:00:03. > :00:05.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:05. > :00:08.programme: Getting rid of one and hiring a
:00:08. > :00:12.stand-in - criticism over the cost of who runs the New Forest National
:00:13. > :00:17.Park. Moving monument - the battle lines
:00:17. > :00:27.are drawn over clearing the way in Salisbury town centre.
:00:27. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:35.Oh please won't you buy me a Mercedes hand? The teenager and DJ
:00:35. > :00:45.royalty - how it all began as Blackburn takes to the Berkshire
:00:45. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.The body which runs the New Forest National Park has been sharply
:00:53. > :00:57.criticised for the secret payment it made to get rid of its former
:00:57. > :01:03.chief executive and hire a temporary replacement. Lindsay
:01:03. > :01:06.Cornish left in 2009 following concerns about her management style.
:01:06. > :01:10.A quarter of a million pounds was then spent in agency fees
:01:11. > :01:15.backfilling a job that had been around �85,000 a year. A report by
:01:15. > :01:19.the district auditor says this was done without proper approval. Our
:01:19. > :01:29.political editor is in the New Forest. Peter, how did this report
:01:29. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.come about? They have report like this is only issued in unusual
:01:36. > :01:45.circumstances, when they think money has not been spent wisely.
:01:45. > :01:51.The cash they are talking about, those payments to chief officers,
:01:51. > :01:57.this landscape has been around for thousands of years. But the
:01:57. > :02:02.organisation was only six years ago, with a budget of �5.5 million. When
:02:02. > :02:11.they decided the chief executive had to go, the replacement cost
:02:11. > :02:16.�1,000 a day. It was supposed to be a temporary payment. It added up to
:02:16. > :02:22.a quarter of a million pounds in the end, but the chairman of the
:02:22. > :02:27.National Park's authority justifies the payment. I believe that the
:02:27. > :02:32.amount we paid allow interim to comment at short notice, he was
:02:32. > :02:38.available, it lived locally, he got the right attitude to interface
:02:38. > :02:43.with the public, and I think having somebody earned our doorstep was
:02:43. > :02:49.absolutely right. -- on our doorstep. It was a very
:02:49. > :02:55.controversial start for that new National Park Authority. They upset
:02:55. > :03:00.dog-walkers, there were protests. But it was Lindsay Cornish, the
:03:00. > :03:03.chief executive, who upset that the staff who wrote a letter to the
:03:03. > :03:09.newspapers. That was the stage when people thought the organisation had
:03:09. > :03:13.to be abolished. One of those was the MP who thinks things have
:03:13. > :03:17.improved. Sometimes, you have to do what is necessary to save the day,
:03:17. > :03:21.rather than doing something by the book if that means you lose the
:03:21. > :03:28.opportunity that is needed in order to rectify the situation that has
:03:28. > :03:33.gone wrong. The people involved in this are long gone. The stable door
:03:33. > :03:38.has been altered after the New Forest ponies have gone over the
:03:38. > :03:43.horizon. In fact, the quango who organises the Audit Commission are
:03:43. > :03:45.also being abolished. Furniture chain Lombok followed the
:03:46. > :03:48.likes of Habitat and MFI into administration today. Stores in
:03:49. > :03:51.Brighton and Guildford will be lost. At the weekend, TJ Hughes branches
:03:51. > :03:55.in Boscombe and Crawley, which employed over 100 people, shut for
:03:55. > :03:59.good. Independent traders have been also been suffering. Latest figures
:03:59. > :04:09.suggest a 60 % fall in business. Danielle Glavin has been looking at
:04:09. > :04:15.the pressures facing the small shops.
:04:15. > :04:23.After 15 years, the cloth store in Crawley is packing up and moving to
:04:23. > :04:28.here, a short walk they say it will save jobs and �30,000 a year.
:04:29. > :04:34.of businesses are closing because of rent is so high. So it is better
:04:34. > :04:40.for us. Others have not been so lucky. TJ
:04:40. > :04:44.Hughes shut up for good over the weekend. Another fresh victim is
:04:45. > :04:49.this chain in Brighton. It was confirmed today that shops in
:04:49. > :04:53.Brighton and Guildford or not be open.
