:00:00. > 3:59:59at night. There is frost on the way. Thank you very much. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:57.me. And on BBC Good evening. First tonight, a
:00:58. > :01:01.Wiltshire police officer who fired a 50,000`volt taser into the chest of
:01:02. > :01:07.a naked suspect in a cell, has been found not guilty of assault and
:01:08. > :01:10.misconduct in a public place. PC Lee Birch always denied responding
:01:11. > :01:13.angrily to the violent behaviour of his prisoner, Daniel Dove. Our Home
:01:14. > :01:21.Affairs Correspondent, Steve Brodie, reports. PC Lee Birch left court
:01:22. > :01:25.after the jury recorded is not guilty verdict in just 60 minutes.
:01:26. > :01:29.They reached the decision after watching CCTV of the officer firing
:01:30. > :01:34.the electronic stun gun into the chest of Daniel Dove. The jury
:01:35. > :01:38.watched CCTV which showed Daniel Dove been told to strip was up when
:01:39. > :01:43.he reached his boxer shorts and took them off and flip them at Lee Birch.
:01:44. > :01:46.The pleas of seven produced the Taser stun gun which he had been
:01:47. > :01:50.hiding behind his back, and shot Daniel Dove in the chest, who then
:01:51. > :02:04.collapse, naked, onto the floor of the cell, after being hit by 50,000
:02:05. > :02:07.balls. `` thoughts. `` volts. At the last minute, the Wiltshire Chief
:02:08. > :02:16.Constable appealed to stop the release of the CCTV footage. It is
:02:17. > :02:18.immensely disappointing that the Crown Prosecution Service elected to
:02:19. > :02:24.withdraw the prosecution against Daniel Dove on the basis that Lee
:02:25. > :02:29.Birch's credibility was now being questioned. The jury have had ample
:02:30. > :02:32.opportunity to carry out an assessment of the credibility of Lee
:02:33. > :02:40.Birch and their view was plain to see. For Lee Birch it follows and is
:02:41. > :02:45.probably change of mind from the Crown Prosecution Service. Daniel
:02:46. > :02:50.Dove was arrested by PC Lee Burch, and charged with being drunk and
:02:51. > :02:55.disorderly. By March 2013, Daniel Dove was due to stand trial, then he
:02:56. > :03:00.issues a private prosecution against Lee Birch for assault. In July, the
:03:01. > :03:03.CPS dropped the case against Daniel Dove, claiming that the credibility
:03:04. > :03:09.of Lee Birch as a witness had been called into question. The CPS takes
:03:10. > :03:19.over the private prosecution and DC Burch was charged. `` PC Birch.
:03:20. > :03:27.Daniel Dove was booked into the custody suite at Melksham police
:03:28. > :03:31.station. It feels like if you touch an electric fence, like that, but a
:03:32. > :03:40.lot stronger. It just grabs hold of you. Wiltshire police will review
:03:41. > :03:47.their policy on Taser 's. We have subsequently rewritten the policy on
:03:48. > :04:01.Taser 's, and change the selection of officers trained to use Tasers.
:04:02. > :04:07.Lee Birch must now await the outcome of an investigation by the IPCC,
:04:08. > :04:10.although he can return to work. A 22`year`old man from Abingdon has
:04:11. > :04:13.been jailed for three years for sexual activity with a 14`year`old
:04:14. > :04:17.girl. Owen Froude was arrested in January last year. In March he
:04:18. > :04:20.pleaded guilty to inciting a child to be involved in pornography and
:04:21. > :04:22.sexual activity with a child. He's also been placed on the sex
:04:23. > :04:25.offenders' register indefinitely. The Swindon Town footballer Nile
:04:26. > :04:28.Ranger has appeared before magistrates where he pleaded not
:04:29. > :04:31.guilty to a charge of criminal damage. He will stand trial next
:04:32. > :04:34.month, accused of causing ?2,000 worth of damage. Wiltshire Police
:04:35. > :04:36.say he's not been charged with criminal assault as no formal
:04:37. > :04:45.complaint has been received. Our reporter Ali Vowles was in court.
