:00:00. > :00:00.President Putin calls for the West to condemn it. Now it
:00:00. > :02:05.Referring to the apologies, he added:
:02:06. > :02:13.Disability campaigners welcome his resignation, saying his remarks
:02:14. > :02:19.expose a deep seated ignorance. I think the fact that disabled people
:02:20. > :02:22.should be questioned whether or not they have sex is ridiculous.
:02:23. > :02:27.Disabled people are having sex just like everybody else around the
:02:28. > :02:30.country is having sex. It is now one's business. There are local
:02:31. > :02:33.elections next month. Swindon's Tory's are defending a one seat
:02:34. > :02:40.majority. Opponents say the mayor should now resign as a councillor.
:02:41. > :02:49.Spent six months denying he actually said it. He is coming out with an
:02:50. > :02:53.apology which is very half`hearted. One statement, one slip of the time,
:02:54. > :02:59.should not necessarily mean you should not remain as a councillor.
:03:00. > :03:03.This evening there is a protest demanding he resigns. He has told us
:03:04. > :03:09.he has no intention of leaving politics.
:03:10. > :03:13.A woman in Bicester's been taken to hospital after a car crashed into
:03:14. > :03:16.the shop she was working in. Here's what the Co`op store on Bassett
:03:17. > :03:19.Avenue looked like after the crash this lunchtime. Emergency services
:03:20. > :03:22.were called and the female driver was treated for shock. People
:03:23. > :03:25.working nearby said it was extremely lucky nobody was more seriously
:03:26. > :03:28.hurt. The road was closed while police recovered the car. We heard
:03:29. > :03:31.the bang, rushed out to see what had happened. Crowds of people were
:03:32. > :03:36.flocking towards Co`op so we went across the road to have a look and
:03:37. > :03:39.see what had happened and there was a car inside the shop. Fire engines
:03:40. > :03:44.and ambulances came pretty quickly. The main concern is, is someone
:03:45. > :03:46.hurt? Improvements to health services in
:03:47. > :03:50.Buckinghamshire have made them much safer for patients, according to a
:03:51. > :03:53.new review. The county's hospitals were placed in special measures last
:03:54. > :03:58.year following a damning report into 14 NHS trusts across the country.
:03:59. > :04:03.Today officials have been explaining what changes have been made and what
:04:04. > :04:07.lessons have been learnt. It was a report that came as a
:04:08. > :04:11.severe blow to Buckinghamshire health care NHS Trust. Numerous
:04:12. > :04:14.examples of poor care and nursing standards, a list of worrying
:04:15. > :04:20.problems, not least that more people were dying out of hours because of a
:04:21. > :04:26.lack of staff. Work on rectifying the situation started quickly. It is
:04:27. > :04:34.now nine months later and the review of what has changed has been
:04:35. > :04:39.completed. Health bosses have been in the building behind me answering
:04:40. > :04:44.serious questions about improvements. They say they have
:04:45. > :04:50.employed more staff, more people with the right skills working at the
:04:51. > :04:54.right time of day. The result, they said, is that fewer people have
:04:55. > :04:56.died. Overall the Trust says things are improving at hospitals in
:04:57. > :05:00.Buckinghamshire. Hospital infections like MRSA and C. Difficile have been
:05:01. > :05:09.reduced. The number of patients dying at weekends has gone down over
:05:10. > :05:13.the last three years. The Trust has also reported that the overall risk
:05:14. > :05:16.at hospitals has been decreased but there is still work to be done. We
:05:17. > :05:19.have to ensure there is the right health delivery for the residents of
:05:20. > :05:22.Buckinghamshire bearing in mind the national changes that all of these
:05:23. > :05:26.trusts have to make throughout the country. For patients, it is a
:05:27. > :05:32.start, but some feel there are still problems. There are places and parts
:05:33. > :05:37.of the service that has to be improved. I was talking to somebody
:05:38. > :05:40.last night about the out of hours service in Buckinghamshire and there
:05:41. > :05:45.are parts of it that are not very good. He had a long wait. The Trust
:05:46. > :05:48.agrees. It recognises it still has a long way to go. But it says overall
:05:49. > :05:52.the standards of health care in Buckinghamshire have gone up. The
:05:53. > :05:56.real test will be in two months when the results of a new inspection
:05:57. > :06:02.carried out just a few weeks ago will be published.
