:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to South Today, I'm Edward Sault.
:00:00. > :00:11.Class A crackdown; arrests are made after morning drugs
:00:12. > :00:17.The anxious wait for poultry farmers to see if bird flu restrictions
:00:18. > :00:20.will mean their eggs lose free range status.
:00:21. > :00:25.And, taking a trip down memory lane; are Trams set to make a return
:00:26. > :00:41.Thames Valley police raided more than 20 addresses this morning
:00:42. > :00:44.targeting organised drug dealing in Oxfordshire.
:00:45. > :00:47.At least 12 suspects were arrested at houses in Oxford,
:00:48. > :00:51.Operation Stronghold is aiming to stop drugs coming
:00:52. > :01:02.Organised policing tackling organised crime.
:01:03. > :01:07.This Oxford address one of 21 raided by Thames Valley police in Oxford,
:01:08. > :01:17.Over 200 officers were involved in what is called Operation Stronghold.
:01:18. > :01:20.The start of a campaign to stop the flow of Class A drugs
:01:21. > :01:32.We've made some good arrests today which will have a disruption impact
:01:33. > :01:37.on those wanting to deal drugs in our city. We work closely with
:01:38. > :01:41.partners to protect the vulnerable people and moving into the future we
:01:42. > :01:45.target kilocations that we know the groups have operated within to make
:01:46. > :01:47.sure that it's really difficult for them to come back.
:01:48. > :01:50.Detectives say gangs from the capital come to the county
:01:51. > :01:56.These locations, the police say, are often the homes
:01:57. > :02:05.We have criminals operating from the London area that send runners out
:02:06. > :02:11.into the counties, for want of a better phrase, and dealing drugs in
:02:12. > :02:15.our area. These operations are very organised. They target vulnerable
:02:16. > :02:18.people, probably the most vulnerable people in our communities, and
:02:19. > :02:22.obviously are a real threat to the local policing of the area.
:02:23. > :02:26.Police are continuing to patrol in the areas where the raids took
:02:27. > :02:30.place this morning in an effort to reassure the public.
:02:31. > :02:33.The force says there'll be similar operations in the future to stop
:02:34. > :02:35.drugs gangs operating in the Thames Valley.
:02:36. > :02:39.Poultry farmers are waiting anxiously to find out if restriction
:02:40. > :02:42.imposed because of bird flu will mean their eggs no longer
:02:43. > :02:46.At the moment flocks are being kept undercover to stop them having
:02:47. > :02:56.contact with wild birds who may be carrying the bird flu virus.
:02:57. > :03:01.These are very challenging times for egg producers. Since the start of
:03:02. > :03:04.December, they have had to keep their flocks under cover because of
:03:05. > :03:09.the restrictions associated with bird flu. The real fear now is that
:03:10. > :03:15.producers could lose their free range egg status. That's a big
:03:16. > :03:21.problem because these eggs sell for about 40p a dozen more than other
:03:22. > :03:26.categories of egg. The man who runs this farm is Phillip Shepherd. At
:03:27. > :03:30.the moment we are running up to that cut-off point, how concerned are
:03:31. > :03:34.you? I'm very concerned because we sell our eggs as free range, we get
:03:35. > :03:37.a good price for them because they're free range. What do you
:03:38. > :03:41.think should happen? Well, it's not our fault, it's not the chickens'
:03:42. > :03:44.fault, we are doing it for the well-being of the chickens, so I
:03:45. > :03:48.think honestly they should allow us to carry on in the UK. Otherwise you
:03:49. > :03:55.would lose a substantial amount of your income? Yes, because if they
:03:56. > :03:59.have to go to status of barn, they are not worth the same money. Most
:04:00. > :04:01.at the moment are very understanding, the customers, and
:04:02. > :04:04.they understand it's for the birds, not for us.
:04:05. > :04:10.Thank you very much. Discussions are going on at the moment between the
:04:11. > :04:16.NFU and DEFRA to try to find a way forward.
:04:17. > :04:19.The Civil Aviation Authority has accepted all 21 safety
:04:20. > :04:22.recommendations made in the wake of the Shoreham air crash.
:04:23. > :04:25.11 men were killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed during a display
:04:26. > :04:32.Air accident investigators made a series of recommendations
:04:33. > :04:35.about the way former military aircraft are inspected and assessed.
:04:36. > :04:38.These will now be adopted by April next year.
:04:39. > :04:42.The final report into the crash, has still not been published.
:04:43. > :04:44.National survey of passenger satisfaction on the railways shows
:04:45. > :04:47.Southern is by far the worst in the country down by 12%
:04:48. > :04:51.Most passengers felt the company was not good at dealing with delays.
