:00:00. > 3:59:59And we will ask why so many more people over the age of 65 are
:00:00. > :00:09.And you're watching Saturday. Coming getting married these
:00:10. > :00:13.And you're watching Saturday. Coming up, light at the end of the tunnel
:00:14. > :00:17.for southern commuters. The drivers union and management hammer out a
:00:18. > :00:22.fresh deal. And carry on cruising, more people are taking a cruise than
:00:23. > :00:23.the average age is coming down. Can the meeting capitalise further on a
:00:24. > :00:29.booming industry? Hampshire Police have questioned
:00:30. > :00:33.a 64-year-old man from Southampton as part of an investigation
:00:34. > :00:37.into historical abuse in football. The man who cannot be
:00:38. > :00:39.named for legal reasons has been interviewed
:00:40. > :00:43.by officers under caution. Our reporter Anjana Gadgil
:00:44. > :00:46.has more details. Hampshire Police confirmed
:00:47. > :00:48.it was investigating historical abuse in football
:00:49. > :00:52.in November last year. Now the force says it has questioned
:00:53. > :00:56.a 64-year-old man from Southampton. The man, who attended voluntarily
:00:57. > :00:59.for questioning earlier this week, has been interviewed under caution
:01:00. > :01:03.in a police custody suite. In a statement today the force said
:01:04. > :01:07.this was part of a significant and complex investigation
:01:08. > :01:10.being undertaken by specialist officers from Hampshire's
:01:11. > :01:13.major crime team. Since last year, forces
:01:14. > :01:16.across the country have launched investigations into historical abuse
:01:17. > :01:22.in football and hundreds of alleged Hampshire Police says
:01:23. > :01:27.it is still encouraging victims of any abuse to contact the force
:01:28. > :01:34.or the NSPCC. A new deal to end a dispute by train
:01:35. > :01:37.drivers has been agreed between Southern Railway
:01:38. > :01:40.and the Aslef union. Six days of strike action
:01:41. > :01:43.in recent months have How hopeful should
:01:44. > :01:48.the most beleagured passengers We're basically back
:01:49. > :01:53.to where we were a month ago. Remember then, on that occasion,
:01:54. > :01:55.Southern Rail's parent company Govia Thameslink Railway reached
:01:56. > :01:59.an agreement with the union over the issue making drivers responsible
:02:00. > :02:02.for safety on trains and changing the role of guards, only to see
:02:03. > :02:06.drivers unexpectedly reject a deal brokered
:02:07. > :02:09.by their own union. The margin wasn't large,
:02:10. > :02:13.55% against, and the two sides have been talking ever since to find
:02:14. > :02:16.a way of bringing a majority GTR director Andy Bindon said
:02:17. > :02:22.he was pleased with the deal and hoped it would end,
:02:23. > :02:26.in a statement adding, "It's been an extraordinarily
:02:27. > :02:30.difficult period for passengers, staff and the regional economy
:02:31. > :02:33.and we are glad we've found a way What details have emerged
:02:34. > :02:39.about the revised agreement? But it's likely to include further
:02:40. > :02:45.improvements to CCTV monitoring systems drivers use when closing
:02:46. > :02:48.the train doors. The dispute is over GTR's decision
:02:49. > :02:51.to turn guards into on-board supervisors and give responsibility
:02:52. > :02:55.for opening and closing Some of Southern's
:02:56. > :03:10.300,000 passengers gave I don't know if I believe it. They
:03:11. > :03:15.have said so many times they are doing this and that and they don't
:03:16. > :03:23.keep their promises. We are all fed up. I think all parties should sort
:03:24. > :03:28.it out, months ago. I'm not feeling hopeful but fingers crossed, I hope
:03:29. > :03:29.that people like me who have been waiting, I cannot get a hold my
:03:30. > :03:32.breath. What is the timescale
:03:33. > :03:33.for next developments? Members will be balloted
