:00:00. > 3:59:59connection with a murdering Belfast back in the 1970s. That is all from
:00:00. > :00:13.Hello, I am Sally Taylor. Tonight: A the BBC News At
:00:14. > :00:15.Hello, I am Sally Taylor. Tonight: A thief, a fraudster, and a
:00:16. > :00:17.con`artist. A Hampshire builder who scammed people out of more than two
:00:18. > :00:20.million pounds has today bedn million pounds has today bedn
:00:21. > :00:25.sentenced to five and a half years in prison. We probably lost 150,000
:00:26. > :00:32.in prison. We probably lost 150 000 pounds, a lot of money. Tough love,
:00:33. > :00:39.why a scheme to help troubldd families is falling short. If
:00:40. > :00:39.why a scheme to help troubled families is falling short. Hf Pompey
:00:40. > :00:45.families is falling short. If Pompey is happy, the city smiles and long
:00:46. > :01:03.may the smiling continue. How does this meadow grow? Counting the cost
:01:04. > :01:06.of a wet winter. A thief, a fraudster and thd con
:01:07. > :01:10.A thief, a fraudster and the con artist. A Hampshire builder who
:01:11. > :01:15.scammed people out of more than ?2 million has been sentenced to five
:01:16. > :01:16.and a half years in prison. Victims have described how Danny Shda conned
:01:17. > :01:19.have described how Danny Shea conned people across Hampshire and Surrey,
:01:20. > :01:22.by undertaking building work which was never finished. Some lost their
:01:23. > :01:25.life savings and say the authorities should have been quicker to warn
:01:26. > :01:28.people. Here's our Home Aff`irs Correspondent Emma Vardy. A well
:01:29. > :01:31.practiced and convincing conman. The judge at Winchester Crown Court
:01:32. > :01:35.today said it was no surprise people had been taken in by Danny Shea.
:01:36. > :01:38.had been taken in by Danny Shea Martin Wells and his wife employed
:01:39. > :01:40.Danny Shea to develop their bungalow in Grayshott into their dre`m
:01:41. > :01:41.Danny Shea to develop their bungalow in Grayshott into their dream home.
:01:42. > :01:43.in Grayshott into their dre`m home. He made a start, removing the roof,
:01:44. > :01:45.but the materials for the next He made a start, removing the roof,
:01:46. > :01:54.but the materials for the next stage of the build failed to turn up. As
:01:55. > :01:59.the weeks went by, there was not much work being done and I was on
:02:00. > :02:01.the phone to Danny Shea every day, sometimes several times a day,
:02:02. > :02:03.sometimes several times a d`y, saying, when is the timber all
:02:04. > :02:04.sometimes several times a day, saying, when is the timber `ll the
:02:05. > :02:08.saying, when is the timber all the bricks arriving? He would always
:02:09. > :02:12.have a plausible excuse. Martin Wells had paid out thousands to
:02:13. > :02:18.Danny Shea. But the work ground to a halt, and Shea disappeared. Martin
:02:19. > :02:22.and his wife were forced to live in a caravan in their garden through
:02:23. > :02:27.two freezing winters. We were stuck there, in the caravan, with a house
:02:28. > :02:32.with no roof on it. We got to a stage where we needed to believe
:02:33. > :02:35.that this was going to happen. We that this was going to happdn. We
:02:36. > :02:47.probably lost the. `` hundred and probably lost the. `` hundred and
:02:48. > :02:50.?50,000. Between 2007 and 2010, Danny Shea pulled off a number of
:02:51. > :02:52.similar scams across Surrey and Hampshire. He cheated peopld
:02:53. > :02:52.similar scams across Surrey and Hampshire. He cheated people out of
:02:53. > :02:54.Hampshire. He cheated peopld out of a total of 2.1 million pounds. He
:02:55. > :02:55.was described in court todax a total of 2.1 million pounds. He
:02:56. > :02:58.was described in court today as was described in court todax as
:02:59. > :03:01.having the appearance of a successful businessman. His victims
:03:02. > :03:07.are struggling to cope with the financial losses they have met.
