:00:07. > :00:10.Hello, I am Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. Tonight: At the
:00:10. > :00:14.warnings after a devoted family man is accidentally gassed to death in
:00:14. > :00:18.a tent. We have used generators for such a
:00:18. > :00:22.long time, so if we can get the message out about how to use them
:00:22. > :00:27.and where to base them, that is something we needed to do.
:00:27. > :00:32.The sailors back home but facing up to life in a smaller Navy.
:00:32. > :00:37.Trying to protect a piece of D-Day history and the bottom of the sea.
:00:37. > :00:42.And sporting greats, celebrities... And then there is Gordon. The
:00:42. > :00:46.online campaign to put this man in the Olympic torch spotlight. I am
:00:46. > :00:56.overwhelmed by the number of people who have got behind Gordon and said
:00:56. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:04.Good evening. An inquest has heard that a cruel combination of events
:01:04. > :01:09.led to the death of a young father who was poisoned by exhaust fumes
:01:09. > :01:13.as he slept in a tent. Richard Phillips from Worthing died while
:01:13. > :01:20.in Somerset last September. His widow said she hopes his tragic
:01:20. > :01:27.death will serve as a warning to others.
:01:27. > :01:32.Richard Phillips had two great loves in his life - his family...
:01:32. > :01:36.And a riding off-road motorcycles. This is him, filmed by his son,
:01:36. > :01:44.practising near their home in Worthing. His widowed travelled
:01:44. > :01:49.from West Sussex to Somerset for her husband's inquest. He was
:01:50. > :01:55.everybody's hero, I think. Since he was six, it was his life. He loved
:01:55. > :01:59.every single minute of it. He has passed that on to my boys, so we
:01:59. > :02:03.are continuing to race even though he is not here. He was a fantastic
:02:03. > :02:08.man and would do anything for anybody. In September, he was
:02:08. > :02:11.camping with friends ahead of riding his bike in a competition.
:02:11. > :02:16.This photograph shows the petrol generator outside the tent where he
:02:16. > :02:22.slept, powering an electric heater inside. The inquest heard it should
:02:22. > :02:26.have been a metre away but was half that distance. The winds that night
:02:26. > :02:30.were too light to blow the carbon monoxide fumes away but strong
:02:30. > :02:36.enough to blow the poisonous gas into the tent. His friends had gone
:02:36. > :02:42.to bed later, and the generator was switched off. Richard was exposed
:02:42. > :02:46.for the longest time and died. He was just 38. Recording a verdict of
:02:46. > :02:50.accidental death, the coroner said it was the combination of those
:02:50. > :02:55.factors that caused Richard Phillips's death. Were any one of
:02:55. > :03:00.them to have been any different, he may well have survived. If we can
:03:00. > :03:06.stop it happening to anybody else, that is our main goal. It was such
:03:06. > :03:10.a tragedy. Something that we never would have expected. We have used
:03:10. > :03:14.generators for such a long time, so if we can get the message out about
:03:14. > :03:20.how to use them, where to place them, then that is something we
:03:20. > :03:24.need to do. On her way home to Worthing, she would lay flowers at
:03:24. > :03:31.the site where her husband died, hoping lessons would be learned and
:03:31. > :03:34.that others would not suffer as she has.
:03:34. > :03:38.A second man has been charged with the murder of Andrew Rickwood from
:03:38. > :03:43.Aldershot. Mr Rickwood was found in Basing Drive with serious injuries
:03:43. > :03:46.and later pronounced dead at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey.
:03:46. > :03:49.24-year-old William Aaron Stewart appeared at Aldershot magistrates'
:03:49. > :03:54.court this morning and was remanded in custody.
:03:54. > :03:58.A coroner has ruined that three soldiers shot at their base in
:03:58. > :04:06.Helmand Province by a road Afghan colleague were unlawfully killed. -
:04:06. > :04:08.- has ruled. The three soldiers were all from the first Battalion
:04:09. > :04:14.Royal Gurkha Rifles and were killed in the attack on their base last
:04:14. > :04:18.year. Nearly 500 sailors arrived back in
:04:18. > :04:22.Portsmouth today aboard two warships after six months at sea.
