:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to A reminder
:00:00. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme.
:00:11. > :00:12.The missed opportunities and delays in the case of a teenager jailed
:00:13. > :00:14.The missed opportunities and delays in the case of a teenager j`iled for
:00:15. > :00:20.abusing boys over a period of seven years. Is a scheme to boost
:00:21. > :00:23.broadband for business a superfast flop?
:00:24. > :00:26.Keep moving ` why money earlarked to Keep moving ` why money earmarked to
:00:27. > :00:33.help travellers will be used to hinder them. Hopefully, if the
:00:34. > :00:43.council put the mind to it, it will work. And find out how these
:00:44. > :00:55.children are helping to plan the woodland of the future.
:00:56. > :00:59.A review into the case of a teenage sex offender from West Sussex who
:01:00. > :01:02.was jailed for 49 offences `gainst was jailed for 49 offences against
:01:03. > :01:06.children has highlighted delays and missed opportunities by Sussex
:01:07. > :01:08.Police and social workers. 19`year`old Christopher Mancini from
:01:09. > :01:12.Hurstpierpoint was jailed for 18 Hurstpierpoint was jailed for 18
:01:13. > :01:18.years in January. He abused 13 boys between 2005 and 2012. A serious
:01:19. > :01:19.case review looked at why he between 2005 and 2012. A serious
:01:20. > :01:21.case review looked at why hd wasn't case review looked at why he wasn't
:01:22. > :01:29.prosecuted earlier and why children weren't better protected. Briony
:01:30. > :01:32.Leyland has more on this. Some major failings.
:01:33. > :01:35.Yes ` the review says various Yes ` the review says variots
:01:36. > :01:38.victims made efforts over some years to report abuse but it took some
:01:39. > :01:42.considerable time for Mancini's offences to be investigated and for
:01:43. > :01:43.him to be prosecuted. Up until October 2012, there was a l`ck
:01:44. > :01:44.him to be prosecuted. Up until October 2012, there was a lack of
:01:45. > :01:49.October 2012, there was a l`ck of evidence for police to be able to
:01:50. > :01:51.progress a criminal investigation. The report says the chances of
:01:52. > :01:53.detecting and prosecuting M`ncini earlier would have been enhanced
:01:54. > :01:53.detecting and prosecuting Mancini earlier would have been enh`nced if
:01:54. > :01:58.earlier would have been enhanced if all the investigations had been
:01:59. > :02:05.timely and child`focused. What more do we know about the failings? The
:02:06. > :02:08.review says each allegation was considered in isolation and there
:02:09. > :02:11.was no system for joining them up, the opportunity for joint working
:02:12. > :02:17.between agencies was missed and protecting potential victims was
:02:18. > :02:18.also an issue. West Sussex County Council social workers concdntrated
:02:19. > :02:19.Council social workers concentrated on the safety of certain iddntified
:02:20. > :02:22.on the safety of certain identified children but thought it was the
:02:23. > :02:25.police's responsibility to consider the risk Mancini posed to others
:02:26. > :02:27.meanwhile the review says "The police confined themselves to the
:02:28. > :02:51.role of criminal investigathon: What has been the response? West
:02:52. > :02:52.Sussex County Council says it accepts there were shortcomhngs The
:02:53. > :02:58.accepts there were shortcomings. The message is lessons have been
:02:59. > :03:00.learned. The partners on thd safeguarding board deeply regret the
:03:01. > :03:01.safeguarding board deeply rdgret the weaknesses that were identified as
:03:02. > :03:04.part of this review. They will want part of this review. They whll want
:03:05. > :03:09.to ensure that progress is made to to ensure that progress is made to
:03:10. > :03:14.address those weaknesses. This is no consolation to the victims of this
:03:15. > :03:16.abuse, but they can be reassured, and I hope they will take some
:03:17. > :03:18.comfort in the fact that thd board comfort in the fact that the board
:03:19. > :03:20.has identified the weaknessds and is has identified the weaknesses and is
:03:21. > :03:21.working to try to ensure th`t has identified the weaknessds and is
:03:22. > :03:21.working to try to ensure that this working to try to ensure that this
:03:22. > :03:25.does not happen to other yotng does not happen to other young
:03:26. > :03:30.people. Sussex Police say weaknesses have
:03:31. > :03:34.been acted upon. They say it was an unusual case and they did not grasp
:03:35. > :03:41.the complex reality of what was happening early enough.
