:00:12. > :00:15.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's
:00:15. > :00:17.programme: Protecting our shores - putting the
:00:17. > :00:23.final touches to security arrangements for the Olympic
:00:23. > :00:32.sailing. Providing the golden hour - why the
:00:32. > :00:37.Hampshire Chinooks are vital on the front line. If you only had a very
:00:37. > :00:42.small pool of money and you wanted to get the maximum bang for Buck,
:00:42. > :00:44.you would have to spend on Chinooks. Carving their memory in stone -
:00:44. > :00:49.remembering the US servicemen who lost their lives in Berkshire.
:00:49. > :00:59.And they think it's all over - well it was after this. Find out why the
:00:59. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.Germans were able to score before Dorset Police and the Royal Navy
:01:05. > :01:07.have revealed some details of the security operation that will take
:01:08. > :01:14.place to protect Weymouth and Portland from any terror threat
:01:15. > :01:21.during the Olympic sailing events. HMS Bulwark, the Navy's flagship,
:01:21. > :01:31.will be based off the Dorset coast for the duration of the games.
:01:31. > :01:36.Today, our Home Affairs Correspondent was on board.
:01:36. > :01:42.They are part of Britain's Olympic ring of steel. In the air and on
:01:42. > :01:47.the sea, more than 1000 military personnel will support Dorset
:01:47. > :01:54.police military operation -- security operation. At the centre,
:01:54. > :01:58.a floating fortress. A highly visible deterrent and the
:01:58. > :02:05.operational command centre for military and police. The capability
:02:05. > :02:09.that we have, which makes us so suitable, is that we have extensive
:02:09. > :02:14.command and control facilities. Probably the best that the UK has
:02:14. > :02:19.and world-beating. We also have an ability to launch large numbers of
:02:19. > :02:24.Royal Marine is either by letter and -- land or helicopters. They
:02:24. > :02:29.have been to wait -- training for 12 months. The police and military
:02:29. > :02:34.are working together to keep 50 square miles of sea safe. For
:02:34. > :02:40.Dorset police it is a challenge, S65 their operation, the biggest
:02:40. > :02:45.they have undertaken. As well as military support, they are relying
:02:45. > :02:50.on 27 other police marine units to respond to any other threat. How
:02:50. > :02:56.realistic is the prospect of a terrorist attack? In terms of
:02:56. > :03:02.probability it is a low end. But it is expected to have contingencies
:03:02. > :03:07.to prevent it as far as possible. Despite intense security operations,
:03:07. > :03:12.police and military are determined not to overshadow the event itself.
:03:12. > :03:17.This is a sporting event around which we are providing security as
:03:17. > :03:22.opposed to a floating security event. We have to make sure it
:03:22. > :03:29.disproportionate. So, while the sailing takes the spotlight, they
:03:29. > :03:31.will remain in the background ready to respond if the worst happens.
:03:31. > :03:37.We saw there the vital job helicopters could have for security
:03:37. > :03:41.for the Olympics. But, of course, there's a vital ongoing role for
:03:41. > :03:45.the Hampshire-based Chinooks, which are in Afghanistan. The crews from
:03:45. > :03:48.RAF Odiham pick up the troops who are most seriously wounded. And
:03:48. > :03:58.their commitment is to bring soldiers the golden hour - the best
:03:58. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:06.chance of saving a life. Alastair Fee has been to see them in action.
:04:06. > :04:13.In Afghanistan, the Chinooks is like a flying ambulance. On his
:04:13. > :04:17.back. Lots of bleeding. Its group pick-up the most severely wounded.
:04:17. > :04:21.Each of these cabins make of the team that response to a medical
:04:21. > :04:27.emergency. We have the Chinooks cruise down the end and medics
:04:27. > :04:34.based here. At the end is the RAF Regiment, one group on standby for
:04:34. > :04:37.24 hours and in the air in minutes. Double word, 10. Not very exciting.
:04:38. > :04:43.We are pretty much contain to this room because the phone is on the
:04:43. > :04:47.side and when we get to shout, that is how they get in touch. There is
:04:47. > :04:52.a wind here across the chest. Patient is screaming and in pain.
