:00:07. > :00:20.First Group - but can they deliver? so it's goodbye from me,
:00:21. > :00:24.The con artist who pretended to be a cancer doctor and gave false hope
:00:25. > :00:28.Plans to transform Fawley power station
:00:29. > :00:33.as Sir Ben and his team prepare for the ride of their lives
:00:34. > :00:57.Bold promises that things will get better for passengers
:00:58. > :01:00.on South West Trains from its new owners.
:01:01. > :01:05.Britain's second biggest train operator is to be taken over,
:01:06. > :01:08.in August, by a joint venture between First Group and MTR.
:01:09. > :01:09.Running trains linking Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Dorset,
:01:10. > :01:12.Let's join our transport correspondent Paul Clifton
:01:13. > :01:21.who is at Southampton Central station.
:01:22. > :01:28.Bred and the new operator is making any promises to improve the services
:01:29. > :01:36.for passengers. Here are some of them. Anyone 2p investment over
:01:37. > :01:39.seven years, there will be 90 new new trains. Others will be
:01:40. > :01:43.refurbished, many are nearly 20 years old and need it. There will be
:01:44. > :01:47.faster journeys, eight minutes faster from Southampton to Waterloo,
:01:48. > :01:49.11 minutes faster from Salisbury. Presumably by missing out some
:01:50. > :01:57.stations along the way. South West trains is the only
:01:58. > :02:00.franchise to have remained in the same hands since
:02:01. > :02:02.privatisation, 21 years ago. The service has consistently
:02:03. > :02:03.been rated From August, we will see a new
:02:04. > :02:07.owner, which has rarely scored has The three clear priorities
:02:08. > :02:12.are a more reliable railway, better handling of destruction,
:02:13. > :02:17.more trains and more seats, if not more chance of getting
:02:18. > :02:19.on or at least standing First Group runs Great Western,
:02:20. > :02:23.Hong Kong owned MTR will It also means coming
:02:24. > :02:31.in with new and flexible ticketing. For example, we will be
:02:32. > :02:35.offering season tickets for people who only need
:02:36. > :02:38.to travel three days a week. We are extending child discounts
:02:39. > :02:41.to 16-18 -year-olds. So it is just about
:02:42. > :02:42.flexibility, but also We are delivering mobile
:02:43. > :02:50.ticketing, bar code mobile Hang on though, they will
:02:51. > :03:02.take charge in August. Right in the middle
:03:03. > :03:04.of a massive, disruptive By far the busiest
:03:05. > :03:07.station in Britain. Less crowding, so you
:03:08. > :03:10.don't have to get rush-hour trains
:03:11. > :03:12.and sit on the floor. I think the service
:03:13. > :03:14.as it is now is fine for me. Of course we would like to
:03:15. > :03:17.see more trains, but The simple issue that any
:03:18. > :03:20.operator could do is make sure that if there
:03:21. > :03:23.a delay, then at least us. The better trains promised
:03:24. > :03:25.for Portsmouth are in fact Rejected by South West trains 15
:03:26. > :03:35.years ago, rejected by Gatwick They are 30 years old
:03:36. > :03:40.and There's also precious little mention
:03:41. > :03:50.of it Isle of Wight Trains. There will be more
:03:51. > :03:52.capacity, more reliable services, more frequent services
:03:53. > :04:08.and indeed, faster services, This station, Southampton, will get
:04:09. > :04:13.a long overdue rebuild. A look at it. Changing times. For 200,000
:04:14. > :04:19.passengers a day and four and a half thousand staff. A season ticket that
:04:20. > :04:22.works 34-macro days a week will better fit changing patterns of
:04:23. > :04:28.commuting. Passengers will like that. The railway companies average
:04:29. > :04:32.less than 2% annual profit. They've taken a gamble with these numbers.
