:00:00. > :00:09.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:
:00:09. > :00:15.The moment of impact — a skipper denies responsibility after his
:00:15. > :00:18.racing yacht crashed into a tanker. Laughing all the way to the bank —
:00:18. > :00:26.the council helping businesses like this set up when the big lenders
:00:26. > :00:31.have said no. The council came to me and said we
:00:31. > :00:34.have got something you can apply for, a start—up grant scheme, so
:00:34. > :00:37.they saved my bacon. From brushing their teeth to doing
:00:37. > :00:42.their make up — the police video catching motorists behind the wheel.
:00:42. > :00:53.And a preview of the hidden gems from an Elizabethan house going on
:00:53. > :00:58.public display. We never threw anything away. We
:00:58. > :01:07.keep coming across things and surprising ourselves. It's great.
:01:07. > :01:11.A criminal trial has begun into a collision at sea, when a yacht under
:01:11. > :01:15.the command of a Royal Navy officer crashed into an oil tanker. It
:01:15. > :01:18.happened during Cowes Week in 2011. Yacht skipper Roland Wilson is
:01:18. > :01:32.charged with three counts of contravening maritime collision
:01:32. > :01:44.regulations. One person had to be rescued from the water after the 33
:01:44. > :01:50.foot racing yacht hit the tanker. One of the yacht crew jumped
:01:50. > :01:56.overboard and was rescued safely. Another member suffered head
:01:56. > :02:06.injuries. The seas were calm and the visibility excellent. Roland Wilson,
:02:06. > :02:17.the owner and skipper, was at the helm. He is charged with failing to
:02:17. > :02:30.keep a proper lookout and failing to maintain control.
:02:30. > :02:36.They looked at expert analysis of radar data and decided it was the
:02:36. > :02:41.yacht's responsibility to avoid a collision. At no point was the
:02:41. > :02:51.engine turned on. In court, it emerged that the tanker
:02:51. > :02:58.had just taken a piece of action to avoid this motor cruiser. The pilot
:02:58. > :03:05.who controlled the tanker said he had given five warning blasts on the
:03:05. > :03:11.ship's whistle but the Atalanta yacht went straight into its path.
:03:11. > :03:14.He was asked if he thought he should slow down and given how busy the
:03:14. > :03:21.Solent was. He said that speed was not a factor
:03:21. > :03:25.and that could have carried it on risks.
:03:25. > :03:28.A Ghurkha soldier whose wife was strangled as she walked near their
:03:28. > :03:32.Berkshire home says the months following her murder were tougher
:03:32. > :03:35.than any military training. Glen Nelson from Arborfield was today
:03:35. > :03:38.beginning a life sentence for the killing in June this year. He
:03:38. > :03:42.admitted murder and attempted rape. Thaluman Mabo said he had been
:03:42. > :03:45.determined to get justice for his wife Krishnamaya and their three
:03:45. > :03:50.children who now faced growing up without a mother.
:03:50. > :03:54.This winter businesses in Dorset will be able to apply for a loan,
:03:54. > :03:57.not just to their bank but to a local authority. In November,
:03:57. > :04:00.Bournemouth is to start lending money to companies who need to raise
:04:00. > :04:03.finance. Next year they'll be offering mortgages to home buyers
:04:03. > :04:09.and, if this is a success, the ambition is to open a bank for
:04:09. > :04:11.Bournemouth. With the latest in his special series on local banks,
:04:11. > :04:20.here's our business correspondent, Alastair Fee.
:04:20. > :04:25.We borrow books from libraries like this in their thousands. It is a
:04:25. > :04:29.service we expect. Now the council in Bournemouth is going to lend
:04:29. > :04:34.money. The council is not joking but it has
:04:34. > :04:43.raised a smile at this laughter workshop. After the banks turned
:04:43. > :04:49.them away, the local authority stepped in.
:04:49. > :05:02.I went to the high street banks and it was a room ought phone call
:05:02. > :05:07.rather than a face—to—face meeting. I only wanted to borrow £5,000 and
:05:07. > :05:12.was turned down. The council came to me and said we've got something you
:05:12. > :05:19.can apply for, a start—up grant scheme, so they saved my bacon.