:04:52. > :04:56.The medic showed me how they treat the wounded. Once, sometimes twice
:04:56. > :05:00.a day they are called to the battlefield. You try to detach
:05:00. > :05:05.yourself from it because if you get too emotionally involved it will
:05:05. > :05:09.start to effective more than it can do. And you just need to think,
:05:10. > :05:16.that is that job done, we have done the best we can and we drop them
:05:16. > :05:19.off at the hospital and then on to somebody else's hands to deal with.
:05:19. > :05:24.These helicopters are prized above all others for their power, speed
:05:24. > :05:30.and ability to carry more than 50 trips at a time. While budgets have
:05:30. > :05:35.been squeezed, there is still money for 14 Newt Chinooks. If you only
:05:35. > :05:40.had a very small pool of money and you wanted to get the maximum bang
:05:40. > :05:44.for but, you would have to spend it on Chinooks. It is effectively the
:05:44. > :05:47.promissory note that we provide to troops on the ground. If you go on
:05:47. > :05:53.the ground, you can do whatever you have to do under the knowledge that
:05:53. > :05:56.if something happens, we will bring the Golden hour to you. The Chinook
:05:56. > :06:01.has been here since the start of combat and will be here until the
:06:01. > :06:05.end with the medics flying with them.
:06:05. > :06:09.We will have more from Alistair in Afghanistan tomorrow night because
:06:09. > :06:13.we see how local troops are involved in the changing role in
:06:13. > :06:16.Afghanistan, moving from fighting insurgents to the reconstruction of
:06:16. > :06:18.the country. Allegations of historic child sex
:06:18. > :06:21.abuse, an unprecedented apology and an inquiry launched by the
:06:21. > :06:24.Archbishop of Canterbury - it's been a turbulent time recently for
:06:24. > :06:27.the Diocese of Chichester. Today, Dr Martin Warner was named as the
:06:27. > :06:35.new Bishop. He's pledged to continue the work to repair the
:06:35. > :06:41.reputation of the church. Danielle Glavin has been to meet him. Every
:06:41. > :06:44.human being must not only feel safe, but be safe. In his speech today,
:06:44. > :06:51.Dr Martin Waller said he was aware of the pain and distress of those
:06:51. > :06:55.who had been abused. In 1966, child abuser at Roy Cotton was ordained
:06:55. > :07:00.in the diocese. During the following decades it is thought he
:07:00. > :07:04.abused 10 boys. Last year, the Archbishop of Canterbury launched
:07:04. > :07:10.an investigation into child protection failings in the diocese.
:07:10. > :07:16.How will the new Bishop repair the reputation? Obviously Battista work
:07:16. > :07:20.in progress and until I am in post there is a lot I cannot do. But
:07:21. > :07:25.what I do see, looking in from outside, is that a lot of work has
:07:25. > :07:30.been done over a long period of time to ensure that the very best
:07:30. > :07:35.safeguards are in place in terms of policy. And to ensure that the
:07:35. > :07:39.implementation of policies is rigorous. Dr Worner told me there
:07:39. > :07:43.is a lot of good work being done in the diocese. When he takes up the
:07:43. > :07:49.post, the keen cyclist will take to his car to meet people across
:07:49. > :07:55.Sussex. I want to spend a good amount of time listening. Listening
:07:55. > :07:59.to experience of life in Sussex, of their faith and experience of God
:07:59. > :08:04.and also, learning from them and building relationships of trust
:08:04. > :08:09.which will enable us to work together in future. The new bishop
:08:09. > :08:14.has been serving in York. He is a traditionalist but says that all
:08:14. > :08:17.will be welcome. The diocese has had difficult questions to answer
:08:17. > :08:21.and the reputation has been tarnished, but it is hoped the
:08:21. > :08:26.arrival of the new bishop will herald a new beginning. Dr Warner
:08:26. > :08:29.says he wants everyone to feel safe at the church.
