:00:00. > :00:39.Rail passengers count the cost of
:00:40. > :00:44.Back pedalling ` a Boris`style bike scheme in the
:00:45. > :00:50.The final farewell ` but why are so many families not
:00:51. > :00:54.And no longer heard in Ventnor ` the bell falls silent because
:00:55. > :01:02.First tonight, four people have gone on trial in Winchester accused
:01:03. > :01:12.conning hundreds of thousands of pounds out of vulnerable single
:01:13. > :01:16.women looking for love on an internet dating site. They're
:01:17. > :01:19.accused of creating a false profile on the site, then getting the women
:01:20. > :01:22.to hand over money to a man who didn't exist. Much of the money was
:01:23. > :01:25.taken out of cash machines hn Portsmouth, where the defendants
:01:26. > :01:28.were living at the time. Duncan Kennedy as at Winchester Crown Court
:01:29. > :01:46.Sadly, this gang was working at Portsmouth but exploited wolen right
:01:47. > :01:50.the South. All the women were signed up to an online dating agency and
:01:51. > :01:55.the prosecution say that thd gang targeted the site to exploit those
:01:56. > :01:59.women to set up fake products `` fake profiles and sending f`ke
:02:00. > :02:06.identities. One of those wolen was Suzanne from Basingstoke. She was a
:02:07. > :02:10.divorcee, and you won't onlhne looking for a relationship. She met
:02:11. > :02:16.a man claiming to be James Richards. The prosecution said he did not
:02:17. > :02:24.really exist. In the end, she handed over ?174,000. Other defend`nts on
:02:25. > :02:38.trial here and what out on bail They include Brooke Boston. They
:02:39. > :02:43.denied money`laundering and `` money`laundering charges. Four
:02:44. > :02:47.people are on trial. Two others have pleaded guilty to the chargds
:02:48. > :02:51.involved. The prosecution s`y this was exploitation of these women
:02:52. > :02:56.involved. They say the gang were working in a very sophistic`ted way.
:02:57. > :02:58.They all deny the charges involved. The trial is expected to last
:02:59. > :03:07.between three and four weeks. There's
:03:08. > :03:09.a date every August that rahl to. Today's the day when next ydar's
:03:10. > :03:11.ticket prices become clear. And for the first time many
:03:12. > :03:14.of our season ticket holders will face a bill of more than ?5,000
:03:15. > :03:17.for getting to work in London. The annual rise
:03:18. > :03:19.in season ticket prices is tsually based on the rate of inflathon
:03:20. > :03:22.the previous July, plus 1%. That's the figure we learned today `
:03:23. > :03:24.3.5%. It will push an annual tickdt
:03:25. > :03:28.from Portsmouth or Winchestdr to Travellers from Bournemouth
:03:29. > :03:32.already pay more than ?6,000. And from Reading, the fare
:03:33. > :03:36.will reach well over ?4,000. The TUC says rail fares will have
:03:37. > :03:38.risen by a quarter under the current government, whilst
:03:39. > :03:41.average earnings have incre`sed by 11% ` so fares have risen more
:03:42. > :03:45.than twice as fast as wages. Hundreds of thousands
:03:46. > :03:53.of people right across by train will, once again, have to
:03:54. > :03:58.pay more for their tickets from next January. Many rail passengers say it
:03:59. > :04:07.is bad news at a time when people when people are already feeling
:04:08. > :04:10.the squeeze of high living costs. These were the views of trahn users
:04:11. > :04:13.in Southampton this afternoon. Everything is going up,
:04:14. > :04:15.wages are staying the same. It is a lot for people who
:04:16. > :04:22.are travelling every day. With the trains, everything is
:04:23. > :04:26.going up, but wages are not. On the train now,
:04:27. > :04:28.there are less carriages and more people and I'm standing
:04:29. > :04:32.and paying more for a train fare. A number of campaign groups
:04:33. > :04:37.and trade unions are urging government to mind the gap between
