07/08/2013 South Today

programme, roadside tragedy. As Wiltshire Police go on the offensive

to save lives, a mother speaks about the emotional effects on a family.

Stop thinking about yourselves, stop thinking about the quick thrilled

you get. Think about the pain that is left when you have gone. Because

they are dead, they are gone. But we have to live with it.

Drugs, violence and a shortage of staff - the new governor of

Winchester tells us how he's trying to turn the prison around.

inspectors set came in today, I am sure they would see this as a far

better prison than they did last year.

Helping hand - the volunteer drivers providing a lifeline for others, but

for how much longer? And uncovering Cody, the bronze

statue to the flamboyant showman and pioneer of powered flight.

Somebody that was prepared to take risks and challenges and push the

boundaries. For me, it feels very pass on the way to work. Last year,

1700 people died on British roads in accidents. The figure is lower than

the previous year but one force was targeting motorists today. In

Wiltshire, 18 people have died so far this year, almost as many people

in the whole of last year. Our transport correspondent was on the

A3405 where Wiltshire Police are continuing their operation.

Sadly, it is fair to say that Wiltshire Police take a lighter

touch to drivers than they used to. All the fixed speed cameras have

been turned off and there are fewer released with mobile speed cameras.

But as you can see, not today. They have been out since the rush hour

and they will be around till closing time tonight for pubs tonight.

Police say a one-day campaign can still be effective.

The wreckage on which her 22-year-old son died. It happened

three months ago. Jamie just got the news that he had qualified with --

as an aeronautical technician. It was the afternoon, he took a bend

too fast and crashed. Jamie was going too fast on a road which he

said he knew. It is where most motorcycle accidents happen. People

think they know the road so they get a bit cocky. He was speeding. Jamie

died instantly. It is a blessing. a mother, what is your message to

people? Stop thinking about yourselves. Stop thinking about the

quick thrilled. Think about the pain that is left when you have gone

because they are dead, they are gone. But we have to live with it.

This family, we are devastated. help save lives, police set up a 20

road checks across the county. a few people will be having tickets

for enforcement, and what they don't know is that we will be doing this

again and again across Wiltshire. So my advice to drivers is to make sure

your car is fit -- safe and to make sure that you are legal and you

abide by the rules. Angela once Jamie's crash to the -- bikes to be

a warning to other motorbike drivers in the hope that they will take more

care. You heard the human cost of road

traffic accidents. Let's go back to Paul Clifton in Wiltshire. You have

also been looking at a range of new measures which could make young

drivers safer? In a few weeks' time, the government

will publish plans to change the driving test and make it tougher.

Two out of three deaths for young people come from road traffic

accidents, that is higher than road -- drink, drugs or crime. They are

calling for a minimum of a one-year learning period which is likely to

be at the centre of the new policy. But what about the elements favoured

by insurers? A night-time driving curfew, a ban on newly qualified

drivers carrying young passengers and zero tolerance on alcohol. For

many young drivers, those ideas are not attractive. For 18-year-old

Georgia Sacre from Farnham, the driving test was a passport

independence. I have gained a lot more jobs because of driving. My dad

always used to have to pick me up. I had to rely on them. Just about

everyone agrees, the driving test is not fit for purpose. Four in ten

drivers crashed in the six months after they passed their test. A

large proportion of those happen at night. But George does not like the

idea of a curfew on the driving. mum doesn't live with me. She might

become ill and if there was an emergency, I would not be able to

get to her. Georgia has a black box data recorder as part of her car

insurance. Her insurer has 750 million miles of data to draw from

and thinks a night-time curfew is pointless. In the young person's

mind, that means that they have to get home by 11 and they might rush

to get home. They are going to drive anyway and that means there are lots

of young, inexperienced road users at the time -- at the same time on

the road is trying to get home. is out of line with the rest of the

insurance injury -- industry, which backs a curfew. Tom McCluskey is a

student at Bournemouth University and he thinks better training before

the test would do more than imposing restrictions on people who pass it.