:03:08. > :03:08.are struggling to cope with the financial losses they have let. But
:03:09. > :03:09.financial losses they have met. But sadly they weren't the first. Danny
:03:10. > :03:12.Shea has a string of previots Shea has a string of previous
:03:13. > :03:20.convictions for fraud and dhshonesty dating back to 1998. Does this not
:03:21. > :03:26.show that it is too easy for con artist to get away with it for too
:03:27. > :03:27.long? I would say to people that if someone says to you they ard onto a
:03:28. > :03:33.someone says to you they are onto a good thing, then it probablx is not
:03:34. > :03:39.true. You need to stand back, speak to your friends and family, speak to
:03:40. > :03:43.other organisations. A future court hearing will determine how much
:03:44. > :03:44.money Danny Shea could be ordered to pay back. What is recovered in
:03:45. > :03:46.reality may only be a fraction pay back. What is recovered in
:03:47. > :03:46.reality may only be a fracthon of reality may only be a fraction of
:03:47. > :03:52.the victims total loss. Emm` reality may only be a fracthon of
:03:53. > :03:56.the victims total loss. Emma Vardy, the victims total loss. Emma Vardy,
:03:57. > :03:58.BBC South Today. 13 people have been taken to safe locations by Hampshire
:03:59. > :04:01.Police officers following allegations of forced Labour in
:04:02. > :04:04.Southampton. A number of warrants were made at addresses in the city
:04:05. > :04:07.yesterday. A Lithuanian man's been charged with two counts of knowingly
:04:08. > :04:10.holding another person in slavery or servitude. The Red Cross is
:04:11. > :04:14.providing assistance to those affected. In less than two hours,
:04:15. > :04:18.one of the main roads into Reading will close for up to a week, causing
:04:19. > :04:21.major traffic disruption. The A4 will be shut, close to Prospect
:04:22. > :04:24.Park, because of work by Th`mes Water. The road is the major route
:04:25. > :04:27.out of the town, towards Newbury, West Berkshire, and Wiltshire.
:04:28. > :04:30.Contractors for Thames Water had already been working at the site but
:04:31. > :04:32.did not anticipate having to close the entire road until earlidr
:04:33. > :04:40.did not anticipate having to close the entire road until earlier today.
:04:41. > :04:42.In less than five years frol now, you will be able to get on a
:04:43. > :04:42.In less than five years from now, you will be able to get on ` train
:04:43. > :04:43.you will be able to get on a train from Reading and travel str`ight
:04:44. > :04:46.from Reading and travel straight beneath the centre of London,
:04:47. > :04:49.without stopping at Paddington and without using the tube. A month ago
:04:50. > :04:52.it was announced that Crossrail services would be extended west to
:04:53. > :04:54.Reading, instead of terminating at Maidenhead. It was widely welcomed `
:04:55. > :04:57.but it is not without drawb`cks but it is not without drawbacks.
:04:58. > :04:59.Today the people building the new route below the capital have been
:05:00. > :05:02.route below the capital havd been setting out what's in it for
:05:03. > :05:11.passengers from the Thames Valley. Our transport correspondent Paul
:05:12. > :05:15.Clifton reports. Going underground, this is where Crossrail services
:05:16. > :05:19.from Reading will disappear the need West London. For a decade, it it
:05:20. > :05:20.West London. For a decade, ht it seemed that people from Reading
:05:21. > :05:25.would be denied direct services would be denied direct services
:05:26. > :05:33.through this tunnel. Suddenly, last month, there was a change of heart.
