:00:04. > :00:07.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme.
:00:07. > :00:13.Face to face: Is this the hi-tech answer to better security and
:00:13. > :00:23.shorter queues at our airports? Late, unreliable and students left
:00:23. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:28.at the bus stop: Criticism of a bus service used by school children.
:00:28. > :00:34.it goes on any longer than the first week then it will impact on
:00:34. > :00:37.education. Through the keyhole at Cowdray Park House as some of its
:00:37. > :00:42.secrets go up for sale. And the battle is on as the real
:00:42. > :00:52.world takes on the virtual for supremacy of the racetrack. I want
:00:52. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:55.to show that in the driving world, the man can still win., Airport
:00:55. > :01:00.security remains a prime concern for all our airports in the South
:01:00. > :01:02.since 9/11. Two years ago a new look e-passport was introduced at
:01:02. > :01:08.Gatwick Airport amid speculation and criticism by the then Shadow
:01:08. > :01:13.Immigration spokesman Damien Green. Today as the Government Minister,
:01:13. > :01:16.he's changed his tune and is in favour of the hi-tech facial system.
:01:16. > :01:25.He believes it's helping to make Britain's border security control
:01:25. > :01:28.among the toughest in the world. Mark Sanders examines the issue.
:01:28. > :01:32.If you flew into Gatwick this summer, you may have had a close
:01:32. > :01:36.encounter with one of these machines, the e-passport gates. The
:01:36. > :01:41.use facial recognition technology to compare your face to the
:01:41. > :01:46.photograph recorded on the chip in your passport. Once the cheque has
:01:46. > :01:50.been made, the gates will open automatically. It enables us to
:01:50. > :01:56.concentrate our resources on the high risks. It enables us to speed
:01:56. > :02:00.the process of passengers through, at the same time keeping security.
:02:00. > :02:05.But the union that represents border agency staff has questions
:02:05. > :02:08.about the system. You agree this is the way forward was Mark in the
:02:08. > :02:15.long term, absolutely. But that the moment, there are too many
:02:15. > :02:19.technological flaws in the system. The current immigration merger of -
:02:19. > :02:23.- Minister was sceptical when he was in opposition. This is what
:02:24. > :02:27.Damian Green had to say two years ago. I am worried that the
:02:27. > :02:33.government is relying too much on technology and spending a huge
:02:33. > :02:37.amount of money and thinking that every new piece of kit will be the
:02:38. > :02:47.magic wand that will solve the problem. But now, in a statement,
:02:48. > :02:55.
:02:55. > :03:04.That Wickes as the e-passport gates are proving to be proper. --
:03:04. > :03:08.Gatwick says. As more and more people renew their passports, they
:03:08. > :03:13.will be able to use automated equipment like this that and make
:03:13. > :03:21.sure the border is kept safe and they go through much more quickly.
:03:21. > :03:26.We are very enthusiastic about it. We are two days away from the
:03:26. > :03:29.terrible anniversary of the events in New York and we have all been
:03:29. > :03:32.working very hard at the last 10 years to make it easier to get
:03:32. > :03:39.through airports. The way we go through airports has certainly
:03:39. > :03:42.changed and the use of the pop -- e-passport gates is likely to grow.
:03:42. > :03:45.The former I'm a Celebrity contestant Aggro Santos has been
:03:45. > :03:48.charged with raping two women, one of the them in Chichester. The 22-
:03:48. > :03:51.year-old rapper is accused of assaulting the woman earlier this
:03:51. > :03:54.year. A second man is charged with the same offence. Both men will
:03:54. > :03:57.appear before Chichester Magistrates Court a week on Monday.
:03:57. > :04:01.9,000 people in West Sussex have won the the first stage of a battle
:04:01. > :04:04.to keep their care services. Local authorities across the South have
:04:04. > :04:08.had to make cuts to social care services leading to months of
:04:08. > :04:13.anxiety for vulnerable adults. On the Isle of Wight, protesters are
:04:13. > :04:22.taking their fight to the High Court in London. But in Sussex a
:04:22. > :04:29.compromise deal has been reached. Peter Henley is here with more.
