:00:02. > :00:05.Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:05. > :00:15.Living in fear of vandals. The family who have put up a cash
:00:15. > :00:16.
:00:16. > :00:19.reward to end their terror. cannot live like this. I cannot
:00:19. > :00:25.take it. The UK's biggest raid on brothels.
:00:25. > :00:30.Now two more leaders of a sex trafficking ring are behind bars.
:00:30. > :00:33.Why cycling the South Downs is no longer as strenuous.
:00:33. > :00:43.And meet the group of musicians keeping the memory of Titanic's
:00:43. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:55.A family say they are being driven out of their Hampshire home by a
:00:55. > :00:58.series of vandal attacks. Steven and Lisa Walker have suffered tens
:00:58. > :01:01.of thousands of pounds worth of damage to their Waterlooville home
:01:01. > :01:05.and to their cars over the past year. The couple say that, despite
:01:05. > :01:15.having CCTV footage of the vandals, no-one has been caught. They have
:01:15. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:19.now decided to offer a cash reward for information.
:01:19. > :01:22.Steve and Lisa Walker worked for years to buy their dream home. In
:01:22. > :01:30.less than a year that dream has been shattered. Their house now
:01:30. > :01:37.bears the scars of an ongoing vendetta. We thought it might be a
:01:37. > :01:45.random attack at first. I do not think I have upset somebody. Until
:01:45. > :01:50.such time as they come forward and, like a man, for I cannot resolve
:01:50. > :01:54.the problem. A week last Friday, this happened. Two men climbed over
:01:54. > :02:00.their front gate, smashed up the cars and broke the front windows of
:02:00. > :02:04.the house. The intruders are thought to have made their getaway
:02:04. > :02:06.in a small dark hatchback car with a loud exhaust. It sped away down
:02:06. > :02:10.London Road, narrowly missing another vehicle as it pulled out of
:02:10. > :02:18.the bus lane. Police say the driver of that vehicle could prove to be a
:02:18. > :02:20.vital witness. We are extremely concerned about the fact that it is
:02:20. > :02:26.getting worse each time and we are keen to trace the people involved
:02:26. > :02:28.in this. It is the latest in a string of attacks on their property.
:02:28. > :02:33.Car windows have been smashed, paint has been thrown at their
:02:33. > :02:37.house, and vehicles have been damaged by acid. We cannot live
:02:37. > :02:43.like this are no more. We are in fear all the time now. I cannot
:02:43. > :02:46.live like this. I cannot take it no more.
:02:46. > :02:48.A reward of �1,000 is available for any information which leads to a
:02:48. > :02:58.conviction. Police hope it will encourage someone to come forward
:02:58. > :03:01.to help bring the offenders to justice.
:03:01. > :03:04.A man and woman who helped run brothels across Berkshire and as
:03:04. > :03:08.far as Cambridge have both been jailed at Reading Crown Court today.
:03:08. > :03:10.Manjit Singh from Knowl Hill and Ai Ju Su were part of what the judge
:03:10. > :03:13.described as a highly organised criminal enterprise that netted the
:03:13. > :03:23.gang hundreds of thousands of pounds. Our reporter was in court.
:03:23. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:33.This was a very extensive operation. Yasser. It was -- yes, it wise. It
:03:33. > :03:40.was the biggest ever sex trafficking operation. It involved
:03:40. > :03:44.a number of forces. They targeted places -- places like a Wokingham.
:03:44. > :03:49.Inside they found girls that have been brought in from countries are
:03:49. > :03:54.like Thailand and China. The man behind this was jailed for three
:03:54. > :03:59.and a half years just last month. The court heard this had been a
:03:59. > :04:07.very sophisticated operation. Acquired properties were staffed
:04:07. > :04:13.with girls and were then advertised through the internet. Manjit Singh
:04:13. > :04:17.and Au Ju Su had pivotal roles. She was described as being the --
:04:17. > :04:22.Manjit Singh was described as being the Controller as the operation.