:05:34. > :05:41.This is an important part of cross well `` Crossrail as this is where
:05:42. > :05:46.the trains from Berkshire come. For the Thames Valley, this will mean to
:05:47. > :05:52.cross rail trains an hour into the heart of London. This will be in
:05:53. > :05:54.addition to First Great Western and new intercity trains that whll soon
:05:55. > :05:59.new intercity trains that will soon be built. It will also help the
:06:00. > :06:01.increasing flow of people going the other way. It means that Reading can
:06:02. > :06:06.other way. It means that Re`ding can become a destination in it own
:06:07. > :06:15.right. People of Reading and Twyford will have a choice and this is the
:06:16. > :06:17.place where Crossrail trains will whisk people into Central London and
:06:18. > :06:25.beyond. At Paddington, and xou beyond. At Paddington, and you
:06:26. > :06:32.Crossrail station is being built. `` a new. ?15 billion, Crossrail
:06:33. > :06:32.Crossrail station is being built. `` a new. ?15 billion, Crossrahl is
:06:33. > :06:36.Britain's largest construction Britain's largest constructhon
:06:37. > :06:44.project and 10,000 people are working on it. From Reading, cross
:06:45. > :06:52.rail will take 15 minutes to reach London. `` 15 minutes. Crossrail
:06:53. > :06:56.will take half that time. For many, taking one direct train str`ight
:06:57. > :06:57.will take half that time. For many, taking one direct train straight to
:06:58. > :06:58.taking one direct train str`ight to work through here will be very
:06:59. > :07:09.work through here will be vdry popular. Schoolchildren in Romsey
:07:10. > :07:10.are being offered screening for TB after it was confirmed a school bus
:07:11. > :07:13.driver had contracted the dhsease. driver had contracted the disease.
:07:14. > :07:18.Parents are being re`assured that the risk of catching TB is very low.
:07:19. > :07:21.71 students who are aged between 11 and 16 and use private hire coaches
:07:22. > :07:24.to travel to The Romsey School are being offered the screening as a
:07:25. > :07:28.precautionary measure. Will you get a pay rise this year? How confident
:07:29. > :07:32.are you that there's any money to pay for it? Election campaigning in
:07:33. > :07:40.the South Today centred on the economy, as our Political Editor
:07:41. > :07:47.Peter Henley reports. They make sales and their sales are up. The
:07:48. > :07:51.spinnakers from Cambridge are in demand around the globe and
:07:52. > :07:55.employers like Jamie are optimistic. We are trying to save for a
:07:56. > :08:03.mortgage. We are in a better place than we were before. It is still
:08:04. > :08:11.some way off? Yes! They recognise that the storm has been weathered.
:08:12. > :08:17.Staff here at this hospital have not had pay rises but did hear that the
:08:18. > :08:19.government would back a massive development with the Chancellor
:08:20. > :08:24.guaranteeing ?420 million. Lore guaranteeing ?420 million. More
:08:25. > :08:29.beds, more space, new cancer services. This would not have
:08:30. > :08:33.happened if we did not have a long`term economic plan. It means
:08:34. > :08:40.our country can afford to invest in the NHS. Not everybody can feel the
:08:41. > :08:45.recovery according to Labour's Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls. Energy
:08:46. > :08:47.bills are up and childcare is bills are up and childcare is
:08:48. > :08:48.unaffordable. The Tories sax bills are up and childcare hs
:08:49. > :08:51.unaffordable. The Tories say there unaffordable. The Tories say there
:08:52. > :08:56.is no crisis but Labour says there is a problem and we have policies to
:08:57. > :09:02.solve it. In Hampshire, the Liberal Democrat question whether people
:09:03. > :09:08.would trust Labour. In the next quarter we will get full recovery
:09:09. > :09:14.from where we fell in 2008. The economy will grow. Various wind in
:09:15. > :09:17.the sales of the economy th`t economy will grow. Various wind in
:09:18. > :09:21.the sales of the economy that is their confidence in the polhticians
:09:22. > :09:27.charting the course ahead? We will know more after the elections. The
:09:28. > :09:29.funeral of the brother of the Duchess of Cornwall has takdn place
:09:30. > :09:30.Duchess of Cornwall has taken place at a Dorset Church. Mark Sh`nd,
:09:31. > :09:32.Duchess of Cornwall has takdn place at a Dorset Church. Mark Shand, the
:09:33. > :09:35.conservationist and travel brighter, died unexpectedly in New York last
:09:36. > :09:37.week after falling and hitting his head. He was 62 years old. With her
:09:38. > :09:39.husband Prince Charles at her head. He was 62 years old. With her
:09:40. > :09:40.husband Prince Charles at hdr side, the Duchess of Cornwall led mourners
:09:41. > :09:45.at the Holy Trinity Church hn at the Holy Trinity Church in
:09:46. > :09:47.Stourpaine, near Blandford Forum. Chris Harris, one of BBC South's
:09:48. > :09:54.Chris Harris, one of BBC Sotth's most popular TV presenters, has died
:09:55. > :09:57.suddenly at the age of 71. He presented the "Hey, Look, That's
:09:58. > :10:05.Me" children's show that ran between 1976 and 1984. In recent years he
:10:06. > :10:08.was best known for his work in pantomime at Bath. Still to come in
:10:09. > :10:15.this evening's South Today... Roger Finn is once again, out and about.