:06:03. > :06:05.Thousands of fish have had to be hauled out of a canal in Swindon
:06:06. > :06:08.because of problems caused by illegal fishermen. The borough
:06:09. > :06:12.council says it's caught and removed more than a tonne of fish from the
:06:13. > :06:15.Wiltshire and Berkshire canal at Kingshill. It follows complaints
:06:16. > :06:19.from dog walkers about the illegal fishermen. The council says it took
:06:20. > :06:25.thousands of fish out and moved them to lakes because it can't afford to
:06:26. > :06:28.pay for round the clock patrols. We always used to get the herons along
:06:29. > :06:33.here and with them taking the fish out there is no food for the herons
:06:34. > :06:36.so the herons are going to be gone as well. We are running out of
:06:37. > :06:40.wildlife down here. Buying a house is said to be one of
:06:41. > :06:44.the most stressful times of your life. Now an Oxford woman is pushing
:06:45. > :06:48.the government to change the law to protect house buyers. Kate Astley
:06:49. > :06:55.was days away from buying her first home when the seller increased the
:06:56. > :06:59.price by ?13,000. It is every house buyer's worst
:07:00. > :07:03.nightmare. You have spent hundreds if not thousands of pounds on fees
:07:04. > :07:09.all ready for the big move, only to be told the seller is demanding more
:07:10. > :07:13.cash to complete. This is exactly what happened to Kate. We went all
:07:14. > :07:16.the way through the process, engaging solicitors, paying the
:07:17. > :07:21.survey fees, and getting our mortgage set`up. Right at the last
:07:22. > :07:25.moment, we were about to exchange contracts, and we got a phone call
:07:26. > :07:31.saying we are ready to go if you put in an extra ?13,000 towards the
:07:32. > :07:36.property. Kate fell foul of a new phenomena being named ghost
:07:37. > :07:41.gazumping. Sellers hike up the price at the last minute despite there
:07:42. > :07:45.being no other buyers. She is so angry about what happened she is
:07:46. > :07:49.campaigning for a change in the law. I want there to be a small agreement
:07:50. > :07:52.put in place at the beginning of the conveyancing process which shares
:07:53. > :07:58.the risk between the buyer and the seller. It means that when the buyer
:07:59. > :08:03.puts in money, if the seller does not go through with the sale they
:08:04. > :08:07.are liable for that payment. If they have done it in bad faith. Local
:08:08. > :08:11.estate agent Mark says his profession is not to blame as they
:08:12. > :08:16.want the deal to go through as much as anyone else but he is confident
:08:17. > :08:20.he knows what is going on. It is looking after number one. If they
:08:21. > :08:24.are seeing house prices rise, a small increase is quite a lot of
:08:25. > :08:31.cash and it takes a long time to earn that cash and therefore it is
:08:32. > :08:35.protecting our own position. For the government's part they insist the
:08:36. > :08:39.current system works. They say there are a range of options for both
:08:40. > :08:42.buyers and sellers to agree upon if they want to get more commitment
:08:43. > :08:46.from one another so it seems for people like Kate the fear of ghost
:08:47. > :08:53.gazumping may be around for some time yet.
:08:54. > :08:57.One of Oxfordshire's busiest roads is to close over the summer. A
:08:58. > :09:00.section of the A420 near Shrivenham will be shut for seven weeks for
:09:01. > :09:04.major resurfacing work. People living in the area are worried about
:09:05. > :09:14.the closure, but the council says it needs to be done.
:09:15. > :09:19.This is a quiet village on the edge of Oxfordshire but then a few weeks
:09:20. > :09:25.thousands of extra vehicles could be using it to get around roadworks
:09:26. > :09:32.when the A420 is closed for repairs. The A420 has around 20,000 vehicle
:09:33. > :09:37.movements a days you can imagine all of that traffic coming through the
:09:38. > :09:40.High Street, it is going to be potentially lethal. Everyone
:09:41. > :09:48.recognises the A420 is in need of repair is. Potholes and subsidence
:09:49. > :09:55.are evident. From July the 21st round two and a half miles of this
:09:56. > :10:00.road will be closed from year and will be almost completely
:10:01. > :10:04.restructured. The council says it will put weight limits in place and
:10:05. > :10:10.have diversions for each GB 's but it means journeys will take longer
:10:11. > :10:15.for everyone. Smaller cars and vans will have to navigate the back
:10:16. > :10:23.roads. The roadworks have to be done. It is a question of how best
:10:24. > :10:28.to manage the traffic. We have closed it for the job to speed of
:10:29. > :10:31.time during the summer holidays. If we decided to do it by temporary
:10:32. > :10:36.traffic lights there would be traffic jams and even more
:10:37. > :10:40.bottlenecks. The council says it is confident the work will be done on
:10:41. > :10:46.time and the road should be open again by early September.
