26/08/2014 South Today

on settling down and turning warmer. That is all from the BBC News at

Six. Goodbye "We feel like we've lost

a member of our own family". Tributes paid

to a couple from Southampton, who've died in a coach crash

in India. A very lively family

which loved life, and dedicated towards

their only daughter Ananya. A five`year`old boy badly injured

in a car fire dies in hospital. Police launch

a murder investigation.. The end of an era in Portsmouth

as the final section of the aircraft carrier beghns

its journey out of the city. And a family remembers.

The hero of World War One who's honoured as part

of a national commemoration. To actually come

and see where he lived and the church he was baptised in,

it puts it all into place, really. A nine`year`old girl from

Southampton is lying in a hospital bed in India this evening unaware

that her mother and father `re dead. The family had been involved

in a serious coach crash. In Southampton, there has bden

an outpouring of tributes to the dead couple who were very much

at the heart of their community Roopesh and Kavita Nawarkhele had

been travelling with their nine`year`old daughter Ananya

from Dharamsala to Delhi. Their coach collided with a car

near Chandigarh Ananya suffered critical injuries,

but is now stable in hospit`l. Today the flag has been lowdred

at Southampton Civic Centre Flowers and candles have bedn left

with love outside the familx's A tribute to

an extraordinary couple. They arrived in Southampton

from India seven years ago. Roopesh Nawarkelly worked

for the City Council, managing social workers involved

in child protection. His wife Kavita was

a volunteer radio presenter. They'd been on holiday in India

visiting family, when the coach they were tr`velling

in crashed into a car. Roopesh and Kavita died, thdir

daughter suffered serious injuries. Amol Kamker, a close friend, was due

to pick them up later this week A very lively family

which loved life, and dedicated towards

their only daughter Ananya. Their main intention of comhng to

the UK was basically to get and give a better life for Ananya.

Today, at the civic centre in Southampton, the council arms

The council said it had lost a respected,

Here at Southampton's Asian community radio station, Unhty 01,

That leaves a heartache that no one can heal, and...

For the last two years, Kavita was a volunteer here,

presenting programmes of Hindi music in her own unique style.

Two she always loved to sing the beginning of the song and told her

she should not. Then I gave up and she continued singing. We fdel like

we have lost a family member. You know how you feel when you lose a

family member. It touches your heart, but you still feel them

around. The couple's daughter is sahd to be

in a stable condition at a hospital in India,

surrounded by family members. A five`year`old boy has died

following a car fire that left his mother and sister

severely injured. Tommy Sheldon from Southampton

died yesterday, two weeks after the fire in Hursley

near Winchester. His mother and sister are still

being treated in hospital. Our reporter James Ingham

is in Hursley now. It was just a little farther up this

rural isolated road that thhs car fire was discovered by a passing

motorist. Tommy Sheldon was inside the vehicle, his mother and sister

outside the vehicle but injtred by flames. Sadly, he never recovered

from his life`threatening injuries and died in hospital yesterday,

meaning Hampshire police ard treating this as a model

investigation, seeing that this fire was not a random incident, but

confident that they have iddntified everyone they need to speak to as

part of the investigation. Tommy's mother is still being treatdd in

hospital, not been questiondd yet, and the police safer health takes

priority, but due to the nature of her injuries, that investig`tion may

take several weeks. In the days following the fire, we spokd to the

wider family, who see on th`t day, he his sister and mother spdnt the

day at the funfair and day before his mother had been at a falily

barbecue and seemed in good spirits. Police still continue to trx to

investigate the cause of thhs car fire. There will be a postmortem to

determine the exact cause of death. James, thank you.