If you're curfew is 4:11pm, it's 10:30pm, a 45 Minute Drive home,

there will be a tent agent speed. I think if people have the right

attitude in the first place, they should not need a curfew. In a

curfew, more than three out of four young drivers oppose a curfew.

Almost all of them are against restrictions on carrying passengers.

But most agreed with stricter limits on alcohol. Not carrying passengers

in cars is not particularly enforceable and also includes people

who may have children or need to carry passengers for other reasons,

perhaps for work, from going about their business and using the car for

the reason why they got their driving licence in the first place.

Interesting to hear what the young people feel, but realistically, many

of them likely to come into effect? What with fewer traffic police on

the roads, these will be difficult to enforce. And students doing

late-night shifts would need to be exempt from a curfew. Who would have

to prove whether a driver is coming home from working at a pub or just

coming home from the pub? A ban on passengers would have to exclude

immediate members of the family. Who would have to prove that? But the

debate is no longer about whether the driver -- the driving test must

change, it is about how tough the rules change will have to be.

The governor of whingers to prison which has recently been named as one

of the three worst jails in the country has already implemented a

plan, he says. A survey earlier this year showed that half the inmates

felt unsafe and drugs were available. The prison has been given

the lowest possible rating which means it is overall performance is

of serious concern. When inspectors came to call at

Winchester prison last October, their verdict was damning. The gel

was neglected and drifting, performance had sharply

deteriorated. -- in the jail was neglected. Winchester prison has

just been named as one of the country's worst three jails. The new

governor says the prison is facing up to its problems. The prison then

was not in a good place. There were staff shortages which meant that

prisoners were not unlocked which meant by default that they were

unhappy. I think, if I reflect back from then to now, we are in a much

healthier position. We have a good staffing group. What about drugs?

The way we handled and dealt with drugs coming into the prison last

year was not good enough? --. My drug rate is much better, and

prisoners who test possible -- prisoners who test positive for

taking drugs is down. Prison groups except that changes have been made

but there is still concern about what happens when they leave the

prison behind. The prison is still failing the community and the

taxpayer who pay for it because the majority of the people will come out

onto the streets and commit another crime. The governor said that the

prison is working hard on cutting reoffending rates using this

resettlement unit. One inmate has lost count of the number of times he

has been inside for burglary but he says the help he has received has

changed his attitudes. I have had enough of the revolving circle. It

is not me any more. I am motivated, I can do anything I put my mind to

do. Whereas in the past, I would not have done that. Now, I can.

governor may be sure Winchester is moving in the right direction. His

challenge is to convince those beyond the prison. So can you

guarantee next time you are tested you will be going up? I can't

guarantee anything. Prisoners change from day-to-day. But I can say that

if inspectors came in today, I think they would see this as a far better

prison than they did this time last year. The governor of winter to

prison, David Rogers. Still to come, Joe Kent is on the

water Cowes. I'm with the harbour master to see the work that goes on

to ski everyone safe on the water during Cowes week. .

A group of retired Gurkhas have handed in a petition to the Ministry

of Defence in protest at job cuts by their new employer, the defence

contractor Serco. Many Gurkhas travelled from the South to London

to support the campaign. The men train army recruits around the UK.

They claim Serco wants to make them redundant, then re-employ them on

zero hours contracts with no guaranteed shifts or work pattern.

They're now considering strike action. Serco say they are committed

to resolving the dispute. problem we are facing is that they

can say that they don't have work but we cannot say to our landlord

that we don't have money. They can say that they don't have a job but

we cannot have two our children that we don't have a meal. That is the

problem. Let's be clear from the start, their motive is not finance

their motive is that they have been promised and guaranteed something we

take people on trust. For that to be broken is a significant thing for

these guys and that is why they are resorting to that. John Lewis relies

on the Romsey Good Neighbour scheme to take him to work. They rely on

volunteers and unless people come forward, they struggle. It makes all

the difference to my life. The only alternative for me would be taxis

and they are expensive. I can't afford that. They are a life-saver.

