:00:00. > :00:18.Killed by a hit and run drunk driver.
:00:19. > :00:20.As the Government reviews sentencing for road offences,
:00:21. > :00:22.his parents call for manslaughter to be the charge.
:00:23. > :00:24.What message does it give to the criminal?
:00:25. > :00:27."Oh, don't worry, you're just a bit careless.
:00:28. > :00:34.Four children were taken to hospital after it was thought they'd
:00:35. > :00:38.A Formula One style makeover for sailing's oldest trophy.
:00:39. > :01:00.Could the America's Cup become as popular as motorsport?
:01:01. > :01:03.A couple from Hampshire whose son was killed by a drunk driver say
:01:04. > :01:06.a consultation about tougher penalties doesn't go far enough.
:01:07. > :01:08.28-year-old Wayne Moores died after a hit and run crash
:01:09. > :01:10.involving his motorbike on the M4 in 2010.
:01:11. > :01:16.The driver was given a six year prison sentence.
:01:17. > :01:18.The maximum possible penalty for drivers who cause deaths
:01:19. > :01:22.through dangerous or careless driving under the influence of drink
:01:23. > :01:31.But in practice the average sentence given
:01:32. > :01:40.The government is considering introducing life
:01:41. > :01:42.sentences saying offenders should face the full force of the law.
:01:43. > :01:45.But Wayne Moore's family say all such cases should be
:01:46. > :01:49.Deeply spiritual, had a huge sense of fun,
:01:50. > :01:51.was prepared to stand up for things that were wrong.
:01:52. > :01:53.Wayne Moores's parents remember their son,
:01:54. > :01:58.A talented blacksmith, Wayne had been working in Wales.
:01:59. > :02:02.In September 2010, he was travelling home to Hampshire on his motorbike
:02:03. > :02:06.when he was struck by a drunk driver who fled the scene.
:02:07. > :02:11.Nothing can prepare parents for seeing their child
:02:12. > :02:27.Every day, I have that vision, comes into my mind.
:02:28. > :02:31.The driver, Donna Hackett, was given a six-year sentence
:02:32. > :02:33.for causing death by careless driving while under
:02:34. > :02:40.Wayne's parents feel the current wording of charges and the penalties
:02:41. > :02:43.given don't reflect the seriousness of road deaths.
:02:44. > :02:47.There's nothing careless about drink-driving.
:02:48. > :02:51.What message does it give to the criminal?
:02:52. > :02:55."Oh, don't worry, you're just a bit careless.
:02:56. > :03:05.The Government is consulting on whether the maximum sentence
:03:06. > :03:08.for such crimes should be increased from 14 years to to life.
:03:09. > :03:10.Wayne's parents believe that needs to backed up by tougher
:03:11. > :03:22.Why when you get in the kind you dry drunk and you kill somebody,
:03:23. > :03:25.-- Why when you get in a vehicle and you drive drunk
:03:26. > :03:31.It needs to looked at seriously and, as we say, the careless driving
:03:32. > :03:33.whilst under the influence to be abolished and instead
:03:34. > :03:34.make it manslaughter, make it about people,
:03:35. > :03:53.Wayne's parents will continue to push for the law to be rewritten,
:03:54. > :03:57.a move they hope might change attitudes and save lives.
:03:58. > :04:09.A short time ago I spoke to the legal commentator
:04:10. > :04:12.Joshua Rozenberg and asked whether the introduction of life
:04:13. > :04:19.sentences would actually mean much longer sentences for offenders.
:04:20. > :04:21.Sentences for this particular offence are around the five-year
:04:22. > :04:24.mark, but there was one quite recently where a sentence
:04:25. > :04:27.of ten years was upheld by the Court of Appeal,
:04:28. > :04:33.So, it is possible to get quite close to the maximum of 14 years,
:04:34. > :04:37.and if the maximum were raised to life, then that would bring up,
:04:38. > :04:41.I think, all the sentences for this particular sort of offence.
:04:42. > :04:44.It would be a message to the courts to treat them more seriously
:04:45. > :04:47.and the general level of sentencing would go up.
