:00:00. > :00:07.Sunday. Make the most of Saturday because Sunday looks pretty
:00:08. > :00:14.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today.
:00:15. > :00:18.In tonight's programme: Fourteen years in an Indonesian jail for the
:00:19. > :00:21.Sussex woman who says she was forced to smuggle drugs.
:00:22. > :00:24.450 houses planned for a golf course which is protected with a legal deal
:00:25. > :00:28.promising no development. We need bone marrow donors ` the plea from a
:00:29. > :00:32.teenager who has a rare form of leukaemia. And freedom of movement
:00:33. > :01:02.for a woman who broke her back in childbirth ten years ago.
:01:03. > :01:07.The Portsmouth Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock has been suspended from
:01:08. > :01:09.the party, after allegations about his alleged inappropriate sexual
:01:10. > :01:15.behaviour with a female constituent were made public. The action was
:01:16. > :01:18.taken by the national party in London, still reeling from
:01:19. > :01:22.criticisms surrounding Lord Rennard. Mike Hancock had continued to sit as
:01:23. > :01:26.a Liberal Democrat councillor while a local inquiry and civil court case
:01:27. > :01:29.were brought against him. He vigorously denies the allegations.
:01:30. > :01:41.Our Political Editor Peter Henley joins me now.
:01:42. > :01:49.Why has he been suspended this evening? A lot of people will be
:01:50. > :01:54.asking that question. There was a long enquiry by the City Council,
:01:55. > :01:57.which found that he had reached the standards that public life require
:01:58. > :02:02.of someone like that. But that process wasn't completed, because
:02:03. > :02:07.the woman who complained of sexual assault was suing him for damages.
:02:08. > :02:13.The report was published by the Guardian newspaper before Christmas.
:02:14. > :02:16.Today, it was published by a political website. That is the
:02:17. > :02:33.reason being given by the Lib Dem party. They say the Lib Dems have
:02:34. > :02:41.for the first time given the conclusion: We have immediately
:02:42. > :02:46.suspended Mike Hancock's membership of the party. Is this anything to do
:02:47. > :02:55.with the national scandal involving Lord Rennard? There is so much
:02:56. > :03:00.furore at the moment. So much pressure on Nick Clegg's leadership.
:03:01. > :03:05.The solicitor representing the woman has made the point, how can suspend
:03:06. > :03:24.Lord Reynard and not suspend Hancock? . Today, the report's
:03:25. > :03:27.author Nigel Pascoe QC said he felt that was unfair on Mike Hancock `
:03:28. > :03:30.because it was comments about him that haven't been published She
:03:31. > :03:33.clutched a Bible as she was sentenced to 14 years in an
:03:34. > :03:35.Indonesian prison. Andrea Waldeck, a former Police
:03:36. > :03:39.Community Support Officer, was today found guilty of smuggling the class
:03:40. > :03:42.A drug crystal meth into a country with some of the toughest anti`drug
:03:43. > :03:46.laws in the world. Waldeck, who used to live in Rustington in West
:03:47. > :03:49.Sussex, had faced a possible death sentence after being arrested in
:03:50. > :03:53.April last year. At the court, in the East Java city of Surabaya, her
:03:54. > :03:57.lawyer had claimed she was a victim of a drugs gang. Briony Leyland
:03:58. > :04:00.reports. Holding onto her faith, as the
:04:01. > :04:04.judges made their ruling. Andrea Waldeck told the court she was sorry
:04:05. > :04:07.and ashamed of what she had done. At an earlier hearing, she admitted
:04:08. > :04:10.smuggling more than a kilogram of crystal meth into East Java from
:04:11. > :04:14.China. The court could have imposed the death penalty, but instead
:04:15. > :04:19.Waldeck was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 43`year`old used to live
:04:20. > :04:22.in Rustington in West Sussex, but more recently worked as a Police
:04:23. > :04:25.Community Support Officer in Gloucestershire ` leaving the force
:04:26. > :04:31.in 2012. She was arrested in the spring of last year. She said that
:04:32. > :04:33.she'd been coerced into the crime, and that she'd been threatened by a
:04:34. > :04:44.Nigerian man. Michelle is understood to have been
:04:45. > :04:47.a friend in China. Speaking after the verdict, Waldeck's lawyer said
:04:48. > :04:52.he was disappointed at the length of the sentence.
