:00:06. > :00:08.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today.
:00:08. > :00:18.In tonight's programme: Locked up - the mental health patients detained
:00:18. > :00:18.
:00:19. > :00:22.for hours in police cells. I felt like I was a criminal. I
:00:22. > :00:28.could not understand what I had done wrong to be in a police cell.
:00:28. > :00:32.No one had explained it to me. They just said I was a danger to myself
:00:32. > :00:35.and other people. Port wars - they are already moving
:00:35. > :00:38.in on Southampton's cruise trade, now Liverpool want a slice of the
:00:38. > :00:41.container business, too. What a gem - the treasure hunter
:00:41. > :00:44.who found a 3,000-year-old ring in a farmer's field.
:00:44. > :00:54.It's just not cricket - the paintballing players limbering up
:00:54. > :00:59.
:00:59. > :01:04.Police say hundreds of mentally ill people are being locked up
:01:04. > :01:07.unnecessarily for hours on end in prison cells across Hampshire.
:01:07. > :01:11.In the past year, more than 1,000 people in Hampshire have been
:01:11. > :01:14.detained under the Mental Health Act. They had not committed crimes,
:01:14. > :01:21.but need to be taken somewhere secure for their safety and that of
:01:21. > :01:26.the general public. Of these around 400 were taken to NHS facilities.
:01:26. > :01:30.640 were taken to police cells. The national target says people taken
:01:30. > :01:36.in to custody should be assessed within two hours. In Hampshire the
:01:36. > :01:40.average time is 17.5 hours. The police say they are making progress
:01:40. > :01:49.to cut those numbers, but admit more needs to be done. Here's our
:01:49. > :01:54.Home Affairs correspondent, Alex Forsyth. This woman has tried to
:01:54. > :01:59.kill herself four times in the past year. She suffers from borderline
:01:59. > :02:06.personality disorder, which means her mood changes quickly and she
:02:06. > :02:12.can become suicidal. Each time she has tried to kill herself she has
:02:12. > :02:18.been arrested and taken to a police cell. You have literally got a bed
:02:18. > :02:23.and a metal toilet. You just sit there looking at four walls. You
:02:23. > :02:27.are stripped of everything you have got on you. You are just left on
:02:27. > :02:33.your own. It is noisy because you have got other people in there who
:02:33. > :02:37.have been arrested shouting at the staff to let them go. Guidance from
:02:37. > :02:42.the Royal College of Psychiatrists says that custody suites like this
:02:42. > :02:48.should only be used to house people suffering from a mental illness in
:02:48. > :02:53.exceptional circumstances. The national target is that they are
:02:53. > :03:00.assessed within two hours. Hampshire hundreds of mentally ill
:03:00. > :03:04.people have been held within cells. The mental health assessment has to
:03:04. > :03:08.be completed by social workers trained in that field and medical
:03:08. > :03:13.professionals, and it is getting those two people together to
:03:13. > :03:17.complete that assessment, particularly out of hours. Police
:03:17. > :03:21.have been working closely with the helped us to address this problem.
:03:21. > :03:26.There are currently seven places they can take people where they can
:03:26. > :03:29.be seen by medical professionals, but many only have one bed and it
:03:29. > :03:33.can mean officers making tough judgments about where his best for
:03:33. > :03:38.some and he is mentally ill. thing we have been doing here is
:03:38. > :03:41.quite a lot of training for the beat officers and the custody suite
:03:41. > :03:45.officers so they can make better decisions about were summoned
:03:45. > :03:50.should be brought. Overall, the number of mentally ill people held
:03:50. > :03:54.in police custody is falling, which for people like Francis is vital.
:03:54. > :04:01.If someone wants to take their life, they will not be able to
:04:01. > :04:07.communicate well with somebody. Alex joins me now. Alex, that's the
:04:07. > :04:12.situation in Hampshire, what about elsewhere? This is not a Hampshire
:04:12. > :04:15.specific problem. All forces faced this dilemma. That is what you do
:04:15. > :04:20.with people who have not committed a crime that need to be somewhere
:04:20. > :04:24.secure. In Dorset they say they are detaining too many people who are
:04:25. > :04:30.held under the Mental Health Act in police cells. They say that is down
:04:30. > :04:36.to a lack of provision. In Thames Valley they are a bit further ahead.
