:00:00. > :00:14.in advance of the general election. That is all
:00:15. > :03:49.Let's join our Political Editor Peter Henley who's at Westminster.
:03:50. > :03:53.Many people have criticised this as a lack of democracy in those changes
:03:54. > :04:07.over fracking. In other areas the government has announced changes.
:04:08. > :04:08.The right of recall. Some doubt aspect of it but it is a step
:04:09. > :04:13.forward for democracy. All the ceremonial around the State
:04:14. > :04:16.opening reminds us that it is the representatives
:04:17. > :04:19.of the people who have the final say in our country, not a president,
:04:20. > :04:22.the army or even the Queen, Penny Mordaunt, MP for Portsmouth,
:04:23. > :04:29.made a speech today that will last long in the memory, talking of
:04:30. > :04:32.sacrifice of the people of the city She was chosen to make what's called
:04:33. > :04:38.the Loyal Address ` first speech of the new Parliamentary term ` and
:04:39. > :04:41.took the chance to praise the skills of Portsmouth and her pride in the
:04:42. > :04:45.new aircraft carrier that the Queen will name Queen
:04:46. > :04:49.Elizabeth next month. It is because of the skill and
:04:50. > :04:52.dedication of the men and women who built the that ship that this marks
:04:53. > :04:54.the beginning of a new chapter for Portsmouth shipyard, ?1 billion of
:04:55. > :04:56.investment, assisted area status, and a maritime task force, the
:04:57. > :05:01.defence growth partnership and our very own minister enabling us to
:05:02. > :05:07.transform Portsmouth and the Solent entered a maritime art of the UK.
:05:08. > :05:12.For the first time ever two women gave the opening speeches, and
:05:13. > :05:16.netbook from Dorset, a Liberal Democrat, something that was not
:05:17. > :05:21.lost on the Prime Minister. Looking back at MPs who have represented
:05:22. > :05:27.Dorset constituency is females are kids because by their absence. There
:05:28. > :05:30.was Baroness Madoc who had a spectacular by`election victory in
:05:31. > :05:33.Christchurch. I have looked very carefully at all of the things that
:05:34. > :05:38.she has championed. She failed to mention that she is a leading voice
:05:39. > :05:41.in the campaign for the protection of Endangered Species Act work that
:05:42. > :05:54.has taken on new significance in recent weeks.
:05:55. > :05:57.The former head of MI6 was among those paying
:05:58. > :06:00.his respects today to the last of the Bletchley Park code breakers.
:06:01. > :06:05.at a memorial service for Jerry Roberts from Liphook in Hampshire
:06:06. > :06:11.Captain Roberts had been on the team that had cracked encrypted messages
:06:12. > :06:21.In a week of wartime memories this was a chance to remember one of the
:06:22. > :06:25.backroom boys. I would like to express sincere gratitude for
:06:26. > :06:29.everyone who has come today to pay their last respects to daddy. Jerry
:06:30. > :06:34.Campbell touch the lives of more than friends and family. A German
:06:35. > :06:40.linguist, it helped to crack the most secret of the codes used by the
:06:41. > :06:58.third Reich, intended to keep private conversations between Hitler
:06:59. > :07:01.and his generals. So secret was his role in bringing about Germany's
:07:02. > :07:09.defeat, not even closest family could know. He was incredibly
:07:10. > :07:13.discreet. Very low profile. If anybody could do that sort of thing,
:07:14. > :07:17.he certainly could. But what is train, a? Trafalgar Square
:07:18. > :07:22.commemorate one of Britain's most famous military leaders, but the man
:07:23. > :07:30.that people were remembered today, captain Jerry Campbell `` Jerry
:07:31. > :07:33.Roberts and a team he worked with, probably did more to clinch a
:07:34. > :07:39.British military victory than any other general or Admiral. I don't
:07:40. > :07:43.think there has been such an achievement by intelligence
:07:44. > :07:48.operations as happened at that time. When the veil of secrecy was lifted
:07:49. > :07:51.he campaigned tirelessly that others might get proper credit. Today it
:07:52. > :07:56.was his turn to be remembered for his wartime role.
:07:57. > :07:58.Detectives investigating the murder of Dorset nurse Rui Lee
:07:59. > :08:00.are continuing to question three women on suspicion
:08:01. > :08:04.Ms Lee's body was found inside the boot of a car
:08:05. > :08:08.The women aged 65, 28 and 25, were arrested yesterday.
