:00:00. > :00:11.I'm Edward Sault. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:14.Three young women have been sentenced for attacking
:00:15. > :00:16.a 14-year-old girl with a wheelbrace in a Guildford park
:00:17. > :00:20.The victim suffered head injuries and is still
:00:21. > :00:25.The women had originally denied using a weapon until messages found
:00:26. > :00:27.on their phones revealed they'd discussed
:00:28. > :00:29.how to clean the wheelbrace.
:00:30. > :00:36.This was an attack with a heavy metal object that left a young girl
:00:37. > :00:40.with serious injuries all because of a spat on Facebook.
:00:41. > :00:43.D3 defendants, 19-year-old Sophie Burrows,
:00:44. > :00:47.19-year-old Lauren Coveney and a 17-year-old girl
:00:48. > :00:50.who can't be named for legal reasons, left their 14-year-old
:00:51. > :00:54.victim with several head injuries, black eyes, fractured nose
:00:55. > :00:57.and bruised ribs and as well as the physical scars,
:00:58. > :01:01.Guildford Crown Court heard she also suffers from depression
:01:02. > :01:09.Only recently has she started going out again.
:01:10. > :01:19.She changed her name on Facebook,
:01:20. > :01:24.She don't want no one to know this is what happened to her.
:01:25. > :01:27.The court heard in January last year the defendants
:01:28. > :01:30.made a considerable journey to come to Stoughton Park in Guildford
:01:31. > :01:37.Sophie Burrows brought a 30 centimetre long metal wheelbrace.
:01:38. > :01:41.They told the girl to fight and when she threw the first punch,
:01:42. > :01:43.the court heard, out of fear and panic,
:01:44. > :01:46.they said about her and in the days that follows, they sent
:01:47. > :01:51.Lauren Coveney said, it's good, I cut her head open.
:01:52. > :01:54.Sophie Burrows said, she chose to fight me.
:01:55. > :01:59.But it was electrical communications that eventually led
:02:00. > :02:02.to the girls handing themselves into police.
:02:03. > :02:05.An immediate appeal was issued following the incident and it
:02:06. > :02:08.was the attention on social media that led to the girls eventually
:02:09. > :02:10.handing themselves in at Guildford police station.
:02:11. > :02:13.At first, they denied using any weapon of any kind
:02:14. > :02:16.during the attack that messages were found on all their phones
:02:17. > :02:19.mentioning the assault and the crowbar and how to clean it.
:02:20. > :02:23.And all three were subsequently charged with GBH.
:02:24. > :02:25.Sophie Burrows was sentenced to 14 months
:02:26. > :02:28.in a young offenders' institution.
:02:29. > :02:31.Lauren Coveney to 12 months suspended for two years.
:02:32. > :02:35.The 17-year-old was referred to the youth courts.
:02:36. > :02:41.The judge said he gave them credit for their ages, for
:02:42. > :02:43.their genuine remorse and for in their guilty pleas
:02:44. > :02:46.but he said all this was caused by a ridiculous and stupid
:02:47. > :02:53.A man who shot seven cats in less than a fortnight
:02:54. > :02:56.in the Guildford and Cranleigh area has been sent to jail for a year.
:02:57. > :02:59.Franky Mills from Long Gore in Farncombe shot four cats
:03:00. > :03:05.The animal rights charity Peta awarded ?2000
:03:06. > :03:08.to a witness who provided registration details of his van.
:03:09. > :03:12.A major town centre development in Dorchester has been waved
:03:13. > :03:15.through, despite the fact that the 180 new properties will not
:03:16. > :03:20.West Dorset District Council has given planning permission
:03:21. > :03:23.to a scheme to convert the town's old Victorian prison.
:03:24. > :03:26.The developers argued affordable units would damage
:03:27. > :03:32.I would have loved to have seen affordable homes on the site.
:03:33. > :03:33.We're trying our hardest to put forward
:03:34. > :03:36.more homes and affordable homes in West Dorset.
