swimming. We haven't heard anything from him. He
:26:06. > :26:09.ended up in someone's garden. We got a phone call to say that they
:26:10. > :26:12.thought it was Chad because he was a very friendly fish, and he was being
:26:13. > :26:17.fed his breakfast every morning. Then came another call from Jane,
:26:18. > :26:23.almost eight miles away from Romsey. Today, along with her husband they
:26:24. > :26:27.collected their reward of ?2500. We made the phone call before we'd
:26:28. > :26:32.heard about the reward. When I had a call from Mark to say they had got
:26:33. > :26:36.Chad back, and it was as a result of our phone call, and that we were
:26:37. > :26:40.going to get ?2500, I was shaking after I got off the phone. I don't
:26:41. > :26:45.know what I would be like if I won the lottery!
:26:46. > :26:51.Chad's adventures did leave their mark.
:26:52. > :26:55.He has been under medical supervision, and in Chad hospital
:26:56. > :26:59.for a couple of weeks. He has made a full recovery. He is a happy fish
:27:00. > :27:07.now. He and Steve swam around for about 30 minutes.
:27:08. > :27:15.Chad has now gone back to being a big fish in a small pond.
:27:16. > :27:18.That's all from us. There'll be a news summary at 8pm and we'll be
:27:19. > :27:30.back with a bulletin at 10.25pm.