:08:29. > :08:32.Elections are taking place at various local councils across our
:08:32. > :08:35.region today. Polling stations opened at 7am this morning. About
:08:35. > :08:39.half of voters in the south have received a polling card. Voting
:08:39. > :08:42.closes at 10 o'clock tonight. And you can catch up with all the
:08:42. > :08:45.local election results from the south in a special programme on BBC
:08:45. > :08:49.One from 11:35pm tonight. Your BBC local radio station will also have
:08:49. > :08:52.coverage. And, of course, we'll have a full round up of the results
:08:52. > :08:55.tomorrow from our breakfast bulletins onwards.
:08:55. > :08:59.Police in Sussex, searching for a missing 96-year-old woman, say
:08:59. > :09:02.they've received more than 70 calls with information from the public.
:09:02. > :09:08.Nellie Herriott has been missing from Whitehawk in Brighton for nine
:09:08. > :09:11.days. Officers believe she may have got on a bus and travelled out of
:09:11. > :09:14.Brighton. Detectives investigating an armed
:09:14. > :09:19.robbery in Aldershot last year say an appeal on BBC Crimewatch has led
:09:19. > :09:23.to new information. In October, a man with a gun stole cash from a
:09:23. > :09:27.scrap metal dealer on the Stubbs Industrial estate. Hampshire Police
:09:27. > :09:30.received several calls following the broadcast on Tuesday night.
:09:31. > :09:35.Officers are still trying to find a red metal cash box that may have
:09:35. > :09:38.been discarded in the area. The developer behind a multi-
:09:38. > :09:43.million pound landmark on the Sussex coast has today welcomed
:09:43. > :09:46.news a local council might help pay for it. Last night we told you
:09:46. > :09:53.Brighton and Hove City Council was considering lending �14m to help
:09:53. > :09:55.build the i360 observation tower. The project has been stalled
:09:55. > :10:05.because the developer, who designed the London Eye, couldn't find the
:10:05. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:12.full �35m for the i360. Mark Sanders has more.
:10:12. > :10:14.It is hard to reach for the skies if you do not have the money. The
:10:14. > :10:20.i360 has only soared in the imagination because funding has not
:10:20. > :10:24.been secured from private investors, but now Brighton and Hove city
:10:24. > :10:28.council is thinking about putting millions into the tower.
:10:28. > :10:33.construction team is in place, we are ready to start and I think we
:10:33. > :10:38.will be able to start within a few months of the funding being agreed.
:10:38. > :10:45.We have got a two-year construction programme and we are all wearing to
:10:45. > :10:50.go. The i360 would rise over the West Pier. It would be 175 metres
:10:50. > :10:55.tall and it would carry a part of passengers to new heights. The
:10:55. > :11:00.project was approved more than five years ago, but the developer
:11:00. > :11:04.struggled to raise the money and has got around half of the �35
:11:04. > :11:09.million for the project. Now the council is looking to help fill the
:11:09. > :11:13.hole in the finances with a secured loan of �40 million. A government
:11:13. > :11:19.fund is also prepared to lend �3 million to get the scheme of the
:11:19. > :11:24.ground. We will borrow the money and then lend out to the i360 team.
:11:24. > :11:29.The interest difference there will probably give us, we estimate,
:11:29. > :11:32.half-a-million pounds per year. There also be increased business
:11:32. > :11:37.rates that will come back to the council and we will take 1% of
:11:37. > :11:42.ticket revenue. The council says there will be big benefits to the
:11:42. > :11:46.City of the tower is built. More visitors, jobs and money for the
:11:46. > :11:51.local economy. The council claims this is low risk and argues it is a
:11:51. > :11:55.bad business and regeneration and not an act of charity. A final
:11:55. > :11:57.decision is expected in July. Work's progressing on plans to
:11:57. > :12:01.generate tidal energy in Poole Harbour. The town's Tidal Energy
:12:01. > :12:04.Partnership has secured �20,000 to investigate the possibilities.
:12:04. > :12:07.They're going to make a film with Bournemouth University to explain
:12:07. > :12:16.the opportunities. Still to come in this evening's
:12:16. > :12:24.South Today: In fine voice - new verses for the National Anthem,
:12:24. > :12:27.penned by a Dorset musician for the Jubilee.
