:00:02. > :00:06.Hello I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:06. > :00:09.programme: To have sprinklers or go without?
:00:09. > :00:19.The warning from a fire chief over a massive new student accommodation
:00:19. > :00:23.block. In the last two years, we've experienced 80 fires and high-rise
:00:23. > :00:26.buildings. 11 of those fires have been his student accommodation.
:00:26. > :00:29.What would you do if you were in charge? The council offering voters
:00:29. > :00:32.the chance to have their say on cuts or more taxes.
:00:32. > :00:42.Looking for a piece of land - thousands on the waiting list as
:00:42. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:51.demand grows for allotments. And I'll be taking a trip in --
:00:51. > :00:55.back in time here at last in the past in Romsey.
:00:55. > :00:57.A fire chief has warned that lives will be put at risk because a
:00:57. > :01:02.sprinkler system isn't being installed in a massive new student
:01:02. > :01:05.accommodation block in Portsmouth. The buildings, to be called The
:01:05. > :01:10.Blade, will be 33 storeys high - that's more than 300 feet - and
:01:10. > :01:13.will house 600 students from the city's university. But because
:01:13. > :01:17.they're students, there is no legal requirement for it to have
:01:17. > :01:19.sprinklers. After losing two colleagues in a high rise blaze in
:01:20. > :01:29.Southampton last year, the fire service believes the developers
:01:29. > :01:33.should think again. Rachael Canter reports.
:01:33. > :01:38.This is the ease and a fire service says it wants sprinklers. Here is a
:01:38. > :01:42.fire without them after five minutes, and here is one with them.
:01:42. > :01:47.In a last two years, we have experienced 80 fires in high-rise
:01:47. > :01:53.buildings. 11 of those had been in student accommodation, and those 80
:01:53. > :01:58.fires have led, sadly, to the death of four people, including two
:01:58. > :02:03.firefighters. How much more serious can make this situation? It's
:02:03. > :02:07.costing �30 million to build this, but the sprinkler system would cost
:02:07. > :02:10.around �400,000. The developers behind the new Blade building in
:02:10. > :02:16.Portsmouth don't plan to put them in, and that does not break any
:02:16. > :02:22.current rules. Private power blocks above 100 ft do require sprinklers,
:02:22. > :02:26.but public accommodation like halls of residence and hotels do not.
:02:26. > :02:31.This is a unique building. One that is probably not been built in this
:02:31. > :02:35.country before, and legislation is perhaps in catch up to the type of
:02:35. > :02:40.building we're talking about. years from now, The Blade building
:02:40. > :02:45.will be built here, towering over the centre of Portsmouth. It off,
:02:45. > :02:50.get 600 students and be 110 metres high. If you're wondering just how
:02:50. > :02:54.big that is, it is this big - the top of it will be about the same
:02:54. > :02:58.height as the viewing platform on the spinnaker sour.
:02:58. > :03:03.The University of Portsmouth will not own or lease the building, but
:03:03. > :03:07.will nominate about six and his students to stay in the block.
:03:07. > :03:11.We're putting The Blade pretty high on the agenda, but fire experts
:03:11. > :03:18.currently say we do not require sprinklers and is building and I
:03:18. > :03:23.cannot judge otherwise. Having been in a student block with the fire
:03:23. > :03:28.alarm going off at 2am, I know it is important to get safety at work
:03:28. > :03:38.and in place. I probably would have won but there - it's too dangerous.
