:00:00. > :00:48.the better the chance of a rather wet and chilly day.
:00:49. > :02:34.A woman who's partially blind tells us how hard it's been to get
:02:35. > :02:37.supposed to be enforced because it is only by having sanctions that if
:02:38. > :02:40.information is lost we can enforce that people adhere to these tricky
:02:41. > :02:43.standards. What has been a response of the
:02:44. > :02:47.ambulance service? It has apologised and released a
:02:48. > :02:50.statement. It says it has already drafted an action plan to stop it
:02:51. > :02:52.happening. It goes on to say there will be an investigation into what
:02:53. > :02:59.went wrong internally. Finally, the union that represents
:03:00. > :03:02.a number of staff at It's said it's very concerned
:03:03. > :03:06.about the breach. It wants the trust to be open
:03:07. > :03:09.and honest when it's conducting An 11`year`old girl's been sexually
:03:10. > :03:11.assaulted Part of the site at Long Hanborough
:03:12. > :03:16.near Witney was cordoned off by police yesterday
:03:17. > :03:18.and an appeal's now been made It happened at around five
:03:19. > :03:22.o'clock on Sunday afternoon. A friend
:03:23. > :03:24.of the girl alerted some people nearby, and a man was detained
:03:25. > :03:28.at the scene until police arrived. Detectives say a 23`year`old
:03:29. > :03:35.man is being questioned. Stillbirths, when a baby dies
:03:36. > :03:38.in the womb, are devastating for families who often never know
:03:39. > :03:41.the reason why it happened. One Oxfordshire mother, who's been
:03:42. > :03:43.through that trauma, is supporting Kirsty Smith from Goring lost
:03:44. > :03:48.her first baby five years ago. She's hoping that fundraising
:03:49. > :03:51.efforts here may help spare other women that pain,
:03:52. > :04:04.as Katharine DaCosta reports. Kirsty Smith is the proud mum of
:04:05. > :04:09.Standley and Sophie. But in 2009 she lost her first child, just two weeks
:04:10. > :04:13.before a Judah Cohen her baby stopped moving.
:04:14. > :04:17.The GP hadn't officially said at the surgery your baby has died, so there
:04:18. > :04:21.was almost a part of me still clinging on to some hope something
:04:22. > :04:26.but at the time you're going through but at the time you're going through
:04:27. > :04:29.such a whirlwind of emotions. The baby 's blood had haemorrhaged
:04:30. > :04:35.forcing her heart to stop, a recognition affecting one in 10,000
:04:36. > :04:40.babies. It was just like a normal labour, which was bored she was
:04:41. > :04:45.wrapped, but my chest, we cuddled her, we got all the family together.
:04:46. > :04:54.So they could all come up and see her and say hello and say goodbye.
:04:55. > :04:56.She is not alone. One in 41 in experience complications from
:04:57. > :05:03.miscarriage to premature births and stillbirths. Here the latest figures
:05:04. > :05:07.for the south`central region show over 48,000 babies were safely
:05:08. > :05:16.delivered in 2012, the 244 were stillborn, five babies in every
:05:17. > :05:20.1000. A medical research charity is trying to understand white neonatal
:05:21. > :05:23.deaths occur for stop lifestyle, ethnicity, age, all sorts. There is
:05:24. > :05:30.trying to understand white neonatal deaths occur for stop lifestyle,
:05:31. > :05:33.ethnicity, age, all sorts. There might be as to why pregnancies end
:05:34. > :05:37.in tragedy. They have teamed up with baby
:05:38. > :05:43.sensory groups like this one to try and raise over ?100,000 towards a
:05:44. > :05:48.brand`new research centre. So many mothers here have been
:05:49. > :05:51.affected personally or we some body that has been affected, so we can
:05:52. > :05:57.emphasise with it. It is an amazing thing, the fact this money is going
:05:58. > :05:59.to save lives and save babies. Kirsty helps more research will help
:06:00. > :06:06.prevent other women experiencing the same heartache for stop ``.
:06:07. > :06:09.A new "action plan" to improve air quality across South
:06:10. > :06:12.Oxfordshire's been published, with the help of local campaign groups.
:06:13. > :06:14.The proposals focus on specific areas including Watlington, Henley
:06:15. > :06:17.and Wallingford, where air quality has been a particular concern.