The final part of the last Royal Navy warship to be buhlt

in Portsmouth is leaving the city this evening bringhng

an end to more than 500 years of shipbuilding in the dockxard

It took a week to move the 6000`ton forward section of hull

from the shipbuilding hall onto a barge for its journey to Rosyth in

When she is launched in Scotland in two years, it is likely to be

champagne or whiskey cascadhng down the hall, but it was rain in

Portsmouth today, the Colem`n nation of more than 1 million man hours. ``

culmination. They were watching her slide out of you. Sad to sed her

leave, but we know when she is completed, each section will be

built, home based here in Portsmouth for 50 years. Moving the section was

an engineering feat in itself, at some point, clearances of ldss than

one third. HMS Prince of Wales, along with her sister ship Pueen

Elizabeth, will be the largdr ships the Royal Navy have had, carrying 40

crap, able to `` carrying 40 aircraft. The first ship, Qteen

Elizabeth, the last captain, he is not even born yet. The future for

the shipyard workers remains uncertain. More than 470 have

already taken voluntary redtndancy, whilst 75 lost their jobs. @ lot of

memories of people working hard All the blocks we have built, all the

faces of people you remember. A lot of memories going with it. Over one

week ago, this whole was a hive of activity and noise. You could hear

one pin drop now, with some workers left. The building will be handed

back to the Ministry of Defdnce in December. There have been

expressions of interest, but it is unlikely any more Royal Navx

warships will be built here again. It's a vital lifeline

for people recovering but the Zest Cafe in Dorset is

facing an uncertain future. Contracts for providing services

in the county And the Four Leaf Clover Cltb

which supports people as they get back to daily lhfe, lost

out on its ?36,000 grant. The county council says overall

funding for mental health Before Christine,

who has schizophrenia, the Zest Cafe is more than just

somewhere to eat. This is definitely a home from home,

so if you are feeling vulnerable, you have to go shopping, yot can

come in here and recover from the shock of having to go out and shop

and, of course when you're better, or you are bored, you can jtst

bounce back into the world. Run by a charity,

Zest is partly staffed by volunteers who are themselves recovering

from mental illness. You walk through the door

and, all of a sudden, it brightens up

and it makes your day. It is very good indeed. I enjoy

working here. It is very good. The cafe currently receives ?36 000

from Dorset County Council, but that money has now been

reassigned elsewhere to projects We found out about it last @pril,

so it has been very quick. Funding runs out at the end

of September. Everyone has just been panicking,

really, and very worried. One of my biggest concerns hs not

only that I would lose my job, but also the volunteers,

who really do rely on this place and the members to

get out of the house, and they will not have anywhere to

go, basically. The Dorset Mental Health Forum,

which decides where the county council's money goes, declined

a request for an interview. In a statement, it said that,

following bidding to deliver mental But the charity that runs Zdst

will not be part of that service. It can only hope

to drum up enough funds to put food on the table

for the next year. Work has started to build ndw flood

defences in a Berkshire village Last winter, some residents

of Purley on Thames were marooned for days

in their homes. The Environment Agency is btilding

a five`metre wide embankment, or earth bund.

Work's already been completdd on a pumping platform to help

prevent erosion of the riverbank. Still to come in this evening's

South Today, we're getting behind the whdel

of The Old Girl. Being 75 years old,

this bus has no power steerhng, Stopping innovation and costing

the South's budding entreprdneurs Inventors from the region h`ve told

us that the patent process But the government claims

the system is still the best way to protect unique products,

and the cost should be part of Here's our business

correspondent Alastair Fee. and often start here in private

workshops. But for the inventor,

that's half the battle. To protect each creation it's

costing thousands of pounds. If you have 50 patterns, it costs

thousands of illegal, and it would cost a lot. A lot of ideas get lost

or are put in a book, as I have done, and it is totally frustrating,

the whole exercise. It is a bitter pill to swallow. I just feel I have

had a lifetime of feeling totally angry about it all. Just cole down a

tiny bit... On a Southampton building shte,

another inventor is showing off his new device a spirit level

you can view from different angles. While those

in the industry are impressdd, it's Banks want the orders beford giving

funding. But you are stuck hn a Catch`22. It is a living hell trying

to keep funding coming in to keep it going whilst you try to find that

funding stream. Patent law was set up

to protect new ideas. Whether that's for

the lone inventor or big business, For small individuals, therd are

times when it will not work. For some businesses with a novel

product, others could compete, you clearly have something innovative

people will want to copy, then a patent will be available to keep

exclusivity in the market for a decent length of time. It l`sts up

to 20 years. In a statement,

the Government says... Persistence,

along with tens of thousands of From what started

in a garden shed resulted in this Called the steersman, it's been

tested on the Solent and has So far Rob's come up with

more than 50 new products. Despite the trials

of getting to market, the spirit of The Victoria Cross remains

the highest military decoration During the course of the First World

War, 627 people received thd honour. Now those heroes are being

remembered with specially ddsigned paving stones placed

in their home towns and villages. This evening, the village

of Lockerley near Romsey will mark the contribution of a man

who, 100 years ago today, showed huge courage

on the battlefield. A scene of great danger, August 26,

1914, the British in retreat after a battle, the Field Artillery

galloping back towards the dnemy to recapture two valuable guns.

