27/10/2011 South Today

Welcome to South Today. Faster, more effective and could

lead to greater life expectancy, the new procedure for breast cancer

patients. I am so happy. It is such a burden that is gone for me and my

family and for everybody. Open for business, the South's newest

shopping centre. We have not had pay rises, there is just not as

much money. It is not as busy as one would expect it to be. Lighting

up the sky, but farmers warn of a hidden danger to animals from

Chinese lanterns. Ready to serve, but what is the

secret of success for these ball boys and girls. If you do not know

where the balls are, there is no It could save the NHS around �5

million each year and ease anxiety for cancer patients. Breast cancer

specialists at Queen Alexandra Hospital has pioneered a technique

in the fight against the disease. The treatment involves testing

whether the cancer has spread whilst the patient is undergoing

surgery. Results can be obtained in This is Judith, she is a wife, a

mum of two and she has breast cancer. She is just about to going

for surgery for. When they told me two weeks ago that I had cancer, I

was in total shock. A big question is, has the cancer spread? Today,

surgeons are about to sign doubt. Just before 2pm, the operation to

remove part of the lymph gland begins. If the cancer has spread,

it will come here for a start. injected some radioactivity into

this patient. The sample is taken down the corridor to the pathology

lab where it will be tested. It will take just 40 minutes. We are

looking for a two tumour markers. So, their presence in the lymph

node would suggest it was positive that there was some cancer cells in

it. The series of graphs are produced showing if the sample is

positive or negative. Results are 99% accurate. It is just after 2pm

and. They are starting the operation to remove the cancer.

Depending on the results from the lab, they may have to do more

surgery today. The 80 is very good for the patient because everything

can be done quickly and treatment can start early. If the cancer has

spread then the lymph nodes will need to be removed completely and

at a later date Judit will need chemotherapy. The benefits of one

operation it means that process can be sped up. All we have to do now

is wait for that crucial phone call. It is 2:30pm. The results are in.

Hello. It is all clear. It is negative? Excellent. And I am

overjoyed. I am crying because I am so happy. Judith will be going home

in the next 24 hours. Hopefully never to return.

Let's told to our health correspondent who is in the studio.

What does this mean for breast cancer patients and the NHS? What

it means for people like Judith is they do not have to wait two weeks

to find out if their cancer has spread, it can be done in a few

minutes. If it has spread, they do not need to come back for a second

operation, they can start to their treatment much sooner. Judith

actually left the hospital within 24 hours of that operation. What it

means for the NHS could be significant. About 11,000 women

every year need a second operation because there cancer has spread to

the lymph node. On average, those patients spread an extra 5 days in

hospital recovering. If they did not have to do that, the NHS would

save about �5 million a year. Why aren't more hospitals doing this?

One of the reasons is that the laboratory has to get the results

back within 40 minutes. And they are looking for tumours that could

be 0.2 mm across, that is smaller than the head of a pen and that is

not easy. Cancer treatments are constantly being tested. Breast

cancer screening is being reviewed because it may not be as effective

as first thought. This new technique has been through national

trials, but many hospitals do not use it. In the NHS, deciding what

works is never easy. A young mother who took part in a vicious attack

on a cyclist in June last year has had her jail sentence increased

after the Attorney-General said her initial punishment was not enough.

Stephanie Hill from Thornhill was in a grip that beat David Baker as

he rode across central bridge in Southampton leaving him with life-

changing brain injuries. Today, senior judges increased her

sentence from four to seven years. A former nurse from Brighton who

had a gastric bypass operation died after she was left unable to absorb

nutrients from her food. An inquest heard that Virginia Humphrey lost

10 stone after undergoing the weight loss operation to help

tackle her diabetes and high blood pressure. After surgery, her

condition deteriorated and she died in hospital last May.

It is a brand new shopping centre opening in the midst of an

unfavourable economic climate. Shops and businesses at Newbury's

Parkway Centre welcome the first customers two days. With UK retail

sales increasing by just 0.6% last month, is it a risk for developers

and traders? They say the retail business is all

about confidence. When times are good, we spend more. If you look

around us, it does not look like there is confidence in abundance.

