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of Ashya King are in a Spanish jail tonight fighting extradition to

Britain after they took Hospital regrets that the

relationship with Ashya 's family broke down. Meanwhile the

five`year`old remains in a Spanish hospital while his parents `re in

jail. Our parents being takdn away is quite hard on our family. We are

a tight family, united. We'll be hearing from a mother whose son had

the proton beam their peak. Also tonight, keep windows shut. The

message to Dorset residents. Free if you are and three, the expansion of

nursery places to some children `` under three. Doctors at Southampton

hospital so they regret the breakdown of their relationship with

the parents of Ashya king. They issued a statement saying their

first concern was for the wdlfare of the five`year`old, who was taken to

Spain last week. The main ddveloper and today has been the parents of

his parents in court. As thdy were being escorted, they could be heard

saying they simply wanted the best possible treatment for the

five`year`old son, Ashya. Today the judge in Madrid or just `` ordered

the couple should be detaindd for 72 hours after they refused to except

extradition back to the UK. It was revealed the European arrest warrant

was issued after police issted evidence to the prosecution service

and a district judge. Ashya was very vulnerable, in the back of ` motor

car, travelling across Europe. He was not getting the same qu`lity of

medical treatment he was receiving in Hampshire at sub hunting General

Hospital. In another development, Portsmouth City Council has

confirmed it became involved. The family have said on viddos

posted on you tube that thex took the five`year`old boy from

Southampton Hospital last Thursday because they wanted him to be given

proton beam therapy, a treatment currently not available frol the

NHS. I was going to get the money to pay for the proton beam therapy

They have prevented that now. The police in Spain are involved and I

cannot do what I wanted to do. Southampton General Hospital said it

had had conversations with the family about treatment options. It

offered a second opinion and assistance with organising treatment

abroad. The public debate about this case continues. The Portsmotth South

MP has written to the Health Secretary and the hospital, calling

for a review of the treatment being offered to Ashya and a numbdr of

petitions, critical of the way the family has been treated, ard being

prepared. One will be presented to the Government tomorrow. Ashya is

being treated in a hospital in Malaga. This afternoon, the eldest

brother has been allowed in to see him. Speaking before the visit, he

said the separation had been incredibly fickle. We never thought

this would be such a big de`l. `` incredibly difficult. We want to do

what is best for Ashya. I al grateful to everyone back home. The

petition is being signed and money is being raised for treatment. I'm

very grateful to everyone who has participated in that. How do you

think your parents coping bding away from your little boy `` the little

boy? My mum is going through a hard time. Ashya is the centre of our

family since this all startdd. We moved from Portsmouth to

Southampton. A charity were good enough to give us a room. Whth Ashya

being taken away from us and our parents being taken away, it is

quite hard on our family. This was about raising money to go to the

Czech Republic for proton bdam therapy. Why do they think that will

make a big difference? You like and we want his quality`of`life to be

the best. We have done so mtch research and we know the

side`effects of proton beam therapy are less and he would have lore or

less in normal life if he rdceived that treatment. If it is successful,

we know it does have its risks alongside chemotherapy and

radiotherapy. It is not a mhracle treatment but we hope that hf it has

all gone well he will benefht after the treatment. At the heart of this

case is a dispute between the family and doctors over the best course of

treatment. It was a debate complicated

by the parent's wishes to explore a relatively new therapy not `vailable

on the NHS in this country. Our Health Correspondent David

Fenton joins me now. It's clear there was

a serious breakdown in the relationship between Southalpton

hospital and the King familx? This is a very complicated case

but at its heart there is a simple truth ` that familx wanted

one thing for their child, The family took Ashya to Sp`in

because they claimed hospit`l was considering a court order

against them. I spoke to one brain tumour charity

` about pressures that both sides I understand what a dark pl`ce this

family is in. There is nothhng worse than a child being diagnosed with

this devastating illness. You would do anything to fight for yotr child

's corner. It is also very dasy to use perspective and that crhtical

distance you need when therd is such high emotions and you are in such a

high emotional state. The f`mily has been quite vocal and we havd had

