:00:00. > :00:08.Hello welcome to South Today, I'm Tony Husband. Here's tonight's top
:00:09. > :00:11.stories: No consultants on shift ` one hospital defends itself after a
:00:12. > :00:18.BBC investigation highlights a weekend issue on some of our wards.
:00:19. > :00:23.You could come here 8am any Saturday or Sunday, with your film crew and
:00:24. > :00:28.you will see us here working. Seeing patients straight off the streets.
:00:29. > :00:32.New allegations of historic abuse by Jimmy Savile at two children's homes
:00:33. > :00:35.in the South. Coming to a station nearer you ` Crossrail will bring
:00:36. > :00:39.thousands more train seats for commuters into London. And sacked
:00:40. > :00:45.after just 20 matches in charge, Portsmouth give manager Richie
:00:46. > :00:49.Barker the boot. Ritchie was the wrong person in the wrong person in
:00:50. > :00:52.the wrong place at the wrong time. He didn't fit Portsmouth. We all
:00:53. > :01:05.thought he would. He hasn't done. A BBC investigation has discovered
:01:06. > :01:09.that one hospital in the South has no consultants at all on its wards
:01:10. > :01:12.on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The investigation by Radio Four
:01:13. > :01:15.looked at who was on shift in hospitals and working at 3pm over
:01:16. > :01:18.one weekend in December. Those figures were compared with
:01:19. > :01:21.consultants working on a week day, and showed a drop of 84%. Our health
:01:22. > :01:33.correspondent David Fenton has been looking at the figures. We all know
:01:34. > :01:36.that there aren't as many consultants around at the weekends
:01:37. > :01:41.as there are during the week ` but these figures show how much that
:01:42. > :01:45.varies from hospital to hospital. St Mary's on the Isle of Wight had no
:01:46. > :01:50.consultants in at all on either the Saturday or Sunday afternoons that
:01:51. > :01:53.we looked at. The Queen Alexandra in Cosham ` a much bigger hospital `
:01:54. > :01:59.had 14 consultants working across different wards. And at Frimley Park
:02:00. > :02:06.in Surrey there were 22 consultants on shift in the hospital on Saturday
:02:07. > :02:09.and 12 the Sunday. Why does it matter ` because death rates for
:02:10. > :02:21.patients are often higher at weekends and the NHS wants to move
:02:22. > :02:25.to more seven day care. Maria Lynch is an emergency consultant on the
:02:26. > :02:28.Isle of Wight. She works one weekend every month ` on the ward in the
:02:29. > :02:32.morning and on call in the afternoon, when often there are no
:02:33. > :02:36.consultants in the hospital at all. Every weekend one of us will be here
:02:37. > :02:39.from 8am and we take a handover from the night registrar and we work
:02:40. > :02:43.through until around lunchtime. At that point, we may go home and have
:02:44. > :02:47.lunch and we can get call back for all major trauma, burns, accidents
:02:48. > :02:56.on the road. We come back for every sort of event. This patient has
:02:57. > :03:01.broken his ankle. A is one area where the NHS believes weekend cover
:03:02. > :03:05.is especially important. But for small hospitals like this one,
:03:06. > :03:08.that's difficult. Total number of consultants working here is 80 and
:03:09. > :03:13.actually there wouldn't be that much work for those consultants to do
:03:14. > :03:20.even if they were here. Never mind the cost involved of putting on that
:03:21. > :03:23.level of cover. Many larger hospitals do have consultants
:03:24. > :03:26.working on the wards at weekends and even operating. This team at
:03:27. > :03:35.Southampton General are doing regular brain surgery procedures on
:03:36. > :03:38.Saturdays. I think there are some people like myself and the
:03:39. > :03:41.anaesthetic team who actually might prefer to work the odd Saturday. It
:03:42. > :03:46.is an efficient, effective list and is quite enjoyable. The NHS wants to
:03:47. > :03:51.see more of this to help improve patient care throughout the week.
