25/01/2017 South Today

Killed by a hit and run drunk driver.

As the Government reviews sentencing for road offences,

his parents call for manslaughter to be the charge.

What message does it give to the criminal?

"Oh, don't worry, you're just a bit careless.

Four children were taken to hospital after it was thought they'd

A Formula One style makeover for sailing's oldest trophy.

Could the America's Cup become as popular as motorsport?

A couple from Hampshire whose son was killed by a drunk driver say

a consultation about tougher penalties doesn't go far enough.

28-year-old Wayne Moores died after a hit and run crash

involving his motorbike on the M4 in 2010.

The driver was given a six year prison sentence.

The maximum possible penalty for drivers who cause deaths

through dangerous or careless driving under the influence of drink

But in practice the average sentence given

The government is considering introducing life

sentences saying offenders should face the full force of the law.

But Wayne Moore's family say all such cases should be

Deeply spiritual, had a huge sense of fun,

was prepared to stand up for things that were wrong.

Wayne Moores's parents remember their son,

A talented blacksmith, Wayne had been working in Wales.

In September 2010, he was travelling home to Hampshire on his motorbike

when he was struck by a drunk driver who fled the scene.

Nothing can prepare parents for seeing their child

Every day, I have that vision, comes into my mind.

The driver, Donna Hackett, was given a six-year sentence

for causing death by careless driving while under

Wayne's parents feel the current wording of charges and the penalties

given don't reflect the seriousness of road deaths.

There's nothing careless about drink-driving.

What message does it give to the criminal?

"Oh, don't worry, you're just a bit careless.

The Government is consulting on whether the maximum sentence

for such crimes should be increased from 14 years to to life.

Wayne's parents believe that needs to backed up by tougher

Why when you get in the kind you dry drunk and you kill somebody,

-- Why when you get in a vehicle and you drive drunk

It needs to looked at seriously and, as we say, the careless driving

whilst under the influence to be abolished and instead

make it manslaughter, make it about people,

Wayne's parents will continue to push for the law to be rewritten,

a move they hope might change attitudes and save lives.

A short time ago I spoke to the legal commentator

Joshua Rozenberg and asked whether the introduction of life

sentences would actually mean much longer sentences for offenders.

Sentences for this particular offence are around the five-year

mark, but there was one quite recently where a sentence

of ten years was upheld by the Court of Appeal,

So, it is possible to get quite close to the maximum of 14 years,

and if the maximum were raised to life, then that would bring up,

I think, all the sentences for this particular sort of offence.

It would be a message to the courts to treat them more seriously

and the general level of sentencing would go up.

We've heard from the family that they are concerned

They say that "careless" trivialises this and especially

where there is an aggravating factor that

"manslaughter" would be more appropriate.

Would changing the wording make a difference?

You can charge someone with manslaughter if they kill

somebody as a result of a traffic accident.

It used to be more common, but juries were quite reluctant

to convict people of homicide, of manslaughter, which is

More significantly, it is very difficult to prove.

You have to show that the motorist was grossly negligent in order to

With causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink

or drugs, you just have to show a momentary lapse in attention

or driving just below the standard expected of a careful driver.

Other families we have heard from here want the law changed

so that if you kill more than one person that sentences

run consecutively, rather than concurrently.

How likely is it that the Government would adopt something like that?

What the judge has to do in sentencing somebody is look

Obviously, if you kill more than one person

feature and you're likely to get a longer sentence but you're not

likely to get twice as long because, after all, your bad behaviour,

case was the same whether you killed one person or two

I don't think that people would be very happy,

to be told that the sentence would be lower because only one

A school in Poole has written to all its parents after four

children came into contact with cocaine on the school premises.

One child was found in possession of the drug at Broadstone Middle

school and the teachers say the children believed

Anjana what do we know about what happened?

It happened on the 3rd of January, the first day back after the

Christmas holidays. The skills they a fairly chilled with three other

children in possession of an unknown substance, a white powder that they

believed to be drugs. The school says the children believed it to be

sweet, possibly Sherbert. They phoned the police and the ambulances

and they treated the children on the scene and took them to hospital.

