:00:18. > :00:19.Standing down ` the leader of Portsmouth City Council lakes
:00:20. > :00:24.way after poor election restlts for the Liberal Democrats.
:00:25. > :00:30.The scheme to keep elderly patients out of hospital
:00:31. > :00:41.I have been in hospital twice and they have been very good. Btt it's
:00:42. > :00:42.nothing like home. And he's gone ` Saints lose their
:00:43. > :00:46.manager to Spurs as the London club A jury has heard how an 82 xear old
:00:47. > :01:02.lollipop man was killed in Waterlooville by a motorhst who
:01:03. > :01:07.claims she was blinded by the sun. 23 year old Lauren Paul is charged
:01:08. > :01:09.with causing death Raymond Elsmore was knocked down as
:01:10. > :01:14.he was helping a pedestrian cross Caroline Richardson reports
:01:15. > :01:24.from Southampton Crown Court. He'd just started his shift
:01:25. > :01:29.as the lollipop man outside Queens Inclosure Primary School
:01:30. > :01:32.in Waterlooville. He'd stepped into the road
:01:33. > :01:39.to help Toni Ponting cross. She was heavily pregnant and
:01:40. > :01:54.on her way to collect her son. I could see behind him and see the
:01:55. > :01:59.cars coming. I thought the cat would stop but it didn't. He hit the
:02:00. > :02:00.windscreen and the car brokd. He was pushed down onto the road.
:02:01. > :02:04.The car was being driven by Lauren Paul, seen here in the striped top.
:02:05. > :02:07.In a statement to the policd, Miss Paul said she was drivhng
:02:08. > :02:11.straight into the sun so shd slowed down to what she believed w`s
:02:12. > :02:15.She put the sun visor down and took steps to adjust her
:02:16. > :02:27.The jury heard from another witness who was driving behind Laurdn Paul.
:02:28. > :02:31.She said the son had been blinding. After the accident, Lauren was
:02:32. > :02:36.distraught and said if she had seen him she would have stopped. The
:02:37. > :02:40.other witness said she did not see him either. She didn't see `nyone
:02:41. > :02:44.step into the road. If it h`d been ten seconds earlier, she sahd, it
:02:45. > :02:46.could have been me. The casd continues.
:02:47. > :02:49.The Liberal Democrat leader of Portsmouth City Council,
:02:50. > :02:51.Gerald Vernon`Jackson, says he'll resign after
:02:52. > :02:54.his party failed to win the support it needed in the local elections.
:02:55. > :02:57.The council was left with no overall control.
:02:58. > :03:01.The Conservatives, led by Donna Jones, say they're on coursd to take
:03:02. > :03:05.over if they have enough support from other parties, including UKIP.
:03:06. > :03:14.Our Political Editor Peter Henley reports.
:03:15. > :03:20.He's led a maritime city through ten years of stormy political w`ters.
:03:21. > :03:25.Now, Gerald Vernon`Jackson hs abandoning ship. I moved here
:03:26. > :03:31.expecting to get a part`timd job and have more time to do less work. The
:03:32. > :03:38.last ten years have thrown those plans out. It is a wonderful city to
:03:39. > :03:44.work in. It has been very enjoyable and interesting. Now I will do
:03:45. > :03:47.something different. Portsmouth is a city that faces many challenges In
:03:48. > :03:52.discussions this weekend, there was talk of a rainbow coalition with all
:03:53. > :03:58.parties coming together. But they couldn't manage it. The six UKIP
:03:59. > :04:03.councillors elected last wedk called the balance of power but ard
:04:04. > :04:09.refusing to use it. If you do a coalition, you sell out. Th`t is why
:04:10. > :04:15.the Lib Dems are dead in thd water. I gave away their flagship policy to
:04:16. > :04:24.get their feet under the table. We don't want to do that. We w`nt to
:04:25. > :04:40.act as `` we want to be inddpendent. Donna Jones says with UKIP support
:04:41. > :04:45.she have to cooperate. I was elected to do a job. I love this city and my
:04:46. > :04:51.children are growing up herd. I want to make sure that I'm doing the best
:04:52. > :04:55.job I can. I have my own business. I have worked for a bank and Diana
:04:56. > :04:59.stands finance. I know that I can do a better job than the peopld who
:05:00. > :05:12.have been running this city for the last decade. There are choppy waters
:05:13. > :05:17.ahead. Peter is here with md now. What is Gerald Vernon`Jackson doing
:05:18. > :05:23.next? He says he will not ptt himself forward for selection as a
:05:24. > :05:28.Lib Dem over the summer. Thdy could both stand at the same time because
:05:29. > :05:33.Mike Hancock as allegations hanging over him. But he is an independent.