If you live over here you can see a retail unit to lead. Over a quarter

of the floorspace here is yet to find tenants. A lot of businesses

are adopting a wait-and-see Nobody today was going to rain on

Newbury's parade. Not so weather, or the economic gloom could dampen

the party atmosphere. Its historic theme that reflecting high for too

long shopping here has been stuck in the past. Times have certainly

moved on since the countdown to today's opening began. Plans were

unveiled in 2007, just before the bank's imploded. Our shopping

experience is go! One has to say, against the backdrop of everything

that was happening at that point, we committed to Newbury in a very

big way. We have committed over �150 million investment. We are

investing for the long term. That investment has paid dividends for

this girl. She left school not sure what she would do. Now, a personal

shopper, she is one of 17 new staff taken on in this department store.

Probably a lot of people looking for jobs, but now it Newbury's

Parkway Centre has opened it has brought so many jobs to Newbury.

Without it, I would not have been in a job that I enjoy so much.

big question now it is do people have money to spend? No. But it is

still nice to have good shops. my granddaughter seems to have

money, I don't to! With less cash to go round, experts say the

results are all too predictable. There will be a lot of vitality,

but those shoppers used to shop in at Reading and Oxford may be drawn

away from those major centres and into their local communities. There

is not a great deal more demand, it is just a more local facility.

times like this, just making sure people spend their money locally

would be victory enough for Newbury. We have been here throughout the

day and a lot of those visitors have not been at leaving a laden

down with bags of shopping. Experts say it takes up to three years for

a place like this to bed in. There will be hoping that in the coming

weeks and months there will be more people making purchases and fewer

window shoppers. Unemployment stands at 2.5 million.

One million of those people are aged between 16-24. What affect his

is having on consumer confidence? What are traders doing to entice

shoppers into their stores? We have been to two of the South's shopping

centres. The mood of shoppers today seemed

too much of the weather. Gloomy. husband and I are both still have

our jobs, but we have not had any pay rise. There is not as much

money. Going to the supermarket is expensive, energy prices have

skyrocketed. It is not as busy as one would expect it to be

considering it is half-term. We will have to cut down a bit this

year. In Guildford, the town is taking a long-term view. The revamp

of shopping areas will total over �100 million in the next five years.

In Aldershot 50 million is being spent transforming a nine acre area

into new cinemas, restaurants and hotels. In Bracknell, the first

phase of a major regeneration of the town centre opens in four weeks.

In Brighton, the council is supporting traders by its funding

window-dressing advice. The dress for Success project aims to make

independent retailers more appealing in the run-up to

Christmas and attract more shoppers. We are spending roughly �7,000 on

the initiative. We are assisting 30 small retailers so it is good value

for money. Consumer confidence is generally quite low. People do have

disposable income, but they are not confident about spending it because

they don't know how next year will go. Traders across the south are

hoping the next few months will bring some good cheer.

Two men have each been sentenced to 6.5 years in jail by a court in

Portsmouth for conspiracy to defraud. Andrew Jelly from

Portsmouth and Joseph Nunn from Corsham pleaded guilty to a 3

million pound fraud. They took money from more than 20 people

telling them they would invested in property. They left some of their

victims hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt.

An inquest into the death of an 18- year-old schoolboy killed earlier

this year has been adjourned. Matthew Leonard, a pupil at the

Christ's Hospital School near Horsham was struck by a train on

the crossing one mile from the school. The coroner agreed to a

request for more witnesses to be called. A date for the full inquest

is yet to be fixed. Stay with us. Still to come: For

Sarah farmer looks back on a mild October.

Those temperatures had been above average for the time of year, and

this weekend looks set to be a mild one as well. We will have a full

forecast for you later in the The transformation of the

transformation of Bournemouth Airport is complete. The arrivals

hall was opened, ending an era when passengers were greeted by

temporary cabins. Although the buildings may be shiny and new the

financial future is still uncertain. A butterfly to mark the

transformation. Inside, the new arrivals hall was packed for the

official opening, taking advantage of a gap between the four flights

that came in today. It has taken three years and �45 million to

bring Bournemouth Airport into the 21st century. The runway has been a

completely resurfaced. The new departure hall opened in April. The

pity is passenger numbers have dropped from one million to three-

quarters of a million a year. terminal was empty this afternoon.

