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Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Good evening. I'm Edward Sault. | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
A new bioscience centre, helping lead the global fight | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
against highly infectious animal viral diseases, has | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
Surrey's National Vaccinology Centre cost ?24million. | :00:18. | :00:28. | |
It's part of the Pirbright Institute and it's home to 100 | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
scientists working on vaccines against outbreaks like foot | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
Recent breakthroughs include genetically modifying mosquitoes, | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
which should help combat zika and other devastating viruses. | :00:40. | :00:41. | |
A new centre in the global fight against highly infectious animal | :00:42. | :00:49. | |
diseases officially opened by the Princess Royal, | :00:50. | :00:51. | |
who joined some of the hundred scientists working here. | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
I'm grateful to see such an investment in this aspect | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
of science and I really wish you well with that. | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
As I say, thank you very much for allowing me to join you, | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
but this is a very important addition to the scope that you have | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
The recent breakthroughs include developing a new generation | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
of genetically-modified vaccines against viruses such as avian flu, | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
however GM techniques have raised ecologically and ethical concerns. | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
Famously, the Prince of Wales warned that GM crops could cause | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
But the head of the Institute here defended their work, not least | :01:27. | :01:36. | |
We have limited options of controlling mosquitoes. | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
We don't want to use large quantities of chemicals to control | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
them, and they spread important diseases so that | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
them, and they spread important diseases to | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
And so, the idea of introducing modifications | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
This can be a very precisely controlled process to bring in | :01:56. | :02:08. | |
control procedures where we don't have any other options. | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
The Zika virus, a mosquito-spread infection linked to thousands | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
of babies being born with underdeveloped brains, | :02:14. | :02:14. | |
is one of the diseases targeted at the institution. | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
Working on genetically modified mosquitoes, | :02:18. | :02:18. | |
one of the elite scientists told me that critics of GM help to ensure | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
thorough scrutiny and admitted there is no guarantee | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
Not acting has risks as well as acting for any of these | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
choices and not acting means 390 million cases a year of dengue, | :02:28. | :02:39. | |
half a million people a year dying of malaria and so on. | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
So we don't live in a risk-free world. | :02:45. | :02:54. | |
The institute has played a major role in controlling the foot | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
and mouth outbreak in 2001 and it is home to the world | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
reference laboratory for the disease. | :03:00. | :03:00. | |
The new building is part of the ?350 million development | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
at the site which also houses scientists from the now closed | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
This building is a fantastic place to develop techniques. | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
More importantly, we are consolidating on site. | :03:10. | :03:11. | |
We have access to better talent and better scientists | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
We're already excited about the prospects. | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
The building cost ?24 million to construct and it has a host | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
of leading environmental design features and is now | :03:21. | :03:22. | |
A railway worker narrowly avoided being hit by a South West train | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
The report from the Rail Accident investigation branch says the man, | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
who's not been named, had become distracted while working | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
on a rail defect near Shawford in Hampshire last June. | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
The report claims the man was probably fatigued due | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
to sleeping in his car to avoid long journeys to and from home each day. | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
House prices in three of the south's towns and cities registered some | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
of the biggest rises in the country last year. | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
Portsmouth house prices rose by 8%, second only to Manchester. | :03:54. | :04:01. | |
Bournemouth and Southampton were both in the top 10% | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
Bournemouth and Southampton were both in the top 10 | :04:07. | :04:19. | |
The figures come from Hometrack which monitors prices in the twenty | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
The famous Overlord Embroidery at Portsmouth's D-Day museum has | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
after more than thirty years on display. | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
The two-hundred and seventy two foot long work commemorates | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
It's being removed while the museum undergoes major renovation work. | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
More than ?500,000 has been raised to extend | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
the children's intensive care unit at Southampton general hospital. | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
The centre has seen an increase in babies needing critical care. | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
Four-month-old Gabriel has had heart complications ever since he was born | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
and has been in and out of intensive care. | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
He was born with a heart condition, part of which is | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
This service is essential because his recovery from these | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
It's not the path that children normally take in recovery. | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
The expertise they have here and the experience has been | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
Similarly, Zaya who's just two days old has been brought | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
She's had a procedure to put a small hole in the side of her heart | :05:05. | :05:11. | |
That all went well, and then from there she was sent | :05:12. | :05:19. | |
The centre has been extended thanks to thousands of people raising | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
money, including doctors, nurses and parents. | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
The money was spent gutting this area and bringing it up to demand | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
in clinical standard, and also most of the equipment | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
you can see here, in fact, all the equipment you can see | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
here, was purchased in this build, and it's all state-of-art equipment. | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
Well, the demand for the spaces has increased. | :05:46. | :05:47. | |
The children are coming from all over the south coast | :05:48. | :05:49. | |
all the way up to Milton Keynes and we want to try to help. | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
We want the opportunity to give the best care for the children | :05:54. | :05:55. | |
It is hoped that the extra beds and equipment will mean that | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
more children like Gabriel and Zaya can be treated here in Southampton. | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
Sophia Seth, BBC South Today, Southampton General Hosptial. | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
Now, it can't have escaped your attention that | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
And hundreds of you from right around the south have been | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
doing your bit to raise thousands for good causes. | :06:20. | :06:21. | |
This Family Support network in the region got ?116,000 | :06:22. | :06:23. | |
Many of the carers here are pensioners looking | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
after their grown-up children with learning disabilities. | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
In those days continues on BBC after the news. -- Red Nose Day. | :06:33. | :06:53. | |
And Now You Weather. Low Temperatures In The Towns And Cities | :06:54. | :07:05. | |
we could see a touch of frost, pockets of fog first thing tomorrow | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
morning. However, this will lift quite readily. Temperatures in the | :07:12. | :07:19. | |
sunshine feeling pleasant up to 14-15 C. You will need to be | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
sheltered from the window. They still north easterly flow taking the | :07:24. | :07:25. | |
edge off the coast. A fine and weather outlook for the whole of the | :07:26. | :07:37. | |
Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly | :07:49. | :07:55. | |
arrived. Beautiful picture today. The skies are clearing across the | :07:56. | :07:56. |