:00:10. > :00:16.Hello. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme... What do we
:00:16. > :00:19.want? Angry protests over rising rail fares. We look at which
:00:19. > :00:28.commuters in the South will be hardest hit.
:00:28. > :00:33.Back to square one as for Ms's Imax as plans are rejected. -- for
:00:33. > :00:40.Bournemouth's Imax. The mother given 32 pints of blood
:00:40. > :00:46.to stay alive after an emergency Caesarean. Without those people who
:00:46. > :00:56.gave blood I would not be here today.
:00:56. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:07.And the houseboat owners losing Rail passengers in the South have
:01:07. > :01:12.been reacting angrily tonight to the news that fares are set to soar.
:01:12. > :01:19.There are more commuters here than anywhere else in the country. Fares
:01:19. > :01:28.are to go up a %. For most rail users that means hundreds of pounds
:01:28. > :01:32.extra per year. -- 8%. Rail fares have gone up every year for the
:01:32. > :01:38.last 15 years except one but for each of the next three years they
:01:38. > :01:45.will go up faster. An example. If you travel from Haywards Heath to
:01:45. > :01:50.London Victoria a season ticket costs �3,304. Next year that will
:01:50. > :01:57.rise by �264. It works out at 20 pence a mile, one of the most
:01:57. > :02:02.costly season tickets in the region measured per mile. From Reading,
:02:02. > :02:08.the turn up and go fare already works out at 52p a mile and that is
:02:08. > :02:14.before the fare rise. It is a lot of money to spend, up to �7,000 a
:02:14. > :02:20.year on a season ticket or in one go. Passengers cannot pay by direct
:02:20. > :02:26.debit but they can for a utility bills. Some train companies can put
:02:26. > :02:31.up fares by an extra 5%, so that his 13 % in total, as long as their
:02:32. > :02:35.average increase sticks to the rules. Every one of the ten most
:02:35. > :02:39.overcrowded services into London is a train through Reading.
:02:39. > :02:45.Overcrowding is now much worse on this bridge than any other in the
:02:45. > :02:49.country. So passengers are paying more but getting less. New electric
:02:49. > :02:54.trains of promised but the order has not been signed and four
:02:54. > :03:00.passengers, the benefits are still years away. It will be difficult to
:03:00. > :03:10.afford living in Reading after that. They need to justify the increase.
:03:10. > :03:10.
:03:10. > :03:17.We are not getting to an increase in service. 8% is too much. What do
:03:17. > :03:22.we want? At Waterloo Station this morning the Campaign for Better
:03:22. > :03:28.Transport and rail unions held a small protest. But is the first
:03:28. > :03:35.increase really so bad? A year ago, a litre of petrol cost �1.16. Now
:03:35. > :03:40.it cost �1.36. So it has gone up by 16 %, twice as fast as the cost of
:03:40. > :03:46.travelling by train. Insurance, service, car tax, they have all
:03:46. > :03:51.gone up, too. There is evidence most of us are now using their cars
:03:51. > :03:55.less and trains more, up 7% so far this year. We may grumble about the
:03:56. > :04:01.spiralling cost of travelling by train but it is certainly not
:04:01. > :04:04.putting us off travelling. Councils here in the South have
:04:04. > :04:09.been allocated more than �50 million to help deliver super fast
:04:10. > :04:14.broadband to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. Grant's range
:04:14. > :04:18.from �1.3 million for Surrey to around �10 million each for Dorset
:04:18. > :04:22.and East Sussex. But to receive the money from the Government, councils
:04:22. > :04:27.must raise the same amount again themselves.
