:00:00. > 3:59:59European election results. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so
:00:00. > :00:00.it's Hello and welcome to South Today
:00:00. > :00:08.from Oxford. The former Oxfam employee sent to
:00:09. > :00:24.prison for stealing thousands. Why the number arrested
:00:25. > :00:26.here's going down. A non`smoking policy is trialled
:00:27. > :00:29.in a park in Aylesbury. Later, the scheme that could
:00:30. > :00:32.save thousands for the NHS. Elderly patients are moved out
:00:33. > :00:44.of A and treated separately. A man from Oxfordshire who was one
:00:45. > :00:48.of the senior bosses at Oxfam has been jailed for nearly
:00:49. > :00:52.two and half years, after pleading Edward McKenzie`Green from Chipping
:00:53. > :00:59.Norton took nearly ?65,000 in 2011. He used a fake name, false
:01:00. > :01:15.invoices and created companies. It is a global charity with a
:01:16. > :01:24.reputation for fighting poverty and campaigning for justice. Here,
:01:25. > :01:27.Oxfam's one anti`fraud chief was scamming them out of tens of
:01:28. > :01:32.thousands of pounds from the inside. Or money deleted for charitable
:01:33. > :01:44.work. The man from Chipping Norton took almost ?65,000 between February
:01:45. > :01:48.2011 and no. He made up companies and handed in fictitious invoices.
:01:49. > :01:52.He had paid money into the accounts of his father and friend before
:01:53. > :02:02.transferring the cash into his own account and spending it. A charge
:02:03. > :02:08.against his father, accusing him of helping him launder ?35,000, was
:02:09. > :02:16.dropped. Oxfam say they have introduced strict measures. We have
:02:17. > :02:20.focused on segregation of duties. It is a very important element of our
:02:21. > :02:25.control that the person who is requested on the invoice should not
:02:26. > :02:32.be the person who is approving an. In this case, that was abused. We
:02:33. > :02:38.are taking a close interest in that part of our controls. Today, he was
:02:39. > :02:45.sentenced to two years and five months for different in a charity.
:02:46. > :02:50.Oxfam have introduced strict that ground checks for future employees.
:02:51. > :02:52.They say they will seek to recover the money.
:02:53. > :02:55.A man has been released on bail after a body was found
:02:56. > :02:59.Michael Broadway, who was 33, was discovered at his home in
:03:00. > :03:03.Post mortem results have come back inconclusive.
:03:04. > :03:05.A 55`year`old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been
:03:06. > :03:25.in the run up to next year's general election.
:03:26. > :03:28.It is one of several areas in England where there's strong
:03:29. > :03:32.UKIP, which wants the UK to leave the EU, topped the European polls
:03:33. > :03:36.after a campaign calling for lower levels of immigration from Europe.
:03:37. > :03:38.Police are still looking for a prisoner who walked out
:03:39. > :03:41.of an open jail in Buckinghamshire over the weekend.
:03:42. > :03:44.Wayne McLeod, who is 36, escaped from Springhill Prison in Grendon
:03:45. > :03:48.Officers believe he may be in Reading, but haven't said why he
:03:49. > :03:52.A child is arrested every four minutes in England
:03:53. > :03:55.and Wales yet the number arrested in the Thames Valley is falling.
:03:56. > :03:59.In 2008, more than 12,000 children under the age of 17 were arrested
:04:00. > :04:02.But last year fewer than 4,000 were questioned by officers.
:04:03. > :04:05.National trends suggest the majority of these young people
:04:06. > :04:11.Earlier I spoke to Frances Crook from the Howard League for
:04:12. > :04:12.Penal Reform, the group behind these figures.
:04:13. > :04:15.I asked her how authorities tackle this issue of crimes committed
:04:16. > :04:21.This is a great success story by Thames Valley,
:04:22. > :04:28.It is not a question of arresting children who have committed crimes.
:04:29. > :04:30.Actually what they were doing was hitting arbitrary targets.
:04:31. > :04:34.So it?s much easier to arrest a child who was kicking a football
:04:35. > :04:42.What the police are doing now is much more intelligent policing
:04:43. > :04:49.That is better for children, better for victims,
:04:50. > :04:51.better for the taxpayer, better for community relations.
:04:52. > :04:55.Children in England and Wales can be arrested from the age of 10.
