:00:09. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to South Today. Warnings that computer failures that
:00:17. > :00:21.a fire service are putting lives at risk. It has simply been a matter of
:00:22. > :00:25.chance that lives have not been lost to date. But safety has been
:00:26. > :00:30.compromised. It has taken us longer to meet some incidents because of
:00:31. > :00:34.this system. The old painting with a new story. Find out why Constable
:00:35. > :00:39.added this rainbow in memory of a friend. And Storm Doris is on the
:00:40. > :00:45.way tomorrow which may cause travel disruption.
:00:46. > :00:47.The fire brigades union says lives are being put at risk
:00:48. > :00:49.because of failures with a computer call handling system,
:00:50. > :00:51.used by both Dorset and Wiltshire Fire
:00:52. > :00:57.The system which is provided by Capita, cost ?7.5 million.
:00:58. > :01:03.When that happened, staff were unable to use it for 20
:01:04. > :01:09.One control room operator has told us she ended up using online
:01:10. > :01:18.Dorset and Wiltshire Fire rescue service responded to more
:01:19. > :01:23.than 42,000 calls since the new call handling system, provided by capita,
:01:24. > :01:29.was put in place in the summer of 2015.
:01:30. > :01:32.It's designed to break down borders between the three Fire And
:01:33. > :01:36.Rescue areas it covers, and deploy fire engines from the closest
:01:37. > :01:46.Well, just on Monday we had two very common
:01:47. > :01:50.Kate Scott is a control room operator and
:01:51. > :01:53.local rep for the Fire Brigade's union.
:01:54. > :01:57.The system fails and we are unable to mobilise fire engines.
:01:58. > :02:01.When you are answering 999 calls, you are trying to do the best you
:02:02. > :02:03.possibly can for that person on the end of the phone,
:02:04. > :02:06.and when you are not able to do that as effectively
:02:07. > :02:08.as you would like it is very frustrating and stressful
:02:09. > :02:12.This is a single control room but it covers all of Dorset...
:02:13. > :02:14.The union says the system must be fixed.
:02:15. > :02:17.It has simply been a matter of chance that lives haven't been
:02:18. > :02:23.It has taken us longer to reach some incidents because of this system.
:02:24. > :02:28.We've seen fire appliances mobilised from the wrong Fire Station.
:02:29. > :02:30.The three areas using this system - Dorset and Wiltshire,
:02:31. > :02:35.Devon and Somerset, and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Services
:02:36. > :02:40.Yes, of course we are aware that there have been problems and we
:02:41. > :02:44.are doing everything we possibly can with partners capita and others to
:02:45. > :02:48.There is absolutely no risk of us not responding.
:02:49. > :02:51.So in the event of an emergency that requires Fire and
:02:52. > :02:56.Rescue Service response, dial 999 and we will respond and we will be
:02:57. > :03:00.Capita says its system was introduced after
:03:01. > :03:04.robust testing, and it will continue to work with the fire service
:03:05. > :03:14.The system is meant to save the three fire services
:03:15. > :03:17.nearly ?17 million over the next seven years.
:03:18. > :03:20.Capita says it's actually contributed to an improvement
:03:21. > :03:22.in attendance times, but there's growing pressure
:03:23. > :03:28.Tonight the Fire Brigades Union says it wants the issue to be taken
:03:29. > :03:34.The Wilshire South West MP is writing to Ministers.
:03:35. > :03:37.I think it is urgent because we can't accept this sort of thing
:03:38. > :03:41.which is happening regularly in a system which is safety-critical,
:03:42. > :03:46.whereas we would persist accept it in ordinary computing terms.
:03:47. > :03:50.Clearly this software is special and I am alarmed that,
:03:51. > :03:56.both in the south-west and in London, we appear
:03:57. > :03:59.to have a system that routinely goes down for protracted periods of time
:04:00. > :04:05.A 500lb World War II bomb has been detonated off the coast
:04:06. > :04:11.It was found overnight in Portsmouth Harbour and led
:04:12. > :04:15.to a 500-metre exclusion zone in old Portsmouth until 8am this
:04:16. > :04:18.morning - it meant no cross Channel and Solent ferries,
:04:19. > :04:21.roads were closed and trains cancelled, and people
:04:22. > :04:25.were told to stay indoors for their own safety.
:04:26. > :04:28.Air accident investigators will publish their final safety
:04:29. > :04:30.report into the Shoreham air disaster next week.
:04:31. > :04:34.11 men died when a Hawker Hunter jet failed to pull out of a stunt
:04:35. > :04:41.The plane, piloted by Andrew Hill, who survived the impact,
:04:42. > :04:44.crashed in a fireball on the busy A27, in front
:04:45. > :04:50.There was more disruption for passengers on Southern Railway
:04:51. > :04:54.today as guards in the RMT union went on strike in their long-running
:04:55. > :04:59.The company said it ran three quarters of its trains as normal.
:05:00. > :05:03.Sean Killick has been gauging the impact in Chichester.
:05:04. > :05:06.It's the 29th strike day in this dispute between southern and its
:05:07. > :05:09.guards, but more services were running then other strike days,
:05:10. > :05:13.including ones west of Chichester, to and from Hampshire.
:05:14. > :05:17.I was expecting to get a taxi to Chichester, so I was presently
:05:18. > :05:20.surprised that there were some trains running.
:05:21. > :05:32.Meanwhile, Michael Angus who uses a wheelchair and his brother
:05:33. > :05:35.Brian have raised concerns about Southern's staffing changes.
:05:36. > :05:37.Michael videoed problems he experienced
:05:38. > :05:41.recently boarding a Southern train at Cheam.
