:00:06. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:10. > :00:12.Contractors bowled over at Hampshire Cricket's hotel development as
:00:13. > :00:22.developers call in the administrators. We thought it was
:00:22. > :00:25.running till February and that our jobs were safe. It is looking a bit
:00:25. > :00:28.worrying now. Drunk and high on drugs — the
:00:28. > :00:31.19—year—old driver who crashed a stolen car, killing his 16—year—old
:00:31. > :00:34.girlfriend. Honoured for heroism — the RAF pilot
:00:34. > :00:40.who flew in treacherous conditions to try to save a soldier.
:00:41. > :00:49.And try, try, try again — why this 74—year—old has set herself a
:00:49. > :00:53.triathlon birthday challenge. I think I want locking up and putting
:00:53. > :01:06.in a straitjacket. Work to build a multi—million pound
:01:06. > :01:09.hotel at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl cricket ground stopped abruptly this
:01:09. > :01:15.morning after the developers went into administration. Urgent talks
:01:15. > :01:19.are now going on to find a new development company to finish the
:01:19. > :01:24.job. The project to build a new 175—room Hilton Hotel has financial
:01:24. > :01:28.backing from Eastleigh Council. But the council leader Keith House says
:01:28. > :01:30.taxpayers won't lose out, and the cricket club says major events won't
:01:30. > :01:42.be affected. Mark Sanders has been following the
:01:42. > :01:47.story and joins us now. Throughout the day, there has been silence on
:01:47. > :01:54.this construction site. Some contractors have turned up and then
:01:54. > :01:58.simply left. All because the main contractor has gone into
:01:58. > :02:03.administration. At the end of the week, no work at
:02:03. > :02:12.all for these subcontractors. They arrived here to discover the
:02:12. > :02:18.contraction site was shut down. We turned up this morning and the
:02:18. > :02:21.security guard said it was closed. We thought it was running until
:02:22. > :02:29.February and our jobs were safe until Christmas. It looks a bit
:02:29. > :02:36.worrying now. One subcontractor got their air—conditioned units of the
:02:36. > :02:44.site. Why were you so kind? There is a lot of money there. We want to
:02:44. > :02:46.keep our staff. The company overseeing the building has gone
:02:46. > :03:10.into administration. It has been a controversial
:03:10. > :03:19.development, backed by taxpayers' money. Eastleigh Council has
:03:19. > :03:26.invested millions and there is £30 million earmarked to buy the
:03:26. > :03:28.completed hotel. We wanted to make sure that council taxpayers were
:03:28. > :03:37.protected in the event of unforeseen circumstances. This is one of them.
:03:37. > :03:42.The Hotel is about 75% complete. It is not actually a massive project
:03:42. > :03:47.which needs to be done now. We are confident it can be back up and
:03:47. > :03:50.running sooner rather than later. Any statement, Hampshire County
:03:50. > :04:09.Cricket club said: Tonight, the priority here is to try
:04:09. > :04:15.to find another contractor to finish the job.
:04:15. > :04:23.It has had a bit of a chequered history, hasn't it? Yes, back in
:04:23. > :04:28.2009, at work was due to start and then we had the financial crisis and
:04:28. > :04:31.the plug was pulled and the whole scheme was on the verge of
:04:31. > :04:37.collapse. Eventually, Eastleigh Council promised tens of millions of
:04:37. > :04:41.pounds of financial support. Some are asking whether that was
:04:41. > :04:45.appropriate. Tonight, the administrators have started their
:04:45. > :04:53.work and the main task is to find a financially stable backer.
:04:53. > :04:56.Her family says she was a shining light who brought happiness to many
:04:56. > :05:01.during her short life. Payton Sparks was 16 when she died in a car driven
:05:01. > :05:04.by her boyfriend, a man police say should never have been on the roads.
:05:04. > :05:07.Lewis Young was jailed for eight years today after admitting causing
:05:07. > :05:10.death by dangerous driving in Havant in May this year. James Ingham
:05:11. > :05:14.reports. Payton Sparks never stood a chance.
