02/12/2011 South Today

Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's

programme... Staging a sit in - the students

who've taken over an art gallery. Facing tough times - a drop in

business donations forces a hospice to cutback.

Home for Christmas - hundreds of families welcome their loved ones

as two ships complete tours of duty. It was horrible seeing them goal,

but this has made it all worth it. And not the spirit of Christmas -

the tree thefts which could hit Of students from the university of

Brighton have occupied the university's art gallery. The group

says it represents Brighton University Against Cuts. The

students say they're angry about the rise in tuition fees and will

stay there for the foreseeable future. Danielle Glavin has been

following the story, and joins us from outside the gallery in

Brighton. They are still here tonight, and

when we arrived some of them came out with a banner, as well. When

they moved into the gallery, they caused some destruction, lectures

were stopped and the building evacuated. Once some security and

safety issues were addressed, everything returned to normal. It

seems they are not going anywhere. It is mid-afternoon in the galley

and the FA is being upstaged. The student moved in yesterday and say

around 30 people will sleepier tonight.

-- people will sleep here tonight. We have a couple of rooms and

sleeping bags, and we have not set a definite time on how long we are

staying. At the ball isn't there a court to get back to us.

Those demands include demands that no courses will close and a free

education. This is not the first occupied

process on the south coast. The theme over there is against cuts to

education. Here it is anti- capitalism. But, is this the way to

get people listening? That makes it harder to have

certain discussions when people act in this way. It is rather counter-

productive. It will cost us money in having to pay staff overtime to

keep the buildings secured, so it will remove some of the money be

could otherwise spend on students' education. But, these things happen.

The student union is helping with negotiations and defending any

costs incurred. The university it revolves around the input of the

student, it does not have to be run from the top down.

The students are becoming an exhibition in their own right and

say they have no plans to leave. They are to is a long list of

demands they have presenter to the university, for team in total.

Some of that is about what is happening locally, but it also

includes asking the Government to rethink its White Paper on

education. That is something the University cannot do much to do --

cannot do much about, but we chose the students are not just concerned

with local issues, but national issues.

And on Monday BBC South's Inside Out goes behind the scenes at the

Occupy Brighton site. Presenter Jon Cuthill looks at who is protesting,

what they want and what people in the City think about the camp in

Victoria Park. That's Monday here on BBC One at 7.30pm.

A children's hospice in Dorset is being forced to close for 36 days

next year because donations from businesses are drying up. Julia's

House hospice in Corfe Mullen provides respite care for

terminally ill children across the county. It's the only facility

dedicated to children with life- limiting conditions in Dorset.

Julia's House cares for just under a hundred children each year. It

costs �2.7 million a year to run it. 10% of that total comes from

central government. The rest has to come from donations - either

directly from the public, or from businesses. And it is from hard-

pressed businesses that some charities are noticing a difference.

Julia's House provides respite care for terminally ill children,

families and carers. It is a warm, friendly environment to give family

some relief from the routine in nursing and caring for a child with

a life limiting condition. The charity has noticed a significant

drop in the size of donations. Julia's House is dying by �250,000

on what we would hope to raise this year. We will not close next year,

all of our core services will remain, but we will have to open on

36 fewer days next year. This will act significant cost-

cutting move? Yes, that will save us around

�200,000 next year, but it will mean we can maintain all our other

services, and that is what you need to do, to safeguard your core

services and make sure all of the children that need the house will

get the essential service from us. Many small businesses say they can

no longer afford to dominate -- to donate it in the way they have done

in the past. Everywhere we are seeing our

margins squeezed. We want to help, but when you look at a cost cutting

issues, support for charities is effective.

The charity says no child will be turned away and will still provide

respite care for the families in the area, but sadly not on the 36

days it will be closed next year. Another sign of how the financial

crisis is affecting the South at a time when every penny counts.

De fickle times for many charities facing those his shoes at the

moment. -- difficult times. A wonderful young man, who spread joy

Unions say they will be discussing plans changes to council workers's

pay cuts. For more than idea that has been run rest of a city council

workers pay. The council which to save �54 million over the next

three years. But, rather than saving money this scheme is costing

the council won after two �5 million per year. One senior

officer recently agreed terms securing a redundancy and pension

payout worth more than �300,000, 130,000 of that in cash.

If we keep paying big redundancy packages, we have to make -- get

the money from somewhere. Our biggest school he -- bill is for

staff. The council now wants to cap the

The council now wants to cap the cash payout to a maximum of �30,000.