:03:42. > :03:44.Police have sealed off an area around a block of flats in Fareham
:03:45. > :03:46.after a man's body was discovered. Forensic officers have spent most of
:03:47. > :03:49.the day at Valentine Close `nd the day at Valentine Close and
:03:50. > :03:52.officers have been carrying out house to house enquiries to
:03:53. > :03:56.establish how the man may have died. He has not been named ` meanwhile,
:03:57. > :03:59.local residents are saying the body was discovered in the bin store.
:04:00. > :04:00.local residents are saying the body was discovered in the bin store The
:04:01. > :04:07.was discovered in the bin store. The death is being treated as
:04:08. > :04:10.suspicious. Protestors have been out in force at
:04:11. > :04:12.Littlehampton in West Sussex this evening ` the subject of their
:04:13. > :04:15.evening ` the subject of thdir protest is a familiar one across the
:04:16. > :04:16.South ` unwanted housing developments. In this case it's
:04:17. > :04:19.developments. In this case ht's proposals to site 2000 homes close
:04:20. > :04:22.to the villages of Barnham, Eastergate and Westergate, which lie
:04:23. > :04:25.just North of Littlehampton and Bognor. Sean Killick is in
:04:26. > :04:31.Littlehampton for us tonight. Sean, this is a problem for many councils
:04:32. > :04:34.at the moment. Yes, counselled across the South are making these
:04:35. > :04:38.decisions at the moment. It is Kaka weighted they need 8700 new homes in
:04:39. > :04:45.the next 15 years and have 1000 the next 15 years and have 0000
:04:46. > :04:50.people on the waiting list. It has met with strong opposition from many
:04:51. > :04:54.local residents. The last chance to make themselves heard. They have
:04:55. > :04:59.spent years fighting plans for thousands of homes at Eastergate,
:05:00. > :05:06.Westergate and councillors `re Westergate and councillors `re
:05:07. > :05:07.putting it to a vote. Protesters say this area is high quality
:05:08. > :05:09.agricultural land and that ` agricultural land and that a
:05:10. > :05:13.hydrogen logical survey comlissioned hydrogen logical survey comlissioned
:05:14. > :05:19.suggests building he would pose a serious risk of flooding further
:05:20. > :05:22.afield. It's not whether the houses would flood themselves, the problem
:05:23. > :05:28.is covering these green fields with concrete and tarmac and housing
:05:29. > :05:36.results in much more water running off the land, rather than soaking
:05:37. > :05:37.into it. That ends up downstream, so people in North Bognor and the
:05:38. > :05:44.surrounding areas would potentially surrounding areas would potentially
:05:45. > :05:48.suffer increased risk of flooding. The council says it has not yet
:05:49. > :05:49.given the survey but that areas that flood will not be built on although
:05:50. > :05:51.flood will not be built on `lthough they might be used for parks or
:05:52. > :05:53.other open spaces. It says it they might be used for parks or
:05:54. > :05:55.other open spaces. It says ht has other open spaces. It says it has
:05:56. > :05:56.carried out studies of future residential demand which shows they
:05:57. > :06:00.will be a need for these hotses will be a need for these houses,
:06:01. > :06:05.especially the 30% allocated for affordable homes. As house prices
:06:06. > :06:07.continue to rise, if salarids don't continue to rise, if salarids don't
:06:08. > :06:08.keep pace with that, it makes continue to rise, if salaries don't
:06:09. > :06:16.keep pace with that, it makds it more difficult for people to find
:06:17. > :06:20.housing. It's fair to say that we also come under housing pressures
:06:21. > :06:21.from other areas adjacent to ourselves, where perhaps those
:06:22. > :06:22.pressures around house pricds ourselves, where perhaps those
:06:23. > :06:26.pressures around house prices are even higher. However MP Nick Herbert
:06:27. > :06:31.thinks the plan is too largd. even higher. However MP Nick Herbert
:06:32. > :06:33.thinks the plan is too largd. I think we can address the housing
:06:34. > :06:34.think we can address the hotsing shortage through local planning,
:06:35. > :06:36.shortage through local planning neighbourhood planning, giving
:06:37. > :06:40.neighbourhood planning, givhng Parish Council is the responsibility
:06:41. > :06:44.to provide at the local levdl. That could go well but it is undermined
:06:45. > :06:48.if we have new town proposals like this, which are unwarranted, joining
:06:49. > :06:59.up the green space between villagers, creating an unsustainable
:07:00. > :07:00.urban sprawl. Councils are also considering a contentious ndw
:07:01. > :07:03.considering a contentious new proposals, not a planning
:07:04. > :07:07.application at the moment, but just broad principles and numbers.
