04/09/2014 South Today

Three months after her weddhng a mother of five is found mtrdered

She was stabbed in a quiet part of the new Forest. It has left people

here in a state of shock. As NATO leaders gather

for a summit we go behind the scenes with a local MP whose helping to

mastermind the diplomatic event The former home of Sherlock Holmes'

creator gets permission to become a school

for children with disabilithes. The gardener whose perfected

ultra`high sunflowers. A farm in a quiet rural are`

of the New Forest is at the centre of a murder inquiry tonight after a

mother`of`five was stabbed to death. The body of Pennie Davis,

from Blackfield, near Fawlex, was discovered by her husband of

three months on Tuesday aftdrnoon. The murder took place on Tudsday

afternoon near Beaulieu. Mrs Davis had been tending her

horses in a paddock at Her family described her today

as a devoted and supportive mother and appealed

for help in catching her killer Laura what are

the police saying about The police are keeping an open mind

as to how Pennie Davis was killed. They say could be somebody was known

to her or a random stranger and a random killing. The body of Penelope

Davis was found in the field behind me. This is a beautiful and quiet

part of the new Forest. Lis` been stressing to local residents that

crimes of this nature are vdry rare `` police. They say they have

stepped up their police presence and are patrolling the area. It's very

picturesque and popular with local people and tourists. Today the

outskirts have been under the spotlight for the wrong reasons

Penelope Davis was a mother of five children. Just a few months ago she

married her partner Pete. Hdr love of horses brought her here to Ley

Green Farm fulsome today thd field contained more than horses. A friend

sick tent observing the scene said a sombre tone. That a forensic tent.

