:00:00. > :00:26.From floods to tears to anger, residents say early warning signs
:00:27. > :00:36.were ignored and more could've been done to protect their homes.
:00:37. > :00:39.People have been crying, they are devastated. This has been
:00:40. > :00:40.heartbreaking. Turning the tide, how new
:00:41. > :00:42.sea defences are helping Plans for a huge off`shore windfarm
:00:43. > :00:59.which would lie off the Dorset coast have been officially submitted to
:01:00. > :01:02.the Government today. The Navitus Bay development
:01:03. > :01:05.would see almost 200 wind turbines just more than ten miles
:01:06. > :01:10.away from the beaches The developers say it could generate
:01:11. > :01:13.enough clean power It would contribute more than
:01:14. > :01:20.?1.62 billion to the economy The development would create 1,700
:01:21. > :01:26.jobs during construction. And it would sustain 140 permanent
:01:27. > :01:30.posts. But the plans are still being fought
:01:31. > :01:34.by some protestors, who have taken their concerns to a special meeting
:01:35. > :01:37.in Bournemouth tonight. Our reporter, Steve Humphrey,
:01:38. > :01:48.has the details. These are the views that would
:01:49. > :01:53.change if the big Navitus Bay project goes ahead. The 200 metre
:01:54. > :01:57.tall turbines will be visible from parts of Dorset, Hampshire and the
:01:58. > :02:02.Isle of Wight. It will cover an area of 60 square miles of the coast.
:02:03. > :02:07.There have been demonstrations by supporters of the project and by
:02:08. > :02:11.opponents. Concerns have been expressed about the possible impact
:02:12. > :02:15.on tourism. This evening, residents groups arguing that the wind farm
:02:16. > :02:21.could affect migrating birds and they say the turbines will be very
:02:22. > :02:24.noisy. They are definitely serious concerns was that we know that
:02:25. > :02:31.piledriving will most definitely be heard along the shoreline here. We
:02:32. > :02:34.know that the noise regulations are not being complied with in this
:02:35. > :02:39.scheme. The people behind the wind farm project dispute those
:02:40. > :02:43.arguments. They say they are deeply concerned they were not invited to
:02:44. > :02:47.this evening's meeting. We have seen the agenda for the meeting and we
:02:48. > :02:50.feel there are inaccuracies and inconsistencies in it. We would
:02:51. > :02:53.welcome the opportunity to put those right so we have written to
:02:54. > :02:58.Bournemouth Council today and offered opportunity for us to set
:02:59. > :03:02.straight some of the inaccuracies we have seen. Bournemouth Council will
:03:03. > :03:04.eventually submit its views on a project to the planning
:03:05. > :03:12.Inspectorate, the final decision will be taken by the Secretary of
:03:13. > :03:15.State for the environment. What we're doing tonight is making an
:03:16. > :03:19.investigation, we need to see if there are issues. If there are, then
:03:20. > :03:24.we will be contacting Navitus Bay to have discussions with them on that.
:03:25. > :03:27.A formal application for the wind farm has been handed to the
:03:28. > :03:33.Government's planning Inspectorate today. It is expected that a final
:03:34. > :03:36.decision will be made at some stage next year.
:03:37. > :03:41.Steve will have a report from tonight's meeting
:03:42. > :03:48.An inquest into the death of an 11`month`old baby who suffered
:03:49. > :03:51.a rare complication, following major heart surgery in Southampton has
:03:52. > :03:53.largely supported the actions of doctors. The parents of
:03:54. > :03:56.Mahir Choudhary said he seemed well before the operation at Southampton
:03:57. > :04:01.General, and that the risks werent properly explained to them. But
:04:02. > :04:05.after a two`day inquest, the coroner has concluded there is NO evidence
:04:06. > :04:09.to support this claim. More details from Chrissy Sturt.