They take me to hospital. We given support. They are on bail that they

are on their own, less of them have lost their spouses. Just being with

them in hospital which is difficult for them when they're older really

helps them. The Romsey Good Neighbour scheme has clocked up

miles. They have taken 840 people to 4000 appointments in the last few

years. More than one third of volunteers are in their 80s,

including John Hensman. Anyone who volunteered to spend a few hours

doing this is a big help and it saves having to turn are so many of

the old people down. It makes you feel as if somebody is interested in

you. It is just a great help. good neighbours lost 12 drivers last

year. If they can replace them, they could guarantee the future of the

service. A charity advice line in Berkshire

says it has seen a huge surge in the number of older people calling it

for financial help. Age UK Berkshire says the calls it's getting about

social care and benefit changes have increased by 50% since last year.

The charity is now so busy - it no longer has enough time to visit

people's homes to go through their paperwork.

A statue in the honour of somebody that the first person to have

powered flight in Britain has been unveiled. Samuel Franklin Cody took

off from Farnborough, and in 1908 for a flight which lasted 30

seconds. He died in a plane crash 100 years ago at the same spot.

The old showman can still pull in a crowd. Hundreds watched as Samuel

Franklin Cody's statue was unveiled in Farnborough. The American-born

man came to Britain as a wild West performer, doing trick shooting. But

he developed a fascination with flying and he made the first powered

flight in Britain in 1908. A very flamboyant character, full of life

and somebody who was prepared to take risks and do things and push

the boundaries. So, for me, it feel special to be a direct descendant of

his. Farnborough is where he did his flying and it is also where his luck

ran out. He died 100 years ago today when his aircraft broke up in

midair. It is extraordinary that an American showman cowboy shirt in

effect be a pioneer of British aviation? It is. When you look into

the history, nobody could quite believe it at the time. That worked

to his advantage. He was very forthright, he had a terrific vision

and great capability. A self-taught engineer. The statue is outside the

Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum. The organisation is

determined that Cody's Cheeseman 's should be recognised. This is long

overdue. This man made a tremendous contribution to British aviation.

You have to be a remarkable man to do what he did. And Apache

helicopter did a fly past in Cody's honour. He was a pioneering aviation

and his was a life that was fuller, richer and faster than most.

We have been following the statue back from the beginning. Good to see

it in its place. Chris Temple has all the sport.

Early days in the football season. There were mixed fortunes in the

Capital One cup last night. The fortunes of Bournemouth and for

-- Portsmouth have turned in contrasting did directions. They

were in the same division last season but ended up at different

ends. The Portsmouth goalkeeper was called into action early on. One

goal was ultimately enough for Bournemouth in a school -- a

scoreline which flattered a Portsmouth team. If we are

ultra-clinical of ourselves, we could have created more clear cut

chances and taken some goals. But we had a to do and we wanted to go up

in the tie. Overall, it was good to be tightened up on a few things but

disappointing because we lost. Cherries join Redding and

Southampton in tomorrow's draw. Swindon have made a verbal offer

full striker Wes Thomas of Swindon -- but their valuation is said to be

short. Sussex and England cricketer Monty

Panesar has been fined by police, for urinating in public near a

Brighton nightclub. The 31-year-old was in England's squad for the Third

Ashes test, but didn't make the final eleven. He was handed a fixed

penalty notice after the incident, which occurred in the early hours of

Monday morning. Sussex said in a statement that they were

investigating. Surrey are celebrating winning

through to cricket's Twenty20 Finals Day for the first time in seven

years. They overcame Somerset in an occasionally hot-tempered

quarterfinal at The Oval. There was a flash point involving Surrey

captain Gareth Batty, who certainly enjoyed dismissing Peter Trego.