:05:34. > :05:39.Mike Hancock might decide not to run. It's interesting that he could
:05:40. > :05:45.move on to be an MP. These four were UKIP MEPs have been elected from our
:05:46. > :05:49.region. They are now saying that they want to campaign for a
:05:50. > :05:54.Westminster seat as well. It is an interesting time. If people have
:05:55. > :05:59.elected them to represent us in Brussels, how will they havd time to
:06:00. > :06:05.campaign for Parliament? Absolutely. They detest the EU who have given
:06:06. > :06:10.them a fund to try to get into Westminster. They will be gdtting
:06:11. > :06:20.big salaries, some of which will be handed over to UK to help them
:06:21. > :06:26.campaign. The way things ard going, the former leader of the cotncil
:06:27. > :06:33.could end up with three jobs. He could be an MEP and also trxing to
:06:34. > :06:38.get into Westminster. They're just going to make a protest votd in
:06:39. > :06:46.Brussels. The selection will be over the summer. It is critical what Mike
:06:47. > :06:49.Hancock might decide. If he gets within six months of the general
:06:50. > :06:53.election, there would not bd a by`election. He would carry on. If
:06:54. > :06:58.he continues to stand as an independent, he receives a big
:06:59. > :07:01.financial pay`out because hd will get resettlement allowances as a
:07:02. > :07:06.sitting member of Parliament. That might make a real differencd to his
:07:07. > :07:08.decision. So just wait and see. Thank you.
:07:09. > :07:10.A petition has been launched against Surrey county counchllors'
:07:11. > :07:13.decision to give themselves a rise in their allowances, in some
:07:14. > :07:18.Now a petition, carrying more than 350 signatures, is calling on the
:07:19. > :07:25.A little earlier, I spoke to our reporter Ben Moore, and askdd him
:07:26. > :07:32.As usual, this is one of those rows about councillors getthng more
:07:33. > :07:38.Last month, an independent panel suggested that those from
:07:39. > :07:42.the county council should bd able to increase their allowances, but at a
:07:43. > :07:50.vote, Surrey Council rejectdd that and voted for an even bigger hike.
:07:51. > :07:55.For example, the deputy teal leader's special allowance
:07:56. > :08:01.He now takes home ?44,000 a year in allowances.
:08:02. > :08:05.Yes, especially as the council rdcently
:08:06. > :08:08.voted against people who worked for it receiving the living wage,
:08:09. > :08:16.Obviously, the area has obviously got some of
:08:17. > :08:19.the problems associated with every council ` potholes, for exalple
:08:20. > :08:22.There is still damage remaining from the floods.
:08:23. > :08:28.Now a petition has been set up by the Labour prospective parlhamentary
:08:29. > :08:37.He says that the Tory`run council have showed that they are ott
:08:38. > :08:41.of touch and described this as a scandalous money grab.
:08:42. > :08:44.So far, 600 people have signed it and, on top of that, the three
:08:45. > :08:49.people who sat on that independent advisory panel have resigned.
:08:50. > :08:54.The council says that the government has increased
:08:55. > :09:00.It says there has been no rdview of allowances for years.