:04:48. > :04:49.We've heard from the family that they are concerned
:04:50. > :04:57.They say that "careless" trivialises this and especially
:04:58. > :04:59.where there is an aggravating factor that
:05:00. > :05:00."manslaughter" would be more appropriate.
:05:01. > :05:02.Would changing the wording make a difference?
:05:03. > :05:05.You can charge someone with manslaughter if they kill
:05:06. > :05:08.somebody as a result of a traffic accident.
:05:09. > :05:12.It used to be more common, but juries were quite reluctant
:05:13. > :05:22.to convict people of homicide, of manslaughter, which is
:05:23. > :05:25.More significantly, it is very difficult to prove.
:05:26. > :05:28.You have to show that the motorist was grossly negligent in order to
:05:29. > :05:32.With causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink
:05:33. > :05:35.or drugs, you just have to show a momentary lapse in attention
:05:36. > :05:39.or driving just below the standard expected of a careful driver.
:05:40. > :05:41.Other families we have heard from here want the law changed
:05:42. > :05:44.so that if you kill more than one person that sentences
:05:45. > :05:48.run consecutively, rather than concurrently.
:05:49. > :05:52.How likely is it that the Government would adopt something like that?
:05:53. > :05:55.What the judge has to do in sentencing somebody is look
:05:56. > :06:00.Obviously, if you kill more than one person
:06:01. > :06:05.feature and you're likely to get a longer sentence but you're not
:06:06. > :06:09.likely to get twice as long because, after all, your bad behaviour,
:06:10. > :06:13.case was the same whether you killed one person or two
:06:14. > :06:18.I don't think that people would be very happy,
:06:19. > :06:23.to be told that the sentence would be lower because only one
:06:24. > :06:41.A school in Poole has written to all its parents after four
:06:42. > :06:43.children came into contact with cocaine on the school premises.
:06:44. > :06:46.One child was found in possession of the drug at Broadstone Middle
:06:47. > :06:48.school and the teachers say the children believed
:06:49. > :06:53.Anjana what do we know about what happened?
:06:54. > :06:59.It happened on the 3rd of January, the first day back after the
:07:00. > :07:04.Christmas holidays. The skills they a fairly chilled with three other
:07:05. > :07:07.children in possession of an unknown substance, a white powder that they
:07:08. > :07:12.believed to be drugs. The school says the children believed it to be
:07:13. > :07:16.sweet, possibly Sherbert. They phoned the police and the ambulances
:07:17. > :07:21.and they treated the children on the scene and took them to hospital.
:07:22. > :07:24.They established that the children hadn't ingested any of the drug,
:07:25. > :07:30.they were fine and they were discharged on the day. This skill
:07:31. > :07:33.she has around 500 pupils aged between nine and 13. We don't know
:07:34. > :07:38.the ages or the genders of the children involved. I was here as
:07:39. > :07:42.school ended today speaking to parents. Most didn't want to speak
:07:43. > :07:44.to as and said the school didn't want to speak to us but I did manage
:07:45. > :07:52.to catch up with two dads. I'll be making an appointment with
:07:53. > :07:57.the headmistress and speaking to her and hear the facts from different
:07:58. > :08:02.people. I've got nothing to say, really. I have heard it is under
:08:03. > :08:05.control. They have elected -- reacted quite well. Due to other
:08:06. > :08:07.parents have been given enough information? We have been kept
:08:08. > :08:14.informed, that's fine. As the school had anything more to
:08:15. > :08:18.say about it? The school says it has written to
:08:19. > :08:23.parent and carers and assured them it was an isolated engine --
:08:24. > :08:26.incident. The police have confirmed it was cocaine and have arrested a
:08:27. > :08:30.30-year-old man and he has been bailed pending further enquiries.
:08:31. > :08:32.A Southampton man's been shot dead in Thailand.
:08:33. > :08:35.It's reported by the Bangkok Post that father of two Tony Kenway
:08:36. > :08:38.was killed in the drivers seat of his red Porsche in the car
:08:39. > :08:40.park of a sports club in the resort of Pattaya.
:08:41. > :08:45.The Foreign Office has confirmed it is in contact with local police.
:08:46. > :08:47.The Shoreham Airshow has been cancelled for this year,
:08:48. > :08:50.and a decision for next year is yet to be made.