:04:53. > :04:55.I object to the judge's decision ` an Indonesian national connected to
:04:56. > :05:03.the case was sentenced to ten years last week. I and my client were
:05:04. > :05:06.hoping for the same sentence. The BBC's reporter at the court says
:05:07. > :05:10.conditions at the Indonesian jails can be very uncomfortable.
:05:11. > :05:15.Indonesian prisons, in general, are known to be overcrowded and with
:05:16. > :05:17.poor sanitary conditions. There have also been reports of corrupt
:05:18. > :05:23.practices dash of prison guards taking bribes in exchange for better
:05:24. > :05:26.living conditions. Those who are willing or able to pay can get a
:05:27. > :05:34.lavish facility, but for those who don't things can get quite rough.
:05:35. > :05:37.Andrea Waldeck can appeal, but that carries a risk, as the higher court
:05:38. > :05:40.sometimes imposes a harsher sentence, particularly in drugs
:05:41. > :05:50.cases. Her legal team says she is considering her options. 25 years
:05:51. > :05:53.ago, Berkshire's politicians enshrined a green buffer zone around
:05:54. > :05:56.the town of Bracknell. Tonight the covenant protecting it looks set to
:05:57. > :05:59.be torn up. It's a hugely controversial decision. Jo Campbell
:06:00. > :06:09.joins us from outside the meeting now. This is expected to be a
:06:10. > :06:18.meeting with a large public turnouts. At stake is a legal move
:06:19. > :06:23.to lift the covenant protecting a part of the land tween Bracknell
:06:24. > :06:29.Forest and Linfield, where they want to build a 450 homes, a school and a
:06:30. > :06:34.house. It has proved a controversial matter. Bracknell looms large in the
:06:35. > :06:40.minds of those who come here to get away. The open space has long been
:06:41. > :06:47.protected from the bulldozers by covenant. Until now. In the
:06:48. > :06:53.distance, we have Bracknell. Behind us, we have been fields. This is the
:06:54. > :06:59.green gap. This is what the council fought so hard to protect, 20 years
:07:00. > :07:05.ago. To try and stop any future development. In over an hour, the
:07:06. > :07:15.chamber will be full, as the council debates scrapping that protection.
:07:16. > :07:23.They now say the demand for housing outweighs that. In the last 25
:07:24. > :07:29.years, we have grown significantly. The demand for housing has
:07:30. > :07:33.increased. This won't be welcome news for many, but it will end the
:07:34. > :07:39.uncertainty that already undermines the golf course. When there is
:07:40. > :07:48.uncertainty on development, people are concerned if they're going to
:07:49. > :07:52.have a wedding or function here. We try to get the message across to
:07:53. > :08:02.those people, that it is business as usual. We don't know what's going to
:08:03. > :08:08.happen. It's important for us, as a business, to continue as usual.
