:00:00. > :00:10.Flash floods hit the South ` homes and businesses feel
:00:11. > :00:23.It was a disaster. I have never seen something like that before. Never.
:00:24. > :00:26.On the move ` the NHS staff caught in an internal
:00:27. > :00:31.Stay safe in the sea ` the campaign to help youngsters swim
:00:32. > :00:36.And from self`confessed couch potato to marathon man,
:00:37. > :00:44.we meet the Commonwealth runner who's put the past behind him.
:00:45. > :00:54.Tired, still absolutely in a state of euphoria. It is a weird mixture
:00:55. > :01:04.of all three, I think. Torrential rain
:01:05. > :01:05.and hailstorms caused disruption for thousands of people across
:01:06. > :01:08.Sussex and Surrey this morning. Homes and businesses were flooded,
:01:09. > :01:14.while some commuters were trapped on a platform
:01:15. > :01:16.at Worthing railway station, when Our reporter Sean Killick has spent
:01:17. > :01:31.the day there, Many people around here today awoke
:01:32. > :01:34.to thunderstorms, hailstones and rain as homes and businesses were
:01:35. > :01:40.flooded and there was no getting away from it. Flights to and from
:01:41. > :01:45.Gatwick were delayed, roads turned into rivers and this was a scene
:01:46. > :01:49.that greeted some commuters. At Worthing railway station, the
:01:50. > :01:55.rush`hour turned into the Gush are. For one hour, a whole month's rain
:01:56. > :01:59.fell. Under past looked like a flooded underground. The fire
:02:00. > :02:04.brigade fought a losing battle trying to pump it out. The station
:02:05. > :02:09.was closed, some passengers were stranded on the platform and rail
:02:10. > :02:15.services in the area where severely disrupted. It is going to take very
:02:16. > :02:22.long to get to work. When I get away from here I will be happy. Good luck
:02:23. > :02:25.to everyone who is travelling. Not everyone he did that advice. Some
:02:26. > :02:32.were determined to get to work, hell or high water. Near West Worthing
:02:33. > :02:38.station, this was the scene at breakfast time in Emma's kitchen. It
:02:39. > :02:46.gradually built up as the back of the property. It came in pretty
:02:47. > :02:52.rapidly. Nearby, this cafe was flooded from the front door to that.
:02:53. > :02:56.And going to change the floor over there. And I am going to change the
:02:57. > :03:03.bridge because it does not work any more. How long will you be out of
:03:04. > :03:09.business for? I don't know, four or five days. A car hire company said
:03:10. > :03:17.this was the worst flood in the company's history. The drains are
:03:18. > :03:20.never cleaned as they used to be. There when so many cars around and
:03:21. > :03:24.they used to clean the drains every month. White back the County Council
:03:25. > :03:33.says Gulley chambers are maintained by a specialist contractor but waits
:03:34. > :03:37.blade flooding over well the system. Iraq station, no eastbound
:03:38. > :03:43.trains have stopped all day. There was fourth at water in the under
:03:44. > :03:45.past, and now a large pumping vehicle is trying to clear it out.
:03:46. > :03:49.`` West Worthing station. There is no word on when services will return
:03:50. > :03:50.to normal. An NHS Trust is moving 200 staff
:03:51. > :03:52.and many patient services out The trust has been told it may owe
:03:53. > :04:00.to ?5 million for rent at St James Hospital ` and other
:04:01. > :04:05.premises around Hampshire. Solent NHS is now looking at how it
:04:06. > :04:08.can resolve its financial problems. Our Health Correspondent David
:04:09. > :04:22.Fenton is with me. The staff and some of the patients
:04:23. > :04:26.were always going to move out of St James 's Hospital.
:04:27. > :04:38.They need to save money quickly. There is a dispute over ?5 million
:04:39. > :04:42.in rent for St James and other premises which may or may not be
:04:43. > :04:44.ordered to the owners of the hospital they just happen to be
:04:45. > :04:46.another part of the NHS. Talks are going on
:04:47. > :04:48.at the moment about this, Where's it going to
:04:49. > :04:52.find ?5 million from? It is going to ask the government
:04:53. > :05:07.for a ?5 million loan. They are going to see what happens
:05:08. > :05:08.with these negotiations over the rent.
