28/10/2016 South Today

In tonight's programme. and on BBC One we now join

Dicing with death - the diet pills sold online

are a quick fix to lose weight but they can have

The doctors were just telling him to keep calm and lie down,

and the wet that was running off him, I've never seen

The badge carved into the Whltshire countryside officially unvehled

in time for this year's Poppy Appeal.

We are so grateful for everxthing we play with, so we think everx child

should be able to have a go and have a football.

Doing their best - the cub scouts thinking of others

before themselves as they hdlp Syrian refugees.

And as darkness falls the skulls, skeletons and ghouls come

out to celebrate a very Mexican festival.

A BBC investigation has discovered lethal diet pills are being sold

on "hidden" websites despite a major crackdown.

It's an unlicensed drug called Dinitrophenol - or DNP -

which is often marketed on the internet as fat burnhng.

But DNP was classed as unfit for human consumption in 1938.

Last year a 25-year-old wom`n from Worthing died after taking

This and other deaths have prompted calls for tougher prison sentences

Sean was just 28 when he didd after taking the highly toxhc

I was in with him probably H think no more than ten minutes,

and when I first got in there, he was trying to stand up,

because he said his back was hurting.

And he was just shouting at his back hurt and he wanted to stand up,

And I said to him, you can't stand up.

And then I noticed like his stats were really high, and the doctor

was telling him to keep call and lie down, and the wet but was rtnning

Last year, 25-year-old Worthing woman Rachel Cooke died

She first heard about them after reading about the death

of another young woman, 21-year-old Eloise Parry.

Instead of putting her off, she believed it could be a puick fix

It's used legally in fertilhsers, dyes and even ammunition.

But it's illegal to sell for human consumption.

Four people were jailed in connection with Sean's c`se.

The Food Standards Agency is clamping down on underground

If you're selling it online, we can track you.

We can trace you to your hole address, and we have done that

on two occasions this year, we've successfully intervendd

Thinking they were selling ht in a way that couldn't be traced,

And they're now sort of acthve ongoing investigations that will

The BBC purchased pills from the dark web,

The results showed they contained 40% DNP.

And figures obtained by the BBC from the medicines health rdgulatory

authority show it's seized ?1.4 million worth of unlicdnsed

Experts warn taking these dhet pills is dicing with death.

Sean's grandparents just looked you know, it's aged everybody.

I had Sean and I was 17 years of age, so it was like not

just losing your son, when he was growing up

So it's very, very difficult when you've got that bond

with someone and then all of a sudden they're just gone.

A Hampshire man who was sentenced to 30 years for murder

following an 'unusual' second trial, has been told he can't appe`l

Matthew Hamlen from Bishopstoke was found guilty of the brutal

murder of pensioner Georgina Edmonds, despite bding

The case was one of just a handful of double jeopardy murder c`ses

Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt Emma Vardy was at the Court of Appeal.

It took eight years to get justice for Georgina Edmonds,

who was beaten to death with a rolling pin at her

Matthew Hamlen was found not guilty at a trial in 2012,

but was tried a second time after new DNA evidence emerged.

Today his defence team said the jury at the second trial should not

have been have been told about the original trial

and its outcome because it gave "undue prominence"

for the prosecution said it had been important for the jury to bd aware

He argued "The trial would not have made sense unless the jury knew

Court of Appeal Judge Lord Justice Fulford agreed,

saying without telling the jury of the original trial a mystery

would have been created that would have needed to be addressed.

And he refused the application to appeal.

Matthew Hamlen was heard to remark "well that was a waste of thme"

We've often reported on the problem of so-called bed blocking.

As patients who are ready to go home wait to be discharged,

other patients are backing tp in casualty, until beds comd free.

Graham Moody from Reading h`s been waiting for three months to leave -

what's unusual about his case is that he's stuck in

His wife Pamela says he really shouldn't be there, but the NHS

and Reading Council haven't been able to agree who should

We're torn between the NHS and Reading Borough Council,

trying to decide who's going to pay, when they're going to pay.

She's watched helplessly for four years as dementia slowly

Graham Moody's only in his lid- 0s, but his wife Pamela is no longer

He moved briefly into a card home back in the summer, but within days,

Because of that reaction, as a temporary measure,

Graham was admitted to a psxchiatric hospital, and he's been there ever

since - even though it's not really geared up

The cost for Graham to go into residential could be

I mean, I couldn't afford to pay that.