:08:51. > :08:53.11 men died when a vintage jet crashed on the A27
:08:54. > :09:01.Yesterday, a raft of safety measures recommended in the wake of the air
:09:02. > :09:11.disaster were accepted by the aviation regulator.
:09:12. > :09:14.Next some developing news tonight and South Today has been told that
:09:15. > :09:16.plans to devolve greater powers from Westminster to councils
:09:17. > :09:18.along the Solent are now dead in the water.
:09:19. > :09:21.The idea had been to give councils more control over transport,
:09:22. > :09:23.housing and infrastructure, along with extra funding.
:09:24. > :09:24.Our political editor Peter Henley is here.
:09:25. > :09:35.This was contentious from the start so what's brought it to an end?
:09:36. > :09:40.Disagreement and contention over exactly the right way forward. The
:09:41. > :09:44.government wanted to hand money and more power to local councils,
:09:45. > :09:48.particularly in the south of England, having done it for the
:09:49. > :09:53.North of England. ?900 million of investment was what they said had
:09:54. > :09:56.been earmarked and almost got into George Osborne pars last budget and
:09:57. > :10:00.was pulled at the last minute because Hampshire County Council
:10:01. > :10:03.said they didn't agree with the way that Portsmouth, Southampton and the
:10:04. > :10:13.Isle of Wight were prepared to go on and bring in other district
:10:14. > :10:16.councils. There a crunch meeting this afternoon. It was all the MPs
:10:17. > :10:19.at Westminster and a lot of the council leaders. It was intended to
:10:20. > :10:20.find a way forward. With the Isle of Wight having changed from
:10:21. > :10:24.independent control to Conservative control and the Conservatives think
:10:25. > :10:27.they wanted nothing to do with Portsmouth and Southampton, it
:10:28. > :10:32.seemed clear, I am told by MPs, that there was no way forward. Now the
:10:33. > :10:36.council leaders are saying it is dead in the water. ?1 billion of
:10:37. > :10:40.government money has gone away and it will be sometime before they find
:10:41. > :10:44.a way to bring that back again. What happens next? The councils will
:10:45. > :10:57.have to think about mergers. This is what is
:10:58. > :11:00.happening Dorset, they are talking about forming super councils.
:11:01. > :11:02.There's a meeting tomorrow. It is happening in or Oxford as well. The
:11:03. > :11:04.organising along government structure, rather than taking
:11:05. > :11:07.existing councils, taking a mere and creating an authority. In the end,
:11:08. > :11:10.it is about setting the course forward for the next decade. All the
:11:11. > :11:14.potential money for social care in particular could have come at this,
:11:15. > :11:18.it looks as if that won't happen and we will have to go back to the
:11:19. > :11:22.drawing board and find some other way, I am told there was well in the
:11:23. > :11:25.room for some kind of combined transport authority for Hampshire,
:11:26. > :11:26.that is different to a devolution deal.
:11:27. > :11:29.The cold weather means it may be taking longer to get
:11:30. > :11:31.to work in the mornings, and that's certainly the case
:11:32. > :11:34.in parts of Berkshire where roads are being dug up to fix
:11:35. > :11:38.Thames Water says it's dealing with more burst pipes than usual,
:11:39. > :11:43.This one in Reading was in danger of flooding homes.
:11:44. > :11:46.The company says it has extra staff at it's call centres and out
:11:47. > :11:52.We've got around 500 engineers out across London
:11:53. > :11:55.and the Thames Valley, looking at leaks, trying to get them
:11:56. > :11:59.fixed, an 160 crews actually there, digging holes in the ground
:12:00. > :12:01.and fixing these pipes, but it's still a struggle
:12:02. > :12:04.because we've got so many coming in, so we're doing everything we can
:12:05. > :12:11.to keep up, but the message is please be patient with us.
:12:12. > :12:14.A High Court ruling has paved the way for the removal of a protest
:12:15. > :12:17.camp over oil drilling at Leith Hill in Surrey.
:12:18. > :12:20.It had been set up in protest over Europa's plans to site a test
:12:21. > :12:22.drilling well in the Area of Natural Beauty.
:12:23. > :12:25.The company believes that a substantial reservoir of oil
:12:26. > :12:27.could exist beneath the Surrey Hills.