:03:38. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:50.Hampshire Fire and rescue say they will continue with their campaign
:03:50. > :03:57.to put pressure on the developers not to build the building without
:03:57. > :04:00.sprinklers. The Government - the Department of
:04:00. > :04:05.Communities and Local Government, says it does not comment on
:04:05. > :04:07.individual cases. Last year, the government reviewed fire safety
:04:07. > :04:11.regulations and found there was insufficient evidence to change
:04:11. > :04:19.these regulations. With the, is the chairman of the British bring
:04:19. > :04:25.colour alliance. Thanks for joining us. In your experience, do you
:04:25. > :04:30.think the regulations should be changed? I certainly think the
:04:30. > :04:35.anomaly between them being required in some buildings were not other
:04:35. > :04:39.should be reconciled. I just want to emphasise that the developer on
:04:39. > :04:44.his building is doing everything that is needed, by law, as far as
:04:44. > :04:47.having a proper fire precautions and place. How much more beneficial
:04:47. > :04:53.would a sprinkler system be? If they have everything in place that
:04:53. > :04:58.they should have? They will have to comply with the laws as you say. I
:04:59. > :05:05.don't think enough businesses appreciate the benefits of
:05:05. > :05:12.sprinklers. They give you design freedoms. You can do away with
:05:12. > :05:17.certain design restrictions. They can save you costs elsewhere. If
:05:17. > :05:22.you think about it early enough, it can be too late when the building
:05:22. > :05:26.is half way off the ground. We need to let builders realised it
:05:26. > :05:29.sprinklers are in their benefit. You mention a strange anomaly we
:05:29. > :05:33.have no weather is one law for a private residence and one law for
:05:33. > :05:39.students, but you would think students would be at a higher risk?
:05:39. > :05:45.I think one of the comments made earlier on this programme was that
:05:45. > :05:47.Lord is not make pace -- keep pace with the social changes. I don't
:05:47. > :05:50.think the envisaged so many students living in such a high
:05:50. > :05:54.building. A woman who beat her partner to
:05:54. > :05:57.death with a rounders bat had to be led from the dock in tears as her
:05:57. > :06:00.counsel told a judge the crime bore all the hallmarks of a crime of
:06:00. > :06:03.passion. Ann Browning admits the murder and confessed to police that
:06:03. > :06:05.she'd then buried the body of 82- year-old retired postman, Bill
:06:05. > :06:09.Williamson, in the garden of her Godalming Home. The judge who'll
:06:09. > :06:12.sentence her on Monday was urged not to be prejudiced against her by
:06:12. > :06:16.the 29-year age gap between the couple.
:06:16. > :06:18.A Portsmouth-based warship has come under fire off the Libyan coast.
:06:18. > :06:23.HMS Liverpool was targeted by multiple rockets during a tense
:06:23. > :06:26.stand-off with pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya. The crew put on white
:06:26. > :06:31.anti-flash suits and prepared to return fire, but the missiles fell
:06:31. > :06:34.short and they didn't have to engage. The battery where the
:06:34. > :06:44.rockets were fired from was later destroyed by allied Apache attack
:06:44. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:51.helicopters. We did receive some incoming fire which is thankfully
:06:51. > :06:59.short of a position. Shortly after, we went on an elimination mission
:06:59. > :07:02.for at the spotters. We were aiming to disrupt the pro-Gaddafi forces
:07:02. > :07:06.in their battle against their people.
:07:06. > :07:08.Some staff who've been on strike in Southampton have been paid by the
:07:08. > :07:11.council, by mistake. A payroll error meant street cleaners
:07:11. > :07:14.received one or two weeks' salary - even though they weren't at work.
:07:14. > :07:18.The council has apologised for the inconvenience, and says it will
:07:18. > :07:23.work with staff and the unions to find a fair way for the money to be
:07:24. > :07:27.repaid. But those on strike say it shouldn't have happened. People
:07:27. > :07:36.were not aware that those monies were from wages. Some thought they
:07:36. > :07:40.may have been tax rebates. They where and aware it was a wage. They
:07:40. > :07:45.had a debt which they did not know about. When the drawback to work,
:07:45. > :07:48.we have money to pay back on top of the cuts we have already incurred,
:07:48. > :07:50.so we're not happy about it. The leader of Southampton City
:07:50. > :07:53.Council, Councillor Royston Smith wasn't available for interview, but
:07:53. > :07:56.in a statement he apologised to those affected, saying the payments
:07:56. > :08:00.were down to an administrative error. The staff on strike are not
:08:00. > :08:04.entitled to be paid and are being given options as to how they can
:08:04. > :08:07.repay the money. Would you like your council tax
:08:07. > :08:12.frozen but with services cut, or pay more council tax to save
:08:12. > :08:15.services? That's the question being asked as Worthing and Adur councils
:08:15. > :08:18.consult residents on the annual budget. It follows a similar
:08:18. > :08:27.exercise last year. Our Sussex reporter Sean Killick has the
:08:27. > :08:30.details. Worthing is a pretty town, where
:08:30. > :08:33.the parks and gardens cost almost �2 million a year. The council has
:08:33. > :08:38.now considering selling off some part saying it was one of the
:08:38. > :08:43.suggestions made last year, when it asked the public what should be cut.
