:00:02. > :00:05.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:05. > :00:12.programme: A big bill from a nursing home lands on this woman's
:00:12. > :00:17.doorstep for failing to "give notice" of her father's death.
:00:17. > :00:20.says you have to give 28 days' notice of moving or dying. How many
:00:20. > :00:23.people know when they are going to die?
:00:23. > :00:26.How much for a healthy heart? Should this surgery have promoted a
:00:26. > :00:31.private test to its patients? Portsmouth Football Club is in
:00:31. > :00:34.administration for the second time in three seasons. We're live at the
:00:34. > :00:44.club. And Dig For Victory - allotment
:00:44. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.holders who complained about high A woman from Christchurch is
:00:53. > :00:58.calling for better regulation of nursing homes after she was sent a
:00:58. > :01:02.bill for failing to "give notice" of her father's death. 79-year-old
:01:02. > :01:07.Kenneth Cann was a resident at Highcliffe Nursing Home in Dorset.
:01:07. > :01:10.He had dementia. His daughter says he was well looked after there. But
:01:10. > :01:14.she was very surprised when a letter from the home arrived on her
:01:14. > :01:18.doorstep the day after his funeral. It stated that, "A notice period of
:01:18. > :01:23.four weeks is required in the event of a resident moving out or passing
:01:23. > :01:27.away." Because she hadn't given notice that her father would die on
:01:27. > :01:30.January 30th - and how could she? - the letter demanded payment of just
:01:30. > :01:38.over �3,000. And such a charge is something the National Care
:01:38. > :01:43.Association says is wrong. Chris Coneybeer reports.
:01:43. > :01:50.Kenneth Cann was a jovial figure in Christchurch, but dementia meant he
:01:50. > :01:55.ended his days in their care homes. Their fees, �3,500 per month. When
:01:55. > :02:00.he died, his daughter received a letter offering condolences, but
:02:00. > :02:04.also saying for weeks notice was required of moving out or passing
:02:04. > :02:09.away. It meant that �3,000 was a ring.
:02:09. > :02:15.It says you have to give 28 days' notice of moving or dying. How many
:02:15. > :02:21.people know when they are going to die? I think to have this belt land
:02:21. > :02:24.on the relatives doorstep with this bill on top of everything else, was
:02:25. > :02:32.absolutely appalling and very insensitive the day after the
:02:32. > :02:40.funeral. They say it is a money- making venture. The people involved
:02:40. > :02:46.on the personal level are merely pawns in this game. Used to get
:02:46. > :02:49.much money at a people as they can. Nobody from the care home would be
:02:49. > :02:53.interviewed today, but in a statement they said, we take all
:02:53. > :02:57.matters of concern raised by residents of family is very
:02:57. > :03:03.seriously. We will respond to people directly concerned over the
:03:03. > :03:07.matters raised. They also said, we value our customers and association
:03:07. > :03:10.with the community at large. Earlier I spoke to Sheila Scott
:03:10. > :03:17.from the National Care Association and asked her if it's common
:03:17. > :03:22.practise for a care home to demand four weeks notice in this way.
:03:22. > :03:26.It certainly was 20 or 30 years ago to have that written into the
:03:26. > :03:31.contract. I think of four weeks' notice, if someone is leaving the
:03:31. > :03:36.care home to go home or another name, is normal. It is not a
:03:36. > :03:40.somebody passes away. If somebody passes await them in my experience,
:03:40. > :03:45.people are given time to clear the room and they would pay for the
:03:45. > :03:49.room over those few days while they clear it. That would be the end of
:03:49. > :03:53.the matter. I just want to read out the
:03:53. > :03:57.sentence from the health care. This is the letter. A sentence as an
:03:57. > :04:02.notice period of four weeks is required in the event of a resident
:04:02. > :04:08.moving out or passing away. That seems extraordinary. What is your
:04:08. > :04:13.reaction? I am very surprised first of all, but also it seems very
:04:13. > :04:17.insensitive and I expect it is possibly a letter that has been
:04:17. > :04:22.used for some time and is to be reviewed and reviewed quickly.
:04:22. > :04:27.it a question of common sense or is a question of regulation? I do
:04:27. > :04:32.believe this is about was reasonable. Clearly, giving four
:04:32. > :04:36.weeks' notice is not a reasonable expectation. I think there needs to
:04:36. > :04:40.be give and take on both sides. Clearly the home will feel that for
:04:40. > :04:45.the days when it can't use the room, those few days after somebody has
:04:45. > :04:50.passed away when the run has to be cleared, that that should be paid
:04:50. > :05:00.for, but I don't think it is reasonable to expect four weeks to
:05:00. > :05:08.
