23/09/2013 South Today

. Hello. Welcome to south today. In tonight's

programme: Not growing up. Why council fees of thousands of pounds

have stopped this father's plan to convert his house for his children.

We are just astounded at the cost of the fees towards the contribution of

social housing. Claims that errors were made in

giving elderly residents medication at a care home where there were 19

unexplained deaths. The computer conon the other side of

the world which targeted this Hampshire woman.

And, plans are unveiled to honour a war hero awarded the Victoria Cross.

It would be exactly 100 years since Trouper Fred did this extraordinary

brave thing of getting this guy home. I mean, 48—hours under fire

all the Good evening.

A family from Hampshire who want to convert their bungalow into two

homes have told at their shock at finding they'd have to pay well over

£100,000 in planning contributions. It comes days after we revealed that

local authorities across the south accumulated around £400 million in

money from developers to finance new affordable homes, roads and other

community improvement projects. In this case, Winchester City Council's

told the Bullpet family they'll have to pay a contribution of up to

£110,000 towards these costs, although, as Nicki Mitchell reports,

the Government says the charges are inappropriate and unreasonable.

How are you going to divide this in two? Lift the roof so we have

bedrooms and divide the property the other side. Mike's sons family are

struggling to get on the housing ladder, so splitting this home in

two seemed like the ideal solution but at the eplanning stage it is not

going to be cheap. The council wants lots of money on top of the building

costs which are £64,000. The majority of the value is for social

housing contribution. We can't afford the money. In a statement,

the Housing Minister, Mark frisk, told us such stealth taxes on small

projects are inappropriate and unreasonable and should not make a

project unviable. He said the Government has already made changes

so that developers can ask councils to reconsider and it's reviewing

what further steps can be taken to rein the charges in.

No—one from Winchester City Council was available for interview, but the

council told us: The organisation which represents

developers raised another question today. Should new housing

development be making such a massive contribution towards what are

effectively Public Services for which local authorities get paid out

of central Government taxes? New development pays council tax to the

local authority and some of that is what should be paying for local

services, rather than it being subsidised by the people who buy the

new houses which is ultimately what it comes down to.

The Bullpet's best option now is to wait for a promised change to the

planning laws. Just last week, the Government indicated self—build and

custom build projects like this one would be exempt from this type of

charge in the future. Missing Surrey teenager Esme Smith

has been found safe and well. The 14—year—old from Farnham in Surrey

had been missing over a week and was last seen on CCTV at a London

railway station on September 12th. A call from the Met Police earlier

this morning revealed she'd gone to a North London police station.

Sussex Police has revealed the cost of protecting politicians at this

year's Labour Party Conference has been cut to a fraction of previous

years. The bill will be no more than half a million pounds compared to £2

or £3 million in the past. It may be low—key security, but the delegates

from the south feel there is a great deal at stake. A rather cliquey

electronic bill board greeted Labour delegates arriving in Brighton. A

list of left—wing priorities which turn out to be the ones Caroline

Lucas has been fighting for. In that will, there are signs of doubt.

Union leaders call on Miliband not to betray the Labour movement. Is he

the leader they need? If you can win the confidence of the British

people, the MPs who're here, the Shadow ministers are here, in 18

months, we'll be exercising real power. I think that changes the

tone. This is not an opposition rally. Security's been dramatically

reduced this year. Memories of the IRA bombing at the grand have faded,

now there's just a G4S guard. It's cut the workload for the police and

the atmosphere is more They have new policies and the sun

is shining here. Delegates can afford to take an hour out and

listen to the singing. Tomorrow, Ed Miliband has to prove he's got The X

Factor. For 17—year—old Joe Barker and Sofia

James from Reading, it's the first experience of a party political

conference. The cost—of—living is a crucial policy at the moment. There

is some good stuff coming out of that. I've been impressed with

health, childcare policy. A lot to look forward to. So long we have

been saying there are no Labour policies. And they bring them out

guns, it's brilliant. Or will the opponents turn this against you? No,

the policies are going to be popular with most voters.

You are doomed if you are pro—fracking. Plenty to argument

about from fracking to finance, all political life is here. An inquest

into 19 unexplained deaths alet a Sussex care home's heard claims

errors were made in administering residents' medication. An ex—worker

spotted 28 errors on patient medical charts.

