15/11/2011 South Today

Welcome to the South Today. A jury has found two armed robbers were

lawfully killed by Metropolitan police officers. She was murdered

almost 50 years ago. Today a man has been arrested over this

Berkshire teenager's death. Why this chapel, with an amusing story,

has a bright future. The sailor in pursuit of Olympic gold - whatever

The public was put at risk - that's the outcome of an investigation

into a police operation during which two armed robbers were shot

dead in Chandler's Ford. The Independent Police Complaints

commission made remarks hours after a jury said the deaths of the two

men were lawful. Our home affairs correspondent assesses how the

shooting, four years ago, affected a small community on the outskirts

of Southampton. A scene from a film - that is how on-lookers described

this small shopping precinct after two armed robbers were shot dead

here by police. Seeing two guys shot dead on the floor. I was about

15 at the time. That was a bit scary. Jamie Risk was in his flat

above the shops when he was awoken by gunfire. There was blood

everywhere. There was loads of commotion. Armed officers holding

big weapons. It was just like I was still dreaming, like I had not

woken up yet. Metropolitan Police tracked armed robbers to Chandler's

Ford. They planned to catch them holding up a cash van delivering.

For two days armed police lay in wait. On day three a suspect was

seen at this bus stop, then another parked a Volvo here. Just after

10am the cash van pulled up. But the main target was nowhere to be

seen. If police intervened now he might get away. They decided to

wait. As the security guard got out of the van. The man appeared.

Police were taken by surprise. Before they could act he pointed

his pistol at the guard's head. said give me the money and open the

van. I said to him then, I can not open the van. I put the box down on

the floor. He moved the gun to my face. Police marksmen had to make a

split-second decision. One shot him. His accomplish reached for the gun.

He was shot twice. This shop owner was on a tea break

in the car park. I heard bangs. It sounded like a car exhaust was

blowing. Later on it turned out to be the shots. I walked out and saw

the body down there. This picture captures the aftermath. Here you

can see the gun used by police to shoot the two robbers T balaclava

worn by one of the men. The cashboxs and all of the medical kit

used by paramedics. It is like watching a film. It was surreal.

Eventually we were allowed to go home. All the roads were closed off

all the way around. It was so quiet. For days and weeks after people

here were in shock. Four years on, they are still not forgotten.

Everybody talks about, Do you remember the bank robbery that

happened in Chandler's Ford." what does lawful killing actually

mean? What the jury said today is they believe that when those two

riflemen pulled the trigger they thought there was a real threat.

The life of the guard, to fellow police officers and to the public.

They belief the riflmen acted with reasonable -- riflemen acted with

reasonable force. Did the families say anything? The intent police

complaints commission has looked into this. They say the two

riflemen did nothing wrong. Today we got more from them. In this case,

the man leading the investigation was also the officer in charge on

the ground. Now, the IPCC say that is not best practise. They are not

criticising the decisions made here, but they think there should be

separation between the roles to make sure the person in charge on

the ground stays objective, because they say there was a chance for

police to intervene here and the public were put at risk. The

families were not in court. We got a statement from their solicitor.

Now that said, they were disappointed with the verdict and

crucially that they were disappointed the jury wasn't given

the chance to comment on the police investigation itself. It was a

brutal murder in Berkshire almost half a century ago. Today,

detectives investigating the killing of a teenage girl back in

1966 say they have arrested a man. 17-year-old Yolander Waddington was

found strangled in Beeham. At the time the case caused such anger

that questions were asked in the House of Commons and a mass blood

test was ordered of all the men and boys in the area.

Our correspondent has followed this story and is live in the village

for us tonight. What more can you tell us? Well Yolander Waddington

was just 17 and working as an au pair, as a mother's help at a farm

not far from here in Beeham when she was found murdered back in

October 1966. Those were the days when Scotland Yard officers

investigated crimes like this. The investigation took the

revolutionary step of bringing all the men and boys and asking them to

come to the pub which we are standing outside tonight for their

blood to be tested as they looked for the killer who they thought was

probably in this local community. There was kpwiet a feeling of

tension and -- quite a feeling of tension. The landlady of the pub

said her father was questioned. Her friend's fathers were questioned.

