:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. this evening. It is
:00:10. > :00:11.Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. It's been described as a
:00:12. > :00:15."political earthquake". The UK Independence Party romped
:00:16. > :00:18.home in the European elections, getting almost one in every three
:00:19. > :00:21.votes cast in the South. But the Liberal Democrats
:00:22. > :00:24.are starting an inquest. In the South East,
:00:25. > :00:27.UKIP doubled their seats to four. The Conservatives have thred,
:00:28. > :00:31.with Labour and the Greens holding onto their single seats.
:00:32. > :00:34.The region now has the only Lib Dem MEP in England.
:00:35. > :00:38.In the South West, UKIP still have two MEPs, while
:00:39. > :00:41.the Conservatives slipped b`ck one. Labour made a return `
:00:42. > :00:41.while the Greens got their first MEP in the region.
:00:42. > :00:57.Here's Ben Moore. Where there is victory, there must
:00:58. > :01:03.also be defeat, and what a fall for the Lib Dems, once the South was a
:01:04. > :01:13.real stronghold but last night they lost an MEP of 20 years standing.
:01:14. > :01:20.The junior partner almost `` always suffers the most.
:01:21. > :01:25.The party lost ten MEPs. More than 250 Lib Dems have now signed a
:01:26. > :01:30.letter calling for Nick Clegg to go. One of the most important jobs is to
:01:31. > :01:34.be the voice of that party hn a General Election, and if people are
:01:35. > :01:38.not prepared to listen, you have a problem.
:01:39. > :01:44.Nick Clegg said he will not lose his nerve, but he has `` that hd has
:01:45. > :01:51.support from the person who is now the region's only MEP. Let ts stick
:01:52. > :01:55.with him, we have a lot of work now to do before `` before the General
:01:56. > :02:00.Election. In the South West UKIP got 040, 00
:02:01. > :02:05.more votes, but no more than the two seats they already had. It was the
:02:06. > :02:11.Greens who won for the first time in the region. I have been in the party
:02:12. > :02:15.for 25 years and lost many elections, so it is wonderftl to
:02:16. > :02:22.have won an election. Labour's vote was also up. They took
:02:23. > :02:27.two seats across the South, now the focus is on target seats for the
:02:28. > :02:31.General Election. Labour's lade quite old promises around housing
:02:32. > :02:35.for example, around childcare and healing again with unstable work,
:02:36. > :02:40.and when we talk to people `bout those issues they turned out and
:02:41. > :02:43.voted for us. 8 million votes were cashed in the
:02:44. > :02:50.South East, it was a job cotnting them. But there is little doubt what
:02:51. > :02:55.the big winners were. It says we are connecting, that UKIP
:02:56. > :02:59.is the party that is standing up and saying what many people think but
:03:00. > :03:04.are afraid to voice. And as the picture became ptrple,
:03:05. > :03:11.some Conservatives urged a pact This is much bigger than thd colour
:03:12. > :03:14.of the reset. It is about it we trust the British people to decide
:03:15. > :03:19.whether they want to live in an independent country or a province of
:03:20. > :03:24.Europe? It is now clear this latest at all over Europe has cert`inly
:03:25. > :03:30.been won by those who are ott rather than in.
:03:31. > :03:34.Our Political Editor Peter Henley is with me now.
:03:35. > :03:37.Plenty of drama last night ` and what can you tell from the detailed
:03:38. > :03:39.figures about how the polithcal landscape of the South has changed?
:03:40. > :03:46.On the Isle of Wight there was the largest surge in their vote, up from
:03:47. > :03:55.22% in the last election to 41% and in Sussex, you are looking `t a 42%
:03:56. > :03:57.vote for UKIP, an area affected by migrant workers looking for low paid
:03:58. > :04:01.jobs. Where their local factors? Ht was
:04:02. > :04:11.disillusioned with Westminster politics. People feel neglected
:04:12. > :04:15.Labour probably would have hoped to have picked up more protest votes,
:04:16. > :04:22.they will be heartened in t`rget areas. The Greens also made
:04:23. > :04:27.progress. But this is a votd against the political establishment. The Lib
:04:28. > :04:35.Dems still `` still being ptnished for their part in Government. And
:04:36. > :04:39.the Conservatives will be pleased that in their heartland are`s,
:04:40. > :04:42.places like Winchester and working, their vote held up. Eurosceptics did
:04:43. > :04:49.seem to split the vote. landscape of the South has changed?
:04:50. > :04:51.World Heritage status could be withdrawn from the Jurassic Coast
:04:52. > :04:54.in Dorset if a proposed wind farm goes ahead.
:04:55. > :04:57.UNESCO has written to the government about the Navitus Bay project.
:04:58. > :04:59.It says the turbines would have an adverse impact
:05:00. > :05:02.on important views from Dorset across to the Isle of Wight.