:08:43. > :08:46.It also led to the town's theatres being put up for sale, potentially
:08:46. > :08:51.saving �1 million a year. But is the council just using the
:08:51. > :08:55.consultation exercise to bring the public into tough decisions? It is
:08:55. > :08:59.not a matter of moving blame around. I hope people see the council as
:08:59. > :09:03.part of their society and their town, and councillors have some
:09:03. > :09:05.very tough decisions to make. I want people to be part of those
:09:05. > :09:09.decisions and to feel they have actually been asked questions on
:09:09. > :09:14.him. Last year's most popular suggestion was cutting
:09:14. > :09:18.administration costs. As a result, the mayor's budget and Chief
:09:18. > :09:22.Executive's salary would be a -- are reduced, and fewer meetings
:09:22. > :09:25.held. It is now being asked whether the town's museum should be handed
:09:25. > :09:29.over to a trust, and people are being asked whether they want
:09:29. > :09:37.council tax frozen with services cut or rates raised to save
:09:37. > :09:47.services. That made for mixed use among museum visitors. I want the
:09:47. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:53.money to be focused on things the benefit children. I think they
:09:53. > :10:00.should focus less on raising rates and moving money to essential
:10:00. > :10:05.things. One of the Olympic venues in the
:10:05. > :10:08.south has been the victim of crime for the first time. 11 new bicycles
:10:09. > :10:12.provided for 2012 coaches and managers to get around the 2km long
:10:12. > :10:15.Dorney Lake were stolen at the start of the week. The bikes are
:10:15. > :10:18.all white with sponsor BMW's logo. Two men have been charged with the
:10:18. > :10:21.theft but some bikes are still missing.
:10:21. > :10:24.There's likely to be a U-turn over changes to parking charges in
:10:24. > :10:28.Salisbury following pressure from the public and businesses. A
:10:28. > :10:37.minimum two-hour stay for parking in the City Centre is likely to be
:10:37. > :10:41.scrapped reverting to one hour. didn't properly explain to be able
:10:41. > :10:45.what was be looked at. We tried, but we didn't get people to listen.
:10:45. > :10:48.We should have tried a bit harder and not thought that people didn't
:10:48. > :10:52.care about it. None of us realise how big an issue this would be and
:10:52. > :10:55.we failed to get people to engage properly with it.
:10:55. > :11:02.Still to come in this evening's South Today: Alexis is having a
:11:03. > :11:12.blast, in the past. I certainly am. Join me later for a full five-day
:11:12. > :11:15.weather forecast. Now, do you fancy a taste of the
:11:15. > :11:18.good life? In these tough economic times, more people are looking for
:11:18. > :11:21.a patch of ground to grow their own fruit and veg, but allotments are
:11:21. > :11:26.increasingly hard to come by. Research has found that in the
:11:26. > :11:30.south more than 11,000 people are waiting for one. But last year only
:11:30. > :11:39.230 new plots were created. Ahead of National Allotment Week,
:11:39. > :11:44.Danielle Glavin has been looking at the shortfall in the south.