:05:08. > :05:13.be paid. Thank you. Portsmouth Football Club is in
:05:13. > :05:20.liquidation. The club had that gas and electricity services were in
:05:20. > :05:25.danger of being cut off. Tony, a wrangle over the Court of the
:05:25. > :05:29.administrator today, I understand? It was always a matter that
:05:29. > :05:35.Portsmouth would go into administration today to protect
:05:35. > :05:40.them against liquidation, but in a surprise move, how HM Revenue and
:05:40. > :05:44.Customs got their way with justice Morrissey was presiding and they
:05:44. > :05:50.got Trevor Birch appointed. They felt he could add a more
:05:50. > :06:00.independence set of eyes to what has been a course of perennial
:06:00. > :06:01.
:06:01. > :06:08.crisis. He will now deal with the issues of the cancellation of gas
:06:08. > :06:14.and electric and other issues here at Fratton Park.
:06:14. > :06:18.It is about survival, putting a team out tomorrow, winning games
:06:18. > :06:24.and hope the least surviving this season. How have you found the mood
:06:24. > :06:27.among staff here? It has been a very difficult time for them. And a
:06:28. > :06:34.very difficult time over the last four years. Particularly recently
:06:34. > :06:40.where they have not been paid wages. From the meeting I have just had, I
:06:40. > :06:45.see resilience and a workforce that is keen to embrace going forward.
:06:45. > :06:50.Joe Birch there. We have lost Tony for the moment. We will return to
:06:50. > :06:54.him later. We will try and receive more on Pompey going into
:06:54. > :06:57.administration. For the moment we will turn to another story.
:06:57. > :07:00.A GP surgery in Horsham has been heavily criticised for offering its
:07:00. > :07:03.patients the option of paying to have a heart screening test carried
:07:03. > :07:06.out on its premises. There's been a strong reaction to the letter the
:07:06. > :07:10.GP's surgery has sent out, with critics claiming the tests are
:07:10. > :07:18.already available free on the NHS. But the practice denies this.
:07:18. > :07:23.Danielle Glavin has more. Part surgery gets good feedback
:07:23. > :07:27.from patients. A recent survey they shows as much, but medical
:07:27. > :07:33.professions are concerned about his connection to a private company.
:07:33. > :07:38.The surgery has sent this letter out. It says that if you want all
:07:38. > :07:43.of the Test they talk about, it would cost �159 because this is
:07:44. > :07:46.being sent on behalf of a private company. Critics say that using GP
:07:46. > :07:52.lists December out of those like this is a conflict of interest.
:07:52. > :07:56.They say it undermines patients' trust in their GPs.
:07:56. > :08:01.The letter said that the surgery receives a nominal fee from their
:08:01. > :08:07.company and that health screening is available on the NHS, but this
:08:07. > :08:13.is more expensive. One patient says receiving the letter worried her.
:08:13. > :08:19.Before the letter came, I had regular blood tests and I thought
:08:19. > :08:24.the letter was related to it, but then I realised it was actually
:08:24. > :08:29.advertising private services. The Health Minister wants to shake
:08:29. > :08:36.up the NHS. The private sector would play a greater role and GPs
:08:36. > :08:41.would have more control over budgets some say this is an example
:08:41. > :08:46.as to why this is a bad idea. many other companies will end up
:08:46. > :08:50.going via GPs to access patient lists? This leads to the risk of
:08:50. > :08:55.promoting private services to patients which are actually
:08:55. > :09:00.available free on the NHS. Royal College of GPs is also
:09:00. > :09:10.concerned. In a statement they said, we would expect GPs to discuss
:09:10. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:19.concern that patients have about Health in a statement, part surgery
:09:19. > :09:23.told us this is common practice within the NHS. They said no
:09:23. > :09:27.patients' details have been given to the private company. They also
:09:27. > :09:30.said any money made from this goes to their registered charity which
:09:30. > :09:35.will help them buy medical equipment.
:09:35. > :09:39.The surgery also offers free NHS health checks.