I was told by the social worker that he is eligible for funding

for further care, but why isn't he being moved out?

All the time he's there, he's blocking a bed

I mean, there's people that need those beds,

it's an acute ward, people are coming and going all thd time.

It's not good for him to be on there.

Because he's still relatively young and active, finding a suitable care

home to take Graham also won't be easy - potentially

Neither the Council or the Clinical Commissioning Group

which controls NHS spending were willing to talk to us,

but they have released a joint statement.

In it they say they're going to work together to improve processds

In Graham's case, they say since the NHS became aware

of his application for fundhng earlier in the month,

interim funding has been agreed for a joint care

Which should hopefully mean that Graham should find himself loving

Meanwhile, Pamela continues to visit her husband each d`y,

on the psychiatric hospital ward where he really shouldn't bd.

One of the key decisions as Britain negotiates to leave the EU

is what happens to all the Duropean citizens already

Some aren't waiting to find out - one poll suggests a quarter

of the Polish community now want to move back, either to Poland

One woman from Poole is among those who say they are being made to feel

Attacked for speaking Spanish on the street.

This may be an extreme case, but that Brexit vote since this

assault in pool has left many EU nationals feeling unwanted,

Just down the road in Bourndmouth, Polish born Joanna certainlx

When I was talking with my daughter on the street, we were standing just

And we were joking and laughing and maybe we were talking loudly.

And there was passing one m`n, and he said something like that

"If you are in England, you have to talk in English "

I said, "Sorry, I am talking with my child."

And I said to that guy, "this is also my

country and I have equal rights in here.

You don't have any rights in here any more."

In Reading, where a sizeabld majority voted Remain,

universal condemnation for such attitudes today.

I think it's very sad, because they're only

I don't think there's any rdason for them to go back if they're

Quite disrespectful.

But as Christina, a care worker from Romania,

testifies, things can be difficult here, too.

When I go to work, people are not so friendly like first time.

Yeah, like, "Why you don't go in your country?

Because this referendum showed you we don't need you here."

Along the town's Oxford Road, traders say Polish customers

Especially after what happened after Brexit.

No, I have to be very careftl about my future, but I'm more

It's a symbol of remembrancd that can be seen for miles round.

The Flanders poppy has been carved into the Wiltshire

hillside in Fovant - it sits alongside eight

The unveiling of the Flanders Poppy officially launches

the county's Poppy Appeal - and marks a special centenary.

The enormous poppy you can see in the hillside behind me

is a reminder of the Armed Forces of the past, present and our future.

It's actually the size of half a football pitch,

and it's the first chalk carving to be made here since 1970.

To all our soldiers for everything they do for us.

This year's particularly sylbolic, because it marks 100 years

since the first ever badge was made here by soldiers

in the First World War on their way to the Somme.

We couldn't just ignore the Centenary of the first badge.

With the sacrifice made by those soldiers in World War I.

So it seemed to us sensible and quite right to build another

badge in exactly the same w`y that those soldiers did

The Flanders Poppy sits next to eight badgers now

The Royal British Legion saxs it's a wonderful symbol of remembrance.

Last year there were about 750, 00 members of the three armed services

and their families who recehved some sort of assistance.

Some of that assistance is the direction to specialhst

welfare assistance that thex need for mental health or

The man who designed the Flanders Poppy is

It's been rather fun, because I have never done

The simplicity was the object in the end.

It was carved into the hillside in the summer by volunteers

and serving soldiers, and it will be a symbol of sacrifice

Residents living in a small village in Dorset are asking their local

council to cut the speed lilit in their parish.

Winterborne Houghton is in `n area of outstanding natural beauty.

Locals believe the present speed limit of 60 miles per hour hs unsafe

and want it reduced to 20 or 30 miles per hour.

Today they delivered their request to Dorset County

Tireless - the Southampton lan who's no roll over when it comes

to winning a silver medal in the World's Strongest

The A27 through West Sussex is one of the region's

Everyone agrees something needs to be done but they

Hundreds of people are gathdring for a public meeting this evening

Highways England has up to one hundred million pounds to spend

but there's concern some iddas might actually make matters worse.

Good evening. Behind me you can see the mass of people waiting to get

into this meeting to discuss the A27 bottleneck in Worthing. Tod`y, I

discussed the problem with one family, asked them

about the problems they facd on a daily basis.

I lose so much time just sat in traffic permanently.

Trying to get my daughter from school is always

Trying to make it to meetings in time for work,

How long would you be sitting in a traffic jam?

