27/12/2016

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:00:12. > :00:12.Good evening. late news at 11pm.

:00:13. > :00:15.More details have emerged about the millions of pounds

:00:16. > :00:19.The singer died at his home in the Oxfordshire village

:00:20. > :00:24.Today, the founder of Childline, Esther Rantzen, said he had helped

:00:25. > :00:29.hundreds of thousands of children, by donating more than ?2 million

:00:30. > :00:35.She spoke to our reporter Ben Moore from her New Forest home.

:00:36. > :00:41.This is the song that showed not just a musician's talent,

:00:42. > :00:45.but also revealed George Michael's extraordinary generosity.

:00:46. > :00:53.All the royalties from his number one hit Jesus to Child

:00:54. > :01:05.He didn't want razzmatazz, he didn't want publicity of any kind,

:01:06. > :01:07.he just wanted to help us and he did,

:01:08. > :01:12.As fans are still flocking to the singer's home village

:01:13. > :01:16.of Goring in Oxfordshire to pay their respects,

:01:17. > :01:18.it seems the scale of his charitable donations

:01:19. > :01:22.might have come to the surface in 2017.

:01:23. > :01:25.A concert had been planned to say thank you to him

:01:26. > :01:29.as part of Childline's 30th anniversary celebrations.

:01:30. > :01:31.You don't really understand a person until

:01:32. > :01:38.And I think the public are understanding perhaps for

:01:39. > :01:40.the first time how much George Michael gave.

:01:41. > :01:43.Not only in terms of his music but in terms of his

:01:44. > :01:44.personal generosity, vision, sensitivity, imagination

:01:45. > :01:50.So as news of George Michael's philanthropy spreads,

:01:51. > :02:01.over what was until now, a very hidden generosity.

:02:02. > :02:03.As you may have heard, the Hampshire author

:02:04. > :02:04.Richard Adams has died. He was 96.

:02:05. > :02:09.He was best known for his novel, Watership Down,

:02:10. > :02:15.It was set in the northern Hampshire town of the same name,

:02:16. > :02:20.He spoke to South Today about the novel in 2014.

:02:21. > :02:24.Because it's about the country where I was born and grew up,

:02:25. > :02:29.Berkshire, Hampshire is my country, I know where I am, I know

:02:30. > :02:36.what it smells like, and I think, to have written, if it is immortal,

:02:37. > :02:46.an immortal book about my home ground is what pleases me most.

:02:47. > :02:52.Richard Adams who has died at the age of 96.

:02:53. > :02:54.It was a mixed afternoon for our regions football sides yesterday.

:02:55. > :02:56.Just two wins from the six games played.

:02:57. > :02:58.But victories for promotion chasing Reading and Portsmouth.

:02:59. > :03:01.Bournemouth suffered their third defeat

:03:02. > :03:04.in four games away at Chelsea yesterday.

:03:05. > :03:07.Pedro scored the first for the home side after some good build up play.

:03:08. > :03:11.Eden Hazard made it 2-0 from the spot,

:03:12. > :03:14.after being brought down by Simon Francis.

:03:15. > :03:16.Chelsea added a third deep in injury time

:03:17. > :03:19.when Pedro's shot deflected off Steve Cook.

:03:20. > :03:22.Reading are now five points off second place Brighton

:03:23. > :03:24.in the Championship, after a 3-1 home win

:03:25. > :03:30.Yann Kermorgant headed the Royals ahead before the visitors equalised.

:03:31. > :03:33.A penalty after a handball was finally scored by Garath McCleary,

:03:34. > :03:36.and Callum Harriott got a fantastic third from a tight angle.

:03:37. > :03:39.Disappointment in League One for both Oxford United and MK Dons,

:03:40. > :03:41.who both lost home games 1-nil against Northampton Town

:03:42. > :03:55.There was also defeat for Swindon beaten 2-0 away at Millwall.

:03:56. > :03:58.But it was a better afternoon for Portsmouth in League Two.

:03:59. > :04:00.They fought back from 2-0 down to win

:04:01. > :04:06.Danny Rose and Enda Stevens levelled the match before Kal Naismith

:04:07. > :04:10.made amends after missing a penalty winning the game

:04:11. > :04:18.And this evening, Brighton have gone two points clear at the top

:04:19. > :04:20.of the championship after beating Queens Park Rangers

:04:21. > :04:25.Gosport sailor Alex Thompson has passed Cape Horn at the southern tip

:04:26. > :04:30.of Chile in the solo round the world race the Vendee Globe.

:04:31. > :04:34.Well, here is the famous Cape Horn! Woo hoo!

:04:35. > :04:38.It's great to be here, great to be here so quickly.

:04:39. > :04:41.Shame I'm not here in the first place, but full credit to Areml

:04:42. > :04:47.for that, he's done a great job, and I've got to try my hardest

:04:48. > :04:53.He is currently in second place and is slowly catching

:04:54. > :04:55.the Vendee Globe leader Armel Le Cleac'h,

:04:56. > :04:57.who is 380 nautical miles ahead of Hugo Boss,

:04:58. > :05:00.as they turn the boats north and head for home.

:05:01. > :05:06.Onto the weather, and Sarah Farmer is here.

:05:07. > :05:14.Truly, this morning? Yes, very chilly. Some spots last night at

:05:15. > :05:23.minus five. Another cold night tonight. Frost some parts early, and

:05:24. > :05:26.a warning from the Met officers from midnight tonight to midday tomorrow

:05:27. > :05:30.for patchy fog, quite widespread by the time we reach first thing my

:05:31. > :05:37.morning, freezing fog in the mix as well. A chilly and great start for

:05:38. > :05:44.the day, some fog lingering through the day, stubborn, but some brighter

:05:45. > :05:48.spells at times. Good brightness up to 9 degrees, but is cloud and fog

:05:49. > :05:50.much cooler indeed. Cloudy conditions for the end of the week.

:05:51. > :05:56.Our next programme is at 11.10 tonight.

:05:57. > :06:12.Good evening. It's a wintry night out there. Temperatures as low as

:06:13. > :06:17.minus three in one or two places already. For some of us the frost

:06:18. > :06:25.never shifted all day long. This shot was taken in Somerset. Tonight,

:06:26. > :06:31.some frost free places in Scotland. Fog will develop as we work through

:06:32. > :06:33.the night. It becomes wide spread. That's the issue in the morning,

:06:34. > :06:38.disruption certainly possible with a lot of people on the move. Check out

:06:39. > :06:44.local radio stations for the latest updates. Warnings in force from the

:06:45. > :06:47.Met Office. Parts of south-west Wales and England seeing early

:06:48. > :06:51.sunshine. Generally a lot of freezing fog around, which will be

:06:52. > :06:55.hard to shift through the day, as we'll see in a moment. The odd

:06:56. > :06:57.pocket of frost further north. Temperatures higher in Northern

:06:58. > :07:01.Ireland and Scotland. Drizzly rain across the western Highlands.

:07:02. > :07:07.Something of a breeze here, but further south, the winds will be

:07:08. > :07:08.light. For that reason, that fog will be very slow to clear. It