:05:19. > :05:27.Bournemouth Council will be offering loans of up to £10,000 at mortgages
:05:27. > :05:32.up to £150,000 in the New Year. It could be the first step to setting
:05:32. > :05:37.up a new bank. I don't think we can do a better job
:05:38. > :05:43.but we need to support our community by moving into that space because of
:05:43. > :05:49.the problems we are having with people in our community not been
:05:49. > :05:55.able to afford things. Bournemouth once to take £15 million
:05:55. > :06:05.from its reserves, set up a company and start lending. We have been
:06:05. > :06:19.modelling different scenarios. I think we have been extremely proved
:06:19. > :06:28.an default rates —— prude. Councils have always invested
:06:28. > :06:39.taxpayers' money. The best interest rate it can get on the markets is
:06:39. > :06:44.0.8%. According to the forecasts, after ten years, the same investment
:06:44. > :06:49.would bring in an annual return of £8 million. If they get it right,
:06:49. > :07:00.the council's finances could have a brighter outlook. They want their
:07:00. > :07:05.money to work harder at supporting local services and the economy.
:07:05. > :07:09.We are trying to get the best return for the taxpayer. What we are not
:07:09. > :07:14.doing is exposing them to any greater risk than we currently do in
:07:14. > :07:16.any traditional management terms anyway.
:07:16. > :07:23.Would you put your money into that sort of bank?
:07:23. > :07:28.I would give them a goal. I would prefer a spent money on something
:07:28. > :07:36.for the kids. I am a canny Scot!
:07:36. > :07:41.It might sound funny in principle, but if the sums add up, it could
:07:41. > :07:53.catch on and the joke could be at the expense of the banks.
:07:53. > :08:00.A local councillor is with me now. Can we talk about the expertise. You
:08:00. > :08:07.are a retired chartered accountant but what about the staff? They are
:08:07. > :08:16.not used to working for a bank and they are dealing with public money.
:08:16. > :08:19.There will be rules and regulations and things will be monitored
:08:19. > :08:31.carefully. There shouldn't be problems at all. So there will be
:08:32. > :08:35.some training there. What guarantees do the council tax payers of
:08:35. > :08:41.Bournemouth have that their money is in safe hands?
:08:41. > :08:50.First of all, you will have seen on the film how the £15 million
:08:50. > :08:57.reserves is bringing in negligible returns and the aim is to ensure
:08:57. > :09:03.safety and to maximise the return. We have had to go right across the
:09:03. > :09:11.local government to make sure there are efficiency savings, maximum
:09:11. > :10:11.returns. What would council tax payers get back if you make money?
:10:11. > :10:21.It is a coastal activity Park now and has had a grant from the
:10:21. > :10:28.government. They can trust us. Don't forget that any money that is lent
:10:28. > :10:43.will have proper security. Thank you for coming in and explaining more
:10:43. > :10:47.from us —— explaining more to us. If you want to let us know your
:10:47. > :10:50.thoughts on community banking or see any of Alastair's special reports
:10:50. > :10:53.again then they are all on our Facebook page. And you can always
:10:53. > :10:56.email us at south.today@bbc.co.uk. A 29—year—old man arrested after a
:10:56. > :10:59.4x4 was driven into three planes parked on a Berkshire airstrip has
:10:59. > :11:03.been released on police bail. The man had been detained by police
:11:03. > :11:06.after the incident at the airstrip at Englefield near Reading which
:11:06. > :11:09.caused an estimated six to seven hundred thousand pounds' worth of
:11:09. > :11:13.damage. Still to come in this evening's South Today: In the pink —
:11:13. > :11:19.the all—female sailing team gearing up for a round—the—world challenge.
:11:19. > :11:22.A long running, bitter row with a constituent has led to an MP
:11:22. > :11:26.attacking the way police have treated him. In a strongly worded
:11:26. > :11:29.speech in the House of Commons, Tim Loughton, the MP for East Worthing
:11:29. > :11:32.and Shoreham, accused Sussex Police of breaching its own guidelines
:11:32. > :11:36.after it issued him with a harassment warning. The force is
:11:36. > :11:42.robustly defending itself, saying it's treated the MP correctly. James
:11:42. > :11:46.Ingham reports. What started as a row between an MP
:11:46. > :11:49.and a constituent has become a much wider debate about the right of MPs
:11:49. > :11:54.to carry out their work without interference from outside
:11:54. > :11:57.Parliament. Tim Loughton told the Commons that despite suffering
:11:57. > :12:01.ongoing vile abuse from a member of the public it was his written reply
:12:01. > :12:07.that was treated by police as harassment. He received what's known
:12:08. > :12:10.as a police information notice, essentially a warning that his
:12:11. > :12:17.response to the man may be investigated as criminal offence. It
:12:17. > :12:26.was sanctioned by the head of the force who Mr Loughton said had
:12:26. > :12:30.failed in his duties. The Chief Constable, who has been
:12:30. > :12:36.copied into all these events, has been content to waste taxpayers'
:12:36. > :12:42.resources on this nonsense. His force has been brought into
:12:42. > :12:45.disrepute and he has lost the plot when it comes to distinguishing
:12:45. > :12:52.between the victim and perpetrator. I know I own local officers, who
:12:52. > :12:54.I've eat highly, are embarrassed by this action.
