26/02/2017

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:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening - I'm Laura Trant with the news in the south.

:00:14. > :00:17.Thousands of Southampton fans are at Wembley this

:00:18. > :00:19.afternoon as their team takes on Manchester United

:00:20. > :00:22.Victory would mean Saints bringing home their first major piece

:00:23. > :00:24.of silverware since the 1976 FA cup final.

:00:25. > :00:27.With the second half well underway the score is currently 2 all.

:00:28. > :00:30.Many fans who weren't lucky enough to get tickets are watching

:00:31. > :00:35.the match in pubs around Southampton, Briony Leyland

:00:36. > :00:37.joins us from the aptly named "The Saints" pub.

:00:38. > :00:56.Well fans here are watching every moment of the match closely -

:00:57. > :01:02.So the allocated 32,000 tickets for Wembley was morning this morning a

:01:03. > :01:05.red and white army headed up to the stadium many of them living on

:01:06. > :01:10.coaches from St Mary 's. There was a party atmosphere as the big day

:01:11. > :01:11.dawned. With everyone determined to enjoy their day no matter the

:01:12. > :01:14.outcome of the match. There are so many people

:01:15. > :01:19.who didn't manage to get it, Everybody, and even non-saints

:01:20. > :01:31.fans, I hope will be behind us today,

:01:32. > :01:37.which I'm sure they are. Got to be confident, yeah,

:01:38. > :01:57.I mean it's only Man United. Well, with me is the landlord

:01:58. > :02:00.of The Saints pub Eugene McManus - what do you think of

:02:01. > :02:07.the show so far? It is a fantastic game so far.

:02:08. > :02:15.Something for everybody, even the neutral. Great goals, great times to

:02:16. > :02:19.get those goals. We have them on the back foot at the moment. It looks

:02:20. > :02:24.like Rooney is about to come on. If we can contain him... Ride this

:02:25. > :02:27.period out, keep the pressure up, cheap the tempo up.

:02:28. > :02:31.It really changed just before the end of the first half.

:02:32. > :02:37.After 45 minutes people were talking about going home. 47, 48 minute,

:02:38. > :02:42.everyone wants to stay. First five minutes of the second half, we're

:02:43. > :02:46.right back in the game and I believe at this moment in time we are on top

:02:47. > :02:50.and hopefully we can get this possession to play.

:02:51. > :02:53.What about the atmosphere here in the pub?

:02:54. > :02:56.The atmosphere here is great. I was of 300 people. As you look around

:02:57. > :02:59.everyone is enjoying themselves. The whole bar is full of red and white,

:03:00. > :03:04.it is great. It would mean a lot to you? It would

:03:05. > :03:06.mean a lot to me and saints fans all over the town.

:03:07. > :03:11.And you will not be buying them all a drink, I here?

:03:12. > :03:13.A select few I may. But certainly not everybody, that would bankrupt

:03:14. > :03:16.us. Thank you so much for joining us

:03:17. > :03:20.from this very excited pup. A petition's been set up calling

:03:21. > :03:23.for a pedestrian crossing at a Swindon junction where a woman

:03:24. > :03:25.died this week. The 32-year-old from North Swindon

:03:26. > :03:28.died after being hit by a road sweeper outside Arkells Brewery

:03:29. > :03:30.on Beechcroft Road, It happened as she was on her way

:03:31. > :03:36.to collect her child from a minder. Now over a thousand people have

:03:37. > :03:38.signed an online petition calling for a pedestrian crossing

:03:39. > :03:42.at the busy crossroads. We've had over 1500 signatures

:03:43. > :03:45.so far, which is absolutely amazing. And Justin Tomlinson

:03:46. > :03:47.the MP for North Swindon, has been in touch

:03:48. > :03:50.on my Facebook page just to say that Councillor Keith Williams,

:03:51. > :03:52.who is the councilor for the highways and roads,

:03:53. > :03:54.I believe, in Swindon, is on the ball and hoping

:03:55. > :04:05.to get something done. A group of squatters who've been

:04:06. > :04:08.living in a former car showroom in Oxford have less than 24 hours

:04:09. > :04:11.to find somewhere else to live. Twenty people have been

:04:12. > :04:13.using the unofficial shelter at the site on Ifley Road

:04:14. > :04:16.since New Year's Eve. But, it's owned by Wadham college

:04:17. > :04:18.who say the squatters must The group have appealed

:04:19. > :04:37.on social media for help. We have got fairly unsettled weather

:04:38. > :04:41.over the next few days. Some heavy showers to watch out for as well. We

:04:42. > :04:45.have got some rain for a time tonight as well. That does clear to

:04:46. > :04:49.the east, some dry and clear weather for a time and it will be quite a

:04:50. > :04:54.busy night. Locally quite cool. There of around five or 6 degrees.

:04:55. > :04:58.Tomorrow morning then we will have these heavy showers arriving. There

:04:59. > :05:02.is Episcopalian thunder with some of the showers. They could turn a touch

:05:03. > :05:05.wintry across higher ground as well. Sunshine in between was quite a

:05:06. > :05:16.breezy day tomorrow and it will feel quite cool. Highs of between 7-9 C.

:05:17. > :05:19.Wilkinson 's hours going through Tuesday. More in the way of sunshine

:05:20. > :05:21.but still feeling quite cool and quite breezy as well. Some rain

:05:22. > :05:23.arriving on Wednesday. It doesn't try and less cold on Thursday.

:05:24. > :05:26.It doesn't try and less cold on Thursday.