:04:38. > :04:42.the increase in rail fares `nd the In the period
:04:43. > :04:49.of this coalition government, During that time,
:04:50. > :04:57.wages have stagnated and many of the people we represent, those
:04:58. > :05:00.working in public services, their For its part, the government says
:05:01. > :05:07.a balance needs to be struck between increasing fares
:05:08. > :05:11.and investing in the rail ndtwork. What I want to do is make stre we
:05:12. > :05:15.continue with this unpreceddnted Reading Station, ?900 million
:05:16. > :05:21.of investment being deliverdd, not just in the station but also in the
:05:22. > :05:26.way trains move through Reading What we want is
:05:27. > :05:30.for people to be able to colmute in comfort and also feel th`t they
:05:31. > :05:34.are paying a fair fare. The Rail Delivery Group, whhch
:05:35. > :05:37.represents the rail industrx, says that the UK has the fastest, safest
:05:38. > :05:43.and most improved railway in Europe. Over the next five years,
:05:44. > :06:04.?38 billion will be invested Our transfer cries `` transport
:06:05. > :06:13.correspondent is here. What will be the effect of the rail incrdase
:06:14. > :06:19.transport is the biggest dr`in off the mortgage and the family car But
:06:20. > :06:24.the increase means that it will be half the price of going by car to
:06:25. > :06:28.London from Reading. And thdre is no signs that commuters having put off
:06:29. > :06:34.by rail fare rises. Passengdr numbers have risen every ye`r. It is
:06:35. > :06:39.expensive for passengers who pay that amount of money. But the key is
:06:40. > :06:43.value for money. If somebodx is commuting from Winchester Allport ``
:06:44. > :06:47.Portsmouth, they should be getting a good service. They should bd on
:06:48. > :06:51.time, and reliable and passdngers should get a seat. And I were
:06:52. > :07:01.railway still getting a subsidy from the government? In the south, no. In
:07:02. > :07:04.almost all our rates, the p`ssengers pay more in fares than it costs to
:07:05. > :07:10.run the route. So the train companies are paying next to the
:07:11. > :07:13.government. You could say wd are subsidising the North or yot could
:07:14. > :07:17.say it is paying towards modernising the railways in the Thames Valley ``
:07:18. > :07:25.in the Thames Valley. The government chose to limit the fares rise in to
:07:26. > :07:28.inflation without the extra 1%. They will face pressure to do thd same
:07:29. > :07:36.this year, there is an election coming.
:07:37. > :07:38.A 60`year`old man from Newbury has appeared
:07:39. > :07:43.Nigel Talman is accused of killing 62`year`old Sandra Talman,
:07:44. > :07:46.whose body was found at Carnarvon Place, Newbury, on Sunday.
:07:47. > :07:59.Mr Talman will next appear in court on Thursday.
:08:00. > :08:01.A firm of Southampton funer`l directors has appeal today.
:08:02. > :08:03.They're looking for relatives to come forward and
:08:04. > :08:06.collect over 400 sets of ashes which have been left at their branches.
:08:07. > :08:09.They've put the details onlhne, so that people can see
:08:10. > :08:11.if their relatives are amongst those whose remains are with them.
:08:12. > :08:14.Some are from funerals dating back almost 30 years.
:08:15. > :08:22.Charlotte Stacey has been to find out why.
:08:23. > :08:30.Some of these ashes have bedn here for nearly 40 years. It seels hard
:08:31. > :08:35.to believe that people's crdmated remains could be left uncollected
:08:36. > :08:38.after a funeral. But here at this funeral directors, it has bdcome
:08:39. > :08:44.such an issue they have launched an appeal. We are hoping that hf the
:08:45. > :08:49.next of kin are no longer around, then possibly a son or daughter or
:08:50. > :08:54.maybe even a third generation of grandchildren may come forw`rd and
:08:55. > :08:59.say, we think you may have our grandparents' cremated remahns.
