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Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme:

"Dangerous and inadequate" care ` one of our main hospitals is slammed

in a damning report by a health watchdog.

Some staff told us they felt the staffing level was horrendous and

that their own professional accountability was compromised, they

had too many patients to look after, and they had to decide who was going

to get their time. Troubled waters ` a row brewing over

plans to build a car park in the middle of Poole harbour.

Home for Christmas ` the Royal Navy crew back in time for some festive

cheer. And, getting ready to shut up shop

for the last time after 138 years. It looks desolate, and it's

completely lifeless. It's not like a shot at all, it is just an empty

shell. `` it is not like a shop at all.

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital has been severely criticised for the

"dangerous and inadequate" care of some patients. In a damning report,

the Care Quality Commission said it needed to improve. It follows an

inspection of the hospital in October, when patients in some wards

were found left in soiled and wet beds. The hospital has issued an

apology to those patients who have received poor care. Our Health

Correspondent David Fenton joins us now live from the Royal Bournemouth

Hospital. It's a report which makes very uncomfortable reading for

hospital bosses there. You are right. It is pretty grim

reading, not just for the managers, but for the patients, especially the

elderly. It talks about people being left in soiled beds. One person had

nothing to drink all day because he had the wrong notes on his bed. One

man had a cardiac episode and they could not get the resuscitation

trolley to him because an extra bed had been squeezed in. Awards three

and 26 are especially bad. This is one of the wards were

patients were left without food and drink and invite and soiled beds.

Today, the hospital says things are different. We care about the

patients here. We deliver the highest standard of care. We have

ensured we have filled all the vacancies we had. Come and visit if

you really want to see what the staff are like here. Jean Smith 71.

She came here two days with an infected foot. It is very

frightening in a big cost at all, when you know who you have got

something wrong and you can't get any attention. But the tension is

here, they turn up. It is just a matter of being a bit patient

sometimes. Today's report paints a disturbing picture. Especially for

the elderly. Some were at risk of harm. Towards work short`staffed,

putting doctors and nurses under too much pressure, and there was

dangerous use of too many temporary beds in A We have done a lot of

work since the inspection, so things are safe in this hospital. Going

back to the report, numerous areas were mentioned in the report of very

high quality care. In October, 22 inspectors from the

Care Quality Commission spent two days here. Some services like

maternity and end of life care were good, but too many elderly patients

were being let down. Some staff said the felt the staffing level was

horrendous, that their own professional accountability was

compromised, they had too many patients to look after and they had

to decide who was going to get their time. This lady's mother was a

patient at Bournemouth. The family compound about her nursing care, but

said nothing ever came of it. Her mother later died. It was basic

nursing skills. To care for somebody, to come if they bring

their bell, if they wanted to use the toilets, it is basic care. I

don't think that can be taught to people. If you can't do that, you

should not be a nurse. Things may have improved here, but they had to.

The question many will ask is why did it take such a damning report

for it to happen? One crucial point, at the time this

happens, the hospital was short of about 135 nurses. Staff were saying

it was unsafe. One nurse was worried she might be struck off because of

the care they were giving. The hospital says it was not about money

and they have now taken on 57 extra nurses, and they say things will

improve. David, thank you.

Proposals to expand a marina at Poole quay and build an island in

the bay to provide 200 parking spaces have angered local residents.

The Hamble based company MDL wants to provide 600 berths and a car park

in the harbour. MDL says it's looking forward to engaging with all

stakeholders, but some campaigners say there has been a lack of

consultation. Briony Leyland reports.

The marina at Poole quay is a familiar part of the waterfront, but

the view from here is set to change. For some time, Poole's Harbour

Commissioners have been consulting on plans for a 900`berth marina and

public walkway, but now a rival bid has emerged from Hamble based

company MDL. It too wants to build hundreds of berths and a 200 space

car park on a manmade island in the harbour. No images have been

released, but campaigners say they don't need to see pictures to know

they don't like the idea. Horrified, is the best way to say it. It seems

so illogical or stop fancy building and Ireland out into the bay for car

parking? This would totally negate some of the environmental protection

which has already been set up for this day and would be very strongly

opposed by the resident. It's the Crown Estate which gives leases for

development on the sea bed. It says MDL is currently its "prospective

preferred bidder". Councillors are calling on the estate to release

more details of MDL's bid complaining about a lack of

consultation. They said they consult with local authorities and local

community groups. Clearly, they have not done that more or made any

attempt to do that in this case, and we feel that is unacceptable for a

decision to be made, even to a preferred bidder, before such

consultation takes place. The Crown Estates has any future leasing

agreement of the use of the sea bed will be subject to consent by

relevant statutory authorities such as the borough council, and

appropriate public consultation will be part of that consenting process.