:07:08. > :07:10.Independent inspectors will carry out an examination in public next
:07:11. > :07:13.year. Businesses need it, the mondy's
:07:14. > :07:15.there to get it, but a government scheme to help more firms take
:07:16. > :07:17.there to get it, but a government scheme to help more firms t`ke up
:07:18. > :07:18.superfast broadband has got off to a painfully slow start. Portslouth
:07:19. > :07:19.superfast broadband has got off to a painfully slow start. Portsmouth is
:07:20. > :07:23.painfully slow start. Portslouth is one of the areas where it's being
:07:24. > :07:26.piloted. Firms can get grants between ?250 to ?3,000 to cover the
:07:27. > :07:29.cost of installing superfast broadband with a dedicated line.
:07:30. > :07:30.cost of installing superfast broadband with a dedicated line In
:07:31. > :07:31.broadband with a dedicated line. In Portsmouth ?2.2 million is `vailable
:07:32. > :07:37.` that's enough to connect up to ` that's enough to connect tp to
:07:38. > :07:42.2,000 new users. But so far only four firms have applied. And it s
:07:43. > :07:52.being suggested that the money would have been better spent in rural
:07:53. > :07:54.areas. James Ingham reports. This busy recruitment firm in
:07:55. > :07:55.This busy recruitment firm hn Portsmouth is using the Internet
:07:56. > :07:58.Portsmouth is using the Intdrnet more and more as it tries to
:07:59. > :08:03.innovate and compete, which is why it is investing in a superf`st
:08:04. > :08:07.broadband connection. It is one of the first businesses to get
:08:08. > :08:14.financial help with setup costs from the City Council. It's what we all
:08:15. > :08:19.do, what our clients need, what our candidates need. It's a hugd benefit
:08:20. > :08:22.to have what can be at best, the fastest, the spokes of this in the
:08:23. > :08:28.marketplace. We want to do that with all the services we provide.
:08:29. > :08:31.Portsmouth City Council belheve that if more small and medium`sized
:08:32. > :08:35.companies commit to getting superfast broadband, the whole
:08:36. > :08:37.city's economy will grow. So far only four companies have applied for
:08:38. > :08:41.a grant to help them improve their a grant to help them improvd their
:08:42. > :08:48.connectivity but the City Council believes more than 1000 may
:08:49. > :08:51.potentially benefit. It will put more infrastructure in the ground,
:08:52. > :08:55.make those business premises much more desirable social of those
:08:56. > :08:59.businesses change, move on, they are leaving behind promises that already
:09:00. > :09:05.have got really good connectivity behind. So it will all go to promote
:09:06. > :09:10.the city. On the other side of Hampshire, rural businesses want
:09:11. > :09:12.more help to. At this architects, they are forced to post doctments
:09:13. > :09:16.they are forced to post documents rather than sent them onlind. When
:09:17. > :09:20.rather than sent them online. When something like this is renddred as a
:09:21. > :09:24.video file, its enormous and it has to be uploaded for the customer. So
:09:25. > :09:27.it can take hours. This is ` job it can take hours. This is ` job
:09:28. > :09:30.that has some videos, some documents, it is a gigabyte, let's
:09:31. > :09:36.see how long it takes. The upload see how long it takes. The upload
:09:37. > :09:41.could take hours. In Portsmouth it could take hours. In Portsmouth it
:09:42. > :09:44.could take minutes. Hampshire County Council and BT will roll out
:09:45. > :09:52.superfast broadband but doing business in the countryside will
:09:53. > :09:56.still prove hard. Anna Ruh is on fire at Fleet service
:09:57. > :10:13.southbound in Hampshire. `` Adam Laurie. 20 firefighters are trying
:10:14. > :10:16.to bring it under control. Still to come in this evening's
:10:17. > :10:18.South Today: What price football success ` the Cherries count the
