:00:00. > :00:11.Building for the future, the prefab homes that could bring
:00:12. > :00:13.jobs, affordable housing and profit to Southampton and beyond.
:00:14. > :00:15.It's a way of actually bringing housing supply -
:00:16. > :00:17.bringing more houses in the system than currently big
:00:18. > :00:24.A moment to remember and pay tribute to the victims of the Westminster
:00:25. > :00:30.Hoping to lead Pompey to the Magic Kingdom, the former
:00:31. > :00:33.Disney boss in talks to buy the football club.
:00:34. > :00:35.And telling a story, the artist working on a
:00:36. > :00:57.larger-than-life project of the great author Terry Pratchett.
:00:58. > :01:01.Do we need to go back to the future to help solve our housing crisis?
:01:02. > :01:04.After the Second World War, prefab properties provided a ready
:01:05. > :01:07.They were built in sections in factories and then
:01:08. > :01:15.South Today can reveal that Southampton is to become the first
:01:16. > :01:17.council to revive the idea with ambitious plans for its
:01:18. > :01:24.own housing factory on the site of the former Ford Transit plant.
:01:25. > :01:26.Let's join reporter Matt Treacy who's in the city.
:01:27. > :01:37.Matt, this is all about more council houses?
:01:38. > :01:45.Yes, it's aiming to help the nearly 8000 people on the council waiting
:01:46. > :01:49.list. In the future, the buildings might look the same on the outside
:01:50. > :01:53.as the baby are constructed. Their cost and the speed they are going to
:01:54. > :01:54.be put up, that will be very different indeed.
:01:55. > :01:59.Coul this be the solution to the South's housing crisis?
:02:00. > :02:01.The different parts of modular homes are built in modern factories
:02:02. > :02:05.They're then bolted together on site, far quicker than a normal
:02:06. > :02:12.We can put a singular house up in one day to weather-tight,
:02:13. > :02:16.and we can build a row of housing, a row of terrace houses, in a week.
:02:17. > :02:19.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: Houses...and quickly!
:02:20. > :02:24.These pre-fabricated houses were the quick and cheap way
:02:25. > :02:26.to solve the post-war housing crisis, but they weren't
:02:27. > :02:31.One Hampshire company that's worked on modern prefabs says
:02:32. > :02:38.We are living in a time that we actually have improved
:02:39. > :02:41.systems, so we've had no improvement at all in house delivery
:02:42. > :02:45.We're looking at the provision of widely available,
:02:46. > :02:47.energy efficient homes, which actually fit the vision
:02:48. > :02:58.The City Council says it doesn't just want to buy new modular homes.
:02:59. > :03:04.I understand the plan would involve a new ?2 million factory
:03:05. > :03:06.on this iconic site - where parts for the Spitfire,
:03:07. > :03:12.and, more recently, Ford Transit vans were built.
:03:13. > :03:14.The city's politicians say this will be a game-changing project,
:03:15. > :03:19.bringing with it new council houses, new jobs and maybe even profit.
:03:20. > :03:21.We're trying to have a project which not only employs Southampton
:03:22. > :03:25.people in the skills of the future, but delivers homes for
:03:26. > :03:27.Southampton people on either affordable or market rent,
:03:28. > :03:37.but with Southampton City Council as the landlord.
:03:38. > :03:40.The council hopes that if this ambitious project goes ahead,
:03:41. > :03:42.they could soon be selling houses to other council across
:03:43. > :03:52.the south, with the profits going back to the city.
