:00:13. > :00:15.Hello, welcome to South Tod`y, I'm Tony Husband with tonight's top
:00:16. > :00:17.stories. American dream, but will Ben
:00:18. > :00:21.Ainslie's quest to win the @merica's Cup be based in Portsmouth `s his
:00:22. > :00:24.plan sails into a tide of opposition?
:00:25. > :00:28.It may even be that we would have to go directly overseas to the other
:00:29. > :00:43.venues, which would be a sh`me for the whole area in the marind sector
:00:44. > :00:45.from a chief constable after investigations conclude into abuse
:00:46. > :00:49.claims at a Hampshire school. Hire a bike to get to work. As numbers
:00:50. > :00:53.cycling for the commute drop, a new scheme on two wheels is launched in
:00:54. > :00:55.Berkshire. And on display, the artworks created by militarx
:00:56. > :00:57.veterans readjusting to lifd after war.
:00:58. > :00:59.Berkshire. And on display, the artworks created by militarx
:01:00. > :01:03.veterans readjusting to lifd after war.
:01:04. > :01:06.Sir Ben Ainslie has launched his America's Cup bid today and has
:01:07. > :01:10.already got one Royal supporter on board. The Duchess of Cambrhdge was
:01:11. > :01:13.at Greenwich as the firing gun was sounded for the design and luch of
:01:14. > :01:16.the fundraising for the vessel. The most successful Olympic sailor ever
:01:17. > :01:29.now has his eyes on the sport's most elusive prize.
:01:30. > :01:51.Team was a chance to sport. When it have a chance to keep it. I would
:01:52. > :01:57.love everything up to when this app from the London Olympic med`l. It
:01:58. > :02:06.would be massive for us to bring this back to British sport.
:02:07. > :02:20.Sarabande A planning application has been
:02:21. > :02:22.submitted for the city's Calber Docks. But it's drawn opposhtion
:02:23. > :02:26.from locals who say it's too big and in a conservation area.
:02:27. > :02:45.Our reporter Jo Kent is livd for us work has the maternal tenants and
:02:46. > :02:51.work unless the eye landmark building. It is a perfect Chrcle
:02:52. > :03:00.window for this challenge. @head of the lounge I spoke to Sir Bdn
:03:01. > :03:22.Ainslie about why he wants to be empowered Smyth. Dash`mac i8n
:03:23. > :03:33.Portsmouth. In Portsmouth From a competitive point of view Portsmouth
:03:34. > :03:40.is one of the best venues that we have in the UK. Imagine havhng the
:03:41. > :03:47.boards flying down and had ` incredible spectacle. I unddrstand
:03:48. > :03:51.that the government said it would support a bid for the four ports
:03:52. > :04:00.mouth. Is that part of the incentive? Yes, we plan to build a
:04:01. > :04:05.base which has sustainable `spects and build something up for the town.
:04:06. > :04:10.It will cost money and we hope to build something that will l`st an
:04:11. > :04:15.impressive and will bring young people through and hopefullx inspire
:04:16. > :04:26.them to get into the sport `nd a great thing for the local area. I am
:04:27. > :04:32.confident the planning your way As you say, the planning is not
:04:33. > :04:41.confirmed yet and the plannhng meeting and decision taken later
:04:42. > :04:51.this month so nothing is set in stone and had the support of
:04:52. > :05:06.everyone in ports mouth, not just in Portsmouth that I am a supporter can
:05:07. > :05:15.get that support can get. If I cannot get the support in Portsmouth
:05:16. > :05:21.will have to go to Southampton which would be a shame for the arda and
:05:22. > :05:25.the marine sector in the Unhted Kingdom. The teams do not come
:05:26. > :05:35.around very often and web is to have a very positive impact on the local
:05:36. > :05:42.area. There is a lot of support in general for the ball spinning here
:05:43. > :05:47.at about 130 people have wrhtten to object about the planning
:05:48. > :05:52.application. People sometimds have to get permission to change their
:05:53. > :05:56.windows here and the propos`l as there are very modern buildhng which
:05:57. > :06:06.is a lot higher than the cr`ne behind me. Here's what some people
:06:07. > :06:10.had to say about it today. H have seen via cannot modify it so it will
:06:11. > :06:18.not have such a big impact on local residents. The 20% of the pdople
:06:19. > :06:21.down here at in favour of them coming here that there are
:06:22. > :06:25.implications for the residents who live there. One of them is the scale
:06:26. > :06:30.of the building which is a very big building. I think the project is
:06:31. > :06:51.called short`sighted and thd potential is amazing. ``the
:06:52. > :06:57.objections are I asked about the planning process and spoke to the
:06:58. > :07:12.to the council window.
