:00:54. > :01:16.Figures obtained by the BBC reveal that spending on flood defences in
:01:17. > :01:18.Dorset and Wiltshire fell by more than a quarter under the
:01:19. > :01:21.Government's austerity savings. It's an insight into the pressures on the
:01:22. > :01:25.Environment Agency which is still considering job cuts. There has been
:01:26. > :01:28.extra money to deal with the aftermath of the recent floods and
:01:29. > :01:31.during a ministerial visit to Hampshire today, there was no
:01:32. > :01:39.shortage of ideas on how to spend it. Briony Leyland reports.
:01:40. > :01:44.Piece has returned to water Lane in Winchester. It was on the front line
:01:45. > :01:49.on the battle to save the city from flooding. It was fought and won with
:01:50. > :01:59.a costly engineering effort. Today, a flood envoy, a minister sent from
:02:00. > :02:06.number ten, came and took notes. But his... Figures they hate `` obtained
:02:07. > :02:12.by the BBC show that the Wessex region, which includes Dorset and
:02:13. > :02:17.Wiltshire, ?29 million was spent. Three years later, spending was down
:02:18. > :02:20.to ?21 million. That is 27% lower. That does not include extra
:02:21. > :02:29.government cash following this winter's storms. Of course money is
:02:30. > :02:32.an issue. But we are spending millions of pounds on flooding
:02:33. > :02:41.issues, and we are spending record sums on the whole flooding agenda.
:02:42. > :02:45.But in Hampshire alone, it adds up to ?70 million. That money is not
:02:46. > :02:58.going very far. It is a very good start. One of the villages asking
:02:59. > :03:02.for a cut is Hambledon. It was exhausting. Hampshire county council
:03:03. > :03:06.has promised ?2 million towards eight flood relief scheme. As the
:03:07. > :03:12.flood envoy heard today, that leaves the small matter of ?1.5 million.
:03:13. > :03:18.People's lives were turned upside down for eight weeks, so yes,
:03:19. > :03:25.funding is desperately needed. Are you able to make any promises? I
:03:26. > :03:28.have not come to make an announcement of funding. I have come
:03:29. > :03:34.here to understand better the difficulties that they face. For the
:03:35. > :03:39.retired naval commander who coordinated the village's flood
:03:40. > :03:45.response, the visit was positive. We are getting nearer to getting the
:03:46. > :03:51.check in the post. It is not quite there, but I see chinks of serious
:03:52. > :03:57.light at the end of the tunnel. When the floods were at their height, the
:03:58. > :04:05.prime ministers said money was no object. Here, the envoy said that
:04:06. > :04:13.money does not close `` does not grow on trees.
:04:14. > :04:18.A couple who died at Christmas as they used a generator to power their
:04:19. > :04:21.home during storms were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. An
:04:22. > :04:24.inquest heard that Ken and Dorothy Swallow from Hurstpierpoint in West
:04:25. > :04:27.Sussex, had used the generator inside their home without proper
:04:28. > :04:30.ventilation. James Ingham has been following the case and is with me
:04:31. > :04:33.now. James, these deaths look like being the result of a tragic
:04:34. > :04:36.accident. Sadly, Sally, yes. That's exactly how the coroner described
:04:37. > :04:40.the events that led to the couple dying after they went to bed on
:04:41. > :04:43.Christmas Day last year. Like tens of thousands of people across the
:04:44. > :04:46.south, Ken and Dorothy had lost their electricity supply ` as storms
:04:47. > :04:49.and floods caused widespread power cuts. The couple's daughter, wanting
:04:50. > :04:53.to help, had brought them a portable generator and BBQ to cook on. They
:04:54. > :04:56.used it during the afternoon and evening of Christmas Day, without
:04:57. > :04:59.any windows open. Although they turned it off before they went to
:05:00. > :05:04.bed, toxic fumes had built up inside the house which gradually poisoned
:05:05. > :05:13.the couple overnight. Their daughter found them dead in their bathroom
:05:14. > :05:17.and bed on Boxing Day morning. This highlights just how dangerous carbon
:05:18. > :05:21.monoxide can be. Yes, it's often known as the silent killer ` you
:05:22. > :05:24.can't smell it, can't taste it and can't see it. So people are often
:05:25. > :05:27.never aware that they're being overcome, especially if they're
