:00:05. > :00:08.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme.
:00:08. > :00:16.Is it new hope for families in the battle to keep Southampton's
:00:16. > :00:20.childrens' heart unit open? I am feeling much more positive. But we
:00:20. > :00:22.will wait to see what the end of the year brings.
:00:22. > :00:32.Stripped of its names. The war memorial vandalised for its scrap
:00:32. > :00:34.metal. They are taking it for money. It's all aboard the tram with a new
:00:34. > :00:44.restoration project. And in the beginning was the word,
:00:44. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.and millions more as this man Has Southampton's Children's Heart
:01:05. > :01:08.Unit moved a step closer to being saved? Today an official survey of
:01:08. > :01:11.public opinion has revealed strong support for it. The overall plan in
:01:11. > :01:13.England is to have fewer, larger centres. The scale of the public
:01:13. > :01:15.survey was significant. 75,000 people responded to the
:01:15. > :01:18.consultation. The proposal that includes keeping Southampton open
:01:18. > :01:22.was the preferred option among more than 1,000 professional
:01:22. > :01:25.organisations. But it was the second most popular amongst the
:01:25. > :01:35.public. As Chris Coneybeer reports, many supporters hope the future of
:01:35. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:41.Southampton's unit will now be more secure.
:01:42. > :01:46.Aaron place with his young brother. He was born with serious heart
:01:46. > :01:50.problems and has had several operations already. For his mother,
:01:50. > :01:57.the suggestion that the heart unit at Southampton could close is a
:01:57. > :02:01.worry. The result of the survey has given her a new hope. The report is
:02:01. > :02:05.very positive for us. I feel that now we have been through that
:02:05. > :02:10.consultation period and the campaign, we are in a much better
:02:10. > :02:14.position now. I am feeling much more positive, but they will wait
:02:14. > :02:21.to see what the end of the Year brings. I am hoping that be will
:02:21. > :02:24.get the right result for us. basic percentage terms, the popular
:02:24. > :02:28.vote it goes to a group of heart centres that does not include
:02:28. > :02:35.Southampton. But local campaigns have distorted the figures add if
:02:35. > :02:41.you take those local campaigns out, the survey puts the local group on
:02:41. > :02:47.top. The professional vote in the survey is emphatically in favour of
:02:47. > :02:51.the Southampton group. This is part of the process in which of the
:02:51. > :02:57.decision-making body will come to its conclusion. It can all be be a
:02:57. > :03:03.good thing. If the Southampton you that was to close, the implication
:03:03. > :03:09.that go beyond the heart surgery team. It could affect support
:03:09. > :03:17.services and the prestige of the hospital. The professionals will
:03:17. > :03:21.advise, but ministers will have to take responsibility for this.
:03:21. > :03:26.results of the survey are important to the campaign, but it is just a
:03:27. > :03:32.survey. The actual decision on how children's heart services will be
:03:32. > :03:35.placed around the country will not be made until the end of the year.
:03:35. > :03:37.In a moment, we'll be getting a reaction from our political editor
:03:37. > :03:40.Peter Henley, but first, let's speak to Professor Terence
:03:40. > :03:42.Stephenson, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and
:03:42. > :03:47.Children's Health, a key stakeholder in the report. Thank
:03:48. > :03:55.you for joining us. We had a lot of public consultation here, what
:03:55. > :04:00.value do you put on it? There are 11 million children in England and
:04:00. > :04:05.this report is about providing a safe and sustainable heart service
:04:05. > :04:09.for all 11 million children. It is inevitable that public consultation
:04:09. > :04:15.will throw up groups that will support their local centre, and I
:04:15. > :04:20.understand that. You clearly heard families in Southampton saying that
:04:20. > :04:24.they feel they have got more hope. Do you think that they should feel
:04:24. > :04:28.encouraged by the news today? clear in my mind that no decision
:04:28. > :04:33.has been made and no decision will be taken until towards the end of
:04:33. > :04:41.this year. For most of my professional life, I have worked in
:04:41. > :04:51.a centre that does not have children's heart surgery. I have
:04:51. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :04:57.had much experience of advising parents of travelling for treatment.