:07:13. > :07:15.Portsmouth From a competitive point of view Portsmouth
:07:16. > :07:19.is one of the best venues that we have in the UK. Imagine havhng the
:07:20. > :07:21.boards flying down and had ` incredible spectacle. I unddrstand
:07:22. > :07:25.that the government said it would support a bid for the four ports
:07:26. > :07:28.mouth. Is that part of the incentive? Yes, we plan to build a
:07:29. > :07:32.base which has sustainable `spects and build something up for the town.
:07:33. > :07:35.It will cost money and we hope to build something that will l`st an
:07:36. > :07:38.impressive and will bring young people through and hopefullx inspire
:07:39. > :07:43.them to get into the sport `nd a great thing for the local area. I am
:07:44. > :07:46.confident the planning your way As you say, the planning is not
:07:47. > :07:48.confirmed yet and the plannhng meeting and decision taken later
:07:49. > :07:52.this month so nothing is set in stone and had the support of
:07:53. > :07:56.everyone in ports mouth, not just in Portsmouth that I am a supporter can
:07:57. > :07:59.get that support can get. If I cannot get the support in Portsmouth
:08:00. > :08:03.will have to go to Southampton which would be a shame for the arda and
:08:04. > :08:06.in the United Kingdom. The teams do not come
:08:07. > :08:10.around very often and web is to have a very positive impact on the local
:08:11. > :08:14.area. There is a lot of support in general for the ball spinning here
:08:15. > :08:17.at about 130 people have wrhtten to object about the planning
:08:18. > :08:20.application. People sometimds have to get permission to change their
:08:21. > :08:23.windows here and the propos`l as there are very modern buildhng which
:08:24. > :08:26.is a lot higher than the cr`ne behind me. Here's what some people
:08:27. > :08:31.had to say about it today. H have seen via cannot modify it so it will
:08:32. > :09:14.not have such a big impact on local residents. The 20% of the pdople
:09:15. > :10:27.I can understand there are people who think this is a done de`l. The
:10:28. > :10:30.In hindsight, what went round here? Who was outlined its own resolution
:10:31. > :10:41.has been achieved that have admitted that the outcome is far frol
:10:42. > :10:43.satisfactory and we have more to here about what went wrong `bout a
:10:44. > :11:03.once respected school. Police in Sussex are asking the
:11:04. > :11:07.public for help in finding ` convicted murderer who has been
:11:08. > :11:13.missing from Ford Open Prison for the last four years.
:11:14. > :11:18.Robert Donovan was jailed in 19 4 for stabbing a man to death in
:11:19. > :11:22.London. He absconded from Ford Open Prison, near Arundel, in June 2 10.
:11:23. > :11:25.Donovan may have family livhng in Portsmouth, and could be ushng the
:11:26. > :11:28.alias David Green. It comes weeks after Ford admitted two simhlar
:11:29. > :11:31.cases of inmates walking out of Still to come in this evening's
:11:32. > :11:34.South Today... An inquest has heard how a lan died
:11:35. > :11:38.after setting fire to himself in a dentist's surgery in Chichester
:11:39. > :11:40.Witnesses said Anthony Chasd, who was 66, argued with staff bdfore
:11:41. > :11:43.dousing himself in flammabld liquid. His family told a coroner's court he
:11:44. > :12:03.had a history of mental health The receptionist and went to get the
:12:04. > :12:11.manager after an argument. But another receptionist saw hilself
:12:12. > :12:15.pulling a flammable liquid over himself and setting light to
:12:16. > :12:21.himself. Staff moved quicklx to douse the flames and he was taken to
:12:22. > :12:26.hospital where he died of extensive burns a few days later. Her sister
:12:27. > :12:31.said her brother had had a long history of mental health problems.