from the hospital this afternoon. Yes, almost for the first thme,

we had some detail from thel. On the question of what went wrong,

the Medical Director, We very much regret that

the communication and relationship with the Khng

family had broken down in this way. But he also said Ashya's ch`nces of

surviving his condition for at least five years are about 70`80%, if he

gets the right medical treatment. Of course the family believd that

should be proton beam therapy, which is a fairly new kind of radhotherapy

which, in theory does less harm to healthy cells around a tumotr

because it's much more targdted Well, I spoke to

the centre where the family were They said they would be happy to

take him immediately, if Southampton sends them Ashya s

scans and medical details. Although proton beam therapx isn't

yet available in this country, the NHS does pay for patients `

mostly children ` One of those to benefit was Sam John

from Fareham, who went to Florida last year just after sitting

his GCSEs for treatment His mother, Vicky,

joins me live from the family home. Thank you both for being with us.

This is a very emotional story. This must have brought back a lot of

emotion for you, having gond through what you have been through `s a

family. It was heartbreaking to hear what the family are going through,

heartbreaking. Every parent wants to do the best for their child. Medical

options are limited, aren't they? How do you reconcile that? @t the

end of the day, we would have moved heaven and earth to get the right

treatment for Sam. The hosphtal was deciding whether they would give him

the treatment first off, mahnly because of his age. He was ` month

older than the normal page. We actually started fundraising

straightaway. They said we were not likely to get the funding btt we

started to fund raise straightaway. We knew if that was the best

treatment for him, that is what we had to do. How much stress did that

put you under? It is a knot of stress on the family. It did bring

us closer together as a famhly. We found we had so many friends and

relatives back could come together and help us. It was amazing. The

stress is unbelievable. My husband lost his job over it. There was a

lot of stress in the family. Can you understand what the parents of Ashya

King have gone through? Sam was 16 and he was five. Sam was di`gnosed

when he was nine. He is my baby He is a big one but he is still my

baby. To not be able to hold his hands and give him a hug whdn he is

feeling low, I cannot imagine not being able to do that. What was the

proton beam therapy like to go through? Really simple and dasy A

couple of years before I went on chemotherapy, that involved a lot of

injections and surgery. The proton beam therapy was actually jtst

laying on a bed with a mask on for half an hour or an hour doing

nothing. How are you? I am well Yes, the side effects are mdant to

come in later in a years tile, up to 20 years. I am all right now but it

is still under close watch. Thank you so much, both of you, for

joining us. We wish you all the best and hope it turns out well for you.

Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y.. .

Is it late night shopping for Saints after a summer of selling players?

A BBC investigation has discovered that three quarters

of nursing shifts on hospit`l wards in the South aren't at the

A Freedom of Information repuest was used to get a snapshot of ntrses

On elderly care wards in particular, several hospitals didn't re`ch the

target of one registered nurse for seven patients, which is recommended

They are one of the most visible people who look

But it seems there aren't enough nurses on our wards.

The Royal College of Nursing says a typical ward should have one

There should also be what it calls a skill mix ` 65% of the shhft

should be fully trained nurses, the other 35% can be health asshstants.

But, in the South, 78% of shifts don't make that r`tio

If you have relatives in hospital or if you are going into hospital that

hospitals should have taken steps to ensure there are enough people on

the wards to provide the care. In the South, five hospitals did not

have any shifts with the recommended skill mix on the days we surveyed,

including the Isle of Wight and Poole, where around a third of the

shifts had the recommended staff ratio reversed,

with more health care assistants Poole Hospital refused to do

an interview but told us it fully complies with the Government's

guidelines and that its own patient survey found staff levels wdre

in line with the national average. Those using

the hospital had few complahnts I did hear a couple complaining they

were understaffed a bit but they managed. They rallied round each

other. It was good. I waited about two hours. I found it first class. I

had no problems whatsoever. They were there when I needed thdm.

Poole and the Isle of Wight also fell well below the recommendation

On elderly care wards at St Mary's, it had more than nine patients

The hospital says its problems are unique.

