:00:05. > :00:09.I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:09. > :00:18.Pay up Pompey - another winding up threat if the club doesn't pay its
:00:18. > :00:24.taxes. For the fans it is disappointing because we are loyal.
:00:24. > :00:27.It's a shame we do not have the money to buy the club.
:00:27. > :00:29.The cost to the taxpayer - should councillors be entitled to public
:00:29. > :00:37.sector pensions? Changing landscape - the row over
:00:37. > :00:42.five acres of proposed polytunnels to grow soft fruit. In our opinion,
:00:42. > :00:50.it is not a farm, it is an industrial plant. It is three
:00:50. > :00:59.metres high. And the moment Dark Side Of The
:00:59. > :01:02.Moon came out into the light 40 years ago in Brighton.
:01:02. > :01:07.Pompey fans are facing yet more uncertainty over the clubs future
:01:07. > :01:10.as the tax man seeks to recover more than �1 million. It's now just
:01:10. > :01:13.a matter of weeks for the club's management to find a solution after
:01:13. > :01:19.It's been issued with a winding up petition by HM Revenue and Customs
:01:19. > :01:22.for missing two tax payments totalling �1.6 million. The news
:01:22. > :01:25.comes after Italian businessman Joseph Cala pulled out of a deal to
:01:25. > :01:32.buy the club on Friday, and just weeks after Pompey's parent company
:01:32. > :01:35.CSI went into administration. It's almost two years since Portsmouth
:01:35. > :01:43.became the first Premier League club to enter administration, and
:01:43. > :01:51.what now for the clubs future? Roisin Gauson is live there tonight.
:01:51. > :01:55.Roisin, it feels like we've been here before?
:01:55. > :02:03.Yes. It is an all-too-familiar situation, both in terms of the
:02:03. > :02:09.timing and the characters involved. The man at the centre of this lent
:02:09. > :02:14.the club �2 million in 2009, but as security, he took out a charge on
:02:14. > :02:24.the stadium. Now the payments are not been met and there has been no
:02:24. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:33.joy it finding a new man -- newts joy -- no joy in finding a new
:02:33. > :02:39.manager. As the bills pile up, players may have to be sold.
:02:39. > :02:49.need players to win games, to get a fountain, to make money to pay the
:02:49. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :03:02.bills. We need a good own or otherwise the club will go bust.
:03:02. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:11.is a pity that the people coming to buyers cannot get it in gear.
:03:11. > :03:21.administrator said that he hoped to find a new owner within a week, but
:03:21. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:32.as time ticks on, no further announcement had been made. At the
:03:32. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:36.moment, there are still people owed significance sums of money. So if
:03:36. > :03:40.someone is going to buy the club, they will look at what they are
:03:40. > :03:46.getting for their money and if someone is asking for too much,
:03:46. > :03:53.they will not get it. Fans want a greater say in the running of the
:03:53. > :03:58.club. A website has been set up to look at all options. No-one wants a
:03:58. > :04:02.football club to disappear or to be liquidated, but just in case we had
:04:02. > :04:07.put together a plan that involves creating a new football club which
:04:07. > :04:11.will hopefully be at Fratton Park. If not, we will look at other sites
:04:11. > :04:15.around the area. After a difficult two months, nothing looks certain
:04:15. > :04:20.for the club which is to without an owner and facing critical cash flow
:04:20. > :04:26.problems. The club would not put anyone up
:04:26. > :04:29.for administration, but said it felt let down. It said there were
:04:29. > :04:35.given assurances that whilst the search for a new owner was carried
:04:35. > :04:40.out, the short term financial obligations would be met. Clearly
:04:40. > :04:44.that has not happened. If you want more in-depth analysis,
:04:44. > :04:46.you can find more information online.
:04:46. > :04:49.A woman has been arrested on suspicion of evading over �1
:04:49. > :04:51.million in tobacco duty after several major seizures at
:04:51. > :04:53.Southampton Container Port. HM Revenue and Customs uncovered two
:04:53. > :04:58.cargo loads in Southampton and a further load in Felixstowe
:04:58. > :05:03.totalling 6.5 tonnes. They were marked as Chinese Herbs. It's
:05:03. > :05:05.estimated the total haul could have made over 12 million cigarettes.
:05:05. > :05:08.The pressure group the Taxpayers Alliance has criticised Dorset
:05:08. > :05:13.County Council for allowing some of its councillors to join its pension
:05:13. > :05:17.scheme along with staff employed by the county. The group argues that
:05:17. > :05:26.councillors shouldn't benefit in that way. But the council says the
:05:26. > :05:29.amount of money involved is minimal and entirely justified.