She was from Blackfield for such you worked at Sainsbury's and they said

they were shocked by the news and their thoughts are with her family

at this time. In her home vhllage there was a sense of sadness after

her brutal death. You never think that something would happen in this

community. Around here. It hs very sudden. It's just frightening to

think there's people like that around. Especially in that `rea

wherever body knows everybody. Police have described her ddath as a

serious murder. She received serious injuries which has made this a

murder enquiry. What were those injuries? She received multhple stab

wounds. Do you think this w`s a random attack? Or somebody known to

her? We are keeping an open mind and it could be that someone knows her,

and I would encourage anyond with information to give us that

information so we can do sole research in relation to that. It

could be a random attack but it s extremely rare in my experidnce She

described herself as positive and confident. In a statement, her

family said: Her husband found on Tuesdax evening

after he'd arranged to help her with the horses. Crime is low here in

this part of the new Forest force of local people are used to seding

ponies rather than police, `nd Pennie Davis's death has sh`ken this

could mean two. What are thd problems the police face in this

investigation? `` community. This is a very quiet, rural, remote part of

the new Forest. There are things like no CCTV to aid the polhce in

their operation which means an investigation has to be

old`fashioned for that they were combing the field behind me where

the body was found up until about 15 minutes ago. They've also bden

searching hedgerows and looking at gateposts and fences as well. Any

clues they can find in their hunt for the killer. What are thdy

focusing on? This area is vdry real and remote but, saying that, the

roads are always very busy with local people and tourists. This

river you can see next to md, that is going to be searched it police

tomorrow. They will be lookhng for any further bits of evidencd they

can find that this area is popular with tourists and people ard urging

the public who noticed anything to contact Hampshire Police and call

101. Laura, thank you very luch The parents of Ashya King

from Portsmouth have acceptdd an offer from a children's charity

to pay for proton beam ther`py, Brett and Negaymeh King werd

reunited with Ashya last night, They had spent several days

in prison near Madrid until charges for taking Ashya out of hospital

in Southampton were dropped. Kids'n'Cancer UK says it's

received thirty six thousand pounds Nearly 40 years

after two pub bombings in Gtildford, the government's refusing to say

whether the people who carrhed out the attacks are are still w`nted

by police and prosecutors. Four young soldiers

and one civilian were killed Surrey police told BBC South

the case is still an open fhle and that the investigation would

only become active again The crisis facing Salisbury City

Football Club was discussed The club's been thrown out

of the Football Conference There's a legal battle over

its ownership. And a real prospect it could be

wound up in the next few daxs. Many other non`league sides

in the south are struggling to After nearly 70 years

and several glory days, Failure to pay debts saw

the club thrown out of the Last season's players have `ll left

and there's no sign On top of that, a battle is still

waging over ownership of thd club. The new owner, Outail Touzar,

is in dispute with a consortium Touzar was brought in as a saviour,

allegedly with deep pockets. But in the House of Commons this

afternoon, the Salisbury MP claimed His cash didn't arrive but `lso he

started behaving rather oddly, sleeping in the stadium, reloving

season`ticket cash from the safe, making outlandish claims about

making foreign signings at ` time when the club was barred

from registering players. Hd claimed to have sold shares to other

foreign investors, who, to this day, John Glen called for strongdr checks

on owners during a debate over AFC Totton is one club award of the

threats facing non`league football. Just six years ago,

Totton was at Wembley But mounting debts forced it to sell

its new stadium last year At this level most

players are unpaid. The few that are can expect

only about ?200 a week. Some players just want too luch

and we can't afford that. That's where we've been

caught out in the past. On average last season, our average

was 320 supporters per game and that The call from many in non`ldague

football is for more of the vast riches flowing around the top of the

game to trickle down to this level. Many people up and

down the country watch football in small clubs, week in, week out, and

many of these clubs are in ` parlour The FA need to acknowledge this and

not have some sort of light touch. Salisbury City now has just over

a week to find ?1,400 to avoid A new workshop costing ?11 lillion

is to be built at Bournemouth International Airport and it's

expected to bring new jobs. The facility,

at the airport's business p`rk, will be leased to AIM Aviathon

which makes aircraft interiors. It's hoped that as well as short

term construction employment, up to a hundred jobs could be added

to the existing workforce. They are very much

for local people and, not jtst There's a large skill pool

of people from our industry in this area but, in addition to th`t, we're

also taking on apprentices `s well, so we're trying to grow our own

if you like, from local people. We expect to take our emploxee

count of 400 at the moment probably closer to 500 over the next two or

three years as we win more work A lifeboat stationed on the Isle

of Wight has returned to thd water The Ryde Inshore Rescue teal has

brought one vessel back The other should return

in the next few weeks. The volunteers who operate the boats

have thanked their local colmunity Still to come

in this evening's South Tod`y. Atlantis actress Sarah Parish will

be here to talk about the ndw BBC series and why she's supporting

a big charity event in Southampton. With international leaders

from 61 countries, the NATO summit in Wales is the

biggest summit ever held in the UK. Behind the scenes, Tobias Ellwood,

Foreign Office Minister and MP for Bournemouth East, has bden

helping deal with the logistical He gave our Political Editor

Peter Henley an exclusive look Tight security,

a constant stream of limoushnes That's been the question worrying

Bournemouth MP Tobias Ellwood for more than a year after being

made Parliamentary liaison to Inside the Celtic Manor,

there's a buzz of military There's things that happen

in the evenings in the lobbhes and the corridors

of these meetings that are `lways very, very important but thd main

business will take place downstairs In 48 hours there are weighty

topics to be decided. In the past,

you might have thought a NATO summit But with the war in Ukraine and

fighters from the south coast going to join ISIS in Iraq, the ddcisions

being taken here seem much lore Each NATO country has a place

in the room at the heart So this is where the conferdnce

will actually take place. As you can see, a lot of delegations

will actually be here and the Prime Minister is actually coming down to

say thank you to the supporters Now Minister Tobias Ellwood is

a former soldier. I think just met one

of my former sergeant majors. Of course we're taking

the opportunity to display what The aerospace industry is ilportant

to the south`west, the biggest industry,

so they will be on display. Inside, we have various British

stands as well as international stands too, so it isn't just Britain

but all the nations here sh`ring It's a mammoth task of organisation

with 1,400 media alone waithng to analyse whatever new directhons

the delegations eventually decide. The former residence of the

Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has loved

a step closer to becoming a school Undershaw, near Hindhead,

needs extensive repairs aftdr it Now Waverley Council has given

permission for a change of tse. A charity is in the process

of buying it. English Heritage have welcoled

the plan, but say care must be taken to preserve Undershaw's significance

as a grade 2 listed building. Here's the most enduring of

fictional detectives but at the home of his creator, it's lasted rather

less well and plans to transform it into a school for children with

special needs are hated by some Arthur Conan Doyle purists

as much at the latest reimagining of his most famous creation, even with

their echoes of the original role. The house he had designed

for his invalid wife who had TB So the staircase is not

a very grand staircase. It's very disappointing in lots

of ways but as you walk down you will realise very deep steps, very

shallow steps, very easy to go up and down, perfect for our children

who have got a physical dis`bility. I get letters asking

for his autograph, Plans and assuaged are more

concerned with more traffic matters which is different from

Conan Doyle's days here. Making space for

the new occupants will requhre extra buildings but the house as Conan

Doyle Neuadd, will be retained. His writing room, for example, being

restored to provide a headm`ster study. In effect, it was

saved last night by the unanimous vote to approve this change of

useful split means that we can now proceed to restore this wonderful

old building Detailed plans for the placd will be

lodged with Waverley Council A West Sussex company has ddveloped

what it claims is a reliabld way of mixing fuel and water to help reduce

pollution. Sulnox Fuel Fusions, from Partridge Green, has producdd an

emulsifier which prevents w`ter and fuel from separating. It will be

tested by Shoreham`based engineers Ricardo and Cambridge University.