We definitely need a bypass of some sort.

We don't know where it's going to go!

It's very difficult around here because we've got

the green fields at the back with the Downs and things.

Sea to the other side, so there s not a lot of places to go!

Possible answers include a tunnel or so-called three pass, widenhng the

road through the town. One campaign group believes the existing road

should be kept just for loc`l traffic. They want a northern bypass

making use of existing roads. Through traffic would head north and

rejoin the existing dual carriageway at patching.

By definition, a through pass favouring through traffic mtst

disfavour all the locals trxing to cross the road or join the road.

So we are talking about givhng 50,000 people in the top half

of Worthing a problem to favour a few people who want to go

Environmentalists say the answer is to reduce traffic.

Well, we know from history that every time we build a new road,

So that exactly what is going to happen.

If we're going to tackle congestion on the A27, we need

to minimise the demand for people who want to drivd.

And to do that, we've got to give them real choices in terms

of walking and cycling for the shorter journeys,

linking up with buses and r`il for the longer journeys.

They will be opening the doors here in just a minute, and the formal

consultation gets underway hn the With the sport now,

here's Tony Husband. That road will be pretty busy

tomorrow! Many a time I havd driven on A27 trying to get... Or not

driven! Big game for Brighton tomorrow.

Brighton boss Chris Hughton comes up against his former club in this

Albion face Norwich tomorrow, a club Hughton managed in the top

His current club are second in the table -

two places above tomorrow's opposition, who have lost

only once in the last 13 games in this fixture.

Two promotion rivals facing off means three big points on offer

It's also about points that the opposition don't gdt.

Is there any difference in ` game away at Wigan and a

We want to be taking points off our closest rivals if that's how

it's going to pan out towards the end.

The disappointing performance up there.

Bournemouth are on the road at Middlesbrough tomorrow sdeking

a fifth game unbeaten in thd Premier League.

That's a three o'clock kick off Southampton's game against Chelsea

Reading host Nottingham Fordst in the championship,

a win could put them back into the top six.

In league one, Oxford's game against Millwall

is a one o'clock kick off, Swindon are at Scunthorpe.

Portsmouth have only one win in five, so they'll hope

for a positive result at Cambridge tomorrow.

Another impressive round of golf from Stoneham's Richard Bland means

he remains in contention at the halfway stage of the world

The 43-year-old from Hampshhre shot another 68, making him eight under

He's tied for fourth and five shots off the lead held

Now to the world of strongman competition.

In this sport you can often lift, drag, pull and push weights of over

A businessman from Southampton has just returned

from the United States where he earned a podium pl`ce

in his class, but as I find out he won't give up until he's

Tom trains four times a week and often twice a day,

so putting on a show for thd cameras today was no sweat.

He has 26 stone he is about to lift and carry, twice my body wehght He

started entering events in 2012 and won his competition. Last wdek was a

big breakthrough on the loc`l stage. Second place in the world's

strongest man and 90 kilogr`ms. It's hard. There was a different winner

in each event. It was a fierce competition, and as always the most

consistent person won. In world's strongest man,

there are usually about six disciplines, from deadliest

to moving obstacles. 30-year-old Tom will lift wdights

of over 300 kilograms. There is no prize money, we found

ourselves. We are literally competing for a title, that's all it

is about. There is great calaraderie between the different competitors.

It's just a case of you havd these weights and you have delivered them,

push your body to give the best of durability. The way they sahd they

went up, they're always progressing, progressing, always making things

heavier -- the best of your ability. Tom runs a personal trainer

business in Southampton. I'm not going to give up until I win

at least once. He has the mhndset! You didn't give him much of a

helping hand. I couldn't evdn move the trial. Absolutely incredible!

You don't change the tyres on your own hand, why would you be trying

out? Next Monday it is of course

Halloween but in other parts of the world, particularly

in Mexico, it's traditional to celebrate the Day

of the Dead instead. It's an occasion to

honour the ancestors - visiting their graves,

leaving offerings and There's a distinct carnival

atmosphere and that's what they're tapping

into in Basingstoke tonight, with it's own Day

of the Dead parade. I'm surrounded by ghosts and ghouls

to mark the Day of the Dead. Celebrations here in Basingstoke,

and it's all about reconnecting with ancestry. In Mexico, they do just

that. They go to graveyards and have it picnic and reconnect with their

loved 1's past. I'm joined now by Mary from a theatre group. Tell us

about who's getting involved? We have been working with an alazing

company who do this work at Glastonbury every year. We work with

young people in Basingstoke to create the lanterns, face p`inting,

to do dance workshops and theatre workshops. They have been doing

theatre all day. It's been great and they are ready to take part in the

parade. Why is it important to celebrate arts? It brings the whole

community together. The kind of work we do is all about this,

enlightening a community, m`king it a great place to win. -- to live.

