:00:00. > :00:09.They're the ships which will transform the Royal Navy,
:00:10. > :00:12.and they've already boosted Portsmouth's economy.
:00:13. > :00:14.The first of the two new Queen Elizabeth class
:00:15. > :00:18.aircraft carriers is due to arrive in Portsmouth later this year.
:00:19. > :00:21.More than ?100 million of government money has been spent readying
:00:22. > :00:24.Portsmouth's dockyard for her arrival, and today marked
:00:25. > :00:33.They are just putting the finishing touches to the ?100 million project
:00:34. > :00:35.to prepare Portsmouth's naval base for the arrival of
:00:36. > :00:42.A huge jetty has been rebuilt, buildings have been upgraded
:00:43. > :00:45.and shipping channels are being dredged,
:00:46. > :00:50.It is all giving the city and economic boost.
:00:51. > :00:52.The whole of Portsmouth is going to benefit from these carriers.
:00:53. > :00:56.I mean, people are going to want to come from miles around to see it.
:00:57. > :01:00.So I hope everybody benefits from that, you know,
:01:01. > :01:03.and these are an amazing feat of engineering and I think they will
:01:04. > :01:09.These computer-generated images show what the new aircraft carriers
:01:10. > :01:12.will look like when they come into Portsmouth.
:01:13. > :01:15.The decision to base the new ships here means a steady flow of work
:01:16. > :01:21.It is estimated around 2000 people across the region will be involved
:01:22. > :01:30.That extends around the Solent region, the companies around
:01:31. > :01:32.with the various technologies, their supply chains going further
:01:33. > :01:38.and further back, but also, a much larger and much more skilled
:01:39. > :01:41.workforce that is going to be coming into the naval base each day.
:01:42. > :01:44.This really is a significant sea change for Portsmouth.
:01:45. > :01:47.We now know, with the majority of the surface fleet being based
:01:48. > :01:50.here, Portsmouth Naval Base is in a good, strong position.
:01:51. > :01:53.HMS Queen Elizabeth is in the final stages of being fitted out
:01:54. > :01:58.Today, the Navy said that she will arrive
:01:59. > :02:01.here in Portsmouth later in the year.
:02:02. > :02:06.Steve Humphrey, BBC South Today, Portsmouth.
:02:07. > :02:10.A former vicar who abused a choirboy more than 35 years ago has been
:02:11. > :02:12.jailed for four years after his victim gave evidence,
:02:13. > :02:16.using eye-tracking technology which turned his blinks into words.
:02:17. > :02:18.Cyril Rowe, who's 78, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court today
:02:19. > :02:21.after being found guilty of three counts of indecent assault
:02:22. > :02:26.The victim died of motor neurone disease before
:02:27. > :02:31.hearing that his abuser had been found guilty.
:02:32. > :02:33.A care worker from West Sussex who stole from a vulnerable
:02:34. > :02:36.pensioner she was looking after has been given a suspended
:02:37. > :02:40.39-year-old Theresa Stratton from Littlehampton was caught
:02:41. > :02:46.on a CCTV camera stealing money from David Skerritt's wallet.
:02:47. > :02:48.Stratton was sentenced at Chichester Crown Court
:02:49. > :02:51.to 12 months in prison, suspended for 18 months.
:02:52. > :02:56.She will also have to do 260 hours of unpaid work.
:02:57. > :02:59.Three new road upgrades have been announced for our region.
:03:00. > :03:01.They're aimed at tackling some of the worst bottleneck
:03:02. > :03:04.junctions in the South, where tens of thousands of drivers
:03:05. > :03:08.find themselves stuck in long queues day after day.
:03:09. > :03:11.The announcement comes a little more than a week since a scheme
:03:12. > :03:13.to upgrade the A27 at Chichester was suddenly ditched
:03:14. > :03:19.The big winner - or loser, depending on your point of view -
:03:20. > :03:23.is Guildford, with two junctions off the A3 both getting upgrades.
:03:24. > :03:27.They are the northbound off-slip at the University interchange
:03:28. > :03:31.and the southbound off-slip at the Stoke interchange.
:03:32. > :03:35.The schemes will cost a little over ?4 million pounds in total.
:03:36. > :03:37.The schemes will cost a little over ?4 million in total.
:03:38. > :03:40.Both are notorious traffic hotspots getting in and out of the town.
:03:41. > :03:44.This is what people who drove into Guildford today made of it.
:03:45. > :03:46.I think the town centre needs more attention.
:03:47. > :03:49.There is too much traffic going through the town centre.
:03:50. > :03:51.We could do with a bypass, to be honest.