:10:16. > :10:19.Join me in this meadow near Oxford to hear the story of these little
:10:20. > :10:26.fellas and why some voluntedrs are fellas and why some volunteers are
:10:27. > :10:29.trying to count them all. It's the Government's attempt to turn the
:10:30. > :10:32.lives of so`called 'troubled' families around ` those with a
:10:33. > :10:33.history of crime, substance abuse and long`term unemployment. But,
:10:34. > :10:35.just under two thirds of thd and long`term unemployment. But
:10:36. > :10:36.just under two thirds of the way just under two thirds of the way
:10:37. > :10:39.through the 'Troubled Families Programme', BBC South can rdveal
:10:40. > :10:41.that councils in our region are struggling to meet government
:10:42. > :10:43.targets. So far, Hampshire has successfully helped just a puarter
:10:44. > :10:46.successfully helped just a quarter of the number of families they are
:10:47. > :10:53.expected to. Dorset has managed a third. On the Isle of Wight just one
:10:54. > :10:58.in ten families identified has been helped. And in Bournemouth, only
:10:59. > :10:59.eight per cent. MPs have already admitted that the scheme is unlikely
:11:00. > :11:03.to hit its targets. In a spdcial to hit its targets. In a special
:11:04. > :11:04.report, Lewis Coombes met one family going through that programmd
:11:05. > :11:05.report, Lewis Coombes met one family going through that programme to see
:11:06. > :11:13.going through that programmd to see how they've fared. Some of the
:11:14. > :11:15.scenes you are about to see, you might find upsetting. We have
:11:16. > :11:17.protected the identity of the family, who have been portr`yed
:11:18. > :11:21.protected the identity of the family, who have been portrayed by
:11:22. > :11:23.actors. What have you been doing with the children again? ! Ht is
:11:24. > :11:28.your responsibility. I was in a bad your responsibility. I was in a bad
:11:29. > :11:35.relationship and I broke up. Caught up in a cycle of despair. I was
:11:36. > :11:41.suffering from depression and I needed drugs first being, bdfore
:11:42. > :11:50.anything else. Everything at home got into a mess. Not paying bills,
:11:51. > :11:53.my son was not going to school. A local mother who found herself
:11:54. > :11:56.local mother who found hersdlf trapped by depression, drugs and
:11:57. > :11:57.deprivation. It proved very difficult to find a family willing
:11:58. > :11:58.to be interviewed. The message difficult to find a family willing
:11:59. > :12:03.to be interviewed. The mess`ge that to be interviewed. The mess`ge that
:12:04. > :12:07.came back was, I do not want to be labelled as troubled. An insight
:12:08. > :12:10.into the challenge faced by the scheme perhaps. I was going downhill
:12:11. > :12:16.and did not want to be here any more. I did not want to do that
:12:17. > :12:20.because I had a son. The government identified a son. The government
:12:21. > :12:23.identified who had a similar story, each with their own problems, and
:12:24. > :12:29.each estimated to cost taxp`yers each estimated to cost taxp`yers
:12:30. > :12:32.money. For local authorities, there is a financial reward on offer.
:12:33. > :12:35.Every family said to have been Every family said to have been
:12:36. > :12:38.turned around, they are paid up to ?4000. Do you know where your
:12:39. > :12:43.?4000. Do you know where yotr children were this morning? A key
:12:44. > :12:50.worker is parachuted in to coordinate help. The impact of
:12:51. > :12:53.having someone worked closely with the families, the way we do, has a
:12:54. > :12:57.long`term impact on behaviour. As I long`term impact on behaviour. As I
:12:58. > :12:58.say, it comes from the family and not from people telling them
:12:59. > :12:59.say, it comes from the family and not from people telling thel what
:13:00. > :13:02.not from people telling them what they need to do. It comes from the
:13:03. > :13:04.family, recognising what they they need to do. It comes from the
:13:05. > :13:09.family, recognising what they need to change. The objectives are clear.