The difficulties of travel `re quite challenging. We have a dischplined

group of student nurses who are keen to work on the island. I am sure we

will get to those levels but it will take longer than one would dxpect on

the mainland. Hospitals are under no obligation to

follow the RCN's recommendations, All say it's

the patients who matter. Fire fighters are continuing to

tackle a fire at a landfill site in Dorset, with warnings th`t it

could take days to extinguish. It broke out the site near Wareham,

on Sunday afternoon with reports Residents living nearby are being

warned that weather conditions this evening could lead to lore

difficult conditions. 71`year`old former professional

wrestler Bill has had many fights The latest against the effects

of the acrid smoke hanging over I suffer with my chest a bit but it

has made it worse today. Re`lly worse. We are in the house `ll day.

We have not been out at all. The fire broke out at

around 5pm yesterday evening, 1 ,000 sq m of rubbish is affected to

a depth of 10m. There's been more than 30 fhre

fighters on the site with shx fire I looked up over the wedding awning

and there was black, billowhng smoke.

This pub is a few hundred mdtres from the site and was advisdd to

It has been horrendous. We `re in a hollow and it has been quitd

choking. There is no hazardous waste in the landfill. It is general waste

that is in the site and is burning. Fire fighters have run this 4

km hose from the River Piddle They say it could be days

before the fire is fully out. A search is under way for an

11`year`old boy who has gond missing between Lulworth Cove and Wdymouth.

Dorset Police have a number of officers the area. He has

disabilities which may make himself to recognise risks or react

difficult `` differently to other children of his age. He was wearing

a Hawaiian print T`shirt. Any further information and we will

bring it to you when we can. An expansion of nursery provision

for disadvantaged two year olds has been launched by a government

minister on a visit to Bognor Regis. An extra 130,000 free places will

become available nationwide aimed at helping families earning less

than ?17,000. But there has been criticisl

about funding levels and sole councils say they're struggling to

find the extra places. It is a good day for Arthur. He

already comes to this nursery in Bognor Regis twice a week. With

additional funding he can now come three times. That is great news for

his mother. A massive difference. We can pay for an extra session. We are

not relying on family members to look after him while I go to work. A

lot of difference. Representatives of nurseries and other provhders say

the changes are well intenddd but flawed. This policy was announced

without any consultation. They are meant to provide the places. They

will tell you that the schele is inadequately funded and therefore at

some point in time parents will be queueing up for these places and

they will not be there. In some areas there are not enough places to

cope with demand. Launching the scheme in West Sussex, the

Government minister made thhs pledged `` pledge. Local authorities

have a statutory duty to provide places. The Government is b`cking

that with 100 million of capital investment to ensure the pl`ces are

available. In Bognor, there has been a shortage. We were up to ftll

capacity and were turning children away. We can provide more places for

those children. The nursery extension opens later this lonth.

Small children will be able to join Arthur and his friends here.

Households on Portland in Dorset have taken part in an experhment to

try to cut the amount of sugar in diets. We are looking at thd true

health cost of our addiction to shiver. This lane in Portland, home

to Bronwen, Stephen and Diane. Like most of us they enjoy the odd sugary

treat. I tend to nibble. I do not look at shiver on packets. H

normally eat healthily and then I go for a binge week. They have been

keeping a food diary. They `re typical of the average person. Our

lives have been hijacked by sugar. We need to wind back the harm if we

are to improve the increasing burden of chronic disease. I discover what

the long`term effects are and see how it is changing our bodids

behaviour. We challenge Portland to cut down on the sweet stuff. That is

Inside Out at 7:30pm. It is transfer deadline day. Is it like a feeding

frenzy? You have to use a f`x machine and no e`mails. It hs the

frenzy? You have to use a f`x machine and no e`mails. It only time

that faxes ever get used. There machine and no e`mails. It only time

that faxes ever get used. h`ve been a number of players leaving Saint

Mary 's. Today there could be two players coming in. In the l`st few

hours, there are two players having their medicals at Saint Marx 's The

first is a Belgian defender who has played every game at the World Cup.

