28/02/2014 South Today

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Hello. Welcome to South Tod`y. In the programme. A friend to the

criminals. The university ldcturer now facing years in prison, for her

involvement in the murder of a Southampton man.

The last straw. Vandals slash a water pipe, which was being used to

help flood victims in Berkshire It is really a betrayal of the

people who have been through a lot in the last three weeks. Victims of

cuts. Support for families with disabled children could be withdrawn

in Hampshire. And mapping behind enemy lines. How

the Ordnance Survey played hts part in the First World War Thesd people

were pioneer, but at the end of the day they were on the front line and

they were, they put their lhves on the line.

`` pioneers. A woman with a promising career in

criminology is herself facing a jail sentence, after falling in love with

a dangerous drugs dealer. 35`year`old Rachel Kenehan let

Pierre Lewis when she was on a prison mentoring scheme. Police say

she became obsessed with hil. On his release she was drawn into `

gangster lifestyle. Today she was convicted of several offencds linked

to the drugs gang that ended in the death of a Southampton man. Here is

other Home Affairs correspondent. 23`year`old Jahmel Jones was shot

dead in a flat in St Mary l`st year, in what police have called ` gang

execution. I have the verdict and it is excellent. My son died and it was

a brutal, brutal, wicked act of those people that took my son's

life. Nobodies to die like that Jahmel was selling crack cocaine and

her win and was shot by a g`ng of rival dealers after a dispute.

Pierre Lewis, Isaac Boateng and Jemmikai Orlebar`Forbes who were all

in their early 20s were found guilty of his murder.

But the unusual twist in thhs case was the involvement of the

criminologist Rachel Kenehan, who had been a lecturer at London Met

University and was studying for a PhD. The jury heard how she mentored

Pierre Lewis in Portland prhson while he she buzz part of a scheme

to help offenders stay away from crime on their release. But instead

she formed a relationship whth Pierre Lewis, and began helping him

when he was dealing Class A drugs in Southampton, and she helped destroy

forensic evidence of the murder It sound like a love story that has

gone wrong. She has become hnfat waited with him, a lot of hdr

research reinvolved round the type of person he and his associ`tes

were, now whether this was her opportunity to try and you know

right a wrong and she has got too involved, I don't know. Onlx she can

answer those questions. Casds at the court had to be delayed and an

ambulance was called after two security guards were injured, when a

fight broke out in the custody cells.

Of the four defendants in this case, only Rachel Kenehan was in the dock

to hear the guilty verdicts read out. The three men were kept away,

because of security fears. She will return here for sentencing

on Monday and has been told to expect a sentence of years, rather

than months. Rachel Kenehan shed tears as she

left court today, the judge granted her bail over the weekend, to allow

her to say her goodbyes, and prepare herself to begin a prison sdntence

on Monday. Rolls`Royce has announced it is

shutting the Portsmouth plant because of a lack of future

business. 33 jobs are at risk in Cosham while a further 30 pdople are

being offered a transfer to Bristol. It is another blow to the rdgion,

still reeling after BAe's ddcision to end shipbuilding in Portsmouth.

Here is our business correspondent. The work here is slowly dryhng up.

This factory makes electric`l equipment for the Navy but orders

have slump and that means an uncertain future. We cannot afford

to lose businesses like this, because it is at the high end in

terms of the work it does. Ht is difficult to remain positivd when

members are losing their jobs, both in Portsmouth dockyard, and now

losing their jobs here as Rolls`Royce.

Rolls`Royce in Cosham makes components for the new Queen

Elizabeth aircraft carrier, with the defence sector declining th`t has

left a shortage of new orders. It is more bad news for a region still

reeling from BAe's decision to stop shipbuilding in Portsmouth, with a

loss of almost 1,000 jobs. There is not a link between what Rolls`Royce

has decided to do with one division of its company, and BAe's ddcision

to move back to Scotland. What companies have to do though, is

diversify, to focus on the commercial sector, and not be so

reliant as they have been previously on defence.

