:00:08. > :00:15.Hello and welcome to South Today. A multi`million pound scam involving
:00:16. > :00:20.wine. Please arrest a woman and two men. Detectives said 200 people were
:00:21. > :00:31.conned into spending money on wind it did not exist. Also, jailed for
:00:32. > :00:38.life, the man who murdered his former landlord. And later on: Top
:00:39. > :00:51.of the Pops, the girls aiming for number one as they raise money for
:00:52. > :00:55.the Poppy appeal. Hundreds of people have been conned into investing in
:00:56. > :00:59.what police are calling a wine scam operating out of the Thames Valley.
:01:00. > :01:03.BBC South can reveal that a police investigation has been taking place
:01:04. > :01:06.into a firm based in Milton Keynes. It claimed to be a high end Bordeaux
:01:07. > :01:10.wine company, but police say the firm made three million pounds out
:01:11. > :01:15.of selling wine that didn't exist. Some elderly people had invested
:01:16. > :01:18.their life savings. Emma Vardy has this exclusive report. Raids were
:01:19. > :01:21.carried out by Thames Valley Police early today, at two properties in
:01:22. > :01:24.Essex. Officers arrested a 22`year`old man, a 23`year`old
:01:25. > :01:27.women, and a 47`year`old man on suspicion of fraud and money
:01:28. > :01:30.laundering. Police say a company called 'World Wide Wine Investments'
:01:31. > :01:32.based in Milton Keynes, claimed to have been offering customers the
:01:33. > :01:35.opportunity to invest in fine wine from Bordeax. The firm marketed
:01:36. > :01:38.itself nationally, with advertisements in the the Telegraph,
:01:39. > :01:50.and had printed brochures and a website. Investigating officers say
:01:51. > :01:53.the company had been carrying out its business from rented space in
:01:54. > :01:57.this office block in Milton Keynes. They say many victims were elderly,
:01:58. > :02:08.and had been cold`called by the firm and persuaded to invest. It was
:02:09. > :02:14.sophisticated in that they set up a scheme whereby the wine was being
:02:15. > :02:18.imported from France and people invested in it before it was
:02:19. > :02:22.bottled, which meant people had a long wait before they realised their
:02:23. > :02:28.investment, and in that time the money was shipped out of the country
:02:29. > :02:31.and they left the premises. In total, police say victims have lost
:02:32. > :02:36.more than three million pounds, some paid out large sums from their
:02:37. > :02:43.pension funds. The arrests are the first in what the police are calling
:02:44. > :02:46.a serious financial fraud. Officers say they're now trying to trace the
:02:47. > :02:50.large sums of money they believe World Wide Wine Investments made in
:02:51. > :02:53.profits and suspect much of this has been transferred abroad. Officers
:02:54. > :02:58.say the victims of this scam are spread all over the country, and
:02:59. > :03:01.that more may yet come forward. A man wanted for evading millions of
:03:02. > :03:04.pounds of tax in Germany has been arrested by a police community
:03:05. > :03:07.support officer near Swindon. The PCSO stopped him in Cricklade
:03:08. > :03:10.because he was suspicious of his car. Police then discovered a
:03:11. > :03:16.European Arrest warrant had been issued for him. He's alleged to have
:03:17. > :03:25.avoided paying more than four million pounds in tax. He will now
:03:26. > :03:35.be deported. A man from Aylesbury has been sentenced to life in jail `
:03:36. > :03:38.after shooting his former landlord with a crossbow. The Crown
:03:39. > :03:40.Prosecution Service said Russell Gill carried out a clinical
:03:41. > :03:44.execution when he killed Darrell Farnham at point`blank range at his
:03:45. > :03:47.home in June. The two men were in dispute over a drugs debt. Peter
:03:48. > :03:50.Cooke reports from Reading Crown Court. Described as a cold,
:03:51. > :03:53.dangerous and evil man Russell Gill showed no emotion today as he was
:03:54. > :03:57.found guilty of murdering Darrell Farnham. The victims family said
:03:58. > :03:59.Gill had carried out the attack with calculation and precision leaving no
:04:00. > :04:03.opportunity for self defence. The prosecution said he was an extremely
:04:04. > :04:07.dangerous man who had come to hate Mr Farnham. Darrell Farnham bled to
:04:08. > :04:13.death on his doorstep after being shot in the chest with a crossbow at
:04:14. > :04:16.his home in Aylesbury in June. His killer, 42`year`old Russell Gill,
:04:17. > :04:20.was a client, an amphetamine addict who owed Darrell Farnham ?6,000 for
:04:21. > :04:23.drugs. He claimed the death was an accident, saying he'd only gone to
:04:24. > :04:27.Farham's house on Belgrave Road to scare him. During the trial the jury
:04:28. > :04:30.heard Gill feared being attacked by Farnham over the drugs debt. He
:04:31. > :04:33.showed his nephew the crossbow saying he would get to Farnham
:04:34. > :04:35.first. He has always maintained that he killed Mr Farnham, but he has
:04:36. > :04:38.maintained that the crossbow went off accidentally, and that was
