:00:11. > :00:15.A campaign's been launched to try to safeguard the futtre
:00:16. > :00:17.of the country's longest-serving pier train and ferry.
:00:18. > :00:21.Today about 100 people gathdred to express their feelings
:00:22. > :00:24.outside the entrance to the Hythe ferry, which provhdes
:00:25. > :00:27.a link across the water to Southampton city centre.
:00:28. > :00:31.Earlier this month the currdnt operators wrote to staff warning
:00:32. > :00:40.People here in Hythe on the edge of the New Forest are passionate
:00:41. > :00:43.about keeping their ferry link to Southampton.
:00:44. > :00:47.It is important for the local community
:00:48. > :00:53.It is efficient and it is a really good way to get there,
:00:54. > :00:56.and so it is saving the carbon footprint as well.
:00:57. > :01:00.and it is a vital link to Southampton.
:01:01. > :01:04.It is a transport system th`t has been here so long it is in
:01:05. > :01:09.But the future is uncertain, after staff were sent letters
:01:10. > :01:14.But the current operators w`rned that it has been tough
:01:15. > :01:19.Over the last number of years, we have suffered a year on xear
:01:20. > :01:22.decline in passenger numbers, and that has obviously
:01:23. > :01:27.In addition to that, we havd been met with higher operating costs
:01:28. > :01:32.The people behind the campahgn to ensure the ferries' future
:01:33. > :01:35.say over 6,000 people have signed a petition.
:01:36. > :01:39.One of the possibilities being looked at is for a local
:01:40. > :01:41.community group to take over the running of the pier
:01:42. > :01:45.and the train, which would leave the ferry operator to concentrate
:01:46. > :01:49.on running the services across to Southampton.
:01:50. > :01:53.You know, it has got a special place in my heart,
:01:54. > :02:00.so I am going to use every sinew of energy that I have got to see
:02:01. > :02:07.Leaders of the campaign grotp hope to meet the ferries' operators
:02:08. > :02:10.to discuss options in the very near future.
:02:11. > :02:14.Steve Humphrey, BBC South Today, Hythe.
:02:15. > :02:17.A 16-year-old boy has had hhs skull fractured when he was attacked
:02:18. > :02:20.with a hammer while waiting for a bus in Oxford.
:02:21. > :02:22.The victim was attacked in St Clements Street when ` car
:02:23. > :02:28.Five or six men aged between 18 and 20 chased him to Rectorx Road,
:02:29. > :02:32.where they continued the attack one using a hammer.
:02:33. > :02:36.The boy is currently in hospital receiving treatment.
:02:37. > :02:38.A major rail route in Hampshire has closed for nine days
:02:39. > :02:43.Network Rail is replacing nine sets of points,
:02:44. > :02:47.as well as 240m of track around Fareham station.
:02:48. > :02:50.?1 million is being spent on improving the station itself
:02:51. > :02:55.The work severs the busy connection between Southampton and Portsmouth.
:02:56. > :02:58.Buses will replace trains between Swanwick, Eastleigh,
:02:59. > :03:05.Football now, and Bournemouth played Tottenham Hotspur in the lunchtime
:03:06. > :03:07.kick-off today at the Vitality Stadium.
:03:08. > :03:10.The hosts had the first chance Charlie Daniels shot kept ott
:03:11. > :03:15.by Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and onto the crossbar.
:03:16. > :03:17.It was then Spurs' turn to hit the woodwork -
:03:18. > :03:19.Dele Alli and Erik Lamela combining with Lamela's
:03:20. > :03:25.There were five yellow cards in the first half -
:03:26. > :03:30.Danny Rose here going through the back of Joshua King
:03:31. > :03:32.Spurs were on top in the second half -
:03:33. > :03:35.Dele Alli forcing a save from Artur Boruc.
:03:36. > :03:39.And Bournemouth came closest to nicking the winner at thd end -
:03:40. > :03:47.Ryan Fraser putting a cross into the box,
:03:48. > :03:54.In the Championship, 1-0 away wins for both
:03:55. > :03:59.Brighton now rise to second in the table.
:04:00. > :04:03.In League 1, MK Dons were beaten 3-0 by Southend.
:04:04. > :04:09.And Swindon were beaten 2-0 by Walsall.
:04:10. > :04:16.at Fratton Park, Portsmouth went down 2-1 to Notts County.
:04:17. > :04:18.Now let's take a look at the weather.
:04:19. > :04:22.We've got some sunshine arotnd once again for tomorrow,
:04:23. > :04:25.but the winds will tend to pick up, especially along the coast.
:04:26. > :04:28.This evening, then, some sunshine around for as long as it lasts.
:04:29. > :04:31.We've got a few showers, along the coast mainly -
:04:32. > :04:35.Clear skies, but some mist, fog and low cloud rolls its way back in,
:04:36. > :04:38.and where you do not get th`t, it actually turns quite chilly,
:04:39. > :04:42.Many of us will have quite ` murky start to tomorrow.
:04:43. > :04:44.Some showers here and there, hopefully not in any great `mount,
:04:45. > :04:47.but the winds are whipping tp especially along the coast
:04:48. > :04:51.And then we see some outbreaks of rain moving in
:04:52. > :04:58.A bit wet at times on Mondax, but turning quieter towards midweek.