:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to South Today. news teams where you are.
:00:07. > :00:08.In tonight's programme: A ten year jail term
:00:09. > :00:10.for the lorry driver who killed a mother and thrde
:00:11. > :00:26.To all intents and purposes, Thomasz Kroker's news of his mobile phone
:00:27. > :00:28.while driving turned his vehicle into a lethal weapon.
:00:29. > :00:31.Also: Too heavy a load - calls for rent to be waived
:00:32. > :00:33.for community groups hoping to save children
:00:34. > :00:37.And later on - top of the class for Mr Emeny as he wins
:00:38. > :00:48.a national teaching award for making maths fun.
:00:49. > :00:51.He might as well have been driving with his eyes closed -
:00:52. > :00:54.the damning words of the judge as she sentenced Thomasz Kroker
:00:55. > :00:56.for driving his lorry into the back of queuing tr`ffic
:00:57. > :01:03.killing a woman and three children whilst he was on his mobile phone.
:01:04. > :01:06.Harrowing video from his lorry cab was shown to the jury
:01:07. > :01:09.revealing the moment he looked up from his phone to realise,
:01:10. > :01:13.His lorry smashed into the Vauxhall Corsa which was carrying
:01:14. > :01:16.Tracey Houghton and her sons Josh and Ethan,
:01:17. > :01:23.The family said the ten year sentence was insufficient
:01:24. > :01:25.for a crime which, they said, had destroyed their family.
:01:26. > :01:34.Video released by police in conjunction with the victim's
:01:35. > :01:37.families shows Thomasz Krokdr scrolling through his
:01:38. > :01:44.His lorry closing rapidly on a queue of stationary traffic.
:01:45. > :01:48.Moments later, children, Ethan, Josh and Aimee were dead together
:01:49. > :01:52.with the boy's mother, Tracey Houghton.
:01:53. > :01:56.Their car crashed to a third of its size,
:01:57. > :02:00.In the moments Thomasz Krokdr chose to look at his phone,
:02:01. > :02:02.he caused a multiple vehicld accident that endangered
:02:03. > :02:05.all surrounding road users and took the lives of Tracy,
:02:06. > :02:16.To all intents and purposes, Mr Kroker's use of his mobile phone
:02:17. > :02:21.whilst driving turned his lorry into a lethal weapon.
:02:22. > :02:26.Videos seen by the judge exposed the wider family's emotional trauma.
:02:27. > :02:28.I thought that was the worst day of my life.
:02:29. > :02:36.But I think it was three wedks later when I went to the funeral directors
:02:37. > :02:46.and actually saw them dead, cold, in their coffin.
:02:47. > :02:48.Witnesses said Mr Kroker was in tears after the crash
:02:49. > :02:50.but insisted his brakes had failed until he was confronted
:02:51. > :03:03.The death toll could have bden higher. Adam Pearson's was thrown
:03:04. > :03:09.upside down in the crash brdaking his back. Using your phone while
:03:10. > :03:15.driving is not something minor, it is something that can ruin lives. It
:03:16. > :03:23.is the only good thing to come out of this, that it will changd
:03:24. > :03:27.public's outcomes when using a phone while driving. The family s`id it
:03:28. > :03:33.could never be compensated for the loss.
:03:34. > :03:36.Aimee's mother, Kate Goldsmhth, called for more to be done to stop
:03:37. > :03:38.people using their mobile phones behind the wheel.
:03:39. > :03:40.Earlier I spoke to our transport correspondent Paul Clifton
:03:41. > :03:46.and asked him how realistic that might be.
:03:47. > :03:50.There is no evidence to suggest the number of people using ` hand
:03:51. > :03:52.held mobile phone at the whdel is going down.
:03:53. > :03:55.Yet the number of drivers ptnished for doing so fell by 43%
:03:56. > :03:59.last year alone, and by 84% since 2011.
:04:00. > :04:04.Principally because fewer police are out on the road looking
:04:05. > :04:10.There are far fewer traffic police than five years ago -
:04:11. > :04:16.every force in this region has cut the size of its roads polichng unit.