Gene suffered a fatal blood clot to the brain. It was one of 19

unexplained deaths at the Orchid View care home. A senior member of

staff has said on several occasions residents' medication wasn't given

correctly. These patients need their medication, often they are reliant

upon medication, so for her to have picked upon 28 medication errors is

unacceptable and that's not what the family expected. Orchid home run by

Southern Cross closed down in 2011, following an investigation by the

Care Quality Commission. Today, former senior staff nurse Sharon

Gilmore criticised the home. She said there were not enough staff and

it was awful and everyone was stressed. She said residents were

cross because they weren't getting what they wanted when they

neededivity. Also giving evidence today was a

Southern Cross manager who was sent in to review Orchid View in 2011.

She said patients were put at risk due to the way the home was managed.

She said on one visit she expressed particular concern about a resident

who had a large bruise on her chest. She said she'd been barely

recognisable because she'd lost so much weight in a matter of days.

The manager went on to say that Southern Cross's main focus was to

fill beds and sell, sell, sell. The inquest continues.

The International Maritime Organisation could ban the disposal

of a chemical which killed thousands of birds on the Dorset coast. Many

were found at Chesil Beach near Weymouth, they were covered in a

blue—like substance. It has a polyisobutene chemical which is

responsible. Experts say if it proves to be an unusual type of

chemical, a change in the law may be required.

If there is a flaw in the law which has enabled a product like this to

be legally discharged, but still can do significant harm to the

environment and wildlife, then yes, of course the law needs to be

changed. Coast cards are continuing the

search for a missing Weymouth sail over who set off on his yacht from

Weymouth on Saturday. He was headed for Swanage but never arrived. His

yacht was located off the coast of France at 7. 30 am not far from

Diep. No—one was on board. His disappearance was only reported to

Portland coastguards at 8 am. The missing man hasn't been named yet.

A ring that once belonged to Jane Austen has been bought by a

Hampshire museum saving it for the nation.

The American singer Kelly Clarkson has bought the ring. She was banned

from exporting it as it was deemed a national treasure. The Jane Austen

house museum in Alton launched a fund—raising drive. It's paid

£157,000 to the singer. The ring will go on display next year.

Still to come in the programme: We'll hear all about the

extraordinary island swim by Anna Wardley and how rice pudding was on

her A scam which originated in India has

cost one Hampshire woman hundreds of pounds. In a report which can be

seen tonight on BBC's Inside Out programme, Judy Brookes reveals how

she was tricked into paying for work on her computer she didn't need

which left her vulnerable to scammers.scammers.

??LINEBREA Judy Brookes' problem started with a phone call from a man

falsely claiming to be from Microsoft telling her she hadn't

registered. I felt guilty because no, I hadn't registered. I was taken

in and said, all right, I'll get register and he said, we'll give you

backup and you will never hear from us again, that's it, finished,

that's all you will have to pay, no more. The calls kept coming with a

final ultimatum. He was convincing and plausible that if you continue

comply, we have power to switch you off completely. Inside Out tracked

down the scammers to Connecticut in India. By the time we got there,

they'd moved on with Judy's money. We found this man who took part in a

similar scam. I guess I used to make £200 a day. My job was to tell them

to open up the computers and show them the virus which they had. I

realise that is a scam and this is not really done, you know,

particularly from my part. I was feeling wrong when I did that. In

Romsey with professional help, Judy's PC is now running securely

again. Very bad experience. What I'm really

concerned about is that other people, vulnerable like me, living

on their own, my age group, are going to be similarly sweet—talked

or mesmerized or hypnotized by this firm.

A 21—year—old man from Hampshire paralysed in a road accident has

quite literally taken his first steps to recovery during a fun run

to raise money for the Air Ambulance which saved his life. Be—of Andrew

Read from Waterlooville has been in a wheelchair since a road accident

in February last year. He's been having intensive physiotherapy and

was determined to take a few steps across the finishing line in

Thruxton, held in aid of the Hampshire and Isle ofWight

ambulance. For Andy Read, this moment was like

finishing a marathon. After an hour of manoeuvering his new wheelchair

two—and—a—half miles for one lap around the circuit at Thruxton, he

stood up and walked the last few feet to the delight of his father,

Kevin. Absolutely fantastic. We never thought we'd see this.

Andy was a very active, sporty teenager, until a car in which he

was a passenger crashed causing him brain damage.

Andy has been slowly recovering toer the past 18 months alet the

neurological unit in Southampton, the Queen Alexander Hospital in cosh

ham and now the QEF Newry rehabilitation centre in Surrey. One

goal and incentive was to take part in the fun run at Thruxton.

