:00:09. > :00:17.Welcome to South Today. Today... Can the target be met? Army reserve
:00:18. > :00:24.tests are down as the government wishes to increase numbers. For a
:00:25. > :00:30.long time the perception of the TA was a drinking man's club. It is not
:00:31. > :00:32.the case any more. Why residents of a home are protesting at their
:00:33. > :00:40.lunchtime menu. Seven decades for the D`day veteran
:00:41. > :00:46.to get into print and now he is off to Buckingham Palace. Relief
:00:47. > :00:51.followed instantly by guilt that will never go away.
:00:52. > :01:01.The scary monsters appearing from the sea at Portsmouth as octave are
:01:02. > :01:08.celebrates its 50th anniversary. `` Dr Who.
:01:09. > :01:12.The battle's on to beef up the number of part`time soldiers in the
:01:13. > :01:16.South. It's all part of a national campaign to increase the size of the
:01:17. > :01:19.army reserve, while the number of regulars is slashed by a fifth.
:01:20. > :01:21.Already there have been some problems with a newly privatised
:01:22. > :01:25.recruitment system. Today the region's reserve tank regiment was
:01:26. > :01:28.showing off its skills in Dorset as it continues its own drive to get up
:01:29. > :01:33.to full strength. Steve Humphrey reports.
:01:34. > :01:38.It is the shape of the Army of the future. Today on the Lulworth Ranges
:01:39. > :01:44.in Dorset eight Carpenter, plaster and computer engineer were amongst
:01:45. > :01:52.reservists. The government wants more part`time soldiers. This job is
:01:53. > :02:01.amazing. I have just been in command of a gun on 65 tonnes of tank. These
:02:02. > :02:05.soldiers serve in the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, providing back`up to three
:02:06. > :02:12.regular regiments. Amongst those involved was Emma. In civilian life
:02:13. > :02:18.she is a dance teacher. In the Army reserve she is a medic. The
:02:19. > :02:23.experiences are amazing and they are skills I can transfer to my civilian
:02:24. > :02:29.career. Government defends changes means the size of the regular Army
:02:30. > :02:35.is being cut from 102,000 down to 82,000. The size of the Army reserve
:02:36. > :02:42.is being increased from 19,000 up to 30,000. There have been problems
:02:43. > :02:47.with the newly privatised recruitment computer system which
:02:48. > :02:52.has caused delay to the entry of regular soldiers and reservists. I
:02:53. > :02:58.think by this time next year the backlogs will be clear. The Royal
:02:59. > :03:02.Wessex Yeomanry wants to have 240 was serviced by next year. At the
:03:03. > :03:10.moment it has reached 82% of the target. I have more people asking to
:03:11. > :03:16.join them I will have spaces for so my line is, you need to reserve your
:03:17. > :03:19.place in the reserve. The defence secretary has told MPs the changes
:03:20. > :03:26.could be revised but in a statement he said we are now only two months
:03:27. > :03:30.into a five`year recruitment drive. The figures will not improve
:03:31. > :03:35.overnight the chief of the defence and I are confident we will meet our
:03:36. > :03:41.target. A group of Conservative MPs unhappy with the cuts to the regular
:03:42. > :03:46.Army are planning to register their feelings by voting against the
:03:47. > :03:51.government defends ill on Wednesday. `` defence bill.
:03:52. > :03:54.A Hampshire man who was arrested at Gatwick Airport has appeared at the
:03:55. > :03:57.Old Bailey charged with a terrorism offence. Mashudur Rahman Choudhury
:03:58. > :03:59.was arrested last month on suspicion of the commission, preparation or
:04:00. > :04:02.instigation of acts of terrorism. Police said the charge related to
:04:03. > :04:05."activity overseas". The 30`year`old appeared via video link from
:04:06. > :04:10.Belmarsh Prison and was remanded in custody to appear before the same
:04:11. > :04:13.court in February. A woman from Reading who attempted
:04:14. > :04:16.to kill a 13`year`old boy has been detained under the Mental Health
:04:17. > :04:20.Act. Jane Rogers, who's from Tilehurst, pleaded guilty to the
:04:21. > :04:23.offence earlier this year. She will now be treated at a mental health
:04:24. > :04:31.hospital for psychotic depression. Rob Powell reports.