:04:22. > :04:32.She told the man what was on offer and then directed them to the
:04:32. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:36.nearest brothel. She was jailed for some 30 months. Her husband already
:04:36. > :04:40.had a community sentence at the time that he was running this
:04:40. > :04:45.particular chain. He was described as someone who was moving up the
:04:45. > :04:49.hierarchy and was running a series of brothels and was jailed for some
:04:49. > :04:54.27 months for that particular crime and nine months for the earlier
:04:55. > :04:57.offence. Surrey County Council's decision to
:04:57. > :05:00.hand ten libraries over to community groups and volunteers has
:05:00. > :05:03.been ruled unlawful by the High Court. Campaigners opposed the move
:05:03. > :05:06.as they said vulnerable users would lose out if the plan went ahead. Mr
:05:06. > :05:15.Justice Wilkie said the council's decision making was flawed as
:05:15. > :05:22.training for volunteers was not fully discussed.
:05:22. > :05:28.This man helped raised money for the review. -- helped raise money.
:05:28. > :05:32.He hopes that the ruling will force a rethink at the council. Many
:05:32. > :05:38.people have a raised very serious concerns and they have all been
:05:38. > :05:42.dismissed. They should not do that. This is not just about libraries.
:05:43. > :05:47.Any time significant changes are going to happen in public services,
:05:47. > :05:55.they need to be assessed properly and they need to consult people
:05:55. > :06:00.properly. The council needs to cut the library budget. Handing over 10
:06:00. > :06:03.libraries to community groups would have helped. But the judge
:06:03. > :06:06.criticised the decision making, saying that they had not assessed
:06:06. > :06:11.what training the volunteers would need to provide an accessible
:06:11. > :06:18.service. Despite the ruling, the council was putting out a positive
:06:18. > :06:21.message. The judge has not said we did not consult properly. It is all
:06:21. > :06:25.about public information and training with regards to that. We
:06:25. > :06:28.do believe we have consulted properly. We asked people what they
:06:28. > :06:32.thought and we have got more support on this than we have got
:06:32. > :06:37.those who are against. The judge will make a further ruling on the
:06:37. > :06:42.issue next month. Other councils who are cutting back their
:06:42. > :06:45.libraries will be watching closely, but Surrey is not giving up. The
:06:45. > :06:50.council says it is committed to introducing community libraries
:06:50. > :06:55.across Surrey and it says it will address the problems and next month
:06:56. > :06:58.they will ask the judge if the scheme can go ahead.
:06:58. > :07:01.A runner who collapsed and died after finishing the Reading Half
:07:01. > :07:04.Marathon on Sunday suffered a heart attack, a coroner has reported. Ged
:07:04. > :07:07.Clarke, who was 39 and from Reading, collapsed after finishing the 13.1
:07:07. > :07:10.mile course. Coroner Peter Bedford said Mr Clarke's heart attack was
:07:10. > :07:12.caused by a pre-existing heart condition. He added there was no
:07:12. > :07:21.link to dehydration. The keen runner ran a popular Twitter
:07:21. > :07:24.campaign encouraging people to exercise at lunch times.
:07:24. > :07:27.Poole Council have confirmed that they are hopeful that the Twin
:07:27. > :07:31.Sails Bridge will open later this week. The �37 million structure was
:07:31. > :07:36.due to open to traffic earlier this month but was delayed due to cracks
:07:37. > :07:41.in the original surface. Weymouth Borough Council has voted
:07:41. > :07:44.to go ahead with major repair work to the town's ferry berth. In
:07:44. > :07:47.February Condor Ferries, which sails to the Channel Islands, had
:07:47. > :07:50.to move services to Poole after structural changes were detected at
:07:50. > :07:57.Weymouth Quay. The rebuilding work is likely to cost in the region of
:07:57. > :08:00.�2 million. The ferry service is worth more than �7.7 million to the
:08:00. > :08:09.local economy. It supports around 232 jobs. The aim is for work to be
:08:09. > :08:14.complete by next March. The life has gone out of the ferry
:08:14. > :08:19.port. It is two nonsense cracks appeared in the harbour structure
:08:19. > :08:25.and Condor Ferries were forced to move their operations to pool. It
:08:25. > :08:32.is the council's parsed de -- it is the castle's job to fix it. To date
:08:32. > :08:36.major repairs were carried out. brings a lot to the local economy
:08:36. > :08:41.and that for a -- is why we are committed to working closely with
:08:41. > :08:45.Condor Ferries to make sure that we have a solution in place within the
:08:45. > :08:50.timetable that we sat. But you cannot guarantee it will be ready
:08:50. > :08:54.in time? You can never guarantee anything when you are talking about
:08:54. > :09:00.engineering works. Condor Ferries have told the council they want to
:09:00. > :09:06.return, but are concerned about the poor facilities at the port. The
:09:06. > :09:12.council are looking at external funding, such as external grants.