:04:53. > :04:59.The Retail Association warned small shops will close. They say in the
:04:59. > :05:03.south, there has been a 2.6% fall in turnover. But, they say there is
:05:03. > :05:08.good news: The South is faring better than average.
:05:08. > :05:14.Per back in Crawley, staff at the cloth Shop say independent stores
:05:14. > :05:20.need a helping hand. The things that make a difference are small
:05:20. > :05:26.independent shops offering a different product. That is really a
:05:26. > :05:29.think that the council could encourage perhaps by giving
:05:30. > :05:34.concessions to smaller independent businesses.
:05:35. > :05:40.Retail experts told me shops need fuel prices and interest rates to
:05:40. > :05:45.stay as they are. If both eyes, the High Street will pay the price. --
:05:45. > :05:50.if both rise. Women in this studio is a retail
:05:50. > :05:55.expert. Thank you for being with us. Can we establish first of all, we
:05:55. > :06:02.are talking generally about the South of England, a commercial
:06:02. > :06:06.rents - are they going up or down? The have levelled out, over the
:06:06. > :06:13.last three years however they have fallen. Other areas which are
:06:13. > :06:19.backed up by tourism, for example, rents have seen modest increases.
:06:19. > :06:23.But on the whole, they have fallen. It seems to be the smaller traders
:06:23. > :06:32.suffering the most. Who would you say are the winners and losers on
:06:32. > :06:38.the High Street? Tricky. You mentioned Lombok. They took a lot
:06:38. > :06:44.of very expensive units at the top of the market. There are winners
:06:44. > :06:49.and losers, but it tends to come down to that organisation: Some
:06:49. > :06:53.businesses are run very well, but other businesses do not trade as
:06:53. > :07:02.well. I would say, or we are looking at the coffee retailers who
:07:02. > :07:09.are doing well. Cashel dining as well. -- casual dining. A people
:07:09. > :07:14.keeping rents empty, there are reasons for doing that. If you have
:07:14. > :07:21.got a landlord with a number of other units, they may keep, or wish
:07:21. > :07:27.to make sure rents stay the same. The vast majority of landlords in
:07:27. > :07:34.today's market are looking forward and saying, we are in a hard time,
:07:35. > :07:42.things will get better, we just need to plug the loss.
:07:42. > :07:49.It will preserve the jewels in Salisbury's crown, but plans to
:07:49. > :07:52.give priority to people rather than cars in the market square are
:07:52. > :08:01.controversial. They have got the blueprint called Salisbury Vision
:08:01. > :08:07.in their sights, as Rachel reports. Marking the anniversary of victory
:08:07. > :08:12.over Japan, but as the veterans assembled, so did protesters. They
:08:12. > :08:17.are against plans to rotate the war memorial from here to hear.
:08:17. > :08:27.Salisbury Vision says it will create more space for events like
:08:27. > :08:27.
:08:27. > :08:34.this. But it has angered some. went first to Somalia, then a
:08:34. > :08:37.Madagascar, and we never lost a single battle. We will not lose
:08:37. > :08:40.this one. So Salisbury Vision it says it will
:08:40. > :08:46.bring a new lease of life to the city centre.
:08:46. > :08:49.Most of these parking bays would be removed, making it traffic free.
:08:49. > :08:53.But all 34 trees would be chopped down.
:08:53. > :08:59.It no one was available for comment, but the people designing the square
:08:59. > :09:05.have said some of the trees are diseased. 25 new smaller ones will
:09:05. > :09:11.be planted in their place. Salisbury is up in arms about it.
:09:11. > :09:16.We have been gathering signatures for four weeks. So far, we have
:09:16. > :09:26.over 5,400 signatures. They is as part of Salisbury. I think it
:09:26. > :09:31.should stay the same. I think the plans are great. This is a square
:09:31. > :09:35.in the middle of a city, and all it is is a car park.
:09:35. > :09:45.The council's planning committee are expected to consider the scheme
:09:45. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:52.next month. It has been an eyesore on
:09:52. > :09:55.Bournemouth's waterfront for many years, but plans to turn the IMAX
:09:55. > :09:58.building into a new leisure attraction have hit a major
:09:58. > :10:01.stumbling block. The council has turned down all of the bids it has
:10:01. > :10:04.received to develop the site. David Allard is in the newsroom with more.
