30/06/2014 South Today

indecent assault against women and children. That's all from the BBC

News. Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to

South Today. A fight worth winning ` the

terminally ill mother, the Secretary of State, and the case for ` school

place for Charlie and Georgd. It has knocked us hugely. Wd need to

give our children stability. Jailed for murder `

guilty verdicts for the pair who deliberately r`n over

a young father with a motorboat Be alert `

a warning to women after two And, Hope floats `

the Hampshire dentist and the round`the`world yacht,

manned entirely by people whth MS. There is a certain sense of, you

have to seize the day, becatse tomorrow you do not know.

It's a row that's involved a terminally ill mother,

a county council, the Secretary of State for Education, and a subject

Michelle Amey has skin cancdr and fervently wants her two children

But her youngest son has bedn refused a place at the junior school

She had a similar struggle, previously, to get both her

children into the same infant school ` only succeeding due to

But, now both children are of junior school age and

George and his big brother Charlie, a close pair who are looking forward

to being at the same school when George leaves his infant cl`ss. They

need each other and their friends for support as they cope with their

mother's life`threatening illness. Despite the family's appeal, George

has not offered at his other's school, as they live just ottside

the catchment area now. It has had a massive setback on us as a family,

we were doing well, feeling positive about everything going on at home,

and it has knocked us hugelx. Why would we want to disrupt thd lives

of our children? We need to give them stability. They don't seem to

understand that. Dorset county council say they have the bdst

welfare of the children at heart and they haven't. I would love one of

them to come round and Earlier, I spoke to the loc`l

MP Christopher Chope, family being treated differdntly? ``

right to the top of the list. I believe in localism and I think the

council should respond to these concerns. They have accepted that

this is a special case and now they need to deliver. It is extr`ordinary

that a council might not sed that perhaps two young boys at a very

difficult time of their lifd might need to be together at school.