:05:29. > :05:34.Where ever you are, the pressures of the economic landscape are never
:05:34. > :05:38.far away just now and today, Conservative controlled also became
:05:38. > :05:46.the focus of an attack for allowing some members to join its pension
:05:46. > :05:49.scheme. We need to ask questions about why so many councillors are
:05:49. > :05:56.enrolling in the local government pension scheme. In a year it
:05:57. > :06:06.increased by 1,000. That's 1,000 more people that taxpayers have to
:06:06. > :06:12.deal with. Those eligible to join, among some of the council leader,
:06:12. > :06:17.have considerable responsibilities. It is a non-starter really when
:06:17. > :06:26.they talk about volunteers and elected members been pensioners. It
:06:26. > :06:31.is a minuscule amount of money being spent on it. On Dorset County
:06:31. > :06:36.Council 14 councillors are members of the scheme. The council's
:06:36. > :06:41.contribution to the whole of the staff pension scheme, not including
:06:41. > :06:49.staff in schools and the fire service is �72.5 million. That
:06:49. > :06:58.works out at �179 per head of population. Across the county
:06:58. > :07:02.because a public services is highly controversial. The question over
:07:02. > :07:11.whether councillors should receive a public pension has added to the
:07:11. > :07:15.debate. But in the present financial climate even a relatively
:07:15. > :07:18.modest sums are being called into question.
:07:18. > :07:27.Earlier, I spoke to pensions expert Dani Cox about why so many
:07:27. > :07:32.councillors are joining the public sector scheme. I think they are in
:07:32. > :07:36.rolling into the scheme because it is a good scheme. It is a final
:07:37. > :07:40.salary scheme, so it is not based on Investment Market or interest
:07:40. > :07:45.rates and so it is a good scheme for people to be able to join. As
:07:45. > :07:49.with any employee or anyone who has the chance to join a company
:07:49. > :07:54.pension scheme, they should do so at the earliest opportunity. With
:07:54. > :08:03.so many councillors coming forward and wanting to n'roll, it will mean
:08:03. > :08:08.be part ball diminished rapidly. Absolutely. The cost will go up.
:08:08. > :08:14.There is a one trillion pound deficit in public sector pensions.
:08:14. > :08:18.If more people join, the deficit increases. It is important that the
:08:18. > :08:27.people who have the right to join do so. How expensive it is it for
:08:27. > :08:30.the government? It is difficult to say. And normal member of a local
:08:30. > :08:36.government scheme will be plain about 5% of their income and the
:08:36. > :08:41.authority about 25 % into the scheme. This is a voluntary role,
:08:41. > :08:47.so with the councillors it is difficult to know at what level
:08:47. > :08:52.their reference salary will be. It will be 25 % of something. How do
:08:52. > :08:57.public sector pensions compared with the private sector? It is like
:08:57. > :09:05.chalk and cheese. The cost of private sector pensions has
:09:05. > :09:10.increased by 20 % this year alone. They are susceptible to problems
:09:10. > :09:13.and the stock market and reductions in interest rate. Public sector
:09:13. > :09:19.schemes, despite the changes they might be over the next few years,
:09:19. > :09:21.they are still good pension schemes. Thank you.
:09:22. > :09:24.A court's heard from the first witness today as the prosecution
:09:24. > :09:26.continues to outline why it thinks Harry Rednapp had an offshore
:09:27. > :09:30.account. It's claimed the former Portsmouth Chairman Milan Mandaric
:09:30. > :09:32.paid so called "bungs" into a Monaco account in the name of Mr
:09:32. > :09:35.Rednapp's dog. Mr Redknapp and his co-defendant Milan Mandaric both
:09:35. > :09:39.deny charges of cheating the public revenue. Our sports correspondent
:09:39. > :09:46.James Pearce was at Southwark Crown Court.
:09:46. > :09:54.The court has been hearing tape conversations between Harry
:09:54. > :10:00.Redknapp and a former reporter. The reporter had been tipped off and
:10:00. > :10:07.the conversation contained some colourful language. At one point
:10:07. > :10:15.the reporter said, I wish I could leave �100,000 a line around. Harry
:10:15. > :10:21.Redknapp said, or what I can. Later in the conversation he said the
:10:21. > :10:25.Inland Revenue were aware of the money. If it was something dodgy,
:10:25. > :10:34.up I would have gone over there, got the money and bought it back in
:10:34. > :10:44.a briefcase. The presentation -- the prosecution also asked a number
:10:44. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :11:02.of questions today. One of those were did it not cross Mr Redknapp's
:11:02. > :11:07.mind to it mention this to his accountant? The case resumes
:11:07. > :11:13.tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Still to come - the Olympic legacy
:11:13. > :11:16.helping youngsters to get back on target in sport.