:04:32. > :04:34.Jane Rogers appeared at Redding Crown Court this morning having
:04:35. > :04:39.already pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a 13`year`old
:04:40. > :04:42.boy in breading in May of this year. She was detained under the mental
:04:43. > :04:48.health act for further treatment in Oxford. Rogers wept in court as she
:04:49. > :04:54.heard details of how she had given the 13`year`old boy four alcoholic
:04:55. > :04:59.drinks before attempting to smother him. The prosecutor said the boy
:05:00. > :05:04.pushed her off before managing to call 999. Police officers found that
:05:05. > :05:12.Rogers had swallowed antifreeze in an attempt to take her own life. She
:05:13. > :05:19.told the court she had lost her job. The court heard from a forensic
:05:20. > :05:23.psychiatrist who told the court Rogers had psychotic depression and
:05:24. > :05:29.she would be detained in a mental health hospital. The judge said that
:05:30. > :05:33.any attempt to kill a child was a grave offence but said that right
:05:34. > :05:38.now what Rogers needed was not punishment but help.
:05:39. > :05:42.Residents in a sheltered housing complex for the elderly at Fleet in
:05:43. > :05:45.Hampshire say they're disgusted with some of the meals they are being
:05:46. > :05:49.given. People living at Campbell Place are obliged to pay for a
:05:50. > :05:52.certain number of meals a week whether they eat them or not. But
:05:53. > :05:56.some say the meals are so poor they're having to buy extra food or
:05:57. > :05:58.else go hungry. The Housing Association has apologised and said
:05:59. > :06:00.it will make improvements. Sean Killick reports.
:06:01. > :06:06.These are some of the recent meals served at Campbell Place in Fleet, a
:06:07. > :06:11.sheltered housing complex for over 60s. Residents are obliged by their
:06:12. > :06:16.tenancy agreement to pay for five or six meals a week in the restaurant,
:06:17. > :06:23.costing ?5 99 per meal. Resident Michael Chamberlain is a former RAF
:06:24. > :06:28.chef. Some of the portions are so small it would not feed a bird. They
:06:29. > :06:36.seem to expect that women eat less than men. One woman only had four
:06:37. > :06:47.scampi and five chips put on her plate. Those people were buying more
:06:48. > :06:54.food in or going out to buy something else. Those who can't I
:06:55. > :06:59.feel really terribly sorry for because if they can't eat the meal
:07:00. > :07:05.then obviously they are going to go hungry. I feel that is unacceptable.
:07:06. > :07:10.Barry and his wife Cathy invited me to join them at lunchtime. Barry no
:07:11. > :07:18.longer has the vegetables because he says the quality is so poor but they
:07:19. > :07:24.say some meals are acceptable. I would defy to tell me anybody that
:07:25. > :07:36.is `` I would defy anybody to tell me that is worth ?5 99. It does not
:07:37. > :07:38.even smell nice. Centre now housing association said the main problem is
:07:39. > :07:59.with meals served at the weekend. Residents have written to local MP
:08:00. > :08:04.James Arbuthnot, who says it seems from the photographs that some meals
:08:05. > :08:09.are in adequate but he can't be sure until he has had a full response
:08:10. > :08:12.from Sentinel. A group of villagers in West Sussex
:08:13. > :08:15.say they're struggling to cope after BT left them without phone or
:08:16. > :08:19.broadband for three weeks. A line serving a dozen homes in West Dean
:08:20. > :08:22.near Chichester was damaged in last month's storms. BT says it's trying
:08:23. > :08:27.to correct the problem, but those affected say the delays are not
:08:28. > :08:31.acceptable. Joe Campbell reports. The whole thing is a complete
:08:32. > :08:36.communication disaster. Three weeks after their phones and Internet went
:08:37. > :08:44.down these residents are the end of their ten `` tether. My daughter is
:08:45. > :08:50.unable to do her schoolwork. It affects your whole life. The problem
:08:51. > :08:55.is even worse for freelance web designer Steph James. Last week
:08:56. > :09:02.after promising several engineers' visit BT told that the problem was
:09:03. > :09:06.sorted but it was not. They are supposed to be a communications
:09:07. > :09:10.company but they don't seem to be able to communicate with their
:09:11. > :09:17.customers. BT say they are investigated. `` investigating.