:03:53. > :04:02.this happen? They are still plans, nothing has
:04:03. > :04:07.been signed yet, as we speak, but I understand that the funding for that
:04:08. > :04:11.factory is already in place, so it could be starting as early as the
:04:12. > :04:16.end of next year. Down the road from me, we might see modular houses even
:04:17. > :04:17.sooner. It might be brought in from another place and built by the end
:04:18. > :04:22.of the year. There's been a marked increase
:04:23. > :04:25.in the number of child sex offences recorded by police forces
:04:26. > :04:29.across the South. Our six constabularies recorded more
:04:30. > :04:32.than seven and a half thousand In most areas the figures have gone
:04:33. > :04:39.up by more than twenty per cent. Some of the cases may be non-recent
:04:40. > :04:41.offences, as more people come forward about past events -
:04:42. > :04:44.although the NSPCC says the real level of child sex
:04:45. > :04:46.offences may be even higher. Here's our Home Affairs
:04:47. > :04:50.Correspondent Peter Cooke. This Thames Valley father knows more
:04:51. > :04:53.than most about child sex offences. His daughter was groomed
:04:54. > :04:55.online and abused by The then 22-year-old took explicit
:04:56. > :05:04.pictures of three underage girls and blackmailed them
:05:05. > :05:06.into having sex. How did they come to be
:05:07. > :05:08.on your mobile phone? Byrne is currently serving
:05:09. > :05:14.a ten-year sentence for his crimes. His victim's father
:05:15. > :05:16.was grateful for the support We've protected his identity
:05:17. > :05:19.for his daughter's safety. The special unit they've
:05:20. > :05:23.got in the local police station was very homely,
:05:24. > :05:25.and the officers were very caring. She was losing weight,
:05:26. > :05:30.but she confided in a teacher. They should talk to their teachers
:05:31. > :05:32.initially and then Figures obtained by the NSPCC show
:05:33. > :05:41.a significant rise in recorded child sex offences by police forces
:05:42. > :05:43.across the South. Only Wiltshire Police
:05:44. > :05:49.saw a reduction. But there was nearly a 40% rise
:05:50. > :05:56.in the Thames Valley. And detectives think they know
:05:57. > :05:57.why. processes have changed,
:05:58. > :06:00.so we're much better, much slicker at recording the right crimes,
:06:01. > :06:03.which is really positive. And it demonstrates that
:06:04. > :06:05.people are happy to come They are confident in
:06:06. > :06:09.the service we provide. But there's also a negative
:06:10. > :06:11.reason for the increase. Online abuse is also
:06:12. > :06:13.increasingly significant, and with online abuse,
:06:14. > :06:15.we know abusers may be abusing several children at one time,
:06:16. > :06:23.so it's a real threat. Some of these offences
:06:24. > :06:26.are historical - but all the forces insist they'll take any reports
:06:27. > :06:28.seriously when victims feel Flags have been flying at half
:06:29. > :06:39.mast today, in tribute to the victims of yesterday's
:06:40. > :06:41.attack at Westminster. The south's police forces
:06:42. > :06:43.are reviewing security arrangements. And the Prime Minister
:06:44. > :06:45.has praised the efforts of Bournemouth East MP
:06:46. > :06:47.Tobias Ellwood, a former Army officer, for his actions in trying
:06:48. > :06:50.to save the life of PC Keith Palmer. Across the South, tributes have been
:06:51. > :07:00.paid to those who died or were injured in yesterday's
:07:01. > :07:06.attack, with flags at half-mast at civic buildings, including
:07:07. > :07:09.here at the Guildhall in Portsmouth. Police forces have paid
:07:10. > :07:11.their respects to PC Keith Palmer This was the minute's
:07:12. > :07:14.silence at Surrey police Officers at Sussex police
:07:15. > :07:24.headquarters also stood And there has been praise for those
:07:25. > :07:28.who tried to help at the scene, including Bournemouth East MP Tobias
:07:29. > :07:30.Ellwood. The Prime Minister in the Commons
:07:31. > :07:32.reflecting on the fact that Mr Ellwood's brother Jonathan