The event raised money for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air

Ambulance which is funded through donations. Kevin says without their

speedy work, his son would not be alive today and Andy was determined

to give something back to them. For Andy, it was a huge challenge. It

was great to see him. If you go back to somebody who was basically dead

18p months ago, to somebody who can now drive himself around a circuit

controlling a powered wheelchair and then to be able to walk across, for

him it was a tremendous thing. A bit like climbing Everest for him. It

was quite extraordinary for a young man like him who's had a

life—changing injury to actually show the determination and

participate in an event and then actually be quite determined that he

has been all along to walk across the finishing line. Just

extraordinary and we are very proud of him and he should be very proud

of his achievement. Andy's part in the run raises thousands and he

wanted to pass on a special message to the Air Ambulance. Thank you for

saving my It's a piece of the south's proud

history that's almost been forgotten. Now, Reading's hero with

a shovel is about to get a permanent memorial to his heroism. In

Gallipoli in 1915, Fred Potts saved the life of a fellow soldier to

become the only man from the town to receive the Victoria Cross. Now, a

campaign to raise money for a huge statue has been started with

celebrity backing. An act of astonishing bravery that

will now be permanently cast in Reading's history. I think it's

absurd that the only soldier from Reading who won the Victoria Cross

hasn't got some sort of commemoration in Reading so yes, we

are going to work for that. It's a lot of money we want to raise but we

are going to have it up and dominating somewhere in the centre

of Reading. In Gallipoli in 1915, 22—year—old

freed Potts had been shot during an assault. Crawling through

no—man's—land, he saw Arthur Andrews who had been badly wounded. Over the

next two days, in searing heat under sniper fire, he dragged Arthur to

safety on a trenching shovel. Potts was determined to save Andrews

and when you read about the Gallipoli campaign, it's just

amazing. I doubt if he ever got much higher than that. He had to really

crawl. The Trust now needs to raise £165,000 for a bronze that will

certainly catch the eye. The full size statue will be ten

foot long. It will be seven and a half foot high and will weigh over

1.5 tonnes. It's scheduled to be unveiled in August 2015, exactly 100

years after Potts performed his heroic fate. Feat. Very proud. He

was apparently a very unassuming man and really shunned the highlights. I

think he would have been running for cover somehow. You talk about the

fact that if Potts hadn't rescued him, he would have definitely died.

There is no way that he could have gotten back on his own, so the whole

family really wouldn't exist if he hadn't rescued him.

The exact place the statue will stand is yet to be decided. But what

is certain is that the hero with the shovel will at last inspire his

hometown for generations to come. Incredible bravery.

You have some happy Southampton fans.

Southampton won 1—0 at Liverpool. It's never an easy place to go, but

it's a real mark of how far they've progressed in recent years.

Interestingly, Southampton were the last team to defeat Liverpool back

in March at St Mary's, but Liverpool were top of the table when they

faced Saints on their home turf on This was the first goal Liverpool

conceded this season and it was their first defeat in the Premier

League. It was also the creation's first

goal for the Saints. A joy to play here at Anfield. I think the most

important thing is we win this game. It was a hard game, tough game, but

we were together and good today. I understand they got a standing

ovation at the airport. Elsewhere, there was a full programme of league

Reading beat Derby 3—1 thanks to sloppy defending.

They've been working hard. The transfer window is closed. He's made

a massive impact for everybody and he's been working hard. It was a

shame he was suspended midweek but he's come and put two in the back of

the net. Bhournt made Middlesbrough pay the

penalty twice. —— Bournemouth.

Any celebrations were premature for Cherries fans after a goal got Boro

back in it. This strike levelled the game.

An own goal proved pivotal for Portsmouth.

Cricket now and Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry's been selected for

the England Ashes squad to tour Australia this winter. The

32—year—old opened a sports injuries clinic this afternoon, he featured

in the one—day series in the summer but his only previous test cap was

against Bangladesh in 2010 There is not a lot of guys starting test

career at my age, it's a rarity, but I guess, as people say, if you are

old enough, you are good enough, and experience tells me that the cricket

season is a long season, you know, we'll work on some stuff with the

coaches and keep drilling the basics.

We'll continue the one—dayers into the latter part of the Championship.

A big night for fans of Poole pirates who face Swindon Robins.

It's a rerun of the Grand Final last year.

This is the pit area of the stadium. The Poole Pirates riders getting

their bikes ready for the first of the 15 heats that will contest this

semi—final first leg. About ten or 15 yards away this side, we have the

defending champions, the Swindon Robins getting themselves ready.

These two sides contested the Grand Final 11 months ago and swivened

came out on top winning their first league title for 45 years sparking

great scenes of celebrations down on the south coast.

