:00:08. > :00:11.Good evening from South Today. In tonight's programme: Up the goodbye
:00:11. > :00:16.incentive. The enhanced redundancy scheme to encourage more senior
:00:16. > :00:22.managers to quit a local authority. They have earned that money. They
:00:22. > :00:27.are going to forgo it for four years. I think it is disgraceful.
:00:27. > :00:32.At a time when we are all having to tighten our belts, they decide they
:00:32. > :00:35.will spend all his money. Fighting a tide of destruction. The
:00:35. > :00:40.environmental impact of a sewage bill in a river.
:00:40. > :00:45.Remembering the man who ensured if the British fleet sailed to the aid
:00:45. > :00:48.of the Falklands. If he had not been in a boat, one has to wonder
:00:49. > :00:55.whether we would have retaken the Falklands. Is this the meanest
:00:55. > :01:05.bowler in world cricket? Come the last ball, I bowled it, and the
:01:05. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:14.batsman missed. Good evening. South Today has
:01:14. > :01:18.discovered a Hampshire County Council is paying an enhanced
:01:18. > :01:24.redundancy package to encourage more staff to leave the authority
:01:24. > :01:29.now. The authority is looking to lose 150 senior managers and 1500
:01:29. > :01:34.more staff. The council has set aside �10 million from its reserves
:01:34. > :01:38.to pay for the scheme. So far, the bill for managers alone is �7
:01:38. > :01:42.million. Hampshire says cutting management posts will save around
:01:42. > :01:50.�36 million over the next four years. The upfront costs are worth
:01:50. > :01:55.it. Here is our political reporter. Staff here face losing their jobs
:01:55. > :01:58.to save the council money. To avoid forcing people out of work, those
:01:59. > :02:04.to go voluntarily will get better redundancy deals. Take a 50-year-
:02:04. > :02:09.old who has worked at the Council for 15 years and who earns a salary
:02:09. > :02:15.of �75,000. That is about the average racing manager. Under the
:02:15. > :02:22.basic scheme, he would get �8,000. Under the County Council scheme,
:02:22. > :02:32.that would go up to around �28,000. Under the enhanced voluntary scheme,
:02:32. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:37.he would get around �56,000. If you have got someone with 35 years'
:02:37. > :02:41.service, at around �70,000, they have earned that money and the
:02:41. > :02:46.money we are spending is what we have saved over the years. Compared
:02:46. > :02:51.to other industry schemes, the council's payments are small but so
:02:51. > :02:55.far, the total bill for senior staff comes to �7 million. I think
:02:55. > :02:59.it is disgraceful. As a time when we are all having to tighten our
:02:59. > :03:03.belts, they decide to spend all this money on people that are
:03:03. > :03:11.already earning the large salaries. In Winchester, there were mixed
:03:11. > :03:16.views. Disgusting. It is perfectly fair. They are one of the best
:03:16. > :03:20.authorities in the country and they deserve it. I think there is a lot
:03:20. > :03:25.of other places that money could be used. Even just putting the
:03:25. > :03:30.pavements right. If it is an overall saving, that is there. But
:03:30. > :03:36.I can see why people would be upset. The council says it is a case of
:03:36. > :03:40.spend today to save tomorrow. We just heard there were mixed views.
:03:40. > :03:44.These redundancies are going to cost the council a lot of money.
:03:44. > :03:48.They are. The total bill will be high. That is because of a high
:03:48. > :03:53.number of staff they are cutting. If you look at the individual
:03:53. > :03:57.payments, relatively speaking, they are not huge. There are other
:03:57. > :04:02.public and private bodies paying more. Is this idea of offering
:04:02. > :04:06.people money to go. Dangling a financial carrot. It is the wrong
:04:06. > :04:09.time. That is what is upsetting people. A is it just the senior
:04:09. > :04:13.managers they get this in hands deal?
:04:13. > :04:17.It is open to everybody but they are focusing on senior manager has
:04:17. > :04:21.first. They get the most money. Some say for those senior people
:04:21. > :04:25.who are close to retirement anyway, this could be a good deal. The
:04:25. > :04:29.council dispute that, saying, lots of these people are after an age
:04:29. > :04:32.where they would find it hard to get another job. Whatever pain and
:04:32. > :04:34.they get needs to be enough not to leave them struggling.