:04:17. > :04:24.It is not because people ard using their mobile phones behind the
:04:25. > :04:31.wheel. Many studies have described it as shocking. The RAC called it an
:04:32. > :04:36.epidemic of use. The cuts that police forces have seen, and they
:04:37. > :04:42.have had to make difficult choices, road traffic policing has bden seen
:04:43. > :04:45.as a soft target. These offhcers save lives and -- and we nedd to see
:04:46. > :04:49.investment to make sure people think they will be caught when thdy use a
:04:50. > :04:59.mobile behind the wheel. Thdy have stopped doing that. Having two
:05:00. > :05:04.cameras inside a cab is norlal. Having one facing the drive is more
:05:05. > :05:11.unusual. It is the boss is watching every would think they do. They
:05:12. > :05:15.welcome it because it exonerates the driver at the time of an incident
:05:16. > :05:19.and demonstrates they were doing the right thing or not doing solething
:05:20. > :05:23.they might be accused of. It works both ways.
:05:24. > :05:26.We know that texting whilst driving impairs reaction times more
:05:27. > :05:28.than being at the legal drink drive limit.
:05:29. > :05:31.IAM Road Smart, the Institute of Advanced Motorists,
:05:32. > :05:34.said the courts seem to be playing catch up
:05:35. > :05:36.with society's views on this, and said sentencing was out
:05:37. > :05:43.It supports stronger penalthes and more police.
:05:44. > :05:47.The drink driving battle has largely been won.
:05:48. > :05:54.That's because it is widely regarded as socially unacceptable.
:05:55. > :05:57.Using a mobile phone whilst driving does not have the same
:05:58. > :06:04.Until it does, and until drhvers fear they might actually be
:06:05. > :06:07.caught breaking the law, there will be more terrible
:06:08. > :06:20.Police are investigating after a man was seriously injured at a Halloween
:06:21. > :06:24.The man was stabbed at Bottelino's Restaurant in the early
:06:25. > :06:30.He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford,
:06:31. > :06:32.where he remains in a seriots but stable condition.
:06:33. > :06:40.Three men have been arrested and released on conditional bail.
:06:41. > :06:43.Community groups hoping to step in to save some of Oxfordshhre's
:06:44. > :06:45.children's centres are clailing they're being "kept in the dark
:06:46. > :06:48.about how much rent they'll be charged to use council buildings.
:06:49. > :06:50.Funding cuts mean more than half of the centres
:06:51. > :06:53.are set to close in March - unless other groups
:06:54. > :07:01.Now some councillors are calling for rents to be waived
:07:02. > :07:10.Our political reporter Bethan Phillips has the story.
:07:11. > :07:14.The Doorstep Family Centre hn Oxford is one step ahead of other similar
:07:15. > :07:16.It's managing to stay afloat without depending
:07:17. > :07:18.on council funding - that's exactly what Oxfordshire
:07:19. > :07:22.County Council wants to happen elsewhere.
:07:23. > :07:24.But managers here are worridd about how other community groups
:07:25. > :07:27.will cope if they're charged rent when they take over
:07:28. > :07:29.children's centres saying that they shouldn't have
:07:30. > :07:42.If they spend their first ydar raising money to save rent, they
:07:43. > :07:46.will not get to the second xear They need that step for the right
:07:47. > :07:50.direction. Funding is very difficult in itself.
:07:51. > :07:52.One of the children's centres that
:07:53. > :07:56.from closure by a charity is Britannia Road in Banburx.
:07:57. > :07:58.But those trying to take ovdr say Oxfordshire County Council hasn t
:07:59. > :08:03.been clear about how much rent it will charge.
:08:04. > :08:08.At the moment we are in the dark about information we need to include
:08:09. > :08:13.in our business plans. We still need to find out what the rent whll be,
:08:14. > :08:15.we are still waiting to find out lots of different things like what
:08:16. > :08:18.costs we would be liable for. Tomorrow Oxfordshire County Council
:08:19. > :08:21.will debate whether or not to waive rents for children's centres
:08:22. > :08:23.for the first year - something called for by
:08:24. > :08:32.the Green party. This is a false economy bec`use if
:08:33. > :08:36.you close the children's centres, the number of children taken into
:08:37. > :08:40.care will increase. Taking ` child into care costs a fortune and that
:08:41. > :08:43.money can be better spent kdeping the doors of the centre is open
:08:44. > :08:44.Meanwhile, local churches are being urged
:08:45. > :08:50.by the Diocese of Oxford to help run services like this.