:05:14. > :05:20.Her boyfriend was driving so recklessly, an accident was almost
:05:20. > :05:25.bound to happen. Lewis Young was disqualified from driving and had
:05:25. > :05:29.never held a licence or insurance. He'd been drinking and taking drugs
:05:29. > :05:31.when he stole his parents' car, collected his girlfriend and another
:05:31. > :05:37.friend and sped through Havant, stealing petrol on the way. After
:05:37. > :05:41.overtaking on S—bends, he lost control. The car hit a telegraph
:05:41. > :05:51.pole, a tree and a building, impacting hardest on the passenger
:05:51. > :05:58.side where Payton was sat. He didn't care about anyone, let
:05:58. > :06:03.alone himself. It was a busy Saturday evening and many people
:06:03. > :06:08.were around. He had a total disregard for them, the law and the
:06:08. > :06:13.safety of his passengers. Evidence was given that during the drive, his
:06:13. > :06:15.passengers were asking him to slow down.
:06:15. > :06:18.Flowers were laid after the crash on Patersfield Road. Payton's friends
:06:18. > :06:21.paid tribute to a beautiful princess they knew as Poppy. Tonight, her
:06:21. > :06:36.killer begins an eight—year stretch in prison.
:06:36. > :06:39.The dedication, commitment and heroism of Britain's servicemen and
:06:39. > :06:42.women in Afghanistan was recognised today. Over 100 have received
:06:42. > :06:44.honours for their bravery, including an RAF helicopter pilot from
:06:44. > :06:47.Swanage. Flight Lieutenant Chris Gent, who is based at RAF Odiham
:06:47. > :06:50.near Basingstoke, flew through atrocious weather to try to save a
:06:51. > :07:02.soldier's life. He's been talking to our reporter Steve Humphrey.
:07:03. > :07:07.At the age of 31, Chris Gent is a veteran of six tours of duty in
:07:08. > :07:13.Afghanistan. He has been awarded the Queen 's commendation for bravery
:07:14. > :07:20.because he flew his helicopter through dense fog to try to save the
:07:20. > :07:25.life of an Afghan soldier. The weather was terrible. I remember
:07:25. > :07:33.going to the aircraft thinking it would be quite a cheeky shout
:07:33. > :07:42.because of the fog. Did you have time to feel brave? Not at all. The
:07:42. > :07:47.only thought at the time is, this guy needs medical help. Let's get
:07:48. > :07:52.there as soon as possible and give him the best chance of survival.
:07:52. > :08:01.Unfortunately, the soldier died from his injuries. Chris Gent is the
:08:01. > :08:06.latest in a long line of personnel honoured for their bravery in
:08:07. > :08:16.Afghanistan. There is a powerful sense of team effort here. All the
:08:16. > :08:24.staff here. Chris Gent is very modest. It was great to receive but
:08:24. > :08:31.I was hugely surprised because the sort of things that go on in
:08:31. > :08:35.Afghanistan on a delayed basis are incredible and to be picked out from
:08:35. > :08:40.that, I thought it was fairly embarrassing actually because stuff
:08:40. > :08:50.goes on that doesn't get recognised that maybe should. He has been
:08:50. > :08:59.flying helicopters since 2008 and will go back to Afghanistan in a few
:08:59. > :09:02.months' time. Now, many of you watching may well
:09:02. > :09:05.remember the days of locally—based banks and building societies, which
:09:05. > :09:07.prided themselves on the strong personal relationships they had with
:09:07. > :09:11.their customers. Well, they're on their way back — as you'll see in a
:09:11. > :09:13.special series on South Today next week from our business correspondent
:09:13. > :09:17.Alastair Fee. In Germany, the deer is flowing and
:09:17. > :09:25.so is the money, from local banks. Here, there was no credit crunch. In
:09:25. > :09:32.a small town, a bank is not a gangster. This is the group that
:09:32. > :09:40.wants to do the same in Hampshire. You gather deposits and Lendl
:09:40. > :09:46.locally. You don't work for our bank for a multi—million pound bonus.
