:00:00. > :00:12.They do leave being attacked and not for the news where you are.
:00:13. > :00:18.They do leave being attacked and not overwork. Prison officers at stake
:00:19. > :00:21.out about their views are working out jails.
:00:22. > :00:27.After being abandoned as a baby, how After being abandoned as a baby, how
:00:28. > :00:31.Tjili is now taking the art world by storm.
:00:32. > :00:36.Prison officers in Dorset say they feel like they risk
:00:37. > :00:38.being attacked every day they go to work.
:00:39. > :00:43.Two officers from Portland Prison have spoken out to BBC South saying
:00:44. > :00:44.conditions are deteriorating because of overcrowding, staff
:00:45. > :00:54.The Government says it's reforming prisons to make them safer.
:00:55. > :00:57.But today a European watchdog warned violence in UK prisons
:00:58. > :00:59.is spiralling out of control and incidents are
:01:00. > :01:06.In the south, the Ministry of Justice says prisons
:01:07. > :01:08.are crowded with more inmates than they were designed to hold.
:01:09. > :01:10.Laurence Herdman has been investigating the pressures
:01:11. > :01:17.I've been in the service for 24 years and I've never
:01:18. > :01:26.The issues to having to deal with on a daily basis are not
:01:27. > :01:29.what you'd expect of a normal job where you'd expect to go home safely
:01:30. > :01:33.Imagine going to work expecting to be attacked,
:01:34. > :01:39.Well, prison officers have been left battered and bruised,
:01:40. > :01:42.with one ambulance after another being called to Portland.
:01:43. > :01:45.Before you even start, your head is thinking,
:01:46. > :01:47.how am I going to get through this without being assaulted?
:01:48. > :01:50.But on the other hand, you've got to do the job,
:01:51. > :01:52.which is challenge prisoners' bad behaviour, make sure
:01:53. > :01:56.The pressures on staff nowadays are phenomenal.
:01:57. > :01:59.It's rare for prison officers to speak to the media,
:02:00. > :02:01.but they feel it's important the public knows the reality
:02:02. > :02:09.And the job has become even tougher with the availability of Spice.
:02:10. > :02:14.This is a powerful synthetic drug with devastating side-effects.
:02:15. > :02:17.I was knocked out about a year ago by a prisoner coming
:02:18. > :02:22.Head-butted me from nowhere, knocked the clean-up.
:02:23. > :02:25.Head-butted me from nowhere, knocked me clean-up.
:02:26. > :02:28.This is the story of one prison but it's just the same
:02:29. > :02:31.The Prison Officers Association say that the number
:02:32. > :02:32.of attacks has gone up with overcrowding,
:02:33. > :02:37.The Ministry of Justice recognises those crowding problems
:02:38. > :02:46.at prisons in Guys Marsh, at Winchester and the Isle of Wight.
:02:47. > :02:49.But it says there is no staff shortage problem,
:02:50. > :02:52.They add that these are long-standing issues,
:02:53. > :02:55.but officers at Portland feel time is running out.
:02:56. > :02:57.We are at crisis and something needs to be done
:02:58. > :03:06.Well, Noel Smith spent 32 years in and out of prison for a number
:03:07. > :03:11.He's now turned his life around and is an editor of a newspaper
:03:12. > :03:14.Earlier I asked him what he made of the claims
:03:15. > :03:17.I don't think it's any surprise, really.
:03:18. > :03:20.I mean, we've got a prison system that's been in crisis
:03:21. > :03:26.Nobody seems to do anything about it, the people in power.
:03:27. > :03:29.But, yeah, they're right to be scared.
:03:30. > :03:34.You look at the rising assaults on prison officers
:03:35. > :03:37.by inmates and the amount of staff that have been taken out of prisons.
:03:38. > :03:40.They've taken a lot of experienced staff out, 8000 prison staff,
:03:41. > :03:43.replaced them with 2500 - who haven't even got there yet -
:03:44. > :03:45.who are actually beginners so they have no
:03:46. > :03:56.Prisons are overcrowded and prisoners see that and they see
:03:57. > :03:59.the fact that the staff are helpless and they become targets.
:04:00. > :04:01.The Ministry of Justice say that they are investing
:04:02. > :04:06.I think it is, really, I mean, last year alone they took
:04:07. > :04:09.?193 million off the prison budget, so what they are doing is taking
:04:10. > :04:13.away with one hand and giving back a little bit with the other hand
:04:14. > :04:15.and making out that they are actually doing something.
