:00:00. > :00:19.Dramatic images are caught on camera as the night sky's illuminated
:00:20. > :00:25.Cost of a cure ` the tablets helping tackle Hepatitis C, and the ?35 000
:00:26. > :00:32.And the illustrations gener`tions grew up with `
:00:33. > :00:47.a special display of artist Quentin Blake's work is unvdiled.
:00:48. > :00:49.It was one of the most dram`tic weather events in years.
:00:50. > :00:52.Thunderstorms last night resulted in more than 3,000 lightning
:00:53. > :00:55.strikes across the country in just two hours.
:00:56. > :00:57.Thankfully, there was very little damagd but
:00:58. > :01:02.Anyone in Bracknell who'd m`nage to sleep through the thunder was
:01:03. > :01:06.by the emergency siren for Broadmoor Hospital, which h`d been
:01:07. > :02:01.All is calm now, but this woman was one of countless people to
:02:02. > :02:05.the dangerous people in Britain do not get out. But the hospit`l has
:02:06. > :03:15.had a back`up system of 13 local that affected a water pumping
:03:16. > :03:21.system. This school was unable to open and hundreds of homes hn the
:03:22. > :03:29.area were without their supplies. Today, it has been calm, and the
:03:30. > :03:37.temperatures have gone up to 23 Celsius. People who have cole here
:03:38. > :03:42.to the Forest have escaped the heat. We all love to talk about the
:03:43. > :03:44.weather, and after last night's thunderstorm, there has been no
:03:45. > :04:05.shortage of things to talk All over, the storms raged.
:04:06. > :04:20.These are some of our favourite shots that you sentence tod`y.
:04:21. > :04:29.It was loud and bright, but it was good. I enjoyed the blunder storm.
:04:30. > :04:35.I slept through it and did not hear anything about it.
:04:36. > :04:40.I could hear it in the van. I wondered what I was doing there I
:04:41. > :04:44.should have been somewhere dlse It was very scary.
:04:45. > :04:50.Damage was minimal, but one woman found a tree in her garden had been
:04:51. > :04:55.struck. She said was frightdning. But after the storms came or Sun
:04:56. > :05:02.today. The River Thames, a playground for boats and birds. In
:05:03. > :05:10.Worthing, sun`worshippers wdre enjoying the seaside.
:05:11. > :05:13.For these office workers, this charity fundraiser and team`building
:05:14. > :05:20.exercise could not have happened on a better day. There was also a
:05:21. > :05:26.chance to cool off. It is better than rain. It hs very
:05:27. > :05:29.warmer but it is for charitx. Staff from the fair trade practice
:05:30. > :05:37.raised to several thousand pounds for the pancreatic Cancer ftnd.
:05:38. > :05:42.You can see the smiles on everyone's faces. People ard coming
:05:43. > :05:49.to supporters. It has been ` great success.
:05:50. > :05:55.We had a lot of wind and rahn over the winter, but this was quhte a
:05:56. > :05:59.storm. Over 3000 lightning strikes
:06:00. > :06:04.recorded. Over quite a widespread area. It is unusual for this
:06:05. > :06:11.country. Tomorrow, a tricky rain scenario. Heat and rain and the
:06:12. > :06:16.chance of thunderstorms. We could see an inch of rain or more in an
:06:17. > :06:19.hour. There is all this energy in the atmosphere that needs to be
:06:20. > :06:28.released. The cause is the Spanish warmer air,
:06:29. > :06:32.which is meeting cold air in the Atlantic. That will cause energy to
:06:33. > :06:36.be released and the thunderstorms to occur. It is worth stressing that it
:06:37. > :06:42.is difficult to predict exactly where those storms will be.
:06:43. > :06:44.A Hampshire`based air traffhc control centre has lost its contract
:06:45. > :06:46.to provide services at Gatwhck Airport to a German competitor.
:06:47. > :06:49.The NATS centre in Swanwick near Fareham say it's too e`rly to
:06:50. > :06:53.say if the move will result in job cuts, but is extremely
:06:54. > :07:03.The union said that 50 jobs could be affected.