:09:46. > :09:56.With locals supported? It depends on the rates. You will need millions to
:09:56. > :10:06.set up a bank. Meet the people bringing back local banking next
:10:06. > :10:10.week on South Today. And on Sunday Politics at 11am this
:10:10. > :10:13.Sunday, we look at the possible return of local banks to support
:10:13. > :10:15.local businesses and give savers better interest rates.
:10:15. > :10:26.Still to come in this evening's South Today: A man has been jailed
:10:26. > :10:29.for just over five years for the manslaughter of a Bournemouth man 12
:10:29. > :10:32.years ago. 33—year—old Daniel Scott, of no
:10:32. > :10:35.fixed abode, pleaded guilty after he was caught by police coming into
:10:35. > :10:38.London from Paris this summer. He assaulted 42—year—old Clive Wilcox
:10:38. > :10:46.outside a shop in Winton in May 2001. Mr Wilcox later died from a
:10:46. > :10:48.serious head injury. Police investigating a serious
:10:48. > :10:52.sexual assault in Southampton have released a picture of a potential
:10:52. > :10:55.witness they want to speak to. The man is believed to have been with
:10:55. > :10:58.the victim outside The Edge nightclub at around 5am last
:10:58. > :11:01.Saturday. He's described as five foot six, in his mid—30s, with light
:11:01. > :11:12.brown hair. The incident happened in Hoglands Park in the early hours of
:11:12. > :11:16.Saturday morning. Thousands of homes could be built on
:11:16. > :11:18.green belt land in one of Surrey's most picturesque areas. Waverley
:11:18. > :11:21.Borough Council says changes in planning rules mean it will have to
:11:21. > :11:24.consider developing previously protected land. The latest strategic
:11:24. > :11:27.assessment suggests that over 9000 new houses need to be built in the
:11:27. > :11:32.borough over the next 20 years. That's twice the number the council
:11:32. > :11:36.itself argues the area can sustain. And it's feared the new rules mean
:11:36. > :11:44.the extra housing will be imposed on them. Joe Campbell reports.
:11:44. > :11:54.It is the archetypal image of Britain's countryside. But the idea
:11:54. > :12:02.that 8000 more homes should be built here, a few would consider it. I am
:12:02. > :12:11.horrified, I think we are under enough pressure as it is. The
:12:11. > :12:17.commuting and traffic, I think housing is required. I would be
:12:17. > :12:24.chained to the bulldozer so they can't do it. You can see just how
:12:24. > :12:30.big an area is designated green belt land. It is almost an act of
:12:30. > :12:37.vandalism when you look at some of the areas earmarked. A village like
:12:37. > :12:47.this, its whole character will change. From here, you can look out
:12:47. > :12:56.to London in the distance with its landmarks. The demand for housing
:12:56. > :13:04.near the M25 is putting pressure on the green belt in all counties
:13:04. > :13:18.surrounding London. Waverley could be the first local authority to
:13:18. > :13:26.build on its protected spaces. The ministers won't speak to the local
:13:26. > :13:31.councils. Attempts have been made to speak to the local minister and he
:13:31. > :13:36.refuses. What do you make of that? We can assume they're not interested
:13:36. > :13:44.and have a policy of build, build, held. Critics say that once this
:13:44. > :13:48.landscape is lost, it is gone forever.
:13:48. > :13:52.Our political editor Peter Henley is here now. Why is the problem of
:13:52. > :13:59.housing such a difficult problem to solve? Everyone agrees the waiting
:13:59. > :14:02.lists are too long. Everyone agrees more houses are needed. No—one can
:14:02. > :14:06.agree where. There was a system — the South—East Plan — an assessment
:14:06. > :14:15.of the best places to build more homes that was scrapped by the
:14:15. > :14:22.Coalition Government. You can see what is happening there with so much
:14:22. > :14:24.green belt land, they say no. In reply to this suggestion from
:14:24. > :14:27.Conservative councillors that they were being pressured to build on
:14:27. > :14:30.green belt, the Communities Department said, "With the abolition
:14:30. > :14:37.of regional targets, the council can no longer hide behind anyone else.