:04:34. > :04:39.Thank you. -- whatever payment they get.
:04:39. > :04:45.The prosecution has finished laying out its case in the head of Barnett
:04:45. > :04:49.trial. Danilo Restivo was accused of murdering the mother of two in
:04:49. > :04:54.Bournemouth 2002. She was found in a bathroom with someone else's hair
:04:54. > :04:59.in her hand. The case is due to start on Monday.
:04:59. > :05:04.The timing could not have been worse. Yesterday was the first day
:05:04. > :05:08.of the coarse fishing season but on the upper reaches of the River Arun
:05:08. > :05:13.a major spill of sewage has left hundreds of fish dead. The spill
:05:13. > :05:18.has wiped out all life along a two- mile stretch west of Horsham. The
:05:18. > :05:23.Environment Agency has mounted a rescue operation.
:05:23. > :05:27.A sewage spill sucks the oxygen out of the river. Some fish are left
:05:27. > :05:31.struggling for breath. Most suffocate. The alarm was raised
:05:31. > :05:35.here near Rudgwick on Wednesday. By yesterday morning, the Environment
:05:35. > :05:39.Agency for knew they had a serious incident. Crews have been pumping
:05:39. > :05:44.hydrogen peroxide into the river to raise the oxygen levels. The
:05:44. > :05:49.chemical also reduces the levels of toxic ammonia caused by this image.
:05:49. > :05:54.We think we have caught the majority of it here at this point.
:05:54. > :05:58.We are dosing it at this point. The water quality here has improved
:05:58. > :06:03.tremendously as a result of that action so we hope we can minimise
:06:03. > :06:07.any impact further downstream. seven or eight miles of the river
:06:07. > :06:11.are affected and hundreds of fish have died, including pike, roach
:06:11. > :06:14.and perch. This stretch of the River Arun was a favourite with
:06:15. > :06:19.anglers, many who were eager to take advantage of the coarse
:06:19. > :06:26.fishing season which began yesterday. It is a terrible start
:06:26. > :06:36.to my season. I'd fished in it as a lad and it has been very important
:06:36. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:40.to our club. It seems I we have been unlucky with the pollution.
:06:40. > :06:44.The Southern Water Treatment Works at Broadbridge Heath is one of the
:06:44. > :06:51.major sewage sources in the area and they are the focus of a
:06:51. > :06:55.criminal investigation as the source of the pollution is trapped.
:06:55. > :06:59.We did ask Southern Water Treatment Works for a comment and they told
:06:59. > :07:02.us the source of the pollution has not been confirmed and they will
:07:02. > :07:06.continue to work with the Environment Agency to protect the
:07:06. > :07:09.wildlife and investigate the cause. Most schools in Dorset say they
:07:09. > :07:13.will reject the county council's proposal to pay for their own
:07:13. > :07:17.lollipop men. Funding worth �200,000 is coming to an end. For a
:07:17. > :07:21.South Today investigation has found 32 of the schools affected her are
:07:21. > :07:25.not prepared to pay for the service and 12 are undecided.
:07:25. > :07:28.We have a school budget which is supposed to pay for all the
:07:28. > :07:32.learning in the school. The school budget is not about providing the
:07:32. > :07:36.safety elements. We have separate budgets for that and those are
:07:36. > :07:42.catered for. I think this is the only cut I consider across the
:07:42. > :07:47.country that it is a local cut that will result in the death of a child.
:07:47. > :07:56.That is unforgivable. All we are doing is saying we cannot afford
:07:56. > :07:59.the funding. Can we have some help from the local community?
:07:59. > :08:02.Police in Salisbury are appealing for help to track down a man
:08:02. > :08:05.suspected of two indecent assaults in the city centre on Wednesday
:08:05. > :08:08.afternoon. They have released these CCTV pictures of a man they want to
:08:09. > :08:11.talk to. The first incident took place in a shop in the Maltings and
:08:11. > :08:13.involved a 13-year-old girl. A short time later, a 15-year-old
:08:13. > :08:16.girl was indecently assaulted in Brown Street.