:10:47. > :10:53.I'll have the headlines at 8pm and a full bulletin at 10:25pm.
:10:54. > :10:56.right in the autumn. A major road through West Sussex was closed for
:10:57. > :10:59.several hours today following an accident. A car, van and lorry
:11:00. > :11:02.collided on the A27 at Arundel just before midday. A 57`year`old woman
:11:03. > :11:04.from Littlehampton was taken to hospital with suspected pelvic
:11:05. > :11:07.injuries. The 36`year`old lorry driver, who's from the Netherlands,
:11:08. > :11:10.was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
:11:11. > :11:13.Still to come in this evening's South Today: It's a full`on assault
:11:14. > :11:18.as England's women rugby players prepare for the World Cup.
:11:19. > :11:25.A waste of time, energy and money ` that's how a group of parents have
:11:26. > :11:31.described trying to open a new free school in Wokingham. It was due to
:11:32. > :11:34.open in 2016 and they'd started recruiting parents and finding a
:11:35. > :11:37.site. But seven months after giving their backing, Wokingham Borough
:11:38. > :11:44.Council says it will open its own school instead. Ben Moore reports.
:11:45. > :11:51.Starting a new school from scratch is no walk in the park as school
:11:52. > :11:57.group will tell you. The say the very council who supported them is
:11:58. > :12:01.no undercutting them by building its own academy. It was a big shock
:12:02. > :12:06.because we had always been in consultation with the borough
:12:07. > :12:11.council and had kept them involved with what we were doing. We do feel
:12:12. > :12:17.let down by the Council, the question now is whether they can
:12:18. > :12:23.deliver. School places are in short supply here. The council admits it
:12:24. > :12:30.will run out of secondary school places by the 2017 academic year. A
:12:31. > :12:36.new academy the say was always within its plans. There are beds
:12:37. > :12:40.going forward to the Department for Education where groups of parents
:12:41. > :12:44.have done it also alongside the local authority. We would be happy
:12:45. > :12:52.to support them doing that if they wanted to as well. This was the most
:12:53. > :12:57.likely site for the free school. Some say the council's plans to open
:12:58. > :13:04.its own school in 2016 are ambitious. Parents say they hope the
:13:05. > :13:12.council school plans are not a ploy ahead of upcoming local elections.
:13:13. > :13:18.Pubs and clubs in Southampton could be charged extra for selling alcohol
:13:19. > :13:22.after midnight. The City Council is to start consulting on introducing a
:13:23. > :13:31.late`night levy from next February. It will be used to fund taxi
:13:32. > :13:35.marshals, extra CCTV and street cleaning. The same levy was
:13:36. > :13:42.introduced in Newcastle last autumn. How has that been working in
:13:43. > :13:47.Newcastle? Initially all be licensees were against it because
:13:48. > :13:52.turkeys do not vote for Christmas. Nobody wants to pay tax. We found
:13:53. > :13:58.out by working with the City Council and getting the best reduction in
:13:59. > :14:06.the tax it is working very well. Do you see that you should contribute
:14:07. > :14:12.to the city centre? Nightlife causes disorder and disruption for those
:14:13. > :14:17.living nearby. It does but our local newspaper did the calculations and
:14:18. > :14:23.find out that the 35 top premises, there are 400 in a square mile,
:14:24. > :14:27.already paid enough to cover all the bills so we are already doing our
:14:28. > :14:34.sheer by paying late`night levy but if it is spent correctly it can
:14:35. > :14:42.benefit everybody. I'd macro do you think it is being spent correctly?
