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Hello. Good evening. I'm Dani Sinha. One it's time for

Hello. Good evening. I'm Dani Sinha. As you may have just seen on the

national news, a Southampton based yacht has gone missing in the North

Atlantic. Two of its crew were from our region. James Ingham has been

following the story. James what do we know so far? Well the Cheeki

Rafiki is a 40ft racing yacht that a four man crew was bringing back from

the Caribbean to Southampton. After reporting on Thursday that they were

taking on water, radio contact was then lost on Friday. An air and sea

search was immediately launched by the US Coastguard. With three

aircraft and three merchant vessels deployed to the area that's 1000

miles east of Cape Cod. An upturned hull was spotted but there was no

obvious sign of the men or a life raft. But a Royal Yachting

Association instructor who's in close contact with the company that

owns the boat, told me there's still a chance that the men may be found.

There is still hope. They could well have an opportunity to deploy a

liferaft. The evidence of the search and rescue situation was there was a

locator beacon activated which lasted for four or five hours. When

that ran out, there was a second activated. So there were at least

two people together activating these things. There is always hope.

Although they have found this vessel which is most likely the relevant

vessel they have not been able to get a craft down to look at it so

there are still a lots of unanswered questions. But it's not clear how

this will be resolved as after covering more than 4000 miles, the

search was called off early this morning, which the families of the

men say is devastating. Relatives and friends say they gave up too

early. Do we know more about the crew? Yes, it was made up of four

men. 23`year`old James Male from Southampton and 21`year`old Andrew

Bridge from Farnham in Surrey were voluntarily crewing the boat. Two

other men are from Somerset. They were all described as very

experienced offshore yachtsmen. Losing a baby is one of the hardest

things for parents to cope with. This weekend has seen a special

service take place at Winchester Cathedral for anyone who's lost a

baby, The Saying Goodbye Services were the idea of a couple who lost

five babies. Each candle ` a symbol of a baby lost but never forgotten.

Fittingly names as 'Saying Goodbye Service', parents were able to

remember the life cut short in the comfort of others around them

understand their grief. We spoke to one mother from Southampton who lost

her baby when she was just 18 weeks pregnant. I felt you know, I met

people who have been through the same experience as me and I think

without the support of saying goodbye, I would still feel quite

alone. But you know you have the support there and it is the sort of

subject nobody talks about. Nobody mentions they have lost a baby. The

services are designed to help parents, male and female, young and

old. Run by the Mariposa Trust, this is one of 25 gatherings taking place

up and down the country. Open to all faiths, these acts of rememberence

are free to attend and feature poetry and music. They were the

creation of Andy and his wife Zoe after they suffered the lost of five

babies. The services help by people being able to come along, there are

acts of rememberence. Things like lighting candles and ringing bells,

which almost give a voice to a child they sometimes have never seen or

lost in early years. So it is an important part in helping them

through the grieving process. MUSIC PLAYS. It's hoped not ignoring that

lost will give people a sense of peace in their own lives. MUSIC

PLAYS. An animal rights campaigner from

Oxford is calling for the law to be changed to protect the rights of

crabs and lobsters. Paul Tutt has raised concerns about the way live

lobsters are sold in markets in Oxfordshire. Experts say there's a

general lack of public awareness about how to treat them. But this

company in the city says its spent thousands of pounds on equipment to

ensure lobsters are treated humanely. If these were kittens who

are being boiled alive or cut up alive or shoved in freezers, there

would be huge outcry. But I suppose we tend to identify with other

mammals and therefore somehow, this issue has been hidden away. I think

there should be legislation of which there is currently not a great deal.

But as I say, we are ahead of what the minimum is expected, we are

ahead of that so I know we are doing everything we can. We've have

invested heavily to make sure we can do that.Wonderful weather this

weekend, let's see what the week ahead holds in store. Wonderful

weather this weekend. Here's Emily Wood.

Good evening. After all of the fine weather this weekend, we will see a

gradual change for the weak get head to slightly more unsettled

conditions. Low pressure is going to take charge of the weather.

conditions. Low pressure is going to take charge of the We will still

have some warm sunshine tomorrow, it is fine to end the day today too.

Overnight we will see more cloud, possibly one or two more showers but

it will remain mild overnight with minimum temperatures of 13`15

Celsius. First thing tomorrow, we will see more cloud with us, there

will still be some spells of sunshine and it will still be quite

warm but the chance of an isolated shower out to the West tomorrow.

Most places will remain dry and sunny with temperatures 22`23

Celsius. From Tuesday onwards, we will see a scattering of showers,

some sunshine still but not as warm. Goodbye for now.

That's all from us for now. More on the BBC News website. We're back

later at a twenty past ten. Until then, have a lovely evening. Bye for

now. St James Park and Sheffield both hit

25 Celsius this afternoon. That gives us our warmest day in nearly

nine months, since 5th September 2013. It goes without saying that it

is going to be a warm night. Look out for some showers clipping into

eastern Scotland. Some of those could be heavy. Still some patchy

rain for western Scotland. More persistent rain returning to

Northern Ireland by the end of the night. Showers across Mid and North

Wales. Temperatures no lower than 13 degrees. We start Monday on a much

more positive footing across western Scotland. Much drier than it has

been through the weekend. Showers in the North East. Showers around for

Northern Ireland. Brighter spells possible, too. Showers during the

first part of the day for North Wales. One or two briefly glancing

across the North West of England