:08:17. > :08:19.Fish on Friday - it is something of a tradition for many. But today,
:08:20. > :08:22.shoppers were being urged by one big supermarket to do away with
:08:22. > :08:25.their customary purchase in favour of less endangered species. The
:08:25. > :08:27.offer to try less well-know breeds for free ties in with Government
:08:27. > :08:30.conservation efforts, and the Berkshire MP responsible for
:08:30. > :08:38.Britain's fisheries went down to his local supermarket to see how
:08:38. > :08:41.the giveaway was going. Setting out their stall. But pride
:08:41. > :08:43.of place going today not to the tabletop favourites like cod or
:08:43. > :08:53.salmon, but less endangered and less well-known names that
:08:53. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :08:58.traditionally struggle to get onto the menu. 54% of the fish that are
:08:58. > :09:05.thrown overboard are thrown away because there is no market for them.
:09:05. > :09:10.What we are doing is trying to find markets for fish that are delicious
:09:11. > :09:14.to eat but are less well-known. We have conservative tastes in the
:09:14. > :09:17.United Kingdom and do not traditionally buy them. The Pascoes
:09:17. > :09:27.are typical shoppers and just the kind of people this campaign is
:09:27. > :09:32.aimed at. We normally by cod. I might go for haddock. What do you
:09:32. > :09:37.make of the idea it today? It sounds brilliant. If I do not like
:09:37. > :09:45.it, my husband will have it! Nobody today was turning down their free
:09:45. > :09:48.samples. With the more plentiful alternatives cheaper everyday, that
:09:49. > :09:57.may be the best chance of getting them from here and onto our dinner
:09:57. > :10:02.plates. The colour is different. But other than tasting it... If you
:10:02. > :10:09.saw them on the fish counter, what one would you pick? A wide one. I
:10:09. > :10:15.do not like the look of that one. - - white one. That is probably cod.
:10:15. > :10:23.Which one would you go for? white one. It looks better. Nobody
:10:23. > :10:28.was turning down free samples. It may be the best chance of getting
:10:28. > :10:31.them on to our dinner plates. Organisers of the London 2012
:10:31. > :10:34.Olympic Games have withdrawn the threat of legal action against an
:10:34. > :10:38.Isle of Wight company. Earlier this week, Great Exhibition 2012 was
:10:38. > :10:43.told to drop the date from its name or face legal action. Games
:10:43. > :10:46.organisers said only they are entitled to the brand name 2012.
:10:47. > :10:49.They have now said they will not take any further steps as long as
:10:49. > :10:59.the Great Exhibition doesn't try to create an association with the
:10:59. > :10:59.
:10:59. > :11:04.London Games. Still to come: The weather
:11:04. > :11:08.presenter is looking to the skies and beyond.
:11:08. > :11:13.Yes. I have been meeting the people and the technology heading into
:11:13. > :11:21.space if to help us predict this will wet weather and so much more.
:11:21. > :11:25.Join me later for a full forecast. A memorial service has been held
:11:25. > :11:29.for one of the Royal Navy's greatest leaders. Admiral Sir Henry
:11:29. > :11:34.Leach, who lived near Winchester, was in charge of the Royal Navy
:11:34. > :11:40.when Britain are recaptured the Falkland islands. He died aged 87.
:11:40. > :11:43.Steve Humphrey joined worshippers at Winchester Cathedral.
:11:43. > :11:47.If senior officers joined Admiral Sir Henry Leach's family at the
:11:47. > :11:55.Cathedral this afternoon to remember a man who had been made
:11:55. > :12:01.the running through his veins. -- who had the Navy running. He played
:12:01. > :12:06.a pivotal and decisive role in the recapture of the Falkland islands.
:12:06. > :12:11.He was also a deeply loyal, committed and devoted man, not only
:12:11. > :12:18.to his family, of course, but to the sailors who he led, the Royal
:12:18. > :12:28.Navy he adored and the nation he served. Admiral Sir Henry Leach
:12:28. > :12:29.
:12:29. > :12:35.joined the Navy in 1937. He saw active service in World War Two,.
