16/07/2014 South Today

In tonight's programme: suspected paedophiles.

The Government plans to serve free school dinners, but what about

A campaign to get mothers included on marriage certificates .

I was to be colluding with ` old role with the document...

The Dorset man searching for his prosthetic leg

I could not fight the current. I went under a couple of times.

And breaking the land and water speed records.

Unseen family footage of Donald Campbell 50 years on.

It was one of Nick Clegg's big policy announcements ` free school

dinner for all four to seven year olds from this September.

But questions are being askdd about who is funding the Deputy

The Labour Party says it?s discovered local councils are having

to subsidise what was meant to be a national government schemd.

Hampshire County Council alone is chipping in ?3 million.

Nick Clegg first unveiled hhs plan last year. Since then, the pressure

has been on to get everything ready to launch the scheme. Some schools

have been luckier than others. At this school near Leamington, a 1.6

million investment in new f`cilities meant they were well set to

introduce free meals for all of their four to seven`year`olds. No

apartments needs replacing `nd we have a large hole that gives us the

capacity. `` no equipment. Other schools have needed significant

investment. Originally, Nick Clegg said the Government would p`y. All

of us agree that this policx is going to be properly funded. But the

Labour party released figurds showing some councils are h`ving to

use their own money. Hampshhre County Council has had to fhnd 3

million. Redding is finding ?291,000. `` Reading.

This has happened with so m`ny projects over the years. We then

look at how we can actually bring in what is a good idea, not solething

that we ourselves would havd advanced, but as we had to do it we

decided if we do something we will do it well. Labour says the

Government should have servdd up all of the funding. Once again, the

Government have introduced ` policy in a shambolic way without telling

the truth. I am confident wd have funded this sufficiently and indeed

well. Many people in revenud funding have been saying that the

allocations we have made a generous and they will be able to fund it

easily to stop Nick Clegg whll get the verdict from hundreds of

thousands of junior food crhtics. A 17`year`old boy from Portsmouth

has appeared in court chargdd with the attempted murder of thrde women

who were stabbed whilst out walking. Police had stepped up patrols

after the random attacks in Cosham The teenager, who can't be named

because of his age, is also charged He'll next appear at

Winchester Crown Court. 112 people have been arrestdd

across the region as part of a national operation targeting

suspected paedophiles. People were detained by all

of our forces, the highest number Dorset Police have charged three

of the eight men they arrested. The six`month`long operation focused

on people using the internet to The Isle of Wight attracts hundreds

of thousands of visitors each summer and, as this television advdrt

shows, the island is keen to Now the council says it can save

?150,000 a year if it removds But with tourism contributing to

a third of the island's economy Before the deck chairs

and parasols adorn Shanklin Beach, Wendy Marshall clears the w`y

in her high`vis yellow jackdt. The question now is who's

going to pick up the cost? I just love litter picking `nyway,

it is in my blood. Seriouslx, it is the end result, making the place

safe for everybody and turnhng it from looking like a bomb has gone

off, horrible, to looking rdally nice.

Wendy is one of eight people contracted to clean

the island's most popular bdaches throughout the summer months.

Needing to save ?28 million pounds over three years,

it's a service the council says it can no longer afford.

It depends how we can delivdr the service. If there are other options,

they may end up being better. Just over the Solent, half ` million

pounds a year is spent cleaning Local hoteliers are worried about

the impact these cuts will have Charisma is the major industry. It

is very important that we m`intain it. `` tourism. The beach is an

important part of the equathon. We deliberately picked this arda

because of the beaches. Wendy has come to be

a well`known face in the colmunity. And responsibility for

the work she does will now fall to The County Council say therd's

little hope that Tens of thousands

of people have now signed a petition started by a woman from Eastleigh to

change the marriage certificate The current document has bedn

virtually unchanged since the 1 30s and only includes details of

the fathers of the bride and groom. Now a campaign's underway to include

the names of their mothers. Weddings where formality is part and

parcel. But one tradition h`s outstayed its welcome. If this woman

had been married over 100 ydars ago, she would've been the property of

her father. Naturally, the larriage certificates reflected that. This is

the marriage of my great grandparents. We have the f`ther of

the bride and the father of the groom. We have their names `nd

occupations. But there is nowhere there to record the mother of the

bride or groom. It is as if her grandmother has been written out of

history. I had not looked at my marriage certificates for ydars and

was shocked to see my father's name was on there, but that my mother and

my mother`in`law's were not. I could not believe it. So she set tp a

petition to get mother's nales on marriage certificates. `` mothers'.

Helping to drum up signaturds is a local reverend. For her, thhs is

political, religious and personal. I was distressed that not onlx had I

not been able to do something about my own wedding certificate, but I

would be colluding with a sdxist, antiquated law by signing as the

local registrar a document that I do not think should be in existence.

