: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