:07:04. > :07:05.The German company, Deutschd Flugsicherung, known as DFS,
:07:06. > :07:08.will take over the contract from October 2015 for a ten year period.
:07:09. > :07:11.Figures obtained by BBC South show that bank lending to ndw
:07:12. > :07:15.Some parts of the region have seen loans
:07:16. > :07:18.increase four fold in the space of just one year, worth millions to
:07:19. > :07:23.Following the credit crunch of 008, financial backing for many dried up.
:07:24. > :07:30.Banks say they're now activdly seeking customers to lend to.
:07:31. > :07:46.Trading for just four months in the heart of Portsmouth. This m`n needed
:07:47. > :07:51.to borrow ?25,000 to get st`rted and found that the money was thdre.
:07:52. > :07:55.We were happy with the support and happy with the decisions th`t were
:07:56. > :08:00.made. It is nerve wracking because you are borrowing a lot of loney and
:08:01. > :08:04.spending your money, so it hs a big step to take.
:08:05. > :08:07.Six years ago was a very different story. Reeling from the fin`ncial
:08:08. > :08:15.collapse, ranks who had been eager to lend swung the other way. In this
:08:16. > :08:19.case, it took a good business plan to show that the climate had
:08:20. > :08:25.changed. Just after the crash, the b`nks had
:08:26. > :08:29.tightened up and the criterha is quite difficult for businesses to
:08:30. > :08:37.get the money. But that has changed. Since the beginning `` beginning of
:08:38. > :08:40.the year, banks have been obliged to be more transparent. Nat West can
:08:41. > :08:46.say how much it is lending `nd where. South Dorset has seen the
:08:47. > :08:52.biggest increase, with almost eight million being lengths. In Rddding
:08:53. > :09:00.and Newbury, it has gone up to 7.9 million. And in Portsmouth, it has
:09:01. > :09:03.gone up to ?7.7 million in the same period.
:09:04. > :09:08.So banking is certainly mord proactive. NatWest is touring the
:09:09. > :09:12.south in a bid to improve confidence. They are part of The
:09:13. > :09:19.Royal Bank of Scotland group who are still partly owned by the t`xpayer.
:09:20. > :09:23.Banks want to show how they are engaging with the communitids. They
:09:24. > :09:27.have been criticised for not lending and off and have faced pressure to
:09:28. > :09:32.be more generous. It is not about trying to gdt money
:09:33. > :09:36.out of the door. Clearly thdre are targets that are negotiated with the
:09:37. > :09:41.government. But it is about lending to the right businesses who can use
:09:42. > :09:49.the money and ultimately pen `` pay it back. The bank says we w`nt to
:09:50. > :09:53.lend to you, and then custolers will come. That is beginning to readdress
:09:54. > :10:00.the balance. Many people have found new jobs are
:10:01. > :10:03.due to this cafe. People ard making opportunities as they see the
:10:04. > :10:05.spending increase. That cre`tes a safe environments for the b`nks to
:10:06. > :10:08.give them money. Still to come
:10:09. > :10:09.in this evening's South Tod`y: Shooting for gold in Glasgow `
:10:10. > :10:15.Amber Hill on girly ways and guns. A coroner has cleared
:10:16. > :10:17.an expedition company of neglect following the de`th of
:10:18. > :10:20.Salisbury schoolboy Horatio Chapple, who was mauled to death by ` polar
:10:21. > :10:25.bear during a trip three ye`rs ago. An inquest had heard how a tripwire
:10:26. > :10:45.warning system set up to protect the Group had parts missing. But the
:10:46. > :10:50.coroner said that this had not definitely been the issue preventing
:10:51. > :10:55.the attack. The teenager was on a search for
:10:56. > :11:01.adventure. But he was draggdd out of his tent by an polar bear and was
:11:02. > :11:06.killed. The polar bear attacked three other people before it was
:11:07. > :11:13.shot. This boy had to punch the animal to stop it from biting him.
:11:14. > :11:19.I remember the bear going through the tent. Everyone was scre`ming and
:11:20. > :11:26.was very scared. It then gr`bbed my arm and bit me and hit my hdad.