:05:28. > :05:30.asleep. At the time of the floods, various fire services were warning
:05:31. > :05:33.people about the risk from generators which produce these toxic
:05:34. > :05:38.fumes ` but tragically that message was never heeded by this couple. I
:05:39. > :05:41.think people associate carbon monoxide more with boilers and
:05:42. > :05:45.failure are boilers, and perhaps there wasn't much thought given to a
:05:46. > :05:49.generator running indoors. Friends and family have paid tribute to the
:05:50. > :05:53.couple, haven't they? Yes, their niece Natalie Swallow dexcribed her
:05:54. > :05:56.uncle as a good friend and a brilliant listener who put others
:05:57. > :05:59.before himself ` a Mr Dependable who was high on life. The coroner today
:06:00. > :06:10.simply described this as a tragic accident. Three workmen were rushed
:06:11. > :06:14.to hospital this afternoon after they were struck by lightning in
:06:15. > :06:17.Surrey. It happened in Park Lane in Camberley at around one o'clock. The
:06:18. > :06:21.men were on the back of a lorry unloading scaffolding. Two of them
:06:22. > :06:24.were thrown from the truck ` one landing twelve feet away. He also
:06:25. > :06:27.suffered burns to his hands, the second worker hurt his back, while
:06:28. > :06:31.the third was described as walking wounded. A nationwide appeal for
:06:32. > :06:34.information by detectives probing a murder mystery in a picture`postcard
:06:35. > :06:37.West Sussex village has generated fresh leads. Murder squad officers
:06:38. > :06:40.hunting the killer of grandmother Valerie Graves say they received 20
:06:41. > :06:48.calls after the appeal on last night's Crimewatch programme. Steve
:06:49. > :06:54.Humphrey reports. It was a dreadful event, recreated on TV to try and
:06:55. > :07:03.catch a killer. Detectives believe that someone may have been watching
:07:04. > :07:05.her as she prepared to go to sleep. Grandmother Valerie Graves died
:07:06. > :07:11.after being repeatedly hit by a hammer. The 55`year`old had been
:07:12. > :07:15.looking after a house in West Sussex while the owners were away last
:07:16. > :07:18.Christmas. She was staying at the property with other members of her
:07:19. > :07:23.family. None of the others were aware of the attack on to the
:07:24. > :07:29.following day. You end up asking why. Who would hurt someone so
:07:30. > :07:37.lovely? I am not over the shock yet. I don't think we ever will be. She
:07:38. > :07:46.is going to miss her grandmother so much `` miss her grandchildren so
:07:47. > :07:50.much. Sussex police say there was a good response to the appeal on
:07:51. > :07:56.Crimewatch. We have had some interesting appeals. We will be
:07:57. > :08:01.following up eight calls. The hammer it used to kill her was found 800
:08:02. > :08:06.yards from the house where she was murdered. We need to know if anyone
:08:07. > :08:11.has had a hammer stolen or lost a hammer similar to that. A ?10,000
:08:12. > :08:12.reward is being offered for information that leads to the
:08:13. > :08:24.conviction of Valerie's killer. The energy company Cuadrilla has won
:08:25. > :08:27.planning permission to carry out further exploratory drilling for oil
:08:28. > :08:30.in Balcombe. Of course the West Sussex village was at the centre of
:08:31. > :08:33.angry protests last summer. Cuadrilla says it has no intention
:08:34. > :08:36.of carrying out fracking in Balcombe now or in future. West Sussex
:08:37. > :08:39.councillors gave the go`ahead despite pleas from campaigners at a
:08:40. > :08:45.noisy meeting in Horsham. Roz Upton reports.
:08:46. > :08:56.This was never going to be a quiet committee. Cuadrilla's application
:08:57. > :09:02.raised 889 objections. We already have evidence that this is already
:09:03. > :09:06.leaking. How can they already consider putting more pressure into
:09:07. > :09:12.the area around and already leaking well? It makes little sense.
:09:13. > :09:20.Cuadrilla's exploratory drilling just outside Balcombe brought many
:09:21. > :09:27.protests. The new planning permission granted today allows
:09:28. > :09:30.Cuadrilla to take flow testing. We do not need to hydraulically
:09:31. > :09:35.fracture, because it is naturally fractured. The water should flow. In
:09:36. > :09:43.is whether it flows at a commercially viable rate.