:04:23. > :04:27.HMS Richmond has been involved in anti-piracy operations, while HMS
:04:27. > :04:31.Iron Duke's deployment included frontline action of Libya. Both
:04:31. > :04:35.crews are expected to be very busy over the coming years as the number
:04:35. > :04:39.of sailors and chips is reduced as part of the Government's defence
:04:40. > :04:43.review. Steve Humphrey is in Portsmouth. Then maybe is certainly
:04:43. > :04:46.under pressure. Yes, if you add the Navy's
:04:46. > :04:51.commitments around the world together and factor in operations
:04:51. > :04:55.of the Libyan coast, you realise why the fleet is so busy. These
:04:55. > :05:00.ships have both been away for over six months. HMS Richmond has been
:05:00. > :05:05.carrying out anti-piracy patrols of the Horn of Africa and has been as
:05:05. > :05:09.far as Singapore, Brunei and the Seychelles. HMS Iron Duke has been
:05:09. > :05:14.carrying out patrols in the Gulf and, on the way home, got involved
:05:14. > :05:18.in operations of the Libyan coast. Little wonder that the sailors were
:05:18. > :05:22.so delighted to get back to Portsmouth this morning!
:05:22. > :05:27.Cheering crowds welcomed HMS Richmond and HMS Iron Duke back to
:05:27. > :05:30.Portsmouth. In the wake of the Government's defence review, these
:05:30. > :05:35.two warships represent a 10th of the UK's entire fleet of frigates
:05:35. > :05:39.and destroyers. Everyone on board, and their families and friends,
:05:39. > :05:43.knows that the Navy is facing a busy future. If there are less
:05:43. > :05:52.people and ships but still the same amount of work to do. We are going
:05:52. > :05:57.to be busier. It has gone quicker. What has it been like for you while
:05:57. > :06:00.he has been a way? Tough, but you try to get into routine so you do
:06:00. > :06:06.not notice it as much. Senior officers say that with fewer ships
:06:06. > :06:12.and sailors, the Navy is becoming more efficient than ever before.
:06:12. > :06:18.Through a well trained, resilient crew, there is no doubt that the
:06:18. > :06:22.Navy is working hard. The conflict in Libya has added to the Navy's
:06:23. > :06:29.commitments. HMS Iron Duke was called into action on her way home
:06:30. > :06:33.to destroy a pro Gaddafi short battery. They had a very intense,
:06:33. > :06:38.excited feel about it. They were inside the range of certain weapons
:06:38. > :06:42.but the key thing was to balance the risk of getting ashore without
:06:42. > :06:46.putting the ship in undue danger. In the midst of the welcome home
:06:46. > :06:56.there was a touch of romance. One sailor's long deployment ended with
:06:56. > :06:58.
:06:58. > :07:02.a marriage proposal. Did you know? I didn't. What did she say? Yes.
:07:02. > :07:06.All these sailors will now get some well-earned shore leave, but many
:07:06. > :07:09.will soon be back at sea. You mentioned that the Navy is
:07:09. > :07:14.getting smaller - have you got any figures?
:07:14. > :07:19.The yes, I will give you some context. In 1982, before the
:07:19. > :07:23.Falklands war, their country had a total of 56 frigates and destroyers.
:07:23. > :07:28.That number will now come down to 19 frontline frigates and
:07:28. > :07:34.destroyers. NAD is also taking a big man power hit. By 2015, the
:07:34. > :07:37.size of the Navy will come down from 35,000 people to 30,000 people.
