02/07/2014 South Today

That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on

The divers who plundered from shipwrecks `

the authorities warn they'll pursue anyone who flouts the law.

When they have recovered property from these sites they have given no

thought to the fact it is the resting place of the victims of that

loss. The homeowners fighting

for a change in the law, with some It is not fair, it is unjust, and

you can see from all these people behind they are very unhappx about

it. 123, jump!

The campaign to help young Ollie achieve a garden dream.

This is a really important thing to do for a lovely lad that cannot use

his garden. It becomes quitd an emotional attachment.

And over the moon ` the gymnast on her way to Glasgow

I was so excited, I was jumping around the house, it was only me and

my dog in the house so we wdre going crazy. I called my mum and dad and

we were also excited. It's being described as plundering

on an industrial scale. Two divers have been fined lore than

?60,000 after they admitted raiding shipwrecks off the South co`st

and not declaring their find. shipwrecks off the South Co`st

and not declaring their finds. Their haul included bronze cannons

and three propellers from Gdrman submarines valued

at more than ?250,000. David Knight and Edward Huzzey

admitted 19 offences between them at a Southampton court, which was

the first of its kind brought by Finders, maybe,

but certainly not keepers. Friends David Knight and

Edward Huzzey have 25 years' diving experience each, but used it to

plunder and keep what they took from Have you got anything to sax,

Mr Huzzey? What about you, Mr Knight,

will you keep diving? When police searched

their houses they found what they The most valuable items werd eight

bronze cannon from a 19th cdntury Some had been sold but have

since been recovered. Figures around shipwrecks in the UK

are regularly courted at It is so difficult to policd

what is taken off those wrecks. Everyone has to report

their recoveries to the Recdiver of Wreck and if they fail to report

them, as today's verdict shows, The law demand this all finds are

declared to the government, or This is the first time divers have

been prosecuted to this extdnt The court heard it was not just

the quality and quantity of the items taken from the wreck

but in some cases the size, too Knight and Huzzey used explosives,

heavy lifting gear and in one case even a specialist

underwater saw to remove a propeller As the Judge, Anthony Calloway,

said, this was wreck removal The pair were caught after they saw

a BBC report about the arrest of other divers for similar

offences and decided to own up. For some, their crime was not just

a material one. The sites they visited incltded

a site of a nationally important wreck, where

there was a significant loss of life when the ship went down including

men and women that were on board. Their mortal remains are sthll

on site and when they recovdred property from these sites they have

given no thought to the fact it is the resting pace

of the victims of that loss. In total, Knight and Huzzey were

ordered to pay nearly ?64,000 in fines and costs ` an expdnsive

way to end their treasure htnt. A nurse has been cleared today of

smearing human waste across the face of a frail pensioner at a private

care home in Berkshire. She was arrested after colldagues

reported her to police. She claimed that Mike and they claim shd had

lost her temper with a mighty seven`year`old dementia pathent She

denied the charge of neglect other person with mental incapacity.

The defendant returned from Poland for this trial.

It was while working at this care home almost two years ago she was

accused of mistreating one of the 29 patients in her care. A reshdent

there was Albert Ingle, a frail disabled pensioner, then agdd 9 . He

had dementia and contracted the MRSA superbug. Barbara Kowalska was

alleged to have called him dirty after he soiled himself then white

gloves she used to clean thdm across his face. Staff reported her to

police and import it was cl`imed she told the manager, I am sorrx I have

no compassion and I don't c`re if you report me. Barbara Kowalska said

the allegations had been made up by her colleagues.

The jury was set a 3`part tdst to help them reach a verdict. Had she

shouted at the elderly patidnt? Did she then rub a soiled glove against

his nose, and taken together could these two acts be seen as ndglect of

a patient with mental incap`city? 46 minutes after retiring, the jury was

back. Their verdict, ` not guilty. Ten three burst into tears hn the

dock. As she left court she paused briefly to buy them thanks to the

jury. `` to bowel in thanks. A Southampton man has appeared

in court, charged with prep`ring cyanide gas for a terrorist attack

following a police raid and search Mark Colborne, 36, appeared

before Westminster Magistrates today accused of possessing

chemicals to produce cyanidd and expressing intent to kill

for racially`motivated reasons. A small army of pensioners who live

in park homes, also known as mobile homes, marched on Downing Street

today. It is estimated there are around 100

SST thousand people living hn around 84,000 park homes across England

with a majority in the south. Campaigners say having to p`y

commission robs them of much`needed equity, especially when elddrly

residents are forced to movd into full`time care.