:11:44. > :11:49.This is a place where only weeds five, but it was a potential plot
:11:49. > :11:53.of paradise to this allotment group. They had enthusiasm, but despite
:11:53. > :11:57.the name - and allotments. There are no council plot locally and it
:11:57. > :12:02.failed to get planning commission - - permission to convert this land.
:12:02. > :12:07.We feel bereft. Very sad that we don't have an allotment. We were
:12:07. > :12:14.excited about the possibility of having one, but we are looking for
:12:14. > :12:19.land. But that is an advocate of grow your own, and says the problem
:12:19. > :12:25.has been a long time coming. land, particularly land close to
:12:25. > :12:31.housing, has a very high price attached. It is more valuable to
:12:31. > :12:36.serve well as building land, so many councils will sell off land it
:12:36. > :12:42.used to the allotment land. You combine that with an increase in
:12:42. > :12:47.interest and you have a serious lack of allotments. World War II
:12:47. > :12:57.was a masterclass in creative cultivation. Every empty space,
:12:57. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:01.including bomb craters, where potential plots.
:13:02. > :13:06.Land share is a modern example of this, a project that pairs up land
:13:06. > :13:12.owners and growers. Here in Swindon, the National Trust is volunteer the
:13:12. > :13:16.land that was once a tennis court. The allotments are changing lives.
:13:16. > :13:20.Come up here after work, and just chill out for an hour or two, it's
:13:20. > :13:24.absolutely great. All of it. There's a great pleasure of it
:13:24. > :13:28.going home with a handful of things that you do yourself. It is out of
:13:28. > :13:31.all proportion to what it is really worth. This only scratches the
:13:31. > :13:41.surface. The Government says it will relax planning rules to help
:13:41. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:47.create more allotments, but a Let's join Alexis. Every Friday our
:13:47. > :13:52.weather presenters get out and about to find out some of the
:13:52. > :13:57.events that will be happening. It looked like it was getting very
:13:57. > :14:01.likely at Broadlands just now. You are going to take a step back in
:14:01. > :14:05.history and give us a history lesson, is that right?
:14:05. > :14:10.Yes, I am here at timeshare's biggest living history event in
:14:10. > :14:15.Romsey and it is getting under way already. It opens tomorrow at 11
:14:15. > :14:19.o'clock and is also on sunbed. The weather is looking fairly good for
:14:19. > :14:25.the event. You can try out different things and see people
:14:25. > :14:35.dressed in different eras and today I sampled that. Go to morning,
:14:35. > :14:41.Vietnam. What got you interested in the Vietnam era? Years ago. My
:14:41. > :14:51.collection has grown and grown. It is getting a bit out of hand. We
:14:51. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:04.have to rent a bar in Basingstoke to spin Staller told. -- a bar in
:15:04. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :15:15.The Victorian era is one of my favourite parts of history because
:15:15. > :15:19.I get to do something I love. such an important part of British
:15:19. > :15:25.history and particularly with the element of India, our time in the
:15:25. > :15:30.sub-continent, 300 years. Not much of that history is thought about or
:15:30. > :15:38.taught these days, so we like to bring the splendour of the Raj to
:15:38. > :15:48.people. We are now in the 5th century BC, Greeks are first
:15:48. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :16:04.aspersions. -- Greeks and Bursaspor versions. These are first century
:16:04. > :16:14.AD legionaries. There is lots to buy from different eras. What do
:16:14. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:24.you think? Is this me? All this travelling through time has made me
:16:24. > :16:29.really tired. I'm just going to have a sleep before the weather. I
:16:29. > :16:33.am refreshed after my little sleep and I have a full five-day weather
:16:33. > :16:39.forecast later in the programme. Here at problems everyone is
:16:39. > :16:46.getting excited. Are you excited? Absolutely. Joining later in the
:16:46. > :16:52.programme, and find out also what other things you can get up to in
:16:52. > :16:57.the south. I am very excited. She did a whole
:16:57. > :17:02.sequence of horrible histories. particularly liked the red hat from
:17:02. > :17:06.whatever era that was. We are joined her in a short while. Now
:17:06. > :17:12.the sport. A red letter day for Hampshire
:17:12. > :17:16.today. They had a good day today. Records tumbling at the Rose Bowl.