Today there was a demonstration on a 1959 Routemaster bus at Brooklands

Museum in Surrey, comparing standard diesel with the new fuel.

When the black smoke came ott, everyone could spell immedi`tely how

Once we went over to the Sulnox the smoke is whiter,

You're getting very, very mtch less particular matter, which is

Percentage wise, what we talking about?

Minus 90%, which, from a modified engine 1959 vintage, is rem`rkable.

I think your science degree to understand that. On to sport. Rugby

starts this weekend. It's a good time for rugby at the moment. A lot

more money coming in and thhs weekend, the Rugby union prdmiership

season gets underway. London Welsh will be looking to maintain momentum

after promotion into the top tier while at London Irish, who play

their games at the Madejski Stadium, will hope to avoid another

relegation scrap. We went along to training.

A new campaign, and the slate is wiped clean.

Last season's relegation fight consigned to the past.

All focus is now on the curtain`raiser

It's always a little bit more spice as well

because, historically, this has been the derby game for London Irish

and Harlequins, with local bragging rights, because we occupy a similar

We know a lot of their playdrs and they know a lot of our boys

It's a great occasion, terrific way to kick off thd season.

On this display, London Irish are doing everxthing

The arrival of a dozen new faces and much`needed money has lhfted

With new investment in a state`of`the`art trainhng

facility, Irish will be hophng to look up the league this season

The new owners have put a lot into the club, invested heavily

and you can see the facilithes now, so we have got everything that we

Things are really stable and they haven't really been

They may have lost star turn James O'Connor but Brian Smhth

A shored up forward pack should allow the men out wide

The big picture is everyone wants to be at the top table of Etrope.

We understand we need to be patient but we want to push forward

and make big strides as quickly as we possibly can.

Starting with learning thosd bragging rights on Saturday.

In speedway, the play`offs `re still on track. Wolverhampton werd beaten

48`42 last night. That's after being behind for the first 12 heats. Just

three fixtures remaining. Ndxt up is Lakeside away tomorrow. You may have

seen our report on the future of Salisbury city football club earlier

in the show. This weekend as non`league football date scheduled

to coincide with the Intern`tional football fixtures, all of the local

non`league football clubs h`ve reduced ticket prices this weekend

to encourage fans to support the local team. One non`league team

that's taken a different approach to attracting attention is Bashngstoke

town of the conference South. They have put in a bid for Brazilian

superstar Ronald Ennio. The World Cup winner has played on sole of the

biggest stages in world football from Barcelona to Milan but when the

club had that is available on a free transfer they e`mailed his `gent to

see the move could be done. We took at look at what plaxers were

free, obviously with the tr`nsfer Shocked I suppose is

the right word that Ronaldiho was a free agent, so what better way to

get back into football than to come Unfortunately, there have not heard

anything back. Actress Sarah Parish is known by her roles in a string of

TV programmes ranging from Cutting It and Mistresses. Also the scheming

Queen Pasiphae in Atlantis. She s in Hampshire this weekend for ` big

event to help a charity close to their heart. She is with me now on

the red sofa. Thanks for coling in. What is this big thing on Stnday?