:04:29. > :04:33.This has been very controversial, hasn't it? In West Sussex, they
:04:33. > :04:37.went to mediation and looked at five separate cases. As a result,
:04:37. > :04:40.the council has agreed it needs to target its money much more
:04:40. > :04:45.carefully and that maybe they were doing this in the wrong way. As a
:04:45. > :04:51.result, the whole process has been set back but they have brought an
:04:51. > :05:01.outside company in to do the reassessment of more than 9,000
:05:01. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:05.cases. The Don't Cut Us Out campaign are very pleased with this.
:05:06. > :05:11.They think they are finally being included in the process of
:05:11. > :05:15.identifying savings. They think they have saved at least �100,000.
:05:15. > :05:20.But the Isle of Wight looks as if it is heading for the court? Yes,
:05:20. > :05:24.it is a judicial review that has been granted. The way they are
:05:24. > :05:31.applying these cuts for very vulnerable people, whether or not
:05:31. > :05:36.they did the whole consultation process lawfully. But the lawyers
:05:36. > :05:43.involved, it will be that �100,000 bill. Lots of councils are looking
:05:43. > :05:50.at whether you can split the substantial need band in two. But
:05:50. > :06:00.unless they can find an alternative such as in West Sussex, taxpayers
:06:00. > :06:11.
:06:11. > :06:14.will have to fit the lawyer's bill. An investigation has been launched
:06:14. > :06:17.after a 12-year-old boy fell through a glass viewing panel at
:06:17. > :06:20.Yarmouth Castle on the Isle of Wight. English Heritage say the
:06:20. > :06:22.incident happened after he jumped on the glass. Staff gave first aid
:06:22. > :06:26.at the scene and he is recovering at St Mary's Hospital.
:06:26. > :06:28.Hundreds of children in Dorset are struggling to get to school as the
:06:28. > :06:31.county's bus service slips into chaos. The introduction of new
:06:31. > :06:34.routes by Wilts and Dorset bus company has meant many youngsters
:06:34. > :06:37.have found themselves stranded at bus stops and some services have
:06:37. > :06:40.failed to turn up at all. One head teacher told BBC South that if the
:06:40. > :06:42.situation continues pupils education is bound to suffer. Ben
:06:42. > :06:44.Moore explains. Parents at the local bus-stop know that if their
:06:44. > :06:47.children's experience is anything to go by this week, they will have
:06:47. > :06:50.a long wait. We have ended up with several routes which are empty,
:06:50. > :06:54.some buses which do not turn up at all. Children are being left at
:06:54. > :07:02.bus-stops both going to school and coming home and they are having to
:07:02. > :07:10.wait for a very long time. The row stems from the council's neatest
:07:11. > :07:19.save money. The cost of a school bus to get used to be �250 a year.
:07:19. > :07:24.But a has risen to �400. Also the number of places has halved from
:07:24. > :07:29.2000 to 1000, which means children have to be sent on public buses at
:07:29. > :07:37.a cost. I have to pay whatever the area chooses to charge me. In my
:07:37. > :07:41.case, it would be over �750. council says these are teething
:07:41. > :07:44.problems as it changes the bus company running the school service.
:07:44. > :07:48.We have reduced the number of contract has. The main contractor
:07:48. > :07:51.is now taking on new routes and it takes a while for the drivers to
:07:51. > :07:57.get used to the new routes and they are taking longer than we would
:07:57. > :08:02.wish. But scores like this 6th form College are saying they already
:08:02. > :08:07.have to pick up the flat. If it goes on any longer than the first
:08:07. > :08:11.week, there will be disruption and it will impact on education. But I
:08:11. > :08:14.am hoping we will resolve it. I have written to the transport
:08:14. > :08:17.department and requested a meeting and I'm hoping we can work this
:08:17. > :08:21.current get this resolved as quickly as possible. The council
:08:21. > :08:25.say they will strip bus companies of their contract if things do not
:08:25. > :08:32.improve quickly. As far as parents are concerned, all involved could
:08:32. > :08:34.do better. Students and staff had to be
:08:34. > :08:37.evacuated from the Chemical Science building at Reading University
:08:37. > :08:40.after a chemical leak caused a fire. 22 fire officers and four fire
:08:40. > :08:50.engines attended the scene along with the Hazardous Environment Unit.