:17:16. > :17:22.First, Michael Carberry posted a double hundred as he reached his
:17:22. > :17:28.new highest, first class door -- core. Then Mike McKenzie reached
:17:28. > :17:32.the same milestone with a six. Hampshire got a new all-time record.
:17:32. > :17:40.Carberry, who is coming back from a life-threatening blood clot, went
:17:40. > :17:45.on to make 300 not out. It was a real day to remember. It has been a
:17:45. > :17:53.great day. My first ever 111 hundred in any cricket. When you
:17:53. > :18:02.are back, your mind switches off and my batting was perfect today.
:18:02. > :18:05.It was a really nice partnership to be a part of. I shared the
:18:05. > :18:10.partnership with a hard-working Michael Carberry who has gone
:18:10. > :18:13.through bad times over the past couple of months. Very well done.
:18:13. > :18:17.As sporting records tumble, the inexorable march to the new
:18:17. > :18:21.Football League season is almost over. This week we have been
:18:21. > :18:25.setting you up for another, dramatic ride, and tonight we
:18:25. > :18:30.finish with two near-neighbours, not exactly the best of friends,
:18:30. > :18:40.but in the same division for the first time since 2005, Portsmouth
:18:40. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.In the face of adversity, Portsmouth's defences stood firm
:19:01. > :19:06.last season. Now with new owners they are on a new mission. Against
:19:06. > :19:11.the odds and helped by a solid back line, Portsmouth hopes stayed alive
:19:11. > :19:15.last season, but did they lay any foundations? Not really. We had
:19:15. > :19:20.some players who were never going to play at the start of the season.
:19:20. > :19:30.We had enough pairs every day of the week except Saturday. We need
:19:30. > :19:34.
:19:35. > :19:38.better players and we will be stronger. David Norris and Luke
:19:38. > :19:43.Varney are in this year and they want another five by the end of
:19:43. > :19:47.this month. What can the fans expect? They do not ask for too
:19:47. > :19:56.much, but they want effort of their boys. We have got some good boys
:19:56. > :20:01.and if they are ratted every game, their quality will come through.
:20:01. > :20:11.Southampton fans have endured some dark days in recent years. But
:20:11. > :20:15.
:20:15. > :20:20.things are changing. We are back. What a goal! The Canaries can
:20:21. > :20:30.celebrate. Southampton swept into the championship in a promotion
:20:30. > :20:34.season caps with sometimes startling football. Adam Lallana
:20:34. > :20:41.did not go unnoticed. Being a local lad who has been here for a while,
:20:41. > :20:49.I want my club to do well. It is brilliant and I am really happy to
:20:49. > :20:54.be here. Two signings stand-out. The two midfielders will stop Alex
:20:54. > :20:58.Chamberlain is still a safer now. He could light up the championship.
:20:58. > :21:04.It is important you keep the core of the group together and we have
:21:04. > :21:14.kept everyone at the minute. With a couple of shrewd additions, I think
:21:14. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:26.we stand a chance. Kick-off for all of the South's clubs is upon us.
:21:26. > :21:30.Will it be another blockbuster year? Are you ready? We have heard
:21:30. > :21:35.from all of the region's Football League clubs and managers, but what
:21:35. > :21:40.did the expert pundits think? They will follow them all season on BBC
:21:40. > :21:50.local radio. Crawley are going into their debut season in the Football
:21:50. > :22:08.
:22:08. > :22:18.League. John Barnett is tipping He thinks they will be in the play-
:22:18. > :22:36.