:14:43. > :14:46.Absolutely. I have just left the meeting thrashing out where we all
:14:47. > :14:54.believe it should be spent. We did that successfully. Listening to that
:14:55. > :15:00.is a counsellor from Southampton. Is this levy the only way you can pay
:15:01. > :15:04.for these services bearing in mind you already pay for business rates
:15:05. > :15:13.and they have put up night`time parking in the city? Absolutely. It
:15:14. > :15:18.is a lot of money. The situation we find ourselves in is either we have
:15:19. > :15:24.to withdraw our support for the city centre economy or find another way
:15:25. > :15:29.of paying for it. The idea behind the levy is to find another way of
:15:30. > :15:34.paying for it. Like Newcastle, we will work with the trade to
:15:35. > :15:40.establish how this money will be spent. I think it could lead to a
:15:41. > :15:45.better outcome for the city. 77% of this levy goes to the police to
:15:46. > :15:50.support the policing of the night`time economy. That takes half
:15:51. > :15:57.of the policing resource that is on duty on a Friday and Saturday night
:15:58. > :16:02.in the city. We think there is an opportunity to invest that money and
:16:03. > :16:08.free up some for the outer suburbs. Newcastle are ahead of the game, a
:16:09. > :16:14.party city, Southampton is a big student city. I think that is a big
:16:15. > :16:20.driver for us. We have seen how successfully it has been introduced
:16:21. > :16:28.in Newcastle and we hope to do it the same way. What advice would you
:16:29. > :16:35.give to Southampton? They must give a reduction to those who have best
:16:36. > :16:49.practice. That draws standards upwards. Thank you. It is estimated
:16:50. > :16:57.as many as 50,000 people in the UK are lower limb amputees. Research is
:16:58. > :17:04.at Southampton University have no developed pressure sensors. These
:17:05. > :17:10.could also be used in other ways to prevent unnecessary pain and
:17:11. > :17:15.treatment. This man had an amputation below his right knee soon
:17:16. > :17:20.after he was born and then above the knee in his teens. Now 26, he is
:17:21. > :17:27.helping researchers develop an early warning system to ensure artificial
:17:28. > :17:32.limbs remain well fitted despite the stresses and strains of everyday
:17:33. > :17:36.use. It is thought there are about 50,000 lower limb amputees in the
:17:37. > :17:40.UK. There is long`standing evidence that many do not use their
:17:41. > :17:44.prospective cleanser as much as they would like because of discomfort.
:17:45. > :17:53.The Stump can change in shape and size even during the course of a
:17:54. > :17:57.day. It can rob, create source, blisters. Because it hurts every
:17:58. > :18:03.step because you are having to put all of your weight on it you are
:18:04. > :18:08.less likely to want to do things. The sensor is thin and flexible like
:18:09. > :18:17.a small postage stamp. It is take to a liner, essentially a sock. It is
:18:18. > :18:26.then placed within the artificial limb. Off you go. The sensor is now
:18:27. > :18:31.picking up information about pressure on the stump and whether it
:18:32. > :18:36.is robbing. That information is being passed on to researchers and
:18:37. > :18:43.clinicians who can identify the need for any adjustments to prevent
:18:44. > :18:47.discomfort and pain. The research is planned to develop a system of
:18:48. > :18:54.alerts for tablets and smartphones in the sensor acts as a second skin
:18:55. > :18:59.warning of potential problems. A large number of lower limb amputees
:19:00. > :19:04.may suffer from nerve damage and with a reduced skin sensation, that
:19:05. > :19:12.means they do not feel the pain of tissue injury. It may be too late
:19:13. > :19:16.because once the soft tissue is compromised then it could get
:19:17. > :19:25.infected and it could be really serious. If all goes well the
:19:26. > :19:30.sensors could be available to NHS patients within three years and
:19:31. > :19:33.there may be more uses like shoe insoles for diabetics and in
:19:34. > :19:39.wheelchairs and mattresses preventing pain and distress.
:19:40. > :19:42.Opponents to plans to build a second runway at Gatwick Airport have
:19:43. > :19:45.launched their campaign to fight it. Those behind the Gatwick's Big
:19:46. > :19:52.Enough campaign have sent out thousands of car stickers and
:19:53. > :19:54.leaflets. Earlier this month, the airport began consulting on its
:19:55. > :19:59.expansion plans. There are three different options with a new runway
:20:00. > :20:02.to the south of the existing one. Nearly all of the south's beaches
:20:03. > :20:05.tested in this year's Good Beach Guide have passed with flying
:20:06. > :20:07.colours. The latest report to be released from the Marine
:20:08. > :20:11.Conservation Society shows that all East Dorset beaches bar Boscombe and
:20:12. > :20:15.Swanage made it into the very top category. On the Isle of Wight,
:20:16. > :20:19.Bembridge and Shanklin were also the only ones not to get full marks.