:08:50. > :08:51.
:08:51. > :08:59.No-one was hurt in the incident but one person was treated for shock.
:08:59. > :09:06.Still to come: Rehana is threatened by a lot of hot air. And I will
:09:06. > :09:09.bring Yuri for weather forecast right at the end of the programme.
:09:09. > :09:12.Children whose teachers were struck down by a mystery stomach bug the
:09:12. > :09:15.day before they were due back after the summer holidays returned to
:09:15. > :09:19.school today. An intensive cleaning operation has been underway at
:09:19. > :09:21.Binfield Church of England Primary in Berkshire. Many parents had been
:09:22. > :09:31.forced to make alternative child- care arrangements for the last four
:09:32. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:36.days. Allen Sinclair reports. for school. Four days late. But
:09:36. > :09:41.with virtually the whole teaching staff struck down by a mystery
:09:41. > :09:45.stomach bug, there was no option than to delay the start of the new
:09:45. > :09:48.term. Lots of parents have had to rally round, trying to find child
:09:49. > :09:54.care. I have got good friends around so they have had the
:09:54. > :09:58.children. You feel sorry for the people that have come down ill.
:09:58. > :10:05.source of the buyer is being -- being investigated by the Health
:10:05. > :10:10.Protection Agency. Most of the 52 staff had gathered together last
:10:10. > :10:13.Friday for a training day. A buffet had been provided by an outside
:10:13. > :10:23.catering firm and by the weekend more than a quarter of the work
:10:23. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:28.staff were taken ill. Recalled every single family. On today's
:10:28. > :10:32.curriculum, everybody has learned how to wash their hands. There are
:10:32. > :10:39.too young to understand why and how serious it was. It could have been
:10:39. > :10:44.a disaster. I think they acted the right way. Although none of the
:10:44. > :10:50.staff were sick actually at school, an intensive deep clean has been
:10:50. > :10:54.carried out as a precaution in vulnerable areas.
:10:54. > :10:57.The father of the boy killed by a polar bear in the arctic circle
:10:57. > :10:59.last month is raising money to create a garden at the hospital
:11:00. > :11:03.where he works. David Chappell is a consultant spinal surgeon at
:11:03. > :11:07.Salisbury District Hospital. His son Horatio wanted to follow in his
:11:07. > :11:09.father's footsteps and become a doctor. The garden will help
:11:09. > :11:19.patients at the spinal treatment centre - many of whom are
:11:19. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:26.completely bed bound for months at a time. Jeff Holt is known for
:11:26. > :11:31.being the first quadriplegic tear sail solo around Great Britain. He
:11:31. > :11:35.was a patient on the spinal unit after breaking his neck in a
:11:35. > :11:42.swimming accident. I remember counting the dots on the
:11:42. > :11:45.polystyrene tiles above my head. Remembered staring at the ceiling,
:11:45. > :11:50.I need a different people coming on the ward by the sound of the stews.
:11:50. > :11:54.I yearned to the cup and see a blue sky. -- the sound of their shoes.
:11:54. > :11:59.And that is why he wants to create a garden for the 100 patients to
:11:59. > :12:09.come here every year. This man was paralysed from the chest down after
:12:09. > :12:15.crashing his lorry. For them to be able to sit there, it is just open
:12:15. > :12:20.space, what better? The surgeon who cared for these patients suffered
:12:20. > :12:26.took his own tragedy last month when his son was killed by it a
:12:26. > :12:30.polar bear. We feel this was definitely a way that if we can
:12:30. > :12:35.concentrate our efforts on getting something good to come up to this
:12:35. > :12:39.tragedy. Horacio wanted to study medicine and he had come here to
:12:39. > :12:43.the spinal unit to do work experience with his dad. More than
:12:43. > :12:47.�50,000 has been devoted in his memory and that money will go
:12:47. > :12:51.towards creating this garden. The unit is appealing for volunteers to
:12:51. > :12:55.help with the project. As this garden grows, it will form part of
:12:55. > :13:05.the healing process for both the patients on the spinal unit and the
:13:05. > :13:07.
