:00:00. > :00:10.Hello. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme: A minister for
:00:11. > :00:13.Portsmouth. The government appoints Michael Fallon to help the city
:00:14. > :00:22.recover from the naval shipbuilding closure. It depends what he is going
:00:23. > :00:25.to do. Hope fully he will try to save the dockyard.
:00:26. > :00:28.The chairman's out, but the manager pledges his future to Southampton.
:00:29. > :00:32.Unearthing the past. The historical hoard with items up to 3,000 years
:00:33. > :00:35.old. And the real story behind the
:00:36. > :00:45.reunion between the prisoner of war and the captor who tortured him. It
:00:46. > :00:56.turned out he had been as damaged mentally by being the torturer as
:00:57. > :00:59.the person being tortured. He's pledged to bring government
:01:00. > :01:02.departments and the city of Portsmouth together to fight for a
:01:03. > :01:05.better future. Michael Fallon, the new Minister for Portsmouth, spoke
:01:06. > :01:10.today as he was officially confirmed in a highly`unusual role. The former
:01:11. > :01:13.deputy chairman of the Conservative Party has been given the
:01:14. > :01:16.responsibility of helping to create new employment in the city,
:01:17. > :01:19.following the news late last year that naval shipbuilding will end
:01:20. > :01:26.soon, with the loss of about 1,000 jobs. But not everyone is convinced
:01:27. > :01:30.he can succeed. In a moment, we'll hear what the new minister had to
:01:31. > :01:38.say to me earlier. But first, our political editor has been gauging
:01:39. > :01:42.reaction to the appointment. A stormy day in Portsmouth, but the
:01:43. > :01:47.government is sending the city a lifeline in the shape of Michael
:01:48. > :01:50.Fallon, the business and energy minister who now has a third
:01:51. > :01:56.portfolio, from today he is Minister for Portsmouth, cast with banging
:01:57. > :02:02.heads together in government to help the city keep going once be a email
:02:03. > :02:05.nearly 1000 workers redundant. I have said previously that in times
:02:06. > :02:10.of crisis you use all the tools available to you and the trade
:02:11. > :02:18.unions broadly welcome ministerial intervention. Copy both theatres
:02:19. > :02:24.already to get work. If you go out of Portsmouth, there is jobs. In
:02:25. > :02:29.Portsmouth, there is none. Hopefully he will try to save the dockyard. Do
:02:30. > :02:34.you think they can still build ships there? Of course they can. He was
:02:35. > :02:40.not in Portsmouth today for the first day in his new job at the
:02:41. > :02:46.Local Government Secretary was. He happened to be visiting a local
:02:47. > :02:49.housing initiative. A senior minister with a lot of clout in
:02:50. > :02:58.government and somebody, given his position in this, who is going to be
:02:59. > :03:03.able to help the City Council, particularly on this gold agenda.
:03:04. > :03:07.The City Council welcomed the new minister but others said the move
:03:08. > :03:13.smacked of desperation. It is another scam. The Tories tried this
:03:14. > :03:16.with the Minister for Merseyside. All they are doing is turning
:03:17. > :03:22.Portsmouth into another museum city. It is these strange precedent.
:03:23. > :03:26.Alongside secretaries of eight for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
:03:27. > :03:31.we have the Minister for Portsmouth. It is an unpaid job, but perhaps an
:03:32. > :03:35.admission that they were not doing enough, although nobody is arguing
:03:36. > :03:38.that he is not needed. Earlier today, I spoke to the new
:03:39. > :03:42.Minister for Portsmouth, Michael Fallon. I asked him why Portsmouth
:03:43. > :03:50.had been singled out for this attention ahead of any other city.