:09:18. > :09:25.Residents say this is the cable its own engineers cut. You have
:09:26. > :09:30.businesses, carers, people with disabilities, a range of people
:09:31. > :09:35.depending on high`speed broadband. I for one do not think BT is the right
:09:36. > :09:41.contractor. The government can expect e`mails from others here who
:09:42. > :09:44.now share those concerns, as soon as they get Internet access back.
:09:45. > :09:47.The funeral of leading British composer Sir John Tavener will be
:09:48. > :09:51.held at Winchester Cathedral later this month. The 69`year`old died at
:09:52. > :09:54.his home in Dorset last Tuesday after suffering from ill health for
:09:55. > :09:58.much of his life. His funeral will take place on the 28th. Sir John,
:09:59. > :10:01.who was knighted in 2000, won a Grammy in 2002 for best contemporary
:10:02. > :10:04.classical composition and was twice nominated for the Mercury Music
:10:05. > :10:07.Prize. Still to come in this evening's
:10:08. > :10:11.South Today... The invasion of Portsmouth ` did
:10:12. > :10:16.anyone call a doctor to repel the aliens?
:10:17. > :10:21.It's approaching the most dangerous time for survivors of Typhoon
:10:22. > :10:27.Haiyan, according to the World Health Organisation. The peak danger
:10:28. > :10:29.period is between ten days to a month after a natural disaster.
:10:30. > :10:34.Without access to safe drinking water, the threat of disease
:10:35. > :10:38.escalates. One company in Farnham may be able to help reduce these
:10:39. > :10:43.risks, with the invention of a water purification system. We can join
:10:44. > :10:46.Georgina Windsor where the production line is busier than ever,
:10:47. > :10:56.after the WHO approached the company for help.
:10:57. > :11:00.It is all too easy to take a glass of drinking water for granted but in
:11:01. > :11:07.the Philippines now is the most critical time. In Farnham, Pure
:11:08. > :11:12.Hydration have developed a new technology that can help to improve
:11:13. > :11:16.and make water safe. This is the first aid station and here is its
:11:17. > :11:23.developer, Jon Grant. It looks like a simple bag of tricks but what does
:11:24. > :11:29.it do? Basically you have a pre`filter that will take out a
:11:30. > :11:36.larger part of sticks and stones and suchlike. The water passes down the
:11:37. > :11:41.tube into the purification module, which is a technology that is very
:11:42. > :11:46.modern and will remove bacteria, viruses and other waterborne
:11:47. > :11:53.diseases. Let's have a look to see exactly how it works. The technology
:11:54. > :11:58.happens right here. Murky water is going in. These are the water
:11:59. > :12:03.quality problems they will have in the Philippines right now. It goes
:12:04. > :12:09.into the first aid station. You pour the contaminated water in and very
:12:10. > :12:17.simply just turn on the Euro fire at the bottom and outcomes crystal
:12:18. > :12:25.clear safe drinking water. `` the purification knob at the bottom. It
:12:26. > :12:34.is tested by the London School of tropical medicine and hygiene and
:12:35. > :12:39.other schools. Thousands of these are going out this week alone but
:12:40. > :12:44.the rescuers will benefit, not just the people in the Philippines. If we
:12:45. > :12:51.take this black water out of here, show us what it does. International
:12:52. > :13:00.rescue services use this product. You can take water like this and
:13:01. > :13:02.simply by popping on the cap and squeezing the water through what
:13:03. > :13:10.comes out is fresh, clean, clear drinking water. Sadly, this
:13:11. > :13:16.technology is going out to the Philippines this week and let's hope
:13:17. > :13:19.many lives are saved. Thank you very much, Georgina.
