09/01/2014 South Today

George. Thank you. That's all so it's goodbye from me and on BBC One

we Hello. Welcome to Saturday.

Tonight, an impossible task. The warning that the law cannot keep up

with so`called legal highs. The I was devastated. It is like someone

has ripped my heart out and there is nothing you can do about that. Just

nothing you can do. Rolling of the production line in

record numbers. A jobs boost in Sussex for a luxury car maker.

Inspired by his surroundings, the Constable exhibition at Petworth

House where the artist stayed. The winner is Natasha. The Isle of Wight

teenager who scooped the top award of young seller of the year after

her extraordinary Channel crossing. Winning the award was amazing.

Wasn't it? Completely out of the blue.

A former government drugs adviser from Hampshire has told BBC South

that policing so`called legal highs is an impossible task. Legal highs

are substances which produce similar effects to illegal drugs such as

cocaine, cannabis and existed, but which are not controlled under the

Misuse of Drugs Act. The government is to review the Act this month

after the number of people to die from legal highs rose to 52 last

year, that is an average of one a week. We have been to meet one

family living with the consequences of legal highs.

To lose your only son is like someone has ripped my heart out.

There is nothing you can do about that. This man's sign ex`are entered

with a legal Hayek called AMT. He collapsed and died in hospital two

days later. He had not taken pills on the day that this happened. We

know he took the pills over the weekend. He felt pain because his

internal organs were heating up, and basically cooking. Unfortunately,

Christopher is not alone. Similar shadows have been cast over ten

families in the South region over the past two years. Legal highs

popularity is growing fast and loopholes mean you can buy them on

high Street across the South. All the seller has to do is make sure

the packaging says not vitamin consumption and suggest they use for

scientific experiments. In reality, people are consuming them to

irritate the effects of illegal drugs. While this loophole exists,

there is not about the police can do. That is why the government has

ordered review into the Misuse of Drugs Act, but one former policy

adviser says they may as well not bother. It may be that there is no

single solution to these things. They may continue to be supplied.

Remember, when you could buy them from the Internet, you can buy them

from suppliers who are based outside the jurisdiction, and it is almost

impossible to control that. As soon as substances get bent, two or pop

up elsewhere. 150 new jobs in the past two years. So is this the

impossible task? We are ahead of the game compared to the rest of Europe,

but the fact is that we are still having to deal with new substances,

and that is why the review will look at the framework and legislation as

to whether that has to be amended to deal with the situation. Authorities

are so concerned about that term legal Hayek that they now prefer to

call them psychoactive substances, so if you can't police them, they

need rebranding. The OUR biggest message around the legal highs is

not to call them a legal highs, because it is misleading to call

them that. That is perhaps part of the problem. Whatever they are

called, they are having a devastating impact. It is not only

your life that will impact on, it is your family's life, and your

friends, and everyone who has known you. They will feel the impact,

because it is a heartbreaking thing to do. Christopher Scott's sister

ending that report. The common factor Rolls`Royce is to create 100

new jobs at its Goodwood site. Most of the positions will be on the

Manufacturing side as the company responds to increasing demand. The

announcement coincides with Rolls`Royce revealing that 2013 saw

its highest ever annual sales, before the inner row that its

figures have increased. Global demand is driving its success.

It is a distinctly British brand, but Rolls`Royce has increasing

global appeal. In 2013, sales were up for the faulty in a row,

increasing by 2%. In response, the company is creating new jobs. The

iMac any success is good for the local community as we grow, we bring

on more people on board, and we're confident that 2014 will be strong

year for us. Rolls`Royce is not the only luxury brand selling well

overseas. Boat builder sun`seeker is now under Chinese ownership.