:12:35. > :12:39.His finest hour came in 1982. Government has decided a large task
:12:39. > :12:44.force will sail as soon as preparations are complete. As this
:12:44. > :12:49.painting records, it was he who persuaded Margaret Thatcher the
:12:49. > :12:54.Royal Navy could recapture the Falkland islands. I thought what is
:12:54. > :12:58.the point in having the Navy if we do not use it for an occasion like
:12:58. > :13:03.this? I left after midnight with the authority to assemble a task
:13:03. > :13:10.force, assemble but not sale. I could not do this clandestinely on
:13:10. > :13:14.my own. I had made undercover preparations. If he had not been in
:13:14. > :13:19.a post, one has to wonder whether we would have retaken the Falklands.
:13:19. > :13:24.He had that great, he knew what the Navy could do and he gave out
:13:24. > :13:31.advice. -- that are great. When the flag was raised once again, it was
:13:31. > :13:35.Mrs Thatcher who appeared jubilant in Downing Street. Marvellous.
:13:35. > :13:45.I she knew only too well, none of it would have happened without
:13:45. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:50.Tribute to Sir Henry Leach. A Petersfield Housing association has
:13:50. > :13:53.taken the top prize in an international competition for eco-
:13:53. > :13:56.friendly houses. The development by Radian had all the usual solar
:13:56. > :13:59.panels, rain water recycling and insulation. But as well as building
:13:59. > :14:04.new homes they transformed some former council houses to the same
:14:04. > :14:10.high standard. Lynda Hills, who's lived in one of the houses since
:14:10. > :14:14.she was a little girl, was amazed at the difference. It was cold and
:14:14. > :14:19.it used to freeze up in the winter. We got dressed in bed because it
:14:19. > :14:24.was very cold and the heating was not very good. It was going out
:14:24. > :14:32.through the walls. But now they have got insulation, the heat does
:14:32. > :14:34.not escape it. It is 100 % And there's more about those houses
:14:34. > :14:38.on the Politics Show with Peter Henley on Sunday. The programme
:14:38. > :14:42.starts at 12 o'clock on BBC1. Weather presenters get out and
:14:42. > :14:45.about on a Friday and if you thought it was only when the sun
:14:45. > :14:48.shines, think again. Sarah Farmer is picking up a few science tips at
:14:48. > :14:58.a science fair in Portsmouth and you picked the right day to leave
:14:58. > :14:59.
:14:59. > :15:05.the dry of the studio, didn't you Sarah? Well, not really! Cats and
:15:05. > :15:10.dogs springs to mind. We have got more rain coming. More information
:15:10. > :15:15.about the weather forecast later. But I can tell you what I have been
:15:15. > :15:21.updated today. I am learning about what happens high above the rain
:15:21. > :15:31.clouds. We met real like astronauts. It was part of the Portsmouth
:15:31. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:46.Science Festival. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! We are going to talk about flying
:15:46. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:51.in space. I thought I would show you how I actually wash my hair.
:15:51. > :15:56.You have to rub your shampoo in and get the water arm. What did you
:15:56. > :16:02.learn today? When she had their hair up and was trying to sort it
:16:02. > :16:09.out. Washing their hair in space. It was just everywhere. What does
:16:09. > :16:16.it feel like to be in space? must be really cool. It does not
:16:16. > :16:20.feel like you weigh anything. need children to get interested in
:16:20. > :16:25.science and engineering because we need their inventive minds. If we
:16:25. > :16:31.can get them excited about science and engineering, that all be great.
:16:31. > :16:35.You can explore the night sky cheaply. You just need one of these.
:16:36. > :16:43.With a basic telescope you can see the craters, the moon and the rings
:16:43. > :16:48.of Saturn. It is unlikely I will make it into orbit but scientists
:16:48. > :16:56.are right here are exploring space. They are looking at remote control
:16:56. > :17:00.technology. I have to say, it is very exciting. It is very easy. It
:17:00. > :17:07.is a standard controller. To go forward, a move the joystick
:17:07. > :17:15.forward. Turn left and right by holding the Controller left and the
:17:15. > :17:20.term will get gradually steeper. We are really just proving the
:17:20. > :17:30.suspension is working. In the final version, she can actually walk.
:17:30. > :17:36.That is it! Bridget here only goes five metres per minute and there
:17:36. > :17:46.was not much danger of reading too much on it! I will be back later in
:17:46. > :17:50.