:04:33. > :04:35.Faster trains on what is already Britain's busiest railway, a driver
:04:36. > :04:37.asked me how? And shook his head. "The misery and anguish
:04:38. > :04:40.you inflicted were quite appalling." The words of a judge today,
:04:41. > :04:44.levelled against Julie Higgins, a Dorset woman who pretended to be
:04:45. > :04:49.a cancer doctor. She offered false hope to a patient
:04:50. > :04:53.suffering from a terminal condition. In reality, Higgins
:04:54. > :04:55.was just a first-aider. And her patient, Angela Murray,
:04:56. > :04:57.died just weeks after Today, Judge Donald Tait felt
:04:58. > :05:00.so strongly about the case that he apologised to Mrs Murray's
:05:01. > :05:22.family for not being able Hiding from the world, the dying
:05:23. > :05:28.relatives of this dying woman who this doctor give false hope to. She
:05:29. > :05:34.fool people into believing she was a surgeon and great and is,
:05:35. > :05:37.specialising in cancer care. Those of the local supermarket, people who
:05:38. > :05:42.attended nearby keep fit class women at this hairdressing salon where she
:05:43. > :05:46.would often intend appointments dressed in what seemed to be a
:05:47. > :05:49.paramedic uniform. When they discovered another patient given a
:05:50. > :05:55.terminal diagnosis, they put the two in contact. It was an act of charity
:05:56. > :05:59.that they have come to regret to this very day. Angela Murray was
:06:00. > :06:04.told to stop taking medication prescribed by her GP and placed on
:06:05. > :06:11.stand-by for a life-saving heart and lung transplant. But eventually, she
:06:12. > :06:19.learned it was all lies. Angela died four weeks after we found this woman
:06:20. > :06:22.a fraud. -- was a fraud. She suffered a hundred times more than
:06:23. > :06:28.we did, all the hope was dragged from her. And she went downhill
:06:29. > :06:33.rapidly. This woman is now free to walk the streets and do the same
:06:34. > :06:36.again. All I could ask was that if anybody is out there who has
:06:37. > :06:41.suffered at the hands of this woman, please get in touch with Bournemouth
:06:42. > :06:45.police. The courts gave Ms Higgins a 12 month community order and told
:06:46. > :07:01.her to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. The judge to her victim's
:07:02. > :07:06.family. -- the judge apologised. We bring her back. I'm devastated. The
:07:07. > :07:11.court pointed out she does not wear medical clothing or pretend to be a
:07:12. > :07:12.doctor again. If she breaks those restrictions, Julie Higgins could go
:07:13. > :07:14.to prison. As landmarks go, it's probably fair
:07:15. > :07:17.to say that this one splits opinion. But - love it or hate it -
:07:18. > :07:20.the 200-metre-high power station chimney at Fawley has
:07:21. > :07:23.towered over Hampshire But now there are plans to turn
:07:24. > :07:27.it into a restaurant and viewing platform,
:07:28. > :07:29.offering a view that would dwarf the likes
:07:30. > :07:46.of Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower We have the tower in Portsmouth and
:07:47. > :07:49.Mashhad in London, but could the Fawley power station chimney, just
:07:50. > :07:54.catching the last of the setting sun at this evening be a new landmark
:07:55. > :07:58.for the 21st-century? I have been hearing about plans from the man who
:07:59. > :08:04.has bought this site to turn it into a merchant city for the south coast.