There have only been seven flights out today. It is not a holiday

season but this is a sign of the times for small airports. Earlier

this year, Coventry air but went bust. Passenger numbers have fallen

everywhere. -- Coventry airport. Recent government research predicts

less than half of the figures. It is pessimistic. Large-scale growth

will take longer than originally thought. We knew that as we went

into the recession. We have been surprised by how long it would take

to come out of the recession. The whole country has been surprised by

that. That said, we have a superb infrastructure here for airlines

and we have a great product to offer so we hope we will be well

placed to capitalise on the pick-up in the market. This was once

Britain's only international airport. The hope is one-day

Bournemouth will soar high again. They are things of beauty but also

danger. There are calls for a ban on the sale of these. Chinese

lanterns. They are mini paper hot air balloons. They are becoming an

increasingly common sight. In the past, they have been mistaken for

UFOs. They continue to cause big problems in rural areas.

Floating serenely upwards. You would not think lanterns could get

anybody angry but you would be wrong. Crops have been burned and

at this time of year, the cost to farms and stables could be even

higher with an entire winter's feed at risk. Most of us have got

heavily stocked Halebarns with highly flammable hay bales in them.

The timing of Hannah Green and Bonfire Night is very bad for us. -

- timing of Hallowe'en. They are not necessarily safe once the fire

is out. Earlier this week, a barn owl died after becoming entangled

in the wire frame of a lantern. They are a real threat to cattle,

too. Cows will eat anything. They are naturally curious. They do

ingest the wire from these lanterns. When animals have died and debts

have done a post-mortem, they have found while in the gut. At the

National Farmers' Union wants Britain to follow Australia and ban

the sale of Chinese lanterns. This Hallowe'en it is asking people to

stick to lanterns like this. It is thought to be the first event

of its kind in the world and it is happening in Sussex. Sussex Police

are inviting the public to find out more about what they do, from

underwater Inc diving to dog handling by watching online. --

underwater diving. The chief constable once the force to be as

open as it can be. Police. It is a word that has

usually meant a drama and the intrigue of forensics. The mystery

of the diving team. From tomorrow, you will see the day-to-day reality.

Specially chosen officers will be filmed as they work and streamed

live online. It is a real opportunity to follow the work that

I do here in Hove. It will not just be frontline staff you will be able

to see. You will be able to see the dog handling unit and that

underwater dive, too. I asked this man where he had volunteered and

watch what happens to the left of the screen. Shows tend to show a

certain element of what the police do. It misses out the human side

and this is what it is all about. Hello. Can I ask you a question?

we did not set that up but it made the point for us. You can contact

offices without having to find one first. If you have got a computer

or one of these, this is clearly the scheme for you. What if you're

one of the 27% in Sussex who has never been online? I had a computer

but my friend does not. She is not interested. There are a lot of

people who are not interested. What is the facility for them? It is the

question I put to the Chief Constable. You are correct. This

does not capture everybody. That is why we still take phone calls and

still have stations. It is just a new axis. It is like Chinese

whispers, it will follow through in different means. It starts tomorrow,

the blogs and tweets will continue for a year.

A new farming project has been launched a the Cowdray Estate. It

is the first time for a regenerative argriculture course

has been held in the UK. It is about thinking beyond organic

farming. It is a traditional rural backdrop

for some fresh thinking about managing the land. Cowdray Estate

stretches over 16.5 -- 16,500 acres. The estate is the setting or the

first regenerative argriculture course in the UK. It's not really

that much. This Australian farmer is passing on his theories about

agriculture. The cause has been organised by this woman, whose

family owned the estate. The causes about how to manage the land in the

most sustainable way possible, such as using techniques like pasture

cropping. It is planting grasses with annual crops. It gives you

ground cover all year round. It adds some good things to the soil

which gives carbon. It means you animals can come in and grazed the

Grace's. The course also encourages farmers to become even more

involved in the food chain -- food chain. Trying to get farmers to

take control of not just production but also processing, distribution

and marketing. It is so they are in control more of.

The NFU says a genitive farming is a new technique -- says this is a

new technique and the cause has the potential to attract new entrants

to the world of farming. There is a difficult words to say.