:04:39. > :04:50.clearly not the case. The evidence showed that that did not happen, and
:04:51. > :04:54.the jury saw through that. That night armed with the weapon, similar
:04:55. > :05:00.to this one, he shot Farham at point blank range. Th 44`year`old victim
:05:01. > :05:03.managed to pull the bolt out of his body and was found holding it in his
:05:04. > :05:06.outstretched hand. Sentencing Russell Gill to life with a minimum
:05:07. > :05:09.term of 24 years, the judge revealed Gill had two previous convictions
:05:10. > :05:12.for possessing offensive weapons. He said regardless of any threats made
:05:13. > :05:16.against him, Gill had no justification for the drastic steps
:05:17. > :05:33.he took to end a life. He added 'you took that lethal weapon, pointed it
:05:34. > :05:36.at his chest and killed him' . The campaign against a development of
:05:37. > :05:39.student flats in Oxford has been told it can't challenge the plans in
:05:40. > :05:43.court. Oxford University has built the flats opposite Port Meadow, but
:05:44. > :05:45.today the Campaign to Protect Rural England asked the High Court for a
:05:46. > :05:48.judicial review. That's been refused, but the university has
:05:49. > :05:54.offered to do a voluntary environmental impact assessment. An
:05:55. > :05:58.attempt is being made this evening to block the sale of an Oxford
:05:59. > :06:02.shopping centre. The West Way centre in Botley is due to be sold to a
:06:03. > :06:05.developer ` who wants to build a cinema, supermarket and student
:06:06. > :06:08.accommodation. But opponents say the scheme is too large and out of
:06:09. > :06:12.keeping with the area. Tonight the Vale of White Horse council will be
:06:13. > :06:15.asked to stop the sale. Five tower blocks in Oxford have been earmarked
:06:16. > :06:18.for multi`million pound improvements. The buildings haven't
:06:19. > :06:21.had any major work done since they were built forty years ago.
:06:22. > :06:23.Engineers have been surveying the buildings, and have needed some
:06:24. > :06:37.special skills, as Charlotte Stacey reports. This really is life on the
:06:38. > :06:42.edge. These specialist surveyors have been surveying this tower in
:06:43. > :06:45.Cowley today to see what condition it is in. It is one of several tower
:06:46. > :06:52.blocks being assessed for renovations. These ad sailors will
:06:53. > :06:58.hopefully find out what the building facades are made of, how much
:06:59. > :07:03.insulation is there and what we can do to improve the buildings for the
:07:04. > :07:15.residents. `` at sailors. As well as this tower, they will be assessing
:07:16. > :07:19.other towers. These buildings have not had a major refurbishment since
:07:20. > :07:23.they were built in the 1960s, but now Oxford City Council has
:07:24. > :07:27.allocated ?15 million to help improve them. More than 700 people
:07:28. > :07:31.live in these buildings, and it is hoped the work will give these
:07:32. > :07:39.buildings are a longer life span and make them a nicer place to live when
:07:40. > :07:42.the refurbishment start in 2015. I feel light`headed looking at that. A
:07:43. > :07:46.four`year old boy from Milton Keynes has become one of the first people
:07:47. > :07:48.in the world to undergo a pioneering bone`marrow transplant technique at
:07:49. > :07:51.Great Ormond Street Hospital. Doctors have said that the method
:07:52. > :07:54.should help with donor shortages since it does not require a perfect
:07:55. > :07:57.cell match. Helen Drew reports. Four year Mohammed Ahmed has waited four
:07:58. > :08:02.years for a bone transplant. He has a weak immune system, as did his
:08:03. > :08:11.sister who died before he was born. This is his only hope, otherwise he
:08:12. > :08:15.will die. We haven't got a chance. The treatment was carried out as
:08:16. > :08:18.part of the study at the great Ormond Street hospital. The key to
:08:19. > :08:24.the new technique is that it allows use of cells that are not a perfect
:08:25. > :08:32.match. That has applications beyond this study for other types of
:08:33. > :08:38.leukaemia that are not treated with normal chemotherapy. For Mohammed
:08:39. > :08:43.and his family, it has been a success. The hope is that this
:08:44. > :08:46.technique will help with donor shortages so that children will not
:08:47. > :08:52.have too wait years for life`saving operations. Football. All three of
:08:53. > :08:55.our regions league sides were in action last night ` but Oxford
:08:56. > :08:58.United were the only team to avoid defeat, as Swindon and MK Dons
:08:59. > :09:06.slipped up at home. Ross Heaton rounds up the action. Undefeated at
:09:07. > :09:10.the County ground since February, Swindon's home record is now over
:09:11. > :09:17.after they came unstuck against Walsall. Goals either side of
:09:18. > :09:22.half`time put the visitors on course for their win in Wiltshire. The
:09:23. > :09:27.match was over as a contest when the second goal came with 12 minutes to
:09:28. > :09:37.go. A late effort could not prevent stinging criticism from the boss.