:12:28. > :12:30.It's expected that bailiffs will arrive to evict the protestors
:12:31. > :12:40.and demolish the camp within the next few days.
:12:41. > :12:43.Still to come in South Today, it's a crunch night for the Saints.
:12:44. > :12:50.Southampton potentially 90 minutes away from a trip to Wembley as they
:12:51. > :12:55.take on Liverpool. The mother of a man from Surrey
:12:56. > :12:57.who was accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump,
:12:58. > :13:02.says she's looking forward to him 20-year-old Michael Sandford
:13:03. > :13:05.was arrested at a Trump rally His mother Lynne has been speaking
:13:06. > :13:18.to our reporter David Allard. This footage shows the moment
:13:19. > :13:25.Michael Sandford tried to snatch a gun from a police officer
:13:26. > :13:39.to shoot Donald Trump. Absolutely horrified. My heart
:13:40. > :13:49.stopped beating and I burst into tears. I couldn't believe it. I was
:13:50. > :13:52.our police. He is quite, loving lad. He has struggled throughout his life
:13:53. > :13:53.with a variety of physical and mental health problems.
:13:54. > :13:55.Though Lynne says Michael was in a better state of mind
:13:56. > :14:02.when he travelled to the USA for a gap year.
:14:03. > :14:04.Then, when he didn't make contact for weeks,
:14:05. > :14:15.It has always been a worry of errors, when he goes on the
:14:16. > :14:18.Internet, has who -- who has he been mixing with. He has been diagnosed
:14:19. > :14:21.with having had a psychotic episode at the time.
:14:22. > :14:23.A BBC documentary followed Lynne and Michael's father Paul,
:14:24. > :14:25.as they attended his sentencing in the States.
:14:26. > :14:28.Michael pleaded guilty to being an illegal alien
:14:29. > :14:30.in possession of a firearm and disrupting government business.
:14:31. > :14:44.The judge could clearly see that make call was clearly an misguided
:14:45. > :14:50.lad. Clearly he deserves a second chance.
:14:51. > :14:52.From his maximum security prison Michael is allowed one 15
:14:53. > :15:03.And just so ashamed of what I don't and I just fuel -- waffle about it.
:15:04. > :15:18.-- offal. -- awful. What do you think will
:15:19. > :15:22.happen when he gets released in May? I hope he comes home to his loving
:15:23. > :15:23.family. You will get the care he needs, meditation and support and
:15:24. > :15:24.restart his life. And you can see the full
:15:25. > :15:33.story in the documentary, It's available now on the BBC
:15:34. > :15:37.iPlayer and also on BBC One Now onto sport and a big
:15:38. > :15:43.night for Southampton. They're in Liverpool
:15:44. > :15:45.tonight for the second leg Just tonight's match between them
:15:46. > :15:53.and a Wembley final. Kris they're one up from the first
:15:54. > :16:13.leg but still a lot ITN -- like 10pm tonight, the fans
:16:14. > :16:20.will be celebrating our coming home. -- or coming home. Since of course
:16:21. > :16:25.warmed up for the squid ministry with the- Isidore Cruise past
:16:26. > :16:31.champions Leicester at the weekend. That leaves them in good form.
:16:32. > :16:37.Liverpool, by contrast, lost in the year-long unbeaten home record year
:16:38. > :16:41.against Swansea at Anfield. That was rather surprising. Contrasting form
:16:42. > :16:44.lines for the two sides. If you want another positive statistic as well
:16:45. > :16:48.as Southampton content, they are yet to concede a goal and this years
:16:49. > :16:52.competition. If you keep a clean sheet tonight, they will be going to
:16:53. > :17:00.Wembley. It is exciting times. Let's hear from both managers.
:17:01. > :17:02.It would be a mistake to think about a final
:17:03. > :17:05.and to dream to go to Wembley, because we have nothing,
:17:06. > :17:17.It was only 1-0 and that's for us no difference.
:17:18. > :17:23.If we'd been on 3-0, then we have to think about a few
:17:24. > :17:27.things but this is only 1-0 and still everything
:17:28. > :17:37.As far as the team news is concerned, Saints have a big
:17:38. > :17:39.concern over newly-installed captain Virgil van Dijk,
:17:40. > :17:46.who limped off against Leicester at the weekend.