:07:37. > :07:43.The job of matching commitments to resources is going to become very
:07:43. > :07:47.tough. Fire crews in Portsmouth have been
:07:47. > :07:54.tackling high rise flat buyers today. It has been designed to beat
:07:54. > :08:03.as lifelike as possible. It follows the death of two firefighters 18
:08:03. > :08:07.months ago. -- have been practising tackling. This is an exercise to
:08:07. > :08:12.help train firefighters to tackle blazes that break out in a tower
:08:12. > :08:16.blocks. 35 firefighters were involved in today's exercise at an
:08:16. > :08:20.empty flat on the top of a high- rise block, which was filled with
:08:20. > :08:25.smoke to simulate a real-life fire. They had to rescue four people
:08:25. > :08:29.trapped inside before making the area safe. They are very difficult
:08:29. > :08:34.to train for. We need the buildings to be able to practise. That is
:08:34. > :08:40.what you have seen here today. fire safety is very high on our
:08:40. > :08:44.agenda at the moment, and our approach to fire safety in our high
:08:44. > :08:50.Rise Properties is very good. approach to fires in high-rise
:08:50. > :08:55.blocks has changed after two firefighters died at a fire in his
:08:55. > :09:00.tower block in Southampton last year. Now the focus is on keeping
:09:00. > :09:04.firefighters safe. So instead of three engines responding, five are
:09:04. > :09:08.sent to any fire in a high-rise block. And firefighters will no
:09:08. > :09:14.longer enter the flat that is on fire until all crews are there and
:09:14. > :09:22.back up is in place on stairwells and floors below. The incident last
:09:22. > :09:26.year raised some of the dangers of two firefighters -- the dangers to
:09:26. > :09:31.firefighters. They need to see the layout of them, see the water
:09:32. > :09:37.supplies, sea access. They need to familiarise themselves for how they
:09:37. > :09:42.would put the procedure in place in a specific building. A although
:09:42. > :09:46.today's was fake, fires like this are all too real, so crews want to
:09:46. > :09:50.make sure they are ready when they happen.
:09:50. > :09:55.Campaigners demonstrated outside an NHS meeting, demanding to know why
:09:55. > :09:57.a promise has not been kept for a new hospital in Littlehampton. They
:09:57. > :10:01.lobbied a meeting of the Sussex Cluster Primary Care Trust in
:10:01. > :10:07.Crawley. In response, NHS Sussex said it would talk with campaigners
:10:08. > :10:12.next week. Still to come this evening: A Roger
:10:12. > :10:18.has been enjoying Ed day out at the races.
:10:18. > :10:23.A glorious day at Goodwood, and we will focus on the racing.
:10:23. > :10:31.Particularly a special celebrity race. We have had a hot weather and
:10:31. > :10:35.the sunshine. But what about the weather in the next few days?
:10:35. > :10:41.Social workers in Southampton will extend their strike action for a
:10:41. > :10:43.further six days in August. Workers from adoption, fostering and the
:10:43. > :10:48.adolescent Ridett -- Resource Centre will walk out over pay cuts
:10:48. > :10:52.and the council's decision to pay only a limited number of workers a
:10:52. > :10:56.yearly supplement. It comes after its staff in child and adult
:10:57. > :11:01.safeguarding announced a one-day strike. The council says it will
:11:01. > :11:06.put children's welfare and whisk. The parking wardens in Reading are
:11:06. > :11:09.told to be more lenient with delivery drivers after shopkeepers
:11:09. > :11:14.complained it is hurting their business. They say lorries have
:11:14. > :11:18.been ticketed as they drop off or pick up goods. Shop owners say that
:11:18. > :11:25.changes to the town's traffic flow means they are suffering. The
:11:26. > :11:31.council says changes are part of a six-month trial. They will be there
:11:31. > :11:35.telling them off, booking them, and they have got quite funny with us,
:11:35. > :11:41.with the shop, as if it is our fault and it is not. We have had to
:11:41. > :11:45.talk them round, promising them that things will be sorted out.