:09:44. > :09:51.Campaigners feel let down by West Sussex county council. This is a
:09:52. > :09:55.petition. It is 5500 people saying no. It is a nail in the coffin of
:09:56. > :10:04.local democracy that this was an ignored. I think it is
:10:05. > :10:12.disappointing, but I do not think that they speak for all of the
:10:13. > :10:17.people of Balcombe. By Sussex county council's approval is subject to
:10:18. > :10:22.conditions. They must reconsider access routes. More efforts must be
:10:23. > :10:33.made to protect water quality. The energy company Cuadrilla has won
:10:34. > :10:45.planning permission to carry A decision's due imminently on
:10:46. > :10:49.whether 40 new houses can be built at Arreton on the Isle of Wight. A
:10:50. > :10:51.meeting of Isle of Wight Council's planning committee is underway.
:10:52. > :10:54.They've been recommended to give the proposal conditional approval. The
:10:55. > :10:58.council wants more homes built in villages, such as Arreton, that have
:10:59. > :11:02.existing facilities. Campaigners from Dorset handed in a petition to
:11:03. > :11:04.ten Downing Street today, in a last ditch effort to save the Portland
:11:05. > :11:07.Coastguard Helicopter. 100,000 people have signed the petition,
:11:08. > :11:11.which calls for the government not to abolish the service in 2017.
:11:12. > :11:14.Currently, the plan is to have fewer bases and replace the helicopter
:11:15. > :11:17.with a modern one. South Dorset MP Richard Drax is concerned about the
:11:18. > :11:20.decision. Still to come in this evening's South Today. Happy
:11:21. > :11:27.Hocktide! The unusual ancient tradition that involves Tuttis and
:11:28. > :11:31.orange men. John Moreland and Chris Jarvis were knocked off their bikes
:11:32. > :11:38.in Purley on Thames in February. This man was sentenced to ten years.
:11:39. > :11:43.His sentence was reduced. John's fiance hopes to launch a review
:11:44. > :11:52.after meeting police liaison representatives. We will do the
:11:53. > :11:59.whole thing again. He has had a criminal life from 17. He still
:12:00. > :12:14.hasn't changed. We want to repeal it to a higher sentence. Ten years is
:12:15. > :12:17.nothing for two people. Salisbury, Portsmouth and Chichester have all
:12:18. > :12:21.got them and could Worthing be next? I'm talking about 20mph speed limits
:12:22. > :12:24.which it's claimed can cut accidents and reduce pollution. Pedestrians
:12:25. > :12:27.are seven times more likely to be fatally injured if hit by a car
:12:28. > :12:30.doing 30 compared to 20mph. A Government study found accidents
:12:31. > :12:33.dropped by around a fifth after Portsmouth lowered its speed limit.
:12:34. > :12:37.The road safety charity Brake says eight out of ten people now think 20
:12:38. > :12:39.should be the default speed limit around schools, residential areas
:12:40. > :12:42.and town centres. The issue is proving contentious in Worthing
:12:43. > :12:54.where an opposition group called "20 Is Pointless" has been formed. Let's
:12:55. > :12:58.join Sean Killick live in Worthing. I am in Pevensey Road, and at the
:12:59. > :13:04.moment, cars can travel through here 30 mph. If that changes, they will
:13:05. > :13:07.be reduced 20 mph in term `` in common with other residential
:13:08. > :13:11.areas. The main roads would not be affected, but it has divided
:13:12. > :13:18.opinion. There is a campaign on either side. First of all, why do
:13:19. > :13:24.you want this change? Ella macro sadly, we have the highest numbers
:13:25. > :13:27.of injuries to pedestrians and cyclists of anyone in West Sussex.
:13:28. > :13:33.Since we started the campaign, we have also found that people have
:13:34. > :13:38.contacted us and said that they are fed up of rat running on the
:13:39. > :13:44.streets. We want to make residential streets safer, quieter and more
:13:45. > :13:56.pleasant. This has been done across the UK. 11 million pet `` 11 million
:13:57. > :14:02.people live in areas like this. They try to introduce this into
:14:03. > :14:06.Portsmouth, and ended up with six more fatalities. When the traffic
:14:07. > :14:12.slows down, it can jest 's roads. It creates more pollution, and to
:14:13. > :14:21.signpost the whole town is going to cost ?350,000 in times of austerity.