To get that, an employee would have to him �1,000 a week or more, be it

to him �1,000 a week or more, be it -- be aged at least 61 years old

and have served a minimum term of service.

The most recent document I have seen is that someone on �23,000 per

year, which is not a month -- not a lot of money, they get one month's

paid. They are going on to face the mortgage but that. That is not good

enough. Unions are due to challenge the

proposals, which are due to take effect from April next year.

He was up - might he was a knock -- wonderful young man who spread joy

and liked to all who knew him. That was the tribute from teachers to a

pupil who was hit by a Land Rover near his school in Sussex. William

Avery-Wright was knocked down as he crossed the road outside Worth

School in Crawley. He was 13. A man's been arrested on suspicion of

causing death by careless driving. Flower's at the School to mark the

life of a boy teachers described as full of energy and fun, someone who

spread joy. A keen golfer, those who knew well you were shocked at a

life cut short. The real loss is that of a young

man before he has had the chance to fulfil his life, and a huge loss to

his parents. How will you remember him?

A lot of fun, a lot of good banter that we had.

He was knocked down crossing this road which leads from the school to

the sports pitches. William was taken to East Surrey Hospital where

he died. Here at Worth School they held a

special service to mark his life. They are also offering support for

pupils and the boy's family. The members of this club will miss

him terribly, because he was a valued member, he took part in most

things. Only this morning, three of the guys have been in, the

youngsters, and they are devastated by the news.

William's head teacher has said his death has shocked the entire

community, we are deeply saddened by this tragic event. The police

are appealing for witnesses, particularly a motorcyclist theme

travelling behind the Land-Rover. A 62-year-old man from Haywards Heath

was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

He has been released on bail until January.

A GP from Worthing has denied illegally supplying class A drugs.

Dr Babak Shokouhi appeared before the town's magistrates today. He

pleaded not guilty to offering to supply cocaine on January the 12th

this year and possessing cocaine on February the 3rd. He was released

on bail until his next appearance at the magistrates court on January

27th next year. Investigations are underway into a

fire at a house near Odiham in Hampshire. Around seventy

firefighters tackled the blaze which destroyed a barn and badly

damaged a house in South Warnborough.

Nearly 500 sailors have been welcomed back home to Portsmouth -

after six months away protecting British interests around the globe.

It was, though, a bitter sweet moment for some of the personnel on

board HMS Edinburgh and HMS St Albans. Some of the sailors were

told they're being made redundant - as part of the government's defence

cuts - while they were away on patrol. From Portsmouth Steve

There was great excitement on the quayside in Portsmouth as hundreds

of relatives and friends gathered to welcome home the sailors on HMS

Edinburgh and HMS St Albans. Both ships have been away for six months

and there were plenty of emotional reunions.

Streaming with joy, because it is such a proud thing, and I am proud

to have him home safe, as I am with all the lads. I am always pleased

they are home safely. Glad to be back, really, it has

been a long, hard, six months. Clad to see the family.

For some of the sailors, today marked the end of their first

operational patrol, but for others it was their last deployment before

being made redundant. As part of Government cuts are the number of

sailors is being reduced from 35,000 to 30,000. In February,

around 20 sailors were told they were being made redundant while

they wear away. What was the atmosphere like on

board? Fine, yes. Everyone was just

building up to coming back again. I had a number in the ship's

company with good -- who were made redundant, but sailors are very

stoic. I am proud of the company, particularly those guys who were

told they were being made redundant, they got and what -- got on with

their job and were very professional.

As for the past six months HMS Edinburgh has been in that the

Atlantic and Caribbean, while HMS St Albans has been in the Gulf.

Both of Bishops will be back at sea before long. The next job for HMS

St Albans will be typical the waters around the UK, and she could

be asked to help with security at the Olympic Games. Today there was

a special moment for one sit there and has confirmed, as he set --

stepped off his ship - he proposed Still to come in this evening's

South Today... We will have the sport, the weekend

weather Home help - the kidney patient

who's going to treat himself in his own living room.

Why now? That is the plaintive cry of a family which has just been

told its business has been breaking a planning condition for the last

20 years. The granite worktop business, in Ampfield in Hampshire,

fears this could stop them trading. The family says it is the last

straw given the desperate conditions now faced by small

businesses. Roger Finn went to investigate and discovered a story

that begins, surprisingly, with a German prisoner of war.

This man came to love England during his time as a prisoner in

Ampfield. He met his wife, June, and together they set up a stone

tiling business at lower farm in Ampfield.