:11:16. > :11:20.Police in Southsea say they are worried for the safety of a one-
:11:20. > :11:25.year-old boy after he disappeared with his mother. Coreene Hamilton
:11:25. > :11:27.and her son Phoenix were last seen 24 hours ago. The police say
:11:27. > :11:30.Coreene's circumstances mean they want to find her urgently and say
:11:30. > :11:34.any member of the public with information should call the police
:11:34. > :11:37.immediately. Around 30 firefighters have been
:11:37. > :11:39.tackling a blaze at an industrial dry cleaning business in
:11:39. > :11:44.Basingstoke. Emergency services wearing specialist chemical suits
:11:44. > :11:48.were called to the West Ham industrial estate this morning. An
:11:48. > :11:56.investigation is underway into how the fire started. There are no
:11:56. > :11:58.reports of any injuries. A greengrocer in Hove is warning
:11:58. > :12:03.other small businesses to be cautious of the online discount
:12:03. > :12:06.site Groupon after using it lost him thousands of pounds. Daniel
:12:06. > :12:16.Harris wanted to sell discount veg boxes in the Brighton area, but was
:12:16. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:21.swamped with orders and could not keep up with demand.
:12:21. > :12:31.Daniel Harris is moving to cheaper premises to save his business. He
:12:31. > :12:35.said his mistake was using Groupon, a discount website. Daniel agreed
:12:35. > :12:45.to sell his vegetables through the site with a 60 % website. He wanted
:12:45. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:57.new customers, but 800 orders flooded in. He could not cope with
:12:57. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:05.them. We have lost a few 1,000 pounds. I could not cope. Daniel's
:13:05. > :13:11.is not the only person to regret signing up. This company lost money
:13:11. > :13:16.because they have too high in extra staff. Where small businesses have
:13:16. > :13:20.not considered how much of a product they can make or send out,
:13:20. > :13:27.or where they have not considered a number of people from Groupon are
:13:27. > :13:35.going to phone them up and that is what has the adverse effect on the
:13:35. > :13:41.business. Groupon take a cut of the sales. The advertising agency
:13:41. > :13:51.ombudsman has raised concern. There is a risk that some businesses
:13:51. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :14:01.offering deals will fail. We are running at risk, but if I look at
:14:01. > :14:06.the partner based we have, the majority of the partners are happy.
:14:06. > :14:10.Daniel wants to warn others that Groupon's success can be bad news
:14:10. > :14:12.for small businesses. Commuters using a bus from
:14:12. > :14:14.Winchester to Southampton can now access the internet whilst
:14:14. > :14:19.travelling. Over the next few months Bluestar is offering free
:14:19. > :14:22.Wi-Fi to passengers on the number one bus at 7.30 in the morning.
:14:23. > :14:27.After the trial the company will decide whether to offer free Wi-Fi
:14:27. > :14:29.on other buses. Protestors say proposals to put
:14:29. > :14:35.polytunnels on five acres of Berkshire farmland at Finchampstead
:14:35. > :14:39.will wreck the landscape. The company behind the plans EU Plants
:14:39. > :14:44.Ltd says the tunnels are essential and won't harm the area, which is
:14:44. > :14:47.of special landscape importance. Long term, the aim is to grow six
:14:47. > :14:57.million soft fruit plants on the site to meet what the owners say is
:14:57. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:08.a huge demand. And the lorries that get in and out,
:15:08. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:16.it is ridiculous. It was hardly a meeting of minds. The owner turned
:15:16. > :15:20.up unexpectedly as protesters rallied against having a poly
:15:20. > :15:28.tunnels on landscaped land. For years, this farm has been used for
:15:28. > :15:38.grazing and to grow crops, but the new owner has a new approach to
:15:38. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:53.farming. These poly tunnels grow fruit in strict rotational
:15:53. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:04.conditions. People do not have a clue what is about to appear.
:16:04. > :16:09.onus soap the poly tunnels will cover a small fraction of the farm.