:03:37. > :03:41.We're doing everything we can to sustain that.
:03:42. > :03:44.A fresh attempt to scrap charges for residents taking DIY waste
:03:45. > :03:47.to their local tip has failed in West Sussex.
:03:48. > :03:50.The county council says it's introduced a flat rate of ?4
:03:51. > :03:55.a bag for any type of DIY waste like like rubble and plasterboard
:03:56. > :04:00.Whilst some agree, it's prompted fears from some district councils
:04:01. > :04:07.I think the research shows that the councils aren't actually
:04:08. > :04:09.looking to profiteer from this but are actually
:04:10. > :04:14.they are incurring in the processing of these waste streams.
:04:15. > :04:16.They know the problems they've called for local residents
:04:17. > :04:20.and I know the problems they have caused for the district
:04:21. > :04:23.and borough authorities in West Sussex who have to clear up
:04:24. > :04:31.the mess and there is no doubt that fly-tipping is on the increase.
:04:32. > :04:34.A couple from Salisbury who've been married for 12 years are hearing
:04:35. > :04:39.each other's voices for the first time after having Cochlear implants.
:04:40. > :04:41.50-year-old Helen Robinson and her husband Neil,
:04:42. > :04:48.who's 54, have been deaf since birth.
:04:49. > :04:51.They had their implants switched on at the same time by an auditory
:04:52. > :04:58.Half a century without sound, changed with the flick of a switch.
:04:59. > :05:05.Neil and Helen have been married since 2005.
:05:06. > :05:09.They've both been deaf since birth because of a genetic condition.
:05:10. > :05:13.They could hear some muffled noises but now the cochlear implants
:05:14. > :05:17.are sending electrical signals directly to the brain
:05:18. > :05:23.I love sound and I want to be able to hear more.
:05:24. > :05:32.You'll be surprised at what's caught their ears.
:05:33. > :05:36.You know the car, when you are changing the indicators on?
:05:37. > :05:47.For me, I knit, and when I'm doing the knitting, I can hear
:05:48. > :05:51.the needles clacking together and it's a nice sound.
:05:52. > :06:01.Their new fifth sense can be overwhelming at times and clinicians
:06:02. > :06:04.also have to adjust the volume as Neil and Helen become
:06:05. > :06:08.The new device can be switched off,
:06:09. > :06:16.I can call her now and also learning to put up with
:06:17. > :06:27.That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
:06:28. > :06:30.I'm going to be here with your weekend news tomorrow
:06:31. > :06:32.at 5:20pm and there's more on the BBC News website.
:06:33. > :06:39.Newsnight will be starting shortly on BBC TWO but now Sam
:06:40. > :06:44.And shorts. Not quite flip-flopped whether yet but it has been very
:06:45. > :06:49.mild. Set to stay that way to the weekend. For tonight, dry and
:06:50. > :06:52.cloudy. That cloud as we go through the night breaking here and there
:06:53. > :06:59.are so we could see Mr patch is developing by Don. Not a chilly
:07:00. > :07:03.night. Not dropping low below six Celsius. A dull morning but as the
:07:04. > :07:06.low clouds and missed breaks up we will start to see some bright and
:07:07. > :07:11.sunny spells develop especially to the east of the patch and everywhere
:07:12. > :07:17.we pleasantly warm in light winds. The height of 11 Celsius. Looking
:07:18. > :07:21.ahead to the next few days, Sunday, things started rather damp and grey
:07:22. > :07:25.but as the day wears on, conditions improve. We will see bright and
:07:26. > :07:29.sunny spells and 12 Celsius will be the top temperature. As we head into
:07:30. > :07:31.the new week, Monday warmer still with a top temperature 14 Celsius
:07:32. > :07:36.but it will be cloudy. part of next week, we could see 16
:07:37. > :07:52.Celsius in a few spots. Here is knit with the National output.
:07:53. > :07:53.We have turned things around in the space of a week, with a more