:08:51. > :08:56.What we are saying is this hs a fabulous opportunity to takd your
:08:57. > :09:01.place at the heart of community life. In terms of doing things that
:09:02. > :09:02.are for the common good, for the community good.
:09:03. > :09:04.The County Council says it's now received bids
:09:05. > :09:07.from 17 from charities and communities hoping to t`ke
:09:08. > :09:08.over children's centres across Oxfordshire
:09:09. > :09:10.and has insisted the discussions its had with those groups h`ve
:09:11. > :09:18.The Ashmolean Museum has bedn granted just over ?1 million
:09:19. > :09:21.from the Heritage Lottery Ftnd to help it secure a hoard
:09:22. > :09:24.The rare find of Viking coins and artifacts
:09:25. > :09:27.was discovered in a field near Watlington by metal detectorist
:09:28. > :09:38.Comprising of about 200 coins, seven items of jewellery
:09:39. > :09:41.and 15 bars of silver, the find is hugely signific`nt
:09:42. > :09:44.because it contains so many coins of Alfred the Great.
:09:45. > :09:48.The estimated value is ?1.35 million.
:09:49. > :09:53.The Museum has until the end of February next year to rahse
:09:54. > :09:58.Now if you'd like to get in touch with us here at South Today to tell
:09:59. > :10:01.us about stories you think we should be covering,
:10:02. > :10:04.Our address is south.today@bbc.co.uk or join the conversation
:10:05. > :10:21.Police have released footagd of a fatal crash caused by a distracted
:10:22. > :10:25.lorry driver using his mobile phone can the wheel. Four people were
:10:26. > :10:27.killed when Thomasz Kroker smashed into stationary traffic. I will have
:10:28. > :10:30.the headlines later on. The Halloween horror show
:10:31. > :10:32.that is the weekend football Now, always a treat -
:10:33. > :10:46.here's Sally Taylor. All I want is a head full of hair
:10:47. > :10:50.and I can't even have that. For five years she kept
:10:51. > :10:56.her condition secret. Only those closest
:10:57. > :11:00.to her knew, until now. Hair loss seems to be
:11:01. > :11:02.such a taboo subject, it's really stigmatised and we don't
:11:03. > :11:04.talk about it. Every time I did speak about it
:11:05. > :11:12.even to my mum, I would be hn floods Claire's aim is to raise money
:11:13. > :12:23.for the small charity which aims Stay with us as we mark Halloween.
:12:24. > :12:25.There's spooky goings on and the case of the haunted swimming pool in
:12:26. > :12:32.Worthing. If I mention school and maths,
:12:33. > :12:34.fun is probably the last But fun is exactly what maths has
:12:35. > :12:39.turned into at Wyvern College near Eastleigh, thanks
:12:40. > :12:41.to the Numeracy Ninjas. That's the name of a mental
:12:42. > :12:44.arithmetic programme which has transformed the subject -
:12:45. > :12:47.not only at Wyvern, but at thousands It's just earned Will Emeny,
:12:48. > :12:54.the teacher behind it, a prdstigious We sent Lewis Coombes back to school
:12:55. > :13:03.to find out more. Right, pencils ready. Three, two,
:13:04. > :13:08.one. 30 questions in five minutes
:13:09. > :13:19.at the start of every lesson. I needed something that would be fun
:13:20. > :13:25.and like a Game for them and I thought I had done martial `rts as a
:13:26. > :13:28.kid and what better than a belt system to level up?
:13:29. > :13:30.Each correct answer is awarded a point.
:13:31. > :13:32.The more right answers you get, the better
:13:33. > :13:35.And when it comes to mental arithmatic, the Year 7 pupils
:13:36. > :13:42.at Wyvern College have developed into quite the Ninja Warriors.
:13:43. > :13:49.We did a research study last year that showed the numeracy ninjas
:13:50. > :13:51.boosted their numeracy by 70% for the average student. Some students
:13:52. > :13:54.it was greater than that. The questions are set to be
:13:55. > :13:57.challenging and the oldest pupil sitting at the back found
:13:58. > :14:06.it harder than most. OK, times tables answers ard 42 I
:14:07. > :14:13.like how we do with at the start of the lesson because it gets ts ready.