:04:56. > :04:57.That?s the lowest age of criminal responsibility in Europe.
:04:58. > :05:08.Do you think that age is about right?
:05:09. > :05:11.It is absolutely obscene that the police have to deal with
:05:12. > :05:15.More than 1,000 primary school age children were arrested in England
:05:16. > :05:18.We should raise the age of criminal responsibility
:05:19. > :05:22.so that it is not the police who deal with 10`12 year olds.
:05:23. > :05:24.If there are problems, it should be social services
:05:25. > :05:27.and children?s services who deal with them, not the police.
:05:28. > :05:31.Police are taking responsibility away from parents
:05:32. > :05:36.Police are looking for a man from Oxfordshire who has gone missing
:05:37. > :05:39.Ewan Powell, who is 42 and from Benson,
:05:40. > :05:43.His daughter, Tanith Powell from Worcestershire,
:05:44. > :05:48.Campaigners against badger culling are protesting across parts
:05:49. > :06:00.of Oxfordshire as part of a ten day walk.
:06:01. > :06:02.They started their 112 mile journey in Gloucester
:06:03. > :06:05.and will finish in London on Saturday, the day before cull
:06:06. > :06:19.The government say culling badgers will curb TB in cattle.
:06:20. > :06:22.A new anti`smoking campaign has started in Buckinghamshire asking
:06:23. > :06:24.people to avoid smoking in parks or children's play areas.
:06:25. > :06:38.Signs will be put up and the county council will be working with schools
:06:39. > :06:41.Will these signs stop this common problem?
:06:42. > :06:43.Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury District Council
:06:44. > :07:24.don?t agree with that. We think that we must do everything we can to
:07:25. > :07:28.prevent them from starting habits early on which could develop into
:07:29. > :07:32.more serious smoking later in their lives. A six month pilot across five
:07:33. > :07:35.parks in the town will be assessed before being expanded. But if it is
:07:36. > :07:38.not enforceable, will it make any difference? It?s a good idea, even
:07:39. > :07:41.though my son smokes. You?re never going to stop people from smoking in
:07:42. > :07:45.public areas like this, unfortunately. But I think it would
:07:46. > :07:48.help if there was ash trays provided. A UK wide ban on smoking
:07:49. > :07:52.in public places has been law since 2007, and lighting up in cars with
:07:53. > :07:55.children is likely to be made illegal next year. Research shows
:07:56. > :07:58.more than 300,000 children visit the GP every year, suffering the effects
:07:59. > :08:01.of secondhand smoke. Councils here in Buckinghamshire hope this small
:08:02. > :08:05.poster will have some impact on this very big health issue.
:08:06. > :08:09.Thousands of pounds has been raised to buy a horse to help people near
:08:10. > :08:11.west Oxfordshire with physical and learning difficulties. The Riding
:08:12. > :08:14.for the Disabled Association based in Chipping Norton runs therapy
:08:15. > :08:17.sessions for adults and children. The new member of the family.
:08:18. > :08:20.14`year`old Rotary Blue is now making friends at this farm in
:08:21. > :08:24.Gloucestershire. He is one of about 20 horses and ponies used as part of
:08:25. > :08:26.therapy sessions here to help people with physical and learning
:08:27. > :08:29.disabilities. Nearly ?3,000 was collected to buy Blue, raised by a
:08:30. > :08:32.local community club. Blue has made a fantastic difference. The feedback
:08:33. > :08:35.from RDA has been great. The children have very much enjoyed
:08:36. > :08:39.riding on him and they are developing very well. One of those
:08:40. > :08:43.children is Guy. I come here every Thursday. Normally. I enjoy it very
:08:44. > :08:47.much. The main thing he is here for is stability. His muscles are quite
:08:48. > :08:55.wobbly in his body, so he needs it to strengthen his body frame. The
:08:56. > :09:00.therapy sessions are held once a week and run by volunteers who are
:09:01. > :09:03.part of the Riding and Disability Association. The charity relies on
:09:04. > :09:09.donations to deliver these kinds of services. Harry is one of the
:09:10. > :09:15.smaller ponies used here at the farm. The RDA claims about 80% of
:09:16. > :09:19.people with either physical or learning disabilities see added
