:00:00. > :00:00.indecent assault against women and children. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:09.News. Hello, I'm Sally Taylor. Welcome to
:00:10. > :00:10.South Today. A fight worth winning ` the
:00:11. > :00:14.terminally ill mother, the Secretary of State, and the case for ` school
:00:15. > :00:24.place for Charlie and Georgd. It has knocked us hugely. Wd need to
:00:25. > :00:30.give our children stability. Jailed for murder `
:00:31. > :00:32.guilty verdicts for the pair who deliberately r`n over
:00:33. > :00:35.a young father with a motorboat Be alert `
:00:36. > :00:37.a warning to women after two And, Hope floats `
:00:38. > :00:40.the Hampshire dentist and the round`the`world yacht,
:00:41. > :01:02.manned entirely by people whth MS. There is a certain sense of, you
:01:03. > :01:09.have to seize the day, becatse tomorrow you do not know.
:01:10. > :01:11.It's a row that's involved a terminally ill mother,
:01:12. > :01:14.a county council, the Secretary of State for Education, and a subject
:01:15. > :01:21.Michelle Amey has skin cancdr and fervently wants her two children
:01:22. > :01:27.But her youngest son has bedn refused a place at the junior school
:01:28. > :01:33.She had a similar struggle, previously, to get both her
:01:34. > :01:36.children into the same infant school ` only succeeding due to
:01:37. > :01:41.But, now both children are of junior school age and
:01:42. > :01:57.George and his big brother Charlie, a close pair who are looking forward
:01:58. > :02:02.to being at the same school when George leaves his infant cl`ss. They
:02:03. > :02:07.need each other and their friends for support as they cope with their
:02:08. > :02:12.mother's life`threatening illness. Despite the family's appeal, George
:02:13. > :02:19.has not offered at his other's school, as they live just ottside
:02:20. > :02:24.the catchment area now. It has had a massive setback on us as a family,
:02:25. > :02:32.we were doing well, feeling positive about everything going on at home,
:02:33. > :02:36.and it has knocked us hugelx. Why would we want to disrupt thd lives
:02:37. > :02:43.of our children? We need to give them stability. They don't seem to
:02:44. > :02:48.understand that. Dorset county council say they have the bdst
:02:49. > :02:50.welfare of the children at heart and they haven't. I would love one of
:02:51. > :03:38.them to come round and Earlier, I spoke to the loc`l
:03:39. > :04:47.MP Christopher Chope, family being treated differdntly? ``
:04:48. > :04:51.right to the top of the list. I believe in localism and I think the
:04:52. > :04:54.council should respond to these concerns. They have accepted that
:04:55. > :05:01.this is a special case and now they need to deliver. It is extr`ordinary
:05:02. > :05:04.that a council might not sed that perhaps two young boys at a very
:05:05. > :05:10.difficult time of their lifd might need to be together at school.
:05:11. > :05:15.Absolutely, and I know therd have been other situations where siblings
:05:16. > :05:19.have not been able to join dach other at school but this is a
:05:20. > :05:24.special case, it has been accepted as a special case before, and the
:05:25. > :05:28.family have been through thd appeals process, that has been rejected and
:05:29. > :05:36.they are basically being told that they are back to square one. Do you
:05:37. > :05:38.think there is hope? Yes, bdcause where there is common sense there
:05:39. > :05:42.must be hope. They murdered a young father,
:05:43. > :05:45.by pushing him out of a motorboat The dismembered body of Rico Dardis
:05:46. > :05:49.was found in the sea, Today, Louis Borzoni and
:05:50. > :05:52.Paul Gerlach were both found guilty Ben Moore sent this report
:05:53. > :06:09.from Winchester Crown Court. It was a bank holiday fishing trip
:06:10. > :06:13.that three set out on and one did not return. 30`year`old Rico Dardis
:06:14. > :06:23.was a homeless man from Boscombe who had befriended the men who would
:06:24. > :06:29.ultimately `` ultimately kill him,. All three had drunk alcohol before
:06:30. > :06:33.they set off. An inquest he`rd that Mr Dardis was two and a half times
:06:34. > :06:37.over the limit and had also taken mephedrone. The judge said ht is
:06:38. > :06:49.still unclear exactly what happened but during a drunken brawl Lr Dardis
:06:50. > :06:53.was thrown overboard. The boat was driven over him causing cat`strophic
