:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to the programme. Trump. Here on BBC One, it's
:00:09. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to the programme. The top stories... A woman has been
:00:13. > :00:18.arrested after this fire in a high-rise block of flats. A top
:00:19. > :00:25.tourist attraction or in poor taste? The replica Titanic causing waves.
:00:26. > :00:29.And from 24 Celsius yesterday to a cooler 15 Celsius today. I will have
:00:30. > :00:35.the rest of the week byes-mac weather for you shortly. -- I will
:00:36. > :00:36.have the rest of the week byes-mac weather.
:00:37. > :00:39.Police are questioning a woman on suspicion of arson after a fire
:00:40. > :00:41.at a high-rise block of flats in Southampton yesterday evening.
:00:42. > :00:43.The fire at Redbridge Towers completely destroyed
:00:44. > :00:52.No-one was seriously injured and firefighters managed
:00:53. > :00:54.to prevent the blaze spreading to neighbouring flats.
:00:55. > :01:01.Fanned by the wind, the blaze on the 12th floor
:01:02. > :01:03.of Redbridge Towers in Southampton took hold quickly, just before
:01:04. > :01:08.When I came out, there was flames coming out
:01:09. > :01:10.of the windows, paper coming out, glass smashed everywhere.
:01:11. > :01:17.When the windows went out, it went boom.
:01:18. > :01:19.The woman living in the flat where the fire broke out fled
:01:20. > :01:24.50 firefighters were sent from Southampton,
:01:25. > :01:28.A lot of people were panicking, trying to get out of the building
:01:29. > :01:30.while our firefighters will try to get in.
:01:31. > :01:33.They were looking to make an attack both internally,
:01:34. > :01:35.using breathing apparatus, but also making an attack
:01:36. > :01:39.externally, using our aerial ladder platform.
:01:40. > :01:41.Fire crews managed to stop the blaze spreading
:01:42. > :01:44.Other than smoke inhalation, there were no injuries.
:01:45. > :01:46.This morning, a joint investigation team from fire
:01:47. > :01:59.Tonight, a 28-year-old woman from Southampton has been charged
:02:00. > :02:01.with "arson with intent to endanger life".
:02:02. > :02:05.As the fire crews on the ground were acutely aware, it's just days
:02:06. > :02:07.since the seventh anniversary of the blaze at another Southampton
:02:08. > :02:09.tower block, Shirley Towers, which claimed the lives
:02:10. > :02:10.of firefighters Alan Bannon and Jim Shears.
:02:11. > :02:13.With the advent of the tragic incident at Shirley Towers,
:02:14. > :02:15.this was always going to tug at some heartstrings in Southampton.
:02:16. > :02:17.Also with the crews here, certainly the Southampton crews,
:02:18. > :02:19.it really does strike a chord with them.
:02:20. > :02:23.So they are always going to be nervous of an incident like this,
:02:24. > :02:24.but they are well-trained, very, very professional,
:02:25. > :02:41.That was Briony Leyland with that report.
:02:42. > :02:43.Well, our reporter, James Ingham, is with me now.
:02:44. > :02:46.James, thankfully, no-one was hurt yesterday, but the fire does bring
:02:47. > :02:48.back memories of the fatal fire at Shirley Towers?
:02:49. > :02:51.In fact, firefighters from the station that Jim Shears
:02:52. > :02:54.and Alan Bannon worked at were called to this latest fire.
:02:55. > :02:56.Some of those attending yesterday would have been
:02:57. > :02:59.Alan Bannon's sister Lin has today posted on Twitter another call
:03:00. > :03:02.for all tower blocks to be fitted with sprinklers.
:03:03. > :03:04.That was suggested by the coroner at the men's inquests.
:03:05. > :03:10.In Southampton, that will be done in some but not all towers.
:03:11. > :03:12.The City Council is fitting them to three blocks which have layouts
:03:13. > :03:14.like Shirley Towers, where flats extend
:03:15. > :03:17.This complex layout made it harder to bring the Shirley
:03:18. > :03:24.Just over ?1 million was allocated for that work more than two years
:03:25. > :03:28.ago and work was due to have begun in autumn 2015, but we've learnt
:03:29. > :03:30.today that only preparatory has taken place with installation
:03:31. > :03:34.One expert I've spoken to this evening says
:03:35. > :03:39.Our hope would be that eventually, all the blocks would be sprinklered.