:04:36. > :04:40.They had enough medical facilities that the majority of people they
:04:40. > :04:44.detained are taken straight to a medical centre and not held in
:04:44. > :04:47.police cells. They say that has taken a lot of effort, a lot of
:04:47. > :04:51.work with their health trust to make sure there are enough places
:04:51. > :04:56.for these people to go, and a lot of work with the police to make
:04:56. > :05:01.sure officers are really well trained. That is what Hampshire is
:05:01. > :05:05.now doing. They have made a lot of progress, but they are being very
:05:05. > :05:08.honest about the fact that there are still a long way to go.
:05:08. > :05:10.A tragic accident, and not a crime. That is the verdict of Dorset
:05:10. > :05:13.police tonight after their investigation into the death of a
:05:13. > :05:16.Bournemouth schoolboy. 16-year-old Kyle Rees died after being struck
:05:16. > :05:18.on the head by a cricket ball at Portchester School last week.
:05:18. > :05:21.Another boy arrested in connection with Kyle's death has now been
:05:21. > :05:24.released without charge. Steve Humphrey has been following the
:05:24. > :05:28.story since news of Kyle's death broke last week and is in the
:05:28. > :05:31.newsroom now. Steve, a fairly brief statement from police this evening?
:05:31. > :05:37.Sally, it was on Tuesday last week that Kyle Rees died at Southampton
:05:37. > :05:39.General Hospital. The previous day he had been hit on the head by an
:05:39. > :05:43.indoor practice cricket ball during an incident in the playground at
:05:43. > :05:46.Portchester School in Bournemouth. In the days after Kyle's death,
:05:46. > :05:49.hundreds of floral tributes were left outside the school. He was
:05:49. > :05:55.described as a popular pupil, who was due to sit his GCSE's this
:05:55. > :05:57.summer. The school's head, Debbie Godfrey-Fore, said tonight: We
:05:57. > :06:03.welcome the police's full and thorough investigation and their
:06:03. > :06:06.conclusion into the cause of Kyle's death. Dorset Police said in a
:06:06. > :06:09.statement: It has been determined that the death of 16-year-old Kyle
:06:09. > :06:13.Rees was a tragic accident involving no criminality. The
:06:13. > :06:18.statement goes on to say: A 16- year-old boy who was arrested in
:06:18. > :06:20.connection with the incident has been released without charge. An
:06:20. > :06:26.inquest into Kyle's death was formally opened and adjourned last
:06:26. > :06:28.Friday. There'll be a full hearing at a later date.
:06:28. > :06:31.Three people arrested by detectives investigating the suspected murder
:06:31. > :06:34.of missing Isle of Wight teenager Damien Nettles 16 years ago have
:06:34. > :06:40.had their bail extended. The 16- year-old vanished after a night out
:06:40. > :06:45.in West Cowes in November 1996. This CCTV image is the last
:06:46. > :06:48.confirmed sighting of him on the night. A 38-year-old man from Ryde,
:06:49. > :06:56.a 36-year-old woman from Cowes and a 45-year-old man from Cowes will
:06:56. > :06:59.remain on police bail until 7th There are concerns for a journalist
:06:59. > :07:02.from Wokingham who has being held by a Libyan militia on suspicion of
:07:02. > :07:04.spying. Nicholas Davies-Jones, here on the right, was working for
:07:04. > :07:11.Iranian state-TV in Tripoli when he was captured, along with colleague
:07:11. > :07:14.Gareth Montgomery-Johnson last month. The head of the militia
:07:14. > :07:17.holding the men has accused them of spying on government facilities, a
:07:17. > :07:23.claim denied by their relatives. The Foreign Office says it is
:07:23. > :07:26.providing consular assistance. The full scale of Liverpool's
:07:26. > :07:30.ambitions to take trade away from Southampton Port became clear today
:07:30. > :07:33.as they put forward the UK's biggest planning application. The
:07:33. > :07:38.Liverpool Waters scheme is part of a �50 billion development by Peel
:07:39. > :07:41.Holdings. It would create thousands of jobs and is receiving a range of
:07:41. > :07:44.Government grants, but the developers have now admitted that
:07:44. > :07:53.at least some of those jobs would be at the expense of South Coast
:07:53. > :07:57.businesses. Our Political Editor, Peter Henley, reports.