:04:16. > :04:18.I'm quite surprised that nothing has been done with the prison system
:04:19. > :04:21.because they've known it's in crisis for at least three years.
:04:22. > :04:24.You know what it's like to be inside, we are hearing these reports
:04:25. > :04:25.from prison officers, what about prisoners?
:04:26. > :04:27.Well, prisoners are pretty aggrieved as well.
:04:28. > :04:30.I mean, the system has changed a lot since I came out in 2010.
:04:31. > :04:34.I get letters at the paper every day from different prisoners
:04:35. > :04:39.Our prison system is overcrowded, we've got a drug problem,
:04:40. > :04:43.Prisoners will see what is going on, they're not stupid.
:04:44. > :04:46.They are down at the shop as well as the officers and some
:04:47. > :04:49.of them will try and take advantage of it and others will be frightened.
:04:50. > :04:53.We need a complete overhaul of the prison system.
:04:54. > :04:56.What we should be doing is looking more to the European...
:04:57. > :04:58.The Swedish way of doing things is quite good.
:04:59. > :05:01.They are closing prisons in Sweden because they've
:05:02. > :05:09.Over here prisoners are not being rehabilitated,
:05:10. > :05:11.they are being left in cells with a 12-inch portable
:05:12. > :05:13.television all day, laying in their beds doing nothing.
:05:14. > :05:16.In other countries, they actually train prisoners and give them
:05:17. > :05:18.something to get out and, you know, job prospects
:05:19. > :05:21.Noel Smith, fascinating talking to you.
:05:22. > :05:28.Thanks very much indeed for coming in.
:05:29. > :05:31.It's been dubbed Britain's Palm Beach but plans worth ?250 million
:05:32. > :05:33.could radically change the face of Sandbanks in Dorset.
:05:34. > :05:36.Owners of the Sandbanks Hotel want to knock it down and rebuild it,
:05:37. > :05:48.It would mean its sister hotel - the Haven - would be demolished
:05:49. > :05:50.to make way for almost 200 flats, along with a rooftop
:05:51. > :05:53.restaurant in a building some ten storeys high.
:05:54. > :05:55.A historic ferry service, connecting both sides
:05:56. > :05:59.The Hampshire boat hire firm Blue Funnel Cruises has agreed
:06:00. > :06:04.a deal to buy the Hythe Ferry and pier and will take
:06:05. > :06:09.The service was under threat after passenger numbers fell
:06:10. > :06:12.and the previous operator said it could no longer afford to run it.
:06:13. > :06:16.Jo Kent has been looking at this and joins me now.
:06:17. > :06:18.I imagine this is welcome news in Hythe?
:06:19. > :06:21.Yes, the local community turned out in force to try
:06:22. > :06:25.There were petitions and public meetings,
:06:26. > :06:27.and tonight supporters welcomed the news that the service
:06:28. > :06:31.will continue, with Blue Funnel Cruises at the helm.
:06:32. > :06:34.The service crosses Southampton Water from the town
:06:35. > :06:37.of Hythe on the edge of the New Forest to Town Quay
:06:38. > :06:40.in Southampton, saving an 11-mile road trip.
:06:41. > :06:43.We don't know how much the Blue Funnel deal is worth
:06:44. > :06:46.but the company is promising to improve the service by upgrading
:06:47. > :06:50.the ferry with more comfortable seating and adding a second vessel
:06:51. > :06:54.It also says there are no plans for redundancies
:06:55. > :07:01.But it's seen falling passenger numbers?
:07:02. > :07:03.Yes, the number of regular commuters has fallen.
:07:04. > :07:06.It wasn't helped when a vessel crashed into Hythe Pier last year.
:07:07. > :07:09.An investigation found a mechanical failure was to blame.
:07:10. > :07:12.The other reason the previous operator found things difficult
:07:13. > :07:15.was that it was also responsible for the upkeep of the historic
:07:16. > :07:20.This is the oldest running pier train anywhere in the world, dating
:07:21. > :07:22.back to Victorian times, and as you can imagine
:07:23. > :07:26.Blue Funnel will initially be responsible for it.
:07:27. > :07:29.However, we understand that the longer-term plan
:07:30. > :07:32.is for a community group to take over the running of the pier -
:07:33. > :07:39.they hope to secure funding such as lottery grants to restore it.