:04:57. > :05:01.Thank you for joining us. So let's now speak to our political
:05:01. > :05:11.editor, Peter Henley. It looks like people are taking a lot of notice
:05:11. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:18.of this public consultation. This is not an X Factor style vote
:05:18. > :05:22.where the organisation the gets the most support among the public is
:05:22. > :05:27.the one that is saved. It is much more important than that. Just
:05:27. > :05:31.because Leeds it got twice as many names on its petition rather than
:05:31. > :05:39.Southampton, it does not mean that the public have saved it. Neither
:05:39. > :05:44.is it the expert who will come to logical decisions about travel
:05:44. > :05:48.times and the best place. Politicians have to intervene, even
:05:48. > :05:53.if there are some ulterior motives for them. We have to leave it to
:05:54. > :06:01.them to come to a decision, to listen to the public and the
:06:01. > :06:04.experts and finally make this difficult decision.
:06:04. > :06:07.A war memorial in Portsmouth has been desecrated by thieves. The
:06:07. > :06:10.monument in Kingston Cemetery has had four metal plaques, with the
:06:10. > :06:12.names of civilians killed during the blitz in Portsmouth, taken from
:06:12. > :06:15.it. Police are investigating and local scrap metal merchants have
:06:15. > :06:22.been told to be on the look out. Sarah Holmes reports This is what
:06:22. > :06:27.the civilians war memorial should look like.
:06:27. > :06:31.But this is what it looks like today. That is awful. That is
:06:32. > :06:37.really bad. I cannot believe anybody could do such a thing.
:06:37. > :06:43.Money is short, and that is why they are taking it for money.
:06:43. > :06:48.is absolutely terrible. It is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.
:06:48. > :06:54.Who is good to replace that? council says it will aim to replace
:06:54. > :06:58.the plaques by a remembrance day. But the important thing is that
:06:58. > :07:03.people do not forget what they stood for. It is very sad, but the
:07:03. > :07:11.important thing is the names. Their names are remembered, they will be
:07:11. > :07:21.remembered. We will remember them. To stop further thefts, the council
:07:21. > :07:25.has removed metal plaques from other areas of the cemetery.
:07:25. > :07:27.A Hampshire woman says she is prepared to risk her life to find a
:07:27. > :07:30.cure for her potentially life threatening allergy. Nicola Tribe
:07:30. > :07:32.from Farnborough is allergic to many fruits and vegetables. She has
:07:32. > :07:35.a condition called Oral Allergy Syndrome which affects her mouth
:07:35. > :07:38.and throat. Now Nicola is preparing to undergo revolutionary treatment
:07:38. > :07:44.which could bring about a cure. Alexis Green has been finding out
:07:44. > :07:47.more. There are many types of allergy.
:07:47. > :07:50.20 million people in the UK suffer from some sort of allergy and
:07:50. > :07:53.health experts say it is becoming more and more common. Nicola Tribe
:07:53. > :07:56.suffers from Oral Allergy Syndrome which affects her throat and mouth.
:07:56. > :08:00.There are certain foods she mustn't eat. As if that's not enough to
:08:00. > :08:03.contend with, she also reacts to birch tree and grass pollen.
:08:03. > :08:13.Meaning that Nicola falls into just 2% of the population with food
:08:13. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:27.allergies. I get blisters on my tongue, my tongue swells. Nicola is
:08:27. > :08:29.