The second is a pacey winger who has been signed from Salzburg. Hopefully

that will go through in the next bailout. It will take spendhng to

?60 million. One player who has left Saint Mary 's, he is leaving the

club already. He has only bden there a few days. One Saints fan went to

buy his shirt, got his name on the back and has now seen the player

leave. The club has said thdy will be found him all the money. What

about business for other cltbs? Andrew Salmon is now at Bournemouth

on a permanent deal. `` `` Sermon. Brighton have let Maxim encode go on

loan to a Dutch side. Ryan Baird has also been let go. That is the

comings and goings so far on transfer deadline day. When it came

to results, it was a mixed bag but our teams in the south. Saints fans

are happy to deal `` still have the French midfielder at the cltb. They

are even happier after his two goals against West Ham. I have respect for

the fans and a respect for the club. I was give my best. I was thinking

about my future. Today is clear I have started to concentrate on my

football now. The summer signing scored his second in two gales to

wrap up the victory. In forlat, it was a familiar face that put them

behind at Harrow Road with Lewis grabbing putting them in front. ``

Grabban. Reading made it 1`0 at Middlesbrough. Simon Cox proved to

be the difference with this cheeky chip. It was a day to remember for

defender Lewis Dunk. It is three games unbeaten. His stoppagd time

header rescued a point for Charlton. This late goals sneaked in `t the

back post. He had only been on the pitch for four minutes but ht was

enough to give Newport the win. In the FA Cup we have been following

teams in the very early stages. There were knocked out. Thex lost

3`0 at home to Longwell Gredn in Bristol. We will continue otr thread

by previewing another game hn a fortnight. In cricket, on d`y two of

the county champion ship gale at Leicester and share ``

Leicestershire, they added just two more runs to their overnight score.

Matt Coles was the pick of the bowlers for Hampshire. Bad light

stopped play. At the world Equestrian games in non`windy,

William Fox Pitt was deprivdd of the title by one fence. `` in Normandy.

Britain took the team silver. Such a pity he just missed out. A chilly

morning. It was miserable this morning. It was drizzly. It did not

go away till this afternoon. This close`up of a robin in a garden in

Hampshire. Becky took a photo of rosehips in the rain in Oxford. The

skies are as great as HMS invincible today. This photo taken by Rebecca

from Gosport. By Wednesday we should see ten

pitches into the mid`20s. Inland areas away from the coast could be

24, 20 five Celsius. Not wall`to`wall sunshine. This week

there is a fair amount of cloud lurking about. Mainly dry overnight

with some cloud. In the east we will hold the cloud and drizzly

conditions. Most places will become dry juddering the night. We may have

some hilltop mist and fog whth temperatures falling to a fresher 11

to 14 Celsius. Mainly dry start the day with sunny spells be had.

Temperatures will rise to around 20, 20 one Celsius. Pleasantly warm in

any sunny spells and the winds will be fairly light. There will be

varying amounts of cloud and decent sunshine to be had. Tomorrow night

will be tried. Mist and fog is a possibility over hilltop ardas. Lots

of cloud overnight. Mist and fog still a possibility below is of 14 `

16 Celsius. A mild night to come tomorrow night. The reason for the

settled weather is that high pressure is in charge. The hsobars

are wide. We will see sunny spells and a lot cloud about during the

day. Generally bright and stnny spells to be had during the course

of the week. We are expecting some sunshine. Possibly more clott than

sunny spells, as you can sed from the outlet. Things will brighten up

as we had through each day. `` from the Outlook. Temperatures on

Wednesday could creep up to around 24 Celsius in any sunny spells. As

ever, if you want a full ten day forecast, log onto the webshte.

Tomorrow, we will be looking in detail at proposals to create a

tidal energy centre of the Hsle of Wight at a cost of somewherd around

31 pounds. More at 8pm. Stax with us tomorrow if you possibly can. Good

night. Go away if you don't me

to speak to you like that! Most schools exclude

disruptive pupils. I ain't putting up

with this any more. But one school takes them in

and promises five GCSEs.