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Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. this evening. It is

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Good evening, I'm Geraldine Peers. It's been described as a

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"political earthquake". The UK Independence Party romped

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home in the European elections, getting almost one in every three

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votes cast in the South. But the Liberal Democrats

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are starting an inquest. In the South East,

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UKIP doubled their seats to four. The Conservatives have thred,

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with Labour and the Greens holding onto their single seats.

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The region now has the only Lib Dem MEP in England.

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In the South West, UKIP still have two MEPs, while

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the Conservatives slipped b`ck one. Labour made a return `

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while the Greens got their first MEP in the region.

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Here's Ben Moore. Where there is victory, there must

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also be defeat, and what a fall for the Lib Dems, once the South was a

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real stronghold but last night they lost an MEP of 20 years standing.

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The junior partner almost `` always suffers the most.

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The party lost ten MEPs. More than 250 Lib Dems have now signed a

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letter calling for Nick Clegg to go. One of the most important jobs is to

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be the voice of that party hn a General Election, and if people are

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not prepared to listen, you have a problem.

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Nick Clegg said he will not lose his nerve, but he has `` that hd has

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support from the person who is now the region's only MEP. Let ts stick

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with him, we have a lot of work now to do before `` before the General

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Election. In the South West UKIP got 040, 00

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more votes, but no more than the two seats they already had. It was the

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Greens who won for the first time in the region. I have been in the party

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for 25 years and lost many elections, so it is wonderftl to

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have won an election. Labour's vote was also up. They took

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two seats across the South, now the focus is on target seats for the

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General Election. Labour's lade quite old promises around housing

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for example, around childcare and healing again with unstable work,

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and when we talk to people `bout those issues they turned out and

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voted for us. 8 million votes were cashed in the

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South East, it was a job cotnting them. But there is little doubt what

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the big winners were. It says we are connecting, that UKIP

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is the party that is standing up and saying what many people think but

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are afraid to voice. And as the picture became ptrple,

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some Conservatives urged a pact This is much bigger than thd colour

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of the reset. It is about it we trust the British people to decide

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whether they want to live in an independent country or a province of

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Europe? It is now clear this latest at all over Europe has cert`inly

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been won by those who are ott rather than in.

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Our Political Editor Peter Henley is with me now.

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Plenty of drama last night ` and what can you tell from the detailed

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figures about how the polithcal landscape of the South has changed?

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On the Isle of Wight there was the largest surge in their vote, up from

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22% in the last election to 41% and in Sussex, you are looking `t a 42%

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vote for UKIP, an area affected by migrant workers looking for low paid

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jobs. Where their local factors? Ht was

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disillusioned with Westminster politics. People feel neglected

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Labour probably would have hoped to have picked up more protest votes,

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they will be heartened in t`rget areas. The Greens also made

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progress. But this is a votd against the political establishment. The Lib

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Dems still `` still being ptnished for their part in Government. And

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the Conservatives will be pleased that in their heartland are`s,

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places like Winchester and working, their vote held up. Eurosceptics did

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seem to split the vote. landscape of the South has changed?

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World Heritage status could be withdrawn from the Jurassic Coast

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in Dorset if a proposed wind farm goes ahead.

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UNESCO has written to the government about the Navitus Bay project.

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It says the turbines would have an adverse impact

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on important views from Dorset across to the Isle of Wight.

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Caroline Richardson has been following this story

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and joins me now. Quite a strongly worded letter,

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then? Yes, UNESCO, a branch of thd United

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Nations, awards World Herit`ge status to cultural and natural sites

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and the Jurassic Coast is the only natural heritage site in England.

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UNESCO commissioned its own impact study, and is very

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concerned that the 194 proposed turbines will dominate the view from

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Dorset across to the Isle of Wight. It says...

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This intervention has been welcomed by campaigners who want the Navitus

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scheme stopped. This is a really strong stance

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against this wind farm, it hs almost unprecedented. Of course we are

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delighted, we have been sayhng all along this giant wind farm hs too

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close, to bake and in the wrong place.

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scheme stopped. Navitus also commissioned ilpact

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studies, and the government wrote to UNESCO in February saying that

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the impact was minimal. The plans were officially stbmitted

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a month ago, along with clahms that the wind farm would contribtte 1.6

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billion to the economy over 25 years and would generate power

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for up to 700,000 homes. It's now in the hands

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of the government's planning inspectorate to decide.

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A free festival celebrating all things on wheels has brought more

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than half a million visitors to Bournemouth over the long wdekend.

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The plan is for it to be an annual event ` and a boost to the dconomy.

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Georgina Windsor reports. It has brought visitors, from

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monster trucks to pedal powdr. It witnessed the first ever

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motorcycle jump over Bournelouth Pier. Dan Whitby delighted

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spectators. This is MR, one of only two women in the world performing

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these stunts. The crowd has been huge. Bubble blew the biggest I have

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seen. It is the first time such an event

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has been hosted here. Over ?9 million, that is in its first year,

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so the signs for the future are that this will be one of the signature

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events for Bournemouth. If it has a feel, it is somdwhere

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here. This sort of thing is perfect. Sunny Bournemouth, you couldn't wish

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for more. We thought the monster trucks would be good. Anythhng with

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wheels, really. I am not re`lly into the engine side of things, the

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cycling, the BMX riders, thd stunt things.

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The council says the festiv`l is a unique event, and there is no free

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event like it in the world. And they will be back next xear

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Very good evening. Tomorrow should see some improvement compardd to the

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wet conditions many of you have been experiencing today. As we hdad on to

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this evening, there are further outbreaks of rain lingering across

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many of our districts. Gradtally becoming less of an issue. But

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always the chance of some moderately heavy bursts. Temperatures for all

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of us should be safely around ten or 11 Celsius as the night continues.

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As we head through into tomorrow there will generally be less in the

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way of showers or outbreaks of rain around, so many areas with `

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fighting chance of largely dry conditions, albeit with a f`ir

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amount of cloud around. We will see some brightest bells inside the

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bands of showers, but always in competition with a fair amotnt of

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cloud. `` brighter spells. Temperatures tomorrow will be up on

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today's values, but for manx of you you could be quite a few Celsius up.

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Around 15, 16 should be fairly safely on the cards.

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The outlook is unsettled, btt it will be `` there will be drher

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interludes. Always the thre`t of further cloud as well.

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That's all from us. We will be back at 10:30 p.m..

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Good night. Good evening. If I were to conduct a

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straw poll about the weather events today, I suspect we would get a

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split decision. There were significant differences around, we

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have sunshine and some warmth, but also this cloud and rain coming up

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through the Channel into the north of

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