In a statement Rolls`Royce today said:

unions say 33 manufacturing jobs could be lost, a further 30

engineering staff will move to Bristol.

Liberal Democrat councillors in Weymouth have formed a new group to

include a councillor suspended from the party because he is fachng

sexual assault charges. Last month Councillor Ryan Hope who is the the,

was forced to stand down from the party after the intervention of the

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. Fellow councillors have cre`ted the

Coalition of Liberal Democr`ts and Allies, so they can continud to work

with him. Jo Kent is with md now. This appears to fly in the face of

the instructions of the party leader? Yes, Nick Clegg stepped in

to suspend Councillor Hope. In September 2013 he was chargdd with

seven offences, including sdxual assaults against a child but the

party hadn't been informed. Only finding out four months latdr. Nick

Clegg angry as being kept in the dark.

When a local party is wear of allegations of that gravity, of that

seriousness, and choose not to pass it if you like up the food chain,

something has gone wrong, I am not happy at all.

The party acted quickly to suspend Councillor Hope, Councillor Hope

denies the charges against him. So why have the Liberal Democr`ts

formed this new group? It is partly a show of support for him, but there

is political manoeuvring at play. When councils are elected positions

on excite tees are allocates in proportion to the number of seat,

when there is a change the allocations are reviewed. Whth him

independent the Liberal Democrats lost a seat. Stood out to lose on

the committee reputation, bx forming the group they can keep him in the

fold and keep their numbers up. So what has been the reaction from

other partieses the national Liberal Democrats Rachel Rogers described it

as an incomprehensible move that showed blatant disregard for Nick

Clegg's views. As for the cdntral Liberal Democrat, they say the party

has been made aware of this decision the regional party is establishing

the facts and will continue appropriate action. We may not have

heard the last of this. Two men whose crime spree across

southern England ended with armed police shooting dead two fellow gang

members are tonight beginning stepses for almost identical

robberies. Leeroy Hall and leek were jailed for a series of armed raids.

Tonight they are heading back to prison to start jails of `` jail

terms of between five and shx years. They say lightning doesn't strike

twice. In the case of this gang it did, as they hit many of thd same

targets they hit a few years before. All they could say was old habits

die`hard. Barely three months out of prison

for an almost identical strhng of armed robbery, Leeroy Hall the man

described in court as the gdneral, and his team were back in their

brutal business. CCTV of a second raid is too violent

to be shown on television. Hall and another man were part of a gang

whose previous crime spree dnded with armed police shooting dead two

robbers in 2007. Even police couldn't believd they

raided the same bank again hn 2 11. It is a very safe area. Cle`rly

people may be asking that qtestion of themselves, do not believe for

one moment that the two inchdents are linked. But they were. The only

difference was this time Thd four men weren't armed, though even

police didn't know that up tntil the moment they arrested them as they

prepared for another robberx This is frightening for those affected. It

can have lasting effects. That is very much on an individual basis but

more importantly it's a repdat services of offence, dating back to

2008, and obviously, that h`s an impact on the surrounding

communities. People in places like here, another

of their targets tonight at least had the reassurance the robbers

won't be back any time soon. As the man they call the general,

Leon McKenzie and other gang members begin sentences of between five and

six`and`a`half years. And tonight, the court here imposed

a special restriction on Leon McKenzie and Leeroy Hall to limit

their access to phones, computers and hire cars to ensure aftdr they

leave prison they won't find it easy to return to their robbing ways

Thank you. Vandals have sabotaged a pipe being

used to carry floodwater aw`y from an electricity sub`station hn

Basingstoke, the pipe is part of a trial to pump vast quantitids of

ground water away from the flooded areas. If it is successful, the same

system could be used to pump away sewage flowing through the Buckskin

estate. Small pumps have been sucking water

out of this electricity sub`station for weeks now, to safeguard supplies

to thousands of homes. But the water simply seeps straight back hn.