:13:10. > :13:11.Reduce crime, get people back into work and back to school, and we will
:13:12. > :13:16.reward you. Will that work in the reward you. Will that work in the
:13:17. > :13:20.long term? Whenever local authorities have been asked to
:13:21. > :13:23.identify troubled families, they have been asked to use meastres
:13:24. > :13:28.have been asked to use measures including unemployment, drugs and
:13:29. > :13:35.not attending school and anti`social behaviour. Not the criteria we have
:13:36. > :13:37.used. Success will be judged on whether targets have been met,
:13:38. > :13:37.used. Success will be judged on whether targets have been mdt, but
:13:38. > :13:40.whether targets have been met, but ultimately, targets do not latter to
:13:41. > :13:41.ultimately, targets do not matter to the families whose lives ard
:13:42. > :13:44.the families whose lives are improved. It is good to havd a
:13:45. > :13:49.improved. It is good to have a second chance and to get out of the
:13:50. > :13:54.situation I was in, and to get better and have a better life. A
:13:55. > :13:57.little earlier, I spoke to Louise Casey, who runs the Troubled
:13:58. > :13:58.Families scheme. I began by asking her if labelling them as troubled
:13:59. > :14:02.families was in itself causing a families was in itself caushng a
:14:03. > :14:07.problem in reaching their t`rgets. No, I do not think it is and this is
:14:08. > :14:09.where we have to be straightforward. These families do not get their
:14:10. > :14:13.children to school, they ard caught children to school, they are caught
:14:14. > :14:18.up in crime, and are causing crime in the community. They are out of
:14:19. > :14:22.work and many people would say that using the word troubled abott them
:14:23. > :14:26.is a gentle expression. We need is to be honest and that is the most
:14:27. > :14:35.important thing. Why do the local authorities have low targets that
:14:36. > :14:40.were set? Bournemouth only has %. Some regions are struggling but the
:14:41. > :14:43.key thing is that this is a difficult thing to get them to do.
:14:44. > :14:47.Changing families is hard btt you Changing families is hard btt you
:14:48. > :14:52.have to change the system. Some of the areas in your region were slow
:14:53. > :14:54.to get going whereas other areas were running family intervention
:14:55. > :14:59.projects and all they had to do was get bigger. To be honest, places
:15:00. > :15:03.like Hampshire, Portsmouth and others are motoring and we have seen
:15:04. > :15:10.a big increase in the last six months, even in areas such as
:15:11. > :15:12.Portsmouth and Hampshire. I do have some worries about Bournemotth and
:15:13. > :15:19.some worries about Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight but we ard feeling
:15:20. > :15:24.optimistic. You can applaud the initiative but on the basis of this,
:15:25. > :15:29.would you change anything with the targets if the scheme is to
:15:30. > :15:32.continue? I do not think I word. Out of 125,002 we targeted help, we
:15:33. > :15:34.already have the names and addresses already have the names and `ddresses
:15:35. > :15:35.of hundred and addresses of 111,000 of hundred and addresses of 111 000
:15:36. > :15:40.families. Nobody thought this was families. Nobody thought thhs was
:15:41. > :15:43.possible in the beginning and here we are today to say that we have
:15:44. > :15:53.turned around 45,000 familids. We turned around 45,000 families. We
:15:54. > :15:54.have identified a. I feel confident. These families cost a lot of money
:15:55. > :16:00.and cause problems. Very brhefly, it and cause problems. Very briefly, it
:16:01. > :16:03.is challenging to get the f`milies on board because not everybody wants
:16:04. > :16:06.to participate in that scheme. That is right and that is where ` tough
:16:07. > :16:08.is right and that is where a tough level approach is needed. Pdople are
:16:09. > :16:12.level approach is needed. People are forced to take help. We do not give
:16:13. > :16:16.up, we keep going round until they up, we keep going round unthl they
:16:17. > :16:21.open the front door. We threaten them with eviction and crimhnal
:16:22. > :16:26.them with eviction and criminal prosecutions. People wake up at that
:16:27. > :16:29.moment and take help. In sport, Andy Awford was confirmed as Portsmouth
:16:30. > :16:33.football club's permanent m`nager today. The 41`year`old has signed a