:03:51. > :03:54.It is a challenging situation that Portsmouth faces with the closure of
:03:55. > :04:01.the shipyard. It is a real virgin is to become a centre for the Maritime
:04:02. > :04:04.industry `` real opportunity. We want to make sure everyone is
:04:05. > :04:09.working together to make sure that happens. Is there a chance some
:04:10. > :04:15.shipbuilding could come back to Portsmouth? The decision has been
:04:16. > :04:20.made about the yard, but that is not the only Maritime industry in
:04:21. > :04:25.Portsmouth. There is a huge amount of additional work coming with the
:04:26. > :04:32.carriers based in Portsmouth and there is already a thriving Maritime
:04:33. > :04:34.and Marine industry including lots of smaller and medium`sized
:04:35. > :04:41.companies in the Portsmouth area. We have to make sure that we bring all
:04:42. > :04:45.these efforts to gather and drive forward private`sector job creation
:04:46. > :04:54.so that we are never again dependent on one particular yard. Can I issue
:04:55. > :04:58.more on that? What about the government, as they a chance of a
:04:59. > :05:03.change of policy where some shipbuilding could return? No, it is
:05:04. > :05:08.unlikely that they are going to change their minds. We have to seize
:05:09. > :05:12.the opportunity. This is about money as well. The leader of Portsmouth
:05:13. > :05:18.Council is saying to get anything off the ground you are talking about
:05:19. > :05:27.?100 million. Where is that coming from? It is coming from government.
:05:28. > :05:34.Is it just the city deal? It is coming and there is more coming
:05:35. > :05:36.through the regional growth fund which is another of my
:05:37. > :05:41.responsibilities and it is coming through the local enterprise
:05:42. > :05:46.partnership. How much of this is a political decision? It is a decision
:05:47. > :05:49.for the government. It is my job to make sure that all government
:05:50. > :05:57.ministers and apartments, the effort is coordinated, to make sure that
:05:58. > :06:03.all our efforts and funding streams are properly coordinated to give
:06:04. > :06:06.Portsmouth the future it deserves `` departments. This is a very
:06:07. > :06:12.particular challenge for this particular city and I am delighted
:06:13. > :06:15.to be asked to take it on. He once said that if his chairman
:06:16. > :06:18.left, he'd leave. So after Southampton Football Club chairman
:06:19. > :06:21.Nicola Cortese walked away from the Premier League outfit last night,
:06:22. > :06:24.fans were left wondering if the team boss would follow suit today.
:06:25. > :06:28.Manager Mauricio Pochettino gave his answer at a press conference and our
:06:29. > :06:39.reporter was there for us. Good news for the Saints fans? Yes, there were
:06:40. > :06:43.some points last night when this club looked as if it might be in
:06:44. > :06:49.meltdown following the resignation of Nicola Cortese the and social
:06:50. > :06:55.media sites going mad saying that Mauricio Pochettino would be sure to
:06:56. > :06:58.follow. He was brought in and it was not a popular decision but he has
:06:59. > :07:04.improved the club and nobody wanted to see him leave. He said he was
:07:05. > :07:08.100% committed to Southampton. Players arrived for training this
:07:09. > :07:12.morning looking like it was business as usual but it was a different
:07:13. > :07:20.story behind the scenes. Division between chairman and Nicola Cortese
:07:21. > :07:24.the resulted in them handing in his resignation. The worry was that
:07:25. > :07:35.moderates the property nor would follow, but he put minds at rest. He
:07:36. > :07:39.knows of my decision to stay. I have spoken to him about it. I am fully
:07:40. > :07:44.committed to this club and the people working at this club, to the
:07:45. > :07:48.society as a club, and it would make no sense to leave in the middle of
:07:49. > :07:55.our parcels up there are still questions over the club's future.
:07:56. > :08:01.Appointing a new chief executive is a priority, but she would also be
:08:02. > :08:08.open to suggestions to sell. It was a division that has driven the club
:08:09. > :08:12.up the league. The feedback I am getting is that she is not a
:08:13. > :08:18.football fan. She is a business person so my gut feeling is that she
:08:19. > :08:25.already has a buyer. Then there are the players. The team has improved
:08:26. > :08:33.with my Pochettino in charge. `` Mauricio Pochettino. The manager is
:08:34. > :08:42.adamant they will be staying. I want to make something very clear, no one
:08:43. > :08:48.is for sale. My belief has not changed from one week ago. No player
:08:49. > :08:55.that I do not want to leave will leave. The assurances imply little
:08:56. > :09:00.will change on the pitch as the club continues to follow the path that
:09:01. > :09:07.Nicola Cortese reset them on. A lot will depend on the decisions in the
:09:08. > :09:13.boardroom. Mauricio Pochettino has 17 months left on his contract, but
:09:14. > :09:16.he has said he is determined to continue until the end of the
:09:17. > :09:20.season. He said when he told Nicola Cortese the he was staying he asked
:09:21. > :09:24.one thing, that the win on Saturday, he says that is where his
:09:25. > :09:28.focus lies. A jury have been to visit the site
:09:29. > :09:32.of a fatal shooting that took place in Southampton last year. Three men
:09:33. > :09:35.are on trial for murder after a man was shot dead at a flat in St
:09:36. > :09:39.Mary's. Police say the victim, Jahmel Jones, was a well known drug
:09:40. > :09:41.dealer in Southampton. A fourth defendant, a university academic in
:09:42. > :09:45.criminology, is also on trial, accused of helping the offenders
:09:46. > :09:48.escape after the murder. It's a worrying statistic that one
:09:49. > :09:52.in three people aged over 65 will have dementia by the time they die.