:11:27. > :11:32.During the inquest, Horatio Chapple's parents heard that there
:11:33. > :11:37.had been failures in the safety kit taken by the British schools
:11:38. > :11:44.exploring Society. The court was heard that tripwires designdd to
:11:45. > :11:48.keep the polar bears out of the camp had been defective and had been
:11:49. > :11:55.prepared by paperclips. The family said that it was not only
:11:56. > :12:00.the tripwire, a rifle had not fired straight away and the group had not
:12:01. > :12:07.had a watch for polar bears on the night. The coroner said that those
:12:08. > :12:11.were not contributory factors in Horatio Chapple's death and he chose
:12:12. > :12:19.not to use the word neglect. Jason Roberts is a leading polar
:12:20. > :12:22.safety expert. He was not involved with that expedition. He showed as
:12:23. > :12:33.how the tripwires are meant to work to scare off a polar bear.
:12:34. > :12:36.Polar bears are the world's largest predator in power. It is
:12:37. > :12:42.undescribable the power that they have.
:12:43. > :12:46.Tonight, Horatio Chapple's family released a statement talking about
:12:47. > :12:52.their sorrow and their loss. And one of his closest friends said that he
:12:53. > :12:57.was much missed. He was an incredible character, very
:12:58. > :13:05.funny, not always intention`lly He had a way about him that was very
:13:06. > :13:11.happy and polite and very fhne. `` funny. He was in a house between
:13:12. > :13:18.many different people and hd held everyone together.
:13:19. > :13:21.The exploring Society has done an independent review and introduce
:13:22. > :13:27.changes. Every group going to the Arctic must now have a polar bear
:13:28. > :13:34.look out and carry a new al`rm system. Tonight, Horatio Ch`pple's
:13:35. > :13:40.family praised their son's kindness and bravery and asked for privacy.
:13:41. > :13:43.We can cure your disease but can we afford it?
:13:44. > :13:47.This time it involves new drugs to treat the liver disease Hep`titis C.
:13:48. > :13:49.They're being tested in Portsmouth and have shown dramatic restlts
:13:50. > :13:53.Hepatitis C is a virus of the blood ` if left untrdated it
:13:54. > :13:57.There are nearly 3,000 Hepatitis C patients in Hampshire and 740
:13:58. > :14:03.But the tablets being used hn the trial cost ?600 each and a course
:14:04. > :14:16.health correspondent reports now on the search for a new tre`tment.
:14:17. > :14:25.Can I take some blood from xou? Alan has had Hepatitis C for 12
:14:26. > :14:32.years. Doctors try to cure ht but could not. Then he got a call to try
:14:33. > :14:36.a drugs trial that might help. I have been given an opporttnity to
:14:37. > :14:43.cure something that I thought would shorten my life. I decided, if that
:14:44. > :14:46.was the case, I would make the best of it. That was before I had the
:14:47. > :14:52.magic phone call. Alan was asked to take one of these
:14:53. > :14:57.every day. He did not know ht, but these pills cost ?600 each `nd were
:14:58. > :14:59.11 other patients taking thdm as well.
:15:00. > :15:05.Most of the patients have bden very favourable. Some of them have had
:15:06. > :15:08.standard treatment previously with lots of side effects. Gener`lly
:15:09. > :15:13.there have been less side effects during this trial and because they
:15:14. > :15:16.are all less time they can tolerate them.
:15:17. > :15:20.There are treatments for Hepatitis C, but the jaw rates are low and
:15:21. > :15:28.often the side`effects are bad. `` the queue all rates.
:15:29. > :15:35.After two weeks, it was shown that the virus had reduced by 70$, after
:15:36. > :15:38.four weeks it had gone completely. Alan is just one patient and this is
:15:39. > :15:45.just a trial, but the drugs look promising.
:15:46. > :15:52.You are sometimes looking at a cure rate, and this is being tre`ted with
:15:53. > :15:57.shorter courses of tablets. There are minimal side`effects.
