:00:00. > 3:59:59either to put the United back into the United States. Join me now on
:00:00. > :00:13.BBC Two, and that Welcome to South today. The top
:00:14. > :00:17.stories this Monday. Tougher rules and tougher sentences for pdople who
:00:18. > :00:22.use their mobile phones at the wheel after a family are killed ndarly 34.
:00:23. > :00:28.We urge you to make a personal commitment to stop using mobile
:00:29. > :00:33.phones whilst driving. Make our roads safer for everyone. Also
:00:34. > :00:38.tonight top marks for a top teacher who took on the world and m`de maths
:00:39. > :00:40.fun. And the rest of the wedk will be cooler, rain at times but some
:00:41. > :00:49.dry days. I have the "His attention had been so poor
:00:50. > :00:51.he might as well have The words of a judge as she jailed
:00:52. > :00:56.lorry driver Tomasz Kroker for ten years after he killed a mother
:00:57. > :00:58.and three children. His lorry ploughed into stationary
:00:59. > :01:01.vehicles on the A34 in August while he was looking
:01:02. > :01:03.at his mobile phone. Today the family has appealdd
:01:04. > :01:07.for all motorists to Hurtling towards destruction,
:01:08. > :01:18.video released by police in conjunction with the victims
:01:19. > :01:23.families shows Tomasz Kroker scrolling through his mobild phone
:01:24. > :01:27.playlist, his lorry closing rapidly Moments later, children Eth`n,
:01:28. > :01:36.Josh and Aimee were dead, together with the boy's
:01:37. > :01:40.mother, Tracy Houghton. Their car crushed to a third
:01:41. > :01:42.of its size, pushed In the moments Mr Kroker chose
:01:43. > :01:48.to look at his phone, he caused a multiple vehicld
:01:49. > :01:51.accident that endangered all surrounding road users `nd took
:01:52. > :01:56.the lives of Tracy, Ethan, To all intents and purposes,
:01:57. > :02:04.Mr Kroker's use of his mobile phone while driving turned his lorry
:02:05. > :02:10.into a lethal weapon. Video seen by the judge exposed
:02:11. > :02:16.the wider family's emotional trauma. I thought that was the worst day
:02:17. > :02:21.of the life, my kids being killed, but I think it was three wedks later
:02:22. > :02:24.when I went to the funeral directors and saw them dead,
:02:25. > :02:32.cold, in their coffins. Witnesses said Mr Kroker
:02:33. > :02:35.was in tears after the crash but insisted his brakes had failed
:02:36. > :02:37.until he was confronted The death toll could easily have
:02:38. > :03:01.been far higher. people who saw the footage says
:03:02. > :03:09.public attitudes must changd. Savage. What do you think ndeds to
:03:10. > :03:15.happen? Harsher rules. It should be more than just a fine. Therd needs
:03:16. > :03:19.to be an educational course with videos like this.
:03:20. > :03:23.It's unimaginable. They werd just so innocent. There needs to be some
:03:24. > :03:27.sort of immobilisation when you let into a car.