:08:29. > :08:39.a sports teacher and a keen runner. She started with mild hayfever
:08:39. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:48.symptoms which are developed into a life-threatening condition. Like
:08:48. > :08:54.Aled - -- My allergies have really affected my athletics. I have had
:08:54. > :09:02.to put that on hold at the moment. I have become quite chesty. When I
:09:02. > :09:08.was competing, it caused me great difficulty. She has been running
:09:08. > :09:10.for half an our and this is what happens. I often break out in hives
:09:10. > :09:17.when I am exercising, especially during hayfever season. I am very
:09:17. > :09:23.allergic to birch pollen. She will soon be undergoing immunotherapy,
:09:23. > :09:29.monthly injections of tree extract under the skin. If it works, she
:09:29. > :09:38.will not be relied on this cocktail of drugs every day. We are trying
:09:38. > :09:43.to improve her tolerance. After one year, she will require less
:09:43. > :09:48.medication. After three years, she will not require anything. There is
:09:48. > :09:56.hope for Nicola for the future. But for today, her struggle goes on.
:09:56. > :10:05.I'd love running out here. I love running in the outdoors. It is
:10:05. > :10:07.becoming a battle between me the trees.
:10:07. > :10:16.Still to come in this evening's South Today. Living the dream,
:10:16. > :10:19.Albion's golden start to the season. An inquest jury has returned a
:10:19. > :10:22.verdict of accidental death after a Royal Marine died following a night
:10:22. > :10:26.time training exercise in the Solent. Sergeant Andrew Pearson was
:10:26. > :10:29.one of a group of marines carrying out the exercise last January. The
:10:29. > :10:34.court heard a utility vest he had been wearing had not been strapped
:10:34. > :10:40.on properly. He fell trying to scale the RFA ship Fort Rosalie and
:10:40. > :10:43.drowned. One month on from the opening of
:10:43. > :10:46.the A3 Hindhead Tunnel, work is now underway to restore the countryside
:10:46. > :10:49.around the Devil's Punch Bowl in Surrey, It will create the largest
:10:49. > :10:54.area of lowland heath in southern Britain by returning the route of
:10:54. > :11:04.the old road to nature. Our Transport Correspondent Paul
:11:04. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:14.Clifton is live there tonight. Paul. Quiet here, isn't it? Until last
:11:14. > :11:17.month, 30,000 vehicles a day crossed through here to Hindhead.
:11:17. > :11:24.It was the biggest bottleneck on the road between Portsmouth and
:11:24. > :11:31.London. Now the new tunnel is open, work has begun to dig up the old
:11:31. > :11:41.road and cover it over. How do you remove all trace of a once busy
:11:41. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:47.road? You do it with this. A machine that's grapes up 700 tonnes
:11:47. > :11:57.a day. The waste material is not taken away from the site, it is
:11:57. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:06.moved down the road and dumped. this stuff that we are digging up
:12:06. > :12:12.with be moved away to restore the landscape to what it was in the
:12:12. > :12:21.1830s. So you are taking the landscape back to the mid- 19
:12:21. > :12:28.century? This is the ancient of fraud from Portsmouth. It has been
:12:28. > :12:37.here for perhaps thousands of years. The road was the Tory us for its 10
:12:37. > :12:44.mile traffic jams. -- was notorious. Next spring, it will be planted in
:12:44. > :12:49.Heather. Ind 2 years, it will start to and in five years, you will not
:12:49. > :12:54.know that there was a broad here. In Hindhead, the village is
:12:54. > :12:58.changing. It is hoped that this work will start the rejuvenation of
:12:58. > :13:03.a community once torn apart by traffic but which has now lost all
:13:03. > :13:07.his passing trade. I have been reporting here for more than 20
:13:07. > :13:13.years and this is the first time I have not had to shout over the roar
:13:13. > :13:22.of the traffic. You can see how the board has been trapped -- the road
:13:22. > :13:28.has been cut into the side of the devil's Punchbowl. This will all be
:13:28. > :13:33.filled in and the contours will be restored. It will be done this year,
:13:33. > :13:39.the heather planting will be completed next spring.
