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

paying the price ` some accident and emergency departments reveal huge

rises in costs for temporary doctors. We can reveal one

consultant earned almost a quarter of ?a million. `` ?250,000.

Also tonight: Repairing the damage. Teams take to

the roads throughout the region to fill in potholes. Coming into

Southampton now, I think we probably need our undercarriage sorted out.

Terrible, terrible. Shared lives ` the scheme that gives

vulnerable adults a caring home. And I am live at Dean Court as

Bournemouth aim to use secure a glamour tie in the fourth round of

the FA Cup against Liverpool. They have got to get past Burton Albion

first and the travelling fans whose journey they have helped to pay for.

Nine hospitals in the South are spending nearly ?3.5 million per

year on temporary doctors working in A We can reveal that in one

case, a consultant was paid almost ?250,000 for one year's work.

Nationally, spending on emergency department locums has gone up by 60%

in four years, according to figures obtained by the Labour Party. Some

of the highest increases are in hospitals in the South. Our health

correspondent David Fenton is here with more detail.

Emergency Departments are finding it harder and harder to get doctors to

work there, so they're having to pay temporary staff, called locums, to

fill in the gaps. So let's look at how much they are spending. These

figures are from a Freedom of Information request by the Labour

Party. Southampton General Hospital spends ?440,000 a year for locum

doctors at their A, up from ?21,000 four years ago. That's the

second`highest increase in country. The Queen Alexandra Hospital, in

Cosham, is paying even more ` about ?500,000, up from ?58,000 a year.

But some of our hospitals, like the Royal Berkshire in Reading, have

actually cut spending on temporary doctors in A, down by nearly 30%.

Hospitals are paying for my money for those locums than they would pay

if they recruited and retained full`time A doctors. There are

agencies involved in short`term contracts and contracts by the hour

and so on, which could be boiled down to a much more efficient,

long`term system for A, with a no`greater cost. And here is one

example of that. A major hospital in our area recently paid ?230,000 for

a single consultant to work in A for one year ` nearly a quarter of

?a million. `` nearly ?250,000. That is more than the hospital's Chief

Executive was paid. They did this because they felt they had to, but

it's not sustainable. It all comes back to this shortage of doctors

wanting to work in A Well, this is a problem that we have recognised

for a number of years now, in that junior doctors are not choosing

emergency medicine as a specialty. We found that in 2013, about 61% of

training posts for emergency medicine remained vacant.

One quick fact. Queen Alexandra hospital should have 12 middle grade

doctors in A They've got two, because can't get any more. The

reason is younger doctors are just choosing to go elsewhere. It is very

hard work, a lot of weekends, a lot of nights. I worked as a junior

doctor in A, I know what it is like another government, we are

looking at the contracts to make sure we can revise those contracts

to better incentivise junior doctors to choose A as a career.

When you talk to people who do work in emergency departments they say,

yes, it's pressured but it is very rewarding and where else can you go

to work and save lives every day? But unless more doctors choose to do

that, this problem will get worse, not better.