:04:52. > :04:54.A majority thought punctuality was unacceptable.
:04:55. > :04:57.A three day strike by a small number of drivers in the RMT
:04:58. > :05:02.Meanwhile talks to end strikes by the main drivers' union, Aslef,
:05:03. > :05:07.Southern says it is running a full timetable for the first time
:05:08. > :05:13.School pupils on Hayling island are taking part in a virtual reality
:05:14. > :05:16.trial with Google which could change the way some lessons are taught.
:05:17. > :05:20.Pupils have been given headsets which fit smartphones after staff
:05:21. > :05:25.The virtual reality lessons give them an immersive
:05:26. > :05:28.experience inside the heart, on a World War One
:05:29. > :05:36.Teachers say it's a good way to gain and keep their pupils attention.
:05:37. > :05:42.It's vital to get the kids' attention. Give them something
:05:43. > :05:45.interactive, tangible that they can touch, feel and see. It beats
:05:46. > :05:47.sitting there looking at a power point slide at the beginning of
:05:48. > :05:50.every single lesson. It's been more than half a century
:05:51. > :05:53.since the last tram ran in Southampton but business leaders
:05:54. > :05:56.and politicians are now thinking It comes amid claims traffic
:05:57. > :06:18.congestion will increase The journey home can take about 40
:06:19. > :06:23.minutes to an hour. It was quieter today. I've had to change my hours
:06:24. > :06:28.to go in earlier than I can. Fewer than one in ten go to work on public
:06:29. > :06:32.transport in the Solent. The feasibility group is looking at
:06:33. > :06:37.running trams alongside existing railway tracks through the airport
:06:38. > :06:42.to St Mary's, then to a ferry interchange and Central Station with
:06:43. > :06:46.later plans to create Park and Ride sites. Isn't this all
:06:47. > :06:51.pie-in-the-sky? I think the investment is probably hundreds of
:06:52. > :06:53.millions of pounds, but this region's been significantly
:06:54. > :07:00.under-invested in by the Government in the recent past. We need to
:07:01. > :07:05.change that dynamic. Trams have run for 25 years here in Manchester, 60
:07:06. > :07:09.miles of track link the city centre with nearby towns. Where there are
:07:10. > :07:13.tram stops, house prices have gone up and there's been a boost for
:07:14. > :07:20.businesses. Manchester's turned itself around from a declining
:07:21. > :07:22.industrial city to a thriving 21st century mixed economy and
:07:23. > :07:29.Metrolink's been an integral part of it. Southampton lost its trams in
:07:30. > :07:33.1949. The city council and the LEP want to see six trams an hour
:07:34. > :07:37.running between Eastleigh and the city centre in the next few years.
:07:38. > :07:44.Getting the plan up and running will require ambition and an awful lot of
:07:45. > :07:51.money. Now the weather forecast with Holly. It was a cold start to the
:07:52. > :07:54.day, minus five in some places. This weather watchers picture shows fog
:07:55. > :07:59.on the grass in Southampton. You can see mist in the background too. For
:08:00. > :08:03.many, it was a misty, foggy start and, for many, that mist and fog
:08:04. > :08:10.still lingers. The Met Office has issued a fog and ice warning valid
:08:11. > :08:15.from 6pm this evening. The weather is how it is because of high
:08:16. > :08:20.pressure, but gradually over the next few days, it pushes out into
:08:21. > :08:26.the continent. By Thursday, we've got a strong southerly or
:08:27. > :08:30.south-easterly developing and that will make it feel increasingly cold.
:08:31. > :08:35.Some of us could hang on to the mist and fog. In general for most, a
:08:36. > :08:39.bright picture with sunny spells around. Temperatures are tending to
:08:40. > :08:47.struggle. If you keep the fog, the
:08:48. > :08:51.temperatures really low. Dense patches of fog in places as well as
:08:52. > :08:54.ice as temperatures fall towards freezing, so there could be some
:08:55. > :08:59.difficult driving conditions as we head into tomorrow morning. In
:09:00. > :09:02.general, that mist and fog will lift and much like today we should tend
:09:03. > :09:07.to find the visibility improving. The difference for tomorrow is, we
:09:08. > :09:12.have cloudier skies overhead, so a greyer day in general, temperatures
:09:13. > :09:14.on par. The winds whip up into Thursday making it feel
:09:15. > :09:18.significantly colder. Have a good afternoon. Keep that fog away! That
:09:19. > :09:19.is it from me. Thank you very much for your company. We are back at 6.
:09:20. > :09:22.30. Goodbye.