:13:39. > :13:41.Thank you. The first purpose-built disabled
:13:41. > :13:43.beach huts in the country were opened along Bournemouth's seafront
:13:44. > :13:48.today. Local residents provided advice throughout the design and
:13:48. > :13:54.their build. The four Boscombe huts can accommodate up to four
:13:54. > :13:57.wheelchair users. A piece of Southampton history is
:13:57. > :14:00.being restored to its former glory. Three 1930s' trams are being moved
:14:00. > :14:03.out of storage and on to the site of the proposed Aeronautica Museum
:14:03. > :14:08.in the city's docks. It is hoped they will be used to transport
:14:08. > :14:16.visitors to the �15 million attraction. Andrew Giddings reports.
:14:16. > :14:20.Back on the streets of Southampton for the first time in decades.
:14:20. > :14:30.Restoration has been proposed for a number of years, but these trams
:14:30. > :14:34.have finally become out of retirement. Southampton has got
:14:34. > :14:40.great heritage and great history that we need to make more of. This
:14:40. > :14:45.is a first step to see whether we might once again see a tram
:14:45. > :14:49.operating in Southampton. Try arms were once a familiar sight in many
:14:49. > :14:55.of our towns and cities. In Southampton, they were replaced by
:14:55. > :15:04.buses in the 1950s. But they are still fondly remembered.
:15:04. > :15:09.travelled on these things, it is so exciting. I travelled on these
:15:09. > :15:16.trams down Southampton High Street. We have got the site, we have got
:15:17. > :15:26.the assets and we have the enthusiasm. All that is needed is
:15:27. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:35.money and years of loving restoration.
:15:35. > :15:37.A 50 metre observation tower could be open in Weymouth in time for
:15:37. > :15:40.next year's Olympic sailing events. Councillors in the town have
:15:40. > :15:43.approved plans for the �3 million visitor attraction. It would
:15:43. > :15:50.contain a rotating pod that would hold 50 people. Simon Clemison
:15:50. > :15:54.explains. London, Blackpool, Portsmouth, and
:15:54. > :15:58.now Weymouth could have its own power. Our passion for looking at
:15:58. > :16:03.the world from above seems only to have grown since the invention of
:16:03. > :16:07.the left. Part of the idea behind the tower
:16:07. > :16:11.is to try to make this pier a more attractive place to come. At a cost
:16:11. > :16:14.of around �3 million, it will rise up about 170 ft into the air.
:16:14. > :16:18.Visitors will be able to climb into a glass pod which will then slowly
:16:18. > :16:24.make its way to the top from where they will be able to fully
:16:25. > :16:29.appreciate this stretch of the Dorset coast. I come from the --
:16:29. > :16:32.from the a Portsmouth, and the spinnaker tower is much nicer.
:16:32. > :16:37.There is a lot of competition, so I do not know are there will be a
:16:37. > :16:40.queue of people going there. company which owns the Sea Life
:16:40. > :16:44.Park have put forward plans to the Borough Council. The attraction is
:16:44. > :16:47.not being built for the Olympics, but if it is completed in time, the
:16:47. > :16:52.owners know that the world will be tuning in. We're very confident
:16:52. > :16:55.about it. We are experienced in building visitor attractions. We
:16:55. > :17:02.are confident that it will be ready and operational in time for the
:17:02. > :17:05.Olympics. Whatever you may think of it, this is a major addition to the
:17:05. > :17:15.skyline and a big departure for a seaside resort trying to rebrand
:17:15. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:28.itself for the 21st century. It is going to be good. Sport, and
:17:28. > :17:35.a golden start for Albion. I could smell and upset last night,
:17:35. > :17:38.but I did not know which game. Fantastic for Brighton.
:17:38. > :17:42.There were 17,000 fans inside the Amex to see if Albion could pull
:17:42. > :17:50.off an upset. It would be a long and exciting night, commentary from
:17:50. > :18:00.Martin Fisher. Craig Mackail-Smith is in! It hit
:18:00. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:11.the post. Agonisingly close. Will he be as effective on this right
:18:11. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:16.hand side? Craig Mackail-Smith to the back post. Five minutes into
:18:16. > :18:25.extra-time and Brighton's record signing breaks the deadlock. A
:18:25. > :18:35.chance to get a shot away. No time for the corner! Brighton have
:18:35. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:40.pulled off one of the shocks of the round. We need to keep things calm.