:09:53. > :09:56.One centre which provides care near Portsmouth is due to close and move
:09:57. > :10:06.to another facility four miles away. Nearly 4,000 people have signed a
:10:07. > :10:10.petition to save it. Your wedding day, family holidays,
:10:11. > :10:20.your grandchildren, memories most of us perhaps take for granted. Do you
:10:21. > :10:23.remember your wedding? Elaine has dementia. Sometimes she cannot
:10:24. > :10:29.remember her daughter's name let alone family holidays. On a
:10:30. > :10:33.day`to`day basis my mum is very confused. She does not necessarily
:10:34. > :10:38.know who she is or who I am or where she lives. She lives with her
:10:39. > :10:44.daughter but attends the Patey Day Centre in Cosham. The centre is so
:10:45. > :10:48.close and services will move to a centred in the middle of Portsmouth.
:10:49. > :10:51.People used to a certain environment, it can be very
:10:52. > :10:57.detrimental to them to have a sudden move. It is not the best for people
:10:58. > :11:04.affected with dementia in that kind of setting. There are over 2000
:11:05. > :11:09.people in the Portsmouth area with Alzheimer's, 300 of which are said
:11:10. > :11:12.to be severe. When the Patey Day Centre in Cosham closes, that will
:11:13. > :11:20.be down to six a daycare places. This move will provide ?100,000. We
:11:21. > :11:24.want to make sure that there is a smooth and seamless move for people
:11:25. > :11:27.and we want to work with the families to make sure that happens.
:11:28. > :11:32.If families decide they do not want to move to the centre, then our
:11:33. > :11:36.people will work with them to see if we can then post them to someone
:11:37. > :11:42.else that will be suitable. A petition to try to save the centre
:11:43. > :11:46.has attracted 3500 signatures. The decision will be voted on at a
:11:47. > :11:51.council meeting next month. For a lean and her daughter, they want to
:11:52. > :12:01.keep the care centre that has helped to keep a grip on fond memories. It
:12:02. > :12:07.keeps me in touch with people. I value the friendships there.
:12:08. > :12:11.Still to come: We reveal the actual moment a prisoner and his torturer
:12:12. > :12:20.met, which has been made into a major film.