:14:37. > :14:40.The green belt remains protected robust lay in a national planning
:14:40. > :14:42.rules. Local councillors have to take responsibility for deciding
:14:43. > :14:46.where to provide homes for local people and how to ensure protection
:14:46. > :14:53.of the local environment at the same time." The problem with that is
:14:53. > :14:58.there is a market assessment system which suggests you could build 500
:14:58. > :15:04.homes per year. But will building more houses make them more
:15:04. > :15:09.affordable? The suggestion is that the price will come down. In London,
:15:09. > :15:16.that is not happening. That is partly foreign investment. We see
:15:16. > :15:22.that spelling out all around in the green belt. You probably have to
:15:22. > :15:26.have a more regional strategy to build them in some parts but not in
:15:26. > :15:30.others. Then it becomes a centralised system, which the
:15:30. > :15:38.government tried to throw out in the first place.
:15:38. > :15:41.A safer driving group in Chichester says motorists are getting away with
:15:41. > :15:44.speeding because not enough people have come forward for voluntary
:15:44. > :15:47.patrols. The city's "20's Plenty" group says that, while a majority
:15:47. > :15:51.support the speed limit, there's a shortage of people to help police
:15:51. > :15:53.it. The group carries out roadside checks using mobile speed guns and
:15:53. > :15:58.passes on information about suspected speeding to the police.
:15:58. > :16:02.100 wedding dresses worth thousands of pounds have been donated to a
:16:02. > :16:06.charity shop in Dorset. 60 have gone on sale at the Boscombe branch of
:16:06. > :16:09.the PDSA animal charity shop. And, as you might expect, they're
:16:09. > :16:23.creating quite a stir. Ena Miller reports.
:16:23. > :16:26.A princess on a budget. Going to your local charity shop to buy a
:16:26. > :16:33.wedding dress was on something she thought she would do. Last night, I
:16:33. > :16:40.was drawing what I would like and it pretty much matches up. I can't talk
:16:41. > :16:48.about it too much, or I will give too much away. The surprise donation
:16:48. > :16:54.of 100 addresses means there is a lot to choose from. It will make a
:16:54. > :17:01.huge difference. We are really excited. This charity shop usually
:17:01. > :17:14.sells second—hand books, furniture and clothes but every little, no,
:17:14. > :17:21.every glamorous thing helps. It is vital to help us in what we do at
:17:21. > :17:30.the PDSA. Without support we can't carry on. If they sell all these
:17:30. > :17:38.dresses, they could sell —— they could raise £2000. It could be a big
:17:38. > :17:45.difference. The new windowdressing has caught people's attention. I
:17:45. > :17:51.always believed the bride is whatever she has got on that day,
:17:51. > :17:58.doesn't matter how much it cost. More money raised for charity dash
:17:58. > :18:07.happy ever after. Sport now. In a moment I will meet
:18:07. > :18:13.an extraordinary lady whose story I can't wait to hear.
:18:13. > :18:17.Southampton are in action on Sunday in the Premier League against
:18:17. > :18:20.Swansea. Luke Shaw is the only doubt due to illness. Saints have the
:18:20. > :18:23.meanest defence in the division along with Tottenham, having only
:18:23. > :18:26.conceded two in this campaign. Southampton are in sixth and Adam
:18:26. > :18:33.Lallana says fresh faces have given the squad a lift.
:18:33. > :18:40.We have three additions to the core of the team which have helped. It
:18:40. > :18:45.has lifted the quality in training and when there is competition for
:18:45. > :18:51.places the standard is higher. We are happy with the start of the
:18:51. > :18:54.season but it means nothing if we take our foot off the gas.