:04:46. > :04:48.The Swindon striker has been held in custody since his arrest yesterday
:04:49. > :04:51.and this morning he appeared before magistrates. Wearing a grey
:04:52. > :04:55.tracksuit, Nile Ranger gave his name, age and address and pleaded
:04:56. > :05:01.not guilty to the charge of criminal damage. Before settting bail
:05:02. > :05:04.conditions, the court heard he has to attend three different court
:05:05. > :05:07.appearances in Liverpool, Gwent and Newcastle in May and June for
:05:08. > :05:10.various charges of drink driving and criminal damage. The Swindon Town
:05:11. > :05:13.star left court with bail conditions stating that he appears at Swindon's
:05:14. > :05:16.Gable Cross police station every Tuesday and Friday until his trial
:05:17. > :05:21.back here in the Magistrates' Court on July 17th. The former Premiership
:05:22. > :05:27.player moved in to a penthouse flat in this apartment block in the
:05:28. > :05:31.centre of Swindon. Police initially said they wanted to talk to Mr
:05:32. > :05:34.Ranger about criminal damage and assault, but today the force said
:05:35. > :05:40.that it had received no formal complaint about the assault ` and no
:05:41. > :05:44.further action would be taken. The six feet two inch striker moved to
:05:45. > :05:47.the town after signing up with Swindon last year. He's not played
:05:48. > :05:51.for the club since the middle of February due to a hamstring injury.
:05:52. > :05:55.Mr Ranger didn't say much to the press today ` but when I asked him
:05:56. > :05:57.if he would be attending Swindon Town's disciplinary hearing on
:05:58. > :06:01.Thursday he said "he knew nothing about it ` he'd been in a cell and
:06:02. > :06:05.his battery was dead." In a statement the Club says its provided
:06:06. > :06:13.Nile with reasonable notice of this disciplinary meeting to allow him
:06:14. > :06:15.the opportunity to state his case. Thames Valley Police says crime in
:06:16. > :06:21.the Oxfordshire countryside went down last year but farmers have been
:06:22. > :06:23.warned to be on their guard. The Police And Crime Commissioner
:06:24. > :06:26.Anthony Stansfeld says stopping crime in rural areas is still a
:06:27. > :06:35.priority. Jeremy Stern joined officers on their night patrol.
:06:36. > :06:39.There's been some suspicious activity in Hook Norton. You could
:06:40. > :06:44.pay some attention to that while you're out on patrol. Night patrol
:06:45. > :06:47.in North Oxfordshire. Police say being seen out and about is helping
:06:48. > :06:51.to cut crime rates in the countryside. We know the area quite
:06:52. > :06:55.well, so we know that we are used to seeing and we know who would
:06:56. > :06:58.normally be around so we are looking for anyone out of the ordinary.
:06:59. > :07:03.Catching criminals is rarely easy but in the countryside there are
:07:04. > :07:08.different challenges. You do not have as many witnesses as in an
:07:09. > :07:11.urban area, and no CCTV to fall back on, so what we have been doing is
:07:12. > :07:16.strengthening communication links with the rule community, farmers and
:07:17. > :07:24.gamekeepers, dog walkers that know the area well. ?5 million worth of
:07:25. > :07:27.equipment is stolen in rural parts of the South East every year.
:07:28. > :07:30.Tractors and heavy machinery are targeted, as well as metal. Bikes,
:07:31. > :07:38.horse tack and tools are also at risk. It is a large area.
:07:39. > :07:41.Communities can feel isolated. We need to keep that reassurance of
:07:42. > :07:50.visible patrols and crime reduction work ongoing to reduce the fear of
:07:51. > :07:55.crime. Police are encouraging those who live in the countryside to
:07:56. > :08:08.increase security and mark all of their women. The Transport Secretary
:08:09. > :08:12.says he's confident building work will start on the HS2 rail line by
:08:13. > :08:15.2017. It follows last night's House of Commons approval of the plans. 35
:08:16. > :08:18.Conservative Mps voted against the scheme including Buckinghamshire MPs
:08:19. > :08:20.Cheryl Gillan and Steve Baker and Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton`Brown.
:08:21. > :08:23.Banbury's Tony Baldry abstained. I understand the concerns of
:08:24. > :08:29.honourable members whose constituents are affected by the
:08:30. > :08:32.route. I know that this is a decision be cannot duck, we have
:08:33. > :08:40.waited long enough. The West Coast mainline can take no more. Work's
:08:41. > :08:43.started to reduce congestion at the M40/ A34 junction near Bicester.
:08:44. > :08:46.Three years ago the A34 southbound junction was revamped. Now the
:08:47. > :08:49.carriageways are being widened to avoid rush hour jams on the
:08:50. > :08:58.northbound approach. New technology will also be used to help traffic
:08:59. > :09:01.flow more easily. Thousands of commuters from the region faced
:09:02. > :09:05.difficult journeys to work in London as the Tube strike brought parts of
:09:06. > :09:08.the network to a standstill. RMT union members have walked out
:09:09. > :09:11.because of plans to close ticket offices. London Underground claims
:09:12. > :09:14.more staff turned up for work than during the last strike but the RMT
:09:15. > :09:21.says industrial action is "solidly supported". Here's Nick Beake. Rush
:09:22. > :09:25.hour this morning, but these passengers were going nowhere fast.