You can come down and have ` party, and celebrate where you livd. It

certainly is feeling vibrant. There are also people heavens we have a

dance troupe here. What performance are you doing? The living. Fabulous.

Have a look around this sitd. We have a tiny werewolf. I'm a little

scared of you! I'm going to find our counsellor. Terry, this is putting

Basingstoke on the map in a different way to our part of the

region? We wanted something different, quirky, bit less

threatening than the tradithonal view of Halloween, and something

that brings everybody else from the street in Basingstoke and enlivens

what is the historic part of town. So connecting with ancestors as

well. And you're hoping for great success? Absolutely, it was

fantastic last year. I think the crowds will be bigger this xear and

we have even more happening. It s just exciting. Is half of the parade

is the living. We will join up with a parade of the dead, this spooky

crew! Fabulous, we will join you for our forecast of the

weather. Now, more than 100 footballs

are being sent to Syrian refugee children in Turkey,

thanks to a pack of Cub Scotts. The cubs from the second

New Forest North Group at Copythorne raised ?1000 and this

morning bought the balls from the Saints shop

at St Mary's Stadium. It's the Cub Scout law

to always do your best, think of others before yourself

and do a good turn every dax. And today, this team of young boys

are doing just that. Because of the crisis in Syria,

they've been going to refugde So we've been thinking that we're

so grateful for everything that we play with and footb`lls

so we think that every child should be able to have a go

and have a football. They started at the

beginning of January. They collect 20p, which thex bring

in dribs and drabs They've had kickball compethtions,

they've had car washes, sponsored tractor clean,

which was absolutely amazing First to Calais in France,

where demolition is starting today on one of the biggest migrant

and refugee camps. The Cub Scouts came up with the idea

after watching the news But how much do the younger

generation know about what's There's a lot of killing

and stuff like that. It's interesting learning

about all the different I watched it this morning

about the war. Yeah, I wish I could but I can't

because it's kind of far-aw`y to it. But maybe for young people

like these Hampshire scouts, the only way they feel they can help

is with little acts of kindness Well done to that group. Yot have

done really well. Shall we go back to Basingstoke now `nd join

Sarah? Now time for a look at the weekend

weather, here's Sarah Farmer. It's not looking too terrifxing

This weekend's forecast for the last weekend of October, it's prdtty calm

and mild. You can see from the satellite picture earlier today that

we have a band of thick clotd across the central part of the country

This is actually a weather front that divides the cold northdrn half

of the UK and the warm southern half. That's the mild weathdr for

the last few days and today is no different. We have got cloudy

conditions in Basingstoke this evening, and that's what we will

stick with throughout the course of tonight, a mild one with

temperatures down to 12 or 03 degrees. That is what we wotld

normally see by day during this time of the year. We will see ond or two

patches of fog which could be slowed to lift by first thing tomorrow

morning. A minibus, cloudy picture. A light breeze and as we st`rt to

head towards the afternoon ht lives in some spots. He may be lucky

enough to catch one or two sunny breaks. Most of us see tempdratures

up to around edge you may bd. You might see is up to 16 or 17 degrees

locally. Tomorrow night, thd clocks change so an extra hour in bed. We

will continue the theme of cloudy and mild weather. There may be a few

patches of fog once more. Temperatures down to around 11 or

12, so the mild theme continues Sunday morning, a similar phcture.

We start off with cloudy conditions, a little bit of patchy mist and fog

possible. By afternoon, we could see more bright breaks. Sunny spells

towards the end of the weekdnd. Monday looks like it will bd a

brighter day, and we start to see a fresher feel to things as wd go into

the new working week. By Tudsday, we return to slightly cloudy

conditions. Not too terrifyhng for the celebrations here for

the Day of the Dead. Here in Basingstoke. Thank you, Sar`h. There

is a wonderful woman behind Sarah, those skeletons. You can sed the

parade on our Facebook page and we thought we would leave you with some

great shots from our cameras there in Basingstoke. Enjoying thd Day of

the Dead celebrations in Basingstoke. Have a great wdekend,

goodbye!