:08:05. > :08:11.The redundant oil fired Fawley power station was bought last year for
:08:12. > :08:17.redevelopment. And the man behind the scheme says they are determined
:08:18. > :08:21.to hang onto its crowning glory, the foot chimney. She says they can
:08:22. > :08:26.redevelop as a tourist attraction. It would be mad to knock the chimney
:08:27. > :08:31.down. It is our signature bit of infrastructure. It is there. Every
:08:32. > :08:39.link on the money people spend building the tower in Brighton, this
:08:40. > :08:45.building is already there. So with relatively little investment, we can
:08:46. > :08:48.do some things spectacular. Architects are drawn up initially
:08:49. > :08:52.designed and say little structural work is needed. Just taking out
:08:53. > :08:58.internal brick and constructing lift shafts to access a restaurant and
:08:59. > :09:01.viewing area. The plan is still on to demolish this building and some
:09:02. > :09:06.will be pleased to see it disappear from the national park. But for
:09:07. > :09:14.others, it is a true landmark, a cathedral on steroids with the
:09:15. > :09:19.chimney dominating it. At 663, the tallest structure south of the
:09:20. > :09:23.shard. As you can see, the Fawley project towers over the Blackpool
:09:24. > :09:27.Tower and the tower Brighton and Portsmouth. It is not quite reach
:09:28. > :09:33.the loft the heights of the tower in Dubai. Along with the tower, a
:09:34. > :09:36.high-tech business centre and waterfront housing is also planned,
:09:37. > :09:42.connected by a 15 minute ferry to Southampton. There will be
:09:43. > :09:47.affordable homes and expensive homes also. There will be everything as
:09:48. > :09:53.you would expect in a normal town when you have a full range of
:09:54. > :09:58.services and housing on offer. It would be built in one go? No, it
:09:59. > :10:00.will be long-term, probably 20 years and I think will mature change over
:10:01. > :10:10.a lifetime. So the big question, the $60 million
:10:11. > :10:16.question is, will this actually happened? Well, probably converting
:10:17. > :10:19.the chimney is the simplest part. It is the schools, houses, getting
:10:20. > :10:23.permission for new jobs in this part of the world that will take longer
:10:24. > :10:26.to achieve. There will be public consultations on a planning
:10:27. > :10:27.application submitted by the end of the year. Thank you.
:10:28. > :10:30.A soldier has gone on trial accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend
:10:31. > :10:37.Natasha Wake was found at her home with multiple stab wounds.
:10:38. > :10:38.Her former partner, 26-year-old Jay Nava,
:10:39. > :10:42.was found by police soon after in woodland at
:10:43. > :10:45.Hengistbury Head, where he'd attempted to take his own life.
:10:46. > :10:48.A man arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs and possession
:10:49. > :10:51.of a Class B drug after a boat crash in Cowes Marina has been bailed.
:10:52. > :10:53.Two others have been released without charge.
:10:54. > :10:56.Police were told a boat had collided with an obstruction in the water
:10:57. > :11:00.Air sea rescue teams were sent out and three men
:11:01. > :11:03.repairing 900 years of crumbling walls.
:11:04. > :11:15.A huge restoration project begins on the ruins of Reading Abbey.
:11:16. > :11:18.A care home in West Sussex says it will have to close within a month,
:11:19. > :11:23.The Abbeyfield in Bognor Regis provides shelter for up to 18
:11:24. > :11:25.elderly people, but at a time when many areas
:11:26. > :11:28.are struggling to find accommodation in care homes and nursing homes,
:11:29. > :11:33.it's having to give up due to lack of demand.
:11:34. > :11:42.Lunchtime for the few remaining residents at Abbeyfield.
:11:43. > :11:44.It's provided sheltered accommodation for 60 years
:11:45. > :11:47.and additionally a care home for two decades.
:11:48. > :11:50.However, a ?30,000 boiler replacement bill caused budget
:11:51. > :11:56.The boiler issue was resolved, but in the meantime, nine of the 14
:11:57. > :11:59.care home residents left, and it's now unviable
:12:00. > :12:04.The home, rated good by the Care Quality Commission,
:12:05. > :12:07.says it's offered rooms to help relieve hospital bed-blocking
:12:08. > :12:12.Twice a week, the hospital sent it to
:12:13. > :12:16.others to see what bed availability we have.
:12:17. > :12:18.We tell them, but we never hear anything back.
:12:19. > :12:21.My chairman last year, when there was a lot of talk
:12:22. > :12:23.in the media about it, she wrote to Worthing Hospital,
:12:24. > :12:27.Bognor Hospital, Sir Richard's at Chichester and
:12:28. > :12:32.social services to say we had rooms and respite rooms available for
:12:33. > :12:42.people and not one of them replied, nobody.
:12:43. > :12:45.Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust said it provides a list
:12:46. > :12:47.of care and nursing home vacancies to patients who cannot return
:12:48. > :12:50.to their own home, but it doesn't make recommendations.
:12:51. > :12:54.The Bognor home is an independent local charity but affiliated
:12:55. > :12:57.to a national umbrella group called The Abbeyfield Society,
:12:58. > :13:00.which says it has been financially supporting the Bognor home recently
:13:01. > :13:02.and will continue to do so until all residents are re-housed
:13:03. > :13:05.when the building will be sold to recover costs.