:10:04. > :10:07.David, didn't the council ask the public what they wanted to see
:10:07. > :10:10.happen to the IMAX? Yes they did. Last year, 3,000 people took part
:10:10. > :10:19.in the public consultation. In of March this year, the council
:10:19. > :10:24.invited bids from Les operators and operators. -- leisure operators. In
:10:24. > :10:28.a statement, the council says Nunn achieves an acceptable balance
:10:29. > :10:34.between leisure attractions and commercial uses. The council needs
:10:34. > :10:39.a fresh approach. It is pinning its hopes on the born and Development
:10:39. > :10:44.Company. It is a partnership between the Bournemouth council and
:10:44. > :10:48.Morgan Sindall Investments. But no plans exist yet. The council says
:10:48. > :10:53.the public will not back them if they pick the wrong scheme, so the
:10:53. > :10:57.IMAX will carry on being an eyesore for the time to come.
:10:57. > :10:59.If you don't ask you don't get. That's the motto of one Berkshire
:10:59. > :11:02.teenager after he managed to secure a piece of ground-breaking
:11:02. > :11:05.equipment to help him overcome his disability. Matthew James was born
:11:05. > :11:07.without a left hand and after years using basic NHS prosthetics, he
:11:07. > :11:17.decided he wanted something better, so approached a sport well-known
:11:17. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:25.for its use of technology. Ben Moore has been to meet him.
:11:25. > :11:30.A test drive for a new arm. Matthew James has only had this a bionic
:11:30. > :11:36.limb for a few days. I am still getting to grips with it. It is
:11:36. > :11:44.pretty amazing. I am getting used to all the patterns, and different
:11:44. > :11:50.movements. It was the real world of motor racing that gave Matthew this
:11:50. > :11:54.arm. Etude Formula One fan, he wrote a letter to Mercedes boss.
:11:54. > :11:59.Matthew offered the Formula One team advertising space on his new
:11:59. > :12:06.arm if they contributed �35,000 for it. The team that declined, but
:12:06. > :12:12.that was not the end. They came to an agreement where they would share
:12:12. > :12:21.some technology which is very cool in green -- indeed. They reduced
:12:21. > :12:26.the price down to �10,000. -- cool indeed. The family are still
:12:26. > :12:32.fundraising, but kept in close touch with them. Matthew even met
:12:32. > :12:39.the team and toured the factory. Only 100 people have a hand like
:12:39. > :12:42.this. It can hold a 14 stone, and can even be updated to a wireless
:12:42. > :12:52.connection. There is a computer located here.
:12:52. > :12:57.It controls Beria's things like the grip pattern. -- various things.
:12:57. > :13:06.But as with all top technology, there is the odd downside.
:13:06. > :13:13.parents can make me do more chores and pass it off as training!
:13:13. > :13:23.We will be hearing from DJ or royalty. Find out why am I am back
:13:23. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:40.It's a setback but not a disaster. That's the message from the team
:13:40. > :13:43.behind an attempt to break the UK land speed record in an electric
:13:43. > :13:46.car. The driver, Joe Wales from Surrey, is the great-grandson of
:13:46. > :13:49.the past record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell. But an accident in South
:13:49. > :13:52.Wales yesterday ended his attempt to break the 137 mile an hour
:13:52. > :13:58.record in his vehicle Bluebird. I'm joined by Dr Tim Allen from Fareham
:13:58. > :14:05.who's the team's technical director. And they're due for coming in. --
:14:05. > :14:09.thank you for coming in. As I understand it a father of Joe Wales,
:14:09. > :14:18.who is still obviously connected with the Campbell family, has got
:14:18. > :14:23.the record. 137 miles an hour. did he hand the car to his son?
:14:23. > :14:31.don't know. We were doing tests on Saturday and I think it was just a
:14:31. > :14:39.quiet handover and off he went. He was doing well. He is a good lad.
:14:39. > :14:48.Beach conditions meant he hit some soft sand and veered off towards
:14:48. > :14:53.the sea. He is fine, isn't he? car came to a controlled stop, yes.