:08:09. > :08:11.Ms Lee's husband, Pierre Legris, was remanded in custody after
:08:12. > :08:16.appearing at Winchester Crown Court today, charged with her murder.
:08:17. > :08:19.A seafront restaurant that was wrecked in a storm on Valentine's
:08:20. > :08:24.The Marine at Milford on Sea had to be evacuated by the
:08:25. > :08:27.Army when the storm sent shingle smashing into windows and sea water
:08:28. > :08:43.Rescued at midnight, 30 people whose romantic Valentines night dinner was
:08:44. > :08:47.shattered by one of the worst storms ever seen on the Hampshire coast.
:08:48. > :08:53.They had been sheltering in a back room at The Marine before they
:08:54. > :08:57.managed to escape. Four months on and almost every pane of glass has
:08:58. > :09:02.been replaced. The flaw has had to be totally replaced on the ground
:09:03. > :09:06.floor. The project has cost ?100,000 and they are still doing the
:09:07. > :09:10.finishing touches. They hope to reopen fully on Friday. Some of the
:09:11. > :09:17.repair cost has been met by insurance and some by a special
:09:18. > :09:21.government flood relief scheme. That was funding from central government
:09:22. > :09:26.that was made available to businesses like ours that suffered
:09:27. > :09:32.flood damage. It was about ?5,000 but that helped to keep the wheels
:09:33. > :09:36.turning. The shattered balcony glass will soon be replaced. The
:09:37. > :09:40.restaurant is hoping to get another ?5,000 of government money towards
:09:41. > :09:44.preventing future floods. The upstairs restaurant was back in
:09:45. > :09:48.operation six weeks after the storm. This was where the Valentines diners
:09:49. > :09:52.had been sitting. It was quite surreal at the time. People said,
:09:53. > :09:56.are you frightened but you're not in that situation, you just react. It
:09:57. > :10:05.was only later that we took on board how serious it was. This weekend,
:10:06. > :10:09.The Marine will be hosting its first wedding since the storm.
:10:10. > :10:13.Still to come in this evening's South Today.
:10:14. > :10:14.It was one of the greatest achievements
:10:15. > :10:15.of the Second World War. How the Mulberry harbours
:10:16. > :10:19.played a huge part in D`Day. The A27 through Worthing is one
:10:20. > :10:24.of our most notorious bottlenecks but for the last two weeks, drivers
:10:25. > :10:28.have been amazed to find the traffic The dramatic improvement was
:10:29. > :10:32.because a set of traffic lights Motorists want them switched off for
:10:33. > :10:51.good but pedestrians say the lights Working again, but they have been
:10:52. > :10:54.out of action for a week, and now many motorists want them to be
:10:55. > :10:57.switched off for good. Footage posted online shows speeded up video
:10:58. > :11:02.from when the traffic lights were not working, and I won my we spent
:11:03. > :11:07.journey took five minutes at an average speed of 40 mph. It shows a
:11:08. > :11:11.comparable journey with the traffic lights working. It was three times
:11:12. > :11:15.longer, or almost 15 minutes at an average speed of just five miles an
:11:16. > :11:21.hour. The traffic lights are working once again so we have got some hefty
:11:22. > :11:25.traffic queues. BBC traffic presenter Stephen Cranford says that
:11:26. > :11:30.they have noticed the absence of traffic jams with the lights off. It
:11:31. > :11:33.can take 40 minutes queueing through Worthing. With the lights off that
:11:34. > :11:37.has been knocked down to ten minutes. There is a big difference.
:11:38. > :11:43.Traders say that improve journey times have helped us this. It has
:11:44. > :11:46.helped us because the flow of traffic does not get held up and it
:11:47. > :11:50.sorts itself out. And it is easier without them on. The loss of the
:11:51. > :11:56.traffic lights was bad news for pedestrians. I had to wait for five
:11:57. > :12:00.minutes because I had to rely on the traffic to stop for me. It meant
:12:01. > :12:05.that nobody knew what was going on. The cars would not let me go. It was
:12:06. > :12:11.taking forever. I was taking ten minutes to cross. Contractors were
:12:12. > :12:15.working on the lives today. The highways agency says that they are a
:12:16. > :12:17.necessary safety measure. They will monitor the operation of the traffic
:12:18. > :12:25.lights to try and improve traffic flow.
:12:26. > :12:28.Now it's 50 days until the Commonwealth Games start in Glasgow.