:09:20. > :09:23.improvement to their communication or wellbeing as a result of horse
:09:24. > :09:26.riding. One young lad, when he started coming, he couldn?t speak
:09:27. > :09:36.very well. By the time he left here, he was speaking, he was cheerful,
:09:37. > :09:45.happy. The hope is more horses like Blue will soon be able to dig their
:09:46. > :09:49.heels in and help those who need it. That's all from me. I'll have the
:09:50. > :09:51.headlines at 8pm and a full bulletin at 10:25pm. For more of today's
:09:52. > :10:18.stories, here's Sally Taylor. The families
:10:19. > :10:20.of the four missing sailors of the Southampton yacht, the Cheeki
:10:21. > :10:23.Rafiki, have spoken in public for the first time since the hull of the
:10:24. > :10:27.vessel was found in the Atlantic. James Male, who was from Romsey,
:10:28. > :10:30.and Andrew Bridge, from Farnham, were part of a crew sailing back to
:10:31. > :10:34.the South when their yacht got The boat's upturned hull was found
:10:35. > :10:48.by the US Coastguard on Friday We would like to say how much we owe
:10:49. > :10:54.to the public. It is overwhelming and unprecedented. The men would
:10:55. > :10:59.have been enormously touched to have known that they were in the minds of
:11:00. > :11:04.so many people. It would have brought them great comfort in their
:11:05. > :11:09.moment of need. It could, just code, have made a vital difference to
:11:10. > :11:09.saving their lives, had the circumstances been slightly
:11:10. > :11:15.different. A motorcyclist from Portsmouth has
:11:16. > :11:18.been jailed for causing the death Kristof Fairley's bike collided with
:11:19. > :11:23.a car at the junction of Eastern Road and
:11:24. > :11:25.Airport Service Road in January. His new wife Ashley,
:11:26. > :11:28.who was also on the motorcycle, was Fairley was disqualified
:11:29. > :11:31.from driving He admitted causing his wife's death
:11:32. > :11:44.and was today jailed for 32 months. Plans for an asbestos waste facility
:11:45. > :11:47.in the New Forest have been approved The site at
:11:48. > :11:51.Hardley Industrial Estate near Hythe would specialise in the disposal
:11:52. > :11:53.of the harmful mineral. Solent Environmental Services
:11:54. > :11:56.submitted the plans ` which were today unanimously approved by
:11:57. > :11:58.the council's regulatory committee. But some residents feel it's not
:11:59. > :12:02.a safe distance" from homes. Hundreds of elderly patients
:12:03. > :12:05.in Southampton are being moved out of Accident and Emergency `
:12:06. > :12:09.to a new department treating falls, The aim is to prevent them
:12:10. > :12:15.from being admitted ` and possibly The unit is now seeing 20 patients
:12:16. > :12:20.a day ` mostly over the age of 65. Our Health Correspondent David
:12:21. > :12:39.Fenton reports. This woman is 84 and has ruptured
:12:40. > :12:43.her tendon. She has been to a indie and was sent to a special unit for
:12:44. > :12:47.elderly people. The emergency department is a
:12:48. > :12:50.terrifying aches in this, often with queues of people coming in and out
:12:51. > :12:57.and lots of loud noises. We are trying to move through `` move
:12:58. > :13:02.people through that area quickly. This is a specially dedicated area
:13:03. > :13:07.for frail, older people. It costs two point ?5,000 each time
:13:08. > :13:13.a patient is admitted to hospital as an emergency. `` it costs two and a
:13:14. > :13:16.half thousand pounds. Your muscles will atrophy and your
:13:17. > :13:21.brain will forget what it is doing if you leave someone in bed for a
:13:22. > :13:26.couple of days. You have almost aged than two years in the effect it will
:13:27. > :13:30.have on them. The aim here is to get the patients
:13:31. > :13:35.treated and home again as quickly and safely as possible.
:13:36. > :13:39.In the last three years, I have been in hospital twice. They have been
:13:40. > :13:44.very good but it is nothing like home.
:13:45. > :13:49.Even so, the number of elderly patients in our hospitals is
:13:50. > :13:55.increasing. Southampton General has about 1,100 beds, this many occupied
:13:56. > :14:02.by older patients. In the last year, those numbers have gone up by
:14:03. > :14:07.6%. Of course, it is not their fault. Many would prefer to be at
:14:08. > :14:14.home, but that often means complex social care organising.