:09:26. > :09:29.This was Earl's Court in West London. Further east, down the
:09:30. > :09:42.tracks at Liverpool Street, more crowds and Jews. `` queues. It has
:09:43. > :09:49.just been chaos. I have been stuck. It is a long walk. The circle and
:09:50. > :09:52.Waterloo City lines have been closed altogether, are the lines
:09:53. > :10:01.have been running but the big restrictions. The RMT Lanes support
:10:02. > :10:06.amongst Tube staff was solid. They cannot accept the closure of every
:10:07. > :10:10.single London transport ticket office and we are determined to
:10:11. > :10:15.stick this out until the end. London Underground claimed that most ``
:10:16. > :10:19.more staff came to work there during the last strike in February and that
:10:20. > :10:25.a record number of buses had apparently been brought out, there
:10:26. > :10:30.were more boat services, too, if that was an option. Unlike previous
:10:31. > :10:35.strikes, the RMT is the only union taking action, so is there a danger
:10:36. > :10:43.that they will lose the support of the public critic Mark I support
:10:44. > :10:46.them. Of course it makes travel difficult but that is the point.
:10:47. > :10:52.Working from home might have been more popular option and more people
:10:53. > :10:58.might have taken to two wheels to try and navigate what is a better
:10:59. > :11:01.political row. That's all from us for the moment. We'll have the
:11:02. > :11:04.headlines at eight and a full bulletin at 10.25. Now let's join
:11:05. > :11:09.Sally Taylor for more of today's stories.
:11:10. > :11:12.to abolish the service in 2017. Currently, the plan is to have fewer
:11:13. > :11:16.bases and replace the helicopter with a modern one. South Dorset MP
:11:17. > :11:19.Richard Drax is concerned about the decision. Still to come in this
:11:20. > :11:21.evening's South Today. Happy Hocktide! The unusual ancient
:11:22. > :11:29.tradition that involves Tuttis and orange men. John Moreland and Chris
:11:30. > :11:36.Jarvis were knocked off their bikes in Purley on Thames in February.
:11:37. > :11:41.This man was sentenced to ten years. His sentence was reduced. John's
:11:42. > :11:50.fiance hopes to launch a review after meeting police liaison
:11:51. > :11:55.representatives. We will do the whole thing again. He has had a
:11:56. > :12:03.criminal life from 17. He still hasn't changed. We want to repeal it
:12:04. > :12:16.to a higher sentence. Ten years is nothing for two people. Salisbury,
:12:17. > :12:19.Portsmouth and Chichester have all got them and could Worthing be next?
:12:20. > :12:22.I'm talking about 20mph speed limits which it's claimed can cut accidents
:12:23. > :12:26.and reduce pollution. Pedestrians are seven times more likely to be
:12:27. > :12:29.fatally injured if hit by a car doing 30 compared to 20mph. A
:12:30. > :12:32.Government study found accidents dropped by around a fifth after
:12:33. > :12:35.Portsmouth lowered its speed limit. The road safety charity Brake says
:12:36. > :12:38.eight out of ten people now think 20 should be the default speed limit
:12:39. > :12:41.around schools, residential areas and town centres. The issue is
:12:42. > :12:44.proving contentious in Worthing where an opposition group called "20
:12:45. > :13:03.Is Pointless" has been formed. Let's join Sean Killick live in Worthing.