:09:38. > :09:40.The MK Dons tasted defeat on home soil for the first time this season
:09:41. > :09:50.thanks to one of their former players. The only role of the game
:09:51. > :09:56.came from him. In League Two Oxford United were held to a goalless draw
:09:57. > :10:01.by Exeter. They failed to find a breakthrough but the major talking
:10:02. > :10:10.point was the late dismissal of this man. Two of the stars of this
:10:11. > :10:20.year's Strictly Come Dancing have been practising hard Swindon. ``
:10:21. > :10:26.near Swindon. Former Bond girl, Fiona Fullerton, and her dance
:10:27. > :10:35.parter, and one do Beck have been training at a dance studio near the
:10:36. > :10:41.M4. It was fair because I did goof up, and I did not perform it as well
:10:42. > :10:45.as I knew I could. I think the thing is, because I have been out of the
:10:46. > :10:49.business for so long, the whole performing thing I find terrifying.
:10:50. > :10:53.Fingers crossed she stays in the show. That's all from me for the
:10:54. > :11:04.moment. More from me at 10.25. Now I'll hand you over to Sally Taylor.
:11:05. > :11:07.it too fine. His defence team said the tanker was travelling too fast.
:11:08. > :11:10.They said it was an accident in which no`one was seriously hurt, and
:11:11. > :11:13.a prosecution was not proportionate. Still to come in this evening's
:11:14. > :11:16.South Today: A miracle recovery for the former Saints footballer who was
:11:17. > :11:23.fighting for his life just weeks ago. I was very close to dying.
:11:24. > :11:29.There were decisions that had to be made which I cannot comprehend.
:11:30. > :11:32.Former patients, distinguished surgeons from across the world and
:11:33. > :11:38.hospital staff gathered at Romsey Abbey today to pay tribute to a true
:11:39. > :11:44.unsung hero. Outside the medical profession, James Monro was little
:11:45. > :11:48.known. Yet his skills as a heart surgeon saved the lives of
:11:49. > :11:51.thousands, including many children. He was one of the key figures behind
:11:52. > :12:03.the world`renowned children's heart unit at Southampton General
:12:04. > :12:14.Hospital. Briony Leyland reports. The crowds were not for a
:12:15. > :12:35.celebrity. " EU 's James Monro built a pioneering reputation. `` N 30
:12:36. > :12:39.years James Monro. He did not just treat the problem or
:12:40. > :12:44.the issue. He supported you in leading a completely normal life. He
:12:45. > :12:53.helped me get into university. He also came to my wedding they see me
:12:54. > :13:06.and was extremely supportive to my family. People will not appreciate
:13:07. > :13:14.now that children's heart surgery was in its infancy when James Monro
:13:15. > :13:17.started. To get all children through these complex operations and for
:13:18. > :13:26.them to live was a remarkable achievement. The service heard how
:13:27. > :13:51.he was totally dedicated to his job. You was also a devoted father
:13:52. > :14:05.to his children. He was an amazing technician. He was
:14:06. > :14:19.an important man. Everybody loved him. We were fortunate to have him.