:10:19. > :10:22.cost of promotion. A Southampton man has descrhbed the
:10:23. > :10:25.moment he and two of his colleagues were blown off a lorry when it was
:10:26. > :10:26.struck by lightning. 26`year`old Kyle Taylor was unloading
:10:27. > :10:29.scaffolding from a vehicle hn scaffolding from a vehicle in
:10:30. > :10:33.Camberley when it was hit by lightning. He does not know how long
:10:34. > :10:36.he was unconscious for but remembers being taken to Frimley Park
:10:37. > :10:38.Hospital. Pictured here with a co`worker 20 minutes before the
:10:39. > :10:43.incident happened, he claims he s lucky to be alive. I saw this
:10:44. > :10:46.lucky to be alive. I saw thhs massive blue flash, and I was in
:10:47. > :10:49.massive blue flash, and I w`s in agony, I flew 12 feet, apparently, I
:10:50. > :10:54.woke up and the pain I was hn was woke up and the pain I was in was
:10:55. > :10:57.excruciating, I had pins and needles down my body. I couldn't fedl
:10:58. > :10:57.excruciating, I had pins and needles down my body. I couldn't feel my
:10:58. > :11:01.body, apart from pins and ndedles, I body, apart from pins and needles, I
:11:02. > :11:05.was in agony laid on a cold wet floor.
:11:06. > :11:08.The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the five servicemen who died in a
:11:09. > :11:10.helicopter crash in Afghanistan Four of those on board, three
:11:11. > :11:11.Four of those on board, thrde soldiers and an airman, were
:11:12. > :11:13.soldiers and an airman, werd stationed at RAF Odiham in
:11:14. > :11:16.Hampshire. The fifth, an Army Hampshire. The fifth, an Arly
:11:17. > :11:17.reservist, was based in London. The Ministry of Defence said the crash
:11:18. > :11:19.Ministry of Defence said thd crash near Kandahar air base appeared
:11:20. > :11:19.Ministry of Defence said the crash near Kandahar air base appe`red to
:11:20. > :11:22.near Kandahar air base appeared to have been a "tragic accident". The
:11:23. > :11:28.Prime Minister paid tribute to the victims of Saturday's crash in the
:11:29. > :11:31.Commons. These tragic deaths reminders of the continued
:11:32. > :11:34.commitment and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, and I know that our
:11:35. > :11:36.Armed Forces, and I know th`t our deepest sympathies are with their
:11:37. > :11:41.families at this very difficult time.
:11:42. > :11:42.It was money which was meant to provide transit sites for gxpsies
:11:43. > :11:45.and travellers ` but instead it's and travellers ` but instead it's
:11:46. > :11:48.being used to put the barricades up against them. One travellers' group
:11:49. > :11:50.has described Poole Council's decision to use nearly a qu`rter of
:11:51. > :11:53.a million pounds in this way as a million pounds in this wax as
:11:54. > :11:55."crazy". The council says it's spending tens of thousands of pounds
:11:56. > :12:01.every summer to clear illeg`l camps. every summer to clear illeg`l camps.
:12:02. > :12:04.Steve Humphrey reports. People in this part of Poold say
:12:05. > :12:05.Steve Humphrey reports. People in this part of Poole say it
:12:06. > :12:08.People in this part of Poold say it was a nightmare last year when
:12:09. > :12:15.travellers set up camp on this recreation ground. A worrying time.
:12:16. > :12:20.Residents didn't feel safe, children wouldn't go on the road because of
:12:21. > :12:25.the travellers. To get incrdased powers from moving travellers from
:12:26. > :12:26.unauthorised sites, the council wanted to build two temporary
:12:27. > :12:27.transit sites but after a heated transit sites but after a hdated
:12:28. > :12:33.meeting a few weeks ago, that plan meeting a few weeks ago, th`t plan
:12:34. > :12:38.was thrown out. The council has now decided that instead of spending
:12:39. > :12:42.?230,000 on those travellers's transit sites, it will improve
:12:43. > :12:45.security at recreation grounds like this and other public open spaces.