Mothers' names are already on certificates in Scotland. Btt in

England and Wales, the Home Office say they are considering options. If

they do decide to make changes, it will be costly and complex. More

than 100 MPs also backs the change, but this is not just a fight for

women's writes, it is also ` historical one. It has not changed

essentially since it was introduced in 1837. I think after all of there

is time for a change. Any extra information, one can only bdnefit

historians of the future. In a runway, women in the region are

trying to put their mums back into history.

A new wind farm off the Sussex coast, which will be one

of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world, has been approved

The Rampion wind farm will be eight miles off the Sussex coast

Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y:

Unseen family footage of Donald Campbell 50 years on from breaking

It is one of the biggest parties in the region and the Redding Carnival

has been a transfer the whole town to come together. `` Reading

Carnival. It was cancelled last year. Now a community group has said

it wants to take control from the current organisers or set up a rival

Carnival. When it was in full swing, thousands

came to Reading Carnival. Btt the colour has faded. When I first

came, the park was full with floats and sound systems and performances.

In 2013, the streets were shlent. It was cancelled due to a lack of

resources. We just wants to involve the community again. We want to

involve the younger generathon. Involve the whole community. The

current committee has cancelled a meeting about next year's event but

the chairman said people who want to help should join them. We wdlcome as

many people to come on board. We are talking about manpower. This is the

Black history war in Reading. It was painted to show the strength and

diversity of the communities here. But there are worries that the Afro

Caribbean community's presence is changing and that this row over the

Carnival could prove divisive. Instead of uniting and creating

strength to go forward and lake this a positive event, it is cre`ting

more of a war and a disparity and that cannot be good. Both groups

promised there will be a carnival of some sort next year.

An underwater search with a difference has been going on off the

It started after Roy Wright went for an unwise swim at Hamworthy

at the weekend and lost his prosthetic leg in the w`ter

And, if the search for it is unsuccessful,

Tom Hepworth is in Hamworthx tonight with the full story.

Glorious evening here. We h`ve had people jumping off the jettx,

despite the warning signs. That is just what we did on Saturdax. When

he hit the water, he realisdd his leg had slipped off and he was in

difficulty. I could see Jill, my partner, looking at me. I thought

they were going to watch me drown. As I looked up, I saw a chap and he

launched himself in with all his clothes on. He managed to gdt hold

of me and help me get to thd ladder on the end of the pier. It was OK to

get the ladder, but I could not get up as I only had one leg. It wasn't

a good idea, it seemed like fun at the time. The sun was shining, I

think you get a bit carried away. I suppose I felt like being a kid

again. Rory is using his sp`re leg now, but it is broken, does not fit

and he is in constant pain. It is the anniversary of my amput`tion,

for the first time in five xears I feel like I have a disability. I

don't feel so independent now. Just not doing everything I used to be

able to do and not knowing that I am safer my feet. `` safe. There is a

real sense of public spirit here. A local Aqua club has spent hours

sifting through the mud, fishermen are checking their nets when they

return. But really it is like looking for a needle in a h`ystack.

We hope Rory is reunited with his legs soon.

`` lag. More than 130 British servicemen

and women were killed in action in Iraq following the invashon to

remove Saddam Hussein. One of them was

Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, ` bomb The personal connection to dvents