:14:20. > :14:27.James Monro died of prostate cancer in August. He had retired in 2004
:14:28. > :14:38.able to look back on a career that had saved and changed thousands of
:14:39. > :14:44.lives. I asked him did he miss it. He said he did not. He puts down his
:14:45. > :15:06.scalpel on his 65th birthday. He felt he had done enough.
:15:07. > :15:16.Portsmouth's game never made it to the second half thanks to the
:15:17. > :15:23.extraordinary storm at Fratton Park. This was the scene pre match as the
:15:24. > :15:26.game kicked off in dry conditions. By the time Wycombe took the lead
:15:27. > :15:34.the rain was falling, and already the pitch was very wet. Billy Knott
:15:35. > :15:37.with the goal and the slide. Portsmouth equalised right on half
:15:38. > :15:41.time, Patrick Agyemang pouncing from close range. With the conditions
:15:42. > :15:52.worsening the referee Lee Collins consulted both managers, but play
:15:53. > :15:55.continued for another few minutes. But it was apparent from these
:15:56. > :15:58.pictures just before the whistle for half time went that the conditions
:15:59. > :16:02.were unplayable. Just after the players went off for half time more
:16:03. > :16:05.lightning was seen in the sky, and then Fratton Park was subjected to
:16:06. > :16:17.sweeping wind and rain as the match was officially postponed.
:16:18. > :16:20.England's cricketers fly out later for this winter's tour of Australia
:16:21. > :16:22.and the Ashes series. Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry will be
:16:23. > :16:26.among the party. Another fine season with the bat has earned the opener
:16:27. > :16:29.his place. Also on the plane former Hampshire team mates Chris Tremlett,
:16:30. > :16:31.now with Surrey, and Kevin Pietersen.
:16:32. > :16:34.Now to the remarkable story of the former Southampton academy player
:16:35. > :16:37.who grew up playing alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Theo
:16:38. > :16:40.Walcott but whose recovery from a life threatening illness is being
:16:41. > :16:43.described as a miracle by doctors. In August, Kyle Critchell who was
:16:44. > :16:48.playing for Weymouth Football Club, was diagnosed with a condition known
:16:49. > :16:51.as Severe Sepsis. Months of rehabilitation lie ahead, but Kyle
:16:52. > :17:04.is on the road to recovery and he's given his first interviews to the
:17:05. > :17:12.BBC's Laurence Herdman. In 2005 precautions can sign up to
:17:13. > :17:22.the youth team. But eight years later he faced his darkest hour. I
:17:23. > :17:29.went to a training game. I had a sore back. The pain was terrible. We
:17:30. > :17:49.called the paramedics. They gave me a lot of pain relief. Sepsis is
:17:50. > :17:58.accounts for 37,000 deaths in the UK every year.
:17:59. > :18:04.Very quickly he became dangerously ill. I asked my partner and brother
:18:05. > :18:16.a few questions regarding am I dying? Doctors prepared his family
:18:17. > :18:28.for the worst. He was in hiding tendency unit. It was a case of
:18:29. > :18:43.whether he should go into life support. They tried three different
:18:44. > :18:48.believing machines. `` believing. They were not expecting me to make a
:18:49. > :18:56.full recovery. It has to be a minor miracle. I am so happy to see I have
:18:57. > :19:01.come through it and hopefully I can live my life normally. Football
:19:02. > :19:12.means everything to Kyle but whether he resumes at playing spell remains
:19:13. > :19:27.to be seen. Now the focus is to get well and raise awareness of sepsis.
:19:28. > :19:36.It is our wonderful story. As a teenager he kept an appeal out of
:19:37. > :19:39.the academy team. `` Gareth Bale. Two Hampshire schoolgirls have been
:19:40. > :19:43.chosen to perform on the British Legion's first ever charity single `
:19:44. > :19:47.and it means they'll be singing in front of the Queen at the Festival
:19:48. > :19:49.of Remembrance in November. Alice Milburn from Southsea, and Florence
:19:50. > :19:52.Ransom from Petersfield competed against 1,000 other young hopefuls
:19:53. > :19:59.to become part of a five`strong girl band. Their single will go on
:20:00. > :20:07.general sale on November the 10th, but let's hear some of it for the
:20:08. > :20:22.first time. They sing in the hope we will
:20:23. > :20:29.remember them. It reminds you of them. You are singing for them.