:05:03. > :05:03.Caroline Richardson has been following this story
:05:04. > :05:06.and joins me now. Quite a strongly worded letter,
:05:07. > :05:09.then? Yes, UNESCO, a branch of thd United
:05:10. > :05:12.Nations, awards World Herit`ge status to cultural and natural sites
:05:13. > :05:16.and the Jurassic Coast is the only natural heritage site in England.
:05:17. > :05:19.UNESCO commissioned its own impact study, and is very
:05:20. > :05:25.concerned that the 194 proposed turbines will dominate the view from
:05:26. > :05:44.Dorset across to the Isle of Wight. It says...
:05:45. > :05:47.This intervention has been welcomed by campaigners who want the Navitus
:05:48. > :06:00.scheme stopped. This is a really strong stance
:06:01. > :06:06.against this wind farm, it hs almost unprecedented. Of course we are
:06:07. > :06:10.delighted, we have been sayhng all along this giant wind farm hs too
:06:11. > :06:15.close, to bake and in the wrong place.
:06:16. > :06:17.scheme stopped. Navitus also commissioned ilpact
:06:18. > :06:20.studies, and the government wrote to UNESCO in February saying that
:06:21. > :06:23.the impact was minimal. The plans were officially stbmitted
:06:24. > :06:26.a month ago, along with clahms that the wind farm would contribtte 1.6
:06:27. > :06:28.billion to the economy over 25 years and would generate power
:06:29. > :06:30.for up to 700,000 homes. It's now in the hands
:06:31. > :06:39.of the government's planning inspectorate to decide.
:06:40. > :06:42.A free festival celebrating all things on wheels has brought more
:06:43. > :06:46.than half a million visitors to Bournemouth over the long wdekend.
:06:47. > :06:48.The plan is for it to be an annual event ` and a boost to the dconomy.
:06:49. > :06:57.Georgina Windsor reports. It has brought visitors, from
:06:58. > :07:01.monster trucks to pedal powdr. It witnessed the first ever
:07:02. > :07:11.motorcycle jump over Bournelouth Pier. Dan Whitby delighted
:07:12. > :07:15.spectators. This is MR, one of only two women in the world performing
:07:16. > :07:18.these stunts. The crowd has been huge. Bubble blew the biggest I have
:07:19. > :07:26.seen. It is the first time such an event
:07:27. > :07:32.has been hosted here. Over ?9 million, that is in its first year,
:07:33. > :07:36.so the signs for the future are that this will be one of the signature
:07:37. > :07:42.events for Bournemouth. If it has a feel, it is somdwhere
:07:43. > :07:46.here. This sort of thing is perfect. Sunny Bournemouth, you couldn't wish
:07:47. > :07:55.for more. We thought the monster trucks would be good. Anythhng with
:07:56. > :07:59.wheels, really. I am not re`lly into the engine side of things, the
:08:00. > :08:04.cycling, the BMX riders, thd stunt things.
:08:05. > :08:08.The council says the festiv`l is a unique event, and there is no free
:08:09. > :08:25.event like it in the world. And they will be back next xear
:08:26. > :08:29.Very good evening. Tomorrow should see some improvement compardd to the
:08:30. > :08:33.wet conditions many of you have been experiencing today. As we hdad on to
:08:34. > :08:38.this evening, there are further outbreaks of rain lingering across
:08:39. > :08:44.many of our districts. Gradtally becoming less of an issue. But
:08:45. > :08:50.always the chance of some moderately heavy bursts. Temperatures for all
:08:51. > :08:54.of us should be safely around ten or 11 Celsius as the night continues.
:08:55. > :08:58.As we head through into tomorrow there will generally be less in the
:08:59. > :09:02.way of showers or outbreaks of rain around, so many areas with `
:09:03. > :09:08.fighting chance of largely dry conditions, albeit with a f`ir
:09:09. > :09:11.amount of cloud around. We will see some brightest bells inside the
:09:12. > :09:19.bands of showers, but always in competition with a fair amotnt of
:09:20. > :09:26.cloud. `` brighter spells. Temperatures tomorrow will be up on
:09:27. > :09:34.today's values, but for manx of you you could be quite a few Celsius up.
:09:35. > :09:40.Around 15, 16 should be fairly safely on the cards.
:09:41. > :09:45.The outlook is unsettled, btt it will be `` there will be drher
:09:46. > :09:53.interludes. Always the thre`t of further cloud as well.
:09:54. > :09:54.That's all from us. We will be back at 10:30 p.m..
:09:55. > :10:13.Good night. Good evening. If I were to conduct a
:10:14. > :10:18.straw poll about the weather events today, I suspect we would get a
:10:19. > :10:24.split decision. There were significant differences around, we
:10:25. > :10:27.have sunshine and some warmth, but also this cloud and rain coming up
:10:28. > :10:28.through the Channel into the north of