:00:00. > 3:59:59are out of the way, will the EU start pursuing a common defence
:00:00. > :00:28.policy? Join me on BBC Two. We can reveal brand new commuter
:00:29. > :00:37.trains costing hundreds of millions of pounds are destined to end up
:00:38. > :00:42.unused sitting in sidings. As we reported on Monday,
:00:43. > :00:45.First Group and MTR will take over Part of the deal includes
:00:46. > :00:48.an order for 90 new trains which would replace others
:00:49. > :00:50.which are themselves so new, they haven't
:00:51. > :00:52.even been delivered yet. Our transport correspondent Paul
:00:53. > :00:58.Clifton has this exclusive report. Next month, the first
:00:59. > :01:08.one will enter service, Onboard, the latest technology,
:01:09. > :01:15.and lots of space to ease overcrowding on some of the region's
:01:16. > :01:20.most congested routes. The cost - ?200 million,
:01:21. > :01:25.for 150 carriages. They will carry 8000
:01:26. > :01:30.extra commuters each day. First MTR takes over
:01:31. > :01:36.South West Trains in August. And it has decided it
:01:37. > :01:40.doesn't want them. It has rejected the new trains
:01:41. > :01:44.before the German factory Two years from now, they will be
:01:45. > :01:54.replaced with yet more new trains. And First MTR doesn't want
:01:55. > :01:58.these trains either. The suburban carriages are right
:01:59. > :02:01.in the middle of a full So too are the trains
:02:02. > :02:10.which currently run to Reading. They were refurbished
:02:11. > :02:14.only last year. And yet, at the same time,
:02:15. > :02:19.these 30-year-old trains will be brought out
:02:20. > :02:21.of storage and dusted down So why are hundreds of brand
:02:22. > :02:29.new and newly refurbished carriages, worth hundreds of millions
:02:30. > :02:34.of pounds, simply being thrown away? They are specially built
:02:35. > :02:36.for Southern England's They are currently, I'm told,
:02:37. > :02:46.destined to sit in sidings. The cost of new trains has tumbled
:02:47. > :02:49.since the last contracts New manufacturers are competing
:02:50. > :02:55.for orders and production lines have been set up but it's mainly
:02:56. > :02:58.because the cost of That knocks hundreds
:02:59. > :03:05.of thousands of pounds off It makes a new train
:03:06. > :03:10.cheaper even than one It's a bit like walking
:03:11. > :03:17.into a car showroom and being offered a brand
:03:18. > :03:21.new vehicle from the factory for less money than the identical
:03:22. > :03:24.demonstrator that is already sitting The bottom line - I'm told
:03:25. > :03:29.by several industry sources that hundreds of millions of pounds
:03:30. > :03:31.of investment in passenger trains for this region
:03:32. > :03:35.will simply go to waste. No-one will talk about this
:03:36. > :03:39.on camera, because the new contract is still inside the ten-day
:03:40. > :03:42.cooling-off period The Department for Transport told us
:03:43. > :03:46.that although it specified the service it wants,
:03:47. > :03:51.it is up to First MTR, the operator, Two people had a lucky escape
:03:52. > :04:05.after a plane crashed People living nearby reported seeing
:04:06. > :04:08.the single-engined aircraft, believed to be a Piper ditch just
:04:09. > :04:11.yards from the shore. Its occupants managed to swim
:04:12. > :04:13.to safety and didn't People within the plane have swum
:04:14. > :04:16.ashore and thankfully appear to have very minor injuries
:04:17. > :04:19.and in are just shock. The accounts of witnesses
:04:20. > :04:21.who have seen the incident, there is a suggestion the plane has
:04:22. > :04:25.lost power and the pilot has glided 150 people were told
:04:26. > :04:34.to leave their homes after a lorry began leaking highly explosive
:04:35. > :04:36.gas in Berkshire. Homes were evacuated in Hermitage
:04:37. > :04:42.after a lorry carrying liquid petroleum gas
:04:43. > :04:44.developed a fault. Firefighters and police cleared
:04:45. > :04:46.the area and residents were sent They've since been