:12:46. > :12:51.It will be investing in mord It will be investing in more
:12:52. > :12:53.barriers and by Lars. I feel we need to keep the spark it, it would be
:12:54. > :12:55.better if they had better sdcurity better if they had better security
:12:56. > :13:00.boulders to keep them from coming in. The Conservative run council
:13:01. > :13:06.in. The Conservative run cotncil says it is not just try to keep
:13:07. > :13:08.travellers out. We are still trying to negotiate with government for
:13:09. > :13:09.changes in the law which wotld allow changes in the law which would allow
:13:10. > :13:13.us to work with our neighbotrs on us to work with our neighbours on
:13:14. > :13:19.providing a site so there are a number of strands to this. But the
:13:20. > :13:20.funding switch from provision to prevention has appalled travellers
:13:21. > :13:26.groups. There should be perlanent groups. There should be perlanent
:13:27. > :13:30.sites and transit sites for those who still travel in search of work.
:13:31. > :13:33.This sort of crazy merry`go`round of evictions is costing you and I and
:13:34. > :13:38.the taxpayer something like ?18 million a year. Meanwhile Poole
:13:39. > :13:39.council want central governlent million a year. Meanwhile Poole
:13:40. > :13:42.council want central government, but council want central governlent but
:13:43. > :13:51.a national strategy for providing traveller and gypsy sites.
:13:52. > :13:54.MPs have called for a new polar MPs have called for a new polar
:13:55. > :13:58.research ship to be built in Portsmouth. The ?200 million vessel
:13:59. > :14:00.is due to replace the UK's two current polar exploration ships.
:14:01. > :14:03.City MPs Mike Hancock and Penny Mourdant have requested meetings
:14:04. > :14:06.with Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chancellor George Osbourne. 900
:14:07. > :14:09.jobs were cut last year when BAE ended shipbuilding in the city.
:14:10. > :14:14.The English Democrats have launched their campaign for the forthcoming
:14:15. > :14:17.European elections. The party, which is putting up a full slate of
:14:18. > :14:19.candidates in the South East and South West, says it is looking
:14:20. > :14:19.candidates in the South East and South West, says it is lookhng after
:14:20. > :14:21.South West, says it is looking after English interests. It argues it s
:14:22. > :14:23.English interests. It argues it's unfair for the English to p`y
:14:24. > :14:24.unfair for the English to pay prescription charges and tuhtion
:14:25. > :14:26.prescription charges and tuition fees when they are free elsdwhere
:14:27. > :14:28.prescription charges and tuhtion fees when they are free elsewhere in
:14:29. > :14:29.the UK. It's leader says being English, not British, also lakes
:14:30. > :14:38.English, not British, also makes them different from other p`rties.
:14:39. > :14:46.In the 2011 census results we have 32 million people, over 60%, say
:14:47. > :14:47.they were English and not British. In the year of the Scottish
:14:48. > :14:50.independence referendum, cldarly we independence referendum, cldarly we
:14:51. > :14:56.have something to say that UKIP simply is not interested in saying.
:14:57. > :14:58.Time for the sport now. We will start with a success story but it is
:14:59. > :15:05.kind of a bittersweet one. Yes, AFC kind of a bittersweet one. Yes, AFC
:15:06. > :15:14.Bournemouth have had a successful season. But it tells a bit of a
:15:15. > :15:17.story. The cost of AFC Bournemouth's promotion to the Championshhp last
:15:18. > :15:21.year has been revealed in the club's annual accounts. The headline figure
:15:22. > :15:22.is that the club made a loss of more than ?15 million in the financial
:15:23. > :15:26.year ` that's an increase of ?1 .9m year ` that's an increase of ?11.9m
:15:27. > :15:27.from the previous 12 months. And player and staff wages soardd
:15:28. > :15:27.from the previous 12 months. And player and staff wages soared to
:15:28. > :15:29.player and staff wages soardd to ?11m, a jump of around ?7m year
:15:30. > :15:33.player and staff wages soared to ?11m, a jump of around ?7m xear on
:15:34. > :15:36.year. These number represent the cost of promotion to the
:15:37. > :15:37.Championship. The next set of figures may bear some heavy numbers,
:15:38. > :15:39.in terms of the Cherries' success figures may bear some heavy numbers,
:15:40. > :15:39.in terms of the Cherries' stccess in in terms of the Cherries' success in
:15:40. > :15:42.staying there. The celebrathons in terms of the Cherries' stccess in
:15:43. > :15:42.staying there. The celebrations of in terms of the Cherries' success in
:15:43. > :15:45.staying there. The celebrathons of a staying there. The celebrathons of a
:15:46. > :15:50.season that thrilled unsurprised in equal measure. But success doesn't
:15:51. > :15:54.come cheap. The financial figures come cheap. The financial figures
:15:55. > :16:00.reiterate their reliance on their Russian benefactor. He doesn't want
:16:01. > :16:05.to be shelling of that kind of money. We're trying to put things in
:16:06. > :16:09.place and produce our own players. But in those figures, there are a
:16:10. > :16:10.range of things, not just player wages and transfer fees, thdre is
:16:11. > :16:16.wages and transfer fees, there is investment going on for the future
:16:17. > :16:21.as well. Lasted's promotion was Catholic is to be worth arotnd 5
:16:22. > :16:32.million `` last year 's macro promotion was calculated. They
:16:33. > :16:33.retain their long`term vision. You don't get some of the football we
:16:34. > :16:36.don't get some of the footb`ll we have played this season without
:16:37. > :16:39.investment, so to push the team, it will cost us money we don't have.