:14:15. > :14:19.We discharge mostly two thirds of our patients. Some that we assess
:14:20. > :14:22.our really quite unwell and need to come to hospital. All we can say is
:14:23. > :14:28.that we add to that patient experience.
:14:29. > :14:32.This unit has been very successful, keeping at least 20 patients per
:14:33. > :14:36.week out of hospital. Five hours after pro's accident, she is going
:14:37. > :14:44.home with a care package arranged by the team. `` after her accident.
:14:45. > :14:47.An organisation that works with vulnerable people in Hampshire says
:14:48. > :14:51.it's concerned about the impact of a proposed cut to the funding it
:14:52. > :14:55.Hampshire County Council needs to make ?4 million of savings to
:14:56. > :14:57.its Supporting People budget ` money which pays for emergency
:14:58. > :15:04.The Crescent here in Yateley has been Wanda's home
:15:05. > :15:08.for more than 40 Its bungalows allow the tenants the choice to lead
:15:09. > :15:13.independent lives, safe in the knowledge that help is nearby.
:15:14. > :15:16.But now a 37 percent cut in funding from the Hampshire County
:15:17. > :15:25.We used to have social activities in the evening, and doing painting
:15:26. > :15:29.and card making and watching the karaoke on the big screen.
:15:30. > :15:37.We don't have anything like that now.
:15:38. > :15:39.The site provides work for residents and others with
:15:40. > :15:48.Cuts to council funding haven't just hit quality of life
:15:49. > :15:51.but threaten the very survival of one resident, after a wake`up visit
:15:52. > :16:04.by staff was branded extravagant by the site's paymasters.
:16:05. > :16:06.The residential support manager was asked to investigate.
:16:07. > :16:10.She went to his bungalow and he was collapsed on the floor in a coma.
:16:11. > :16:14.He had to be rushed to hospital and is still not working now.
:16:15. > :16:18.Had he not been working that day, had it been a weekend or holiday,
:16:19. > :16:26.then he would have been missed until it was too late.
:16:27. > :16:29.Yateley Industries will survive the cuts.
:16:30. > :16:33.Hampshire County Council insists what it is doing is prioritising
:16:34. > :16:37.But the idea that the policy isn't being felt
:16:38. > :16:40.on the front line, that helps those with disabilities, seems rather
:16:41. > :16:51.A club for blind people in Dorset has found itself
:16:52. > :16:57.While more and more people want to join, it's funding is falling.
:16:58. > :16:59.The club offers a way out of isolation
:17:00. > :17:03.But now there's a real danger it could close down.
:17:04. > :17:05.So, as Roger Finn reports, it's mounted
:17:06. > :17:10.What would you miss if you went blind?
:17:11. > :17:14.That's the question being posed by the Dorset Blind Association `
:17:15. > :17:17.and this You Tube video is one of the responses being posted
:17:18. > :17:24.Along with pictures of sunsets and loved ones.
:17:25. > :17:28.The idea is to draw attention to what these people might soon miss.
:17:29. > :17:30.Seven years ago the Dorset Blind Association set up
:17:31. > :17:36.There are over a hundred members and this group meets regularly
:17:37. > :17:50.This club is fantastic with the people who come here. It gives them
:17:51. > :17:53.a chance to get out and socialise. It sounds so simple but it is
:17:54. > :17:58.actually quite difficult for people with visual impairments. Two thirds
:17:59. > :18:02.of people with sight loss say they barely ever go out.
:18:03. > :18:05.members have taken part in a variety of activities including cricket,
:18:06. > :18:11.But in recent years income from local authorities
:18:12. > :18:14.and donations has been falling while demands to join have been rising.
:18:15. > :18:22.The club now needs ?12,000 just to survive.
:18:23. > :18:28.What is most frightening is when you start losing contact with people.
:18:29. > :18:33.You can't drive and are constantly relying on family. Being able to do
:18:34. > :18:42.something like this gives us independence. It means so much for
:18:43. > :18:50.your self`esteem. I was very scared of coming here. I got confidence
:18:51. > :18:55.here from doing things. Talking to other people who were in your shoes
:18:56. > :19:02.is really helpful. It supports that you need because there are few blind
:19:03. > :19:05.people around. By coming here to the coughing warnings, you can talk with
:19:06. > :19:14.people that have a similar problem that you understand. There is
:19:15. > :19:20.evidence that the number of blind people in Britain is growing. At
:19:21. > :19:21.charity says this is because of the greater survivability of severely
:19:22. > :19:28.premature babies. A fact that this group
:19:29. > :19:32.believes makes it's own Sussex Cricket manager Mark Robinson
:19:33. > :19:42.has said On to sport, and it's been confirmed
:19:43. > :19:46.within the last hour that Mauricio Pochettino has resigned
:19:47. > :19:49.as Southampton manager to take over He moves to the London club
:19:50. > :19:55.on a five year contract. We thought this news was coming.
