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The police officers under investigation after a man dhed

Habib Ullah collapsed in a car park six years ago.

Five officers are to face misconduct hearings.

The grim discovery in a dilapidated house.

Two women's bodies were found in this property ` an inquest hears one

Raising awareness and changing lives.

How a mother whose daughter died from a rare genetic disorder is

helping hundreds of families ` with gift boxes and days out.

How our phones could be getting even faster ` the multi billion

pound global industry, that's being developed here in the south.

The family of a man from Buckinghamshire, who died dtring a

police stop and search, says they'll continue to fight for justice

after prosecutors decided not to charge the officers involved.

Habib Ullah died in a car p`rk in High Wycombe back in in 2008 `

when he was stopped by officers who believed he was

His family say they're now considering challenging the decision

He's been described by his family as loving, caring and thoughftul.

39 year old Habib Ullah died after being restrained

by a group of police officers during a drugs search six years ago.

It's claimed the father of three has been hiding Cl`ss A

drugs in his mouth, when he was forced to the ground by polhce

Since his death, Habib's family and friends have been

Last night they held a press conference in response to

a recent decision made by prosecutors ` to NOT press charges

That doesn't mean we're going to stop here.

But the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints

Commission, says it will be looking into claims of gross misconduct

If proved, this could lead to the officers involved being sacked

In a statement, the IPPC has called this case "a complex investhgation"

and say all the officers will now face "gross misconduct hearhngs .

That's despite the CPS saying in their one, there was

"insufficient evidence" and "no criminal action should be t`ken .

An inquest into Habib Ullah's death st`rted

This was because of concerns about the differences in statements the

officers had given to the coroner, and what they had previouslx told

For the family of Habib Ull`h ` they say they'll keep fighthng

A man has appeared in court in Swindon charged with hum`n

trafficking offences relating to nine Lithuanians.

33 year old Nerijus Gudelevhcius hid his face from cameras as he

It's alleged he brought people over from Lithuania, took their

passports, kept them in app`lling conditions, and made them work

He pleaded not guilty to all charges and will appear at

An inquest into the death of mother and daughter ` fotnd

in their home in Oxford last year ` has revealed one of the womdn could

Pauline and Caroline Jessett were discovered last Novembdr.

Their bodies were only found after environmental health officers

were called to the house in Littlemore by neighbours.

You may find some of the detail in Charlotte Stacey's report

What emerged was a picture of two lonely woman who had shut themselves

off from the rest of the world. The coroner described the case has

saddened and usual. He said the bodies of the two women had been in

such an advanced state of decomposition that initial

postmortems had been unable to establish a cause of death. It

appeared as though Caroline Jessett, who was 50 and had a historx of

mental health problems, had been unable to cope when her mother

Pauline died, likely to be sometime in March 2012. She placed a body in

the downstairs bath and covdred with blankets and sheets. Caroline

Carradine living in the house but it is thought she died sometimd in

2013, must back from a brain tumour. Neighbours had initially called

environmental health becausd of concerns about property in little

more in November last year. It was there that police discovered the

body of 50`year`old Carolind Jessett lying on the floor of the bddroom.

Postmortems carried out both bodies were unable to determine thd cause

of death. Caroline's body w`s described as mummified in the police

report. It took forensic techniques to identify her to stop Pauline s

body was eventually identifhed from a serial number found on her

artificial hip afternoon thd coroner recorded a verdict of death by

natural causes for Caroline, most likely from a brain gym. For

Pauline, he recorded an open verdict.

Thames Valley Police has pahd out just over ?670,000 in the l`st three

years to settle claims brought against the force by the public

A Freedom of Information Repuest by us has revealed some unusual

items ` like a wing mirror damaged when a police horse backed hnto it.

Our reporter Helen Catt has been looking into the details.

What sort of things have people been claiming for?

At one end of the spectrum, you have serious things, people clailing for

wrongful arrests, damage to their houses when police have had to force

their way in to check they `re OK, at the other end, you have officers

knocking over pots on driveways or letting their Hensley on a sofa

Then you have things which `re bit unusual, in 2011 there is one claim

for a mobility scooter recovered a stolen and that was part and chained

up and a year later, officer bred jump leads and applied them

incorrectly. It sounds like a lot of money. The annual budget is around

?390 million so ?670,000 in three years isn't that much but if you

think that a starting salarx for a Thames Valley Police officer

surround and ?2000, it is the equivalent of paying ten of those in

three years. The taxpayers @lliance says it shouldn't be too worried.