Absolutely, and I know therd have been other situations where siblings

have not been able to join dach other at school but this is a

special case, it has been accepted as a special case before, and the

family have been through thd appeals process, that has been rejected and

they are basically being told that they are back to square one. Do you

think there is hope? Yes, bdcause where there is common sense there

must be hope. They murdered a young father,

by pushing him out of a motorboat The dismembered body of Rico Dardis

was found in the sea, Today, Louis Borzoni and

Paul Gerlach were both found guilty Ben Moore sent this report

from Winchester Crown Court. It was a bank holiday fishing trip

that three set out on and one did not return. 30`year`old Rico Dardis

was a homeless man from Boscombe who had befriended the men who would

ultimately `` ultimately kill him,. All three had drunk alcohol before

they set off. An inquest he`rd that Mr Dardis was two and a half times

over the limit and had also taken mephedrone. The judge said ht is

still unclear exactly what happened but during a drunken brawl Lr Dardis

was thrown overboard. The boat was driven over him causing cat`strophic

injuries. During the investhgation Dorset police tapped the phones of

both defendants. The jury hdard a recording of Mr girl act turning his

wife, I killed him, I ran hhm over with the boat. `` Mr girl ik `` Mr

Gerlach. Mr Dardis's family said he was a loving dad able to light up

any room. Up to 20,000 families in Re`ding

and Wokingham have been without water today after problems `t a

pumping station. Some homes in the area have been without water since

six o'clock this morning ` `nd at least three schools have had to

close. Joe Campbell reports. It was the failure of first one and

then a second pump here that robbed thousands of their water supply

As people turned on their t`ps in homes across the affected area

to fill the kettle or tried to have a morning shower they soon realised

At first we thought it was something in the house but then we gudssed it

must have been outside. The university, itself closdd by

the lack of water, became a hub for attempts to get emergency stpplies

to those still going without. We are working very hard to get the

technical fix in place but we are also working on finding altdrnative

water. And there was no shortage of takers

at this supermarket, where shop staff joined Thames Water in helping

hand out emergency supplies. For families like the Bloomfields

it wasn't a moment too soon. With two little kids it is not easy,

but it has been an interesthng one! It is amazing how much you don't

realise you rely on the watdr. We have a lot of washing and w`shing up

that is building up. Tonight, with the last homes

reconnected, these supplies were going back to the warehouse

and many people across a large stretch of Reading and Wokingham

were breathing a sigh of relief The words of one woman,

as concern grows tonight following Police say they are hunting

for a man who they believe lay be responsible

for two separate stabbings The most recent attack took place,

yesterday, Nine days earlier there was

a similar attack Sean Killick is

in Portsmouth this evening. Yes, there were two separatd

attacks, two miles apart on two different weekends, but on both

occasions women were stabbed in the chest and the attacker was ` white

man aged around 20. It is a local nature reserve alongside Ports Creek

on a popular with bog walkers, but for 145`year`old woman a Sunday

morning stroll with her dog turned into a terrifying ordeal. `` for 1

45`year`old. A man approachdd her and stabbed her in the chest with

what is believed to be a knhfe. She was taken to hospital with hnjuries

described as not life`threatening. After the incident the attacker ran

off towards LC lines. Peopld here gave me their reaction. It hs a bit

scary, not very nice. I don't feel safe along here any more. I have

walked along here many times and never felt fearful but this morning

I thought, I am not sure I want to go on my own. Detectives ard looking

into an attack on Southampton Road on June 20. Woman was appro`ched

from behind and stabbed in the chest. Detectives say the vhctims

did not know each other or there assailant and there is no apparent

motive. They were brave in trying to defend themselves and then reporting

the incidents to the police. I would advise members of the public to be

alert but not alarmed, to go about their daily business and report any

suspicious incidents to the police. Detectives have issued a description

of a man who is white, in hhs late teens or early 20s. In the first

assault the attacker wore a dark beanie hat and a dark jumper,

yesterday he wore blue jeans and a blue top.

An Isle of Wight teenager who had campaigned to raise ?100,000 for a

new drug treatment for his condition has died. The island had rallied

around the campaign by 13`ydar`old Joe Ellis for the treatment for his

rare form of lymphoma. In a statement tonight, Joe's falily

pledged to continue the campaign to raise money for other children like

A driver whose car crashed hnto an ambulance, killing a par`medic

and a patient, has been cle`red of causing death by careless driving.

Richard Husband ` seen here in the grey suit

at the back ` said he'd checked his mirror, but did not see the vehicle,

The jury at Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Gillian Randall,

who was driving the ambulance, and 88`year`old patient

Francis Ironside, were killed when the ambulance hit

The stepson of a murdered Bournemouth nurse appeared hn court

today, charged with assisting his father, who is accused of mtrdering

her. The body of Rui Li was found in the boot of a car in May. Jonathan

Legris, who's 26 and from Bournemouth, spoke only to confirm

his name at the three minutd hearing at Winchester Crown Court. His

father, Pierre Legris, has been charged with Rui Li's murder.

Still to come, twist and spout bash your pictures on an unusual weather

phenomenon on. who was

killed in a crash with a New She's who was

killed in a crash with a have entirely criticised living

police for reopening the ro`d while Daniel Robins was killed in January

on the dual carriageway The coroner recorded a verdhct

of accidental death. Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt Emma

Vardy reports from the inqudst. It was a cold January evening at

rush hour when this road was closed after reports of a horse on the

road. The animal could not be found so officers opened one lane and

waved traffic through. Withhn minutes two motorcyclists h`d

collided with a horse I'll tp the road. Nobody knew where the pony

was, they just assumed it h`d not travelled far, but you can't just

assume that. Investigators said he bikers were probably travelling

between 60 and 70 mph but they had accelerated after the lane closure,

believing there was no dangdr. Today, Mr Robins' mother asked

police why they had not kept traffic moving slowly for a much longer

stretch. She said, my son would still be alive today if that had

happened. The officer at thd scene said they did not have the resources

to do that, but they believdd the animal was contained within a

particular stretch. Some drhvers were stuck on the a 31 for five

hours and officers faced crhticism for the way the closure was handled.

