:00:08. > :00:11.Hello, I'm Jo Kent with the news here in the south.
:00:12. > :00:13.The Debenhams department store in Portsmouth has apologised
:00:14. > :00:16.after a homeless man, who was sleeping outside
:00:17. > :00:19.on Boxing Day, had his bedding drenched with water
:00:20. > :00:24.The store says it was an accident, but there has been an angry reaction
:00:25. > :00:29.from many in Portsmouth, as Roger Finn reports.
:00:30. > :00:31.Russell Allen was sleeping in a doorway at Debenhams
:00:32. > :00:34.in Portsmouth, on Boxing Day morning, when he was woken
:00:35. > :00:37.by a security guard and told to move on.
:00:38. > :00:39.Sneaky little comment as he walked away.
:00:40. > :00:42.I argued back, said to him, there's no need to be like this, you
:00:43. > :00:45.don't realise what people are going through.
:00:46. > :00:47.He just continued being rude, walked off.
:00:48. > :00:49.I've gone to pack up all my bedding and whatnot,
:00:50. > :00:52.lifted up my sheet and it's absolutely soaking, and I don't mean
:00:53. > :00:56.just a little bit - it was absolutely drenched.
:00:57. > :00:59.There was an outpouring of sympathy on social media,
:01:00. > :01:10.We could all be in that situation one day, who knows?
:01:11. > :01:13.I think it's awful, to be honest with you, mate.
:01:14. > :01:17.I don't know how, with the Christmas spirit, how they can do
:01:18. > :01:20.I've been homeless over the years myself and I wouldn't
:01:21. > :01:23.In a statement, Debenhams say they take
:01:24. > :01:25.this matter seriously and have investigated it.
:01:26. > :01:28.They say it was an unfortunate accident, in which some
:01:29. > :01:32.routine cleaning on the inside of the fire exit resulted in the
:01:33. > :01:37.gentleman's property on the outside of the fire exit becoming wet.
:01:38. > :01:40.Debenhams have apologised to Russel Allen and provided him
:01:41. > :01:45.But there have been threats against members of their staff
:01:46. > :01:48.and one local councillor, who has been homeless himself,
:01:49. > :01:52.This isn't just about this incident - it's
:01:53. > :01:57.And it's an opportunity for us to raise awareness for the homeless
:01:58. > :02:01.and hopefully bring the business sector a bit closer to working
:02:02. > :02:09.with us for the greater understanding of the homeless.
:02:10. > :02:11.A man's appeared in court in Portsmouth charged
:02:12. > :02:14.with manslaughter, following the death of a 57-year-old man
:02:15. > :02:18.Nick Medlin was a father of two and worked as a prison
:02:19. > :02:22.He died at the Rose Inn on Pier Street in Ventnor,
:02:23. > :02:24.in the early hours of Christmas morning.
:02:25. > :02:27.32-year-old Michael Hudson, of no fixed address,
:02:28. > :02:33.He'll appear at Winchester Crown Court in January.
:02:34. > :02:36.St Mary's hospital on the Isle of Wight has been on black
:02:37. > :02:39.Planned operations were cancelled in response to very high
:02:40. > :02:44.However, the hospital's operations director told the BBC this morning
:02:45. > :02:47.that measures to ease the pressure were working.
:02:48. > :02:49.Extra nurses and doctors were brought in and more
:02:50. > :02:55.The outgoing chief executive in charge of three of Hampshire's
:02:56. > :02:58.hospitals, has spoken about the difficult times
:02:59. > :03:03.Mary Edwards is responsible for Hampshire Hospitals Trust,
:03:04. > :03:06.with sites in Winchester, Andover and Basingstoke.
:03:07. > :03:09.As she comes to the end of 40 years working in the NHS,
:03:10. > :03:16.she spoke to our reporter, Joe Campbell.
:03:17. > :03:19.Mary Edwards isn't saying goodbye just yet,
:03:20. > :03:21.but come the New Year this will no longer be one
:03:22. > :03:26.That doesn't stop her noting the emergency department here hasn't
:03:27. > :03:30.been spruced up under the last three Prime Ministers.