:11:45. > :11:49.There is less than a year to go before the Olympic Games open in
:11:49. > :11:53.Britain and much of the talk in the build-up has been about the legacy
:11:53. > :11:58.the Games world leave. Will places like Weymouth and Portsmouth, homes
:11:59. > :12:03.of the sailing events, benefit in the long term? Seven years ago,
:12:03. > :12:06.Greece hosted the Olympics. Have they seen a lasting legacy? Simon
:12:06. > :12:12.Denison has been to Athens to find out.
:12:12. > :12:16.Olympic Athens then there, and the sailing centre now. Dorset is next
:12:16. > :12:21.to host events on the water, but Greece already knows what life can
:12:21. > :12:24.hold after the party moves on. Organisers admit the future of some
:12:24. > :12:29.venues was not properly thought through. The international
:12:29. > :12:31.spotlight is not enough to convince the mayor of the waterfront where
:12:31. > :12:36.the sailing took place. He questions whether the bid should
:12:36. > :12:41.have ever been put forward. TRANSLATION: We expressed our
:12:41. > :12:46.objections and were against hosting the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004,
:12:46. > :12:50.but now we feel the legacy has justified our argument. The things
:12:50. > :12:54.are really difficult and in my opinion, hosting the Olympic Games
:12:54. > :12:59.in 2004 did not benefit our country as much as it should have done.
:12:59. > :13:03.Organisers say the Syd T has the games to thank for a new airport. -
:13:03. > :13:08.- the city. Tens of millions of pounds have already been sent on --
:13:08. > :13:12.spent on doors at's transport network, but Athens is now
:13:12. > :13:18.discovering whether the Olympics is the gift that keeps on giving. The
:13:18. > :13:21.area close to the sailing centre saw an opportunity to grow its to
:13:21. > :13:31.foreign business year on year, as Dorset does now. -- tourism
:13:31. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:41.The atmosphere was terrific before the Games. You believed that after
:13:41. > :13:47.the Olympics it would be good fantastic. But things went be
:13:47. > :13:51.downwards. People should not expect that the Olympic Games will it
:13:51. > :13:57.change their lives. I and afterwards? Some people will not
:13:57. > :14:01.benefit at all, some will have it as a very nice memory. Some other
:14:01. > :14:11.people who have managed to develop the business will be grateful to
:14:11. > :14:17.the Olympics. It there are -- there are bigger issues in Greece than
:14:17. > :14:24.whether the legacy of their Olympic Games is positive. But there are
:14:24. > :14:30.lessons for our part of the world as the Olympics fast approaches.
:14:30. > :14:35.Now, there has been some great horse racing today. Glorious
:14:36. > :14:41.Goodwood has continued and the weather is glorious. In all the
:14:42. > :14:50.this is that you were doing, did you manage to have a flutter today?
:14:50. > :14:56.As you are about to find out, I regretted the fact that I did not.
:14:56. > :15:02.I did not have the courage of my convictions. The evening's
:15:02. > :15:10.entertainment is under way. Plenty of punters still here. The feature
:15:10. > :15:19.race of the day was won by Frankie Dettori on the opinion poll. The
:15:19. > :15:29.sunshine today has been glorious. The first race was a celebrity race.
:15:29. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:38.Goodwood on a glorious summer lunch time. Relaxing and convivial.
:15:39. > :15:45.Except for these Nine women. Ladies' Day at this year's festival
:15:45. > :15:48.began with a charity race in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
:15:48. > :15:58.the changing room, they were all whipping each other up into
:15:58. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:05.hysteria. Once we get on the horses, it will be fine. How is your horse?
:16:05. > :16:15.Good. I am not sure what resources are meant to feel like. It is a
:16:15. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:27.nice horse. A you feeling good about it? Yes, but mostly noxious.
:16:27. > :16:36.
:16:36. > :16:41.-- nauseous. By the end of the line, Delight for her trainer, who was
:16:41. > :16:51.watching on the big screen. She has done this properly. There was no
:16:51. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:00.flouncing around him super -- around in super model load. I could
:17:00. > :17:08.not see what was going on, but it was good I think. This was a moment
:17:08. > :17:12.to remember. A grey day's racing. And they all did really well. Just
:17:12. > :17:20.like a couple of guys who have raised a lot of money for charity.