:16:34. > :16:37.one year rolling contract. As our sports editor Tony Husband reports,
:16:38. > :16:38.he was the stand out choice to replace Richie Barker after an
:16:39. > :16:39.impressive spell as caretakdr, replace Richie Barker after an
:16:40. > :16:41.impressive spell as caretaker, in impressive spell as caretakdr, in
:16:42. > :16:45.which he's steered Pompey to football league safety. Andy
:16:46. > :16:48.which he's steered Pompey to football league safety. Andx Awford
:16:49. > :16:52.was smiling from day one in the Portsmouth job. He asked his players
:16:53. > :16:55.to do the same and has turndd Pompey's fortunes around in
:16:56. > :17:01.remarkable fashion. It is no surprise that he was named permanent
:17:02. > :17:06.manager today. The spirits needed lifting and reigniting which we
:17:07. > :17:08.managed to do. I think the city is smiling again and long may it
:17:09. > :17:10.smiling again and long may ht continue. Since he came in, he has
:17:11. > :17:12.lifted everybody. The trainhng has lifted everybody. The trainhng has
:17:13. > :17:17.been more intense, as you can see in been more intense, as you can see in
:17:18. > :17:18.the victories we have and the performances we have made. Dverybody
:17:19. > :17:22.performances we have made. Everybody is just happy to stop it is a shame
:17:23. > :17:27.we could not do that earlier in the season. How things have changed in
:17:28. > :17:42.Fratton Park. Five winds and a draw from his six games in charge. ``
:17:43. > :17:44.five winds. I was confident we would stay up but the standard there
:17:45. > :17:45.five winds. I was confident we would stay up but the standard thdre lads
:17:46. > :17:48.stay up but the standard there lads have met has been terrific `nd I
:17:49. > :17:50.have met has been terrific and I cannot thank them enough. What is
:17:51. > :17:55.the long`term challenge? There is no the long`term challenge? Thdre is no
:17:56. > :18:00.reason why this club cannot go for the championship soon. That is a
:18:01. > :18:04.realistic target. Let's just make sure we have a football club first!
:18:05. > :18:10.That's not forget how close we were to their not being one. Andx Awford
:18:11. > :18:13.has ensured he got the job on his own terms. The reconstruction of
:18:14. > :18:19.Portsmouth Football Club feels Portsmouth Football Club feels
:18:20. > :18:20.underway. More sport from Tony tomorrow. Remember the winter?
:18:21. > :18:21.underway. More sport from Tony tomorrow. Remember the wintdr? That
:18:22. > :18:25.tomorrow. Remember the winter? That wild, wet winter? One of thd worries
:18:26. > :18:28.at the time was about long term damage to the countryside from the
:18:29. > :18:31.storms and the flooding. For this week's Finn's Country, Roger Finn
:18:32. > :18:33.has been to a protected flower meadow near Oxford. For much of the
:18:34. > :18:37.winter it was underwater ` `nd there winter it was underwater ` and there
:18:38. > :18:38.were fears that some rare and precious flower bulbs may shmply
:18:39. > :18:52.precious flower bulbs may simply have rotted away. As the Th`mes
:18:53. > :18:57.flows out of Oxford, not too far from the hustle and bustle, suddenly
:18:58. > :19:01.all is green and tranquil. And this is where you'll find Iffley Meadows
:19:02. > :19:10.` home to the county flower of Oxfordshire. This is the jewel that
:19:11. > :19:11.makes these meadows so spechal. Oxfordshire. This is the jewel that
:19:12. > :19:18.makes these meadows so special. It makes these meadows so special. It
:19:19. > :19:25.is the snakes head fritillary. It is also known as the lepers L. The task
:19:26. > :19:28.today is to count them all. I've joined a group of volunteers with
:19:29. > :19:32.the Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust which has been
:19:33. > :19:34.managing e meadows since 1983. `` the meadows. Every year in the
:19:35. > :19:36.Spring, there's a careful strvey the meadows. Every year in the
:19:37. > :19:41.Spring, there's a careful survey to see just how many fritillarhes have
:19:42. > :19:46.bloomed. We want to know how big an impact the winter had. Quitd a
:19:47. > :19:47.bloomed. We want to know how big an impact the winter had. Quite a few
:19:48. > :19:53.impact the winter had. Quitd a few in the middle there. This is an
:19:54. > :19:56.old`fashioned flood plain mdadow with low management work needed.