:13:06. > :13:13.No date has been confirmed for the closure.
:13:14. > :13:14.Police are appealing for more information
:13:15. > :13:18.after a body was discovered in Winchester last week.
:13:19. > :13:20.Police have released this photo of the victim,
:13:21. > :13:27.His body was found at a house in Birch Court
:13:28. > :13:29.in the Stanmore area on Wednesday afternoon.
:13:30. > :13:32.A 58-year-old man from Winchester who was arrested on Friday has
:13:33. > :13:37.The Bournemouth East MP and Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood has
:13:38. > :13:40.said he's "heartbroken" that he couldn't do more to help
:13:41. > :13:45.the officer killed in last week's attack on parliament.
:13:46. > :13:49.Mr Ellwood gave first aid to PC Keith Palmer after he was stabbed
:13:50. > :13:52.by Khalid Masood at the gates of the Houses of Parliament.
:13:53. > :13:55.Mr Ellwood said in a statement today that he was "deeply
:13:56. > :14:01."humbled and overwhelmed" by messages of support.
:14:02. > :14:05.Tributes are being paid to the leader of West Berkshire Council
:14:06. > :14:07.who has died five weeks after he was involved
:14:08. > :14:12.70-year-old Roger Croft was seriously injured
:14:13. > :14:20.in the collision last month, which killed his wife, Zelda.
:14:21. > :14:22.I think he was a very no-nonsense character,
:14:23. > :14:25.he knew what he wanted and was not afraid to say it, which
:14:26. > :14:28.But he also listened, and I think that is
:14:29. > :14:29.extremely important for us to remember.
:14:30. > :14:31.He did listen to others and he did lead
:14:32. > :14:39.Modern-day piracy may seem a world away from the south.
:14:40. > :14:42.But the trauma of kidnappings at sea are now at their highest level
:14:43. > :14:45.for a decade with obvious implications for a region which
:14:46. > :14:51.Now a Hampshire-based charity has launched a crisis response
:14:52. > :14:53.network to help victims of piracy and trauma.
:14:54. > :15:04.When I got to the captain's room, the pirates were shouting,
:15:05. > :15:09.They did not know that he was already dead in the engine room.
:15:10. > :15:13.32-year-old Adi Manurung from Indonesia was one of 26 people
:15:14. > :15:16.kidnapped when the fishing boat he was on - the Naham three -
:15:17. > :15:19.was seized by pirates, just off The Seychelles.
:15:20. > :15:23.These BBC News pictures show the crew's release last October.
:15:24. > :15:33.They forced us to eat one by one and we were frightened.
:15:34. > :15:39.The food was terrible and we ate mice and wild cats to survive.
:15:40. > :15:42.Thousands of miles away in a corner of Hampshire
:15:43. > :15:47.the Southampton-based Sailors' Society are helping people like Adi.
:15:48. > :15:55.Their crisis response network means they've trained 20
:15:56. > :16:01.They offer 24 hour support to victims of piracy
:16:02. > :16:09.And if you think about coming out of a trauma and having no support
:16:10. > :16:11.which for many of these people that's the case, you know
:16:12. > :16:14.the majority of seafarers now come from developing countries and that's
:16:15. > :16:18.where we step in so, yes, it's invaluable.
:16:19. > :16:21.It comes just a few weeks after this: Somali pirates
:16:22. > :16:25.hijacking an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia.
:16:26. > :16:29.There was no hope, but I just kept praying anyway.
:16:30. > :16:32.Adi says it's thanks to his faith that he survived five
:16:33. > :16:48.He now want to help others like him to rebuild their lives.
:16:49. > :17:18.Now for the sport. Where are we at as far as the takeover is concerned?