:08:09. > :08:13.Whatever tonight's decision, this site is set to be a battle ground
:08:14. > :08:16.for some time to come. Protesters were once to make sure their voices
:08:17. > :08:25.are heard tonight, as they speak against plans for these
:08:26. > :08:31.developments. The council has already decided that this is what
:08:32. > :08:37.the land will be used for. Tonight, they want to remove one legal
:08:38. > :08:41.hurdle. It's a first for UK Policing ` today
:08:42. > :08:44.officers from Hampshire Police have been sworn in as Special Constables
:08:45. > :08:47.for the Bermuda Police Service. It's so they can investigate serious
:08:48. > :08:50.crimes on board cruise ships that dock in Hampshire ports. Our Home
:08:51. > :08:53.Affairs Correspondent Emma Vardy is here with more on this. What's
:08:54. > :08:56.prompted this policing arrangement with Bermuda? From time to time,
:08:57. > :08:58.Hampshire Police are called to investigate crimes committed on
:08:59. > :09:01.board cruise ships coming into Southampton. In the past, these have
:09:02. > :09:04.included murder and rape. But because many cruise ships are
:09:05. > :09:07.registered in Bermuda, it's meant they've have had no police powers on
:09:08. > :09:10.board, like the power of arrest. Some cruise ship companies fly the
:09:11. > :09:14.Bermuda flag, so that they're not bound by certain British laws. It
:09:15. > :09:18.means they can hold weddings at sea and don't have to be subject to the
:09:19. > :09:22.minimum wage. But this has caused difficulties for police. So, today,
:09:23. > :09:25.the Bermuda Commissioner himself came over to swear in sixteen
:09:26. > :09:29.officers ` that's the Bermuda Commissioner in the centre of that
:09:30. > :09:31.picture ` and now that this team of officers are effectively special
:09:32. > :09:35.constables for the Bermuda Police, they will now be able to carry out
:09:36. > :09:38.criminal investigations on board. So what's happened in the past if
:09:39. > :09:42.there's been a crime on board? Sometimes they've had to wait for
:09:43. > :09:45.the Bermuda Police Service to fly over their own officers, and because
:09:46. > :09:49.there's only limited flights to the UK that can take two days. Because
:09:50. > :09:52.ships aren't in port for very long, Hampshire Police say it's been
:09:53. > :09:54.difficult for Bermuda police to get here in time, and so that has
:09:55. > :09:58.hindered investigations. Hampshire Police have described this, today,
:09:59. > :10:01.as a big step forward in driving international collaboration between
:10:02. > :10:04.police forces. Could there be similar arrangements
:10:05. > :10:07.with other countries too? Yes, we might see Hampshire Police
:10:08. > :10:10.partnering up with other British Overseas Territories. The force says
:10:11. > :10:13.it's looking into, perhaps, making arrangements with the Bahamas and
:10:14. > :10:16.British Virgin Islands in future. But the officers are going to see
:10:17. > :10:35.how agreement works with Bermuda first and take it from there.
:10:36. > :10:40.Still to come in this evening's South Today: The woman who broke her
:10:41. > :10:50.back in childbirth finds a new lease of life suspended by ribbons.
:10:51. > :10:52.Sophie Bosley, from Midhurst, has an extremely rare blood cancer called
:10:53. > :10:56.Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia. She's been encouraging other young people
:10:57. > :10:58.at Chichester College to sign up to the bone marrow register Our
:10:59. > :11:09.reporter, James Ingham, went along to meet her.
:11:10. > :11:13.Sophie Bosley was in the middle of GCSEs when she was diagnosed with a
:11:14. > :11:16.rare form of leukaemia. Two years later, she is still being treated
:11:17. > :11:21.with chemotherapy, but has managed to continue a relatively normal
:11:22. > :11:25.life. It was a big shock. We were all
:11:26. > :11:29.devastated ` it put a big problem in the works. There wasn't really
:11:30. > :11:34.anything worse we could have imagined. It put me out of place
:11:35. > :11:38.with everything going on around me, because at that time I had exams
:11:39. > :11:44.going on. I missed two of them, and was going to have to come back. It
:11:45. > :11:47.was hell, basically. Sophie will need a bone marrow
:11:48. > :11:50.transplant ` potential matches have been found, but she's very aware of
:11:51. > :11:54.the difficulty some people have of finding a donor. This is why she's
:11:55. > :12:02.involved in this big push to get people signed up to a register.
:12:03. > :12:14.My tutor mentioned it in college, and said it something she's a part
:12:15. > :12:19.of. I thought I'd give it a go. It's worthwhile. It's an opportunity
:12:20. > :12:22.to help someone out that a lot less fortunate than you.
:12:23. > :12:25.People in my class seemed to be into it, and it seemed like the right
:12:26. > :12:29.thing to do. Most of the students here are around
:12:30. > :12:32.Sophie's age, so her story has really struck a chord. And it's
:12:33. > :12:36.these young people that it's so important is to get on the register.