:07:57. > :08:00.It is an double-whammy porcelain hunt and, following Liverpool's
:08:00. > :08:05.application to takes out coast cruise liner trade and a new
:08:05. > :08:10.container port, costing �300 million. There are openly trying to
:08:10. > :08:13.take business that currently uses overcrowded southern roads. Given
:08:13. > :08:20.the fact that a lot of these continuous end up in the north of
:08:20. > :08:30.the UK, they are all going on the overloaded road and rail networks,
:08:30. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:34.we estimate there is a saving of 150,000 road and rail miles.
:08:34. > :08:38.application to build this report is only the start of the ambition of
:08:39. > :08:45.Liverpool. One man is behind what is now Britain's biggest planning
:08:45. > :08:49.deal, worth �50 billion. For John Whitaker is a wealthy resident of
:08:49. > :08:55.the Isle of Man and someone who only rarely gives interviews.
:08:55. > :08:58.a fascinating character. Very intense, but also very driven. He
:08:58. > :09:03.is a devout Catholic. He is passionate about the North of
:09:03. > :09:08.England. He could have made even more money than he has been doing
:09:08. > :09:13.this in the south of England, or by selling out, but he is absolutely
:09:13. > :09:23.committed. John Whitaker has had considerable access to ministers,
:09:23. > :09:28.
:09:28. > :09:32.but South Coast MP said that tax money must be used fairly. The
:09:32. > :09:36.court wars between Liverpool and Southampton are a game of poker and
:09:36. > :09:40.the stakes are growing higher. Well, Peter is in our Westminster
:09:40. > :09:43.studio now. Peter, there have been threats of legal action over the
:09:43. > :09:46.cruise terminal and the dredging of the Mersey, so will there be
:09:46. > :09:49.further action over each of these developments as they come up?
:09:49. > :09:52.the developers in Liverpool admit that they're trying to poach
:09:52. > :09:56.business from us, as they have done here, and when there is public
:09:56. > :09:58.money going in to the project, I think the way is open to challenge,
:09:58. > :10:03.certainly under the European regulations about state aid and
:10:03. > :10:05.competition. But there is a danger of crying wolf, or Southampton
:10:05. > :10:08.people making themselves unpopular and they would certainly rather see
:10:08. > :10:12.ports in the North East or Felixstowe joining in with the
:10:12. > :10:21.objections. How do people in Liverpool regard the man behind
:10:21. > :10:23.these developments, John Whittaker? He certainly is the driving force -
:10:23. > :10:26.pushy, ambitious, said never to have lost a planning application,
:10:26. > :10:36.but rarely in the public eye, only two journalists have ever
:10:36. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:44.interviewed him. �50 billion will become an unstoppable momentum,
:10:44. > :10:54.what ever damage it does to businesses and are part of the
:10:54. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:03.world. -- in our part of the world. More than 30 disabled workers could
:11:03. > :11:06.lose their jobs in the region after the Government announced the
:11:06. > :11:09.closure of 36 of its 54 Remploy factories nationwide. Remploy in
:11:09. > :11:12.Poole and Southampton are earmarked for closure at the end of the year
:11:12. > :11:15.according to the GMB union. The company finds work for people with
:11:15. > :11:17.disabilities and complex health problems. The Government said they
:11:17. > :11:21.want to see disability workers welcomed into mainstream jobs as
:11:21. > :11:24.part of a Government review. A pilots' union based in West
:11:24. > :11:27.Sussex is so worried about lives being put at risk by proposed
:11:27. > :11:30.changes to rules on flying hours that it has spent thousands of
:11:30. > :11:32.pounds making a video about pilot fatigue. The new European
:11:32. > :11:35.legislation would see pilots working longer. The Independent
:11:35. > :11:39.Pilots Association says that will lead to accidents. They are sending
:11:39. > :11:45.copies of the documentary to every MP. Danielle Glavin has more.