:03:40. > :03:42.And I do know that other councils around the country,
:03:43. > :03:44.such as in Tyneside, London, East Sussex,
:03:45. > :03:53.Leeds and areas like that, are retrofitting sprinklers
:03:54. > :03:59.into their high-rise blocks as and when they are able to do so.
:04:00. > :04:05.The council says all its flats are designed to contain
:04:06. > :04:07.a fire within its walls, adding, "It must be stressed that
:04:08. > :04:10.all of the buildings are safe at the moment,
:04:11. > :04:12.and this is about making them even safer."
:04:13. > :04:14.It gets a lot of advice from Hampshire Fire
:04:15. > :04:17.and Rescue Service, which told us, "We will continue to work closely
:04:18. > :04:19.with Southampton City Council on the retrospective changes
:04:20. > :04:21.to its buildings and give our full support to their significant
:04:22. > :04:35.Yesterday's fireball again focus minds on this issue as the council
:04:36. > :04:38.begins its improvement works. -- yesterday's fire will again focus
:04:39. > :04:40.minds. A project to create a full-size
:04:41. > :04:43.replica of the Titanic at a theme park in China has upset relatives
:04:44. > :04:46.of those on board the doomed liner. Its Chinese backer was at a meeting
:04:47. > :04:49.of the British Titanic Society in Southampton this weekend to try
:04:50. > :04:51.and convince them otherwise. But as the ship remains a grave
:04:52. > :04:54.at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, some believe Titanic II
:04:55. > :04:56.is in poor taste. Our transport correspondent
:04:57. > :04:59.Paul Clifton reports. 105 years after it sank
:05:00. > :05:07.during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York,
:05:08. > :05:09.work is well under way. The replica will be complete
:05:10. > :05:14.in two years' time. It will become a static tourist
:05:15. > :05:17.attraction on a river in south-west China,
:05:18. > :05:20.700 miles from the sea. The Chinese have come
:05:21. > :05:23.to the British Titanic Society's TRANSLATION: Yes, Chinese people
:05:24. > :05:31.are very interested in this project and the Titanic,
:05:32. > :05:34.especially in terms I am doing everything
:05:35. > :05:44.in my power to make this thing look like the original,
:05:45. > :05:47.so we are going to hopefully use Jean Legg's father was
:05:48. > :05:56.an 18-year-old steward on board Those sights and sounds stayed
:05:57. > :06:05.with him until the end of his days. I think if he knew this
:06:06. > :06:07.was being replicated, I think he would be turning
:06:08. > :06:09.in his grave. But a former captain of both QE2
:06:10. > :06:12.and Queen Mary 2 approves. What is special to me
:06:13. > :06:15.about the Titanic replica is this will help to perpetuate the memory
:06:16. > :06:23.of those who lost their lives. The Chinese are fascinated
:06:24. > :06:25.with the Titanic story. Eight Chinese passengers
:06:26. > :06:28.travelled in steerage. Their story will now become
:06:29. > :06:35.a tourist attraction It's an illness which is
:06:36. > :06:42.on the increase among students and teenagers,
:06:43. > :06:44.yet medical experts say awareness A vaccine is freely available
:06:45. > :06:47.to all school leavers but last year in the South,
:06:48. > :06:51.fewer than a third took it up. One woman from Hampshire,
:06:52. > :06:53.who was left severely disabled after contracting a rare strain
:06:54. > :06:55.of meningitis, is now urging other Jemma developed meningitis halfway
:06:56. > :07:12.through her law degree. She spent a year in hospital
:07:13. > :07:14.and lost her independence. I was in an induced coma for three
:07:15. > :07:20.weeks while the swelling went down. I was on a ventilator
:07:21. > :07:23.for three and a half months. I pretty much had to learn
:07:24. > :07:25.to do everything again, from moving my limbs,
:07:26. > :07:33.speaking, talking, eating... All of those things you learn when
:07:34. > :07:36.you are little, I had to relearn. In the three years since
:07:37. > :07:39.she was diagnosed, a vaccine has There are five different strains
:07:40. > :07:42.of bacterial meningitis, Meningitis B is the most
