:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to South Today, I'm Allen Sinclair.
:00:00. > :00:08.On the programme tonight: Campaigners fighting to free
:00:09. > :00:11.a British mother jailed in Iran are at Downing Street -
:00:12. > :00:13.hoping their voices will carry to politicians with the power
:00:14. > :00:20.Makeshift sea defences that were supposed to last
:00:21. > :00:23.the winter are washed away - leaving waterfront homes
:00:24. > :00:33.And we start this week on a fairly wet note, cooler by the weekend with
:00:34. > :00:38.the chance of Gables. A protest has been held close
:00:39. > :00:40.to Downing Street this evening, over the continued detention
:00:41. > :00:43.of a British woman in Iran. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe's
:00:44. > :00:45.ordeal began in April - arrested at the airport
:00:46. > :00:47.as she was returning She'd been travelling
:00:48. > :00:49.with her two-year-old daughter Gabriella -
:00:50. > :00:52.whose passport was taken away. She's now being cared
:00:53. > :00:55.for by relatives in Iran. In September, Nazanin was sentenced
:00:56. > :00:58.to five years in prison - but the charges against her
:00:59. > :01:04.remain a secret. Her husband - Richard Ratcliffe -
:01:05. > :01:06.who's from Hampshire - has been campaigning
:01:07. > :01:08.for his wife's release. Our Political Editor Peter Henley
:01:09. > :01:10.was at this evening's protest and sent this report
:01:11. > :01:18.from Westminster. It's now 260 days since Nazanin
:01:19. > :01:21.Zaghari Ratcliffe was taken into She has now been convicted
:01:22. > :01:27.and sentenced to five years and we understand she is in solitary
:01:28. > :01:30.confinement, a long way from a prison in Iran to Downing Street
:01:31. > :01:32.this evening when we understand members of her family
:01:33. > :01:37.were singing carols, trying to keep their spirits up
:01:38. > :01:42.and prevent positive aspects to A lot of it revolves
:01:43. > :01:47.around trying to influence governments,
:01:48. > :01:48.particularly the British government to put more pressure
:01:49. > :01:56.on the Iranian government, and Nazanin's husband Richard
:01:57. > :02:02.believes they are not doing enough. The government is
:02:03. > :02:03.doing more and more but not enough and they
:02:04. > :02:06.need to keep going. There are things they could be
:02:07. > :02:09.doing, they have never criticised the way she has been treated,
:02:10. > :02:12.so we'll keep going, but we are grateful for the small
:02:13. > :02:17.things they are doing. People in Hampshire
:02:18. > :02:29.have been busy as well. A report on the letter writing
:02:30. > :02:32.campaign. Today
:02:33. > :02:33.is a peaceful protest against a frustrating
:02:34. > :02:35.process. It is a message of solidarity
:02:36. > :02:37.and is in conjunction At the moment, she is not
:02:38. > :02:41.very well at all. She has lost a lot of weight,
:02:42. > :02:44.a lot of strength, a lot of hair. She is a British citizen
:02:45. > :02:51.and that is what we can understand, it feels
:02:52. > :02:53.like she has been left to hang out to dry for
:02:54. > :02:56.the last nine months with very little
:02:57. > :03:04.British consular support. I understand the reasons behind that
:03:05. > :03:08.but it still feels like she is a British citizen and it is a British
:03:09. > :03:11.child and we feel she should be home We were not expecting this much
:03:12. > :03:16.support and it helps us to drive this campaign as without local
:03:17. > :03:18.support the campaign wouldn't get Nazanin's 38th birthday
:03:19. > :03:21.is on Boxing Day, one that is likely to be behind bars unless
:03:22. > :03:24.the family's one Christmas wish 26,000 letters now have
:03:25. > :03:34.been sent to that prison in Iran and many tweets,
:03:35. > :03:36.some of which Nazanin got to see on That has cheered her up,
:03:37. > :03:42.and one I think we'll cheer the whole campaign up,
:03:43. > :03:46.I got a chance to speak to the Prime Minister tonight and asked,
:03:47. > :03:49.will she be thinking about Nazanin She said she would be
:03:50. > :04:05.thinking of her and all the other people who are in very
