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missing. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from

verdict on the pilot who built and flew his own World War I plane.

I didn't think he was serious: The evidence of the wife of a man

trained as a terrorist. Portsmouth's new aircraft carried ``

aircraft carrier. She will be difficult to miss, I suspect. And

the generation game down on the farm. One family all working

together. He was a highly respected pilot

who'd built his own First World War replica plane but in April last

year, John Day from Horsham died when the aircraft crashed at Middle

Wallop airfield in Hampshire. Today the coroner recorded

a verdict of accidental death. They took to the sky over

Middle Wallop airfield. The crash happened just over

the brow of the hill here. Witnesses reported seeing John going

into a 180 degree turn as part of the display,

but it is a turn that didn't stop. The plane, the 1915 Eindecker,

was controlled by wing warping. That's where the wings twist

in different directions in order to give it

the roll that allows it to turn. Modern planes have aelerons

that do the same thing. The plane did another two complete

turns, getting increasingly lower until it

was almost vertical to the ground. The inquest heard the plane then

pitched nose first into the ground, killing John instantly on impact

before bursting into flames. He was flying as part of the

Great War Display team alongside His good friend John Hoblyn

was watching from the ground. They all told the court that

while conditions had been gusty, the weather hadn't contributed to

the crash and in a flight earlier in the day,

John had been in good spirits, happy Two witnesses from the Air Accident

investigation branch told the coroner they'd found no mechanical

fault with the plane, that John had It had a permit to fly

and was licensed by the John Day's family were

in court to hear the evidence. Recording a verdict

of accidental death, the Central Hampshire coroner,

Graham Short, said it was important to stress that the Fokker Eindecker

is a very unusual aircraft with only He said that while John was

an experienced pilot, he had only flown this plane for 10 hours before

and had possibly been distracted He added it was clear that John was

a greatly liked and highly respected pilot, and his death was

a sad loss to his friends, and even The wife

of a Portsmouth man accused of going to Syria to train as a terrorist has

spoken of her shock at him leaving. Mashudur Choudhury is on trial

for having travelled to the country He left Portsmouth with

four other men last year. In court today, his wife,

Toslima Akhtar, said she didn't know her husband

held extreme views and didn't take Here's our home affairs

correspondent, Emma Vardy. Last October, Toslima Akhtar's

husband left her behind in Toslima Akhtar told

Kingston Crown Court today she knew nothing of the terrorist training

in Syria police claim her husband He's accused

of having gone to the war torn country to train and fight with the

rebels, wanting to die a martyr. The court has been shown text

messages in the months The couple had argued about

his desire to leave for Syria. "You mock me for wanting to fight

and migrate." But today, Toslima said this

was only said in anger. When he was talking

about going abroad to die, "Did you think he might be someone

who might go off and be a warrior The court heard over

the previous four years, Mashudur Choudhury had run up tens

of thousands of pounds of debt. His life was in turmoil

after a business he ran The court's seen Skype conversations

he'd had in the weeks before he left, arranging to have

military training in Syria. He'd been expressing views about

martyrdom on his Twitter account. And the Book of Jihad was found by

police on his computer hard drive. The prosecution says Choudhury and

the four other men from Portsmouth hatched a plan to go to Syria when

they were all together in Portsmouth Some people in Portsmouth began to

blame him, saying he had encouraged the other young men to go. The

prosecution said, he was so worried about your position in the community

that you've created a fake cover story about carrying out aid work in

Syria. The suggestion that he went to fight and die as a martyr is

something he has continually denied. It's now just 50 days

until the Queen officially names the first of the Royal Navy's new

aircraft carriers. The two ships are costing ?6 billion

and will be based in Portsmouth. Final assembly of the first ship,

Queen Elizabeth, is at an advanced stage in Scotland,

from where Steve Humphrey reports. She is a huge ship, the biggest

warship ever built. HMS Queen Elizabeth is longer than the Clifton

suspension Bridge and taller than Nelson 's column. This ship is

nearly 300 metres long, 70 metres wide and the deck is big enough to

accommodate three full`sized football pitches. The idea is the

ship will accommodate 40 aircraft. As this image shows, she is three

times bigger than the existing helicopter carrier. Already a

simulator is being used to train the sailors who will steer the ship into

Portsmouth Harbour. One of those involved say her first entry into

her home port will be quite a moment. I can only imagine what that

they will be like. Everyone will be out. She will be difficult to miss.