Every man was questioned at the time. Another woman told me how at

the time her daughter would go riding and the police said if she

was going out in the local area she should make sure she did not let

anyone get within reach where they could grab the reigns from her

horse. And Joe, this has never gone away has it? Well, that was it.

Shortly afterwards there was a second killing. Two girls were both

killed. A man was sentenced to life for their murder. Yolander's killer

was never found. There have been successive reinvestigations leading

to today's arrest. Thank you very much. As the row over border

control continues at a national level Brittany Ferries in

Portsmouth says a less rigid approach to passport checks is

working well. The UK borbder agency relaxed -- Border Agency relaxed

controls in the summer. Several places in the south were involved.

The UK Border Agency relaxed rules at 28 ports and airports. It was

called a pilot exercise N the south, Gatwick and Bournemouth airports

took place, so did Portsmouth and Poole. We spoke to all of them

today. At Portsmouth there is a permanent team of Border Agency

staff. People I have spoken to at the port say the trial was a

success. There were fewer border delays and fewer complaints from

passengers as a result. Since this story broke there has been a clamp

down. UK BA staff have gone back to checking every person in every

vehicle. That is more than one million people a year. Brittany

Ferries called it "a knee-jerk reaction." We have been able to

apply a risk-based policy whereby they don't have top look at every

EU passport. 99% of people arriving in Portsmouth and Poole are EU

passport holders. 85% are British. There's been a very low risk to

this policy. Now, what about airports? Gatwick

told us, "We provide facilities and support but ultimately the

processes and methods used to control the border is the UK BA's

sole responsibility. Airport operators do not get involved in

these matters." The local MP does. In my experience as a constituency

MP and in terms of national policy is it is a dysfunctional department.

The security, the national security of our borders is something which

should be para mount. That is why I have said in the House of Commons

that national security, the tightness of our borders must come

above the length of queues in immigration halls. The ferry port

at Poole and the airport at Bournemouth share a border control

team. So, neither is permanently staffed. Some flights into

Bournemouth are checked. Others are not. It has been like that for

years. Another element of today's story is

the checking of passengers on private flights like that. They use

all our other airports, including Farnborough, Fair Oak, Southampton.

It is fair to say passport checks on private flights have always been

less rigorous than big scheduled passenger services. It is also fair

to say that almost everyone I have spoken to today sees this as a

purely political row. They just want the necessary checks on

travellers to be carried out with as little fuss and as little delay

as possible. Thank you. A Coroner has ruled a

verdict of accidental death after a two-year-old boy was found

unconscious in a paddling pool in Southampton.

Brooklyn Emon was discovered in his home in bittern, in April. His

parents bought the pool the day before to replace a smaller one

because they thought it would be safer. Still to come, in this

evening's South Today, Sarah Farmer is here with the latest weather

forecast. Grey and gloomy yesterday. Crisp and bright today. Find out

what the weather is up to for the rest of the week later in this

programme. A watchdog has ruled Oliver Letwin,

the Conservative MP for Dorset West reached the Data Protection Act

when he dumped sensitive documents in a park bin. The Information

Commissioner said he faces formal enforcement action if he continues

to throw carelessly away letters and papers. Mr Letwin has signed a

commitment pledging to dispose of his files in a secure manner.