:04:10. > :04:21.A longed for child, born after ten years of trying. But Mahir Chowdhury
:04:22. > :04:26.had a major heart defect. Doctors tried to improve his chances but
:04:27. > :04:29.there was never a hope for a cure. He was brought here to Southampton
:04:30. > :04:33.General Hospital for several operations. The last was the most
:04:34. > :04:37.risky and surgeons wanted to delay it until he was older and more
:04:38. > :04:42.robust. Last year, it was urgently brought forward when it became clear
:04:43. > :04:46.that without it Mahir Chowdhury only had months to live. During that
:04:47. > :04:50.procedure, there was internal bleeding. The surgeon had to try and
:04:51. > :04:53.stop this and in doing so inadvertently stitched the
:04:54. > :04:58.coronary, causing a blockage that meant several hours later he passed
:04:59. > :05:03.away. The parents of Mahir Chowdhury said
:05:04. > :05:06.that the risks were not properly explain to them. The coroner went
:05:07. > :05:09.out of the way to support the decisions made by the medical team
:05:10. > :05:13.here at the hospital, saying of the operation itself that it was the
:05:14. > :05:21.only chance to give Mahir Chowdhury a reasonable life expectancy and
:05:22. > :05:25.that the accidental stitching of the artery was an unavoidable attempt to
:05:26. > :05:28.stop the bleeding. He would have died had it not been done. The
:05:29. > :05:32.family do not accept this conclusion. The parents still have
:05:33. > :05:39.some significant concerns about the death of their son. He was 11 months
:05:40. > :05:41.old and was their only son. They still have significant concerns
:05:42. > :05:48.about whether or not consent was obtained from them, fully informed
:05:49. > :05:51.consent. The hospital say it was a difficult case and despite their
:05:52. > :05:56.best efforts he died of a rare complications.
:05:57. > :05:59.A 14`year`old boy has been sent to prison for six years for the
:06:00. > :06:04.manslaughter of his stepfather. Jerome Ellis was told by the judge
:06:05. > :06:11.at Guildford Crown Court that he should serve half of that time, due
:06:12. > :06:21.to the exceptional circumstances of the case. James Ingham reports.
:06:22. > :06:27.His brother, who was found guilty of murder, will be sentenced at a later
:06:28. > :06:34.date. The suicide of a violinist days
:06:35. > :06:37.after she testified in court against an ex`choirmaster "could and should"
:06:38. > :06:39.have been prevented, a report has said.
:06:40. > :06:41.Frances Andrade killed herself at her home in Guildford a week
:06:42. > :06:45.after giving evidence against former music director Michael Brewer, who
:06:46. > :06:48.was jailed for six years. A serious case review said she was "let down"
:06:49. > :07:02.by mental health services. It was a suicide that could have
:07:03. > :07:08.been avoided. A concert in memory of her life. In the 1970s, Frances
:07:09. > :07:14.Andrade, an aspiring violinist, was accepted into a prestigious music
:07:15. > :07:19.school. She became disruptive in class and was referred by a sick I
:07:20. > :07:28.addressed to live the music director and his wife. She said it was the
:07:29. > :07:33.damage yours wanted but he was abusing her. He had continued to
:07:34. > :07:38.teach. In court, she was labelled a fantasist and a liar. The choir
:07:39. > :07:42.director was jailed for six years, guilty of the abuse of Frances
:07:43. > :07:49.Andrade when she was 14 and 15 years old. His wife, Hillary, was jailed
:07:50. > :07:54.for 21 months. Frances Andrade had her day in court. So why did she
:07:55. > :07:58.take her own life? A serious case review says you was let down by
:07:59. > :08:03.mental health services who failed to realise how vulnerable she was as
:08:04. > :08:08.she fought for justice. Proper care measures and adequate risk
:08:09. > :08:15.assessments were not in place as she made increasingly serious suicide
:08:16. > :08:27.bids. There have been calls for improvements to the support offered
:08:28. > :08:29.to sex abuse survivors. Until the Government really invests
:08:30. > :08:37.in supporting survivors and victims, then these kinds of
:08:38. > :08:40.tragedies will continue. Surrey Police say improvements to pre`trial
:08:41. > :08:45.support have been made but this week, in a newspaper article, there
:08:46. > :08:50.will warning that victims of sexual crimes still face an unacceptable
:08:51. > :08:53.ordeal in the courtroom. The former chief prosecutor is now part of a
:08:54. > :08:59.labour task force which will be proposing a new law to give better
:09:00. > :09:05.protection to victims before, jarring and after the court process,
:09:06. > :09:12.which may include judges cross`examining victims rather than
:09:13. > :09:17.barristers. The governance as it is spending more money than ever before
:09:18. > :09:26.to help police and health officials deal with victims of sex abuse.