:09:39. > :09:42.A man's been jailed for four and a half years for starting a fire in a
:09:42. > :09:45.church on the Isle of Wight. 23- year-old Kevin Williams from
:09:45. > :09:47.Sandown had pleaded guilty to setting the altar on fire at St
:09:47. > :09:50.Mary's Church in Carisbrooke last November. He also admitted to
:09:50. > :09:54.stealing a cross. Two other people arrested in connection with the
:09:54. > :09:57.incident are due in court later this month.
:09:57. > :10:00.More and more people have been joining the queue for allotments as
:10:00. > :10:03.a way of making their budgets go further in these tough times. So a
:10:03. > :10:07.council's decision to up its fees for them by 60% not surprisingly
:10:07. > :10:12.proved controversial. Eastleigh Borough argued the plots at an
:10:12. > :10:15.average of �40 a year were still good value for money. But today, as
:10:15. > :10:22.Joe Campbell reports, a judge ruled they had overstepped the mark with
:10:22. > :10:26.their increase. Allotment holders here never
:10:26. > :10:33.disputed the council's right to increase their rents, but when they
:10:33. > :10:36.went up from 25 to �40 per year, they dug their heels in for a fight.
:10:37. > :10:41.Today a judge backed the case of their leader that raising allotment
:10:41. > :10:47.fees by 60% while the cost of leisure activities were increased
:10:47. > :10:52.by 9% just was not acceptable. is not a question of a fair price.
:10:52. > :10:58.They are coming to us with a 60% increase and whether that is
:10:58. > :11:01.reasonable or not. Reasonable is not 60%. It council tax increase by
:11:01. > :11:06.60% there be more people in court today.
:11:06. > :11:13.The council said its prices for allotments were in relation to
:11:13. > :11:18.other councils. The most expensive, they wanted �15 per rod. Here in
:11:18. > :11:22.Southampton, the cost was just �3.60. At the end of the day, the
:11:22. > :11:27.council admitted that when it set prices two years ago, what it was
:11:27. > :11:31.really about was reducing the cost to the local authority.
:11:31. > :11:35.Eastleigh Borough Council says it is disappointed with today's result.
:11:36. > :11:39.This involved as one out a 700 allotment holders.
:11:39. > :11:43.Will you now be refunding money for the others or will there be more
:11:43. > :11:49.court cases? The council will consider its position over the next
:11:49. > :11:54.seven days. Other councils like Brighton and
:11:54. > :12:04.Hove which is also under fire, have been given food for thought by
:12:04. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:19.today's ruling. Now, would you be willing to pay an
:12:19. > :12:22.extra �5 of council tax a year if it saved police jobs? Police
:12:22. > :12:25.authorities across the south have been grappling with just this
:12:25. > :12:28.problem for the last few weeks. Today Thames Valley was the last
:12:28. > :12:32.force in the region to set its budget and decided not to charge
:12:32. > :12:34.any more. But for some forces, this will mean job cuts - some on the
:12:34. > :12:36.frontline. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Alex Forsyth is here
:12:36. > :12:39.to explain. This year the government said it
:12:39. > :12:42.wants to freeze council tax to help struggling families. So it offered
:12:42. > :12:46.the local bodies that set tax what seems like a good deal freeze tax
:12:46. > :12:50.and get a government grant to cover the cost. But there's a down side.
:12:50. > :12:52.So far the grant is only for one year, so when it comes to next
:12:52. > :12:55.year's budget, they won't have the grant or the extra tax.
:12:55. > :12:59.In recent weeks, police authorities across the south have been deciding
:12:59. > :13:01.whether or not to accept this deal, which means they will be worse off
:13:01. > :13:04.next year. Today Thames Valley Police decided to freeze tax and
:13:04. > :13:06.find savings elsewhere. It was a decision for the police authority.
:13:06. > :13:10.They fill very strong that with family budgets under pressure, it
:13:10. > :13:16.is the wrong time to increase costs for local people. We will spend
:13:16. > :13:19.less on overtime, buildings, rent and rates, less on police vehicles.
:13:19. > :13:21.It unfortunately means there will be less jobs as well.
:13:21. > :13:24.But some Chief Constables warn freezing tax will affect policing.
:13:24. > :13:28.Hampshire's Chief Constable Alex Marshall said it will cost 100 jobs
:13:28. > :13:32.on top of hundreds already going. And Dorset's Chief Constable Martin
:13:32. > :13:34.Baker said it will mean losing an extra 80 posts.