:17:50. > :18:00.Thank you, Sarah. One thing that is unlikely is keeping dry as far as
:18:00. > :18:04.the cricket is concerned. Very few people will get that. Looking up
:18:04. > :18:07.today was pretty grim. It was a very frustrating day. Another
:18:07. > :18:11.frustrating day for cricket fans at The Rose Bowl, as the second day of
:18:11. > :18:14.the historic Test Match was all-but washed out. They did get a bit of
:18:14. > :18:16.play in the morning and it was a familiar face who stole the show.
:18:16. > :18:20.Surrey paceman Chris Tremlett learnt his trade with Hampshire,
:18:20. > :18:23.his home county and his father Tim is still Cricket Secretary at the
:18:23. > :18:26.club. Tremlett took four wickets today and had 6-43 in total when
:18:26. > :18:36.the rains came. Sri Lanka 177 for 9 in their first innings when the
:18:36. > :18:42.rain brought play to an early end. Three matches in the Twenty20 South
:18:42. > :18:52.group. The Surrey match has been delayed. Hampshire and Sussex are
:18:52. > :18:54.due to get started later but I am The fixtures for the new Football
:18:54. > :18:58.League season have been announced today. There are full details on
:18:58. > :19:02.the BBC Sport website. Newly promoted Crawley Town start life in
:19:02. > :19:05.the big time for the first time at Port Vale on the sixth of August.
:19:05. > :19:07.Brighton and Hove Albion welcome Doncaster to their new Amex Stadium
:19:07. > :19:10.in the Championship, while the first Hampshire derby between
:19:10. > :19:18.Portsmouth and Southampton will no doubt be fiercely contested at
:19:18. > :19:22.Fratton Park on the 17th of December. More information online.
:19:22. > :19:25.The Olympic focus here in the South has so far been the sailing venue
:19:25. > :19:28.in Weymouth and Portland and the rowing at Eton Dorney in Berkshire.
:19:28. > :19:32.But many of our athletes will be heading to London to compete next
:19:32. > :19:38.year. And South Today has been given a behind the scenes tour of
:19:38. > :19:43.the site at Stratford. Ed Sherry reports. It is the world's most
:19:43. > :19:51.famous building site. The Olympic Games are just a year away. This is
:19:51. > :19:58.where the venue is taking shape. have been directly contracted along
:19:58. > :20:03.with 1,500 businesses across the UK. About 90% of the business is
:20:03. > :20:09.helping and a our UK companies. companies have been awarded
:20:09. > :20:15.contracts at an estimated �2.5 million. The sailing is in Weymouth.
:20:15. > :20:21.Organisers are keen to make sure B- sides are connected. When you go
:20:21. > :20:26.down to watch and see it on the television, I think it is going to
:20:26. > :20:32.feel part of the London 20 of celebrations. The Olympic Park is
:20:32. > :20:41.the size of 350 football pitches. But next year, this corner of east
:20:41. > :20:49.London will be the focus of the The weather's put paid to plenty of
:20:49. > :20:52.cricket lately. But not this lunchtime. I went to meet a man
:20:52. > :20:55.who's just earned a place in the sport's bible, Wisden. Dean Nurse
:20:55. > :20:57.bowled ten overs without conceding a run in a recent local league game
:20:57. > :21:04.and that's something cricket's statisticians have never heard of
:21:04. > :21:08.This a mean bowler. In more ways than one. Ten overs. Without
:21:08. > :21:18.conceding a run. And taking two wickets to boot. That makes Dean a
:21:18. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:29.After about five I felt I could do it and as it went on I got a bit
:21:29. > :21:35.nervous and come the last ball, I bowled at the batsman missed. 10
:21:35. > :21:38.overs, 10 maidens. Dean's feat came on one of the pitches here at May's
:21:38. > :21:42.Bounty, playing for the Basingstoke and North Hampshire thirds in a
:21:42. > :21:46.League fixture against Littleton and West Hill last weekend. They
:21:46. > :21:51.said well done and the opposite team gave me a standing ovation. It
:21:51. > :21:54.was like I had scored 100! But Dean comes from good sporting stock. We
:21:54. > :21:58.featured his father Leon on South Today seven years ago. He was
:21:58. > :22:01.riding his first race as an amateur jockey, at the age of 52, after a
:22:01. > :22:06.hip replacement. While Dean wrote his name in the history books, Leon
:22:06. > :22:12.also made headlines recently winning a charity race at Newbury.