MDL told us it is thrilled to have reached this stage and looks forward

to engaging with all local stakeholders in Poole. The Crown

Estate says it will review the situation in the new year and decide

whether to confirm MDL as the preferred bidder.

Fire chiefs in Dorset and Wiltshire say they're planning a merger of

their brigades to save money, and protect front line services

following cuts in Government grants. But the Fire Brigades Union has

already voiced concerns about the merger, which it's proposed will

take place in 2016. Steve Humphrey reports.

Fire services have had to tighten their belts repeatedly over recent

years as the Coalition Government's austerity programme has reduced

funding. Now, the fire services in Dorset and in Wiltshire are

proposing a merger, aimed at cutting costs still further. Here in

Wiltshire, some people see it as a sensible move, while others have

concerns. A lot of cuts are coming from the public services, and that's

where the money needs to be made. People's safety is what is important

at the end of the day. If it is saving money, why not? As long as

they do the job here, I don't mind. It is OK saving money, but we have

got to save lives. I am not sure whether I agree with it or not. As

neighbouring fire services, Dorset and Wiltshire already worked

together in a number of areas. The two fire services have quite a lot

in common. Wiltshire's budget is 25 minute pounds a year. Dorset's is

?30 million a year. Wiltshire has 20 45 stations, and Dorset has 26. Both

have faced big funding cuts. The two fire authorities expect that by

2019, their government grants will have been cut by 50% from the level

it was at in 2010. We are both looking for this combination to save

each authority ?1 million, and maybe more. Otherwise he would not be able

to front line services. The plan is to have a joint control room, and

this has put the jobs of up to 25 Dorset control room staff at risk.

It is time the government stopped pulling the funding on fire services

and started to realise that all they will do is provide a much worse

standard to the public. There is no guarantee in this world that the

Dorset and Wiltshire residents will have the same standards they have

been used to. It is expected that a final decision on the merger will be

taken in September next year. As for the new name, the Fire Service could

always copy one of the local bus companies.

Still to come in this evening's South Today: The end of an era for

one of the most famous shops in Reading.

Two men have been charged with the murder of a 30`year`old man in

Christchurch. Rico Dardis was found dead on the beach near Seaway Avenue

in May. At the time, witnesses reported two men acting suspiciously

on a boat. A coroner has since added that Mr Dardis drowned. Both men,

who are in their fifties, will appear at Bournemouth Magistrates'

Court tomorrow. A Hampshire teenager has been killed

in an avalanche while skiing in Austria. The 16`year`old from

Winchester is said to have been skiing off`piste with his father and

twin brother when an avalanche hit the Lech am Arlberg ski resort.

Rescuers say he died at the scene. The boy's father was buried, but

later rescued with serious injuries and remains in hospital, while his

twin brother escaped unhurt. Family and friends lined the docks

at Portsmouth harbour this morning to welcome HMS Lancaster back to the

city. The warship has just completed a six`month deployment, where she

visited 18 countries around the world. The crew will now get to

spend Christmas at home. Ena Miller reports on what's been a very

emotional day. For some, the waiting was just too

much. For others, that was fun to be had. This is the site these families

had been longing to see. I look forward to being normal, to be a

family, to have him there in the morning when we wake up. I look

forward to nagging him because that is normal. It is the best Christmas

gift out, to have my family back together. I am going to cry. Eight

at Lancaster sailed into Portsmouth, bringing its crew back into the arms

of their loved ones. There were moments not to be interrupted. He

has gone a little boy and come back a man. Thanks, I am flattered.

Today, the focus is on being a family. For the last seven months,

HMS Lancaster has been in the north Atlantic and Caribbean. Part of

their mission included anti`drug operations, seizing narcotics with a

street value of ?160 million. Most of the elements were in the favour

of the drug runners all the time. It just so happens that week had

everybody working together, all the planets aligned and the whole team

effort has worked to take the drugs of the streets. Other ships will

spend Christmas thousands of miles away. Cruise on HMS daring and HMS

illustrious continued their world tours are both involved in aid work

in the Philippines, and are not due back until early next year. But here

in Portsmouth, everyone knows how lucky they are. Just to spend time

with him at home. To be together. That is what is most important.

5000 more people are unemployed in the South West compared to the

previous quarter, according to latest figures. Meanwhile, the South

East saw unemployment fall for the fourth quarter in a row, this time

by 0.2%. Overall, employment rates in both areas still remain higher

than the rest of the UK. The number of people in work across the country

has topped 30 million for the first time on record.