:09:27. > :09:31.Campaigners are calling for a national enquiry into abuse at other
:09:32. > :09:36.music schools. Frances Andrade's legacy may be enabling other victims
:09:37. > :09:42.to speak out. The Transport Minister, Baroness
:09:43. > :09:45.Kramer has been in Portsmouth this morning visiting the new Northern
:09:46. > :09:47.Bridge in Cosham. She also officially opened the
:09:48. > :09:50.city's new park and ride scheme. It's been built at a new junction on
:09:51. > :09:54.the M275 at Tipner. It's the first motorway junction to be built
:09:55. > :09:57.in the South for 20 years. Still to come in this evening's
:09:58. > :09:59.South Today... Roger Finn returns
:10:00. > :10:01.to the South's countryside, in search of the most endangered
:10:02. > :10:11.mammal in Britain. People living in an area of
:10:12. > :10:14.Basingstoke that was flooded with polluted ground water, are demanding
:10:15. > :10:17.to know why they were so badly affected. Sewage contaminated many
:10:18. > :10:19.homes in Buckskin. Now they've written to the Borough and County
:10:20. > :10:22.Councils, to ask whether either authority was aware of the risk of
:10:23. > :10:33.flooding. Joe Campbell reports. The waters may have gone but for
:10:34. > :10:38.residents of Buckskin, what happened in their community remains the main
:10:39. > :10:41.topic of conversation. I still say that the number of properties that
:10:42. > :10:48.were lost in such a small area was very confined, was disgraceful.
:10:49. > :10:54.People have been crying as they have come out of the bungalows. This is
:10:55. > :10:59.heartbreaking. As the flood came, millions was spent on flood
:11:00. > :11:04.prevention measures. Good all of this had been avoided? How many
:11:05. > :11:12.signatures have we collected? I've got 120. Today, residents were
:11:13. > :11:17.fording a dossier to the county council, outlining concerns that
:11:18. > :11:25.they feel was ignores `` were ignored. People are angry,
:11:26. > :11:30.devastated. What more can I say? They are horrified. That is a long
:11:31. > :11:34.time to know something and not put any plans into action to prevent it
:11:35. > :11:40.happening. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. The dossier has been
:11:41. > :11:45.delivered to the authorities by opposition politicians. A review is
:11:46. > :11:55.already planned to see what lessons can be learned.
:11:56. > :12:01.This June will mark the 70th anniversary of the D`day landings.
:12:02. > :12:03.2,500 Allied troops died in the operation that
:12:04. > :12:06.paved the way for the end of the Second World War. Portsmouth played
:12:07. > :12:09.an important role. Veterans came to the city's D`day museum today,
:12:10. > :12:12.as the programme of events marking this important anniversary,
:12:13. > :12:18.One of the obstacles photographed... It was probably the
:12:19. > :12:26.worst 24 hours of my life, the smell of engine oil, it was hell on earth.
:12:27. > :12:30.Frank took part in the second wave of the Normandy landings in June
:12:31. > :12:39.1944. His memories have not faded. Today, he was reunited with a World
:12:40. > :12:45.War II Jeep as Portsmouth announced its series of events. This was the
:12:46. > :12:54.centre of the operation. Portsmouth was never found `` has never failed
:12:55. > :13:01.to a member D`day. It will be marked by events from the 50 the 8th of
:13:02. > :13:07.June. Because of the age of the veterans involved, it may be the
:13:08. > :13:12.last chance we have with them in attendance. For D`Day veterans, the
:13:13. > :13:22.importance of attending cannot be overstated. We were so young, 18 or
:13:23. > :13:25.19 or 20`year`old boys. British people do not realise how free they
:13:26. > :13:28.are. In June we're planning a special
:13:29. > :13:31.series of reports to commemorate D`day and we need your help on one
:13:32. > :13:35.of them. On June 2nd 1944 ` that's four days
:13:36. > :13:37.before the invasion ` a group of tanks were parked up in
:13:38. > :13:41.Waterlooville waiting to go. Now, have a look at this
:13:42. > :13:44.picture, a little girl ` she was then called Janet Colman ` was out
:13:45. > :13:49.with her mum. She was filmed being made a fuss of by a tank commander
:13:50. > :13:52.called Jock Fisher. They even sat her on the tank. We're trying to
:13:53. > :13:56.find her. We think she is about three or four here so now she'd be
:13:57. > :14:00.in her early to mid`70s. These images were taken in or
:14:01. > :14:04.around Stakes Hill Road in Waterlooville. Of course she might
:14:05. > :14:07.have got married and changed her name, but do you know where Janet
:14:08. > :14:11.Colman is now? There's more detail on our Facebook page and if you have
:14:12. > :14:15.any idea where she is you can contact us via email, Twitter
:14:16. > :14:33.or on our Facebook page. Tony is he with the sport and also
:14:34. > :14:39.the Poole Pirates start the defence of their title.