:07:40. > :07:41.She was abandoned as a baby, has cerebral palsy
:07:42. > :07:46.But Tjili Grant Wetherill has overcome huge challenges thanks
:07:47. > :07:55.to the love of her adoptive parents from the New Forest.
:07:56. > :07:58.And Tjili - who's now 15 - is getting recognition
:07:59. > :07:59.for her extraordinary talent as an artist.
:08:00. > :08:03.Weighing barely more than two pounds, she was abandoned
:08:04. > :08:05.as a premature baby outside a Cambodian hospital in 2001.
:08:06. > :08:08.A few weeks later, James and Vik Grant Wetherill,
:08:09. > :08:10.who were living overseas and looking for a child to adopt,
:08:11. > :08:15.She was sitting in a dark corner of her orphanage
:08:16. > :08:17.with a mosquito net over her, with no one really
:08:18. > :08:29.We moved aside the net and she grabbed our finger.
:08:30. > :08:32.Tests showed Tjili was profoundly deaf and had cerebral palsy.
:08:33. > :08:34.Years of physiotherapy, love and determination have seen
:08:35. > :08:39.Now living back in the New Forest, she enjoys an active life.
:08:40. > :08:44.Communication is through gestures, limited sign language and basic
:08:45. > :08:48.But there is nothing basic about Tjili's ability to express
:08:49. > :08:55.In order to hold the paper down, she has to use one arm and then
:08:56. > :08:58.she grips the pencil and it is every single piece of her
:08:59. > :09:06.Two of Tjili's pieces were recently selected from 2000 entries
:09:07. > :09:08.by the Royal Watercolour Society for a major exhibition.
:09:09. > :09:15.The judges had no idea of her challenges.
:09:16. > :09:18.She actually sees that what she is doing isn't just child's play.
:09:19. > :09:21.It's real pieces of art, works of art that she is produced
:09:22. > :09:32.Sales of her pictures support her development and access
:09:33. > :09:34.-- and at this Forest hotel Tjili's work
:09:35. > :09:36.is side-by-side with the likes of Tracey Emin.
:09:37. > :09:39.We all are very capable of saying, no, I can't, or, I won't.
:09:40. > :09:43.We're back tomorrow with bulletins news team this evening.
:09:44. > :09:46.We're back tomorrow with bulletins in BBC Breakfast and there's more
:09:47. > :09:48.Time now for our regional weather forecast.
:09:49. > :09:53.The result tonight, we expected some cloud. Where there is still unclear
:09:54. > :10:00.countryside of a frost. Also some countryside of a frost. Also some
:10:01. > :10:10.mist patches. The further north and west you are, the odd shopper. --
:10:11. > :10:14.the odd shower. Sunny spells will develop to the course of the
:10:15. > :10:20.morning. Through the afternoon, the cloud filled with suffered. It will
:10:21. > :10:24.bring the odd spot of rain. Temperatures will retain a high of
:10:25. > :10:31.13 sources. More sunshine across the south coast and the Isle of White. A
:10:32. > :10:36.sea breeze develops. A dry end to the day tomorrow night. The odd spot
:10:37. > :10:42.of rain is a possibility. Friday starts on a cloudy night. Ultimo.
:10:43. > :10:49.Through the course of the evening, the cold front will move Salford.
:10:50. > :10:54.Cool air coming in just in time for the weekend. This month has been
:10:55. > :10:56.very dry indeed. Hardly any rainfall to stick. There will be some more
:10:57. > :11:03.rain for the start of next week. going into the weekend as well. A
:11:04. > :11:09.similar story across the UK. Thomas matter has that story.
:11:10. > :11:15.Good evening, before we get to the forecast, I want to show you a map
:11:16. > :11:21.which depicts how dry it has been during the course of April. Brown is
:11:22. > :11:26.below average rainfall, blue is above average. You can see how Brown
:11:27. > :11:32.the map is. Some areas in the south, some counties have only seen a few
:11:33. > :11:36.percent so far in April. Not necessarily a good thing at all. The
:11:37. > :11:40.rest of the week, not an awful lot of change, a fair bit of cloud and
:11:41. > :11:44.just a bit warmer but only marginally. The clouds are still
:11:45. > :11:46.streaming in off the Atlantic. This is fairly