Christmas is always a big time in the life of the high street, but for

one famous name in Reading, this year marks the end of an era.

Jackson's Department Store ` I know it well, it's where I got my school

uniform from ` will shut up shop on Christmas Eve. The business, which

has steadfastly stuck to doing things the old fashioned way, says

it can no longer compete on today's high street. Joe Campbell went along

for a browse. This is the junction of Kings Road

and high street. For generations of letting people, it will always be

Jacksons corner. Not for much longer. Inside the store that has

been a local landmark for more than a century, customers are picking up

essential supplies while they can. You could with guarantee you could

get what you wanted in the shop. We come in fairly regularly. It is

nice. The staff are so helpful, always sorting things out for us. I

could not fault them in any way. It will be a disappointment to see it

all disappear. This was the place you came for a school uniform. Now,

the remaining stock is gathering dust under the watchful eye of the

man who started it all. Jacksons started at precisely 2pm on 17

September 1875. Redding was completely different then. It was a

tiny little drapers shop, and Edward Jackson lived with his family above

the shop. Some things have not changed, like

these pneumatic tubes which bring money from the shop floor up to the

cash office. And they take customers's change back to them.

Doing the books still has a Victorian air in this family owned

business. Not surprisingly, locking the doors for the final time we'd be

an easy job. It will be dreadful. It looks desolate, and it is completely

lifeless, not at all how it should be. It is not a shop at all, it is

an empty shell. The building needs a lot of money spent on it. That is

really the deciding factor. It is thought the new owners of the

building want to keep shops on the ground floor, but convert the upper

levels possibly into apartments. Whether the corner @ remains is

unclear, but one thing remained obvious to all, that come the New

Year, Jacksons will be gone from the local scene.

And our current affairs programme Inside Out has been following

Jackson's closure. There's a moving and nostalgic film due to be

broadcast when Inside Out South returns on Monday January sixth on

BBC One at 7:30pm. Map, sport. Speedway fans will have

to wait a few more weeks to find out if the Isle of Wight islanders will

continue to race next season. The club's shareholders were due to make

a final decision on the matter at a meeting last night. But they've

extended that deadline until 21st January. The islanders have been

losing up to ?3,000 a week during their summer season. To meet league

regulations, they need to install new safety barriers at the

Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde. That could cost more than ?20,000.

Towards the end of the meeting, someone got a phone call to said

there was a third party interested in helping the club to survive the

next season. We then decided to hold off a vote to allow negotiations to

take place over Christmas and the New Year, with hopefully a view to

running in the National League next season.

We will keep you up`to`date on that one.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says the club are looking at offering a

permanent deal to goalkeeper Lee Camp, but are expecting competition

for his services. Camp is currently on loan from West Brom until the New

Year, but becomes a free agent on January first when his short`term

deal with the Premier League club expires. And Howe says keeping the

29`year`old at Dean Court on a longer term basis is definitely in

his thinking. In the last three games, he has had very little to

do. His kicking as always has been very good, and his distribution. We

like him as a person, we like as a goalkeeper. He is attractive to

other clubs as well because he is a free transfer. Let's wait and see.

One other football line ` Richie Barker's former assistant at

Crawley, Anthony Williams, has re`joined him in the same role at

Portsmouth. The England cricket team director

Andy Flower says that Matt Prior's place in the side is under

consideration for the remaining two Ashes Tests. Sussex wicketkeeper

Prior, who's played over 150 times for England, has been out of form

during the Ashes, scoring just 107 runs in six innings. He also missed

stumpings and dropped a catch during the recent Test defeat in Perth,

which has left him open to the axe. It is a possibility, of course. Matt

Prior has been an outstanding cricketer for England, but, like

with all those positions, we have two review them. We constantly

review what our best side will be, what will give us the best chance of

winning, and we also have two have an eye to the future.

Staying with cricket, Hampshire have agreed a five`year extension to

their deal with a local insurance firm, who will continue to hold the

naming rights to the ground. Hampshire's home at West End just

outside Southampton has been known as The Ageas Bowl since last year.

That agreement will now run through until 2022. Ageas will also now

become the shirt sponsors of Hampshire in one`day competitions.

A man from the South has had to be rescued part`way through a

trans`Atlantic rowing challenge, after his boat turned over.

36`year`old Nick Rees, from Rowledge in Surrey, had to be rescued by a

container ship off the West coast of Africa. He and rowing partner Ed

Curtis are now safe and well, and will be back home for Christmas.