:09:01. > :09:04.While that was the right thhng to do at the time, it is now important
:09:05. > :09:07.that these allowances are adjusted to reflect increases in rolds
:09:08. > :09:17.Although Surreyy is overwhelmingly a Tory area, after recent elections
:09:18. > :09:20.this could prove to be a chhnk in the Conservative armour.
:09:21. > :09:23.Richard Wilson says if he manages to get 20,000
:09:24. > :09:26.signatures on this petition, he s a long way off that at the loment,
:09:27. > :09:36.he will be able to present to the full council and force a full vote.
:09:37. > :09:39.That may lead to scrutiny that the council don't want.
:09:40. > :09:43.The number of children arrested in the South has dropped by almost
:09:44. > :09:52.New figures show Dorset had the largest fall in arrests
:09:53. > :09:55.from more than 3,000 in 2008 to just over 800 in 201 .
:09:56. > :09:58.The data is from the Howard League for Penal Reform `
:09:59. > :10:01.who say a review of police `rrest procedures in recent years has led
:10:02. > :10:08.Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y:
:10:09. > :10:17.the gladiator of the seas looks for a fifth world title.
:10:18. > :10:19.The families of the four missing sailors of
:10:20. > :10:22.the Southampton yacht, the Cheeki Rafiki, have spoken in publhc for
:10:23. > :10:26.the first time since the hull of the vessel was found in the Atl`ntic.
:10:27. > :10:29.James Male, who was from Rolsey and Andrew Bridge, from Farnham
:10:30. > :10:33.were part of a crew sailing back to the South when their yacht got
:10:34. > :10:38.The boat's upturned hull was found by the US Coastguard on Friday
:10:39. > :10:52.We would like to say how much we owe to the public. It is overwhdlming
:10:53. > :10:55.and unprecedented. The men would have been enormously touched to have
:10:56. > :10:59.known that they were in the minds of so many people. It would have
:11:00. > :11:07.brought them great comfort hn their moment of need. It could, jtst code,
:11:08. > :11:09.have made a vital differencd to saving their lives, had the
:11:10. > :11:14.circumstances been slightly different.
:11:15. > :11:18.A motorcyclist from Portsmotth has been jailed for causing the death
:11:19. > :11:22.Kristof Fairley's bike collhded with a car at the junction of
:11:23. > :11:24.Eastern Road and Airport Service Road in Jantary
:11:25. > :11:27.His new wife Ashley, who was also on the motorcycle, was
:11:28. > :11:30.Fairley was disqualified from driving
:11:31. > :11:43.He admitted causing his wifd's death and was today jailed for 32 months.
:11:44. > :11:47.Plans for an asbestos waste facility in the New Forest have been approved
:11:48. > :11:50.The site at Hardley Industrial Estate ndar Hythe
:11:51. > :11:52.would specialise in the disposal of the harmful mineral.
:11:53. > :11:55.Solent Environmental Servicds submitted the plans ` which were
:11:56. > :11:57.today unanimously approved by the council's regulatory colmittee.
:11:58. > :12:02.But some residents feel it's not a safe distance" from homes.
:12:03. > :12:05.Hundreds of elderly patients in Southampton are being moved out
:12:06. > :12:09.of Accident and Emergency ` to a new department treating falls,
:12:10. > :12:14.The aim is to prevent them from being admitted ` and possibly
:12:15. > :12:19.The unit is now seeing 20 p`tients a day ` mostly over the age of 5.
:12:20. > :12:32.Our Health Correspondent David Fenton reports.
:12:33. > :12:40.This woman is 84 and has ruptured her tendon. She has been to a indie
:12:41. > :12:43.and was sent to a special unit for elderly people.
:12:44. > :12:48.The emergency department is a terrifying aches in this, often with
:12:49. > :12:53.queues of people coming in `nd out and lots of loud noises. We are
:12:54. > :12:58.trying to move through `` move people through that area quhckly.
:12:59. > :13:04.This is a specially dedicatdd area for frail, older people.
:13:05. > :13:09.It costs two point ?5,000 e`ch time a patient is admitted to hospital as
:13:10. > :13:13.an emergency. `` it costs two and a half thousand pounds.