:12:27. > :12:31.Greenham Common, in Newbury, is probably best known for the women's
:12:31. > :12:36.peace camp in the 1980s. But long before the cruise missiles were
:12:36. > :12:39.moved in, the area had been a major US air force base. Thousands of
:12:39. > :12:43.American troops were stationed there in the run-up to D-Day. Just
:12:43. > :12:48.a few months before the war ended nearly 50 men lost their lives in
:12:48. > :12:51.two horrific air crashes above the base. Now, Newbury's Royal British
:12:51. > :13:01.Legion and the Greenham Common Trust have raised enough money to
:13:01. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:08.have a new stone memorial carved by hand. Chrissy Sturt reports.
:13:08. > :13:13.Every year, relatives of the American airmen based here in World
:13:13. > :13:18.War to cross the Atlantic. The men lost their lives into tragic
:13:18. > :13:24.accidents. Just six months before the war
:13:24. > :13:29.ended, 33 m men died in a glider like this one. The road was
:13:29. > :13:39.released, the glider went straight down, no one knows why. Just three
:13:39. > :13:44.Two B-17 bombers collided above Greenham Common, 16 american crew
:13:44. > :13:49.died. Now painstaking work is underway in this Newbury workshop
:13:49. > :13:52.to create a fitting tribute to the men. For Joss, one of the few
:13:52. > :13:58.masons in the country still hand carving, it's an honour to be
:13:58. > :14:06.involved. It just feels fantastic to be able to be part of it.
:14:06. > :14:10.Basically I love anything to do with history. Anything I can give,
:14:10. > :14:16.any of my skills I can give to the public is a thing... It's a
:14:17. > :14:20.passionate thing, its heartfelt and I enjoy doing it. "I'm doing this
:14:20. > :14:23.for something, I'm doing this for a group of people who really fought
:14:23. > :14:33.for this country and you know they deserve the best they can get for
:14:33. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:41.You have to be patient and precise? Yes. Joss is working to a design
:14:41. > :14:47.was created by another local artist. Did you feel quite a
:14:47. > :14:55.responsibility? I did, yes. Needed to get this right. You just want it
:14:55. > :14:59.to work for all the parties concerned. Dean and common the air
:14:59. > :15:09.base is now a busy and thriving business park but the story of the
:15:09. > :15:10.
:15:10. > :15:17.men has not been forgotten. The memorial will be placed here and
:15:17. > :15:20.opened by a member of the royal family later in the year. The bands
:15:20. > :15:30.that will be performing at the Olympic torch relay evening events
:15:30. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:40.this summer have been announced. Young Guns will play to crowds in
:15:40. > :15:42.Oxford and Reading on July 9th and 10th. Wretch Three-Two will perform
:15:42. > :15:52.over the following days in Salisbury, Weymouth, Bournemouth
:15:52. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:58.and Southampton. Before Rizzle Kicks takes up the baton to play in
:15:58. > :16:08.Portsmouth, Brighton and Guildford. Details of how to get tickets are
:16:08. > :16:14.
:16:14. > :16:20.yet to be announced. You will be first in the queue? Yeah, I would
:16:20. > :16:30.like that. We have been learning a lot in the newsroom this afternoon.
:16:30. > :16:33.
:16:33. > :16:36.They are born performers. There is a lot happening tonight. Dorset-
:16:36. > :16:38.based event rider William Fox-Pitt could still win the richest prize
:16:38. > :16:41.in the sport, despite the cancellation of the Badminton Horse
:16:41. > :16:45.Trials, which were due to start tomorrow. The world number one, who
:16:45. > :16:47.is expected to form part of Team GB at the London Olympics, will pocket
:16:47. > :16:50.just under �220,000 if he wins three consecutive titles within the
:16:50. > :16:54.Rolex Grand Slam series. He won at Burghley last September, and in
:16:54. > :16:58.Kentucky last week. But his potential windfall has been put on
:16:58. > :17:02.ice. Organisers have confirmed that the prize will roll over to next
:17:02. > :17:04.year's Badminton Horse Trials in 2013. It's Olympic Thursday and
:17:04. > :17:08.tonight we're featuring the European Tae Kwon Do champion,
:17:08. > :17:11.Aaron Cook from Dorset. He's defending his title in Manchester
:17:11. > :17:15.this week, although just a year ago a disastrous performance in the
:17:15. > :17:25.world championships put his Olympic dreams in doubt. He took a drastic
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:31.decision. And it seems to have paid off. He has been destined for the
:17:31. > :17:40.top since he was a child. We featured him as a seven-year-old in
:17:40. > :17:48.1998 when he was winning silverware then. I practised very often.