You might call it "Potholes `the sequel." Last January, snow and ice

led to a huge number of potholes on the south's roads. This year, the

villain of the piece is the water from floods and storms. In Dorset,

more than 1,000 potholes and other road defects have been reported to

the county council since January first. And it's a similar story for

other councils who say the bill for repairs will run into several

million pounds. Briony Leyland has been out with a road repair crew

near Blandford. It's what's known in the trade as a

pothole cluster. The cows at Launceston farm may not be too

bothered by the conditions, but other road users certainly are. It

was growing daily, bigger and bigger, and someone I saw over

Christmas said, we are going to reporters online, so I did, and

mainly people using the road when it had gotten so deep that you could

not see how deep it was. Time to call in the velocity patcher. At the

sharp end, Paul Thatcher. He sprays a mixture of bitumen and chippings

at 70mph. Dorset County Council's latest gadget makes quick work of

even the deepest potholes. Paul you can fill a pothole in about 60

seconds. You can drive on it instantly. Paul may be a fast worker

but he has a long list of places where he is needed. It is the sheer

amount of water that is watching the roadside, you are getting massive

hedges getting washed out, leaving sharp edges, and people bumping in

and out of them all day. People across the south have been reporting

hundreds of potholes since the storms and floods hit. It took us by

surprise, really, just a loud bang on one of the tyres and you realise

what it is at the Yukon over it. It is just a bit of a worry, you have

to be much more aware in the winter. Coming into the Southampton now, I

think we need our undercarriage sorting out, terrible, terrible. In

Hampshire, teams have so far tackled around a quarter of the potholes

reported this year. It says it's prioritising. We have got 5,500

miles of roads in Hampshire, it is an awful lot of row to look after

and if you suddenly have some enormous crater on in a road, then

you want to get to that within a couple of hours, and if it is a

small pothole on the side of the pavement, that might be done within

days. You might wonder if there's any compensation for pothole

victims. The answer is possibly. It largely depends if the Highways

Authority, usually the council, knew about the defect and the time frame

for repair. In Dorset, online reports come straight to the teams.

While they work their way through around the county, everyone using

the roads here and beyond is being urged to take extra care.

Plans for a third Thames crossing in the Reading area could be

resurrected after a week of traffic problems. Floods have closed roads

leading to Sonning Bridge. It's used as a rat`run by motorists at peak

times. A new bridge has been opposed by many on the Oxford side of the

river who fear it would lead to the erosion of the green belt. But it

could be on the agenda when politicians meet next week. I hope

that we can arrange some further meeting so that we can reassure

Oxfordshire and the communities in South Oxfordshire that what we want

is a bridge for local purposes, it is not a precursor to the old

planned motorway extension to the M40, but a bridge that is needed in

the interests of all of our communities in north and south of

the Thames. The fundraising internet page of a

former Reading University student who died suddenly last month has

raised more than ?15,000. Helen Thompson wanted to raise ?200 for

typhoon victims in the Philippines. But since she died, thousands of

pounds have been donated to her Just Giving page. Charlotte Stacey went

to meet her widower. Memories of a happier time. James

and his wife Helen spent months in Thailand in 2005, helping people

rebuild their lives after the tsunami. It was part of a lifelong

passion Helen had for helping others. Helen set up the Just Giving

page before she passed away, trying to raise ?200 for the international

disaster volunteers, to help the Philippines. And basically, we

posted a link on Facebook to her page after she had passed away and

it has just gone crazy since, so it is now approaching ?16,000. The

couple married in Oxfordshire last year, after getting engaged at the

Reading Festival. Then just days before Christmas, Helen died

unexpectedly from a blood clot on the brain. With donations to her

Just Giving page now pouring in, James is hoping to continue the work

that Helen started. I just need to basically spend my time there doing

things for her and in her memory, which is what I'm going to do. If

people can help through this disaster that has happened in my

life, it is no consolation to me but it is brilliant for other people. It

is not going to make the pain any less, but it does make it putt it

gives me a purpose, to carry on doing things. James plans to go to

the Philippines later this year to see that the money is being spent as

Helen would have wanted, and to keep inspiring people through her memory.

Brittany Ferries has ordered one of the largest gas`powered ships in the

world for its services between Portsmouth and Spain. It will carry

2,500 passengers. The French company claims it will be the cleanest and

most environmentally`friendly ship to operate in British waters. The

ferry will be built in France and cost ?225 million.

Still to come in this evening's South Today:

AFC Bournemouth have their eye on the prize.

Sally, we have got rain, we have got cup football, we have Liverpool

waiting for the winners. Bournemouth against Burton Albion for a place in

the fourth round of the FA Cup. Join with the sport later.

`` join me for. There's an appeal for more people in

the south to take on the role of a "shared lives" carer. It's part of a

scheme whereby vulnerable adults who might have gone into residential

care live with people who take on some of the care roles needed.