:12:32. > :12:36.She said he had been diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenha and
:12:37. > :12:41.had refused in recent years to take his medication. She said th`t he did
:12:42. > :12:52.not think there was anything wrong with them. He had cut off I'll
:12:53. > :12:58.contact with his family. . The coroner said that the man h`d died
:12:59. > :13:20.of his own deliberate actions when the balance of his mind was
:13:21. > :13:25.disturbed. Now I welcome thhs paper has come up with an eye`catching way
:13:26. > :13:34.to highlight the issue of trading cards. The subject of his c`rds are
:13:35. > :14:11.Cabinet members of Sussex County Council. Country`mac in Portsmouth
:14:12. > :14:16.``Surrey County Council. We ordinary people do not understand wh`t is
:14:17. > :14:25.going on. It is good. I shotld apply for a job there. In a an independent
:14:26. > :14:33.panel recommended cutting some salaries. They ignore this `nd
:14:34. > :14:38.decided to increase the sal`ry. And this is only a few months after the
:14:39. > :14:44.Conservative group on a County Council decided they would not pay a
:14:45. > :14:47.living wage to Novell emploxees In a statement, Surrey County Council
:14:48. > :14:52.said they have not raised allowances for four years and while th`t was
:14:53. > :14:55.the right thing to do for the time they feel it is important that
:14:56. > :15:00.adjustments are made to reflect this increased realism responsibhlities.
:15:01. > :15:19.The Paper presented `` Antarctica. It's often a quicker ` and healthier
:15:20. > :15:24.` way to get to work so why aren't more people getting on their bike?
:15:25. > :15:27.Fewer than one in 30 workers cycle and in the South the rate is
:15:28. > :15:29.falling. Bucking the trend is Southalpton,
:15:30. > :15:32.Portsmouth and Bournemouth where the numbers cycling to work has gone up
:15:33. > :15:35.44% in a decade. But in Rushmoor it's fallen by 0%
:15:36. > :15:39.in a decade ` one of the largest falls in England.
:15:40. > :15:42.Today a new bike hire schemd launched in Reading and Wokhngham.
:15:43. > :15:45.200 are being made availabld to try to encourage drivers out of their
:15:46. > :15:49.cars ` but cycling groups s`y it's the wrong approach to getting more
:15:50. > :15:55.people back on the saddle as Joe Showing off our stores on a bank has
:15:56. > :16:00.become something of a right of passage for politicians to deal with
:16:01. > :16:10.the turn of the transport bts and leading to hit road. It is only
:16:11. > :16:16.achieved the and a maximum dffluent at anchor for the day is as ?4. It
:16:17. > :16:22.is an internal to try out for the short hops scene might otherwise
:16:23. > :16:30.have done in your car. This was the first day of the scheme to try and
:16:31. > :16:39.win people over. Are you telpted to use them? Yes, definitely. Why not.
:16:40. > :16:50.When, arrogant. I have not seen many people use them. From 2002 2011
:16:51. > :16:55.there was no increase in thd amount of people using bikes to around
:16:56. > :17:03.Reading. I think the main problems are a lack of cycling infrastructure
:17:04. > :17:08.and agile in that cycle network Even regular cyclist like this man
:17:09. > :17:18.heard not always feel safe on the roads in the town. How can between
:17:19. > :17:28.those buses and get home safely If you have a child or in shaphng it is
:17:29. > :17:33.impossible. This man is waiting for surgery after Barry hit by ` van and
:17:34. > :17:37.what she regards as badly ddsigned cycling looked acknowledges the role
:17:38. > :17:42.played by fears about safetx. I am settling campaigner and Eddhe not
:17:43. > :18:15.want this kind of thing to put people off. Then when I had to the
:18:16. > :18:25.prayers of this nail could cost up to ?2 million.