:14:22. > :14:26.The local bus company is campaigning against it as well. Ella macro our
:14:27. > :14:32.main concern is whether our bus routes are affected by it. I will
:14:33. > :14:38.not be able to keep to the current timetable. That means having to
:14:39. > :14:45.reduce the services or running it not as far. You cannot go as far at
:14:46. > :14:51.20 mph as you can at 30. It will mean a poorer service to the public.
:14:52. > :14:59.Your bus `` your pain could been fewer buses. We do not see a reason
:15:00. > :15:03.why you would have to choose. We want both. We have looked at the bus
:15:04. > :15:09.route and compare them to the roads which are included in this campaign
:15:10. > :15:17.and hardly any of the bus routes are included. They just do not stack up.
:15:18. > :15:21.It is important that we have a bus service in Worthing. We have people
:15:22. > :15:28.who rely on it. If you slow traffic down, buses are going to go slower.
:15:29. > :15:34.You have to try and keep that to the regular timetables. Every house in
:15:35. > :15:40.the borough is being sent a voting slip on this, and they have two send
:15:41. > :16:00.them back by July 31. Now it is time for the sport. Former
:16:01. > :16:03.Southampton midfielder Matthew Oakley fears Mauricio Pochettino
:16:04. > :16:07.could decide to leave this summer if a top`six club comes calling The
:16:08. > :16:10.Argentinian still has a year left on his contract at St Mary's but has
:16:11. > :16:14.been linked with a move to Tottenham and has brushed aside talk over his
:16:15. > :16:17.future for now. Pochetinno's been a revelation at the club but on last
:16:18. > :16:21.night's Late Kick Off, Oakley admitted it would be tough for him
:16:22. > :16:29.to turn a club like Spurs down. He has done a fantastic job, and he is
:16:30. > :16:35.in demand. Southampton fans will be not looking for him to leave, but
:16:36. > :16:43.when a tight `` when a team like Tottenham come calling, if offered
:16:44. > :16:47.the job, he would take it. Aldershot Town will be playing on one of the
:16:48. > :16:50.best pitches in the country next season The Conference side who came
:16:51. > :16:53.out of administration last year will be gifted Chelsea's Stamford Bridge
:16:54. > :16:56.pitch for free. It'll start to be laid next month when Chelsea's
:16:57. > :16:59.current season ends. The Premier League giants already pay reserve
:17:00. > :17:02.games at the Recreation Ground. This summer will see the first staging of
:17:03. > :17:05.the Invictus Games. It's a Paralympic`style event in London for
:17:06. > :17:08.injured servicemen and women. 100 members of the team will be selected
:17:09. > :17:12.and today Prince Harry was in Wiltshire building his British team.
:17:13. > :17:15.He was visiting a Help for Heroes centre in Tidworth and our reporter
:17:16. > :17:18.Fiona Lamdin was there. Reunited with his fellow servicemen. Prince
:17:19. > :17:22.Harry knows that everyone here has a story to tell. Jamie jumped from a
:17:23. > :17:26.burning plane. Others here were caught in sniper attacks in Iraq, or
:17:27. > :17:44.lost legs to bombs in Afghanistan. A gym full of inspiring stories.
:17:45. > :17:47.United by their dream to take part in the Invictus games, the first for
:17:48. > :17:50.wounded soldiers. Over 200 wounded British personnel have applied to
:17:51. > :17:53.take part in the games next September. Today, Prince Harry is
:17:54. > :17:56.here to kick off its selection process. Training hard next door,
:17:57. > :18:01.despite the circular ball, this is wheelchair rugby. This is one of
:18:02. > :18:04.eight sports at the summer games. They all come from a physically
:18:05. > :18:08.active background, and through sport, what you can do is connect
:18:09. > :18:10.them with who they are again and express themselves physically. They
:18:11. > :18:13.understand more about what opportunities still exist and what
:18:14. > :19:14.they can do rather than what they can't do.