:06:18. > :06:19.But there are also wider measures under consideration, aimed
:06:20. > :06:22.at improving air quality throughout the District Council area.
:06:23. > :06:26.Councillors are inviting the public to a series of open
:06:27. > :06:39.The EU set a levels at certain points, and in certain areas they
:06:40. > :06:44.have slightly tipped over that point. The district council have
:06:45. > :06:47.then been obliged to write an air`quality action plan which we
:06:48. > :06:51.have done, we take it out for public consultation today and we would like
:06:52. > :07:00.people to go and have a look at the things in there and tell us what
:07:01. > :07:08.they think. Highly educated, and ready to work, why did it take
:07:09. > :07:12.Sophie such a long time to get on the career ladder.
:07:13. > :07:19.For university student Sophie the world looks a very different place.
:07:20. > :07:25.I can't see anything in the middle of my eyesight, I can any see things
:07:26. > :07:26.peripherally so it is difficult to read small print, recognise people
:07:27. > :07:27.'s faces. But her visual impairment doesn't
:07:28. > :07:30.seem to have held her back. She's just
:07:31. > :07:32.about to start an internship at Barclays Bank in the City
:07:33. > :07:36.of London having just sat her finals But despite her obvious successes
:07:37. > :07:47.she says getting a job wasn't easy. The bigger struggle I had this year
:07:48. > :07:53.was finding time to apply for a job. Because my work takes a lot longer,
:07:54. > :07:56.not being able to see so well, so try to find time on top of that
:07:57. > :08:00.pledge two inch inserts was a struggle, I was starting to find it
:08:01. > :08:03.to moralising and try to motivate myself.
:08:04. > :08:06.The same disability charity which helped Sophie find work says
:08:07. > :08:09.fewer than half of all disabled people have a job
:08:10. > :08:21.They are concerned about whether they will be able to offer the right
:08:22. > :08:26.level of support, whether they will be a financial burden. When working
:08:27. > :08:29.with us, quite closely, they realise that it is not that difficult to
:08:30. > :08:33.support people if you plan in the right way, and the financial costs
:08:34. > :08:35.are not that expensive. But the University
:08:36. > :08:37.of Oxford says change is possible just as likely to get a graduate
:08:38. > :08:50.level job as able`bodied students. I think it is the whole attitude of
:08:51. > :08:54.mind from the beginning, as we treat them the same, in terms of coming
:08:55. > :09:00.into any event, we lay on special programmes for them in terms of
:09:01. > :09:02.one`to`one dedicated careers advice to look after them and work with
:09:03. > :09:03.them. Sophie starts at Barclays
:09:04. > :09:06.in just a few weeks' time but if others are to follow
:09:07. > :09:19.in her footsteps then it seems If you would like to get in touch
:09:20. > :09:21.with us and tell us about stories you think we should be covering, you
:09:22. > :09:57.can do so. the aircraft carrier to prepare them
:09:58. > :10:01.for the arrival of the new Queen Elizabeth carrier, due to be
:10:02. > :10:05."floated" and named next month. The operation has been described
:10:06. > :10:08.as naval air power "getting back to sea" after years
:10:09. > :10:12.working in Afghanistan. Landing on a ship in the middle
:10:13. > :10:19.of an ocean requires a degree of skill for both pilot and the crew
:10:20. > :10:22.on board an aircraft carrier. And it's something that
:10:23. > :10:26.needs to be practised. Many Navy aircraft are having to get
:10:27. > :10:29.to grips with the maritime environment once again
:10:30. > :10:33.after spending time in the heat This is a unique opportunity to
:10:34. > :10:40.bridge what we used to do and look very much towards the future,
:10:41. > :10:44.towards the QE coming into service While Navy pilots and aircraft crew
:10:45. > :10:52.practise their skills here on HMS Illustrious, others have been
:10:53. > :10:55.deployed to US aircraft carriers to It gives us an insight
:10:56. > :11:09.of what the working life is going to I have a little bit of knowledge
:11:10. > :11:19.but no working knowledge I'm actually really looking
:11:20. > :11:23.forward to this training exercise. It's going to be really busy
