13/04/2017 South Today

Two teenage athletes killed as they crossed the road -

a six year sentence for the drunk soldier who sped

Targeting the vulnerable - the online adverts offering free

Trouble at the tower - plans to restore this cold war relic

you know I had no idea what I was getting into, he would do would he

wanted to. Trouble at the tower -

plans to restore this cold war relic have run into problems with months

of delays and spiralling costs. And, the sound of spring - brought

to you all the way from Africa - we track the migration

of the cuckoo. We know his entire journey is 4000

miles each way. From the Congo and back.

A soldier who ploughed into two promising teenage athletes

in Aldershot while drunk behind the wheel has been

Stacey Burrows and Lucy Pygott died after being knocked down

at a traffic crossing as they prepared for a training run.

Michael Casey admitted causing death by dangerous driving but one family

criticised the length of the sentence he was given.

Let's join our reporter Elisa Mitchell in Aldershot.

The judge described as close as heart-rending, harrowing and

avoidable. In just one split second the lives of two young girls were

taken away by Michael Casey. He was driving drunk, over the speed limit

and through a red light. Teenagers Lucy Piggott and Stacey Burrows were

talented long-distance runners they were killed doing the day did best

and tragically before everything they been tipped to do

The pair had been warming up on Queens Avenue

run when they were hit by

serving soldier, 24-year-old Michael Casey from Tottenham.

This is a truly tragic case which has had in

unimaginable impact on everyone who knew Stacey and Lucy.

Both girls had bright futures ahead of them but

these have been so cruelly ripped away because

these have been so cruelly ripped away because of Mr Casey's

17-year-old Lucy from Hartley Wintney had

bronze medal in the European youth Championships.

16-year-old Stacey from Farnborough was a Hampshire

Today, Lucy's mother Lisa told the court

how the girls had Olympic potential, but that Casey had robbed the

country of medals and two young girls of their lives.

so, how did the accident happened? It was on November the 8th last year

when the two girls who try to cross the road at this crossing. Michael

Casey had drunk three pints and spirits when he came distracted by

something in the foot well of this car. It was at least six seconds

before he looked up he saw a red light, heard on impact and realised

he had hit the two girls. A friend had shouted with them to run, but

the car was going too fast, 40 miles and hour in a 30 mile and hour

limit. Trace they see father had heard the crash and ran outside but

was tragically told it was Stacey. The family were unhappy with the

sentences? Lie Lucy 's mother Lisa said that the British army so --

trains soldiers to kill,. Casey was banned from driving for

ten years and his nine-year driving ban was reduced to six. It could he

could just served three years. Casey 's mother said that she won't get

her daughter back in three years will she?

Young, vulnerable people in Sussex are being targeted by online

classified adverts offering them accommodation in exchange for sex.

The BBC has discovered that men are legally using the ads

on websites like CraigsList, including in the Worthing area.

Reporter Lauren Moss met a student looking for a flat in Brighton

who says she felt she had no choice but to accept such an offer.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

He took me into his living room, got me drinks, and then after

that, it was straight upstairs and go for it.

Vulnerable, and desperate for a roof over her head.

Gemma answered a sex for rent online advert.

He would do what he wanted to do forcefully and I would just go along

After the third time, I started feeling physically unwell.

These are some of the offers we found openly placed

site - free accommodation, but with strings attached.

I was thinking once a week, something like that.

I spoke with six men posting adverts in the south-east.

All wanted photos of me before they spoke on the

All were clear how the arrangement would work.

These are real conversations voiced by actors.

Well, you agree, sort of a couple of times a week, pop into my room

As far as I'm concerned it's completely

as if we're flatmates, so all the bills, the rent, free.

There's a girl staying here now who has done

Some say those agreeing to these deals could be getting into a

Where people are in really desperate and

vulnerable situations, in terms of housing

and financial need, could

lead to someone feeling trapped and being a prisoner in somewhere that

And disturbingly, this is all perfectly

And disturbingly, this is all perfectly legal.