:03:52. > :03:55.This whole argument goes beyond hospitals. It goes into the
:03:56. > :03:57.availability of primary care at the weekends and also the availability
:03:58. > :04:01.of community and Social Services. But the hospitals are simply one
:04:02. > :04:07.component of a much bigger issue that we have to tackle on behalf of
:04:08. > :04:10.our society. For smaller hospitals like St Mary's recruiting
:04:11. > :04:21.consultants isn't easy and working them at weekends will cost an extra
:04:22. > :04:25.?2 or ?3 million a year. What I didn't say there is that consultants
:04:26. > :04:29.are often working late into the night and in the early mornings on
:04:30. > :04:34.callment but that is not the same as being available for their patients
:04:35. > :04:39.all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Hospitals even smaller ones are
:04:40. > :04:45.looking at how they can do that. But it not going to happen quickly.
:04:46. > :04:48.Thank you. It's emerged that two children's homes in the south are
:04:49. > :04:51.being investigated as part of the latest claims into historic abuse
:04:52. > :04:54.carried out by Jimmy Savile. Police are looking into incidents at an
:04:55. > :04:57.unnamed home in Bournemouth and Broomfield Children's Home in
:04:58. > :05:00.Guildford. It's part of a series of investigations across the country
:05:01. > :05:07.following a review of documents by the Metropolitan Police. Nikki
:05:08. > :05:13.Mitchell reports from Bournemouth. Jimmy Savile adored the view from
:05:14. > :05:17.his holiday flat in East Cliff, a flat he bought in the 70s and owned
:05:18. > :05:24.until his death. Bournemouth I find a very gentle place, full of very
:05:25. > :05:29.nice gentle people and very, very attractive ladies, thank goodness!
:05:30. > :05:35.Chilling words by a man police have labelled as a prolific sex offender.
:05:36. > :05:38.A man often spotted running along the seafront here. Now the
:05:39. > :05:44.Department for Education has asked the council to investigate a single
:05:45. > :05:48.historic allegation of abuse carried out at a local children's home. We
:05:49. > :05:52.have been given the witness's statement and we have been given
:05:53. > :05:57.some guidance about our role in terms of investigating that
:05:58. > :06:00.allegation and reporting procedures back to the Department for
:06:01. > :06:05.Education. To you know the name of the home involved? No, we don't. We
:06:06. > :06:12.have very sketchy information about the time scales, the home and that
:06:13. > :06:16.obviously will be our urgent priority to establish the facts as
:06:17. > :06:21.soon as we can. Jimmy Savile sailed on the QE2 at least 50 times, once
:06:22. > :06:26.telling the BBC the ship was his spiritual home. But he travelled so
:06:27. > :06:32.widely accounts for the fact the investigation in Bournemouth is one
:06:33. > :06:36.one of 21 being launched. As well as his holiday flat, Jimmy Savile had
:06:37. > :06:41.business interests in Bournemouth and it is thought he owned this
:06:42. > :06:45.entire block at one time, renting out flats. It is not known how long
:06:46. > :06:49.the investigation by the council will take. That depends whether they
:06:50. > :06:57.find any truth in the allegation and whether or not this single
:06:58. > :07:01.allegation leads to any others. It's long been rumoured, and hard fought
:07:02. > :07:04.for. And today, it became a reality. Crossrail ` the new rail route
:07:05. > :07:08.operating beneath London ` will be extended to Reading when it opens in
:07:09. > :07:11.five years' time. Using the existing lines, it will mean more passenger
:07:12. > :07:14.capacity from the Thames Valley into the capital, offering thousands of
:07:15. > :07:18.extra rush hour seats on one of the country's most congested routes. But
:07:19. > :07:25.it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Joe Campbell has the story.