:09:12. > :09:17.Local businesses say it is vital that Condor Ferries returned.
:09:17. > :09:23.was on the council I would be doing whatever I could to keep them. We
:09:23. > :09:27.need our council to go out there, lobby and work to get them back for
:09:27. > :09:31.the better facilities than they have got at the moment. Bizmac are
:09:31. > :09:36.said today that they continue to liaise -- Condor Ferries are saying
:09:36. > :09:40.today that they will continue to liaise with the poor. No one knows
:09:40. > :09:44.when Condor Ferries will report to Weymouth. The departure has left a
:09:44. > :09:51.big hole in the local economy. As one councillor put it today, we
:09:51. > :09:54.need to crack on with the solution. Plans to protect and improve
:09:54. > :09:56.Poole's beaches have gone on show. Poole Borough Council want to
:09:56. > :09:58.improve facilities from Sandbanks to Branksome Dene Chine whilst
:09:58. > :10:01.conserving the natural environment. People are being invited to view
:10:01. > :10:06.the plans today at Upton Country Park.
:10:06. > :10:12.Still to come in this evening's South Today:
:10:12. > :10:16.Would you take a dip in the sea at Hampshire's Stokes Bay? I am an
:10:16. > :10:20.endurance swimmer and later I will be telling you about the challenge
:10:20. > :10:29.as I will be taking this year and introducing due to my swim mate.
:10:30. > :10:32.Wait for me! -- introducing you to my swimming mates.
:10:32. > :10:39.A Sussex artist has beaten off competition from hundreds of others
:10:39. > :10:42.to win a commission of Olympic proportions. As part of the build
:10:42. > :10:45.up to the London games, Pascal Anson from Brighton was chosen to
:10:45. > :10:53.design a new livery for a fleet of British Airways planes. From
:10:53. > :10:59.tomorrow they will be in operation around Europe.
:10:59. > :11:05.Feast your eyes are on this a new aircraft design, celebrating the
:11:05. > :11:14.2012 Olympic Games. The winning designer is a Pascal Anson, who was
:11:14. > :11:20.influenced by Tracey an end. We had our ups and downs, I can assure you.
:11:20. > :11:27.It is because we had to get it right. It took 950 man hours to
:11:27. > :11:32.paint this their bus. The goal was not to decorate, but to transform.
:11:32. > :11:37.I take a bus from London to Brighton. A plane flew over one day
:11:38. > :11:42.when I was near Gatwick and then bird flew over and they appeared to
:11:42. > :11:46.be the same size even though one was I have got further away. That
:11:46. > :11:52.is something that has been in my mind for a while and I wanted to
:11:52. > :11:58.translate it into this idea. idea will be -- the design will be
:11:58. > :12:03.able emblazoned on planes that will fly World Wide. You have to admit
:12:03. > :12:07.that it is a rather subtle. Is it too subtle, perhaps? What is wrong
:12:07. > :12:11.were being understated? Why has everything got to be over the top?
:12:11. > :12:17.You can see that it is different and it has retained the identity of
:12:17. > :12:24.British Airways. It is not just the plane taking off, but Pascal
:12:24. > :12:28.Anson's career as well. Now, we may have seen the best of
:12:28. > :12:31.it for now at least, but the recent good weather has tempted many of us
:12:31. > :12:35.to get out of the house and enjoy the great outdoors. Unfortunately
:12:35. > :12:38.for some, the mind may be willing, but the body? Well, that can be a
:12:38. > :12:41.different matter. But now a new initiative being trialled in the
:12:41. > :12:51.South Downs National Park could bring a fresh lease of life to the
:12:51. > :12:52.
