13/07/2014 South Today

I'm Tom Hepworth. down to the World Cup final.

An investigation's under wax into a fire that destroyed several

70 firefighters from across the county were calldd to

This industrial estate was home to seven businesses, mostly involved in

car repairs. Overnight it w`s largely destroyed. Firefighters

managed to stop it spreading to an adjoining property occupied by a man

who was quadriplegic. My carer came into the room and said the

industrial estate's on fire. Dogs were panicking, getting really

scared. It was quite worrying. Large quantities of tools and

equipment were also destroydd. These guys work work `` week to wdek, they

do not have vast resources, and their livelihoods have gone up in

smoke. An investigation is now unddr way to

try and pinpoint the cause the fire. `` of the fire.

Radical plans have been drawn up to build houses that can float,

30 floating homes are being proposed near Theale,

But some local residents ard worried it'll increase the risk

After this year's winter floods some developers believe flo`ting

homes are long overdue in the UK. But Theale Lake is one

of the most important sites for nightingales in the country, and

home to thousands of other species. This area has taken so many years to

develop into what is now a very important site in Berkshire,

for wildlife in general, and to have a development like that would ruin

a goodly proportion of this area. This area was flooded

in three feet of water this winter. If the thing gets built and it's

found not to work, it's too late. Some local sailing groups are keen

to capitalise, though, on the benefits

the development could offer. If we come together as a single

organisation that just allows us to offer better things to the local

community, improve the leistre At a public consultation today,

the developers tried to reassure It is our ability to control the

level of the water that will enable us `` houses to rise and fall the

water. Local planners and the Environment

Agency will also need convincing that this could work.

Steam enthusiasts have been celebrating 35 years' annivdrsary of

the resumption of passenger trains on the Swanage Railway this weekend.

The branch line was closed by British Rail in 1972,

but volunteers have gradually re`built the iconic branch line

and it's been re`connected to the national rail network.

The powerful locomotive, only built a few years ago, has been this

weekend's centrepiece. She hs running on a branch line th`t has

been rebuilt by volunteers. Their efforts have been getting plenty of

praise from visitors. They `re incredibly dedicated guys. Ht is a

legacy that we leave to futtre generations, something they will all

appreciate. It is absolutely Trojan, puts

British Rail to shame. British Rail shut the line hn 1 72,

but within a short time voltnteers were rebuilding it. This wedkend

some of those original pionders were given special awards. Peopld think

this has always been here. Some of these things look as though they

have been here all the time, but some of us know what we havd had to

do to get here! Last year 210,000 people tr`velled

on the railway. It makes a lajor contribution to Dorset's totrist

industry, worth around ?40 lillion per year.

The railway's next target is to get regular passenger services running

up to Wareham, so people can connect with trains on the national rail

network. Hopefully by autumn of next year.

A daredevil has one ?10,000, for managing to fly nearly 163 letres in

his adapted high glider. `` hang glider. Most of the shows we

have seen today clearing to the east, leaving it mainly dry

overnight. It is a bit cooldr than we have seen over the past couple of

nights. Temperatures down to around 11 or 12 degrees typically. Tomorrow

we should see a lot of brightness, sunshine around, but increasingly we

start to see Clyde pushing hn from the west, perhaps becoming thick

enough to introduce light r`in. `` cloud pushing in. It starts cloudy

on Tuesday, becoming humid towards the end of the week.

We will be back at quarter to 1 unless there is extra time hn the

football. Hello, most places are enjoying a

fine end to the weekend with some sunshine. You might be firing up the

barbecue ahead of the World Cup final but we have seen torrential

storms in East Anglia and they still have showers. They will ease but

showers in Eastern Scott and into eastern England. Elsewhere, it is

dry and clear and misty and places, and cooler, sunspots in single

figures. -- some areas. 20 of sunshine first thing but the weather

will change from the West. Northern Ireland is first to get rain in the

morning and that will head into western Scotland, quite heavy and

reaching parts of western England and Wales in the afternoon. In the

East, not much. Cloud will build across central and eastern Scotland

but they -- but there will still be sunny spells and it will feel warm.

Northern Ireland, temperatures held down by rain but it will ease by the

Northern Ireland, temperatures held evening but it will still be wet in

western Scotland and some of