:17:20. > :17:26.The featured them on Monday when the set out to swim to the Isle of
:17:26. > :17:31.Wight, run round debt and then swung back. The cupboard over 60
:17:31. > :17:39.miles it to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and fund a new
:17:39. > :17:46.equipment. I feel really exhilarated. We raised awareness,
:17:46. > :17:55.we set out to achieve what we wanted it to achieve. A seven-mile
:17:55. > :18:05.swimming, 60 miles running. Good news for Mark Ramprakash.
:18:05. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:20.Tomorrow, we are going to Brighton. It is the eve of a huge favour
:18:20. > :18:26.Brighton and Hove Albion fans. Debbie everything they would see a
:18:26. > :18:31.view like this? They knew Amex's stadium will open on Saturday. We
:18:31. > :18:35.will be with one supporter who remembers the day of the Goldstone
:18:35. > :18:44.Ground and all the anguish when that went. Finally, he will see his
:18:44. > :18:51.beloved clop back home. People just cannot wait for this to arrive. Now
:18:51. > :19:01.that it has, and with what happened last season getting promoted, it is
:19:01. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:07.a perfect, perfect launch for this stadium. A bright future for some,
:19:07. > :19:17.for Brighton and Hove Albion. It is the 4th day of glorious Goodwood
:19:17. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:24.tomorrow. We would get the weather forecast in just a moment. It looks
:19:24. > :19:27.fabulous! The discovery of sunken tanks off
:19:27. > :19:29.the south coast of England is posing a problem for the law
:19:29. > :19:32.surrounding shipwrecks. Archaeologists examining the debris
:19:32. > :19:34.from a D-Day landing craft for English Heritage say it needs
:19:34. > :19:37.better protection. The tank set off on June 5th 1944
:19:37. > :19:42.from Stokes Bay, but it sank along with the landing craft south of
:19:42. > :19:45.Selsey. It had been enroute to Juno Beach in Normandy for the D Day
:19:45. > :19:48.landings. The problem now is that because
:19:48. > :19:58.these are sunken tanks rather than a shipwreck, they are not covered
:19:58. > :20:04.by the law. Peter Henley explains. It is a snapshot of D-Day. Lying on
:20:04. > :20:08.the seabed off the Isle of Wight. The tracks of the tanks are
:20:08. > :20:16.remarkably well preserved after more than 60 years in salt water.
:20:16. > :20:25.Upside down on the sand, the driver's Hadj is open. -- driver's
:20:25. > :20:30.Hatch. There is live ammunition, support vehicles and spares. A time
:20:30. > :20:35.capsule sealed in 1944. The vehicles were in the first wave of
:20:35. > :20:39.invasion forces. But perhaps because of extra heavy armour that
:20:39. > :20:45.had been fitted, the landing craft they were on was swamped. The
:20:45. > :20:53.original discovery was made by local enthusiasts. Now they are
:20:53. > :20:59.working with a local trust to survey and chart the site. It needs
:20:59. > :21:07.to be protected. We can connect these are right city human side are
:21:08. > :21:15.still alive. There are descendants of the people that were almost
:21:15. > :21:22.landing craft and the can gather their stories. By interview him the
:21:22. > :21:30.veterans, archaeologists realised these were rare examples of times.
:21:30. > :21:39.But her final bring them to the surface? -- tanks. But why not
:21:39. > :21:44.bring them to the surface. It is now like an artificial reef with
:21:44. > :21:49.lots of Madine life on it. It belongs there now. To protect the
:21:49. > :21:53.site, the trust now hopes to present a case study for using the
:21:53. > :21:58.same archaeological law that applies on land. It is not a war
:21:58. > :22:08.grave or a ship wrecked, but it is a precious snapshot of a moment of
:22:08. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:11.history in the south coast. Great underwater pictures.
