16/03/2017 South Today

Already three months late, but the Navy's new aircraft

carriers could face even further delays and increased costs.

If you don't deliver on time, the cost keeps

Time is a very important part of the whole equation.

Councils say that further funding promised for social care is unfair.

Coming home to recover - the Hampshire toddler who went

to America for treatment on a brain tumour.

We will be bringing him home, which is a positive, you know?

And he should have a full life, which again is a positive.

And what's life like if you're autistic?

Five schoolboys tell us in their film for BBC School Report.

It's going to take three years, and we can't be sure of the outcome.

I'm not talking about Brexit negotiations, but the fresh concerns

over bringing Portsmouth's new aircraft carriers into service.

It's been confirmed that the first sailing of HMS Queen Elizabeth

has already been put back three months because of technical issues.

And the Government's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office,

is worried there could be further delays and cost overruns.

Building the new aircraft carriers and getting them into service is a

very, very complicated project. Today the National Audit Office said

that the Royal Navy is making good progress. But there are still some

major concerns about whether HMS Queen Elizabeth and her aircraft

will be ready for initial deployment at the end of 2020.

The Royal Navy is getting big new aircraft carriers, new F35 jets,

And it's got to get them working together seamlessly before

the aircraft carriers can be deployed on operations.

It's a long gap we've had without carriers.

We've been very lucky that something hasn't happened in the world

where we've needed them, because they are crucially important

to our maritime power, to our joint capability,

The National Audit Office says the next three years will be

critical to establishing the carrier's strike could do to.

-- establishing the carrier's strike capability.

It says the Navy has a very long to-do list,

and is under pressure because of a shortage of engineers,

There's a compressed trials and training programme,

The bill for the two aircraft carriers and the new jets

If you don't deliver on time, the cost keeps going up,

Time is a very important part of the whole equation.

Figures published in January showed the Navy has a significant shortage

The Navy needs 6,940 for it's ships and submarines.

The Navy are very conscious that we have a shortage

That's one of the reason why their backing university

technical colleges, to get those engineering skills.

But they're also recruiting people who have left the Navy

to come back in again, and looking at other areas

The National Audit Office says the introduction of the new aircraft

carriers will fundamentally change how the Navy works,

with large numbers of sailors required for the carriers

No one from the Ministry of Defence was available for interview today.

In a statement they said that HMS Queen Elizabeth will be handed over

to the Royal Navy as planned later this year. They also say that with

the trial is expected to start in the summer, they recognise that

there are challenges ahead and remain committed to delivering the

full range of carrier operations by 2026. From Portsmouth, back to you.

Thanks very much. It was supposed to be a lifeline

for councils struggling to meet the bill for a growing population -

the Chancellor announcing an extra ?2 billion for social care over

the next three years. The biggest amount in the region

goes to Hampshire, the largest The Isle of Wight,

one of our smallest unitary authorities, gets

an extra ?6.5 million. But Berkshire councils

don't do so well - and the ?300,000 for Wokingham

is the second lowest in England. Privately, some fear the council

is paying the price for not making more of a fuss

about previous funding cuts. Residents at this working care

home enjoy a performance For this group with dementia,

it's vital stimulation. It's definitely something

you can't do on the cheap. We are an organisation that

likes to be competitive in our terms and conditions,

and pay our workers a reasonable rate of pay

for doing it very hard job. The news that the government was

giving extra help for adult social care in the budget was welcomed.

But one local resident and Prime Minister Theresa May's

constituency over the border in Windsor and Maidenhead gets

almost ?1.4 million this year, Wokingham will

In fact, nearly everywhere in England is getting

Following on from being the lowest funded authority in the country,

the lowest funded educational authority in the country,

we'll now be the lowest funded adult social care in the country.

It's going to mean severe constraints on what we want to do

to give our adults in the borough of the quality of life

While Wokingham may not be known as a poverty hotspot,

Windsor and Maidenhead, too, has some, shall we say,

So the gulf between the help it's getting and what's been offered

to Wokingham, has left many, not least the council,

wondering how the figures were massaged to arrive

A spokesperson at the Department of Communities

The other big budget measure was the rise in National Insurance

for the self employed - unexpectedly abandoned yesterday.