:13:07. > :13:12.It is the sale of a bygone century, the treasures were then Cowdray
:13:13. > :13:18.Park House in West Sussex are up for auction. Items range from a �50
:13:18. > :13:23.flag to a �400,000 painting. Christie's has played two miles of
:13:23. > :13:27.cable and set up 80 telephones to deal with interest in the sale. The
:13:27. > :13:32.main attention -- the main attraction for many is getting to
:13:32. > :13:36.see inside a magnificent old house. But over a century, Cowdray Park
:13:36. > :13:45.House has kept its secrets safe. For a few days, the world has been
:13:45. > :13:55.let inside. It is full of over 1000 antiques, collected by the family
:13:55. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:04.in the 19 hundreds. Sumptuous reminders of a bygone era -- in the
:14:04. > :14:11.19th this room was pretty much left alone since the early 20th century.
:14:11. > :14:20.This is covered in silver and very ornate. This is a grand clear-out.
:14:20. > :14:26.Everything with a tag is for sale. Such a unique opportunity to get to
:14:26. > :14:31.comes to such a house as first and then also daunting because of the
:14:32. > :14:40.nature of the task. We have got over 1250 lots being sold next week
:14:40. > :14:43.so it is a huge dog and a massive team effort -- huge job. One of
:14:43. > :14:53.these portraits is said to be an example of the Elizabethan
:14:53. > :14:59.portraiture. I think it is the amazingly an elaborate nature of
:14:59. > :15:03.the dress, it its floral motifs and emblematic significance. Everything
:15:03. > :15:08.is expected to sell and raise around �5 million. Then the rooms
:15:08. > :15:16.will stand empty. These grand old country house will close its doors
:15:16. > :15:20.again. Some lovely pieces. Beautiful.
:15:20. > :15:24.Balloon enthusiasts have spent most of today preparing five flight over
:15:24. > :15:28.West Sussex. It is for the charity Children's Hospice Service, CHASE
:15:28. > :15:31.which is based near Guildford. Around 30 hot-air balloons are
:15:31. > :15:38.about to lift off. It marks the beginning of the Wisborough Green
:15:38. > :15:43.Balloon Festival. Our reporter is there to have a go in one of the
:15:43. > :15:48.balloons. It looks like they are preparing to set off? A few of them
:15:48. > :15:52.are preparing to take off in just a few minutes. Some already have
:15:52. > :15:58.taken to the skies. It is a chance for people to fulfil a dream to go
:15:58. > :16:02.up in a hot-air balloon and all for a very good cause. This is all for
:16:02. > :16:12.the Children's Hospice Service, CHASE. Let us have a look at how
:16:12. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:28.things are looking here this This is the 4th attempt we have
:16:28. > :16:33.made to go up. She won it for herself and Another. My mum gave
:16:33. > :16:37.her godson of the present for his 18th and then his mum gave me the
:16:37. > :16:47.present from my 18 so we are doing it together. I have been absolutely
:16:47. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:06.desperate to go ballooning all of Brilliant! I hope you saw that. I
:17:06. > :17:14.nearly got knocked over. It is a beautiful evening but it is all for
:17:14. > :17:22.a very beautiful cause. With me is a gentleman from the Children's
:17:23. > :17:30.Hospice Service, CHASE. We are here to support a wonderful charity. We
:17:30. > :17:33.currently support over 500 families in at Sussex and Surrey and we are
:17:33. > :17:39.supporting these families who have children and teenagers with
:17:39. > :17:43.conditions and illnesses which mean they cannot -- they are unlikely to
:17:43. > :17:47.live till then 19th birthday. event has been going on for 20
:17:47. > :17:51.years. You have been No 1 spot a little bit less than that. Tell us
:17:51. > :17:58.about your response? The people always come together to support the
:17:58. > :18:03.charity. They have raised over �100,000 in that time. It is so
:18:03. > :18:08.important to us that we get community support... And you have
:18:08. > :18:12.had a lot of support today. Thank you so much. We have run at of
:18:12. > :18:16.times. The event has been cancelled for the next two days because of
:18:16. > :18:22.the weather. We will have the full weather
:18:22. > :18:28.forecast shortly. A lot of hot air with the rugby. The Rugby World Cup
:18:28. > :18:31.is under way and gives the sport a shot in the arm every four years.