One other piece of news that just broke this evening, Saint striker

Danny is now though has been charged with violent conduct by the Football

Association and could be banned. With Christmas almost here and a new

year just around the corner let's take a look back at some of the best

moments on South Today. We've met people who have inspired us, enjoyed

great events that brought us together and then there are those

films that just stay with us. I've picked some of my favourites and I

began with possibly the most popular film which had hundreds of thousands

of you watching it again online. The London to Brighton run squeezed into

four minutes. In 1953, almost all rail workers

were men. Today, the train dispatcher is a woman. In the

original film, the last steam locomotives were giving way to slam

door electric trains. They were still there in 1983. Another 30

years later, air`conditioned carriages run on a privatised

railway. It was a different mode of transport for Alex this summer. What

you have got here, musically and fashion wise, is the small faces

from the hoop, then you have got the reggae from the late 60s, early 70s.

And then the two tone movement such as the Specials. And then Britpop

for the mid`90s. Christmas can be difficult if you

have lost a loved one or if you are apart from them. Two little boys

this year still our hearts. They had a rare genetic skin disorder.

Despite all the difficulties, they showed incredible fortitude and

courage. This film was made to raise awareness of the condition which

made their skin's blister at the slightest knock. They say their skin

is as delicate as a butterfly's wings. It is lovely. It makes

something so horrible so beautiful. Maybe if we judged a little bit less

about what people look like and looked beyond that, that would be

amazing. There have been so many stories of courage, including that

of Lance Corporal James Ashworth who gave his life to save others. On the

VC it says" for valour, and that is how he will be remembered. His

family remember just James. He has got the best smile anyone could ever

had. He always smiled. And his hugs. He is just amazing, I love him so

much. Sorry. In March, I did something for Hardy.

I went swimming in the sea, and the Tanager was just nine degrees. The

reason? I'd joined endurance swimmer Anna who is attempting to swim round

five islands, finishing at the Isle of Wight. She is a tough cookie. Are

you coming or what? I hate cold water. I don't even turned the taps

cold in the shower. With a bit of gentle encouragement, actually I

think Anna is pushing me, I was eventually in. In September, and a

completed her swim around the island in a staggering 26 hours, 33

minutes, 28 seconds. VW camper van, riverboats and biplane, various

modes of transport I'd use this summer when I left the studio this

summer and crisscrossed the South, meeting wonderful people for

Sally's journey. This is Oliver. This is Albert.

We saw some talent in there, didn't we? I took the controls of the Tiger

Moth, my proudest moment of the year.

Onto the weather now, and it is not looking particularly good outside.

Yes, everyone is getting very wet today. It has been very unsettled,

and it will stay that way for the next three hours. Pam Earnshaw

captured the sun reflecting on the coloured beach huts on East Preston

Beach in West Sussex. Mike Jackson took this photo of the rough seas

and the hovercraft arriving in Southsea from the Isle of Wight.

And a seagull photographed in the Queen Elizabeth gardens in Salisbury

by Linda Brooks. Possibly inland to avoid the adverse weather.

Yes, and the adverse weather will continue until 11pm. We are

expecting strong winds, not just a weather warning for the wind, we are

also expecting torrential rain. That will give some surface water on the

roads and localised flooding. Stay tuned to your local BBC Radio

station for the latest travel information. Overnight, the

torrential rain and gale force winds will gradually ease. After midnight

tonight they will ease, but before that there will be his very heavy

rain, making it tricky on the roads. Gusts up to 70 mph on the headlands.

The adverse weather conditions will stay with us for the next few hours,

but will gradually ease after midnight. A future hours to follow,

and cold air behind that weather front, and temperatures will fall to

three Celsius. Tomorrow, there will be a future hours with a winter

remix of sleet and hail. Through the afternoon and evening, we will see

the cloud increase. Not as mild as temperatures have been of late.

Tomorrow evening when the sun sets, there is a risk of some wintry

showers falling over the Chilterns, the Cotswolds must also be playing

`` Salisbury plain. There may also be hail, sleet or snow. It will not

amount to much, but there will also be showers at lower levels, falling

as rain. The risk of some icy patches on untreated surfaces. A dry

start to the day on Friday, before this next weather system brings

further rain and strong winds through Friday night and into

Saturday morning. Into the Christmas week on we are looking at wet and

windy conditions as well. It is tomorrow night that there is the

potential risk of some sleet or snow flurries in a few places,

particularly over higher ground. Friday will be dry into the evening

when the band of rain will move in. Showers on Sunday.

You mentioned snow. It is not looking good.

Tomorrow we'll hear how a hunch by a policeman's widow led to the

recovery of more than ?100,000 from the back of a van.

You might already know about it. Join us then. Good night.