:14:53. > :14:56.On the return run he missed the course again and ended up going
:14:56. > :15:04.through some large pot holes, the kind of thing a Land Rover would
:15:04. > :15:07.have trouble with. Fabric the fund -- the front suspension. -- that
:15:07. > :15:12.brick front suspension. They this is a real family heritage, isn't
:15:12. > :15:16.it? Definitely. His grandfather was on the beach in the Twenties. Part
:15:16. > :15:20.of the reason for running this year was to raise the profile of the
:15:20. > :15:27.project. We want to build a new car to go up to 500 miles an hour. We
:15:27. > :15:36.have to go to the States for that. The history of the running on the
:15:36. > :15:41.beach goes back to the 1920s. You is extraordinary. -- it is
:15:41. > :15:45.extraordinary. That is him on the beach. Are you happy? Are you going
:15:45. > :15:48.to have another attempt? I am happy with the power. We just need put
:15:49. > :15:58.together, that we should be that they are running again. And Miss
:15:58. > :16:04.Think you for coming in. We look forward to being with you perhaps
:16:04. > :16:07.next time. A 20 mile traffic diversion in West Sussex has been
:16:07. > :16:10.dismissed as "barking mad" by a council leader. On Wednesday night
:16:10. > :16:12.the westbound carriageway of the A27 near Shoreham will be closed,
:16:12. > :16:15.with the other side shut the following night. The Highways
:16:15. > :16:17.Agency is diverting traffic for about 20 miles. It insists the
:16:18. > :16:26.alternative route has been carefully chosen, but the leader of
:16:26. > :16:30.Adur District Council thinks the Tighe I have described it as
:16:30. > :16:34.barking mad. It is good they are doing it overnight but the problem
:16:34. > :16:44.is the 20 mile diversion, I cannot believe that is the best they can
:16:44. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:50.come up with. We will watch that carefully. The sprinkler system
:16:50. > :16:53.will be set up in a building, known as the blade. It didn't originally
:16:53. > :17:00.have sprinklers because there was no legal requirement to do so but
:17:00. > :17:10.following lobbying developers have now changed their plans. Sport
:17:10. > :17:14.
:17:14. > :17:24.Transfers. You know all about those. AFC Bournemouth tend to sell more
:17:24. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:27.than they buy. They have lost another player. Last season, AFC
:17:27. > :17:30.Bournemouth defied the odds and made it to the Play-Offs in League
:17:30. > :17:34.One in spite of selling key players. And today another striker followed
:17:34. > :17:38.in the wake of the likes of Brett Pitman and Josh McQuoid. Danny Ings
:17:38. > :17:41.signed a four year contract just a couple of hours ago to play in The
:17:41. > :17:45.Championship at Burnley. The deal's reported to be worth a million
:17:45. > :17:48.pounds - much needed cash for the Cherries and sees Ings link up with
:17:48. > :17:52.former Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe at Turf Moor. Bournemouth
:17:52. > :17:55.didn't really miss him on Saturday. Their goals to come - but Kris
:17:55. > :17:58.Temple starts his round-up of the weekend's football with a
:17:58. > :18:01.Southampton sharabang. The manager compared last season's Jennie to
:18:01. > :18:06.promotion with a bus ride, this year it could be a bandwagon which
:18:06. > :18:11.rolled into Barnsley at the weekend. Training paid off for David
:18:11. > :18:16.Connolly who got the only goal after 30 minutes. Richard Chaplow
:18:16. > :18:21.was sent off late on a promotion campaigns are built on hard away
:18:21. > :18:27.wins. Portsmouth surprised everyone by announcing they had signed
:18:27. > :18:37.Benjani ahead of kick-off. Albion's affair man stole the show. He got
:18:37. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:48.the only goal at Fratton Park. Liam Lawrence had a penalty miss. Graham
:18:48. > :18:52.saw because we deserved minimum a draw. Everything we could do we did.
:18:52. > :18:57.Reading fans endured a roller- coaster of emotions as they lost in
:18:57. > :19:07.the play-off final last season. But they are on the up and Neil Hunt
:19:07. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:14.We showed real good quality. Passing and organisation were good.