Police had to take action at times, such as we found in this, where they

had to force entry when thex thought the child was in trouble. They had

to pay out compensation. Wh`t the police can do is eradicate silly

mistakes, and what we need to put an end to the compensation culture

where people think they can get an easy paycheque I going to the police

after an incident and picking up a check on the taxpayer. Thamds Valley

Police hasn't yet responded to our request for comment.

Two years ago a mother from Milton Keynes lost her baby to

a life limiting condition known as Edwards syndrome.

Since then Katie Elmer's rahsed thousands of pounds and helped

around 500 families with her charity Emily's Star ` by providing hospital

gift boxes and experience d`ys out for terminally ill children.

She's determined to raise awareness of the syndrome'

and support other parents of children with complex nedds.

Katharine Da Costa has been to meet her.

Within days, Emily was diagnosed with Edwards syndrome, a life

limiting condition. We felt so alone, something we were told was so

common, to be the only thing I've ever known have dealt with ht, I

felt... Like it was just me and my family in this bubble. Her parents

took home and cared for her for 26 days. I took her shopping, we were

going to do it when we got older, so we did it now. We just tried to live

as anybody would when they bring home a newborn baby and it was

important we were able to do that at home.

Like Downs, Edwards' syndrole, also known as trisomy 18,

In most cases, the child develops three copies of chromosome 08,

Babies with Edwards' syndrole often have a low birth weight,

problems with their heart and kidneys, as well as difficulty

One in 2,500 babies are born with Downs, compared to one in

But unlike Downs, Edwards' syndrome is associ`ted with

a shortened lifespan ` most babies live less than ` year.

Within weeks of losing her own daughter, Katie felt compelled to

help others. She set up the charity Emily's Star, providing hospital

photo shoots and family days out for photo shoots and family days out for

terminally ill children and she s determined to raise the profile of

the condition. A lot of people get told what is and has do thehr own

research, we want to give pdople just a bit of hope and see that

there are other people out there are affected. So far they have raised

over ?50,000 and help the 5000 families in Milton Keynes. Katie is

hoping to extend the charitx to support children across the country.

Time for some sports news. The British motor GP will no longer be

held at Silverstone. It has taken place there since 2010. It has

attracted around 150,000 people over three days. A five`year deal has

been confirmed to hold it in Wales. Highlights of the League Cup matches

are coming up. That is all from me. gathered in the Creekmoor area

of the town. Earlier in the year,

two temporary sites for travellers were rejected by

councillors and there are ctrrently Travelers began to arrive at this

park into two on Friday. It's just strands throw from land which the

council had a marked earlier for travellers site. The plans rejected

after a vocal public protest. Residents are frustrated but so far

the council says there is no evidence to support an applhcation

for an eviction order. As the residents say, they feel thdy are

trying to support them and calmed trying to support them and calmed

them and tell them the council are going through the machinations but

it is very hard for the reshdents to believe what the council ard

saying. The council says it is monitoring the situation. It says it

has no plans to make this an official site and it has provided

toilets and rubbish skips to make any clean`up easier. One of the

things we need to think abott is what will happen if we evict

immediately. We've been told by the travellers they are seeking to go to

the steam fair. That site doesn t open for approximately another ten

days. If we move immediatelx to evict them from this site, one of

the information we have is that they will move to another green space

site. The Gypsy Council says that until proper sites are sortdd out,

illegal encampments at inevhtable. Throughout the UK, it's exactly the

same problem. The problems `re the lack of permanent transit and

temporary stopping places. That is what the problem is. It's the

political will that is the problem. The council say they will prepare a

review of all incumbents like this one to be considered by councillors

in November as they set abott preparing future policy. Residents

living near here say that in the short time it want to see ddcisive

action. Around 90 jobs could be lost

at the company which owns Hibu announced it wanted to

restructure its business to concentrate more on

digital directory services, with the Half would be lost

at its headquarters in Berkshire, Many of us already have mobhle

phones that can connect to But at the University of Surrey s

new innovation centre, scientists are working on new 5G technology

that would enable super`fast It expected to create thous`nds of

jobs. Our business correspondent @lastair

Fee has been finding out more. Most of us are aware of 3G, the

technology that allows Internet access on our mobile phones. Next

came for grams, which was all about speed and is now available hn towns

and cities across the South. Now this university is turning to tempt

won `` to 5G. It means the Hnternet will always be on. How we use mobile

phone is changing all the thme. In this case, it's a test for new

application that connects doctors with cancer patients. Personal

information is sent from handset. This is one of the ways this

technology is being used. There are lots of people that have access to a

mobile phone. Using my rese`rch to improve patient outcomes, you can

see how the technology that we are developing here could be usdd in

very different ways. The next stage of research will take place here, on

campus they are building a new G innovation centre. Opening next

April, the aim to become a global leader in this emerging technology.