You did very well. Let us go to sport. Let us talk about the ball

boys and girls in the future. The British championships of

bobsleighing have been going on in Germany. A bobsleigher from Dorset

has undergone spinal surgery after being involved in a serious

accident. Serita Shone was one of two team members to be injured in

the crash. It took place in Winterberg. Serita Shone, you can

see pictured here, recently joined the squad after switching from

athletics. Her fellow team member at Nicola Minichello has spoken to

the BBC. She was doing well, she was in the sled, she had a good

week of training. Unfortunately, she got injured. Because it is an

adrenalin sport, the speed, the force, there are safety precautions

and they were taken care of. It is just one of those unfortunate

things that occurs. We wish her well.

Bournemouth have announced that an investor, understood be a Russian

millionaire living locally, has agreed a deal to buy 50% share in

the club tonight. We understand the businessman is Maxim Demin who

lives in Sandbanks. He has bought the shares of former chairman Jeff

Mostyn and his associate Steve Sly. It means that the Cherries are now

jointly owned by Demin and chairman Eddie Mitchell. A statement

released in the last hour from Eddie Mitchell says it marks the

beginning of a new and exciting Meanwhile Bournemouth have signed

the Brighton central defender Steven Cook on loan today. Cook's

first team chances have been limited at the Albion and he has

arrived at Dean Court for an initial one-month loan spell.

Brighton are set to sign the Leeds striker Billy Paynter on loan.

Paynter has not played since an opening-day defeat for Leeds at

Southampton, but is set to link up with Albion on a loan deal until

January. It is one of the most close-up

views of elite sport you could wish for. 30 youngsters are preparing to

be ball boys and girls at this year's ATP final in London. They

have taken part in an intensive period of training. I have been a

long to see them in Southampton. It is not just when playing sport

you have to keep your eye on the ball. These youngsters are being

trained to watch it like a hawk in time for the ATP tennis finals in

London next month. When you are on television, it seems easy but when

you're doing it, it is hard. All my friends say, it will be easy. But

it is not just rolling balls. has been really good but now my

legs are starting to make. My knees are killing. IMA centre and you

always have to kneel down. It has been really good. -- I am a centre.

You need to be switched on all the time. If you forget something, you

can lose your balance. The world's best players will be competing in

next month. They will demand the best from the ball boys and girls.

These 30 have been chosen from more than 2,500 to enter the competition.

The finals attract the top eight men players. Last year's finalists

have already qualified to. The kids here cannot be star-struck. We try

and train them to focus and blank on everything going around them. We

tell them to focus on the player and the player's needs. They have

to try and ignore the player when they come near them. Tomorrow, they

tour the arena. It is the final preparation for an experience they

will not forget. It has been a rather mild October.

The average temperature here in the south has been at 13.2 degrees.

Normally, it is 10.7 degrees. There are a few more days before the end

of the month. They could be a change but with mild temperatures

expected at the end, it looks like it could be one of the warmest on

record. It was 27 degrees in the south at the start of October. We

will look at some pictures. Angus Parker snapped this great

photo of a lonely cow in Cuxham, Oxfordshire. Apparently the cow did

not seem very happy about the rain. A very high tide at Mudeford Quay

this morning causing a bit of a splash. Thanks to Gordon Monger for

braving the elements for that picture. And these two look pretty

There were some heavy bursts of rain. There were torrential

downpours in parts. It was patchy. As it pursues these woods, it will

ease off. Through this evening, the rain will peter out. Drier

conditions develop as we go into the overnight period. It will be

largely cloudy but from the West, the sky is beginning to clear. We

will see some patches of mist and fog. Temperatures will stay in

double figures. Further west, you are looking at six degrees.

Tomorrow morning, some of that mist and fog could linger, possibly into

the afternoon in sunspots. Along the coast, and the Isle of Wight,

there will not be a lot of brightness. The further north you

are, the brighter it will be. Tomorrow you will have highs of 15

degrees. Tomorrow night, the front creeps back north-west winds. There

will be cloud cover overnight. They could be some drizzle. Most of us

will see double figures for the overnight lows. It could just dip

below further north. As we go through the weekend, it looks like

most of us will see two dry days. We have a front approaching which

has some rain attached to it. That looks like it will arrive through

the overnight period of Saturday. It will be cloudy on Saturday. They

could be breaks but most should say dry. On Sunday, it looks like it

will be a decent day for the runners. They will not be too hot

or too cold. Temperatures will peak at 17 degrees. The key feature is

likely to be the breeze. On the last leg, it could be blustery.

Temperatures will creep up through the weekend. Next week will be