:13:14. > :13:17.Your muscles will atrophy and your brain will forget what it is doing
:13:18. > :13:22.if you leave someone in bed for a couple of days. You have allost aged
:13:23. > :13:27.than two years in the effect it will have on them.
:13:28. > :13:32.The aim here is to get the patients treated and home again as qtickly
:13:33. > :13:36.and safely as possible. In the last three years, I have been
:13:37. > :13:41.in hospital twice. They havd been very good but it is nothing like
:13:42. > :13:45.home. Even so, the number of elderly
:13:46. > :13:51.patients in our hospitals is increasing. Southampton Gendral has
:13:52. > :13:58.about 1,100 beds, this many occupied by older patients. In the l`st
:13:59. > :14:03.year, those numbers have gone up by 6%. Of course, it is not thdir
:14:04. > :14:11.fault. Many would prefer to be at home, but that often means complex
:14:12. > :14:16.social care organising. We discharge mostly two thirds of
:14:17. > :14:20.our patients. Some that we `ssess our really quite unwell and need to
:14:21. > :14:24.come to hospital. All we can say is that we add to that patient
:14:25. > :14:28.experience. This unit has been very successful,
:14:29. > :14:34.keeping at least 20 patients per week out of hospital. Five hours
:14:35. > :14:36.after pro's accident, she is going home with a care package arranged by
:14:37. > :14:44.the team. `` after her accident An organisation that works with
:14:45. > :14:46.vulnerable people in Hampshhre says it's concerned about the impact
:14:47. > :14:50.of a proposed cut to the funding it Hampshire County Council nedds to
:14:51. > :14:54.make ?4 million of savings to its Supporting People budget `
:14:55. > :14:57.money which pays for emergency The Crescent here
:14:58. > :15:03.in Yateley has been Wanda's home for more than 40 Its bungalows allow
:15:04. > :15:07.the tenants the choice to ldad independent lives, safe in
:15:08. > :15:12.the knowledge that help is nearby. But now a 37 percent cut
:15:13. > :15:15.in funding from the Hampshire County We used to have social activities
:15:16. > :15:24.in the evening, and doing p`inting and card making and watching
:15:25. > :15:29.the karaoke on the big scredn. We don't have anything
:15:30. > :15:36.like that now. The site provides work
:15:37. > :15:38.for residents and others with Cuts to council funding havdn't just
:15:39. > :15:47.hit quality of life but threaten the very survival of
:15:48. > :15:51.one resident, after a wake`tp visit by staff was branded extrav`gant
:15:52. > :16:03.by the site's paymasters. The residential support man`ger
:16:04. > :16:05.was asked to investigate. She went to his bungalow and he was
:16:06. > :16:10.collapsed on the floor in a coma. He had to be rushed to hosphtal
:16:11. > :16:13.and is still not working now. Had he not been working that day,
:16:14. > :16:17.had it been a weekend or holiday, then he would have been missed
:16:18. > :16:25.until it was too late. Yateley Industries will survive
:16:26. > :16:28.the cuts. Hampshire County Council insists
:16:29. > :16:32.what it is doing is priorithsing But the idea that
:16:33. > :16:36.the policy isn't being felt on the front line, that helps those
:16:37. > :16:40.with disabilities, seems rather A club for blind people in Dorset
:16:41. > :16:51.has found itself While more and more people want
:16:52. > :16:56.to join, it's funding is falling. The club offers a way out
:16:57. > :16:58.of isolation But now there's
:16:59. > :17:03.a real danger it could closd down. So, as Roger Finn reports,
:17:04. > :17:04.it's mounted What would you miss
:17:05. > :17:10.if you went blind? That's the question being posed
:17:11. > :17:13.by the Dorset Blind Association ` and this You Tube video is one
:17:14. > :17:16.of the responses being postdd Along with pictures of sunsdts
:17:17. > :17:23.and loved ones. The idea is to draw attention to
:17:24. > :17:27.what these people might soon miss. Seven years ago the
:17:28. > :17:29.Dorset Blind Association set up There are over a hundred melbers
:17:30. > :17:46.and this group meets regularly This club is fantastic with the
:17:47. > :17:52.people who come here. It gives them a chance to get out and sochalise.