:18:31. > :18:36.Aficionados of the oval ball the Libyan paradise for the next eight
:18:36. > :18:41.weeks. England's performance is going to have a direct effect on
:18:41. > :18:46.the health of the sport back home. These budding stars are putting
:18:46. > :18:51.their backs into getting to the top. The youngsters at Oakmedians Rugby
:18:51. > :18:57.Club will be glued to do England's performance Down Under. When the
:18:57. > :19:01.World Cup starts, like in 2007, there are a lot more people here.
:19:02. > :19:05.think it might inspire people if England were two when, lots of
:19:06. > :19:09.children would want to be up there on the telly. A big tournament in
:19:09. > :19:15.New Zealand offers a chance from rugby clubs like this to capitalise
:19:15. > :19:20.on the spot's increased profile. It is a rare opportunity for the oval
:19:20. > :19:24.ball game to replace football on the back pages. The nation switches
:19:24. > :19:27.on to rugby and we normally have a bit of a spike in recruitment. More
:19:27. > :19:32.people playing the game, the better for the game and better for future
:19:32. > :19:38.England players. Oakmedians Rugby Club is flourishing, the popularity
:19:38. > :19:44.of touch rugby, which takes the bruising contact at a the game has
:19:44. > :19:53.brought former players back to the sport and brought new recruits.
:19:54. > :20:01.we need recruitment within ourselves and within the Union.
:20:01. > :20:05.Rugby World Cup, 2011, New Zealand, officially open... The 7th the
:20:05. > :20:09.Rugby World Cup got off to a spectacular start. The competition
:20:09. > :20:17.will be fierce. Just like that on the training pitches in Bournemouth
:20:17. > :20:22.last night. Come on England! They are excited. In football, Wes
:20:23. > :20:31.Thomas has joined Bournemouth on loan. The Brighton and Hove Albion
:20:31. > :20:35.boss Gus Poyet has been rewarded with the title of August's manager
:20:35. > :20:37.of the month. They are top of the table going into their game at
:20:38. > :20:42.Bristol City tomorrow when new signing Vicente Rodriguez could
:20:42. > :20:45.make his debut. Southampton are second in the championship. Nigel
:20:45. > :20:50.Adkins's men will be aiming to bounce back from their first defeat
:20:50. > :20:56.at Leicester a fortnight ago. Joss Hooiveld is in contention to make
:20:56. > :21:02.his debut. They play Nottingham Forest tomorrow. Dan Seaborne is
:21:02. > :21:08.still in hospital after an incident outside a south London --
:21:08. > :21:13.Southampton nightclub. The cricket county championship,
:21:13. > :21:19.Hampshire's situation could be decided at Liverpool tomorrow. They
:21:19. > :21:24.were dismissed seven short of Lancashire's first innings total.
:21:24. > :21:28.Sussex are not completely safe bet that they have been battered into a
:21:28. > :21:33.strong position. Expect an early declaration tomorrow. Sussex will
:21:33. > :21:40.try to bowl Worcestershire at far is second time. Surrey harbouring
:21:40. > :21:44.hopes for promotion. Essex need 272 when.
:21:44. > :21:48.Video games have made many of us believe that we are as good as the
:21:48. > :21:51.professionals as a range of sports like golf, tennis and even being a
:21:51. > :21:57.football manager. An experiment took place in Surrey this week to
:21:57. > :22:05.prove that reality still holds the edge over a virtual reality. David
:22:05. > :22:07.Coulthard took on some gamers around the Top Gear test track.