:03:34. > :03:35.on the proposals. The result of the vote will be
:03:36. > :03:38.announced on three April. Passengers will be crossing
:03:39. > :03:40.their fingers that this time the deal will be strong
:03:41. > :03:42.enough to stick. Worth adding, the separate
:03:43. > :03:45.year-long strike by guards Some encouraging news
:03:46. > :03:55.for the port of Southampton. The number of people taking cruise
:03:56. > :03:58.holidays is up again, Almost half the two-million British
:03:59. > :04:04.people who now cruise choose Our transport correspondent
:04:05. > :04:08.Paul Clifton reports Our love affair with
:04:09. > :04:15.cruise ships is thriving. The British cruise industry has
:04:16. > :04:21.grown by 50% in ten years. The last new ships were P's
:04:22. > :04:27.flagship Britannia, named by the Queen, and the latest
:04:28. > :04:29.offering from Royal Caribbean, which brings one of the world's
:04:30. > :04:34.biggest ships for the summer season. But the number of people who choose
:04:35. > :04:37.to start their holidays from a British port,
:04:38. > :04:40.usually Southampton, is rising three times faster
:04:41. > :04:44.than the number who fly off Almost two million British
:04:45. > :04:48.holiday-makers And the average age
:04:49. > :04:52.is getting a little younger - Royal Caribbean in particular has
:04:53. > :05:11.spent billions on ships that Southampton-based P Cruises
:05:12. > :05:18.has done much the same. And we are taking more
:05:19. > :05:20.foreign holidays as Partly cruising is about paying
:05:21. > :05:28.in Stirling, no need to worry about Partly it is about
:05:29. > :05:33.avoiding increasingly And partly it is about
:05:34. > :05:38.value for money. I think we are seeing
:05:39. > :05:41.some holidays decisions made around the Valley of the lb,
:05:42. > :05:47.and we are seeing people who might travel to Europe may be trading down
:05:48. > :05:55.in the length of time they would go for, so they will still
:05:56. > :05:57.spend the same amount I think what cruises
:05:58. > :06:00.allow people to do is budget ahead, they know
:06:01. > :06:02.what they're going to pay
:06:03. > :06:03.for the holiday, items they might want,
:06:04. > :06:07.their insurance, drinks, so they can A cruise costs typically
:06:08. > :06:11.?70 to ?90 a day, that is about the same
:06:12. > :06:12.as a But you get meals and
:06:13. > :06:20.entertainment included. Southampton has two thirds
:06:21. > :06:23.of the cruise market. Each time a large ship
:06:24. > :06:26.docks it pumps ?2 million into the regional economy,
:06:27. > :06:29.firms supplying food and drink, taxis, coaches
:06:30. > :06:32.and hotels all benefit. Earlier I asked professor
:06:33. > :06:35.John Fletcher from Bournemouth University, how the south
:06:36. > :06:38.could further capitalise on an industry that's predicted
:06:39. > :06:42.to grow by nearly a third over To some extent it is linking
:06:43. > :06:48.the destinations along the south coast around Southampton
:06:49. > :06:52.so that they are more visible when people
:06:53. > :06:55.are arriving, either to go on their cruise ship, when they return from
:06:56. > :06:59.their cruise, so if they want to stay and go and explore other areas
:07:00. > :07:03.around the southern region. With the low-level of
:07:04. > :07:06.the pound as it is at the moment, are we starting to see
:07:07. > :07:10.people from abroad flying over to Yes, there is an element of
:07:11. > :07:15.that. We should be capitalising on that
:07:16. > :07:19.while we can because a lot of the things that fuel the cruise
:07:20. > :07:26.ships including fuel will suffer inflation pressures precisely
:07:27. > :07:30.because of the fall in the pound, so you would expect prices
:07:31. > :07:33.to go back up again, so there will be a window
:07:34. > :07:36.of opportunity where prices are Should Southampton be