Down with the 10%! Park life fosters strong

communities. Today, people from home parks around the country led by

Dorset campaigner descended on Westminster, united in their

opposition to the 10% commission they have to pay site owners if they

want to sell their home. It is not fair, it is unjust, and you can see

from all these people behind they are very unhappy about it.

80`year`old Jean stock is a neighbour on this home park. She and

her husband but there are two`bedroom home for ?150,000 eight

years ago and they would like to move closer to family. They say once

the 10% commission is taken off they will not be able to afford `

suitable property. ?15,000 is a lot of money to most

people these days and we have to pay it. You cannot move, you have to

stay where you are and it is not fair, really, because some people

would really want to move. The British holiday and homd parks

Association says park owners have to invest in infrastructure and the 10%

commission helps them keep down costs.

The campaigners say they want to see a fresh debate about the ch`rge and

supporters in Parliament agree. There must be a reasonable return on

capital could keep `` to kedp the good site owners in business, but

the balance has to be to make sure everyone has a good standard and

they understand they are paxing so much money, what is that money being

used for? Jean and her husband, who w`s at

Westminster today, say they will hold off their moves in the hope the

campaign leads to some compromise. Police in Southampton are

investigating an allegation of a serious sexual assault

in the Bitterne area of the city. It is believed

a 29`year`old woman was att`cked by a man on Merryoak Road, near

its junction with Cypress Avenue, Anyone with information shotld

contact Hampshire Police People are being warned to take care

around mud and water after Hampshire's fire service was called

to three incidents in three days. On Sunday several boys had to be

rescued from mud at Bittern Manor Yesterday a man was rescued

from the same place. On Monday a teenager was also

rescued in Farlington in Portsmouth. Still to come in this evening's

South Today.... Alexis will have weather details for

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Hard training and talent me`ns this young gymnast from Hampshird is off

to the Commonwealth Games. The new Chief Constable of

Sussex Police says job lossds could be heavier and last longer than had

previously been thought. In his first interview in the role,

Giles York says he expects the force's budget to be cut

by around ?50 million Mr York, who's been the Deptty Chief

Constable since 2008, was in charge of policing the B`lcombe

anti`fracking protests last summer. New in the job, but there is

the same old problem ` monex. Giles York says Sussex Police has

already had to cut about ?50 million from its budget

in the last five years. He acknowledges there will probably

be similar cuts We have reduced previously by just

over 300 officers and 300 staff so by purely doing the maths on it we

may be looking to do the sale again. We have been adamant, I havd been

adamant about protecting thd level of resourcing we are put into

neighbourhood policing to d`te. This is a significant part

of our resource. We will need to find a diffdrent way

of delivering the same level One of the challenges facing

the new chief constable is tackling Already two men

from Sussex have travelled to Syria How surprised were you that two

people from Sussex ended up in these conflict zones

and ended up being killed? I think it is always surprising

but we do see in the news that people are travelling out there and

they have to come from somewhere. We have active Sussex communities

and again I would say that, if people are aware, if people are

worried, please come and talk to us because we have access that can

allow support to help them. Giles York was involved

in policing protests last ydar. It was revealed recently covert

surveillance was used by thd force I don't think it is rising peaceful

protest in any way at all. I don't think it is

criminalising peaceful protdst in any way at all. Covert methods are

legitimate, they lawful, and they are sometimes a very efficidnt way

of being able to deliver policing. How will Giles York measure success

when he finishes his term as He says one thing is he would

like the community to feel safer. When people are asked what they want

from the police, A new enquiry centre opened

in Salisbury this week, which some It's located at the rear of

the Bourne Hill council offhces on Police officers will be working

alongside Council staff, with both saying the new arrangement will

lead to a better service ovdrall. This is the new public face of

policing in Salisbury, if you can find it. We are going to go out of

the car park, down the road, down an alleyway through a hole in the wall

to get to the new police st`tion. Then we have to do a sharp turn

right and this is what we are greeted with.

Still no signs, we are just walking blindly forward. If you then are

wise enough to glance right, you will see staff and the business is

by appointment only. But

commissioned by the governmdnt suggested that high streets across

the country were at "crisis point", with vacancy rates shooting up. But

Sherborne has just a handful of empty shops. Simon Clemison has been

Sherborne does not have a bhg supermarket a few miles drive away,

and many believe that has hdlped keep this high street alive.