:12:21. > :12:23.When you've suffered a spinal injury, it can often mean months if
:12:24. > :12:28.not years of rehabilitation inside a hospital. It can be a very lonely
:12:29. > :12:31.and depressing time due to the isolation patients can suddenly find
:12:32. > :12:35.themselves in. That's about to change thanks to the arrival of a
:12:36. > :12:39.specially`adapted mini bus at a spinal unit in Salisbury. It's hoped
:12:40. > :12:43.scores of people will find a new lease of life allowing them to make
:12:44. > :12:51.safe trips outside the hospital, all of which plays a big part in their
:12:52. > :12:59.recovery. This woman's life changed in August
:13:00. > :13:05.last year, a previous car accident precipitated a spinal injury which
:13:06. > :13:08.caused paralysis. The corridors of the spinal treatment centres have
:13:09. > :13:14.become her home for the past four months. The television have frequent
:13:15. > :13:19.contact with the outside world. A specially adapted bus is about to
:13:20. > :13:23.change her life. It means freedom. It means we can go out and do normal
:13:24. > :13:31.things. Even if it is taking us to the cinema or further afield, we can
:13:32. > :13:36.go to the theatre in Southampton. It is a ticket to freedom. Up until now
:13:37. > :13:40.patients have had to rely on local taxi firms to take them out on short
:13:41. > :13:45.trips accompanied by a carer. This vehicle will allow a group of them
:13:46. > :13:52.to travel together. It has the thumbs up from patients. It is very
:13:53. > :13:59.good to get out if you are in here for weeks or months. It gets very
:14:00. > :14:05.frustrating. It's not only knocks you physically, it knocks you
:14:06. > :14:10.emotionally and mentally, and hopefully the bus will help people
:14:11. > :14:14.get back out into the real world. It is getting out on little adventures
:14:15. > :14:22.like this that help you to rebuild your life. It all starts with being
:14:23. > :14:27.able to leave hospital and go into the wider world and realise that
:14:28. > :14:31.life was on. A change is as good as the rest and with events such as the
:14:32. > :14:35.Chelsea Flower Show and a rugby match at Twickenham, the road to
:14:36. > :14:39.recovery has only just begun. A developer that wants to build 180
:14:40. > :14:44.homes on the site of an old school in Reading is mounting a legal
:14:45. > :14:46.challenge against the government. A planning inspector refused
:14:47. > :14:49.permission for Taylor Wimpey to build on the old Elvian site, where
:14:50. > :14:52.local people have been campaigning for a new free school. But Taylor
:14:53. > :14:58.Wimpey is challenging the decision, as it maintains Elvian is a viable
:14:59. > :15:01.site for much needed new homes. Councillors have accused the
:15:02. > :15:05.developer of trying to ride a coach and horses through local planning
:15:06. > :15:09.policies. It's one of the most important
:15:10. > :15:11.Bronze Age and Iron Age finds in the country. The hoard of ancient
:15:12. > :15:14.artefacts, excavated by archaeologists in Tisbury in
:15:15. > :15:20.Wiltshire, is being cleaned up ready for its first public appearance. The
:15:21. > :15:29.rare collection will be displayed in a new gallery at the Salisbury and
:15:30. > :15:32.South Wiltshire Museum this Spring. With each scrape, the tools of today
:15:33. > :15:45.are unearthing the tools of the past. The objects being cleaned make
:15:46. > :15:50.up 114 artefacts found outside Salisbury. Part of theirs is this
:15:51. > :15:56.bracelet and a spearhead that was found completely intact. Cleaning
:15:57. > :16:00.and restoring them to their original form is a painstaking process. It
:16:01. > :16:07.takes hours for each item. We use quite a few dental and doctors'
:16:08. > :16:13.tools. With the skull all I will be removing the soil layer at the top,
:16:14. > :16:16.anything that might disguise the object itself. We use the microscope
:16:17. > :16:20.to make sure we do not make any damage to the object. We want to
:16:21. > :16:23.keep it as intact as possible. What's interesting is this hoard
:16:24. > :16:26.contains what would have been ancient artefacts at their time of
:16:27. > :16:36.burial. The objects date from 1000 years BC to 800 years AD. It was
:16:37. > :16:41.almost like burying a museum collection back in history. It is
:16:42. > :16:44.incredibly exciting to have objects that have not been touched for
:16:45. > :16:50.thousands of years and, out of the ground and to have them in the
:16:51. > :16:58.museum, I can barely contain my excitement. It is a fantastic
:16:59. > :17:02.opportunity to excavate a whole or. Every time we lifted one object up
:17:03. > :17:05.we were red with a group of objects underneath. The artefacts have been
:17:06. > :17:17.unveiled, but the story behind them remains a mystery.
:17:18. > :17:24.It will be interesting when they go on display.
:17:25. > :17:34.Big news today, but Pochettino saying he is dear. `` staying.