Production remains in Poole, but boats rarely stay in the UK. At the

London Boat Show this week, its orders are all for export. Is seeing

increasing demand from Asia and Mexico. Rolls`Royce saw orders from

the middle east increase last year, while China overtook the United

States as its biggest market. That was despite fears the Chinese might

cut back on luxury spending. We saw a big change in the government last

year, and that caused some traders in the marketplace. There is a much

greater degree of confidence and more understanding which way the

government wants to go in China, and I'm confident we will see some good

growth, and the growth we experienced in 2013 will continue

into 2014. Become any attribute some of that success to a truly bespoke

service, accommodating all kinds of requests. One landowner had the

interior of his car created using timber from a tree on his estate. A

superstition is customer has had they birthright recreated in lights

in the headlining. Creating new manufacturing jobs will allow the

company to increase production. Order books for the new model are

already buoyant. Customers have to wait six months to get hold of one.

The company is expanding into new markets as well, it places like

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. 2014 could see this West Sussex company

continue to build on its global success.

A teenager has died after falling into a marina in Dorset. The

18`year`old was pulled from the water at Weymouth Harbour by the

RNLI eye in the early hours of this morning. He died later in hospital.

They are looking into how the men came to be in the water, but his

death is not being treated as suspicious.

A major trunk showed `` trunk road in Wiltshire is closed due to

flooding. The A303 near Winterbourne Stoke is shut due to waterlogged

roads. Traffic is being diverted into the A36 any to Salisbury.

Motorists are asked to allow each time their journeys. Many farmers

are continuing to battle against the problems caused by heavy rain and

flooding. Some have had to move livestock to

higher ground or indoors. Others are concerned that crops will start to

rot if we do not get dry weather soon. We have been talking to one

farmer, who is in a Finn Dorset. We join him tonight.

Yes, finds right across the region have been wet and very soggy since

just before Christmas. Here on this farm, very close to the River Avon,

the problem has been flooding fields and flooding roads. But top priority

for everybody in this farm has been looking after the 450 cattle.

Conditions for farmers have been atrocious. Here on the edge of

Christchurch in Dorset, many fields are still under water. Some local

roads are closed, a headache for drivers and for farmers trying to

look after their animals. This man and his family have 450 cattle,

including a big dairy herd. It does get you down at times, all can do.

But you have to keep going? Yes. Some of these cattle have been moved

out of their fields. The iMac yes, our fields have flooded. For health

and safety, they needed to be moved. Along with the problems you've had

with wet fields, you have also had an issue because one of the local

roads has been closed. Yes. Two local roads have been closed, so we

have extra traffic and some of the movements is three quarters of an

hour getting back to the farm in rush hour period times. Said people

are queueing outside your farm gate? Yes. Some farmers are worried about

the damage done to their crops. Loss of revenue, earnings, and loss of

crop. So you want that long dry spell? Yes. And quickly. Ballad till

it does dry out, life on the farm will be far from easy. Well, the

flooding problems are far from over. Dorset County Council is now working

hard to prepare for ground water flooding. It says the area is now at

risk. It says there are lots of interest `` useful information on

the website. From there to new Christchurch, back to you.

Thank you. The operators of a coach which crashed on the way back from a

music festival, killing the driver and two passengers, has been

disqualified from operating courtesy definitely. The great served up the

road into 2012. Michael Molloy died along with Kerry Ogden and the coach

driver Colin Dalby. A 20`year`old tyre burst. Merseypride's partners,

David and Tracey Hannell, were banned from operating buses and

coaches after a enquiry. A new way of doing kidney

operations, which is less damaging to patients and help them recover

more quickly, is being tested at South General `` Southampton General

Hospital. It involves placing a tiny tube into the patient's side, which

will help Ginny Stainsby Brooke `` destroyed by laser. Using tubes half

the size and getting excellent results. It is the only hospital

outside London using this mini technique. Our health correspondent

watched of the operations. You could take the kids home. David Thompson

has been in constant pain for nine months. He has a kidney stone as big

as a thumb. A lot of people say it is the same as having both for

ladies, that sort of pain. A unbearable Sundays. Sunday is close

to tears and other days in tears and agony. I've been close to coming to

the hospital and saying get a doubt, I can't take it any more. This is

the stone. Surgeons will use a laser to destroy it. It will be guided to

the kidney by a thin tube. Southampton is the first `` third

hospital in the country to use this technique. Not many people have done

it, and this is the second patient only. This is the cheap in the

middle. It is four millimetres wide, less than half the width of the

old`style tube beneath it. A consultant guides the tube into the

body. This technique could be especially useful for children. The

patients are obviously smaller, and tend to have more complex anatomy.