:04:27. > :04:31.If you live in Bournemouth, it is difficult to ignore the form Imax
:04:31. > :04:36.cinema on the seafront, which is to stay there for the time being. The
:04:36. > :04:39.council has turned down all bits to develop this sight but today it has
:04:39. > :04:44.promised people living there will still see a translation by next
:04:44. > :04:49.summer. The old saying goes, location,
:04:49. > :04:54.location, location. This building on the seafront may enjoy one of
:04:54. > :05:00.the best views in Bournemouth but for many it is an eyesore. It has
:05:00. > :05:04.even been voted one of the most hated buildings in Britain. It is a
:05:04. > :05:09.bit of a blot on the landscape. You wonder how they ever got it passed
:05:09. > :05:16.in the first place. It opened 12 years ago as an Imax cinema but it
:05:16. > :05:20.had trouble showing 3D films. After closing for a revamp in 2005 it
:05:20. > :05:27.never re-opened. It is very sad because I can remember them trying
:05:27. > :05:32.to give tickets away. It is a shame but he wants a cinema on the
:05:32. > :05:38.seafront? I liked the building. I did not have a problem with it at
:05:39. > :05:43.all. If we remember it the 30 years ago when it was a swimming baths,
:05:43. > :05:47.very good. It may have been a success 30 years ago but others are
:05:47. > :05:53.keen to look forward. Because we have an older generation in the
:05:53. > :05:57.political class often they like to look at a golden age or do not like
:05:57. > :06:01.modern buildings. To create an economic fault -- future for the
:06:02. > :06:07.town you have to create modern facilities and modern things.
:06:07. > :06:12.council bought this building last year for �6.5 million and it is
:06:12. > :06:16.costing them �44,000 a year to run and in March this year, they had
:06:16. > :06:22.six bids for development. But the council has rejected all of them.
:06:22. > :06:25.It says none of the bidders could deliver what local people wanted.
:06:25. > :06:30.The Bournemouth Development Company, a partnership between the council
:06:30. > :06:35.and a private investment firm, will now develop this site. They will be
:06:35. > :06:40.looking at it with a view of, is it right to demolish it and what would
:06:40. > :06:43.be the best development to go there in the short to medium term to give
:06:43. > :06:49.the people of Bournemouth the view back but also a facility that will
:06:49. > :06:55.work? It may feel like it has been a bit of a merry-go-round but today
:06:55. > :07:02.the council is promising change. We will look at the political side
:07:02. > :07:06.of this. Why was it ever allowed in the first place? It is so hated now
:07:06. > :07:11.but people forget that back in the 1990s there was a campaign to make
:07:11. > :07:21.better use of the old public sight. The Liberal Democrat group were the
:07:21. > :07:25.old -- were the ones who approved of this. The developers made all
:07:25. > :07:28.sorts of promises but their run early signs of problems. When the
:07:28. > :07:33.design was changed during construction, they may dig taller
:07:33. > :07:36.to get the Imax screen in and the council considered putting a stop
:07:36. > :07:41.on it but would have ended up with a half-finished building. So they
:07:41. > :07:46.knew things were not working at the way they wanted to. Then they put
:07:46. > :07:49.it out to the public saying what do you want? And developers. This has
:07:49. > :07:53.not been sorted out. When the council bought it back from
:07:53. > :07:56.developers they said they would knock it down. But there is a
:07:56. > :08:02.problem with that knocking it down is that you may not be able to
:08:02. > :08:09.build anything on the site because of the laws about rising sea levels.
:08:09. > :08:13.It feels like a waste if it just went back to a car park. It is one
:08:13. > :08:18.of form of's best sides but it would be nice to see the sea.
:08:18. > :08:23.The prosecution has finished putting its case against three men
:08:23. > :08:28.conspire jink -- he conspired to kill a taxi driver in Wokingham.
:08:28. > :08:34.Kadir Hussein was shot as science has in September. His second cousin
:08:34. > :08:37.who lives in Reading is accused of plotting to kill him.
:08:37. > :08:42.The only defendant to speak to police following his arrest told
:08:42. > :08:46.officers, I have not murdered anyone. Jaspal Kajila made the
:08:46. > :08:54.comments as he was arrested at home in Coventry on 3rd March. Another,
:08:54. > :09:01.drew man, and Amjed Mahmood, and Imran Khan, were taking into
:09:01. > :09:04.custody at the same time. All three stand before the jury here in court
:09:04. > :09:08.accused of spitters it -- conspiracy to murder. Taxi driver
:09:08. > :09:13.Kadir Hussein had arrived home from work in September last year when he
:09:13. > :09:20.was shot three times by Ed asked much -- masked gunman when he got
:09:20. > :09:28.out of his car. Prosecutors say it was a bungled contract killing
:09:28. > :09:31.organised by Imran Khan been a family feud over land. Today they
:09:31. > :09:35.discussed the way in which the evidence had been brought together.