:07:26. > :07:32.Rush hour Reading and it is easy to see why extra seats between here Rah
:07:33. > :07:36.London will be welcomed by many. For business travellers, cross rail has
:07:37. > :07:42.one other big benefit. I don't have to get out to change. Half of the
:07:43. > :07:46.stress of the journey is is the connection going to be there. You're
:07:47. > :07:51.on a platform wondering if that tube line is delayed. I prefer to have a
:07:52. > :07:56.seat in a relaxing journey. One of the obstacles to bring the scheme to
:07:57. > :08:00.Reading was the cost of extending electrification this far out of
:08:01. > :08:06.town. But with the wires now advancing as part of the Great West
:08:07. > :08:14.scheme it is no longer an obstacle and it is not a case of when but ``
:08:15. > :08:19.not if but when it will arrive. It joins up the dots that have been
:08:20. > :08:24.around for a number of years. Reading stationed designed to take
:08:25. > :08:29.CrossRail and now electrification. This will make Reading the place
:08:30. > :08:34.where international companies will want to continue to come and new
:08:35. > :08:41.ones will be knocking on the door. It means it will be a great place to
:08:42. > :08:45.live. Unlike the existing trains, CrossRail will lack one facility,
:08:46. > :08:50.but some question whether it is the right service. It is not something
:08:51. > :08:55.that answers my dreams. I don't think it will make any difference,
:08:56. > :08:59.because it won't be as fast as my other train. Will take the direct
:09:00. > :09:03.service from Reading to London which takes 25 minutes. I don't think the
:09:04. > :09:06.stopping service will help. While the government says it is
:09:07. > :09:16.considering faster services, squeezing them on to the the route
:09:17. > :09:22.will take considerable investment. Our transport correspondent is with
:09:23. > :09:29.me. For 20 years Reading ruled it out. What has changed. CrossRail
:09:30. > :09:35.should always have gone to Reading. Because unlike Maidenhead it already
:09:36. > :09:41.a busy interchange. The rebuilt Taed reading `` the rebuild Reading
:09:42. > :09:46.station was built to deal with CrossRail. Now electrification is
:09:47. > :09:50.happening any way, that big financial obstacle has been removed.
:09:51. > :09:54.So does Reading get more trains going into London or just different
:09:55. > :10:01.ones? They will get do CrossRail services an hour into the heart of
:10:02. > :10:07.London from 2019. They will stop at Twiford. The trains are in addition
:10:08. > :10:10.to the suburban trains and the new intercity services. The result will
:10:11. > :10:15.be a transformation of services, adding thousands of extra seats a
:10:16. > :10:20.day. They look more like tube trains, will they be as slow? They
:10:21. > :10:26.will take 50 minutes to get into London, compared to 25 for the
:10:27. > :10:30.intercity trains. This is a high density tube`type service, that
:10:31. > :10:36.means no toilets. It means no catering. But it will take a lot of
:10:37. > :10:39.pressure off First Great Western services. Perhaps the biggest
:10:40. > :10:48.benefits are for people using stations east of Reading, because
:10:49. > :10:51.they would never get the new trains. Thank you. A man arrested in
:10:52. > :10:54.connection with human trafficking in Bournemouth has been released on
:10:55. > :10:57.bail. Police raided a garage as part of an investigation into forced
:10:58. > :11:01.labour. Six men aged between 20 and 30, were taken to a safe house.
:11:02. > :11:05.Locals say the car wash was busy at all hours and recently men had
:11:06. > :11:08.started living in a caravan on the site. Still to come in this
:11:09. > :11:11.evening's South Today: The history of the satchel as the next
:11:12. > :11:18.generation of reporters takes to the air. The editor of the Reading
:11:19. > :11:21.Chronicle has been suspended and an investigation launched by the
:11:22. > :11:25.newspaper's publishers after it ran a front page about hooliganism at
:11:26. > :11:28.the town's football club. Last week the newspaper upset Royals fans and
:11:29. > :11:31.the club chairman who called the article an "unwarranted attack". An
:11:32. > :11:35.apology was then made by the paper online. Today the newspaper
:11:36. > :11:44.apologised on its front page, saying Reading fans have a well deserved
:11:45. > :11:47.reputation. Onto sport now and Portsmouth's under pressure board
:11:48. > :11:52.sacked manager Richie Barker today, with the club facing a fight for
:11:53. > :11:55.survival as a football league team. Pompey, owned by a supporters trust,
:11:56. > :11:59.have turned to Andy Awford as a caretaker for the second time this
:12:00. > :12:02.season. He has seven games to turn their fortunes around. James Ingham
:12:03. > :12:08.has spent the day in Portsmouth. James, what's the reaction been?
:12:09. > :12:12.Well as you know, Portsmouth supporters have been have been
:12:13. > :12:16.through a lot. Their club's nearly collapsed, but still they have
:12:17. > :12:20.fallen through the leagues. This season they have watched as the team
:12:21. > :12:24.has struggled on the pitch, making relegation a real threat. So there
:12:25. > :12:31.are huge hopes here that a change at the top will be the key to survival.