I think these adverts go as close to the edge of the law without

They would argue that they have chosen

The trouble is when you have a vulnerable person that then becomes

exploited, the concept of choice soon disappears.

There are particularly young people who are

being exploited because they are vulnerable.

There is the added onus on the owners of these platforms to

don't accept their responsibilty, I will be pushing for

I contacted CraigsList for comment, but they did not get back to me.

And more adverts are appearing every day.

Personally, I was under quite a bit of pressure to keep him happy.

Because if they are not happy with you, then

They could basically come over to you and say, I want sex now,

and you really don't have much of a choice

because you know it is their home and you just want to keep that

With an increasing number of young, homeless people, it's feared

that these adverts will only continue to exploit

The Prime Minister has told officers graduating

from Sandhurst Military Academy of the need for international

cooperation following Brexit, and warned them of the volatility

The passing out ceremony is a 200-year-old army tradition and

Theresa May was deputising for the Queen at the

A show of force with its origins in Empire.

Accompanied by a well-known sci-fi theme, Theresa May was

representing the Queen at the Sovereign's Parade.

Keen to remind the 600 officer cadets that they will be

In a world in which many threats to our security no longer recognised

traditional geographical borders, our ability to

to keep people safe is directly related to the strength of the

alliances that we have formed across the world.

Even though the last Prime Minister to represent the

monarch as reviewing officer was David Cameron in 2010,

it remaines an unusual move in this 200-year-old

It is a tremendous honour and privilege to see the very fine

young men and women and to recognise the values that we all share that

underpin what they learn here at Sandhurst.

This parade marks the culmination of a year of intensive

training for the cadets, with 27 from overseas,

Places that are very much in the news at the moment.

Cadets will be returning to their armies in 14 territories,

I was in the Army and 13 years ago and six days, I

passed out, so we have a very special connection now

I got the prize being the fittest girl in the

Just in amazing day, an amazing event and to see him in the

last four to six weeks, I think he's got taller.

The cadets officially become commissioned officers at

midnight, destined to play key roles perhaps in an uncertain world.

If you're going away for Easter, here's the good news.

The worst traffic jams are already over.

Five o'clock this afternoon was the national peak,

according to the AA, though tomorrow will

Now for the bad news: large parts of the railway will be shut

for engineering work over the weekend.

Some of the busiest routes will see no trains at all.

Let's join our transport correspondent Paul Clifton

Joe, this is called's, which is part of Paul Harbour. Network Rail will

be repairing that rail over Easter and that means no trains over

Easter. On services to London, the problems will be greater. On Easter

Sunday there will be no trains in and out of Victor Victoria. At

Waterloo, new track and signalling is being installed and there will be

fewer south-west trains services. Trains through the Thames Valley

will be affected by the complete closure of the line through Bath and

Bristol. Work is being done because only half of the normal number of

passengers will travel by train. The roads are 30% busier than a normal

weekend. The AA said the peak happened about and hour ago. This

afternoon was the busiest part of the great getaway. Tomorrow late

morning is not much better. The quietest day will be Sunday. So

where is worst? The 8303 at Stonehenge, the usual hotspot. The

831, -- a 31. The traffic jams can last for hours, but hold's a is

lovely this evening. Thank you very much poll

Still to come in South Today - we're in search of the sound of spring...