:09:35. > :09:42.The prosecution has now finished setting out its case and the
:09:42. > :09:46.defence is expected to start on Thursday, which is when the pull --
:09:46. > :09:53.the jury has been recalled. A road in Bognor Regis was close
:09:53. > :09:58.for a time this morning after a car hit several vehicles. Police were
:09:58. > :10:01.called did the incident which happened in Belmont Street and the
:10:01. > :10:08.rest was closed for an hour-and-a- half. Police have arrested a man
:10:08. > :10:15.Still to come in this evening's South Today: Fans start to arrive
:10:15. > :10:25.for a big game at Fratton Park. Tony husband is there. All the
:10:25. > :10:30.
:10:31. > :10:33.sport ahead of Portsmouth against Swift Loans Finance rented an
:10:33. > :10:37.office in this building near Gatwick and offered low interest
:10:37. > :10:41.loans to people with poor credit ratings. People have already
:10:41. > :10:45.contacted the police to say they paid money to the firm but never
:10:45. > :10:48.received a loan. The firm has closed and two men arrested on
:10:49. > :10:53.suspicion of fraud last month have been bailed. The building's owners
:10:53. > :11:00.and managers and other companies based here have no connection to
:11:01. > :11:04.Swift Loans Finance. A mother from Sussex says she is lucky to be
:11:04. > :11:06.alive after 32 pints of blood saved her life during a rare pregnancy
:11:06. > :11:08.complication. Hannah Gregory from Copthorne near Crawley suffered two
:11:08. > :11:11.cardiac arrests following her baby's premature birth. Doctors at
:11:11. > :11:14.the Princess Margaret Hospital near Haywards Heath say the amount of
:11:14. > :11:24.trauma to her body was the equivalent of surviving four near-
:11:24. > :11:31.
:11:31. > :11:35.It was only when her son arrived ten weeks early by emergency
:11:35. > :11:39.Caesarean and she began bleeding uncontrollably that doctors
:11:39. > :11:43.discovered Hannah Gregory had a very rare condition. The blood
:11:43. > :11:49.vessels of her placenta had started growing abnormally and aggressively
:11:49. > :11:55.into surrounding organs. She needed 32 pints of blood. The equivalent
:11:55. > :11:59.of four times her blood volume. They had to just keep pumping it in
:11:59. > :12:07.and in because it was coming out of me as fast as it was going in.
:12:07. > :12:10.Without those 32 people who gave blood, I would not be here today.
:12:10. > :12:15.Hannah was told that the medical team here at the Princes were
:12:15. > :12:21.hospital in Haywards Heath that it is unusual for a patient to lose
:12:21. > :12:27.ten PTS of blood in one go. So for her to lose 32 pts was extremely
:12:27. > :12:32.rare and life-threatening. Here onside, their only store 30 units
:12:32. > :12:39.of the most common blood types at any one time so that day she used
:12:39. > :12:43.up the entire bloodstock. She went -- we went to see her a few days
:12:43. > :12:50.later when she was up and about in hospital and she was actually
:12:50. > :12:55.walking around. To me, she seemed pretty well. Hannah is a great
:12:55. > :13:00.motivation for all of us. Once we have seen how our blood is used and
:13:00. > :13:07.how important it was for Hannah, how will it save her life... I have
:13:07. > :13:11.met her child and it is great to seek the end product. I do feel
:13:11. > :13:17.just unbelievably lucky. I know I am one of the luckiest people in
:13:17. > :13:27.the world. Lucky, she says, and vengeful, to 32 mystery people who
:13:27. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:32.saved her life. -- and great for. - - and sank four.
:13:32. > :13:35.They have lived in this home for 20 years and now they are about to
:13:35. > :13:37.lose it. A developer is about to take over the Bembridge houseboat
:13:37. > :13:41.of Christopher Mew, along with several others. The decision to
:13:41. > :13:45.hand over the site to a new owner by a High Court judge in London
:13:45. > :13:51.ends months of speculation, but it has come as a huge shock to some in
:13:51. > :13:56.the community. Move it or leave it, the two
:13:56. > :14:00.options left for the owners of these houseboat. Chris de Phinney
:14:00. > :14:08.it has been paying for these boat for the past 20 years. -- Chris
:14:08. > :14:12.Mead. Now the new owners are asking the couple to pay �110,000 for a
:14:12. > :14:17.long-term lease of the land, or they will put it on the market.