:07:33. > :07:35.was killed during a terrorist Not only did he show huge
:07:36. > :07:38.professionalism in putting his past training to the use and the hope
:07:39. > :07:42.that he had of rescuing the life of PC Keith Palmer, but of course,
:07:43. > :07:45.it was at the middle of a terrorist attack, and our right honourable
:07:46. > :07:48.friend is somebody who knows the trauma and tragedy of losing
:07:49. > :07:56.somebody in a terrorist attack. Tobias Ellwood had tried
:07:57. > :07:59.to save the life of PC Keith Palmer. He gave him CPR and tried to stem
:08:00. > :08:03.the flow of blood from his wounds. Tony Davies, a former soldier
:08:04. > :08:05.and now a boxing coach, I was shouting, weak pulse,
:08:06. > :08:17.he's got a weak pulse! Meanwhile, it is understood officers
:08:18. > :08:30.investigating the attack have carried out searches or arrests
:08:31. > :08:32.at locations, including ones And forces across the South say
:08:33. > :08:35.they are reviewing security arrangements in light
:08:36. > :08:43.of this attack. The funeral has taken place of a man
:08:44. > :08:51.from Chichester who died Police are trying to identify
:08:52. > :08:54.two men who broke into Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower
:08:55. > :08:56.and parachuted from the top of the one hundred
:08:57. > :08:57.meter high structure. It's an activity known as base
:08:58. > :09:00.jumping and the police say the pair put themselves
:09:01. > :09:02.in considerable danger. Let's cross to Sophia Seth
:09:03. > :09:14.in our Portsmouth studio. The incident happened two weeks ago.
:09:15. > :09:18.It's the latest incident involving base jumping, that's when people
:09:19. > :09:22.jump off and made structures. That could be jumping off cliffs, the
:09:23. > :09:29.tops of buildings or other structures. A famous example was
:09:30. > :09:36.jumping off the tallest building in the world in Dubai. What do we know
:09:37. > :09:41.about the men involved? Police have released CCTV images of the two men
:09:42. > :09:48.involved. Both are described as white, one described as in his late
:09:49. > :09:54.20s, early 30s. And the other in his mid-20s. One had distinctive
:09:55. > :09:58.tattooed on his forearms. It took place on March nine at 915 at night
:09:59. > :10:02.and the two men forced entry into the Spinnaker Tower before jumping
:10:03. > :10:07.off the base of it. And this is not the first time someone has
:10:08. > :10:14.parachuted off the tower, is it? No, it's not. Back in 2005, before the
:10:15. > :10:17.opening of the Spinnaker Tower, in August, it happened. A man broke
:10:18. > :10:23.through security during the night to base jump over 100 metres from a
:10:24. > :10:28.platform here. He landed in a service yard, where he was picked up
:10:29. > :10:33.by a waiting car. You at the Spinnaker Tower, there are security
:10:34. > :10:36.cameras and it's just either complex, whether our security
:10:37. > :10:41.guards. But on both occasions, though they were caught by CCTV, no
:10:42. > :10:46.one was able to stop the act. Thank you very much.
:10:47. > :10:49.The funeral has taken place of a man from Chichester who died
:10:50. > :10:51.fighting with Kurdish forces against so-called Islamic State.
:10:52. > :10:53.Ryan Lock died in December during a gunfight.
:10:54. > :10:55.He'd travelled to Syria last year to fight the so-called
:10:56. > :10:59.It's thought he may have taken his own life to avoid being captured.
:11:00. > :11:06.Friends and family gathered yesterday for a private service.
:11:07. > :11:08.Later, Sarah Farmer has the forecast.
:11:09. > :11:11.We've got a blustery couple of days to come.
:11:12. > :11:13.But a promising weekend on the horizon.
:11:14. > :11:22.Join me later for your full forecast.
:11:23. > :11:24.A decision is expected shortly on the future
:11:25. > :11:27.A government minister has been asked to decide if nine
:11:28. > :11:33.It would save millions of pounds, but would getting rid
:11:34. > :11:35.of local councillors make decisions less, well...
:11:36. > :11:39.Our Political Editor Peter Henley reports.