:13:20. > :13:22.Absolutely fascinating. A council leader has said she'll
:13:23. > :13:25.write again to the Prime Minister asking for a national debate on
:13:26. > :13:27.fracking, following a meeting with protestors who've camped outside her
:13:28. > :13:29.offices. Louise Goldsmith has asked
:13:30. > :13:32.campaigners to leave West Sussex County Council's headquarters but
:13:33. > :13:35.the group Frack Free Sussex says it will stay until tomorrow at the
:13:36. > :13:46.earliest. It wants councils to reject applications by energy
:13:47. > :13:50.companies pursuing fracking. Dennis Wilson took part in what many
:13:51. > :13:56.still believe is the greatest invasion of all time, the D`day
:13:57. > :14:01.landings in June of 1944. He put pen to paper and wrote poetry. Now, all
:14:02. > :14:06.of these years later, his work has been published and he is due to go
:14:07. > :14:15.to Buckingham Palace tomorrow, invited their as a contemporary
:14:16. > :14:24.poet. What has wore down to the youth of
:14:25. > :14:28.the world? `` what has wore down. Many soldiers return from the war
:14:29. > :14:33.and never think about `` talk about what they have seen. But Dennis
:14:34. > :14:41.Wilson would sometimes exchange his rifle for a pen. He wrote poetry
:14:42. > :14:49.about the tragedies of war. It surprises me that I was able to read
:14:50. > :15:03.it without a lump in my throat, really. Ie used to write in a lull
:15:04. > :15:08.in the battle. `` are used to. He was 16 when he wrote his first poem
:15:09. > :15:16.and 22 when he was sent to Normandy. When I completed one page I posted
:15:17. > :15:26.it home to my mother in case I didn't get back. It was actually...
:15:27. > :15:32.It was one of the happiest moments of my life because I took one look
:15:33. > :15:35.at my right arm and I thought I was probably going to lose it but I was
:15:36. > :15:41.very happy because I knew I was out of it. When he got home his poem was
:15:42. > :15:45.waiting for him but it was almost 70 years before they were published.
:15:46. > :15:55.Now his work has been recognised with an invite from the palace. It
:15:56. > :16:02.is very gratifying to find that the reception is for contemporary poets
:16:03. > :16:08.and it is nice to know that is how I am regarded. What Dennis saw on the
:16:09. > :16:12.front line moved him to write. He has lived not only to tell the tale
:16:13. > :16:20.but to see it in black and white as well.
:16:21. > :16:24.Denny Wilson, finally published and off to Buckingham Palace tomorrow.
:16:25. > :16:30.He has recovered from the till June in need macro, back to the day job.
:16:31. > :16:35.We are talking about the international football.
:16:36. > :16:43.Yes, not great, the game against Chile yesterday.
:16:44. > :16:46.Lallana will start tomorrow night but Jay Rodriguez will be among the
:16:47. > :16:50.substitutes. Both players featured from the start in Friday night's 2`0
:16:51. > :16:53.defeat by Chile, with Lallana generally given good reviews on a
:16:54. > :16:56.tough night for Roy Hodgson's men. Rickie Lambert was back in training
:16:57. > :16:59.today and could feature at Wembley tomorrow night. He is recovering
:17:00. > :17:02.from a muscle strain. ? The Premier League and Championship had the
:17:03. > :17:05.weekend off, so here's the best of the rest across the Southern
:17:06. > :17:11.counties this weekend, starting with another bad day for Portsmouth.
:17:12. > :17:17.We might learn a bit about Portsmouth's character now.
:17:18. > :17:22.Therefore`0 defeat at Wimbledon came as they were slumping in the league.
:17:23. > :17:26.Andy Bartram went close to an equaliser but then it all went
:17:27. > :17:33.wrong. Three Wimbledon goals in the final 16 minutes. It was victory and
:17:34. > :17:41.a moment of history for Oxford United at Mansfield. And by the ``
:17:42. > :17:46.action packed first half saw an opening goal followed by a red card.