:20:30. > :20:33.Florence is the daughter of navy officer from Petersfield. But she's
:20:34. > :20:36.also part of a five girl band, has a record deal and will sing in front
:20:37. > :20:46.of royalty at the Festival of Remembrance. I do say to myself, I
:20:47. > :20:53.am ten years old and I am recording an album and I am going to sing in
:20:54. > :20:59.front of the Queen. Not many people get to do that.
:21:00. > :21:03.She'll also be joined by 13`year`old Alice from Southsea. Like Florence,
:21:04. > :21:05.she was chosen after an X Factor`style talent`spotting
:21:06. > :21:17.competition by the Royal British Legion.
:21:18. > :21:20.Every word the girls sing is personal, because only children
:21:21. > :21:34.whose parents or siblings are in the Armed Forces could enter the
:21:35. > :21:44.competition. Military children are part of the military culture. They
:21:45. > :21:55.do not ask to be. They support people who have served four hours.
:21:56. > :22:00.`` people who have served for all of us.
:22:01. > :22:04.And on the day Alice and Florence stand up to sing in front of the
:22:05. > :22:12.Queen, millions of people will be supporting, watching and
:22:13. > :22:20.remembering. The single is called The Call (No
:22:21. > :22:27.Need To Say Goodbye). You can hear it on the one show immediately after
:22:28. > :22:34.this. Here is the weather.
:22:35. > :22:41.Not uncommon to have a thunderstorm at this time of year.
:22:42. > :23:00.It was an active band of thunderstorms. It was similar to the
:23:01. > :23:07.storm we had on Saturday and Sunday. Is there more of this to come?
:23:08. > :23:11.On Sunday night we could have more storms.
:23:12. > :23:15.Fork lightning captured by Will Evans from Mudeford Quay in Dorset.
:23:16. > :23:19.This shot of the lightning over Ryde on the Isle of Wight was taken by
:23:20. > :23:27.Steve Wright. And Charlotte Sloman who is aged 14 took this photo as
:23:28. > :23:36.the sky lit up in Hedge End. One or two showers. Most places
:23:37. > :23:53.stayed dry. The winds will stay dry tonight. Still the possibility that
:23:54. > :23:59.temperatures will fall away. I called start to the day tomorrow.
:24:00. > :24:12.Winds will increase from the Southeast. Most places will stay
:24:13. > :24:22.dry. Still a pleasant day. I dry start tomorrow night. A band of rain
:24:23. > :24:29.pushing up from the South. Temperatures stay miles despite the
:24:30. > :24:38.cloud and the rain. A wet start to the day on Friday. The front will
:24:39. > :24:50.move North and East words. Strong south`westerly winds. Some showers
:24:51. > :24:59.hit and miss. We will see sunny spells for the rest of the week.
:25:00. > :25:08.Through the course of the week it will stay and settled. We are
:25:09. > :25:24.expecting rain at times. Friday and very wet start to the day. The
:25:25. > :25:35.Southwest. Wet and windy on Sunday. Now, what can you do with a pumpkin?
:25:36. > :25:39.But what you might not think of doing is using it as a boat. But
:25:40. > :25:42.that's just what Dmitri Galitzine, who's an artist, did in Portsmouth
:25:43. > :25:45.today in one of the most bizarre world record attempts you're ever
:25:46. > :25:49.likely to see. And tomorrow, he's hoping a pumpkin will carry him even
:25:50. > :25:52.further ` all the way across the Solent in fact. Sean Killick watched
:25:53. > :25:59.his record attempt. This giant pumpkin is not our goal.
:26:00. > :26:10.This giant pumpkin is about. `` is a brought. This man wants to set a new
:26:11. > :26:26.world record. It is impressive. He set of two beat
:26:27. > :26:35.this three`minute target time. He paddled his pumpkin as if he were
:26:36. > :26:43.being chased I ghosts. He soon crossed the line but was less than
:26:44. > :26:54.three minutes? Two minutes .3 seconds. It was great. Pretty
:26:55. > :27:15.tiring. I practised yesterday. We went on a straight line this time. I
:27:16. > :27:24.am worried about ten. Tomorrow he will attempt his next
:27:25. > :27:34.challenge. To cross the Solent. But for now he is happy to celebrate
:27:35. > :27:38.success with pumpkin soup. That is what we will be talking
:27:39. > :27:43.about tomorrow. Good luck. Let us hope he does not
:27:44. > :27:47.sink. Good night.