:11:24. > :11:27.and it's going to gain me a lot of It's going to be really beneficial,
:11:28. > :11:31.especially to us, as engineers. This three`week exercise is
:11:32. > :11:34.imperative to ensure skills are refined and retained in advance
:11:35. > :11:37.of the arrival of the first of the new aircraft carriers,
:11:38. > :11:46.HMS Queen Elizabeth. They're a symbol
:11:47. > :11:49.of selfless dedication, but guide dogs are increasingly becoming
:11:50. > :11:51.a target for attacks by other dogs. According to the charity Guide Dogs
:11:52. > :11:55.for the Blind, there were a total of 240 dog
:11:56. > :11:59.attacks on guide dogs between March This is an increase
:12:00. > :12:07.on previous figures, which showed an Five of the dogs attacked
:12:08. > :12:11.in that perio, have been permanently withdrawn from service,
:12:12. > :12:14.costing more than ?170,000. New legislation has just been
:12:15. > :12:19.passed to tackle the problem. And it may be used for
:12:20. > :12:22.the first time, here in the south. Going back out again is proving an
:12:23. > :12:29.anxious experience for Lynne Godwin. She's registered blind and depends
:12:30. > :12:33.on her guide dog, Vicky, but is now Lynne was walking here on
:12:34. > :12:44.Portswood High Street in Southampton last Thursday when a dog,
:12:45. > :12:47.which was tied to a railing, As we got level with the dog,
:12:48. > :12:54.it lurched free of its lead, Vicky was yelping
:12:55. > :13:01.and it was just horrendous. Passers`by pulled
:13:02. > :13:06.the other dog away. Vicky, who was recovering from an
:13:07. > :13:10.operation was left with minor cuts and bruises but has now lost her
:13:11. > :13:16.confidence and needs retraining. Nationwide each month, there are
:13:17. > :13:31.ten such attacks on guard dogs. Earlier this year we saw the dog in
:13:32. > :13:36.the final stages of training. That was attacked in Southampton by
:13:37. > :13:43.another dog and it did not make a recovery. It had to be retired. To
:13:44. > :13:51.get hurt to that stage of training cost us ?30,000.
:13:52. > :13:55.A new law came in last month with tougher penalties, including prison,
:13:56. > :13:57.for anyone whose dog attacks an assistant dog.
:13:58. > :14:00.Hampshire Police are investigating this attack and Lynn hopes she will
:14:01. > :14:08.regain her independence in going out with Vicky again soon.
:14:09. > :14:11.A World War One hospital, at Netley, near Southampton,
:14:12. > :14:14.faked footage showing men being cured of shell`shock.
:14:15. > :14:16.That's according to a documentary that is being broadcast tonight.
:14:17. > :14:24.The Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley was the major hospital
:14:25. > :14:29.They were brought in by train in their hundreds from
:14:30. > :14:35.Among the wounded to be taken there was one of the country's
:14:36. > :14:40.But, although many of the patients were treated well, some disturbing
:14:41. > :14:48.In this film made at Netley, Major Arthur Hearst of the Royal Medical
:14:49. > :14:51.Corps produced footage to prove that shell`shock could be cured.
:14:52. > :14:56.Worried by the number of people coming home with mental
:14:57. > :15:00.health problems, this, says Professor Edgar Jones, was
:15:01. > :15:09.This scene apparently shows someone in a state of invalidity.
:15:10. > :15:12.He's bent double, walking with sticks and the inter`title says
:15:13. > :15:22.In the next scene he is described as being almost cured two months later.
:15:23. > :15:26.If we look very carefully at the background, we can see
:15:27. > :15:29.the same group of nurses and the same column of smoke coming out
:15:30. > :15:35.So Hearst has ordered him to recreate his illness to demonstrate
:15:36. > :15:44.Over two World Wars, more than 100,000 soldiers were
:15:45. > :15:48.treated at Netley and many lives were saved here.
:15:49. > :15:50.Now very little remains of the hospital.
:15:51. > :15:53.It was largely demolished in the 1960s.
:15:54. > :15:57.But 100 years on, stories of individuals who passed
:15:58. > :16:04.through Netley or who died there still remain to be told.
:16:05. > :16:07.And you can see that fascinating documentary,
:16:08. > :16:14."World War One At Home", tonight, on BBC One, at 7.30pm.
:16:15. > :16:20.Anton Zingarevich has left the board of Reading Football Club.