:14:40. > :14:45.The US Masters is always a wonderful place to watch the golf, so it will
:14:46. > :14:51.be exciting on the radio, the TV, across the BBC. A tremendous events.
:14:52. > :14:58.We have Justin Rose there, flying the flag.
:14:59. > :15:02.Rose won the US Open title last year and is currently ranked
:15:03. > :15:04.eighth in the world. He heads out onto the first
:15:05. > :15:08.tee in a moment at Augusta where's he's enjoyed mixed fortunes in
:15:09. > :15:11.recent years but said this week he's in the prime of his career.
:15:12. > :15:14.He'll tee up alongside Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson.
:15:15. > :15:17.Major victory experience will help them. You do come here looking to
:15:18. > :15:21.increase your tally of major championships. You know you have
:15:22. > :15:24.faced those emotions before and come through. It has a huge benefit,
:15:25. > :15:31.turning up here this week. Poole Pirates new Polish double act
:15:32. > :15:34.helped the defending league champions get off to a flying start
:15:35. > :15:37.at Wimborne Road last nights in the Elite league.
:15:38. > :15:39.Chamakh Pavlitski and Machek Janofski starred in the 52`37
:15:40. > :15:42.victory, which included this 5`1 in heat 15 to wrap up a convincing win
:15:43. > :15:46.for Neil Middleditchs's side. who are without the injured
:15:47. > :16:00.Darcy Ward through injury. Now for the second in our series of
:16:01. > :16:03.reports on women in sports coaching. Female coaching numbers remain low
:16:04. > :16:07.in the UK. In an effort to change that, an initiative which is
:16:08. > :16:10.offering females the chance to gain sports coaching qualifications has
:16:11. > :16:12.been launched. It's being trialled here in the South
:16:13. > :16:15.and if successful will be rolled out around the country.
:16:16. > :16:25.As Alexis has been finding out, Shortbread intervals now.
:16:26. > :16:30.As 68, Rita Hollington is a late starter in sports coaching. She has
:16:31. > :16:38.been an informal mental for her fellow female runners. Now, thanks
:16:39. > :16:41.to Project 500, she has a formal convocation as a sports coach. When
:16:42. > :16:44.the opportunity came with the projects to do a sporting course, I
:16:45. > :16:47.jumped at the chance because that will give me the skills and
:16:48. > :16:53.knowledge to do that hopefully more successfully.
:16:54. > :17:02.Remember the arms! Rita has inspired women to get active. I did not know
:17:03. > :17:12.anyone when I moved here, and then I joined the running group. Now I am
:17:13. > :17:21.doing a lot marathon. The project is across the South. John Driscoll is
:17:22. > :17:32.Executive Director of the company that runs Project 500. The majority
:17:33. > :17:35.of coaches, both men and women, volunteers. If you give up your time
:17:36. > :17:38.to coach, you don't want to give up your time and money away from your
:17:39. > :17:46.family in order to gain qualifications. Really get that
:17:47. > :17:52.connection! Lindsey Fraser is a former Olympic diver, she is now a
:17:53. > :17:55.coach. She thinks that when today's professional athletes retire, they
:17:56. > :18:00.will not be attracted by the idea of coaching. The athlete at the top end
:18:01. > :18:04.get paid a lot of money, so for them to go into coaching, they would have
:18:05. > :18:07.to be very committed to the sport. We all were because we did not get
:18:08. > :18:13.paid when we were diving or coaching to start with. She has been a torch
:18:14. > :18:18.bearer for women in the coaching world. I take part in a conference
:18:19. > :18:23.every year and to start with there were only five women coaches out of
:18:24. > :18:32.the 200 there and this year, there were probably 25%. It is increasing.