:19:14. > :19:18.Bournemouth left Danny things out of their side to play Sheffield
:19:18. > :19:23.Wednesday ahead of his transfer to Burnley today. They did not miss
:19:23. > :19:29.him. Adam Barrett headed the cherries in front. A splendid
:19:29. > :19:34.finish completed the sort -- the scoring seven minutes from the end.
:19:34. > :19:41.Promotion favourites Crawley Town got their first win in leak two.
:19:41. > :19:46.Tyrone Barnett put them in front with a header. Wesley Thomas
:19:46. > :19:51.muscled his way in for a second. It was the kind of physicality
:19:51. > :19:59.Aldershot left in the dressing room. Ashley Westwood flew in to head the
:19:59. > :20:02.only goal of the game after just two minutes. More football tomorrow.
:20:02. > :20:04.The first yacht in the Fastnet Race, which only left Cowes yesterday
:20:04. > :20:07.morning, is expected to finish tonight. The fleet races down the
:20:07. > :20:10.English Channel, round the Fastnet Rock at the tip of Southern Ireland
:20:10. > :20:13.and back to Plymouth. The leading trimaran, which is due back first,
:20:13. > :20:23.is skippered by Frenchman Loick Peyron. Isle of Wight offshore
:20:23. > :20:25.
:20:25. > :20:27.sailor Brian Thompson is among the The 2012 Olympic Test Regatta
:20:27. > :20:30.finished at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
:20:30. > :20:33.over the weekend. There was success on the final day for Britain's
:20:33. > :20:35.greatest Olympic sailor. Ben Ainslie signalled his intent to win
:20:35. > :20:38.a fourth successive Olympic title and complete a hat-trick in the
:20:38. > :20:41.Finn Class on home waters next summer. Ainslie from Lymington won
:20:41. > :20:50.by a massive 31 points after winning more than half his races at
:20:50. > :20:58.the regatta. It is what I what fall for six months. It was hard, a lot
:20:58. > :21:03.of pressure from the top British guys. I think I am so electable. I
:21:03. > :21:13.think the most important thing is learning about this venue. Still a
:21:13. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:16.Tens of thousands of people lined the roads of Surrey to watch the
:21:16. > :21:18.world's top cyclists take part in the test event for the London
:21:18. > :21:21.Olympics. The event attracted controversy as part of the route
:21:21. > :21:24.went through an environmentally sensitive area at Box Hill. The
:21:24. > :21:26.race was won by Britain's top sprinter Mark Cavendish. 350 roads
:21:26. > :21:36.in the county were closed for several hours and delays were
:21:36. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:40.And one Olympic sport received a timely boost ahead of the Games
:21:40. > :21:42.today. The women's hockey team, based at Bisham Abbey in Berkshire,
:21:42. > :21:45.announced a sponsorship deal to fund their preparations. They've
:21:45. > :21:48.done it ahead of their male counterparts. And the squad will be
:21:48. > :21:53.heading to Germany this week to compete in the last major
:21:53. > :21:56.international tournament before next summer's London Olympics.
:21:56. > :21:58.Sussex's batsmen made history in their Pro40 match against
:21:58. > :22:04.Worcestershire at Horsham yesterday. Joe Gatting and Ed Joyce both hit
:22:04. > :22:09.centuries as Sussex made 399 for 4. That's a world record first class
:22:09. > :22:19.score in 40 over cricket. Sussex went on to record their eighth
:22:19. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:28.Well done. I heard you on the radio in the car yesterday. Were you in
:22:28. > :22:36.the pub? I was. I am doing four Sundays in the pub for Radio
:22:36. > :22:41.Berkshire. You would have liked it. Remember when you tried who are
:22:41. > :22:50.whooping. They had a lady on that does it. I have got it and how. I
:22:50. > :22:53.will show you later. -- I have learnt how to do it now. He's one
:22:53. > :22:57.of radio's living legends and he's on BBC Radio Berkshire this week.
