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Coming up: The courageous actions of a Dorset MP who battled to save the

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life of the policemen killed in the Westminster terror attack.

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A record fine for a water company after more than 1 billion litres of

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raw sewage was pumped into the River Thames. And why have only half the

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passengers and title to Southern Railway compensation apply for it?

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-- entitled to The Bournemouth East MP,

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Tobias Ellwood, is being hailed a hero tonight for his actions

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to try and save the life of a policeman killed

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in the Westminster terror attack. The former soldier attempted to give

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the officer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and stem the flow

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of blood from his wounds after he was stabbed

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in New Palace Yard. Our political editor Peter Henley

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sent this from behind the security the story around Tobias Ellwood, for

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's office minister, is a remarkable -- is a remarkable one. A captain in

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the Royal Marines, he was walking on his way to vote in the House of

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Commons and walked the wrong way from the way he was supposed to and

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so the injured policeman. He performed CPR, try to stem the

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bleeding until the medics arrived. He carried on for 15 minutes or so.

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Tobias Ellwood lost his own brother in the Bali terrorist attacks some

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years ago. I've known him since he was before an MP. He has been

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involved in a few have I go incidents and is the one person who

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would -- is the one person you would rely on to get involved in a

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situation like that. We all crouched down behind the

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pillars and then got very quick instructions to head back towards

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portcullis house. At which point, my good friend Tobias Ellwood marched

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in a fashion in the opposite direction. I knew he had a mission

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in mind and it was about helping the chap, the police officer, who was

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injured. The house will be sitting tomorrow,

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business at usual. Hopefully tourists will still be coming here

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because, whatever motivation there is this person, they were trying to

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disrupt normal life but normal life will go on.

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Tonight, extra police officers are on hand at main railway stations

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in the south after today's events in London.

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British Transport Police say it's to offer reassurance

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rather than in response to a specific threat.

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Dozens of students from the region were caught up in today's events

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at Westminster whilst on tours of Parliament, as part

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One school in Hampshire left the Houses of Parliament

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just moments before today's attacks began.

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These school children were among dozens visiting Parliament today

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Schools including East Preston School from Littlehampton

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and Northmead Junior School in Guilford were all on trips

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One school that had been there just moments before today's attack

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was The Kings School from Winchester.

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We were very close. We didn't see or hear the incident but had just got

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on to coach and were within a few metres of it.

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For most of the day, the Palace of Westminster

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meaning MPs from the south were kept inside.

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I've just left Westminster after an incredibly difficult day. A shocking

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incident of terrorism. I was coming across to vote towards the fountain

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and had been told that there were shots heard and he had to leave

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immediately. I rushed down the embankment, picked up my shoes and

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ran, warning other people to get away as far as they could.

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This evening, the British Transport Police said extra officers would be

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in place at railway stations, including Southampton Central

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and around the south of England to offer reassurance to passengers

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Tonight at Romsey Abbey, prayers were said to remember those

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Whilst this attack happened in London,

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the ripples of what happened ran far deeper.

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The director of Thames Water has apologised and admitted it failed

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in its responsibility to the environment after it was

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fined ?20 million for polluting the River Thames.

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The company admitted pumping nearly one and a half billion litres

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of sewage into the river in incidents in Berkshire,

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The Environment Agency described it as one of the worst pollution

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The river was black, grey, very smelly, there was dead fish.

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More than a billion litres of untreated sewage were released

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into the River Thames and its tributaries

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After receiving a record fine at Aylesbury Crown Court, Thames Water

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said it has invested millions in new equipment since the offences.

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There have been sweeping, far-reaching changes

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That has included more people, more and better systems

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The court case followed a three-year investigation

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The scale was enormous and the pattern of offending was disturbing.

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It was not because there had been new conditions and permits by us,

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it was because basic equipment, screens and pumps were not

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Thames Water has paid for new fencing to keep cattle away

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Highly irresponsible that such a large company with such

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large profit margins are polluting our waterways.

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The judge described Thames Water's failings

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as diabolical and disgraceful and entirely foreseeable.

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He said all the problems were avoidable by any competent

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Local environmental groups welcomed the fine but, as the countryside

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recovers, their message is that Thames Water simply did not

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do its job and must change its ways for good.

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Half the passengers entitled to compensation for poor service

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on Southern Railway have failed to claim it.

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Almost 43,000 Southern Railway season ticket holders have

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so far received a total of ?10 million of compensation.

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Here's our transport correspondent Paul Clifton.

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The government announced a one-off compensation deal for Sutherland

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passengers in December. The aim was to help those who have endured

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months of disruption. Due to engineering work, inadequate service

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from Britain's poorest performing train company and strikes. 84,000

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season-ticket holders are eligible. So far just under 43,000 claims have

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been processed. Almost half those passengers who could claim

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compensation either have not bother at or are not aware of what they can

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claim. I've had the letter saying that I'm

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due a compensation amounts on my annual season ticket and I followed

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the instructions but nothing has come through yet.

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It is not easy, that is why I never claim. The process takes longer than

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the train is always delayed. I would rather have an operator that

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can run the trains as they should be run. It is very frustrating and it

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does affect your life. Annual season ticket holders are

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entitled to four weeks of free travel. Quarterly, weekly and

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monthly ticket holders can get back the equivalent.

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A student nurse who was treated for leukaemia as a child is now

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working on the wards at Southampton General,

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alongside the nurse who looked after her 15 years ago.

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Clara Markavitch was given a 40% chance of survival

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After years of treatment she is now pursuing her dream of becoming

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She looked at me and then she that everyone else and she was like, I

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know you. And I was like, know you. And I hadn't seen and so long and we

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had a big hug and were shaking. I showed her photos I had on my phone.

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It was amazing. You can keep up to date on the BBC

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news channel and online. We will be back with bulletins

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in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning, but now here's the weather

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with Sam Fraser. We had a showery theme today and it

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will continue tonight. You can see that band of rain moving east to

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west throughout the night. It is the same rain that moved west to east

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today. It is coming back to haunt us. Under the cloudy skies,

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temperatures will return to about five Celsius by dawn. It is a dull

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and damp start tomorrow morning although the showers start to move

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off and things brighten up quite quickly with some sunshine perhaps

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breaking through the afternoon. We are going to keep those showers

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along the coast for much of the Day, I'm afraid. There will be a keen

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easterly wind which will take the edge off as temperatures. On Friday,

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that stubborn area of low pressure is set to feed fresh showers and for

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a time but high pressure begins to sink side so it will be a more

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settled picture It certainly was a pretty wet day

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across parts

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