in Iraq has just inspired his sister Naomi Symmonds to

graduate from the Universitx A short time ago,

she joined me on the sofa to tell me It is using glass in differdnt ways,

making political statements and at the same time commemorating the

lives lost. Tell us about the panel we have. It is a bit of glass of two

sides and two stories, isn't it It is looking at both sides. On one

side, it is highly polished and reflective and speaks of

commemoration of the troops and their families and friends. On the

other side, it is broken, Edinburgh, `` it represents Iraq. And this

stems from the loss of your brother when you are just 12 years old. Talk

us through the process of the loss and creating the art. Startdd in

year two when we had to do ` project based on going to the British Museum

and recreating an object. I chose a vessel that had

commemorate everyone. Hasn't been a kind of therapy? yes, dealing with

it in a creative way, rather Hampshire's Justin Rose launches his

bid to win one of golf's coveted Majors, the Open Championshhp,

tomorrow at Royal Liverpool. After winning the Scottish Open

warm`up event last week, Rose is much fancied to go well over

the next four days. He tees off his first round

alongside Masters champion Thousands of times I've won the

Open Championship in my mind. This is the one I think

about the most. When you are chasing major

championships, any of them will do. If you're lucky enough to whn

this one, I think it would be Sussex kept alive their outside

hopes of reaching the quartdrfinals of cricket's T20 Blast compdtition,

with a win over Glamorgan at Hove. Sussex leg`spinner Will Beer took

three for 14, his second career`best in a week,

to restrict Glamorgan to 150 for 8. And opener Luke Wright then walloped

66 from 39 balls, to help Sussex home with an over

and a half to spare. Also in the T20,

Surrey have just got underw`y Meanwhile,

in the County Championship, Hampshire lost a thriller

against Essex at Colchester. Essex were set just 133 to win, but

scrambled home eight wickets down, all taken by the Hampshire spin

pair Danny Briggs and Liam Dawson. The Commonwealth Games are now just

a week away and some of the big names in world sport are

preparing to descend on Glasgow Other competitors are relathve

unknowns, hoping to shine on Matt French from Oakley near Thame

in Oxfordshire is representhng And, as Jerome Sale discovered,

despite plenty of other dem`nds on his time, he's setting his sights on

success in the double trap shooting. It?s quite a double life,

but the preparation for work Unlike the big guns

of the Commonwealth Games, Latt French has to hold down his day job

as well as trying to win a ledal. Luckily, I've got

an understanding boss who ldts me do my training in between my shifts

and accommodate me when I al away. I have had the help of my boss

and family. He has had a spell as Britahn?s

number one. At 32, he is still quite yotng

for the sport and he will bd aiming His colleagues are singing

his praises. The fact that it is in Scotland

too. It is a great event

and we are looking forward to it. I will be looking out

for his shooting events. Some may see the Commonwealth Games

as a little outdated and a throwback, but the be`uty

of it is perhaps that, more than any other event, it mixes mdn like

Matt with the superstars of sport. You have the likes of me, who have a

normal life and still work, in the same accommodation and situ`tion and

dining hall as Mo Farah and Usain I'm not quite sure how

I will react yet! Today was Matt's last day

at work before heading to Glasgow. Sadly, they do not hand out medals

for multitasking, but he has At work, no`one is expecting him

to get fired! BBC Radio Solent have announced

details of their pre`season Portsmouth and Bournemouth football

forums, with the main figurds The Pompey event is on Mond`y 4th

August with the Cherries evdnt 50 years ago this week,

Donald Campbell took the land speed In the same year, he also took

the record for the fastest person He died three years later

in another record attempt. To mark the anniversary,

a film of his record attempts has been restored by the

National Motor Museum at Be`ulieu, and for the first time it's being

made available to the public. Here's our Transport

Correspondent, Paul Clifton. Donald Campbell at the wheel

of Bluebird on a dry lake bdd 50 years ago,

the technicians all wore whhte lab This film is a portrait

of a different era. The record now for wheel`drhven

cars is 458mph, so you can see July the 17th, 1964,

the car reaches 403 mph. To take the record,

two runs must be made within The surface is rough,

the tyres were in ribbons. Today,

the car has pride of place hn the Don Wales was six

when his uncle died, but now holds I can remember standing next to

the huge wheels. He lifted me up and put me

in the cockpit. Donald Campbell wanted to bd the

only person to take speed rdcords The final attempt was late

afternoon on New Year's Eve. It is a new world water

speed record of 276mph! The newly restored film,

How Long a Mile..., Donald Campbell should be rdmembered

for that fabulous achievement and not just

for the crash that ended his life. He was supporting Britain

and trying to achieve fabulous How wonderful to see that a lovely

footage. Onto the weather forecast. It has been broadly as, but that

will change. `` it has been glorious.

Roger Hatley took this closd up of a kingfisher in the sunshind today.

This photographed by Robin Boultwood.

And Jamie Awdry took this phcture of oilseed rape being harvested

Even along the South coast, we saw a high of 22 Celsius. Things `re

hotting up as we go towards the weekend. Possible showers overnight.

View and far between, but if you catch one they could be heavy. ``

view and. The main feature overnight is the potential for coastal mist

and fog. It may lack on shore. Temperatures tonight down to 15 or

17 Celsius, a warm nights to come, uncomfortable for sleeping. Tomorrow

night is warmer still. Tomorrow night, potential for mist and fog on

the South coast. Cloud elsewhere will start to finish and brdak. Most

places will see Sunny spells with a high of 26 or 27 Celsius. `` warm

spells. A quiet picture. A slim chance for western areas, you may

see a fuse showers drifting up. More likely the areas West of thd Isle of

Wight. `` a view showers. Tomorrow night, warmer than tonight `nd more

humid with temperatures falling to around 19 Celsius. A dry st`rt, but

if you showers to start the day `` a to back too. We could see a high

of 28 Celsius. `` a few. Thunderstorms are a possibility on

Saturday, severe thunderstorms in fact, lightening and hail and

turning very unsettled by the start of the weekend.

Always in time for the start of the weekend. I will be back at dight

o'clock. Tomorrow, the Queen officially opens Reading St`tion. We

will have a report on that. Good night. Good night.