Any micro procedure or minimally invasive procedure then what is

available is going to be of great benefit. With the tube now in place,

the laser gets to work. Is breaking it into dust. It is breaking it into

tiny fragments and stone dust. Some of it will wash out, and some of it

will disappear naturally. After 30 minutes, the job is almost done. It

has gone very well. We are almost finished. There is hardly any

bleeding. The stone has nearly disintegrated to this technique.

Hopefully he can recover in time into their home. And he did. The

very next day. School standards on the Isle of

Wight will be debated by the local council tonight ` amid a crisis in

standards. A report published in October by Hampshire County Council

found that only one in ten secondary pupils on the island attends a good

school. A number have been put in special measures.

Still to come in this evening's South Today: Old wives' tales, or

reliable sources for a weather forecast? We examine berries, cows

and that red sky at night. He's one of Britain's best`loved

artists, famous for his depiction of English landscapes. Now a new

exhibition of the work of John Constable is opening at Petworth

House in West Sussex. It features paintings and drawings from the time

Constable spent at the house in 1834. Sean Killick has been getting

a preview. It is a classic view of one of the

most historic mansions in the South. John Constable also thought so and

painted the leak in 1834. Constable is mainly known as a painter in oil

but he also spent time with his sketchbook and what colours,

inspired by the surrounding countryside. At this time he was

quite cruelly. You get the impression that this visit cheered

him up. On one occasion he described the landscape as the best landscape

you could ever find for a picture. Now a selection of watercolours

never shown together is being exhibited at Petworth House.

This is of Chichester Cathedral hinted in 1834.

This is a Rundle Castle, drawn also in 1834.

The curator told me how his research for the exhibition has added to the

knowledge of Constable's work in an unlikely way.

It was clear that this represents a view of the Surrey Hills. That is

the view I get from my kitchen window.

The exhibition runs from Saturday until March 14, costing ?12 for

adults. That is going to be some exhibition.

Worth seeing. On to sport.

An inspiring story from last year. A stellar cast list of top sailing

names were in London for the prestigious Yachting Journalists

Association awards. Southampton's round the world sailor Mike Golding

received a special award while the young sailor of the year went to an

inspirational teenager who took on a remarkable challenge in 2013. Joe

Campbell was at Trinity House in London for us.

Natasha Lambert never thought her cross`channel voyage would end here.

She was here after being nominated for the title of young sailor of the

year. She crossed the English Channel last summer in a boat

adapted by her father. And the winner is Natasha Lambert.

It was such a lovely surprise and an honour. You are determined when you

make your mind up. But we did not expect anything like this when we

set out. It is something you wanted to do and you did it.

Also honoured was Mike Golding. He is the only sailor in modern times

to have rounded the hope on six occasions under seal.

This is the crowning point of our fabulous 12 months.

There is another challenge. At the moment we cannot give any specific

details. This year we will be doing something bigger.

The adventure has only just begun. We will wait and see what that next

challenge will be. Dorset darts player Scott Mitchell

is out of the BDO World Championships at Frimley Green in

Surrey. Mitchell, seeded 15th was up against number two seed James

Wilson. The Bransgore based player fought back from two sets down to

level the match before Wilson went on to win 4`2.

We are starting to see some movements around our clubs.

AFC Bournemouth defender Elliott Ward has signed a two year extension

to his contract. Ward signed from Premier League Norwich in the summer

and has impressed in the opening months of his Cherries career.

Meanwhile former Reading defender Nicky Shorey has joined Portsmouth

on a short term deal to the end of the season. He's joined by free

agent striker Jake Jervis while front man Ryan Taylor is also set to

sign after his release from Bristol City.

