:00:10. > :00:13.Hello I'm Jo Kent with the news in the south. A Royal Marine based at
:00:13. > :00:17.the Poole headquarters of the Special Boat Service has been named
:00:17. > :00:20.as one of two servicemen killed in Afghanistan. Captain Tom Jennings,
:00:20. > :00:24.who was 29 and married with two children, was caught in an
:00:24. > :00:27.explosion and on a road south of Kabul three days before Christmas.
:00:27. > :00:33.He was described as a true leader, selfless in his professional
:00:33. > :00:36.approach, dedicated and humble. The battle to find and eliminate
:00:36. > :00:41.Taliban bomb-making factories has been a top priority for our troops
:00:41. > :00:43.in Afghanistan. Today, the army has revealed that soldiers from the
:00:43. > :00:50.south have been involved in the discovery of explosives in Helmand
:00:50. > :00:53.British Afghan troops discovered 27 improvised explosive devices and
:00:53. > :01:00.other bomb-making equipment in an operation that began just before
:01:00. > :01:02.Christmas in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province. Soldiers from
:01:02. > :01:05.the south's Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment were amongst 280
:01:05. > :01:13.British troops involved in the operation working alongside 550
:01:13. > :01:16.members of the Afghan security forces. Altogether nearly a ton of
:01:16. > :01:26.explosives were found and they were destroyed in a spectacular
:01:26. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:35.explosion the sent out a visible Any discovery of the components is
:01:35. > :01:39.helpful. We want to make the districts safer. For the long term,
:01:39. > :01:42.we have demonstrated improving Afghan capability.
:01:42. > :01:44.The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment has been helping to train
:01:44. > :01:47.Afghan police and the latest security operation was planned and
:01:47. > :01:50.led by Afghan security forces. Tragically, one African policeman
:01:50. > :01:54.was killed by an IED during the operation in the Nad-e Ali district.
:01:54. > :02:04.The discovery and destruction of so many IED's is being seen as a
:02:04. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:10.significant success. If 44-year-old woman has been charged with murder.
:02:10. > :02:13.A man was found dead on Wednesday morning. The woman from Torquay
:02:13. > :02:16.will appear before Bournemouth magistrates tomorrow.
:02:16. > :02:19.Sussex Police are searching for three men who pretended to be
:02:19. > :02:22.delivering a parcel before bursting into an elderly couple's home and
:02:22. > :02:26.robbing them. It happened yesterday evening in Woodingdean on the edge
:02:26. > :02:29.of Brighton. The men, who are white and in their thirties, tied the
:02:29. > :02:33.couple up and locked them in their bedroom before stealing money and
:02:33. > :02:43.jewellery. Sussex Police say they believe it is an isolated incident
:02:43. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:48.but are increasing patrols in the area.
:02:48. > :02:53.It was a terrifying ideal for them both. They are bearing up very well.
:02:53. > :02:56.There were no weapons involved. They had slight injuries in given
:02:56. > :02:59.what happened to them that is a relief.
:02:59. > :03:07.A man has appeared in court charged with wounding with intent after a
:03:07. > :03:10.man was stabbed in the throat in Allotment holder from Eastleigh in
:03:10. > :03:14.Hampshire is taking his local council to court over a rent rise.
:03:14. > :03:23.Just over a year ago rent on the allotments went up by 60%. Now a
:03:23. > :03:27.court will have to decide whether that is reasonable. An average
:03:27. > :03:32.Proctor he used to cost �25 a year but it went up to �40 last year.
:03:32. > :03:35.Alex decided that was unreasonable and is mounting a legal challenge.
:03:35. > :03:40.He discovered previous cases where allotment holder successfully
:03:40. > :03:45.argued in court that rent rises should be in line with the increase
:03:45. > :03:51.in other council services. Having looked at the prices of increases
:03:51. > :03:57.for things like swimming pools, the local increase was 9% of the two
:03:57. > :04:02.years. We had a difference of between 9% and 60%. Eastleigh
:04:02. > :04:07.council told us the average cost of allotment is only 80p per week and
:04:07. > :04:14.that includes the use of water and electricity. Rents are hard for the
:04:14. > :04:19.over-sixties. The legal challenge is set for February. -- rents a
:04:19. > :04:21.Sussex Police officers and civilian workers have been told not to
:04:21. > :04:26.charge their mobile phones and other electrical appliances at work
:04:26. > :04:29.to cut costs. The force is looking to save �50 million by 2015. It
:04:29. > :04:33.says the ban will help to cut its electricity bill.
:04:33. > :04:36.Doctors have described her as a walking miracle. Serita Shone is
:04:36. > :04:39.back at home in Weymouth after an horrific accident during her first
:04:39. > :04:43.bobsleigh training session with the British team left her with a broken
:04:43. > :04:51.back. She spent seven weeks in hospital in Germany. Mike Bushell
:04:51. > :04:58.went to meet her. Serita Shone dream was to emulate
:04:58. > :05:02.their team of 10 -- 2002. Reaching speeds of 80 mph on the eyes, it is
:05:02. > :05:06.her passion but it almost cost her her life. There were a few points
:05:06. > :05:11.where I thought I was not going to make tomorrow, the hallucinations
:05:11. > :05:18.from the dregs, I thought I was dying. I remember saying out loud,
:05:18. > :05:23.amide dying? This is my job as a brake man. This is my of their
:05:23. > :05:29.driver. She had only decided to switch to bobsleigh in the summer
:05:29. > :05:34.and had won a place in the British squad. Talk us through what
:05:34. > :05:41.happened. The bobsleigh was on top of you. A we went up into the
:05:42. > :05:45.corner, it's a sort of peeled off. I came down and die was underneath
:05:45. > :05:50.the bobsleigh. My back hit the ice first and everything else came in.
:05:50. > :05:56.I have never felt pain like it. Bits of bone had broken off here.
:05:56. > :06:04.This is how her spinal cord was bent. When they push my vertebrate
:06:04. > :06:10.back... It has been rebuilt. Most people think I am mad. My family
:06:10. > :06:20.are telling me not to get back into one of those! Having a relatively
:06:20. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:25.normal Christmas is fantastic. The band of rain will move eastward.
:06:25. > :06:29.There is a possibility of drizzle once this main rain band clears its
:06:29. > :06:35.weight was the North Sea. And sprigs of drizzle are possible and
:06:35. > :06:41.so be a cloudy night but a very mild night. A low of six-11 degrees
:06:41. > :06:47.Celsius. A mild day for tomorrow with a lot of cloud around, one of
:06:47. > :06:52.two bright spells. The risk of Patty drizzle still around. --
:06:52. > :06:56.patchy drizzle. The wind is breast through the afternoon coming in
:06:56. > :07:03.from the south-west. For New Year's Day, there is the risk of a shower
:07:03. > :07:06.throughout the afternoon and they will be hit-and-miss. There is the
:07:06. > :07:11.risk once again tomorrow night for a New Year's Eve of some patchy
:07:11. > :07:15.drizzle, it is a mild night to come. Showers are times particularly