:17:53. > :17:56.It sounds so simple but it hs actually quite difficult for people
:17:57. > :17:58.with visual impairments. Two thirds of people with sight loss s`y they
:17:59. > :18:01.barely members have taken part in ` variety
:18:02. > :18:10.of activities including cricket and donations has been fallhng while
:18:11. > :18:13.demands to join have been rhsing. The club now needs
:18:14. > :18:25.?12,000 just to survive. What is most frightening is when you
:18:26. > :18:30.start losing contact with pdople. You can't drive and are constantly
:18:31. > :18:34.relying on family. Being able to do something like this gives us
:18:35. > :18:43.independence. It means so mtch for your self`esteem. I was verx scared
:18:44. > :18:51.of coming here. I got confidence here from doing things. Talking to
:18:52. > :18:56.other people who were in yotr shoes is really helpful. It supports that
:18:57. > :19:03.you need because there are few blind people around. By coming here to the
:19:04. > :19:12.coughing warnings, you can talk with people that have a similar problem
:19:13. > :19:16.that you understand. There hs evidence that the number of blind
:19:17. > :19:21.people in Britain is growing. At charity says this is becausd of the
:19:22. > :19:28.greater survivability of severely premature babies.
:19:29. > :19:31.A fact that this group believes makes it's own
:19:32. > :19:42.Sussex Cricket manager Mark Robinson has said
:19:43. > :19:45.On to sport, and it's been confirmed within the last hour that
:19:46. > :19:48.Mauricio Pochettino has reshgned as Southampton manager to t`ke over
:19:49. > :19:54.He moves to the London club on a five year contract.
:19:55. > :20:00.We thought this news was coling They have confirmed in the last hour
:20:01. > :20:04.that Mauricio Pochettino is leaving the club. Spurs have said that he
:20:05. > :20:08.will be joining them on a fhve`year contract. When he initially joined
:20:09. > :20:13.Saint Mary 's last year, he was relatively unknown will stop in the
:20:14. > :20:36.past 16 months, he has transformed the club.
:20:37. > :20:39.This now provides a big test to new Southampton chairman Ralph Kruger,
:20:40. > :20:42.who crucially must find a new manager to help South`mpton
:20:43. > :20:47.England duo Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw have both been subject to
:20:48. > :20:50.Malcolm Mackay and Michael Laudrup are at the early bookmakers'
:20:51. > :21:09.Thank you. I'm sure Saints fans will be watching keenly for news.
:21:10. > :21:11.Sussex Cricket manager Mark Robinson has said
:21:12. > :21:14.a match fixing scandal involving two of their former players 'sickens
:21:15. > :21:17.Lou Vincent and Naveed Arif have been charged by
:21:18. > :21:21.the England and Wales Crickdt Board in relation to two matches hn 2 11.
:21:22. > :21:24.Today the club spoke publicly for the first time about their distress
:21:25. > :21:32.The World Match Racing Tour begins next Friday.
:21:33. > :21:34.12 sailing crews competing at destinations around the globe.
:21:35. > :21:38.Skipper of one of those crews, Ian Williams from Lymington, is hoping
:21:39. > :21:48.Sarah Farmer has been out on the water to meet him.
:21:49. > :21:51.More game sailing than plain sailing.
:21:52. > :21:56.Tactical, gladiatorial, head to head.
:21:57. > :21:59.The world match racing tour starts next week and a sailor
:22:00. > :22:06.from the south is hoping to bring home the silver.
:22:07. > :22:11.Because there are only two boats, a lot of the tactics involvd
:22:12. > :22:14.The boats tend to stay closd together,
:22:15. > :22:20.We have a few crashes every now and then.
:22:21. > :22:23.The trophy bears Ian's name four times already.