:04:06. > :04:07.difficult situations in the world, and she said the government would be
:04:08. > :04:10.keeping up pressure on the Iranian regime, in the best way they think
:04:11. > :04:13.they can to get Nazanin freed. A serious case review
:04:14. > :04:16.is underway after a Portsmouth woman was found guilty
:04:17. > :04:18.of murdering her 19-day-old son. Nicola Brown was also
:04:19. > :04:20.convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to baby Jake,
:04:21. > :04:22.who died two years ago, after suffering a serious head
:04:23. > :04:24.injury and multiple fractured ribs. Her husband, Jason Brown,
:04:25. > :04:27.was found not guilty of allowing As Steve Humphrey reports,
:04:28. > :04:30.the family were known Baby Jake suffered a series
:04:31. > :04:42.of injuries during his short life. Today, his mother Nicola Brown
:04:43. > :04:44.was convicted of murdering her baby son and causing fractured ribs
:04:45. > :04:48.on previous occasions. The boy's father Jason Brown left
:04:49. > :04:51.court after being found not guilty of causing or allowing the death
:04:52. > :04:57.of a child. As the jury returned its verdict,
:04:58. > :04:59.Nicola Brown shouted repeatedly from the dock,
:05:00. > :05:03.she said, "I didn't do it, I did not do it, they have
:05:04. > :05:05.made a huge mistake. I hope this haunts you
:05:06. > :05:10.until the day you die." Senior detectives say
:05:11. > :05:15.it was a difficult case. It has been a complex investigation
:05:16. > :05:17.piecing together the short It is important for us
:05:18. > :05:21.to establish who has been The family was living
:05:22. > :05:28.at Agincourt Road in Portsmouth. During the trial, Nicola Brown,
:05:29. > :05:31.on the right, described how the lights went out in her baby's
:05:32. > :05:34.died when she was feeding him. Baby Jake died later
:05:35. > :05:52.that day in hospital. The jury was told Mrs Brown had
:05:53. > :05:54.anxiety issues, was taking antidepressants and had been
:05:55. > :05:59.in denial about her pregnancy. The court was told social
:06:00. > :06:01.services had been alerted He had been deemed at risk
:06:02. > :06:08.but not at immediate harm. Midwives visited the family twice
:06:09. > :06:12.but no concerns were raised. The Portsmouth Safeguarding Children
:06:13. > :06:14.Board is now conducting The judge told her she would be
:06:15. > :06:28.sentenced in the New Year after a psychiatric
:06:29. > :06:29.report has been prepared. Steve Humphrey, BBC South Today,
:06:30. > :06:32.at Winchester Crown Court. Sussex Police says it's
:06:33. > :06:33.investigating six separate reports of historical sex abuse at football
:06:34. > :06:36.clubs in the county. None of the claims relate
:06:37. > :06:38.to league sides Brighton The force says the offences
:06:39. > :06:42.were allegedly committed by six Across the UK there have been
:06:43. > :06:45.reports of abuse relating Further strike action meant it's
:06:46. > :06:52.been another difficult day for commuters unable to travel
:06:53. > :06:55.by Southern Rail. Another ten days of action
:06:56. > :06:58.are already scheduled. It's the most significant disruption
:06:59. > :07:01.to trains for 20 years. But the Prime Minister today said
:07:02. > :07:04.she won't consider proposed new anti-strike legislation,
:07:05. > :07:06.and aims to focus instead Beachfront homes are again at risk
:07:07. > :07:14.at Pagham in West Sussex after sea defences -
:07:15. > :07:16.designed to protect them over Residents are worried that any
:07:17. > :07:20.further high tides or bad weather They've been waiting for more
:07:21. > :07:25.than a year for a planning decision over more effective defences,
:07:26. > :07:33.as Sean Killick reports. But it was a different
:07:34. > :07:45.picture here on Friday. Just days after the local
:07:46. > :07:47.council put 10,000 cubic metres of shingle down,
:07:48. > :07:49.a tidal surge coincided That has resulted in the loss
:07:50. > :07:54.of the majority of shingle that had been put to increase the depth
:07:55. > :08:01.to the beach crest. They will be concerned because this
:08:02. > :08:04.was a defence for the winter. We have two very high tides