:16:21. > :16:23.The Russian has controlled a majority stake in the club
:16:24. > :16:26.Reading Chairman Sir John Madejski confirmed Zingarevich and two other
:16:27. > :16:28.directors from the Russian's company had left the board.
:16:29. > :16:31.He also sought to allay fears over the club's finances and
:16:32. > :16:34.insisted that talks are continuing with potential investors.
:16:35. > :16:37.Southampton say it is their preference not to be involved in any
:16:38. > :16:40.more transfer dealings before they appoint a new manager, a process
:16:41. > :16:46.Liverpool bid ?25 million for Adam Lallana over the weekend,
:16:47. > :16:49.but Saints issued a statement saying they hoped no one
:16:50. > :16:52.else would follow Rickie Lambert out of the door at St Mary's.
:16:53. > :16:55.Lambert was confirmed as a Liverpool player and has thanked Southampton
:16:56. > :16:58.fans for their support over five years, but he admits this is
:16:59. > :17:12.I know what is important. I know I have to hit the ground running.
:17:13. > :17:17.That's what I intend to do will stop it means everything to me but I do
:17:18. > :17:18.believe I can help push this club forward.
:17:19. > :17:21.Britain won two golds at the European rowing regatta
:17:22. > :17:25.The Caversham based squad took first place in the women's pair as
:17:26. > :17:27.Helen Glover and Polly Swann maintained their terrific form
:17:28. > :17:32.Men's four also took gold while Southampton's James Foad took
:17:33. > :17:35.a bronze as the men's 8 finished third in their race.
:17:36. > :17:37.The Bisham Abbey based England women's hockey team lost
:17:38. > :17:40.their opening game of the World Cup in the Hague yesterday.
:17:41. > :17:44.They lost 2`1 to the United States in Group B, thanks to two goals from
:17:45. > :17:47.Reading's England captain Kate Richardson`Walsh pulled
:17:48. > :18:08.dramatic win in India. Here are the dramatic win in India. Here are the
:18:09. > :18:45.cricket results. Speaking of the weather. Let's take
:18:46. > :18:49.a look at the forecast. We can expect some changeable weather over
:18:50. > :18:54.the next few days. There will be showers and maybe some thunder.
:18:55. > :19:02.The rain on Wednesday could be fairly heavy and persistent for much
:19:03. > :19:06.of the day. We are looking at showers overnight tonight and lots
:19:07. > :19:14.of cloud. Temperatures will stay fairly mild. The showers will roll
:19:15. > :19:20.in from the west. Some areas will they dry altogether stop where we
:19:21. > :19:31.don't have showers there will be low cloud and missed. `` missed.
:19:32. > :19:42.Highs tomorrow will be 17 to 18 Celsius. A fairly mixed picture over
:19:43. > :19:47.the next few days. It turns very unsettled as we head into Wednesday.
:19:48. > :19:52.A band of rain pushes up from the south. That could be persistent and
:19:53. > :19:56.stay with us for much of the day on Wednesday. Temperatures will fall
:19:57. > :20:15.down to 11 or 12 Celsius overnight. The rain could cause surface water
:20:16. > :20:19.on the roads. Showers are possible tomorrow but you are more likely to
:20:20. > :20:27.catch them during the afternoon. It will brighten up between the
:20:28. > :20:31.showers. Rain on Wednesday lasting through much of the day. Thursday
:20:32. > :20:39.has the possibility of a few showers but most places will enjoy dry
:20:40. > :20:45.weather. A high of 17 Celsius. Where the rain will arrive on Friday.
:20:46. > :20:48.Seventy years ago today, soldiers massed along the South of England;
:20:49. > :20:51.watching, waiting, for the call to take part in Operation Overlord,
:20:52. > :20:56.Soldiers filled their time, talking to locals and making
:20:57. > :20:59.a fuss of the little children who came to stare in fascination.
:21:00. > :21:01.A three`year`old girl, called Janet, watched the build`up,
:21:02. > :21:04.Her image, just one of many immortalised by
:21:05. > :21:19."Faint across the groaning of the sea came the thin thunder
:21:20. > :21:25.Drawn to the great free peoples of the earth, it gathered in the
:21:26. > :21:31.ancient forts of England to crowd upon the steel`encumbered ships."