:12:32. > :12:34.Players gave nothing away today, shortly after hearing they were
:12:35. > :12:39.getting a new boss. The man who has led them for three months has failed
:12:40. > :12:45.to inspire them. Recent results speak for themselves. The team's won
:12:46. > :12:49.only four of 20 matches since Ritchie Barker took charge, putting
:12:50. > :12:55.them in serious danger of relegation. The board has run out of
:12:56. > :13:00.patience. We cannot risk doing nothing and letting this club go
:13:01. > :13:04.into the conference and so we had to act. It wasn't a case of more time.
:13:05. > :13:07.We don't want to be in the conference next year. We want to be
:13:08. > :13:12.in the league. It is time to start fighting our way out. After taking
:13:13. > :13:16.over, Ritchie Barker said he was shocked by the challenge he faced
:13:17. > :13:21.turning Pompey round. He said it would take time. But after three
:13:22. > :13:25.months, the club's decided he just isn't up to the job. Ritchie was the
:13:26. > :13:32.wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time. He didn't fit the
:13:33. > :13:36.Portsmouth mould. We all thought he would. But he has not. I am sure he
:13:37. > :13:41.will be a success elsewhere. But it wasn't working here and now. Pompey
:13:42. > :13:46.is owned by the fans and last year supporters who took over the club
:13:47. > :13:50.were cheered. Today, they're being urged to unite behind the club's
:13:51. > :13:53.decision. Whether or not they agree. It is down to the manager. You look
:13:54. > :13:59.at some of the other managers, they're getting results. Portsmouth
:14:00. > :14:05.seem to be stuck. So it is probably the time for change. I think so.
:14:06. > :14:09.They have got to get somebody good, somebody who can motivate them to
:14:10. > :14:12.stay up. Its not the manager's fault. It comes down to the players.
:14:13. > :14:19.But obviously they have to take responsibility for this. It is
:14:20. > :14:25.unfortunate, because the fan base is fantastic. Pompey's fate is now in
:14:26. > :14:30.the hands of Andy Awford who will manage the club for the lest of
:14:31. > :14:37.season. He has just seven weeks to up the game if Portsmouth are to
:14:38. > :14:40.survive in the Football League. The supporters trust believes Andy
:14:41. > :14:46.Awford is up to the challenge and the club runs through his blood. As
:14:47. > :14:50.a player he successfully fought relegation. He has been speaking to
:14:51. > :14:55.the squad, but we will have to wait until tomorrow before he reveals his
:14:56. > :15:03.game plan for the final few crucial weeks. Thank you. In her day she was
:15:04. > :15:06.a pioneering feat of maritime engineering with a fearsome
:15:07. > :15:08.reputation that deterred would be invaders. HMS Warrior now cuts a
:15:09. > :15:16.distinctive silhouette on the Portsmouth skyline. More than 150
:15:17. > :15:22.years after she was built, the warship's long`serving 18th captain
:15:23. > :15:25.stood down today. Katy Austin was there. Well good luck, Tim. Handing
:15:26. > :15:35.over the baton, or in this case handing over a telescope. Ken Jones
:15:36. > :15:39.is retiring as the captain of HMS Warrior. Today he got the chance to
:15:40. > :15:42.show off the ship he has led for eight years to his successor,
:15:43. > :15:45.retired naval officer, Tim Ash. When she was commissioned in 1860, HMS
:15:46. > :15:48.Warrior was the only iron`hulled warship in the world. She saw ten
:15:49. > :15:51.years of active service, but never went into battle. Now she sits here,
:15:52. > :15:56.permanently in Portsmouth's historic dockyard. But she still needs a
:15:57. > :16:02.captain. These days the captain's role doesn't involve going to sea.
:16:03. > :16:06.It's about preserving heritage. My real key job, as the Chief Executive
:16:07. > :16:11.of the trust that looks after it, is to make sure it is preserved for
:16:12. > :16:14.future generations. Even though the next captain is more used to
:16:15. > :16:18.minesweepers than museums, he's looking forward to getting to know
:16:19. > :16:22.the ropes. In many respects it's similar. It's about promoting the
:16:23. > :16:26.ethos and values. So there is better opportunity to show people what we
:16:27. > :16:32.do here. Having changed the face of naval history, this is a difficult
:16:33. > :16:35.ship to part from. I'm a little bit sad, because it's been really,
:16:36. > :16:39.really good fun and people ask me what's it like to work in the
:16:40. > :16:42.Warrior and expect me to say it's been good fun and it has been
:16:43. > :16:51.really. The new captain will officially take the wheel on Monday.