:12:53. > :12:57.young at heart. A lovely day for a cycle in the
:12:57. > :13:07.South Downs, but on closer inspection, this is no ordinary
:13:07. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:17.It is an electric bike aimed at bringing the world of two wheels to
:13:17. > :13:22.a wider audience. It does not matter how many it is or whether
:13:22. > :13:26.you are unfit for her how old you are. Practically anyone can have a
:13:26. > :13:31.goal -- can have a go. We have grannies that have been able to go
:13:31. > :13:34.cycling for the first time with their grandchildren. The South
:13:34. > :13:40.Downs National Park is home to the first electric bike that work for
:13:40. > :13:46.the southeast of England. It has four points stretching to Midhurst.
:13:46. > :13:53.It is a pilot scheme in the Lake District. I know other facilities
:13:53. > :13:56.just outside the park are looking at this. This is promoting
:13:56. > :14:02.sustainable transport and recreational tourism. What we are
:14:02. > :14:07.trying to do is reduce visitor traffic by card to the South Downs.
:14:07. > :14:12.We -- by automobile. We put the spots in rural locations where
:14:12. > :14:19.people can get out and enjoy the countryside. And now I think it is
:14:19. > :14:23.time to recharge. It is hoped that more venues will join the network,
:14:24. > :14:30.ASDA -- either as higher points are charging spot. It will give people
:14:30. > :14:40.a chance to stop and recharge their batteries.
:14:40. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:51.Look at the Athletic reporters we have! Let's go on to sport now.
:14:51. > :15:01.Summer is the classic game for the summer. Cricket season is almost
:15:01. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:12.The Chairman of Hampshire cricket spoke passionately last night about
:15:12. > :15:16.the financial challenges ahead for the club. Rod Bransgrove was
:15:16. > :15:19.addressing BBC Radio Solent's cricket forum at the Rose Bowl.
:15:19. > :15:22.Hampshire have cut their budgets going into their new season in
:15:22. > :15:29.Division Two of the championship. The county are close to finalising
:15:29. > :15:39.a deal which will see a new hotel built at the Ageas Bowl. We have
:15:39. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:43.not been properly -- profitable up till now. To move forward to the
:15:43. > :15:48.next stage meant quite a significant be investment in the
:15:48. > :15:54.business. This business has to operate on a positive level and has
:15:54. > :15:57.to be profitable. Surrey and Sussex start the season on Thursday.
:15:57. > :16:00.Time to catch up with one of football's top professionals now.
:16:00. > :16:03.Jason Roberts's achievements in the sport go far beyond the pitch. His
:16:03. > :16:06.work for charity saw him awarded with an MBE in 2010. This week he
:16:06. > :16:09.has visited one of Reading's disabled soccer schools, run by the
:16:09. > :16:18.club's community programme, and he's been setting his sights on a
:16:18. > :16:23.return to the Premier League. Did you score any goals today? What
:16:23. > :16:27.a perfect day! Footballers are required to be ambassadors for
:16:27. > :16:31.their game and few do it better than Jason Roberts. He is visiting
:16:31. > :16:36.a school near Reading. It is a school for children with specialist
:16:36. > :16:41.educational needs. And Reading embrace it as part of their
:16:41. > :16:46.community programme. Lots of people here get the opportunities that
:16:46. > :16:51.they may not get other places. They have a qualified coach and get to
:16:51. > :16:57.see professional football at the end of the day. But the question is,
:16:57. > :17:01.can the team make the Premier League? I think so! Roberts has
:17:01. > :17:05.certainly made an impact since arriving from Blackburn in January.
:17:05. > :17:12.There was no case of me coming to Reading to have an easy life were
:17:12. > :17:14.to think that I wanted to be a championship player. You have to
:17:14. > :17:19.respect the lead and play in it before it -- because you want to
:17:19. > :17:27.get to the next week. He is a really good and he does some names
:17:27. > :17:31.like kicking or something. -- he does some moves. I would like to
:17:31. > :17:36.take a lot of credit but the credit has to go to the manager and the
:17:36. > :17:40.team. I am enjoying the football, there is no doubt about it. When
:17:40. > :17:46.you go into a team that is attacking it is an easy job. I am
:17:46. > :17:50.34 now. He is not finished yet. Roberts has an eye on the Premier
:17:50. > :17:58.League, and it could be sooner rather than later. And you can hear
:17:58. > :18:01.more from Jason after he plays pipes in the -- after he plays and
:18:01. > :18:04.the afternoon. That will be on Radio 5 Live.