I have apologised to my constituents and undertaken to make

sure things are securely got rid of in future. Big businesses have

thrown their weight behind the Isle of Wight to become the most

environmentally friendly place in the country. They want to reduce

energy consumption by half. The Government says it is a good

example of the "big society" in These are the sources of energy

that they hope will make it an Eco Ireland. They are bringing them

message to the capital. They are combining renewable energy and

distributing it as efficiently as possible. When we have got lots of

generation happening, we can tell people to use more power. We might

have washing machines turned on but waiting for a signal and then, the

sunshine is out, time to start. ambition is for the Isle of Wight

to become a net exporter of energy by 2020. They are trying to reduce

energy bills, create jobs and cut landfill. So let energy is already

in place but there are not any wind turbines. They do not have tidal

energy. But hopes are high. It is definitely achievable. I delivered

a lecture to the 70 top energy people in Britain and when asked

how many thought it was achievable, a free hand went up. I am not by

myself in my belief it can be done. Part of the plan is building a type

of decay village with people living in a dames. -- environmental

village with people living in Dems. It is not definite yet. Big

companies have announced their involvement in the project. That

has given the project a significant beast. -- boost. An inquest into

the deck of a drug addict found she was not surged after a cigarette

lighter was found in her prison cell. She died last year. She was

surged when detained but had smuggled a cigarette lighter into

her prison cell. When it was discovered a new search was not

ordered. The inquest continues. A scrap-metal dealer says regulation

to prevent cable threat could drive the problem underground. He says it

he has to demand identification from suppliers, they will go

elsewhere. MPs are considering a private member's bill to address

the problem which is costing millions of pounds. Recycling power

cable is a lucrative business. �4,000 worth of cable in this in

here. This man's company pays money for all sorts of wiring. He has to

record every transaction, a lot with vehicle registrations. But MPs

want tougher licensing will stop a ban on cash payments and police

powers. --. A ban on cash payments. It has to be right across the board

otherwise the market will be pushed underground and people understand

they can take stolen material and get paid. Theft like this. Lead

worth �40,000 stripped from a roof in Christchurch. Six times, thieves

have been back to help themselves. On the most recent occasion, they

took the exhaust from a couple of delivery vans. That is despite

police investigations. These pictures show the chaos caused by

Cable thieves outside Woking, bringing the rail network to a

standstill. Transport minister Norman Baker says the inconvenience

cannot continue. We have to make sure we did not move the problem

elsewhere. If people want to take things out to contain as abroad and

bypass existing arrangements, that will not solve the problem. This

company thinks it the law is tightened, it could drive the

problem underground, with organised crime in shoring more precious

metal goes abroad. -- insuring. Here is our correspondent it. How

likely is it anything will happen? People are concerned that by acting

they might write the problem somewhere else. But people are very

concerned about metal act. They do not understand why something cannot

be damned. The existing problem is costing �1,000. The suggestions

from Labour include banning cash payments for scrap metal. More

inspections and licensing but the government is worried about the

regulation and the cost in forcing bat and the impact on business. --

enforcing that and the impact on business. The problem could be

driven underground and that is what they are worried about. But the

industry have got to get his message. They might step forward

and tried out problems and might get up a powers for the police to

move this problem. -- tougher. is an impressive building with an

impressive history. It was built on the Prince Regent's doorstep

because he was allegedly took that to walk up the hill to the old

church or stop it is being restored after getting more --. It is being

restored after getting more than �250,000 of funding. It is like a

pleasure palace. But a short distance from the Royal Pavilion is

something more subdued. Chapel Royal was built by the break-up of

Brighton to tempt a playboy prince to worship. -- b Bishop of Brighton.

There was a rumour that the bishop could not get to the parish church

because he was too fat. This is still got an original use and it

has got a royal connection. But the elements have not respected be

regal history. They had eaten away at the Victorian brickwork and

terracotta tiles. Restoration has started banks to funding from

English heritage and the Church's fund raising. It means the

rejuvenation of a building hidden in the hustle and bustle of

Brighton. People walk past and do not realise the historical

significance. The decadent Prince Regent laid the foundation stone

and stopped coming to the Chapel Royal after taking offence at a

sermon about immorality. It is amazing how these buildings have

secrets and stories to tell. Spelt bus-stop we have got a story of a

man set of -- support. We have got the story of a man set on his dream.

You have got to have cashed in Chase sporting dreams sometimes.