:17:48. > :17:54.has it always been an easy ride for the athlete? Four years ago he
:17:54. > :17:59.missed out on a medal at the Beijing Games. I did not think the
:17:59. > :18:06.judging would be so bad. I could not believe it. What did I have to
:18:06. > :18:10.do to score points? And then last year he crashed out of the world
:18:10. > :18:15.championships in the last round. He left the GB performance programme
:18:15. > :18:21.and became self funding with the help of his parents. Two weeks
:18:21. > :18:25.later I had another competition, I trained harder than ever, I wanted
:18:25. > :18:29.to do it right. I have now been fighting all around the world,
:18:29. > :18:35.training with some of the best people and trying to get my
:18:35. > :18:40.abilities up. He trains full time in Manchester but still has some
:18:40. > :18:45.noticeable support from back home. My grandmother lives down there and
:18:45. > :18:53.she keeps will be newspaper cuttings. They are really
:18:53. > :19:00.supportive down there. A gold medal in London would be a front page
:19:00. > :19:05.headline worth keeping. We wish him good luck and we will follow his
:19:05. > :19:08.progress in the build up to the Games this summer. There was no
:19:08. > :19:10.play on day two of Hampshire's county championship match against
:19:10. > :19:13.Northants. Meanwhile, Sussex's Pro Biz county ground played host to
:19:13. > :19:16.the touring West Indians today. But as you can see the weather
:19:16. > :19:19.prevented them taking to the middle for nets. The Windies are here for
:19:19. > :19:22.a three test series starting later this month. They'll begin the tour
:19:22. > :19:25.this weekend with a three day game against Sussex. Sussex confirmed
:19:25. > :19:28.today that England players Matt Prior and Monty Panesar will play
:19:29. > :19:33.in the match. Remember the famous Barry Davies commentary line, where
:19:33. > :19:36.were the Germans? Well it was a case of where were the Great
:19:36. > :19:41.Britain team at last night's olympic test event after a late
:19:41. > :19:43.return to the field of play saw the second half start without them. The
:19:43. > :19:47.Germans capitalised on the opportunity, waltzing down the
:19:47. > :19:57.pitch to score while many of the GB players were still coming out of
:19:57. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:10.the tunnel. The game had been goalless until that point, but
:20:10. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:14.Germany went on to win 3-1. officials are using this event to
:20:14. > :20:19.set a marker down of what they would expect. Our changing rooms
:20:19. > :20:23.were a little bit further than what we would expect. This happened in
:20:23. > :20:30.the Australian match but they waited for their opponents to turn
:20:30. > :20:36.up whereas the Germans were not so charitable. Well seeing it is a
:20:36. > :20:42.test event. That cannot happen this summer! They said the dressing room
:20:42. > :20:50.was a bit far away. That is the sort of thing you learn in test
:20:50. > :21:00.events. A klaxon goes and the have to be on the pitch? That right and
:21:00. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:09.the clock just starts come -- that just how it happens. Unfortunately
:21:09. > :21:19.they lost that one. Great Britain's women beat China 3-0 earlier. The
:21:19. > :21:22.