:03:52. > :03:54.I'd appreciate it, but I would like them to work on it quickly,
:03:55. > :03:59.Even my uncle talks about it having been an issue
:04:00. > :04:01.for about the last 20 years, so, yeah, it's long time
:04:02. > :04:03.that something was done, really, so hopefully,
:04:04. > :04:05.we can sort it out, because it's a complete bottleneck
:04:06. > :04:09.So, yeah, I hope they get on with it quickly.
:04:10. > :04:11.The other scheme getting money are improvements to the M27
:04:12. > :04:25.?2.5 million pounds will be spent here.
:04:26. > :04:28.Now, this comes just over a week since a scheme to upgrade the A27
:04:29. > :04:32.So is the 250 million earmarked for that now going to smaller
:04:33. > :04:35.This is what the Secretary of State for Transport,
:04:36. > :04:38.The decision in Chichester was a difficult one.
:04:39. > :04:42.The divisions in the local community about what is the right solution
:04:43. > :04:45.for Chichester are so pronounced that I felt it better not to go
:04:46. > :04:49.We are making improvements at Arundel, and we are not simply
:04:50. > :04:51.diverting the money into today's announcement, we will spend
:04:52. > :04:53.the money thoughtfully and carefully that isn't
:04:54. > :04:58.Well, West Sussex County Council has got together with other interested
:04:59. > :05:03.parties to lobby to get the scheme reinstated.
:05:04. > :05:05.So far, they've written to the Secretary of State
:05:06. > :05:08.to try to get him to reconsider the decision, requested a meeting
:05:09. > :05:13.to talk about the way forward, and are arranging community
:05:14. > :05:17.workshops to build a case to get the scheme back on the agenda.
:05:18. > :05:20.Chris Grayling did sound pretty resolute though,
:05:21. > :05:25.so we'll have to wait to see if that is really a road to nowhere.
:05:26. > :05:27.The road schemes announced today are due to be completed
:05:28. > :05:33.Football, and Brighton took a step nearer to
:05:34. > :05:37.The Seagulls beat Derby County 3-0 at the Amex.
:05:38. > :05:39.The first goal coming from Anthony Knockaert
:05:40. > :05:44.This was followed by a second from Sam Baldock,
:05:45. > :05:48.Brighton remain in second place in the Championship table
:05:49. > :05:50.on goal difference, but are now level
:05:51. > :06:00.Do you remember the Summertime Specials of the 1980s?
:06:01. > :06:04.This was it - it was, of course, a TV variety show featuring song
:06:05. > :06:07.The show moved around various seaside towns and some
:06:08. > :06:12.Today, there was something of an '80s revival as one
:06:13. > :06:15.of those opening sequences was faithfully recreated.
:06:16. > :06:16.It's all part of the 35th anniversary
:06:17. > :06:23.of the Bournemouth Bay Run, and this year's has an '80s theme.
:06:24. > :06:26.That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
:06:27. > :06:28.We're back tomorrow at 5:50pm and there's more
:06:29. > :06:36.Alexis is here with our regional weather forecast.
:06:37. > :06:43.It is going to be quite a mild night tonight, and through the course of
:06:44. > :06:47.the night we will see some mist and fog patches develop, and already
:06:48. > :06:51.there is some dense fog in a few places, particularly over the hill
:06:52. > :06:55.tops and for the coast. Tonight, temperatures dropping to eight or
:06:56. > :06:59.nine, and the mist and fog will be with us first thing tomorrow. It
:07:00. > :07:04.might be stubborn to clear here and there but once it does with the dry
:07:05. > :07:07.air coming from France, we will see the southerly breeze break the cloud
:07:08. > :07:15.up to allow decent amount of sunshine. In the sunny spells, we
:07:16. > :07:18.may see highs of 14 or potentially around 15 or 16 Celsius. Cast your
:07:19. > :07:24.mind back to Thursday, temperatures could be similar and it could be a
:07:25. > :07:28.similar feeling day. The rest of the weekend, tanning and settled on
:07:29. > :07:41.Sunday, a lot of cloud and ad breaks of rain at times. Monday
:07:42. > :07:47.Where the sunshine broke through to the North of Cornwall temperatures
:07:48. > :07:50.rose to 17 degrees under the blue skies. For many of us the cloud
:07:51. > :07:55.didn't break up through the day, keeping temperatures pegged at
:07:56. > :07:59.around about 13 degrees. That was the high today in the London region.
:08:00. > :08:04.Mild over night with the blanket of cloud around. Most places dry. Rain
:08:05. > :08:07.will work into parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland through the
:08:08. > :08:11.early hours of Saturday. It will be mild. Temperatures six to ten
:08:12. > :08:12.degrees. Frost-free to start off your