08/06/2014 South Today

An investigation is under w`y tonight after 16 people had to be

rescued from a blaze at a block of flats in Portsmouth.

Firemen needed ladders to gdt to residents trapped on the roof

of the six`storey building in the Landport area of the city.

People living in Windsor Hotse raised the alarm

The fire started on a first`floor landing and smoke quickly bdgan

I went to the window and sahd, I am trapped, I cannot get out.

Micaela was helped to the roof by a neighbour.

In all, fire crews rescued 16 residdnts

One person was treated in hospital for smoke inhal`tion.

Others spent the night at a nearby rest centre.

We sorted out mattresses and sleeping bags for everyone.

I don't know if anybody elsd did, but I wouldn't be surprised

Police are investigating thd cause of the fire in the block, 38 flats.

This morning, while forensic work continued inside, officers

We've been working with Hampshire Fire and Rescue

and the arson task force to establish the cause of the fire

At this moment in time, we are investigating a fire

With no`one yet allowed to return to the building, the council has

arranged emergency accommod`tion tonight for those affected.

Ten children have been injured in a road accident in West Sussex.

Two school minibuses were involved in the collision with

a car yesterday afternoon on the A264 between Horsham and Cr`wley.

Portsmouth City Council's ndw Conservative leader, Donna Jones,

has ordered an inquiry into claims that staff were bullied

Speaking on the Sunday Politics Councillor Jones said it had to be

an independent inquiry to gdt to the truth of the allegations.

I made it very clear on Tuesday in my acceptance speech

after I was elected as leaddr of the council that I am dohng

I left the council chamber, I walked over to the civic offices,

and I sat down with the Chidf Executive and with the solicitor

and made it clear to them that I wanted an investigation carried out

It's been revealed that a b`by at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in

Buckinghamshire may have developed blood poisoning which is linked to

The hospital was one of 22 to be sent the feed, designed to pass

nutrients through a drip whdn a baby is unable to eat on hts own.

Tests have been carried out and the hospital is waiting for the results.

Nationally, one baby has didd and 20 are being treated with antibiotics.

Businesses from Hampshire, Berkshire, and Surrey are along

those "named and shamed" today by the Government for failing to pay

Nationally, 25 companies were listed by the Department for Busindss,

In the South, the worst casd was ?Central Heating Services Ltd,

Hampshire" which failed to pay more than ?6,000 to four workers.

A suspected Second World War shell has been found in Oxfordshire.

Police were called to the Green Road area of Kidlington

after a woman discovered the shell in her back garden.

A bomb disposal team were c`lled and disposed of it through

D`Day commemorations have bden taking place

Communities in Gosport paid tribute with a special concert,

remembering the naval town's role in Operation Overlord.

A creative re`enactment of what British troops faced

These schoolchildren have been finding out for real

what challenges and hardships troops faced 70 years ago.

The reason we learn history is to not make the same mistakds.

Today is quite important because it is remembering those who died.

Extremely important, because how would we move on

We cannot build a foundation of the future if we do not know what

Highly appropriate that a commemorative concert shotld take

place in Gosport, given its enormous contribution to D`Day.

Gosport was responsible for the initial launch of D`Day

If it was not for Gosport, it would never have happened.

This shows the real pleasurd that young people get

in talking to veterans who have been through something quite special

One of the highlights was the firing of a restored Second

This event brought various community groups together,

allowing young and old to mdet and remember the sacrifices made.

We do have some showers arotnd tonight but it is another f`irly

The temperatures for most of us not falling much below 12 or 13 Celsius.

I think the bulk of those showers should clear through by

the morning and then it is `nother fairly warm day with sunny breaks.

I think we will see one or two heavier showers coming up,

particularly into the afternoon and they might turn a bit thundery.

Temperature`wise, highs of around 19`22 degreds.

Into Tuesday, still some sunshine, maybe a few showers around,

but it becomes drier from Wddnesday onwards.

We're back to model on BBC Breakfast. Good night. `` tomorrow.

Good evening. It was quite warm today and humid. There was sunshine

and also thundery showers. Low pressure anchored to the south and

west of the UK. Winds go anticlockwise. We are dragging in

some very warm and humid air. We are dragging in some thundery showers.

They will drift north, through the southern counties into Wales and

getting into the north of England by dawn. It will be a warm night in the

south. Just a few degrees behind that the north will start on a

decent note. The thundery showers will work through northern England

and into Scotland come the afternoon, with some heavy showers

breaking out elsewhere. We could see thunder in the west of Scotland

through the afternoon. The eastern bit of Scotland is that bit