:14:17. > :14:23.am retired and my wife is nearly retired. We cannot raise that sort
:14:23. > :14:30.of money. We put a lot of work into this and someone just wants to take
:14:30. > :14:35.it offers. It is wrong. In a statement the company said it was
:14:35. > :14:39.always happy to accommodate the earners as the tenants but all such
:14:39. > :14:45.offers were consistently rejected as were offers of mediation. On
:14:45. > :14:50.that basis, the company had no choice other than to proceed with
:14:50. > :14:54.the claim. The couple went to the Appeal Court in London but were
:14:54. > :14:58.told because their house is not classed as a dwelling house and
:14:58. > :15:03.they live their on licence only, they have no protection under the
:15:03. > :15:08.Housing Act. They are, however, within their rights to move the
:15:08. > :15:12.houseboat. Unfortunately, the converted boat does not float. The
:15:12. > :15:20.only option is to try and moving it with a crane, which could destroy
:15:20. > :15:24.it. I felt very sorry for them. The houses do not float and the local
:15:24. > :15:27.council believe them to be fixtures. They believe them to have
:15:28. > :15:34.residential status. The couple now face an uncertain future, with an
:15:34. > :15:44.addiction murder -- an addiction order expected any day. We are
:15:44. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:50.The biggest piece so far of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier
:15:50. > :15:53.has started a long journey around the north of Scotland. The 8000
:15:53. > :15:57.tonne section of the hull is being transported by sea-going barge from
:15:57. > :16:00.the shipbuilding hall at Govan to Rosyth for the next stage of the
:16:00. > :16:03.carrier's construction. 50 miles by road but 600 miles by sea. When
:16:03. > :16:04.complete, the ship will be based in the Royal Naval Dockyard at
:16:04. > :16:07.Portsmouth. Landmark public buildings across
:16:07. > :16:09.Reading, including the magnificent grade two listed town hall, could
:16:09. > :16:12.have their roofs covered in solar panels. Council leaders meet
:16:12. > :16:14.tomorrow to approve a �5 million plan to bulk-buy equipment to
:16:14. > :16:17.generate electricity. Several schools are already wanting to be
:16:17. > :16:27.included because the power they make would help cut their own
:16:27. > :16:32.energy bills. The solar panels on this school
:16:32. > :16:36.reef in South Reading have been in place for a while, generating power
:16:36. > :16:40.and reducing running costs for the score. Councillors across the
:16:40. > :16:45.political divide will tomorrow approved plans to replicate the
:16:45. > :16:50.model, taking advantage of a Government incentive scheme to
:16:50. > :16:53.encourage green enemy -- energy. Ideally, they will be its south-
:16:53. > :16:58.facing and in a good condition and the sort of buildings that will be
:16:59. > :17:02.around for a number of years. The same for schools. Among the
:17:02. > :17:06.buildings being seriously considered is the Grade Two listed
:17:06. > :17:11.Victorian town hall. Fitting solar power has here would be subject to
:17:11. > :17:20.planning permission but schools with their acres of Britspace, are
:17:20. > :17:23.queuing up to be involved. -- Ruth space. If we can give them solar
:17:23. > :17:28.panels to produce a free electricity they will not have to
:17:28. > :17:33.pay for that and are there will be educational benefits. The council's
:17:33. > :17:38.hope local firms and individuals will follow their lead and they
:17:38. > :17:44.have sit an ambitious target to reduce Reading's target by --
:17:44. > :17:46.carbon footprint By 600 tonnes. On to sport now and two of our
:17:47. > :17:49.region's clubs come face to face in the Championship tonight.
:17:49. > :17:56.Portsmouth and Reading have had contrasting starts, so how will
:17:57. > :18:03.they fare tonight? Tony is live at Fratton Park.