Southampton needs to double the number of shared lives carers on its

books. Katy Austin has this report. You've heard of fostering and

adoption for children, but where can vulnerable adults go? Some go to

live in households where families help them to become more

independent. This arrangement is called "shared lives" care, and

Paul, who has Down's Syndrome and learning difficulties, lives with

Kevin and Karen. It makes me really great and happy. Have you learned

things here? Yes, I have. Do you think one day you will be able to

live on your own? Yes, I could. Research by the council found that

shared lives is much more suitable for many people than going into a

residential home. It wants to expand the scheme to 100 more vulnerable

adults, but there is a shortage of carers. 35 more are urgently needed

in Southampton over the next two years. That will nearly double the

amount that fulfil the role in the city, but is shared lives just NHS

Cancer care done on the cheap? Not at all, it is all about being person

focused, all about making the most of that person's skills and

abilities, making it so that person can move forward with its own

lives. Anyone over 21 can apply to the scheme and they do get financial

help, but Kevin and Karen do not do it for the money. It's very

rewarding. It is a rewarding role to play in the community. We get so

much out of it seeing Paul smile. When he achieves something that he

hasn't achieved before, it's a great sense that you've done good.

Everyday tasks are now easier for Paul. Cooking, putting clothes on,

everything. You have learned to do all those things which are Mark yes.

The search continues to find more people with a space and time to make

a difference. A Southampton school has closed

temporarily after legionella bacteria was found in its water

system. Mason Moore Primary School, in Millbrook, will be shut until

Thursday while the water system is disinfected. Legionella bacteria can

cause Legionnaires Disease, as well as other less`serious conditions.

Southampton Council says the bacteria does not represent an

immediate hazard. The traditional image of a military

wife is holding back employers from taking them on as staff. That's

according to one organisation set up to help army wives and husbands get

into work. A Wiltshire based group says it's supported hundreds of

clients who've been turned away for jobs, because potential bosses are

concerned about their commitment and flexibility. Efforts are now being

made to highlight military partners as a valuable resource. Poonam

Bahal's been to meet one army wife in Aldershot.

Working in a pharmacy, doing a job she loves, but for Michelle Taylor,

getting here wasn't easy. Six months ago, she admits she would have taken

any job after facing a number of rejections. She believes potential

employers in the UK were put off by two things `her address and her

status as a military wife. Not many jobs would even consider me, because

I was part of the military and it is kind of off`putting, when you're

trying and willing to work, and I've had good work experience, but that

wasn't really good enough. Efforts are being made to highlight the

benefits of employing military spouses, something Michelle's boss

is fully aware of. We have had very positive experience, all of the

stuff we have had, the ones who have relocated to other locations, we

would take them back without any hesitation. Partners welcoming home

returning troops. It's homecoming scenes like these that show the

support role military spouses play. But one army wife from Wiltshire

says although this is vital, she wants employers to recognise the

group as a valuable pool of talent. It is amazing, really. We have

criminologists, lawyers, and really skilled people who are finding it

difficult to get a normal job and just to get into that employment

space, mainly because most businesses see us as too transient

to employ. We could be gone in two years. But what we say to them is

look at the person you are employing, very adaptable, resource

for the individual. From 20 16,000 of military spouses will leave bases

in Germany to come back to the UK. Many other more subtle in locations

across the South, which means more potential job seekers. We are

talking to big national organisations, so that when they do

come back into those local garrisons, we can say, we all have

these people ready for you to work. As Michelle dishes out the

medicines, it seems getting this job has certainly had a healing effect

on her. We're hard`working. Our husbands are known to work hard, so

why are the wives not? It's nice. Just give someone a try. You never

know. I could be the best staff you've ever had.

Michelle Taylor ending that report by Poonam Bahal.

Salisbury Cathedral has been provisionally awarded half a million

pounds for a new exhibition to showcase its copy of Magna Carta.

The document was originally drafted in 1215 and outlines many basic

rights, including the principle that no`one is above the law. The

cathedral has the best surviving example of the document, as Jo Kent

reports. Magna Carta, or "great charter", has

been described as the greatest constitutional document of all time,

and has formed the basis of legal systems around the world. It was

signed in 1215 at Runnymede by King John, and this here at Salisbury

Cathedral is one of only four surviving copies of that original

1215 document. And it is said to be the best preserved. Now, to mark the

800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the cathedral is planning a new