:04:47. > :04:49.allowed back home. There are no reports
:04:50. > :04:53.of any injuries. I was walking down Faircross Road
:04:54. > :04:56.and I saw a tanker, the gas tanker and it was squirting out
:04:57. > :05:01.gas from the right-hand side of it towards
:05:02. > :05:03.the side of the road and there was
:05:04. > :05:06.police and fire engines surrounding it, so we walked down the shop
:05:07. > :05:10.and then police told us it was a gas leak so everyone got evacuated
:05:11. > :05:15.and then we got moved off. Two people had a lucky escape
:05:16. > :05:18.after a plane crashed Tanks have been massing at Marchwood
:05:19. > :05:23.near Southampton throughout the day. They'll join 800 troops
:05:24. > :05:25.heading to Estonia. Among those playing a leading role
:05:26. > :05:28.in the Nato operation are 120 soldiers from the Wiltshire based
:05:29. > :05:30.5th Battalion, The Rifles. The Defence Secretary said
:05:31. > :05:32.they would deter "Russian aggression" as tensions increase
:05:33. > :05:34.in the Baltic states. This is the Army's heavy
:05:35. > :05:46.metal on the move. Ready to head east on the biggest
:05:47. > :05:50.deployment of its kind The guys started at
:05:51. > :05:54.8:30am this morning. The guys will get on overnight
:05:55. > :05:58.and it should be be This really is a case
:05:59. > :06:02.of back to the future. After decades of the Army's vehicles
:06:03. > :06:05.being in sand camouflage for operations in Iraq
:06:06. > :06:08.and Afghanistan, they are now back in green once more,
:06:09. > :06:15.and once again facing the old enemy. Moscow's annexation of Crimea three
:06:16. > :06:19.years ago this month heralded a rapid cooling in relations
:06:20. > :06:23.between East and West. It also set nerves on edge
:06:24. > :06:29.in the Baltic states. These pictures of those the Army
:06:30. > :06:32.trains against on Salisbury Plain, with Russian tanks used in war
:06:33. > :06:35.games, make clear where If these scenes today
:06:36. > :06:41.impress, there'll be no complaints from those who've
:06:42. > :06:44.ordered this deployment. This is about supporting Nato
:06:45. > :06:48.deterrence, and for us, we can do that just
:06:49. > :06:50.by being in the country. The main thing we are trying
:06:51. > :06:53.to achieve here is reassurance of Nato allies and understand really
:06:54. > :06:55.at the ground level, for the Rifleman, how he is supposed
:06:56. > :06:58.to work alongside an Estonian soldier or a French soldier
:06:59. > :07:00.or a Dane. With that in mind, the Rifles will
:07:01. > :07:04.be spending eight months in Estonia. Their Warrior vehicles aren't
:07:05. > :07:08.carrying the extra armour usually fitted for combat zones,
:07:09. > :07:10.but the message And if there ever comes a time that
:07:11. > :07:16.extra protection is needed, A major section of the M4
:07:17. > :07:26.will be closed It's part of a series of works
:07:27. > :07:31.planned over the next few weekends between Junction 12 and 13,
:07:32. > :07:35.but some locals say they've only just found out and it
:07:36. > :07:39.will cause major disruption. Sean Killick is live
:07:40. > :07:56.near Cieveley for us tonight. Good evening. At the moment it's
:07:57. > :08:01.typically still quite busy on the M4 but this time tomorrow there will be
:08:02. > :08:07.no car lights along here, no rumble of vehicles, the only noise you will
:08:08. > :08:12.hear will be maintenance vehicles because the M4 will be closed in
:08:13. > :08:21.both directions between junction 12 and junction 13, from Friday night
:08:22. > :08:24.at 9pm until 6am on Monday morning, but many local people have
:08:25. > :08:30.complained about this. They accept that work needs to be done but they
:08:31. > :08:34.say there is a football match this weekend between Reading and Leeds
:08:35. > :08:39.united with thousands of fans coming down, and they say there has been a
:08:40. > :08:41.lack of advance warning which is a charge we put two highways England.