:22:36. > :22:42.South Today well have action from all of the weekend's football each
:22:42. > :22:44.and every Monday and Football Focus returns here on BBC One tomorrow
:22:45. > :22:50.lunchtime with a special programme from the Football League's newest
:22:50. > :22:55.stadium. Football Focus comes live from this
:22:55. > :23:03.by new stadium. I know you lot have seen this many times already, but
:23:03. > :23:07.we shall be introducing it to the wider football audience. We will be
:23:07. > :23:13.joined by the assistant manager and the chairman as well. All that and
:23:13. > :23:19.much, much more, lied from Brighton's new stadium on BBC One
:23:19. > :23:24.tomorrow. Quickly to say, next week we are at Cowes Regatta. Good luck
:23:24. > :23:30.to Rottingdean credit card in Brighton who play Dumbleton Cricket
:23:30. > :23:40.Club on Sunday in the village semi- finals on Sunday.
:23:40. > :23:46.
:23:46. > :23:56.Now, the weather and a couple of This is a different type of Cowes
:23:56. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :23:59.Regatta! Shall rejoin the girl again? I am disappointed. Having
:23:59. > :24:03.seen you in different outfits, I thought you would be dressed up
:24:03. > :24:06.like some kind of wench from whenever it.
:24:06. > :24:13.Sorry for that. Why not come here this weekend to sample the delights
:24:13. > :24:18.of the different eras, or if not here are a few other things you can
:24:18. > :24:23.get up to this weekend in the south. Tomorrow the Winchester fire
:24:23. > :24:31.station is opening its doors. There will be demonstrations, a chance to
:24:32. > :24:37.look around and lots of advice on This Sunday it is the agricultural
:24:37. > :24:42.show. Lots of livestock will be on display as well as the best of
:24:42. > :24:48.Surrey's food and drink. Battleships as you have never
:24:48. > :24:54.played it before. A large-scale version is open to visitors at the
:24:55. > :24:58.Portsmouth dockyard this weekend. The West Berkshire village will be
:24:59. > :25:04.celebrating as the new memorial hall is being opened by the Newbury
:25:04. > :25:10.MP. Tomorrow sees the annual Fordingbridge thumb and TV says --
:25:10. > :25:13.Festival. There will be a chance to meet lots of guests, such as
:25:14. > :25:21.Caroline Munro, who was in the James Bond film the Spy Who loved
:25:21. > :25:30.Me. The weather has been perfect for all these guys to set up their
:25:31. > :25:35.stalls by the weekend, but will it There is a fair bit of cloud in the
:25:35. > :25:40.Atlantic. Today we had some decent sunny spells and the temperatures
:25:40. > :25:45.rose nicely. That cloud will edge its way Ian through the early hours
:25:46. > :25:54.of the morning. We may see the odd, stray shower in the morning, but
:25:54. > :25:59.most places will stay dry. Tomorrow from the word go we may see a few
:25:59. > :26:04.showers drift into parts of Dorset and Wiltshire first thing. They
:26:04. > :26:09.will track their way eastwards throughout the morning. The highs
:26:09. > :26:14.first thing in the morning are 14 or 15 Celsius. Those showers will
:26:14. > :26:19.drift further eastwards, mainly confined to the South West, but
:26:19. > :26:27.Eastern areas could see them in the afternoon. Some areas could stay
:26:27. > :26:32.dry altogether. Tomorrow's temperatures will be 20 or 21. The
:26:32. > :26:38.winds will gradually pick up speed. One or two clear spells here or
:26:38. > :26:42.there. A fresh appeal to things and more comfortable for sleeping. On
:26:42. > :26:47.Sunday there will be more frequent showers and a more organised band
:26:47. > :26:51.of rain will move in from the Atlantic. We are more likely to see
:26:52. > :27:01.more frequent showers in Hampshire and Dorset. Elsewhere you'll see
:27:02. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:11.scattered showers in the afternoon. Here is the summary for the week.
:27:11. > :27:15.From me here at Broadlands, back to you in the studio.
:27:15. > :27:24.Enjoy the evening with your friends, whatever era you choose. Some of
:27:24. > :27:32.them top in the language of that era. Have a great weekend.