:09:00. > :09:05.Jerry is an expert in grief. She says that there are many re`sons why
:09:06. > :09:10.people might not collect ashes. Some people may not find it easy to make
:09:11. > :09:15.a decision. Sometimes, people are not sure what to do with thdm. You
:09:16. > :09:20.put a body in the ground, you don't bring a part of the burial home with
:09:21. > :09:23.you. When you have the person cremated, there was the rem`ins to
:09:24. > :09:29.collect and some people don't know what to do with it. If you want to
:09:30. > :09:35.pick them up... There are m`ny ashes here from the 1990s and 1980s when
:09:36. > :09:39.it was not so common for people to plan for their funerals. People can
:09:40. > :09:44.stipulate on a funeral plan where they want their ashes to end up
:09:45. > :09:51.That was not around as much in the 1970s and 1980s. The companx
:09:52. > :09:54.stresses that this appeal does not relate to recently bereaved families
:09:55. > :09:58.at all for people who have `sked them to keep ashes for a spdcific
:09:59. > :10:02.reason. This is about ashes which have been uncollected for a long
:10:03. > :10:09.period of time and reuniting them with their next of kin.
:10:10. > :10:11.Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y:
:10:12. > :10:27.The monument to a hero that many have now forgotten.
:10:28. > :10:29.Plans for a public bike rental scheme rejected
:10:30. > :10:32.by the National Park Authorhty despite the fact that it had already
:10:33. > :10:35.secured government funding to help get it off the ground.
:10:36. > :10:37.The plan would have introduced 50 bikes at a number
:10:38. > :10:41.But just recently there havd been strong feelings against large`scale
:10:42. > :10:58.Travel anywhere in the new Forest and you will be hard pressed not to
:10:59. > :11:03.see a bike. One idea was to bring in Boris bikes similar to thosd in
:11:04. > :11:07.London. 250 available at docking sessions across the forest. But
:11:08. > :11:13.today, members of the park `uthority voted against it. We had thd chance
:11:14. > :11:17.to use ?2 million government money to trial a project. What I heard
:11:18. > :11:23.from other members was that they were not prepared to a risk. Last
:11:24. > :11:29.year, the National Park authority secured millions of pounds to
:11:30. > :11:35.encourage family cycling. ?2 million of this would have been spent on the
:11:36. > :11:38.part `` bike scheme. It is understood that there were concerns
:11:39. > :11:44.about the financial viability of the project and there have been a change
:11:45. > :11:49.in public opinion regarding cycling and big event in the new Forest and
:11:50. > :11:53.their impact on local peopld. This report recommended that the project
:11:54. > :11:59.should not proceed. The authority insists that the new Forest will not
:12:00. > :12:05.be missing out. Avenue constltation showed that Boris bikes schdmes are
:12:06. > :12:09.not top of the list, but cycling is and it has always been top of our
:12:10. > :12:14.list. So I don't think the new Forest will miss out in any way We
:12:15. > :12:17.still have these funds and we have every intention of finding other
:12:18. > :12:22.ways to spend it to make cycling more safe and more availabld to more
:12:23. > :12:28.families whether as residents or when they come to visit. Thd scheme
:12:29. > :12:31.had been backed by Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman and a
:12:32. > :12:38.petition in support attractdd 2 00 signatures. There are many
:12:39. > :12:41.authorities were trying to lake bike share a reality without that level
:12:42. > :12:46.of funding and I'm not sure this level of funding will happen again
:12:47. > :12:47.for the new Forest. The authority says it will spend the monex
:12:48. > :12:57.elsewhere. For many people the sound
:12:58. > :12:59.of a church bell is reassurhng, idyllic. But at Ventor, on the Isle
:13:00. > :13:03.of Wight, the hourly chime of a church bell all day and night has
:13:04. > :13:06.led to claims it's a noise nuisance. Now the bell has been silenced while
:13:07. > :13:09.the council investigates. Sdan At Holy Trinity in Ventnor,
:13:10. > :13:17.the hourly chime in no longdr In April, it was turned off
:13:18. > :13:20.for two months for repairs. When it was resumed,
:13:21. > :13:23.one local resident complaindd to the council about it sounding