:05:09. > :05:11.The big issue here is that the Trust which runs community services
:05:12. > :05:19.around Hampshire needs to find big savings, they are ?3 million
:05:20. > :05:22.behind with those plans and if it does nothing it will be ?15
:05:23. > :05:35.Most won't be going to St James Hospital
:05:36. > :05:43.They will be going to a new health campus at St Mary'sthey will be seen
:05:44. > :05:46.there. Although mental health services
:05:47. > :05:50.will still be on site. In fact, they have already
:05:51. > :05:52.started doing that. And what we will see is large parts
:05:53. > :05:56.of the old hospital eventually being emptied and sold off for housing,
:05:57. > :06:04.which is what the landlords, This is NHS property who owned the
:06:05. > :06:07.site. They have said that it is not the case that these workers are
:06:08. > :06:12.having to move out because of rent issues. Really what they are
:06:13. > :06:16.concentrating on is basically paying money for patient services, not for
:06:17. > :06:19.old buildings, which is really where they are coming from. Thank you.
:06:20. > :06:21.Baseball bats, stones and a car were believed to
:06:22. > :06:24.have been used as weapons during a mass brawl involving around
:06:25. > :06:27.At least seven people were arrested and a number
:06:28. > :06:30.of others were taken to hospital following the fight in Crawley.
:06:31. > :06:32.Officers received more than 20 calls about the disorder,
:06:33. > :06:36.which is believed to have erupted between two rival factions.
:06:37. > :06:46.A small parade of shops, a new community centre and Bewbush Park.
:06:47. > :06:49.But by last night, this children's play area was
:06:50. > :06:53.the scene of a vicious fight between rival groups of teenagers.
:06:54. > :06:55.By the time officers arrived they found
:06:56. > :06:59.50 people engaged in a huge brawl here, some were apparently using
:07:00. > :07:02.weapons, somebody had been hit by a car and the fighting spilled over
:07:03. > :07:07.beyond the children's playground to the community centre and the shops.
:07:08. > :07:11.By the time it was over, police had swamped the area with officers,
:07:12. > :07:18.My nine`year`old and 12`year`old and my nine`year`old's friend were
:07:19. > :07:23.And then they all started kicking the do`do out of each other.
:07:24. > :07:32.There was police cars in the shop round the back
:07:33. > :07:39.All up to the new housing estate and down the roundabout.
:07:40. > :07:50.Police say no one was that last night and the fight was not linked
:07:51. > :07:53.to a stabbing earlier in the week but they were
:07:54. > :07:56.of tensions in the area and are working to keep the community calm.
:07:57. > :07:59.Trying to work out what has actually led to this event playing out as it
:08:00. > :08:02.did last night so we can resolve it and reduce those tensions.
:08:03. > :08:06.It is not nice to see dozens and dozens of youths in the street
:08:07. > :08:11.All we can do is pledge we will work incredibly hard to make sure that
:08:12. > :08:12.these kind of incidents don't happen.
:08:13. > :08:14.This afternoon, the playground was being used as it
:08:15. > :08:17.was intended, and the police have increased the number of patrols
:08:18. > :08:29.A nine`year`old boy had to receive hospital treatment at the weekend,
:08:30. > :08:31.after being cut by a metal disposable barbecue.
:08:32. > :08:33.It had been left buried in the beach at Southsea.
:08:34. > :08:37.His parents have called for beachside barbecuers to dispose
:08:38. > :08:50.of their rubbish safely, as Katy Austin reports.