:11:40. > :11:42.Olive bottling in deepest Dorset. Olives Et Al have their production
:11:43. > :11:47.Buying the best olives from around the world
:11:48. > :11:49.and exporting globally, too, but they rely on local councils
:11:50. > :11:56.Getting a decision can take too long, they say, and as a result,
:11:57. > :11:59.the county's businesses aren't prospering as they should be.
:12:00. > :12:02.It's trying to find the right mouth, the right person to speak to.
:12:03. > :12:05.And inevitably, when you have spoken to one, you have to speak
:12:06. > :12:09.And I think this whole idea about trying to streamline the local
:12:10. > :12:12.authorities into just two will simplify that beyond belief.
:12:13. > :12:15.From Sturminster Newton to the world, the olives bottled
:12:16. > :12:17.here travel down in Dorset's superhighway, the A35.
:12:18. > :12:20.And according to the leader of Dorset Council, reducing nine
:12:21. > :12:23.councils to two will really help keep the wheels of the
:12:24. > :12:33.Surveys have shown that in general, people quite like decisions
:12:34. > :12:36.That's what we're seeing with Brexit.
:12:37. > :12:38.But in a modern, increasingly complicated world, it's
:12:39. > :12:40.one way of saving money and providing simplicity.
:12:41. > :12:44.Three councils are against the merger and the Christchurch MP
:12:45. > :12:46.Christopher Chope has been urging the Secretary of State not
:12:47. > :12:55.Can we have an early debate on how to prevent ineffective and wasteful
:12:56. > :12:58.councils seeking to seize by compulsion the assets and powers
:12:59. > :13:04.of their financially sound neighbours.
:13:05. > :13:06.He's talking about this man, the council leader in Bournemouth.
:13:07. > :13:09.The criticism is that overturning years of history to form one
:13:10. > :13:12.new super council in the urban east of Dorset will lead
:13:13. > :13:21.I think with the right councillors doing the job that they are elected
:13:22. > :13:23.to do and being accountable to local residents, it's the local residents
:13:24. > :13:31.The mayors' portraits tell the story of changing local
:13:32. > :13:34.We'll find out soon whether the government wants that
:13:35. > :13:45.Peter Henley, BBC South today, Bournemouth.
:13:46. > :13:48.A new temporary service station has opened at Fleet on the southbound M3
:13:49. > :13:50.after the building was gutted by fire in December.
:13:51. > :13:53.The flatpack structure was formerly used as the food hall for Olympic
:13:54. > :13:54.athletes during the London 2012 Games.
:13:55. > :13:57.The old building, badly damaged by a fire which started
:13:58. > :13:59.in a coffee machine, will be demolished with
:14:00. > :14:07.a new permanent service station opening next year.
:14:08. > :14:10.The fire was a terrible thing to happen, but primarily,
:14:11. > :14:12.no-one was injured, that was the main thing.
:14:13. > :14:14.And the fact is that when it reopens, it will be
:14:15. > :14:18.The original site opened in 1974, and since then, there have been
:14:19. > :14:22.But 44 years later, when it does open in 2018,
:14:23. > :14:24.it will be a brand-new building, it will look completely different
:14:25. > :14:27.to the way it did, and again, we'll have everything that's behind
:14:28. > :14:49.us inside and maybe some other things as well.
:14:50. > :15:13.Disney, Pompey, Mickey Mouse, surely there is a film to come out of it?
:15:14. > :15:16.It could be a film. Big development story today.
:15:17. > :15:18.Portsmouth's Chief Executive has told us fans should be cautiously
:15:19. > :15:20.optimistic after it was confirmed Pompey were entering formal talks
:15:21. > :15:23.to sell the club to the former Disney boss Michael Eisner.
:15:24. > :15:25.Trevor Birch will advise the club during negotiations,
:15:26. > :15:27.he was the administrator who helped save Portsmouth from extinction.
