24/01/2017 South Today

Hello and welcome to South Today, I'm Jo Kent.

Looking to the past to address the problems of the future -

could trams be the answer to cutting congestion in one of our cities?

Safety recommendations following the Shoreham

aircrash are adopted by the Civil Aviation Authority -

but real answers for families could still be years away.

And empty fields but full barns - the farmers under threat

of losing their free range status as a result of bird

It's been more than half a century since the last

tram ran in Southampton, but business leaders and politicians

There are currently eight tram and light railway

With traffic congestion here predicted to increase by 50%

over the next decade, an urgent solution's needed.

Currently fewer than one in ten people in the southern part

of Hampshire use public transport to get to work.

So could a new tram network persuade us to ditch our cars?

Sabrina Buck drives six miles from Chandlers Ford

To get there for nine it can take between 40 minutes and an hour.

I have been travelling for about ten years,

and it was a lot quieter than it is today.

I have had to change my hours to go in earlier when I can.

The Local Enterprise Partnership thinks trams may be the answer.

These are very early days, but the plans would see trams run

on or alongside existing railway tracks from Fareham

through the new town of Welborne all the way over to Eastleigh

Then on to a new station at St Mary's and a ferry

It would then run along the street to the cruise terminal

and onto Central Station, where it would rejoin the railway

and head up to Romsey past a new Park and Ride by the M27.

From there the line would head east through Chandler's Ford to Eastleigh

and a new Park and Ride site right on the M3.

Another line would head eastwards out of the city.

This time from the new St Mary's station, going through Netley

and ending at a Park and Ride site here in Segensworth.

And finally across Southampton water the old Waterside railway line

would be reopened as far as Marchwood, with a Park

Now, this all could be in place in 2040.

But it's going to cost hundreds of millions of pounds.

Isn't this all pie in the sky, though?

I think the investment is more than millions,

it's probably hundreds of millions of pounds, but this region has been

significantly under invested in by the Government in the recent

past, and we need to change that dynamic, which is why the Solent LEP

took the initiative by developing the strategic transport

Trams have been running for 25 years here in Manchester.

60 miles of track in the city centre with nearby towns.

It is Britain's biggest and busiest light rail network.

Southampton lost its tram network in 1949.

Plans to reintroduce trams over the years never got

Should regional devolution go ahead as well, funding could be made

available and developers who build housing alongside the route will be

expected to pay as well. The LDP doesn't envisage this is just a

light rail network for Southampton but guided busways in South East

Hampshire and increasing the speed and frequency of trains between

Southampton and Portsmouth. It also wants to introduce a fast ferry

service. It is a big plan and will cast their lot of money. -- cost a

lot of money. The Civil Aviation Authority has

accepted all of the 21 safety recommendations that were made

in the wake of the 11 men were killed when a Hawker

Hunter jet crashed onto the A27 during a display at Shoreham airport

in August 2015. Our transport correspondent

Paul Clifton reports. Air accident investigators

have made a series of Most relate to the way

in which former military aircraft are assessed,

inspected and prepared. Today the Civil Aviation Authority -

the industry's regulator - accepted the last eight

of those recommendations. However, we know these changes

would not have altered the events that took place behind me

in August 2015. Air accident investigators said

a long time ago that the crash was not due to a mechanical failure

of the aircraft. It happened as the pilot was making

an aerobatic manoeuvre. He came out of a loop at a lower

level than would be normal, and over the road instead

of within the display area. He had not agreed this in advance

with the air show director. The local MP has welcomed

this latest report. All 21 of those recommendations,

they are now going to accept. There is just an issue of timing

as to when they can be brought in, but in principle they are now

being accepted and I think that is good news and shows

that there has been some good work done by both the AAIB

and the Civil Aviation Authority to make sure there are going to be

changes to air displays in We are still waiting for the final

report into the crash by air This will lay out exactly

what happened and why. We expected it last year,

but it has been delayed. The pilot of the Hunter,

Andrew Hill, survived. The police are still

considering whether to charge Only when that process has been

completed can the inquest be held. It is quite likely that will not

happen until next year. So the families involved

will won't get a final verdict until perhaps three years

after the crash. Poultry farmers in the South

are waiting anxiously to find out if restrictions imposed

because of bird flu will mean their eggs no longer

have free range status. Flocks are currently being kept

undercover to stop them having contact with wild birds who may be

carrying the virus. Under EU regulations if birds

are housed for more than 84 days, their eggs can no longer be

called free range. We've done nothing wrong,

the birds have done nothing wrong, so really, yeah, why shouldn't we be

allowed to carry on selling our product as free range,

because it's the Government that Football, and it's been

a brilliant night for our two Brighton have taken the top spot

while Reading fans also saw the Royals move into third place

following victory at the Madejski Stadium -

which is where Anjana Gadgil Yes, both these games were due to be

played in December but were both called off due to fog. There was fog

tonight but luckily both matches went ahead. Brighton 1-0 win over

Cardiff has put them top of the championship ahead of Newcastle.

Tomer Hemed scoring in the 73rd minute. Here, Reading with the

better side against Fulham. They had lots of chances and when Johnson's

penalty was saved Roy Beerens was there to follow up. A penalty was

saved in the last few minutes. Reading go third and this is what

the fans thought. Absolutely brilliant, yeah,

I was a bit worried when I saw the team selection for Reading,

but it has been fantastic, We are third now, aren't we,

with this, I think. Whether Brighton are winning

tonight, I don't know, but... It means we've still got

a chance of promotion. And I'm really impressed

with the performance. There is one other piece of football

news tonight coming out of Southampton. The midfielder Oriol

Romeu or has signed a new 4.5 year contract. He will stay at

Southampton until 2021. He has impressed since signing from Chelsea

18 months ago and has played all but one league game this season. A real

boost for Southampton as they travel to play Liverpool tomorrow in the

cup. All the detail on that tomorrow. Thanks very much.

A Dorset bed and breakfast has been named the best in the world.

The Bindon Bottom B was taken over by Clive

They were awarded the title as a result of the number

of positive reviews they received on the TripAdvisor website.

It means that our guests have thanked us for their stay.

We were just very shocked and very happy obviously.

That's all from the South Today news team this evening.

We're back tomorrow with bulletins in BBC Breakfast and there's more

Here with our regional weather forecast is Alexis Green.

It is looking for the overnight tonight. Widespread freezing fog and

ice as well which is why the Met office have a fog and ice warning in

force through the course of tonight and tomorrow until lunchtime which

may cause disruption to travel, ice on untreated surfaces. Tomorrow

morning the fog will develop and it is already developing in some places

and has lingered through the course of the day today especially towards

Dorset. Temperatures overnight will fall to around minus four Celsius in

the countryside and these are in urban areas. Misty and Burke start

tomorrow. Fog eventually lifting. Some brightness especially further

west. A lot of cloud. Highs of six or seven with light winds. Through

tomorrow night into the early hours of Friday morning, and Thursday

morning, widespread frost and the air is coming from the near

continent and the dry freezing air will filter in making it feel

bitterly cold on Thursday. Temperatures reaching a high of five

but more like freezing on Thursday given the wind-chill. More cloud on

For all of us, it'll get colder and then milder again come the weekend.

This shot taken earlier by a weather watcher in East Anglia. The fog

becoming extensive over the next few hours in many south-eastern parts of

England. Much, much milder, further north and

west. Let's concentrate on that fog. I think it is going to be a problem

again tomorrow morning. There are