exhibition. We can talk to Canon Edward Probert, who is the acting

dean here. You have been awarded half a million pounds of Lottery

funding for this, haven't you? Just tell me about the new plans. We

have. We will have a much bigger display than we have at the moment

and it will be much more interactive, people will be able to

engage with it much more readily. It will involve a wider part of the

cathedral here, the cloisters as well as the chapterhouse, and it

will go with a larger educational programme, which will engage people

of all ages. You already have an exhibition here but this is about

really bringing Magna Carta to a new audience. Yes, it is whole new

audiences, which are international as well as British, and as I said

before, all ages. It is a document which has a lively presence in all

sorts of cultures besides our own and we want to help people

understand that. Now, you have a bit of work to do before you get this

money, haven't you? We do, we have to generate another ?200,000 of

support, which we are confident of doing. We already have a major

partner in Wilsons solicitors, and there will be others too, I have no

doubt. And we need to demonstrate to the Lottery people that we have what

it takes to do what we say we are going to do. Thank you very much. We

will find out if they get that half a million pounds in June and, all

being well, the new exhibition will be open for the 800th anniversary in

February 2015. Yesterday, we showed you a

remarkable electric car built on the Isle of Wight as part of a series by

our transport correspondent Paul Clifton, looking at forgotten car

makers in the south. Paul's here with me, and you've solved a little

mystery. And it is quite close to home. This

has been fascinating, it has been so absorbing. The last 15 years, I have

had this picture on my wall at home and it shows the first bus to come

to my village, it went past my front door. It was a really important

occasion, it was the first person that people from my village could

get to Salisbury and back again on market day, so it changed the nature

of rue rove live, they turned it into a postcard. `` Vural I knew

that cars had been built in Salisbury, but I didn't know the bus

was as well. Tucked away, out of sight in a

garage behind Wilton House. A car made just a couple of miles away at

Churchfields in Salisbury. This Scout was built just before the

First World War. 200 were made. Today, just two remain. It is

incredibly basic. I mean, in this driving compartment, there are

pedals, steering wheel, clock, porn and some whether the petrol to go

in. That is it. Scout Motors was founded by the Burden brothers.

Before cars, they made clocks. By 1912, they were one of the city's

biggest employers, with 150 men making cars. I think a lot of people

are quite surprised about the fact that we had in Salisbury and

industrial base in the nadir 19th and early 20th century. This one has

twice narrowly avoided the scrapheap. It was originally down in

Devon but by the 1940s, it ended up on a scrapheap. In the 50s, it was

bought by a man called Mister Bond, who completely restored it. It then

for a second time went out of use and ended up almost bricked up in a

garage. Last year, it was bought by Salisbury Museum. The car has been

lovingly restored, and the engine is original. But at the moment it

doesn't actually work. But we are planning to restore it. There is a

local chap who lovingly restored cars like this and he's going to be

working on it the next year, so hopefully it will be back on the

road. Scout made buses too. This one was the first charabanc from

Shrewton on Salisbury Plain to market days in the city, carrying 20

passengers and changing previously remote rural life. This forgotten

car will now come out for shows and festivals. The Scout company was

wound up in 1921. Albert Burden went back to making clocks.

And another great story from Paul tomorrow, when he is looking at a

classic supercar which was built at Southampton airport.

On to sport and a glamour tie with seven`time FA Cup winners Liverpool

is waiting for the winners of tonight's match between Bournemouth

and Burton Albion. The tie should have been played earlier this month

but was postponed due to the weather. Tony's live at the

Goldsands Stadium tonight and a good atmosphere is guaranteed, isn't it?

This is lovely camaraderie between both sets of fans.

It certainly is, yes. We say there is a football family, very much in

evidence ahead of this FA Cup tie. We have got rain this evening but it

is not looking too bad, should be all right, but ten days ago, just 90

minutes away from kick`off when the referee deemed the pitch

waterlogged. The Burton fans had already come 150 miles down and had

to go back, then they had to come back again for the rearranged game.

So enter David Whitehead, who came up with the idea of raising the

funds to bring them back on their coaches. What a win it proved to be.

I know, unbelievable response. In no time at all, we smashed our target,

which was originally 800. By the end of the day, we were up to nearly

?3000, enough to pay for America for coaches, fantastic. We've taken back

`` where you taken aback by the support? We can see pictures of the

Burton fans getting on the coaches. Football really rallied round.