:12:54. > :12:58.Sussex Police has robustly defended its actions. It said it attempted to
:12:58. > :13:13.mediate between the politician and his constituent but to no avail.
:13:13. > :13:17.Mr Loughton said the police action interfered with parliamentary
:13:17. > :13:24.privilege, which gives politicians certain legal immunities. It's
:13:24. > :13:26.denied this. But as the war of words between the MP, constituent and the
:13:26. > :13:28.police continues, Parliament's Standards and Privileges Committee
:13:28. > :13:42.will investigate whether any wrong was done.
:13:43. > :13:45.Ford Open Prison in West Sussex has been criticised for being too soft
:13:46. > :13:49.on inmates. It comes after management wrote to prisoners asking
:13:49. > :13:52.their views on why they might want to escape and highlighting the risks
:13:52. > :13:55.of drugs. The local MP says the prison needs to toughen up but
:13:55. > :13:59.independent inspectors say the respectful way of treating prisoners
:13:59. > :14:02.has improved conditions at the jail. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Alex
:14:02. > :14:07.Forsyth joins me now. What's sparked all of this?
:14:07. > :14:10.A national newspaper has reported that the management at Ford has
:14:10. > :14:13.written these letters to prisoners. One, said to be from the Governor,
:14:14. > :14:17.asking for their perceptions on why people abscond. Another, said to be
:14:17. > :14:20.from the Security Chief about drugs, saying, we would like to take this
:14:20. > :14:24.opportunity to alert offenders as to the obvious risks both to those
:14:24. > :14:27.using and those who may be in vicinity whilst others are under the
:14:27. > :14:30.influence. The Ministry of Justice hasn't disputed the fact these
:14:30. > :14:37.letters were sent and the local MP says management should be taking a
:14:37. > :14:44.tougher approach. That message in the letter needs to
:14:44. > :14:53.be crystal clear. If you use drugs or alcohol, you lose your status as
:14:53. > :14:59.a free prisoners. That is what they would expect from the governors.
:14:59. > :15:03.What has the prison service said? The Ministry of Justice told us they
:15:03. > :15:06.take the illicit use of drugs in prisons very seriously and offenders
:15:06. > :15:09.are made aware that anyone caught with them will face punishment —
:15:09. > :15:15.that applies to Ford. Almost three years ago there were riots at Ford
:15:15. > :15:17.Open Prison. Part of the reason for those riots was said to bad
:15:17. > :15:21.relationships between prisoners and staff. Much work has been done on
:15:21. > :15:24.this and last year an inspection found things were vastly improved.
:15:24. > :15:28.It found the number of people absconding is down, year on year. It
:15:28. > :15:40.praised authorities for listening to prisoners' views and treating them
:15:40. > :15:50.with respect. It is said that it is that very attitude which has
:15:50. > :15:54.impacted the prison. The offenders are coming towards the
:15:54. > :15:57.end of their sentence so they have to be given a certain degree of
:15:57. > :16:00.freedom and they are always treated with a great deal of respect and
:16:00. > :16:03.fairness. Ford was labelled a safe and decent
:16:03. > :16:06.place in its last inspection so while some might want a harder line,
:16:07. > :16:10.others say the management's attitude is working.
:16:11. > :16:13.Hampshire Police are warning of the dangers of distraction driving after
:16:13. > :16:18.catching nearly 200 drivers breaking the law in just five days. They've
:16:18. > :16:21.released footage of a lorry driver brushing his teeth, people behind
:16:21. > :16:24.the wheel on the phone and even one commuter applying her make—up, to
:16:24. > :16:36.show some of the dangerous behaviour they're focusing their attentions
:16:36. > :16:41.on. Duncan Kennedy reports. 60 miles an hour, a busy motorway
:16:41. > :16:49.and this. Yes, he's brushing his teeth. Then there's this. Driving on
:16:49. > :16:54.the outside lane, putting on her make up.