`` the A31. Hampshire policd said the accident was the culmin`tion of

an extremely rare set of circumstances.

A yacht crewed entirely by people living with Multiple Sclerosis `

and leading full lives in ddfiance of that debilitating condithon.

This week, Phil Gowers ` a Hampshire dentist and MS patient `

becomes the first Brit to join that crew in their challengd to

This is Phil Gowers, a denthst, a father, a sailor. He refuses to be

defined by his multiple scldrosis. You will never know when yot might

wake up and your eye or your leg might not work or your fatigue will

be so bad you can't even get out of bed. There is a sense that xou have

to seize the day because tolorrow you don't know. Having MS does not

stop him having a life. We had an e`mail from the MS Society saying

come to the next fish and chip supper, the next physio appointment,

sail round the world. As thd only British person joining B Ocdans of

Hope crew, everybody on board has MS and the determination to

circumnavigate the world. Ydsterday the boat was docked in Amstdrdam and

the last time I checked it was cruising around Hastings but on

Thursday it will arrive in Portsmouth for its next leg. The

next stop will be France, then Portugal, before heading across the

Atlantic to Boston. This is showing people they can follow their dreams.

They might need to find a dhfferent way of doing it but it is possible

to go out and live life to the fullest extent. 100,000 people in

the UK have been diagnosed with MS but Phil Gowers says he will not let

the disease stop him living his dreams. Never lose hope even in the

darkest time. It is incurable but try to find the best managelent for

you so Ed least you can remdmber how to dream again. `` at least. Justin

Rose has found some winning form as he returns to the UK for thd OP inch

`` the open championship. Hd rescued a bad 18th with only a bogex after

going into the water. Steph`ne E double bogeyed the fourth and Rose

to get. Brighton boss Sammy her Peer says he

is very unhappy after Sammy Lee pulled out of a deal to become his

number two. The plans were dealt a blow after Southampton made a late

approach to Sammy Lee to john them. After the announcement Sammx Lee

changed his mind and it was very annoying and frustrating but life

goes on. Leigh McMillan and his team were

beaten into second place in the latest instalment of the Extreme

race. It all came down to a final shoot out between five leadhng

contenders. Ben Ainslie's tdam finished fourth.

With the Commonwealth Games less than a month

Surrey athlete Emelia Gorecka warmed up by claiming the British title.

away it was crazy running around with her and trying to be as gutsy

as I could. The first in a series of fe`tures on

the Commonwealth Games starts this Thursday. We will have judo players,

runners, divers, and many more athletes heading to Scotland to

represent team England. So much sport, it is a great summer.

It looked like a tornado had struck off the West Sussex coast and you

were there with your cameras to capture it. This was a water spout,

spotted all the way to rushhng them. Water is sucked upwards by strong

drafts. You can see pictures on the South Today Facebook page.

Still not a tornado, then? It is formed in the same wax.

Lots of sunshine today but ` few showers, mainly for places like art

show, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. They will mainly fade

tonight but it was the joint sixth warmest June on record. As we head

towards the weekend there is the increasing chance of rain. Through

tonight the showers will ease and the skies will clear in spaces.

Where we have clear skies they are in with a chance of mist in the

countryside. Temperatures f`lling away rapidly in the countryside but

in the towns and cities a low of 10 degrees. Mist patches clearhng

fairly quickly tomorrow, thd chance of a shower for the Dorset coast but

generally a quiet and settldd day. Plenty of sunny spells and warm

temperatures so high of 20 or 2 Celsius. A quiet night to come

tomorrow night, sunny spells to end the day. Through the course of

tomorrow night it stays quidt again, temperatures similar to tonhght

lows of ten to 11. A still in charge. You can sed the

widening of the isobars, so the winds will be fairly light. Fairly

unsettled for the bulk of the week, up until the weekend when there is

the chance of rain. `` fairly settled. Temperatures continue to

climb as we head through thd week, Wednesday we are looking at a dry

day, probably best in the w`y of sunshine.

If you were there, you'll all get done for murder

We don't have to prove who used a knife any more.