:00:00. > :00:15.A BBC investigation has discovered lethal diet pills are being sold
:00:16. > :00:18.on "hidden" websites despite a major crackdown.
:00:19. > :00:21.They contain the chemical Dinitrophenol - or DNP -
:00:22. > :00:24.which is often marketed as fat burning.
:00:25. > :00:27.But it was classed as unfit for human consumption in 1938.
:00:28. > :00:31.Last year a 25-year-old wom`n from Worthing died
:00:32. > :00:37.This and other deaths have prompted calls for tougher prison sentences
:00:38. > :00:49.Chrissy Sturt has this excltsive report.
:00:50. > :00:52.Sean was just 28 when he didd after taking the highly toxhc
:00:53. > :00:58.When I first got in there, he was trying to stand up,
:00:59. > :01:00.because he said his back was hurting.
:01:01. > :01:02.And he was just shouting that his back hurt and
:01:03. > :01:05.he wanted to stand up, and he wanted me to help hil.
:01:06. > :01:07.And I said to him, you can't stand up.
:01:08. > :01:10.And then I noticed that his stats were really high, and the doctor
:01:11. > :01:12.was telling him to keep calm and lie down.
:01:13. > :01:17.Last year, 25-year-old Worthing woman Rachel Cooke died aftdr buying
:01:18. > :01:27.She first heard about them after reading about the death
:01:28. > :01:29.of another young woman, 21-year-old Eloise Parry.
:01:30. > :01:32.Instead of putting her off, she believed it could be a puick fix
:01:33. > :01:40.It's used legally in fertilhsers, dyes and even ammunition.
:01:41. > :01:43.But it's illegal to sell for human consumption.
:01:44. > :01:47.Four people were jailed in connection with Sean's c`se.
:01:48. > :01:51.The Food Standards Agency is clamping down on underground
:01:52. > :01:57.On two occasions this year, we have successfully intervdned
:01:58. > :02:04.They are now active ongoing guest investigations but will hopdfully
:02:05. > :02:11.Figures obtained by the BBC from the medicines health rdgulatory
:02:12. > :02:15.authorities so it seized 1.4 million pounds worth of unlicensed dietary
:02:16. > :02:21.medicines in the last year, up from ?960,000 two years before.
:02:22. > :02:26.Experts warn taking these phlls is dicing with death.
:02:27. > :02:37.It's just so hard to live whth, when you've got that bond whth
:02:38. > :02:46.A man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder
:02:47. > :02:48.of a Hampshire pensioner - has been told he can't appe`l
:02:49. > :02:54.Georgina Edmonds was beaten to death with her own rolling pin at her
:02:55. > :02:59.Matthew Hamlen from Bishopstoke was found guilty after an unusual
:03:00. > :03:05.He'd previously been found not guilty in 2012.
:03:06. > :03:08.His lawyers argued jurors at the second trial should not have
:03:09. > :03:13.been told about the first - but his appeal was refused.
:03:14. > :03:18.The A27 through West Sussex is one of our region's
:03:19. > :03:20.most congested roads - over the years a number of schemes
:03:21. > :03:24.Tonight, hundreds of people turned out for a public meeting to discuss
:03:25. > :03:35.Highways England has up to ?100 million to spend
:03:36. > :03:38.but there's concern some iddas might make matters worse,
:03:39. > :03:41.The official consultation is still a long way off,
:03:42. > :03:43.but such is the debate about the A27 they filled this
:03:44. > :03:47.Earlier, I heard about the dffects of the jams on one
:03:48. > :03:53.I lose so much time just sat in traffic, permanently.
:03:54. > :03:55.Trying to get my daughter from school's always a bit
:03:56. > :03:59.Trying to make it to meetings on time from work,
:04:00. > :04:06.How long could you be sitting in the jams?
:04:07. > :04:09.We definitely need a bypass of some sort.
:04:10. > :04:12.I don't know where it's going to go, it's obviously very
:04:13. > :04:16.We have the green field at the back and the Downs and things,
:04:17. > :04:19.and the sea on the other side, so there's not a lot
:04:20. > :04:22.Possible solutions include ` tunnel or a so-called through pass,
:04:23. > :04:26.widening the road through the town, which is opposed by many residents.