:17:19. > :17:26.So many people will remember that the dreadful, dreadful fall from
:17:27. > :17:31.grace Portsmouth had and lived it, they will want to be reassured that
:17:32. > :17:35.of an overseas investors coming in, it is absolutely for the right
:17:36. > :17:37.reasons. He's taken a big interest in the club and is monitoring things
:17:38. > :17:39.very closely. Portsmouth's prospective
:17:40. > :17:41.new owner was among those celebrating their victory
:17:42. > :17:43.on Saturday as Paul Cook's men pushed closer to
:17:44. > :17:47.promotion from League Two. Carl Baker played a lovely ball
:17:48. > :17:49.into Kyle Bennett as Pompey took It was 2-0 after the break when
:17:50. > :17:56.Conor Chaplin set up Kal Naismith. But the Welsh side did show some
:17:57. > :18:00.fight and pulled a goal back Pompey held on and the win
:18:01. > :18:07.was greeted by this tweet from American Michael Eisner
:18:08. > :18:09.who listened to the commentary Portsmouth have a six-point lead
:18:10. > :18:23.over Stevenage in fourth and a much They remain seven points
:18:24. > :18:26.behind Plymouth who won Pompey face Hartlepool, Yeovil
:18:27. > :18:39.and Plymouth in their next three. There were goalless draws for both
:18:40. > :18:43.Oxford and MK Dons this weekend United keeper Simon Eastwood saved a
:18:44. > :18:46.penalty as Oxford held Northampton. Meanwhile a priceless win
:18:47. > :18:49.for Swindon, in the 94th minute of their game with Millwall,
:18:50. > :18:51.substitute Conor Thomas secured a 1-0 win to keep their hopes
:18:52. > :18:56.of avoiding the drop alive. An Aldershot Farnham and district
:18:57. > :18:59.runner mixed with the best cross country athletes in the world this
:19:00. > :19:01.weekend Louise Small put in a very
:19:02. > :19:03.creditable display in breaking the top 40 in the women's race
:19:04. > :19:07.of the world cross country In a field dominated by Africa's
:19:08. > :19:12.traditionally strong runners, Small finished 37th out of 106
:19:13. > :19:37.in a quick race which finished The National League season and with
:19:38. > :19:42.Reading dropping to third after losing a close game at... The
:19:43. > :19:54.rockets are now set to face the kestrels at the end of the season.
:19:55. > :19:57.The scale of the challenge facing Sir Ben Ainslie and his Portsmouth
:19:58. > :19:59.based team competing in the America's Cup is highlighted
:20:00. > :20:02.by the latest results from practice races in Bermuda where the cup
:20:03. > :20:04.will be defended by America this summer.
:20:05. > :20:07.Britain won two of the ten races it competed in last week,
:20:08. > :20:10.while the Americans dominated the field winning nine
:20:11. > :20:14.BAR have released more images of their boat and the team hard
:20:15. > :20:28.60 days until racing starts for real, but the phoney war
:20:29. > :20:36.Five of the six teams that will compete in the America Cup racing
:20:37. > :20:43.These first images from the British team's
:20:44. > :20:46.drone show the race boats are one, hitting the water and at times,
:20:47. > :21:03.They won two of their ten practice races last week, so Ben
:21:04. > :21:06.Ainslie described it as a useful few days going into the next design
:21:07. > :21:10.No new team has ever won the cup at the first attempt.
:21:11. > :21:37.Ainslie once again is trying to make history.
:21:38. > :21:51.A host of golden daffodils in Thatcham - Dot Williams
:21:52. > :21:57.A lovely day for a walk in Emsworth - here's a brave poodle
:21:58. > :22:09.And this is Harnham Bridge in the lunchtime sun -
:22:10. > :22:25.It was a glorious day in the region with sunshine and temperatures of 16
:22:26. > :22:29.Celsius. What of the week ahead have in store? There will be sunny spells
:22:30. > :22:32.throughout and the warm air that goes with it, too. But things will
:22:33. > :22:39.become a bit more showery from midweek. For tonight, a clear night
:22:40. > :22:45.and a bit of mist and fog by dawn for some places, but not too bad.
:22:46. > :22:50.Most places having lows of around seven Celsius. Same for tomorrow
:22:51. > :22:53.morning, and any mist and fog burns off quickly when the sun comes up.