:12:37. > :12:39.Sophie's story highlights just how important it is for people to come
:12:40. > :12:43.forward and register. Currently, we are only finding matches for half of
:12:44. > :12:48.the patients coming to us. Our mission is to be able to find
:12:49. > :12:52.matches for all patients. Only around one in 1000 people on
:12:53. > :12:55.the bone marrow register ever get a call to donate. That would mean
:12:56. > :12:58.going through a simple procedure. But the more potential donors there
:12:59. > :13:19.are, the greater the chance a lifelike Sophie's could be saved.
:13:20. > :13:23.Residents at a sheltered housing estate in West Sussex are angry
:13:24. > :13:28.they're being charged ?40,000 for fire safety improvements they say
:13:29. > :13:31.are not necessary. But the company which runs the housing complex
:13:32. > :13:38.disagrees, and says there's a legal requirement for the work.
:13:39. > :13:41.Sean Killick reports. Residents at the Glebe are inspecting a new fire
:13:42. > :13:53.alarm system, they say they don't want and can't afford. Owners of the
:13:54. > :13:56.23 leasehold flats were told by management company Anchor the new
:13:57. > :14:07.alarm system, costing a total of ?23,000, was needed to meet fire
:14:08. > :14:09.regulations. They were also told their front doors need replacing to
:14:10. > :14:16.meet regulations, costing another ?20,000. But the Residents
:14:17. > :14:20.Association chairman says they were told by anchor's own surveyor that
:14:21. > :14:22.the work is not legally required. The residents are angry.
:14:23. > :14:26.They are absolutely incensed and furious that their hard earned
:14:27. > :14:30.funds, in what is called a sinking fund ` money we have put by for work
:14:31. > :14:39.that needs to be done ` is being taken for work that doesn't need to
:14:40. > :14:48.be done. The residents say they would be happy with ordinary smoke
:14:49. > :14:53.detectors. There is no necessity. The fire brigade have told us that a
:14:54. > :15:01.simple alarm would do. It would cost around ?200 for all six blocks. This
:15:02. > :15:06.is going to cost a small fortune. Ankara told us that the safety of
:15:07. > :15:28.our residents is paramount. That's why the
:15:29. > :15:43.but residents are calling for the work to be halted, and for an urgent
:15:44. > :15:46.meeting with Angkor. A woman from Newbury, who got involved in aerial
:15:47. > :15:50.performances in the run up to the Paralympic Games in 2012, says she
:15:51. > :15:53.wants to leave a legacy that will help other disabled people. Once a
:15:54. > :15:56.professional dancer ` Mel Stevens broke her back ten years ago ` she
:15:57. > :15:59.then discovered that hanging upside down not only helped her physical
:16:00. > :16:03.state but spurred her on mentally too. Now her dream is to open a
:16:04. > :16:08.space where special equipment could allow other disabled people to feel
:16:09. > :16:12.alive again. Dani Sinha reports. Mel Stevens has had many twists and
:16:13. > :16:16.turns in her life ` at 29 she broke her lower back whilst giving birth,
:16:17. > :16:20.leaving her with no sensation in both legs and chronic pain. It was
:16:21. > :16:23.only when she was asked to get involved in aerial displays in the
:16:24. > :16:30.run up to the Paralympic Games, that she realised the benefits of
:16:31. > :16:35.suspending herself in the air. The minute I hang, my spine
:16:36. > :16:38.decompresses. I haven't needed to medicate since I got out of the
:16:39. > :16:52.harnesses and did my first try on trapeze. Practicing here at an
:16:53. > :16:57.aerial fitness studio in Newbury, Mel is able to feel free again ` but
:16:58. > :16:59.this is the space, which Mel wants to transform into a specialised
:17:00. > :17:03.studio for people with disabilities ` she hopes it will be a fully
:17:04. > :17:06.functioning by Easter. Guiding her on her journey is coach and former
:17:07. > :17:29.Cirque de Soleil performer, Serenity Smith Fortune. Arnesses and did my
:17:30. > :17:32.first try on trapeze. For anyone who has any challenges with supporting
:17:33. > :17:35.their weight with their legs, they need to get more fitness, more upper
:17:36. > :17:39.body strength, so they can be healthier and fitter. And happier
:17:40. > :17:43.too ` there are a lot of endorphins that go through you when you get to
:17:44. > :17:46.swing around. I'm dancing, I'm flying. My disability is not who I
:17:47. > :17:48.am. Mel's friend Lyndsay performed in
:17:49. > :17:52.the opening and closing paralympic ceremonies but hasn't been able to
:17:53. > :17:55.practice her sport since then. She's hoping to benefit from a new space.
:17:56. > :18:22.Keeping her feet off the ground ` Mel is able to reach heights she
:18:23. > :18:27.never thought were possible. It looks amazing, doesn't it? It
:18:28. > :18:40.looks so simple, but it's really tough.
:18:41. > :18:42.Southampton Football Club have appointed Gareth Rogers as Interim
:18:43. > :18:45.Chief Executive, with immediate effect. Rogers has been Saints'
:18:46. > :18:47.Chief Financial Officer since March 2011. He's been appointed
:18:48. > :18:49.temporarily by owner Katharina Liebherr, following the departure of
:18:50. > :18:52.Executive chairman Nicola Cortese last week. As we reported earlier
:18:53. > :18:55.this week, former Blackburn chairman John Williams is still a leading
:18:56. > :19:17.contender to fill the chief executive role on a long`term basis.
:19:18. > :19:20.Oxford United are out of the FA Cup, after losing their third round
:19:21. > :19:24.replay to Charlton. Chris Wilder's side went down by three goals to nil
:19:25. > :19:29.at the Kassam Stadium. Charlton go on to meet Huddersfield in the
:19:30. > :19:33.fourth round. Meanwhile, MK Dons lost at
:19:34. > :19:37.struggling Crewe in League One. The Dons were already one goal down when
:19:38. > :19:41.they were awarded a penalty for handball. Shaun Williams' effort was
:19:42. > :19:48.brilliantly saved. Crewe wrapped up the win in the second half. MK sit
:19:49. > :19:53.tenth, eight points off the play`offs.
:19:54. > :19:56.There will be no speedway on the Isle of Wight in the 2014 season,
:19:57. > :19:59.after the Island's club decided to suspend their racing licence this
:20:00. > :20:03.year. The Islanders' shareholders voted to step down from the coming
:20:04. > :20:07.National League campaign, due to ongoing financial issues. The club
:20:08. > :20:11.need to raise 30 thousand pounds for a mandatory new safety fence at the
:20:12. > :20:14.Smallbrook Stadium. But with still more than half of that money to
:20:15. > :20:18.find, the Islanders have taken the decision not to race this season.
:20:19. > :20:22.Perhaps you need to kill something to let people know that it has gone.
:20:23. > :20:28.Perhaps in five years, it might come back and we might see crowds like we
:20:29. > :20:32.used to. There are just over two weeks to go
:20:33. > :20:35.until the Winter Olympics get underway in Sochi in Russia, and
:20:36. > :20:39.today more members of Team GB were announced ` including four athletes
:20:40. > :20:42.from the South. Among them is a skier going to her fourth Games, a
:20:43. > :20:45.bobsleigher who's made a switch from an entirely different sport, and a
:20:46. > :20:51.debutant, competing in the new Olympic event of snowboard
:20:52. > :20:54.slope`style. Jo Kent reports. Slope style is all about big tricks,
:20:55. > :20:58.and Southampton's Billie Morgan carries big British medal hopes.
:20:59. > :21:03.When you can pull off a jump like this, you can see why. He is thought
:21:04. > :21:06.to be the first snowboarder to complete this triple rodeo jump,
:21:07. > :21:09.consisting of three full flips in the air. He suffered a knee injury
:21:10. > :21:14.last year, but was back in action this month in Colorado. He was the
:21:15. > :21:19.top qualifier, but unfortunately the finals were cancelled. This week,
:21:20. > :21:23.he's at the X games in Aspen, hoping to show that he is on top for Sochi.
:21:24. > :21:26.Meanwhile, Andrew Musgrave, who was born in Poole, will represent
:21:27. > :21:29.Britain in cross`country skiing. Fresh from a win at the Norwegian
:21:30. > :21:33.national championships. The course in Lillehammer was pretty
:21:34. > :21:36.similar to the course in Sochi ` so it's long, big hills, pretty hard
:21:37. > :21:40.for a sprint course. That's what I've been training for this year,
:21:41. > :21:46.and it seems like it's paying off well.
:21:47. > :21:49.Winter Olympics veteran Chemmy Alcott proved that she is still
:21:50. > :21:53.Britain's best, despite being dogged by injury. She broke her leg for a
:21:54. > :21:57.third time in August, and hasn't competed on the World Cup circuit
:21:58. > :22:00.this season, after her comeback race was cancelled last weekend. Sochi
:22:01. > :22:03.will be the Hove skier's fourth games.
:22:04. > :22:06.And Craig Pickering from Milton Keynes will become one of only a
:22:07. > :22:09.handful of British athletes to compete in both summer and winter
:22:10. > :22:14.Olympic Games, after swapping sprinting for bobsleigh.
:22:15. > :22:18.It has been a tough couple of years ` I stopped athletics because I
:22:19. > :22:22.needed a back operation. I thought my career was finished, but I just
:22:23. > :22:26.kept plugging away and here I am going to my second games. I'm really
:22:27. > :22:30.happy. In selection, Craig has proved he is
:22:31. > :22:33.as good on the bobsleigh track as the running track. An athlete
:22:34. > :22:51.determined to get a second chance at Olympic success.
:22:52. > :22:57.We are getting into the feel of the Winter Olympics.
:22:58. > :23:10.And now for the weather. There are weather warnings in the
:23:11. > :23:17.next few days. We are keeping a close eye on the situation. There
:23:18. > :23:19.will be some dry periods. We have a day of rain, a day of scattered
:23:20. > :23:45.spells. The afternoon was predominantly dry,
:23:46. > :23:51.a few showers to speak of. Tonight is mainly dry, with one or two
:23:52. > :23:57.showers. There is a chance of a frost in the countryside.
:23:58. > :24:07.Temperatures will fall away to three or four. Perhaps, down to one out in
:24:08. > :24:12.the countryside. Pretty chilly tomorrow morning. There will be a
:24:13. > :24:18.band of showers from the West, which could be on the heavy side.
:24:19. > :24:24.Following that, one or two showers, but few or far between otherwise.
:24:25. > :24:32.Highs of six or eight. A fresh field to things. Through tomorrow nights,
:24:33. > :24:36.the risk of showers, but most places will be dry before this band of rain
:24:37. > :24:41.starts creeping in. That's what we are keeping a close eye on. That was
:24:42. > :24:44.the weather warnings from The Met office is in place for. Chilly
:24:45. > :24:50.temperatures to starts tomorrow night, but warming up slightly
:24:51. > :24:55.through the early hours. We are expecting a wet day on Friday. There
:24:56. > :25:03.is a yellow weather warning in place. We could see an inch of rain
:25:04. > :25:07.fall. Friday will see brisk south`westerly winds, and bands of
:25:08. > :25:11.rain moving in from the west lingering for much of the day. At
:25:12. > :25:19.rain only clears after dark on Friday. We are looking at some
:25:20. > :25:23.showers tomorrow, but they are few and far between through the
:25:24. > :25:28.afternoon. Weather warnings in place for Friday and Sunday. It's later on
:25:29. > :25:36.on Sunday that the rain will push in. Maybe some gales along the south
:25:37. > :25:37.coast. Thursday and Saturday are the days where we will see some
:25:38. > :25:41.sunshine. We all have hopes and fears
:25:42. > :26:24.for the future and for the lives our children
:26:25. > :26:28.and grandchildren will lead.