:11:45. > :11:48.Their final moments on board Flight I x 812. The approach of the plane
:11:48. > :11:58.was too high and it careered off the runway killing most of those on
:11:58. > :12:00.
:12:00. > :12:04.board. Pilot fatigue was one of the causes. And pilots' union film to
:12:04. > :12:08.reconstruction to campaign against increases to flying time limits.
:12:08. > :12:12.believe that the current changes being proposed are not really
:12:12. > :12:16.following this science or listing to what the pilots are telling us.
:12:16. > :12:21.That is that if we ignore the message, at some point there will
:12:21. > :12:27.be another accident. The proposed changes would set a single standard
:12:27. > :12:33.across Europe. At the moment the UK has its own rules. Three Palace are
:12:33. > :12:38.needed and some long-haul fights -- flights, this would change to due.
:12:38. > :12:45.The number of hours would increase that a pilot could fly. The
:12:45. > :12:51.situation -- the Civil Aviation a authority says safety will not be
:12:51. > :12:55.affected. He this will actually help safety. -- this will actually
:12:55. > :13:02.help safety. This will improve aviation safety for the rest of
:13:02. > :13:08.Europe. The documentary is being sent to MPs. The association wants
:13:08. > :13:10.them to put pressure on the Government to opt out of the system.
:13:10. > :13:13.A bus company has launched an internal inquiry after passengers
:13:13. > :13:17.claimed they were ordered to get off by the driver due to spilt
:13:17. > :13:20.coffee. The driver is said to have had health and safety fears about
:13:20. > :13:22.the spillage. The incident happened on the Wilts and Dorset M2 service
:13:22. > :13:25.in Westbourne when a passenger spilt her drink. A company
:13:25. > :13:30.spokesman apologised in advance to passengers should it be found that
:13:30. > :13:37.the driver had over-reacted. Still to come in this evening's
:13:37. > :13:46.South Today: It's Kris Temple, but not as we know him! Find a way I'm
:13:46. > :13:50.stood in the middle of a forest Campaigners fighting to protect an
:13:50. > :13:53.area of land in Weymouth have lost an appeal. The Society for the
:13:53. > :13:58.Protection of Markham and Little Francis lost a battle in the Appeal
:13:58. > :14:04.Court this morning, which means the green can be developed. But
:14:04. > :14:08.campaigners said they will be asking for leave to appeal. How was
:14:08. > :14:14.it for you? Be there on a weighted digital switchover happened for
:14:14. > :14:19.many of us last night and you might have been retuning your television.
:14:19. > :14:25.Digital UK is making sure viewers are aware of what these changes
:14:25. > :14:35.mean by launching special bridges. -- events. The digital switch has
:14:35. > :14:39.been affected. It has been declared a success. The BBC channels on
:14:39. > :14:43.digital have, layered and it has gone very well. The people we have
:14:43. > :14:52.spoken to said that they are enjoying digital channels. There
:14:52. > :14:58.have been help lines and this is what Brighton had to deal with. The
:14:58. > :15:04.White Oak transmitter does not broadcast South Today any more.
:15:04. > :15:10.like Sally Taylor and South Today. I like all that team. They are gone.
:15:10. > :15:16.I have got a brilliant signals. I am actually getting my transmission
:15:16. > :15:21.from the Isle of Wight. Might television did not get BBC One or
:15:21. > :15:26.BBC Two this morning. I will sort it out when I get home. Many people
:15:26. > :15:34.will have to tune their equipment today and again on 21st March when
:15:34. > :15:38.the analogue signals will be A reminder that if you have got any
:15:38. > :15:48.problems relating to the digital problems relating to the digital
:15:48. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:05.screen. That is if you wish to see South Today. The people in the
:16:06. > :16:15.Brighton area will be affected because you have got the region in
:16:16. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:21.because you have got the region in the South East as well. Sport. I am
:16:21. > :16:29.looking forward to seeing the cricketer's paintballing. We got a
:16:29. > :16:32.bit wet and my shoes on the radiator. Football to start. Every
:16:32. > :16:37.night of football will be important towards the end of the season, top
:16:37. > :16:41.and bottom of the table. Things are getting interesting in the
:16:41. > :16:47.Championship with Southampton in front despite being held by Ipswich.