:13:34. > :13:37.Despite the warnings, both authorities, made up of local
:13:37. > :13:40.politicians and lay members, decided to freeze tax, saying it's
:13:40. > :13:42.important in tough times to keep it low.
:13:42. > :13:52.But the increase the Chief Constables wanted was only around
:13:52. > :14:02.�5 a year per household. So would you pay an extra fiver a year to
:14:02. > :14:02.
:14:02. > :14:08.save police jobs? Definitely. Because I don't think there are
:14:08. > :14:14.enough police. I'm not sure if I would because I think we paid
:14:14. > :14:18.enough tax in this country as it is. Definitely yes. Why? Because I
:14:18. > :14:23.think they are a necessary item on the streets and the more you see of
:14:23. > :14:26.them, the less crime there will be. All the forces in the south have
:14:26. > :14:29.now set their budgets for next year. And all except Surrey decided not
:14:29. > :14:39.to raise tax, even though it means finding more savings next year,
:14:39. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:42.unless the government offers another grant.
:14:42. > :14:45.The last ferry from Weymouth for weeks, or perhaps months, set sail
:14:45. > :14:48.this morning. The port is being closed because of safety concerns.
:14:48. > :14:50.Divers found cracks in the harbour wall, and Condor Ferries is
:14:50. > :14:53.temporarily moving its entire operation 30 miles down the coast
:14:53. > :14:59.to Poole. But as our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton reports,
:14:59. > :15:03.it's a move which is worrying business owners in Weymouth.
:15:03. > :15:08.Here is the problem, cracks in the sea wall that could threaten the
:15:08. > :15:12.structural integrity of the ferry port. This morning, the last
:15:12. > :15:17.passengers for the foreseeable future checked in. Since I was a
:15:17. > :15:22.child, I can remember ferries going back and forth to France. It will
:15:22. > :15:27.be a huge loss to the town and we hope it will be short-term. At this
:15:27. > :15:31.restaurant, the loss of the ferry will be felt quickly. It will
:15:31. > :15:38.really effect as. We do get trade coming in from the ferries if they
:15:38. > :15:43.can't sail. For Paul, the unexpected arrival of Condor
:15:43. > :15:47.services could not have come at a better time. The new twins sales
:15:47. > :15:53.bridge connecting the board opens in 10 days' time. For most
:15:53. > :15:57.passengers, the move will not be disruptive. Condor's core market is
:15:57. > :16:03.holidaymakers from the south-east and the Midlands. Almost, Paul is
:16:03. > :16:06.easier to reach them Weymouth. It is a lesser dry for me to go to
:16:06. > :16:12.Paul. It won't make a great difference because we come from
:16:12. > :16:17.Lincolnshire. I live in France but I come over as a carer. Coming into
:16:17. > :16:22.Weymouth is really a handy but this will be a drag. The final ferry
:16:22. > :16:25.takes with it one of the most important businesses in Weymouth, a
:16:26. > :16:29.�100 million a-year company carrying a million passengers. In
:16:29. > :16:33.the summer season it employs 800 people. The board could take weeks
:16:33. > :16:38.and possibly months to repair. There is talk of getting it
:16:38. > :16:46.repaired before the Olympics, but without a detailed survey of the
:16:46. > :16:51.cracked sea wall, they really don't know.
:16:51. > :16:55.Moving on to a sport now. Let's join Tony husband again he is at
:16:55. > :17:00.Fratton Park where the focus has been more about what's happening
:17:00. > :17:04.off the pitch. We had from the early and the administrator, how
:17:04. > :17:10.easy is it going to be for Pompey to find a buyer just two years
:17:10. > :17:16.after going into administration? Not easy. Trevor Birch has admitted
:17:16. > :17:20.he made a special is of interest. More than just a phone call. This
:17:20. > :17:25.is still a big challenge. There are lot of historical issues for the
:17:25. > :17:30.weather by is the club to sort out. People who have enormous mortgages,
:17:30. > :17:36.land around the ground, loads of issues. Trevor Birch's appointment
:17:36. > :17:41.has been met with optimism by fans. Obviously they need to put the club
:17:41. > :17:47.back on to an even keel. We need to find a person that will take over
:17:47. > :17:53.the kerb. Are like to see community involvement in that. -- take over
:17:53. > :17:57.the club. We need this run in a businesslike manner from now on.