18`year`old Frederick Luke volunteer, placing himself `t the

centre of the action, through shrapnel and gunfire. Three made it

back, he was one of the lucky ones, seeing it as volunteering, not

bravery. He knew those guns were a valuable and he had to get them It

was his job. 100 years old, they are piecing

together the story of her great`grandfather she never met as

a sing the church where he was baptised in 1895. `` visiting the

church. To come and see where he had lived, the church we had he was

baptised, puts it into placd. She and a Victoria Cross for a Victoria

Cross for bravery, fighting on until 1918, serving again in the Second

World War, living until the age of 87. A very quiet man, very

unassuming. Everyone knew hd had won the Victoria Cross, but nevdr made a

big deal about it, just somdthing he had done. This evening, just across

from where he left, a memorhal will be unveiled in Lockerley, a lasting

reminder of an unassuming local hero. We knew something abott the

story of Frederick Luke, well documented, but we also want to

remember those whose stories are not well documented, a lot of pdople who

left this village in the First World War and did not come back. The

memorial hall is used as a village hall for lots, so many feet will

pass over the memorial and H am sure I thought will go up for Frdd. I am

sure it will, an innovative way of remembering those.

Life behind bars is proving to be an unlikely tourist attracthon.

A new museum dedicated to a jail in Dorset shows how inmates

used to spend their time on Portland.

Amongst other things, they helped in stone production

making it the first public works prison in England.

Our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison has been looking at how Portland

Even if you could scale walls, and pick through barbed wire, you would

probably still need to swim to escape from Portland. But its walls

were not the reason people were housed here. The cells for just four

feet wide, but at least you did not beg for food. This was the first

Public Works prison, run by central government, unusual for the time,

inmates learning new skills, cleared for in return, more rehabilhtation

than punishment. Why was it Portland? There was still w`nt to be

cut. This was no dear release, the guards carried swords, the store and

carried risks. But for once, a productive prison sentence.

Offenders were lined up and search for tools when going to bed. And

arrows printed on clothes, life inside really like this. Portland

prison was rebuilt in 1897 eventually becoming a borst`l in the

20s. The difference was a fdw feet in the whiteness of cells. `` and

how wide the cells were. Basically, it is taking someone and tr`ining

them to be a better person. Now I Young offenders institution,

Portland still playing a part in the instant `` now it is our yotng

offenders institution and still playing a part in the criminal

justice system. Preparation for the

Great Dorset Steam Fair has been disrupted

by the bad weather. The annual festival is

due to start tomorrow. But wet ground has meant

that some vehicles are having problems getting

onto the site near Blandford. They are as king for help whth this

set up. `` asking for help. Unfortunately, the weather has been

against us just a little bit the last couple of days, but we are

managing very, very well. We've got plenty of tractors on

site putting people into position. It is something we're used

to dealing with And as I say,

we are on top of the game, looking forward

to first show day tomorrow. I am sure it will be fine. @nd you

were there last year. And it is a great event. And on to the sport,

starting with football? And very busy.

Southampton took the train to Millwall today.

We wouldn't normally tell you their mode of transport,

but seeing as Ronald Koeman tweeted it, we thought why not?

Koeman's looking for his first victory as Sahnts

manager in a competitive fixture and is expected to give a ddbut to

new signing Florin Gardos, but several of the side who featured

in the weekend draw with West Brom could be involved tonight.

Adrian Calunga, signed from Getafe at the weekend, set for a ddbut

The Albion have also added `nother loan signing

Midfielder Gary Gardner links up with Sami Hyppia's men,

who've now won their last two after a difficult start to the se`son

The 22`year`old has signed from Aston Villa

on a season`long loan and could play tonight.

Here's a full list of tonight's ties.

The glamour game is at Stadhum MK, as MK Dons host Manchester Tnited.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth are `t home, Oxford and Reading are on the road.

There's commentary on the thes on BBC Local radio

and South Today will have the best of the action tomorrow.

Southampton sailor Leigh McLillan was once again the star

of the latest instalment in the Extreme sailing serids.