:22:11. > :22:14.David Smith from Salisbury captured this picture of the Britannia steam
:22:14. > :22:21.loco bathed in the early morning sunshine departing Salisbury for a
:22:21. > :22:28.Cathedral Dreams special to Canterbury.
:22:28. > :22:38.Here is a scene in Portsmouth. Quite a crowd had gathered to watch
:22:38. > :22:41.the boats coming in and out of the You are looking glorious in
:22:41. > :22:46.Goodwood. Thank you. We could not have chosen
:22:46. > :22:53.a better day for Ladies' Day at Goodwood. Let's have a look at the
:22:53. > :22:59.weather. The satellite image from earlier shows a clear view over
:22:59. > :23:09.much of our region. But that is cloud heading into our region from
:23:09. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:19.the West. We could have some drizzle later on. For many of us, a
:23:19. > :23:27.cloudy, warm at night to come. Rows of 14 or 17 Celsius. As we start
:23:27. > :23:37.our journey tomorrow morning, in the West, it will be a dry start to
:23:37. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:42.the day. The best of the sunshine early in the day south of their M4.
:23:42. > :23:51.Plenty of sunshine around, but not so much as today. It will feel
:23:51. > :23:58.slightly cooler as well. The breeze in land will be slightly lighter
:23:58. > :24:05.and they may encourage for the showers. An odd isolated shower for
:24:05. > :24:14.the south. A fresh and light to come with lows of seven or eight
:24:15. > :24:20.Celsius. As we head into the weekend, Saturday looks promising.
:24:20. > :24:24.Initially cloudy, it will brighten up. Lots of sunshine to be had.
:24:24. > :24:30.Sunday is the warmer day of the two, but more cloud around. It is
:24:30. > :24:40.looking promising for Saturday as well offer of a Sunday -- as well
:24:40. > :24:43.as for Sunday. Next week is looking warm as well.
:24:43. > :24:46.It is going to be one of the hottest tickets in town come next
:24:46. > :24:49.year - who gets to carry the Olympic torch around the UK.
:24:49. > :24:52.Celebrities and sporting legends are often the faces we see holding
:24:52. > :24:55.the iconic torch as it makes its way to the Games. There will also
:24:55. > :24:58.be the chance for members of the public to be nominated and
:24:58. > :25:03.considered as torch bearers. And that's where this man comes in.
:25:03. > :25:05.This is Gordon Roberts. He's a well-known face in Bournemouth. And
:25:05. > :25:08.he has become something of an online sensation with thousands of
:25:08. > :25:18.people backing a campaign for him to carry the torch. Tom Hepworth
:25:18. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:31.Trafalgar Square hosted a glitzy ceremony yesterday. But Gordon
:25:31. > :25:37.Roberts was not invited to, and he is not bothered. He can tell you
:25:37. > :25:42.the time he if you want even though he has not to watch. Half past 11.
:25:42. > :25:45.But today, he has gone global. He is at the centre of a Facebook
:25:45. > :25:55.campaign to carry their Olympic torch as it passes through
:25:55. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:07.Bournemouth. What you think about it? I would just be the same.
:26:07. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:14.will not let it affect you? No. as Gordon fit the bill? If I was
:26:14. > :26:22.honest, I think I would rather have somebody a little bit more
:26:22. > :26:28.deserving. I think it would be nice because he does not do any harm to
:26:28. > :26:34.anyone. It is not a joke, we are not exploiting them. The genuinely
:26:34. > :26:42.want him to be the torch-bearer. We have had comments on the group of
:26:42. > :26:51.people in London mentioning his name. The games at local organisers
:26:52. > :26:58.did not want to comment on Gordon's nomination. But Gordon has not made
:26:58. > :27:05.his mind up either. A I will have to think it over. If he does become
:27:05. > :27:12.the torch-bearer, you can count on one thing, he will not be late.
:27:12. > :27:20.Good luck to him. If you want to nominate somebody, have a look at
:27:21. > :27:26.our website. The details of the screen at now.