:19:56. > :20:08.They have confirmed in the last will be joining them on a five`year
:20:09. > :20:13.contract. When he initially joined Saint Mary 's last year, he was
:20:14. > :20:14.relatively unknown will stop in the past 16 months, he has transformed
:20:15. > :20:37.the club. This now provides a big test to new
:20:38. > :20:40.Southampton chairman Ralph Kruger, who crucially must find
:20:41. > :20:43.a new manager to help Southampton It's really tight teamwork
:20:44. > :23:10.between all of you. Each boat is different how
:23:11. > :23:15.the teamwork works. We get two hours
:23:16. > :23:18.of practice a set for each event. One of the key things
:23:19. > :23:26.when you're sailing is feeling When you're sailing upwind,
:23:27. > :23:38.it gives you quite a lot of field. Without me telling you
:23:39. > :23:42.which way to put the tiller, you are Our boats are relatively heavy,
:23:43. > :23:49.not particularly fast. The race is not so much
:23:50. > :23:52.about the speed of the boat, It's really
:23:53. > :23:56.the tactical element to the race. Each race on the tour is a cat
:23:57. > :24:03.and mouse chase. Reputations count for nothing
:24:04. > :24:11.and that is the highlight for me. Your results how you perform
:24:12. > :24:34.on the day. Dan Smith took this photo
:24:35. > :24:37.of a mute swan cygnet in Petworth Ginny Boxall captured flowering
:24:38. > :24:41.chives in her garden in Alton. And Nick Lucas took this photo
:24:42. > :24:51.of the rain drops on a Blue Moon Through tonight, we will see rain
:24:52. > :24:58.and showers at times which could be heavy. The best of any drier skies
:24:59. > :25:03.down towards parts of Dorset. We've seen quite a number of heavy showers
:25:04. > :25:08.through Weymouth and is. Through the night, little respite from rain in
:25:09. > :25:13.some areas, with temperatures falling to a mild ten or 11. Not
:25:14. > :25:19.particularly cold through the night and similar tomorrow. Some rain or
:25:20. > :25:23.showers at times, more likely in northern areas. Along the south
:25:24. > :25:27.coast, we may see the cloud break for a time with some sunshine,
:25:28. > :25:33.that's generally a cloudy day with temperatures reaching 15 Celsius.
:25:34. > :25:39.Tonight, one or two showers with some mist patches. We hold onto the
:25:40. > :25:46.wet conditions through Thursday, with temperatures overnight similar
:25:47. > :25:51.to tonight at 11 or 12. A fairly unsettled picture with low pressure
:25:52. > :25:56.on Thursday. Rain it could be heavy with the possibility of thunder. The
:25:57. > :26:00.good news is that come Friday we will start to see this area of high
:26:01. > :26:03.pressure start building further. The wind will feel lighter and it will
:26:04. > :26:09.turn more settled with some sunshine. This week rain and
:26:10. > :26:13.showers. Even the odd rumble of thunder. There will be some
:26:14. > :26:18.sunshine, but that is more likely towards the latter part of the week.
:26:19. > :26:22.Turning drier come Friday with that high pressure building in from the
:26:23. > :26:27.Atlantic. Showers and rain expected tomorrow, which could be on the
:26:28. > :26:34.heavy side. More likely for northern areas. The best of brightness along
:26:35. > :26:37.the south. There could be thunderstorms on Thursday. Friday
:26:38. > :26:41.and Saturday, that high pressure building from the Atlantic. Turning
:26:42. > :26:50.more settled and drier with more sunshine.
:26:51. > :26:56.Tomorrow, we will meet the ten`year`old athlete who is
:26:57. > :27:02.competing at swimming. She's pretty good! Will also be talking to ``
:27:03. > :27:05.talking about free school meals. Make sure you join us. Thanks for
:27:06. > :27:11.watching. Goodbye.