:17:47. > :17:52.The Stags remained in the hunt. Least Evenson fired into put the
:17:53. > :17:59.home side on level terms. James Constable, on as a substitute and he
:18:00. > :18:06.did what he does best. His 100th goal for the club. After the break
:18:07. > :18:09.Aussie winger Ryan Williams added a third, but the day belonged to the
:18:10. > :18:11.Centurion who now is only seven short of Oxford all`time scorers
:18:12. > :18:15.record. Swindon Town's promotion hopes also received a boost this
:18:16. > :18:18.weekend as they eased to victory in Essex. Goals either side of
:18:19. > :18:21.half`time from Nicky Ajose and Danny N'Guessan put Town in control
:18:22. > :18:24.against Colchester. The home side scored a late consolation, but it
:18:25. > :18:26.wasn't enough to stop Swindon moving back into the League One playoff
:18:27. > :18:31.places. Brackley town face their FA Cup
:18:32. > :18:35.replay tonight against Gillingham. They were just seconds away from an
:18:36. > :18:39.upset nine days ago in Kent, only to be denied by an equaliser deep into
:18:40. > :18:42.stoppage time. A crowd ten times its normal size is expected for the
:18:43. > :18:51.replay at St James's Park and Brackley say the revenue
:18:52. > :19:14.`` the revenue will set them up for the next three to four macro years.
:19:15. > :19:18.After seven events over three continents it came down to the final
:19:19. > :19:23.series in Brazil. Leigh McMillan and his wave Musket team were defending
:19:24. > :19:29.champions but their path to the top of the podium could hardly have been
:19:30. > :19:34.tighter. They led the season going into the final act but they were
:19:35. > :19:41.pipped to the top spot. The two teams finished level on points for
:19:42. > :19:47.the season but the Wave had won more races over the full year, giving
:19:48. > :19:52.them victory. It was such a fight and we had to be squeaky`clean today
:19:53. > :20:02.to pull it off. They were gunning for us whenever they had a chance.
:20:03. > :20:06.It was a follow`on day. This has been the seventh season of extreme
:20:07. > :20:14.sailing. The aim was to bring the sport close to the shore and
:20:15. > :20:18.spectator numbers hit 325,000. We'll McMillan and his team be back for
:20:19. > :20:23.more next year? They were thrilled with the result and they love the
:20:24. > :20:26.racing and the competition and hopefully we will all be back next
:20:27. > :20:33.year and defending for the third time. Very well done, some
:20:34. > :20:37.spectacular pictures. He is consistently one of our top
:20:38. > :20:45.performers in sailing. Great recognition for him.
:20:46. > :21:04.Did you ever hide behind the city when you heard this?
:21:05. > :21:09.DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYS. Down the years the South has seen
:21:10. > :21:17.its share of filming action. The Sea Devils came ashore at
:21:18. > :21:22.Portsmouth Naval base. We met two men closely involved with
:21:23. > :21:26.making that episode. For Jon Pertwee, being in Portsmouth
:21:27. > :21:33.was like coming home. He had been based here in the Second World War.