:08:51. > :08:56.I was walking down the beach with two body boards in my hand and I
:08:57. > :09:03.walked into a disposable barbecue like this one. I scraped my fit and
:09:04. > :09:08.I had to go to hospital. It was a wide gash down his ankle. You could
:09:09. > :09:10.see through to where the tendons were. We had to take him to the
:09:11. > :09:17.hospital. The BBQ that injured
:09:18. > :09:20.James was hidden by stones like this one, that we found abandoned
:09:21. > :09:22.near to where he was hurt. The deputy leader of
:09:23. > :09:24.Portsmouth City Council also runs He says people burying
:09:25. > :09:32.barbecues is a real problem. It has been an accident waiting to
:09:33. > :09:36.happen. No one fortunately it has. What should people do with
:09:37. > :09:41.barbecues? In some areas we have metal dustbins. They should be put
:09:42. > :09:46.in those. And there are other areas with plastic dustbins and they have
:09:47. > :09:51.to take them home with them. What kind of punishments are there for
:09:52. > :09:53.people who are caught? We will have to look at options. That won't
:09:54. > :09:57.happen immediately. But while the council looks
:09:58. > :10:00.into ways to punish people who leave dangerous objects on beaches,
:10:01. > :10:02.James' mum has one message. Still to come
:10:03. > :10:11.in this evening's South Today, The Hampshire artist
:10:12. > :10:19.who's thinking small. The government has said that
:10:20. > :10:22.fracking will only be allowed in National Parks
:10:23. > :10:23."in exceptional circumstances". An application to drill for oil
:10:24. > :10:26.and gas in the South Downs National Park at Fernhurst has already been
:10:27. > :10:31.submitted by Celtique Energy. Today the government launched a new
:10:32. > :10:33.bidding round for fracking licences. But it said drilling sites
:10:34. > :10:36.near to beauty spots will be subject The storms we suffered last winter
:10:37. > :10:45.left some of the rail network Six months on,
:10:46. > :10:49.engineers are still repairing Trains damaged in the worst weather
:10:50. > :10:57.for 200 years are still not Here's our transport
:10:58. > :11:00.correspondent Paul Clifton. On December 23rd,
:11:01. > :11:04.this South West Trains cab struck The driver was lucky to
:11:05. > :11:09.escape serious injury. The aluminium frame damaged
:11:10. > :11:29.so badly that much of the cab has to Obviously the train has crashed. The
:11:30. > :11:33.cab has been completely stripped out and a new cap has been put in again.
:11:34. > :11:38.It has not been done like this for a long time. It is a lot of trouble
:11:39. > :11:42.and a lot of time and effort. So it is quite a bit of work.
:11:43. > :11:45.The front of a train is like the crumple zone on a car, designed
:11:46. > :11:48.to fold up in a crash to absorb the energy, protecting people behind it.
:11:49. > :11:51.Specialists had to be brought in from Germany to help with repairs.
:11:52. > :12:05.Sometimes when trains like this do get damaged, it can be out of
:12:06. > :12:08.service. We have actually have to that time.
:12:09. > :12:11.The repair is being done in the old Eastleigh works.
:12:12. > :12:12.Once, 5,000 people were employed here.
:12:13. > :12:15.It officially closed eight years ago but since then a string of
:12:16. > :12:28.Today, well over 100 people work here.
:12:29. > :12:34.This train will go back to work in August, eight months after it hit a
:12:35. > :12:38.fallen tree. The cost is hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:12:39. > :12:41.An air`sea rescue operation had to be launched off the coast of
:12:42. > :12:44.West Sussex at the weekend after a woman was swept out to sea.
:12:45. > :12:46.She had apparently gone for a late night swim
:12:47. > :12:49.The Solent coastguard helicopter used its searchlight to find
:12:50. > :12:53.She was brought ashore just before two o'clock on Sunday morning
:12:54. > :12:56.by one of the two Littlehampton inshore lifeboats which were used
:12:57. > :13:01.After being given first aid, the exhausted woman was taken to
:13:02. > :13:12.Well, just along the coast in Dorset, a campaign has been launched
:13:13. > :13:15.to improve the safety of youngsters who go swimming in the sea.
:13:16. > :13:18.It comes after an increase in the number of people under 20 years of
:13:19. > :13:23.The campaign is called Swim Safe and youngsters are being offered free
:13:24. > :13:33.On a glorious sunny day at the seaside there is nothing better
:13:34. > :13:39.But these youngsters have also been learning some important lessons
:13:40. > :13:42.about the big differences between swimming in the pool
:13:43. > :13:49.Heidi and Kelly, two mums from Winchester,
:13:50. > :13:52.signed their children up for the Swim Safe course at Boscombe Beach.
:13:53. > :14:00.Obviously every parent needs to keep a close eye on them.