:18:33. > :18:40.Netball is perceived as an all women sport. The proportion of female
:18:41. > :18:49.coaches has always been high. Kim is optimistic that with the help of
:18:50. > :18:52.Project 500, others will follow. There is a lot of helpful women in
:18:53. > :18:56.coaching. They may not realise what is out there for them. Come and have
:18:57. > :19:01.a go and get the best you can out of your sport as a coach.
:19:02. > :19:07.The end of a very interesting series. Are things changing in terms
:19:08. > :19:11.of sports coaching? Yes, but it is a slow process. With the help of
:19:12. > :19:17.Project 500, it will increase even more. It will hopefully be a
:19:18. > :19:24.countrywide thing. It is such a key thing. We all remember our first
:19:25. > :19:28.coaches. My first cricket coach, he taught me how to play a defensive
:19:29. > :19:35.shot. I then played alongside him as an adult. How did you fare? It was
:19:36. > :19:40.good. Are mother my football coach, he is to tie the goalkeeper's
:19:41. > :19:43.shoelaces together to make him dive on frosty ground!
:19:44. > :19:46.Now do you remember Finn's Country? A few years back, Roger Finn spent
:19:47. > :19:49.a couple of summers indulging his passion for the countryside with
:19:50. > :19:52.regular features on South Today looking at wildlife and some of the
:19:53. > :19:56.country characters who share his love. Well, this spring he's at it
:19:57. > :19:58.again. And he's starting this evening with the story of
:19:59. > :20:01.a much`loved, but very endangered little creature.
:20:02. > :20:05.One of the few parts of the country where it still has a stronghold
:20:06. > :20:24.is in a little corner of the Sussex coast.
:20:25. > :20:31.A foggy morning at Medmerry near Southsea. A team of conservationists
:20:32. > :20:40.are checking traps for Britain's fastest declining mammal, but water
:20:41. > :20:45.vole. Last year, in September, she was a sub adult female that the
:20:46. > :20:49.court and tagged and she is still here, so she has survived the
:20:50. > :20:54.winter, flooding and storms and she is still here and breeding, that is
:20:55. > :20:58.great. They can have up to five or six litters a year, so a single bowl
:20:59. > :21:04.can equal a couple of hundred voles quite quickly. Water voles are being
:21:05. > :21:15.studied because their habitat change dramatically last year. The ancient
:21:16. > :21:21.seed events single banks was intentionally breached, allowing
:21:22. > :21:25.coasts to absorb the impact of the waves. With salt marsh on the
:21:26. > :21:36.inside, and fresh water habitat house side `` outside. Water vole 's
:21:37. > :21:41.love freshwater. On this side where the seed water is coming in, there
:21:42. > :21:45.is a problem, the water is getting more salty. The hope is they will
:21:46. > :21:51.get over to hear them aware they will find a freshly made paradise
:21:52. > :21:58.waiting for them. It is low`lying flatland and we historically have
:21:59. > :22:05.had a lot of farming here, which is `` which has drained the land. It is
:22:06. > :22:10.now amazing wetland habitat. There is the sort of vegetation water vole
:22:11. > :22:16.'s love. They are looking for evidence that they have moved in. It
:22:17. > :22:22.has been put in quite a neat pile and it is about the size of a suite.
:22:23. > :22:32.It is a marker to say it is my territory, to let all of the other
:22:33. > :22:37.water voles no. There are evidence `` there is evidence of feeding here
:22:38. > :22:41.as well. They come back and eat it all the time and there is more
:22:42. > :22:48.behind you there. They are here in strength! They are positive signs
:22:49. > :22:57.and water vole 's need good news. They have been decimated, mainly by
:22:58. > :23:01.mink. We have had a night of the said increase in water voles. There
:23:02. > :23:06.are only a view sites where we have natural ovulation is still occurring
:23:07. > :23:09.and this is one of them. They are in there already and starting to breed.
:23:10. > :23:18.When we come back in September, this will hopefully have come up,
:23:19. > :23:29.suitable for voles and other species as well. The new Saltmarsh is
:23:30. > :23:31.proving popular with waterfowl. The research project will follow the
:23:32. > :23:43.water vole is for five years, looking at the new habitat and the
:23:44. > :23:46.well`established areas nearby. This is a controlled edge. We are looking
:23:47. > :23:52.at males and females and their territory.