:14:14. > :14:18.I liked because it's challenging. At the beginning I got red and then I
:14:19. > :14:26.got Brown. Did anyone get the blackbelt? Congratulation 's. We
:14:27. > :14:30.lost it a year ago and it's grown to 3500 schools all over the world
:14:31. > :14:31.The success of Mr Emeny's brainchild has been
:14:32. > :14:33.rewarded with the accolade of Secondary School Teacher
:14:34. > :14:36.of the Year at a national teaching awards ceremony.
:14:37. > :14:39.The plan is to now roll out an online version of Numeracy Ninjas
:14:40. > :14:49.For those pupils at Wyvern, Mr Emeny has become a significant figure
:14:50. > :14:57.I never knew I would end up a maths teacher but I'm so glad I dhd
:14:58. > :15:06.because I love the job. Go, numeracy ninjas! Congratulations to him and I
:15:07. > :15:16.would think from his whole class. We will move on to sport. It's not a
:15:17. > :15:23.happy story to start with, hs it? Yes, we know the dangers of the
:15:24. > :15:28.sport of horse racing. The champion jockey Jim Crowley was one of two
:15:29. > :15:35.rushed to hospital after a serious incident at Kempton Park. Wd will
:15:36. > :15:42.not show you the accident. That is the worst that fell at the left of
:15:43. > :15:50.the picture, the other forcds, including Jim Crowley on
:15:51. > :15:55.Electrified. He was taken to St George's Hospital at tooting. That
:15:56. > :16:00.is the remainder of the racd. Both men described as being in a serious
:16:01. > :16:02.condition. We will have an tpdate on that on our late news, if wd have
:16:03. > :16:07.one. We can go to football now. We'll start with a look at the top
:16:08. > :16:10.of the EFL championship table. Brighton and Hove Albion
:16:11. > :16:12.cemented their position in second with a victory Chris Hughton
:16:13. > :16:15.described as right up there with the best in his
:16:16. > :16:17.time as Albion manager. Hughton's Albion are second only
:16:18. > :16:19.to his former club Newcastld And look out for Reading,
:16:20. > :16:24.Jaap Stam said top ten was ` big stretch in the summer -
:16:25. > :16:26.the Royals are fifth. Norwich goalkeeper Michael LcGovern
:16:27. > :16:29.had a bad day and his mistake allowed Glenn Murray to get
:16:30. > :16:32.the first of his three on the day. The on-loan striker headed
:16:33. > :16:34.a second on the hour mark Then Murray completed his h`t-trick
:16:35. > :16:45.as Albion marched to a ninth game A super finish coming up
:16:46. > :17:00.from Anthony Knockart compldted It's a special result because we're
:17:01. > :17:06.up against at top team and ht was our day to day. I think the second
:17:07. > :17:12.goal was the big one becausd at that stage they had to open up. Ht starts
:17:13. > :17:14.and a real good opportunity from Glenn and then from that first page,
:17:15. > :17:29.you have a good In their first match, MK dons were
:17:30. > :17:33.to find no mercy as Sheffield United. The Blades talk less than
:17:34. > :17:40.ten minutes to take the lead. After the break, NK dons did get on better
:17:41. > :17:44.terms. The dons were to leave Bramall Lane beaten. Billy Sharp
:17:45. > :17:49.betting the winner for a result which leaves the Buckinghamshire
:17:50. > :17:52.side outside the bot four on goal difference. Swindon Town on one of
:17:53. > :18:00.the teams inside the relegation day -- zone and did little to e`se fears
:18:01. > :18:05.of the drop. They had a close range finish and Dwayne Holmes made it 2-0
:18:06. > :18:13.after was. Shambolic swindlhng defending here. There was a rebound
:18:14. > :18:18.for his second of the game `nd Scunthorpe's fourth as the
:18:19. > :18:22.opposition crumbled. The new opportunity will force Swindon was
:18:23. > :18:30.Nathan Thompson's consolidation at half-time. Oxford United's
:18:31. > :18:37.inconsistency continues to frustrate. This time against
:18:38. > :18:44.Millwall. The opener at the Chris Ham Stadium. The Lions came back in
:18:45. > :18:47.spectacular style. Morrison with a contender. A lapse at the b`ck
:18:48. > :19:15.allowed Millwall to win it. Some sad news, Dave Lanning has
:19:16. > :19:20.died, famously describing the first live darts final on TV in 1884. He
:19:21. > :19:42.started his career on the Bournemouth Echo.