What this high volume pump hs doing now, is taking the water all the way

to the river. We are pumping it last night, 7,000 meet per litres a

minute. We have made a diffdrence here, so it has been very

successful. People in Buckskin whose moment homes are flooded with or

surrounded by sewage, are ddsperate for this powerful pumping project to

start. I think everything h`s to be considered. A lot what the council

done, reactive work has been good. The questions after have to be how

did this form in the first place? The The community won't be the same

again, because they, you ard going to be worried is it going to happen

again. The water will have to be treated and the pump switchdd off

when the river rises to a cdrtain level as the last thing the local

authority wants is to cause more flooding downstream. Late l`st night

vandals slashed through this section of the pipe, water was gushhng

everywhere. Luckily it has been mended now, quickly and effhciently

and the pump is back up and running. It's a betrayal of the people who

have been through a lot in the last three weeks and are still going

through it. It is a betrayal of the people who have been working 24 7 to

try and help them. The police have put on extra patrols to protect the

pipe and pumps. A man has denied murdering ` teenage

girl who died from multiple stab wound. Linda Lietaviete who was

originally from Latvia was treated by paramedics near Horseshod Common

in December last year. Alvin Santos denied murder when he

appeared at Winchester Crown Court. He will face trial in May.

A Hampshire parent group has told BBC South it is concerned about the

impact of cuts to respite sdrvices for children with disabilithes.

Hampshire County Council pl`ns to reduce its budget over the next two

years. The short break schele funds specialise activity group, giving

parents a few hours away from care. Got twins. Alex is in a whedlchair

and he is severely disabled. He is tube fed. Jamie is developmdntally

delayed. It is the safest place for me to leave. The staff here are

trained. This gives Sian tile, time to herself, and to spend with her

older child. The club's run under shorth break, a respite schdme

funded by Hampshire County Council. But its future is uncertain. Up to

3.5 million needs to go frol Hampshire's children with dhsability

budget by 2016. Some will come from Short Breaks. She fears cuts will

bad I will affect families Lassive impact for me and all the children,

really, that attend the special needs cool and in the area. What are

we going to do? The council says it is working with organisations to use

its money in the best way. What we have got to try to do is to ensure

that we still provide as colplete a service as we have done previously,

but we are going to have to look at savings of one sort of another. We

are looking for a 9% reducthon of the year 2015/16 I, I would hope

that the actual breaks themselves are less than that.

The Hampshire parent career network is one group helping the cotncil

decide where the axe should fall. It is concerned about the impact. If

they are taken away there would be a lot of children who were no longer

able to undertake activities they are able to do currently, and I also

think that the families would potentially be pushed furthdr into

crisis, because they wouldn't have the break from caring that hs so

vital to them. Hampshire County Council has started

a three month consultation, into how to spend children with disabilities

budget. Friday night sport.

Football tonight? I feel like we should be talking about Portsmouth?

Southampton will be aiming for their fourth consecutive win over

Liverpool at St Mary's tomorrow night. Saints are a club on a high,

after four of their players were named in Roy Hodgson's squad for

next Wednesday's match against Denmark. With Southampton's quartet

away from the cameras it was left to the manager to heap praise on their

selection. Notably Luke Shaw who received his first call`up to a full

England squad. TRANSLATION: It is a player that is

well`known, we know of his puality, it is clear if Roy Hodgson has

picked him, it is because kneels he can do well with the side, he can

complement other players. So it is a positive thing for him and for the

English accomplish national side. The manager admitted it was a boost

the players had an extra incentive for the remainder of their season. A

place with Roy Hodgson's men in Rio. He says it is a challenge for them

too When you see big clubs like Manchester United, Manchestdr City

they have players who are used to playing with the national shde. You

can almost see the players that are used to playing with the

international scene take it like a resting period, a psychologhcal and

physical resting period, whdther that is for us, a player like Luke

Shaw who gets called up for the first time that can demand lore gin

from him. Saints host Liverpool tomorrow. Out of the cup in

mid`table safety the manager is adamant there is plenty to play for.

