:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, good afternoon, I'm Tom Hepworth -
:00:00. > :00:00.The top stories this lunchtime:
:00:00. > :00:10.A man from West Sussex is killed in Syria fighting against Isis.
:00:11. > :00:13.A fare deal or being taken for a ride?
:00:14. > :00:16.Protests at some stations as passengers are landed with price
:00:17. > :00:21.And the show must go on - the opera in need
:00:22. > :00:37.A 20-year-old man from Chichester has been killed
:00:38. > :00:39.in Syria fighting against so-called Islamic State.
:00:40. > :00:46.Kurdish forces say Ryan Lock died in an assault on the IS stonghold
:00:47. > :00:51.Our home affairs correspondent Emma Vardy joins me now.
:00:52. > :01:00.Ryan Lock went to school in haven't. about what happened?
:01:01. > :01:05.Ryan Lock went to school in haven't. We understand he was a chef here in
:01:06. > :01:09.the UK, with no military experience before travelling to fight in this
:01:10. > :01:14.area. We understand he travelled to Syria in August last year, but told
:01:15. > :01:17.friends and family he was going on holiday to Turkey. He later revealed
:01:18. > :01:23.on Facebook he was in fact on his way to Syria to join up with the
:01:24. > :01:27.Kurdish militant group, YPG. He's not the first person to do this, a
:01:28. > :01:31.number of other British volunteers have gone out to Syria to fight the
:01:32. > :01:35.so-called Islamic State of their own accord. The YPG confirmed his death
:01:36. > :01:38.in a letter to his family. He was involved in the liberation of
:01:39. > :01:43.a village, near al-Bab, from Isis. But was then bombed
:01:44. > :01:46.by Turkish aeroplanes. He lost two of his
:01:47. > :01:52.very close friends. But then, after that,
:01:53. > :01:55.he seemed to be more motivated, and actually requested to be
:01:56. > :01:57.transferred to a unit that was involved in the ongoing
:01:58. > :02:12.operation to liberate Raqqa. What has this family had to say?
:02:13. > :02:15.His family are said to be an absolute grief. His father described
:02:16. > :02:21.Ryan as a caring and loving boy who would do anything to help anyone. He
:02:22. > :02:25.said his family have asked for privacy to grieve. Ryan's former
:02:26. > :02:29.school also told us he was a well liked people. It's important point
:02:30. > :02:35.out that the British has been warning strongly for some time
:02:36. > :02:38.against any travelled to Syria, and particularly want against getting
:02:39. > :02:43.involved in any sort of foreign war. It's difficult to verify the
:02:44. > :02:46.numbers, but it is thought that Ryan Lock is the third person from
:02:47. > :02:47.Britain to be killed fighting against so-called Islamic state in
:02:48. > :02:49.Syria. Burglars have made off
:02:50. > :02:51.with a safe containing ?15,000 CCTV images show the men
:02:52. > :02:55.forcing their way into Cafe Parfait on Above Bar Street at around
:02:56. > :03:00.7:30pm on New Years Day. Police want anyone with any
:03:01. > :03:06.information to get in touch. There have been protests at railway
:03:07. > :03:09.stations across the South this morning as passengers have been hit
:03:10. > :03:12.with the annual rise The union-backed Action For Rail
:03:13. > :03:16.says some passengers are spending up to 14% of their income
:03:17. > :03:21.on a monthly season ticket. For most people, it's
:03:22. > :03:27.the first day back at work. If you travel by train,
:03:28. > :03:30.it's now more expensive. I've been commuting for nearly ten
:03:31. > :03:34.years now, and it's just gone up It might make the difference
:03:35. > :03:40.between me taking the train, which I'd rather, because it's
:03:41. > :03:44.better for the environment. The average increase of 2.3%
:03:45. > :03:52.in fares will mean the average cost per passengers will
:03:53. > :03:57.go up by around ?80. That means if you're
:03:58. > :03:59.travelling from Winchester to London Waterloo, it will now cost
:04:00. > :04:02.you just under ?5000. If you're travelling
:04:03. > :04:04.from Reading to London, That's the same as
:04:05. > :04:10.Guildford to London. And as for Chichester to London,
:04:11. > :04:12.it'll now just cost Today, campaigners are staging
:04:13. > :04:19.protests at a dozen They say public ownership
:04:20. > :04:22.would be better than This is purely a retail price index
:04:23. > :04:29.rise, which is effectively pegged to the additional
:04:30. > :04:31.prices that we're paying for the goods that we receive,
:04:32. > :04:34.and the prices that If you're commuter, often
:04:35. > :04:38.you don't have a choice, so you've got to take
:04:39. > :04:40.the train, probably. But for some people, it probably
:04:41. > :04:42.will affect their decision. Especially if the price