:15:28. > :15:32.We can reveal tonight US investment firm Inner Circle sports
:15:33. > :15:42.of other English clubs including Liverpool.
:15:43. > :15:47.There's nothing Mickey Mouse about Eisner's credentials.
:15:48. > :15:58.He is a man who led Walt Disney into the millennium, seen here opening
:15:59. > :16:04.Euro in Paris. The Disney culture came from Europe. Michael Eisner
:16:05. > :16:08.left behind that world in 2005, turning to other ventures. Football
:16:09. > :16:12.and Portsmouth could be next. Judging by his Critically today,
:16:13. > :16:17.Eisner has developed a soft spot during several months of research.
:16:18. > :16:25.There are no informal talks which could lead to a sale. He is an
:16:26. > :16:31.individual, with a proven track record of dealing in a responsible
:16:32. > :16:34.manner. He is heavily committed to community, charitable causes back in
:16:35. > :16:40.the States, so he takes a lot of boxers. He has gone over the lot of
:16:41. > :16:43.hurdles to get to this point. I think it's great for Pompey fans in
:16:44. > :16:49.general, the excitement is good. From our point of view, it's good
:16:50. > :16:52.for us to concentrate on the promotion, but this is great for
:16:53. > :16:58.everyone, so we will watch this space, like everyone else and
:16:59. > :17:02.fingers crossed, it goes well. Portsmouth's decline followed a
:17:03. > :17:08.highly public meltdown in 2010. Fans took control in 2013. And the winds
:17:09. > :17:13.of change may not be restricted to Portsmouth. While Eisner heralds
:17:14. > :17:19.American interest in Pompey, Southampton remains linked with a
:17:20. > :17:27.takeover from a sports within China. Eisner himself was linked with
:17:28. > :17:34.rating last year. But tonight, if Pompey are at the start of their own
:17:35. > :17:38.March two the Magic Kingdom. We will keep a very close eye on
:17:39. > :17:42.what happens at Portsmouth in the days and weeks to come. Interesting
:17:43. > :17:42.times. Moving across to Southampton now.
:17:43. > :17:47.Southampton duo James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond made
:17:48. > :17:49.their international debuts last night.
:17:50. > :17:53.25 minutes of England's defeat in Dortmund while Hampshire born
:17:54. > :17:55.Ward-Prowse was a late sub alongside his former
:17:56. > :17:59.team-mate Luke Shaw, now of Manchester United.
:18:00. > :18:02.Both stay with the squad for this weekend's world cup
:18:03. > :18:10.A foundry in Basingstoke is busy casting a series of bronze busts
:18:11. > :18:13.of the fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett.
:18:14. > :18:16.They've been designed by Paul Kidby, who did many of the illustrations
:18:17. > :18:21.It's just a warm-up to a much bigger project -
:18:22. > :18:25.to create a larger than life statue of the man - to be placed not far
:18:26. > :18:31.The warm and mischievous expression of a local literary legend, emerging
:18:32. > :18:36.Welded, polished and brightened under the blowtorch.
:18:37. > :18:38.The artist's work is done, the experts
:18:39. > :18:41.at the foundry take it from here, making the vision into a bronze
:18:42. > :18:45.Paul Kidby was Sir Terry's artist of choice for well
:18:46. > :18:53.To him, it has been so important to get it right.
:18:54. > :18:59.Our relationship was, I loved his writing,
:19:00. > :19:02.And it seemed to be a mutual respect.
:19:03. > :19:10.So I have tried to capture Terry as best I can, really, from
:19:11. > :19:12.working with him, so the expression is really the expression I remember
:19:13. > :19:17.So, yeah, it's lovely to have been asked.
:19:18. > :19:20.Sir Terry died two years ago, eight years after being diagnosed with
:19:21. > :19:28.During his career, he wrote more than 70 books, including the
:19:29. > :19:35.passionate fans will forever be thankful for the worlds he shared
:19:36. > :19:39.with them, and will no doubt support Paul's next project is to create
:19:40. > :19:47.It's sort of an informal sculpture of
:19:48. > :19:48.Terry that ideally people will engage with.
