:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening. late news at 11pm.
:00:12. > :00:14.More details have emerged about the millions of pounds
:00:15. > :00:18.The singer died at his home in the Oxfordshire village
:00:19. > :00:23.Today, the founder of Childline, Esther Rantzen, said he had helped
:00:24. > :00:28.hundreds of thousands of children, by donating more than ?2 million
:00:29. > :00:34.She spoke to our reporter Ben Moore from her New Forest home.
:00:35. > :00:40.This is the song that showed not just a musician's talent,
:00:41. > :00:44.but also revealed George Michael's extraordinary generosity.
:00:45. > :00:52.All the royalties from his number one hit Jesus to Child
:00:53. > :01:04.He didn't want razzmatazz, he didn't want publicity of any kind,
:01:05. > :01:06.he just wanted to help us and he did,
:01:07. > :01:11.As fans are still flocking to the singer's home village
:01:12. > :01:15.of Goring in Oxfordshire to pay their respects,
:01:16. > :01:17.it seems the scale of his charitable donations
:01:18. > :01:21.might have come to the surface in 2017.
:01:22. > :01:24.A concert had been planned to say thank you to him
:01:25. > :01:28.as part of Childline's 30th anniversary celebrations.
:01:29. > :01:30.You don't really understand a person until
:01:31. > :01:37.And I think the public are understanding perhaps for
:01:38. > :01:38.the first time how much George Michael gave.
:01:39. > :01:41.Not only in terms of his music but in terms of his
:01:42. > :01:43.personal generosity, vision, sensitivity, imagination
:01:44. > :01:49.So as news of George Michael's philanthropy spreads,
:01:50. > :01:59.over what was until now, a very hidden generosity.
:02:00. > :02:02.As you may have heard, the Hampshire author
:02:03. > :02:03.Richard Adams has died. He was 96.
:02:04. > :02:08.He was best known for his novel, Watership Down,
:02:09. > :02:14.It was set in the northern Hampshire town of the same name,
:02:15. > :02:19.He spoke to South Today about the novel in 2014.
:02:20. > :02:23.Because it's about the country where I was born and grew up,
:02:24. > :02:28.Berkshire, Hampshire is my country, I know where I am, I know
:02:29. > :02:35.what it smells like, and I think, to have written, if it is immortal,
:02:36. > :02:45.an immortal book about my home ground is what pleases me most.
:02:46. > :02:51.Richard Adams who has died at the age of 96.
:02:52. > :02:53.It was a mixed afternoon for our regions football sides yesterday.
:02:54. > :02:55.Just two wins from the six games played.
:02:56. > :02:57.But victories for promotion chasing Reading and Portsmouth.
:02:58. > :03:00.Bournemouth suffered their third defeat
:03:01. > :03:03.in four games away at Chelsea yesterday.
:03:04. > :03:06.Pedro scored the first for the home side after some good build up play.
:03:07. > :03:10.Eden Hazard made it 2-0 from the spot,
:03:11. > :03:13.after being brought down by Simon Francis.
:03:14. > :03:15.Chelsea added a third deep in injury time
:03:16. > :03:18.when Pedro's shot deflected off Steve Cook.
:03:19. > :03:21.Reading are now five points off second place Brighton
:03:22. > :03:23.in the Championship, after a 3-1 home win
:03:24. > :03:29.Yann Kermorgant headed the Royals ahead before the visitors equalised.
:03:30. > :03:32.A penalty after a handball was finally scored by Garath McCleary,
:03:33. > :03:35.and Callum Harriott got a fantastic third from a tight angle.
:03:36. > :03:38.Disappointment in League One for both Oxford United and MK Dons,
:03:39. > :03:40.who both lost home games 1-nil against Northampton Town
:03:41. > :03:54.There was also defeat for Swindon beaten 2-0 away at Millwall.
:03:55. > :03:57.But it was a better afternoon for Portsmouth in League Two.
:03:58. > :03:59.They fought back from 2-0 down to win
:04:00. > :04:04.Danny Rose and Enda Stevens levelled the match before Kal Naismith
:04:05. > :04:09.made amends after missing a penalty winning the game
:04:10. > :04:17.And this evening, Brighton have gone two points clear at the top
:04:18. > :04:19.of the championship after beating Queens Park Rangers
:04:20. > :04:24.Gosport sailor Alex Thompson has passed Cape Horn at the southern tip
:04:25. > :04:29.of Chile in the solo round the world race the Vendee Globe.
:04:30. > :04:33.Well, here is the famous Cape Horn! Woo hoo!
:04:34. > :04:37.It's great to be here, great to be here so quickly.
:04:38. > :04:40.Shame I'm not here in the first place, but full credit to Areml
:04:41. > :04:45.for that, he's done a great job, and I've got to try my hardest
:04:46. > :04:52.He is currently in second place and is slowly catching
:04:53. > :04:54.the Vendee Globe leader Armel Le Cleac'h,
:04:55. > :04:56.who is 380 nautical miles ahead of Hugo Boss,
:04:57. > :04:59.as they turn the boats north and head for home.
:05:00. > :05:05.Onto the weather, and Sarah Farmer is here.
:05:06. > :05:13.Truly, this morning? Yes, very chilly. Some spots last night at
:05:14. > :05:22.minus five. Another cold night tonight. Frost some parts early, and
:05:23. > :05:25.a warning from the Met officers from midnight tonight to midday tomorrow
:05:26. > :05:29.for patchy fog, quite widespread by the time we reach first thing my
:05:30. > :05:35.morning, freezing fog in the mix as well. A chilly and great start for
:05:36. > :05:43.the day, some fog lingering through the day, stubborn, but some brighter
:05:44. > :05:47.spells at times. Good brightness up to 9 degrees, but is cloud and fog
:05:48. > :05:49.much cooler indeed. Cloudy conditions for the end of the week.
:05:50. > :05:54.Our next programme is at 11.10 tonight.
:05:55. > :06:11.Good evening. It's a wintry night out there. Temperatures as low as
:06:12. > :06:16.minus three in one or two places already. For some of us the frost
:06:17. > :06:24.never shifted all day long. This shot was taken in Somerset. Tonight,
:06:25. > :06:30.some frost free places in Scotland. Fog will develop as we work through
:06:31. > :06:32.the night. It becomes wide spread. That's the issue in the morning,
:06:33. > :06:37.disruption certainly possible with a lot of people on the move. Check out
:06:38. > :06:43.local radio stations for the latest updates. Warnings in force from the
:06:44. > :06:46.Met Office. Parts of south-west Wales and England seeing early
:06:47. > :06:50.sunshine. Generally a lot of freezing fog around, which will be
:06:51. > :06:54.hard to shift through the day, as we'll see in a moment. The odd
:06:55. > :06:56.pocket of frost further north. Temperatures higher in Northern
:06:57. > :07:01.Ireland and Scotland. Drizzly rain across the western Highlands.
:07:02. > :07:02.Something of a breeze here, but further south, the winds