They established that the children hadn't ingested any of the drug,

they were fine and they were discharged on the day. This skill

she has around 500 pupils aged between nine and 13. We don't know

the ages or the genders of the children involved. I was here as

school ended today speaking to parents. Most didn't want to speak

to as and said the school didn't want to speak to us but I did manage

to catch up with two dads. I'll be making an appointment with

the headmistress and speaking to her and hear the facts from different

people. I've got nothing to say, really. I have heard it is under

control. They have elected -- reacted quite well. Due to other

parents have been given enough information? We have been kept

informed, that's fine. As the school had anything more to

say about it? The school says it has written to

parent and carers and assured them it was an isolated engine --

incident. The police have confirmed it was cocaine and have arrested a

30-year-old man and he has been bailed pending further enquiries.

A Southampton man's been shot dead in Thailand.

It's reported by the Bangkok Post that father of two Tony Kenway

was killed in the drivers seat of his red Porsche in the car

park of a sports club in the resort of Pattaya.

The Foreign Office has confirmed it is in contact with local police.

The Shoreham Airshow has been cancelled for this year,

and a decision for next year is yet to be made.

11 men died when a vintage jet crashed on the A27

Yesterday, a raft of safety measures recommended in the wake of the air

disaster were accepted by the aviation regulator.

Next some developing news tonight and South Today has been told that

plans to devolve greater powers from Westminster to councils

along the Solent are now dead in the water.

The idea had been to give councils more control over transport,

housing and infrastructure, along with extra funding.

Our political editor Peter Henley is here.

This was contentious from the start so what's brought it to an end?

Disagreement and contention over exactly the right way forward. The

government wanted to hand money and more power to local councils,

particularly in the south of England, having done it for the

North of England. ?900 million of investment was what they said had

been earmarked and almost got into George Osborne pars last budget and

was pulled at the last minute because Hampshire County Council

said they didn't agree with the way that Portsmouth, Southampton and the

Isle of Wight were prepared to go on and bring in other district

councils. There a crunch meeting this afternoon. It was all the MPs

at Westminster and a lot of the council leaders. It was intended to

find a way forward. With the Isle of Wight having changed from

independent control to Conservative control and the Conservatives think

they wanted nothing to do with Portsmouth and Southampton, it

seemed clear, I am told by MPs, that there was no way forward. Now the

council leaders are saying it is dead in the water. ?1 billion of

government money has gone away and it will be sometime before they find

a way to bring that back again. What happens next? The councils will

have to think about mergers. This is what is

happening Dorset, they are talking about forming super councils.

There's a meeting tomorrow. It is happening in or Oxford as well. The

organising along government structure, rather than taking

existing councils, taking a mere and creating an authority. In the end,

it is about setting the course forward for the next decade. All the

potential money for social care in particular could have come at this,

it looks as if that won't happen and we will have to go back to the

drawing board and find some other way, I am told there was well in the

room for some kind of combined transport authority for Hampshire,

that is different to a devolution deal.

The cold weather means it may be taking longer to get

to work in the mornings, and that's certainly the case

in parts of Berkshire where roads are being dug up to fix

Thames Water says it's dealing with more burst pipes than usual,

This one in Reading was in danger of flooding homes.

The company says it has extra staff at it's call centres and out

We've got around 500 engineers out across London

and the Thames Valley, looking at leaks, trying to get them

fixed, an 160 crews actually there, digging holes in the ground

and fixing these pipes, but it's still a struggle

because we've got so many coming in, so we're doing everything we can

to keep up, but the message is please be patient with us.

A High Court ruling has paved the way for the removal of a protest

camp over oil drilling at Leith Hill in Surrey.

It had been set up in protest over Europa's plans to site a test

drilling well in the Area of Natural Beauty.

The company believes that a substantial reservoir of oil

could exist beneath the Surrey Hills.

It's expected that bailiffs will arrive to evict the protestors

and demolish the camp within the next few days.