:03:28. > :03:31.The family say this was one of the worst incidents of its kind
:03:32. > :03:33.involving a mobile phone. They hope it serves as a reminder that the
:03:34. > :03:36.decisions we make can be fatal. From next year the fines and penalty
:03:37. > :03:39.points for using a phone behind But last month a BBC investhgation
:03:40. > :03:43.found the number of drivers actually caught by police has fallen
:03:44. > :03:46.in the last five years. It's down by three quarters
:03:47. > :03:49.in Sussex and Dorset. The biggest drop was in Wiltshire,
:03:50. > :03:53.falling almost 80%. Last year, just over 400
:03:54. > :03:56.drivers were sanctioned. While research from the RAC motoring
:03:57. > :03:58.organisation suggests a fifth of motorist now believe it hs safe
:03:59. > :04:01.to check social media on thdir phone while stopped in traffic A little
:04:02. > :04:08.earlier I asked Nick Lyes from the RAC what needs to be done
:04:09. > :04:12.to tackle the problem of phone use I think what we need
:04:13. > :04:19.is a triple pronged approach. We welcome the fact
:04:20. > :04:22.that the government has started to look at increasing the pdnalties,
:04:23. > :04:25.but we need better enforcemdnt of the existing laws and edtcation
:04:26. > :04:29.for drivers to make sure they are fully aware of the risks
:04:30. > :04:33.of using phones at the wheel. A 27% reduction in road traffic
:04:34. > :04:40.police officers in the country. Many forces are under financial
:04:41. > :04:49.pressure, financial stress. Effectively, I should imagine
:04:50. > :04:52.there is also a sharing The figure of 27% is,
:04:53. > :04:57.effectively, the number This survey suggests that most
:04:58. > :05:06.people don't see this I think the report suggested
:05:07. > :05:13.that is, certainly, there is an increased
:05:14. > :05:16.amount of people admitting to using a hand-held mobile phone
:05:17. > :05:20.at the wheel. But the reasons they are dohng
:05:21. > :05:26.it is for 14%, they see othdr people do it all and think they can get
:05:27. > :05:29.away with it. The laws are simply
:05:30. > :05:31.not being enforced. It's really important
:05:32. > :05:33.that the message gets through that this is a dangdrous
:05:34. > :05:36.thing to do at the wheel. A lollipop woman and three children
:05:37. > :05:46.have been hit by a car in Wdymouth. The accident happened just before
:05:47. > :05:48.4pm this afternoon The patrol woman was taken
:05:49. > :05:55.to hospital with serious injuries, which are not thought
:05:56. > :05:57.to be life-threatening. The children, two boys
:05:58. > :06:00.and a girl all aged 11, Champion jockey Jim Crowley
:06:01. > :06:05.from Pulborough in West Sussex is in hospital tonight
:06:06. > :06:07.after a serious incident He was taking part in this race
:06:08. > :06:12.we are not going to Fred Tilitski on the left
:06:13. > :06:17.of the picture was on the horse that fell, bringing down three other
:06:18. > :06:20.horses behind including Crowley Tilitski was air lifted to hospital
:06:21. > :06:23.while Crowley was taken by `mbulance Both are described as in
:06:24. > :06:30.a serious condition. Southern Railway has warned unions
:06:31. > :06:33.that it will withdraw its offer over pay and conditions if any ftrther
:06:34. > :06:35.industrial action takes place in the ongoing dispute
:06:36. > :06:38.about conductor-less trains. The RMT union is planning
:06:39. > :06:42.a two-day strike on Friday and Saturday this week,
:06:43. > :06:45.as well as a further five d`ys The union has described it `s just
:06:46. > :06:53.more threats and bullying. A teacher from Wyvern College
:06:54. > :06:56.near Eastleigh has just won a prestigious national teaching
:06:57. > :06:59.award for making maths fun. Will Emeny came up with a mdntal
:07:00. > :07:03.arithmetic programme he called Numeracy Ninjas that's now
:07:04. > :07:06.being used in thousands 30 questions in five minutes
:07:07. > :07:21.at the start of every lesson. I needed something that would be fun
:07:22. > :07:29.and like a Game for them and I thought I had done martial
:07:30. > :07:34.arts as a kid and what bettdr Each correct answer
:07:35. > :07:37.is awarded a point. The more right answers
:07:38. > :07:39.you get, the better And when it comes to mental
:07:40. > :07:47.arithmatic, the Year 7 pupils at Wyvern College have developed
:07:48. > :07:50.into quite the Ninja Warriors. We did a research study last year
:07:51. > :07:54.that showed the numeracy ninjas boosted their numeracy by 70%
:07:55. > :08:00.for the average student. Some students it was
:08:01. > :08:17.greater than that. We launched over a year ago and it's
:08:18. > :08:29.grown to 3500 schools all over the world.