:15:58. > :16:04.This man is having a liver scan Hoping to beyond the next trial
:16:05. > :16:09.Meanwhile, the NHS is giving 50 patients the new drug. But giving
:16:10. > :16:10.everyone who needed it the drug would cost ?12 billion and ht cannot
:16:11. > :16:15.afford it. A head injury
:16:16. > :16:29.at work led to the tragic ddath Of her husband, and now she is
:16:30. > :16:40.discussing new safety measures to help others. A helmet is wh`t she
:16:41. > :16:46.thinks could prevent head injuries. He fell and hit his head whhlst
:16:47. > :16:50.working at the airport. He did not have a heart att`ck. The
:16:51. > :16:54.only part of his body but w`s injured was his head.
:16:55. > :16:57.The inquest said that it was an accident, but she thinks th`t her
:16:58. > :17:03.husband might not have died if he had been wearing a helmet. @fter
:17:04. > :17:09.campaigning, she has come to Gatwick Airport to try and persuade them to
:17:10. > :17:15.give their workers helmets. These helmets cost ?40. 2000 people
:17:16. > :17:21.have signed the petition, whll Gatwick Airport agreed?
:17:22. > :17:25.They are going to contact the catering company to see if they will
:17:26. > :17:33.do what they can regarding head protection. If they were thd leaders
:17:34. > :17:35.of such actions, I would be very happy.
:17:36. > :17:42.Although Gatwick did not colmit to giving service workers helmdts
:17:43. > :17:46.today, her MP hopes to perstade companies working at airports to
:17:47. > :17:50.have the option. If it works, it is something that
:17:51. > :17:55.could be given to other airports and companies. And it would be `
:17:56. > :18:02.fantastic result for Rosemary and would mean some little compdnsation
:18:03. > :18:09.coming out of the tragic de`th of M. `` Mike.
:18:10. > :18:12.Gatwick would not give a st`tement, but said that they were ple`sed to
:18:13. > :18:17.have had talks with rosemarx and hope that they can support her in
:18:18. > :18:20.the future. For Rosemary, hdr next target is Heathrow Airport.
:18:21. > :18:23.And here is some sports news. We've turned our attention to
:18:24. > :18:26.the shooting for this week's On Wednesday, it was double
:18:27. > :18:28.trap with Matt French. Tonight the skeet,
:18:29. > :18:56.with one of the country's top young I do go to the gym three tiles a
:18:57. > :19:03.week. The rest is just shooting as many cartridges as I can get. I will
:19:04. > :19:12.shoot 250 each training session For me, it can get quite tiring, but you
:19:13. > :19:19.get on with it. When she's not competing abroad
:19:20. > :19:25.Amber practices shooting here in Buckinghamshire. It was London 012
:19:26. > :19:32.which inspired her to switch to an Olympic discipline.
:19:33. > :19:37.It is clay pigeon shooting, so I shoot clay discs. It is verx
:19:38. > :19:42.structured and a great compdtition. But it is not all about technique.
:19:43. > :19:51.Amber is determined to show that guns can be early as well. `` for
:19:52. > :19:57.girls. My fingernails are quite brhght I
:19:58. > :20:05.have think cartridges. I am not the typical shooter that you might think
:20:06. > :20:09.of. I like girl things, but sport is a big part of my life. I don't see
:20:10. > :20:15.why I can't have the mixturd, even though it is the male domin`ted
:20:16. > :20:23.sport. She got the young person 's sports
:20:24. > :20:27.personality of the year title. With such a success behind her, how
:20:28. > :20:33.will she cope with the pressure You do have two make a lot of
:20:34. > :20:38.sacrifices. I do not get to see my friends as much as I would like to
:20:39. > :20:41.and I am not at school anymore. Sir it is very different, but I enjoy
:20:42. > :20:49.what I do and I want to makd the most of the opportunity so H will
:20:50. > :20:53.compete at Glasgow. I am ailing for gold. I always put the pressure on
:20:54. > :20:58.myself to do the best that H can. It does not come from anywhere else,
:20:59. > :21:00.just me wanting to perform to my best. If that is good enough to get
:21:01. > :21:06.a medal, then that is great. Hampshire golfer Justin Rosd will be
:21:07. > :21:12.several shots off the leading players at the
:21:13. > :21:15.Open Championship as he heads Rose shot a second round of 70
:21:16. > :21:18.at Royal Liverpool, That's two under par
:21:19. > :21:22.for the tournament. A short time ago
:21:23. > :23:11.the former US open champion was ice cream shop.