:18:26. > :18:29.The main sporting story of the day has been Sir Ben Ainslie's plans to
:18:30. > :18:35.mount a challenge to win thd America's Cup. It's the olddst
:18:36. > :18:38.trophy in sport but Britain has never won it, 163 years aftdr the
:18:39. > :18:41.first race staged off the Isle of Wight. Few journalists know more
:18:42. > :18:45.about the past and the presdnt of the event than journalist Bob Fisher
:18:46. > :19:00.How big a challenge is this? It is like and clear in our Seo? H suppose
:19:01. > :19:05.it is and we have never clahmed it but we have never really done it
:19:06. > :19:16.justice and the potential of challenges for it it has not worked.
:19:17. > :19:21.So how can be done now? He could win it. There is no finer sailor in the
:19:22. > :19:29.mail. He has trained with the New Zealand team were runners`up last
:19:30. > :19:37.time and with the Americans so he has that as well as for growing
:19:38. > :19:41.medals and a silver medal in the Olympic campaign. He is funding and
:19:42. > :19:49.a great team behind them. C`n bring those brought together? There was a
:19:50. > :19:54.lot of power and a lot of money and the defendants and they havd one of
:19:55. > :20:03.the richest men in the world behind them. He could not get much more
:20:04. > :20:09.than Larry Ellison as to his name that they have a lot of people
:20:10. > :20:15.behind them and airing the start of it. But talking now of having 2 % of
:20:16. > :20:19.that in Leeds and typing a nightmare, he was looking for ? 8
:20:20. > :20:25.million and I think it will probably overrun that but that is a lot of
:20:26. > :20:29.money to start thinking abott and if he gets that, surely you must be on
:20:30. > :20:38.their way. That's about a ldgacy from Sir Ben Ainslie? Is thdre a
:20:39. > :20:44.risk that if this does not go collect, people think this hs one
:20:45. > :20:52.area when it did not providd for them? I don't think so. It did not
:20:53. > :20:59.know it will affect previously greatest sailor before Sir Ben
:21:00. > :21:03.Ainslie came along. To do it for Great Britain is the man who has to
:21:04. > :21:08.do. I think there's every chance of winning this one. There will be
:21:09. > :21:09.accepted as being back from defeat. They have to look at that and
:21:10. > :21:20.Samantha. Some other sport, Reading's academy
:21:21. > :21:23.boss Eamonn Dolan is the favourite to succeed former Royals boss Brian
:21:24. > :21:25.McDermott at Leeds United. Dolan's earned a glowing reputration
:21:26. > :21:29.for his work with the youth set up at reading in a decade at the
:21:30. > :21:32.Madejski stadium, last season the Under 21 a side won the Prelier
:21:33. > :21:36.League Cup. Reading have refused to Southampton's sought`after captain
:21:37. > :21:38.Adam Lallana says his experhences in Brazil so far have put things in
:21:39. > :21:41.perspective. As he prepares for Saturday's opener
:21:42. > :21:44.against Italy, Lallana and other England players visited a ndw sports
:21:45. > :21:49.complex built with World Cup money, on the outskirts of Brazil's largest
:21:50. > :21:52.favela. The complex provides sport and medical facilities for people
:21:53. > :21:54.living in poor conditions. It?s great. You know, we?re not
:21:55. > :21:57.bored. No excuses, it?s gre`t to come to places like this today and
:21:58. > :22:01.give back to the kids and you?re starting to get a real buzz about it
:22:02. > :22:05.now and you really feel that the nation?s a massive football nation
:22:06. > :22:09.and everyone?s got a real btzz for Portsmouth Football Club has
:22:10. > :22:15.launched a crowd`funding calpaign to pay for two new football pitches.
:22:16. > :22:18.The club hopes to raise a qtarter of a million pounds to build additional
:22:19. > :22:22.pitches for the Pompey Acaddmy at their new training facility. It s
:22:23. > :22:25.the first time a Football Ldague club has undertaken such a campaign
:22:26. > :22:28.and relies on lots of fans giving Cricket, and Sussex's top order was
:22:29. > :22:33.blown away by a sensational over from
:22:34. > :22:35.Alfonso Thomas as the Somerset quickie took four wickets in four
:22:36. > :22:38.balls. James Anyon was bowldd, Rory Hamilton B?rown trapped LBW and Ed
:22:39. > :22:41.Joyce was caught behind for the hat`trick, before Matt Mach`n was
:22:42. > :22:45.bowled on the first ball of his next Somerset needed just 20 overs to
:22:46. > :22:49.chase down their target ` a six from Craig Kieswetter clinched the
:22:50. > :22:50.six`wicket win. In their top`of`the table clash
:22:51. > :22:53.against Worcetershire, Hampshire were forced to follow on.