:08:42. > :08:45.We have written to a lot of local residents and businesses
:08:46. > :08:47.and are conducting interviews like these to raise the profile
:08:48. > :08:50.and if anyone wants more information they can subscribe to get updates
:08:51. > :08:53.on our website and that way they will be aware of the future
:08:54. > :08:58.closures we have planned for May and onwards.
:08:59. > :09:06.The closure is for maintenance work on two bridges over local roads.
:09:07. > :09:10.There are also to further weekend closures planned and they have just
:09:11. > :09:15.had the dates amended, they will now start on Friday May the 5th and
:09:16. > :09:17.Friday May the 12th. Tom, back to you.
:09:18. > :09:19.People in Andover campaigning to prevent the closure
:09:20. > :09:21.of their swimming pool have lost their battle.
:09:22. > :09:24.At a planning meeting this evening councillors voted to grant planning
:09:25. > :09:27.permission for a new Leisure Centre to be built on the site
:09:28. > :09:30.It means people will have to travel to Romsey
:09:31. > :09:36.The council says it hopes to have a temporary pool
:09:37. > :09:54.That's how it's looking so far tonight. We're back tomorrow with
:09:55. > :10:01.bulletins from 6am. But now here's a Lexus. It's been a lovely day. Yes,
:10:02. > :10:06.the warmest day of the year so far but tonight it stays mild, though a
:10:07. > :10:10.chance of patchy rain at times, mainly light but we could have the
:10:11. > :10:16.odd moderate bursts and temperatures could drop to eight or nine Celsius
:10:17. > :10:20.in the countryside, so very cloudy start to tomorrow, winds will be
:10:21. > :10:25.light, freezer along the south coast and we will see showers moved north
:10:26. > :10:29.but eventually the sun will appear in the afternoon and showers will
:10:30. > :10:34.ease. Temperatures will reach a height of 15 Celsius but in
:10:35. > :10:40.sheltered spots of the countryside we could see highs of 16. Further
:10:41. > :10:45.rain is possible tomorrow night, low pressure takes charge of our weather
:10:46. > :10:50.for the start of the weekend so making the fair and stable and we
:10:51. > :10:54.may have some thunderstorms on Saturday, a mixture of pale in there
:10:55. > :10:59.as well, but sunny spells between the showers on Saturday. The showers
:11:00. > :11:02.could be slow-moving and could be done for us in places. Sunday is
:11:03. > :11:03.much better sunny time of year. The chance of a shower
:11:04. > :11:16.on Saturday. Sunday will be dry. Hello, it will cool off over the
:11:17. > :11:21.next few days but that's not unusual, given how warm it was
:11:22. > :11:25.today. This was London. We just had the warmest March day since 2012, 20
:11:26. > :11:30.two Celsius in the Sunnis skies in the south-east. It was much warmer
:11:31. > :11:33.than recently in north-eastern Scotland, but in between we had a
:11:34. > :11:36.zone of outbreaks of rain. It's pretty wet in south-west Scotland
:11:37. > :11:41.and North West England at the moment. This was the scene earlier,
:11:42. > :11:45.with rainy skies. There's more rain to come overnight. We could see a
:11:46. > :11:49.few splashes running eastwards into England, but most of the wet weather
:11:50. > :11:53.is further west. We will see heavy rain arriving in Northern Ireland.
:11:54. > :11:57.Further training north-west England and also for Scotland. -- further
:11:58. > :12:03.rain. It will stay very mild for the time of year. Tomorrow, there may be
:12:04. > :12:08.a little early sunshine for East Anglia and the south-east, but we
:12:09. > :12:09.have a zone of cloud and showery bits of rain to run eastwards