:19:43. > :19:46.Staying with hockey tomorrow night we'll have a special report
:19:47. > :19:49.from the Netherlands where two of team GB's hockey stars are now
:19:50. > :19:53.Sussex's Maddie Hinch and Surrey's Sophie Bray were part
:19:54. > :19:55.of Team GB's gold medal winning team against the dutch
:19:56. > :19:59.This weekend Maddie, from West Chilitington,
:20:00. > :20:01.was up against Sophie and our cameras were in Utrdcht
:20:02. > :20:05.to see what life after Rio had brought for them.
:20:06. > :20:07.Now to someone who always seems to be looking down
:20:08. > :20:10.on the opposition, Hampshird cliff diver Gary Hunt is on top
:20:11. > :20:14.Hunt, who's from Eastleigh and trained at the Quays Diving
:20:15. > :20:16.centre in Southampton won his sixth world title,
:20:17. > :20:19.following the final competition of the season in Dubai.
:20:20. > :20:25.Although that dive placed hhm second, a string of wins
:20:26. > :20:27.throughout the series secured the overall win.
:20:28. > :20:34.The sport - which sees divers jump from a 27 metre high platform
:20:35. > :20:37.and reach a speed of 65 miles per hour -
:20:38. > :20:40.is so extreme that only around 50 people in the world have
:20:41. > :20:43.enough technical skills to take part.
:20:44. > :20:51.I heard him talking on the radio about having to change from diving
:20:52. > :20:55.head to coming down with yotr feet first, so that was difficult and
:20:56. > :20:59.look at that, Hurford! It t`kes my breath away, that -- perfect.
:21:00. > :21:02.As you can hardly fail to h`ve noticed, tonight is Hallowedn -
:21:03. > :21:04.the night when the spirits, not to mention young trick
:21:05. > :21:07.To mark the occasion, Richard Latto has been delvhng
:21:08. > :21:09.into BBC South's archives in search of ghostly goings-on.
:21:10. > :21:12.And he's breathed new life into some weird and wonderftl
:21:13. > :21:14.tales of the unexpected - starting in Worthing with the case
:21:15. > :21:25.1976 and the long hot summer had us diving into the
:21:26. > :21:28.swimming pools to cool off but there was one that was perhaps
:21:29. > :21:40.Swings our baskets around, moves things.
:21:41. > :21:46.Things that suddenly appeardd, suddenly disappear.
:21:47. > :21:48.Sadly this pool has now been shut down, probably
:21:49. > :21:51.because of the hauntings, so if you see a ghost here wearing
:21:52. > :21:53.armbands and looking lost, you will know why.
:21:54. > :21:55.You have the sensation there is somebody behind
:21:56. > :22:00.you but you turn around and nobody is there.
:22:01. > :22:04.This is Quarry Road in Winchester and it was here in 1972 that
:22:05. > :22:14.She had two exorcisms but the spirits refused to leave.
:22:15. > :22:18.The first thing I saw was a lady, a nun up in my bedroom.
:22:19. > :22:26.She was dressed in black and I just glanced across and saw her
:22:27. > :22:29.at the end of the bed, towards the wardrobe.
:22:30. > :22:38.I couldn't say anything, under my breath I said oh mx God
:22:39. > :22:45.You have held two exorcisms but without much success.
:22:46. > :22:49.I wouldn't say without succdss for the simple reason that
:22:50. > :22:53.when I first went there, it was apparent that somethhng evil
:22:54. > :22:57.was there and that evil has been done away with.
:22:58. > :23:00.Not many people know it but according to records Botrnemouth
:23:01. > :23:05.is the ghoul capital of the South, known for its nightlife
:23:06. > :23:09.and also its afterlife nightlife and as reporter Tim Hirst found out
:23:10. > :23:12.when he met a family from Whnton, there is a particularly nasty
:23:13. > :23:21.The television was pushed over, fireplace was pushed over
:23:22. > :23:25.and a disco ball was thrown across the room.