:22:54. > :22:56.Surrey meanwhile racked up ` huge score against Gloucestershire.
:22:57. > :22:58.Solanki and Burns with nearly 3 0 They lead
:22:59. > :23:18.by 460 with five wickets relaining. Art has been used as a form a
:23:19. > :23:22.therapy for years. Now it's being used to help unlock the memories of
:23:23. > :23:26.soldiers who are sick, wounded or are suffering emotional tratma.
:23:27. > :23:29.Later this week some of the images and textiles created by vetdrans
:23:30. > :23:32.will go on display in Hampshire Nikki Mitchell reports. When he left
:23:33. > :23:41.the Royal Highland Fusilers, Michael Crossan suffered from mental health
:23:42. > :23:44.problems. Today, after taking part in a series of veterans' art
:23:45. > :23:47.workshops, one of his screenprints is the focal point of artist Susan
:23:48. > :23:50.Stockwell's exhibition piecd. I couldn't believe it when shd
:23:51. > :23:53.actually told me she was ushng my piece as a sort of centre point for
:23:54. > :23:58.the project and now, when I see it, it still gives me goosebumps to look
:23:59. > :24:01.at it. It's absolutely amazhng! For me, it encapsulates the
:24:02. > :24:03.brothers`in`arms theme of the military from the beginning of time.
:24:04. > :24:09.It just shows me and other guys there is life after the milhtary and
:24:10. > :24:13.there is help out there so for me from coming from living two years
:24:14. > :24:21.homeless to having a piece of artwork that will tour the country
:24:22. > :24:25.really gives me inspiration. The artwork's made out of discarded Army
:24:26. > :24:27.blankets. Veterans have been encouraged to try their hands at
:24:28. > :24:50.sewing and quilting to exprdss So the to have a tanker. Thhnk that
:24:51. > :25:25.is really reflective of the ways in which to practice can be usdd.
:25:26. > :25:28.Eleanor McBay captured this view looking east today from above Durdle
:25:29. > :25:30.door. Mary Hopcraft took this photo of the
:25:31. > :25:33.purple poppies in West Wittdring. And Bill Law captured Faringdon
:25:34. > :25:52.We are looking at sunshine hn varying amounts. There is the risk
:25:53. > :25:57.that by the weekend we could have they honour translated showdr. Quiet
:25:58. > :26:00.conditions overnight and mild with clear spells are there not `
:26:01. > :26:07.shimmered as recent notes so more comfortable night for sleephng.
:26:08. > :26:14.Street Sheraton parts of thd Wiltshire and temperatures will fall
:26:15. > :26:17.to around ten degrees 11 Celsius. Throughout tomorrow we will see
:26:18. > :26:21.cloud above up in a few places turning the sunshine hazy and that
:26:22. > :26:26.will be some decent amounts of sunshine and the San temper`tures
:26:27. > :26:43.will rise nicely to a high of 2 Celsius. There will be a
:26:44. > :26:50.south`westerly breeze along degrees are 12 Celsius which is verx similar
:26:51. > :26:53.to the temperatures tonight. There may be if Arafat patches first thing
:26:54. > :26:58.in the morning but other th`n that it may be pleasant on Thursday with
:26:59. > :27:01.high`pressure pressure firmly in charge of our weather. High pressure
:27:02. > :27:04.firmly in charge of our weather I purchased outstripping rest`urants
:27:05. > :27:07.but otherwise it will stay settled right through until the weekend
:27:08. > :27:24.about the weekend brings thd risk of a shower with the women's changing
:27:25. > :27:28.direction. ``the wind changhng. Fergie could be the warmest day of
:27:29. > :27:31.the year so far and it will feel all warm with the year so far and it
:27:32. > :27:34.will feel all warm weather northerly breeze. The best conditions this
:27:35. > :27:46.weekend will be along the south coast.
:27:47. > :27:47.There'll be a news summary `t 8pm and we'll be back