:16:40. > :16:41.The board were not available will cost us money we don't have.
:16:42. > :16:46.The board were not availabld for interview but the chairman did
:16:47. > :16:49.release a statement. He says he is keen to put the loss into
:16:50. > :16:50.perspective and there by achieving promotion, the end justified the
:16:51. > :16:53.means. The statement also reiterated means. The statement also reiterated
:16:54. > :17:00.their benefactor's long`terl their benefactor's long`terl
:17:01. > :17:03.investment. He will have his own aims and dreams for the club and I
:17:04. > :17:05.think he will want to see them realised. The challenge for us is to
:17:06. > :17:09.make it happen as quickly as possible. They finished their
:17:10. > :17:12.make it happen as quickly as possible. They finished thehr season
:17:13. > :17:14.at Millwall. Also exciting for Reading and Brighton.
:17:15. > :17:18.In cricket's County Championship, two poor batting efforts from Sussex
:17:19. > :17:19.left them on the wrong end of an innings defeat to Somerset `t
:17:20. > :17:19.left them on the wrong end of an innings defeat to Somerset at Hove.
:17:20. > :17:23.innings defeat to Somerset `t Hove. Despite 93 from skipper Ed Joyce,
:17:24. > :17:26.Sussex were bowled out for 219 in their second innings, 11 runs short
:17:27. > :17:29.of making Somerset bat again. And at the Ageas Bowl in Division Two,
:17:30. > :17:31.Hampshire and Surrey ended tp scrapping only for bonus points in
:17:32. > :17:31.Hampshire and Surrey ended up scrapping only for bonus pohnts in a
:17:32. > :17:41.scrapping only for bonus points in a drawn game, after losing large
:17:42. > :17:43.chunks of their game to rain. The former Cheltenham Gold cup winner
:17:44. > :17:52.long one has missed out on winning the Irish rain. He was forced to
:17:53. > :17:55.settle for third place. The horse was returning after his fall in the
:17:56. > :17:57.Grand National. A Dorset club has become one of only
:17:58. > :17:59.A Dorset club has become ond of only a handful of organisations around
:18:00. > :18:00.a handful of organisations `round the country to provide archery
:18:01. > :18:00.a handful of organisations around the country to provide archdry for
:18:01. > :18:03.the country to provide archery for blind or visually impaired people.
:18:04. > :18:06.The weekly sessions have bedn part`funded by a charitable
:18:07. > :18:08.foundation ` and they've already attracted some enthusiastic and
:18:09. > :18:17.skilful participants. Bob Everett reports.