:14:01. > :14:05.But to give them a bit of extra help, really.
:14:06. > :14:09.I do a lot of swimming anyway but I haven't really swum in the sea much.
:14:10. > :14:14.My daughter goes out, I worry about currents underneath pulling her out.
:14:15. > :14:16.Because that has happened to me before.
:14:17. > :14:22.The Swim Safe campaign is being run by the Amateur Swimming Association
:14:23. > :14:32.It has the backing of an Olympic silver medallist who specialises
:14:33. > :14:37.We don't want to stop people from swimming, we want to get more
:14:38. > :14:39.people swimming but we want to make sure they are educated
:14:40. > :14:44.The latest national figures show that when it comes to the safety
:14:45. > :14:47.of youngsters in the water, there is no room for completion say.
:14:48. > :14:54.Last year, 46 youngsters under the age of 20 were drowned in the UK.
:14:55. > :14:58.That is an increase of four on the previous year.
:14:59. > :15:01.A survey also indicated that one in five youngsters had been involved
:15:02. > :15:05.in what are described as drowning near misses.
:15:06. > :15:09.The research also indicated that up to a fifth of parents allow children
:15:10. > :15:15.They are quite comfortable with their children paddling
:15:16. > :15:21.in knee`high water or waist`high water but it only takes one big wave
:15:22. > :15:24.or a slip off the shelf and the child could be in trouble.
:15:25. > :15:31.And make sure you have always got a parent watching you.
:15:32. > :15:35.The free Swim Safe lessons for youngsters aged
:15:36. > :15:38.from 7 to 14 continue at Boscombe Beach until August 28.
:15:39. > :15:51.Participants must be able to swim at least 25 metres.
:15:52. > :15:57.That is a worthy campaign and a good campaign. Get inspired as the motto
:15:58. > :16:02.of the Commonwealth Games and one man has taken it to heart.
:16:03. > :16:04.I thought my days as an Olympic athlete were over but maybe not. I
:16:05. > :16:06.have been given a lot of hope. When you think
:16:07. > :16:08.of what it takes to become a successful Commonwealth Games
:16:09. > :16:10.athlete, the words kebab`loving, cigarette`smoking and beer drinking
:16:11. > :16:12.probably don't spring to mind. But for Steve Way from Dorset,
:16:13. > :16:15.that was very much the lifestyle he Amazingly, he's just finished
:16:16. > :16:20.10th place in the marathon. At this point Steve Way,
:16:21. > :16:29.the inspirational man... He has been labelled as the man
:16:30. > :16:32.that gives everyone else hope. From this to this
:16:33. > :16:38.in just seven years. The everyday man appeal seems to be
:16:39. > :16:41.quite high because 33 years old, I wasn't an athlete, I was just
:16:42. > :16:45.an overweight couch potato who Steve Way achieved all
:16:46. > :16:51.of his targets in Glasgow. A personal best,
:16:52. > :16:55.a top 10 finish and at the age Tired, achy and still absolutely
:16:56. > :17:05.in a state of euphoria. It is a weird combination of all
:17:06. > :17:10.three, I think, at the moment. The Bournemouth Athletic Club
:17:11. > :17:13.competitor says he has been bowled over by the support received
:17:14. > :17:14.from Dorset. I had Dorset flags out and I saw
:17:15. > :17:22.hundreds of them out on the course. It is a story that has captured
:17:23. > :17:29.the imagination and proves there is When you see me running round
:17:30. > :17:35.the park, have a think and think, And the beauty of running is,
:17:36. > :17:40.all you need is a pair Steve Way giving hope there to
:17:41. > :17:48.everyone in their thirties who Anyway, elsewhere here's
:17:49. > :17:52.a round`up of how the South's other competitors have fared
:17:53. > :18:06.at the Commonwealth Games today. England hockey's Reading contingent
:18:07. > :18:10.went down 3`0 to Australia. It ended their hopes
:18:11. > :18:15.of topping their pool group. England will still reach
:18:16. > :18:18.the semi`final if they draw with or From the Astroturf to the
