:00:00. > 3:59:59start to the weekend, some sunshine filtering through. By Monday feeling
:00:00. > :00:27.warm for If you have ever been of road, that
:00:28. > :00:30.is what it feels like. You are on a dirt track.
:00:31. > :00:32.New flats being snapped up by overseas investors, just one
:00:33. > :00:40.of the factors keeping first time buyers off the housing ladder.
:00:41. > :00:43.A ?100,000 deposit to put down so we didn't know where we were going
:00:44. > :00:46.wrong. Marking a moment in history ` the
:00:47. > :00:49.marines raising money for charity And Harry Redknapp signs
:00:50. > :00:53.for Bournemouth ` not Harry senior, Local authorities in the south are
:00:54. > :01:09.struggling to cope with a huge surge in claims from drivers for
:01:10. > :01:13.damage to cars caused by potholes. The extremely wet winter has left
:01:14. > :01:16.roads across And today was the last opportunity
:01:17. > :01:23.for councils to apply to central government for extra cash to help
:01:24. > :01:26.deal with the problem. Looking at Hampshire specifically `
:01:27. > :01:30.our largest local authority area ` the figures for pothole claims have
:01:31. > :01:35.shot up in the past three years. They've risen from just more than
:01:36. > :01:39.400 in 2011`2012, And almost 1000 more complaints `
:01:40. > :01:47.just under 1700 ` Our transport correspondent Paul
:01:48. > :01:52.Clifton has been finding out just how big a problem it is, and talking
:01:53. > :02:01.to some of those most affected. There are 80 repair teams like this
:02:02. > :02:10.in Hampshire, up from 50 a year ago. But this is just patching over
:02:11. > :02:16.the problem. The councils found that 300 sites
:02:17. > :02:21.where extensive repair is needed. The price tag is ?36 million
:02:22. > :02:25.and rising. Potholes are
:02:26. > :02:28.a particular problem for cyclists. This cycling club reckons
:02:29. > :02:31.there are more potholes At this site the riders pause
:02:32. > :02:39.for breath and beer. When we are cycling
:02:40. > :02:43.as a group it is only the people at the front who can see the potholes
:02:44. > :02:46.and everyone else depends on them. In a bad case you can come
:02:47. > :02:51.off your bike and damage yourself. You hope you don't get tipped
:02:52. > :02:54.off into traffic. If you hit it really hard
:02:55. > :02:59.that is when you can buckle. In Basingstoke taxi driver
:03:00. > :03:01.Simon O'Connor tries to avoid the most badly damaged roads
:03:02. > :03:06.like this one near a hospital. That can make journeys longer
:03:07. > :03:12.and taxis are obliged to choose the shortest route, otherwise
:03:13. > :03:15.customers have to pay more. If you have ever been off road like
:03:16. > :03:25.I have, that is what it feels like. A survey last month found that
:03:26. > :03:31.pothole repairs in the South were running at one third behind
:03:32. > :03:36.the average for England and Wales. In fact, the asphalt industry
:03:37. > :03:42.believes that it will take 24 years In terms of claims that have been
:03:43. > :03:52.made against us it is something like 1600, where as
:03:53. > :03:56.in a normal year it would be maybe We still don't know the extent
:03:57. > :04:07.of the damage, per instance to The infrastructure has taken
:04:08. > :04:10.a real pounding. Despite a winter without snow it
:04:11. > :04:13.appears the flooding has made Even with greater council teams
:04:14. > :04:17.at work. A 23`year`old man from Surrey has
:04:18. > :04:20.been sentenced to life imprisonment Joshua Ellis from Guildford was
:04:21. > :04:24.found guilty of murdering 54`year`old Neil Tulley at the
:04:25. > :04:29.family's home in August last year. The victim had been stabbed
:04:30. > :04:32.more than 60 times. Ellis will serve a minimum
:04:33. > :04:35.of 14 years. At a previous hearing
:04:36. > :04:38.his brother Jerome Ellis, who's 14, was found guilty of manslaughter and
:04:39. > :04:57.sentenced to six years in prison. Nations are together for the missing
:04:58. > :05:00.yacht after a week is lost contact. Relatives are hopeful with the US
:05:01. > :05:03.Coast Guard they can soon be reunited with their loved ones,
:05:04. > :05:12.while civilian crews are joining the mission. An international search for
:05:13. > :05:17.the missing yachtsman. Coastguard control in Boston and the will
:05:18. > :05:21.cruising club, both sides of the Atlantic scarring the ocean. The
:05:22. > :05:27.yacht which is based in Southampton was sailing back to the UK from
:05:28. > :05:35.Antigua. It started taken water a week ago, 1000 miles from Cape Cod.
:05:36. > :05:45.For birds have diverted for the miles north `` for boats. Their
:05:46. > :05:47.movements are being coordinated and tracked. It is the rule of the see
:05:48. > :07:37.you go to assist Mariners. We Up until now,
:07:38. > :07:39.overseas speculators have largely But the hunt for sites to invest in,
:07:40. > :07:43.further afield, looks set to risk local first time
:07:44. > :07:46.buyers being priced out of the Months off completion
:07:47. > :07:50.and already this block of flats is The boss of the firm tasked with
:07:51. > :07:55.selling them someone says they are the first sold en masse to
:07:56. > :07:58.an overseas investor, a sign Reading We have seen it with
:07:59. > :08:02.the block behind. We are attracting investors
:08:03. > :08:07.on a wider field.