:06:54. > :06:58.injuries. During the investhgation Dorset police tapped the phones of
:06:59. > :07:04.both defendants. The jury hdard a recording of Mr girl act turning his
:07:05. > :07:16.wife, I killed him, I ran hhm over with the boat. `` Mr girl ik `` Mr
:07:17. > :07:18.Gerlach. Mr Dardis's family said he was a loving dad able to light up
:07:19. > :07:30.any room. Up to 20,000 families in Re`ding
:07:31. > :07:33.and Wokingham have been without water today after problems `t a
:07:34. > :07:36.pumping station. Some homes in the area have been without water since
:07:37. > :07:39.six o'clock this morning ` `nd at least three schools have had to
:07:40. > :07:49.close. Joe Campbell reports. It was the failure of first one and
:07:50. > :08:00.then a second pump here that robbed thousands of their water supply
:08:01. > :08:03.As people turned on their t`ps in homes across the affected area
:08:04. > :08:06.to fill the kettle or tried to have a morning shower they soon realised
:08:07. > :08:12.At first we thought it was something in the house but then we gudssed it
:08:13. > :08:16.must have been outside. The university, itself closdd by
:08:17. > :08:19.the lack of water, became a hub for attempts to get emergency stpplies
:08:20. > :08:44.to those still going without. We are working very hard to get the
:08:45. > :08:45.technical fix in place but we are also working on finding altdrnative
:08:46. > :08:51.water. And there was no shortage of takers
:08:52. > :08:54.at this supermarket, where shop staff joined Thames Water in helping
:08:55. > :08:56.hand out emergency supplies. For families like the Bloomfields
:08:57. > :09:07.it wasn't a moment too soon. With two little kids it is not easy,
:09:08. > :09:11.but it has been an interesthng one! It is amazing how much you don't
:09:12. > :09:13.realise you rely on the watdr. We have a lot of washing and w`shing up
:09:14. > :09:16.that is building up. Tonight, with the last homes
:09:17. > :09:18.reconnected, these supplies were going back to the warehouse
:09:19. > :09:21.and many people across a large stretch of Reading and Wokingham
:09:22. > :09:28.were breathing a sigh of relief The words of one woman,
:09:29. > :09:31.as concern grows tonight following Police say they are hunting
:09:32. > :09:35.for a man who they believe lay be responsible
:09:36. > :09:37.for two separate stabbings The most recent attack took place,
:09:38. > :09:40.yesterday, Nine days earlier there was
:09:41. > :09:44.a similar attack Sean Killick is
:09:45. > :09:59.in Portsmouth this evening. Yes, there were two separatd
:10:00. > :10:04.attacks, two miles apart on two different weekends, but on both
:10:05. > :10:10.occasions women were stabbed in the chest and the attacker was ` white
:10:11. > :10:15.man aged around 20. It is a local nature reserve alongside Ports Creek
:10:16. > :10:20.on a popular with bog walkers, but for 145`year`old woman a Sunday
:10:21. > :10:27.morning stroll with her dog turned into a terrifying ordeal. `` for 1
:10:28. > :10:32.45`year`old. A man approachdd her and stabbed her in the chest with
:10:33. > :10:35.what is believed to be a knhfe. She was taken to hospital with hnjuries
:10:36. > :10:42.described as not life`threatening. After the incident the attacker ran
:10:43. > :10:49.off towards LC lines. Peopld here gave me their reaction. It hs a bit
:10:50. > :10:55.scary, not very nice. I don't feel safe along here any more. I have
:10:56. > :10:59.walked along here many times and never felt fearful but this morning
:11:00. > :11:07.I thought, I am not sure I want to go on my own. Detectives ard looking
:11:08. > :11:13.into an attack on Southampton Road on June 20. Woman was appro`ched
:11:14. > :11:18.from behind and stabbed in the chest. Detectives say the vhctims
:11:19. > :11:24.did not know each other or there assailant and there is no apparent
:11:25. > :11:28.motive. They were brave in trying to defend themselves and then reporting
:11:29. > :11:34.the incidents to the police. I would advise members of the public to be
:11:35. > :11:40.alert but not alarmed, to go about their daily business and report any
:11:41. > :11:45.suspicious incidents to the police. Detectives have issued a description
:11:46. > :11:50.of a man who is white, in hhs late teens or early 20s. In the first
:11:51. > :11:56.assault the attacker wore a dark beanie hat and a dark jumper,
:11:57. > :12:00.yesterday he wore blue jeans and a blue top.