:18:19. > :18:24.Bowling Green. Berkshire's Andrew Knapper clinched
:18:25. > :18:27.the bronze medal in the men's pairs. It follows on from yesterday's medal
:18:28. > :18:33.success on the track for The 21`year`old, who has cerebral
:18:34. > :18:40.palsy, clinched silver in the T37/38 long jump, she jumped
:18:41. > :18:43.a personal best of four metres. It was great to go out there
:18:44. > :18:53.and be on the track longer, normally I am on the track for 10 or 15
:18:54. > :18:57.minutes and this time I got to feel the atmosphere for so much longer
:18:58. > :19:01.so I am really happy about that. And there will be more medal hopes
:19:02. > :19:03.for the South in the pool tonight with
:19:04. > :19:05.Reading's Adam Barrett competing He was the fastest qualifier so will
:19:06. > :19:10.be going for gold just after nine. Away from the Commonwealth Games,
:19:11. > :19:12.Berkshire schoolgirl Morgan Lake has struck gold for
:19:13. > :19:14.the second time at the World Junior Lake, who attends Wellington College
:19:15. > :19:21.in Crowthorne, won the high jump, adding that to the gold she claimed
:19:22. > :19:23.in the heptathlon. In cricket,
:19:24. > :19:25.plenty of runs were scored at the Ageas Bowl on day two of the third
:19:26. > :19:28.test between England and India. Garry Ballance
:19:29. > :19:33.and Ian Bell both scored heavily ` reaching over 300 runs
:19:34. > :19:38.between them, with Alastair Cook's Glenn Maxwell had a day to remember
:19:39. > :19:58.for Hampshire as he hit his highest one`day score in a run`fest
:19:59. > :20:00.against Lancashire yesterday. The Australian all`rounder struck
:20:01. > :20:02.146 off 96 balls, Lancashire fell 148 runs short
:20:03. > :20:06.of their target giving Hampshire In football, another first team
:20:07. > :20:09.player has left Southampton ` this time it's defender Callum Chambers
:20:10. > :20:12.to Arsenal for an undisclosed fee, In a statement,
:20:13. > :20:15.Executive Director Les Reed says the 19`year`old expressed
:20:16. > :20:18.a desire to leave St Mary's and that Chambers becomes
:20:19. > :20:21.the fifth high`profile Saints Yesterday defender Dejan Lovren
:20:22. > :20:29.moved to Liverpool for ?20 million. The statement goes on to say,
:20:30. > :20:32."It's important to remain calm and Jay Rodriguez and
:20:33. > :20:36.Morgan Schneiderlin are the latest names to be linked with moves away
:20:37. > :20:40.from the club this evening. In boxing,
:20:41. > :20:43.Portsmouth teenager Ebonie Jones is The 16`year`old,
:20:44. > :20:47.seen here in the blue, won gold after beating Poland's Agata Kavecka
:20:48. > :20:51.in a three`round fight in Italy. The Charter Academy pupil is already
:20:52. > :20:56.a three`time amateur boxing national champion and has her eyes firmly set
:20:57. > :21:49.on making the Olympics by 2020. With the anniversary of the
:21:50. > :21:51.First World War next week, many people around the region have
:21:52. > :21:54.big plans to commemorate the event. But one artist
:21:55. > :21:55.from Alresford is thinking small. Nic Joly is now world renowned
:21:56. > :21:58.for his "Little people" works, some fetching tens of thousands
:21:59. > :22:00.of pounds. But an encounter with
:22:01. > :22:02.a veteran has led to him embarking on his most ambitious
:22:03. > :22:05.project to date ` all in miniature. Ben Moore went to meet
:22:06. > :22:48.the artist with a tall order. August 1914. It marks the day that
:22:49. > :22:52.the British expedition advanced. My dear, I am once again out of the
:22:53. > :23:02.trenches and it is a very lucky thing as the hardened systematic
:23:03. > :23:09.path home... We went home in a bag each. People are sending him
:23:10. > :23:12.requests and inspiration, like this letter. It just complete reminds
:23:13. > :23:19.you, actually, what this is all about. I will make this day and when
:23:20. > :23:22.I do, I will know this man, you know, wrote this letter on that day.