I don't know the season is over I disagree with that. We have the

motivation to recover. Saints won at Liverpool earlier, doing thd double

would defend on stopping thd likes of Daniel Sturridge and Suarez.

Luke schueb up against Suardz. In the football league tomorrow Reading

will hope to bounce back from last week's home reverse against

Blackburn. They take on struggling Yeovil.

Nigel Adkins' men remain on course for the play`offs. Bournemotth host

Doncaster, Brighton are at Lillwall. In League One, Swindon go to Crewe,

while MK Dons are home to Sheffield United. Portsmouth play on Londay,

Oxford are at Rochdale. The Football League Show has all the goals

tomorrow night after Match of the Day. And a reminder on Mond`y night,

Late Kick off returns for a new series through until the end of the

season. We'll be behind the scenes at Reading tomorrow and will have

highlights of Portsmouth's game against Chesterfield. Late Kick Off,

Monday night 11.20 on BBC1. Organisers of the New Forest

marathon have announced that they've cancelled this year's event due to a

lack of entries. The marathon has been staged for the last 31 years in

a row. Meanwhile, around 15,000 runners will line up in Reading on

Sunday morning for the Readhng Half Marathon, which also acts as a

qualification event for the World Half Marathon Championships. The

race starts at Green Park and finishes as the Madejski st`dium.

Finally, in rugby's Premiership London Irish travel west to Exeter

tomorrow. Topsy Ojo and Marlon Yarde both start, James O'Connor has moved

to inside centre. They were a highly skilled group of people frol

Southampton, whose work proved absolutely crucial during the First

World War. The Ordnance Survey had been making maps of Britain since

the early 1800s. But now thdre was a need for detailed maps of France and

Belgium, areas that lay beyond the heavily defended Western Front.

David Allard has been finding out how the ingenuity of the OS staff

became one of our most powerful weapons.

In this war the old saying held true. No your enemy. It was vital to

map the area behind enemy lhne, and aeroplanes provided the answer. They

had only been round a few ydars but photographs taken from the `ir could

capture the crucial details needed for military maps.

With cameras fixed to their plane, the brave pilots of the roy`l flying

corps took to the skies over enemy territory. The pictures thex took of

roads, fields and trenches gave the map makers a whole new perspective.

Another innovation was flash spotting. Watching for artillery

fire and plotting the origin and a major breakthrough came with sound

ranging, using the sound of a gun to locate its position. It was

practises on Salisbury Plain. Microphones were placed in known

positions when a gun is firdd, the sound arrives at the microphones at

different times. With a bit of math, you can work out the exact position

of the artillery. All that data fed into the laps

created by staff from thes or o oven working at the front line. @ far cry

from their offices at home hn Southampton. `` from the Ordnance

Survey. They were staffed from officers is and men from thd royal

engineers burr they were basically had the management role, thdre was a

large body of civilian staff who worked at Ordnance Survey, but they

were the cartographers and printers and provided support. So wh`t does

this show? It is an interesting photograph. What you are looking at

are the people who are mannhng the printing presses, the women, there

was a large influx of femald staff into Ordnance Survey, many of them

went over to the overseas branch in northern France. One of those women

was Mrs Laden who recorded her memories. . I was 22 when I went to

France. We were eight kilomdtres from the firing line. I worked on

the machine, they used to do 1, 00 maps an hour. We weren't allowed to

get down, because we had to work all the time until somebody camd to

relieve us. Today, the Ordnance Survey has

relocated to a new billing hn Southampton. Aerial photogr`phy is

still a powerful tool in map making, today the Ordnance Survey uses `D

images but the principle is firmly rooted in techniques learned a

century ago on the Western Front. This man has written a book about

mapping the First World War and has a large collection of maps `nd other

artefacts I have brought a few things. At school I was intdrested

in the First World War and lapping, so it is something that has dropped

since then. There is a rangd of different artillery maps prhnted by

the Ordnance Survey. That photograph is taken with snow on the ground.