:22:54. > :22:59.Good sunny spells and a bit more cloud through the afternoon. A odd
:23:00. > :23:08.shower coming from the south-west. Tomorrow's high, 15 Celsius. A bit
:23:09. > :23:12.cooler along the coast. Through tomorrow evening, cloud builds and
:23:13. > :23:16.we may see rain, especially for the southern part of the region, but the
:23:17. > :23:23.cloudy skies, temperatures not dropping much below double figures,
:23:24. > :23:26.tender Celsius mostly. Looking to Wednesday, it is a cloudy picture,
:23:27. > :23:32.but many places are staying dry throughout the day. We had this rain
:23:33. > :23:36.band to the north and it is never far away. It may just wiggle in now
:23:37. > :23:44.and then. Most places will spend the day dry with a high of 14 Celsius.
:23:45. > :23:50.Looking toward Thursday, we will see high pressure moving away to the
:23:51. > :23:55.continent and a cold front moving in from the West will impact things.
:23:56. > :23:59.Some cloud on Thursday, bright spells, too. By Friday, it is a
:24:00. > :24:05.better picture. Cooler, fresher conditions and some rain coming
:24:06. > :24:09.persistence for a while. For the weekend, we are looking at: showery
:24:10. > :24:13.conditions on Saturday and Sunday, a ridge of high pressure builds up and
:24:14. > :24:14.we may see sunny spells. Thank you, Sam.
:24:15. > :24:17.It's one of the oldest heritage sites in the South
:24:18. > :24:19.and was the capital of England's cultural and political life
:24:20. > :24:24.But despite their international significance, the ruins
:24:25. > :24:27.of Reading Abbey have been closed for eight years since
:24:28. > :24:31.Now, after years of delays and wrangling over cost,
:24:32. > :24:34.work has started to repair the crumbling walls ahead
:24:35. > :24:36.of the grand opening of the town's Abbey quarter,
:24:37. > :24:43.It was built by Henry I for the salvation of his soul.
:24:44. > :24:45.Nine centuries later, the ruins of Reading Abbey
:24:46. > :24:50.These techniques actually go back over 10,000 years
:24:51. > :24:53.and it's one of the earliest forms of building, and it's literally
:24:54. > :24:57.within the last two or three years that we're really re-learning
:24:58. > :24:59.and re-discovering how these buildings were actually originally
:25:00. > :25:03.built, and there's nothing better for the building itself
:25:04. > :25:05.then using the material it was intended to be built with.
:25:06. > :25:08.This hot lyme mortar is exactly what Henry used
:25:09. > :25:16.What's left though is just 20% of a vast complex that stretched
:25:17. > :25:21.Pretty much every King or Queen came here.
:25:22. > :25:27.they might have been here staying with the Abbot.
:25:28. > :25:32.There's a thousand years of history here.
:25:33. > :25:34.It's internationally important history, it's
:25:35. > :25:37.not just local history, and Reading needs to shout about it
:25:38. > :25:38.and that's what this project's about.
:25:39. > :25:43.Henry is buried here, but there were worries that he wouldn't
:25:44. > :25:49.has closed the ruins for the best part of a decade.
:25:50. > :25:51.In 2009, repairs began but the damage was more
:25:52. > :25:56.In April 2011, plans for an eight million pound
:25:57. > :26:03.But it was late 2015 before funding was finally secured
:26:04. > :26:08.Back in the 1100s, Reading Abbey would have
:26:09. > :26:11.taken 40 years to build, the equivalent cost in modern times
:26:12. > :26:17.But the team here have just one year to complete this before it
:26:18. > :26:21.The total cost of the restoration, about three million pounds.
:26:22. > :26:23.A figure that may sound like a king's ransom,
:26:24. > :26:29.but less than half has come from the council coffers.
:26:30. > :26:31.Reading obviously is associated with commerce,
:26:32. > :26:38.and that's great, but also Reading is also placed with a fantastic
:26:39. > :26:41.cultural offering and we believe we can build on that,
:26:42. > :26:44.develop the Abbey Quarter as a cultural attraction
:26:45. > :26:46.and attract a wider public to Reading.
:26:47. > :26:48.Once finished, the ruins will re-open as the centre
:26:49. > :26:53.of the new Abbey Quarter, taking its rightful and original