:17:57. > :18:04.There has been some big lessons learnt in football over the last
:18:04. > :18:09.couple of years. The fact that they've fallen back into
:18:09. > :18:12.administration. I spoke earlier to Portsmouth North MP with her
:18:12. > :18:17.concerns. There are hopes that Parliament and government will play
:18:17. > :18:22.a bigger role in football in the future. Parliament has at long last
:18:22. > :18:27.got involved in this. The select committee has introduced a report
:18:27. > :18:35.critical of current rules. Things like the fit and proper persons
:18:35. > :18:38.test. A whole raft of stuff needs reform.
:18:38. > :18:47.Ten-point penalty Portsmouth facing up to take some to the lower
:18:47. > :18:57.reaches of the championship. They are at Barnsley tomorrow. It is a
:18:57. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:09.big weekend in the FA Cup. Two massive games for our side. The
:19:09. > :19:13.lucky horseshoe brigade will made no reminding that Brighton's
:19:13. > :19:18.stripped to the final 30 years ago saw them eliminate Liverpool on the
:19:19. > :19:23.wave. It is the stuff dreams are made of. It is going to be a great
:19:23. > :19:29.experience. It will be unique for a few players because you don't know
:19:29. > :19:35.if they will be aborted play again so it is a chance for them to go
:19:35. > :19:39.and do something special. While a Cup run is exciting for
:19:39. > :19:48.Pam's -- fans and players, business implications cannot be ignored.
:19:48. > :19:54.They will each receive money -- �212,000 for the game on TV. If
:19:54. > :19:59.they were to win, there is a further �180,000 in prize money.
:19:59. > :20:03.Liverpool legend and now pundit Mark Lawrence and still has a soft
:20:03. > :20:07.spot for Brighton. He began his career in Sussex.
:20:07. > :20:12.Brighton are looking good. They started well then tailed off a
:20:12. > :20:16.little bit, played good football. They have done a great job there.
:20:16. > :20:21.It is a difficult job for them. Liverpool's form has recently
:20:21. > :20:24.picked up. This time last year, thousands of
:20:24. > :20:28.Crawley fans are on their weight at Old Trafford and enjoying every
:20:28. > :20:34.minute. Steve Evans is well aware this weekend represents another
:20:34. > :20:39.enormous opportunity. With the money that has come in, we
:20:39. > :20:43.are putting up a new seat stand which is due to be started in the
:20:43. > :20:48.next couple of weeks. There are further of things the board wanted
:20:48. > :20:53.put in the infrastructure. If the money comes in, it will be spent to
:20:53. > :20:57.develop the club for the future. Even the most optimistic supporters
:20:57. > :21:04.probably think that the Cup final is a long shot, but despite the
:21:04. > :21:07.odds, the progress is not out of the question.
:21:07. > :21:10.Reading could go up to third in the championship tonight, taking
:21:10. > :21:20.advantage of the rest of their rivals not playing until tomorrow,
:21:20. > :21:20.
:21:21. > :21:25.of course. We have some breaking news coming in. Major problems this
:21:25. > :21:30.evening on the main railway line between London and Brighton. Let's
:21:30. > :21:36.get the latest from Paul Clifton. What can you tell us?
:21:36. > :21:40.It is effecting passengers heavily. Network Rail say at length of Rail
:21:40. > :21:44.is broken near Purley which is north of Gatwick Airport. All
:21:44. > :21:48.services have been cancelled or diverted to other routes. One
:21:48. > :21:51.message I have seen from Network Rail say that British Transport
:21:51. > :21:57.Police are on the scene trying to help evacuate passengers from
:21:57. > :22:01.trains that have been stranded. We have no idea how many people may be
:22:01. > :22:05.involved, but this incident has happened at the peak of Friday
:22:05. > :22:09.rush-hour. The last couple of minutes I have a note from Southern
:22:09. > :22:14.Row way he is a fitters are now on site attempting to make stranded
:22:14. > :22:19.trains that have been trapped as safe to move. Network Rail suggest
:22:19. > :22:23.that repairs will take several hours. The cause of the damage is
:22:23. > :22:27.not known, but this is a second time in a fortnight that an
:22:27. > :22:31.incident has happened on the Brighton main line. Two weeks ago a
:22:31. > :22:36.track broke near Haywards Heath and that caused many thousands of
:22:36. > :22:41.people to be disrupted. Thank you very much for that.