Big sections of the aircraft carrier were built in Portsmouth and taken

up to Scotland on barges. A giant crane was used to move parts of this

jigsaw puzzle into place. In Portsmouth, they field the workshops

themselves. When they come up here are dwarfed by the scale of what you

see behind us and they have been built into a 65,000 tonne aircraft

carrier. But the sadness of the shipyard is that it will shut later

this year. It's a very difficult situation for us. I am immensely

proud of the way the teams have worked in Portsmouth. This carrier

will be named by the Queen on July the 4th and the ship will get her

bottom wet a few days later when the dry dock is flooded and she is

floated out. There is still a lot of work to do to complete this new

aircraft carrier but she should be making her first appearance in

Portsmouth in the early part of 2017.

They're refusing to accept a broken promise.

More than 1,000 people have joined a campaign to save

the last remaining bank in a large village in Hampshire.

Four years ago, Royal Bank of Scotland said it

wouldn't close any bank which was the last one in its community but in

April this year, it announced plans to close 44 branches across the UK.

They include Nat West branches at Highcliffe in Dorset and Fair Oak

RBS says the world has moved on since it made the pledge.

It also needs to find ?5 billion of savings

Customers were queuing up at the Oven Door bakery in Fair Oak today.

They've also been queuing to sign a petition to stop

The nearest branch is nearly three miles away.

You wait for 20 minutes for the bus, 20 minute trip down there. A lot of

people can't take that. We would have to travel to Eastleigh. That

would be a nightmare. Although online banking can be used

for some transactions, 1,100 people have signed in favour

of keeping a manned branch. This is the last bank in the village

now. They replied that low footfall

is the main reason they want to "Closing a branch is never an easy

decision and one we would rather not However, like any business,

we need to look at the best use of our resources,

and where customers are not using I don't think it would have made any

difference at all. A ?10 million bid has been made to

the government to fund the refurbishment of Weymouth Ferry

terminal. A berth would have to be rebuilt to

accommodate the larger ship that We would go into hospital one day.

We thought, this isn't good. We would be pleasantly surprised that

he had improved and the next day,, you thought, let's see how he's

getting on. The next day, it would plummet and his health would be good

at all. The 48 year old married

his partner of ten years in 2012. Since then,

he's lost four stone in weight. I don't know how long I've got. I

could have years or days. That is why I am appealing for help. I want

someone to help me out in England or America.

Mr Russell's condition is controlled with a daily dose of steroids

A respected microbiologist says stabilising IGG4 is

The best we can hope for is that the right treatment is given. That won't

cure the disease, but we can at least alleviate them or suppress

them, particularly if they have an immune component.

Mr Carter says he's trying to contact the other sufferers of IGG4.

One lives in North Korea, the other in Florida.

The grandfather says he believes by sharing information, they can shed

Onto sport and Tony Husband is at Goodwood tonight,

not for the racing, but more for the golf because one

of the sport's biggest names has flown from the States back home to

Justin Rose, he told me to practice more, which is why I have left you

bind in the studio. It's a beautiful evening. Goodwood looking glorious

as usual. Two courses here and a lot of good young players coming through

and that is why Justin Rose was here today. He a few tips on how they

would make their way in the professional game. I am on the 18th.

Let's get ourselves up to the green. I wanted to argue about one other

line of sports news today. That's a bit long. Southampton defender Luke

Shaw has been talking about his delight of being named in Roy

Hodgson's world cup squad. He is being linked with a move to

Manchester United. No confirmation yet as to what the state of players

for that move. He is focusing on England for now. I can't believe it

still. When I found out that Ashley Cole wasn't going, I had that

thought it would be me. I didn't want to overthink it because I

didn't receive anything that night but when the squad came out, and I

saw I was in it, me and my family was sitting there, thinking, I am 18

years old and I'm going to the World Cup. We are bunkered, aren't we?

This would take a little bit of skill and professional prowess. I

can have a go but I warn you that my bunker play has never been up to

much. Quite hard, this sand. That will do. I know someone who can do

better than that. The academy players are some of the brightest

prospects in golf. For a man who made it `` for a man who made his

name at Northampton golf club, it is time for him to come back here. I

had a word with him early on. Justin Rose flew in from Florida and was

straight on the course. 200 adults, all glaring at them. Very impressive

how well they did. Plenty of them around. I remember being in a

similar situation when I was eight years old. I was trembling. I have a

lot of respect for what they just did. The 16`year`old is Europe's

number one in his age group. Here's like my idol. He told me to keep

working hard. You have got to work hard if you want to get there. For

Justin Rose, being back on home soil stirs the memories. Occasionally, I

come across some footage of you guys did about me back on the day. Those

were the best days of my life. The game gets more complicated the

higher the level you get, so it makes me realise why I still love it

and played in the first place. He plays in the PGA championship next

week and next month, he defends his US open title. Turning up two majors

having won a major, it doesn't make it any easier, but if you find

herself down on a stretch on Sunday, you have a lot of positive

experiences to draw on. Real champions, however busy, make time

for others. Justin Rose's contribution has proved an

inspiration to so many. What is it now? Double bogey? I have

had two more shots since I last left you, so let's see what we can do.