It now has a turnover of 1.5 million, employs 13 people and

surprise tiles and worktops to private individuals and a range of

individuals. How did he -- his daughter, is now in charge.

We supplied to a range of salons and stores.

The problem came when they put up advertising signs. There was a

complaint and the council discovered there had been a more

serious breach of planning boy at - - planning laws. The council said

that they gave permission for the Barnes to be used for storage and

office space, but not for customer of visit. They have advised the

company they should seek new permission for a change of use.

I did not know that was not allowed. It was a shock to me. We have been

here for as long as we can remember, I am 57 and. Why has it suddenly

come up now? Yes, I will get the permission, but I could group

without the stress. The family have now hired a

planning consultant and reckoned the process will cost them around

�1,000. They respect that day, strictly speaking, or in the wrong,

but feel things are stacked against small businesses.

I feel we are strangled by bureaucracy. When my husband and I

started it was easy, you had no one breathing down your neck, really.

The must be more help for small businesses somewhere, just to

encourage us to keep going in these hard times.

It is three weeks this Sunday until Christmas Day. Where does the

tango? It may be the beginning of December,

but not everyone's feeling festive. Two garden centres in Hampshire

have been broken into and 150 christmas trees stolen. Laura Trant

has been to Park Place Farm Nursery in Wickham. They say money lost

from their stolen Christmas trees has serious knock on effects.

It is the father and son business that has been flourishing for more

than 30 years. Ivan and Justin grow most of the plants they sell

themselves on this side, but for hard work does not always pay off.

49 of the 300 Christmas trees they brought in have been stalling,

around �1,800 worth. You do take it personally, because

it is our business, as well. A lot of this money would go towards

quieter times to pay the wages, things like in the new year. It

could have a knock-on effect to staffing and redundancies, it is a

huge kick in the teeth. Park Place Farm is not the only

victim. The Silver Springs Garden Centre in Titchfield was also

broken into. �4,000 worth, 100 Christmas trees, were stolen. At

trailer and quarterback were taken, too. Police say they are keeping an

open mind - to bother the two incident are linked. They are also

giving advice to people who sell Christmas trees. They say keep them

stored like this rather than wrapping them up in knitting, so

they are more difficult to steal. For five years ago, Christmas trees

were a four or �5 commodity, now they are �40, �50, �60.

Despite the setback, Ivan and Justin are starting to get back

into the Christmas spirit. Their Christmas wish is that people buy

Christmas trees from reputable businesses.

The we can be a couple once more, say a husband and wife, as a result

in the change -- as a result of the change in the way dialysis provided

for kidney patients. Ray Vincent is one of a small group of less than

60 patients nationwide who are carrying out the treatment for

themselves at home. The change in his care will mean he and his

family get their lives back after years of making three trips to the

hospital every week. Joe Campbell has been to meet him.

It is more than 30 years since Ray Vincent's kidneys failed him.

Without trips to hospital three times a week he would not be here,

but today he was learning to take care of himself at home.

Having this symptom that -- system at home means we can do the

dialysis whenever we want to come up and we can live our normal lives

rather than coming in and out of hospital.

Just waiting for the staff now. The staff is his wife, who was

helping to perform the home treatment.

It was good for me to do that today, because we go home on Monday and we

will have to do it ourselves down. This dialysis machine can even be

taken on holiday. For the couple it is a new lease of life. A with

being able to go out to dinner together, being able to drink and

eat freely without the worry of eating foods he should not be

eating, we are going to be a normal couple.

That is because the large hospital- based machines patient formerly

relied on his gruelling. Patients are having it sixties a

week, incident three is a week, they have less pressure on the hard

so the blood pressure is better controlled. They have quicker

recovery time, also. Blood chemistry is more stable, so it

improves their quality of life. Ansell, the Vincentes said goodbye

to hospital today. Come next week, That will make a huge difference to

the family's life, good luck to them.

He wanted sport, and Tony Husband is here in the studio. I was

watching the balls being picked out upstairs in the Euro 2012. I did

not get as far as England. France, Sweden and Ukraine, we have

got. It could have been better, could have been worse. We get

excited, then we just get knocked out.

No!, don't say such things! The second round of the FA Cup is

perhaps the most significant of the whole competition for the lower

ranked clubs. They know that they're one win away from the third

roundm - and that is where the big clubs, the romance and the money,

come into play. Even when two non-League teams

clash, there is no guarantee of a level playing field, in financial

terms, at least. When Salisbury play grim speak they will be facing

a team with eight times their budget.