The Confederation of British Industry, the CBI,

had backed the increase and now says it wants to work with the Chancellor

on other changes to bring the tax system in line with the way

It's Director General has been meeting students

at Reading University to discuss some of the other big

Here's our Business Correspondent, Alastair Fee.

She heads up the most influential business

Carolyn Fairbairn began her visit to the University of Reading,

joined a group of students from across the world.

Were you all convinced, coming out of A Levels,

or coming out of the equivalent in Romania, that finance

But the numbers from abroad are falling -

and amidst the current uncertainty, that's a priority.

Obviously a lot has happened over the past year.

But I think we're in a stage now where we can say what we can set

what we're going to do in the future.

I think one of the things that we do need to do very quickly

is to guarantee the ability of students to still come,

and to communicate that as widely as we possibly can around the world.

Because it is our brand that has been so strong,

The University of Reading, and Henley Business School...

In a room packed with business leaders from across the Thames

Valley, the big themes were around talent, skills and,

Some who are optimistic, and some who are anything but.

I think businesses are feeling a huge amount of uncertainty at

One uncertainty that I'm hearing a lot here

in the Thames Valley is around people, around access

And I think different businesses respond in different ways

Some are, I agree, upbeat about those.

Berkshire has the highest concentration of foreign owned

Access to free trade was on everyone's minds,

and an insistence that it benefits all those buying and selling

I am actually very optimistic that businesses in Europe will be arguing

for free trade in the same way that we are.

Are you able to instil them with the same optimism that you have?

I think businesses are really up for making a success of this.

And very soon after the referendum they were immediately thinking,

how do we get the best deal out of this?

The mutual interest behind a comprehensive free

We have not got a lot of time, though, and we need

This event was important because as Director General

of the CBI she commands the attention of policy makers,

and can take the concerns of businesses in the South straight

Five non-executive directors at Southern Health have resigned

ahead of a big change in the way the Trust works, expected to be

Southern Health, which looks after people with learning

difficulties and mental health problems, has been

It said today that the Trust leadership needed to change to meet

the future needs of patients and service users.

Swimming - it's good fun and great exercise,

so why is Andover going to be months without any pool at all?

It's a question many residents in the Hampshire town are asking.

The current facility will close while a new leisure centre is built

but a planned temporary pool won't be enough.

These youngsters are learning a crucial life skill.

They're among 1,400 children who use the swim school here.

But in two weeks' time, their lessons.

-- but in two weeks' time, their lessons will stop.

The pools will be drained and demolished.

A new state-of-the-art leisure centre won't open

She is going to have to start from scratch again.

All the confidence that she's built, she's so happy in the water.

So it's almost me bringing her for the last six months,

I've only got a month's worth of swimming, whereas we've been

The older generation will be affected, too.

96-year-old Laurie Broadstone is the club's oldest member,

I've three heart attacks and a spine operation.

If I didn't go, I wouldn't be around, would I, really?

Test Valley Borough Council has submitted plans for a temporary

pool, which is expected to open in the summer.

But residents say there is nowhere to go in the meantime,

There's nowhere for people to go swimming locally.

We have to go to Romsey, or Basingstoke.

Not everyone can afford the transport links for that,

All the clubs, and trampolining club's...

There's waiting lists as long as your arm already here.

So with a two-year wait, we just don't know, as a community,

There are now calls for the plan is to be put on hold

until a suitable solution can be found.

What does the council say about this? They said if they were to keep

this pool open during construction, they would have to spend a

significant amount of time and money on repairs. That's just not economic

a viable for a pall of this age. They are committed to providing a

temporary pool for the 14-18 months of building work, and say that it

would be a short-term loss for a long-term gain for the residents.