:16:09. > :16:19.The time was right for us to by Our Own piece of land and we hope we
:16:19. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:26.can make our home here and develop the farm. There has been an
:16:27. > :16:36.increased demand for fruit, but the local MP doesn't believe the poly
:16:37. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:46.tunnels should be on the property. I am here to support the local
:16:46. > :16:49.people. The public consultation ends later this week.
:16:49. > :16:52.Archaeologists have revealed that a mass grave found in Dorset belongs
:16:52. > :16:55.to a group of Viking mercenaries. The burial site at Ridgeway Hill
:16:55. > :16:58.was discovered by a workman in 2009 preparing for the Weymouth Relief
:16:58. > :17:00.Road. Carbon dating revealed that the 54 bodies were from the 11th
:17:00. > :17:10.century and tests on their teeth showed they had come from
:17:10. > :17:14.
:17:14. > :17:24.Scandinavia. A fascinating story. Over to sport now. Shall we talk
:17:24. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:34.about social media to stop we? Yes. It has got a few people in two
:17:34. > :17:37.hot-water though. Southampton winger Jason Puncheon
:17:37. > :17:40.finds himself back in favour at St Mary's after settling his
:17:40. > :17:47.differences with chairman Nicola Cortese. Let's have a look at what
:17:47. > :17:50.Puncheon had to say on Twitter on Saturday night. He vowed to sit out
:17:50. > :17:53.the remaining 18 months of his contract, while training with the
:17:53. > :17:55.youth team and then leave on a free transfer. Today though, an about-
:17:56. > :17:58.turn, expressing his delight that any disagreements had been sorted
:17:59. > :18:02.and vowing to help Saints reach the Premier League. "Come on you
:18:02. > :18:05.Saints" he adds. With Nigel Adkins' squad currently
:18:05. > :18:08.suffering a number of injuries, we could soon be seeing Puncheon
:18:08. > :18:10.reproduce goals like this - his last for the club nearly two years
:18:10. > :18:11.ago. Meanwhile Southampton have today
:18:11. > :18:20.rubber-stamped the signing of Japanese international striker
:18:20. > :18:22.Tadanari Lee. He's available for Saturday's FA Cup tie at Millwall.
:18:22. > :18:25.Surrey fast bowler Chris Tremlett has been no stranger to injury
:18:25. > :18:28.problems, and he's now been forced home from England's test series
:18:28. > :18:31.against Pakistan in Dubai. Tremlett suffered a recurrence of a back
:18:31. > :18:34.injury that recently kept him out for five months. His place for the
:18:34. > :18:37.Second Test went to Sussex's Monty Panesar and the spinner took the
:18:37. > :18:41.early wicket of Mohammed Hafeez as Pakistan reached 256 for 7 in their
:18:42. > :18:47.first innings. Panesar was back in the England side, having being left
:18:47. > :18:49.out of the previous 29 matches. In rugby union, London Irish have
:18:49. > :18:52.handed new contracts to two of their rising England stars. 19-
:18:52. > :18:55.year-old winger Marland Yard and flanker David Sisi, who's 18, have
:18:55. > :19:00.signed deals which will keep them with the Exiles for the next two
:19:00. > :19:03.years. At the heart of this summer's
:19:03. > :19:06.Olympics has always been a pledge to leave a lasting sporting legacy.
:19:06. > :19:09.Critics say it will be a tough challenge to meet, but children in
:19:09. > :19:14.Portsmouth have today been benefiting from a scheme to inspire
:19:14. > :19:24.young people. It's called Street Games and Rachael Canter went along
:19:24. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:28.to find out more. Getting youngsters on target through sport.
:19:28. > :19:38.This project in Portsmouth work with young people from deprived
:19:38. > :19:44.areas. Young people like this boy. I didn't really have anywhere else
:19:44. > :19:52.to go or anything to do. I did not want to sit in on get into trouble
:19:52. > :19:57.and commit crime. Here, they sorted me out. The programme here uses
:19:57. > :20:02.sport to break down barriers. Today is a disability awareness session.
:20:02. > :20:05.It has been inspired by a Paralympic hopeful. Anything that
:20:05. > :20:09.encourages people to take part in sport and have a healthier
:20:09. > :20:14.lifestyle is a good thing. London won the Olympic bid the goal
:20:14. > :20:20.was to get one million more people involved in sport, but seven years
:20:20. > :20:28.later figures show only around 110,000 have taken up a new sport.