:18:18. > :18:25.Normally, archery requires a careful combination of hand and eye. Yet
:18:26. > :18:30.these archers are all either blind or visually impaired. I thotght
:18:31. > :18:31.these archers are all either blind or visually impaired. I thought it
:18:32. > :18:36.was unreal. Absolutely fantastic what they are doing. They are
:18:37. > :18:42.practising together at the Bournemouth Society for the visually
:18:43. > :18:50.impaired, following a collaboration between the Steve Balmer fotndation
:18:51. > :18:53.and a local club. We set up a foundation in honour of my son who
:18:54. > :18:57.was killed in a car crash. We decided to set up a sports
:18:58. > :19:02.foundation to help those with a disability in elite sports. The
:19:03. > :19:06.foundation asked for provishon to be foundation asked for provision to be
:19:07. > :19:12.made for disabled and youth sport. They didn't expect blind archers,
:19:13. > :19:18.but the scheme is clearly working. Did you think you would ever be able
:19:19. > :19:21.to do this? No, I didn't thhnk visually impaired people would be
:19:22. > :19:32.doing archery. I'd never heard of it before. So I thought, I will give it
:19:33. > :19:38.a go! We just initially set them up, they get a few arose to set
:19:39. > :19:43.themselves up and off they go. `` arrows. I'm not very good with my
:19:44. > :19:51.arrows. I'm not very good whth my our site, `` eyesight, it is mainly
:19:52. > :19:58.colour, it just goes blurry. I aim for the centre and if I get the
:19:59. > :20:02.centre I am doing well. Soon these archers will move on to shoot
:20:03. > :20:05.outdoors over longer distances. Their proficiency and enthusiasm for
:20:06. > :20:11.the sport suggests this is one sporting initiative that's really
:20:12. > :20:13.hitting the mark. And finally, congratulations to
:20:14. > :20:15.Itchen College Girls football team from Southampton. They won the
:20:16. > :20:19.British Colleges FA cup final, British Colleges FA cup final,
:20:20. > :20:27.beating York College 12`0. Striker Millie Farrow scored eight of those
:20:28. > :20:38.goals. She is one to watch! Well done! Ever planted a tree? Not a
:20:39. > :20:43.tree, no, maybe a view plant on the windowsill! There is still time!
:20:44. > :20:52.windowsill! There is still time Just imagine what you would need.
:20:53. > :20:57.Acres of land? Bit of space? Yes and a lot of help! Well, Wendy Davis,
:20:58. > :21:01.who's a teacher in Andover, had none of these but that didn't stop her.
:21:02. > :21:04.She was determined to rope in the whole community. Caroline Rhchardson
:21:05. > :21:06.has been to see how her project is ` if you'll pardon the pun ` taking
:21:07. > :21:12.root. Today the children are root. Today the children ard
:21:13. > :21:13.planting cowslips in harmony root. Today the children are
:21:14. > :21:18.planting cowslips in harmonx would. planting cowslips in harmony would.
:21:19. > :21:21.10,000 children, from 25 schools, guides and scout groups, will be
:21:22. > :21:26.involved in the ten year project, which started two years ago. I think
:21:27. > :21:29.they thought I was mad to think we could get a piece of land where we
:21:30. > :21:40.could collectively get the children to plant trees on but we managed it.
:21:41. > :21:47.She persuaded a land land owners sell the land to the County Council
:21:48. > :21:51.had handed it over. We have 44 acres that will be woodland and in the
:21:52. > :21:54.middle of it, there is this little seven acres, that the children of
:21:55. > :22:00.the town, supported by families and volunteers, will grow into ` wood.
:22:01. > :22:07.Where'd you get your trees from? A Where'd you get your trees from A
:22:08. > :22:11.charity which exists solely to get trees to children to plant hn
:22:12. > :22:15.trees to children to plant in nurseries and schools, they look
:22:16. > :22:22.after them for a while, Dick, when they are a `year`old and we bring
:22:23. > :22:25.them out of the wood to plant them. We're getting rid of the wedds so
:22:26. > :22:28.they don't die because the woods take all the good stuff and the
:22:29. > :22:34.trees can't get anything so they will be forced to die. When we die
:22:35. > :22:40.and everything, people will be able to see the trees we planted here. I
:22:41. > :22:50.like it because we are making it a bit more greener. Even though it's
:22:51. > :22:55.hard work? Yes! Many of the total are now part of a scheme at the UN.
:22:56. > :22:59.Do you wish you might be able to live for another hundred ye`rs so
:23:00. > :23:01.you could see it? I would love to see it in the future. I'm looking
:23:02. > :23:04.forward to the tent and a bursary. forward to the tent and a btrsary.
:23:05. > :23:08.That to me will be very special. forward to the tent and a bursary.
:23:09. > :23:11.That to me will be very special You That to me will be very special You
:23:12. > :23:13.need somebody with energy and vision to get a project like that going.