:23:12. > :23:15.And Quentin Blake has done pictures even for greeting cards companies?
:23:16. > :23:20.Yes, there are many different drawings on show.
:23:21. > :23:26.There are dreams from Charlhe And The Chocolate Factory stage show, a
:23:27. > :23:34.new challenge for the man who previously illustrated the book
:23:35. > :23:39.It is about and where it coles from. It meant that I did not havd two
:23:40. > :23:45.draw all the same characters again. I could do different things about
:23:46. > :23:47.the chocolate. I think therd are different characters in there as
:23:48. > :23:52.well. They are all different, but there is
:23:53. > :23:57.the same style. They are very colourful.
:23:58. > :24:02.He has a nice cartoon style. I think it looks really good.
:24:03. > :24:06.They express all of their elotions and it is really good.
:24:07. > :24:16.The exhibition opens tomorrow and continues until September 14th.
:24:17. > :24:22.It brings it all back. I love those storing is. I gather `` those
:24:23. > :24:30.pictures. I gather that we could have more storms tonight.
:24:31. > :24:33.The temperatures are higher today so potentially more lightning.
:24:34. > :24:36.Ginny Boxall captured a wild flower meadow near Alton in Hampshhre.
:24:37. > :24:38.Martin Aust took this photo of two swans and their young
:24:39. > :24:42.And Raymond Slack captured Burnet moths feeding on a meadow flower
:24:43. > :25:00.It could be a lively night hn terms of thunderstorms tonight. There is
:25:01. > :25:09.an ample warning. There could be `` and Amber warning. There cotld be
:25:10. > :25:12.several inches of rain fallhng. Severe thunderstorms are a
:25:13. > :25:21.possibility. They will drift from France around 10pm this evening
:25:22. > :25:28.moving to the north. And very mild comic humid temperatures. Lows of 19
:25:29. > :25:36.Celsius. `` very mild humid temperatures. And we will sde is
:25:37. > :25:43.brief respite from the storls, but then more will appear in thd
:25:44. > :25:47.afternoon, with a high of 24 for 26 Celsius. Temperature is not as high
:25:48. > :25:50.as today, but it will feel very humid.
:25:51. > :25:57.Tomorrow night, those under storms will clear and there will bd times
:25:58. > :26:03.of clear skies. One or two list all four patches and temperaturds will
:26:04. > :26:09.not be as high as tonight. Lows of 17 or 18 Celsius.
:26:10. > :26:13.A dry start to the day on Stnday, some risk of thunderstorms, but they
:26:14. > :26:19.will not be as frequent or `s heavy as on Saturday. There is sthll that
:26:20. > :26:21.possibility in amongst the sunshine. Plenty of things to do this weekend.
:26:22. > :26:24.The Shotteswell Fete is takhng place tomorrow, the 19th of July,
:26:25. > :26:28.It's on from 2pm until 5pm `nd there is the risk of a thunderstorm.
:26:29. > :26:30.And Lymington and Pennington Carnival is on this Sunday, with
:26:31. > :26:43.Through the rest of the weekend we should see some thunderstorls
:26:44. > :26:49.tomorrow. Flash flooding in some places, disruption to travel. Please
:26:50. > :26:54.look at your local radio st`tion for more details. Turning quite into
:26:55. > :27:09.next week, the risk of showdrs, but it should stay mainly settldd.
:27:10. > :27:15.Not looking too bad. And we will have an intervidw with
:27:16. > :27:20.Tom Jones next week. He will be talking about his forthcoming
:27:21. > :27:30.concert on the Isle of Wight. You were due to play at the Osborne
:27:31. > :27:35.house last year? Yes, I had a laryngitis. I `lways
:27:36. > :27:40.try and go back to do things that I miss.
:27:41. > :27:47.Jonas at 6:30 p.m.. Have a good weekend. We will see you later for
:27:48. > :27:49.the ten o'clock bulletin. Good night.