:16:47. > :16:52.They stood firm until the 74th minute when Rickie Lambert got his
:16:52. > :16:59.25th of the season and five minutes from the end Ipswich got a
:16:59. > :17:03.deflection and Jason Scotland secured the 1-1 draw. Southampton
:17:03. > :17:08.will feel Reading breathing down their necks as they charged towards
:17:08. > :17:09.promotion. Seven wins in a row with victory against Portsmouth,
:17:09. > :17:16.victory against Portsmouth, themselves at the bottom of the
:17:16. > :17:21.table. They are a country's form team but did not need to be at
:17:21. > :17:26.their best to beat a spirited but beleaguered Portsmouth. The goal
:17:26. > :17:31.came after 25 minutes as Jason Roberts worked down the right and
:17:31. > :17:35.presented a chance which was accepted gratefully. Goals have
:17:35. > :17:41.been the problem for Pompey recently with just two in seven
:17:41. > :17:44.games. This was as good as it got for Michael Appleton's team. Bottom
:17:44. > :17:50.of the table but for the Royals, of the table but for the Royals,
:17:50. > :17:53.they are within reach of the top. We have created good openings and
:17:54. > :17:57.opportunities and we bossed the game. It was an absolute credit to
:17:57. > :18:02.the players. They do not get the credit they deserve but I hope they
:18:03. > :18:08.will do at the end of the season. It was a great opportunity but we
:18:08. > :18:12.got punished and that is what can happen. If they keep coming up with
:18:12. > :18:18.the answers that they did at times in the middle of the match, then
:18:18. > :18:23.will we be happy. Aldershot have been on a fine run but after six
:18:23. > :18:29.straight victories, that sequence ended in defeat against Torquay. An
:18:29. > :18:36.early goal did for the team. It was scored after seven minutes.
:18:36. > :18:40.Aldershot are 13th in the table. Aldershot are 13th in the table.
:18:40. > :18:46.That wraps up last night's action. Southampton could be overtaken by
:18:46. > :18:50.West Ham, playing Watford tonight. We will have more about Brighton in
:18:50. > :18:55.a second. They play Cardiff tonight. Portsmouth's defeat puts them down
:18:55. > :18:58.to the bottom with six points adrift and 12 matches left.
:18:58. > :19:03.Brighton could jump into the play- Brighton could jump into the play-
:19:03. > :19:08.offs with a win against Cardiff. They have got a long-term deal for
:19:08. > :19:14.Craig Noone. Gus Poyet has tied him down to a three year contract.
:19:14. > :19:20.Cardiff actually tried to bite him in January. Live commentary on BBC
:19:20. > :19:25.Sussex. -- purchase him. Be good news is summer is supposedly coming.
:19:25. > :19:28.The cricket season is one month away and that means the dreaded
:19:28. > :19:34.pre-season training for the cricketers but not a bleep test
:19:34. > :19:38.inside, as I found out. County cricketers live in each other's
:19:38. > :19:43.pockets for about six months and team spirit counts for plenty. The
:19:44. > :19:47.Hampshire squad have got goggles and guns as they went through pre-
:19:47. > :19:50.season preparations with a difference. You need to take time
:19:50. > :19:53.out and have a bit of fun and get the guys together and enjoy
:19:53. > :19:58.yourself and get together before the start of the season and we will
:19:58. > :20:02.have a bit of relaxation. targets for the squad this season
:20:02. > :20:07.includes getting back to Division One of the Championship after
:20:07. > :20:12.relegation last year. This man is in charge having taken over from
:20:12. > :20:16.Dominic Cork as captain. It is great but it is a bit apprehensive
:20:16. > :20:21.for me as well. I had a bit of a taste last year but we will have
:20:21. > :20:25.some testing times ahead but the guys at been great. He has got this
:20:25. > :20:30.great Australian batsmen yet to arrive and he has got a talented
:20:30. > :20:34.squad, one of whom have made an England debut this winter. It was
:20:34. > :20:39.great to get recognised and get into that squad but I think the
:20:39. > :20:43.main thing is to perform for Hampshire. Next week they go to a
:20:44. > :20:52.training camp in Barbados ahead of the April season start. The players
:20:52. > :20:57.are fired up for the challenge. This week, they are in a wet forest
:20:57. > :21:04.and next week, Barbados. Will you be doing the team-building in
:21:04. > :21:08.Barbados as well? I will not. that! You will wish she won a
:21:08. > :21:14.treasure hunter after this because it was undiscovered for 3,000 years
:21:14. > :21:17.and was originally mistaken for an old bottle top. It was decided be a
:21:17. > :21:27.ownership of a tiny gold ring found by a treasure hunter should go to
:21:27. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:34.the ground. Artist Alan Cracknell 30 years of treasure hunting.