:17:35. > :17:39.No person is ever bigger than one individual club. A lot of worry over
:17:40. > :17:45.the past 24 hours about whether something would fall apart. They
:17:46. > :17:48.have to move quickly and get something sorted out and they have
:17:49. > :17:56.to resolve that but there is no reason why the club cannot keep
:17:57. > :18:01.going. Nicola Cortese a was a polarising figure. A very good
:18:02. > :18:05.assessment from a former manager. He was the one who draws the club
:18:06. > :18:14.forward and the one who was making the decisions. I think he did an
:18:15. > :18:21.excellent job from a financial point of view but on the downside it lost
:18:22. > :18:25.its soul. I do not think he cared too much about the tradition or
:18:26. > :18:30.history of football club and I think a lot of people, it upset a lot of
:18:31. > :18:32.people. Brighton are talking to
:18:33. > :18:36.Bournemouth's top scorer Lewis Grabban after Albion triggered a
:18:37. > :18:40.clause in his contract by bidding ?1.1 million for him. Grabban's now
:18:41. > :18:43.discussing personal terms. Now, over the past year we've
:18:44. > :18:46.reported the continuing success of Portsmouth boxer Ebonie Jones. The
:18:47. > :18:50.Charter Academy pupil is already a European boxing champion in the 50
:18:51. > :18:55.kilo class. And last week, fighting for England, she won the Nations Cup
:18:56. > :18:57.in Serbia. Ebonie and the Heart of Portsmouth Boxing Academy coach
:18:58. > :19:05.Quinton Shillingford came in earlier and I started by asking her about
:19:06. > :19:11.her latest success. I was a bit more nervous going to
:19:12. > :19:15.Serbia than other tournament because one of the biggest teams was Russia
:19:16. > :19:20.and they are one of the top teams for boxing and there was Kazakhstan
:19:21. > :19:25.and I came up against them as well so I had Kazakhstan in the
:19:26. > :19:33.semifinal. I came up against a Russian in the final. It was tough.
:19:34. > :19:39.Tough, but top of the podium. What a year. What is it down to? Her
:19:40. > :19:47.personal commitment and dedication. Also the coaches. Running out on
:19:48. > :19:53.Christmas Day. There was no respite. The dedication you need to get to
:19:54. > :20:00.the top. Great Britain boxing are watching now. You go up to Sheffield
:20:01. > :20:07.quite often. Yes. I see Nicola Adams up there. I was nervous to get into
:20:08. > :20:13.a spa but I still wanted to do it because she is the best in the
:20:14. > :20:18.world. I feel more confident. Does it make you think that the Olympics
:20:19. > :20:25.is the goal? Yes. I would love to do what she has achieved. I would love
:20:26. > :20:28.to get old. You are only 15, you have to balance this with your
:20:29. > :20:32.schoolwork, how do you manage to do it? It is hard balancing both
:20:33. > :20:37.because I want to put my efforts into boxing but the school are very
:20:38. > :20:43.supportive and they must believe in me and think I could be in the
:20:44. > :20:47.Olympics. They allow me time off for boxing and if I have to catch up
:20:48. > :20:53.they will help me. It is a tremendous story. How far can she
:20:54. > :20:58.go? She is still young. No one wants to load pressure, but she is
:20:59. > :21:02.certainly proving to be quite a talent. She has boxed for England
:21:03. > :21:12.these times and has got a medal every time. `` three times. Boxing
:21:13. > :21:18.is the sport you love. Yes. Hopefully there will be more girls
:21:19. > :21:24.wanting to do boxing. You are proving an inspiration to many.