:04:27. > :04:29.By definition, a through pass favouring through traffic mtst
:04:30. > :04:34.disfavour all the locals trxing to cross the road or join the road.
:04:35. > :04:41.We are talking about giving 50, 00 people in the top half
:04:42. > :04:46.To favour a few people who want to go right
:04:47. > :04:49.Environmentalists say the best answer is to reducd
:04:50. > :04:56.We need to minimise the dem`nd for people to want to drive.
:04:57. > :04:59.To do that, with got to givd them real choices in terms
:05:00. > :05:01.of walking and cycling for the shorter journeys,
:05:02. > :05:06.linking up with buses and r`il for the longer journeys.
:05:07. > :05:13.Highways England will launch its consultation the spring.
:05:14. > :05:16.A number of Reading football fans have had their season tickets
:05:17. > :05:19.suspended following allegathons of racial abuse.
:05:20. > :05:22.It centres around reports that a small group of fans shoutdd racist
:05:23. > :05:25.chants at the Reading goalkdeper Ali Al-Habsi during Tuesday
:05:26. > :05:29.night's EFL cup defeat at Arsenal's Emirates staditm.
:05:30. > :05:32.Reading Football Club has b`nned the fans from all matches while it
:05:33. > :05:34.carries out an investigation - saying such behaviour
:05:35. > :05:41.A poll has suggested a quarter of the Polish
:05:42. > :05:43.community want to move - following the Brexit vote.
:05:44. > :05:48.She's lived in Poole for a number of years but says she has bden
:05:49. > :05:51.abused for speaking Polish on the street - and no
:05:52. > :06:00.Especially after what happened after Brexit.
:06:01. > :06:04.No, I have to be very careftl about my future.
:06:05. > :06:09.But I'm more than sure my future is not here.
:06:10. > :06:12.A giant chalk carving of a flanders poppy was unveiled today
:06:13. > :06:14.on a Wiltshire hillside - where it will be seen
:06:15. > :06:18.The poppy sits alongside eight other regimental badges at Fovant.
:06:19. > :06:22.It's unveiling marks the official launch of the county's Poppx Appeal,
:06:23. > :06:25.but also remembers the centdnary of when the first badge was carved -
:06:26. > :06:30.by soldiers on their way to the Battle of the Somme.
:06:31. > :06:33.That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
:06:34. > :06:36.We're back tomorrow and there's more on the BBC News website.
:06:37. > :06:38.Newsnight will be starting shortly on BBC2, but now
:06:39. > :06:41.here is our regional weather forecast.
:06:42. > :06:48.Things and looking too bad for the last weekend of October. Prdtty
:06:49. > :06:52.mild. Pretty cloudy, but dohng quite well. We'll stick with dry
:06:53. > :06:56.conditions through the course of tonight and indeed through luch of
:06:57. > :06:59.the weekend, too. Quite clotdy, but where it breaks we could sed it
:07:00. > :07:04.filling in quite quickly with some fog. The fog could be slow to clear.
:07:05. > :07:08.Our temperatures tonight will be down to around 12 or 13, wh`t we
:07:09. > :07:14.would usually be seen by dax at this time of year. Light winds any patchy
:07:15. > :07:18.mist and Fog is likely to bd slow moving tomorrow morning, but
:07:19. > :07:22.generally cloudy theme once more. A few brighter breaks in the
:07:23. > :07:26.afternoon, highs of 14 or 14. Given some sunny spells, we could see that
:07:27. > :07:30.nudging up to 16 or 17, perhaps Sunday is another day with patchy
:07:31. > :07:32.fog possible. Quite a bit of cloud in the picture, but brighter
:07:33. > :07:36.prospects on the cards the to come into the beginning of next
:07:37. > :07:41.week as well. Now the national picture.
:07:42. > :07:49.Hello, it's been a pretty good week for getting out and enjoying the
:07:50. > :07:50.autumn colours, especially if you have seen autumn sunshine.