Thanks very much. The largest rail union, the RMT,

has dismissed a new agreement between Southern Railway

and its drivers as, The Aslef drivers' union

is balloting members to end a dispute over

driver controlled operation. The list of conditions when trains

could operate with only a driver on board has been cut

from eight to five. They still include running

when a second member of staff is late, when there are high levels

of sickness and during disruption. CCTV systems in the train cabs

will also be upgraded. The RMT union, which represents

conductors, says its separate There aren't that many Tizzards

around. A chat with Dorset racehorse

trainer Colin Tizzard, who could be celebrating succuess

in tomorrow's Gold Cup A Hampshire toddler who is being

treated in America for a brain tumour is to fly home

to continue his recovery. Two-year-old Freddie Hunt had

surgery at a hospital in Arizona a month ago after a big

fund raising campaign in his Doctors have delayed a decision

about whether he can go on to have proton beam therapy -

the procedure he was originally due A short time ago, his father Dave

told me how Freddie was doing. Freddie's out of hospital as of two

and a half weeks ago. He's vomiting every day and has

slight paralysis down So we're giving him physical

training to try and get Because he's forgotten how

to walk and stand up. Most of the brain tumour has been

removed, as I understand it. But he's not had the

proton beam therapy? To put his body through

anything else at this current stage, I wouldn't like to

say what the outcome would be. He needs to get well,

he needs to be doing things again. So we don't want to

push his body any more. They took out a large

section of the tumour on the first operation, and the

first operation was a success. But he needs to get better

before we move forward. Many people might be overwhelmed

by what you now face as a family. But you seem remarkably

positive about it? Yeah, we will be bringing him home,

which is a positive. And he should have a full life,

which again is a positive. With the paralysis and not walking,

we can teach him how to walk we've got time

on our hands now. And is there still a chance that

you might return to America to have the proton beam therapy

if he recovers well and he needs it? We will be coming back

here in a year's time almost to sign But also to find out

what's happening to the You've kept in touch

with supporters back home. As you've said, you must

be delighted that you We've got two daughters still back

in Yateley and we miss them dearly. All the support that has been

generated for Freddie and continually is still going on,

it's just overwhelming and we can't Especially Team Freddie

back in Yateley. We hope to continue to keep you

up-to-date with Freddie's progress. Now, if you are going to work

in the waste water business, you've got to accept

it's a dirty job. But some of the new recruits

to Thames Water are being spared some of the sights and smells

of the sewer network by training But can it really beat

hands-on experience? You can even go skiing

in virtual reality these days. But how do you fancy

popping down a sewer? These engineers are not deep

underground, they're training for an emergence gas leak

in the safety and comfort For the millennial generation,

this is all about gameification. Immersing them in the right

environment, and, you know, let's be honest, you can be

in a sewer, in an environment without actually

getting your feet wet. The igloo trains the company's

1,300 operatives who work on Thames Water's sewer network,

without so much as a whiff Trainees can be down here for up

to half an hour walking around the virtual sewer,

encountering all sorts The alternative would really just be

sitting in a classroom and turning The igloo shows a multitude

of mainline movies, sure-fire hits such as Sewer Lining,

CCTV Surveying, and the ultimate blockbuster,

Blockage Investigations. Usually you're sat in a classroom

trying to learn it from them. This, you actually get a real-life

perspective of what it actually is. Yes, I'm in this film

somewhere, if you look. It's as close as you would get

to being in the real-life mainline. Get to a safe atmosphere, and then

remove your breathing apparatus. And, yes, if they want,

they can make its mall and there! -- they can make it smell in there.

That's the way to learn. Want to sport and we will look ahead to

tomorrow's Cheltenham Gold cup, and meet the man who could be tasting

Hull toasting success. But we don't want to pre-empt it?

We're meeting the man who's racing fairytale is the talk of the sport.

Dairy farmer Colin Tizzard from Dorset will have two well

fancied horses in tomorrow's Cheltenham Gold Cup.

It would have been three had Thistlecrack not suffered an injury.

So what's the secret behind the success of one

Alistair Durden has been to Milborne Port to see

Colin Tizzard leads a thriving yard that earned ?1.5 million in prize

There aren't that many Tizzards around.

There is still an air of modesty about the former dairy

farmer, who's become one of Britain's's leading trainers.

A short drive from his stables are the picturesque gallops,

He's come a long way since getting his licence back in 1998.

It's not an easy profession, I'll tell you that.

It is every morning, seven days a week, every day

So it's not easy, but I've got to try and make sure

Colin admits he's still getting used to the spotlight his

But his story is one racing has fallen in love with.

It's been a tremendous rise from relative obscurity,

and the fact that this story is here in the grassroots

of the British countryside, it's fantastic for the sport.

COMMENTATOR: There we go, three up. Cue Card is down!

12 months ago, this fall denied Cue Card and Tizzard Gold Cup glory.

But the hugely popular 11-year-old has picked himself up to have

And then there's Native River, who taken everyone by surprise.

We thought if we had a horse good enough to run in the Gold Cup,

Then we suddenly find this favourite.