:22:12. > :22:18.He has been working for a charity that helps spinal injuries. He is
:22:18. > :22:25.59 and fitter than I am! Very pleased and very proud. Someone
:22:25. > :22:28.with no gear and no idea challenged Dean to a one-ball face-off. After
:22:28. > :22:37.a couple of warm-up shots in the drizzle... Mean Dean's big test.
:22:37. > :22:47.Passed with flying colours. No surprise really! He couldn't even
:22:47. > :22:50.get a run offer him a! Welcome, Dean Nurse. Wisden really think,
:22:50. > :23:00.they have never heard of anything like that before. The best they had
:23:00. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:16.heard of was eight maidens. He had Let's have a look at where we were
:23:16. > :23:21.worst hit by the rain. Difficult driving conditions. We have had
:23:21. > :23:31.plenty had difficulty on the roads. In West Sussex, the heavens have
:23:31. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:40.opened. The feathered friends are trying to keep dry out. Now the
:23:40. > :23:50.weather. These hot days are just a distant memory! It has been like
:23:50. > :24:00.that, hasn't it!? An umbrella could come in useful. Plenty of things
:24:00. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:05.happening in the South that it -- this weekend. We have also got
:24:05. > :24:11.circus acts going on at stand as double. Veterans awareness Week and
:24:11. > :24:19.a convoy of historic military vehicles travelling on Saturday at
:24:19. > :24:22.2 o'clock. The veteran's parade is on Sunday. She played at the Royal
:24:22. > :24:27.Wedding and will be joined by the English National Opera for a
:24:27. > :24:33.concert and champagne reception in Winchester on Wednesday at St
:24:34. > :24:43.John's house. Reading on Saturday, the water testable. It stretches
:24:43. > :24:48.along the Kent cannot. -- the Water Festival. We have got a talk here
:24:48. > :24:56.in Guild Hall about the search for extra-terrestrials and a showing of
:24:56. > :25:02.that landmark film. That is free of charge and starts at 2 o'clock. Not
:25:02. > :25:11.much chance of midnight tonight because we are sticking with cloud
:25:11. > :25:17.and rain. -- Moonlight tonight. Weather warnings are in place. Take
:25:17. > :25:21.Weather warnings are in place. Take it steady on the roads. We can see
:25:21. > :25:27.plenty of cloud throughout the region and rain is sweeping in from
:25:27. > :25:31.the West. It will continue east tonight. It will gradually
:25:31. > :25:39.disappear and we will get a bit of dry weather behind that but showers
:25:39. > :25:45.are still coming. Temperatures of 11 degrees. Tomorrow morning it
:25:45. > :25:52.will be a gloomy start. Showers, particularly to the West. Gradually
:25:52. > :25:58.becoming widespread later in the date. Possibly a bit of thunder.
:25:58. > :26:06.Feeling a bit warmer in the sunshine than today. Temperatures
:26:06. > :26:14.peaking at 18. As we head to be evening period, it is looking
:26:14. > :26:21.quieter. Some showers taking us into Sunday morning. We will get
:26:21. > :26:27.some showers on the coast as well. But dry and bright conditions as
:26:27. > :26:34.well. Next week, unsettled conditions. We will get rain coming
:26:34. > :26:39.on Monday. Tuesday, that is when we will start getting showers. More
:26:39. > :26:42.unsettled conditions coming. We will keep you updated and the
:26:42. > :26:50.latest information is available latest information is available
:26:50. > :26:52.If you've ever wondered what it takes to make the grade in the
:26:52. > :26:59.Royal Navy, we have a special behind-the-scenes look in a
:26:59. > :27:02.documentary this Sunday. These are Royal Navy recruits. They are
:27:02. > :27:09.serving their country but to become sailors they have to make it
:27:09. > :27:19.through basic training. Ochres! You can do this! You are not going to
:27:19. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:29.fail! You have failed! Get up! Start showing me you want to be
:27:29. > :27:30.