:07:37. > :07:42.worried about Liverpool? One of the attractions
:07:43. > :07:46.of Southampton would be the add-on when people come over
:07:47. > :07:49.to do their shopping in London, particularly visitors from
:07:50. > :07:51.the Middle East, they can do their shopping and they may come down
:07:52. > :07:54.to Southampton to go But they should be worried
:07:55. > :08:03.in terms of the competition of the smoothness, the quality
:08:04. > :08:08.of the experience of cruise ship passengers, because we are all
:08:09. > :08:11.after the same market. Where do you see the future
:08:12. > :08:14.of the cruise industry going? They are trying to capitalise
:08:15. > :08:18.and capture some of that ?1 trillion spending from the millennials around
:08:19. > :08:23.there, so you see cruise ships now with neighbourhoods,
:08:24. > :08:27.sporting activities, they become the This is really interesting
:08:28. > :08:31.for the south, because if they can attract
:08:32. > :08:33.the younger audience, these are precisely the sort of people
:08:34. > :08:37.who will explore farther around the south coast and come out
:08:38. > :08:40.to Bournemouth, New Forest, or over towards Portsmouth, so by attracting
:08:41. > :08:45.younger people they are likely Reading's carnival
:08:46. > :08:55.will return this year. The event attracts more than 10,000
:08:56. > :08:58.people but hasn't taken place for three years
:08:59. > :09:00.because of a lack of Now a new team has been
:09:01. > :09:05.awarded financial support from the National Lottery
:09:06. > :09:11.to bring it back in May. There's a lot of history stored
:09:12. > :09:14.in Reading and there's a lot of passion and feeling that's
:09:15. > :09:16.attached to Carnival. It's something that belongs
:09:17. > :09:18.to our communities that we're inviting everybody
:09:19. > :09:20.into and opening out. So we're really proud
:09:21. > :09:22.to be hosting it. And we're really
:09:23. > :09:26.looking forward to it. That's how its looking tonight,
:09:27. > :09:28.thanks for being there. We'll be back with bulletins
:09:29. > :09:30.tomorrow in bbc breakfast. But first here's Alexis
:09:31. > :09:48.with your weather forecast. we are very foggy out there, in many
:09:49. > :09:53.places. The blog is moving inland along the coast and it is quite
:09:54. > :09:58.thick. A lot of mist and fog overnight, a lot of clout as well.
:09:59. > :10:02.Clear skies initially for many places particularly not Berkshire
:10:03. > :10:05.will have clear skies do much of the night, then the clout and fog will
:10:06. > :10:11.increase and temperatures will fall away to around seven or eight
:10:12. > :10:15.Celsius, so quite a mild night. A grey day tomorrow, contrast to the
:10:16. > :10:19.sunny conditions of the day. One to brighter spells also to the
:10:20. > :10:23.afternoon the chance of light rain. A lot of dry weather as well,
:10:24. > :10:30.temperatures were reached a high of ten or 11 Celsius. Tomorrow evening
:10:31. > :10:34.and overnight, a cold front moves to Andy at the hide it will be a lot
:10:35. > :10:39.fresher, we gusty the wind increases because of Friday. Bright and sunny
:10:40. > :10:43.start on Friday, but downhill quickly with strengthening westerly
:10:44. > :10:47.wind and outbreaks of rain arriving through Friday afternoon. There was
:10:48. > :10:52.stay with us to enter Saturday. To do the weekend it turned on saddle,
:10:53. > :10:58.after a spell of dry weather over the last few weeks. Tomorrow we will
:10:59. > :11:00.have a lot of clout, one or two brighter spells and highs of 11
:11:01. > :11:05.Celsius, rain arriving later on been. The outlook, rain around, if
:11:06. > :11:07.it stays dry I will be surprised. Here is Nick with the national
:11:08. > :11:23.headlines. For large parts of Wales and England
:11:24. > :11:28.there was blue sky and warmth. Warmest day of the year, a clumsy
:11:29. > :11:30.way of saying the UK had