:21:32. > :21:34.Troops from around the world came to the south of England to join
:21:35. > :21:41.the greatest invasion force that's ever been assembled.
:21:42. > :21:44.In the build`up to D`Day the south of England had become
:21:45. > :21:48.a vast military camp with tanks, trucks and jeeps cramped
:21:49. > :21:59.The routes leading to the south's ports were particularly busy.
:22:00. > :22:02.One of the places that was packed with military hardware was
:22:03. > :22:08.Hulbert Road in Bedhampton, a few minutes drive from Portsmouth.
:22:09. > :22:12.Exactly 70 years ago, on June 2nd 1944, one little girl
:22:13. > :22:18.who lived nearby was filmed as she met some of the soldiers.
:22:19. > :22:21.South Today decided to try to find her.
:22:22. > :22:24.We'll discover what happened in a moment.
:22:25. > :22:28.The countdown to D`Day was a tense time for everyone involved.
:22:29. > :22:32.But there was also a lot of waiting around.
:22:33. > :22:35.Some of the soldiers camped here in Ampfield
:22:36. > :22:41.near Romsey carved their names and regimental badges onto tree trunks.
:22:42. > :22:44.When they are bored, they get their knives out and start
:22:45. > :22:50.whittling away, and so etched into the bark of this tree is May 1944.
:22:51. > :22:53.Craig White is an Army reservist who has seen
:22:54. > :22:58.He thinks the carvings are a remarkable memorial to the men
:22:59. > :23:04.Probably a lot on their minds, I would imagine.
:23:05. > :23:07.Not knowing what their fate was going to hold.
:23:08. > :23:14.But it's lovely seeing some of these old personal imprints in history.
:23:15. > :23:18.There was a whirlwind of activity back in 1944, as troops
:23:19. > :23:24.were lined up and ready to be loaded onto ships and landing craft.
:23:25. > :23:28.Some of the streets where soldiers waited before the start of
:23:29. > :23:36.Operation Overlord have changed very little since 1944.
:23:37. > :23:41.This is Rockleigh Road in Southhampton and 70 years ago the
:23:42. > :23:45.residents here had a whole variety of forces camping on their doorstep.
:23:46. > :23:50.They had the French, the British and the Americans.
:23:51. > :23:56.In 1944, number 35 Rockley Road was occupied by Pauline Melody's family.
:23:57. > :24:00.Do you remember the first time you look out and saw the Americans?
:24:01. > :24:10.But you became good friends with them?
:24:11. > :24:18.This famous wartime picture shows children skipping in Rockleigh Road.
:24:19. > :24:21.Pauline was amongst those taking part.
:24:22. > :24:24.That was me, Pauline Barnes, Paddy Barnes, my sister,
:24:25. > :24:31.Jill Stewart, Ann Beggs, Janet Painter and Tony Marsters.
:24:32. > :24:48.Those wartime events in Rockleigh Road were recreated by BBC South
:24:49. > :24:54.back in 1984 when, once again, military vehicles parked where they
:24:55. > :25:02.Everybody was kind, everybody shared.
:25:03. > :25:11.As the Americans headed down to Southampton docks,
:25:12. > :25:15.the British soldiers who were filmed in Hulbert Road in Bedhampton had
:25:16. > :25:21.After much more research and an appeal on BBC South Today,
:25:22. > :25:24.we managed to track down the little girl who met the soldiers
:25:25. > :25:29.Janet Coldman was three years old at the time.
:25:30. > :25:36.She's never seen the film that was taken when she and her mum, Maizie,
:25:37. > :25:45.Mummy's showing me the soldier doing his wheel.
:25:46. > :25:48.And then I'm standing with the commander.
:25:49. > :25:54.Then I'm on the tank with the other soldier.
:25:55. > :26:00.And you don't have any memory of that at all?
:26:01. > :26:05.And what the emotion, seeing this all these years later?
:26:06. > :26:11.I mean, to think what these boys went through.
:26:12. > :26:15.You don't realise, when you are a three`year`old,
:26:16. > :26:22.I hope that a lot of them have survived.
:26:23. > :26:31.The tanks that parked in front of Janet's house were
:26:32. > :26:36.This soldier who met Janet was trooper Jock Fisher.