:16:54. > :17:04.There's no end to what motorists get up to from reading and writing all
:17:04. > :17:11.while driving. It was all captured by Hampshire and Thames Valley
:17:11. > :17:18.Police to highlight the dangers of distracted driving. Many were caught
:17:18. > :17:26.falling or texting and trying to hide it. The police prosecuted
:17:26. > :17:33.hundreds of motorists in one week and 126 of those were using mobile
:17:33. > :17:38.devices. This driver not only has a mobile phone in one hand, but a
:17:38. > :17:47.cigarette in the other and here's driving using his knees. People
:17:47. > :17:55.smile at these things because they think, how can you be so silly?
:17:55. > :18:04.We should these to other motorists. That is crazy. That's incredible. I
:18:04. > :18:09.just can't believe somebody would do that while they are driving.
:18:09. > :18:18.This woman is putting on her make up. Is yet all the time. It doesn't
:18:18. > :18:31.surprise me. But it is not just the police doing the doing —— videoing.
:18:32. > :18:37.This man was later suspended by his company. A new survey today found
:18:37. > :18:45.that 59% of drivers admit putting others at risk. While it's texting,
:18:45. > :18:50.reading or brushing, it is driving police to distraction.
:18:50. > :18:57.Cleaning your teeth while you're driving? It's extraordinary. I can't
:18:57. > :19:20.believe it. We are going to start the sport with a bit of ceiling. ——
:19:20. > :19:24.sailing. This week marks a year to go until
:19:24. > :19:28.the start of one of sailing's iconic events — the Volvo Ocean Race. And
:19:28. > :19:30.for the first time since 2001, the round—the—world challenge will
:19:30. > :19:33.feature an all—female crew. Sam Davies from Hampshire leads that
:19:33. > :19:37.11—strong team, who will spend the next year living and training in
:19:37. > :19:39.Lanzarote. Tony Husband went to see their final preparations before they
:19:39. > :19:45.left British shores today. We have to learn how to work
:19:45. > :19:52.together as a team and get every last bit of speeds out of her. That
:19:52. > :19:58.is going to be the key to winning. The race, formerly known as the
:19:58. > :20:06.Whitbread, first started in 1983. This is the first all women crew for
:20:06. > :20:13.many years. It brings back memories of Tracy Edwards and her crew in the
:20:13. > :20:20.1980s. They were my heroes. They made some of us think it is possible
:20:20. > :20:26.to do this. The next few months are crucial.
:20:26. > :20:31.I have no idea what we're going to see it there. I've seen some of the
:20:31. > :20:39.footage of massive seas and I am hoping that my team will help me.
:20:39. > :20:46.The team are aboard their 65 foot yacht. They will have fun but the
:20:46. > :20:54.challenge is to be ready for stage one in Alicante next October.
:20:54. > :20:57.Beautiful skies as they sailed out. Another Wembley dream is still in
:20:58. > :21:00.the offing for Portsmouth, as they progressed in the Johnstone's Paint
:21:01. > :21:04.Trophy. But Oxford United were left to rue their stuttering home form
:21:04. > :21:07.once more. Oxford had the best of the first hour at the Kassam
:21:07. > :21:17.Stadium, before substitute Patrick Agyemang's excellent strike put
:21:17. > :21:20.Pompey in front. Loan signing John Marquis then made the game safe with
:21:20. > :21:23.seven minutes remaining. James Constable did pull a consolation
:21:23. > :21:28.back late on for Oxford but their home form continues to be their
:21:28. > :21:30.Achilles heel. Southampton Football Club have
:21:30. > :21:34.received council approval to extend their training facilities. The club
:21:34. > :21:37.have already been renovating their existing site at Marchwood but
:21:37. > :21:41.Saints will now add a further six new pitches, as well as a dome and
:21:41. > :21:44.extra parking provision. The new facility will predominantly be used
:21:44. > :21:47.by Saints' youth and academy sections.
:21:47. > :21:49.AFC Bournemouth have announced the death of their former long—serving
:21:49. > :21:53.defender Laurie Cunningham. Laurie made 273 league appearances for the
:21:53. > :21:58.Cherries in the 1940s and '50s and was an ever—present for four seasons
:21:58. > :22:05.in that time. He passed away at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, aged 91.