:16:52. > :16:54.Today is School Report day, when pupils from schools across the south
:16:55. > :16:57.learn about making TV and radio. Tonight, we have three students from
:16:58. > :17:03.Applemore College, near Dibden Purlieu who tell the history of the
:17:04. > :17:07.satchel. Do you know the value of your school badge? Do you know know
:17:08. > :17:10.when the first satchel ever appeared? We will be taking an
:17:11. > :17:15.exciting look at the history of the satchel. With the expense of the
:17:16. > :17:18.school bag increasing at an alarming rate. We'll be interviewing pupils
:17:19. > :17:21.at Applemore College to find out what they carry in their school bags
:17:22. > :17:22.and whether they think they're putting themselves at risk by
:17:23. > :17:34.carrying such costly items. # It's not about the money, we don't
:17:35. > :17:41.need your money! # What do you carry in your school bag? I mostly carry
:17:42. > :17:44.my phone and my purse. I've just got my phone and that's really it. How
:17:45. > :17:49.much do you think it's worth? I don't know. 500? I just carry my
:17:50. > :17:55.phone and some head phones and that's about it. So in total, how
:17:56. > :18:01.much do you think your school bag's worth? With my phones and all, about
:18:02. > :18:05.700. Yeah I'd say the same. Did you have any expensive gadgets in your
:18:06. > :18:09.school bag when you were is a student? No, we had brick`like
:18:10. > :18:15.phones which I begged for at the age of 13. The leather satchel has been
:18:16. > :18:19.around for centuries as a means of carrying things. In Roman times it
:18:20. > :18:24.was a Localus, which literally means a little place. In popular culture,
:18:25. > :18:25.the iconic leather bag has always been associated with the classic
:18:26. > :18:45.English boy and Indiana Jones too! To find out more about the history,
:18:46. > :18:50.we Skyped a museum in Holland. This museum specialises in the history of
:18:51. > :18:57.bags, purses and satchels. Books are coming up in the late 19th century.
:18:58. > :19:03.Before that you didn't take a lot of things with you. When they started
:19:04. > :19:13.to take books with you and it's more like second world. You take more and
:19:14. > :19:16.more and your satchel gets bigger. With more expensive gadgets being
:19:17. > :19:19.carried in our school bags, the potential risk of thefts can be
:19:20. > :19:22.greater. We asked Hampshire police for their advice on how to keep
:19:23. > :19:26.school bags safe. Possibly stay in groups and not to leave your bags
:19:27. > :19:30.unattended. You've got simple marking equipment that can be used,
:19:31. > :19:34.such as UV pens, so you can post code your lap top, your iPod, mobile
:19:35. > :19:37.phone. And you can also register with online web`site companies with
:19:38. > :19:50.all your serial numbers that the police can use to help search should
:19:51. > :19:55.they get lost or stolen. So what's in your school bag? And remember, if
:19:56. > :20:05.you don't need it ` don't take it. This is Ben. Philip. And Alex.