:05:42. > :05:45.A member of station staff did appear, put the ramp down
:05:46. > :05:49.She struggled with the doors which were closing on her.
:05:50. > :05:52.And Michael had to three times say, no, that's still not right, before
:05:53. > :05:56.He wasn't put in the disabled bay, so there wasn't access
:05:57. > :06:00.And when he got to Clapham Junction they were
:06:01. > :06:03.Michael often finds a catalogue of errors
:06:04. > :06:08.I'm sure that will happen more often if they are down to one man
:06:09. > :06:15.It said an inexperienced agency staff member was to blame and
:06:16. > :06:18.it has urgently very briefed the whole station team.
:06:19. > :06:20.It added what happened was nothing to do with any
:06:21. > :06:25.However, this incident does highlight confusion
:06:26. > :06:28.about future staffing levels on Southern trains.
:06:29. > :06:30.Many passengers believe there will be only one
:06:31. > :06:32.member of staff, the driver, on-board.
:06:33. > :06:36.But the company says its signing on-board supervisors to
:06:37. > :06:39.every train where previously there was a conductor, and because they
:06:40. > :06:42.will not have to operate the doors it will allow them to provide more
:06:43. > :06:46.This latest strike will end at midnight.
:06:47. > :06:49.Last week, talks between guards and the company
:06:50. > :06:52.broke down and drivers rejected a separate offer.
:06:53. > :06:56.Industry experts say a resolution to this dispute is still a long way
:06:57. > :07:04.The great British artist John Constable is known for his
:07:05. > :07:09.But, for a meteorologist who's studied his paintings,
:07:10. > :07:11.there was always something puzzling about the rainbow in
:07:12. > :07:15.Constable's famous work Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows.
:07:16. > :07:18.It didn't fit with the light and clouds.
:07:19. > :07:20.Now that meteorologist, John Thornes, has come up
:07:21. > :07:23.with a theory which sheds new light on it - believing the rainbow may
:07:24. > :07:27.have been added later as a tribute to Constable's greatest friend.
:07:28. > :07:37.Jo Kent reports on what happened when science met art.
:07:38. > :07:41.It's considered one of the greatest masterpieces of British art.
:07:42. > :07:44.Now, almost 200 years since its creation, it's opening
:07:45. > :07:49.It's long been suspected its famous rainbow may have
:07:50. > :07:54.We know it was first exhibited in 1831,
:07:55. > :07:56.but in the descriptions of it
:07:57. > :07:59.at the time there is no reference to there being a rainbow
:08:00. > :08:03.surprising considering when we look at this painting today,
:08:04. > :08:05.it's the one thing that immediately comes to mind.
:08:06. > :08:08.Absolutely - it's probably the most striking feature, isn't it?
:08:09. > :08:11.Yes, but I think it just adds that extra layer of personal
:08:12. > :08:17.The lighting and cloud formations didn't correspond to the rainbow.
:08:18. > :08:20.Now, thanks to research by a meteorologist,
:08:21. > :08:27.We've actually been able to date this rainbow to the actual day
:08:28. > :08:31.that his best friend, John Fisher, died.
:08:32. > :08:33.Not only is the rainbow equivalent to
:08:34. > :08:37.that day, but also the end of the rainbow falls
:08:38. > :08:44.The rainbow is such a symbol of hope, it's a universally
:08:45. > :08:48.understood symbol and I think it was something very beautiful
:08:49. > :08:53.It can't be far from this spot that Constable first sat
:08:54. > :08:57.to make his first sketches for Salisbury Cathedral From The Meadows
:08:58. > :09:00.and that's something it is suggested he may well have done
:09:01. > :09:05.in the company of his great friend, Archdeacon John Fisher.
:09:06. > :09:09.In the bottom right of the sketch, a man is shown walking his dog.
:09:10. > :09:12.There's speculation this is John Fisher, who Constable came
:09:13. > :09:16.It was a painting that came about as a result of encouragement
:09:17. > :09:19.from his friend in the first place, which we have documented
:09:20. > :09:22.So it kind of completes the circle, doesn't it?
:09:23. > :09:25.It started with the idea of John Fisher and in
:09:26. > :09:27.a sense it comes back to John Fisher, with
:09:28. > :09:40.That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
:09:41. > :09:43.We're back tomorrow with bulletins in BBC Breakfast and there's more
:09:44. > :09:46.Now Alexis Green is here with our forecast,
:09:47. > :09:58.Is yes. But before then we will have a lot of cloud overnight and some
:09:59. > :10:03.outbreaks of rain. The winds will continue to strengthen from the West
:10:04. > :10:05.and temperatures will fall away between nine and 10 Celsius.
:10:06. > :10:11.Tomorrow morning we will have heavy rain. That will clear up just after
:10:12. > :10:16.rush-hour, but the strong winds tomorrow will be mainly through the
:10:17. > :10:19.central part of the country. Affecting northern parts of
:10:20. > :10:22.Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Elsewhere we have a yellow wind
:10:23. > :10:30.warning in force. The amber warning is in force here and we could see
:10:31. > :10:36.gusts of 60 to 70 mph. Elsewhere gusts of 50 to 60 mph. We are
:10:37. > :10:39.expecting strengthening winds with the rain through tomorrow afternoon.
:10:40. > :10:44.Showers will follow the rain and sunny spells as well. In particular
:10:45. > :10:49.among the south. Highs tomorrow of ten to 11 Celsius. Tomorrow evening
:10:50. > :10:53.winds will die down completely with high pressure building from the
:10:54. > :10:57.West. Friday should be mainly dry and settled with the odd isolated
:10:58. > :11:02.shower. There is an amber warning in force the northern parts of
:11:03. > :11:03.Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The wind gusts could be up