:20:28. > :20:38.That is why the gains's organisers are keen to give a seal of approval
:20:38. > :20:47.to projects like this. People have come to was saying, I am interested
:20:47. > :20:51.in getting involved. Hopefully there were well-spread and it would
:20:51. > :20:56.get better. The dream may be to reach the Olympics, but for these
:20:56. > :21:00.children taking part is just as important.
:21:00. > :21:02.A table tennis player from the South has become one of the first
:21:02. > :21:05.athletes to be selected for this summer's Paralympic Games in London.
:21:05. > :21:09.Seen in the blue shirt, Will Bayley competed at the Beijing Paralympics
:21:09. > :21:12.in 2008 and is currently the world number one in his class. He's one
:21:12. > :21:14.of ten players named by Team GB today. The 24-year-old from Poole
:21:14. > :21:20.has a rare congenital disorder called Arthrograposis, which
:21:20. > :21:23.affects all four of his limbs. Thousands of extra spectators will
:21:23. > :21:27.be able to watch the Olympic cycling race in an area of
:21:27. > :21:30.sensitive countryside in Surrey. Box Hill has been touted as the
:21:30. > :21:34."best vantage point" for the road race, and organisers now anticipate
:21:34. > :21:44.a capacity of 15,000. Concerns had previously been raised about the
:21:44. > :21:44.
:21:44. > :21:48.impact of crowds on the hill. That should be a pretty spectacular
:21:48. > :21:54.sight. I went up there the other day, but
:21:54. > :21:57.not on a bike. I drove. It is a beautiful place.
:21:57. > :22:04.It went on to become one of the most successful albums ever made,
:22:04. > :22:07.but it was only played to a small number of fans at the Brighton Dome.
:22:07. > :22:12.40 years ago, Pink Floyd launched their songs that went on to be
:22:12. > :22:15.released as The Dark Side Of The Moon. Since then it's sold 50
:22:15. > :22:18.million copies, making it the 6th best-selling album of all time in
:22:18. > :22:28.the UK. And it was huge in the States, too, remaining in the US
:22:28. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:37.Billboard album chart for an astonishing 741 weeks.
:22:37. > :22:47.Even the band members knew the Dark Side Of The Moon was something
:22:47. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:09.special. The I knew something Now Pink Floyd have returned to
:23:09. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:25.Brighton where they it debuted the Alban material. -- album material.
:23:25. > :23:35.The photographer who took the original stills has put on an
:23:35. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:42.exhibition. Deep cover of Dark Side Of The Moon has recently been voted
:23:42. > :23:48.the best album cover. It was here over 40 years ago it was heard live
:23:48. > :23:54.for the first time. But all did not run smoothly. The band's
:23:54. > :23:58.revolutionary equipment caused a blackout halfway through the peak.
:23:58. > :24:06.It was untested get and it was overload I think. It only went
:24:06. > :24:13.wrong after half-an-hour and it actually went wrong on the bass
:24:13. > :24:23.riff of Money, the most important piece. Images from the band on that
:24:23. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:29.night and throughout their career had been on all their album covers.
:24:29. > :24:39.-- have been. It means nothing to you, does it.
:24:39. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:50.It is a desert of culture tonight. The exhibition will be on and will
:24:50. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:10.20th March at the Brighton Dome. -- A great day to day. I think it was
:25:10. > :25:14.captured perfectly in that picture. Gloomy conditions throughout and
:25:14. > :25:19.there will be its some more to come this evening. Abound of rain
:25:19. > :25:24.arriving from the West which will bring heavy pulses of through the
:25:24. > :25:29.overnight period. Tonight, we stop with grey skies and patchy drizzle
:25:29. > :25:39.before the wind macro picks up and the front arrives. We are expecting
:25:39. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:56.to see 20 mm of rain. Behind it, cooler conditions to come. Tomorrow,
:25:56. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:10.it will start with fresh conditions. Along the coast there could be some
:26:10. > :26:14.hail of thunder. Tomorrow night, we stick with those showers. They will
:26:14. > :26:21.come and go through the course of the night. The cloud will come and
:26:21. > :26:31.go as well. Temperatures closer to freezing with towns and cities down
:26:31. > :26:41.to two degrees. A frosty start on Friday, but high-pressure it moving
:26:41. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:51.in. Chris and bright to start with sunny skies during the day. The
:26:51. > :26:57.weekend, some uncertainty at the moment. It will feel colder on both
:26:57. > :27:02.days. Saturday it will be worked in the West, dry in the east. On
:27:02. > :27:12.Sunday we should see some brain has at times. Here is a summary for the
:27:12. > :27:18.