:08:05. > :08:06.over the coming months. That will be the protection that
:08:07. > :08:09.has been washed away. I'm not aware of any other emergency
:08:10. > :08:11.work being undertaken. The district council says it
:08:12. > :08:13.will undertake work as resources allow and it has carried out
:08:14. > :08:16.significant works in recent years including building a rock
:08:17. > :08:18.revetement, and it believes the work carried out last week reduced
:08:19. > :08:21.the effect of the tidal surge. We had the tidal surge come
:08:22. > :08:24.through two metres above normal. It came as far as the edge
:08:25. > :08:27.of the vegetation which is Pagham parish council wants to cut
:08:28. > :08:30.through a shingle bank which has appeared in recent years,
:08:31. > :08:32.altering the currents, and the council believes
:08:33. > :08:39.causing beach erosion. Whatever happens with the planning
:08:40. > :08:41.application, work won't be getting underway in the next couple
:08:42. > :08:44.of months which means the residents in the seafront properties
:08:45. > :08:46.here will remain vulnerable to the worst of the storms
:08:47. > :08:49.for the remainder of this winter. Sean Killick, BBC
:08:50. > :08:51.South Today, Pagham. We're back tomorrow
:08:52. > :08:54.with bulletins in BBC Breakfast - and there's more through the night
:08:55. > :08:56.on the BBC news channel. Right now, Alexis Green is here
:08:57. > :09:07.with our regional weather forecast Thank you. We are looking for the
:09:08. > :09:12.weather for the week ahead up to and including the Christmas weekend. We
:09:13. > :09:18.start an HLA note with some rain and drizzle at times, sunny spells as
:09:19. > :09:22.well and a strong wind, especially towards the weekend. For some,
:09:23. > :09:28.clearing skies and we may have a touch of frost with the temperature
:09:29. > :09:32.falling to freezing or just above. Laws of 3- sex and the winds light,
:09:33. > :09:39.so the possibility of light rain or patchy drizzle. One showers
:09:40. > :09:43.especially along the south coast on the Isle of White, some may drift
:09:44. > :09:49.inland but generally dry with the temperature reaching a high of five.
:09:50. > :09:54.Quite chilly out in the open but the wind will be liked. Tomorrow night
:09:55. > :09:57.we start on a dry note work through the early hours, the clouds will
:09:58. > :10:01.thicken from the west and we see outbreaks of light and patchy are
:10:02. > :10:06.moving in from the West with the temperature tomorrow falling to
:10:07. > :10:11.three Celsius, so a chilly start and the wet start with this band of rain
:10:12. > :10:15.which will clear Easter words and a dry interlude with some sunny spells
:10:16. > :10:22.before the next batch of rain arrives. Fragmented rain and very
:10:23. > :10:25.patchy in nature with the high of five. Warmer temperatures on
:10:26. > :10:29.Thursday through the course of Thursday we see this Reg of high
:10:30. > :10:32.pressure building in with the chance of rain and showers at times but
:10:33. > :10:37.drying out through the course of the day. The next batch of rain on the
:10:38. > :10:42.way with this low pressure moving in on Thursday and into the early hours
:10:43. > :10:45.of Friday, Friday see some strong winds and the winds increased
:10:46. > :10:49.through the course of the day and coming wet Friday night into the
:10:50. > :10:53.early hours of Saturday morning, so a dry start and some brighter spells
:10:54. > :10:58.but the rain will push on from the West and the wind increases in
:10:59. > :11:00.strength. The chance of gales for the south coast. Looking to the
:11:01. > :11:03.weekend, called with The rest of the weekend, some rain
:11:04. > :11:10.around, windy, but with dry and bright spells.
:11:11. > :11:17.Heavy weather is brewing, it will not reach us just yet. It will take
:11:18. > :11:21.a good few days before the stormy weather reaches us. At the moment,
:11:22. > :11:25.it's just potential, nothing is certain, but it will be different to
:11:26. > :11:30.what we've had over the last few weeks, it's been so calm. We have a
:11:31. > :11:32.jet stream raging out of North America making a beeline for the UK.
:11:33. > :11:34.It