:22:24. > :22:25.A fifth victory would land him in the record books
:22:26. > :22:31.as the first British sailor to win five championship world titles.
:22:32. > :22:34.It's all for Ian now to try to break a world record.
:22:35. > :22:43.He is certainly one to watch and one to beat.
:22:44. > :22:45.Part of the challenge is learning to sail
:22:46. > :22:52.Talking of challenges, it's my turn for a masterclass on the water.
:22:53. > :23:02.12 teams compete at six different countries
:23:03. > :23:07.At each stop, a new fleet of boats to compete in.
:23:08. > :23:09.It's really tight teamwork between all of you.
:23:10. > :23:14.Each boat is different how the teamwork works.
:23:15. > :23:17.We get two hours of practice a set for each dvent.
:23:18. > :23:25.One of the key things when you're sailing is feelhng
:23:26. > :23:38.When you're sailing upwind, it gives you quite a lot of field.
:23:39. > :23:41.Without me telling you which way to put the tiller, you are
:23:42. > :23:48.Our boats are relatively he`vy, not particularly fast.
:23:49. > :23:51.The race is not so much about the speed of the boat,
:23:52. > :23:56.It's really the tactical element to the race.
:23:57. > :24:02.Each race on the tour is a cat and mouse chase.
:24:03. > :24:10.Reputations count for nothing and that is the highlight for me.
:24:11. > :24:33.Your results how you perforl on the day.
:24:34. > :24:37.Dan Smith took this photo of a mute swan cygnet in Petworth
:24:38. > :24:40.Ginny Boxall captured flowering chives in her garden in Alton.
:24:41. > :24:47.And Nick Lucas took this photo of the rain drops on a Blue Moon
:24:48. > :24:55.Through tonight, we will sed rain and showers at times which could be
:24:56. > :25:01.heavy. The best of any drier skies down towards parts of Dorset. We've
:25:02. > :25:06.seen quite a number of heavx showers through Weymouth and is. Through the
:25:07. > :25:10.night, little respite from rain in some areas, with temperaturds
:25:11. > :25:16.falling to a mild ten or 11. Not particularly cold through the night
:25:17. > :25:20.and similar tomorrow. Some rain or showers at times, more likely in
:25:21. > :25:25.northern areas. Along the south coast, we may see the cloud break
:25:26. > :25:29.for a time with some sunshine, that's generally a cloudy d`y with
:25:30. > :25:37.temperatures reaching 15 Celsius. Tonight, one or two showers with
:25:38. > :25:42.some mist patches. We hold onto the wet conditions through Thursday
:25:43. > :25:46.with temperatures overnight similar to tonight at 11 or 12. A f`irly
:25:47. > :25:53.unsettled picture with low pressure on Thursday. Rain it could be heavy
:25:54. > :25:58.with the possibility of thunder The good news is that come Frid`y we
:25:59. > :26:01.will start to see this area of high pressure start building further The
:26:02. > :26:06.wind will feel lighter and ht will turn more settled with some
:26:07. > :26:10.sunshine. This week rain and showers. Even the odd rumbld of
:26:11. > :26:15.thunder. There will be some sunshine, but that is more likely
:26:16. > :26:18.towards the latter part of the week. Turning drier come Friday whth that
:26:19. > :26:23.high pressure building in from the Atlantic. Showers and rain dxpected
:26:24. > :26:28.tomorrow, which could be on the heavy side. More likely for northern
:26:29. > :26:35.areas. The best of brightness along the south. There could be
:26:36. > :26:39.thunderstorms on Thursday. Friday and Saturday, that high pressure
:26:40. > :26:41.building from the Atlantic. Turning more settled and drier with more
:26:42. > :26:54.sunshine. Tomorrow, we will meet the
:26:55. > :26:58.ten`year`old athlete who is competing at swimming. She's pretty
:26:59. > :27:04.good! Will also be talking to `` talking about free school mdals
:27:05. > :27:10.Make sure you join us. Thanks for watching. Goodbye.