Though some people it is a price worth paying. Nick Rogers got his

second Olympic sailing medal after retiring from the sport. Party has

changed his mind and got back on to be road again. But he has got

�90,000 of debt. But after some prodding he is heading to the

championships in Perth. But he has not got any guarantee of a place in

the Olympic Games. It is a far cry from his light on LBC's. The family

man is living on -- his life on the seas. He is a two-time a Olympic

silver medallist. He came second in Athens and Beijing. Last year they

both decided to retire but it was a decision he regretted and this year

he started a new campaign. Party had lost his former sponsors. He

did not have a boat or a partner and his wife was pregnant. The baby

was due Halfway Tree the trials. I realised it would cost everything

that we had and I needed to generate funding. It was a long

shot. But he found a partner and coach, mortgaged his house,

borrowed savings and spent money. But he did not have any guarantees.

My question was, do you think he can do it? Be there was enough for

me to say, just do it. We are both young and able and we will work it

out. �90,000 in debt and a white about to give berth. He went on to

win the only British place in the Test event will stop the next step

is the world championships in --. The next championships are in

Australia. If he finishes in the top three he thinks it is enough to

be selected. If we win the World Championships it would be fantastic

for all of the people and everybody supporting me. It would be a wreath.

He flies out on Wednesday without a sponsor and with everything good

Lots of stuff in the next few weeks about the championships in Perth.

We will followed many Olympic dreams later it. People are

preparing for the final stage of the race in Gosport. This man had a

great chance of winning -- winning. He is a second at the moment. This

man is at the back of the field but he has said that in a race like

this it is not over until it is added up. AFC Totton are on course

for a six-figure sum after being selected for television coverage

for the second round of the FA Cup. The stadium will be filled to

capacity for the match against Bristol Rovers on Sunday December

4th with a 12:30pm kick-off. The television fee is worth �72,000. It

will be a really exciting times. It is superb. There is nothing like

the FA Cup for bringing football clubs to get up. Pay attention

because I am judging a competition. Look at the tyre changing on

It is fast, furious and the professionals do it in just four

seconds. This Friday on children indeed we will be doing the tyre

out challenge. I will be judging a contest between the weather team

had the sports team to find out who is fastest will stop you can take

part as well for a donation to Children In Need. --. You can take

part as well. You are going to have to practise! Fund raising is

already in full swing in the region and we have been looking at what

some of you have been doing. This was filled with Pirates and thanks

to the sailing club. Pudsey helped the sailors part with their money.

Be a massive sculpture of Pudsey has been sculpted in Weymouth.

People can donate to Children In Need this Friday. Pudsey took to

the high seats in Weymouth. He was bound for Jersey and raised to �350.

-- 3 at the �50 cost of -- �350 cost of this man accompany its

Pudsey and the band stand or stop it was for all of mayhem and

seminars in aid of Children In Need. They raised more than �2,000. Lots

of people are raising money for a great cause. How will they cope in

the next few days? I think we are lucky today because we have got

lovely weather in the next 18 days. As a bit of rain but dry for most

of ask. What A difference a day makes after that gloomy day

yesterday. Sunshine to enjoy today. Tonight, fog and frost are possible

as well. A bit cold tonight. Cloud building tonight. Some places might

have clear skies to start. Temperatures tumbling and

temperatures dropping to his six degrees in some places. It is

colder and we might get an frost of. Tomorrow, a clear restart and mist

have. Similar to today. Getting bright later and that is a bit of a

theme for the rest of the week. Gloomy about getting bright as the

day continues Costock that will continue tomorrow --. That will

continue tomorrow. This will continue and some places will be

dry but a bit of rain from the West tomorrow. This is working its way

across from the Atlantic. That is bringing rain and that will stay

until Thursday morning. For most of ours, dry but a bit of rain in

these areas. A bit of a patchy band of rain. Temperatures down to 6 and

7. Rain clearing in the early hours. It is looking decent. Sunshine to

enjoy it. Temperatures just starting to creep up as well.

Friday is looking to be a lovely day with some sunny spells. The

weekend is not bad either. Keep it sunny for ours. Give us a taste of