27/12/2016 South Today - Oxford


27/12/2016

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 27/12/2016. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.

0:00:000:00:08

Good evening, I'm Edward Sault,

0:00:080:00:09

with the news in the south.

0:00:090:00:10

The Hampshire author Richard Adams has died at the age of 96.

0:00:100:00:13

He was best known for his novel Watership Down,

0:00:130:00:15

which was first published in 1972.

0:00:150:00:18

It was set in north Hampshire near to where Richard Adams grew up.

0:00:180:00:21

Here's Sophia Seth.

0:00:210:00:26

Like... Like trees in November.

0:00:260:00:28

It became a worldwide bestseller, an animated film,

0:00:280:00:31

and made its creator a millionaire.

0:00:320:00:34

Watership Down was a fantasy and originally advised

0:00:340:00:37

devised to keep his daughters entertained on long car journeys.

0:00:370:00:40

Its setting was authentic.

0:00:400:00:43

Richard Adams had grown up near the real

0:00:430:00:45

Watership Down in Hampshire.

0:00:450:00:47

In one respect, the book is anything but fantastic

0:00:470:00:53

which it takes place

0:00:530:00:54

because the topography and the landscape in

0:00:550:00:56

which it takes place is all completely real.

0:00:560:00:58

This is the country where I was born and where I

0:00:580:01:01

grew up, and I know it all like the back

0:01:010:01:04

grew up, and I know it all like the back of my hand.

0:01:040:01:07

And that love for the south of England

0:01:070:01:09

landscape was still deeply rooted

0:01:090:01:11

when South Today spoke to him about the novel in 2014.

0:01:110:01:14

It's my country.

0:01:140:01:15

Berkshire, Hampshire is my country, I know where I am,

0:01:150:01:17

I know what it smells like, and I think,

0:01:170:01:19

to have written, if it is immortal,

0:01:190:01:22

an immortal book about my home ground

0:01:220:01:25

is what pleases me most.

0:01:250:01:28

Richard Adams who's died in Hampshire at the age of 96.

0:01:320:01:35

A 71-year-old man has died after being hit by a car

0:01:350:01:38

in the New Forest tonight.

0:01:380:01:39

It happened on the A35 in Burley at half past five.

0:01:390:01:41

The man from Bournemouth died at the scene.

0:01:410:01:44

The road remains closed.

0:01:440:01:45

More details have emerged about the millions of pounds

0:01:450:01:47

George Michael donated to charity.

0:01:470:01:49

The singer died at his home in the Oxfordshire on Christmas Day.

0:01:490:01:52

Today, the founder of Childline, Esther Rantzen said he had helped

0:01:520:01:55

hundreds of thousands of children.

0:01:550:01:58

She spoke to our reporter Ben Moore from her Hampshire home.

0:01:580:02:01

# In your eyes....

0:02:020:02:04

This is the song that showed not just a musician's talent,

0:02:040:02:07

but also revealed George Michael's extraordinary generosity.

0:02:070:02:11

# Like Jesus to a child...

0:02:110:02:17

All the royalties from his number one hit Jesus To A Child

0:02:170:02:20

went to the charity Childline.

0:02:200:02:25

It was an intensely personal gift.

0:02:250:02:28

He didn't want razzmatazz,

0:02:280:02:30

he didn't want publicity of any kind,

0:02:300:02:32

he just wanted to help us,

0:02:320:02:33

and he did, year after year after year.

0:02:330:02:36

A concert had been planned to say thank you to him

0:02:360:02:39

as part of Childline's 30th anniversary celebrations.

0:02:390:02:42

You don't really understand a person til they've gone.

0:02:420:02:45

And I think the public are understanding

0:02:450:02:48

perhaps for the first time how much George Michael gave.

0:02:480:02:52

Not only in terms of his music,

0:02:520:02:54

but in terms of his personal generosity,

0:02:540:02:56

vision, sensitivity, imagination, and practical help.

0:02:560:03:02

So, as news of George Michael's philanthropy spreads,

0:03:020:03:04

there's a very public grief,

0:03:040:03:06

over what was, until now, a very hidden generosity.

0:03:060:03:11

Gosport sailor Alex Thomson has passed Cape Horn

0:03:140:03:16

in the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe yacht race.

0:03:160:03:19

Well, here is the famous Cape Horn! Woo hoo!

0:03:190:03:25

It's great to be here, great to be here so quickly.

0:03:250:03:28

Shame I'm not here in the first place, but full credit to Areml

0:03:280:03:31

for that, he's done a great job, and I've got to try my hardest

0:03:310:03:35

to try and catch him.

0:03:350:03:38

He is currently in second place and is slowly catching

0:03:380:03:40

the Vendee Globe leader Armel Le Cleac'h,

0:03:400:03:42

who is 380 nautical miles ahead of Hugo Boss.

0:03:420:03:45

Brighton and Hove Albion moved back to the top of the Championship

0:03:450:03:48

following a comfortable 3-0 win over QPR at the Amex.

0:03:480:03:52

The victory lifts the Abion two points clear of rival Newcastle,

0:03:520:03:55

and stretches their unbeaten run to 17 games.

0:03:550:04:02

Hello, and a very good evening to you.

0:04:020:04:04

Now we've got another cold night on the cards.

0:04:040:04:06

Some frost as well as some fog and in fact we

0:04:060:04:08

could see some freezing fog in spots.

0:04:080:04:11

There is a yellow weather warning in place from the Met Office

0:04:110:04:14

for the foggy conditions which could cause trouble on our roads right

0:04:140:04:17

through from midnight tonight into midday tomorrow,

0:04:170:04:20

so that fog could linger

0:04:200:04:22

so that fog could linger

0:04:220:04:22

through much of the morning tomorrow.

0:04:220:04:24

There will be some brighter skies developing,

0:04:240:04:25

particularly for some areas along the coast, we could see

0:04:250:04:28

temperatures, here, peaking at eight or 9

0:04:280:04:31

degrees, but when you keep that

0:04:310:04:33

cloud and fog certainly staying on the chilly side.

0:04:330:04:35

cloud and fog certainly staying on the chilly side.

0:04:350:04:35

That chilly theme takes us right up into the New Year.

0:04:350:04:38

We've got quite a lot of cloud through the coming days,

0:04:380:04:40

so the summary.

0:04:410:04:42

We do have that warning for the foggy conditions early tomorrow.

0:04:420:04:45

Then we may see some brightness, but cloudy

0:04:450:04:47

conditions right through the

0:04:470:04:48

tail end of this week.

0:04:480:04:51

That's all from us for now.

0:04:510:04:54

More on the BBC News website.

0:04:540:04:58

Our next programme is during BBC Breakfast.

0:04:580:05:02

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS