:00:08. > :00:20.Welcome to the programme. Chaos for rail commuters due to the flooding.
:00:21. > :00:28.There are men on the track having to wade through each of our trains by
:00:29. > :00:34.hand. Is it time to rethink the driving test to reduce the number of
:00:35. > :00:43.young motorists dying on our roads? The pupils hoping turning fat into
:00:44. > :00:54.fuel is a winning combination. And the tricks of slopestyle.
:00:55. > :00:59.First tonight: A police investigation is underway tonight
:01:00. > :01:02.after what's been described as a viable explosive device was sent to
:01:03. > :01:06.an armed forces recruitment office in Reading. Army bomb disposal
:01:07. > :01:12.experts spent this afternoon making safe a package which is believed to
:01:13. > :01:16.have arrived in the post. A similar package was also found in Kent. Faye
:01:17. > :01:26.Harland is in our Reading studio tonight. Faye, what do we know? The
:01:27. > :01:30.emergency services were called by staff at the armed service
:01:31. > :01:37.recruitment service this afternoon. That office is right in the centre
:01:38. > :01:41.of Redding. An Army bomb disposal unit arrived at 2pm and that was in
:01:42. > :01:46.the building for nearly three hours. When I was at the scene, I could see
:01:47. > :01:56.a lot of activity going on inside the office. Experts were working
:01:57. > :01:59.alongside crime officers. They didn't carry out a controlled
:02:00. > :02:03.explosion there but removed a package from the scene. We
:02:04. > :02:09.understand the package was sent in the post and it is not known how big
:02:10. > :02:15.it was. We are told it did contain a viable explosive device and it could
:02:16. > :02:27.have killed. What are the authorities saying? The South East
:02:28. > :02:32.Counter Terrorism Unit save the package is being examined. Officers
:02:33. > :02:36.are investigating the possibility that there is a link between these
:02:37. > :02:44.two incidents. Commuter chaos gripped the Thames Valley today. In
:02:45. > :02:47.the latest twist of the south's weather misery, flooding to the
:02:48. > :02:50.track on the Paddington to Reading line gave thousands of travellers a
:02:51. > :02:59.journey they are unlikely to forget. Joe Campbell is at Reading Station.
:03:00. > :03:03.Is it easing up a little bit? The situation as this is one of the
:03:04. > :03:08.busiest stations on the rail network and it is one of the busiest lines
:03:09. > :03:14.carrying thousands of commuters every day and into London. Not
:03:15. > :03:25.today. That service was reduced to a trickle. Almost 30 trains an hour
:03:26. > :03:29.run between here and London. Today, it was just four. The River Thames
:03:30. > :03:32.nearby was out of its regular channel and closer to the tracks
:03:33. > :03:39.than normal. The problem for the railways wasn't the River Thames but
:03:40. > :03:44.the water from the sodden ground that had leaked into circuits
:03:45. > :03:50.knocking them out. There are men on the track having to wade through
:03:51. > :03:53.each of our trains by hand. Network Rail can only allow us access to
:03:54. > :04:00.four trains an hour between Redding and Pennington and that is having a
:04:01. > :04:08.huge effect. `` Reading and Paddington. Passengers have been
:04:09. > :04:17.urged not to travel unless necessary. This man didn't have a
:04:18. > :04:21.choice but had to get to work. I am trying to get to London and there
:04:22. > :04:29.was no trains running out this morning. I have tried to get a bus
:04:30. > :04:35.into Reading. I have an office there and then we'll try to get into
:04:36. > :04:50.London Valentine `` for lunchtime. What can you do? It is what it is.
:04:51. > :04:55.Water crept close to their homes. We are nervous because it is worse than
:04:56. > :05:01.it has ever been. You have to have a positive attitude and keep your
:05:02. > :05:06.fingers crossed. Fingers crossed and precautions taken to keep the River
:05:07. > :05:09.Thames at bay. People are now making their way home after all those
:05:10. > :05:16.problems and are facing similar disruption with a reviewed service
:05:17. > :05:21.this evening. Network rail are saying the disruption will continue
:05:22. > :05:29.until tomorrow at the very earliest. More trouble for the days ahead.
:05:30. > :05:33.BBC local radio is what you should listen to for your local problems.
:05:34. > :05:36.Why are you actually here? Labour leader Ed Miliband was heckled as he
:05:37. > :05:39.visited a flood`hit Berkshire village today. The confrontation
:05:40. > :05:42.though was not from a member of the public, or even a journalist, but
:05:43. > :05:46.from Reading West Conservative MP Alok Sharma. Mr Sharma accused the
:05:47. > :05:49.Labour leader of visiting his patch for a photo opportunity. It was the
:05:50. > :05:51.latest unseemly spat as the south's flooding becomes increasingly
:05:52. > :05:58.politicised. Our Political Editor Peter Henley has been following
:05:59. > :06:03.events. Right now you need waders to get to
:06:04. > :06:07.work here. Unless you can hitch a ride in one of the canoes run by the
:06:08. > :06:20.flood warnings. Ed Miliband seemed impressed by the spirit of the
:06:21. > :06:25.locals. Why are you here? You should ask them whether they welcome you
:06:26. > :06:33.here or not. Ed Miliband had worn his wellies but there is growing
:06:34. > :06:41.impatient `` impatience at shallow words. It has all become about next
:06:42. > :06:48.year's collection. Wherever they go, there is a media circus. News crews
:06:49. > :06:53.move on but the fear remains that the floods will come back even as
:06:54. > :07:08.more houses are allowed to be built. Why did they build on flood plain?
:07:09. > :07:14.Be Labour leader denied he was being a floods tourist. People appreciate
:07:15. > :07:18.that somebody is thinking about them and they are not being ignored. If
:07:19. > :07:23.your house is underwater, you want somebody else to be worrying about
:07:24. > :07:27.it. It is right to come. There is nothing like having what is
:07:28. > :07:32.happening on the ground and what kind of response varies. The people
:07:33. > :07:35.that have to live with the floods all day and night say the most
:07:36. > :07:41.important thing is to learn lessons that when the politicians have moved
:07:42. > :07:43.on, they must continue to plan for the future.
:07:44. > :07:45.Plans for a multi`million pound innovation centre at the former HMS
:07:46. > :07:48.Daedalus airfield at Lee`on`the`Solent go on display
:07:49. > :07:51.tonight. Put forward by Fareham Borough Council, the ?5.3 million
:07:52. > :07:57.centre aims to encourage advanced manufacturing jobs to the area. If
:07:58. > :08:00.approved, the project will see new office space and workshop facilities
:08:01. > :08:11.for new businesses and lead to around 150 new jobs. Locals have
:08:12. > :08:15.been asked for their thoughts. A planning decision is due next month.
:08:16. > :08:17.Dozens of students on teacher training courses, in Hampshire, have
:08:18. > :08:20.been unable to secure school training placements which are vital
:08:21. > :08:23.to their final qualifications. The University of Winchester is
:08:24. > :08:26.blaming changes made to the teacher training system nationally. It says
:08:27. > :08:29.it's working hard to find placements and will be making representations
:08:30. > :08:36.to the Government. Briony Leyland reports.
:08:37. > :08:44.At the start of the lesson, I want you to line up silently. Trainee
:08:45. > :08:49.teachers have much to learn. The University of Winchester has a long
:08:50. > :08:54.tradition of training teachers and its second year primary education
:08:55. > :08:58.students should be embarking on placements now. But many were
:08:59. > :09:03.without schools. This afternoon, that figure was 35. A second`year
:09:04. > :09:08.student said they were very concerned about not having a
:09:09. > :09:12.placement at this stage. The University of Winchester did not
:09:13. > :09:16.want to do an interview today as their top priority was finding
:09:17. > :09:19.places for students. They put it down to the number of schools
:09:20. > :09:30.offering placements and the changes in Government policy. What are the
:09:31. > :09:35.changes? Schemes like these schemes teach top graduates straight into
:09:36. > :09:40.the classroom. Many say it has made it harder to get placements for
:09:41. > :09:45.their students. More schools are reluctant to take trainee teachers.
:09:46. > :09:49.We are finding it difficult to place our primary teachers even though we
:09:50. > :09:53.have the number one primary programme in the country. In
:09:54. > :09:58.Winchester, there is sympathy for those affected. I have contacts with
:09:59. > :10:05.schools and I managed to find a place. You learn the most when you
:10:06. > :10:13.are on placement. It is very hands`on. The Department for
:10:14. > :10:19.Education said all students must arrange places for the students they
:10:20. > :10:42.recruit. `` universities must arrange. Owl coroner who concluded
:10:43. > :10:48.that a woman who died after a fractured hip could have been
:10:49. > :10:51.avoided. Her family is contemplating legal action.
:10:52. > :10:54.South Western Ambulance staff have suffered over 100 incidents of
:10:55. > :10:57.physical abuse in the last year. The NHS Foundation Trust says it
:10:58. > :11:01.operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of abuse. 73 incidents were
:11:02. > :11:07.reported to police with 22 people being arrested.
:11:08. > :11:12.Still to come in this evening's South Today: Do you know your triple
:11:13. > :11:14.corks from your stalefish? The new sport of slopestyle but it's not as
:11:15. > :11:22.easy as it looks. How prepared were you when you
:11:23. > :11:26.passed your driving test? One in four new drivers in the south will
:11:27. > :11:29.crash in the year they pass their test. And almost two thirds of
:11:30. > :11:35.people killed, or seriously injured, on our roads are under the age of
:11:36. > :11:39.25. A senior Dorset police officer is among those who are calling for a
:11:40. > :11:42.re`think on the driving test. The Government has come up with new
:11:43. > :11:47.plans to make the learning process tougher but it has postponed making
:11:48. > :11:48.a decision for almost a year. Our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton
:11:49. > :11:57.has been asking why. Let's look at the recommendations.
:11:58. > :12:01.There would be a minimum learning period. Within that, beginners would
:12:02. > :12:03.have to do a set number of hours, including driving at night and on
:12:04. > :12:09.motorways, spread over several months. After passing the test there
:12:10. > :12:12.would be new restrictions, for a year or two. They could include a
:12:13. > :12:19.ban on carrying young passengers, a night time curfew and zero tolerance
:12:20. > :12:22.to alcohol. But the Government is wary about restricting young
:12:23. > :12:27.peoples' freedom of choice and independence. And with fewer traffic
:12:28. > :12:40.police around, who is going to enforce all this?
:12:41. > :12:46.Cameron is 17 and drives to college each day in his car. If the new
:12:47. > :12:52.rules were in place, his independence and freedom of movement
:12:53. > :12:57.would be restricted. At that point I wouldn't be driving so that will be
:12:58. > :13:03.very problematic. I often take my bandmates home after gigs. Young
:13:04. > :13:12.drivers account for 5% of miles driven that they are involved in 20%
:13:13. > :13:19.of all serious crashes. Cameron's jazz band is rehearsing getting
:13:20. > :13:28.ready for a gig. Some of the changes to be driving test would affect the
:13:29. > :13:33.band. A night`time curfew, minimum period of learning and a restriction
:13:34. > :13:38.on new drivers carrying passengers would each make it very difficult
:13:39. > :13:45.for all of them to stay in the band. For me, it will be quite bad. It
:13:46. > :13:53.would prevent us getting to and from kicks. `` geeks. These people saw
:13:54. > :14:01.having a driving lesson in the classroom. From the age of 14, they
:14:02. > :14:05.are preparing for the theory test with driving instructors. Today we
:14:06. > :14:13.are learning the road signs and how to find them on the road. You have a
:14:14. > :14:19.head start before everyone else. Only a handful of schools do this
:14:20. > :14:23.yet almost everyone working in words `` road safety things teaching like
:14:24. > :14:36.this makes drivers more aware of the rules and the risks. The rate is 60%
:14:37. > :14:42.for theory. If you start when you 14 it is key. Education is better than
:14:43. > :14:45.enforcement. Car insurers are keen to restrict
:14:46. > :14:49.young drivers because it would reduce risk. The changes would mean
:14:50. > :14:53.few 17`year`olds are out on their own. There are many road safety
:14:54. > :15:03.experts who think there is a better way of educating teenagers instead
:15:04. > :15:09.of restricting them. The driving test is a one`off test. What would
:15:10. > :15:17.be better is to go through a system of education and getting our young
:15:18. > :15:22.people on the road. Many people do this. There is lots of training like
:15:23. > :15:25.driving on a motorway, my driving, all the things that we don't do in
:15:26. > :15:28.this country. We asked the Department for Transport why it had
:15:29. > :15:46.delayed making a decision first promised in March last year.
:15:47. > :15:52.They have been considering it for years already. Plans for a Tesco
:15:53. > :15:54.store behind Portsmouth Football Club's Fratton Park ground have been
:15:55. > :15:59.submitted. The club is backing proposals for
:16:00. > :16:03.the development on Fratton Way. Money from the scheme will be used
:16:04. > :16:06.to carry out ground improvements. The store is expected to open in
:16:07. > :16:09.2015 and create about 300 jobs. Budding entrepreneurs from two
:16:10. > :16:12.schools in the south have reached the final of a national enterprise
:16:13. > :16:16.challenge. The Tycoon in Schools competition is run by Peter Jones
:16:17. > :16:19.best known as an investor on the BBC show Dragon's Den. Avonbourne
:16:20. > :16:21.College in Bournemouth and Felpham Community College in Bognor Regis
:16:22. > :16:27.will learn tomorrow if they've done enough to win. James Ingham went to
:16:28. > :16:47.meet the pupils of Avonbourne to learn more about their idea.
:16:48. > :17:00.Tell me about your business idea. We turn cooking oil into bio diesel for
:17:01. > :17:04.our minibus. It started with a pitch. OK, not to dragons, but to
:17:05. > :17:07.tutors who chose which business plan the school should submit to the
:17:08. > :17:10.Peter Jones Foundation. At Avonbourne it was Funelling for Fuel
:17:11. > :17:20.students working out that used cooking oil could be recycled and
:17:21. > :17:24.given a new use. You can put some in each day and when you have a full
:17:25. > :17:30.bottle, you can donate to us and we will use it to fuel their minibus.
:17:31. > :17:34.It is very successful and we want to get this out to other schools so
:17:35. > :17:38.they can do it again and protect the environment. Peter Jones set up the
:17:39. > :17:46.scheme to address what he saw as an ambition gap in the UK. His mission
:17:47. > :17:50.to create a culture of enterprise. Competitions like this brilliant
:17:51. > :17:53.because they learn all of these skills but don't get to apply them
:17:54. > :17:57.until they have been to university and then seek employment. From four
:17:58. > :17:58.finalists, the winners will be announced at a ceremony at
:17:59. > :18:11.Buckingham Palace tomorrow. Good luck to both teams. We wish you
:18:12. > :18:18.well and hope you come up with the goodies.
:18:19. > :18:20.Onto the sport and we are still enjoying the Winter Olympics. In a
:18:21. > :18:30.moment, we will hear about slopestyle. Shall we start with
:18:31. > :18:35.cross`country skiing? We were having high hopes for Andrew Musgrave. The
:18:36. > :18:39.Dorset cross country skiier Andrew Musgrave failed to qualify for the
:18:40. > :18:42.semi`finals of the men's sprint at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
:18:43. > :18:46.Musgrave who was born in Poole, and is here wearing the number 27 bib
:18:47. > :18:50.made a good start to his quarter final, at one point leading the
:18:51. > :18:54.field. However he made a mistake going wide at this corner, allowing
:18:55. > :18:58.others into first and second place. He then lost further ground on the
:18:59. > :19:04.steep hill section of the course, slipping into sixth. Last month he
:19:05. > :19:07.beat the race leaders at the Norweigan National Championships and
:19:08. > :19:13.was clearly frustrated by his performance today. However in
:19:14. > :19:23.qualifying for the quarter finals he achieved Britain's best ever result
:19:24. > :19:29.in the sport. I saw the guy took the lead and managed to stand his
:19:30. > :19:37.ground. As soon as we went into the long hill, I just felt it wasn't a
:19:38. > :19:39.good day and sometimes you get bad days and it sucks that it happened
:19:40. > :19:43.at the Olympics. Southampton could go eighth in the
:19:44. > :19:47.Premier League if they take at least a point in their match against Hull
:19:48. > :19:50.tonight. The match comes off the back of their 2`2 draw against Stoke
:19:51. > :19:54.on Saturday where Rickie Lambert had the goal of the game. Saints are
:19:55. > :19:57.unbeaten in their last five league matches. There's full commentary on
:19:58. > :19:59.BBC Radio Solent. And also tonight, Brighton play in the Championship.
:20:00. > :20:05.The Seagulls, currently eighth in the table, face Leeds at the Amex
:20:06. > :20:08.stadium. Kevin Pietersen has signed a new
:20:09. > :20:10.contract with Surrey County Cricket Club for the coming season.
:20:11. > :20:13.Pietersen, who was dropped by England earlier this month, will
:20:14. > :20:20.mainly play in the revamped T`Twenty competition named Twenty20 Blast
:20:21. > :20:23.which will run from May to July. However the batsman could also
:20:24. > :20:24.feature in first class and 50`over games depending on other
:20:25. > :20:39.commitments. I want to show you some really good
:20:40. > :20:41.pictures now. Last night we told you about Caribbean crabs being swept
:20:42. > :20:49.up, off the Kimmeridge coast, because of the storm. Well, today, a
:20:50. > :21:01.seal pup has been washed up on the beach at Bournemouth. The pup came
:21:02. > :21:05.ashore at Durley Chine. Rescuers along with police and the RSPCA had
:21:06. > :21:12.to take it off the beach and to the West Hatch sanctuary. She is a grey
:21:13. > :21:21.seal, named Kyarra after a famous Dorset shipwreck..
:21:22. > :21:26.Are we going to have a lot more wind and rain or is it slowing down a
:21:27. > :21:31.bit? It is still coming at us. Next week
:21:32. > :21:35.we are looking at these storms becoming less intense and hopefully
:21:36. > :21:40.trying out by the end of the month. Are they going to be fewer of them?
:21:41. > :21:46.Fewer of them but we will still have them.
:21:47. > :21:50.David Silver captured the flooding at Iffley lock on the outskirts of
:21:51. > :21:54.Oxford. Mel Bury took this shot of the
:21:55. > :21:58.flooding over the Thames Valley Park in Reading today.
:21:59. > :22:00.And Roy Venkatesh captured Barney enjoying being amongst the crocuses
:22:01. > :22:12.in Eastrop park in Basingstoke. We have some more rain for tomorrow
:22:13. > :22:20.and into the weekend. Tonight we are looking at the potential for some
:22:21. > :22:26.snow showers. Over the Salisbury plain, it turns quieter during the
:22:27. > :22:33.first part of the night then we will see further wintry showers. We could
:22:34. > :22:42.have won two two centimetres tonight. `` the big risk of ice on
:22:43. > :22:47.untreated services. Tomorrow morning, the wind will pick up speed
:22:48. > :22:51.and will be strong through the course of the day. Showers initially
:22:52. > :22:56.before an intense band of rain arrives before lunchtime. That will
:22:57. > :23:01.move fairly swiftly on those brisk winds and we are expecting highs of
:23:02. > :23:10.seven to 10 Celsius. The winds tomorrow are the key feature and we
:23:11. > :23:16.have gusts of up to 60 to 70 mph. We have parts of Dorset included in the
:23:17. > :23:20.Met Office amber weather warning. I'll swear, there are yellow weather
:23:21. > :23:31.warnings for wind and rain. We could see an inch of rain fall. ``
:23:32. > :23:41.elsewhere, they argue have dashed yellow weather warnings for wind and
:23:42. > :23:48.rain. It is only on Thursday morning that we see the wind easing. It is a
:23:49. > :23:51.quieter day all in all. There is a fuchsia hours before this next area
:23:52. > :23:59.of low pressure starts to swing its way in. This is all about the rain.
:24:00. > :24:03.We are expecting some intense rainfall throughout the period of
:24:04. > :24:08.Friday night into Saturday morning courtesy of that area of low
:24:09. > :24:15.pressure. The wind will be brisk without rain. We are expecting some
:24:16. > :24:25.heavy rain tomorrow, more so in the afternoon and and `` and an amber
:24:26. > :24:28.weather warning on Wednesday. We have sunshine and showers on
:24:29. > :24:31.Thursday and the next band of weather arrives on Friday.
:24:32. > :24:36.It's called slopestyle and it's never been seen at the Olympics
:24:37. > :24:39.until now: Freestyle skiing and snowboarding.
:24:40. > :24:46.A heady concoction of aerial tricks and sheer bravery.
:24:47. > :24:49.The event is now a firm Sochi favourite so it seemed only right to
:24:50. > :24:57.give our own dare`devil weather presenter a chance to try it out.
:24:58. > :25:06.Did you enjoy it? I did, yes.
:25:07. > :25:15.It is early morning in Bracknell and the potential Olympians of tomorrow
:25:16. > :25:22.are practising hard. Teaching them is James Webb. I first started
:25:23. > :25:29.skiing here and then got into competitions and was part of the GB
:25:30. > :25:34.team. Recently, I tried to enter the Olympics but have sustained an
:25:35. > :25:43.injury. I am getting my own riding back up now. Slopestyle is the new
:25:44. > :25:50.sporting skiing. It is brand`new at the Olympics this year. There is
:25:51. > :25:58.various jumps along the course and you have to pick the best line and
:25:59. > :26:04.the best job. Do not be afraid. Then it was my turn to have a go. I have
:26:05. > :26:12.skied since I was six but have never attempted to jump on a dry slope.
:26:13. > :26:19.You want to have your knees bent and get your weight forward with your
:26:20. > :26:26.hands in front of you. No leaning back allowed. No fear. OK. I love
:26:27. > :26:50.it. Let's go again. It is pretty cool that we can ski
:26:51. > :26:56.not on snow and do it all year round. I think it is amazing. Sunday
:26:57. > :27:02.mornings, we run coaching sessions. It is her hopes that after the
:27:03. > :27:12.Olympics, the excitement will replicate here. Come down and give
:27:13. > :27:13.it a go. I keep telling myself that falling is all part of the learning
:27:14. > :27:24.process. It is amazing how fearless these
:27:25. > :27:32.kids are. They are absolutely inspiring and they could one day be
:27:33. > :27:36.the Olympians of the future. You could get picked for the British
:27:37. > :27:41.team for the next winter Olympics without a shadow of a doubt. That is
:27:42. > :27:43.if for now. Goodbye. `` Winter Olympics.