The fifth stage of the event was in Cardiff Bay this weekend.

The stage title was up for grabs going into the final race whth any

one of three teams including Ben Ainslie Racing still in contention.

And there was a remarkable collision between all three.

Ultimately, McMillan's crew came out on top.

The conditions were particularly difficult, big storms, lots of

cloud, plenty of rain and a difficult for the organisers to set

a good cause, but we got sole good reasons in, and coming down to the

wire, the wind played some tricks, made it difficult to get thd last

race. But eventually it did so and quite the Nally.

Francis Benali has ticked off three of the 20 Premier League grounds

on his epic charity challenge to run to all 20 over 21 consecutive days.

Benali left St James's Park in Newcastle on Sunday morning heading

south on a journey which will see him run around 40 miles a d`y and

Today, his journey took in Hull City's KC Stadium.

Tomorrow, he starts the journey across to Lancashire

Just to show that he was arriving safe and sound at the KC St`dium,

she and he is with the whold mascot a few hours ago. `` and herd he is

Finally tonight, here's one for the bus fans.

That's the name given to the oldest bus in the country still

licensed to carry passengers, and she's on the Isle of Wight.

The 75`year`old vehicle has a top speed of 30 miles an hour

and less power than a modern Ford Fiesta.

Our transport correspondent Paul Clifton has taken her for a spin.

to do a day's work on the Isle of Wight.

Ron Gatland first drove the bus in 1969.

The bus, of course, has been on these roads

What makes this more diffictlt to drive than a modern bus?

You cannot get a comfortable driving posithon.

Being 75 years old, this bus has no power steerhng,

This bus has lovely air conditioning and everything you would expect

It is a crash gearbox, so it is really difficult to change

It is actually almost as easy to drive as a familx car.

# Come and join the Double Deckers... #

To you and me, it is called a window.

That is the nearest this has to air conditioning.

How long can you keep that going with a license?

We think we can probably keep it going indefinitely.

It does get quite hard to get spare parts.

Sometimes, we have to get the manufacturers especiallx.

They are not available on the shelf or anything like that.

But because we do not use her vdry much,

we think we can pretty much keep her going for the foreseeable ftture.

This was carrying people on their holidays many, many years ago.

And it gave a lot of people a lot of pleasure.

Today's modern buses are for people to get on and go from A to B.

Any bus companies looking for a driver, he is your man. But like he

was loving it. And he was jtst in a car park. And it was a dreadful Bank

Holiday Monday. And a half of rain, just over one inch to do. Thank you

for the weather pictures. of Jake singing in the rain in

Guildford. crabbers braving the wet we`ther

in Swanage. And the last picture of a phg in the

mud. This week, rain and showers at

times, some sunshine, mainlx in the latter part of the week, and it will

be breezy at times. Any showers tonight gradually fading aw`y, so it

will be dry for most. That could be some heavy showers though they are,

for the Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Dorset, else we dry through the

night, temperatures down to 10` 1dC, not as low as Sun parts of the

country. `` as some parts of the country. Milder tomorrow night. A

lot of closed tomorrow, mord sunshine further north and dast ``

lots of cloud. But some limhted brightness through the afternoon. A

change tomorrow evening with a weather front from the south`west,

quite heavy at times, but a brisk south westerly breeze and going

through quickly and clearing south areas tomorrow evening. Low

temperatures of 15`17, mild night tomorrow. Mainly dry on Thursday,

once the show or Galway, sole through the day, but quite ` lot of

dry weather `` once the shower is Galway. `` once the showers Galway.

Friday, breezy with some showers, mainly dry. The model dry whth some

showers, tomorrow evening the weather front moving in frol the

south`west. Some brightness on the horizon, next week looks drher.

More for you at 8pm and ten to 0 five p.m.. Back tomorrow at 6:3

p.m.. `` 25 minutes past ten. Hope to see you tomorrow. Goodbyd.

Have somebody play bagpipe at the airport to welcome you? Possible.

Whichever car you like, with Wi-Fi inside? Possible.

Can I get you a pink elephant? I'll try!

See, the Indian philosophy dictates that

anybody who comes to your house is not a guest, but he's God.

You want to do the best you can as a parent.

And we're not in a position to do that.

It does kind of break your heart a little bit.

..and a rural community ready to help.