:22:41. > :22:47.Listen to BBC local radio for an update on that. We will keep you
:22:47. > :22:50.posted if we anything else on that. Let's get straight to the weather.
:22:50. > :22:56.Let's get straight to the weather. It has been nice, hasn't it.
:22:56. > :23:03.It has. We had a few showers, but it has been lovely. We have a cold
:23:03. > :23:07.snap on the wave. Let's start with tonight. A lot of cloud of patchy
:23:07. > :23:13.drizzle a possibility. Comfortable for sleeping. Temperatures
:23:13. > :23:19.remaining above freezing with a low of 78 Celsius. The chance of patchy
:23:19. > :23:27.drizzle here and there, but most places will stay dry. PLO's are
:23:27. > :23:34.lower in the countryside. A mild but cloudy start tomorrow. A cold
:23:34. > :23:37.front will slip its way south and east words bringing wind and dust
:23:37. > :23:43.up to 40 miles per hour. Temperatures are as high as nine or
:23:43. > :23:48.10 Celsius. Once that weather front shift through, it will become a
:23:49. > :23:57.lovely end to the day. Temperatures will take a plunge towards freezing.
:23:57. > :24:01.Values in our towns and cities a widespread frost. Down to minus
:24:01. > :24:07.figures perhaps in the countryside. Sunday daytime will be lovely. Lots
:24:08. > :24:11.of sunshine, blue skies for some of us after that frosty start. Two
:24:11. > :24:17.degrees to start the race at 9am for their Brighton half-marathon on
:24:17. > :24:23.then it will warm up slightly. Maybe six or seven degrees by the
:24:23. > :24:27.afternoon. 10,000 runners taking place starting at 9am. Monday start
:24:27. > :24:31.bright with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon. You can see
:24:31. > :24:36.the weather fronts heading towards us for Tuesday. There will be here
:24:36. > :24:40.all week next week so it is an unsettled picture. But you can see
:24:40. > :24:47.that mild air will be drawn up from the Atlantic said temperatures will
:24:47. > :24:52.take a rise. A brave cold spell on Monday. Freezing temperatures to
:24:52. > :24:58.start Sunday but lots of sunshine on offer. Monday has a cloudy start
:24:58. > :25:00.but predominantly dry before the rain arrives on Tuesday.
:25:00. > :25:10.rain arrives on Tuesday. I have something for it. It is not
:25:10. > :25:14.chocolate, but it is tomatoes. They look lovely.
:25:14. > :25:16.We take these for granted, they're always in the shops. But at this
:25:16. > :25:19.time of year they're usually Spanish or Israeli. Well these
:25:19. > :25:22.tomatoes are Hampshire grown, fresh from the Isle of Wight today and
:25:22. > :25:25.that's unusual as even in a greenhouse, British tomatoes don't
:25:25. > :25:27.ripen until Spring. This year, though, the clear skies and sun
:25:27. > :25:37.over winter has meant there's a huge batch ready for harvesting.
:25:37. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :25:52.An early start for the staff at white salad. This is something they
:25:52. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:58.Why have they come in the middle of February? The good sunshine we have
:25:58. > :26:04.had has bought them on earlier. That has accelerated the ripening
:26:04. > :26:10.process. It is an early variety anyway, but it is delivered earlier
:26:10. > :26:16.than we were expecting. There are 300 pickers picking the plants now,
:26:16. > :26:24.it will be working non-stop until November. We are happy it happens
:26:24. > :26:30.early. We pick on average 60 kilos per hour and we can pick 40 tonnes
:26:30. > :26:36.in a week of the small tomatoes. There's a lot to pick. Every square
:26:36. > :26:43.metre of floor space in the green house produces 40 kilos of tomatoes.
:26:43. > :26:47.That is 400 tonnes per year. This is delicate work for one reason,
:26:47. > :26:51.tomatoes are not the hardiest of plants. They are very susceptible
:26:51. > :26:56.to disease which is why I'm wearing gloves and a paper sit because of
:26:56. > :27:01.virus in this grey mouse could wipe out an entire crop and it could be
:27:01. > :27:05.bought in here by something as since well as a shop-bought tomato
:27:06. > :27:10.sandwich. You can get your hands on these
:27:10. > :27:20.tomatoes 2. The question is, with his head start, can other growers
:27:20. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:26.I would just bring you up-to-date with the breaking news. Problems on
:27:26. > :27:30.the London to Brighton railway line near Purley north of Gatwick.