:18:03. > :18:07.Blustery conditions but the sun is shining. The Championship is a
:18:07. > :18:14.fantastic division to follow. The Holy Grail is to get into the
:18:14. > :18:18.Premier League. This season we have four of our clubs competing. You
:18:18. > :18:23.never really know what is going to happen in this division. Any team
:18:23. > :18:28.can really beat anyone on the day. It is fascinating to follow and
:18:28. > :18:34.provides great games along the way. The two teams meeting here tonight
:18:34. > :18:40.are Portsmouth, a lot -- a little bit of a difficult start but they
:18:40. > :18:46.are hoped to be boosted tonight by it the 33-year-old paraded on
:18:46. > :18:51.Saturday. He has signed a one-year deal. A real boost for them when on
:18:51. > :18:57.the field they have had two defeats so far been the three games so far
:18:57. > :19:01.this season. Contrast that with Reading and they keep being able to
:19:01. > :19:07.bounce back. Remember the play-off final defeat for them back in May,
:19:07. > :19:16.but haven't they done well so far this season? This great victory at
:19:16. > :19:22.Leicester against Senora Ericsson's side with how Robson canoe and Noel
:19:23. > :19:27.Hunt in a 2-0 victory for them. -- Hal Robson-Kanu. A South Today
:19:27. > :19:32.Derby. I have asked many fans today what do they reckon is going to
:19:32. > :19:38.happen? The Trent I think is slightly going towards Reading as
:19:38. > :19:42.favourites -- the trend. Tom Wallace who has travelled 2,100
:19:42. > :19:47.miles from Greece to be here tonight is a Reading fan. He got
:19:47. > :19:53.into Gatwick and is getting the train straight down here. Let's
:19:53. > :20:00.speak to the commentators. Tim Della from BBC Radio Berkshire in a
:20:00. > :20:04.moment but first Lawrence. So far not so good for Portsmouth. It has
:20:04. > :20:09.been a mixed start to the season. But plenty of character in evidence
:20:09. > :20:14.on the opening day against Middlesbrough. Barnet, an abject
:20:14. > :20:22.performance. They last a penalty on Saturday against Brighton. -- lost
:20:22. > :20:26.a penalty. Plenty of quality in the squad. Two or three players, former
:20:26. > :20:31.Reading players, in that Portsmouth dressing room that would love to
:20:31. > :20:41.beat Reading. The manager has made no secret of the fact he wants more
:20:41. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:45.players. He wants at least more -- two more. The new player will add
:20:45. > :20:50.fire. He may start on the bench tonight. The Royals keep
:20:50. > :20:54.reinventing themselves. They lost Shane Long can another player in
:20:54. > :20:58.the summer. It doesn't seem to matter. They have to keep
:20:58. > :21:02.reinventing been sold because players keep going out and without
:21:02. > :21:08.players coming in. They will be encouraged by the 2-0 win against
:21:08. > :21:14.Leicester. A decent start for Reading this season. A prediction?
:21:14. > :21:20.7-4. That is what happened here in 2007. To read in this time.
:21:20. > :21:23.would like to see 11 goals! That is one big game tonight. You can
:21:23. > :21:27.follow it on local radio. Elsewhere tonight, Southampton are going for
:21:27. > :21:29.three wins out of three. Saturday's one win over Barnsley was a club
:21:29. > :21:31.record, the eighth consecutive league win stretching back to last
:21:31. > :21:36.season. Manager Nigel Adkins is without the suspended Richard
:21:36. > :21:39.Chaplow at Ipswich. Saints have also admitted they are interested
:21:39. > :21:42.in signing Burnley's Jay Rodriguez. After selling Danny Ings,
:21:42. > :21:46.Bournemouth could play the youthful line-up of Ryan Doble and Lyle
:21:46. > :21:51.Taylor up front against Stevenage. Veteran Steve Fletcher stands by as
:21:51. > :21:58.well. In League Two, Crawley host Southend, hoping for a second
:21:58. > :22:00.league win in succession at the Broadfield Stadium. Aldershot hope
:22:00. > :22:09.to bounce back from Saturday's reverse against Northampton when
:22:09. > :22:15.they host Torquay. We will have all the goals for you
:22:15. > :22:19.here on South Today tomorrow night. Another story. The iconic Fastnet
:22:19. > :22:29.race. A second yacht has got into difficulties in the Fastnet race
:22:29. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:34.which set off from the Isle of Wight at the start of this week. A
:22:34. > :22:38.yacht has been towed into Cornwall today after a Mayday call 30 miles
:22:38. > :22:42.from the Cornish coast. Ten people on board the Inseyandra were
:22:42. > :22:47.rescued after it got into trouble North West of Land's End. Another
:22:47. > :22:54.yacht capsized off the Irish coast. All the crew were picked up. We can
:22:54. > :23:01.get this update on this story from our reporter in Plymouth.
