:00:07. > :00:09.I'm Tom Hepworth, you're watching South Today,
:00:10. > :00:17.to the victims of the Westminster terror attack.
:00:18. > :00:20.A whole lot of work, the councils struggling to patch up
:00:21. > :00:22.and catch up with a backlog of potholes, want to know
:00:23. > :00:37.A chill on the breeze over the next couple of days but a promising
:00:38. > :00:42.weekend. Your full forecast coming up shortly.
:00:43. > :00:44.Flags have been flying at half mast today, in tribute
:00:45. > :00:47.to the victims of yesterday's attack at Westminster.
:00:48. > :00:49.Searches have been carried out in Brighton and the region's police
:00:50. > :00:54.forces are reviewing security arrangements.
:00:55. > :00:56.The Prime Minister has praised the efforts of Bournemouth East MP
:00:57. > :00:59.Tobias Ellwood for his actions in trying to save the life
:01:00. > :01:08.Across the South, tributes have been paid to those who died
:01:09. > :01:10.or were injured in yesterday's attack, with flags at half-mast
:01:11. > :01:14.at civic buildings, including here at the Guildhall in Portsmouth.
:01:15. > :01:16.Police forces have paid their respects to PC Keith Palmer
:01:17. > :01:26.This was the minute's silence at Surrey police
:01:27. > :01:28.Officers at Sussex police headquarters also stood
:01:29. > :01:33.And there has been praise for those who tried to help at the scene,
:01:34. > :01:38.including Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood.
:01:39. > :01:40.The Prime Minister in the Commons reflecting on the fact that
:01:41. > :01:43.Mr Ellwood's brother Jonathan was killed during a terrorist
:01:44. > :01:46.Not only did he show huge professionalism in putting his past
:01:47. > :01:53.training to the use and the hope that he had of rescuing the life
:01:54. > :01:57.of PC Keith Palmer, but of course, it was in the middle of a terrorist
:01:58. > :02:01.attack, and our right honourable friend is somebody who knows
:02:02. > :02:07.the trauma and tragedy of losing somebody in a terrorist attack.
:02:08. > :02:10.Tobias Ellwood had tried to save the life of PC Keith Palmer.
:02:11. > :02:13.He gave him CPR and tried to stem the flow of blood from his wounds.
:02:14. > :02:16.Tony Davies, a former soldier and now a boxing coach,
:02:17. > :02:27.I was shouting, weak pulse, he's got a weak pulse!
:02:28. > :02:43.Meanwhile, officers investigating the attack have
:02:44. > :02:47.carried out searches or arrests at locations, including ones
:02:48. > :02:50.And forces across the South say they are reviewing security
:02:51. > :02:51.arrangements in light of this attack.
:02:52. > :02:54.The condition of the region's roads is getting worse.
:02:55. > :02:56.If your car has been damaged going over a giant
:02:57. > :02:58.pothole this winter, perhaps to you that's
:02:59. > :03:03.But new figures came out today which detail just how many
:03:04. > :03:08.Earlier I asked our transport correspondent
:03:09. > :03:22.We're on one of the main roads into Southampton.
:03:23. > :03:25.Right in the path of students cycling from the university.
:03:26. > :03:28.At the end of winter here it can feel like driving
:03:29. > :03:34.Claims against councils for damage are at record levels.
:03:35. > :03:36.The weather has done its worst but the Councils
:03:37. > :03:44.Well, today we've learned how far behind they are falling.
:03:45. > :03:49.The Department for Transport published a list for the percentage
:03:50. > :03:51.of roads where maintenance should be considered, for each
:03:52. > :03:59.Twenty percent of local roads, one in five, needs repair.
:04:00. > :04:03.Ten years ago, the figure was much lower: 13 percent.
:04:04. > :04:06.Now this might come as a surprise to people who live here,
:04:07. > :04:10.but Wiltshire is the opposite end of the spectrum.
:04:11. > :04:14.Just one in six of their roads are listed as needing repair.
:04:15. > :04:17.In between comes Surrey, West Sussex, and Dorset.
:04:18. > :04:22.Paul, what sort of roads are we talking about here?
:04:23. > :04:25.We're talking about roads maintained by local councils, Tom,
:04:26. > :04:29.not the national routes run by the Highways Agency.
:04:30. > :04:32.So urban streets, country lanes, the local roads that
:04:33. > :04:39.As council budgets get squeezed, and funding from central government
:04:40. > :04:41.falls, the road maintenance industry has been warning for years
:04:42. > :04:53.Next week an industry survey will again show the backlog runs
:04:54. > :04:55.to ?12 billion, with thousands of miles likely
:04:56. > :05:04.Councils say the gap between the money they need,
:05:05. > :05:07.and the cost of keeping roads up to a reasonable standard,
:05:08. > :05:18.Two men managed to break into Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower
:05:19. > :05:20.and parachute from the top of the one hundred
:05:21. > :05:25.The activity is known as Base jumping and the police say
:05:26. > :05:26.the pair put themselves in considerable danger.
:05:27. > :05:28.Anjana Gadgil is live in Portsmouth tonight,
:05:29. > :05:41.On the 9th of March at 9.15 - two men forced their way
:05:42. > :05:44.into the Spinnaker Tower behind me and base jumped off it it -
:05:45. > :05:47.that means they jumped off and used either a parachute or a wingsuit
:05:48. > :05:49.to slow themselves down as they reached the ground.
:05:50. > :05:51.Hampshire Police are trying to trace the two -
:05:52. > :05:54.you can see CCTV images here as they climbed the 570
:05:55. > :06:01.The tower is 170 metres tall - with the viewing deck at 110 metres.
