23/11/2017 South Today

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Hello and welcome to

South Today, I'm Edward Sault.

The top stories this lunchtime:

A new court date for Nazanin

as she marks 600 days

in an Iranian prison.

Her family in Hampshire remain

hopeful that she could be freed.

Caught on CCTV -

but Sussex Police say

it's "tragically unfortunate"

they failed to catch a man

who went on to murder

because of an unpaid bill.

And could cooking in fat be

the answer to saving the world

from global warming?

The husband of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe -

who's in jail in Tehran accused

of spying - has told the BBC

his wife has a new court date.

Richard Ratcliffe -

who's from Fleet -

says she's due in court again

on December 10th on her second

It's been 600 days since

British-Iranian dual national

was separated from her daughter

Gabriella and imprisoned whilst

visiting her family in Iran.

Richard Ratcliffe joins me

live from Westminster.

What do we know about the new dates

and what is important was black

Nazanin was made yesterday by the

deputy prosecutor who told her on

December ten she will be taken back

to court.

We will wait and see.

December ten she will be taken back

to court.

We will wait and see.

What

are your hopes?

Review helpful she

will be released? Our experience

over is that it has always been a

bad thing. I am now she is eligible

for early release on the previous

trial and I am pushing that for the

next few weeks.

600 days in Prison -

have you spoken to Nazanin?

Her mum spoke to her yesterday I

spoke to her the day before. She was

angry and bewildered by the new

court date. I spoke to her saying

maybe something could be done.

Do

you think you can go to Iran with

the Foreign Secretary?

I got a text

from him wishing me well and her. I

followed up asking if he knew when

he was going and if I could come to

attend the court date. Is it likely?

Behind closed doors he said he was

keen but it was not guaranteed and

the Foreign Office and Iranians are

discussing it but no clarification

yet.

Sussex Police have said

that it is "tragically unfortunate"

they failed to catch a handyman

from Shoreham who threatened

a customer over a £40 bill -

before he returned and

beat him to death.

Alan Creasey dialled 999

after Duncan Hearsey turned up

at his house demanding the money.

Officers told him to lock his doors.

Hearsey was sentenced to 21 years

by Lewes Crown Court.

Piers Hopkirk reports.

Holding his jeans soaked in the

blood from the brutal us all on his

victim, CCTV footage shows Duncan

Hearsey walking around his

neighbourhood in Shaw at one point

shadow-boxing in the street. He had

attacked moments before Alan

Creasey. -- Shoreham. After he was

jailed for 21 years for murder,

police had received calls reporting

his aggressive behaviour.

On the night of the fatal

attack on Alan Creasey,

police were initially called

on three separate occasions by

people concerned over

Duncan Hearsey's behaviour.

Then, add 8:15pm, Alan Creasey

himself called the police

after an altercation

with Duncan Hearsey.

Police attended but left

at 8:30pm to pursue leads,

advising Mr Creasey

to lock his doors.

They returned to Mr Creasey's

home at 9:10pm to find

him seriously injured.

Sussex Police is now carrying out an

internal investigation into what

happened and to examine weather

lessons can be learned.

We need to

investigate the matter is to see if

the police have made any errors and

it is a local investigation so there

will be investigation to see if we

did everything we could and

everything reasonable at the time.

Detectives described it as

tragically unfortunate that Duncan

Hearsey was not arrested sooner. The

forces standard department will make

its own judgment.

Two people have been killed

in Sussex after their car crashed

and flipped over near Chichester.

It happened on the A286

Stockbridge road last night.

Police say the car crashed

into a wall then two

parked cars, before overturning.

Two women - one in their 60s

and one in their 70s -

who were travelling in the car

were pronounced dead at the scene.

There'll be a candlelight vigil

for the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope,

whose body was found in a field

near Swanage last Saturday.

The 19-year-old, who had epilepsy,

went missing on November 7th

and was found 11 days later.

Her family say the vigil this

Saturday at the Swanage Amphitheatre

will celebrate the joy Gaia

brought to so many lives.

A Surrey company has

created a probiotic

which could be the possible answer

to antibiotic resistance.

Symprove - a probiotic drink created

from fermented barley -

has been developed into

a food supplement.

It's been proven to fight bacteria

like MRSA and C Diff.

As the inefficacy of antibiotics

is becoming more common,

scientists say this is a powerful

first step towards using

live bacteria to help patients

with life-threatening infections.

It is important for us to develop

new ways of working to try

and prevent antibiotic resistance,

and definitely using natural

products like bacteria,

which promote health.

It is a great first step

to understanding a new way

of treating disease.

Reading University scientists have

found cooking in fat is helping

to keep the planet cooler.

Fatty acids that come off cooking

create little molecules that end up

in the air and have an effect

on cloud formation.

Our reporter Allen Sinclair has

been finding out how fat

could be saving the world.

Fish and chips - we love them.

But as if we needed any excuse,

there could now be another

reason to indulge in the nation's

favourite traditional takeaway.

Chips can prevent global warming,

so that has got to be a good thing.

New research is underway

at the University of Reading

and they have made

a striking discovery.

Deep frying food sends tiny

molecules of cooking fat up

into the atmosphere.

Once there, it hangs around,

helping thicken clouds

and in the process could also be

helping keep temperatures

a tiny bit lower.

These molecules that are emitted

in large quantities in urban areas

make it easier for clouds to form.

Clouds have a massive impact

on climate change because clouds

generally are believed to cool.

If you have more clouds,

you could potentially

have increased cooling,

a lower temperature.

Here in Reading, there is every

hope their new-found eco-status

will encourage more of us to opt

for some deep-fried delights.

The best excuse ever for a portion

of chips.

Now, the weather with Alex Osborne.

Hello, good afternoon.

We have seen another contrast

in our weather today compared

to the strong winds yesterday.

Plenty of dry and bright weather

around so far today.

Thanks to our Weather Watcher

for sending in a scene

earlier from Dorset.

And this one - hardly

a cloud in the sky.

The calm after the storm.

You can see from the satellite

and radar image earlier we did have

Like the calm after the storm.

You can see from the satellite

and radar image earlier we did have

some showers and cloud which soon

moved away eastwards to leave

hardly a cloud in the sky.

Through the rest of today,

it should stay dry for most of us

with some good spells of autumnal

sunshine to enjoy.

The risk of an isolated

shower but most of us

seeing a try afternoon.

Fairly breezy still,

particularly along the south coast.

Feeling chilly compared to recent

days, highs of only 13 Celsius.

Through this evening and overnight,

it stays dry for a time.

The cloud gradually beginning,

bringing some outbreaks of rain.

It should clear away fairly rapidly

into the early hours

leaving a mostly dry night.

The wind is falling more likely

or so they call the night,

with temperatures falling down

to around single figures.

It is a rather cloudy

start on Friday.

Brightening up into the afternoon.

with temperatures falling down

to around single figures.

It is a rather cloudy

start on Friday.

Brightening up into the afternoon.

Some good spells

of sunshine to enjoy.

The risk of some showers

later on in the day,

particularly confined

to southern coastal areas.

The wind is lighter tomorrow

than today and feeling

The wind is lighter tomorrow than

today and feeling a colder tomorrow

with those north-westerly winds.

Highs of just 10 Celsius.

And we hold on to those cold

temperatures as we head

towards the weekend.

Plenty of sunshine to enjoy

with the risk of just a few showers,

the winds easing slightly.

You can of course keep updated

in tonight's bulletin

as well as online -

BBC.co.uk/weather.

Have a good afternoon.

Our next regional news is at 6:30.

From us, goodbye, and

have a good afternoon.