:21:25. > :21:27.Good news today for their club mate, ABA heavyweight champion Greg
:21:28. > :21:30.Bridet. He's been called into Great Britain's podium squad for training
:21:31. > :21:39.next week. That means he's with the elite British boxers training for a
:21:40. > :21:41.place at the Rio Olympics. A lot of success coming out of that
:21:42. > :21:44.club. We have an extraordinary story of
:21:45. > :21:48.reconciliation for you between a British prisoner of war and the
:21:49. > :21:51.Japanese man who had helped torture him 50 years earlier. Eric Lomax was
:21:52. > :21:55.one of the so`called forgotten army, the thousands of troops treated like
:21:56. > :21:58.slaves as they built the Burma railway. Eric's search for his
:21:59. > :22:02.tormentor is the subject of the new film The Railway Man, starring Colin
:22:03. > :22:05.Firth. But the real`life meeting between the two was captured by a
:22:06. > :22:13.Hampshire film`maker for a documentary that's also being
:22:14. > :22:18.released. Imprisoned, tortured, mentally
:22:19. > :22:22.scarred. Allied prisoners of war in Thailand during World War Two. Set
:22:23. > :22:33.to work building the Burma railway. Among them was Eric Lomax. When a
:22:34. > :22:38.hosepipe full of water is poured over one's face and down 1's throat,
:22:39. > :22:41.there is not much an individual can do about it apart from weeks to be
:22:42. > :22:49.drowned. Eric survived, but the horror never left him. A combination
:22:50. > :22:52.of sleepless nights coupled with nightmares, flashbacks of various
:22:53. > :22:55.kinds, even in the daytime. In 1991 Eric was interviewed by Hampshire
:22:56. > :23:01.film`maker Mike Finlason and let slip some startling news. He
:23:02. > :23:06.suddenly stopped and said, for 50 years I have been trying to find the
:23:07. > :23:14.man who interrogated me at the time, he vanished after the war, I
:23:15. > :23:18.have phoned him. `` I have located him. Mike persuaded Eric to let him
:23:19. > :23:21.capture the reunion on film, and travelled with Eric and his wife
:23:22. > :23:29.Patti to Thailand. No`one knew what to expect. We did not do this
:23:30. > :23:34.lightly. I talked to psychiatrists. It took a long time to decide to
:23:35. > :23:48.meet him. This was the moment the tortured and the torturer finally
:23:49. > :23:55.met. To our amazement, he spoke to him in Japanese, we did not know he
:23:56. > :24:05.do any Japanese. When you were tortured,
:24:06. > :24:08.do any Japanese. When you were had been as damaged mentally by
:24:09. > :24:12.being the torturer as he had been being tortured. It was very moving.
:24:13. > :24:16.We were all very moved. Nagashe had evaded justice after the war. But as
:24:17. > :24:19.a Buddhist, he was desperate for Eric's forgiveness. Eventually, Eric
:24:20. > :24:22.said he could never forget but he would forgive him Both men have
:24:23. > :24:29.since died, but Eric lived long enough to see his story filmed for
:24:30. > :24:42.the big screen. Both ended up being happier people. He's played by Colin
:24:43. > :24:49.Firth. He described him as the blood brother. That is amazing. He said,
:24:50. > :25:04.there comes a time when they heating has to stop. `` the hating.
:25:05. > :25:15.Did it stopped raining today? We have had some information from the
:25:16. > :25:19.Met Office to say it has been wet and mild so far this winter. Sunny
:25:20. > :25:23.spells captured at Bournemouth Cliffs today by Tim. John took this
:25:24. > :25:26.photo of a squirrel sheltering from the showers in Dorchester Borough
:25:27. > :25:30.Gardens. And David took this photo of a rainbow at BBC Oxford. After
:25:31. > :25:37.taking the photo he was off to find the pot of gold.
:25:38. > :25:48.We see further rain and showers, unwonted rain falling. Longer spells
:25:49. > :25:52.of rain. The winds will ease during the second half of the night. There
:25:53. > :26:02.will be some drier periods but a lot of showers to be had. A mile right
:26:03. > :26:09.to come. `` mild night. There will be some bright spells and drier
:26:10. > :26:12.periods. The west will see the best of any brightness. Showers will
:26:13. > :26:21.continue through the afternoon but they will be few and far between.
:26:22. > :26:24.Temperatures 9`12. The showers continue tomorrow night. A few dry
:26:25. > :26:30.periods before a band of rain keeps in from the English Channel. The
:26:31. > :26:38.rain could be on the heavy side, but some drier periods as well as
:26:39. > :26:42.temperatures falling to 6`8. A start to the weekend but it not stay that
:26:43. > :26:47.way. Low pressure down towards the south of the UK, the winds coming up
:26:48. > :26:53.from the south, rainwater likely for Dorset and Wiltshire, drier
:26:54. > :26:58.conditions, more cloud for eastern areas. A pretty damp end to the weak
:26:59. > :27:04.and the showers will continue through the weekend. Tomorrow we are
:27:05. > :27:13.expecting heavy torrential downpours with thunderstorms. Saturday, longer
:27:14. > :27:18.spells of rain for western areas. Limited brightness. As we head
:27:19. > :27:23.towards Sunday it is probably the best day of the weekend to get out
:27:24. > :27:28.and about. Perhaps a frosty start which could linger for western
:27:29. > :27:35.areas. Monday should be slightly drier.
:27:36. > :27:37.Our next bulletin is at 10:25pm.