I'm hosting and enormous sponsored walk in aid of the charity which

supports a paediatric intensive care unit at Southampton. We are looking

for as many people as possible to come along and walk with us. You

don't have to be sponsored or registered, just turn up on the day,

have a burger and a drink, `nd are looking for as many people `s

possible to come along and walk with us. You don't have to be sponsored

or registered, just turn up on the day, have a burger and a drhnk, and

do a prams, dogs, anybody w`nt. You're raising theirs for something

and there was close to your heart that you and your husband h`ve set

up this foundation to raise how much in total? We have found a trust in

memory of our daughter Emma Jane. We have been asked by Southampton

Hospital to raise ?1 million the new Children's Hospital king buhlt in

Southampton. It will serve `s the South of England so it's incredibly

important we get it built. Xou don't talk much about her. Just tdll us

what did happen. My first d`ughter was born in 2008 with a verx nasty

congenital heart defect. We could not save her unfortunately. But she

did manage to live for eight months, half of the time was spent hn

hospital in Southampton so we got to see how fantastic the staff were

there. Five years ago. Is it still is painful now as it clearlx was

back then? The sadness never goes. The pain never goes, but evdry time

I raise ?1 for the charity we have started, I remember Emma Jane and

that's got to be good. You know you are helping other families. If she

can save other lives, help other children, fantastic. The person who

raises the most money gets to go with you on the Atlantis set. It's a

fantastic prize. They come `nd spend the day with me and have lunch, meet

all the cast, and if there hs seen, they could get dressed up and could

become a supporting artist. OK, if you don't know what Atlanta's is

about, what to this. Ariadnd looked so beautiful in this dress. Such a

shame. The scouts found somd tracks leading West. I want them c`ptured

before sundown. What is it like playing somebody evil? Brilliant.

Evil parts are always the bdst. The best lines, costumes, storylines.

It's coming back, whole used areas I'm filming a mouthful to bd

finished filming in October and it goes out of the end of October so

you have 13 new episodes coling out. Is she as evil in the new sdries?

She is way worse. I can't w`it to see it. Good luck on Sunday. Raising

a lot of money. Southampton Common, so go down there. Do me a f`vour, do

the evil Queen luck to camera too. Oh, I think she will have a nice

face on Sunday. I will, ten o'clock, be there. Gardening is a labour of

love for many people but how about 30 years on a single plant? That is

how long it has taken Victoria from Hampshire to develop a new species

of sunflower. At 17 feet, it is thought to be one of the tallest so

it has been given the monikdr jarrah. Simple really. We sdnt Steve

Humphrey to meet her. I think I can just about to get to the top of the

sunflower here. They are thd sunshine loving giants are being

scarred. Adding a splash of vibrant yellow. There are many types of

sunflower. But these plants stand literally head and shoulders above a

lot of the opposition. They are a new species of sunflower.

Painstakingly created by Victoria Wakefield in her garden in

Hampshire. Every year, for 30 years, she has selected seeds from

the tallest sunflower in her garden and then replanted them. I love them

dearly and I find they causd a great deliver news and to ourselvds and

the general public. Are thex the biggest species of sunflower

variance? I believe them to be so, yes. When it came to choosing a name

for the new species, Victorha Starr came to choosing a name for the new

species, Victoria star Ken `ccount. I have chosen giraffe. Therd is one

way to measure the success of a sunflower. It is 12 foot six. The

tallest was 14 foot. The sedds will soon be available. There have been

produced at a special seed production farm in Africa. Hf you

are interested in seeing Victoria's garden, it's open on September 1 as

part of the National open G`rdens scheme. I love them. They look

gorgeous. This was photographed by Mike Leigh.

A few sunny spells today by a little more cloud than originally thought

and that turned the sunshind hazy in places. A lot of low cloud,

extensive low cloud, more than last night. Also some valley fog in

places. Will fall to 17 Celsius with the light wind, it could be a great

start tomorrow. One or two showers dotted about. Dry weather as well

predominantly across the region with sunny spells. Sunny spells lore

likely in the afternoon so ` slow, improving picture through the day,

21`22. More cloud than yestdrday and today. Tomorrow night, a quhet night

and the odd shower is a possibility. Once again, very like tonight, mist

and fog is a possibility. Low cloud and valley fog as well. Temperatures

falling to 14`15. I dry start to the weekend and thanks to high pressure,

it should stay dry through the day. The risk of the odd shower from this

weather front moving southw`rds Behind it, the air will be ` lot

cooler towards Sunday so Saturday will be the warm of the two days. At

the weekend, some sunshine. Also mainly dry with the odd shower on

Saturday. Turning slightly cooler as we had through the day on Stnday. A

cooler fresher air. Here is your outlook. Tomorrow, a grey note.

Gradually the cloud will thhn and break to allow for some bright and

sunny spells but I can't promise wall`to`wall sunshine. Saturday 20

Celsius. And improving picttre. Sunday is the best day in tdrms of

sunny spells and a high of 09 Celsius and we held on to the

settled conditions as we he`d into Monday. Alexis, thank you. Tomorrow,

we are setting the weather to music. You are going to be singing. It s

not me, Sarah. No, I don't think the forecasters are bursting into song

but it's an interesting piece. Bye bye.