:18:04. > :18:07.Britain's top two Formula One drivers will be at the Goodwood
:18:07. > :18:10.Festival of Speed this year. Lewis Hamilton returns to the Sussex
:18:10. > :18:13.circuit along with Jenson Button both racing McLarens. They are one
:18:13. > :18:16.of seven formula one teams who will be at the festival at the end of
:18:17. > :18:18.June. World Champion Sebastian Vetell from Red Bull is due to be
:18:18. > :18:21.there as well. Children in Hampshire have been
:18:21. > :18:23.taught to play new sports by Paralympic hopefuls. School
:18:23. > :18:27.children met several Paralympians at an event in Holbury near Fawley.
:18:27. > :18:29.They were taught to play Boccia and Goalball. It's one of 12 similar
:18:30. > :18:36.events taking part across the county ahead of the 2012 Paralympic
:18:36. > :18:40.Games. For then it will be great because they will pick up sports
:18:40. > :18:47.they did not know they could do were that they were good at and
:18:47. > :18:52.they might make new friends. If it helps in their lives in any way
:18:52. > :18:55.than it is great. He is a great athlete, a really good.
:18:55. > :18:58.David Walliams has set the pace in endurance swimming, but Hampshire's
:18:58. > :19:02.Anna Wardley can match him stroke for stroke. She has already swum
:19:02. > :19:05.the channel and broken two metres of ice to take part in ice swimming
:19:05. > :19:07.competition. Rather her than me! Yet she only took up the long
:19:07. > :19:10.distance sport four years ago, having been a breaststroke swimmer
:19:10. > :19:14.doing lengths in the swimming pool. Now she is taking on her biggest
:19:14. > :19:24.challenge yet. I have been to meet her on the beach in Gosport where
:19:24. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:46.It is she the's war fat, which is We filmed her two years ago,
:19:46. > :19:52.preparing for the World Ice swimming championships in Russia.
:19:52. > :19:57.It might be warmer now, but looks can be deceptive in Gosport. When
:19:57. > :20:03.it gets to this time of year, most people are considering dipping a
:20:03. > :20:09.toe in the water. It feels like it is getting warm up to me. It is
:20:10. > :20:15.about nine degrees. I have not paper checked -- I have not checked
:20:15. > :20:21.it recently. Her next big challenge is to swim around five different
:20:21. > :20:26.islands. 60 miles around the Isle of Wight. It will take me in the
:20:26. > :20:36.region of 30 hours. That is a huge undertaking to prepare for,
:20:36. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:50.I am ready! Are you coming or what! I hate cold water. I do not even
:20:50. > :21:00.turn the taps cold in the shower. With a bit at gentle encouragement,
:21:00. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:12.actually I think she is pushing me, I have gone numb. I cannot feel
:21:12. > :21:19.anything! Well, that was not so bad. I did it. But for an hour, the huge
:21:19. > :21:29.challenges still ahead of her. How far it did you say it was? About
:21:29. > :21:30.
:21:30. > :21:40.two and a half miles? Let's do it. I am just getting over that.
:21:40. > :21:45.
:21:45. > :21:50.wonder you are called! You even had socks on! I had boots on. I have
:21:50. > :21:56.never been so cold. And good luck to her. She deserves all of the
:21:56. > :22:00.support she can get. She could set a world record, which is
:22:00. > :22:05.extraordinary. It is kicking off in May and goes all the way to October.
:22:05. > :22:15.She is a brave girl. It was nine degrees. I would like to see you
:22:15. > :22:15.
:22:15. > :22:25.get in there. It is funny that you did that peace! -- of it is funny
:22:25. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:32.We had some mining today. For fresh rubber we had some lightning today.
:22:32. > :22:37.There were some Hell's -- we had There were some Hell's -- we had
:22:37. > :22:43.some lightning today. We also had some hailstones. We will have some
:22:43. > :22:49.sunshine and the nights will be pretty chilly. Patchy rain tonight.