:12:29. > :12:32.As part of the build up, the Queen's Baton has been travelling the globe
:12:33. > :12:36.It's one of only 16 locations in England to host the relay.
:12:37. > :12:41.Let's join Ben Moore live in Southampton's Guildhall Square.
:12:42. > :12:51.It looks like a big turnout so far. Yes, the Queen's Baton arrived ten
:12:52. > :12:57.minutes ago. The attention is now on the divers, team England doing a
:12:58. > :13:03.display featuring one diver from the South. And the band seems to have
:13:04. > :13:08.hit the spot, with the people in Southampton today. A special
:13:09. > :13:13.passenger on board, the Queen's Baton visiting the Queen Elizabeth.
:13:14. > :13:17.Olympic medallist Ewan Thomas starting the relay through his home
:13:18. > :13:26.city, and where else but at the docs? What does it actually say? On
:13:27. > :13:32.July 23 it be read out the opening ceremony. The Queen's Baton has been
:13:33. > :13:36.around the world. There is only one and England as a 69th, zero
:13:37. > :13:39.territory that it has visited. One tour of the bridge and a quick
:13:40. > :13:45.doodle, and it was on the move again. A rapturous welcome from 600
:13:46. > :13:52.schoolchildren at the outdoor sports Centre. This is what the Glasgow
:13:53. > :13:56.2014 organisers want to see, the Queen's Baton really inspiring kids.
:13:57. > :14:02.I have seen the Olympic torch, it is like the same thing but it is
:14:03. > :14:07.better. She came down the hell and everyone was kind of like screaming.
:14:08. > :14:12.Southampton had six bearers for the Queen's Baton, all of them involving
:14:13. > :14:16.grass`roots sport. It is a fantastic thing about the Commonwealth Games.
:14:17. > :14:21.It recognises able`bodied sport and disability sport. Another 600
:14:22. > :14:25.children are here to play sport tomorrow. The message of the Queen's
:14:26. > :14:39.Baton has certainly hit home, here in Southampton. One lady who knows a
:14:40. > :14:44.lot about diving is Annie Clulow. What is it that you have done that
:14:45. > :14:49.has given you a deserved spot as a bearer of the Queen's Baton? I have
:14:50. > :14:52.been involved in the diving programme in Southampton and in the
:14:53. > :14:59.wider world of diving over the last 14 years. It is the dedication to
:15:00. > :15:05.what I have done and the time that I have spent volunteering that has
:15:06. > :15:10.been a huge pleasure. It must have been a real honour. It has been
:15:11. > :15:18.absolutely amazing. It is almost unreal. Lovely to talk to you. The
:15:19. > :15:22.diving continues here. Pete Waterfield is going to make a huge
:15:23. > :15:27.dive from that top border bit later. But the Queen's Baton is going to
:15:28. > :15:34.continue as to the south coast but it has enjoyed itself here in
:15:35. > :15:38.Southampton. If you want to catch up on all the colour of the day as the
:15:39. > :15:55.Queen's Baton made his way around the city, you can have a look on our
:15:56. > :16:04.website. We have heard a lot about Southampton football club and who
:16:05. > :16:07.might the next manager Dave. Back to the grassroots, it is a team that we
:16:08. > :16:09.have been following. Orchard Junior School from
:16:10. > :16:21.Dibden Purlieu fought off strong opposition from across
:16:22. > :16:24.England, to secure the silverware. And I went along to join the
:16:25. > :16:32.school's celebration this morning. This morning, these were the most
:16:33. > :16:37.shiny apples in the orchard, who have seen off the best that England
:16:38. > :16:38.had to offer. The girls from Orchard Junior School battled through the
:16:39. > :16:44.Hampshire and south`west competitions before a final stay at
:16:45. > :16:48.the Aston Villa training complex. It was amazing because a couple of
:16:49. > :16:52.years ago when I was in the team, we only managed to get to the
:16:53. > :16:58.semifinal, but this is my last year, so it wins `` it means a lot to win
:16:59. > :17:02.it. I do not want to put pressure on them to have to win it, but it is a
:17:03. > :17:06.great thing to do. When you are playing sport, you want to win,
:17:07. > :17:10.really. I am chuffed with how far they have got. Even if they had not
:17:11. > :17:17.won it would have been an even `` it had been an amazing achievement to
:17:18. > :17:22.get there. Two goals from Ella Morris helped them to a 2`1 victory
:17:23. > :17:26.and the prestigious title of champions of England. We stepped
:17:27. > :17:30.onto the pitch and they were looking confident, so be had to try and beat
:17:31. > :17:37.them and prove them wrong. It was very good to beat them. We had to
:17:38. > :17:41.defend so much. It was very tough in that last couple of minutes. The
:17:42. > :17:47.girls will leave Orchard Junior School on a high, but what about the
:17:48. > :17:51.future of coach, Mr Hastings. I have had that Southampton are looking. I
:17:52. > :17:57.will put my phone number on and they can take it from there! And what the
:17:58. > :18:02.goal that was congratulations to Ella Morris.
