:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening, I'm Jo Kent. People in on bids the BBC News
:00:12. > :00:13.Good evening, I'm Jo Kent. People in villages on the
:00:14. > :00:16.Berkshire`Oxfordshire border have spent a second day unable to use tap
:00:17. > :00:21.water after a strange smell was reported in supplies. More than
:00:22. > :00:25.1,000 properties have been affected around Pangbourne and Streatley.
:00:26. > :00:29.Thames Water has been giving out bottled water while it's engineers
:00:30. > :00:45.try to resolve the issue caused by a newly repaired water pipe.
:00:46. > :00:50.For most households, bottled water have been a lifeline, but when you
:00:51. > :00:56.have horses, you need help on a bigger scale. The tankers coming in
:00:57. > :01:03.are great. They have dropped of eight tonne of water for us, so that
:01:04. > :01:08.should do. White macro as they affect collected their supplies,
:01:09. > :01:14.people were hoping the inconvenience would be short lived. You just have
:01:15. > :01:19.to get on with it, don't you? It is just one of those things. You don't
:01:20. > :01:24.realise how easy it is to turn on a tap and do what you want to do. It
:01:25. > :01:32.is an inconvenience, but it could be worse. Thames Water have apologised
:01:33. > :01:38.to customers after chemical vapours got into the supply. We have flushed
:01:39. > :01:44.out the pipes and taken samples. As soon as we get the all clear, we
:01:45. > :01:50.will let our customers know the water is safe to drink. Thames water
:01:51. > :01:56.Sebi potential health risk is minimal, but until it is eliminated,
:01:57. > :01:59.precautions need to stay in place. 12 canoeists had to be rescued this
:02:00. > :02:02.afternoon after getting into trouble off the Dorset coast. Coastguards
:02:03. > :02:05.were called to help them off Old Harry Rocks at Swanage at half past
:02:06. > :02:08.three. Some of the boats were swamped after the group found
:02:09. > :02:11.themselves going against the wind and tide. They were rescued by two
:02:12. > :02:13.lifeboats from Swanage. No`one was hurt.
:02:14. > :02:16.Trade unionists have been on the march in the centre of Portsmouth.
:02:17. > :02:19.Around 100 people from various unions gathered to protest about
:02:20. > :02:23.cuts and changes to public sector pay and conditions. Unions
:02:24. > :02:27.traditionally mark May Day as a day of solidarity among workers.
:02:28. > :02:29.Portsmouth has seen the loss of 1,000 jobs following the decision to
:02:30. > :02:34.end defence shipbuilding in the city.
:02:35. > :02:38.On to football, and an agonising afternoon for Reading fans and
:02:39. > :02:41.players. A 2`2 draw at home to Burnley wasn't enough to put them
:02:42. > :02:44.into the Championship play`offs. Brighton's win at Nottingham Forest
:02:45. > :02:50.means it's they and not the Royals who will play Derby for a place at
:02:51. > :02:53.Wembley on Thursday. A dramatic afternoon started well
:02:54. > :02:58.for Reading who took the lead with a Burnley own goal. The visitors hit
:02:59. > :03:04.back quickly ` Danny Ings's goal gave Burnley the lead just 12
:03:05. > :03:06.minutes later. But with this mistake by Brighton's goalkeeper Thomas
:03:07. > :03:59.Kusczak putting them Town finished eighth and tenth
:04:00. > :04:03.respectively, though both ended their season with home defeats.
:04:04. > :04:05.In Division Two, Oxford's defeat at Northampton left them eighth as the