:17:47. > :17:49.He's undoubtedly the Saints' talisman, and would be a big miss
:17:50. > :17:53.It's sure to be a dramatic night here on Merseyside,
:17:54. > :18:03.if the scores are level after 90 minutes, then it's extra time.
:18:04. > :18:09.Follow the game live with BBC Radio Solent this evening.
:18:10. > :18:12.Brighton Hove Albion returned to the top of the Championship,
:18:13. > :18:15.as one goal was enough to see off Cardiff at the Amex.
:18:16. > :18:17.The Seagulls took the points thanks to Tomor Hemed's goal
:18:18. > :18:21.Brighton back above Newcastle at the summit.
:18:22. > :18:24.Meanwhile it was a tale of two penalties at the Madejski Stadium,
:18:25. > :18:28.The Royals missed their spot-kick when John Swift's was saved,
:18:29. > :18:30.but Roy Beerens tucked home the rebound.
:18:31. > :18:33.Reading keeper Ali Al-Habsi was then the late hero,
:18:34. > :19:00.You can sense make it to Wembley? We will be back at 10:30pm with the
:19:01. > :19:08.answer. -- Saints. Radical changes to the format
:19:09. > :19:10.and structure of future America's Cup competitions
:19:11. > :19:12.were announced in London today. Among the changes, the Cup,
:19:13. > :19:15.which was first contested off the Isle of Wight in 1851,
:19:16. > :19:18.will be staged in two year It's all designed to give
:19:19. > :19:23.the event more mass appeal. Five teams have signed up,
:19:24. > :19:26.but New Zealand are yet to formally Our sports editor Tony Husband
:19:27. > :19:31.was at the press conference. New rules, new teams, more venues,
:19:32. > :19:34.a defining moment, they are saying, The announcements were made this
:19:35. > :19:48.afternoon here in London. Martin Whitmarch and Ben Ainslie
:19:49. > :19:50.both in attendance. Martin, you spearheaded
:19:51. > :19:51.the press conference, you laid out the future
:19:52. > :19:53.of the America's Cup. Is this one of the most important
:19:54. > :19:56.days, off the water, I can't vouch for a 166-year
:19:57. > :20:00.history, but I think, for all the teams here,
:20:01. > :20:02.we know it's an important day We have to capitalise on that
:20:03. > :20:10.excitement we have around the sport, make it bigger and better,
:20:11. > :20:13.bring more teams, have more races, make it continuous,
:20:14. > :20:17.more stakeholders but, As part of today's announcement,
:20:18. > :20:23.and America's Cup every two years. We are out there in Bermuda now
:20:24. > :20:28.getting ready for this competition. The stated goal is to
:20:29. > :20:31.bring the cup home. Regardless of where the cup is,
:20:32. > :20:45.now that we have this agreement, Martin has been very modest
:20:46. > :20:47.because he has been instrumental in putting this all together,
:20:48. > :20:50.certainly for our team that's part of our vision to build a sustainable
:20:51. > :20:53.America's Cup for the future. Jamie Spittle, who will captain
:20:54. > :20:57.of course the defenders, the Americans, in Bermuda
:20:58. > :21:00.this summer called it a defining moment, a pivotal day in the oldest
:21:01. > :21:02.trophy in international sport and of course it will be contested
:21:03. > :21:21.in Bermuda this summer. Days of sub zero weather has led
:21:22. > :21:24.to long stretches of the Kennet Many narrowboats are trapped
:21:25. > :21:28.in the ice, unable to move. It's also causing problems
:21:29. > :21:31.for the Canal and River Trust, which is trying to keep its winter
:21:32. > :21:33.maintenance and repair Encased in ice, these boats
:21:34. > :21:45.are going nowhere anytime soon. While the frozen layer
:21:46. > :21:46.isn't especially thick, driving forward in these conditions
:21:47. > :21:49.risks forcing up sheets of ice, potentially damaging to both
:21:50. > :21:54.boats and the banks. It's also hampering efforts
:21:55. > :21:56.by the Canal and River Trust to carry out routine repairs,
:21:57. > :22:00.like here at Benham, While we have this in place,