:04:43. > :04:44.of petrol comes down, because that's this thing they're
:04:45. > :04:46.measuring it against. The Government says it's spending
:04:47. > :04:49.billions modernising the railway, and that wages are growing
:04:50. > :04:55.faster than fares. A Dorset charity opening
:04:56. > :04:57.a new children's hospice in Wiltshire says it's
:04:58. > :05:01.struggling to find staff. Julia's House already provides
:05:02. > :05:03.respite for more than But it says a shortage of paediatric
:05:04. > :05:09.nurses has made it harder to recruit the staff needed
:05:10. > :05:14.for a new hospice in Wiltshire. Set in beautiful Hampshire
:05:15. > :05:18.countryside, a semi-derelict mansion called The Grange has hosted operas
:05:19. > :05:22.for nearly 20 years. When the resident company moved
:05:23. > :05:26.on it seemed the music might stop forever, but now a new team has
:05:27. > :05:29.taken on the venue, Music is in the air once
:05:30. > :05:41.again at The Grange, an exotic-looking mansion
:05:42. > :05:43.in the heart of the World-renowned countertenor
:05:44. > :05:57.Michael Chance is leading the team. For years, Grange Park Opera
:05:58. > :06:00.were the resident company. But after lengthy negotiations over
:06:01. > :06:03.the lease, they moved on last summer, taking
:06:04. > :06:05.with them their seats The new tenants, Grange Festival,
:06:06. > :06:10.are raising ?3 million It's a challenge, but we see it
:06:11. > :06:18.equally as an opportunity. Because the theatre has been left us
:06:19. > :06:25.in its rather empty state, Seat prices will range from ?10-185,
:06:26. > :06:30.with dining in the shabby chic The previous tenants,
:06:31. > :06:36.Grange Park Opera, are building a new theatre
:06:37. > :06:38.at West Horsley, in Surrey. So is there enough demand for
:06:39. > :06:43.two country house operas? We're here, this has
:06:44. > :06:48.been here for 18 years, and our predecessors are building
:06:49. > :06:52.an amazing new opera house, an hour and a quarter away
:06:53. > :06:55.from where we are. And I think there will be
:06:56. > :07:01.in expanding audience. It won't be the same
:07:02. > :07:03.audience choosing, oh, As well as money, practical
:07:04. > :07:06.donations are welcome too, as the company kits out backstage
:07:07. > :07:09.rehearsal and dressing rooms. You put out a call and said,
:07:10. > :07:12.we need fridges, we need a piano. And you get phone calls
:07:13. > :07:15.and e-mails saying, oh, we're just clearing out our house,
:07:16. > :07:17.and we've got all that stuff. With continued support
:07:18. > :07:27.from volunteers and donors, the team is confident of performing
:07:28. > :07:30.in a fully furnished theatre Lets get a look at the weather
:07:31. > :07:42.with Holly Green. A very cold start to things
:07:43. > :07:47.this morning, -6 degrees For many of us though,
:07:48. > :07:52.a lovely start. You can see some frost
:07:53. > :07:55.here as the robin tiptoes its way But for many of us,
:07:56. > :07:59.it has been a nice start. Sunshine and a bit more
:08:00. > :08:01.cloud, working into That will thicken a little
:08:02. > :08:04.bit more, I suspect. For the many us, especially
:08:05. > :08:08.for the south you are, it should be nice afternoon,
:08:09. > :08:11.plenty of bright skies overhead. Feeling chilly, highs
:08:12. > :08:12.of around 6 degrees. As we head into tonight, that cloud
:08:13. > :08:15.does tend to thicken further. It could thicken enough
:08:16. > :08:18.to give some patchy rain But most of us
:08:19. > :08:21.overnight will be dry. The breeze is tending to pick up,
:08:22. > :08:24.and that combination of breeze and cloud stops most of us
:08:25. > :08:27.from falling down too far tonight. These are typical temperatures,
:08:28. > :08:30.a patchy frost is a We head into Wednesday
:08:31. > :08:35.on quite a cloudy note. A bit of rain, in general though,
:08:36. > :08:39.are mostly dry day. The best of those appear
:08:40. > :08:43.in the afternoon, An improving picture for tomorrow,
:08:44. > :08:47.temperatures a shade higher But with those clear skies, it does
:08:48. > :08:54.mean a cold one for tomorrow night. A chilly day, but plenty of sunshine
:08:55. > :09:00.around, a bright picture. More cloud rolls in for Friday,
:09:01. > :09:03.and come Friday afternoon, some outbreaks of rain
:09:04. > :09:06.working their way in from the north So a mixed picture over the next few
:09:07. > :09:11.days, but a fair amount of dry That's the latest,
:09:12. > :09:16.thanks for being here. We'll be back with South Today
:09:17. > :09:19.at 6:30pm, here on BBC One. From all the lunchtime team,
:09:20. > :09:22.have a great afternoon. Panorama investigates
:09:23. > :09:47.the deadly terrorist attack and should British tourists
:09:48. > :09:55.have been warned about the risks?