:18:40. > :18:50.We have had a dream start. It is getting bigger and better. At the
:18:50. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :18:59.same time, we need to make sure that we keep playing as we are.
:18:59. > :19:05.Second half, and there was still low score, I thought we were on top
:19:05. > :19:15.of them. What a fantastic game, it was great, we are heading in the
:19:15. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:22.A Well done Brighton. Southampton have pulled out of a
:19:22. > :19:25.deal to sign Bristol City defender Liam Fontaine. The player is still
:19:25. > :19:27.shaking off an ankle injury. Meanwhile Reading have signed the
:19:27. > :19:30.Queens Park Rangers and Latvian defender Kaspars Gorkss. He has
:19:30. > :19:33.agreed a three-year deal at the Madejski Stadium and arrives amid
:19:33. > :19:39.fans' calls for reinvestment in the team, a team that hasn't had a
:19:40. > :19:42.great few days. The Royals slumped at League One
:19:42. > :19:45.Charlton in a round-one tie last night. Paul Benson catching a
:19:45. > :19:48.dosing defence with the first. Jason Euell then headed Charlton
:19:48. > :19:51.into a 2-0 lead, and although Shaun Morrison got one back, Reading went
:19:51. > :19:56.out. Bournemouth were not disgraced against Premier League opposition,
:19:56. > :20:00.but West Brom were too strong at Dean Court. They were two up by
:20:00. > :20:03.half time through Jerome Thomas and Marc-Antoine Fortune. Steve Lovell
:20:03. > :20:08.made it 2-1, but Albion quickly scored two more. Lee Bradbury's men
:20:08. > :20:15.go out. Crawley conceded two goals in four minutes at Crystal Palace,
:20:15. > :20:18.both from Wilfried Zaha in a round one defeat.
:20:18. > :20:21.Tonight it's Aldershot Town's delayed first round tie at West Ham.
:20:21. > :20:24.Listeners in the BBC Surrey region can follow all the action live from
:20:24. > :20:26.Upton Park. And the goals from that game and,
:20:26. > :20:29.indeed, all of Tuesday's fixtures, including Brighton's win over
:20:29. > :20:39.Sunderland, are on the Football League show at 11.30 tonight on BBC
:20:39. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:45.Sussex remain top of Group A in the CB 40 League despite last night's
:20:45. > :20:47.loss to Kent at Hove. Meanwhile, Hampshire's chances of staying in
:20:47. > :20:49.division one of the county championship appear to be receding
:20:49. > :20:56.championship appear to be receding after being bowled out for 179 in
:20:56. > :21:00.their rain affected match with Worcestershire.
:21:00. > :21:05.At Grace Road a century from Steve Davies helped Surrey build a big
:21:05. > :21:08.lead over Leicestershire on first innings.
:21:08. > :21:10.Hundreds of England's top bowls players are in Worthing for a
:21:10. > :21:12.fortnight for the Bowls England National Championships. This year
:21:12. > :21:15.the competition has made a comparatively radical move to
:21:15. > :21:17.create a more trendy image. But some traditionalists are not happy.
:21:17. > :21:21.some traditionalists are not happy. Sean Killick has been finding out
:21:21. > :21:29.more. Wearing Burgundy trousers may seem
:21:29. > :21:34.harmless, but it is a radical set here. For decades, players have
:21:34. > :21:41.been required to wear white, but the dress code has been changed.
:21:41. > :21:51.But some here are seeing dead in a different sense. I'm a
:21:51. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:57.traditionalist. White shirt and club tie. They do not look nice.
:21:57. > :22:05.think it is prudent, it is everybody an identity. -- I think
:22:05. > :22:10.it is brilliant. It is very encouraging, especially for the
:22:10. > :22:20.youngsters. The bold stride is aimed at modernising the game's
:22:20. > :22:20.