An Byeong-hun for a remarkable bird that has travelled across 4000 miles

ready for the new season. Significantly more money needs to be

spent before the historic former air traffic control tower

at Greenham Common can be The grade-two listed building

was supposed to be refurbished But unexpected and urgent

repairs have eaten away at the initial budget,

and the restoration work has stuttered through changes

of leadership and rows over how It stands alone - looking

out on a landscape now The former Greenham Common airbase

control tower was mothballed when the US military pulled out

in the early 1990s - but unused, it slowly

fell into disrepair. Five years ago, South Today reported

Greenham parish council was keen to take over and refurbish

the building, bringing it back It's an idea those enjoying

the common today seem to support. I think it would be a great shame to

let it crumble. I am all in favour of saving a building like this. Get

a drink in the cafe and a historical stuff of the kids as well why not? I

think they should carry on. The refurbished tower with it's

Cold War exhibition, cafe and this viewing gallery should

have been finished and open to the publc last summer,

but stabilising the building and repairing the roof cost

far more than expected. Although the bulk of the work is now

complete, finishing will require significantly more money -

and that's led some to conclude the entire project

has been mismanaged. ?650,000 in initial

grants has been used up - some of that wasted

on an unnecessary And several concerned locals spoke

out about the spiralling costs at a public meeting last night,

where parish councillors confirmed they'll be

applying for an additional They've already allocated

up to ?60,000. We are optimistic that it will pay

its own way eventually. Yes, we have two waves some more money we are

going to have to raise the tax precept to pay for that alone. It is

taking the cancel three years to make this happen and we will

succeed. Those in charge are confident that the tower will be

opened by the end of this year. It will be good when it's done. Wanted.

Two people arrested for investigating child abuse at the

accusations against Edward Heath had been released and will face no

further accusation. Operation conifer has been asking people to

come forward. These were the only two people arrested.

West Sussex County Council has been accused of being too slow to recover

up to ?1 million from suppliers whose bills it may have

Much of the money has now been recovered but only after opposition

The council says a dispute with a contractor led to a delay

in the process and it now has tighter rules in place

Sean Killick is outside County Hall in Chichester.

Sean, what's the background to this?

Andrew Rowson was hired by the council here to check for bills

In June 2013, he drew up a list of nearly 200 payments

He asked for more information so he could check them -

but says the council wasn't helpful and in the two years of his contract

He says he was to be paid by results, and he never sent them

full details of the duplicate payments.

upfront, and says they failed to agree how they would go

But I gather some of the money has now been recovered?

Last autumn Mr Rowson gave details of 8 of those payments to a Ukip

The council says it's managed to recover around ?76,000 of those,

The council has now hired a new company to review the old payments -

But there's a legal time limit of 6 years.

What have the politicians had to say about it?

Labour says double payment money could have been used to help

Labour says double payment money could have been used to help

And the ruling Conservatives say in 2014 they introduced tighter

rules to avoid duplicate payments, and are currently having

the rules externally reviewed to make them tighter still.

Onto sport and promotion dreams could be realised for two

Tony's in Portsmouth tonight ahead of a big game tomorrow Tony.

It certainly is Joe. There is a buzz in Pompey when it comes to football.