Their team manager Alan roster says he wants a big lead to take down to

Poole in a weeks' time for the second leg where it's the Pirates

who have the unfamiliar thatting of underdogs —— Alan Rossiter. Here

they are in the play—offs again and now they are here, they are

confident of causing upset against the Swindon Robins.

We'll hope to have the result for you at 0.25 here tonight. That's all

the sport. Thank you very much. Now, it's a

feat four people have managed to swim nonstop around the Isle of

Wight. It's a 60—mile challenge and was completed by Anna Wardley as

part of her fund—raising charity five island swim. We followed Anna's

challenge and the Isle of Wight was a monster to conquer. Starting and

finishing at Ryde sands, it took over 26 hours to complete.

It burnt off a whopping 15,000 calories.

Quite incredible stuff. I'm delighted to say that Anna's joined

us to tell us all about it. Welcome. Thank you. You finished on sad. ——

Saturday. How are you feeling? Great. It was such a fantastic

feeling to finally do the big one and to get round on my first

attempt. I was kind of pretty overwhelmed and yes, feeling pretty

good. I notice you brought in a couple of

things here. I thought that this was a solo

challenge. We have here, well tell us about this lucky duck? It's been

with me on all my challenges, not in the support boat, but in the water

and it's very important that he's there when I'm swimming and he came

the whole 60 miles at the weekend. He was one of the many supporters,

you had incredible people following owing you. Let's take a look at the

moment when you reached the steps at Ryde.

APPLAUSE What was that moment like for you,

Anna? It was just utter relief, to be honest with you. There was very

little joy, it was just relief that it was over and I could finally stop

swimming after 26 and a half hours. I think I'd gone through hell and

back a few times during the swim and I just wanted it all to stop and the

approach up to the Pier was really, really tough. It was just complete

relief. I suppose as well, are you going to

have a go again at Tyree? At the moment, my priority is to have a

rest. Tyree was a brilliant training swim for the Isle of Wight. It was

tough but got me ready for the Isle of Wight which in a way was tougher

so I'm going to have a rest. The idea of swimming up and down your

local pool is offputing, so what made you do this? I'm raising money

for charities and get Hulme support when I'm out there in the water on

my own —— huge support. I was hell bent I was getting around

the island. All the messages from all over the UK and all over the

world, people following the tracker, looking at my position every ten

minutes and I knew all those people were urging me on and there was

absolutely no way I was getting out, I was on a mission to swim back to

Ryde if it killed me. Explain the rice pudding? Eating is essential,

really important. One of the things I eat is rice pudding. My support

team cut off the corner and I piped rice pudding into my mouth. It's not

elegant but gets energy in. While you are in the water? Yes, so I eat

a whole range of thing, pasta, sandwiches and energy gels to keep

the energy up. Absolutely incredible achievement. Thank you so much for

being with us to tell us about it. Thank you very much. Be

Just some weather pictures. Rows of pumpkins have been captured in

Hampshire by Rod Smith and this water vole was caught on camera

today by Heidi Harrison. Lovely weather pictures, thank you very

much, for all of those. We did have a quite a lot of cloud. A north

south divide for most today. Donnite, we will see some dense fog

appearing in places with the warm, moist air we are having at the

moment. The cloud will disappear but the dense fog will set in, reducing

visibility first thing for the rush hour drive.

Mild temperatures. A misty, murky start to the day

tomorrow. Do stay tuned to your local BBC Radio station and there

may be some disruption to travel with the mist and the fog patches

first thing. Around 10 o'clock, we are hoping the

fog will lift. But it will be dense first thing. Sunny spells will start

to appear more readily than today. Pleasantly warm temperatures in the

Some evening sunshine on offer tomorrow night. Cloudy skies during

the early hours of Wednesday morning, once again mist and fog is

a possibility. That low cloud lifting first thing on Wednesday

morning. Lows of 12—14. Very similar temperatures to what we

have tonight. Misty murky starts to Wednesday and

similar to the days for the rest of this week.

The high pressure starts to drift away. The low pressure takes charge

and we'll start to seize some weather fronts push in from the

Atlantic, so some showers at times, bands of rain during the course of

Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday morning. So lots of

sunshine after that misty, murky start first thing, the winds will be

fairly light. Drawing in dry air from the near continent. Wednesday,

we will have a lot of cloud around. A misty start once again and rain is

possible in the form of showers later in the day on Wednesday,

lasting into Thursday. Friday, some sunshine, but it turns unsettled

Friday into the weekend. Thank you very much. Nice weather

for a swim! That is it for from