:22:49. > :22:59.Those are the showers we have seen today. A few heavy bursts here and
:22:59. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:04.there. In Northern most areas will have a risk of a touch of frost and
:23:04. > :23:09.the countryside. There is a possibility of some of fog patches
:23:09. > :23:14.under the clearing skies. A cloudy start almost tomorrow. It will be a
:23:14. > :23:21.day much like today. Showers will be hit and miss and could be on the
:23:21. > :23:26.heavy side. A wintry mix in some places, expect a high of nine
:23:26. > :23:31.Celsius in southern areas. Where we have the wintry mix, a high of just
:23:31. > :23:39.five degrees. A complete contrast in temperatures. Tomorrow night we
:23:39. > :23:43.will see the rain sink its way south. Over held up areas, may be
:23:43. > :23:50.the odd wintry foolery. A bit of snow here and there but not
:23:50. > :23:55.mounting to much. -- the odd wintery flurry. The weather front
:23:55. > :24:00.will gradually clear. An improving picture. Some sunshine by the
:24:00. > :24:06.afternoon and Friday start on a dry and bright note. The weather front
:24:06. > :24:10.is sinking its way south. It will stay with us first been on Saturday
:24:10. > :24:15.morning. You can see the weather front gradually clearing off. High
:24:15. > :24:19.pressure is not far away. It will be an improving picture on Saturday
:24:19. > :24:24.with some sunshine for the afternoon. We can expect some
:24:24. > :24:34.showers tomorrow with a bit of Hilde mixed in for good measure. A
:24:34. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:40.bright start to Friday with some Tonight we begin a series of
:24:40. > :24:44.special films on the Titanic ahead of the centenary of the ship's
:24:44. > :24:47.sinking. A group of musicians in the South is keeping the memory of
:24:47. > :24:49.Titanic's crew alive in song. White Star Line-up tells the story of the
:24:49. > :24:52.ill-fated liner from the perspective of those who made the
:24:52. > :25:02.ultimate sacrifice and those who were left behind. More than 500
:25:02. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:09.people working on the ship lost The songs sound as though they
:25:09. > :25:18.could have been written just after Titanic sank. But White Star Line-
:25:18. > :25:21.up only formed three years ago. I met two members of the group, Jeff
:25:21. > :25:24.Henry and Barry Wake, in Northam in Southampton, close to the now
:25:24. > :25:27.closed White Star Brewery. Like many of the crew, Jeff was born in
:25:27. > :25:32.Northam. When news came through of those who were lost this area was
:25:32. > :25:37.devastated. The story of the crew and their sacrifice has really been,
:25:37. > :25:43.to a certain extent, superseded by the Hollywood movies telling the
:25:43. > :25:49.story of the rich and famous. you imagine what they felt? There
:25:49. > :25:57.is no welfare state or benefits. It is destitution. Besides the loss of
:25:57. > :26:05.your brother, husband, father, some streets last seven or eight people.
:26:05. > :26:08.-- is some streets are lost seven or eight people.
:26:08. > :26:11.Members of the group have paid from their own pockets to record a CD.
:26:11. > :26:14.They break even now but the greatest reward is the reaction
:26:14. > :26:19.from their audience. This woman came up to me afterwards and she
:26:19. > :26:29.had lost a grandfather on the ship. She wanted to say how much she
:26:29. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:41.enjoyed the show. You think, I have rarely connected to someone and it
:26:41. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:48.means something. -- I have really connected to someone. Although the
:26:48. > :26:58.group has only performed locally, their CDs are selling well at the
:26:58. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:06.Molly Brown Museum in Denver in the White Star Line-Up will play a
:27:06. > :27:11.memorial concert at the Turner Sims in Southampton a week tomorrow,
:27:11. > :27:15.that is Wednesday the 11th of April. And tomorrow evening on South Today
:27:15. > :27:17.Tom will tell you about one of the heroes of the disaster. This man,
:27:17. > :27:20.Sir Arthur Rostron, was the captain of the Carpathia. His quick
:27:20. > :27:23.thinking ensured more than 700 people were rescued from lifeboats