They could be celebrating promotion by Monday, and not scanty. First up,

it Plymouth at Fratton Park tomorrow. Addictive and age to this

game now. The back page, says never forget, don't forget to clinics that

beat Portsmouth in the play-offs last season. One of the Pompey

players says that he can stand Plymouth. If Portsmouth and get

themselves a couple of wins this week, it will certainly help to

erase the memories of last season when they came so close. And of

course, the three points against Plymouth would erase the memories of

a damaging defeat last year. Plymouth have scored in the last

minute of time added on! That's the truth of the matter,

we don't need to speak There should be mutual

respect each from both sides in relation to what both

teams can do, but I think both teams, going into the game,

will believe that they can win the And Portsmouth's game

against Plymouth is a sell out You can listen to live commentary

on BBC Radio Solent. 20 years after nearly dropping out

of the football league Brighton could be on the brink

of leaving it- to join This is the first weekend

in which Brighton could in theory secure promotion to the top flight,

ending a 34 year absence. Chris Hughton's men

are at Wolves tomorrow night, If they lose and Albion win,

they're as good as up. If not, promotion could come

on Monday at home to Wigan. everybody is capable of winning and

losing games and that's as included. Our aim has to be to win as many

games of these five as we can and to make sure that we put it in our own

hands as opposed to relying on other fixtures and other results. That is

the best way to approach it. You can follow the weekend football BBC

local radio football. Poole town have had a blow. They have been told

they cannot compete in the National League play-offs. They're currently

in the play-off positions and will appeal. A stone's from here, here in

Portsmouth, is the headquarters of Land Rover BA are in the latest

round they have only one run of their races, that Sir Benes Lee's

team. -- Sir Ben Ainslie's. If you were watching last night he would

have seen Chris Temple was with the English women's rugby players

Well Poppy has come along way since that appearance

stick with us we can make you a sporting store. Bat sporting store.

are famous for heralding a change in the seasons, they're also

infamous as con artists who trick other birds into hatching

But a project in the New Forest involving satellite tracking

is revealing what champions they are at migrating.

The first cuckoos are just arriving after a 4,000 mile mile

No sign of Selbourne yet and I been told he's on his way. Nella Makro

Selborne was named after the help -- at Hampshire village where Gilbert

White lived. Last year he was one of 70 27 GPS tracker fitted. By fitting

small satellite transmitters to them, we can then follow their

journey to Africa, work-out what route they take and what threats

they take on the way perhaps. So where has he been? Selbourne set off

from the new Forest last June. By July he was in Somalia before

heading to Gabon for winter. The return leg started in January go a

buyer Deanie. -- by a guinea. He crossed the Sahara and is the first

of the tagged birds to return home. Do you want to hear? It's very

distinctive it sound something like this. To have the locals heard any

cuckoos. ? It is lovely to hear them, it makes you think spring is

awakening. Hopefully will start to see them and hear them. Cookies are

mostly in Africa because the weather is -- cuckoo are mostly in Africa.

They make and eight that looks like the egg of another bird, they lay

the aid in that nest and let the other bird foster parent their

child. -- chick. We could not find Selbourne, but Keith says that the

word has weather hasn't helped. Over the next few weeks I will be looking

for Selbourne because I want to find out where he has been. I'm sure he

is hiding there. Selbourne may be already back in Blighty but you can

check the six other cuckoo 's on-air website. The lecture is here, so

let's take a look at that weather. Easter weekend of course so loads

going on. It's not a wash-out by any means.

This picture was at Wilton, in Wiltshire yesterday. It's day mainly

dry overnight. As it will be tonight. Maybe the odd spot of

drizzle here and there. With the clear skies, temperatures will drop

to around five Celsius. Where we have the clout we are looking at

loads from 7-8 C. The best of the brightness for the south coast

tomorrow. Sunshine may develop in other places, but there is the

chance of some patchy rain. That is more likely to tomorrow afternoon

and evening. Heavy for a time tomorrow evening and overnight.

Temperatures in the sun tomorrow will reach a high of 14 Celsius, it

will be quite breezy the breeze coming in from the south and west.

Showers could be heavy for a time in the early hours of Saturday morning

but, but for most it will be drier on Saturday and cabbages will be a

bit milder, loads of 7-8 C. So bit milder, loads of 7-8 C. So

Saturday is one of the better days of the bank holiday. The cold front

moves away and clear size will start to develop through the afternoon it

will be cool with the breeze. The breeze coming from a so fresh air

through the of Saturday. The risk of the odd shower the further east you

are. The weekend as a whole looks rather cool. Some cool air on

Saturday, sunny spells at times, more likely to Saturday and Sunday

and a little bit of rain as well. So the outlook, for the rest of the

weekend, Good Friday, quite cloudy in general, sunny intervals here and

there, rain expected later on. Saturday a lot of sunshine but a

little bit of uncertainty on Sunday as to a weather front over the

midline. It makes that its way South, but we will hope it stays in

the Midlands and the will stay dry with mainly sunny conditions. That

all from us, there is a new summary at eight and we will be back at

10:30pm as well. Thank you for your company have a lovely evening, good

night.