:18:03. > :18:05.One of the biggest T20 cricket stars in the world has touched down
:18:06. > :18:08.at Hampshire, to begin his second stint with the club.
:18:09. > :18:10.Australian Glenn Maxwell will play against Kent tomorrow,
:18:11. > :18:13.fresh from reaching the final of the multi`million dollar
:18:14. > :18:17.Maxwell was previously at the Ageas Bowl in 2012, and played for Surrey
:18:18. > :18:20.last year, but it was Hampshire who kick`started his career.
:18:21. > :18:26.I was not in great nick domestically, and then I stayed with
:18:27. > :18:30.Hampshire and turn my career around. It was amazing and it got me playing
:18:31. > :18:35.for Australia. I owe Hampshire quite a lot coming back this summer.
:18:36. > :18:37.There was a remarkable bowling effort from Hampshire in the
:18:38. > :18:42.They needed ten wickets in a session and a half to beat Derbyshire.
:18:43. > :18:46.But rain held them up, and Hampshire ended two wickets short of the win.
:18:47. > :18:48.Staying in Division Two, Surrey saved their game
:18:49. > :18:50.against Worcestershire, after being forced to follow on.
:18:51. > :18:55.the final day against Notts, helped by 86 from Chris Nash.
:18:56. > :19:02.Good luck to London Welsh, who are based in Oxford, in the second leg
:19:03. > :19:04.of the championship promotion play`off with a place in the
:19:05. > :19:12.Premiership at the grabs tonight. It was one of the greatest
:19:13. > :19:15.engineering achievements of the Second World War ` and the invasion
:19:16. > :19:19.of France would have been impossible Mulberry harbours were built on the
:19:20. > :19:29.south coast. The giant concrete blocks were ` would you believe `
:19:30. > :19:32.floated and taken across the Channel to Normandy, to construct a
:19:33. > :19:35.temporary port after D`Day. Clifton has gone in search of the
:19:36. > :19:40.remains of these harbours ` as his father was part of the team which
:19:41. > :19:50.helped to design the structures. These pictures show a process that
:19:51. > :20:36.has revolutionised modern warfare. channel, in Langstone Harbour, a
:20:37. > :20:41.broken piece was left behind. It is still there today. The slump of
:20:42. > :21:46.concrete is one piece of as a ramp for car ferries from
:21:47. > :21:51.Southampton to the Isle of Wight. Here it is today, alongside the
:21:52. > :21:57.modern red funnel terminal. No longer used and a little bit rusty.
:21:58. > :22:03.But this area is due to be redeveloped. So the future of the
:22:04. > :22:12.small part of Second World War history is uncertain, at best. Once
:22:13. > :22:15.the tanks and lorries had landed using the Mulberry Harbours, they
:22:16. > :22:22.had to be supplied with petrol. A secret pipeline was built. This
:22:23. > :22:26.pipeline makes engineering history. It is a lifeline which carry petrol
:22:27. > :22:34.to the Aligarh armies in Europe and it is a web of genius. `` the Allied
:22:35. > :22:40.armies. It was called Pluto, the pipeline under the ocean. It ran
:22:41. > :22:45.from Hampshire to the Isle of Wight and then 70 miles across the
:22:46. > :22:52.Channel. The pipeline is only work in 12 days. A second route from Kent
:22:53. > :23:06.was more successful. But this small section at Shanklin China remains.
:23:07. > :23:12.`` `` Chine.. The next development was the construction of large
:23:13. > :23:16.floating drums. These were known as the giant cotton mills, if you like,
:23:17. > :23:22.and these were jointed sections which went round and round, these
:23:23. > :23:27.conundrums, the giant drums, and they were towed by an oceangoing
:23:28. > :23:33.tug. On the northside of the island, researchers are documenting
:23:34. > :23:39.what remains of Pluto, decaying slowly at, and visible only at low
:23:40. > :23:42.tide. We believe we know whether pipeline went but it has not been
:23:43. > :23:45.recorded in the past, so there might be some extant remains in other
:23:46. > :23:51.parts of the Solent that we do not yet know about. The last match of a
:23:52. > :23:58.long journey. On the south coast of England there was not much left of
:23:59. > :24:00.two of the greatest military engineering achievements, but 70
:24:01. > :24:08.years on, it is surely remarkable that there is anything left at all.