With 5G, what we will have hs a lot more smaller, lower powered radio

antenna like, working much lore intelligently together, with a

thousandfold increase in performance, 1,000 times faster than

UK broadband. It has attracted more than ?50 million from big`n`me

investors such as Vodafone `nd BT. Once complete, companies will come

here to test their technology and see how they can improve thd way

they do business. This is about having and being able to always

access the Internet. When you have that sort of consistency, that

allows businesses to plan and act in a completely different way `nd

develop new products. We already perform a lot of day`to`day tasks

wirelessly. But the current networks would be able to cope. If you're fed

up with slow connections, the people behind 5G said it will make digital

living quicker, smarter and reliable. It's tough to keep up with

Cup action last night, it w`s Cup action last night, it w`s

win`win all round. Clean sweep. Lots of ins and outs

possible as well. News of a striker probably

on his way in to St Mary's, but first a couple of other bits

of transfer news. Heading out

of Southampton is striker Billy Sharp, he's spent most of the

last couple of seasons out on loan, Sharp has joined Leeds

on a two`year deal. Meanwhile, Brighton look set to lose

winger Will Buckley to Buckley has been at Sunderl`nd's

training ground, finalising That's the outgoings,

now to the possible incomings. Southampton have agreed a fde

of around ?12 million with Hull City for Republic of Ireland

international striker Shane Long. The former Reading player whll now

discuss personal terms with Saints. He joined Hull from West Brom

in January, and scored seven goals So, the signing of Shane Long would

take Southampton's spending to ?22 million just this

week, with England goalkeepdr Fraser Forster joining

a few days ago. That's added to

the permanent captures of Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic for shzeable

fees earlier in pre`season. So, what do Saints fans makd

of their side's late flurry I think they've left it to the last

minute. They needed them to get used to the team. I don't think ht's the

manager is full. It is highdr up. They should have put an effort in

throughout the window. Shand Long izzard recent signing, but not worth

?12 million. We wait for confirmation of Shane Long's move.

It was a busy night in the first round of the

League Cup, with every single one of the South's sides winning through

Portsmouth marked their first home game of the season by

Junior Brown saw his first goal for the club ruled out for offshde

before the break. Two more of the new recruits did open the account in

the second half. Carter Morris equalised with his first evdr goal

in senior football and Dannx Helton delivered the knockout low to send

the travelling fans home happy. `` knockout blue. AFC Wimbledon wanted

to claim the scarp of a bitter rival but left with a defeat. The home

side were in complete control and an injury time penalty gave thd

visitors some consolation and sparked some overexuberant

celebrations but it was too little, too late. Swindon town avoided an

embarrassing early exit agahnst Luton side who entered the tie with

ten men. We kept his cool to give the Hatters the lead from the spot.

Penalty from Michael Smith secured the equaliser and nine minutes from

time, Smith side footed Swindon through to round two.

Against Essex at Chelmsford, Hampshire are trying to chase

Sussex need exactly 300 to beat Kent at Canterbury.

The Sussex reply has been ddlayed by rain.

Meanwhile, last night, Surrey suffered a heavy defdat at

They fell way short of their revised target of 265.

The Aldershot based British Synchronised Swimming team have lost

their legal challenge against the withdrawal of their Olympic funding.

The squad have now closed their high performance centre

But first they'll compete at the European Championships that

The traditional pre`competition send off show for family

and friends became a goodbyd for the athletes and coaches.

I know that with these girls, they have such great potential and they

can do it. But we have had some people leave and it has been hard,

but these girls are closer `s a team and working very well together.

The team have been based here for seven years,

But in February, their ?4.3 million budget was withdrawn by UK Sport.

Part of a "no compromise" policy that rewards sports

British Swimming launched a legal challenge.

Today, the European Championships begin in Berlin.

It could be the team's last international competition.

But the duet will most likely continue.

Genevieve Randall is tipped as potentially one of the world's best.

We're hoping to get funding from elsewhere because it will hdlp us

get world`class coaches in `nd programmes, so more competition

experience which will help `t Rio, which is the goal.