:22:57. > :23:02.Tony Blackburn was of course the first DJ on Radio One. So many
:23:02. > :23:05.people used to listen. What he didn't know is that Radio
:23:05. > :23:07.Berkshire's Reading studio is right next door to the BBC's Written
:23:07. > :23:10.Archives centre which houses documents dating back to the
:23:10. > :23:16.earliest days of the corporation. As Allen Sinclair reports, it
:23:16. > :23:20.includes something very personal to Tony Blackburn. Every legend has a
:23:20. > :23:25.beginning and Tony Blackburn's original audition tape was sent to
:23:25. > :23:29.the BBC in the mid- 1960s. Lucky for him a panel of bosses liked
:23:29. > :23:39.what they heard but he has never seen the document which led to his
:23:39. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:46.first job. Personable voice, witty with it. Five passes. Radio
:23:46. > :23:50.Caroline. Radio barge of's newest team member is broadcasting will to,
:23:50. > :23:55.making his name and pirate radio, Tony Blackburn's is true that the
:23:55. > :24:05.BBC goes back long before he first opened the favours of Radio 1 in
:24:05. > :24:09.1967. 25 Guineas. Terrific money in those days. The Written Archive
:24:09. > :24:12.Centre is where the BBC stores all of its documents, records and
:24:12. > :24:18.contracts. Through its history the corporation has had dealings with
:24:18. > :24:22.the leading figures of the day and the archive is a Trevor -- a
:24:22. > :24:27.treasure trove of fascinating facts. Anybody who is anybody has
:24:27. > :24:31.contributed to the BBC over the years. People like TS Eliot, H G
:24:31. > :24:38.Wells, George Bernard Shaw right down to the Beatles and people like
:24:38. > :24:48.that. Tony Blackburn is standing in for an diamond on the mid-morning
:24:48. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:53.programme until Thursday. -- Anne Diamond. Has your has been
:24:53. > :25:01.shredded? I doubt my appraisals are still there! We are not important
:25:01. > :25:05.enough. Listen to this tape, see what you think. I had to do it for
:25:05. > :25:13.Sundays. Now the weather... It was actually really nice over the
:25:13. > :25:16.A lovely start to the day. We have some lovely pictures... Dave Prowse
:25:16. > :25:19.captured his dogs Brandy and Ben enjoying the early morning sunshine
:25:19. > :25:23.in the New Forest. Steve Cameron captured Broad Oak bridge when
:25:23. > :25:28.walking along the Basingstoke Canal at Odiham. And Sue Morley took this
:25:28. > :25:31.photo of two riders enjoying the sunshine on Goring beach today.
:25:31. > :25:38.lovely sunny start to the day but the rain arrived later this evening
:25:38. > :25:41.and be wet rush-hour -- with a boy at rush-hour drive home. There will
:25:41. > :25:45.be some sunshine towards the end of the week. Tonight will be cloudy
:25:45. > :25:49.and damp. The weather front is over us at the moment, all from this
:25:49. > :25:53.area of cloud pushing in from the Atlantic, moving eastwards. It
:25:54. > :25:57.should clear most parts with drier conditions for the second half of
:25:57. > :26:05.the night. It will be patchy outbreaks of rain in places.
:26:06. > :26:09.Temperatures staying mild, though there will be cloud overhead. We
:26:09. > :26:14.got down into single figures would countryside areas tonight. There
:26:14. > :26:18.will be a lot of cloud around until the afternoon when we will
:26:18. > :26:28.hopefully see some brightness and outbreaks of rain are possible with
:26:28. > :26:30.
:26:30. > :26:35.Dry conditions. The showers we have tomorrow will clear by tomorrow
:26:35. > :26:41.night with clearer skies are similar temperatures to tonight.
:26:41. > :26:44.Expect lows of 13 to 16 Celsius. For when state daytime there is a
:26:44. > :26:48.weather front in the English Channel and there is a bit of
:26:48. > :26:51.uncertainty as to how far north that will track. In looks likely
:26:51. > :26:55.the southernmost counties will see rain or showers through the day
:26:55. > :27:05.despite pressure building in from the Atlantic. A similar day on
:27:05. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:13.On Friday the high pressure builds in it even further. It will be a
:27:13. > :27:17.dry, sunny unsettled day feeling warm with light winds. Expect
:27:17. > :27:26.drizzly rain tomorrow, mist and Merck first thing, with showers