09/04/2017 South Today

Good evening, I'm Laura Trant with your news in the south.

First, some breaking news in the last hour,

50 firefighters are currently attending an incident at a tower

The cause of the fire at Redbridge Towers is not yet known.

It's thought to have started on the 12th floor

of the prominent tower block, near the city centre.

Viewers sent us these pictures as black smoke could be

Emergency services are at the scene, and we'll have more on this

in our late news this evening at 10.20.

Police figures show nearly 1,000 cyclists were killed

or seriosuly injured on the roads of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight,

In response, a new cycling safety campaign has been launched.

This weekend, thousands of cyclists took to the roads of the New Forest

Filmed from the cycling helmet of a plain clothes police officer -

When overtaking, drivers should allow cyclists as much room

as they would a car, but in just two hours Hampshire Police

found 19 motorists failed to do that.

Their Give Space awareness campaign welcomed by cyclists

gathered at the spring Sportive Wiggle event

in the New Forest - many of whom have had

near misses - particularly on their daily commutes.

cars are very respectful but everynow and then you get one that

like six inches away from you and because I'm new to cycling it

frightens the... Me to death.

The event here has the challenge of keeping the public and a total of

4,000 cyclists safe as they take to the forest's roads over

Please remember you represent not only yourself today but

In previous years there's been tension with locals.

Organisers say they've been working hard to minimise disruption

and urging riders to follow the forest cycling code,

Obviously they're cycling in the national park,

there will be animals on the road and also be respectful

The National Park Authority says mutual tolerance

between road users is needed, a sentiment echoed by

Hampshire Police as they seek to make cycling a safer experience

across the county. Briony Leyland, BBC South Today.

A man has died following a motorbike crash in West Sussex.

No other vehicles are believed to have been involved on the A272

between Wisborough Green and Petworth, just

Police confirmed the motorcyclist died at the scene.

A Hampshire vet is to spearhead the fight against a disease

David Walker from Winchester, is the UK's leading expert

on the condition that leaves dogs with severe skin lesions or sores.

There have been 11 new cases recorded this year,

Now a conference of leading animal health experts is to take place.

It's still not known how the Alabama Rot disease

But for dog owners like Jessica Worthington,

Unfortunately after a few days Pippa's condition

Last year, her cocker spaniel Pippa had to be put asleep

She was showing signs of kidney damage.

Not long after that only a few days later despite

trying many intensive treatments we unfortunately lost her.

The disease was first identified in the UK in November 2012.

Since then there have been 94 confirmed cases.

Many of the early cases were reported in the New Forest.

Hampshire is still top of the county list in

However in number of cases that we've been confirming in Hampshire

The first Alabama Rot conference will be held in May,

with scientists from human medicine teaming up with vets and private

practice to discuss ways to learn more about the disease.

We've done a lot of work over the past four

years to try and understand more about this disease process.

Unfortunately at this stage, we still don't know what the trigger

Identifying the cause is the start of identifying the cure.

Onto sport, and what a night it could turn out to be

Heading into the final day of The Masters at Augusta,

Rose is joint-top of the leaderboard on six under.

Having sunk five birdies in the last seven holes yesterday,

he's in the running to win what would be his

After a gorgeous day in the sunshine what is the start of the working

week looking like? Here is Holly Green.

Good evening. A glorious day, the warmest of the year so far. We have

change in the store. Developing in north-westerly winds overnight

tomorrow, cooler air flooding in so some will see 10 degrees less today.

Cloud went his way in into the early hours, a spot of two or brain

possibility. Change tonight, 7 degrees. A cloudy night on Monday

morning. Sunny spells to be hurt, a couple of showers, temperatures that

much cooler although still a decent enough day in the sunshine. A chilly

start to Tuesday but a dry and bright day with sunny spells hanging

on. Vigouroux feel. Good evening. Good evening. If you can use a

smelter describes the weather it would be owed a barbecue, and why

not? Beautiful blue skies with highs of 25 degrees, yes, there was more

cloud further west, and it was thick enough for some rain in the far

north-west of Scotland. You can see this old snow