:20:20. > :20:30.While in Hampshire the only beach falling short of outstanding was
:20:31. > :20:34.Southsea. No sport. I was worried you were not going to come back to
:20:35. > :20:41.the newsroom today. You have been doing hard`core training? Yes, you
:20:42. > :20:45.will see I was unleashed on a cargo net and I wondered if I would make
:20:46. > :20:47.it back. Reading moved back into the play`off places on goal difference
:20:48. > :20:50.after a one`all draw with Leicester City last night. Defender Alex
:20:51. > :20:54.Pearce headed the Royals in front from Jordan Obita's free`kick early
:20:55. > :20:57.on. But Danny Drinkwater drove in an equaliser to pull Leicester level
:20:58. > :21:08.after half an hour. Reading are now winless in seven at home and with
:21:09. > :21:08.just one win in five overall. Let's look at the play`off contenders in
:21:09. > :21:53.the championship. separated into four teams, competing
:21:54. > :21:58.against one another and the clock. The idea is to overcome obstacles on
:21:59. > :22:01.the course and then transferred back to the dog the pitch. It is about
:22:02. > :23:47.decision`making under made it two wins from two to start
:23:48. > :23:51.the defence of their Elite League title. A maximum 15 points from new
:23:52. > :23:56.captain Macheck Janovski helped them to a 49 to 41 victory over Coventry
:23:57. > :24:04.at Wimborne Road. Next up for the Pirates is a double header against
:24:05. > :24:07.Swindon on Friday. In Cricket, after Day three of their County
:24:08. > :24:31.Championship Division One match against Warwickshire, Sussex are
:24:32. > :24:34.looking good for a win tomorrow. Despite England's Ian Bell scoring
:24:35. > :24:45.an impressive 180 not out, Sussex now require wickets for the victory.
:24:46. > :24:50.No the weather. Inland we reached a high of 12 to 15 Celsius today.
:24:51. > :25:10.Let's look at your weather pictures. Today was a little cooler than
:25:11. > :25:15.yesterday but still pleasant in the sunshine in sheltered spots. Tonight
:25:16. > :25:22.with clear spies there will be a widespread frost even with some mist
:25:23. > :25:26.and fog patches in low lying areas. We might see a little bit of cloud
:25:27. > :25:31.increasing towards the south coast and the Isle of White. Temperatures
:25:32. > :25:37.will be going to force of these in parts of Oxfordshire. We start the
:25:38. > :25:44.day dry and sunny in most places. Mist and fog patches will be
:25:45. > :25:48.swiftly. Temperatures will warm up quickly in the sunshine. Still the
:25:49. > :25:54.onshore breeze making it slightly cooler on the costs. The best
:25:55. > :26:01.temperatures will be in northern and eastern areas. A lovely end to the
:26:02. > :26:05.day tomorrow with lots of sunshine. Clear skies initially overnight but
:26:06. > :26:09.cloud will thicken overnight and the weather front will introduce more
:26:10. > :26:14.cloud but it will stay dry. Temperatures should be above
:26:15. > :26:22.freezing. Still the risk of the touch of frost in the countryside.
:26:23. > :26:27.The dry start to the day on Thursday. It will stay that way.
:26:28. > :26:33.High pressure still hanging on in towards Easter weekend. There will
:26:34. > :26:38.be more cloud during the morning and through the afternoon than we have
:26:39. > :26:45.seen of late. The best of any brightness through Thursday morning.
:26:46. > :26:49.Looking ahead to the Easter weekend, it will start mainly dry at first,
:26:50. > :26:54.you will be some bright or sunny spells. Those likely Friday
:26:55. > :27:06.afternoon and into Saturday but it will harden unsettled on Sunday into
:27:07. > :27:14.Monday. `` turn unsettled. Thank you very much. Now a Dorset sheep has
:27:15. > :27:23.produced six healthy lambs and what is believed to have been a first.
:27:24. > :27:32.Scans of the EU had suggested she would give birth to five lambs but
:27:33. > :27:39.an extra one popped out. Two are normally good, three is a bonus, but
:27:40. > :27:39.six? Their claims are delayed in being processed
:27:40. > :27:43.normally good, three is a bonus, but six? That is all from us, have a
:27:44. > :27:48.lovely evening. Good night. Good night.