But it's a leap into the unknown for Britain's Olympic Ambithon.

Jo Pavey, European 10,000m champion at the age of 40, has announced that

she'll run the Great South Run in Portsmouth in October,

Special services have been held on both sides of the Channel to mark

the moment the Royal Flying Corps entered into the First World War.

The RFC became the eyes of the army, and downed dozens of enemy planes

At Nether Avon in Wiltshire, tributes have been paid to

the first British airmen to die in the campaign.

While in France, the first British pilot to touch

down safely was remembered by his family from Dorset.

When I was a lad, there werd stories at the dinner table about otr great

uncle. And my mother was saxing that there are his aeroplanes in the

Imperial War Museum. I took my children there to see the plane

Family stories of a man whose place in history was remembered today

Lieutenant Hubert Harvey`Kelly, known as Bay, was the first British

airman to land a plane in France following the outbreak of w`r.

He went on to lead dozens of successful missions, and received

He was known as being eccentric He carried a reel of cotton and a

potato because the Germans would treat him nicely if he ever got shot

down if they fountain with practical items.

And in 1917, Bay's plane was brought down.

But this is where his biplane first touched down on August 13th, 19 4.

Today at Glisy airfield, a drumhead service to mark that moment.

Once the war started, they rapidly take over, directing artilldry,

coming occasions and the work of scouts, shooting down the enemy It

is vitally important, their work, and unless we'd been able to match

the German air force, we wotld have been at a massive disadvant`ge but

there was a high loss of life in this air war.

At Netheravon in Wiltshire, a parachutist delivered

a wreath to remember the first two British casualties.

23`year`old pilot Robin Skene from Surrey.

And 22`year`old Air Mechanic Raymond Barlow.

Soon after taking off, their plane banked, lost speed and crashed.

Their sacrifice and heroism were not in vain.

Among those paying their respects, members of

a Surrey motorcycle club who tracked down Robin Skene's great`nidce.

I am also filled with pride for a young man who was willing to do his

bit for his country knowing the risks he was taking.

Wreathes were then laid on the graves of Robin Skend at Send

near Guildford, and Raymond Barlow in Bulford.

While, back in France, a family's pride

I've come here with my uncld and I am here with my son, so there are

four generations of us here if you include my great`uncle, which is

something that is very important to us as a family. Just two of the

services taking place amongst many as we remember those who fotght in

the First World War. Let's love on to the weather. The pictures today

are going to be more about sky is because it was quite dark in places.

Yes, the skies were dark. Mark Champion took this photo

of the beach huts on Calshot spit under the light of the full moon and

in front of Fawley power st`tion. Pat Byrne captured Mottisfont Abbey

near Romsey under moody skids. And Claire Florit took this photo

of the sun's rays in Eastlehgh. So, quite hefty showers and they

could be heavier tomorrow and prolonged in places because the

winds will fall might. The risk of a shower but that risk is gradually

dying away as we head through the morning with the showers becoming

less frequent. Under the cldar skies, a low of ten or 11. Hntel's

cities, 13`15. It be breezy tomorrow. If you catch a shower it

could be heavy and slow movhng, thundery with hail. Through Dorset

and Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, there could be higher risks.

Temperatures tomorrow will be suppressed with a high of 17`19 You

can that quite bright colours, the intense downpours through the day.

Torrential downpours in places, and through the early hours of tomorrow

night, that is when the showers gradually ease, so we're looking at

a dry night tomorrow night for and a dry start on Friday. Temper`tures

are cooler yesterday, `` ard cooler tomorrow. On Friday, some showers,

but there is a ridge of high pressure which will be with this

briefly through Friday and hnto Saturday, so Saturday will be the

better day of the weekend, trying out Friday afternoon and evdning,

Saturday, some sunny spells, lighter winds, before more rain arrhves on

Sunday. That is from this wdather front. It is being brought hn on a

northerly breeze. By the end of the weekend, things turn cooler, but we

are expecting torrential downpours tomorrow with the risk of H`lo and

thunder. Those showers clustering together, moving very slowlx with

the light winds. Friday, thd risk of a shower, mainly dry on Sattrday,

and a shower can be expected on Sunday.

On tomorrow night's South Today we'll hear from

the watercress farmer still using traditional harvesting methods,

who says environmental charges are going to put him out business.

And we'll meet the 75`year`old woman due to

Iron teasing you, I am not going to tell you any more. Have a vdry good

night. `` I am teasing you.