Still to come in South Today, it's a crunch night for the Saints.

Southampton potentially 90 minutes away from a trip to Wembley as they

take on Liverpool. The mother of a man from Surrey

who was accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump,

says she's looking forward to him 20-year-old Michael Sandford

was arrested at a Trump rally His mother Lynne has been speaking

to our reporter David Allard. This footage shows the moment

Michael Sandford tried to snatch a gun from a police officer

to shoot Donald Trump. Absolutely horrified. My heart

stopped beating and I burst into tears. I couldn't believe it. I was

our police. He is quite, loving lad. He has struggled throughout his life

with a variety of physical and mental health problems.

Though Lynne says Michael was in a better state of mind

when he travelled to the USA for a gap year.

Then, when he didn't make contact for weeks,

It has always been a worry of errors, when he goes on the

Internet, has who -- who has he been mixing with. He has been diagnosed

with having had a psychotic episode at the time.

A BBC documentary followed Lynne and Michael's father Paul,

as they attended his sentencing in the States.

Michael pleaded guilty to being an illegal alien

in possession of a firearm and disrupting government business.

The judge could clearly see that make call was clearly an misguided

lad. Clearly he deserves a second chance.

From his maximum security prison Michael is allowed one 15

And just so ashamed of what I don't and I just fuel -- waffle about it.

-- offal. -- awful. What do you think will

happen when he gets released in May? I hope he comes home to his loving

family. You will get the care he needs, meditation and support and

restart his life. And you can see the full

story in the documentary, It's available now on the BBC

iPlayer and also on BBC One Now onto sport and a big

night for Southampton. They're in Liverpool

tonight for the second leg Just tonight's match between them

and a Wembley final. Kris they're one up from the first

leg but still a lot ITN -- like 10pm tonight, the fans

will be celebrating our coming home. -- or coming home. Since of course

warmed up for the squid ministry with the- Isidore Cruise past

champions Leicester at the weekend. That leaves them in good form.

Liverpool, by contrast, lost in the year-long unbeaten home record year

against Swansea at Anfield. That was rather surprising. Contrasting form

lines for the two sides. If you want another positive statistic as well

as Southampton content, they are yet to concede a goal and this years

competition. If you keep a clean sheet tonight, they will be going to

Wembley. It is exciting times. Let's hear from both managers.

It would be a mistake to think about a final

and to dream to go to Wembley, because we have nothing,

It was only 1-0 and that's for us no difference.

If we'd been on 3-0, then we have to think about a few

things but this is only 1-0 and still everything

As far as the team news is concerned, Saints have a big

concern over newly-installed captain Virgil van Dijk,

who limped off against Leicester at the weekend.

He's undoubtedly the Saints' talisman, and would be a big miss

It's sure to be a dramatic night here on Merseyside,

if the scores are level after 90 minutes, then it's extra time.

Follow the game live with BBC Radio Solent this evening.

Brighton Hove Albion returned to the top of the Championship,

as one goal was enough to see off Cardiff at the Amex.

The Seagulls took the points thanks to Tomor Hemed's goal

Brighton back above Newcastle at the summit.

Meanwhile it was a tale of two penalties at the Madejski Stadium,

The Royals missed their spot-kick when John Swift's was saved,

but Roy Beerens tucked home the rebound.

