:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening, I'm Anjana Gadgil. for the news where you are.
:00:14. > :00:17.Police say they're treating a major fire which has ripped through a 16th
:00:18. > :00:19.Century stately home in Dorset as suspicious.
:00:20. > :00:30.No one is thought to have been inside Parnham House near Beaminster
:00:31. > :00:33.when flames took hold last night, but the grade-one-listed Elizabethan
:00:34. > :00:38.Clare Woodling sent this report from the scene.
:00:39. > :00:43.Hundreds of years of history up in flames.
:00:44. > :00:45.The alarm was raised at 4:10 this morning.
:00:46. > :00:48.20 fire engines were sent to the scene half a mile south
:00:49. > :00:51.They described it as an extensive blaze.
:00:52. > :00:55.Of course, we were always terrified of fire
:00:56. > :00:58.because houses like that so often suffering in that way.
:00:59. > :01:01.And we did have a small chimney fire and that
:01:02. > :01:06.But of course the scale of this is just
:01:07. > :01:14.And it is just utterly devastating and totally
:01:15. > :01:18.tragic and it seems very sad that somebody who made it into a
:01:19. > :01:22.beautiful private home could have suffered such a tragedy.
:01:23. > :01:24.Crews were still battling the fire by lunchtime.
:01:25. > :01:28.By mid-afternoon they were damping down.
:01:29. > :01:30.There is no access into the grounds here at
:01:31. > :01:33.Parnham House except for emergency vehicles.
:01:34. > :01:39.Police say the fire is suspicious and an investigation is underway.
:01:40. > :01:47.Dozens of boat owners have been queueing up on a quayside in Dorset
:01:48. > :01:49.to hand in their out-of-date rescue flares.
:01:50. > :01:52.Old explosive flares can be dangerous but in recent years it's
:01:53. > :01:55.Today's flare amnesty was organised by Dorset Police
:01:56. > :02:10.There have been several flare amnesties across the south
:02:11. > :02:12.in the last three years, but this is the first in Dorset.
:02:13. > :02:14.1975, you are the winner of the oldest
:02:15. > :02:25.In just the first hour, 500 out-of-date flares were handed in.
:02:26. > :02:28.There have been accidents where people have been
:02:29. > :02:30.hurt by flares that are expired and they're not doing
:02:31. > :02:33.What they've actually done is gone into people's
:02:34. > :02:37.Because the chemicals inside and the metals
:02:38. > :02:42.The flares were collected by Ramora UK, a private bomb disposal company
:02:43. > :02:51.It stops the projection hazard getting out.
:02:52. > :02:53.It is becoming a greater problem and we're certainly
:02:54. > :02:55.finding that across the country we are dealing more with household
:02:56. > :02:58.recycling depots who are encountering them in the skips than
:02:59. > :03:06.we ever used to and the coastguard and police avenues have closed down.
:03:07. > :03:09.We used to let them off on fireworks night years and years ago.
:03:10. > :03:11.But you can't do that now, so it is good to
:03:12. > :03:16.You put them in the garage at home and
:03:17. > :03:19.Of course they build up in the garage at home.
:03:20. > :03:22.It is not till days like this where you
:03:23. > :03:24.can take the opportunity to dispose of them.
:03:25. > :03:29.The advice is to wait for an amnesty or make an appointment to take them
:03:30. > :03:33.Roger Finn for BBC South Today at Poole.
:03:34. > :03:35.Football now and it was a bad day for Bournemouth away
:03:36. > :03:38.at second-placed Tottenham, as they were beaten 4-0.
:03:39. > :03:40.Mousa Dembele opening the scoring before this
:03:41. > :03:47.Harry Kane and Vincent Jannsen made sure of the win which leaves
:03:48. > :03:55.Bournemouth in 16 place in the table.
:03:56. > :03:57.And Southampton are currently playing Manchester City,
:03:58. > :04:00.it's half time and the latest score at St Mary's is 0-0.
:04:01. > :04:03.Meanwhile in the Championship, Reading continued their push
:04:04. > :04:06.for a play off place with a 3-1 away win at Aston Villa.
:04:07. > :04:08.They are in fourth place, one point behind third
:04:09. > :04:17.Now time for a look at the weather with Bee Tucker.
:04:18. > :04:20.We did finally see some sunshine, most of us did.
:04:21. > :04:23.The rest of the cloud is starting to break up, so I think we
:04:24. > :04:25.will see clear spells overnight tonight.
:04:26. > :04:27.That will start to get the temperature is getting
:04:28. > :04:30.There will be some cloud pushing in towards dawn,
:04:31. > :04:36.That does mean that tomorrow we could seize early spells
:04:37. > :04:40.Quickly, we will see some cloud feeding in and with it
:04:41. > :04:43.The rain could be more at times, but most of
:04:44. > :04:47.us will see it being fairly light turning showery into the afternoon.
:04:48. > :04:48.Still some decent spells of sunshine into the afternoon though.
:04:49. > :04:50.And westerly winds will make it feel cool.
:04:51. > :05:18.Good evening. These and but not spectacular is probably a neat way
:05:19. > :05:22.to describe the weather this Easter weekend. -- decent but not
:05:23. > :05:26.spectacular. A bit of sunshine, patchy cloud and showers today, but
:05:27. > :05:30.as we can see from the satellite and radar, the showers are easing, cloud
:05:31. > :05:35.melting away, so a decent evening if you are heading out. Once it gets
:05:36. > :05:36.dark, it will be chilly, cold enough for