:22:07. > :22:14.Representing the virtual world, some of the top gainers in the
:22:14. > :22:18.country, THE formula of -- format Formula One * David Coulthard. They
:22:18. > :22:23.have 15 minutes to set the fastest lap on the Top Gear test track,
:22:23. > :22:26.driving the same vehicles an identical conditions. The machine
:22:26. > :22:36.can be the man, but I want to hopefully show that in the driving
:22:36. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:52.world, the man can still beat the Rules are managed to set the pace
:22:52. > :23:00.early on with a one-minute 63 lap. -- cools card. The rain made it
:23:00. > :23:04.more tricky. The best and so far is one minutes 16. My best lap is one
:23:04. > :23:10.minute 51. But I am off the track again and have another foul. One
:23:10. > :23:16.last chance for the first is daymare but the pressure told and
:23:16. > :23:21.he was half a second slower than the winner David Coulthard. Reality
:23:21. > :23:25.wins. Pretty close in the finished and I would like a rematch.
:23:25. > :23:29.should be that way. And you are racing against a former Formula One
:23:29. > :23:34.driver. He has shown that despite all of the advances in modern
:23:34. > :23:38.technology, despite the comfort of the console, you cannot beat the
:23:38. > :23:47.raw talent and skill of a professional racing driver in a
:23:47. > :23:52.real car. More burning rubber on breakfast
:23:52. > :23:58.tomorrow. I am surprised the start I thought it was going to be the
:23:58. > :24:08.bedroll the reality of winning. Never underestimate the human being.
:24:08. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:12.We have got some ideas for you to This Sunday, you can enjoy a day
:24:12. > :24:16.out with a difference. The Rural Life Centre is celebrating all
:24:16. > :24:22.things donkey. Get up close and personal with these cute and cuddly
:24:22. > :24:28.animals. This house is having an open day
:24:28. > :24:31.tomorrow. Staff will be on hand to explain how they help and care for
:24:31. > :24:35.children and adults with life limiting conditions.
:24:35. > :24:39.A was will be won or lost in Newbury this weekend with the
:24:39. > :24:47.historical model war games society big event at Newbury racecourse.
:24:47. > :24:51.All are welcome. To celebrate 100 years since
:24:51. > :24:56.Caversham became part of Reading, there is a garden party starting
:24:56. > :25:01.tomorrow at noon. It is Edwardian theme and everyone is encouraged to
:25:01. > :25:05.wear a hat. This weekend sees the annual
:25:05. > :25:12.Petersfield Antiques Fair. There will be 43 antique dealers showing
:25:12. > :25:16.a wide range of fine quality pieces. Some big ideas. You might want to
:25:16. > :25:26.watch This forecast very carefully because I understand it might get a
:25:26. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:32.I think it might be getting a bit lively there!
:25:32. > :25:37.There was a bit livelier earlier but I managed to stay put on the
:25:37. > :25:42.ground. The weather is very important or through the weekend.
:25:42. > :25:47.There is a yellow alert. I will tell you a bit about that later.
:25:47. > :25:51.Today, not a bad day, better than yesterday's. You can see that
:25:51. > :25:56.although we had a cloudy beginning, the cloud broke in places to give
:25:56. > :26:00.us some decent sunny spells this evening. Still a risk of one or two
:26:00. > :26:04.showers but overnight an exceptionally warm night because of
:26:04. > :26:11.the cloud above. Tomorrow morning, there could be some coastal fog as
:26:11. > :26:21.well as a hilltop fog. Temperatures in the West already up to 18 or 19
:26:21. > :26:29.degrees in the morning. A grey day on the coast. The by midday, we
:26:29. > :26:37.will see a steady persistent band of rain sweeping from west to east.
:26:37. > :26:42.It will be brighter at the end of the day. The winds south-easterly.
:26:42. > :26:45.Progressively getting stronger as the day goes on. On Sunday, they
:26:46. > :26:52.will be very strong. South to south-westerly by the end of
:26:52. > :26:57.Saturday. Saturday night, cloudy and warm with temperatures of the
:26:57. > :27:01.17 or 18 degrees. There may be one or two showers, mainly dry though.
:27:02. > :27:07.Sunday morning, the winds will be picking up and it is looking like a
:27:07. > :27:11.very blustery day. Squally showers along the coastal stretch elsewhere.
:27:11. > :27:18.Temperatures around 18 or 19 degrees. The outlet, the main
:27:18. > :27:21.concern is Sunday-night into Monday when the alert becomes valid.