Surrey reached their target of 149 with an over to spare, as Jon Lewis

hit the winning runs. Surrey join Northamptonshire in reaching Finals

Day at Edgbaston later this month. The defending champions Hampshire

will attempt to secure their pack that their passage to the semis. The

Ageas Bowl will be commentated on next -- tomorrow. Hampshire have

proven to be the team to beat. only did the Royals dominate this

year, just losing one of their ten group matches en route to the final,

they have established themselves as county cricket's premier one-day

unit and go into this match defending their trophy and hoping to

give their fans a fourth consecutive 2020 day. Join Adam with full

commentary on radio Solent. It has been day five at Cowes. These

are the big boats. The New York club yacht race, the Volvo Ocean Race is

tomorrow. -- the Artemis Challenge is tomorrow. Brian Thomson, Alex

Thomson and Mike Golding will all be in action. And we will have the

all-important forecast with the winds.

Cowes is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world. 43

different races each day. Yesterday was becalmed but there was plenty of

action today. There were 100,000 spectators. The waters are packed.

It is the job of the harbour master to make sure everyone is safe.

It is a spectacular sight, some 800 boats for Cowes week. But as they

negotiate their way it makes it that much harder for the ferries which

sailed to the island. That is why, to ensure safety during the event,

they get an escort in and out of harbour from the harbour master.

There is a huge amount of planning and relays with the yacht 's clubs

and the harbour authorities. We are quite close but we cope with it very

well. We have come out a little bit ahead, and during the race starts,

we can create a gap in the traffic to ferries -- to get very safely in

and out. Do you have to tell people to get out of the way? Quite often.

We use hand signals, slowdown, peel away blue lights on the top the

rig. Some heavy murmurs? Not hairy, you have some chances to try to --

across. Making everything runs smoothly is a triumph of planning.

You have a replica -- evidences from the ferries, the harbours and they

all talk to each other. -- you have a representative from the ferries

and the harbours. We make sure they start safely. That was a classic

example there with a ship coming through. The team is out from 6am

until midnight throughout the week. On top of their extra workload, they

have to carry out normal duties including enforcing the speed limit

and rescuing stranded vessels. was a vessel that have lost its

engine and we will go and pick it up. Here we go. We will tow it in.

So with everything going on, you are still living in, slowdown, but your

lights on! Yes, rescuing people. The guys do a cracking job. Indeed they

do. It is interesting, with the ferries coming in and diverse, it is

a nightmare, so busy. Right, do you know somebody who

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Was you start seeing the world that way, we walk through any situation

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guys, if you can show me how it's done? I should warn you that the

only rest is coordinated about me is my underwear! Boom, boom, up, down!

Now look at the camera. OK, that the coordination coming in! It was

really hard. And they will be bashing their brains at the

Bournemouth Pavilion until Saturday. -- bashing their brooms.

They are so good. And they are very funny as well.

Funny use of a broom, I can think of other ways to use it. I remember

seeing them at the Edinburgh fits -- Edinburgh fringe Festival when they

were just starting out. We need two the weather is going to be like.

Yes. How was looking for Cowes?Not too bad for holiday-makers, but we

bumblebee on a passion flower. And this lovely scene. This is

dappled sunlight. More dappled sunlight to come

tomorrow. Tonight, largely dry. One or two macro showers this evening.

Most likely to the east of the Isle of Wight. Parts of West Sussex

perhaps seeing those showers lingering. Elsewhere, a decent

night. Temperatures into single figures in rural spots. Feeling

fresh tomorrow morning. But some beautiful sunshine to get us going.

The cloud will bubble up during the course of the day. Perhaps one or

two macro showers but for the most part another fine day. Feeling

pleasant in the sunshine. How think looking for Cowes? Tomorrow is a --

tomorrow's winds picking up towards -- and towards the end of the week.

The cloud are starting to build in from the West. That weather front

brings outbreaks of patchy light rain. That frontal works its way in

-- in from the Atlantic. It is weakening as attracts its way across

so as it goes into Friday morning, a little -- a little bit of dampness,

but it eases as it works its way eastwards. Behind that front, Friday

shaping up to be a dry and bright affair. Some decent August sunshine

and one or two macro showers. Into Saturday, sunny spells. A light

shower is possible but this is the area of wet weather that we are

keeping an eye on into Sunday. There could be some wet weather on Sunday

for a while. But as it clears, things get drier and get brighter.

So here is your outlook for the coming days. Decent sunny breaks