:13:04. > :13:05.30 mph. If that changes, they will be reduced 20 mph in term `` in
:13:06. > :13:09.common with other residential areas. The main roads would not be
:13:10. > :13:16.affected, but it has divided opinion. There is a campaign on
:13:17. > :13:20.either side. First of all, why do you want this change? Ella macro
:13:21. > :13:25.sadly, we have the highest numbers of injuries to pedestrians and
:13:26. > :13:29.cyclists of anyone in West Sussex. Since we started the campaign, we
:13:30. > :13:35.have also found that people have contacted us and said that they are
:13:36. > :16:00.Now it is time for the sport. Former streets. We
:16:01. > :16:01.Now it is time for the sport. Former Southampton midfielder Matthew
:16:02. > :16:05.Oakley fears Mauricio Pochettino could decide to leave this summer if
:16:06. > :16:09.a top`six club comes calling The Argentinian still has a year left on
:16:10. > :16:13.his contract at St Mary's but has been linked with a move to Tottenham
:16:14. > :16:16.and has brushed aside talk over his future for now. Pochetinno's been a
:16:17. > :16:19.revelation at the club but on last night's Late Kick Off, Oakley
:16:20. > :16:23.admitted it would be tough for him to turn a club like Spurs down. He
:16:24. > :16:31.has done a fantastic job, and he is in demand. Southampton fans will be
:16:32. > :16:37.not looking for him to leave, but when a tight `` when a team like
:16:38. > :16:45.Tottenham come calling, if offered the job, he would take it. Aldershot
:16:46. > :16:49.Town will be playing on one of the best pitches in the country next
:16:50. > :16:52.season The Conference side who came out of administration last year will
:16:53. > :16:55.be gifted Chelsea's Stamford Bridge pitch for free. It'll start to be
:16:56. > :16:57.laid next month when Chelsea's current season ends. The Premier
:16:58. > :17:01.League giants already pay reserve games at the Recreation Ground. This
:17:02. > :17:04.summer will see the first staging of the Invictus Games. It's a
:17:05. > :17:07.Paralympic`style event in London for injured servicemen and women. 100
:17:08. > :17:10.members of the team will be selected and today Prince Harry was in
:17:11. > :17:14.Wiltshire building his British team. He was visiting a Help for Heroes
:17:15. > :17:16.centre in Tidworth and our reporter Fiona Lamdin was there. Reunited
:17:17. > :17:20.with his fellow servicemen. Prince Harry knows that everyone here has a
:17:21. > :17:24.story to tell. Jamie jumped from a burning plane. Others here were
:17:25. > :17:42.caught in sniper attacks in Iraq, or lost legs to bombs in Afghanistan. A
:17:43. > :17:46.gym full of inspiring stories. United by their dream to take part
:17:47. > :17:49.in the Invictus games, the first for wounded soldiers. Over 200 wounded
:17:50. > :17:52.British personnel have applied to take part in the games next
:17:53. > :17:55.September. Today, Prince Harry is here to kick off its selection
:17:56. > :17:58.process. Training hard next door, despite the circular ball, this is
:17:59. > :18:03.wheelchair rugby. This is one of eight sports at the summer games.
:18:04. > :18:06.They all come from a physically active background, and through
:18:07. > :18:09.sport, what you can do is connect them with who they are again and
:18:10. > :18:11.express themselves physically. They understand more about what
:18:12. > :18:31.opportunities still exist and what they can do rather than what they
:18:32. > :18:34.can't do. This road cycling team are testament to that. Despite losing
:18:35. > :18:38.alung after an explosion in Afghanistan, Steve is about to set
:18:39. > :18:42.off on a 20 mile cycle. I spent three weeks in a coma, two nights in
:18:43. > :18:45.hospital, and nearly three years in rehabilitation. It is a long road,
:18:46. > :18:49.and I am able to exercise again. I used to race competitively at
:18:50. > :18:54.cycling, and it is great to possibly complete again. In 2007, I was shot
:18:55. > :18:58.in the spine by a sniper in Iraq. We are all injured servicemen, and we
:18:59. > :19:03.strive to be the best. We want to be the best. This is just another way
:19:04. > :19:07.of showing that we have put in the work and you can see what you get
:19:08. > :19:10.out of it, hopefully a gold medal. These games will give soldiers from
:19:11. > :19:15.13 countries who fought together a chance to compete together. The
:19:16. > :19:19.Sussex batsman Luke Wells carried his bat today as wickets fell all
:19:20. > :19:23.around him at Hove. Wells scored 79 not out from a Sussex total of 142
:19:24. > :19:30.in reply to Somerset's first innings 372. Sussex are heading for defeat.
:19:31. > :19:40.They are currently 156`6. Meanwhile rain washed out day three of
:19:41. > :19:43.Hampshire's game against Surrey. Reading and Brighton fans will cast
:19:44. > :19:46.an eye over the result of the Birmingham Wigan fixture tonight in
:19:47. > :19:50.the championship. A win for Wigan will mean Brighton and Reading are
:19:51. > :19:54.battling it out for one place in the top six this weekend. It was started
:19:55. > :19:57.in the 14th century by the Duke of Lancaster and seemed to be a jolly
:19:58. > :20:01.good excuse for some light debauchery and a good drink. It
:20:02. > :20:04.still goes on in the town of Hungerford today but is slightly
:20:05. > :20:07.more tame. The tradition of Hocktide on the second Tuesday after Easter
:20:08. > :20:09.includes tuttimen, wenches and lots of oranges. Caroline Richardson
:20:10. > :20:18.explains. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. The son of King Edward
:20:19. > :20:21.III. It all started soberly enough. A tradition where the town's
:20:22. > :20:25.commoners are called to court. Those who don't show up are rounded up by
:20:26. > :20:28.the tutti men. Here they are with their tutti poles. More of them
:20:29. > :20:32.later. They are forced to pay a penny fine. The commoners' wives pay
:20:33. > :20:38.with the case. That is where it starts to unravel. Good morning,
:20:39. > :20:41.madam. Over the centuries, there seems to be more kisses and fewer
:20:42. > :20:44.fines. The tutti wenches help the tutti men, and anyone could find
:20:45. > :20:50.themselves in an embrace. The procession is led by the orange man.