:24:09. > :24:13.There is a special programme this weekend looking at some of those
:24:14. > :24:18.wartime inventions, the science of D`Day is on BBC One at 430 on
:24:19. > :24:25.Saturday and 7:30pm on Sunday on BBC Four. Staying with D`Day, as you may
:24:26. > :24:28.have seen on the national news, eight Dakota Transport planes have
:24:29. > :24:34.recreated the original D`Day invasion flights from the airfield
:24:35. > :24:38.at Lyon Solent. More than 100 parachutists had been due to drop
:24:39. > :24:41.over Normandy to start the commemorations of the 70th
:24:42. > :24:47.anniversary, but the parachute jump had to be cancelled because of
:24:48. > :24:53.strong winds. What a shame. I know that a lot of planning had gone into
:24:54. > :24:57.that. I know that we are having some stormy weather ourselves because on
:24:58. > :25:02.Saturday we have got some bad news. We will have some potential
:25:03. > :25:07.thunderstorms on Saturday. Let's have a look at those weather
:25:08. > :25:21.pictures. A splash of colour in open in Hampshire. This picture was taken
:25:22. > :25:26.by Jimmy Boxall. And this is a Robin in`flight in a garden in Ashley
:25:27. > :25:31.Heath. Through the course of the night we will see some rain at
:25:32. > :25:36.times. It will slowly clear. Thunderstorms will clear North with
:25:37. > :25:39.a band of rain and there will be some clear skies behind.
:25:40. > :25:44.Temperatures not as high as they have been on recent nights. Dropping
:25:45. > :25:49.into single figures, around 10 Celsius in towns and cities, around
:25:50. > :25:52.five Celsius in the countryside. A damp and cloudy start for some
:25:53. > :25:56.tomorrow but it is an improving picture. A much better day with some
:25:57. > :26:02.lovely sunny spells. And in the sunshine, temperatures will recover
:26:03. > :26:05.nicely. Today, we only beast high temperatures of 12 Celsius, and
:26:06. > :26:12.tomorrow, perhaps up to 18 Celsius. The winds are light and pleasant in
:26:13. > :26:15.the sun. Tonight, the odd shower, he went there, and the risk of the odd
:26:16. > :26:20.shower tomorrow, but under those clearing skies temperatures will
:26:21. > :26:24.fall into single figures again. It will be a dry start on Friday. And
:26:25. > :26:28.the bulk of Friday will stay mainly dry. We are looking at this area of
:26:29. > :26:33.low pressure swinging towards the evening on Friday. That will
:26:34. > :26:36.introduce more cloud and give us potential thunderstorms overnight on
:26:37. > :26:40.Friday into Saturday and through Saturday daytime as well. The
:26:41. > :26:46.showers and thunderstorms will clear through Saturday fairly quickly. But
:26:47. > :26:52.there will be very heavy during the day, so the Met office have issued a
:26:53. > :26:56.yellow weather warning, so there could be some localised flooding. It
:26:57. > :27:00.is another old story with the weather, so things can change, and
:27:01. > :27:05.we might see a change to who could be affected by these thunderstorms
:27:06. > :27:09.over the weekend. It is because of humid air coming up from France, and
:27:10. > :27:14.meeting this cold air, that will trigger thunderstorms through Friday
:27:15. > :27:18.night and Saturday during the day. It should stay mainly dry with lots
:27:19. > :27:26.of sunshine, warming up nicely as we head through to the weekend, which
:27:27. > :27:29.could trigger those thunderstorms. I think we will all be staying in,
:27:30. > :27:35.won't we? That is all from us this evening. We will have more at 8pm
:27:36. > :27:42.and 10:25pm. Tomorrow, we will be meeting the man who has been dubbed
:27:43. > :27:54.the next Sir Ben Ainslie. Thank you for watching. Good night.
:27:55. > :27:57.When the first travellers crossed America, they were faced with this -
:27:58. > :28:13.The very nature of the American personality was defined.
:28:14. > :28:16.Ray Mears explores the land behind the Hollywood legend
:28:17. > :28:19.and discovers the wild that made the West.