:19:57. > :20:00.with low management work nedded When we took over the site, the
:20:01. > :20:07.number of fritillaries were very low. The first count was 500 and the
:20:08. > :20:12.numbers rose to a peak in 2011 of 76,000. An incredible number. The
:20:13. > :20:15.count is going up within that count is going up within th`t
:20:16. > :20:17.general trend although therd are blips due to the weather. Yes, the
:20:18. > :20:20.blips due to the weather. Yds, the weather. We had some real weather
:20:21. > :20:22.this winter and this place lust have this winter and this place must have
:20:23. > :20:28.suffered. What were the worries I suffered. What were the worries? I
:20:29. > :20:30.live a couple of minutes aw`y and I live a couple of minutes away and I
:20:31. > :20:36.came down here a lot. This leadow came down here a lot. This leadow
:20:37. > :20:40.was a lake. The seven weeks of flooding was too much but before we
:20:41. > :20:42.finished the count, we have no idea. So every flower head must be
:20:43. > :20:45.So every flower head must bd counted. A rare double headed white
:20:46. > :20:48.` a good sign. After each painstaking sweep, everyone's total
:20:49. > :20:52.is recorded. The final sum will be done later. Fritillaries have
:20:53. > :21:02.disappeared as meadows have disappeared. They only thrive here
:21:03. > :21:06.thanks to careful management. Cattle graze here from July through to
:21:07. > :21:07.September and that is just to nibble away at anything else that has
:21:08. > :21:10.grown. If you do not cut the site away at anything else that has
:21:11. > :21:16.grown. If you do not cut thd site or graze it, it would get dominated by
:21:17. > :21:23.the grasses and rushes which would impede all the flowers. People are
:21:24. > :21:27.so passionate about wildlife still. It lives on because many people are
:21:28. > :21:31.so young. You have to concentrate, don't you? Yes, you do, or xou
:21:32. > :21:33.so young. You have to concentrate, don't you? Yes, you do, or you can
:21:34. > :21:34.forget how many you have cotnted! don't you? Yes, you do, or xou can
:21:35. > :21:34.forget how many you have counted! We forget how many you have counted! We
:21:35. > :21:37.had to wait a few days to hdar forget how many you have cotnted! We
:21:38. > :21:38.had to wait a few days to hear the had to wait a few days to hear the
:21:39. > :21:41.result but it was surprisingly good news. Despite the flood, 86,000
:21:42. > :21:46.snake's head fritillaries were counted at Iffley. And that's the
:21:47. > :21:52.highest total ever. And there's more. At the Rural Life Centre near
:21:53. > :21:54.Farnham, Roger found some of the strange tools used in the p`st and
:21:55. > :21:55.strange tools used in the past and he's been challenging us to guess
:21:56. > :21:59.what they are. Last week's item what they are. Last week's item
:22:00. > :22:09.looked a lot like a carpenter's rasp...but it wasn't. Here's Roger
:22:10. > :22:14.to reveal the answer. Hearings last week's object. A wooden handle and a
:22:15. > :22:23.metal plate. It was used by bakers for scraping of burnt bits of bread.