Here we go. Not too bad, is it? Enjoy yourself.

For Finn's Country this week, Roger Finn has been to visit

In many ways, a perfectly ordinary family farm.

They rear cattle, have some sheep and make hay, but there's one

thing that makes this farm pretty much unique, as far as we know.

Four generations of the same family share the work.

Roger spent a day with the Winters of Fritham.

Another busy morning. Lee Winter is the farmer here. By his dad still

pulls his weight and despite his 93 years, Fred Winter is never far

away. We should all work together. I was born around there in 1920. I

went to work for Her Majesty during the war. It is a poor man's life.

And if you are poor, you are happy. To Fred's delight, a bald generation

is showing a keen interest. Jake and little Freddie. They run a mixed

farm with 140 head of cattle. Today, some are being wormed. Others are

being driven out to take advantage of the new Forest's ancient right to

graze animals freely. They are out there for the night and will be back

in the morning. Back in the lambing yard, Freddie has spotted something.

A little miracle for the lucky crew. We have been in here twice. Nothing.

And now, all of a sudden, we have got one. Before we know it, one

becomes too. We keep... We sell 40 a week at Salisbury market. Everybody

in the village knows me. I can remember when we were nippers coming

in from school, we used to watch them come down the road.

He said to me, get that big tractor out. But Jake does have a clue.

According to his dad, he is tractor mad.

What is the trickiest thing you have had to do? Scraping out. Or the

clamp when your back wheels come up in the air. A bit scary sometimes.

Most kids read comic magazines or something. He reads the farmers

weekly magazine. He loves anything to do with tractors. It is bred into

you. You are in charge at the moment. Why has been like having the

advice of your and great`grandfather? Useful. A pain at

times, but on the whole, good. Back in the farmhouse, the youngest

generation have another job to do. This land was one of triplets but

its mother could only feed too. But it is in safe hands.

Now Roger has been rummaging through a box of old tools,

some of them rather strange, and he's been challenging us to

Last time, he showed us a peculiar glass bottle which

prompted a whole variety of guesses, including oil lamp, bed warmer

Well, I can tell you that it was none of those things, though

The odd looking glass bottle was in fact a great preserver. Fill it with

water and it keeps them fresh. He is this week's mystery object: Wood,

metal, what is it? Have a guess on our Facebook page and we will reveal

the answer next week. I reckon some people will know what

that is. Mike Richards took this photo

of a young sparrow enjoying Sarah Rose took this photo of

Hurst Castle lighthouse And a blue tit in flight in Selsey

captured by Jean Wort. The sky will clear in places and

temperatures will fall away but today highs of 20 Celsius. Quite

warm across the region and temperatures in high teens in most

places termite, temperatures will fall away just into single figures

and the risk of one or two mist and patches. Through the course of the

night, temperatures will drop in our towns and cities to 7`8 Celsius.

Double figures in some places and the wind is a fairly light. More

likely to see mist and fog patches through Dorset and Wiltshire. A

misty, murky start for some tomorrow but lost some tomorrow but lost

substantial through the afternoon, temperatures will soar into the high

teens and low 20s. 20 Celsius today. Tomorrow, perhaps up to 21. The

winds are fairly light. Increasing cloud during the afternoon which may

turn the sunshine hazy. A lovely end to the day. Very like tonight. The

cloud will melt away and under the clearing skies, temperatures will

drop to 10`11dC. A milder might tomorrow night. Start the day on

Saturday. Sunshine on offer through Saturday and high pressure is still

in charge of our weather. A change comes about on Sunday. The latter

part of the weekend, with this weather front moving moving in, but

may produce one or two showers. Most places will stay dry. Still the risk

of the shower on Saturday for eastern areas. Generally, dry

weather in store. Settled conditions and sunshine. Temperatures tomorrow

could be up to 21 Celsius. By Saturday, 23 Celsius. What cloud on

Sunday and one or two clouds on Monday.

at the European elections on May the 22nd.

even though that would wreck the recovery and destroy jobs.

The Conservatives are now openly flirting with exit.