:07:43. > :07:47.widely recognised - babies are immunised against it
:07:48. > :07:49.from eight weeks. But meningitis W is the most
:07:50. > :07:55.common among teenagers, In Dorset, Hampshire
:07:56. > :07:58.and the Isle of Wight, cases of meningitis W increased
:07:59. > :08:00.from 22 six years ago The total number of people who died
:08:01. > :08:10.rose from five to at least But fewer than a third of young
:08:11. > :08:14.people leaving school have been immunised,
:08:15. > :08:16.despite the dangers. Parents are really scared
:08:17. > :08:18.of meningitis, they know all about it and bring children
:08:19. > :08:20.to hospital really quickly. But we know that young people,
:08:21. > :08:23.teenagers and college students, They often come to hospital later
:08:24. > :08:27.because they just think they have The best way to not get meningitis
:08:28. > :08:36.is to be vaccinated. People say to me, well,
:08:37. > :08:38.I am fit and healthy, I don't think it is going to happen
:08:39. > :08:42.to me, but I was exactly the same. I was fit and healthy,
:08:43. > :08:45.there was no reason why I got it, I was just the unlucky one that
:08:46. > :08:50.did get it. That's all from the South Today
:08:51. > :08:53.news team this evening. We're back tomorrow with bulletins
:08:54. > :08:55.in BBC Breakfast and there's more Now for our regional
:08:56. > :09:09.weather forecast. Yes, good deal of sunshine this week
:09:10. > :09:12.and dry weather as well. The weather for the week ahead is mainly dry
:09:13. > :09:16.this week, patchy rain at times but it will be quite light. During the
:09:17. > :09:23.rest of the week, temperatures are average. Over the Easter weekend,
:09:24. > :09:26.well, a little dry weather as well. Overnight tonight, under clearing
:09:27. > :09:30.skies, temperatures in the countryside could fall as low as two
:09:31. > :09:35.Mac Celsius. These are values in towns and cities. We could have
:09:36. > :09:39.patchy frost first thing tomorrow. Chilly start, especially in the
:09:40. > :09:43.countryside but lots of sunshine. Very much like today," was up
:09:44. > :09:47.through the day. Particularly the further north and east you are.
:09:48. > :09:52.Elsewhere, sunny conditions, temperatures reaching a high of 13
:09:53. > :09:58.or 14 Celsius, very similar to what today's temperatures were. There
:09:59. > :10:01.will be a breeze tomorrow and it will continue tomorrow night. Patchy
:10:02. > :10:05.cloud arrives in the early hours of Wednesday morning. That is all the
:10:06. > :10:08.change from Wednesday, it will be Claudio during their course of the
:10:09. > :10:13.day. Temperatures overnight at seven or eight. Quite a bit of cloud on
:10:14. > :10:17.Wednesday, brighter spells here and there. It will be quite easy and we
:10:18. > :10:19.could see a mix of mainly white rain with a weather front moving
:10:20. > :10:26.southwards across the region. Temperatures on Wednesday upturn in
:10:27. > :10:30.12 or 13. Thursday, more sunshine, mainly dry, winds are lighter.
:10:31. > :10:33.Thursday is a mirror image to Friday because you will see a lot of dry
:10:34. > :10:40.weather on Friday, brighter spells here and there, temperatures
:10:41. > :10:44.reaching a high of 12-13 C. Later on Friday, mainly after dark, there
:10:45. > :10:49.could be patchy rain. That will push in through Friday evening and
:10:50. > :10:53.overnight into Saturday. Saturday, we could have the odd scattered
:10:54. > :10:58.shower with a lot of dry weather as well. Over the bank holiday weekend,
:10:59. > :10:59.Good Friday, mainly dry, showers on Saturday, dry on Easter Day and
:11:00. > :11:13.Easter Monday. Good evening. Let's cut to the chase
:11:14. > :11:17.the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you
:11:18. > :11:22.consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not
:11:23. > :11:25.looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and
:11:26. > :11:28.closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the
:11:29. > :11:35.north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream,
:11:36. > :11:37.coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west