Absolutely, it wasn't just Bournemouth supporters. We had

people coming from all sorts of clothes, full, Liverpool,

Scunthorpe, Guy from Sweden, Denmark, all over the world, it was

heart`warming, the whole response. Let's speak to the Burton Albion

chairman Ben Robinson, a great gesture of your supporters? It is

amazing, isn't it, what kindness. It has to be a first in football. I

know in football, supporters take some stick from certain factions but

this is an absolutely amazing gesture and a bit of history has

been created, it all started before the Liverpool game was drawn and

what is at stake there, and I have very fond memories of 2010, when

Bournemouth got promotion, and what a very special day. And we were

delighted to share their celebrations, the excitement and in

the boardroom, the champagne was flowing. Supporters mingled on the

pitch, the groundsman looked the other way and they gathered in front

of the main stand for a great celebration. A lot of stake tonight.

Chris Temple, any early headlines? Eddie Howe said he would not make

any changes on the basis that he will play Liverpool, but has made

five changes, but they were regulars at the start of the season.

Elsewhere tonight, Oxford will hope to play their tie with Charlton at

the third time of asking. The pitch at the Valley has been unplayable

for the past ten days but passed a pitch inspection.

MK Dons' home tie with Wigan is a replay after they held the holders

to a 3`3 draw in the north`west. And in League One, Swindon are at

Stevenage. Full commentary of all those games is on BBC Local radio.

The Burton Albion fans have actually made a banner, which they are going

to parade here before the game, and it is going to have the crest of

both clubs at each end and in the middle, it will say" Thank you,

Cherries fans" . Football is the winner, we always say, but the

winner tonight gets Liverpool, so so much at stake and fingers crossed,

from Bournemouth perspective that is, that they will be hosting the

Anfield club in the fourth round. Tony, thank you, that is a wonderful

story. We will be watching that must the

sofa, next week, won't we? I think he will shave it off. A

glorious day today. Absolutely, frosty start, but we do

have Dawn over the Needles from Friars Cliff Beach in Mudeford by

Julie Anne. Alberto Ferrone from Swanmore in

Hampshire took this close up of a robin in the sunshine today.

And Trevor Darling photographed Hole Punch Clouds over Emsworth Harbour.

They are a rare form of cloud and their formation is very complex.

Rain in the their formation is very complex.

Rain in forecast overnight tonight, it could be heavy at times, it will

become light and patchy as we had through the course of the night and

then maybe some hilltop missed and some fog to be had as well. So that

rain band will gradually ease its way eastwards, and following it,

some dry up periods that Wiltshire later on, so we were out the frost.

Lows of three to six Celsius. That rain band will stay with us on and

off but despite the rain, we will have warm air move up from Spain and

France, so a fairly mild day tomorrow, temperatures 3`4d above

what they should be at this time of year. Certainly a damp day tomorrow,

with that rain band easing its way eastwards through the course of the

day. The rain could become quite heavy during the afternoon period,

even with a bit of Thunder mixed in and some hail, sunlight and patchy

rain initially but turning heavier jeering the afternoon and the wind

is brisk from the south of the south`west. We are expecting highs

tomorrow of 10`11dC. Normally at this time of year, we have a high of

around seven Celsius. Overnight, the rain showers will continue, merging

into longer spells of rain, possibly Thunder and hail mixed in, with

temperatures falling to around 659 Celsius, so another mild night to

come, no frost on Thursday morning. Thursday, we are looking at a Sherry

regime, which sets the theme for the rest of the week. No pressure is in

charge of the weather, the winds circulating anticlockwise, so we see

the weather coming in from the south`west. Showers coming in

through the course of the day, perhaps hail and Thunder and the

winds are brisk, you consider squeeze on the isobars. That is the

theme on Friday and Saturday. Tomorrow, a band of rain pushing

through, heavier in the afternoon, light and patchy in the morning.

Showers right through until Saturday and the wind will stay brisk, so a

breezy week, all in all, with showers on and off. Rain at times

tomorrow and as we head towards the weekend, it turns slightly cooler.

Thank you. Every time I see the rain, I can't help but thinking of

all of those poor people who have been flooded and the sodden ground

just getting worse. It is just going to hold the drying

out process. It is. That is it from us, more at 8pm and

10:25pm. We are back tomorrow at half past six as well, thank you for

watching, enjoy yourselves. Good night.