The trenches show up incredhbly well, so that is perfect for

mapping. Harold winter bottom was, this photo

shows him at work in his office on the Western Front he was an

important man in setting up the whole organisation in Francd, that

grew from one officer and a few men into a 5,000`strong organis`tion by

the end of the war. That is a map which has secret

overprinted on it. It's a trench map of the Somme or part of the Sombatle

field. You have the date at the bottom. 2nd June. This was lap used

at the front. The German trdnches are plotted from aerial photographs

in red, and the British front line in blue. And thend on top of that

you have this `` then on top of that you have an an interesting

manuscript edition which is to do with the artillery support, British

artillery there. And also French artillery. Ht is in

such good condition. It is presented on this very good quality lhnen

backed paper, which was deshgned to stand up to a lot of usage hn the

field and you can put it in your pocket. Take it out. Use it. It is

remarkable. One of more than 25 million maps produced during the

First World War. Thanks to the skills use of trusted tools like

these items. But as we have seen, the map makers from Southampton had

mastered new techniques, and that gave the military a tactical edge.

These people were pioneer, they were very inventive and had great

creativity. At the end of the day they were on the front line and they

put their lives on the line. Today, Ordnance Survey head quarter, there

is is a role of honour with 67 names that proves that very fact.

You have been getting in totch to tell us how much you have bden

enjoying the films we have put out. There are of course pun hundreds of

stories in the World War Ond At Home series.

If you want to find out mord go to the website.

Follow the links, if you want to see any of the films that we have run

this week, we have put them online for you.

On to the weather now. Did xou sigh it? I didn't. Everyone is t`lking

the about it today. Did you see it? This is the our our `` Aurora

Borealis or northern lights. Normally you see them areas north of

the UK. But they saw them as far south as the Channel Islands. I had

no idea. What time was this? Round 10pm. Mainly over hill top `reas,

take a look at this. The Aurora Borealis or Northern

Lights are created by energx from the sun, which is carried 93 million

miles in a solar wind. As the electrically charged particles

approach the earth they hit the magnetic field. The result, a

spectacular display of light, and clear skies definitely help in

seeing them. Beautiful shots. Other good pictures

as we. We do have some nice pictures.

That was a funnel cloud. Tonight we will see a touch of frost. We had

hail, thunder tomorrows tod`y. Tonight, mist, fog frost and the

risk of ice. The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for

icy stretch `` stretches. The temperatures fall away, ice on

untreated surfaces out on the roads, and pavement, now there will be a

few showers for eastern are`s first thing, they will tend to cldar,

western areas seeing the cldar skies initially and here we will see dense

mist and fog patches, with temperatures falling down to

freezing or just below, fredzing in the towns and cities down to minus

one or two, and with very lhght wind, that mist and fog could

stubborn for some to move fhrst thing. But it will lift eventually,

we will see lots of sunny spells at first. It is during the aftdrnoon we

will see the cloud bubble up from the west. We may have the odd stray

shower for western area, it will be unlucky to catch one, most places

tomorrow will enjoy spring sunshine. It is the first day of spring

tomorrow, with highs of sevdn to eight Celsius, the winds st`y fairly

light. Tomorrow we will see cloud increase for western area, here we

may have a few showers. Eastern areas are holding on to the clear

sky so the risk of a touch of frost. Maybe ice patches where temperatures

fall away to freezing, lows of two to three in the towns and chties,

although the breeze tomorrow should be slightly stronger than tonight,

we which will keep the mist and fog at bay. To start the day on Sunday

it should be bright and sunny, then going down hill later in thd day

during the afternoon with a band of rain pushing through and thd winds

pick up speed. Following th`t next week we look at a fairly unsettled

condition. Temperatures round the seasonal average but there laybe

thunderstorms. No Northern Lights tonight? May but not as govdrnment

good as last night. There is always hope. More at eight and 10.25 and

enjoy your weekend. We will be back with you on Monday. Thanks for

watching. Good night.