Meanwhile Portsmouth have thrown their weight behind a campaign to

trial safe standing in stadia. The Football League asked their member

clubs for their opinions on bringing standing areas back into grounds.

Pompey have become one of the first clubs to publicly back the scheme.

Standing is still permitted in Leagues One and Two, but clubs with

all seater stadiums cannot revert back to standing. All Championship

clubs currently must have seats only.

That is going to be quite a debate. It stirs up a lot of emotions. It is

something that the football league have been looking at for a while. A

lot of clubs feel it is a sensible move.

Let us talk about the weather now. Long before television weather

forecasters existed, people used to let Mother Nature tell them what the

weather was doing. The clouds, The Sun, the moon, plants and animals

all showed signs of change. Alexis Green has been looking at some of

those old wives' tales to see if any of them are true.

We all like to know if we will need our umbrellas but I see the weather

forecast becomes a much more serious matter. What if it was not there?

This sailor teaches techniques for reading the signs that nature

provide. I still teach how to navigate with the stars. It brings

you back to the environment you are in. One of the simplest things would

be the North Star. If you know how high it is in the sky you can work

out your latitude. If I look at the horizon, that is roughly 20 degrees.

By measuring the angle I would know my latitude. The weather does not

always do what you think it is going to do. That is correct. The worst

storm was in high pressure. The waves are quite strong at the

moment. These are wind driven waves. These methods are based on science,

but folklore provide some forecasting methods which while

well`known are less reliable. Cows are said to lie down if there is

rain on the way. But most of them are outlining the same way close to

a hedge it will rain. The upturned clients are swept up

because of the wind up there. They are called messengers. It will rain

in three days or 24 hours. According to folklore there are more

clues all around. There are lots of areas on the tree

it means we will have a long hard winter.

How about red skies? When it comes to lambing time the

weather is essential. I asked this retired shepherd if there is truth

in the old sayings. It is a clean sheet. It is only an indication. It

is only a warning. It is interesting.

We have got pine and seaweed. I'm corns amidst the Open left the

weather is dry. This is dry. Rain is on the way.

We have a picture of the pine cones. This was when we had high pressure.

Low pressure rise and the pine cones closed.

We hang the seaweed up on a wall. The seaweed to stay dry when it was

dry weather. But you could not pocket when the rain arrived.

A bit of seaweed over there and we could just pop it.

It is interesting. So many people have so many bits of folklore. I

always think about the berries. We have some lovely pictures.

Joanna Grierson captured the glorious skies over Tichborne on a

walk to Cheriton in Hampshire. The Sun lit up the Hockley viaduct

in Winchester. This picture was sent in by Roy Venkatesh.

And the "Nunney Castle" passing Midgham in Berkshire, captured by

David Canning. There is the risk of the odd shower

tonight. They will be few and far between. Drying out to the early

hours of the morning. Possibly down to freezing in the countryside. A

big risk of ice on and cheated services. The Met office have issued

a yellow weather warning for ice. I cold Frosty start to the day

tomorrow. Showers will run on land during the afternoon. The best of

any dry and bright conditions will be further East. The winds are from

the South West. The rain will move into more evening. Nothing too

significant but that will hinder the drying out process. Clearing first

thing on Saturday morning. Temperatures falling away sharply

under those clear skies. The risk once again of ice. A cold start on

Saturday. The best day of the week. And the best day of the weekend.

High pressure in charge of our weather. Staying dry and settled.

More cloud through the day on Sunday. Rain will arrive. A little

uncertainty as to how much rain, so stay tuned to the forecast. In

piecing cloud tomorrow afternoon. A band of rain tomorrow night. I dry

start to the AA on Saturday. A cold start on Sunday.

I will have a go at the weather tomorrow. Take the seaweed.

That is all for now. Goodbye. TOM: # And if there's

anybody left in here # That doesn't want

to be out there... #