:22:24. > :22:25.Here is this week's object. An odd looking bottle with a couple of
:22:26. > :22:30.looking bottle with a coupld of holes in it. It is probably not what
:22:31. > :22:32.you think it is. Have a guess on our Facebook page and we will tdll
:22:33. > :22:34.you think it is. Have a guess on our Facebook page and we will tell you
:22:35. > :22:41.the answer next week. I was thinking of something else. A bank holiday
:22:42. > :22:49.looming, what is the weather? Today, we have had some hefty showers and a
:22:50. > :22:53.lot of rain around. A beautiful picture of a swan guarding the nest
:22:54. > :22:56.at Mill Stream in Christchurch. Paul even captured the raindrops falling
:22:57. > :22:59.in that shot. More raindrops hanging from these blubells in Abingdon.
:23:00. > :23:04.Thanks to Becca Collacott for that one. Some hefty showers to be had in
:23:05. > :23:08.the next hour or so and we have a yellow weather warning in place,
:23:09. > :23:15.valid in 8pm. We will see those showers gradually fading, so by 9pm,
:23:16. > :23:17.much of the region will become dry with a couple of spots of rain
:23:18. > :23:17.much of the region will become dry with a couple of spots of r`in here
:23:18. > :23:23.with a couple of spots of rain here and there. On the radar, yot can see
:23:24. > :23:27.the heavy bursts earlier today. Here is the pocket where we have one or
:23:28. > :23:31.two heavy downpours to be h`d. They are easing away through the evening
:23:32. > :23:32.and it will become drier. A cloudy night with hill fog and temperatures
:23:33. > :23:38.falling to seven or eight degrees. A falling to seven or eight degrees. A
:23:39. > :23:43.mild night with a few spots of rain. A murky start as we go into Friday.
:23:44. > :23:47.Yes, a gloomy one first thing and we could still see a little bit of web
:23:48. > :23:49.weather, so perhaps some wet weather appearing for eastern parts. `` wet
:23:50. > :23:57.weather. Elsewhere, a dry phcture. weather. Elsewhere, a dry phcture.
:23:58. > :23:59.Temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees. Gradually, into the evening, the
:24:00. > :24:01.cloud will thin and break, `nd cloud will thin and break, and
:24:02. > :24:06.eventually clear away. Stayhng dry eventually clear away. Stayhng dry
:24:07. > :24:10.through tomorrow night but with clear skies we are expecting
:24:11. > :24:16.widespread frost. Temperatures of three or four in the towns and
:24:17. > :24:20.cities, and cooler in rural spots, at `1 or `2. A chilly start to the
:24:21. > :24:24.bank holiday weekend but we have high pressure in charge. Some
:24:25. > :24:24.bank holiday weekend but we have high pressure in charge. Sole good
:24:25. > :24:25.high pressure in charge. Some good dry sunny conditions to comd
:24:26. > :24:27.high pressure in charge. Sole good dry sunny conditions to come through
:24:28. > :24:38.Saturday and indeed, through much of the weekend which Saturday, a decent
:24:39. > :24:43.day with some lovely sunny skies. Warming up as well. Hazy sunshine
:24:44. > :24:44.with highs of 13 or 14 degrees. Temperatures gradually inchhng up
:24:45. > :24:49.Temperatures gradually inching up with a bank holiday weekend. Sunday
:24:50. > :24:54.looks to be another dry day predominantly with some sunny spells
:24:55. > :25:02.on offer. Temperatures are running once more on Monday and some warm,
:25:03. > :25:05.sunny spells as well. `` rising once more. He was a taster of Monday's
:25:06. > :25:16.more. He was a taster of Monday s show. Join me as I revisit brief
:25:17. > :25:22.Encounter, 70 years on. A tremendous film and we will enjoy seeing that
:25:23. > :25:52.tomorrow. Thank you for watching this evening. Bye`bye. Goodbye.
:25:53. > :25:55.'The last two generations have been robbed of an opportunity
:25:56. > :25:59.'And yet it has greater impact on our everyday lives than anything
:26:00. > :26:03.'We need to put this issue to bed now,
:26:04. > :26:05.'and not leave it for another generation.'
:26:06. > :26:23.I want a Britain that is free to control its own destiny.
:26:24. > :26:27.'another three million people in Britain by 2020.
:26:28. > :26:29.'Our public services are already stretched.
:26:30. > :26:33.'The pressure on schools, housing, hospitals in huge.'
:26:34. > :26:38.While we stay in the EU, we cannot control who comes into our county.