:23:01. > :23:06.A presentation from the group of Abu Dhabi, the first home in the
:23:06. > :23:11.2011 Fastnet, breaking the existing record by an hour and a half. The
:23:11. > :23:14.skipper said it had been a classic race. As is often the case, we are
:23:14. > :23:21.still feeling the back end of it here in Plymouth. The weather came
:23:21. > :23:26.in from the West and we have approaching gale force winds. It
:23:26. > :23:31.led to some retirements, some damage to the boats. But to us the
:23:31. > :23:37.lead to a fast time. Happy days. The conditions proved testing.
:23:37. > :23:43.Another monohull had been leading until it capsized close to the
:23:43. > :23:53.Fastnet Rock off Ireland last night. All 21 crew members were rescued.
:23:53. > :23:53.
:23:54. > :23:59.One woman was treated for hypothermia. We were going up wind.
:23:59. > :24:08.I was driving and the keel snapped off. The boat capsized pretty
:24:08. > :24:14.quickly. It rolled over and went upside down. Meanwhile, another
:24:14. > :24:21.vessel, Inseyandra, was being towed inland tonight after losing its
:24:21. > :24:28.mast at over Land's End. The first vessel to cross the finish was this
:24:28. > :24:34.one, setting a new record time of 32 hours 48 minutes and pauses six
:24:34. > :24:44.seconds, beating the existing record set in 2002 by more than two
:24:44. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:56.Allah's. -- to hours. That is all the sport.
:24:56. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:04.So it is a bit changeable over the next few days but it is looking
:25:04. > :25:10.good at the end of the week. Light at the end of the tunnel. This week
:25:10. > :25:13.will be changeable. Some rain at times but also some sunshine, and
:25:13. > :25:20.you are most Riseley to see that tomorrow morning and towards the
:25:20. > :25:24.end of the week. Go wrapped up to the football tonight because it
:25:24. > :25:29.could be chilly when the sun goes down. Coverage on your local radio
:25:29. > :25:39.station. Patchy cloud for some of us tonight. The risk of cloud and
:25:39. > :25:49.fog patches. Expect a single finger -- single forget temperatures in
:25:49. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:58.Very warm conditions the further south and east you are tomorrow
:25:58. > :26:02.afternoon. Clearing skies for some of us tomorrow night and the risk
:26:02. > :26:09.of a shower through the early hours of the morning and then a band of
:26:09. > :26:14.rain arrives. Temperatures will stay mild but not as chilly as
:26:14. > :26:19.tonight. A wet day for some on Thursday. A little uncertainty as
:26:19. > :26:25.to how far north and east the rain will go. On Friday, and improving
:26:25. > :26:32.picture. The high pressure stops building in from the Atlantic. --
:26:32. > :26:35.starts building in. For Saturday daytime, not much changed. We have
:26:35. > :26:39.this weather front coming in from the Atlantic but it will just
:26:39. > :26:43.introduce more cloud for the afternoon and it should stay
:26:43. > :26:47.predominantly dry. Expect a shower tomorrow afternoon
:26:47. > :26:57.then rain overnight tomorrow into Thursday morning. Dry and sunny on
:26:57. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:01.Remember the 11-year-old who said he would cycle from Brighton to
:27:01. > :27:08.Scotland with his mother to raise money for charity? Well, he has
:27:09. > :27:13.done it! It was really far. I do not regret it at all. It has been
:27:13. > :27:20.amazing. When I was on this ride I really thought about what I am
:27:20. > :27:27.going to do next and people said that this was a lot, 500 miles, but