:06:02. > :06:03.The police say the men put themselves in significant danger
:06:04. > :06:06.and would like to speak to anyone who recognises them.
:06:07. > :06:08.Base jumping is an extreme sport and has grown
:06:09. > :06:10.hugely in popularity - here you can see
:06:11. > :06:16.the world's tallest building - the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2014.
:06:17. > :06:18.And there has been an incident here before -
:06:19. > :06:23.back in 2005 just before the tower was opened.
:06:24. > :06:25.It's clearly highly dangerous but it isn't illegal -
:06:26. > :06:28.but causing damage to gain access to a property is and that's
:06:29. > :06:37.The funeral has taken place of a man from Chichester who died fighting
:06:38. > :06:41.Ryan Lock died in December during a gunfight.
:06:42. > :06:44.He'd travelled to the country last year to fight the so-called
:06:45. > :06:52.It's thought he may have taken his own life to avoid being captured.
:06:53. > :06:59.Friends and family gathered yesterday for a private service.
:07:00. > :07:01.A government minister has been asked to decide if nine local councils
:07:02. > :07:10.It would save millions of pounds, but would getting rid
:07:11. > :07:11.of local councillors make decisions less, well...
:07:12. > :07:14.Our Political Editor Peter Henley reports.
:07:15. > :07:16.Olive bottling in deepest Dorset. Olives Et Al have their production
:07:17. > :07:21.Buying the best olives from around the world
:07:22. > :07:24.and exporting globally, too, but they rely on local councils
:07:25. > :07:32.Getting a decision can take too long, they say, and as a result,
:07:33. > :07:36.the county's businesses aren't prospering as they should be.
:07:37. > :07:39.It's trying to find the right mouth, the right person to speak to.
:07:40. > :07:42.And inevitably, when you have spoken to one, you have to speak
:07:43. > :07:46.And I think this whole idea about trying to streamline the local
:07:47. > :07:50.authorities into just two will simplify that beyond belief.
:07:51. > :07:52.From Sturminster Newton to the world, the olives bottled
:07:53. > :07:56.here travel down in Dorset's superhighway, the A35.
:07:57. > :07:59.And according to the leader of Dorset Council, reducing nine
:08:00. > :08:02.councils to two will really help keep the wheels of the
:08:03. > :08:10.Surveys have shown that in general, people quite like decisions
:08:11. > :08:15.That's what we're seeing with Brexit.
:08:16. > :08:18.But in a modern, increasingly complicated world, it's
:08:19. > :08:20.one way of saving money and providing simplicity.
:08:21. > :08:26.Three councils are against the merger and the Christchurch MP
:08:27. > :08:29.Christopher Chope has been urging the Secretary of State not
:08:30. > :08:36.Can we have an early debate on how to prevent ineffective and wasteful
:08:37. > :08:39.councils seeking to seize by compulsion the assets and powers
:08:40. > :08:42.of their financially sound neighbours.
:08:43. > :08:45.He's talking about this man, the council leader in Bournemouth.
:08:46. > :08:48.The criticism is that overturning years of history to form one
:08:49. > :08:51.new super council in the urban east of Dorset will lead
:08:52. > :09:00.I think with the right councillors doing the job that they are elected
:09:01. > :09:02.to do and being accountable to local residents, it's the local residents
:09:03. > :09:09.The mayors' portraits tell the story of changing local
:09:10. > :09:13.We'll find out soon whether the government wants that
:09:14. > :09:19.Peter Henley, BBC South today, Bournemouth.
:09:20. > :09:22.Football and Portsmouth's Chief Executive has said fans should be
:09:23. > :09:24.cautiously optimistic after it was confirmed Pompey
:09:25. > :09:27.were entering formal talks to sell the club to the former Disney boss
:09:28. > :09:33.Tonight, we can reveal that the US investment firm Inner Circle sports
:09:34. > :09:36.are advising him on the deal, they've previously acted on sales
:09:37. > :09:40.of other English clubs including Liverpool.
:09:41. > :09:42.That's the latest thanks for being there.
:09:43. > :09:44.We'll be back with bulletins in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning
:09:45. > :09:49.but now Sarah Farmer's here with your weather forecast.
:09:50. > :09:57.We have quite a breezy night ahead of us. Much of a region stays dry
:09:58. > :10:02.overnight with quite a lot of cloud overhead, but there is an exception,
:10:03. > :10:07.coastal areas seeing outbreaks of rain. Blustery conditions, gales
:10:08. > :10:13.along the coast. This easterly breeze will cross the region, taking
:10:14. > :10:18.the chill off some no frost tomorrow morning but still a chilly start.
:10:19. > :10:26.Cloud around first time and some dampness but gradually brightness
:10:27. > :10:29.developing, one to sunny spells possible in the afternoon.
:10:30. > :10:35.Temperatures will peak 11 or 12 degrees but with the easterly wind,
:10:36. > :10:41.this will take the edge off the temperatures. For the weekend, a
:10:42. > :10:49.settled team, high pressure in charge. On Saturday, it will remain
:10:50. > :10:54.fine and the winds will ease down. A pleasant day for Saturday. Let's
:10:55. > :10:57.look at the summary, cloudy skies but brightness at times tomorrow.
:10:58. > :11:01.Saturday will be the brighter weather continue into the second
:11:02. > :11:02.part of the weekend. 1415 degrees. Still quite breezy. Here's Thomas
:11:03. > :11:05.with the national picture.