:21:23. > :21:27.men are playing India at the moment. Now we shall go straight on to the
:21:27. > :21:32.weather. For the bank holiday weekend it is not looking too bad
:21:32. > :21:38.at all. There is a potential for some rain on the south coast but
:21:38. > :21:42.all in all it should be pretty good. Now we have some whether or
:21:42. > :21:44.pictures from today. An ornamental heron under an umbrella in John
:21:44. > :21:48.Horne's garden in Bishopstoke. Brian Harris took this photo of the
:21:48. > :21:56.low lying cloud over Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. And Ray Passmore
:21:56. > :22:02.captured the watery woodlands on Studland. There were a few showers
:22:02. > :22:11.dotted around today. It will feel a lot cooler with an northerly wind
:22:11. > :22:20.coming in from deep Atlantic. There will be some sunny spells, most
:22:20. > :22:26.likely on Sunday and Monday. That cloud and showers will linger for a
:22:26. > :22:31.while. A few showers will be dotted around elsewhere. And TriStar for
:22:31. > :22:37.some tomorrow but still a few showers around. These are more
:22:37. > :22:42.likely further north. The weather front will die away southwards
:22:42. > :22:49.across the country. The south coast will see sunny spells. Inland there
:22:49. > :22:53.will be some patches of sunshine. Winds will be light. Tomorrow night
:22:53. > :23:02.the fragmenting weather front will slip its way southwards
:23:02. > :23:07.reinvigorating for parts of the south coast some showers. Overnight
:23:07. > :23:12.temperatures are starting to drop. The weather front could sit across
:23:12. > :23:19.the south coast first thing on Saturday but that is then expected
:23:19. > :23:23.to sink southwards and we will see sunshine on Saturday afternoon. It
:23:23. > :23:33.will feel cooler over the weekend. A widespread frost developing on
:23:33. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:39.Saturday night. Into minus figures. On Sunday there will be lots of
:23:39. > :23:46.sunshine on offer and the able and minds of cloud but staying
:23:46. > :23:55.predominantly dry. Monday is looking pretty good as well. A good
:23:55. > :24:00.deal of brightness and sunshine and remaining mostly dry. Thank you
:24:00. > :24:03.very much. A musician from Dorset has written two new verses of the
:24:03. > :24:06.national anthem to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee. Roger
:24:06. > :24:10.Brookes from Poole had never written a song before but he wanted
:24:10. > :24:13.to express how he felt about the Queen. Last night it was performed
:24:13. > :24:23.for the first time by the voice community choir in Bournemouth, and
:24:23. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:37.we were there. Tom Hepworth has this. Many of us are hoping to hear
:24:37. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:43.a lot more of this over the summer. NATIONAL ANTHEM. Our athletes are
:24:44. > :24:51.usually only treated to the first verse of the national anthem but a
:24:52. > :24:58.local composer has added two more verses. I thought most people do
:24:58. > :25:04.not know beyond the first verse and often end up humming to the rest of
:25:04. > :25:04.it. I thought the Queen has done a marvellous job and nobody seems to
:25:04. > :25:14.marvellous job and nobody seems to marvellous job and nobody seems to
:25:14. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:48.Bet is a pillar of our national life but how many of us are no all
:25:48. > :25:52.the words or even some of them? We the words or even some of them? We
:25:53. > :25:57.asked people in Bourne mouth to sing it for us. I probably know the
:25:57. > :26:05.first verse but I am not going to sing it for you. I know the first
:26:05. > :26:10.verse but I am not going to sing it. I cannot sing to save my life.
:26:10. > :26:20.national anthem has changed over the years. Fusing the verse about
:26:20. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:27.crashing rebellious Scots these days. -- FE you saying the verse.
:26:27. > :26:34.sent my suggestions off to Her Majesty and received thanks back
:26:34. > :26:40.which I took to be the green light. It is not the first time a composer
:26:40. > :26:50.from our region has written a national anthem. This man brought
:26:50. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:05.And don't forget we have a special programme helping to celebrate the
:27:05. > :27:08.Queen's Diamond Jubilee this Sunday. We have behind-the-scenes action of
:27:08. > :27:12.how Salisbury and Sherborne prepared to meet the Queen when she
:27:12. > :27:16.visited earlier this week. The programme is called The Queen And I,
:27:16. > :27:26.it's on BBC One this Sunday at 4.15, and features people in the south
:27:26. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:31.who've met Her Majesty during her reign. Now I just want to tell you
:27:31. > :27:36.about something happening tomorrow night. We have got a special