:18:54. > :18:56.Elsewhere in the Championship, loan keeper Stephen Henderson goes
:18:56. > :18:59.straight into the Bournemouth squad to face Millwall as both the
:18:59. > :19:03.Cherries' first and second—choice goalkeepers are ruled out. Reading
:19:03. > :19:07.in fifth travel to Turf Moor as they take on Burnley. If Reading win,
:19:07. > :19:10.they'll have amassed as many points as they did in the whole of last
:19:10. > :19:14.season's Premier League campaign. Brighton host Nottingham Forest.
:19:14. > :19:18.Dave Kitson is back from suspension and could feature for Oxford at home
:19:18. > :19:21.to Southend. Portsmouth could give debuts to Terry Racon, Gavin Mahon
:19:21. > :19:25.and Trevor Carson at home to Rochdale in League Two.
:19:25. > :19:31.In League One, Swindon play Tranmere and MK Dons travel to Gillingham.
:19:31. > :19:35.It's easy to talk about inspirational characters in sport,
:19:35. > :19:38.isnt it? But one woman from West Sussex really does fit the bill.
:19:38. > :19:41.Daphne Belt from Poling near Littlehampton is 74, and she's set
:19:41. > :19:51.herself an enormous sporting challenge. I went to see her in
:19:51. > :19:57.training this morning. When Daphne Belt was 50 she says she
:19:57. > :20:05.couldn't run for a bus. No, she is aiming to do one triathlon per day
:20:05. > :20:12.for the 75 days leading up to her 75th birthday. She will run three
:20:12. > :20:19.kilometres, cycle 15 and swim one kilometre to raise money for a
:20:19. > :20:27.children's hospice. More older people are doing sport and a lot of
:20:27. > :20:32.sports now do age—group events so they can still compete with people
:20:32. > :20:40.of their own age right up until they are 80. She has not stopped at
:20:40. > :20:49.triathlons. She has also competed in several extreme endurance Iron man
:20:49. > :20:56.competitions. Her doctor has given up trying to talk her out of it. She
:20:56. > :21:02.thinks it is extreme but she sees I have done it for 25 years and got
:21:02. > :21:06.away with it. I think it is professional curiosity to see how
:21:06. > :21:13.long I can go on. I think I want locking up and putting in a
:21:13. > :21:19.straitjacket. Training is tough, more so in these conditions. You
:21:19. > :21:24.would think after 75 triathlons she would be planning to take it easy
:21:24. > :21:29.and enjoy a relaxing 75th birthday. But she is looking to compete in the
:21:29. > :21:35.world triathlon Championships in Canada just weeks afterwards.
:21:35. > :21:38.Thousands of people will be pounding the streets of Bournemouth and
:21:38. > :21:40.Basingstoke this weekend. The Basingstoke Half Marathon takes
:21:40. > :21:44.place on Sunday, while Bournemouth hosts its first marathon festival
:21:44. > :21:48.over Saturday and Sunday. There are six races in total, ranging from a
:21:48. > :21:53.full 26—mile marathon to a 1.5 kilometre junior road race.
:21:53. > :21:56.Southampton's Olympic gold medal—winning cyclist Dani King has
:21:56. > :21:59.been named in the 18—strong British squad for the Euro track—cycling
:21:59. > :22:04.championships later this month in Holland. Laura Trott is also
:22:04. > :22:10.included. Ed Clancy and Jason Kenny are in the men's team.
:22:10. > :22:14.Now, just a reminder we're still after your nominations for the BBC
:22:14. > :22:19.South Sports Unsung Hero — someone or a pair who've made a difference
:22:19. > :22:22.to sport in your community. The winner goes into the running for the
:22:22. > :22:25.National Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show in
:22:25. > :22:30.December. For more details, go online to bbc.co.uk/unsunghero where
:22:30. > :22:34.you can download a nomination form. If you don't have internet access,
:22:34. > :22:41.there is a phone number you can ring to have one posted. It's 0845 308
:22:41. > :23:01.8000. Calls cost 5p per minute from a landline, but from mobiles could
:23:01. > :23:08.cost considerably more. Did you see the bit about the
:23:08. > :23:13.painting last night? The woman who wasn't exactly an oil painting? Yes.