Obviously they are up with a massive history, but we are at home,

we will have a full house and the fans will be out in their numbers.

We have a chance, that is the beautiful part of the FA Cup, we

are the underdogs but they can give a good game.

Aldershot have already had a dream time, facing Manchester United in

the Carling Cup. Tomorrow they travel to Sheffield Wednesday

hoping a season of Cup exploits has hoping a season of Cup exploits has

another chapter in store. Crawley will beat in the unusual

position of giants when the face position of giants when the face

the lowest side left in the Cup. They are on the most wonderful cup

run themselves, and we have been there. What comes from that his

belief that you can beat everyone. This is not a day out for us, by

any stretch of the imagination. We feel we can win this. We have got

nothing to lose, and it is only a lose-lose situation for Burstow

Rovers. All the dream is for rent three,

when the big guns enter the competition.

Good luck to all the teams over the weekend.

In the Championship it is top versus bottom as Southampton travel

to Doncaster tomorrow. Richard Chaplow missing again due to a knee

injury. Saints still two points clear. Reading are at Blackpool,

just two defeats in 13 have seen them move up to ninth in the table.

After Tuesday night's win at Derby After Tuesday night's win at Derby

Brighton hope for a fourth win in Brighton hope for a fourth win in

five at home to Nottingham Forest. Gus Poyet's men are on the brink of

the play off places again. Portsmouth Chief Executive David

Lampitt is due to speak to fans before tomorrow's home game against

Coventry at Fratton Park. He will outline Pompey's plans to attract a

buyer as soon as possible after their parent company went into

administration. Pompey drew at home administration. Pompey drew at home

to Leicester last week, but remain without Liam Lawrence and Luke

Varney for the game against Coventry. They haven't lost at home

Coventry. They haven't lost at home since the end of September.

Hampshire sailor Sam Davies has secured sponsorship to take part in

next year's Vendee globe race. Davies, who also spends time in

France has to qualify for the single-handed round the world

challenge but is expected to be on the start line next November in Les

Sables D'Olonne. The 37-year-old completed in the race back in 2009

and finished fourth. The race is on to secure the

remaining places in Britain's Olympic sailing team ahead of next

year's games in Weymouth and Portland. Perth in Western

Australia is the venue for the world sailing championships, where

most of Britain's big names will be competing, and some still have to

secure their berths in the team. We will be following the action next

week. Doesn't it look nice there? I like it, sunshine come a bit of

seaside. I did not realise that the state of last year was quite

significant as far as the weather is concerned.

Yes, it was. It was not my birthday, though.

We'll talk about whether, not your birthday.

Last year on December 2nd, Anni Stevens' garden in East Preston was

Stevens' garden in East Preston was covered with snow, and today this

was the scene. Last year she couldn't go out to celebrate her

birthday because of all of that snow. Happy birthday from us. A

stunning picture of St. Oswald's Bay taken this morning by Heather

Snow. That name keeps the theme going!

Is there any snow? No, no snow tonight, but there are

some rain coming in from the West and we will soon see it, becoming

quite windy, also. It has been fairly windy today, and here under

pressure charred you can see what is happening. The warm front

bringing up rain overnight. Isobars tapped -- pact directly together,

and over made a decent soaking for all parts. The for many of us it

will ease away by the Don, particularly across the north and

west. It will be a milder rate than last night, six or seven Celsius.

In the south-east we may hang on to a few coastal showers into the

morning. It is generally cloudy and we will see very limited sunshine

through Saturday. Perhaps the far North Sea and a good deal of

sunshine. Nine Aug 13 Celsius, and of course 13 is still above average,

but it will feel chilly because of the western winds. In the evening,

it is still breezy, 547 Celsius generally for inland areas. -- five

or seven Celsius. We have rain crossing the English Channel, and

we think it we tracked northwards. There could be rain first thing on

Sunday morning and it may merge into a longer showers. It is all

gone by Monday. It will be a dry, bright, chilly day on Monday.

North-westerly, strong winds, strong -- gale force winds along

the coast. Cold and windy throughout the weekend, quite a lot

of cloud to contend with, and also some rain. The summary, Saturday it

will be very chilly because of the brisk wind back. The Sunday, rain

particularly for the coastal counties. It will be drier and

brighter but much colder it bit -- as we head into next week.

Looking up at map, that snow is tentatively close.

It is edging very close to us. There is going to be a lot in

Scotland? There will be a significant amount

for Monday. None for us?

Not just yet. I hope not, anyway.

I hope not, anyway. That is all from us, for FA Cup