:19:15. > :19:15.chance to compete together. The Sussex batsman Luke Wells carried
:19:16. > :20:09.his bat today of oranges. Caroline Richardson
:20:10. > :20:17.explains. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. The son of King Edward
:20:18. > :20:20.III. It all started soberly enough. A tradition where the town's
:20:21. > :20:25.commoners are called to court. Those who don't show up are rounded up by
:20:26. > :20:28.the tutti men. Here they are with their tutti poles. More of them
:20:29. > :20:32.later. They are forced to pay a penny fine. The commoners' wives pay
:20:33. > :20:37.with the case. That is where it starts to unravel. Good morning,
:20:38. > :20:41.madam. Over the centuries, there seems to be more kisses and fewer
:20:42. > :20:44.fines. The tutti wenches help the tutti men, and anyone could find
:20:45. > :20:50.themselves in an embrace. The procession is led by the orange man.
:20:51. > :20:59.He hands out oranges to the commoners' wives. I take them round
:21:00. > :21:08.to the other houses. We are giving out oranges. Why oranges? Well, this
:21:09. > :21:12.has been happening here. It is always happened. Rumour has it that
:21:13. > :21:21.every place you stop after they have a drink. They have a coffee,
:21:22. > :21:31.whiskey, Sherry. Oh yea, all you people. Today's Hocktide is an equal
:21:32. > :21:34.opportunities affair. The tutti men are women. That does not stop them
:21:35. > :21:41.demanding a kiss. That is Eileen's husband. We are female tutti men. We
:21:42. > :21:54.are called tarty ladies. We go round the houses, providing an
:21:55. > :22:03.orange. Anyone who is trying to escape, they can through windows.
:22:04. > :22:09.The tutti polls from medieval times. This was made to make life
:22:10. > :22:19.pleasanter for us. It is a tough job. All that drinking and bonhomie.
:22:20. > :22:23.This is a wine they have in Bordeaux for lunch. As they go, tankards in
:22:24. > :22:26.hand, it is maybe a little bit clearer how it has evolved over the
:22:27. > :22:36.centuries. That is an old tradition and one I
:22:37. > :22:45.have never heard of! Any excuse for a drink! We have had a lot of
:22:46. > :22:55.lightning through Hampshire and Dorset. Lots of lightning strikes in
:22:56. > :22:59.different places. We've had some lovely sunsets recently, here is one
:23:00. > :23:02.from last night taken by Andy Lions at the Lifeboat Station in Swanage.
:23:03. > :23:05.Geoff Linton took this photo of an iris in the rain in Sturminster
:23:06. > :23:08.Marshall. And Phil Little took this picture of the ominous clouds in
:23:09. > :23:14.Farnborough this afternoon. We are expecting a number of storms this
:23:15. > :23:17.evening. We will have some mist and fog patches. Very similar to last
:23:18. > :23:23.night. The showers will disappear and with the light winds, the chance
:23:24. > :23:30.of mist and fog tomorrow. Temperatures falling to seven to
:23:31. > :23:37.nine Celsius. Tomorrow is a decent day. One the mist and fog lifts, the
:23:38. > :23:43.sunshine will break through. Not wall`to`wall son. The odd stray
:23:44. > :23:47.shower, and temperatures will reach six he `` 16. Pleasantly warm in the
:23:48. > :23:58.sunshine with the light southerly winds. Tomorrow, all change. It will
:23:59. > :24:04.be fragmented and on and off. Temperatures down to nine to 10
:24:05. > :24:10.Celsius. Yet again, eight Frost free night with mild temperatures. A wet
:24:11. > :24:19.start for some on Sunday. `` Thursday. A weather front sinks its
:24:20. > :24:23.way in. There will be rain at times on and off throughout the day. The
:24:24. > :24:28.good news is, I pressure starts to build into Friday and into the bank
:24:29. > :24:32.holiday weekend. As we look forward to the rest of the week, sunny
:24:33. > :24:37.spells for the bank holiday weekend. It will be mainly dry, the odd
:24:38. > :24:45.shower expected. Overnight frost. Gardeners beware! As we look ahead
:24:46. > :24:49.to the rest of the week into the bank holiday weekend, it is going to
:24:50. > :24:56.be a decent day. The odd stray shower with light winds. Rain and
:24:57. > :25:01.off on Thursday. Quite an damp day, and a rumble of thunder. Thursday
:25:02. > :25:12.and Friday starting to dry out. Friday and Saturday drying out,
:25:13. > :25:24.turning a lot drier. We will be back here at half past six. In tomorrow
:25:25. > :25:26.nights ` how an initiative to teach archery to blind and visually
:25:27. > :25:27.impaired people in Bournemouth is hitting its mark. Thanks for
:25:28. > :25:30.watching. Goodbye.