:23:26. > :23:27.She rang me and said please come home, things
:23:28. > :23:35.Then a neighbour picked the phone up and said you must come home,
:23:36. > :23:44.And it seems that possessed houses in Bournemouth were very colmon
:23:45. > :23:51.Mike Purton set out the case for another
:23:52. > :23:55.John and Edith Upshaw lived here with their son and with
:23:56. > :24:03.It was an ordinary life unthl a few weeks ago everything changed.
:24:04. > :24:11.First thing that happened here was that the electricity supply
:24:12. > :24:14.began to fluctuate and then the lights would begin to swing
:24:15. > :24:23.There haven't been many ghost reports on South Today for ` long
:24:24. > :24:26.time, so maybe these things just don't happen any more,
:24:27. > :24:45.Wonderful spooky stories thdre from Richard. Let's move on to the
:24:46. > :24:54.weather because we have a H`lloween deal, haven't we? What will it be
:24:55. > :24:56.like? Very mild. Today we h`d a high 20s Celsius but tomorrow will be
:24:57. > :24:58.cooler. Let's look at the phctures. Shazz Hooper photographed some eerie
:24:59. > :25:01.looking trees in the New Forest John Tweddell captured a pulpkin
:25:02. > :25:03.in Emsworth Town Square. And Dot Williams took this picture
:25:04. > :25:06.of a narrow boat at Newbury Wharf which had been transformed
:25:07. > :25:18.in to the Creepy Cruise. Today we had mild temperatures, are
:25:19. > :25:24.high of 20s Celsius in West Sussex and sorry. In the rest of the week
:25:25. > :25:28.it is set to get cooler, especially Wednesday and Thursday when we could
:25:29. > :25:34.just reach double figures, so turning cooler and unsettled --
:25:35. > :25:37.settled on Wednesday and Thtrsday but unsettled on Friday. Tonight
:25:38. > :25:41.there will be missed in fog and the Met Office have issued a dog
:25:42. > :25:46.warning, tonight and tomorrow morning it should clear the
:25:47. > :25:53.temperatures may drop to six or seven. A foggy start to tomorrow,
:25:54. > :25:59.once the fog clears its an hmproving picture but still a fair amount of
:26:00. > :26:03.cloud and patchy rain moving south, not amounting to two much btt there
:26:04. > :26:10.will still be a lot of cloud, one or two bright spells and highs tomorrow
:26:11. > :26:13.of 14 Celsius, a contrast to today because the northerly breezd will
:26:14. > :26:19.set in. The route tomorrow night, once the rain has cleared your
:26:20. > :26:23.looking at clearing skies are living temperatures to fall away into
:26:24. > :26:29.single figures. Wednesday whll be a chilly start, those of four or five
:26:30. > :26:35.Celsius. Wednesday is a dry day the air will be cooler and fresher with
:26:36. > :26:39.temperatures reaching up to 11 Celsius, so struggling during the
:26:40. > :26:43.day, feeling to the west th`t northerly breeze but the brdeze will
:26:44. > :26:48.be light and remains light on Thursday. Thursday morning we may
:26:49. > :26:52.have a bit of frost in the countryside, high pressure pulling
:26:53. > :26:56.away. This low pressure in the North will bring rain on Thursday night
:26:57. > :27:00.into Friday, moving south and east and Friday is a wet start to the day
:27:01. > :27:08.but improving, showers expected with some bright spells and a high of 13
:27:09. > :27:13.Celsius. The weekend, isolated showers, turning breezy on Saturday
:27:14. > :27:18.and cooler on bonfire night. Tomorrow we will talk about the role
:27:19. > :27:22.milk Revolution, milk straight from the Co-op helping to turn around
:27:23. > :27:54.profits for farmers. Thank xou for watching tonight. Good night.
:27:55. > :27:56.If you trust me not and I trust you not,
:27:57. > :27:58.then what is the point in this marriage at all?
:27:59. > :28:01.Life holds very few things which are genuinely worth having.
:28:02. > :28:05.If you don't possess them, everything else is worthless.
:28:06. > :28:17.'We're the Raintown Superheroes Keep the streets safe.'
:28:18. > :28:20.You can trust me. What the hell are you dressed as?