:23:13. > :23:16.Now, if you were watching last night, you may remember that we
:23:16. > :23:20.introduced you to a Winchester couple, Keith and Sue Webb, who were
:23:20. > :23:24.trying to trace the owners of a painting they received in the post.
:23:24. > :23:28.It was a picture of an old lady with a hooked nose, dressed in a white
:23:28. > :23:31.shawl — quite a distinctive face, to say the least. And Sue certainly
:23:31. > :23:41.didn't pull his punches about her. A face that could turn milk at 50
:23:41. > :23:46.yards. I don't think she was very... A very happy sitter.
:23:46. > :23:50.Well, not all of you shared those views, because we've had two e—mails
:23:50. > :23:53.since offering to buy, or at least take the painting off the Webbs'
:23:53. > :23:55.hands. We also asked you if you recognised the woman in the
:23:56. > :23:58.painting. It's already been suggested that it was Dolly
:23:59. > :24:01.Pentreath, the last person to speak Cornish. And another South Today
:24:01. > :24:05.viewer, Simon Newsham, has suggested it could be Mother Shipton, who was
:24:05. > :24:19.a famous Yorkshire witch and has a pub named after her in Portsmouth. I
:24:19. > :24:27.will have to check that out. The mystery continues!
:24:27. > :24:30.A chimpanzee at a Dorset wildlife centre, who became pregnant after
:24:30. > :24:33.her contraceptive pill failed, has given birth! The twin girls arrived
:24:33. > :24:40.last week. They'll join an extended family of 19, including proud mum
:24:40. > :24:43.Cherri. Female chimps at Monkey World near Wareham are given birth
:24:43. > :24:48.control pills to avoid overpopulating the centre. Cherri's
:24:48. > :25:01.failed last winter after she was given antibiotics for a chest
:25:01. > :25:10.infection. Aren't they sweet? I think I read they are called Thelma
:25:10. > :25:18.and Louise. I'm glad we all coordinated outfits today.
:25:18. > :25:26.The weekend looks pretty promising. Cloudy skies at Moors Valley Country
:25:26. > :25:29.Park in Verwood this morning. Colin Arnold was very brave indeed to get
:25:30. > :25:33.up close to these magnificent birds. Sandy Burnfield spotted this huddle
:25:33. > :25:37.of cows at Longstock in Hampshire. I wonder what they were plotting! And
:25:37. > :25:47.a Red Admiral basking in the sun in Broadmayne this afternoon. Thanks to
:25:47. > :25:53.Gordon Ferguson for that photo. Some sunny spells today and more in store
:25:53. > :26:00.for the weekend. Most of tonight looks to be largely dry with just
:26:00. > :26:09.some patchy mist tomorrow morning. Tonight, the showers will fade away
:26:09. > :26:16.by the latter part of the night. Rural spots may see temperatures
:26:16. > :26:20.down into single figures. We starts tomorrow on a pretty chilly note but
:26:20. > :26:26.we have this lovely area of high pressure in charge at the weekend.
:26:26. > :26:32.Things will be settled through the weekend and into the start of next
:26:32. > :26:40.week. There are maybe some patchy mist around first thing. Some good
:26:40. > :26:47.sunny spells later and temperatures could get up to the high teens. One
:26:47. > :26:58.or two isolated showers around as well. Some clear spells on Saturday
:26:58. > :27:13.night. Some patchy mist developing and low cloud working its way in. On
:27:13. > :27:24.Sunday, some stopper and Fog —— stubborn fog. Here the summary for
:27:24. > :27:32.the coming days. A misty start on Saturday. Similar on Sunday but
:27:32. > :27:44.brighter later. Dry and settled in the next week. More at 8pm and
:27:44. > :27:46.10:25pm.