:03:31. > :03:34.Really we ought to be investing in new lifts so that we didn't
:03:35. > :03:40.have to keep repairing, but each lift is probably up to ?250,000 and
:03:41. > :03:46.at the moment we can't prioritise that above other things.
:03:47. > :03:48.One priority will be keeping overseas staff,
:03:49. > :03:51.many of whom have been unsettled by the past year's events.
:03:52. > :03:54.So what does she say to those negotiating Brexit?
:03:55. > :03:57.I would be asking them to do their best to try and
:03:58. > :04:01.make sure we don't destabilise those people who work in an
:04:02. > :04:06.We need staff from overseas, and we need them to feel
:04:07. > :04:10.Soon there will be a new picture hanging here and, after
:04:11. > :04:13.forking out a hefty sum for health care to visit family
:04:14. > :04:17.in Australia and the US, on her retirement Mary Edwards
:04:18. > :04:25.for one remains convinced the NHS is still a bit of a bargain.
:04:26. > :04:28.Now, if you've ever tried hula hooping you'll know it's
:04:29. > :04:31.But that hasn't stopped a schoolgirl from Oxford.
:04:32. > :04:35.Poppy Campion has raised more than ?2500 for charity this week,
:04:36. > :04:38.by hula hooping nonstop for half an hour.
:04:39. > :04:40.The money is going to the charity Seesaw,
:04:41. > :04:44.Poppy came up with the idea after her grandfather
:04:45. > :04:49.We rode on the tractor in the garden.
:04:50. > :04:55.We painted, we played the piano together.
:04:56. > :04:59.She was literally the light of his life, from the moment she was born.
:05:00. > :05:04.They both loved each other very, very dearly.
:05:05. > :05:07.I've never really had people watching me with hula hooping.
:05:08. > :05:13.I never thought I could do it for half an hour.
:05:14. > :05:16.Now let's take a look at the weather, with Dan Downs.
:05:17. > :05:28.It is turning cloudier here as we head towards the close
:05:29. > :05:32.The high pressure which has given us the settled weather for
:05:33. > :05:35.the past couple of days slipping away to the south - those isobars
:05:36. > :05:37.squeeze in a bit, turning a bit breezy, and this
:05:38. > :05:39.weather front is trundling through on New Year's Day,
:05:40. > :05:42.turning it rather cloudy and damp for a time, before colder
:05:43. > :05:45.For tonight, though, quite a lot of fog around
:05:46. > :05:48.again - maybe not quite as dense as the past couple of nights,
:05:49. > :05:52.with a bit more of a breeze stirring it around, but it will be
:05:53. > :05:54.another cold night - quite a widespread frost again,
:05:55. > :05:56.particularly in rural parts, with temperatures down
:05:57. > :05:59.Tomorrow starts off rather cold and foggy once again,
:06:00. > :06:01.and a cloudier day tomorrow than we've seen today.
:06:02. > :06:03.One or two brighter spells are a strong possibility, but
:06:04. > :06:07.a lot more in the way of cloud, and with a bit more breeze it
:06:08. > :06:09.won't feel particularly warm either, with temperatures
:06:10. > :06:12.Staying cloudy into New Year's Eve, slightly milder for the
:06:13. > :06:15.weekend though, and then we see that rain passing through first
:06:16. > :06:17.thing on New Year's Day, behind it turning
:06:18. > :06:24.Our next updates are in BBC Breakfast.
:06:25. > :06:45.Hello. Fold and frost has been a feature of the weather in recent
:06:46. > :06:51.mornings in England and Wales, producing a wintry scene with Frost
:06:52. > :06:54.in Oxfordshire this morning. In Highland Scotland, a completely
:06:55. > :06:58.different story. Thank you to our weather watchers for the photos.
:06:59. > :07:00.Snow on the hills but temperatures reaching double figures as the wind
:07:01. > :07:01.picked