:21:34. > :21:39.The story being filmed was the Sea Devils. There aim was to take over
:21:40. > :21:43.the world, starting in Portsmouth. They filmed the Sea Devils coming
:21:44. > :21:49.out of the sea so they were sort of emerging slowly out of the water
:21:50. > :21:53.onto the beach. On the sure they borrowed a whole load of sailors for
:21:54. > :22:00.this, we put up a fight and effectively got beaten. The Sea
:22:01. > :22:08.Devils is one of the most memorable stories in the 50 year history of
:22:09. > :22:12.Doctor Who. These pictures filmed in 1971 have never been broadcast. It
:22:13. > :22:19.sees them in battle with Pompey troops. The special effects
:22:20. > :22:26.department have laid on various little explosions. There is a brief
:22:27. > :22:31.clip in one of the episodes of me and the sailors walking with our
:22:32. > :22:35.hands up, surrendering to them. From the sailors' point of view it was
:22:36. > :22:42.great fun, took them out of their day`to`day routine. When the cameras
:22:43. > :22:46.stopped rolling, the sailors took the opportunity to mingle with the
:22:47. > :22:49.TV star. The filming took them from the stony beaches of Portsmouth to
:22:50. > :22:54.the sandy beaches of the Isle of Wight and straight into battle with
:22:55. > :23:03.the creatures from the deep. Inside one of the scary suits is a stuntman
:23:04. > :23:11.who laid many monsters over the years, but none as challenging as
:23:12. > :23:15.the Sea Devils. We were filming with water so we came out of the water
:23:16. > :23:23.with these loose costumes, the feet hanging off, our heads full of
:23:24. > :23:29.water, waves knocking us over, out of breath, a lot of coughing and
:23:30. > :23:34.spluttering. It was great fun. And hard work too. With his background
:23:35. > :23:40.in gymnastics, Stewart developed a special way to die, a big athletic
:23:41. > :23:47.backflip, but his fellow stuntmen were not completely convinced. I
:23:48. > :23:53.thought they could cut to me halfway through the backflip so all I am
:23:54. > :24:00.doing is being shot and landing. If ever you watch the episode, they
:24:01. > :24:06.only use half of the backflip. Ultimately, of course, the Sea
:24:07. > :24:15.Devils' ambitions to take over the world did not get any further than
:24:16. > :24:21.Portsmouth. Save to come out? Oh, good.
:24:22. > :24:29.The most scary part was that it ended with the monster's head and
:24:30. > :24:36.then you popped up. All this week we have the people and
:24:37. > :24:38.places in Doctor Who history on radio Solent. Pictures on the
:24:39. > :24:56.website. A change in the weather. We had a
:24:57. > :25:05.mild day today, the temperatures tomorrow will be half what they are
:25:06. > :25:15.today. It may have been a day in Swanage but that did not stop this
:25:16. > :25:21.photograph. We are expecting a band of rain to
:25:22. > :25:24.push through. The colder air will sink southwards through the course
:25:25. > :25:28.of the night and through tomorrow morning. Feeling bitterly cold
:25:29. > :25:32.during the day tomorrow. Through the course of the night tonight we have
:25:33. > :25:36.a band of rain, which will eventually clear the southeastern
:25:37. > :25:42.corner of the country. Frost more likely the further north and west
:25:43. > :25:46.you are. A few showers drifting about to the South West but
:25:47. > :25:50.otherwise a dry night with temperatures in some areas down to
:25:51. > :25:56.freezing or just below. A frosty, chilly start tomorrow but the good
:25:57. > :26:02.news is lots of sunshine despite the freezing temperatures. We expect
:26:03. > :26:06.highs between four to seven Celsius tomorrow afternoon. That is half
:26:07. > :26:13.what they were today. Maybe some rain, sleet or even the odd snow
:26:14. > :26:17.flurry. They will be few and far between. Through the course of
:26:18. > :26:21.tomorrow the winds will pick up so the northerly wind will be a key
:26:22. > :26:28.feature, taking the edge of the temperatures even more. A hard frost
:26:29. > :26:37.through the night into Wednesday, temperatures dropping to minus three
:26:38. > :26:40.Celsius. Increasing cloud from the north and west is working its way in
:26:41. > :26:47.and that will mean Wednesday will be slightly milder. A bit of a soggy
:26:48. > :26:50.day with increasing winds. You can see them coming in from the North
:26:51. > :26:58.West. This weather front drifting further southwards. A wet and pretty
:26:59. > :27:04.windy day all in all. This is the outlook for the rest of the week, a
:27:05. > :27:09.lovely day tomorrow but very chilly, and a strong north`westerly wind.
:27:10. > :27:15.Some rain by Wednesday, with gusty winds. Slightly milder but turning
:27:16. > :27:23.cooler Thursday or Friday. Thursday and Friday mainly dry.
:27:24. > :27:27.We want to say a huge thank you to all of you for your fundraising
:27:28. > :27:43.efforts for Children in Need. It stands at a record`breaking...
:27:44. > :27:48.That is all we have time for. More at 8pm and 1025. We are back