:08:30. > :08:34.He has been awarded the accolade secondary school teacher of the
:08:35. > :08:40.year. The plan is to know roll out an online version of new Morrissey
:08:41. > :08:46.ninjas so pupils can train `t home. -- new Morrissey ninjas. I never
:08:47. > :08:51.knew I'd end up a maths teacher but I'm so glad I did.
:08:52. > :08:53.That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
:08:54. > :08:56.We're back tomorrow with bulletins in BBC Breakfast and there's more
:08:57. > :09:02.Here with our regional weather forecast is Alexis Green.
:09:03. > :09:11.It's going to get colder. Today we had a high of 20 Celsius in West
:09:12. > :09:15.Sussex and Surrey. It's going to get cooler from tomorrow onwards.
:09:16. > :09:19.Temperatures will struggle to rise during the day. Cooler as wd had
:09:20. > :09:23.through the week, settled on Wednesday and Thursday but tnsettled
:09:24. > :09:27.on Friday with a chance of rain in the morning. Overnight tonight with
:09:28. > :09:31.the clearing skies, mist and fog may form with the light winds. Ht will
:09:32. > :09:35.become quite dense in places. The Met office have issued a yellow fog
:09:36. > :09:43.warning during the early hotrs of the morning. That warning is in
:09:44. > :09:45.force tonight for the rush hour drive to work. Temperatures in the
:09:46. > :09:48.countryside may well drop to around six or seven Celsius. Mist `nd fog
:09:49. > :09:51.could linger throughout the morning. Once it does clear we are looking at
:09:52. > :10:01.a fair amount of cloud. Bright spells to be had. It's a dyhng
:10:02. > :10:06.weather front, not much rain on it. Temperatures tomorrow will reach a
:10:07. > :10:12.high of 13, maybe 14 Celsius. Lower than today but today we've had a
:10:13. > :10:19.high of 20 Celsius. Tomorrow night the skies clear and with thd
:10:20. > :10:22.clearing skies fall away. These values are in our towns and cities.
:10:23. > :10:27.We have that light northerlx breeze. That should keep the mist and fog at
:10:28. > :10:30.bay. Wednesday in itself is a lot cooler, northerly breeze will
:10:31. > :10:35.continue to be with us. Sunny spells, the able be a lot fresher.
:10:36. > :10:40.Temperatures will only reach a high of nine to 10 Celsius. A sililar day
:10:41. > :10:43.can be expected on Thursday. Through Thursday the high pressure starts to
:10:44. > :10:47.pull away towards the continent low-pressure strings in. We'll see a
:10:48. > :10:54.weather front arrived through the cause of Friday. Rain expected
:10:55. > :10:58.Thursday night and for the start of Friday. Friday we have that rain
:10:59. > :11:02.first thing. It will clear. Brighter spells and highs of eight Cdlsius.
:11:03. > :11:07.Isolated showers are possible side. Strong northerly winds, some
:11:08. > :11:14.sunshine and also some rain for the weekend. The National weather coming
:11:15. > :11:17.up now with Louise. Halloween 2 16 has almost come and gone but it has
:11:18. > :11:23.left some spookily interesting statistics. It has been a third
:11:24. > :11:29.consecutive mild Halloween. The warmest was in 2014, 20 four
:11:30. > :11:35.Celsius. Today we have been breaking records in Wales, the warmest
:11:36. > :11:39.Halloween, 22 Celsius. A glorious shot, fairly indicative of what we
:11:40. > :11:43.had in Wales today, sent in by weather watcher earlier. A different
:11:44. > :11:48.story further north and east. The cloud made it great and in the
:11:49. > :11:52.Northern Isles temperatures didn't climb above nine Celsius. It is as
:11:53. > :11:57.cold air set to descend south through the course of the night
:11:58. > :11:58.tonight and brings a marked contrast for