:19:49. > :19:51.And hopefully, it will be intriguing, so there will be a few
:19:52. > :19:58.of Terry's characters there somewhere for you to find.
:19:59. > :20:00.I know what having a seven foot statue in
:20:01. > :20:02.the centre of Salisbury would mean to Terry.
:20:03. > :20:04.He would consider it completely ridiculous.
:20:05. > :20:06.However, he did feel that it would give the
:20:07. > :20:09.pigeons somewhere to rest, so he would find that quite amusing.
:20:10. > :20:11.But he would look at all of this and find
:20:12. > :20:12.it all rather bizarre, but I
:20:13. > :20:15.think secretly, very proud that we are doing this for him.
:20:16. > :20:17.There is a determination never to forget.
:20:18. > :20:19.An exhibition this autumn at Salisbury
:20:20. > :20:21.Museum will pay tribute, and friends say having these
:20:22. > :20:24.about the place will bring the man they miss a
:20:25. > :20:44.Amanda Parr reporting there from Basingstoke.
:20:45. > :20:49.I love a good statue and it would be lovely to see that in Salisbury. Did
:20:50. > :20:53.you think the likeness was extraordinary?
:20:54. > :21:00.Superb job. Sarah is here tonight with the weather. It has been a
:21:01. > :21:03.lovely day today, blustery. We have had glorious weather pictures.
:21:04. > :21:06.Grey and gloomy for some of our coastal spots today -
:21:07. > :21:09.this was the scene in Swanage taken by Gill Richards.
:21:10. > :21:11.This little robin is looking a little windswept -
:21:12. > :21:13.caught on camera by Dulcie Levett in Chichester.
:21:14. > :21:16.And a lovely scene at Cobler's Lock On The Kennet And Avon
:21:17. > :21:37.Blustery scenes today and more of that come in the next couple of
:21:38. > :21:41.days. Tonight is no exception. There is a split between wet and dry
:21:42. > :21:46.conditions tonight. For the coastal areas and the Isle of Wight, we have
:21:47. > :21:50.some rain nudging in along the coastal stretch here. That rainbow
:21:51. > :21:56.Centre, go through the course of tonight. Drier conditions the North.
:21:57. > :22:01.Where we stick with those east and north is, it will feel a little on
:22:02. > :22:07.the chilly side and those winds should do just enough to keep the
:22:08. > :22:12.frost at bay for most of us. A grey start tomorrow, perhaps damp for
:22:13. > :22:16.parts of Dorset first thing. But the cloud will gradually ease away, so
:22:17. > :22:22.brighter skies as we go into the afternoon. The keen easterly breeze
:22:23. > :22:26.will take the edge off the temperatures, so it will feel chilly
:22:27. > :22:30.with the wind. It looks like people start to lose any cloud through the
:22:31. > :22:36.course of tomorrow evening and it is a clear nights to come. Temperatures
:22:37. > :22:40.will take a job as a result and we can expect temperatures in our towns
:22:41. > :22:46.and cities to head down to two or three degrees. The breeze is still
:22:47. > :22:54.around and it will prevent a frost for most of us, but some sheltered
:22:55. > :22:59.spots could see a little frost. As we journey into Saturday, the high
:23:00. > :23:03.pressure is still in charge. Saturday is set fair, we will see
:23:04. > :23:08.decent, brighter skies through the course of the day. The good news is
:23:09. > :23:13.the winds eased down as well and decent sunny spells on the cards,
:23:14. > :23:20.particularly for Saturday. Sunday is still a largely dry picture,
:23:21. > :23:24.although a little cloudier. 35 coastal areas tomorrow, but brighter
:23:25. > :23:25.further north. Cloudier for a Sunday and proud once again to start the
:23:26. > :23:37.new week.