:23:23. > :23:28.The know, wrote this letter on that
:23:29. > :23:31.inspiration for Never Forgotten came after the work done with a World War
:23:32. > :23:38.II veteran, who remembered his father's stories in the Great War.
:23:39. > :23:44.This notion that the First World War is a black and white, no sound for
:23:45. > :23:51.is now so vividly in colour and that really impressed on me. The
:23:52. > :23:58.miniature 's cost ?700 each but ?100 will go to The Royal British Legion.
:23:59. > :24:02.We don't just support veterans. So we are not thinking of necessarily
:24:03. > :24:07.just the older veterans from World War II. We are talking about the
:24:08. > :24:11.21`year`old veterans requiring support from Afghanistan who are
:24:12. > :24:18.still yet to come back. And their families. And their dependents. And,
:24:19. > :24:21.in some cases, carers. By the 4th of August, Nick hopes to have 100
:24:22. > :24:26.sculptures that galleries across the UK and he then has four years to
:24:27. > :24:32.finish the rest. Tiny art with huge ambition.
:24:33. > :24:36.It is very excited because we have got here in the studio that never
:24:37. > :24:44.forgotten day one. This is the very first one. It is incredible, isn't
:24:45. > :24:49.it? So expressive. So small and so significant. Wonderful! Just to let
:24:50. > :24:52.you know, this time next week, 100 years of course since the First
:24:53. > :24:56.World War was declared. We will have a very special programme for you so
:24:57. > :25:07.make sure you are with us next Monday for that. More coming in the
:25:08. > :25:08.weeks to come. Onto the weather, and Alexis is here. Flash flooding,
:25:09. > :25:16.flooding everywhere! All for! Absolutely. Or for! We had three
:25:17. > :25:22.quarters of the month's rainfall in two hours. But we have some new
:25:23. > :25:30.forest ponies in the sunshine. Leslie took this photo of the skies
:25:31. > :25:31.here. And this striped field was
:25:32. > :25:41.photographed in pop. The showers will continue but
:25:42. > :25:44.gradually ease through the morning, so we will see drier conditions with
:25:45. > :25:51.a few clever spells, but generally a lot of cloud overnight. `` clearance
:25:52. > :25:57.bells. A few showers for eastern areas and ruling out the chance of a
:25:58. > :26:02.thunderstorm, but temperatures from 15 to 16. A warm night to come.
:26:03. > :26:08.Where we do have showers, they will gradually ease through the day. By
:26:09. > :26:12.the afternoon, dry conditions with lots of sunshine developing, with
:26:13. > :26:16.the cloud thinning and breaking. Tomorrow will be the warmest day of
:26:17. > :26:19.the week because temperatures will take a slight dip as we had through
:26:20. > :26:29.Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but a dry day with light winds. A lot of
:26:30. > :26:31.cloud pushing southwards and eastwards, but once that clears, the
:26:32. > :26:38.air behind it will be a lot cooler, air behind it will be a lot cooler,
:26:39. > :26:43.solos of 13`14. A fresher and more comfortable night. Wednesday is a
:26:44. > :26:49.pretty quiet day. High pressure still in charge. Temperatures down
:26:50. > :26:56.by two or three degrees. Still slightly above the seasonal average
:26:57. > :26:58.of 20`21?. Tomorrow and Wednesday pretty decent, staying dry. The slim
:26:59. > :27:01.chance of a shower but most places pretty decent, staying dry. The slim
:27:02. > :27:07.chance of a shower escaping and if you catch one, you will be unlucky.
:27:08. > :27:15.Temperatures tomorrow at their highest. Predominantly dry days on
:27:16. > :27:19.Wednesday and Thursday but the increasing chance as we head towards
:27:20. > :27:23.Friday of a shower. Friday, they could be heavy in places with the
:27:24. > :27:27.risk of thunder and hail, but do stay tuned to the forecast and, as
:27:28. > :27:32.ever, there is a full ten day forecast on the website.
:27:33. > :27:38.We are at the new forest show tomorrow and there is a BBC marquee,
:27:39. > :27:42.so look out for it because you could have a chance doing the news and the
:27:43. > :27:57.weather. We could be redundant by tomorrow! Good night.
:27:58. > :28:02.I leave the ashram, travel halfway across the world to find my father,