:20:51. > :21:00.He hands out oranges to the commoners' wives. I take them round
:21:01. > :21:08.to the other houses. We are giving out oranges. Why oranges? Well, this
:21:09. > :21:13.has been happening here. It is always happened. Rumour has it that
:21:14. > :21:22.every place you stop after they have a drink. They have a coffee,
:21:23. > :21:31.whiskey, Sherry. Oh yea, all you people. Today's Hocktide is an equal
:21:32. > :21:34.opportunities affair. The tutti men are women. That does not stop them
:21:35. > :21:42.demanding a kiss. That is Eileen's husband. We are female tutti men. We
:21:43. > :21:55.are called tarty ladies. We go round the houses, providing an
:21:56. > :22:04.orange. Anyone who is trying to escape, they can through windows.
:22:05. > :22:09.The tutti polls from medieval times. This was made to make life
:22:10. > :22:19.pleasanter for us. It is a tough job. All that drinking and bonhomie.
:22:20. > :22:23.This is a wine they have in Bordeaux for lunch. As they go, tankards in
:22:24. > :22:26.hand, it is maybe a little bit clearer how it has evolved over the
:22:27. > :22:36.centuries. That is an old tradition and one I
:22:37. > :22:45.have never heard of! Any excuse for a drink! We have had a lot of
:22:46. > :22:55.lightning through Hampshire and Dorset. Lots of lightning strikes in
:22:56. > :22:59.different places. We've had some lovely sunsets recently, here is one
:23:00. > :23:02.from last night taken by Andy Lions at the Lifeboat Station in Swanage.
:23:03. > :23:06.Geoff Linton took this photo of an iris in the rain in Sturminster
:23:07. > :23:09.Marshall. And Phil Little took this picture of the ominous clouds in
:23:10. > :23:14.Farnborough this afternoon. We are expecting a number of storms this
:23:15. > :23:17.evening. We will have some mist and fog patches. Very similar to last
:23:18. > :23:23.night. The showers will disappear and with the light winds, the chance
:23:24. > :23:30.of mist and fog tomorrow. Temperatures falling to seven to
:23:31. > :23:37.nine Celsius. Tomorrow is a decent day. One the mist and fog lifts, the
:23:38. > :23:44.sunshine will break through. Not wall`to`wall son. The odd stray
:23:45. > :23:47.shower, and temperatures will reach six he `` 16. Pleasantly warm in the
:23:48. > :23:59.sunshine with the light southerly winds. Tomorrow, all change. It will
:24:00. > :24:04.be fragmented and on and off. Temperatures down to nine to 10
:24:05. > :24:10.Celsius. Yet again, eight Frost free night with mild temperatures. A wet
:24:11. > :24:19.start for some on Sunday. `` Thursday. A weather front sinks its
:24:20. > :24:23.way in. There will be rain at times on and off throughout the day. The
:24:24. > :24:28.good news is, I pressure starts to build into Friday and into the bank
:24:29. > :24:32.holiday weekend. As we look forward to the rest of the week, sunny
:24:33. > :24:37.spells for the bank holiday weekend. It will be mainly dry, the odd
:24:38. > :24:45.shower expected. Overnight frost. Gardeners beware! As we look ahead
:24:46. > :24:49.to the rest of the week into the bank holiday weekend, it is going to
:24:50. > :24:56.be a decent day. The odd stray shower with light winds. Rain and
:24:57. > :25:02.off on Thursday. Quite an damp day, and a rumble of thunder. Thursday
:25:03. > :25:12.and Friday starting to dry out. Friday and Saturday drying out,
:25:13. > :25:24.turning a lot drier. We will be back here at half past six. In tomorrow
:25:25. > :25:26.nights ` how an initiative to teach archery to blind and visually
:25:27. > :25:28.impaired people in Bournemouth is hitting its mark. Thanks for
:25:29. > :25:51.watching. Goodbye. We welcome immigration,
:25:52. > :26:06.we want immigration. # Time for hope and action
:26:07. > :26:12.to set our people free