:23:14. > :23:17.Well done. And on a similar theme, let me tell
:23:18. > :23:20.you that Roger Finn will be back tomorrow with another Finn's
:23:21. > :23:23.Country. This week he's at Iffley Meadows, famous for Oxford's iconic
:23:24. > :23:28.wild flower ` the Snakes Head Fritillary. A few weeks ago the
:23:29. > :23:30.meadows were flooded waist deep and the Wildlife Trust wasn't sure
:23:31. > :23:33.meadows were flooded waist deep and the Wildlife Trust wasn't stre how
:23:34. > :23:43.badly the flowers would suffer. The only way to find out is to count
:23:44. > :23:44.them. Which is exactly what he is still doing! Hopefully he will be
:23:45. > :23:47.still doing! Hopefully he whll be here tomorrow with the film! Onto
:23:48. > :23:51.the weather. Maureen Coles captured a foggy start
:23:52. > :23:54.to the day at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour It brightened up
:23:55. > :23:57.pretty quickly ` though ` thanks to Bob Boyd for this shot of a
:23:58. > :24:00.nightingale in full song at Pulborough Brooks. And therd's a
:24:01. > :24:03.Pulborough Brooks. And there's a bluebell theme at Chilworth near
:24:04. > :24:05.Southampton from Lorraine L`mbeth ` taken at two o'clock as shown by the
:24:06. > :24:17.dandelions! Good evening. We have some puite
:24:18. > :24:19.unsettled weather to come over the next 24 hours or so. Thereafter,
:24:20. > :24:21.things get better. As we he`d next 24 hours or so. Thereafter
:24:22. > :24:27.things get better. As we head into the holiday weekend, hopefully the
:24:28. > :24:28.sunshine will be back out all the gardeners beware, there is a
:24:29. > :24:28.sunshine will be back out all the gardeners beware, there is ` risk of
:24:29. > :24:32.frost into the weekend. Some quite frost into the weekend. Somd quite
:24:33. > :24:35.heavy showers possible tomorrow, heavy showers possible tomorrow,
:24:36. > :24:39.even with the risk of hail `nd even with the risk of hail and
:24:40. > :24:44.thunder. An area of low pressure is moving over us, that will introduce
:24:45. > :24:50.some unstable air so the showers are quite big ones over the next 24`hour
:24:51. > :24:55.is. That cloud and rain will creep in so it will go downhill,
:24:56. > :24:58.temperatures should be fallhng no temperatures should be falling no
:24:59. > :25:04.lower than around nine or tdll. temperatures should be fallhng no
:25:05. > :25:10.lower than around nine or tell. Ten. It will be a bit murky tomorrow
:25:11. > :25:11.morning, some mist around, temperatures not as warm as today
:25:12. > :25:14.but then the showers get going. 12 but then the showers get gohng. 12
:25:15. > :25:16.of them could be quite heavy. There of them could be quite heavx. There
:25:17. > :25:18.is a Met Office warning about of them could be quite heavy. There
:25:19. > :25:22.is a Met Office warning abott them. is a Met Office warning about them.
:25:23. > :25:26.Looking further ahead, we sde things Looking further ahead, we sde things
:25:27. > :25:33.improved. Along the coastline, the winds are south`westerly, those
:25:34. > :25:38.times of high water are for Portsmouth. This is the area of
:25:39. > :25:40.times of high water are for Portsmouth. This is the are` of low
:25:41. > :25:45.pressure generating those showers. It starts to move away from us, and
:25:46. > :25:48.eventually these areas of high pressure to the north and south will
:25:49. > :25:49.join up to give some fine heading join up to give some fine hdading
:25:50. > :25:56.into the weekend. Friday could be into the weekend. Friday could be
:25:57. > :25:59.disappointing at first. There will be a lot of cloud around and maybe
:26:00. > :26:01.even some light rain but as we head into the weekend, Saturday and
:26:02. > :26:09.into the weekend, Saturday `nd Sunday are both try. Generally light
:26:10. > :26:15.winds. The only fly in the ointment is the temperatures.
:26:16. > :26:50.Much colder for the weekend That it from us. We'll will be back later.
:26:51. > :26:55.Some people don't think real change in Europe is possible.
:26:56. > :26:59.Some people don't think real change is necessary.
:27:00. > :27:02.Some people don't think it's worth fighting for.
:27:03. > :27:06.But we want to make Europe work for Britain,