:23:53. > :23:55.It is really important that we look after and conserve them because they
:23:56. > :24:00.are just a view of the population we have left.
:24:01. > :24:03.More from Finn's Country next week. But in the meantime, whilst filming,
:24:04. > :24:08.Roger came across some of the curious items and tools used in the
:24:09. > :24:11.countryside in years gone by. So we though we'd set you a challenge.
:24:12. > :24:24.In this series, we have an extra interactive treat. A mystery object
:24:25. > :24:29.found at the rural life Centre in Surrey. This is the first one. What
:24:30. > :24:37.is this? You can make a guess on our Facebook page and everything will be
:24:38. > :24:43.revealed next week. I am perplexed! It looks like a bell. I think we
:24:44. > :24:45.should let the viewers have a call on that.
:24:46. > :24:49.That's all on our Facebook page, BBC South Today, and we've already had
:24:50. > :24:52.some guesses. Gilbert Payton suggests it's a mallet. Steve Arbor
:24:53. > :24:55.says it's for tolling a bell. And Richard Hingley thinks it might be
:24:56. > :25:02.a beer tap. All wrong! Roger will give you the answer next week.
:25:03. > :25:07.Time for a look at the weather. Speaking of coaching, you don't need
:25:08. > :25:11.any coaching on the weather forecast. No, it is dead quiet. We
:25:12. > :25:13.have lots of sunshine. Dave Corben captured the sunrise
:25:14. > :25:16.from the Banjo Jetty in Swanage. Carey Lock took this photo
:25:17. > :25:19.of a red squirrel And Barney enjoying the bluebells
:25:20. > :25:34.this afternoon at Micheldever Woods It is a fairly quiet period
:25:35. > :25:38.weather`wise over the next few days. That is an stoop high pressure. We
:25:39. > :25:44.are looking at some mist and fog patches. Frost is not for everyone,
:25:45. > :25:49.it will be where we have the clear skies. Hard to see where the clear
:25:50. > :25:52.sky will be but there is the chance of a spot of rain for parts of
:25:53. > :26:00.Oxfordshire. Temperatures will fall to around six up to nine Celsius.
:26:01. > :26:07.Colder in the countryside. It will be a foggy start tomorrow, that will
:26:08. > :26:09.lift swiftly and we will see lots of sunshine across the region. The
:26:10. > :26:19.varying amounts of cloud, so not wall`to`wall sunshine. Expect a high
:26:20. > :26:26.of 14 or 15, maybe even 16 Celsius. We have clear skies tomorrow night
:26:27. > :26:29.so there is the risk of a touch of frost on Saturday morning. There
:26:30. > :26:33.will be some cloud but under clear skies temperatures could fall a
:26:34. > :26:37.notch lower than tonight, lows of between five and eight Celsius was
:26:38. > :26:41.the milder along the south coast. We are spending a dry start to the day
:26:42. > :26:44.on Saturday and high`pressure remains in charge. It is late on
:26:45. > :26:48.Saturday that we see this cold front move southwards across the country.
:26:49. > :26:52.It introduces more cloud, so the sunshine could turn hazy through the
:26:53. > :27:00.afternoon but it will stay dry for much of the day. Sunday is pretty
:27:01. > :27:04.good if you are running the London Marathon. We could see highs in the
:27:05. > :27:10.afternoon for the stragglers of 17 Celsius. It will be a cold and
:27:11. > :27:15.cloudy start for the marathon. We are spending a lot of cloud to start
:27:16. > :27:20.each day, there may be some mist and fog as well, but it will not stay
:27:21. > :27:24.that way. It will feel pleasantly warm. Sunday, we could see
:27:25. > :27:29.temperatures soar after the cloudy start. Up to around 15 or 17
:27:30. > :27:32.Celsius. Long may it continue!
:27:33. > :27:34.That's all from us. Thanks for being there.
:27:35. > :27:37.Don't forget you can keep up to date on the BBC News website
:27:38. > :27:42.We will have more bulletins at 8pm and 10:25pm
:27:43. > :27:46.but from all the team here this evening, a fond farewell.