:13:24. > :13:25.the hour day and night. The church agreed to silencd it
:13:26. > :13:28.while the council investigates. The hourly chime has not sotnded
:13:29. > :13:31.since the middle of July. Mark Bell is going to
:13:32. > :13:38.demonstrate for us. This is what it would sound like
:13:39. > :13:50.if the chimes were ringing. We were advised
:13:51. > :13:52.by the environmental health officers that they had taken readings
:13:53. > :13:55.and they were above the World Health Organisation's limit and that
:13:56. > :14:00.four individual environment`l health officers gave a subjdctive
:14:01. > :14:04.view that it was a nuisance. The council says that it has not
:14:05. > :14:08.served a notice on the church but is We are looking at our nuisance
:14:09. > :14:14.legislation and what we do hs look at the complaint, assess it, and
:14:15. > :14:18.the nuisance looks at reasonableness Something which may be fine during
:14:19. > :14:24.the day may be a problem at night. But silencing the bell has caused
:14:25. > :14:28.a row. OK, respect the rights
:14:29. > :14:30.of that one person. Yes, I like to hear the clock,
:14:31. > :14:39.if you wake up in the night, The church is considering sdtting
:14:40. > :14:45.a timing mechanism to silence the church at night but has been
:14:46. > :15:03.told that that could cost ?2,00 . `` to silence the chime at night. So
:15:04. > :15:09.the bell has fallen silent for the moment. On to sport, a cracking
:15:10. > :15:16.weekend. Britain top of the charts as far as medals were concerns. Yes,
:15:17. > :15:18.European athletics. And the rugby. They were the undoubted stars of the
:15:19. > :15:29.weekend. England's victorious world cup
:15:30. > :15:31.winning rugby squad are still to terms with their stunning vhctory
:15:32. > :15:33.in Paris on Sunday night. It was the culmination of months
:15:34. > :15:37.of hard work for the squad who fit Earlier this year you may rdmember
:15:38. > :15:40.we filmed them in a special training session at
:15:41. > :15:42.HMS Collingwood in Gosport. Among the squad, Claire Purdy who
:15:43. > :15:45.comes from Ash near Aldershot. Claire joined me
:15:46. > :15:47.in the studio earlier and I started by asking her to sum up the feeling
:15:48. > :16:00.of being a world champion. I don't think it has sunk in yet. It
:16:01. > :16:06.is only 48 hours since we played. I have the medal to prove we did it.
:16:07. > :16:10.It has come to fruition aftdr four years of effort and training camps
:16:11. > :16:15.and selection worries and wd got there and achieved our goal. And the
:16:16. > :16:22.elation on Sunday night in Paris must have been amazing. Yes, the
:16:23. > :16:25.stadium was electric. There were 28,000 people there. A numbdr of
:16:26. > :16:31.England supporters have comd over, friends, family. It renders
:16:32. > :16:36.reception when you came homd, women's rugby coming into the
:16:37. > :16:40.spotlight. We experienced at Heathrow, the cheers. And wd took
:16:41. > :16:46.the bus and we had a parade and there was a band. On the page, you
:16:47. > :16:50.drew with Canada and then you went to the final and do with thdm more
:16:51. > :16:59.comfy `` and beat them comfortable. What was different? Canada put up an
:17:00. > :17:07.amazing fight and was a fantastic game to be part of but we wdnt back,
:17:08. > :17:08.reviewed it and we tweaked the game plan in the semifinal and then got
:17:09. > :17:13.through that. Then in the fhnal we through that. Then in the fhnal we
:17:14. > :17:18.tweaked it again and the result speaks for itself. And end of an era
:17:19. > :17:25.for some of the players. Yot are 34, wants to keep going? I do, while my
:17:26. > :17:29.body is still in one piece. And I am still motivated to train twhce a day
:17:30. > :17:35.and getting paid for club and country. I don't want to retire You
:17:36. > :17:42.girls are playing as amateurs. This is for the love of it. It is. A
:17:43. > :17:46.number of us are fortunate hn that we are allowed the time to
:17:47. > :17:52.participate. But once you gdt to a level that we are at, it is through
:17:53. > :17:58.the dedication and training and you get the results and you want to keep
:17:59. > :18:02.winning. Savour this moment and celebrate that medal. Hold ht up for
:18:03. > :18:08.us. World Cup winner! World Cup winner.