:21:34. > :21:40.Listening intently to every sound. But nothing prepared Alan Cracknell
:21:40. > :21:46.for the biggest find of his life. When I cleaned it up and held it in
:21:46. > :21:50.my hand, I realised it was very old because these artifacts are very
:21:50. > :21:55.distinctive. I could not detect any more and I thought it was
:21:55. > :22:00.incredible that something of that age was still there in the same
:22:00. > :22:05.spot from the Bronze Age right the way through to today. 16 mm in
:22:05. > :22:11.diameter. This dates back to the Middle Bronze Age. Experts think it
:22:11. > :22:15.was probably used to hold hair in place. We have not got much
:22:15. > :22:19.evidence of Bronze Age artifacts surviving. We have got items in the
:22:19. > :22:25.past and we think these are personal adornments. Maybe for the
:22:25. > :22:30.head. He has been hunting in these fields every Sunday but he said the
:22:30. > :22:38.exact location that he found the ring must remain secret in case he
:22:38. > :22:43.starts a gold rush. This belongs to a family but obviously had servants.
:22:43. > :22:51.Some of his other heart attacks. They have all been documented and
:22:51. > :22:56.the system is inspirational. -- other artifacts. These things are
:22:56. > :23:01.very personal to me. He plans to paint a picture of the brink,
:23:01. > :23:11.currently waiting to be valued at the British Museum. They will share
:23:11. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:20.That is the next thing, isn't it? How much it is worth but it is
:23:20. > :23:25.exciting to get a piece of history exciting to get a piece of history
:23:25. > :23:33.like that. Now the weather. It is very beautiful and everybody wants
:23:33. > :23:39.to stay in this region. Beaky has made this place his home since
:23:39. > :23:44.Christmas last year. Thank you for this picture, Allen. The sunshine
:23:44. > :23:51.came out in Kidlington in Oxfordshire. And looking around
:23:51. > :23:56.Studland Beach, that was taken by Maria. We have seen the rain but
:23:56. > :24:03.that is the last week will get for quite a while because it is dry and
:24:03. > :24:08.settled. Frost in some parts have weather. Colder conditions. Skies
:24:08. > :24:13.clearing and cloud shifting further south east and wind is still strong
:24:13. > :24:20.but dying down. We will probably get out of the frost and
:24:20. > :24:26.temperatures hovering close to freezing but warmer further north.
:24:26. > :24:35.Temperatures down to two degrees. A cold start on Thursday but it is
:24:35. > :24:40.beautiful later. Plenty of sunshine up. Cloud increasing. It is not
:24:40. > :24:45.getting damp. Top temperatures of 10 degrees and wind lighter than
:24:45. > :24:50.today and feeling very pleasant and very mild. We are getting an extra
:24:50. > :24:55.couple of degrees on temperatures. They will not be as cold as tonight
:24:55. > :25:01.but not particularly mild at five or six degrees. Friday, a cloudy
:25:01. > :25:10.beginning. It will be very cloudy with lots of cloud at the start of
:25:10. > :25:16.the day. Windy and dry. Expect top temperatures of 11 degrees at least.
:25:16. > :25:19.High pressure has dominated. It will stay like that for the weekend.
:25:19. > :25:27.These high pressure is gradually building and becoming bigger as we
:25:27. > :25:36.head into Saturday. By Sunday, very different. It will be very quiet.
:25:36. > :25:41.Dry and cloud. I cannot promise sunshine this weekend. Temperatures
:25:41. > :25:48.at nine and 10 degrees. Windy but not as strong as today. Quite a