:12:01. > :12:03.An Isle of Wight teenager who had campaigned to raise ?100,000 for a
:12:04. > :12:06.new drug treatment for his condition has died. The island had rallied
:12:07. > :12:11.around the campaign by 13`ydar`old Joe Ellis for the treatment for his
:12:12. > :12:13.rare form of lymphoma. In a statement tonight, Joe's falily
:12:14. > :12:16.pledged to continue the campaign to raise money for other children like
:12:17. > :12:25.A driver whose car crashed hnto an ambulance, killing a par`medic
:12:26. > :12:28.and a patient, has been cle`red of causing death by careless driving.
:12:29. > :12:30.Richard Husband ` seen here in the grey suit
:12:31. > :12:34.at the back ` said he'd checked his mirror, but did not see the vehicle,
:12:35. > :12:38.The jury at Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Gillian Randall,
:12:39. > :12:40.who was driving the ambulance, and 88`year`old patient
:12:41. > :12:42.Francis Ironside, were killed when the ambulance hit
:12:43. > :12:47.The stepson of a murdered Bournemouth nurse appeared hn court
:12:48. > :12:50.today, charged with assisting his father, who is accused of mtrdering
:12:51. > :12:54.her. The body of Rui Li was found in the boot of a car in May. Jonathan
:12:55. > :12:57.Legris, who's 26 and from Bournemouth, spoke only to confirm
:12:58. > :13:00.his name at the three minutd hearing at Winchester Crown Court. His
:13:01. > :13:10.father, Pierre Legris, has been charged with Rui Li's murder.
:13:11. > :13:15.Still to come, twist and spout bash your pictures on an unusual weather
:13:16. > :13:31.phenomenon on. who was
:13:32. > :13:36.killed in a crash with a New She's who was
:13:37. > :13:38.killed in a crash with a have entirely criticised living
:13:39. > :13:51.police for reopening the ro`d while Daniel Robins was killed in January
:13:52. > :13:55.on the dual carriageway The coroner recorded a verdhct
:13:56. > :13:59.of accidental death. Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt Emma
:14:00. > :14:04.Vardy reports from the inqudst. It was a cold January evening at
:14:05. > :14:08.rush hour when this road was closed after reports of a horse on the
:14:09. > :14:14.road. The animal could not be found so officers opened one lane and
:14:15. > :14:18.waved traffic through. Withhn minutes two motorcyclists h`d
:14:19. > :14:26.collided with a horse I'll tp the road. Nobody knew where the pony
:14:27. > :14:31.was, they just assumed it h`d not travelled far, but you can't just
:14:32. > :14:36.assume that. Investigators said he bikers were probably travelling
:14:37. > :14:42.between 60 and 70 mph but they had accelerated after the lane closure,
:14:43. > :14:47.believing there was no dangdr. Today, Mr Robins' mother asked
:14:48. > :14:51.police why they had not kept traffic moving slowly for a much longer
:14:52. > :14:56.stretch. She said, my son would still be alive today if that had
:14:57. > :15:01.happened. The officer at thd scene said they did not have the resources
:15:02. > :15:05.to do that, but they believdd the animal was contained within a
:15:06. > :15:10.particular stretch. Some drhvers were stuck on the a 31 for five
:15:11. > :15:20.hours and officers faced crhticism for the way the closure was handled.
:15:21. > :15:23.`` the A31. Hampshire policd said the accident was the culmin`tion of
:15:24. > :15:29.an extremely rare set of circumstances.
:15:30. > :15:33.A yacht crewed entirely by people living with Multiple Sclerosis `
:15:34. > :15:35.and leading full lives in ddfiance of that debilitating condithon.
:15:36. > :15:38.This week, Phil Gowers ` a Hampshire dentist and MS patient `
:15:39. > :15:41.becomes the first Brit to join that crew in their challengd to
:15:42. > :15:57.This is Phil Gowers, a denthst, a father, a sailor. He refuses to be
:15:58. > :16:03.defined by his multiple scldrosis. You will never know when yot might
:16:04. > :16:06.wake up and your eye or your leg might not work or your fatigue will
:16:07. > :16:12.be so bad you can't even get out of bed. There is a sense that xou have
:16:13. > :16:17.to seize the day because tolorrow you don't know. Having MS does not
:16:18. > :16:23.stop him having a life. We had an e`mail from the MS Society saying
:16:24. > :16:29.come to the next fish and chip supper, the next physio appointment,
:16:30. > :16:35.sail round the world. As thd only British person joining B Ocdans of
:16:36. > :16:43.Hope crew, everybody on board has MS and the determination to
:16:44. > :16:47.circumnavigate the world. Ydsterday the boat was docked in Amstdrdam and
:16:48. > :16:50.the last time I checked it was cruising around Hastings but on
:16:51. > :16:55.Thursday it will arrive in Portsmouth for its next leg. The
:16:56. > :17:01.next stop will be France, then Portugal, before heading across the
:17:02. > :17:05.Atlantic to Boston. This is showing people they can follow their dreams.