:18:09. > :18:10.Football ` Bournemouth will aim to make it
:18:11. > :18:15.in the Championship tonight when they host Nottingham Forest at Dean
:18:16. > :18:17.Court. Reading are looking for a second consecutive home win, they
:18:18. > :18:20.host managerless Huddersfield. Brighton go to Leeds. In Le`gue One
:18:21. > :18:23.MK Dons are at Chesterfield. Swindon go to Gillingham. In League Two
:18:24. > :18:26.Oxford are at Morecambe. Portsmouth play at home against Northalpton.
:18:27. > :18:48.All the games are live on BBC local radio.
:18:49. > :18:53.Britain's Young athletes ard at the world Olympic `` youth Olympic Games
:18:54. > :18:57.in China. watched the spectacle of thd third
:18:58. > :19:01.Youth Olympics opening cerelony this weekend in Nanjing. Among them was
:19:02. > :19:14.18`year`old archer Bryony Phtman . It is a full programme and we will
:19:15. > :19:21.be watching other sports and trying to get to know the other athletes.
:19:22. > :19:24.Bryony's progress through the junior ranks has been rapid thanks to
:19:25. > :19:27.countless hours of practice and the guidance of her stepfather who
:19:28. > :19:37.Technique and the physical side of things, she does a lot of strength
:19:38. > :19:38.training to have the strength to pull the boat back. Mainly ht is
:19:39. > :19:43.good technique. Whilst the games in China are
:19:44. > :19:56.important Bryony's target is a place I want to go to Rio in two xears
:19:57. > :19:57.time, and busy I will try mx hardest to get there. But there are seniors
:19:58. > :20:02.I will have to beat to get there. It requires skill,
:20:03. > :20:04.focus and a steady nerve but there are few things more satisfyhng
:20:05. > :20:16.in sport than hitting a bullseye. Another fine sporting
:20:17. > :20:17.achievement now. a stunning spell of bowling to help
:20:18. > :20:20.his side to victory Jem Warner took seven wickets
:20:21. > :20:24.for just one run in a four`over spell, the fhrst of
:20:25. > :20:27.his wickets was caught on c`mera. The Dorset under`17 player
:20:28. > :20:29.helped his side to a crushing Jem also starred with the b`t
:20:30. > :20:34.in the game, with 68, beford You know how sometimes you see
:20:35. > :21:00.something Well, for 170 years,
:21:01. > :21:03.a huge stone obelisk has loomed over Lymington in Hampshire, but not many
:21:04. > :21:05.people can remember why it's there. That could all be about to change,
:21:06. > :21:18.as Briony Leyland explains. nestled in the trees standing
:21:19. > :21:23.monuments to a local hero. Ht was built a local hero. It was heroes
:21:24. > :21:30.have `` local people have any idea who he was? Know. I wanted, but I
:21:31. > :21:40.don't know. I used to, but H've forgotten. Do you know why ht's
:21:41. > :21:48.there? Can you tell me? The obelisk is a monument to an Admiral and it
:21:49. > :21:55.was much more prominent previously. It is a hidden gem, well hidden
:21:56. > :22:03.Peter Stone is leading a project to restore the monument and thd
:22:04. > :22:06.gardens. Look at this. Goodness 75 feet of Dartmoor granite cut out of
:22:07. > :22:17.the same granite as Nelson 's column. Born in Yarmouth Castle
:22:18. > :22:22.Harry Barrett joined the Navy just at 17. He took his wife's strname,
:22:23. > :22:30.Neill, and they lived near Lymington. Their house is now a
:22:31. > :22:37.school. In 19 `` 1877, Sir Harry curled a mutiny. He broke a mutiny
:22:38. > :22:46.and King George was forever in his debt. `` in 1777. Before long, he
:22:47. > :22:51.was an Admiral of the Fleet but despite his success, his roots
:22:52. > :22:57.remaindered Lymington. He w`s mayor of the town on several occasions but
:22:58. > :23:02.was MP for Lymington for many years. He brought gas lamps to Lymhngton
:23:03. > :23:10.streets. There was effusive praise on the inscriptions on the obelisk.
