:00:00. > :00:10.it has belonged to Ryan Giggs. Much more on the BBC News channel
:00:11. > :00:15.it has belonged to Ryan Giggs. It was one of the strongest images
:00:16. > :00:18.of the South's floods. Tens of thousands of sandbags, laid down by
:00:19. > :00:23.soldiers, in a desperate attempt to prevent the river breaching its
:00:24. > :00:28.banks. Today work began in Romsey to remove thousands of those s`ndbags
:00:29. > :00:31.placed alongside the River Test And the equally tough job continues of
:00:32. > :00:35.negotiating just who pays for the winter no`one will ever forget. Ben
:00:36. > :00:39.Moore reports. As they were delivered, thex are
:00:40. > :00:50.finally being removed. 14,000 sandbags that strengthened the banks
:00:51. > :00:54.of the river in Romsey. The state. The going. We are pleased to see it
:00:55. > :00:58.go. We are tired of looking at it. And we will be pleased to gdt our
:00:59. > :01:02.gardens back. You have not got people taking a few and storing them
:01:03. > :01:05.in the garage just in case? One or two have gone missing for slall
:01:06. > :01:07.building projects, I must admit But otherwise, they are too heavy to
:01:08. > :01:10.lift! These are Steve's pictures from February. The military faught
:01:11. > :01:13.against the rising river to try to protect homes as the market town was
:01:14. > :01:17.submerged. Whilst residents here are glad to see the sandbag wall go the
:01:18. > :01:20.river remains at an unusually high level for this time of year.
:01:21. > :01:23.Although it is falling. It hs the Environment Agency's call to remove
:01:24. > :01:25.the flood defences. Those hdlping clear the banks are hundreds of
:01:26. > :01:29.volunteers. Many usually desk`bound in council offices. The main thing
:01:30. > :01:32.is that they are not just going to be put into landfill. I know some of
:01:33. > :01:35.the sand is already being used to sweep along some of the recreation
:01:36. > :01:47.grounds. It can go into mixhng concrete. And anything that you can
:01:48. > :01:52.use sand for, it will be usdd for. It will take one week to relove all
:01:53. > :02:01.of the sandbags. This small market town can, for now at least, finally
:02:02. > :02:04.forget the floods. A four`year`old girl has bedn
:02:05. > :02:10.seriously hurt in a road accident in Oxfordshire. She's believed to have
:02:11. > :02:13.been struck by a Hyundai car, as she rode her bike in Cowley this
:02:14. > :02:15.morning. She was airlifted by helicopter to the John Radcliffe
:02:16. > :02:19.Hospital, where her condition is described as serious. Policd are
:02:20. > :02:23.appealing for witnesses. What may have been the last letter
:02:24. > :02:26.written on the Titanic has, this afternoon, fetched ?119,000 at
:02:27. > :02:29.auction in Wiltshire. The ldtter was written by survivors Esther Hart and
:02:30. > :02:36.her seven`year`old daughter Eva eight hours before the ship hit an
:02:37. > :02:39.iceberg and sank in 1912. It only survived because it was in the
:02:40. > :02:45.pocket of her husband's coat which he had given her to keep warm.
:02:46. > :02:47.The new Mary Rose Museum, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, has
:02:48. > :02:52.been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Museum of the Ydar Award
:02:53. > :02:56.2014. The museum, which opened last May, is competing against fhve other
:02:57. > :03:03.short listed attractions. The annual Art Fund Prize is worth ?100,00 . It
:03:04. > :03:07.is a huge deal, getting short listed as one of six of the best mtseums in
:03:08. > :03:10.the country for the prize. @nd with the ?100,000 prize, which wd
:03:11. > :03:13.desperately need quite honestly to improve for when we open it for the
:03:14. > :03:19.next phase, it is wonderfully important. Important to us but also
:03:20. > :03:24.important to Portsmouth and the South of England. It is one of the
:03:25. > :03:27.greatest museums of the country Onto football and in the
:03:28. > :03:29.Championship Reading are up to fifth and are back in the playoffs after
:03:30. > :03:35.beating Doncaster Rovers 3`0. If they win their final gamd they're
:03:36. > :03:38.potentially three games frol the Premier League. Brighton, who beat
:03:39. > :03:41.Yeovil last night, are one point off the playoffs. Bournemouth are out of
:03:42. > :03:45.the running but demolished Nottingham Forest 4`1.
:03:46. > :03:49.In the Premier League, Southampton beat Everton 2`0 without evdn
:03:50. > :03:52.scoring a goal. Two own goals in the first half proved to be the deciding
:03:53. > :03:56.factor in the game and keeps Saints eighth in the table.
:03:57. > :04:00.In League One, Swindon lost 2`1 at Notts County. The MK Dons drew `2
:04:01. > :04:04.at Rotherham. In League Two, two goals in the last
:04:05. > :04:08.two minutes saw Portsmouth come back to draw 4`4 against Bury. Andy
:04:09. > :04:13.Awford's men are now in the top half. Oxford lost 2`1 at hole to
:04:14. > :04:19.Accrington Stanley. Let's take a look at the we`ther.
:04:20. > :04:28.Hello. Tonight is bringing some heavy showers, perhaps some rumbles
:04:29. > :04:30.of thunder as well. Those showers are being driven through by some
:04:31. > :04:33.blustery winds. Quite misty and murky perhaps through the e`rly
:04:34. > :04:39.hours, as well. Tomorrow st`rts with some heavy showers in places. Quite
:04:40. > :04:42.murky at first but it might brighten a little throughout the day. We
:04:43. > :04:46.continue to see some showers and they could bring some hail `nd
:04:47. > :04:48.thunder and we could see a bit of surface water flooding. There after,
:04:49. > :04:54.through the rest of the working week, it stays unsettled with
:04:55. > :05:13.showers and longer spells of rain. That's all from me. Bye.
:05:14. > :05:22.Good evening. An area of low pressure has wrapped itself around
:05:23. > :05:26.the British Isles for this weekend. There have been a number of showers
:05:27. > :05:32.today, particularly in the south-west, and there is more to
:05:33. > :05:37.come overnight. You can see this swirl of cloud, the centre of it in
:05:38. > :05:41.the south-west of England. Close to the centre of that there will be
:05:42. > :05:48.some strong winds in the south-west of England and some heavy showers as
:05:49. > :05:53.well. There will be some big waves along the south coast as well. The
:05:54. > :05:58.rain will affect eastern Scotland and the North East of England with
:05:59. > :06:00.low cloud and missed. The best