:22:01. > :22:05.boats are not allowed to move If the ice reaches a certain
:22:06. > :22:10.thickness, and it does cause us we will create a plough wave
:22:11. > :22:17.in front of us, of solid ice, basically, it causes
:22:18. > :22:20.problems with moving boats. The locks are mostly Grade
:22:21. > :22:25.II listed structures, so we have to use authentic
:22:26. > :22:29.materials, lime water and you can't Repairing and re-mounting the lock
:22:30. > :22:36.gate should take three weeks. This crane boat arrived on site
:22:37. > :22:40.before the waterway froze and they're hopeful the ice
:22:41. > :22:42.will thaw long before This is pretty
:22:43. > :22:47.run-of-the-mill work for us. The We've de-watered the top gate
:22:48. > :22:55.so we can actually lift one of the gates off and replaced
:22:56. > :22:58.the anchor stone, which has failed, and while we're doing that,
:22:59. > :23:01.we will do some brickwork repairs and also we will reline the gates
:23:02. > :23:04.so the water will hold from the canal and it doesn't
:23:05. > :23:07.doesn't fill the lock constantly. While the ice looks fairly
:23:08. > :23:09.solid in places, it's deceptively thin in others
:23:10. > :23:12.and there's a warning not to risk stepping onto the surface,
:23:13. > :23:13.especially as temperatures are expected to rise
:23:14. > :23:15.in the coming days. Allen Sinclair, BBC South Today,
:23:16. > :23:39.in West Berkshire. debt is bitterly cold tomorrow.
:23:40. > :23:44.Let's talk about your weather. Many of you have been out and about, even
:23:45. > :23:49.in the foggy conditions. This was the scene this morning in Berkshire.
:23:50. > :23:53.Thick fog through the morning and into the afternoon. On the parts of
:23:54. > :23:59.Dorset saw any sunshine. Foggy conditions from those in Highcliffe
:24:00. > :24:08.Dorset. Quick and easy picture. But, it was very tropical, tropical
:24:09. > :24:11.weight, should I say? In Weymouth. Through the course of tonight, we
:24:12. > :24:16.are expecting clear spells but generally it will be cloudy, they
:24:17. > :24:20.chance of frost in places, a fair amount of cloud. Less on the way of
:24:21. > :24:26.Falkirk -- but still a fair few patches here and there. In
:24:27. > :24:31.attendance and cities, he'll go off at freezing order in 2-2 C in parts
:24:32. > :24:35.of Oxfordshire. A cold start to the day tomorrow and it will fuel
:24:36. > :24:38.bitterly cold. Be cloudy start in places. I can to get one to when
:24:39. > :24:45.they sure as first thing and then this is those make an appearance for
:24:46. > :24:49.coastal areas and the Isle of Wight. Temperatures reach three or four
:24:50. > :24:53.Celsius but few are more in freezing -- more like freezing because of the
:24:54. > :25:01.winter chill. An A/C went coming over from the near content. Europe
:25:02. > :25:04.is bitterly cold. Through the course of tomorrow night, we expect
:25:05. > :25:10.including skies, the chance of one or two showers, the chance of the
:25:11. > :25:13.word snow shower but otherwise it is a it with temperatures following
:25:14. > :25:19.below freezing in the countryside. Through the course of Freddy, mail
:25:20. > :25:24.order appealed to slightly colder -- slightly less cold and the wind
:25:25. > :25:29.starts changing direction, the cold air will turn to a more mailed
:25:30. > :25:33.earful from the south-west, bringing in one an isolated showers during
:25:34. > :25:37.the course of the day. Not amounting to too much, mainly light and
:25:38. > :25:41.patchy. As we look to the rest of the week, we will see the best of
:25:42. > :25:45.searching through the afternoon, what that cloud lifting northwards
:25:46. > :25:52.and will be a bitterly cold north and south easterly wind. Patchy rain
:25:53. > :25:55.on Friday, the chance of the order of thunderstorm on Saturday, some
:25:56. > :26:00.great spells and we will see some sunshine on Sunday.
:26:01. > :26:04.There'll be a news summary at 8pm and we'll be back at 10.30pm.