:20:06. > :20:12.Reporting for BBC School Report. A very good report as well. Now some
:20:13. > :20:15.rugby. London Irish's club captain and longest serving player Declan
:20:16. > :20:19.Danaher hung up his boots last week. The flanker ` who's known amongst
:20:20. > :20:23.the fans as Mr London Irish ` has been with the Exiles since the age
:20:24. > :20:27.of 17. And now he's moving on to work with the club's stars of the
:20:28. > :20:29.future Jenna Hawkey has been talking to him. Declan has been a leader
:20:30. > :20:34.among the players and a favourite with the fans. But after 15 years he
:20:35. > :20:39.has decided to call it a day. I made a conscious decision at the start of
:20:40. > :20:44.the season to think about myself and life after rugby and then I suppose
:20:45. > :20:50.six or seven weeks ago I managed to tear a muscle and that is a four
:20:51. > :20:58.month rehab. But I think my time will be far better spent with the
:20:59. > :21:06.Academy and the young guys. He has been with the team through some
:21:07. > :21:12.highs and lows. Winning the PowerGen Cup was amazing. The period from
:21:13. > :21:20.2000 of to 20 twen when we made a Premiership final and went to the
:21:21. > :21:24.semi final of the Heineken Cup. But he won't be going far. He has taken
:21:25. > :21:32.up a full`time coaching position with the club's Academy. Something
:21:33. > :21:38.he has been fitting in until now. I'm looking forward to working with
:21:39. > :21:43.the young guys. I couldn't think of a better person to be in charge of
:21:44. > :21:48.moulding young players and for the young players, particularly modern
:21:49. > :21:55.players, to understand that the club comes first and the team comes first
:21:56. > :22:05.zblcht this weekend `` This weekend they will take on Harlequins at the
:22:06. > :22:09.Stoop. Good luck to Declan and to London Irish. We saw some of our
:22:10. > :22:12.school report students in action putting together their own report.
:22:13. > :22:16.Some others involved in the project have been learning about other
:22:17. > :22:28.aspects of our job here and in particular the weather. Yes Yes, six
:22:29. > :22:33.students came to join me earlier this week to learn how I do my job.
:22:34. > :22:37.But, it was with a twist. We set them a task, to do the weather in
:22:38. > :22:39.their first language or one they are learning. See if you can guess which
:22:40. > :24:34.languages they are. Very good. They got the mannerism
:24:35. > :24:39.right. The point at the end ander very confident. Did it put you under
:24:40. > :24:44.pressure? Looking good? It is looking good for the weekend.
:24:45. > :24:47.Richard Jacobs photographed a Red Kite enjoying the sunshine at
:24:48. > :24:51.Timsbury in the Test Valley. Karen Slack captured a busy bee on Cherry
:24:52. > :24:54.Blossom today at Whippenham on the Isle of Wight. And Michael Foreman
:24:55. > :24:58.took this picture of Bella enjoying the spring sunshine with the cows in
:24:59. > :25:04.Farnborough. We are expecting a few showers for the first part of the
:25:05. > :25:08.night. They will ease away, but there may be the odd rumble of
:25:09. > :25:13.thunder. Through the night the risk of a few showers drifting up from
:25:14. > :25:18.France and more likely the further west you are in Dorset and the Isle
:25:19. > :25:24.of Wight. Elsewhere, mainly dry with temperatures down to four to five
:25:25. > :25:32.Celsius. So a warmer night than last night. And ruling out the chance of
:25:33. > :25:36.a frost. The thundery showers will continue in the west. They could
:25:37. > :25:41.drift further north and eastwards. There will be some sunshine. But it
:25:42. > :25:46.will be limited with temperatures up to 12 or 13 Celsius. The winds are
:25:47. > :25:50.changing direction tomorrow. So we are expecting drier air to push in
:25:51. > :25:54.from the south and east and that means temperatures are on the up. As
:25:55. > :25:56.we head to the weekend we are looking at temperatures above the
:25:57. > :26:02.seasonal average. Further shourts for the south and west tomorrow. ``
:26:03. > :26:07.showers. But clearing skies and mild temperatures with that warm air
:26:08. > :26:11.arriving. Expect lows of five to six Celsius. A dry start on Saturday.
:26:12. > :26:17.And it should stay that way through the weekend and it will be mainly
:26:18. > :26:23.dry. That dry air coming from the south`east. Some sunshine but not
:26:24. > :26:27.wall to wall sun. A cloudy start on Saturday. Sunday starts dry, but by
:26:28. > :26:35.the evening we will see cloud and a front creeping up during the second
:26:36. > :26:41.part of die and `` of the die. `` of the day. Some showers tomorrow and
:26:42. > :26:47.as we head to the weekend temperatures are on the up. As we
:26:48. > :26:49.head to Monday, still the risk of a few showers. But the mild
:26:50. > :26:55.temperatures will stay us with. As you heard in the school report, the
:26:56. > :27:00.clocks string sfoer ward on `` spring forward on Sunday by an hour.
:27:01. > :27:06.Thank you. Tomorrow the man who hopes to keep Portsmouth in the
:27:07. > :27:10.Football League. And we will see you tomorrow.