:00:00. > :00:10.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening. I'm Edward Sault.
:00:14. > :00:15.A new bioscience centre, helping lead the global fight
:00:16. > :00:17.against highly infectious animal viral diseases, has
:00:18. > :00:28.Surrey's National Vaccinology Centre cost ?24million.
:00:29. > :00:31.It's part of the Pirbright Institute and it's home to 100
:00:32. > :00:33.scientists working on vaccines against outbreaks like foot
:00:34. > :00:39.Recent breakthroughs include genetically modifying mosquitoes,
:00:40. > :00:41.which should help combat zika and other devastating viruses.
:00:42. > :00:49.A new centre in the global fight against highly infectious animal
:00:50. > :00:51.diseases officially opened by the Princess Royal,
:00:52. > :00:54.who joined some of the hundred scientists working here.
:00:55. > :00:59.I'm grateful to see such an investment in this aspect
:01:00. > :01:02.of science and I really wish you well with that.
:01:03. > :01:06.As I say, thank you very much for allowing me to join you,
:01:07. > :01:09.but this is a very important addition to the scope that you have
:01:10. > :01:16.The recent breakthroughs include developing a new generation
:01:17. > :01:19.of genetically-modified vaccines against viruses such as avian flu,
:01:20. > :01:23.however GM techniques have raised ecologically and ethical concerns.
:01:24. > :01:26.Famously, the Prince of Wales warned that GM crops could cause
:01:27. > :01:36.But the head of the Institute here defended their work, not least
:01:37. > :01:41.We have limited options of controlling mosquitoes.
:01:42. > :01:44.We don't want to use large quantities of chemicals to control
:01:45. > :01:49.them, and they spread important diseases so that
:01:50. > :01:51.them, and they spread important diseases to
:01:52. > :01:55.And so, the idea of introducing modifications
:01:56. > :02:08.This can be a very precisely controlled process to bring in
:02:09. > :02:10.control procedures where we don't have any other options.
:02:11. > :02:13.The Zika virus, a mosquito-spread infection linked to thousands
:02:14. > :02:14.of babies being born with underdeveloped brains,
:02:15. > :02:17.is one of the diseases targeted at the institution.
:02:18. > :02:18.Working on genetically modified mosquitoes,
:02:19. > :02:21.one of the elite scientists told me that critics of GM help to ensure
:02:22. > :02:23.thorough scrutiny and admitted there is no guarantee
:02:24. > :02:27.Not acting has risks as well as acting for any of these
:02:28. > :02:39.choices and not acting means 390 million cases a year of dengue,
:02:40. > :02:44.half a million people a year dying of malaria and so on.
:02:45. > :02:54.So we don't live in a risk-free world.
:02:55. > :02:56.The institute has played a major role in controlling the foot
:02:57. > :02:59.and mouth outbreak in 2001 and it is home to the world
:03:00. > :03:00.reference laboratory for the disease.
:03:01. > :03:03.The new building is part of the ?350 million development
:03:04. > :03:06.at the site which also houses scientists from the now closed
:03:07. > :03:09.This building is a fantastic place to develop techniques.
:03:10. > :03:11.More importantly, we are consolidating on site.
:03:12. > :03:14.We have access to better talent and better scientists
:03:15. > :03:18.We're already excited about the prospects.
:03:19. > :03:20.The building cost ?24 million to construct and it has a host
:03:21. > :03:22.of leading environmental design features and is now
:03:23. > :03:27.A railway worker narrowly avoided being hit by a South West train
:03:28. > :03:31.The report from the Rail Accident investigation branch says the man,
:03:32. > :03:34.who's not been named, had become distracted while working
:03:35. > :03:36.on a rail defect near Shawford in Hampshire last June.
:03:37. > :03:38.The report claims the man was probably fatigued due
:03:39. > :03:42.to sleeping in his car to avoid long journeys to and from home each day.
:03:43. > :03:45.House prices in three of the south's towns and cities registered some
:03:46. > :03:53.of the biggest rises in the country last year.
:03:54. > :04:01.Portsmouth house prices rose by 8%, second only to Manchester.
:04:02. > :04:06.Bournemouth and Southampton were both in the top 10%
:04:07. > :04:19.Bournemouth and Southampton were both in the top 10
:04:20. > :04:23.The figures come from Hometrack which monitors prices in the twenty
:04:24. > :04:27.The famous Overlord Embroidery at Portsmouth's D-Day museum has
:04:28. > :04:29.after more than thirty years on display.
:04:30. > :04:32.The two-hundred and seventy two foot long work commemorates
:04:33. > :04:35.It's being removed while the museum undergoes major renovation work.
:04:36. > :04:37.More than ?500,000 has been raised to extend
:04:38. > :04:39.the children's intensive care unit at Southampton general hospital.
:04:40. > :04:42.The centre has seen an increase in babies needing critical care.
:04:43. > :04:45.Four-month-old Gabriel has had heart complications ever since he was born
:04:46. > :04:47.and has been in and out of intensive care.
:04:48. > :04:50.He was born with a heart condition, part of which is
:04:51. > :04:53.This service is essential because his recovery from these
:04:54. > :04:58.It's not the path that children normally take in recovery.
:04:59. > :05:00.The expertise they have here and the experience has been
:05:01. > :05:04.Similarly, Zaya who's just two days old has been brought
:05:05. > :05:11.She's had a procedure to put a small hole in the side of her heart
:05:12. > :05:19.That all went well, and then from there she was sent
:05:20. > :05:25.The centre has been extended thanks to thousands of people raising
:05:26. > :05:32.money, including doctors, nurses and parents.
:05:33. > :05:35.The money was spent gutting this area and bringing it up to demand
:05:36. > :05:39.in clinical standard, and also most of the equipment
:05:40. > :05:42.you can see here, in fact, all the equipment you can see
:05:43. > :05:45.here, was purchased in this build, and it's all state-of-art equipment.
:05:46. > :05:47.Well, the demand for the spaces has increased.
:05:48. > :05:49.The children are coming from all over the south coast
:05:50. > :05:53.all the way up to Milton Keynes and we want to try to help.
:05:54. > :05:55.We want the opportunity to give the best care for the children
:05:56. > :06:03.It is hoped that the extra beds and equipment will mean that
:06:04. > :06:06.more children like Gabriel and Zaya can be treated here in Southampton.
:06:07. > :06:13.Sophia Seth, BBC South Today, Southampton General Hosptial.
:06:14. > :06:15.Now, it can't have escaped your attention that
:06:16. > :06:19.And hundreds of you from right around the south have been
:06:20. > :06:21.doing your bit to raise thousands for good causes.
:06:22. > :06:23.This Family Support network in the region got ?116,000
:06:24. > :06:26.Many of the carers here are pensioners looking
:06:27. > :06:32.after their grown-up children with learning disabilities.
:06:33. > :06:53.In those days continues on BBC after the news. -- Red Nose Day.
:06:54. > :07:05.And Now You Weather. Low Temperatures In The Towns And Cities
:07:06. > :07:11.we could see a touch of frost, pockets of fog first thing tomorrow
:07:12. > :07:19.morning. However, this will lift quite readily. Temperatures in the
:07:20. > :07:23.sunshine feeling pleasant up to 14-15 C. You will need to be
:07:24. > :07:25.sheltered from the window. They still north easterly flow taking the
:07:26. > :07:37.edge off the coast. A fine and weather outlook for the whole of the
:07:38. > :07:48.Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We
:07:49. > :07:55.have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly
:07:56. > :07:56.arrived. Beautiful picture today. The skies are clearing across the