There are just a handful of empty shops here. Most tills ringhng, and

for the owner of this coffed shop that is because businesses `re still

clustered in one place. When they come into town to go to

the book shop, the shoe shop, the wine shop, they then come in for a

coffee on the way back to their car. If they went to a superstord they

would do it all in one placd and not coming to town.

There are chains stores and supermarkets here, but in the centre

of time, not on the outskirts. Planning guidelines do try to

protect the town centre and stop anything that may have a negative

impact on it. In short, it hs not just that Sherborne does not have a

big store on a ring road solewhere. It is that bigger stores on ring

roads do not get off the dr`wing board.

What would it mean to have ` big supermarket out of town?

There would be more variety with stuff.

You cannot get have as much as you can in these supermarkets in

Sherborne as you can in a bhgger one, so it is easier.

As I am a parent it is cheaper for kids and basically food.

Many local politicians, thotgh, are clear about what they want to see in

their town. My understanding is, and thd

principle on which we all work, is that we discouraged edge of town and

out town retail. We have a thriving high street, you know, cheap Street

is full of wonderful shops, and we want to see them continue. Whether

the Sherborne of today will be the Sherborne of tomorrow, no one knows,

but the Sherborne of yesterday is being preserved.

Coming together to give a disabled boy his dream garden

That's the hope of a mum from Eastleigh, who's assembling her

It's an attempt to make the family's garden accessible to

Several Hampshire businesses have already donated time

and materials to the project, which has been dubbed Ollie's Garden.

Ollie has cerebral palsy. Hd was born three months prematurely and

when he was seven weeks old hatch to have emergency surgery to hdlp him

breathe. Like any four`year`old he loves playing outside and ndeds the

exercise to help with this condition. There is no cure for

cerebral palsy, but to allow him to be able to move his muscles would be

good for him. It is great independence for him to

get around and move those and keep stretching full stop but he has

problems getting around the family's steep garden.

He cannot roam around in thd garden and enjoy the amount of garden we

have at the moment, so it h`s to be made more accessible for hil.

So his mother appealed for help We want to try and raise around

?13,000. We have a lot of suppliers `lready

involved that will donate some materials and time. The building

steps leading up through... Local landscape gardener Ian is

leading the Ground Force stxle project.

There are massive earthworks, we have to massively extend thd lower

patio area to enable Ollie to play there with his toys and what have

you. We need to steps up to the garden that Ollie can mount on his

own unaided and give another level area up to the garden that Ollie can

mount on his own unaided and give another level area appear for him to

play in. It will mean a lot for Ollid, he can

be more independent in the garden and get out and use the space. He

loves the garden, he loves looking at the animals and plants and

insects. The emotions have been mixed at

times. OK, this is another project we have to do and build a g`rden,

and other times you think, this is a really important thing to do for a

lovely lad that cannot use his garden. It becomes quite an

emotional attachment. Work should start in September, but

more materials and donations are needed before Ollie's garden can

really start to bloom. A lot of generous people helping

Ollie for his dream garden `nd making it a reality for him, let's

hope it comes to fruition vdry soon. Tonight we begin a special series

of reports on some of those athletes from the south

hoping for medal success at We begin with gymnastics,

and Kelly Simm. The 19`year`old from Hamble

practises more than 30 hours a week and won gold in the vault in

the British Championships in March. From bravely on the bars...

To finesse on the floor, artistic gymnastics needs strength, balance

and a bit of pizzazz. You have really got to relax and try

and just dance. You need to let go a little bit.

When you are training more than 30 hours a week, this is how good

gymnastics can get. And Kelly Simm has certainlx put in

the hours since pulling on her first leotard at this gym 13 years ago.

I never thought when I was six I would be competing at this level. I

just went because it was fun and I enjoyed it. Slowly, the hours

started building up. When I was about 15 I made the England squad.

She has always had that pathence and sparkle and it has taken her a while

to realise she is not just there by luck, it is because of her talent

and what she has proven she is capable of. I think she was quite

surprised. Now she has sudddnly started to believe she is

world`class. And Kelly's talent is peaking at the

right time. She came first `t the vault in this year's British

Championships and the Commonwealth Games call`up to convert to cloud

nine. I got an e`mail from the head of the England team saying H was in.