As for Colin Tizzard, he's refusing to pick his favourite.

Whatever the result, he'll back in the yard first light

A 23-year-old sailor from Guildford will make history in the next

edition of the Clipper Race, the round the world

challenge which is preparing for its 11th edition.

Nikki Henderson will be the youngest sailor ever to lead a team.

She's one of two female skippers among the 12 teams

Rob Graham from Angmering West Sussex is among the other

skippers for the event which starts this summer.

Four Southampton players have been named in Gareth Southgate's England

There are first call ups to the senior squad

for James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond, both have been

They join established internationals Fraser Forster

and Ryan Bertrand for the matches against Germany and Lithuania.

More than two James. He's a told me that his mum is a big view of South

Today, so hello to her. It's BBC School report

day and there's been plenty going on at schools

across the South, including at Oak Lodge in Hythe

on the edge of the New Forest. It caters for children with learning

disabilities, and five of the pupils wanted to explain

what it was like to The boys wanted to describe

the challenges they face - for example, Josh wanted to take

part, but didn't feel They also wanted to explain how

they are treated by people So School Report is

giving them a voice - I was really hypersensitive

to stuff like that. I didn't really get any

of the support I needed. I find it hard to

actually do mainstream. Mainly because of the

size of the classes. I got really nervous

in there, because it was The teacher said to the supply,

Jamie's autistic. And they said back,

what does that mean? I used to really find

shopping for clothes hard. One day the shop assistant came up

to me and asked me to move. And I just looked down

and wouldn't say anything, because I couldn't really do that

at the time. And then she went off to

the security guard across the shop, and I heard her say,

if he didn't move in five Before I got him, I was

a really nervous wreck. I don't like being

outside the house. Whenever I'm outside my house,

I'm really, really anxious. With him with me, it's a bit like

having a stuffed animal, really. So, in other words, you need

to basically be kinder to them, So if you're calling friends

autistic all the time, or memes on the Internet

about autism, it detracts from the fact that it is a disability

and it does affect people. And although autistic people

can come across pompous and arrogant and stuff,

if you don't like them, You don't have to be physically

disabled to be taken A lovely film, well then, boys. If

you would like to go to our website, you can find out a lot more about it

there. Onto the weather and Alexis is with

us this evening as usual. Very foggy this evening, and last night.

And before Kaz lingered in many places, especially the south coast.

-- and the fog has lingered. We have had a fair amount of cloud as well.

Let's take a look at some of your weather pictures.

Maureen Coles photographed the colourful flowers

Ian Holloway took this picture of a holly tree in the bright

And Paul Godier took this picture of the lingering fog in Boscombe.

It certainly did. Foggy conditions for many, and in parts of Sussex we

saw blue skies overhead for much of the day. Many of us having a lot of

cloud. There may be light rain through the course of the night. The

band of cloud moves through with patchy rain a possibility. Skies

clear during the early hours of the morning and temperatures will fall

away to actually 2-3 Celsius. Lovely, sunny conditions to start

the day tomorrow. Through the morning, cloud will thicken from the

West and the winds will start to increase. Through daylight hours it

should stay mainly dry into tomorrow evening. Then a band of rain will

move in. Highs of 10-11 Celsius. Tomorrow evening, the rain band ball

moving. Mainly right -- like an patchy for most. The breeze will be

some foul strong. Milder tomorrow night. A good deal of cloud through

the course of the day on Saturday, but we're hopeful Force and drier

periods as well. There may be rain at times. The rain is more likely

towards the south-west. In the south, we are likely to be sheltered

but may see the odd burst here and there. A fair amount of cloud with

one or two brighter spells during the course of Saturday daytime. The

weekend as a whole will be quite windy at times. There may be

raining, but not everyone will have it. Drier spells and a good deal of

cloud over the weekend as a whole. Here's your outlook through

tomorrow, the weekend and into next week. A good deal of cloud tomorrow,

but brighter spells. The afternoon will be mainly dry but cloudy. Rain

tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. Through Saturday and Sunday there

may be some rain at times. Strengthened through the weekend

from the West. On Monday we will have a fair amount of cloud with the

chance of rain later. Thank you very much for that. If

you're a racing fan, all eyes on Cheltenham and we will be their

life. Make sure you join in at 6:30 tomorrow night. Thanks for watching,

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