:22:21. > :22:26.image. It is a fashion, it is the thing to do. Perhaps of this has an
:22:26. > :22:32.important place in bowling. Worcestershire claimed that the
:22:32. > :22:37.national title for peers. Other events continue until Sunday with
:22:37. > :22:43.an even wider range of colourful trousers expected to be stepping
:22:43. > :22:47.out onto the greens. Big change.
:22:47. > :22:56.Very controversial. We did it up in cricket.
:22:56. > :23:03.It has taken a long time for them to be part of the game in cricket.
:23:03. > :23:06.What this carefully. What are your plans over the next
:23:06. > :23:11.few days? Well, let me tell you what David Bathurst from West
:23:11. > :23:13.Sussex is up to. He's doing a spot of reading. In fact, quite a lot of
:23:13. > :23:16.reading. He'll be reading aloud from the
:23:16. > :23:23.King James Bible for five days, without sleep. Mark Sanders saw him
:23:23. > :23:33.start at the church in Barnham. After a hug from his daughter, it
:23:33. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:44.all began. It is now at 9 o'clock. I am rows starting my reading. In
:23:44. > :23:51.the beginning... He will be reading aloud from the King James Bible for
:23:51. > :23:59.the next 10 deep -- five days. With the support of his family, he aims
:24:00. > :24:06.to break a world record. I think he would do really well. It will be
:24:06. > :24:11.difficult not to have sleep. rested on the 7th day... Just
:24:11. > :24:17.before he started, he explained what was involved. I have to be
:24:17. > :24:24.continuous for five days, I am not allowed to go to bed. I am allowed
:24:25. > :24:29.a 20 minute rest ofs after four hours activity. What sort of man
:24:29. > :24:38.takes on a challenge like this? have done a lot of long recitations
:24:38. > :24:43.of the past. I have recited the entire works of Gilbert and
:24:43. > :24:49.Sullivan from memory. Marathon at recitals. I have the suspicion that
:24:49. > :24:54.he is a better have a brain box. Yes, it is a bit unbalanced. He is
:24:54. > :25:01.very clever, very articulate, but he cannot put up a notice board at
:25:01. > :25:11.home or bring home operator of milk -- or remember to bring home a pint
:25:11. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:19.of milk. Spare a thought for him as you go to bed tonight.
:25:19. > :25:24.Presumably you can go to the church and support him. I hope it all goes
:25:24. > :25:32.well for him. He is probably in the right place considering the rain
:25:32. > :25:39.Yes, we have had some lovely sunshine today, but we have got wet
:25:39. > :25:49.weather on the way. Lovely sunshine to take us through the evening for
:25:49. > :25:52.
:25:53. > :26:02.most of us. But another band of rain is waiting to come in. We have
:26:03. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:11.a yellow morning in place for the Met Office. There are untrue that
:26:11. > :26:16.thundery misprint -- pipping him from the West. That is where the
:26:16. > :26:21.row see the heaviest downfalls. Temperatures of 12 up to 15 degrees
:26:21. > :26:25.overnight. That band of blame will continue his way East would during
:26:25. > :26:35.the course of the day tomorrow. A sunny start the day tomorrow,
:26:35. > :26:42.particularly during the early rush our period. Gradually, once that
:26:42. > :26:46.rain clears, there will be more showers arriving from the West.
:26:46. > :26:52.Temperatures of 20 or 21 degrees. Those evening showers should fade
:26:52. > :26:56.away and overnight, clear skies, but cloud increasing from the south.
:26:56. > :27:02.An area of low pressure is arriving from the south of bringing more wet
:27:02. > :27:07.weather. That alone will continue to move up towards the east of the
:27:07. > :27:14.country. The eastern part has seen the worst of the wet weather on
:27:14. > :27:18.Friday. Further west, likely to see some heavy showers. Soggy and cool
:27:18. > :27:22.conditions where ever you are. For those of you heading to the Reading