I wasn't quite sure, it was all fancy words and stuff, so I

forwarded to my coach and two minutes later he rang me and

confirmed it. I was so excited, I was jumping around the housd. There

was only me and my dog in the house so we were going crazy. I c`lled my

mum and dad and we were all so excited.

Kelly looks up to gymnasts like Beth title. Now she has to get used to

being a role model herself. `` Tweddle. She is suing everyone that

if you work hard and you ard talented, you can make it.

`` she is showing everyone. Good luck to Kelly and she hs just

one of the many athletes from the south we will be following hn the

next few weeks, so stay tundd with us.

As you may have seen earlier, there was huge British disappointlent at

Wimbledon today as Andy Murray was knocked out.

But there was a bit of home`grown success at the championships.

Last night we told you about 16`year`old Gabriella Taylor from

Southampton, who won her first round match in the junior competition

Well, today she won again, beating her second round opponent

Our reporter, Nadine Towell, caught up with Gabriella

It is another glorious day at Wimbledon, and great news,

another glorious win for Southampton teenager Gabby Taylor.

Congratulations, two wins at Wimbledon.

I can't really describe it, but it has been an amazing experience,

I am really enjoying it out here, I am loving the grass and obviously

Today I played on a very big court, so I am really pleased with

Did you feel relatively comfortable? You looked so confident out there.

I kept my confidence throughout this match, but there were some

unstable times, where the ghrl was getting back into the m`tch

I was up in the second set 4`1, but then due to a ball change she

served much better than I, so, yeah, but I held my ground and I fought

You are facing a Spanish player next in thd singles

and you play in Spain, so do you think that will help you in anyway?

Yeah, it is good to be a very tough match, she knocked out of

Yeah, it is going to be a vdry tough match, she knocked out

the number one seed, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow and I'm going to

Well, congratulations, Gabbx, we will look forward to seehng you

Let's hope that Gabby enjoys another success here at Wimbledon.

She certainly does. I called her Gabriella, she is actually gabby,

for short. Onto the weather now Alexis is here.

A few said all this week, btt it is all turning as we head towards the

weekend, which people will not be very happy about, I am sure.

Pictures, though... David Bristow sent in this picture

of his grandson having fun hn Perfect drying weather in

Lytchett Matravers. The blue skies in Dorset were

captured by Geoff Linton. And it was also perfect

beach weather in Swanage. This photo was taken by

Robin Boultwood. I do very much for your pictures,

you can check out all of thdm on our Facebook page.

In the next few days it turns fairly unsettled and the pollen levels are

very high tomorrow. As we hdaded towards the weekend with thd rain on

the way it will help to suppress the high pollen levels. Today wd saw a

high of 24 Celsius, tomorrow could be warmer still, maybe up to 25

though slightly more cloud for northern areas tomorrow. Cldar skies

through the night tonight in a few places and it will stay dry, the

risk of the odd shower, maybe one or two Michael missed patches. That

Michael one or two Micro ond or two foggy patches. A driver start today

tomorrow, the best of any stnshine will be the south coast and

southeastern areas. More cloud the further north and west you `re, but

the bulk of the beat in staxing dry and in sunny spells we can dxpect a

high of 24, possibly up to 25 Celsius. Warmer conditions through

Berkshire and also Surrey. Tomorrow night it stays fairly quiet but then

we will see a change with increasing cloud from the north`west. Drizzle

is a possibility with a mild night to come, those of 14 or 15 Celsius,

with light winds. It is Friday when we see the change. The bulk of the

day should stay mainly dry, this weather front is moving in from the

north`west. The south`east of the country could stay dry with sunny

spells for much of the day, that is where the best of the sunshhne will

be before the rain arrives during the evening. It turns unsettled

Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning. The Outlook `

sunny spells tomorrow, the best of any sunshine the further east you

are, a high of 25 Celsius. Lore cloud is expected on Friday, the

best of any sunshine in part of Sussex, Surrey and eastern parts of

Hampshire. Saturday will be the risk of showers, heavy at times but there

will be some drier periods. The showers will be hit and miss, some

of us will have them, some others will not.

And tomorrow we have events looking ahead to the weekend.

That is all we had time for this evening, more that 10:35pm tonight.

We are back at 6:30am, thank you for watching. Good night.