:22:05. > :22:09.And an athlete from West Sussex has been handed a potential route to the
:22:09. > :22:12.Winter Olympics in Sochi next year. Kelly Denyer from Worthing has been
:22:12. > :22:15.named as a brakewoman in the GB Bobsleigh squad for the forthcoming
:22:15. > :22:19.World Cup series. The 23—year—old will be looking to book one of the
:22:19. > :22:22.qualification places for the Winter Olympics, which get underway in
:22:22. > :22:25.February. There was no place though for Weymouth's Serita Shone, who has
:22:25. > :22:35.battled back from fracturing her spine in 2011.
:22:35. > :22:40.Now, if you're a fan of Downton Abbey, this one's for you. Dozens of
:22:40. > :22:43.items have been discovered on a country estate in West Sussex.
:22:43. > :22:46.The items from Parham House near Pulborough give a fascinating
:22:46. > :22:50.insight into life there in the 1920s and '30s.
:22:50. > :22:54.They go on display to the public this weekend but David Allard has
:22:54. > :22:59.been given an exclusive preview. For nearly 400 years, Parham House
:22:59. > :23:03.has been a witness to history. From a rumoured visit by Queen Elizabeth
:23:03. > :23:08.I. To the wartime evacuees who found a home here. So you're never quite
:23:08. > :23:14.sure what you'll find at the back of an old stable.
:23:14. > :23:24.This is from the estate Fire Brigade. As an estate worker, like
:23:24. > :23:29.myself as a gardener, we would have been required to be the first
:23:29. > :23:31.responders to any fire. You can't help but get wrapped up in the
:23:31. > :23:34.stories. These items date back to the 1920s
:23:34. > :23:39.and '30s, when the estate was owned by Clive and Alicia Pearson. Their
:23:39. > :23:42.great grand—daughter now lives here. My great grandparents never threw
:23:42. > :23:50.anything away. Indeed, we keep finding things. It is great. One of
:23:50. > :23:56.the most exciting things is this little bag which we found a couple
:23:56. > :24:01.of weeks ago. Letters would come from London and this bag and the
:24:01. > :24:12.station officer would probably chuck it out of the train to the Butler.
:24:12. > :24:19.We do have a number of toys including this picture of my mum
:24:19. > :24:22.pushing a toy elephant. It's pure Downton Abbey stuff but is
:24:23. > :24:28.there still that class divide between upstairs and downstairs?
:24:28. > :24:47.Not such a hierarchy. We all McCain now. Everybody does what needs to be
:24:47. > :24:52.done. —— we all muck in. I love it. It is terribly moving. All the
:24:52. > :25:01.artefacts go on display to the public this Sunday.
:25:01. > :25:12.Worth a look, certainly. Once the weather. It is getting chilly.
:25:12. > :25:17.Martin Offer captured this deer rut in Petworth Park in West Sussex.
:25:17. > :25:19.Synchronised swimming in Gosport. This photo was taken by Maureen
:25:19. > :25:21.Coles. And Judi Lion captured this scene at
:25:21. > :25:32.Woolbeding Common near Midhurst. Today was noticeably colder than
:25:32. > :25:40.yesterday and tomorrow it will be colder still. We may have a few
:25:40. > :25:50.showers before that but they will disappear and the skies will clear.
:25:51. > :25:57.And others clearing skies, temperatures will fall into low
:25:57. > :26:01.single figures. A lovely start to the day for most of us tomorrow
:26:01. > :26:06.morning. Low skies overhead. During the afternoon, time will start to
:26:07. > :26:12.increase for eastern areas. There will be the chance of one or two
:26:12. > :26:15.showers. The breeze will be noticeable. Quite strong from the
:26:15. > :26:27.North, taking the edge of temperatures. It will rise to 13
:26:27. > :26:38.Celsius in places. There is the odd chance of a shower. During the early
:26:38. > :26:45.hours of Friday morning, there will be scattered and patchy rain. A mild
:26:45. > :26:55.night tomorrow night. Tomorrow, we will see a change. The wind will
:26:55. > :27:01.come from the North then rain is expected to push in from the
:27:01. > :27:23.south—east. The wet start to the day on Friday. A lovely start tomorrow.
:27:23. > :27:27.West is best tomorrow. Freddie will C rain later in the day. And more
:27:27. > :27:35.rain at the weekend. Tomorrow night, remember those
:27:36. > :27:40.rhinos that we had in Southampton? They go up for auction and we will
:27:40. > :27:44.be taking a look at that. Thanks for watching. Good night.