16/08/2014 South Today

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Hello, good evening. I'm Tom Hepworth.

Members of the 2000`strong Kurdish community in Portsmouth have

gathered to voice their support for those caught up in the

They're appealing for the international community to

further increase military and humanitarian support.

A Kurdish song of struggle, celebrating a spirit of survival.

Kurds living here in Portsmouth are very anxious for

those facing the advance of Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.

How much contact have you been able to have with

I spoke with them on Skype, a couple of minutes.

Fill up the car, full tank of petrol, just be ready.

What the Kurdish people are today standing for is standing

and absolutely rejecting any sort of violence, any sort of domination

That is what we are facing right now.

Events in Iraq stir up painful memories for this man.

He was just 11 when his family were killed in a

He welcomes support from the UK and others

We came to see to argue the UK Government to do more action to

prevent a repeat, another genocide in Kurdistan.

Today's event was a show of solidarity as the Kurdish

community here adds its voice to the debate.

Briony Leyland, BBC South Today, Portsmouth.

The owners of a waste recycling site in Swindon which has been on fire

for 26 days have failed to meet a deadline to clear it of waste.

The Environment Agency stepped in to insist material is removed so

firefighters can tackle the fire at the Averies site more effectively.

The agency will now take over the clear`up operation

The deputy chairman of UKIP, Neil Hamilton,

was in Bournemouth today to open a campaign headquarters in the town.

A small group of protesters gathered outside the shop on

Christchurch Road, which will be the party's base as it campaigns

for the seat of Bournemouth East in next year's general election.

UKIP polled 38% of the vote in the town in the European

If you don't win this seat, how much of a failure would that be for UKIP?

Well, I don't think it will be a failure because UKIP makes progress

And for a new party to break into our established first past

the post political system is very, very difficult.

There was a commemorative cavalcade of steam

Enthusiasts only finished restoring this locomotive late last night.

The traction engines, driven by volunteers wearing replica

First World War Army uniforms, hauled a gun tractor in convoy

from the Bovington Tank Museum to Tarrant Hinton.

The vehicles will be part of a centenary display at the

I should think that the hairs on the back of the neck will be, yes...

One of those moments because, as I was saying, it has been

It will be a special moment when we finally arrived at the Steam Fair

It will be a special moment when we finally arrive at the Steam Fair

site, where I know they're going to give us a bit of a welcome.

On to football, and in the Championship it's early days

but Bournemouth stay top and maintain their 100% record,

Brighton lost by the same scoreline at Birmingham,

while Reading claimed their first win of the season, hanging on

to beat Ipswich 1`0 after Jake Taylor gave them a first half lead.

In League One, Swindon lost 1`0 at Crawley,

while Peterborough beat the MK Dons 3`2 at London Road.

In League Two, Oxford slumped to their second successive defeat,

Portsmouth notched up their first win of the season,

beating Cambridge United 2`1 despite being a man down when Adam Webster

Bee Tucker is here with your weather forecast.

We have got some rain to come in the forecast of the next 24 hours.

A dry start to the evening but we will see cloud thickening up

and one or two showers feeding in on a westerly breeze.

As a result, a fairly mild one with lows of around 13`15 degrees.

A disappointing start to the day tomorrow.

A lot of cloud, and we will see some rain spreading in, mostly light

and patchy, but it should brighten up as we go through the afternoon.

The winds come round to the north`west.

As a result, despite the sunshine, it is going to feel noticeably

cooler and fresher than the last few days, with highs

That's the latest. Thanks for being there.

There's more on the BBC News website.

We'll be back at ten to seven tomorrow evening.

The start of the football season reminds us autumn is around the

corner and the an autumnal flavour for the next few days. For Sunday,

north-westerly winds and some rain. The rain comes from this front

crossing through Northern