Reading keeper Ali Al-Habsi was then the late hero,

You can sense make it to Wembley? We will be back at 10:30pm with the

answer. -- Saints. Radical changes to the format

and structure of future America's Cup competitions

were announced in London today. Among the changes, the Cup,

which was first contested off the Isle of Wight in 1851,

will be staged in two year It's all designed to give

the event more mass appeal. Five teams have signed up,

but New Zealand are yet to formally Our sports editor Tony Husband

was at the press conference. New rules, new teams, more venues,

a defining moment, they are saying, The announcements were made this

afternoon here in London. Martin Whitmarch and Ben Ainslie

both in attendance. Martin, you spearheaded

the press conference, you laid out the future

of the America's Cup. Is this one of the most important

days, off the water, I can't vouch for a 166-year

history, but I think, for all the teams here,

we know it's an important day We have to capitalise on that

excitement we have around the sport, make it bigger and better,

bring more teams, have more races, make it continuous,

more stakeholders but, As part of today's announcement,

and America's Cup every two years. We are out there in Bermuda now

getting ready for this competition. The stated goal is to

bring the cup home. Regardless of where the cup is,

now that we have this agreement, Martin has been very modest

because he has been instrumental in putting this all together,

certainly for our team that's part of our vision to build a sustainable

America's Cup for the future. Jamie Spittle, who will captain

of course the defenders, the Americans, in Bermuda

this summer called it a defining moment, a pivotal day in the oldest

trophy in international sport and of course it will be contested

in Bermuda this summer. Days of sub zero weather has led

to long stretches of the Kennet Many narrowboats are trapped

in the ice, unable to move. It's also causing problems

for the Canal and River Trust, which is trying to keep its winter

maintenance and repair Encased in ice, these boats

are going nowhere anytime soon. While the frozen layer

isn't especially thick, driving forward in these conditions

risks forcing up sheets of ice, potentially damaging to both

boats and the banks. It's also hampering efforts

by the Canal and River Trust to carry out routine repairs,

like here at Benham, While we have this in place,

boats are not allowed to move If the ice reaches a certain

thickness, and it does cause us we will create a plough wave

in front of us, of solid ice, basically, it causes

problems with moving boats. The locks are mostly Grade

II listed structures, so we have to use authentic

materials, lime water and you can't Repairing and re-mounting the lock

gate should take three weeks. This crane boat arrived on site

before the waterway froze and they're hopeful the ice

will thaw long before This is pretty

run-of-the-mill work for us. The We've de-watered the top gate

so we can actually lift one of the gates off and replaced

the anchor stone, which has failed, and while we're doing that,

we will do some brickwork repairs and also we will reline the gates

so the water will hold from the canal and it doesn't

doesn't fill the lock constantly. While the ice looks fairly

solid in places, it's deceptively thin in others

and there's a warning not to risk stepping onto the surface,

especially as temperatures are expected to rise

in the coming days. Allen Sinclair, BBC South Today,

in West Berkshire. debt is bitterly cold tomorrow.

Let's talk about your weather. Many of you have been out and about, even

in the foggy conditions. This was the scene this morning in Berkshire.

Thick fog through the morning and into the afternoon. On the parts of

Dorset saw any sunshine. Foggy conditions from those in Highcliffe

Dorset. Quick and easy picture. But, it was very tropical, tropical

weight, should I say? In Weymouth. Through the course of tonight, we

are expecting clear spells but generally it will be cloudy, they

chance of frost in places, a fair amount of cloud. Less on the way of

Falkirk -- but still a fair few patches here and there. In

attendance and cities, he'll go off at freezing order in 2-2 C in parts

of Oxfordshire. A cold start to the day tomorrow and it will fuel

bitterly cold. Be cloudy start in places. I can to get one to when

they sure as first thing and then this is those make an appearance for

coastal areas and the Isle of Wight. Temperatures reach three or four

Celsius but few are more in freezing -- more like freezing because of the

winter chill. An A/C went coming over from the near content. Europe

is bitterly cold. Through the course of tomorrow night, we expect

including skies, the chance of one or two showers, the chance of the

word snow shower but otherwise it is a it with temperatures following

below freezing in the countryside. Through the course of Freddy, mail

order appealed to slightly colder -- slightly less cold and the wind

starts changing direction, the cold air will turn to a more mailed

earful from the south-west, bringing in one an isolated showers during

the course of the day. Not amounting to too much, mainly light and

patchy. As we look to the rest of the week, we will see the best of

searching through the afternoon, what that cloud lifting northwards

and will be a bitterly cold north and south easterly wind. Patchy rain

on Friday, the chance of the order of thunderstorm on Saturday, some

great spells and we will see some sunshine on Sunday.

There'll be a news summary at 8pm and we'll be back at 10.30pm.