:17:06. > :17:08.They might need to find a dhfferent way of doing it but it is possible
:17:09. > :17:15.to go out and live life to the fullest extent. 100,000 people in
:17:16. > :17:19.the UK have been diagnosed with MS but Phil Gowers says he will not let
:17:20. > :17:26.the disease stop him living his dreams. Never lose hope even in the
:17:27. > :17:30.darkest time. It is incurable but try to find the best managelent for
:17:31. > :17:46.you so Ed least you can remdmber how to dream again. `` at least. Justin
:17:47. > :17:55.Rose has found some winning form as he returns to the UK for thd OP inch
:17:56. > :18:05.`` the open championship. Hd rescued a bad 18th with only a bogex after
:18:06. > :18:15.going into the water. Steph`ne E double bogeyed the fourth and Rose
:18:16. > :18:19.to get. Brighton boss Sammy her Peer says he
:18:20. > :18:29.is very unhappy after Sammy Lee pulled out of a deal to become his
:18:30. > :18:47.number two. The plans were dealt a blow after Southampton made a late
:18:48. > :18:50.approach to Sammy Lee to john them. After the announcement Sammx Lee
:18:51. > :18:54.changed his mind and it was very annoying and frustrating but life
:18:55. > :19:00.goes on. Leigh McMillan and his team were
:19:01. > :19:06.beaten into second place in the latest instalment of the Extreme
:19:07. > :19:11.race. It all came down to a final shoot out between five leadhng
:19:12. > :19:15.contenders. Ben Ainslie's tdam finished fourth.
:19:16. > :19:37.With the Commonwealth Games less than a month
:19:38. > :19:43.Surrey athlete Emelia Gorecka warmed up by claiming the British title.
:19:44. > :19:51.away it was crazy running around with her and trying to be as gutsy
:19:52. > :19:54.as I could. The first in a series of fe`tures on
:19:55. > :19:59.the Commonwealth Games starts this Thursday. We will have judo players,
:20:00. > :20:07.runners, divers, and many more athletes heading to Scotland to
:20:08. > :20:20.represent team England. So much sport, it is a great summer.
:20:21. > :20:27.It looked like a tornado had struck off the West Sussex coast and you
:20:28. > :20:35.were there with your cameras to capture it. This was a water spout,
:20:36. > :20:43.spotted all the way to rushhng them. Water is sucked upwards by strong
:20:44. > :20:51.drafts. You can see pictures on the South Today Facebook page.
:20:52. > :21:11.Still not a tornado, then? It is formed in the same wax.
:21:12. > :21:17.Lots of sunshine today but ` few showers, mainly for places like art
:21:18. > :21:23.show, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. They will mainly fade
:21:24. > :21:28.tonight but it was the joint sixth warmest June on record. As we head
:21:29. > :21:33.towards the weekend there is the increasing chance of rain. Through
:21:34. > :21:38.tonight the showers will ease and the skies will clear in spaces.
:21:39. > :21:43.Where we have clear skies they are in with a chance of mist in the
:21:44. > :21:47.countryside. Temperatures f`lling away rapidly in the countryside but
:21:48. > :21:54.in the towns and cities a low of 10 degrees. Mist patches clearhng
:21:55. > :22:00.fairly quickly tomorrow, thd chance of a shower for the Dorset coast but
:22:01. > :22:05.generally a quiet and settldd day. Plenty of sunny spells and warm
:22:06. > :22:10.temperatures so high of 20 or 2 Celsius. A quiet night to come
:22:11. > :22:16.tomorrow night, sunny spells to end the day. Through the course of
:22:17. > :22:17.tomorrow night it stays quidt again, temperatures similar to tonhght
:22:18. > :22:29.lows of ten to 11. A still in charge. You can sed the
:22:30. > :22:35.widening of the isobars, so the winds will be fairly light. Fairly
:22:36. > :22:39.unsettled for the bulk of the week, up until the weekend when there is
:22:40. > :22:49.the chance of rain. `` fairly settled. Temperatures continue to
:22:50. > :22:53.climb as we head through thd week, Wednesday we are looking at a dry
:22:54. > :24:34.day, probably best in the w`y of sunshine.
:24:35. > :24:35.If you were there, you'll all get done for murder
:24:36. > :24:39.We don't have to prove who used a knife any more.