:23:11. > :23:14.He delivered the ball and f`therless and them who had none to help them
:23:15. > :23:21.and caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Sir Harry was buridd in
:23:22. > :23:26.Saint Thomas 's church and donations came from 200 people, including
:23:27. > :23:32.members of the Royal family. Thousands came to see his grand
:23:33. > :23:37.memorial. 170 years later, the obelisk is in disrepair. Surveys
:23:38. > :23:42.confirm that there has been water penetration and we have bushes
:23:43. > :23:45.growing out of it. You can see the state of the stone work herd. It
:23:46. > :23:51.would be good to get it back to the sort of condition we can sed in the
:23:52. > :23:58.early postcards. Next year will be Sir Harry's 250th birthday. By then,
:23:59. > :24:01.it will be hoped to get his monument in better condition. It will be a
:24:02. > :24:06.start to real wake can be m`ny months of Sir Harry. It was a money
:24:07. > :24:14.was put up for putting in g`s lighting. We think it is solething
:24:15. > :24:17.to do with panel borough. The Admiral will once again be
:24:18. > :24:23.recognised as a local that `s a local hero. So now you know much
:24:24. > :24:29.more about the obelisk. A suitcase containing 15 kittens has
:24:30. > :24:32.been dumped outside hospital The kittens,
:24:33. > :24:35.who are only six weeks old, were found in this suitcase outside
:24:36. > :24:37.the PDSA animal hospital on Mount The RSPCA has asked
:24:38. > :24:54.if any members of the public saw I'm sure there will be findhng good
:24:55. > :24:57.homes for those kittens. Now onto the weather. You have probably
:24:58. > :25:01.noticed how nippy it is getting We have just been debating. He wondered
:25:02. > :25:05.whether you should put his heating on.
:25:06. > :25:10.He may need it, Sunday mornhng, there is potential for frost.
:25:11. > :25:32.So there is a risk of a few showers. They will gradually eased through
:25:33. > :25:37.the course of the night and it will turn drive for most places. Under
:25:38. > :25:41.the clear skies, a pretty chilly night. Particularly in the
:25:42. > :25:48.countryside. In towns and chties, a bit warmer. A dry start to the day
:25:49. > :25:52.tomorrow and tomorrow will be a much better day than today. The odd stray
:25:53. > :25:58.shower lurking but most places escaping. The cloud will st`rt to
:25:59. > :26:03.increase throughout the aftdrnoon from the north and west. Thd breeze
:26:04. > :26:10.tomorrow not as strong as today so feeling slightly pleasant in the
:26:11. > :26:13.sunshine. The odd shower is a possibility tomorrow but thdy will
:26:14. > :26:18.not be as frequent as today and they will tend to fade away overnight
:26:19. > :26:25.tomorrow night. Once again, clear skies and chilly temperaturds in the
:26:26. > :26:30.countryside particularly. It will be a dry start to the day on Thursday
:26:31. > :26:35.and in fact, the bulk of Thtrsday should stay mainly dry until the
:26:36. > :26:38.latter part of the day. The evening time and overnight. A cold front
:26:39. > :26:45.sinking southwards introduchng more clout for the afternoon. And the
:26:46. > :26:50.rain will arrive by the evening and overnight into Friday morning.
:26:51. > :26:55.Friday is a bright, breezy `nd showery day. And they called a as
:26:56. > :27:07.well. Tomorrow the risk of the odd stray shower. `` and a cool day as
:27:08. > :27:09.well. Friday bright and bredzy with the showers and feeling cool as
:27:10. > :27:18.well, Saturday and Sunday f`irly good. On the bank holiday wdekend,
:27:19. > :27:22.suddenly `` sunny spells, m`inly dry. Sunday will be mainly dry.
:27:23. > :27:27.Monday will be cool with showers but sunshine as well.
:27:28. > :27:35.We could club together to ptt the heating on! Tomorrow night, you are
:27:36. > :27:39.running? I have been for a jog. As guests will be taking on a next
:27:40. > :27:43.ordinary sporting challenge. We will talk about tomorrow. Good nhght