17/04/2017 South Today

Good evening. for the news where you are.

I'm Edward Sault with the news here in the South.

It's been an afternoon of triumph, ecstacy, and celebration

for thousands of football fans across the South.

Portsmouth have confirmed promotion to League One.

And Brighton have virtually clinched promotion to the Premier League.

These were the Seagull fans pouring onto the pitch

They'd seen Brighton defeat Wigan 2-1.

Barring an almost impossible set of results in the remaining games,

that means Brighton And Hove Albion are promoted to the top flight

of English football for the first time in 34 years.

After five years of watching Brighton,

This season has been plain sailing, top of the

We won! This is her first game.

Having missed it the last couple of seasons, absolutely

We are really delighted, aren't we, James?

Meanwhile, in League Two, Portsmouth have secured a definite

promotion to League One by beating Notts County 3-1.

Andy Moon was watching with Pompey fans in Nottingham,

4366 Portsmouth fans made the journey north in expectation and in

hope, and they were rewarded with a promotion, Portsmouth's first for 14

years. An unforgettable, forgettable day for the supporters of the club,

who have had some difficult moments in recent years. It all came good

this afternoon. For those guys, who have helped this club and put them

back on the map, it is the first step on a long road, but I am so

I feel very emotional about it. Buzzing, happy, emotional. All the

emotions I can think of, could not have imagined it any better. Coming

off the bench, scoring two goals and getting promoted. Great feeling. The

night here in Nottingham among night here in Nottingham among

players, supporters and all of those who dug deep in their pockets and

saved the club. This moment was for the fans. Portsmouth are back in

League One where they belong. The proposed takeover deal for

Southampton has fallen through. Jack Rowe was just three years

old when he drowned in his family's Three years on, his mother Olivia is

hoping to prevent similar tragedies. After an intensive training course

in America, she's now teaching youngsters how to survive

if they fall into water. This four-year-old

is being taught how to float, and keep his head above

water, if he fell in accidentally. For me, that is the most important

thing, that every child that gets into water, whether it be

into a pool or the sea, a pond, if that happens,

that they can save themselves. In July 2014, Olivia Rowe's

son, Jack, drowned in It was the day of his

third birthday. While she popped out,

and Jack was out of sight of his stepbrother,

he somehow fell in. When I was out, I got the call

from Harry, my stepson, who was looking after him, to say

that he could not find him. I came home, and then later,

a friend discovered him at the bottom of the pool, at the

side and the bottom, so he was very Olivia set up a charity,

called the Jack-Rabbit Foundation, and went

to Florida with her swimming They both trained in infant

survival techniques. Back home, and they have begun

classes in Wiltshire. Babies and toddlers

are shown how to work The charity wants to teach as many

children as possible, It's 50 years since

Sir Francis Chichester became a record-breaker,

single-handedly He was celebrated as a sailing hero,

and his boat, Gipsy Moth IV, became the most famous

yacht in the world. Now, in this special anniversary

year, Gipsy Moth is preparing for a new adventure,

as Briony Leyland reports. Probably 250,000 people have

observed, from the shore, the At the age of 65, Sir

Francis Chichester took His achievement in sailing

single-handedly around the globe with just one stop

caused a sensation. Half a century later,

his record-breaking is back at Bucklers Hard

on the Beaulieu River, where he prepared for his voyage,

her presence prompting I mean, everyone takes

for granted now, but How compact, he's got

everything in their day needs. This is his original

paraffin heater. A lot of heat comes

out of this, so when he was down in the Southern Ocean,

it would have kept nice and warm. Restored 12 years ago,

Gypsy Moth repeated her Restored 12 years ago,

Gipsy Moth repeated her Now looked after by a charitable

trust, she is still offering sailing opportunities, but her next

mission is closer to home. She is going round

Britain this year to commemorate the 50th,

so we will be starting on the day he arrived back in Plymouth,

and heading clockwise around the UK, so people all over

the country will have a chance to At Guildhall, this

untiring man met the Sir Francis, who died in 1972,

said he took on the challenge 50 years on, that sense

of adventure is still proving A quick look at some

of the other football results. In the Championship,

Reading beat Rotherham 2-1. In League One, Oxford

beat Port Vale 2-0. And Swindon were beaten

1-0 by Walsall. And now, here's Bea Tucker

with the weather. Some of us have seen some sunshine,

but it is cried overcast now. In what others will see clear skies

overnight, but it will be a chilly one. It could be close to freezing,

but tomorrow will be dry and bright with loads of sunshine. More

sunshine than over the last few days. We could see some areas

hitting 15 degrees. Largely dry through the rest of this week, but

cold and frosty by night. Our next programme

is at 10:20 tonight. Hopefully you managed to enjoy some

good weather this Easter. It has not been ideal but it has not been that

bad. Pretty cold tonight. Sharp frost on the way in role areas and

across northern parts. The skies are not clear just yet but they are

starting to clear. By the end of the night, those temperatures will

tumble across Scotland, maybe as low minus eight. No surprise this time

of the year. We do get frost, but this could be even damaging.

Tomorrow morning, it is looking sunny for most of us but the wind is

light